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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1921
Page
9
Vernon high school beat Wichita Falls 8 to 3 after an eight-run fourth inning. Baird pitched well with three walks but key hits by Curtis and Small, plus timely defenses, sealed the Vernon win despite several errors.
Miss Aline Rogers daughter of Mrs E M Rogers married Charles Oscar Holman at 2 30 p m Sunday in Central Christian Church Vernon. The couple will reside on Holman’s farm about ten miles northwest of Vernon after a wedding that followed local schooling and college studies.
Miss Nelle Pettit daughter of Mr and Mrs J H L Pettit and George Flardin part owner of Vernon Drug Store were married Sunday about 2 pm Rev S W Hayne performed the ceremony in the Parsonage. Immediate family and a few relatives attended and out of town guests included Mr and Mrs R M Hamilton of Wichita Falls. The couple will reside on West Texas street after a short wedding trip to Dallas and Wichita Falls.
The box score notes two base hits by Curtis Hiatt and Ker ley with a third by Curtis and three base hit by Curtis along with strikeouts for Bet Baird and McAbee. Bases on balls went to Baird four times and McAbee four times. Umpires were Oisman and Murchison.
Drilling on the inn well is suspended for a week while crews test the hole to determine what has been found at present depth. Watts of Vine says drilling may resume tomorrow with optimism the pay zone lies deeper and that gas indicators are favorable. Water trouble and sand issues hinder progress as plans consider lining and continued operations possibly to 2000 feet. Churchill could begin within one to two weeks.
Vernon meat peddlers are accused of poor sanitation as meat is sold from wagons with exposed meat and dusty scales. The Chamber of Commerce asks City Commissioner William Blackwood to enforce the city ordinance on meat handling. If justified, Blackwood will take corrective action.
The Carnegin library reports rising reading interest with a varied gift of new titles. Highlights include HG Wells The Outline of Mystery and Uncle Remus and the Little Boys by Joel Chandler Harris, plus Lamb The Adventures of Ulysses and Rudyard Kipling Just So Stories. The collection also features The Coming of the King, Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, and The History of the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs edited by Stella L. Christian. The Fame Science Club donated the volume.
About sixty enthusiasts met in Bailey hotel sun parlor to form the Vernon Athletic Club. Initiation is five dollars with monthly dues set at five dollars. A. J. Sebell president N. K. Hurt secretary F. J. Stovall and Steve Maryel treasurers. Members urged to recruit from firms and invite parental memberships. No action on relocation until funds are raised.
Fire at the Columbia Garage, also known as Mechanics Garage, started from a gasoline stove with a bucket of gasoline on a shelf. Proprietor F M Kinney attempted to move the burning bucket outside, spreading flames across the floor. Firemen extinguished the blaze. one car was in the garage but was unharmed though very hot.
A 30 by 80 foot garage is under construction by Bennett Rogers Lumber Co behind a new drive in station and facing Marshall Street. The face brick building will cost about 3500 dollars. Billings, formerly with McFall Motor Co., has leased the garage for five years and the proprietors expect to open next month for general repair work.
Everett Haney, local agent for California State Life Insurance Co, will receive a July trip to Sacramento for his services in selling and collecting for $125,000 worth of life insurance in a specified period. Haney ranked fifth among twenty two agents deemed to receive the trip and is associated locally with O. C. McCurdy.
The couple J A Rudder aged 66 and Mrs. Mary Young were married by Pastor Gus Rimage of the Central Christian Church at the parsonage in Vernon county area. They reside in Wilbarger county and plan to live about twelve miles south of Vernon.
Installation of the church organ at First Methodist Church is about half finished. It is questionable whether the instrument will be ready for use by next Sunday morning.
Mrs. J B Denison wife of Dr J E Dodson of Vernon died Sunday after a lingering illness. She was 66 and had lived in Vernon since 1915. A respected local teacher and artist she supported education and religious work, financed a student at Scarritt Bible School, and left provisions in her will for ongoing beneficence. Funeral services were held Monday at the family home with Rev S W Hayne presiding and several out of town relatives in attendance.
The Menarveh Petroleum firm has opened a new drive in station at the corner of West Wilbarger and Fannin Streets in Vernon. Bennett-Rogers Lumber Co runs the station with wholesale and retail gasoline and oil. A Batten and Ray White of Dallas aided the deal and plan deliveries to farmers during the busy season. The Monarch company holds extensive holdings in Texas.
An inventor writes the Chamber of Commerce offering Vernon a tractor factory built from stock parts. He says production could start with $50,000 and yield one tractor per week. Production cost is about $250 per unit with potential sale price around $750.
One hundred sixty markers line the Colorado to Gulf highway in Wilbar ger county. Local director R. B. Gibson and Vernon Chamber of Commerce manager oversaw markers. The road is marked at quarter mile intervals from Wichita county line to Hardeman county line.
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