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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1923
Page
5
Vernon Rebekahs earned second prize in the tens contest at the annual Lower Panhandle Association of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs meeting in Quanas. Childress won first. Vernon degree staff and guests from Vernon and Doans attended, with Memphis chosen as next year’s meeting site.
Mrs Parker hosted a Tuesday morning bridge event in honor of Mrs Andrews of Helena Ark guest of sister Mrs George W Backus. Hub Colley won high and C B Swartwood won 1g with guest prize to Mrs Andrew. Colley and Andrew received novelty fans. Swainwood got a handkerchief consolation. Attendees included many local residents and the honoree Miss Bab Standifer.
Misses Castiebury and Robbie and Lilly entertained Wednesday for the Home Economies Club at their West Wilbarger Street home. Mrs Woo H Huggins chaired Community Week ticket committees and urged club members to back the campaign. Members will sell on Vernon streets and in nearby towns next week. A booth committee report noted a retreatment stand on Main Street Ford and a substantial sum was raised for park improvements.
A Presbyterian Guild gathering is planned with Mrs. W. W. Bennett hosting at the Wheeler street corner of Paradise location at 2 30 o'clock next Monday afternoon. Attendees include Mesdames Huggins Bird song Hooper Conner Norwood Leutwyler Rez ers Hardison Young Colley and Miss Goodfel low. A two course menu was served toward the success of the booth.
Sixty couples danced Wednesday night at the Elks club room on North Main Street Wichita Falls. Music was provided by Eddie's Trumpeters. Several out of town guests attended the event.
By special correspondence the meeting closed Sunday night after continuing for a week. We had a good meeting and large attendance. Mr and Mrs L L George visited their parents. Mr and Mrs Davy Gfeller Saturday Miss Emily Williams Friday morning for her home at Fros. She came to attend the funeral of her uncle J Ko Langley of Thalia. Misses Helen Dora and Martha Franke visited their sister Mrs Ray Billings of Vernon Sunday. Mr and Mrs Walter Hoffman were
The final public address on behalf of President Harding was delivered to about 15,000 people at the Hollywood Bowl. George B. Christian, Harding's private secretary, appeared in proxy to deliver the message as part of a Knights Templar and Jolly Commandery ceremony in Hollywood.
Local visitors from Electra Fayetteville and Vernon attend gatherings in Vernon. Mrs. E M Black copes with her father’s funeral in Thalia while families visit and host parties. A lecture incident ends with a mass exit as a student loses focus.
A college professor, described with a crosswise gaze, becomes the focus of a unsettling incident noted in a brief campus item. The report sketches disturbance during a class, highlighting a moment of discomfort for the instructor.
Vernon City Schools announced tentative teacher assignments for all grades across thedistrict. Assignments include Mr Brooks Green as principal of seventh grade, Mrs Hodges sixth grade, Miss Saylors third grade, and a host of staff covering first through seventh grades along with high school departments in math science language arts and vocational subjects.
Lisenbee Furniture Company advertises buying and selling all kinds of household goods. Located in the Shire Building with phone number 352 for contact.
Thornton Feggeson returned Thursday from a visit with relatives at Wichita Falls.
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