Odds and Ends from Bonham and Nearby Local Notes
A mixed column records petty theft for pears, a fly swatter with Reb Peeler Drug Store branding, Camp Fire rally plans, pep rally draw, adult night classes in Bonham, Syrup mill histories from 1916 and 1926, church barbecue, CB Weather Watchers, longtime Smith Moore Williams birthday, public meetings on Jones Field improvements, and Back to School Night PTOs with Mulberry cyclone date of April 9 1919 noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moss Longmire
Bonham
Moss
Ford United Auto Workers Resume Talks Amid Walkout
Ford Motor Co and United Auto Workers plan formal negotiations Monday to end the 170000 worker strike at Ford. Top-level sessions continued over the weekend with UAW President Woodcock and Ford vice president McKenna, while a key dispute remains over reducing the work year.
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Detroit
UPI
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
No. 2 Auto Company
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Ken Bannon
Union
Ford Labor
Sidney McKenna
Woodcock
Bannon
Ford
U.S
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors
Weather Outlook for Bonham and Vicinity
Increasing cloudiness with a mostly cloudy Sunday and a chance of thundershowers. It will not be as warm Sunday afternoon with a low in the high 60s and a high in the mid 80s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham
Fort Inglish Replica Dedication Set For Saturday
The Fort Inglish replica dedication occurs Saturday on West Sam Rayburn Drive near the library. Activities include a Bailey Inglish descendant tea at 3:30 p.m. and a 5 p.m. ceremony with Rev. Bob Bush as speaker. The Bondi band performs at 4:45 p.m. A barbecue follows at 6 p.m. Tickets are sold at Currins Leatherwoods KFYN and Inglish Society members.
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Inglish
Bob Bush
Fort Inglish
Sam Rayburn
Bailey Inglish
Sam Rayburm
First United Methodist Church
Bondi Band
Inez Inglish
Bailey Ingish
Democratic Women’s Club
Currins, Leatherwoods
KFYN
Fort Inglish Society
Bonham Plans Tourist Council To Boost East Texas Visitors
East Texas expert Howard Rosser urged Bonham to build a three to five year program to attract tourists. He recommended an inventory of local historic sites lakes and facilities, a coordinated publicity campaign, and a steering committee led by W L Barnett. The plan ties in existing attractions like the Sam Rayburn Home and Fort Inglish replica with events to involve rural areas and multiple groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Rosser
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Bonhamites
Rosser
Winnsboro
Munity
W. L. Barnett
Chamber of Commerce
Fannin County
Sam Rayburn
Fort Inglish
Bonham
Texas Highway Department
Texas Tourist Council
Seven Cities Share $46 322 In State Tax Rebates
Seven Fannin county cities and three nearby towns share 54162 20 in state sale tax rebates from State Comptroller Bob Bullock. Bonham leads county rebates at 33015 21 with Honey Grove receiving 3974 05. Other en route payments include Wolfe City 3919 43 Whitewright 2902 97 Celeste 1017 13 and smaller amounts for Ector Ladonia Leonard Savoy Trenton and Windom.
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Fannin County
Bob Bullock
Bonham
Honey Grove
Ector
Ladonia
Leonard
Savoy
Trenton
Windom
Wolfe City
Whitewright
Celeste
Violence erupts as white vigilantes kill youth in Oudtshoorn
In Oudtshoorn a colored teenager Antonie Plaatjies was killed and another wounded after being caught stealing milk as white civilians hunt for troublemakers. A second colored man was wounded in George as police fear roving gunmen. Nationwide violence now tallies 376 dead in three months. Kissinger visits to discuss Rhodesia and Namibia amid Soweto unrest.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Dawid Kriel
Antonie Plaatjies
Oudtshoorn
Kriel
George
Henry A. Kissinger
John Vorster
Rhodesia
South West Africa
Namibia
Kissinger
Soweto
Johannesburg
Black Baragwanath
Theo Bisschoff
Western Cape Province
Bisscholf
Airport Improvement Plan Discussed At Public Meeting
Jones Field upgrades proposed by Forrest and Cotton Engineers in a three phase program may receive federal and state aid. A public meeting at city hall Tuesday at 7 p.m. will cover runway extension taxiway parallel parking and lighting improvements to aid plane landings.
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Jones Field
Forrest and Cotton
Airport Board
Plas
Feld
Anniversary Plans Rise At VA Center In Denison
The first fall meeting of the VA Voluntary Service Advisory Committee was held at Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center with Ronald T. Shipley presiding. Plans for the Center’s 25th anniversary on Nov 11 were announced along with a Sept 21 carnival in the recreation park and the next meeting set for Nov 17 1976. Dozens of representatives from American Legion AMVETSAuxiliary Red Cross and VFW groups attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VA Voluntary Service Advisory Committee
Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center
Ronald T. Shipley
Voluntary Service
E. W Gorom
Banks
Paul
Earle W Newton
VAVS
Shipley
G Kendall Dobbs
Nursing Service
Denison Ladies Auxiliary
VFW
Martha Douglas
School Board Considers Early Graduation At Bonham District
Bonham independent school district trustees meet Monday at 7:30 pm in the administration building. They will discuss granting students permission to graduate early, enrollment report for the term, bus trip fee increases, and costs for transporting personnel to meetings. Also on agenda East Texas State University Student Council continuation, budget amendment, tax assessor-collector report, and TSTA meeting notes.
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Bonham Independent School District
East Texas State University Student Council
TSTA
San Antonio
Adults Night Classes Planned At Benham Schools
James Griffitt announces adult night classes at Benham schools with GED basic education and vocational courses to be offered. An organizational meeting is at 7 pm Monday in the Area Vocational School agriculture room for interested enrollment. Classes include reading writing and arithmetic. no tuition for GED and basic education, small fee for other courses. A minimum of 12 students is needed to organize a class.
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Bonham
Agriculture
Area Vocational School
James Griffitt
Benham
Griffitt
Griiffitt
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Odds and Ends
Jim Owens
Jim
Ethel
Camp Fire
Simpson Park
Pat Sherer
Margaret Beavers
Bondi
Margaret
Polly Gilbert
Martha Cooper
Lillie Peeler
Kenneth Cline
Coy Walker
Sheriff's Office
Raymond Taylor
Pat Beene
Frank Doss
First National Bank
Trenton Tribune
N.C. Brown
Orangeville
The
Tribune
R.E.L. Binion
Pilot Grove
Binion
North Texas
Grayson
Fellowship Hall
City Hall
Smith-Moore-Williams
Bill Roberts
Gene Wilshire
Gene
Tom Baugh
Dub Hodge
Ed Smith
Aaron Childress
Mike Whisenhunt
Shem Martin
W.D. Nelson
L.H. Rather Pto
Ector Pto
Bailey
VA Center
Homer McClung
Elsa Odom
Fred E Wright
American Legion and Auxiliary
Denison
Bettye Hooper
Prudence Kelsey
Mary la Roe
Lou Partain
Gaynes Glass
American Legion Auxiliary
Wade Terry
Irma Burden
Dessie Lupher
Buck Owens
Sherman
Edna Porter
American Red Cross
Bunham
W B van Glahn
Carorine Collier
Fleeta Skidmore
Paris
Elmo Cloyd
Ella B. Craft
Anzel Jo Robinson
Mary Johnson
Rose Marie Jerson
Ella Jenkins
Bunnie Cunningham
E G Buchanan
John Kee
Colling County
P H Connelly, Jr
E. L Walls
Amvets
Clarence Jones
BPO
Ellis
Carl Ford
H L Freeland
Lois Lance
Jean Claypool
Texoma
Ron Dohmann
Lennus Graham
M_ Sikes
Salvation Army
Lena Stephenson
Dorothy Green
Louise Mulkey
Katie Taylor
Chapple
Jane Lee
Ieydell Garner
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