The Bonham Herald (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1937 Page: 5 of 8
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RURAL FANNIN COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SECOND SECTION
THE BONHAM HERALD
SEMI-WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY
VOLUME XI
BONHAM. TEXAS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1937
NO. 30
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GOBER
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Mr.
and
Mrs. Henry
Smith
and
little daughter of O’Donnell, Texas,
are visiting here.
Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Sudderth
have moved to Dallas where he has
employment.
Mrs. Alfred Creech and children
are spending a few days with Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Carpenter of Leonard.
15s. Lee Smith and children had
following guests for Thanksgiv-
ing: Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Crowley and
children, Ruth and Hal McCullough,
Mr. and Mrs. L. Archie, Mrs. Alma
Donsby all of Dallas, and Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Morrison of Gober.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lambeth of Clov-
is, New Mexico, visited Mrs. Ada Rat-
tan, Thursday evening.
Mr., and Mi's. Noel Burnett of Big
Springs spent the holidays with home
folks.
Mr. Bill Dozier and Mr. Edwin
Burnett of A. & M. College spent
Thanksgiving with their parents.
Martha Ruth Provine spent the
week end with her mother, Mrs. Al-
va Carpenter.
Ringold, Okla., hall team played
two fast games with G’ober. Gober
Won both games.
Mr. Paul Moore, Rayburn Warnell,
Robert McCullough, Joe Green at-
tended the Ladonia—Cooper football
game at Ladonia, Thursday.
Mr. Alton Moore has opened a
grocery store in the Goin building.
Mr. Claud Danils who teaches at
Ubell spent Thanksgiving with his
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Arvel Burkett and
daughter and Mrs. Claud Burkett
visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Burkett of Spring Creek.
Mrs. Clarence Nelson and sons of
Oakland spent Friday with W. A.
Carpenter and family.
Mrs. Tom' Nash and daughters,
Mamie Jo and Mary Francis, of Dodd
City, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ray-
burn Nash, Thursday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Turner, who
teach school at Winston, Texas^
spent the week end here.
Mr. Noel Smith passed away at the
Allen Memorial hospital Friday eve-
ning. Funeral services were held at
the Gober cemetery, Saturday morn-
ing at 11:00 o’clock by Bro. Reaves.
He is survived by four brothers of
Gober.
Earl Cummins, who lives south of
Dodd Citty, was in Bonham Wednes-
day afternoon.
AIRPORT BE SCENE MUCH
ACTIVITY ON DECEMBER 10
Postmaster Wise is in receipt of
another letter concerning the pro-
posed air mail service from Bonham.
It comes from J. S. Griffith, chair-
man of the Airmail Feeder Survey
Week in Texas, headquartei's in
Houston.
The people of Bonham and vicinity
lire urged to do what they can to
make this undex’taking popular, for
rexuember all the enthusiasm we
show will be in our favor—Uncle
Sam is exactly like other folks—cold
and lukewarm communities do not
get much at his hands. Railroads
are the same way, and so are all big
concerns. They do not have to come
to our town, anj’- more than the Katy
Railroad did—and didn’t.
1S0 It behooves evex-ybody to do
what be can to encoux-age the United
States postal author’ties, and every
body comcex)hed, in getting this air-
mail station. We have the airpoi’t,
and there are a lot of hour's out of
twenty-four in a day that it will have
ample time in which to look after
mail planes.
Hex*e is another thing: It will call
for some help, and more help means
a bigger payroll for Bonham, and a
bigger payi'oll means more business,
and more business means more mon-
ey put in cix’culation here—what
more do you want?
Remember the pathfinder plane
yvill be here December 10. You be
at the aii-poi’t, if possible, to meet it,
and have a letter to send off on it—
and mail that letter at the postoffice.
A special pouch will take it to the
plane.
U. S. A. PRESBYTERIAN
Tuesday evening church visitation
was 'observed at the U. S. A. Presby-
terian church here. There were
about fifty present. A covered dish
banquet was served. An inspiration-
al program followed.
Visiting speakers included Di\ and
Mrs. Wrenn Webb of Whitewright
and Rev. W. A. Casseday of Cooper,
Texas.
The meeting was held in the base-
ment of the church.
DR. Y. H. HARLAN
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LYNWOOD MASSEY FUNERAL
HELD THURSDAY
The funeral and burial service for
Lynwood Massey, Sr., mention of
whose death is made on another
page of this issue of The Herald,
was held at the First Methodist
church Thursday afternoon at 2:30.
and attended by one of the largest,
congregations ever assembled in
the chui'ch for such an occasion. The'
service was short, but beautiful in
its simplicity. It was conducted b^
the Rev. Hugh Anderson, pastor of
the First Methodist church, assisted
by th Rev. Ben Bell, pastor of the
Methodist church, Leonard, and the.
Rev. S. R. Smith, pastor of the
First Baptist chui’ch here.
The music was by the choir of the
church, assisted by several singers!
of the city. The songs were some o^
the hymns deceased loved in life.
The flowers, which were in abun-
dance. were beautiful. A large num-
ber cf those at the church followed
the remains to Willow Wild ceme-
tery, where they were laid to rest
beneath immense banks of flowers.-
The pallbearers were Joe Bennet
West, Claude Leather-wood, Claude
Stewart, Sam Meade, James Car-
michael and Olvin Gross.
There were many here from oth-
er cities to attend the funeral.
TAKES 120 PAGES TO
TELL OF SOLONS WORK
It is quite popular for all of us,
especially those of us the least in-
formed on the subject, to “low”
eveiy time the legislature meets it
does nothing—especially this last
special session.
A. S. Broadfoot is in receipt of a
book containing what the last extra
session did, and it takes 120 pages
to tell it, and the story is not “padded
out” as newspaper folks say, eithei’.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
ANNOUNCED
From the office of the Superinten-
dent, H. A. Glass, word is announced
that the Christmas holidays will last
eleven days.
School will be dismissed Wednes-
day, December 22, and will take up
Monday, January 3, 1938.
—The Bonhi
SHOWER FOR MRS. SPENCER
Miss Virginia Chaffin, assisted
her mother, Mrs. Pood Chaffin, and
sister. Miss Doris gave a shower
Tuesday in honor of Mrs. Frank
Spenser, Jr., whose wedding was an-
nounced a few days since, it having
taken place in June.
A number of useful and beauti-
ful gifts were presented to the bride,
and during the evening a number of
games of an amusing and instruc-.
tive nature were played.
Following the fun the guests were
seiwed a “Raggedy Ann” plate,
which consisted of luncheon of dif-
ferent good things to eat fashioned
after “Raggedy Ann.”
About thirty attended.
PROCLAMATION
Due to the fact that the Postal
Department is anxious to stimulate
more interest,
And, that towns with good air-
poi'ts have a very good chance of get-
ting on a regular Air Mail Route,
And that they expect to operate
Air Mail Planes to and from this city
from December 6th to December 12tli.
I therefore as Mayor of Bonham do
this day Proclaim the week of Dec.
6th to Dec. 12th, Air Mail Week, and
J ask that every one co-operate in
this undei'taking.
Signed, Joe B. Hrdlicka, Mayor
City of Bonham.
December 2, 1937.
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
J. B. Richey, manager of the Ru-
ral Electrification project in Fannin
county, has opened an office next to
Deets Dorough. Miss Stella Allred!
it to be bookkeeper and assistant.
Mr. Richey announces that actual
construction of the lines will begin
in about two weeks. There is al-
lotment of $100,000 for the woi'k.
Easements for the lines for the
project from Wolfe City to Nobility,
it is announced, have been secured.
Charles Fulkerson and his two
daughters-in-law, Mrs. Hugh Fulker-
son and Mrs. Charles Fulkerson, Jr.,
were here Thursday from Dallas to
attend the funeral of Lynnwood
Massey.
John Freeman of Leonard was in
Bonham Wednesday. Mr. Freexnan
has been Iivipg in Leonard for some
time. For years he lived at White
Rock, south of Bonham. His father
settled there many years ago.
Roy Owens, cashier of the Ran-
dolph Bank, was a Bonham visitor
Thursday. He says everything is get-
ting along all right-out there.
LIGHTS AROUND SQUARE
FAST BEING ARRANGED
For several days now the commit-
tee having the matter of putting up
the Christmas lights around the
square have been working on the job.
This committee is beaded by Jess Ma-
gouirk, who has been working mighty
hard at the job. He has Joe Loy,
Joe Denton and Alban McRae to help
him, and that bunch can almost do
anything, when they get set and
ready to go. This committee has had
valiant aid from merchants around
the squai’p.
The lights are up on the east side
of Ihe square, and the stars are liter-
ally shining. Also the south side of
the square. The west side of the
Square and the north side are being
looked after, and they soon will be
in good shape.
There never has been any lighting
effects at Christmas times that
caused more favorable comment than
the beautiful stars placed along and
around the square. People coming
through hex-e have_ told their friends
about them, and many is the car that
has been driven to Bonham, loaded
with people, who came expressly to
see the lighting effects. If those
people, each of them, only spent 50
cents here, that’s something.
It takes a lot of work to make a
town, just as it does a home, and
keeping everlastingly at it bi'ings
results. Suppose Dallas had not been
up and at ’em, all the time. It would
have simply been a little muddy vil-
lage on the banks of the muddy Trin-
ity. Dallas’ natural advantages are
no more than Bonham’s. Ever think
of that? They got the Trinity. We
got Bois d’ Ax’c.
Bonham, and all other towns that
wish to remain in the running, must
get up and get busy. There is no
standing still in progress, remember
that, for the word progress means
getting somewhere.
When Santa Claus comes, Bonham
will be x-eady.
HONEY GROVE PASTOR IS
SPEAKER BAPTIST CHURCH
The Rev. T. J. Watts, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Honey
Gi'ove, was the guest speaker at the
Fii’st Baptist church here Wednes-
day night at the regular workers con-
ference of the Sunday school of the
church.
J. Tal Richardson, also of Honey
Grove, was present at the time as a
visitor.
BIRTHDAY SURPRISE
Mrs. Hubert Caldwell of Whittier,
California, surprised her husband
with a supper given in his honor last
Wednesday evening. Those present
were: Mr. and Mrs. George McMillen
and children, Loyie and Leta, Mr.
and Mrs. Iral Bearden and Mr. and.
Mrs. George Ivy and son, Harold, of
La Habra, California.
The table was lovely as the lights
were all turned out and the cake
placed before Mr. Caldwell. He made
his wish and blew the candles out.
Evei'yone enjoyed the supper very
much and wished Mr. Caldwell many
happy l'eturns of the day.
Mi'. Caldwell is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Caldwell of Bailey. He
has been in California for the past
ten .months. Mrs. Caldwell was for-
merly Miss Marie Wrather, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Wrather also
of Bailey.
ON COLLEGE PAPER STAFF
Denton, Texas,—Miss Nancy Mc-
Clure of Bonham, a freshman at the
North Texas Teachers College, was
recently named to the staff of the
Campus Chat, weekly newspaper at
the College.
Miss McClui'e will serve as report-
er of the publication.
Editors of the Avesta, literary
quarterly, the Campus Chat, and the
Yucca, college yearbook, select their
assistants each semester and submit
their names to the Publications
Council for approval. The Council
is made up of editors, a student rep-
resentative from each class, publica-
tions sponsors, and four faculty rep-
resentatives.
Publications at the College have
won repeated distinction in the Tex-
as Intercollegiate Press Association.
The Campus Chat has been named
the Association’s best Class A Senior
College newspaper for three succes-
sive yeai’s./The Yucca won fii’st prize
in the yeq/fbook contest in 1935 and
in 1936 ^bok second prize.
Comxpissioner George Williams, of
Leonard, was here today. He says
he haA his roads in good shape, and
that me thinks now it won’t be long
untj?' Highway 78 will be on the road
to Completion between here wherd
tW hard surface quits this side of
tl^fe S if ford place, seven miles south.
j Mr. and Mrs. Jim Jones of Green-
ville, and Mr. and Mrs. Chalie Randle
,bf the same city were Bonham visit-
ors, Wednesday.
J. D. HALLUM TRIAL
ATTRACTS BIG CROWDS
The State versus J. D. Hallum
charged with the murder of Carl Gil-
breath at Leonard has occupied the
attention of district court every day
since it went into trial Tuesday.
Some time was comsumed in get-
ting -a jury, for jurors with open
minds must be secured, according to
the oath taken. Also they must be
men who will form their opinion on
the law and evidence, etc.
A large number of witnesses have
been examined. How xnany more will
be put on the stand is problematical
as this is being written Thursday
morning. Possibly all of today will
be comsumed in hearing people testi-
fy in the case.
The usual proceeding is for the
lawyers to take up the case then, and
argue the various points of law, and
their bearing on this particular case.
To this the jury will give heed, and
when every lawyer, both the prose-
cution and defence, has had his say,
then the jury will file out and go, ac-
companied by the sheriff or his de-
puty to their room where they will!
deliberate the matter. How long No-
body knows!
It may be Monday before the ver-
dict is reached, and it is possible that
it will be brought in sooner—that is
always a conjecture in any suit whex’e
a jury is used, and more so in crim-
inal cases. It simply takes time to
thresh -out the evidence, get the chaff
winnowed, and get down to the real
facts, for which a vex’dict should al-
ways be deduced.
No case has attracted any more
attention than this one, not even the
famous Scaxdett case years ago, when
the defendant was tried twice, the
case coming back to the trial court
from the court of criminal appeals,
on wx'its of ex’ror or something for
a third trial.
People come in droves and flock
into the court house, where they sit
all day, eagexdy drinking in every
scrap of testimony, many of them
not leaving for dinner! Sonxe of
them actually bring their dinners
with them and eat them where they
are sitting! They would not take a
x’easonable sum for their seats of
vantage, either. They got their ear-
ly to get those seats, and they are
going to keep thexn!
Another unusxxal thing about this
case is, that whereas district court
usually convenes at 10 a. m., T'hurs-
day morning Judge Geoi’ge Black-
buxm l’apped on his desk for silence,
just as the clock struck eight.
Even then a lot of people were in
the house all set to hear the proceed-
ings of a trial that has possibly set
an all-time high for interest and at-
tendance.
A tremendous crowd was in the
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Mr. and Mrs. Tacker and Miss
Audio Monks from Oklahoma City
spent from Thursday until Sunday
here visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Bonhannon.
Mr. and Mrs. Aud Owen spent
Friday night in South Bonham with
her mother, Mrs. Hoskins.
Uncle Bud Russell has been suf-
fering with his hand for a week
He slipped and fell into the fire*
burning his hand and knee badly.
The doctor has been fighting to
keep down blood poison.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brewer went
to Wood County Saturday to visit
their aunt.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Starnes and
children attended church and Sunday
School at the Calvary Baptist!
Church Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Palmore of Ra-
venna were Bonham visitors, Thurs-
day morning.
court house when Judge Blackburn
charged the jury in the Jim Hallum.
mux’der case. He concluded his
charge at 4 p. m. Thursday after-
noon. Immediately, on handing the
charge to Assistant County attorney
Louis Woosley, that official launch-
ed into his speech, commencing with,
the remark that the speeches of the
lawyers were not so important ast
other things in the trial. R. T.
Lipscomb and County Attorney Bus-
ter Cole are in the case for the.
State.
The Herald had to go to pres®
without further details of this now
famous trial, but it learned that the
state would present its side of the
case Thursday afternoon, and per-
haps continue in the night, and that
on Fi-iday morning Judge Fenner
Leslie, attorney for the defense,
would address the jury.
As stated above in this article it
cannot be stated just when the jury
will be ready to report, even aftei*
the case is in its hands.
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Newby, G. R. The Bonham Herald (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1937, newspaper, December 2, 1937; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth993481/m1/5/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.