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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1921
Page
1
Wilbarger County prepares a pioneer era showcase at the County Fair led by Mrs Bertha Ross curator of the curios. Expected exhibits include an old spinning wheel a $100000 Confederate bond old firearms lanterns pioneer photographs and grandmotherly handiwork.
Joe Collins of Odell urges road bond issuance to improve pavements and dirt roads across the county. He says Vernon should be the paving hub and notes his father W. T. Collings also backs the measure as the majority of travel concentrates near the county seat.
Fifty five members of the Honaker family gathered Wednesday at the home of Mr and Mrs S F Honaker on West Texas street. The event honored A A Honaker who marked his seventy seventh birthday. A dinner at noon was a key feature as A A Honaker and his wife returned Tuesday from California.
Mr and Mrs F P Stryker relocate from Burkburnett to Vernon and reside with Mrs R S McConibe on West Texas street. Mr Stryker will represent the Indiana State Life Insurance Company in Wilbarger and Hardeman counties.
Mr and Mrs S Sewell and Mr and Mrs R D Shive with families returned yesterday from a visit with relatives in Dickens County. Mr Sewell praises the Motley County Railroad a nine mile line from Matador to Roaring Springs as a wonder of the age.
Mr and Mrs W A Satterwhite with Mrs A M Bourland and sons Delphus and Hugh and Mrs Wm Thompson and son Andy have returned from a visit to Hereford and other South Plains points.
Howard Lisman of J. A. McPall Motor Co was injured when a tire pump rim flew off and struck his forehead. He required four stitches for the head wound.
A compact home dental device by Louis A Gable of Harrisburg Pennsylvania brings daily teeth cleaning with an electrical brush. The unit, six and a half by eight and a half inches, attaches to a bathroom wall and runs from a standard light socket.
Ernest A. Cutts, Imperial Potentate of North America, will personally deliver Maskat Temple's permanent charter in Texas on September 2. He tours ten Texas temples with Frank Jones, Sami Cochran, and Walter Vemple. A banquet and dance are planned in lieu of a ceremonial due to weather and recent ceremonies. The Fall Ceremonial is slated for late November.
Crops in the sandy long part of Wil barger county appear well with cotton opening and maize thriving. Roads are deep in sand but crops remain unscathed, straw spread for traction on some stretches, and Pleasant Valley Jackson Springs and Haulk Hill report similar favorable prospects.
A M Bourland and B Thhoads spoke before the Rotary Club at noon. Bourland described Big Type Poland China hogs and their arch back, strong feet, and market value from recent sales. EK Rhoads praised Mineral Wells Rotary, urged cleaner towns, better country roads, and promoting pure red poultry with a Plainview poultry show.
J D Ferguson opens a coal grain and feed establishment in the former Puckett Brothers Grocery building. The exterior has been painted and the interior rearranged to provide suitable quarters for the grain concern.
William J Burns, famed New York detective, will head the Bureau of Investigation at the Justice Department succeeding William J Flynn. Burns accepts the post on condition that all government intelligence activities be consolidated.
Forty seven Wilbarger county fair club boys attended a two day camp on county grounds living in army style and learning livestock and grain judging. Lecturers including Pr Crom of Chillicothe Expert Station and A A Jackson of College Station spoke on education club work and stock judging. White City club defeated other youths 14 to 10 in baseball as parents visited and officers were elected for the next year.
Rev. S S W Hayne of the First Methodist Church returned from Kansas City where he spent part of his vacation. He was struck by a United States mail truck while crossing a busy street and injured. He is able to perform his duties. Mrs. Hayne and their son remain in Colorado.
W. J. Penton and family returned Tuesday night from a trip 125 miles southwest of San Antonio. He reports more growing crops in Wilbarger than in ten counties there. He notes in many South Texas counties cotton picking is practically over.
Homer Evans returning to Vernon from San Saba says cotton is miserable across the region. He notes county products are in the lead of any seen during the trip. Evans estimates six to ten acres may yield a bale in many localities while boll weevils and drought worsen crops.
A dance event is planned at the Hill Crest clubhouse this evening for members. A local orchestra will provide the music for the gathering.
Mary Miles Minter did not go to Paris for a trousseau. Although five suitors circle the star, she says she has not accepted any and is reserving her affections for an American she has yet to find.
Local militiamen came back from Camp Mabry after ten days of rifle range practice. Fifty five soldiers and three officers trained with four hundred men attending overall. twenty one qualified in target practice and five set sharpshooter marks. No accidents occurred. none joined the state team bound for a national meet in Ohio.
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