Bonham News Recaps Local 1917 1922 Events
Summary of reminiscences from The Sun including Sid Smith letter from Dr. Ray Odessa Russia and Katy Limited service expansion. Reports on fire truck purchase delivery in 60 days, pastors, teachers, marriages, sales of land, awards, radio sets, and local incidents with names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sun
Sid Smith
Bonham
John A. Ray
Whitewright
U. S
Odessa
Russia
Tom Roberts
Floyd Badgett
I. E. Teague
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Ermine Webster
Bethel School
O. M. McMillin
Lawrence Burden
Harry Brown
Beatrice Milling Co
Brown
Katy Limited
J. T. Roberts
J. P. Autrey
Katy
Lester Haile
G. L. Baugher
Will Mangrum
Maple Street
Sun
Bow-Wright Drug Co
City Meat Market
R. C. Brown Cleaners
Planters National Bank
J. W. Davidson
Sears Auto Co
Armistice Day closures and local church moves
All Whitewright stores close Friday for Armistice Day. Rev H M Cowling reappointed pastor at local Methodist Church. Rev J H Hawkins attends Baptist meeting in Tulsa. Fire destroys barn on F Lovell farm near Pilot Grove. Mr Lovell suffers heart attack. son Warner contracts diphtheria. First State Bank of Trenton preparing to liquidate and close doors soon. Three mules hitched to a buster fall into an open well on Russell farm. one mule killed. Mrs Mary McGaughey undergoes surgery in Sherman hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
H. M. Cowling
Methodist Conference
Russell Farm
First State Bank of
Trenton
J. H. Hawkins
Baptist Church
Tulsa
Oklo
Mary McGaughey
Sherman Hospital
F. Lovell
Pilot Grove
Church Building Committee Sees Pew Purchase Agreement
At the First Baptist Church building committee meeting Guy Hamilton announced William Fleming of Fort Worth agreed to buy new pews for the church under construction. Also noted: Mrs. Maggie Lee Sears died Monday at St. Vincent Hospital in Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Guy Hamilton
William Fleming
Fort Worth
Maggie Lee Sears
St. Vincent Hospital
Sher
Sick Children Found to Be Good Students
Boston teachers Helen Hannan and Margaret Kamp say learning persists in illness after tutoring about 750 hospital patients at Children’s Hospital over 15 years. Seven year old David Spinney, confined to an iron lung 22 hours daily, learns orally. Blaine narrowly lost New York in 1884 by 1,149 votes, affecting the electoral outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Helen Hannan
Margaret Kamp
David Spinney
Milton
Blaine
New York State
Cleveland
Stay In and Listen for Atomic Bomb Advice
An Army report presented at an international congress says to stay indoors during an atomic attack unless evacuation is required. Turn on the radio for instructions and be ready to fight fires. Survival chances vary by distance from the blast with almost certain death within a half mile and better odds farther out. Preparation and civilian education are key to reducing casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Albert J. Bauer
U. S. Army Surgeon General
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Bikini
Bauer
Reckless driving leads to wild acrobatics on Spokane highway
Harold W. Douglas, 30, booked by state patrol for reckless driving after losing control. Car swerved 100 feet diagonally, ploughed a ditch and barbed wire fence, then tumbled into a field on its side. passenger Howard H. Gilman unharmed. Citation No. 57744 and details reference a 1949 Spokane incident and related court entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
State Patrol
Harold W. Douglas
Douglas
Howard H. Gilman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clay Horton
Versa Tate
Pascal Cox
Denison
Eugene Williams
Jesse Bow
Mae Blaine
Wandadell Sanderson
C. W. Dennis
Methodist Church
State of Texas
Frances Ray
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Will Ray
S. V. Earnest
Iva Davidson
Bodyguard
Mattissee Hte ES Mol
Saeedee
Super Bodyguard
Fortune
Continental
Blanton Home & Auto Supply
Lishing Orfr
Ernest Himmage
Ollie May Himmage
S. V. Ernest
Nancy Drake
Paul Revere
Henry T. Hall
Ella E. Hall
Eveready
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