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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1922
Page
7
Readers report a flurry of relatives and friends visiting Vernon and nearby towns. Shoppers flock to The Everything Store for aluminum ware sales while many travelers depart for Texas and Colorado. Mayors, neighbors, and merchants mingle as births and trips pepper the week.
Miss Josephine Budd secretary of the University of Lexus YWCA travels to Kestes Park Colorado for the National YWCA student and community conferences August 4 to 22 where she will lead the Bible study class. Texas Colorado and Oklahoma college girls are expected to attend with Miss Irene Home of San Marcos as the Texas chaperone.
Miss Stella Dugan hosts Miss Vera Harrington in Greenville while Mr. and Mrs. John S. Kearney of Corpus Christi depart with their daughter Mrs. B A Williams for San Francisco Los Angeles and Redondo Beach Calif. Mr and Mrs Woo Anderson and Miss Mary Anderson with Mrs Sylvester Munger sail to California for the autumn with Mr Munger joining later. Miss Annah Joe Pendleton returns from Evanston Il and Chicago then joins a Wisconsin house party after attending Northwestern University commencement.
Miss Pendleton traveled from Mason City Iowa to Sheboygan Wisconsin to join a party on their annual camping trip. The outing proved delightful. she left around June 1 returning earlier than planned due to the strike situation.
Miss Minnie Frances Burton of Fort Worth and Miss Leah Dewill of Lonismat led a bridge party hosted by Misses Atadvey and Dorothy Cook with numerous guests. The morning featured card games and varied refreshments, with attendees including Dorothy and Andres Cook, John Mallow, Dorothy Hicks, Doris Boger, Ruby Thoms, Lat Cile Holt, Berdie Hiatt, and others. Mrs Vera Berry of Wichita Falls and hostesses also attended.
Hillcrest members and guests enjoyed an old fashioned picnic at the club house west of Vernon. A large crowd responded to cleverly worded invitations with verses on watermelons and baskets of fried chicken. Food and décor matched a vintage wartime style, with ice cream,Valerie melons, and a variety of treats artfully presented. The event kicks off a new program committee series with more planned activities and bargains for August fifth.
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