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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
SERVING RURAL FANNIN
COUNTY
NHAM HERALD
AS CONSOLIDATED WITH THE BONHAM NEWS
VOL. XXXVI
THE BONHAM (Texas) HERALD, THURSDAY, AUG. 27, 1964
— Number 3
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DEATHS
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Lanora Carter
Rites Thursday
HONEY GROVE (Spl.) —
Mrs. :Lanora C. Carter, 88, of
Honey Grove died in a Bonham
hospital at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Aug. 25, 1964. She had been ill
one day.
e Funeral services will be held
at 3 p. m. Thursday at the Coop-
er-Sorrells Funeral chapel. The
Rev. Douglas Cheatham of Hon-
ey Grove, Will officiate. Inter-
ment: Will be 'held in Oakwood
cemetery.
Mrs. Carter was born Jan. 19,
1876, in Rockstown, the daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. James
Vessells. She was married Nov.
26, 1923, to R. J. Carter and was
a member of the Presbyterian
church.
Survivors include her husband
R. J. Carter of the home ad-
, dress; three sons, Herbert Car-
ter of San Angelo, Lonnie Carter
of White Sands, N. M., and
Claude Carter of Kilkeok, Iowa;
One daughter, Mrs. Lola Jack-
son of Honey Grove; 12 grand-
children and seven great-grand-
children..
Two Men Charged
With Burglary
Complaints alleging burglary
have been filed against two Ne-
gro men and a third is to be
charged during the day.
Lonnie Winston and Charles
King were charged in Justice
of Peace Clark Benton’s court
in connection with the burglary
of the Phillips 66 warehouse in
which three tires and an elec-
tric drill were taken. Bonds
were set at $1,000.
Chief of Police 0. R. McKis-
sack reported that the tires and
drills had been recovered.,
A suspect was apprehended
at 2 a.m. Wednesday by city
police in connection with the
theft of tires and candy at Wil-
lie Herd’s service station.
The suspect also was being
sought in connection with the
theft of gasoline at the Bonham
Concrete Co.
A second suspect has been
arrested in connection with the
theft of the gasoline. ,
A Negro woman was taken to
Dallas Wednesday morning for
a lie detector test by Officer
Thurman Renfro and Deputy
Sheriff H. R. VanZandt. She is
being held as a suspect in the
theft of two rings from the home
of Mac Sudderth.
Minister of Year . ..
Fannin Clubs
May Nominate
A Candidate
Carole Ann Brookes
Texas Wee
Bit Warm’
For Visitor
Susan Newberry
Rites Wednesday
HONEY GROVE (Spl.)
Mrs. Susan Newberry, 84, died
• in Wilson N. Jones
Sherman, at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday,
Aug. 25, 1964. She had been ill
a week.
Funeral services were held
at the Cooper-Sorrells Funeral
Worried Popcorn
"Popcorn" takes a look here at his perfect attendance re-
.__port card at Windom last year but there’s concern on his face
hospital, as his master, Kenny Hall, explains that the two of them will be
changing school to Quinlan now in a few days. Things might not
go so good down there at that new school. (Staff Photo)
Master is Moving
home at 2 p.m. Wednesday with
. the Rev. Douglas Cheatham,
* pastor of the First Baptist
church, officiating. Interment
was in the Allen’s Point ceme-
tery.
Mrs. Newberry was born Aug.
I, 1880. in the Shiloh communi-
ty, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jabe Spotts. She married Rufe
Newberry, who preceded her in
death in October 1955.
She was a member of the
Baptist church.
Survivors are a son, Calvin
Newberry of Dallas and a num-
4 ber of nieces and nephews.
Popcorn' Faces
School Change
Ridings Services
Held at McAllen
Funeral services for J. D. Rid-
ings, 44, of McAllen were held
at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Virgil
Wilson Funeral Home in Mc-
Allen. Interment was held in
McAllen.
Ridings, who had been hos-
pitalized for several months,
died Friday morning, Aug. 21,
1964 in a Harlingen hospital.
He was the step-son of Mrs.
Josie Ridings of Bonham and a
nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
° Ridings of Ivanhoe.
Mr. Ridings was born Aug. 11,
1920 in Ivanhoe.
Survivors include his wife and
six children of the home ad-
dress; his step-mother, Mrs.
Josie Ridings of Bonham;, one
sister, Mrs. Ethel Ryan of
Pharr; two uncles, Tom Pigg
and Carl Ridings of Ivanhoe;
and a niece and nephew in Mc-
Allen.
“Dog Days” for Popcorn, ca-
nine resident of Windom, con-
stitute industrious thinking,
reaching school on time, and
above all, perfect attendance.
Popcorn, who attended school
with his master, Kenny Hall,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Hall, made a perfect attend-
ance record last year at Win-
dom.
But now he is worried, for he
may have a problem. The Halls
have moved to Quinlan, 15 miles
south of Greenville, where Mr.
Hall will be executive vice
president of Quinlan State Bank
and Mrs. Hall will be assistant
cashier. Popcorn just isn’t sure
what Quinlan schools will be
like.
He doesn’t know if he will be
allowed to retrieve balls at re-
cess, ride the merry - go-round
with Kenney’s schoolchums or
remain in the hall while Ken-
ny studies in class.
But Popcorn thinks he may
have his anticipated problem
solved. Last year Mrs. J. C.
Hawks, primary teacher at
Windom, awarded him a per-
fect attendance record for the
school year. Why not show it
to those teachers in Quinlan?
he has contemplated. .
Besides, he always went to
school — even when Kenny was
sick. He had to see if every-
thing was going o. k. and then
scoot! He was- back home
again to tell Kenny, what was
going on at school today.
And he has. also thought of
his behavior record. If the
Quinlan teachers ask, he can
refer them to Mrs. Hawks, who
will answer, “On days when the
school doors were open, Pop-
corn always- sat at the south
entrance and waited until play
period. He always looked at us
longingly. And then during play
period he was the Number One
athlete on the playground.”
But before school starts, Pop-
corn has decided that perhaps
he should meet a few residents
of Quinlan. He just may attend
the opening of the Quinlan
State bank next Saturday. Be-
sides, Kenny might have a new
teacher there for him to meet.
Whitewright Girl
On Club Program
The second runner-up in the
recent “Little Miss World” con-
test held in Biloxi, Miss., 6-
year-old Gena Judd of White-
wrght, performed for Rotarians
Wednesday noon at their weekly
meeting, presenting the routine
in twirling, dancing and singing
that brought her the high place-
ment in the national contest.
Gena’s teacher, Mrs. Lillian
Coonrod of Denison, explained
the various numbers in the rou-
tine as they were presented. Her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Judd, and her grandmother,
Mrs. Charles Ayres, all of
Whitewright, were guests. Mrs.
Judd assisted her daughter in
costume changes. Mrs. David
Johnson of Whitewright was the
piano accompanist.
Rotarian Glenmore Hodge was
program chairman.
Death Takes Kin
Of Local Woman
C. M. Payne, 62, of Odessa,
died in an Odessa hospital
Saturday, Aug. 22, 1964. He had
been ill several months.
He was a brother - in - law
of Mrs. Cecle Clement, Star
route, Bonham. Mr. Payne was
born in Denton.
Funeral services were held
at 3:30 p. m. Sunday in Odes-
sa with interment there.'
Survivors include his wife of
the home address; one son and
one daughter, both of Odessa.
Car Rams Utility
Pole Monday Night
The damage was light in a
• one-car accident on Sid street
Monday night. 1
City Officers Billy Daniels and
Kenneth Rice reported that a
car driven by John T. Birdwell,
17, hit a utility pole on Sid
street causing damage estimat-
• ed by officers at $75.
Birdwell told the officers he
hit loose gravel at the intersec-
tion of Sid and South 6th street
a causing him to lose control of
t the car. _
Gober Schools
To Open Monday
GOBER K(Spl.) — The Gober
schools will begin their 1964-65
term Monday, Aug. 31, Supt.
Z. W. Trout has announced.
Supt. Trout said that the buses
would make their regular runs
and the lunchroom would be
open.
“It will be a full : day of
school,” he said.
Supt. Trout said that the facul-
y had been completed and build-
ings made ready for the term.
“We are looking forward to a
good year,” he added.
Larry J. Pierce
At Navy School
GLYNCO, GA. (FHTNC) —
Larry J. Pierce, airman ap-
prentice, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Rudolph R. Pierce of Ec-
tor, Texas., is attending Avia-
iation Electronics Technici-
an Airborne Combat Informa-
tion Center Operator School at
the Naval Air Technical Train-
ing Center, Glynco, Ga.
He studied basic electronics,
the basic theory of electronics
and the operation of an air-
borne Combat Information Cen-
ter.
The ■ Combat ' Information
Center aboard an aircraft
tracks approaching enemy air-
craft.
Equipment Fund
Still Growing
The fund to help purchase
equipment to replace that lost
in the fire that wrecked the
equipment room at B. P. Weaks
stadium continues to grow.
Contributions to the fund being
raised by the Quarterback club
totaling $100 were reported Tues-
day.
Contributions reported Tues-
day were Buster Cole and Ed
Southerland $50, McKelva Mat-
tress Factory $25, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Gray $15 and Pee Wee
Reed $10.
Gilbert Phillips, Quarterback
club president, said donations
could be made to any member
of the club or to Pete Holman,
Currin’s Men’s Wear, Leather-
wood Hardware, Leatherwood
Men’s Wear, McKnight Drug or
The Daily Favorite.
An English girl from a 1,600-
acre farm where the Avon river
flows across her land to Shakes-
peare’s home speaks warmly of
Texans and Texas weather.
Flashing her British smile, she
said, “Texas weather is just a
wee bit hot for me.”
Miss Carole Ann Brookes, Eng-
lish International Farm Youth
Exchange student, spoke . to
Home Demonstration club mem-
bers Friday at the annual Rally
Day held at Edhube.
Miss Brookes will spend three
weeks in Farinin county with
Mr. and- Mrs. Marlow Williams
of Honey Grove and three weeks
in Hale county in the “square”
of Texas, she said.
A slender English girl with
bright blue eyes,- sparkling
teeth, a warm, voice and tanned
skin, Miss Brookes showed
slides of her home and explained
the typical life of an English
farmer.
She lives on a 1,600 acre farm
in Worchestershire county where
grain crops, a market garden
(similar to the Texas truck
garden) and orchards diversify
the farm. . Her father and his
two brothers own the farm which
they, acquired shortly before
World War II. The average Eng-
lish farm is- about 74 acres in
size. 5
Miss Brookes attended private
boarding school until she was 16
and after completion of studies,
returned to her home. She is a
member of the Young Farmers
Club of England which Prince
Phillip headed for several years.
She works in the wheat section
of the farm and drives a tractor.
Farm products include apples,
pears, plums,- blackberries, lo-
genberries, potatoes, sugar
bets, wheat, barley and oats.
They also have a flock of 650
sheep and 650 head of beef cat-
tle.
She told of English barbecues,
wheelbarrow races, carol sing-
Fannin county communities
may nominate a minister for
Texas Rural Minister of the
Year, County Agent Wayne
Cranfill said today.
The county agent said Sept.
1 was the deadline for entering
yearbooks on the work of the
minister in the state contest.
“If any community is inter-
ested in entering a minister in
the contest, I will give them
the facts that should be includ-
ed in the yearbook,” he said.
“We have but a short time in
which to prepare an entry but
we will be able to get the year-
book and nomination in before
the deadline if we hurry.”
Each minister who is nomin-
ated will be given a beautiful
certificate that will be present-
ed locally, the county agent
said.
The winner will be announced
at the Town and Country
Church conference which will
be held at A&M in October.
The winner will be selected
by a committee of ministers
who will meet at Texas A&M
Sept. 11.
A trip to the Rural Minister
Workshop at Emory university
next summer will be made a-
vailable to the winner by The
Progressive Farmer.
Trenton Students
Register Friday
TRENTON «(Spl.) - Students
in the Trenton schools will regis-
ter Friday for the 1964-65 term
of school, Supt. W. L. Corley has
announced.
Classes for the term will begin
Monday, Aug. 31. .
Buses will be in operation Fri-
day and the regular bus sched-
ules will begin Monday. The
lunchrooms will be open Mon-
day for the first full day of
school.
Three new teachers have been
employed for the new term.
They are Miss Kay Henderson
of Sherman, vocational home-
making; Carl Yeats of Durant,
Okla., coach, history and typing,
and Ray Farris of Quinlan, math
and science.
Other high school teachers are
Jimmie Reed Butler, vocational
agriculture; Miss Willie Cather-
ine Murphy, English.
Teachers in the elementary
grades are Mrs. Herman Tilger,
Miss Dorthel Robinson, Mrs. Ed
Reagan and Jack W. Booher.
Miss Nell Jones and Mrs. C.
W. Rhudy will work in the
lunchroom. Tom Vinson is the
custodian, and J. D. Garner, E.
E. Riley, Jr., and Jack W.
Booher are the bus drivers.
All of the buildings have been
renovated during the summer
months and all woodwork has
been repainted. -
Michael L. Rancone
Gains Promotion
ing at Christmas and foxhunt- -
Cr
Struck
LEE MORROW .. . New Postmaster
Takes Over Sept. I I
Morrow Named
To Postmaster
Job in Bonham
Lee Morrow, Bonham auto-
mobile dealer,1 has been nomin-
ated by Congressman Ray Rob-
erts to be Bonham’s acting
postmaster and will be install-
ed in a public ceremony here
on Friday, Sept. 11.
Congressman Roberts’ anti-
cipated nomination of Morrow
to fill the. postmaster - vacancy
here also included the an-
nouncement .thata high postal
official, Harold Jinks, special
assistant to the postmaster
general, will be here to 'conduct
the installationceremony.
Other ranking postal officials
from regional ’ and national of-
fices are expected to attend.
. Congressman Roberts will be
here for the installation and
will speak, during, the program,
which probably will be held on
the court house square if wea-
ther permits.
Morrow will step into the act-
ing postmastership to fill the
County Relatives
In Car Accident
$1,100 Damage
Is Done Cars
The damage was estimated by
officers at $1,100 in a 2-car col-
lision at the intersection of West
Sth and Poplar streets Wednes-
day morning.
Officers Jay Duckworth and
Kenneth Templeton identified
the divers of the two cars as
Buster Cleo Smith and William
Boyd Nehr.
Smith was taken to Risser
clinic where he received first
aid treatment and released.
Officers said Smith’s car came
to rest in a yard at the inter-
section while Nehr’s car strad-
died the curb. _________
Mr. and Mrs. Bill King and
children, Debbie and Allen
Keith, and Mrs. W. E. Wall of
of Frisco were weekend guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cantrell
at Lake Texoma.
By Automobile
Rebecca Weeks, 23-month-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mike
Weeks, was slightly injured
when struck by a car on East
Boyd Loop Tuesday night.
City Officers Bill Daniels
and Kenneth Rice identified the
driver of the car as Mrs.
James J. Thomison, 322 East
Boyd Loop, adding she skidded
her car a considerable distance
to avoid striking the child.
The young child had a bump
on her head and a bruise on
her hand.
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Oxen Bell Displayed
Robert Price, farmer at
Moore’s Chapel, displayed his
grandfather’s oxen bell Satur-
day.
“I think this bell is over 200
years old,” Price said. The bell
was handed to him 45 years ago
by his grandfather who was 92.
The grandfather said it had
been handed down by his great-
grandfather who lived in Ten-
nessee.
Price said his grandfather
used the bell to gather the oxen
early in the mornings..“The land
where he settled just east of
ing. One of her uncles owns a
thoroughbred racing horse and
the families often attend the
weekend races in the country-
side.
English social life is varied,
gay and exciting, she said. “We
don’t get married as young as
some Americans,” she ex-
plained.
“We start dating around 17
and then work. We feel if a girl
marries young, she ’ has no
chance for independency, money
or opportaunity to travel.”
Miss Brookes attended a wed-
ding in Virginia where she lived
for three weeks.
“I find your American wed-
rings quite tame! ” she laughed
and said. “In England we give
the bride and groom a terrible
time.”
Miss Brookes visited her first
rodeo last week and said, “I
loved it!” She also said she has
been asked to ride a bull in a
rodeo scheduled before she
leaves. She hasn’t decided if it
is a joke or not, she said.
BILOXI, Miss. — Michael L.
Roncone, son of Mrs. John W.
Sparger; has been promoted to
airman third class in the U. S.
Air Force at Keesler AFB.,
Miss.
Airman Roncone is presently
a student in the communica-
tions specialist course at Air
Training Command’s (ATC)
Keesler Technical Training Cen
ter. ATC trains airmen and of-
ficers in the diverse skills re-
quired by the nation’s areo-
space force.
A letter received by Mrs. L.
D. Ellis of Bonham informs the
family members here of a ser-
ious accident in which her sis-
ter, Mrs. G. E. Weatherby, and
her family were involved in re-
cently enroute to their home in
Kannapolis, N. C., from Dallas.
After attending the Church
of God Assembly in Dallas, all
members of the Weatherby
family suffered minor injuries
and Mr. Weatherby serious in-
juries near Atlanta, Ga., when
a trailer-truck crossed over in-
to their line of travel and their
car was completely demolished.
Weatherby suffered chest in-
juries and had to have num-
erous stitches to close cuts. A
son, Glen, Jr., suffered a brok-
en nose; another son, Kenneth,
required 15 or 20 stitches to
close cuts. The daughter, Saun-
dry, was uninjured in the acci-
dent.
Other relatives here are a
sister, Mrs. Hubert Hammett
of Dodd City; Mrs. Robert Dod-
son, sister, and W. H. Smith, a
brother, of Telephone.
Falls From Truck . . .
Ronnie Bellows
Critically Hurt
vacancy left by the recent- re-
tirement of E. M. (Buddy)'
Spence, Spence, postmaster
since Mar. 15, 1953, is now on
accumulated sick . and annual
leave and has been granted dis-
ability retirement effective
next March. ; a .
Born and reared at. Ladonia,
in Fannin ' county. Morrow
moved to Bonham in 1938 to en-.
ter the automobile business.
During World War II he served
as chief clerk of the air depot
detachment at Jones field while
. the field served as a base for
training pilots. 3 . ba
His principal responsibility ■
was the- accountability of rail
Army property on the base, in-
eluding acquisition of hard - to-
get parts to keep the training
planes in the air.
His department established a
record during one period of 140
days when no airplane was
grounded because of not having
parts for repairs, onee ,
At the conclusion of the war.
Morrow returned to the auto-
mobile business and with A. K.,
Yates opened the Dodge - Ply-
mouth agency in Bonham. He
purchased Yates’ interest in the
business in 1947 and some two
years ago added the Rambler
dealership to his agency. 1
Long one of Bonham’s active
civic workers, Morrow is now
serving as chairman of the Ag-
ri - Business committee,' the
business group that sponsors
Fannin county’s community de-
velopment program. During the
last three years Fannin county
has produced the Blue Ribbon
rural community of Texas. Dur-
ing this time he also has been
the Agri - Business co-sponsor
of the Lannius communityim-
provement club. 2
He has served as co-chair-
man of the special giftsdivi-
sion of the Fannin county Can-
cer Society fund campaign, is
active in Chamber of Commer-
ce, and has been a member of
the official board of the First
Christian church for many
years. He is a Mason and is a
past master of the Ladonia
lodge.
Morrow, a close personal
friend of the late Speaker' Sam
Rayburn, has been active in the
Fannin county Democratic par-
ty and has been one of its chief
fund raisers, assisting long-
time County Democratic Exe-
ecutive Committee Chair-
man Deets Dorough.
Mrs. Morrow is the former
Elizabeth Little of Ladonia.
They have one son, Roy,who
is employed by the Veterans
Administration in Oklaho-
ma City.
Cotton Center wasn’t cultivated
and he used the oxen and a
huge wooden plow to break the
soil,” Price said. Price’s grand-
father was John Anderson of
Cotton Center who died when 92
years old.
“My grandmother said anyone
could hear the bell as far as five
miles away,’’ Price said. The
bell is in excellent condition,
handmade from heavy steel.
Price said he was going to
paint the bell gold and then
store it. “And then I’ll hand it
down to one of my boys,” he
said.
brand Jury to
Meet Sept. 11
A session of the grand jury for
the July term of 6th District
court has been called for Fri-
day, Sept. 11.
Judge A. M.,. Harrison called
the grand jury to meet at 9 a.m.
on that date to investigate such
cases as may be submitted by
the office of County Attorney
Pat Beene,
ECTOR (Spl.) — Ronnie Bel-
lows, 18, was critically injured
Tuesday afternoon when he fell
from a hay truck while enroute
to the C. E. O’Neal farm in the
Ely community to haul hay.
Bellows was taken to M&S
hospital at Bonham and then
transferred to Baylor hospital at
Dallas where his condition was
reported critical. .
Physicians said that the youth
had suffered a broken back, jaw,
pelvis and numerous other in-
juries. "
Bellows was riding on the
fender of hay truck driven by
Richard Hill and fell off when
Hill applied the brakes. Bellows
was thrown against the asphalt
paving on FM 898.
David Vanhooser and Larry
Whitehead also were on the
truck while Ted Lynn and John-
ny Newell were riding in ai pick-
up truck behind the larger
truck.
Bellows was taken to the Bon-
ham hospital in a car by Mrs.
Foy Newell.
After physicians made a pre-
liminary check at Bonham, he
was rushed to Dallas where spe-
cialists would be available to
take care of him.
None of the other boys on the
truck were injured.
Bellows, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Bellows, was a mem-
ber of the 1964 graduating class
of Ector high school.
John W. Grisham
With 7th Fleet
USS KEARSARGE (FHTNC)
— John W. Grisham, fireman,
USN., son of Mr. and Mrs.
John R. Grisham, Route 1,Win-
dom, Texas., is serving aboard
the anti - submarine warfare
aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge
operating in the Far East with
the Seventh Fleet.
Kearsarge is the hub of an
anti - submarine "Hunter - Kil-
ler" group composed of air,
surface units designed to find
and destroy enemy submarines.
She is scheduled to visit ports
in Japan, the Philippines and
Hong Kong.
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