Donley County Drilling Advances as Spring Boost Lifts Progress
Donley County reports rapid drilling progress after spring weather. Lilia Lake well reaches 2600 feet with favorable rainbow and gas showings. Buck Creek Oil deeper to 1600 feet with logs indicating near a sand. Home People and Cable wells show pay sand at about 1449 and 1200 feet respectively. Von Hagen well set to reach 3000 feet in coming months.
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Donley County
Lilia Lake
Buck Creek Oil Company
Red River
Home People
von Hagen
Engineers Open Up Office in Local Building
Swanson Lauer and Ailes engineers and contractors have opened a new office in the Massie Shive and Piper building with H W Swanson as local manager. Home office is Wichita Falls. Swanson and Lauer are Carnegie Tech graduates and Ailes is a Penn State alumnus. Lauer served as an ace in the Royal Flying Corps during the war.
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Swanson, Lauer & Ailes
Massie, Shive & Piper
H. W. Swanson
Wichita Falls
Swanson
W. W. Lauer
Carnegie “Tech
O.T. Ailes
Pennsylvania State University
Lauer
Royal Flying Corps
Eastern Star to Meet in Masonic Hall Friday Night
The regular meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star will be held in the Masonic Hall at 8 p.m. Friday night, April 16. All members are urged to be present. Rena M Watts, Secretary.
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Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Farmers Valley Notes From April Meeting And Local Events
April 12 dispatch reports farmers nearly finished spring tasks with rain aiding planting. Otto James Connie Drake and Jim Keylon attended Tolbert church Sunday. C. B. Saunders and wife hosted a Saturday night musical and candy pull. Robit Randal moved to Fort Worth for appendectomy, reported recovering. J. P. Grimes bought a Maxwell car. H. W. Armstrong of Childress, Texas, visited for business. Singing interrupted by a standstorm at Grimes home Sunday night. Florie Dewey Drake and Alta Richardson of Deans visited Guy Turkett’s home. Johnie Saunders of Jackson Springs visits his brother as C. B. Drake and family hosted by B. S. and wife.
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Vallye
Otto James
Connie Drake
Jim Keylon
Tolbert
H. W. Armstrong
Childress
Texas
J. P. Grimes
Florie Dewey Drake
Alta Richardson
Deans
Guy Turkett
Johnie Saunders
Jackson Springs
Saunders
C.D. Drake
Visitors at Chillicothe party include local residents
Sunday noted that Saturday night guests at a local Chillicothe gathering included Leonora Jones, Burice Jones, Abbie Williams, Ina Williams, and Opal Sims from the area.
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Leonora Jones
Burice Jones
Abbie Williams
Ina Williams
Opal Sims
Chillicothe
Pendleton Music Store Adds Notable Sign Along Vernon Street
Pendleton music store unveils a new sight along Vernon’s main thoroughfare. The sign features the shop’s name and the Vietrola trademark, the fox terrier from His Master’s Voice, brightening the storefront and drawing shopper interest.
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Pendleton
Vernon
Vietrola
Marriage Licenses Issued This Week
Marriage licenses have been issued to William Templeman and Miss Mary Talley, James C. Inman and Miss Elsie Davidson, Justice Griffiths performing the ceremony, Al Barker and Miss Ethel Roland, J. B. Williams and Mary Kirby, E. R. Downport and Bettie Black.
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William Templeman
Mary Talley
James C. Inman
Elsie Davidson
Justice Griffiths
al Barker
Ethel Roland
J. B. Williams
Mary Kirby
E. R. Downport
Bettie Black
Heath Makes Investment in 320 Acre Farm Purchase
Vernon jeweler N Tt Heath buys the north half of section 18 Mack 12 a 320 acre farm from D B Price for 27000 dollars via L D Terrell local real estate and insurance representative.
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N. Tt. Heath
Vernon Jeweler
L. D. Terrell
Dixon Dry Goods official leaves for Brownsville
W Deadman who runs the shoe department departed Friday for a several days visit in Brownsville.
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W. Deadman
Dixon Dry Goods Company
Brownsville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rena M. Watts
Fergeson Drug Co
Elkins & Akin Vernon
Realtors
Guaranty State Bank Building
Webb-Magness
Bath
Barga
Foster-Nowlin
Waggoner National Bank Building
Farmres Valley
C. 8
Saunders and Wife
Robit Randal
Fort Worth
Maxwell
Chiropractors
MR. and Mrs. Battendore
Denny Building
Heath
Building Contractors
P. O
W. T. Waggoner
Sigler
Texas Company
Buckeye National Oil Company
Farmers State Bank
Western Union
Vernon, Texas
V. KR
Buckeye National Oil CO. Lly
Love
Daniel
Wichita Falls, Texas
Vernon Town
Wheatley
Thompson, Richardson & Evans
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