Oklaunion Leads In Representation In County Literary Meet
Oklaunion will provide the most entrants in the county district literary meet at Quanah on Saturday with contestants in debate declamation and essay events. Represented from Tolbert Harrold Tolbert will enter senior boy and junior girl in declamation and a boys team. Wilbarger County will be represented by Harrold and Tolbert chiefly while Oklaunion sends Tom Neal Kate Neal and Sallie Evans for tennis and doubles.
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Oklaunion
Guanalh
Vernon
O8aan
Quanah
Evelyn Astley
Ramal Butler
Estelle Lawson
Thomas King
Leslie King
Tolbert
Harrold
Wilbarger County
Oklainton
Tom Neal
Kate Neal
Sallie Evans
Neal
Vernon visits and local happenings in Fargo area
Miss Ethel Sweatmoon spent the weekend with friends in Vernon. The health inspector visited the school last Tuesday. The revival at Dollas drew many farmers as Elder Dunn preached. Rev. R W Tooley of Tolbert to lead Methodist services Sunday. Odell beat Fargo 9 to 5 in a baseball game played on Fargo grounds in late March.
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Dollas
Elder Dunn
Dallas
R.W. Tooley
Tolbert
Methodist Church
Crowell
J. Hackinson
D. L. Lovelace
W. EF. Lovelace
Vernon
Dr. J. Wilhelm
Richard Gillespie
Clarence Wilhelm
George Stafford
Theodore Stafford
KR Greene
J. M. Greene
W. BB. Packer
J. Castleberry
Lon Cartwright
R. B Richardson
Tom Richards
J. J. Crisp
Land
Ethel
Lillian Sweat
Rats Invade Fields Prompt Plan To Fight Them
J A Ammons of Route 1 Odell says rats bed in fields and, with a neighbor and a rat terrier, they killed about ninety rats in five hours. Twenty three were found along a fence line. He warns chickens must be protected and mentions a regional effort using dogs and traps with rewards for the top killer.
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J. A. Ammons
Route 1
Odell
Mr. Ammons
Marriage Licenses Issued in April 1940
John Richardson and Miss Wilmer White of Electra received a marriage license. Charles J. Dane granted licenses at Mins FBaith L and Lincecum. Mrs. Dessie Hardeman Eyederick of Oklahoma also listed, with other names noted in the April 1940 issuance.
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John Richardson
Wilmer White
Electra
Charles J. Dane
Lincecum
Dessie Hardeman
Clar ence Teel Hurt After Ford Collision at Market Street
Clarence Teel, a Bhive-Piper Grocery Co. employee, was struck Sunday while stepping from the curb into Market Street near a drug store. He was knocked several feet by a Ford vehicle and severely injured.
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Clarence Teel
Bhive-Piper Grotery Co
Mrch
Women Who Earn Big Wages as Play Brokers
Miss Elizabeth Martury entered the field of play brokers years ago guiding authors to producers direct. She built a successful career, saw the profession’s potential, and now earns more than $25,000 a year while ranking among its leaders.
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Elizabeth Martury
Miss Marbury
Births Surpass Deaths in Wilbar County in 1920 Data
County records show 114 more births than deaths in 1920 Wilbar gery county. Of 157 births 11 were boys with two sets of boy twins and one of girls. Deaths totaled 1. Dan Danid oversaw 216 county clerk encounters, many from outside the county. The district court granted 71 divorces in 1920, 15 in the September term.
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Dan Danid
District Court
Receivership Denied in Bowers Oil Co Case
The district court denied receivership in the Bowers Oil Co case against Peck and Hickerwell. Defendants must apply oil run proceeds to company obligations. An order barred property sales. Settlement remains preliminary and the matter goes to trial in September term.
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The
Bowers Oil Co
Rain and Wind From Night Storm
More than half an inch of rain fell with high wind during the storm last night. The shower caused little damage overall according to local reports.
Baker returns from Sey mour visit
T. R. Baker came back Saturday after spending a week with relatives at Sey mour.
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T. R. Baker
Seymour
Caraway Returns From Dallas Fort Worth Business Trip
M. Caraway came back Sunday after a business trip to Dallas and Fort Worth.
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M. Caraway
Dallas and
Fort Worth
Vernon Hosts Medical Operation for Mrs Jordon
Mr and Mrs M A Jordon of Chil dress came to Vernon for Mrs Jordon to undergo an operation today. Money to loan on improved farms from Davis and Summerour. C Davenport and family of Grandfield Oklahoma rented Claude Turley farm near Vernon. Miss Nora Russell visited Georgetown parents.
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Jordon of
Childress
Vernon
Jordon
Davis & Summerour
C. Davenport
Grandfield
Okla
Claude Turley
Nora Russell
Georgetown
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Fargo News
Fargo
Ethel — Sweatmoon
Neighbor
Plainview Base
Teel
Elisabeth Marbury
New York
Wilbar
Gery County
Stork
Peck
Hickerwell
Peery la Ae
Winchester
Vernon, Texas
the. Waggoner. National. Bank
Kodak
Kodaks and Films
Kramer’s Studio
Dallas Tipton
McCelvey's
Nancy Hall
Porto Rico
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