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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
SERVING RURAL FANNIN
COUNTY
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AS CONSOLIDATED WITH THE BONHAM NEWS
| VOL. XXVIII
THE BONHAM (Texas) HERALD, THURSDAY, MAR. 30, 1967
—Number 27
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DEATHS
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Pearl Johnson
Dies at Home
In Pecan Gap
PECAN GAP (Spl.) _Mrs.
I Pearl Johnson, 79, died at 5:30
I p.m. Monday, March 27, 1967,
/ at her home here. She had
been in declining health some
time.
Funeral services were held
at the First Baptist church at
2 p.m. Wednesday with the
Rev. G. B. Bailey of Carroll-
I Oon, the Rev. Jimmy Sloan,
pastor and the Rev. Walter
Zimmerman; Methodist minis-
ter, officiating. Interment was
in the Pecan Gap cemetery
with Delta Funeral home di-
recting.
Mrs. Johnson was born July
10, 1887, in Arkadelphia, Ark.,
| the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Darris Johnson. She married
i L. B. Johnson in Pecan Gap
57 years ago.
Mrs. Johnson had made her
home in the Pecan Gap com-
munity more than 60 years.
Her survivors are her hus-
Dand, L. B. Johnson of the
home; two sons, H. B. Johnson
I of Ladonia and Billy S. John-
1 son of Houston; a daughter,
Mrs. Jack Bair of San An-
tonio; a sister, Mrs. A. J.
/ Smith of Dallas; one grandson,
Michael Johnson of Houston.
Active pallbearers will be
Albert Erwin, Preston Erwin,
Morris White, Jr., T. C. Wil-
hite, Ralph Richardson and
John Reed.
Highway 121 Loop .. .
Acquisition of
Right-of-Way
Has Started
The acquisition of right-of- । ferent persons to be executed,
way for State Highway 121 Loop
through the west part of Bon-
Judge Moore said.
Saturday is
Show Time
For Scouts
ham has started.
County Judge Choice Moore
has announced the final ap-
praisals of property, right-of-
way deeds, easements and plans
have been received and approv-
ed by the commissioners’ court.
“These have been placed in
the hands of T. C. Williams,
who is the negotiating agent for
the city and county in the pur-
chase of the right-of-way for the
loop,” Judge Moore said. “He
is now ready to start making
contacts for the purchase of the
property.”
There are 36 instruments cov-
ering property owned by 29 dif-
If all property is purchased at
the appraised value, it will cost
$31,687. the judge added.
The City of Bonham and
Fannin county will share the
initial cost of the purchase of
the right-of-way, each paying
25 per cent of the cost and the
I Rites Held For
George M. Cobb
Funeral services for George
Monroe Cobb, 64, of Ector, were
held Saturday afternoon at 4 o’-
Block in the chapel of Wise Fu-
neral home with theRev. J. E.
Fender, Baptist minister, offi-
( ciating. Interment was in Car-
| son cemetery, north of Ector.
Mr. Cobb died in the Bonham
VA hospital Friday. He was
] born at Ely Jan. 31, 1903, son
1 of the late Dr. G. M. and Nel-
lie Lynch Cobb. He attended
Ector schools, was a World War
II veteran, and a retired em-
ployee of Perrin Air Force
Base.
He is survived by a brother,
Robert Cobb, of Bonham.
Active pallbearers were H. D.
| Ray, Ed Ohmert, W. H. Fergu-
| son, Dennis Eaton, H. G. Du-
/ Laney and John Smith, Honor-
' ary pallbearers were O. L.
Winkler, Wes Ferguson, Marvin
Ely, Lynwood Hogue, Lavoy
Price, M. E. Ray, Avrey Jones
and Ernest Anderson.
Saturday is
Deadline to
Register Cars
Fannin county motorists were
reminded today that' Saturday
is the deadline for registering
motor vehicles; for 1967 without
a penalty;
The reminder came from
Henry Joe Fletcher, county tax
collector, who reported a rush
on the part of motorists Sat-
urday and Monday to get 1967
tags.
“We were busy all day Mon-
day and we’re expecting the
rush to continue all week,”
Fletcher said.
The county tax collector said
his office would be open until
noon this Saturday to facilitate
the registration of motor ve-
hicles.
Fletcher said a large num-
ber of motor vehicles — autos,
trucks, motorbikes, motorcy-
cles and trailers — remained
mainingto be registered in the
few. days left before the dead-
line.
The new tags must be on all
vehicles prior, to milnight
April 1.
Leonard Names
Three Trustees
state the remaining 50 per cent.
Judge Moore said earlier ac-
tion could not be taken on the
project as the appraisals and
final plans had not been receiv-
ed until this past week.
The 121 Loop will begin at an
intersection . with the pres-
ent U. S. 82 and extend north
between Willow Wild cemetery
and the Sam Rayburn National
Guard armory to what is known
as the Silo Road and past prop-
erty purchased by the Bonham
school district as a site for a
new high school and athletic
field.
The route will pass the Ver-
non Henegar home, intersect
FM 898— the Nunnelee road —
and then bend back east to in-
tersect State Highway 78.
Williams Named
Veepat PJC
PARIS (Spl.) — Louis B.
Williams, a native of Paris,
has been' named vice presi-
dent of Paris Junior college
to direct and coordinate plans
for the future growth and de-,
velopment of the school, Dr.
Harold Hunt, board of regents
president, and W. Frank
Grimes, PJC president, have
announced.
Williams is past president
of the NeTseO Trails Council,
BSA; past chairman of the
Red River Council, Girl Scouts
of America, Paris Rotary club,
United Fund of. Lamar county
and the Lone Star chapter of
the Texas Manufacturers’ As-
sociation. He is an active lay
leader of the Methodist church,
chairman of the board of the
First' Methodist church, presi-
dent of the U. T. Exes Asso-
ciation and the Ex-Student As-
sociation of PJC.
He is personnel manager of
Babcock-Wilcox and Will as-
sume his duties at the college
May 1. -
Saturday is show time for the
Cubs, Scouts and Explorers of
the Bois d’ Arc district.
That’s the day the annual
Scout Exposition will be held
at the Sam Rayburn National
Guard armory starting at 4:30
p.m. and lasting three hours.
In final plans made Tuesday
night, Scouters will begin set-
ting up the booths at 8 a.m. ,
Saturday and Den Mothers and
other adult leaders will be able
to begin decorating the booths
and placing the exhibits no lat-
er than noon.
It will be impossible to get
into the building earlier due to
a banquet being held there Fri-
day night.
Every unit in the district is
expected to have one or more
exhibits in the Exposition.
For those who get hungry dur-
ing the Exposition, those Scouts
who will be going to Philmont
this summer will be operating
a concession stand where hot
dogs, etc., will be sold.
McKinney Rites
HeldMonday
HONEY GROVE (Spl.) —
Charlie Grady McKinney, 73,
retired farmer, died in a Bon-
ham rest home at 5:15 a.m.
Saturday, March 25, 1967. He
had been ill two years but had
′ been at the rest home only 22
days.
Funeral services were held
at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Cooper-
Sorrells Funeral chapel with
the Rev James Dean and the
Rev. Paul Holmes officiating.
Interment . was in Oakwood
cemetery.
Mr. McKinney was born at
DeQueen, Ark., Nov. 1, 1893,
son of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Mc-
Kinney. He married Miss Euna
Erwin May 2, 1912.
.Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Euna McKinney of the home
in Honey Grove; four sons, 0.
B. McKinney of Honey Grove,
Roger G. McKinney of Lubbock’
J, D. McKinney of Levelland
and Jack E. McKinney of
Acull; four daughters, Mrs. 0.
L. Dodd of Dostales, Calif.,
Mrs. J. W. Hopkins of Lone Oak
and Mrs. Velma Spann and
Mrs. Billy Wayne Spann, both
of Grand Prairie, one brother,
five sisters, 27 grandchildren
and $4 great-grandchildren.
He was a member of the Mc-
Kenzie Methodist church.
LEONARD (Spl.) — Three
trustees are to be named in the
annual school trustee election
Saturday.
Terms of Dick Caldwell, Bill
Kent and L. M. Rodd expire and
they have announced for
re-election.
Billy Grimes and Joe Fred
dy Moats are the other candi-
dates for trustee, .
In addition to voting on the
local trustees, Leonard will
vote on a member of the coun-
ty school board — trustee-
at-large,a race in which four
men are entered.
Candidates for trustee-at-
lareg are Dow Moore, incum-
bent; Udell Brown, Bill Scriv-
ner and James Donaghey.
Gun is Taken in
House Burglary
Sheriff’s deputies Wednesday
were investigating the reported
theft of a gun, flashlight a ri d
gasoline from a house in the
Ivanhoe community.
Theft of the items was report-
ed to the sheriff’s department
by T. C. Halbert of Dallas, own-
er.
A .22 calibre rifle and flash-
light were taken from the house
and gasoline was stolen from a
tractor
Bonham Names
Two Trustees
Saturday
Voters in the Bonham inde-
pendent school district will
name two trustees for the dis-
trict and could be the deciding
factor in the election of one
member of the county board
Saturday.
: John Meade and James Rod-
gers are unopposed for re-elec-
tion as members of the Bon-
ham school board.
Udell Brown, a former mem-
ber of the Bonham board, is
one of four men seeking the
post of trustee-at-large on the
county board.
All registered voters in the
Bonham district are eligible
to vote in the county trustee
election as are all voters in
the county.
Candidates for the post of
trustee-at-large in addition to
Brown are Dow Moore of Tele-
phone, incumbent; Bill Scriv-
ener of Ivanhoe and James'
Donaghey of Trenton.
Roy Lochridge of Honey
Grove is a candidate for re-
election as trustee from Pre-
cinct 3.
All districts in the county
will elect trustees in Saturday’s
election.
Polls for the election in Bon-
ham will be in the lobby of Bai-
ley Inglish elementary school.
Polls will open at 8 a.m.
and close at 7 p.m.
Burnett Will Be
Workshop Leader
At Alabama Meet
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS — National Veterans Affairs
Administrator William J. Driver, center, said here Tues-
day that Bonham's VA Center is a facility that "repre-
sents the best care of veterans." The top man in VA
Expansion Isn't Talked
is shown here with Congressman Ray Roberts, right, who
visited here with Driver, and Jack Powell, left, Bonham
VA Center director.
(Favorite Photo)
National VA Head Says Local
VA Center Doing A Good Job
A veteran of two wars who
now heads all the national af-
fairs of veterans spoke h e r e
Tuesday in a tone of compas-
sion for the care and welfare
of the nation’s 25 million-plus
men “who took care of
us in time of war.” 4
William J. Driver, national
administrator of Veterans Af-
fairs, himself a veteran of
World War II and the Korean
conflict, came to Bonham Tues-
day morning to inspect the'
Bonham VA Center and to
speak during a noon luncheon-
reception attended by some 400
people on the VA Center
grounds.
His talk gaye no hint one way
or the other on the news Bon-
ham wanted to hear — whether
expansion of the VA Cen-
ter here is anticipated.
However, in answer to ques-
tions earlier at a breakfast in
Sherman he was quoted as not
being encouraging — . that he
did not think Bonham needed
more beds at this time -
“I know it (Bonham VA Cen-
ter) is operating at full capa-
city with a waiting list,” he was
quoted as saying, “but nation-
wide, including Bonham, we
have only a few hundred on the
waiting list as compared to 25,-
000 a few years ago.”
Roberts Pushes Expansion
Congressman Ray Roberts,
who accompanied Driver to
Sherman and Bonham and in-
troduced him for his talks, said
he brought the national admin-
istrator to Bonham to try
to get his approval of
more beds for the VA Center.
• “I’ve already cleared it with
Olin Teague," Robertssaid.
Teague is a Texas colleague of
Roberts’ on the House Veterans
Affairs committee. '
In his talk here, Driver spoke
of the economic impact of the
vast VA program, one'that is
costing the nation some-
thing like $6 billion a year in
administering such all-import-
ant programs as GI education,
job training,, home financing,
pensions, hospitalization and
nursing care.
“But when you get right down
to what is basic to the individu-
al veteran, it is a .clean bed,
good food and medical care,” |
the administrator said.
“In this,” he added, “this
VA facility here in Bonham cer-
tainly represents the best. It is
a monument to America’s dedi-
cation to those who took care
of us in time of war.”
Received as Friends
Driver said he was pleased to
note the,, change in attitude that
has come over the federal gov-
ernment in recent years toward
those for whom it , provides'
care. .... ;
“People are now received in
these VA hospitals and domi-
ciliaries as friends that we have
the privilege to serve," he said.
Driver had particular praise
for the hundreds of volunteer
workers who .give their time to
work with veterans in VA hos-
pitals and domiciliaries, such
as those who help at the Center
here.
“I don’t know what we
would do without them,” he
said. “They provide a type of
care that no amount of money
could pay for.”
Inviting the Bonham commu-
nity’s continued help and sup-
port of the VA Center here,
Driver said “the flower of VA
will flourish only when well em-
bedded in the community." ..
i "Athough my visit, here has
been only a short one, I c a n
leave Bonham secure in the
feeling we are doing a good job
here.” 0 1
Earlier the national adminis-
trator had talked, to members
of the VA Center staff; in a
meeting at the Center auditor-
ium.
Jack Powell, director of the
VA Center, joined Congressman
Roberts in officially hosting the
visiting official. Powell presid-
ed at the 12 o’clock noon pro-
gram and presented the admin- ‘
istrator with leathercraft sou-
venirs made by veterans. Coun-
ty Judge Choice Moore pre-
sented Driver a Texas-style hat
in behalf of Bonham and Fan-
nin county. Bonham Mayor
Gene Danner gave the welcome
and the invocation was by Chap-
lain Ed Gorom
On the platform were VA in-
stallation directors from Okla-
homa City, Waco, Kerrville,
Shreveport, Dallas and other
cities. 4
Red Cross Fund Drive . . .
lunnelee, Oakland Exceed Goals
Rains Drench County . . .
Leonard Damaged
By Small Twister
Fannin county’s weather was
back to normal today after a
wild Saturday night that
brought tornadoes, rain, hail
and a brilliant electrical dis-
play.
The rain was welcome rang-
ing from two inches in the south-
west portion of the country to
around more than an inch a-
cross the remainder of
county.
Leonard was the victim
the
of
Evans Resigns
As City Marshal
LEONARD (Spl.) — Jim
Evans, who has served as Leon-
ard city marshal for the past
several months, has resigned.
Evans has joined the Hunt
county sheriff’s department as
a deputy.
He came to Leonard from
Whitesboro following his re-
tirement after 22 years in the
an unwelcome tornado that
caused several thousands dol-
lars in damage to buildings in
downtown Leonard and in the
area around the South Fannin
town.
At Leonard, the roof of the
Murphy Chevrolet Co. on the
southeast corner of the square
was damaged and the awning
on Reed’s Trading post on the
northeast corner of the square
was blown off.
A garage operated by Pat
Jones, east on U. S. 69, was
damaged.
John Dixon reported a barn
knocked down on his place while
the roof was blown off another.
June Duncan reported a barn
unroofed and Murrell T. Lucas
also reported a large hay barn
was damaged by the storm.
Telephone and power lines
and trees were damaged by the
wind.
Cyclones also were reported
seen in the sky south of McKin-
ney and in the Dallas area.
A heavy rain and some hail
accompanied the storm at
Leonard.
Bonham recorded 1.66 inches
of rain during the 24-hour per-
iod ending at 7 a.m. Sunday
to boost the month’s total to
nearly four inches.
Heavier rains on the upper
stretches of Bois d’ Arc filled
the stream to bank full in the
Bonham area and cause some
overflowing here, but it ran
down rapidly.
Skies were clear during the
day Sunday with a maximum
reading of 69.
Bonham had a minimum read-
ing in the upper 40s this morn-
ing.
A warming trend is expected
during the week with cooler
weather at the weekend with the
possibility of scattered showers
late in the week, the 5-day fore-
cast reveals.
Temperatures are expected
to be three to seven degrees
above normal.
The forecast calls for fair
skies and warmer readings to-
night and clear to partly cloudy
skies and warm readings are
expected Tuesday. ■
LADONIA (Spl.) — Floyd C.
Burnett, superintendent of the
Fannindel schools, will serve
as a workshop leader in a
conference on education needs
in Alabama.
Supt. Burnett will attend the
conference at Montgomery, Ala.
April 3-6.
Dr. Ernest Stone, state su-
perintendent of education in
Alabama, made the announce-
ment of Supt. Burnett’s ap-
pointment as a workshop lead-
er in the conference.
Supt. Burnett will tell how
the Fannindel schools teach the
sharing of human values as a
part of the regular classroom
activities.
Dr, Stone said the 4-day con-
ference will focus on new ideas,
techniques and the necessity
for continued planning and
evaluation in Alabama educa-
tion.
The conference will be co-
hosted by the Alabama State
Department of Education and
the Butler County Board of Ed-
ucation, H. L. Terrell, super-'
intendent of the Butler county
schools, said.
Two Fannin county communi-
ties have exceeded their goal in
the 1967 Red Cross fund cam-
paign, it is announced by Mrs.
Vernon Henegar, county cam-
paign chairman.
The Nunnelee community
where Mr and Mrs. E. G. Mc-
Clure, Sr., were co-chairmen
was the first community to re-
port reaching or exceeding its
goal.
A goal of $40 had been set
for the community and the res-
idents of the area contributed
$49.50 to the campaign.
Oakland also has exceeded its
quota in the drive.
Mrs. C. W. Jackson,
,chairman, said residents of the
community had contributed
$10.50 to the fund against a goal
of $10.
Other communities where the
drive has been completed are
Lannius, Sash-Ubell, Dodd City
and Allen’s Point.
Mrs. Frank Barnes and Mrs.
H. W. Kirkpatrick at Lannius
reported $27.82 had been con-
tributed there.
The Sash - Ubell commun-
ity donated $9 to the fund. Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Smith serv-
ed as co-chairmen in the com-
munity.
M. L. Brent, „ chairman at
Dodd City, reported $103.65 had
been contributed to the Red
Cross campaign there.
Workers assisting Brent in the
campaign were Mrs. Henry Joe
Fletcher. Miss Flora Brew-
er and Mrs, E. E. Cross.
Tom Lockridge reported resi-
dents of the Allen’s Point com-
munity contributed $26.05 to the
fund.
Mrs. Henegar said she had
g chairman in all of the com-
munities of the county and was
urging each to push the cam-
paign to a conclusion as soon as
possible.
She pointed out the Red Cross
always stands ready to aid
those who have been injured or
lost their homes in fires, floods,
hurricanes and tornadoes.
“The Red Cross also does a
great service for the men in the
armed forces,’’ she said.
"It serves as a connecting link
between the man in the field
and his family at home.”
Donald Fergueson
Enlists in Army
Donald Wayne Fergueson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Fergueson, Ravenna, Rt. 1, has
enlisted in the U. S. Army un-
der the Army’s “graduate spec-
jalists” program, it is announc-
ed by Sfc Randel Aston Army
recruiter. .
On completion of basic train-
ing at Fort Polk La., Pvt. Fer-
gueson will be assignd to Fort
Bliss, Texas, where he will re-
ceive 34 weeks on HAWK plus
acquisition radar and battery
control center maintenance.
After completing the 34 weeks
of study at Fort Bliss, Pvt. Fer-
gueson will be a qualified main-
tenance man able to repair all
types, of radar. .
Pvt. Fergueson, a 1966 grad-
uate of Sam Rayburn high
school, attended, an electronics
school in Oklahoma City pr-
ior to enlisting in the Army.
Skeen Services
Lions Seek Queen
For Convention
Harper is Named
City Policeman
Leon (Red) Harper Saturday
began work as a member of the
Bonham police force, Chief of
Police, Thurman Renfro an-
nounced.
Chief Renfro said Harper re-
placed Bobby Madison, who had
resigned from the force.
Harper, a native of the coun-
ty, has been a car salesman in
Bonham for a number of years.
He will serve a meter officer
and patrolman.
Finland’s 60,000 lakes make
up 9 percent of the country’s
total area.
IN VIETNAM — Pfc. Paul A.
Phillips of Garland, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Phillips of
the New Hope community, is
now in Vietnam with a signal
battalion. A graduate of Sam
Rayburn high school, he en-
tered the Army Aug. 31,
1966, and received his basic
and advanced training at Ft.
Polk, La., in mechanics. He
left for Vietnam Feb. 21. His
wife and daughter, Michelle,
live in Garland. He was em-
ployed in Garland before en-
tering the Army.
Held Saturday
Funeral services for Archie
L. Skeen, 81, were held Sat-
urday at 2:30 p. m. in the
chapel of Wise Funeral home
with Jack Lawyer, assisted by
Norman Doan, Church of
Christ ministers, officiating.
Interment was in Willow Wild
cemetery.
Pallbearers were Willie Car-
penter, D. L. Watson, Tom
Green, Homer Williams, Bill
Mays and Curtis Bolin.
Mr. Skeen, retired water su-
perintendent for the city of
Bonham, died Thursday in a.
Sherman hospital. He was a
member of the Southside
Church of Christ.
Surviving are his widow, a son,
three daughters, eight grandchil-
dren and four great grandchil-
dren.
The Bonham Lions club is
looking for the prettiest girl in
Bonham high school to repre-
sent it in the convention of Dis-
tricts 2X2 and 2X1 in Dallas
April 2'8-29.
Bonham’s Lions club Queen
will be selected in a beauty con-
test to be held in the
high school auditorium Friday
night, April 14.
. All entries must be bona fide
high school students — attend-
ing school regularly — single
and under 21 years of age. The
Queen does' not have to be the
daughter of a member of the
Lions club.
Entry blanks will be distri-
buted to all girls interested in
entering the Queen’s contest at
the activity period at the high
school Tuesday morning, the
Rev. W. E. Cheatham, chair-
man, said.
The girl selected as Bonham
Lions Club Queen will go to the
Dallas convention and the win-
ner there will go to the State
convention in Austin. The state
winner will receive a $660
scholarship to the school of her
choice.
All girls entering the Bonham
contest will receive a memento
and the winner will receive a
trophy.
The first and second runners-
up also will receive awards. All
girls competing in the district
Queen’s contest will receive a
gift.
“Bonham girls are as
beautiful as those of any other
section of Texas,” the Rev.
Mr. Cheatham said. “We are
anxious to have a large entry
list for our local contest."
Judges who will name the
Queen for the Bonham Lions
will be from, out of town, he
said.
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