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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1921
Page
9
Wilbarger County prepares a pioneer era exhibit at the County Fair next week led by Mrs. Bertha Ross curator. Plans include a spinning wheel a $100000 Confederacy bond relic and historic lanterns pictures and Grandma handiwork. Residents with curios are asked to loan items to the Carnegie Library for display during the fair.
Joe Collins of Odell says road bonds will fund pavement and dirt road improvements for the entire county. He asserts farmers broadly support the measure and that Vernon Center should start paving activity, with most travel converging near the county seat. He notes his father W. T. Collins also favors the bonds.
Fifty five members of the Honaker family gathered Wednesday at Mr and Mrs Ss Honaker home on West Texas street for a reunion and to honor A A Honaker who marked his seventy seventh birthday A dinner was served at noon as part of the event and Mr and Mrs A A Honaker had returned Tuesday from a trip in California.
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Stryker relocate from Burkburnett to Vernon and will 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 PD Shive and families returned yesterday from a visit with relatives in Dickens County. Mr. Sewell notes that one of the wonders of the age is the Motley County Railroad a nine mile line from Mata dor to Roaring Springs.
Mr and Mrs W A Satterwhite with Mrs A three and Hugh, and Mrs Win Thompson and son Andy, return from a visit at Hereford and the points on the South Plains.
Howard Lisman of J. A. McWall Motor Co was cut on the forehead when a tire rim he was pumping air into flew off. He required four stitches for the head wound.
Ernest A. Cutts Imperial Potentate of Savannah will personally deliver Maskat Temple's permanent charter on September 226 and 2h. He will be joined by dignitaries including Jones of Houston and Walter Pemple. No ceremonial session is planned. a banquet and dance are scheduled with charter presentation at a theater.
Crops in the sandy lane part of Wil barger county look green and show prospects of a bountiful yield. Cotton and maize are strong across Parge to Shera district with good heads on dwarf maize. Pleasant Valley Jackson Springs and Haulk Hill report solid prospects as roads stay sandy but crops prosper. J D Ferguson opens coal grain and feed establishment in Tackett Brothers building after repaint and interior overhaul.
A M Bourland spoke at a noon Rotary gathering. EB Rhoads discussed Mineral Wells Rotary Club activities, road bond support, and community promotion. Bourland described Big Type Poland China hog traits aiding strength and gait for large weights amid regional hog sale interest.
A portable home electrical toothbrush designed for daily teeth cleaning is pictured. Inventor Louis A. Gable of Harrisburg PA says the device replicates dentist tools, fits on a bathroom wall, and runs off any light socket, offering at least annual dental cleaning at home.
William J. Burns, famed New York detective, will succeed William J. Flynn as head of the Bureau of Investigation in the Department of Justice. He accepts the post on condition that all government intelligence activities be centralized.
Rev. S S W Hayne of the First Methodist Church returned from Kansas City where he spent part of his vacation The minister was struck by a United States mail truck while crossing a busy highway and received painful injuries He is able to perform duties Mrs Hayne and their son remain in Colorado
Wr. Penton and his family returned from a theater night trip that covered 125 miles southwest of San Antonio. He notes Wilbarger county has more growing crops than ten South Texas counties and says cotton picking is basically over in many South Texas counties.
Mr Evans, back in Vernon from San Saba, reports county cotton is far ahead in misery across the region. He notes Wilbarger county products lead the trip and that six to ten acres may be required to yield a bale of cotton in many localities due to boll weevil damage and brouth.
A dance is set for this evening at the Hill Crest club house. A local orchestra will provide music for attendees.
Forty seven Wilbarger county club boys attended a two day camp at the fairgrounds living in army style while learning stock and grain judging. Lecturers from the Experiment Station and A&M outlined education and club work. White City boys won a baseball game 14 to 10 amid swimming and wrestling events. Robert January was elected president followed by Archer Hughes as vice president and Newman Hughes as secretary.
Mary Miles Minter, the blonde screen star, remains hopeful for an American suitor. She did not go to Paris for a trousseau, despite attention from five actors. On the street she looks wistful and fashionable, keeping faith in finding an American fiancé.
Local militiamen returned from Camp Mabry after ten days of rifle range practice. Eight men and three officers made the trip. twenty one qualified in target practice and five set sharpshooter records. Four hundred attended the training. no accidents. Jake Rowland narrowly missed state team honors. Mrs. F from Lorance and Mrs. Lee Baker accompanied their husbands.
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