Primitive Baptists Gather at Jackson Springs Meeting
The Primitive Baptist Association serving Cottle Harde man Wilbarger counties and Eldorado Oklahoma held meetings at Jackson Springs from Thursday night to Sunday afternoon. Five baptisms and one restoration occurred with two day and one night services. J A Jones Odell was elected moderator and J W Mayo Odel clerk. Next year’s session will start the Friday before the second Sunday in August. Visiting ministers included Niders Edwards Port Worth J B Driver Nacogdoches J McCarty Tilia J R Sims Mopeetie Shipps Wellington Ira Caldwell near Hobart Pacine near DeLeon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Jones
Odell
J. W. Mayo
Odel
Auprust
Niders J
Edwards
Port Worth
Driver
Nacogdoches
J. McCarty
Tilia
J. R. Sims
Mopeetie
Shipps
Wellington
Ira Caldwell
Hobart
Okla
Pacine
DeLeon
Texas
Ethel Sweatman
Fargo
Monette
Wanderers Creek
Pig and Poultry Club
Britain’s War Cost Tops Global Debt Burden
A wartime cost study shows Britain spending 24.92 million dollars daily, 1.455 million hourly, and nearly 25 thousand per minute. Debts rose from 3.255 billion to 39.9 billion, funded by taxation alone. Taxes now about 3.27 billion yearly, with a 5 billion third war loan. Annual military and munition outlays reach 9.505 billion, while allied loans total 58.16 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Briain
Imperials
Britain
Germany
Great Britain
Bride Morna McNeill Weds Grady Storey at Electra Home
Miss Morna McNeill of Electra marries Grady Storey of Camp Travis in Electra at the bride’s mother's home. Rev. WLTL Rouse conducts the ceremony with military decor, under a draped American flag. Both taught at Electra High School. Storey has joined the Army Ambulance Corps at Camp Travis. The couple plan to reside at Camp Travis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morna McNeill
Electra
Grady Storey
Camp Travis
J. W. McNeill
Wltl Rouse
Baptist Church of
Vernon
Electra High School
Storey
Ambulance Corps
Ace Sneed
Rouse
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Eastern Star Notice for Chapter 424 Meeting
FE. T. Mur chison chapter 424 C E 8 will hold a regular meeting Friday night. Mrs Rena M Watts See Mrs D J Wilson visited Mrs J J Fain Saturday en route from Chillicothe to Cleburne. Charlie Francis and family of Arlington are visiting Vernon friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. T. Murchison
C. E
Rena M. Watts
D. J. Wilson
J. J. Fain
Chillicothe
Cleburne
Charlie Francis
Arlington
Vernon
Phonograph Records Feature Voices From France and Loyalty
Roy C. Russell travels to St. Louis and eastern points while Mr. Vernon and Mrs. Brown visit Vernon. General Pershing’s voice from France is captured on a phonograph record along with Ambassador James W. Gerard’s four minute talk on loyalty. Hear these messages on your phonograph promoted by E. M. Leutwyler, Jeweler and Optician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Pershing
France
James W. Gerard
E. M. Leutwyler
Optician
Adv
Lce
Eighteen Conversions In Odell Methodist Revival
Eighteen conversions and six additions to church membership result from revival services at Odell Methodist Church led by Rev. M. M. Beavers of Chillicothe. Twelve conversions came from Sunday services as the meeting continues at least through Thursday with a large attendance and favorable reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odell BY Chellscothe
Odell Methodist Church
M. M. Beavers
Chillicothe
Beavers
Letha Davis
Methodist Church
Thalia
Orient Water Tank Bursts At Odell
The Orient Railway water tank at Odell collapsed last Tuesday releasing 48 000 gallons of water. No injuries or property damage occurred as the pumper was away. Repair work was halted minutes before the accident. Hoops gave way causing the failure. Repairs will start soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odell
Orient Railway
Odell Personal Notices Chronicle Local Items
Odell personal notices list residents and visitors across nearby towns. Names include Turner in Kansas City with cattle, Mrs F A Boles in Clarendon, Maggie Vassey and Abbie Starr in Wace, Mabel Towles in Ohina visiting Mrs J H Taylor, and others like Miss Letha Davis and O J Belcher amid illnesses and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Vassey
Abbie Starr
Wace
Mabel Towles
Ohina
Texas
Mrs
J. H. Taylor
Odell and Vernon Locals Mention Deployments and Visits
Mr and Mrs TR Belcher were in Burkburnett this week They were accompanied home by PD and Rosa Mae Scott Cards from Odell boys in Company 1 42nd Infantry show the unit arrived overseas safely A number of Odell boys joined this company at Vernon last summer Brett and Emory Foster sons of Mr and Mrs B Foster left Monday for Chandler Oklahoma to visit their grandfather, with Mr Foster taking them to Vernon to catch the Frisco train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belcher
Burkburnett
Rosa Mae Scott
Odell
42Nd Infantry
Vernon
Brett
Emory Foster
B. Foster
Chandler
Okla
Mr. Foster
Texas to Furnish 1 750 Draft Registrants for August Calls
The Provost Marshal General issued orders for 100000 white registrants from 43 states to entrain August 26–30. Twenty one states and D C must furnish 30207 negro registrants to entrain August 22–24. Totals for August reach about 800000 under the current military program with camp allocations across Camp Pike Camp Travis and Camp Beauregard. W H Van Huss travels to Electra for weeklong business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Arizona
Camp Pike
Ark
Arkansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Camp Travis
Texas
Navy Gunner’s Mate Returns on Seven Submarine Runs
Richard Cannon, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cannon of Fargo, is home on furlough from the Navy. He has served on a transport ship carrying American troops to France and has made seven trips, experiences including battles with submarines in the Atlantic danger zone off the British and French coasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Cannon
J. F. Cannon
Fargo
Odell
Navy
France
Atlantic
Trish
French
Hancocks Take Sunday Trip to Mineral Wells
Mrs. Leslie Greenwood of Bowie visits Mrs. J. D. Parnell. Greenwood is Parnell’s sister. Mrs. Dick Kelly of Frederick Oklahoma visits her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Batchelor. Mr. Kelly has enlisted in the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Wy. WH. Hancock
Leslie Greenwood
Bowie
J. D. Parnell
Greenwood
Mr. Parnell
Dick Kelly
Frederick, Okla
J. M. Batchelor
Mr. Kelly
Military discipline seen as best for a young man
Wm. Wolf of the H. Wolf Iron & Metal Company, now at Camp Travis, writes that there is nothing better for a young man than the experience and discipline of military life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Wolf
H. Wolf Iron & Metal Company
Canp Travis
Little Darwin: gasoline ingestion tragically claims life
August 12 report from Tolbert notes Darwin Swim, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Swim, drank gasoline Saturday and died hours later. Funeral at Tolbert cemetery Sunday with Rev. M. H. Hudson officiating. Community extends sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolbert
Darwin
Sam Swim
M. H. Hudson
Rev
Newton
The
Baptist Church
Savings at The Ever It e Adv Pay Thing Store
A sale ad notes saving 25 percent as equivalent to one fourth off a bill elsewhere. A new baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. R F Wilson twelve miles north of town on Wednesday August 7. Mrs W E Rutledge returned to Wichita Falls after a week with Mrs Moecton BP Alimeu of Vernon and Miss Margaret Waddill visited Wichita Falls before returning to Tioga. Dudley T Miller, formerly of B W Drug Co now at Base Hospital Camp Travis, returned to camp after visiting Vernon friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. EF. Wilson
W. E. Rutledge
Wichita Falls
Mis
Margaret Waddill
J. Ilef. Young
Tioga
Dudley T. Miller
B. & W. Drug Company
Camp Travis
Vernon
Electra Wedding Unites McNeill and Storey Families
Mrs Ace Sneed and daughter Lona and son Marcus along with Mrs Jesse Schuette attended in Electra Sunday the wedding of Miss Morna McNeill niece of Mrs Sneed who married Grady Storey of Electra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ace Sneed
Lona
Marcus
Jesse Schuette
Electra
Morna McNeill
Sneed
Grady Storey
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Primitive Baptists
Jackson Springs
Primitive Baptist Association
Cottle, Harde
Tion
Empire
Roy C. Russell
St. Louis
A. N. Vernon
W. O. Brown
Crowell
Orient
Odell Personals
Fa .Turner
Kansas City
F. A. Boles
Clarendon
A. T. Newsom
Quanah
I. N. Gilbert
Pimner, Okla
W. B. Macy
Nellie Day
Weldon
J. G. Chan Mer
Theodore Collins
W. W. Matthews
Kinsas
T. M. Neely
Mangum
George Webb
Mr. Webb
Fuqua
Denver
J. D. Ross
A. S. Ross
O. J. Belcher
J. D. Belcher
Corsicana
Winnie May Flowers
W. T. Collins
Bettie Wright
Dublin
Dora Draper
Paris
Georgia Morton
Pauline Morton
Bank of Odell
Odell, Texas
Louisiana
Bike
Camp Beauregard
W. HH. van Huss
Iheas
Tolbert News
Loneta Cessney
Denton
J. R. Huie
House OF Quality
Ite Adv
Y Thing Store
West Texas St
Farmers State Bank OF
J. P. Hamilton
R. N. Coffey
J. B. Ross
MR. Husband
Empire Laundry
General Insurance
Frank E. Murchison
Herring Bank Bldg
R. B. Sherrill
Bert Moses
Mr. Moses
Vernon Record
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