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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1923
Page
6
Special correspondent report details local visits and travels among Wilbarger residents. Includes trips to Vernon Fort Worth Ragland Dumas Electra and Hillcrest, church meetings protracted services and social visits among families from Fargo Odell Harrold and Stamford. Several farm and cattle movements noted.
Special correspondent reports multiple local families visiting Dallas Fort Worth Mineral Wells and Weatherford overland travel. Temple Oklahoma visitors include Trisler family at Guyer while Rainwater and Vernon guests share a social week. Mountain Air New Mexico travelers Mason Wilkinson pursue California trip. Lattrell and Wilkinson visit Vernon friends. several others hosted in Guyer and Harrold areas.
Those attending the local event include Mr and Mrs H Wright, Jewel and Jerrie Box, Mr and Mrs Fr Parsley and family, Mr and Mrs Barnes, Mr and Mrs Beaver, Watson Jewell White Paene and Rattie Neel, Mary and Bill Hasking, Verna and Altaeel, Mrs a Consey, Claude Wildstein, Tom Bensey and children, Arcene Stalling, R Huffman Jr and Eimma Streit, plus R FE Box. Visitors frey Streit Sunday. Frank Shoate and family returned from a fishing trip to Jack County. Ford Day in Vernon drew many locals. Homer Wright visited Talmage. J N Parsley and Frank Parsley visiting the farm. Yarbrough from Oklahoma stayed this week. Mrs Davis of Ragland visits her daughter. Mrs Stark Prestey.
Mr and Mrs Watter Stephens visit Den Ton relatives while Mr and Mrs T C Wiseman plan a plains trip near Lubbock. J F Sellars and L L Bess visit Vernon and G F E Laverett in Lockett area. several church attendance trips, Saturday business in Vernon, and a new Ford purchased by ER B Gilchrist.
Thompson attended church at Broke on Sunday morning. Wiseman family visited sister Mrs A K Lee Simday. Mr and Mrs Joe Revera and children joined Sunday guests of Thompson family. Brown and Meek area residents and Rev J W Oliver visited Earnest Leverett Tror Friday to Monday. May and Mattie Wheeler from Brown visited Arthur Noon. Next Sunday evening features a singing at Union with Arthur Noon BF Gilchrist and Earnest Leverett in Vernon on business.
G C Priscoe of Ralls is visiting Inerness this week with Tarrold Briscoe and family. Jons Swentimon and family and Mr and Mrs Herschell Thomason left last week to visit relatives in Janek county. Md Meee and J R Perkins of Neches visit brother J Re Harrison. Several attend picnic at Tipton Oklahoma. Rev Rheny to preach Sunday at 3 80 oclock. Delma Thelma and Wilee Harrison visiting in Oklahoma. Tommie Rowland and J W Cowan visit Thalia. Velma Akin returns from near Plectra.
Special correspondence reports Little Lilly Mae Norton died Monday at 11 15 a m after a long illness and was buried in Fargo cemetery. A light shower fell Monday morning. Community members attended a party at Mr and Mrs S F Floyd's Saturday night including Ruby January Ina Showers Ruby Lee Van Huss Kitty and Clara Boyd Pearl Floyd Earl January Bill Hays Bob January Starr Boone Mr and Mrs Johnson and Vernon cousins. Several attended baptizing at Odell Sunday evening. J M Boyd and daughters Maude and Goss visited I W Boyd home last week. Earl Boone visited from Vernon Saturday night. Raymond Olive and Mr and Mrs B D Thomas and family visited in Norton home Sunday. Vernon attendees from here included Mr and Mrs B D Thomas and family Ro A January Raymond Olive J W Boyd Barney Sherrill and Larl Boone. Ruby Lee Vantruss Letty and Clara Boyd Pearl Floyd Letta and Clara Boyd attended church at Odell Sunday night. Pearl Floyd Letta and Clara Boyd spent the week with relatives at White City. Mrs Ruth Pitts of Altus Oklahoma visited brother Grady Stowe and wife Saturday night and Sunday. Heb Strowd was in Vernon Saturday.
The Womens En campment for Wilbarger Wichita Baylor and Knox counties will be held in Seymour August 22 to 24 with expert instructors. Attendees meet August 22 at 1 PM at Miss Enia Goodfellow’s library office, bringing eggs and bacon. The program includes registrations, talks by Mrs. Baird and Mrs. Warner, demonstrations on millinery and washing machines, and multiple evening sessions with songs and short addresses.
The schedule lists 4:45 to 5:45 supper and 6 rest, then an 7 o clock committee meeting and 8 to 30 9 30 50 talks. It mentions Stunt night and August 24 Rising Bell, breakfast at 6, a song at 6 44 and talks by Mr Oates. Flower making with Mrs Alford and Miss Heard plus sewing and decorating demonstrations. Dinner at noon, rest, general assembly, songs and announcements, with Mr Lois Gambrell in charge of songs and games for breaking camp.
Mrs. W A Lane of Vernon asks local readers to support the Orphan's Home at Dathes as it treks statewide with no money for current expenses. The home faces a dire shortage and many orphans are in danger of going without food without timely contributions.
The last W C T U meeting in the Library building discussed union work and the upcoming district convention. A statement urged district and county attorneys to punish the guilty and free the innocent, stressing a return to fundamental government principles and respect for law and order in Texas.
L. M. Massey of Milam County visits J. O. Sherbit and friends in West Vernon and praises Vernon as one of the most progressive towns he has encountered for public improvements.
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