Vernon to host Interscholastic League district meet next spring
Vernon High School will be center of an I L L district for the coming year with a new auditorium. Wilbarger county previously belonged to Henrietta and others. eleven counties may participate in a spring district meet including Warendon Memphis Wellington Childress Quanah Crowell Wichita Falls and more. Vernon debaters Louis Thompson and Milford Homne won a silver cup at district level and placed at the state meet before illness. efforts will continue to foster literary and league activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Warendon
Memphis
Wellington
Childress
Quanah
Crowell
Wichita
Wilbarger
Henrietta
Verton
Louis Thompson
Milford Homne
Bellevue
Electra
Vernon High School
Austin
Crosbyton
Patriotism Dominates Wilbarger County Fair Schedule
The Wilbarger county fair will focus on patriotism on September 6 and 7 with aerial demonstrations from Call Field aviators promoting food production and conservation. VIPs from Texas are expected. crowds may be charged only once at gate. community exhibits with $100, $50, and $25 prizes aim to encourage local farms and war work supportive displays.
Will Examine Teachers Certificates at Local High School
An examination for teachers certificates will be held at the High School building on Friday and Saturday September 6 and 7. State Superintendent W I Doughty notes a shortage of experienced teachers and urges those retired or otherwise able to enter the profession to obtain certificates. The schedule lists subjects by session for Friday and Saturday with exams in geography physiology composition arithmetic literature solid geometry Texas history grammar descriptive geography plane geometry psychology bookkeeping spelling writings methods management civics reading chemistry history of education United States history general history agriculture algebra physics plane trigonometry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. I. Doughty
Texas
Vernon Boys Overseas Bring News Of France War
Local families report sons in France as the conflict continues. Mrs. Currin learns her son William Currin is safe in France. Mrs. Shaffer says her brother in the heavy artillery is moving up behind the lines. Mrs. Hardison and Mrs. Sims confirm their husbands and son are overseas safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Currin
William S. Currin
France
Guy Shaffer
Cammy Travis
P. L. Carpenter
W. B. Hardison
E. L. Sims
Thomas J. Sims
Company K
44Th Infantry
Local farmer reports variable dry conditions in Washita Valley
J R Messick of Route 1 from Cordell Oklahoma says alfalfa looks fine and some cotton good but dryness hurts prospects. He expects better feed this year with more baled stuff and if rain comes soon he will plant cotton. Boothe of Route 4 estimates cotton could yield a bale per six to seven acres if rain falls before September 1 he foresees thirty five bales per ninety acres if conditions improve and notes he has bun dle feed but no grain.
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J. R. Messick
Route 1
Cordell
Okla
Washita Valley
Mr. Messick
Bk. Boothe
Route 4
Mr. Boothe
Anderson Well Drilling Near Vernon Faces Military Trial
The Anderson and Willace Oil Company ventures near Vernon report 1,790 feet drilled with promising formations. Gulf Refining buys adjacent leases at $10 per acre amid confidence in a potential strike before 2,000 feet. Meanwhile Fred Drieschner surrenders for desertion and awaits a military trial, with possible penalties including imprisonment or death.
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Anderson
Fred Dreischner
Gulf Refining Company
Fereige
Ase
Willace Oil Company
Grady Stapp Commissioned as Army Lieutenant
Grady Stapp has been commissioned a lieutenant in the National Army and will be retained at Camp Pike Arkansas to act as an instructor in the next training school for officers. His wife in Vernon has been advised of the arrangement. Stapp previously trained at Camp Bowie and then three months at Camp Pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Stapp
National Army
Camp Pike
Ark
Vernon
Stapp
Camp Bowie
Obituary: Mrs Gell Edwards Dies in Vernon Area
Mrs Gell Edwards aged sixty died at the home of Mr and Mrs Wellzieimer Tuesday about 5 pm. Funeral was held Wednesday with interment in East View cemetery. Rev Gaines B Hall of the Presbyterian Church officiated. She formerly lived in Vernon and her husband died here about three years ago. She had no immediate relatives except a son in East Texas.
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Gell Edwards
Wellzieimer
East View Cemetery
Gaines B. Hall
Presbyterian Church
Vernon
East Texas
Authorize Lower Freight for Feed in Cartload Lots
Farmers and stockmen may secure a reduced freight rate by ordering feed in cartoad lots. County agent Mr. Tisdal has authority to cut the freight rate by half for local users. He notes the saving is substantial and part of a government crisis-relief plan. Farmers are urged to see Mr. Tisdal at once.
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N. RR
Tisdal
Tisddal
Robinson
Toea Point
Overtaxing City Water Machinery Sparks Shortages
City water superintendent Al J. Robinson warns Vernon uses 1,000,000 gallons daily while a 60,000 gallon storage tank limits supply. Leaks, valving cuts, and nightly outages threaten property protection and may force transfers of water to Eleetra and nearby farmers.
County Board Reclassifies Five Counties High Schools
The County Board of Education reclassified Kincheloe Lockett Farmers Valley Antelope Planes Crescent Cove Wildcat and East Vernon as second class high schools and raised Jackson Springs Red Blnts EE Rene and James to third class. Odell Pargo Wolbert Okhamson Harrold remain first class. The board also adopts the state course of study minus German. An attendance officer was reappointed and a new resolution requires teachers to honor existing contracts. The board will meet Saturday to discuss transfers.
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Kincheloe
Lockett
Farmers Valley
Antelope
Planes
Crescent Cove
Wildcate
Odell
Pargo
Wolbert
Okhamson
Harrold
State Department of Education
Vernon
DL Ss. Smith
Hniferu, Didte
Jane
Men 21 Must Register In Vernon County Saturday
Preparations are complete for selective military service registration tomorrow in Wilharger county. All men who have turned 21 since June 5 and before August 24 must register at the Exemption Board office. Registration opens at 7 a.m. and closes at 9 p.m. A deputy and one assistant will handle the booths. Officials expect about 1/4 of total county registrants to appear, with Provost Marshal estimates placing nationwide registrations around 138000 men on Saturday. Texas is projected to register 7555 men.
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Wilba
United States
Texas
Toear
Ger
Napier Brothers Demonstration Of Fordson Tractor
Napier Brothers will demonstrate a Fordson tractor pulling a Saddles Oliver plow on Maiden Street west side between Maiden and Texas from 9:80 to 12:00 in the morning and 2 to 4 of clock in the afternoon. The event claims the tractor can do horse work at lower cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napier Brothers
Maiden Street
Maiden
Pexas
Pordson
Miss Irmer Wilson Named Principal At Sweetwater High
Vernon native Miss Irmer Wilson was elected principal of Sweetwater High School. The school, regarded as among the best in West Texas, previously saw Miss Wilson teach in Vernon and she is the daughter of Mrs. R. T. Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irmer Wilson
Vernon
Sweetwater
West Texas
Miss Wilson
R. T. Wilson
Berry signs for two years in government carpentry work
R. H. Berry has signed up with the United States Government for two years and will do carpenter work. He expects to go to Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Berry is now in Fort Worth. The Government is calling for large numbers of skilled and unskilled workmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Berry
United States
Nashville
Tenn
Mr. Berry
Fort Worth
Harvest Report From France Sent To Fargo Soldier
A letter received by LD W May from his son Lieutenant R May describes a fruitful harvest in France. He notes farms averaging five to ten acres, intensely cultivated and yielding four to six times more per acre than expected. May, with the Machine Gun Company, was ill briefly but recovered to enjoy the voyage and discuss geography showing the sea as vast.
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France
LD. W. May
R. Ly
Fargo Boy
May
Ocean
Lientes
Hle
Private Landing Field Prohibited on Warren Property
Patchy text notes that individuals must stay off a designated airfield area on Warren’s property. Government orders aim to protect the field and a man’s crops, though wording is garbled.
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Warren
United States
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