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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1925
Page
4
W. B. Smith, claimed oldest active oil driller in North America, arrived in Vernon to join local development. He began drilling in Pennsylvania in spring 1868, has worked in every oil state, recalls early methods without casing and with animal skins, brass tubing, and high relative wages.
As a driller, Mr Smith earned 2.50 a day and was paid in three cent pieces. Over more than half a century his career helped many become rich or poor, witnessing rapid fortunes. He has remained linked to the greatest money making game the world has known, and today continues as a driller.
Vernon friends of Mr and Mrs L E Piper have learned their daughter Miss Dorothy Piper will be heard over the radio in several violin numbers April 10 at 645 p m from Los Angeles Times station The hour may be Pacific or local time listeners should adjust to Livellock Miss Piper leads the senior high school orchestra and displays notable violin skill
Mrs. R. M. Jarrett, here on business and visiting sister Miss Ada Pierce at the Vernon Hotel, departed Wednesday for her home in Post.
A fierce storm centered on Tolbert halted traffic between Vernon and Quanah for over an hour. Two feet of hail on a quarter mile stretch of the Colorado to Gulf highway blocked roads and forced many cars to turn back. A bridge southeast of Tolbert washed out and a Denver railroad freight train faced delays from four feet of hail drift. Residents report inches of rain and widespread hail though Quanah and Vernon saw little rain.
Mrs Lydia Fry formerly of Graham now operates at the Art Shoppe offering all kinds of dress making both fancy and plain with satisfaction guaranteed.
Delegates from Vernon federated clubs were chosen to attend the First District meeting of the State federation of Woman's clubs in Fort Worth next week. Aiming to host the 1926 meeting locally, delegates include Mrs. D. L. McCurdy as delegate and Mrs. H. H. Terhune as alternate for the Woman's club, with additional selections for Home Science Delphians and Home Economics groups.
Mrs iomer Fyans the bedside caregiver for weeks has returned home reporting her daughter Mrs T J Worrell of Memphis is improving and out of hospital. Cemetery Association members are asked to attend a meeting at the library auditorium Tuesday at ４ o'clock. Dr E F B Lyon pastor of First Baptist expects to leave Sunday for Balinger to serve as character witness in a court case likely away most of the week.
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