The Bonham News (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 60, Ed. 1 Friday, November 14, 1919 Page: 3 of 8
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RECEPTION FOR NEW
PUPILS A SUCCESS
FUN, FROLIC, AND FRISKY
FRESHMEN ALL HELP TO
MAKE MERRY MGHT
Two Car Loads of
Walnut-Mahogony
Ivory Bed Room Suit
JUST RECEIVED
A novel entertainment was given
Thursday night by the Seniors, in
honor of all new students in B .H. S.
As the guests arrived at the High
School, where the reception was given,
they were ushered into the library,
and their names were written on slips
of paper and pinned on I’nem. Then
introductions began. Everyone was
“labelled”; so it was not any trouble
to become acquainted.
After the new students had been
Y. M. C. A. DELEGATES
TO NATIONAL MEET TO
HANDLEJIG RROBLEMS
New York, Nov. 1?.—When the
fortieth international convention or
! Young Men’s Christian Assoc at ion
of North America opens on No ember
1 h, in Detroit, Mich., on* of the big
problems which the delegates will'
have to face will be found in thest
figures:
55 per cent of the population of th*
United States lives in places of less
than 5 000 population.
5,500,000 young men and boys of
the nation live in rural communities.
12.B50.000 . persons of the ' whole
productive group of the nation are
Occupation of the Field, however,
\ ill treat specifically the nlrai organ-
station work. Anoiner ,Uie Conuni -
axon on the Conservation of the Val-
ues of me War Work, contains sug-
gestions for applying some of ’h.- bel-
ter methods of war work to tj
rai Y. M. C. A. work. AnotheJ
mission .that of the relationship of
the Y ..".I. C. A. to the church, wid
be important in its bearing on the
eo-operatjon of the church and the
County Y. M. C. A., both n social
and religious work.
RANDOLPH NEWS
W. H. Aldridge left here Monday
to accompany his nephew. Carl Hogg,
to Norfolk, Mass., to the Government
hospital, where it is hoped his health
will improve.
Mrs. Nettie Hall and Baby came in
from Poke County' ,Ark., to visit her
relatives near Klondike.
Mrs. Hubert Calvin from near
Hopewell,* is visiting relatives "this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cox and
Many noted men in the agrieuitur- ‘ daughter, Geraldine and Miss Inez
B. H. S.,
announced
his temperature
al field will be present .and several
of them will take part in discussions
of policy'. Among thes4 will b" ag- i
ricultural commissioners from several
states, the heads of agricultural ;
schools, and other- who have made
their efforts for improved agricultural
living conditions felt.
The sesisons will last for fou^ days
part of which time will be given dver
to divisional discussions, where the
problems of various branches of the
did not including railroad . and waterways work wjll be taken up at lengm. On
Moreover. WGr^ers telegraph and telephone the closing night fifty simultaneous
made to feel thoroughly' at home in
Mr Rather came in and crd?aged in agricultural work. This
that everyone must have ** one thml of the entil‘e £roUP- The
taken, in order to cultural workers equal in num-
discover if any were homesick. The ter the work:‘rs in tlie building and
thermometers proved to be sticks of hand trsule3 -thc transportation group
erndy; so the “patients’
object to being “doctored.”
IS Patterns Vanity Dressers in the Lot
Oar showing of Good Furniture is Unusual
This class of Fnrnitnre is scarce everywhere! Sr1 Vt
in onr Store
they were in a perfect state of health
when they were told to go to the
study hr.ll. where the program of
“stunts was to be given.
After a “curtain speech” by Mr.
Rather, the sigal was given for the
curtain to be raised. Obediently, it
group, the iron and stbel workers, the
so-called professional class, the min-
ers, the workers in the cetton, wrool
and textile industries and the lumber
and furniture industries.
1^2 counties in 44 states out of 2,-
800 organized counties have rural or
meetings will be held
churches of Detroit .
in as many
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VALLEY CREEK NEWS
began its upward journey, but grew county Y. M. C. A. work .
We are having some beautiful sun-
shine after such hard rain.
We' have a great deal of diptheria
Bledsoe were shopping in Bonham
Thursday afternoon .
Miss Bessie Carver spent. Sunday
•with Miss Ruby Smith.
Mrs. Velva Seals spent Saturday
night with Misses Lillie and Florence
Carver.
Mrs. Mattie Stokes and baby from
near Taylorville spent Monday' night
with her sister-in-law , Mrs.’ George
Smith.
Mrs. Homer Sanders and Misses
Lena and Pearl Parker were shop-
ping in Sherman Monday.
Misses Lillie and Florence Carter
spent Mandoy with Miss Mary Yea-
ger.
Every church bell rang and every
whistle blew Tuesday in celebration
of Armistice Day .
Rev. W. L. Tittle returned Monday
cantankerous before it had peached
the top. Every effort possible was
made to persuade it to continue its
journey', but it refused to budge until
Rab Ryon. with the
in this community. The families frc™ the North Texas Conference at
that'have suffered are: Blanton Me- Terrell. He, with his family will be
Carston and Steele. ‘busy for several days preparing for
Mrs. Womack is visiting her daugh- their departure to Wichita Falls,
ter. Mrs. Dobson, who is very sick where he will begin on his new du-
at this writing. 1 i ties.
Aunt Sallie Leever, who is a suf- j
Except
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H. A. COONROD,
R. 5, Bonham, Texas
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$6.50. On the ground $4.00. I will
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FANNIN COUNTY TEACHERS
me a card. Please give street and1 THE BONHAM NEWS
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How Is This For a
Line Dp
An Automobile For Every Purse
On account of labor conditions cars are very scarce and
hard to get, but we have the agency for. the following cars.
CHEVROLETS—1The Little 490, which is very much
improved.
CHEVROLTS—The BABY GRAND.
HUPMOBILES—Well known to the public .
CLEVELAND—AH models.
I* * *
CHANDLER—A demonstrator on the floor.
Will be glad to have you come around and look over our
9 stock and figure with us on your needs in the Automobile
line.
Fleming & Fitzgerald
8,000.000 negroes, or four-fifths of
the negroes in the nation live in the
field of rural work.
The entire Indian population lies
aid of step-lad- in this field .
tame the in- While there are many agencies, like
had been the village improvement society, hor-
delayed, but that did not seem to de- ticultural,society, markeitng organi- ferer of rheumatism, is not doing so |
tract from the quartet, ‘“Down Among zat’ons, and other big farming organ- well at this writing,
the Sugar Cane.” , izations ,the attenditon of the dele- Miss Lou>se Suddath of Burleson j
A “movie,” consisting of several &ates will be centered in the fact College spert the week end with her t
Yellowstone Park views and hand- that the Association s purpose is to parents
colored slides of the Columbia River assist alon8 not covered by
Highway, one of the most picturesque these organizations. The banding
driveways in the world, was then of- , together of the boys and young men
fered. The show was made more in- the rural community' for the pro-
tecting by the comments of Mr motion of rural community building
Rether, he having -een during thr , through inidvidual character building parents.
past summer ail the views presented. ’s one the Association’s aims. An- Mr. and Mrs. Carl S .Suddath have
The feature of tne evening.* how- other effort will be made to develop come to make an extended
ever, was an original playlet. “The through the Association work greater the former’s parents, Mr. and
Grandeur That Was Rome”, written social efforts, than the school, the J. B. Suddath.
b-.- the actors, censored by Mr. Rather, church and thp home, so that the Mr. and Mrs. Owen Caskey spent
and directed by Miss Masters. The lift of the average country boy may
plot, a simple one, told of the elope- be rounded out along physical, men-
ment of Antony and Cleopatra in tal an(i spiritual lines.
Antony’s Ford and of the consequent1 In connection with the convention
rage of Cleo’s father. There followed the reports of several special com-
missions will be heard, all of which
have a bearing on the rural life of
the country'—though in some cases
of the pair by not in its direct application. One of
these reports that the Commission on
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
Texas and Pacific
Bound—
Miss Ada Crews and father of
Leonard spent Thursday in the com-
munity.
Alvin Owens of Burleson College
was a week end visitor with his
cxeitirg times for the newly' weds, a
discovery of oil on Antony’s property,
a reversal of Father’s fortune, and
tfct*xfinal blessing
their parents . .
The setting of the play was thor-!
oughly Roman, as were the costumes, i
b^t the plot and the language w *ie ‘
ultra-modern. Altogether the playlet;
was very amusing and creditably j
produced, considering the fact that it}
! was written, acted, and directed in1
48 hours. Remarkable ingenuity ,too, -
was displayed by the actors in com- j
posing speeches when they had for-
gotten the original lines. The play’- j
let, in rhyme threout, also revealed a
heretofore unknown poetic talent
among the Seniors.
The cast was as follows:
Antony-H. M. Norman.
Cleopatra—Dorothy Keith.
Octavius, Cleo’s father—D. J.
Evans.
Diana, Cleo’s mother—Eileen Heff-
ner.
Jane, the maid—Helen Evans.
George, the brtler—Clrfrcnce Lind-
sey.—Bonhi Weekly.
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75 ACRES 9 MILES
No. 34, Ar--------------7:25 a. m.
Lv. 7:40, Whitesboro to Texarkana.
No. 32, Ar____._____12:46 p. m*
Lv. 1:05, Ft. Worth to Texarkana.
No. 36, Ar,_____________6:25 p. m.
Lv. 5:25, Sherman to Clarksville.
... West Bound—
!?J « h No* 35’ ____________9:30 a. m.
rS’ j Lv. 9:35, Clarksville to Sherman.
:No. 31, Ar.__________2:50 p. m.
Lv. 3:10 Texarkana to Fort Worth.
1 No. 33, Ar.__________9:30 p. m.
Lv. 9:45, Texarkana to Whitesboro.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
South Bound—Arrive:
—- Daily________________6:15 p, m.
Corner lot, near Methodist church, Daily (Except Snnday) — 8:15 a. m.
only $3250. It’s cheap. See it to- North Bound—Leave:
day J. M. LOWREY", j Daily_________________5:25 p. m.
60-2t Bonham, Texas. Drily (Except Sunday) —10:30 a. m.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen
Monday with the lady’s parents.
Mrs.- Cap Mead was shopping
Leonard Monday.
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subject to errors which cannot be traced—and have trou-
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Why not let this bank handle your banking?
OUR CAPITAL $200,000 ,
OUR SURPLUS $100,000
N. E. of Bonham, fair Improve-
ment-;, about 60 •-f’-es in cultivation,
balance timber and pasture. Public
• - - • road and clo^e to good eshool and
::ncntnJS churrh. Price 865 nef acre on easy
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3 60-2t Bonham, Texas.
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Dicus, L. E. & Collins, W. B. The Bonham News (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 60, Ed. 1 Friday, November 14, 1919, newspaper, November 14, 1919; Bonham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth914397/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bonham Public Library.