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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1922
Page
5
At the Deans school election held Saturday Jess Sweatman won the position of school trustee replacing A. L. Seidlits whose term expired. A. P. Rowland J. C. Wilson and A. B. Ross oversaw the vote yielding twenty eight ballots the largest school election total in Deans.
Special Correspondent reports visits among Bowman and Love families in Vernon and Ragland. Local influenza cases improve. a baby boy is born to Mr. and Mrs. W A Odom. A schoolhouse singing event is planned Sunday night. Lightning hits a horse owned by Rk H Love. various residents travel to nearby towns for visits and club meetings.
Rayland reports Mrs. Gran German underwent an appendicitis operation in Vernon and is recovering. Several families face flu and illness, with Miss Mary Walker ill and substitute Opal Derington teaching. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Price of Rule, Miss Adams visiting Crowell, and Jim Jordan and family hosting relatives.
Wilbarger County invites sealed bids by 1:00 p.m. on April 17 for pine lumber to recheck two Pease River bridges near Vernon totaling about 8400 feet. Specifications require first class virgin long leaf yellow pine with heartwood 4 percent and sizes 3x8 to 4x17 in various lengths, surfaced outside to 2 percent and 3 percent thickness. The court may waive technicalities and reject all bids.
Vernon families visit relatives including Henry Richie and J L Burk win school trustees seats. Oren Key moves to Verney. Dress form made by ladies at Mrs Goodger's. Verdon merchants may close for Clarendon game with Baird pitching Wednesday.
The report that Whiteside has withdrawn from the tax collector race is false. He remains a candidate in the race, with the official status continuing through the election timeline.
Red River community notices list illness influenza cases including Cass Shaw and Miss Joan Neal. Local events note a May play Just Plain Folks at Red River school with participants Webb Cook Loyde Hamilton Grady Bingham Neal Carrol Hamilton and others. Trustee election at Red River school elected T A Hamilton W G Perry and Walter Wyatt. Visitors include N B Sears Leyde Hamilton Carrol Hamilton and Jake Neal returning from Odell and Vernon.
A loan of 2 000 000.00 dollars is ready with no delays, cash available when title passes. The agreement is addressed to T P Lisman.
J B Green of Bowie and KR Montgomery of Fort Worth visited Vernon on Sunday. P H Robbing of San Angelo also came to the city Sunday. E McLain of Amarillo was in Vernon yesterday. A wire from F L Massie at Rochester Minn said Miss Mary Catherine is improved and that Mr and Mrs Massie will return to Vernon Wednesday. Miss Vivian Lacy, teaching at Chillicothe, visited her sister in Frederick Okla last weekend. L A Hollar hosted Miss Lacy Sunday night. Rev C A Powell of Rule and wife are visiting S P Ingram of South Cumberland Street due to Mrs Powell's sister Mrs German's illness. Mrs German underwent an operation here last week.
A dog known as Buck wowed spectators at Madison Square Garden in New York by walking a rope. Backstage Buck told the cameraman that dogs must stay sober to successfully complete the stunt, despite the crowd’s praise.
A. W. Butler of White Deer Vernon Sunday. J. E. Ward of Dallas in the pit Monday. R. M. Burrus of Dallas in Vernon Monday. Joe Sumner G Morris and Fran Murchison drove to Wichita Falls Saturday. Bernard McMahan field director of the Colorado to Gulf Highway passed Vernon Saturday en route to Washington D C. Rev W P Garvin at wife bedside in Wichita Falls is in Vernon. Mrs Garvin confined to a Wichita Falls hospital notice. We are moving our office from Denny Building to the Co 3 Ladd Cement Bldg on East Pease opposite Library East Pease 111 or 115 Battendorf Battendorf contractors 25-3 T M Haney of Katia in Vernon Monday for Wilbarger County Farm Bureau meeting. Haney spoke on Scotts association duties and his directorship.
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