Inspector Edict Delays Triangle Well Drilling
An Inspector from the State Railroad Commission orders delay in Triangle Oil Co. well 2 until hole number 1 is properly plugged. Rig re-sets to prove abandonment. 7,500 feet of muddy water to seal old hole. Pyramid No. 2 to be drilled after insurance adjustment and a twister caused damage last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigler
Los Angeles
Calif
Arnold
State Railroad
J. B. Watts
Wilbarger County
Railroad Commission
Idoyd Sigler
Louis Simon
Ben M Edwards in Revival at Lubbock Church
Evangelist Ben M Edwards of Kansas City Mo closed a successful meeting at the First Christian Church in Lubbock Texas Twenty five were added to the church He formerly pastored Central Christian Vernon resigned to lead First Church Paris later moving to Kansas City for evangelistic work The Lubbock dispatch notes he is a strong preacher popular across denominations and will return for a second meeting.
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Ben M. Edwards
Kansas City
First Christian Church
Lubbock
Texas
Edwards
Central Christian Church
Vernon
First Church
Paris
Lawyers Convert Room to Office in Bank Building
An additional room has been adapted as an office for Boner and Starey, lawyers, in the Farmers State Bank building. Part of the quarters formerly used by Wydeby Dro J A Nunn have been repurposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boner and Starey
Farmers State Bank
Wydeby Dro J
Boy to Local Couple Newsom Birth Vernon
A girl was born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Al Newsom of Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Newsom
Vernon
Lions Plan Support For Vernon Athletics And Events
At the Lions Club weekly luncheon plans were announced to back Vernon school athletics during the next year providing part of the funds for equipment and games with Rotary Club cooperation. Three coaches from the university level will assist daily while high school instructors manage teams. Separately Miss Mary Virginia Backus and Robert N. Hall married at the Baptist parsonage with Rev W T Bortse officiating. They will tour Oklahoma cities before returning home to Vernon. Miss Backus is from Springdale Ark and related to the Backus family locally. Hall is a Vernon native and former high school graduate who served in the American Expeditionary Forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Prise
Vernon
W. T. Berry
AL. Winston
E.G. Schroeder AL
Lome City
A. A. Backus
Springdale
Ark
Joe Parker
Hall
G. W. Backus
Liberty Cafe Owner Reports Vacationers At Popular Resort
Steve Moargol proprietor of the Liberty Cafe says many vacationers are at a popular resort and he met several Verizon people during his trip to Wichita Pall and Medicine Park Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Moargol
Liberty Cafe
Wichita Pall and
Medicine Park
Okla
Simmeing Resort
Margok
Verizon
Chicago Banker Named Brains Behind Postal Heists
John W. Worthington, president of the Central Securities Co. of Chicago, is arrested by federal agents as alleged brains of a nationwide gang responsible for major mail and bank robberies. The firm allegedly helped launder securities from robberies including Liberty Bonds, allegedly altered to be saleable. Worthington has prior ties to shady stock dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John W. Worthington
Central Securities Company of Chicago
Worthington
Liberty
Linton Home Burns With Losses Reported
M FE Linton loses his home and contents in a Monday fire about 10 pm. He was away at a relative’s farm three miles south of Vernon when the blaze started, with no insurance due to a galvanized flue. Contents valued around 700 dollars. house to be replaced promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. FE. Linton
Linton
Warehouse Directors Meet on Cooperation Plans
Vernon Warehouse Association directors met Saturday to discuss plans for cooperating with the Farm Bares Association on aging the local building. No decisions were reached. a stockholders meeting is planned for this evening.
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Vernon Warehouse Association
Farm Bares Association
Heavy Downpour Sunday Revives Local Crops and Roads
A Sunday night downpour drenched Vernon and surrounding areas, soaking dusty streets and saturating ground beyond four inches. The rain aided wheat and other crops, improved pasture, and delayed telephone service with water intrusion into a cable, prompting repair efforts at once.
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Vernon
Paradise
Wo Maiden
N. Main Streets
Miss Lucile Ferguson Weds W F Hawley
Miss Lucile Ferguson and W F Hawley were married yesterday by Rev S H Hotlines. They will live in Mack community on Zenver Creek south of Vernon. The bride, daughter of J A Ferguson of East Pease street, attended local schools and managed Link's Studio in Crowell. Hawley, son of A P Hawley, lives on Beaver Creek.
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Lucile Ferguson
W. F. Hawley
S. H. Hotlines
Mack
Zenver Creek
Vernon
J. A. Ferguson
East Pease Street
Link
Crowell
Mr. Hawles
A. P. Hawley
eBaver Creek
Contractor Weds Louise Moore in Wed ceremony at Holmes home
Henry Schuette, a contractor, married Louise Moore on Monday by Rev S. H. Holmes at his West Paradise street home. The couple plans to reside on South Main street.
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Henry Schuette
Louise Moore
S. H. Holmes
West Paradise Street
Schuette
South Main Street
W C T U Plans Prayer Day and Local Programs
The Women's Christian Temperance Union schedules a Day of Prayer on August 17 at the Vernon Methodist Church basement with Mrs. W D Rouse in charge The group elects Mrs W T Rouse as evangelistic superintendent and outlines a 4 o'clock prayer service with songs readings and speeches The piece also notes a Federal Farm Loan program and expected aid affecting the Wilbarger County association amid broader debates on land and bonds.
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Local Loan Association
Methodist Church
TPM
W. D. Rouse
Rena Watts
B.D
Janie Boyle
Lloyd
Vernon
Chiat
Merie
BE. J. Mesingh
W.T. Rouse
W. OP. Garvin
The
Republic
Sime
Rena Watre
Geraldine Parker
America
B. L. McHugh
Misa Ola Ferguson
Mise
Lizzie Reese
Edgar McHingh
T. U. Benedietton
467 Autos Pass In Two Days In Dalhart Texas
Special to The Record reports 467 automobiles carrying 1,287 passengers traveled the Colorado to Gulf Highway at Dalhart over Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. Of these 245 went northbound and 224 southbound. Boy Scouts along the highway will be asked to maintain similar counts for the Chamber of Commerce and highway office records.
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Dalhart
Texas
Colorado
Gulf
Da'oart
Boy Scouts
Chamber of Commerce
First Bale of County Cotton Ginned Saturday
Ernest Schur living northeast of town won the county’s first bale of cotton for Wilbarger county. The bale weighed 50 pounds and the seed cotton 1.50 pounds. Autie Bros. & Co bought it from Mr Schur at thirteen cents a pound. The cotton was a mix of Acala and Mebane varieties, mostly long staple, ginned Saturday at the northeast yard. Schur expects more bales this week as neighbors prepare, noting drought but hopeful for rain to improve the crop. Twenty acres of cotton were in the county with the recent plant date April 5. The Vernon Chamber of Commerce may offer a premium next year under junior-director supervision.
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Ernest Schur
Forks of River
Forks of the River
Wilbarger County
Sebur
Autle Bros. Aid Co
Selo
Ela
Wilbarger
Schur
Vernon Chamber of Commerce
Narrow Escape After Runaway Horse Spooks Rider
Miss Opal Edwards narrowly avoided serious injury when a horse she rode bolted through town early morning. It leaped a courthouse fence, throwing the rider twenty feet, and the saddle girth broke. The horse, belonging to Mrs Pauline Morris, had just been stabled on West Paradise Street. Minor bruises aside, Edwards is not badly hurt.
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Sigher
Tits Tamily
Los Angeles
Calif
Sigler
West Paradise Street
Arthur Vernon
Vernon
Lloyd Sigler
Rena van Wormer
Styler
Miss van Wormer
Tn Vernon
Opal Edwards
Jm Town
Court House
Miss Edewards
Pauline Morris
Miss Edwards
McGaugh Leaves Vernon Record Plant for Denver
W M McGaugh foreman at The Vernon Record departed for Denver Colorado yesterday his former home. He has one and a half years with the paper and may start a business there. Mrs McGaugh now in Deniston taught in Vernon schools last year. A Newth, with The Record since 1904, will become plant foreman.
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W. M. McGaugh
Vernon Record
Denver
Colo
McGaugh
Denister
Vernon
Pas Cour
Vers
Fr. A. Newth
Logs hauled from pecan grove near Robimsost farm
Large logs from a pecan grove on the A. J. Robimsost place twelve miles east of town were brought to Vernon on Saturday. The farm lies across the river in Tillman County Oklahoma and contains many nut trees. Logs two feet in diameter were among the lot, unusually large for a timberless country, to be used for firewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Mr. Robinson
Tillman County
Oklahoma
Man Charged With Burglary Apprehended by Sheriff
Alec Bookman, described as a negro, was captured by sheriff’s deputies Saturday night on a burglary charge and taken to the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alec Bookman
Sheriff's Force
Boy Arrives At Smith Home North of River
A boy was born Saturday to Mr and Mrs J H Smith who live north of the river.
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J. H. Smith
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Peck and Hickerwell
West Vernon
Murde
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Russia
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Christopher
Greece
Young Leed
Miss Backus
R. N. Hall
Lions’ Club
Lions
Clab
Vernon School Board
Ureter
Mary Virginia Baexas
Robert Wall
SoVdeek
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W. T. Bortse
Lawton, Okla
Kentucky
Mr. Hall
Rka
Rtobert N. Hall
Peadena Hall
Vernom
High Schoes
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Tie
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Family
Drouth
Wilburger
Porrents
Oklawnion
Lawton
Oklaunion
Bove
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Tolbert
Matt Swinburne
Flat Place
Chillicothe
Lecile Ferguson
W. H. Hawley
Mack Community
Weds
England
Hi Iss Wit
Mars
Greyy
Winifred Randall
Market Tireville
Pigham
the Women’s Crristian Temperance
Davoof
Doochack
Congress
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W. N. Stokes
Asso
Stokes
Houston
Colorado Highway
Pactfic Fleet
Adural
Hutchinson
B. F. Hutchinson
Pacific Fleet
Admirat Br. W
Eberle
Wgaugh
Cally
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