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THE BONHAM (Texas) HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1938
THE BONHAM HERALD
SEMI-WEEKLY
Successor to
' The Democratic-Citizen
At Chamber of Commerce Banquet
PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY and
THURSDAY
At Bonham, Fannin County, Texas
G. R. NEWBY, Editor
Entered as second elass matter at
the postoffice at Bonham, Texas.
Subscription price, one year —$1.50
” ADVERTISING RATES:
Display advertising, per inch, by the
column--—35c
Local reading .notices, per line —10c
Legal rates, per line----10c
Card of Thanks--------50c
Political Announcements
All announcements carried in this
column are subject to the action of
the Democratic Primary July 23,
1938.
For Representative 4th District:
SAM RAYBURN
For County Judge:
CHAS. G. NUNN
J. E. SPIES
Ftor County Attorney:
LOUIS WOOiSLEY
For County Clerk:
OLVIN GROSS
€. R. JONES
For Assessor-Collector of Taxes:
W. H. (Hamp) HARPER
J. I. BOON
C. C. HODGE
J. L. WARE
1 R. C. FORD
For County Commissioner, Prec. 1:
C. C. NORWOOD
LIFFERD TAYLOR
For County Commissioner, Prec. 2:
GEORGE S. WILLIAMS
For County Commissioner, Prec. 4:
GEORGE BRENT
W. G. BRIDGES
VERNON HENEGAR
BURGLARS ATTEMPT ENTRY
TO LEONARD DEPOT SAFE
The sheriff’s department reports
that the depot at Leonard was burg-
larized some time Tuesday night.
The yeggs tried to get into the safe,
going so far as to knock the knob
off the safe; ibut they got no furth-
er with the? job.
There is no clue as to
would-be robbers were.
who the
A Grayson county University of
Texas ex-students association was
formed at a banquet at Sherman,
Wednesday night. Exstudents from
■this county were invited and' the fol-
lowing attended: Mrs. Ray Peeler,
Roy Fletcher, Judge Cunningham,
Virginia Cunningham, Qlvin Gross,
Elizabeth Williams, Alma Kinkead,
Pete Sikes, Rev. and Mrs. Richard
Morgan, M. A. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs.
T. G. Finley, Lillian and Don Smith.
It was decided to have one Fannin
county officer and Mrs. Ray Peeler
was elected vice-president. Mr.
Fletcher appeared on the program.
The above is a picture, and inset ■ —Courtesy the Sherman Democrat
taken at the Chamber of Commerce j from Dallas. (The inset is also of
banquet given here last 'Friday night, j Mr. Thomasson, taken in another
in the picture may be seen W. E. | pose.)
Newton, president of the Chamber! The banquet was given at the First
of Commerce, iSid Smith, treasurer, Methodist church in 'Bonham. Fully
£nd beyond them the Hon. Gus. W. 200 were at tables at the time the
Thomasson, WPA regional director, i picture was taken.
RRD RIVER ONE TRICKY OLD
STREAM; SHIFTING ABOUT
Red River is one of the worst riv-
ers in the business, when it comes
to making cutoffs. The river cut out
what is known as Pope’s Cutoff in
just about one night. John Pope was
the man who owned the land. He
went to bed with the farm about him
in Texas, awoke the next morning to
find it in Oklahoma.
The river is continually shifting
its channel. People who live about
there, can remember when the river
was right up against Sowells Bluff,
where the new bridge is being buillt.
Now it a long way over toward Okla-
homa, and it may go farther over,
if indications mean anything, and it
might do such a thing as cut over
north of the new bridge building, in
HIGH GRADE OE GAS
SUED lit DEALERS HERE
Geo. H. Sheppard, State
roller of Public Accounts,
his representative Chas. H.
has just finished making a
Compt-
through
Hagler,
test of
the quality of gasoline being sold by
dealers in Bonham and vicinity.
The purpose of this check is to see
that the motoring public is sold gas-
oline that has not been adulterated
with kerosene and to see that the
State tax is paid.
. It is Mr. Sheppard’s intention to
test the gasoline pumps as often as
possible, thereby keeping a close
chock on the quality of gasoline be-
ing sold.
The Comptroller’s efforts along
these lines resulted in over Five
Million Dollars more gasoline tax
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Mr. Lake Carlton and family vis-
jited relatives at Ivanhoe Sunday af-
ternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brent and Mr.
and Mrs. Millard Brent visited Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Brent Sunday after-
noon.
The following visited Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Bonham Sunday. Mr.
and Mrs. Reb Markham and little
daughter, Betty Doris, Misses Beu-
na Fae and Jewell Nichols, and Miss
Ester Leeth.
Miss Mildred Martin visited Miss
Lcmeta Grisham Sunday.
Miss Eula Mae Cooper visited
Miss Geraldine Trount Sunday.
Miss Evelyn Leeth visited Miss
Beula Fae Cooper.
Mr. and Mrs. George Dewoody
spejnt Friday with Mr. and Mrs. C.
C. Nichols.
Little John Edward Malone is on
the sick list.
Mr. and Mrs. Johniie Warnell
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Warnell and family.
Misses Bertine Barker, Eloise
Smith, Dorothy Smith, Mary Elsie
Woodson, Bennie Colvin, Bobbie Mc-
Cullough and Bennie Joe Burkett
visited Miss Mary Evelyn Curry a
while Thursday nligiht. They made
candy and popped corn.
Little Betty Dean Leeth spent
Friday night with hqr grand parents
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Leth.
Mn and Mrs. E. A. Nichols and
,pn of Union Valiev. Mr. an J Mr.»
Roy Nichols and children of Flag
Spniiu and Mr. at. ’ Mr? Ruffus
visited Emmett Nichols j Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Lonie Brent visited Mrs.
Wesley Farmen Sunday aftetmoon.
Mrs. Leeman Martin of East
Gober spent Wednesday in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Nichols.
Mrs. Walter Farmer and Mrs.
Edna Conie spent Thursday with
Mrs. W. M.. Warnell and Mrs. Ho-
mer Nichols.
Several frojm! this community at-
tended the singing convention at
Lannius Sunday.
Mr. .and Mrs. Charlie Dewoody
and little daughter and Mr. and
Mrs. Ruffus Dewoody spent Wed-
nesday with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. De-
woody.
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You’ll be more likely to find the
Right Shoes—at the Right Place—
lind the Right Place is—
The Bonham Shoe Store
South Side Square
White Shed 4-H
The White Shed 4-H club met at
the school bouse Monday afternoon
at 4 p. m. Meeting was called to
order, minutes read and a song was
sung, “When we all get together.”
All business was carried out and we
are going to have a pie supper this
coming Friday night.
We have one new member Miss
Evanne Austin. Motion was made
to adjourn, and members present
were Misses Ernestine Chaffin,
Emogene Fairchild, Mary Helen
Miles, Pearl Fitzwater, Evanne Aus-
tin, June Mitchel. Martha Ann
Laughlin, Frances Margaret Morri-
son, Wynelle Stone, Frances Kerr,
Helen Fitzwater, Irene Winkler,
Anita Stimpson, Jean Stevens, and
Miss Edith Dennis sponsor. March
11, 19S8 we are going to the Fat
Stock Show.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. White had for
their guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs.
Willard White and Mr. and Mrs. Joe
White and daughter, Miss Susanne,
all of Dallas. The occasion was the
birthday of Mr. White, Sr. He was
the recipient of many good wishes,
by his friends and acquaintances, on
his birthday, which was a very
happy one.
— from Sept. 1,
Tihe Community Quartet will sing
at the Mulberry M. E. church at 8
p. m. Friday.
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bridge is in order, or we will have
a rediculous spectacle of having to
go over this bridge, to get to a ferry
on the new
cut itself.
Years ago a gentleman going to
New Orleans to buy goods, was on a
steamboat going down Red River.
The river was very high, and cutting
against a bank at a curve. When the
traveler returned in a few days the
river had made the new channel, and
the boat went through it just as if it
had been there always.
There is another thing about Red
River that makes it notorious as a
dangerous stream, and that is its
quicksands. That sort of sand would
gradually draw a person under and
finally suffocate him, were he to fail
to get help. Horses and other stock
have an instinct about
that man does not possess. They
seem to know that it is dangerous,
and it is a rare thing for an animal
to be caught in the meshes, so to
speak, of this
Sent. 1, 1937, than
1935 to Sept. 1, 1936.
In 1936, national consumption was
beTthe"rive"r will hive ?r708 P«r cent abov<; 1988: while ™
Texas the increase m collections was
shown to be 38.71 per cent. Figures
on national consumption for 1937
have not been compiled.
Mr. Sheppard’s representative
congratulates the gasoline dealers
in Bonham and vicinity on the qua-
lity of gasoline being sold,as all
samples taken at this time came
within the specifications as prescrib-
ed by law.
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Mrs. S. P. Hodge is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Howard Bomer of
Forth Worth. ‘
Mr. John Beets, W. J. Bomar,
Red Deets and Junior Hodge were
brief callers on Mr. F. F. Seale Sun-
day morning.
Mrs. Willard Wrenn and children
of Savoy were week-end guefcts of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Deets.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewiard Hawkins
and boys visited Mr. and Mrs. F. F.
Seale Sunday..
Mr. J. R. Compton and W. J. Bo-
mar visited Dewitt and Junior Hod-
ge, Sunday.
Mr. Bill Seale of Dover and Gene
Dewoody of Fort Worth visited Mr.
F. F. Seale Monday afternoon.
Mr. James Little visited Raymond
Birdwell, Sunday.
STOP AT
LEETH’S
VARIETY STORE
For your drugs, notions,
novelties, cosmetics, to-
baccos and candies. Also
cold drinks and maga-
zines.
Wholesale and Retail
South Center Street
The Community Quartet will re-
sume its Sunday morning broadcasts
over KRRV, iSherman, beginning
Sunday. This week it will be at 7:15
A. M. but tht following Sundays at
7 A. M.
Miss Ray Sifford has gone to Dal-
las where she has a position.
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WASH BOARDS
BROOMS
AND
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SYRUP
NEWTON’S
GROCERY AND
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Phones 171—678
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FANNIN COUNTY IS BOOMING
AS TO ITS MANY SCHOOLS
R. N. Sandlin, deputy superin-
tendent of public instruction, head-
nuTAsands ' quarters Cooper, Texas, was in
quicKsanas Bonham Thursday, calling: on L. R.
Burkett, county superintendent.
Mr. Sandlin said he was working
on his report, and among the in-
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which means sure death, if help does
not arrive, and that quickly .
REHABILITATION MEETING IN
BONHAM FRIDAY NIGHT
George C. Betts, Veterans State
Officer of Austin, Texas, and Mr. E.
R. Fenton, Field Representative of
that office, will be in Bonham, Fri-
day night, March 4, to hold a rehab-
ilitation meeting .and a special invi-
tation is extended to all veterans and
their families to attend this meeting.
The purpose of this meeting is to
enlighten the World War veterans
and their dependents on all govern-
ment benefits they are entitled to
receive umder the present veterans’ ^
law and also to inform tihem on the
bills now pending in Congress, which
if nassed this session of Congress,
will benefit widows and minor chil-
dren of all deceased World War
veterans.
We also expect some officials of
The American Legion to be present
at this meeting.
This type of meeting is being held
in different parts of the State and
it has been found that they have
proven beneficial to a number of
veterans and their dependents who
had forfeited their rights to govern-
ment benefits, through lack of in-
formation.
This meeting will be held Friday
night, March 4, at 7:30 o'clock at the
couid; house.
were the facts that Fannin county
now had eight community gymna-
siums, and that three more were un-
der construction.
Nor was this all; ten new school
buildings are under construction.
No community in the state has any
more interest takgn in its school
work, than that of Fannin county,
and much of it is due to the activi-
ty of L. R. Burkett, the county sup-
erintendent, and his efficient corps
of assistants and school teachers,
trustees and others, over the coun-
ty—Fannin county is school-minded
to the nth degree, in other words.
SHOWER FOR BRIDE
Tuesday night Mrs. Calvert Sher-
ier and Mrs. Paul Mayfield enter-
tained at the home of Mrs. Sherer,
honoring Miss Thedma Hodge, who
was married March 3. The house
was lovely with spring i flowersu
Games were enjoyed, and at the
conclusion of them a large array of
gifts were presented the bride-to-be
Miss Scena Helton won high score
in the games, and Miss Bobbie Mc-
Dade low. Both graciously present
ed their gifts to the honoree.
Twenty-five guests were served
a delicious refreshment course.
Englander’s
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who
Miss Elizabeth Palmore,
tends Teachers 'College in Denton,
has been home to visit her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Palmore in Ra-
Mrs. G. C. Dyer, Mrs. J. W. Dyer
and Mrs. Ruth Haney, of Randolph,
at-1 were Bonham visitors Thursday..
Mrs. .J. W. Dyer has subscribed for
the Herald, and has been enrolled
on the Randolph list.
venna.
Miss Eva Atherton has been a Bon-
ham visitor, lately. She formerly
taught in Boniham schools, but is now
teaching in Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Edwards have
been in Bonham from Dallas. Miss
Ruth Burnett, who is attending
school in Dallas, was also here. They
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. Burnett.
Miss Eugenia Brannon, who at-
tends school in Denton, has been
home on a short visit.
Mrs. Ralph Risser has returned
to Dallas after a brief stay here.
HAVE A LITTLE DAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Blount are
happy over the arrival of a little
daughter at their house.
Mr. and Mrs. U. J. Rogers, Mr.
and Mrs. James West, and Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Kraft of Denison were
the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Claude English.
Mrs. John Burroughs, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Mitchell, has re-'
turned to her home in Dallas. Her
mother went with 'her for a visit
there.
W. H. Chance, who livefs at Tulip,
was a Bonham visitor Mionday. He
has been farming on Red River
for several years. He is also a
good citizen.
James Weeks, of Wolfe City, was
in Bonham Wednesday. He was
talking to his oldtime friend, De-
puty Sheriff Whittle, when seen by
a Herald man.
SEED POTATOES
Blue Goose Maine Cobblers.
Nebraska Triumphs—at
very close prices.
BULK GARDEN
SEED
See our display of bulk
seeds before you start your
garden.
Beans Mustard
Beets Okra
Cabbage Peas
Corn Radishes
Cucumber Tomato
Turnip Watermelon
Onion Plants
'Cabbage Plants
Field Seeds
Fertilizer
14 qt.
CREAM CAN
59c
6 cup
Heavy Enamel
PERCOLATOR
79c
7 qt.
Heavy Enamel
TEA KETTLE
BIG C FLOUR
None finer at any price
24 lb sk.....85||48 lb. sk. .1.60
for
52c
15c
25c
10c
15c
CORN FLAKES 2 for 1 C r
Kellogg’s AvL
55c
SUGAR
‘J ib. cloth bag
CRACKERS
lb. box
la William
HOMINY
No. 2l/z cans
KRAUT, No. 2j can
Polar Bear
APPLE BUTTER
Libby’s 26 oz. jar
SYRUP gal.
Blackburn’s Ribbon Cane
COCOA 2 lb. pkg. 1
Waverly’s JLvL
Leavis Hall, furniture man from
Sherman, who has a store here, was
in Bonham Thursday conferring
with Manager Pelly, of the Bonham
store.
Miss Jcey Myers, who is secre-
tary to Deets Dorough & Co., was
out 'ii count of i;h ess for days. She
is now back at her post.
Glenn iSihiply came over from
Sherman Wednesday to visit his
mother, Mrs. Ralph Shipley. He re-
turned to Sherman Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kiger left Mon-
day for their home at Washington,
Kansas, after several weeks visit at
the Leroy Johnson home.
Joe Russell West (has been in the
city from Hederson, Texas, where he
is living, to visit relatives.
Miss Allene Bailey, a student in
Mary Hardin-Baylor school, Belton,
has been here to visit relatives.
Claude Miller has gone to Bakers-
field, California, to live. His fam-
ily will follow shortly.
89c
Washable Fiber
WINDOW SHADES
TEXAS PRIDE COFFEE
A fancy blend. Guaranteed
to please you.
1 lb............15c II 3 lbs...........43c
—
Bull;
VANILLA WAFERS 1 C r
I Dound pksr. ls/v
2T! 5c
29c
Complete with roller
Ecru or green
POULTRY
SUPPLIES
We have a complete line of
feeds and supplies. May we
show you?
—Chick Starter
—Growing Mash
—Chick Scratch
—Hen Scratch
—Egg Mash
—Rolled Oats
—Oyster Shell
—Founts
—Feeders
—Walko Tablets
—Poultry Tonic
1 pound pkg.
POTTED
MEAT
Frazier’s
CATSUP
14 oz. bottle
BANANAS, doz.
Yellow Ripe
MUSTARD qt. jar.
Purity
MILK A
Small cans ~
Standard
TOMATOES...... O for 11 -
No. 2 cans Ld lvV
LYE, 4 cans
Bray
25c
r
RAISINS
2 lb pkg 15c || 4 lb pkg 29c
THE TEXAS STORE
W. A. ROBERTS and C. E. MONDS
EAST SIDE SQUARE
PHONE 52
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Newby, G. R. The Bonham Herald (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 56, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 1938, newspaper, March 3, 1938; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth648745/m1/2/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fannin County Historical Commission.