Fair Management Sets Opening Date for County Event
Wilbarger county fair management declares all set for opening day with De Kreko Bros Shows arriving and horses groomed for Wednesday events. The track has been dragged after today’s rain and promises fast times. De Kreko shows promise a wide program including diving Venus acts, a merry go round, ferris wheel, wild west, concerts by the Mexican National Band, and a wild west show four times daily. Joe Kopeky leads the athletic arena with wrestling bouts and local boxers join the program aided by Vernon Athletic Club talent.
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Wilbarger County
Fair Management
Brs
Shane
de Kreko Bros
HL EL Cranagell
Tien
Moore Hospital Completes Addition to Vernon Medical Facilities
The new Moore Hospital at the corner of Lanar and Marshall streets in Vernon is finished and ready for occupancy by September 15. It features Denton face brick, a red tile roof, white trimmings, a front veranda, nine patient rooms, two wards, doctor offices, an X-ray room with a Victor unit, and first floor kitchen dining facilities. Heating with steam and an American Radiator system will be installed, along with a high‑pressure electrically operated sterilizer in the second‑floor operating room. Roy FE Davis and Harvey Allen were the contractors.
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Vernon
Moore's Hospital
Lanar
Marshall Streets
Marshall Street
Denton
Victor
Roy Fe, Davis and
Harvey ©. Allen
Dinner Honoring Miss Edith Lacy in Local Event
Mrs J H Watts and Mrs FR A McGaw hosted an informal 7 o'clock dinner Saturday honoring Edith Lacy home demonstrator for Wilarger county. Guests included Knox Winard Moss Lovelace Laura Randall Eula Goodfellow Gay R Jones BE A McGaw and Clyde Watts. Lacy departs for Denton to mid September then Mineola New York to serve Nassau county as home demonstrator.
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J. H. Watts
FR. A. MeGaw
Edith Lacy
Wilarger County
Knox Winard
Moss Lovelace
Laura Randall
Eula Goodfellow
Gay R. Jones
BE. A. McGaw
Clyde Watts
Miss Lacy
Denton
Mineola N. Y
Nassau County
Cotton Short Around Lufkin
Co B Blalock returned from Lufkin where he visited his father and found cotton around the old town the shortest he ever saw. Farmers have plenty of corn sweet potatoes and hogs their saw mills run full blast but there is no cotton to speak of.
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Co. B. Blalock
Lufkin
Miss Katherine Pierce Visits New York City During Summer
Miss Katherine Pierce spends the summer at a Ward Belmont camp in Maine and is now visiting with friends in New York City. She is expected back in Vernon in about a week before re-entering Southern Methodist University.
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Katherine Pierce
Teachers Examination Friday and Saturday this week
County teachers seeking certificates for all grades will take tests this Friday and Saturday September 2 and 3 at the high school. Future exams will occur on the first Friday and Saturday of each month for the rest of the year.
Colonel Haskell to Direct Russian Relief Effort
Colonel William N. Haskell, who directed relief in Armenia, is named to supervise the famine relief work of the American Relief Administration in Russia. He will depart the United States for Russia immediately. Haskell, a resident of Albany, N Y, previously served as High Commissioner to England, France, Italy and the United States to Armenia.
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William N. Haskell
Armenia
American Relief Administration
Russia
United States
Haskell
Albany
New York
England
France
Italy
Deputy Receives Warning Letter Amid Cotton Picking Season
Deputy Sheriff Frank O Neill received a threatening note from an unidentified sender warning him to conform to the law or face consequences. The letter, postmarked Vernon, bears the initials IK K KO and lacks signatures, prompting a $500 reward for the sender's identity as authorities note mail misuse carries federal penalties.
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Frank O'Neal
Nenad
IK. K. KO
Ku Klux Klan
Yneal
Mir. O'Neal
Vernon High Seeks Week Camp For Football Squad
Vernon high school plans a week long Beaver Creek conditioning camp for football in the coming fall. Coach Morrow may join. Superintendent Doheney seeks report by September 1. Prospects look bright with many veterans and several potential new players returning.
Real Estate Transfers Near Harrold and Town
The W O Smith farm of 240 acres north of town sold last week to A Nicholson for 60 dollars an acre. The John A J Kelly home on West Texas street sold to Mrs B J Copeland with Mrs Engent Keltz as agent. One hundred acres south of Harrold sold by Mrs J Copeland to John A J Kelly. Tee Pee well drilled on the land. Mrs Fugene Keltz served as agent.
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W. O. Smith
A. (. Nicholson
Engent Keltz
John A. J. Kelly
West Texas Street
B. J. Copeland
Harrold
J. Copeland
John A. J
Elly
Dallas visits inspire Vernon Hotel Tea Room plan
Mrs. A. B. Stovall, to manage the Vernon Hotel Tea Room, spent last weekend in Dallas studying the Carolina and Delft tea rooms. She plans to open the local eating place soon after the first of the month.
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A. B. Stovall
Vernon Hotel
Dallas
Carolina
Delft
Vernon Eclipses Othes in Texas Trip Report
H F McKibbin recalls his southern Texas journey with Mrs McKibbin and companions. They visited Point Isabel Galveston and Houston. He notes cotton damage from boll weevil, crops short, corn planting begun, heat in Galveston, and praise for Houston as a growing city.
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H. F. McKibbin
South Texas
McKibbin
W. N Bonner
Wichita Falls
Gardner Watkins
Oklahoma City
Okla
Nell McKibbin
Point Isabel
Galveston
Houston
Mr. McKibbin
Gulf
Flowers Plan New Six Room Home In Local Section
E Flowers has drawn up plans for a six room modern one story frame residence to be used as his home. The location is not yet decided. Flowers sold his former home at 612 South Main Street last Friday to A J Vaney.
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E. Flowers
Mr. Flowers
South Main Street
A. J. Vaney
Seymour Paving Streets for County Fair
Seymour plans two blocks of paved streets for the county fair on September 7 and 8. The municipality will also perform additional street work.
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Seymour
Odell Club Girls Meet Teaches Caning for Exhibits
Odell club girls met Saturday afternoon with Misses Faye and Willie Dooley. The lesson covered canning for exhibits.
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Odell Club
Faye
Willie Dooley
Vernon Merchants Vote to Close for Vernon Day
Vernon merchants gathered at the library to urge closures from 2 to 6 pm Wednesday in honor of Vernon Day and the Willarger County Fair. About one third attended. many firms signed petitions to shut doors at 2 pm, with a long list of participating businesses led by committees Myatt Napier and Fred Russell.
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Vernon
Welock
Hawelock
Bair
Moon
Willarger County
Retail Merchants’ Association
Myatt Napier
Susan Sewell
A.M. Works
Fred Russell
Curtis Renfro
Roo. Dawes
William Hamptons
Frank Massie
County seat bond plan backed by local banker
L H Hawkins, vice president of the Way sover Nationalank, endorses a road paving and bond issue for Wilbarger county seat. He argues the project benefits the whole county and should be funded by the entire county rather than by districts, noting highway traffic and fair cost distribution.
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Wilbarster
Hawkins
Flectra
Harrold
California's Beautiful Blonde Decorated At Convention
Miss Agnes Doheny of San Francisco was decorated by the Illinois Knights of Columbus at the national convention in San Francisco. She wore a $1,000 lavalliere presented by Supreme Director Edward Houlihan of Chicago as part of the welcoming committee for the Knights in the Golden City.
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California
Agnes Doheny
San Francisco
Illinois Knights of Columbus
Doheny
Illinois Knights
Edward Houlihan
Chicago
Knights
Golden City
Merchants Decide Not To Close On Labor Day
A parade of local businesses from Wide Awake to Long Bell Lbr Co. announces they will stay open on Labor Day. Merchants say no local labor celebration is planned, so shops will operate as usual. Shriners visiting town are expected to prefer open stores that day.
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the Vernon Drug Store
City News
Candyland
Pete Baker
BE. M. Leutwyler
Fergeson Drug Co
J. TL. Murray
WH. A. Samuel & Son
Shive & Piper
Smith & Vernon
City Bakery & Confectionery
O. K. Storey
Sewell Grain & Fuel Co
Works Auto Co
Parr Bros. & Carpenter
Terhune-Orr Implement Co
Hawkins
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Obregon
Texas
Joe Kopeky
Vernon Athletic Club
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Lamar and
Roomev
E. A. MeGaw
Ing Home Demonstrator
New York City
Owillian NH
American Legion
John Co Bitery
Arc de Triomphe
Paris
Bath
Legion
Leuder
Chamber of Commerce
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Doheney
Roy Small
Small
Art
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Key
Sherman
Arthur Carney
Carney
Cabe
Baird
Sewer
Sewell
Smith
Coltzer
Hise
Hollar
Farrell
Blackwood
Dallas Tea Rooms
Hfs
F. McKibbin
Weevil
Flowers
Renfro Home Co
O. B. Dandy
Ned Curtis
The
Wrecking Trouse
Hampton Plumbing Co
Farmers State Bank
Bennett-Rogers Lumber Co
J. C. Smith
L. G. Hawkins
L. @. Hawkins
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