State urges August plan on war thrift pledges
Wilbarger County War Savings leader Massie says no local push to liquidate June pledges on August 27 Pay the President Day. Lipsitz announces national effort, Texans urged to keep monthly pledges, with Texas post offices and banks selling stamps totaling $61,000 over last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Lipsitz
National War Savings Committee
Massie
Texas
Treasury Department
Anxiou
Ma Lipsitz
Washington
Lipsitz
Teyas
Lapsitz
Cain
Treasury
Youthful Campers Return From Beaver Creek Trip
Thirteen boys of the Methodist Sunday School Banner Class returned from a camping trip at Rock Crossing on Beaver Creek. Led by teacher Boo Prown, swimming and a fry of fish occupied the outing while fishing was hindered by low water. Present were Walter McElroy Harold Shir Jimmie Robinson J D Morris Frank Fletcher Ueward Farley Charles Blackwood Andy Thompson Madwin Klingler Willie Sewell Maurice Trout and George Collzer. The class has twenty one members and aims for twenty five.
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Methodist Sunday School
Rock Crossing
Beaver Creek
Boo
Walter MceElroy
Harold Shir
Jimmie Robinson
J. D. Morris
Frank Fletcher
Ueward Farley
Charles Blackwood
Andy Thompson
Madwin Klingler
Willie Sewell
Maurice Trout
George Collzer
Grady Whittington Arrives Overseas
Mr and Mrs E A Whittington learn their son Grady Whittington of Company G 141st Infantry has arrived safely overseas He enlisted at Memphis and trained at Camp Bowie and recently departed with the Thirty sixth division for overseas duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Whittington
Grady Whittington
141St Infantry
Memphis
Camp Bowie
Vernon records show tax values increase over 1917
Local assessments for 1918 total 2 868 568 dollars, up 226 865 from last year as growth and new dwellings boost values. The rate rises 7 1 2 cents to 1 44, with bond issues for street work and water extension totaling 95 000. City treasurer roles shift from G C Morris to the Herring National Bank official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Burk
City Commission
Herring National Bank
G. C. Morris
Morris
Improvements at local high school undergo major upgrade
The local High School building receives extensive improvements including fifty seven new windows and plastering work in the addition and auditorium. Steam heating pipes are being laid as the project crafts toward a September 1 completion and a September 2 opening, at an estimated cost around fifteen thousand dollars. Red Cross sewing activities resume at the Masonic Temple with urged participation.
Teaching Home Nursing Course Opens At Methodist Church
Twenty women enrolled in a home nursing course started by Mrs. Jesse Pale in the basement of the First Methodist Church. Lectures cover typhoid pneumonia and other cases, with sessions from 10 to 12 and 3 to 6 daily. The program will continue next week as trained nurses are overseas, highlighting the need to train local women to care for the sick during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Pale
First Methodist Church
Army
Red Cross
Farmers Seek Rye Seed For Fall Planting
County demonstration agent N. R. Tisdal reports several families want rye for this fall and aims to buy a carload at actual cost. He urges all farmers who want rye to contact him by August 7 to justify the order and possibly secure a better price.
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N. R. Tisdal
Parsley School Opens Near Vernon with 18 Pupils
Parsley School begins fourteen miles southwest of Vernon on Monday with eighteen students. Miss Clara Barnes of this city directs the two month session, which will pause briefly for cotton picking, then resume through spring.
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Parsley
Vernon
Clara Barnes
Ciyt
Library Hours Change at Carnegie Free Library
The Carnegie Free Library shifts hours to seven on weekdays and five on Sundays to aid workers kept at their posts. Weekday mornings stay eight thirty to eleven. New magazines include World’s Work and Popular Mechanics, plus John Martins Book for children.
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Carnegie Free Library
World’s Work
Popular Mechanics
John Martin
Hogs Sell for 720 in Switzerland
A Swiss market clipping reports 28 hogs sold to a Bern butcher at 72 cents per pound, totaling 740.80 francs. The sale highlights potential profits for hog producers if similar demand reached local markets.
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Witharger
H. A. Klingler
Wmele
Switzerland
Farmer Near Vernon Predicts Strong Rain Impact on Harvest
W. J. Collier, living five miles southwest of Vernon, says he has stored feed for a year and could double that if rain comes soon. He reports his cotton continues to look good and expects about half a bale per acre if rain arrives in a reasonable time.
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W. J. Collier
Vernon
Front steps laid for new Federal building at Texas and Curberland
Concrete foundations for the front steps extend about half the building length. Plastering on the first floor nearly finished with walls dazzling white. Gravel for the cement roadway at the rear has been ready for weeks.
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Federal
Texas and
Curberland Streets
Women’s Council names department heads to mobilize
Mrs. Keltz named department chairs for the women’s division of the Council of Defense to organize work and enroll women in nursing study. Heads include Miss Maddox food production, Mrs Nerwood food administration, Mrs Morris women in industry, and others.
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Mrs. Keltz
Women’s Council
Tpl Beltz
Council of Defense
Department
OT. Massie
Lillian Newton
Kena Watts
Keltz
Mary Sue Maddox
HW. Nerwood
Food Administration
G. A. Morris
Hub Colley
BL Lotlehild
Liberty Lon
Boot Parker
Amon
Boo. Parker
DD Norwood
HT Wilhelm
Mo Blair
G. J. Cleep
George Shirley
OR Sullivan
N. OR. Heath
A. Bo Swartwood
Robert Bayle
Os. Crow
Harper Reed
St. Liewd
Bitte Leng
T. M. Vergeson
PB. Phillips
V. King
AL J. Cody
Bailey Mare
Arthur Ward
Paul Goetze
Perry Griffiths
Jr. Lutz
Woo Powell
EE. Trevathin
HW Norwood
Hop Tennyson
Lo M. Currin
No OP Craig
C. RR. Thomas
J. L. Terretl
J. A. Nabers
Joli Nabers
TO. Brown
Myatt Napier
Go Co Morris
Unb Colley
Prank Massie
Clint Swartwood
J. Jones
TR. Wo
Women Fail to Register for Second Democratic Primary
County Tax Collector KV Parr reports no women registered to vote in the period ending August 16 for the August 24 secondary Democratic primary. He notes some men may vote without registering in Vernon or Wilbarger counties, and fears women may show little interest in the second primary compared with the first. Voters are urged to ensure ballots are cast to avoid lighter turnout than July 27.
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Joe
Cecil Storey
Leet
Wilbarger
Aes
Mat. Ilwil General Crowder
Washington
United States
Focal Board
John ©. Jownes
Austin
Texus
Texas
Alen
Croweder
Congress
Army
Navy
Onepnen
Vernon
Wilbarger County
Hermore
KV. Parr
Wre
Sugar shortage hits preserving plans prompts sugar free fruit canning
Florida county food administrator FL Smith reports no sugar left for preserving. Grocers face a tight supply with only two pounds per person monthly for consumers. Housewives urged to can fruit without sugar now and add sweetening when supplies recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FL. Smith
Baptist Youth Picnic At Beaver Creek
Sixty intermediates from a Baptist Sunday School outing went to Beaver Creek, eighteen miles from town, yesterday for a picnic. They traveled from the Baptist tabernacle around noon and spent the day swimming, fishing, and playing. A boy named Est Hawkins injured his left hand on a large stone, and a few bit by wasp nests. A large spread and later supper concluded the day before they returned home tired but happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intermediate Department of the Baptist Sunday School
Beaver Creek
Pape Tist Tabernacle
Soo O'Elock
Beneest Hawkins
Army Life Plea From Camp von Houston
Mr. and Mrs. WH Klingler fear a letter from their son Frank Klingler in training at Camp von Houston. The message describes Army life as "fine and dandy" and says he is learning a thousand new things and expects to be out as soon as possible.
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Frank Klingler
WH. A. Klingler
Camp von Houston
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