Coal Conservation Urged Despite Lifting of Restrictions
Restrictions lifted but conservation urged as Coal Limited to 500 pounds. Frisco and Denver resume coal operations. trains laid off.
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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1919
Page
1
Coal restrictions lifted by regional committee order
The regional coal committee removes all orders restricting coal or coke use effective immediately. The full committee remains in force, limiting coal to 400 pounds per person as usual for business. Signed FURL COMMIEPTER.
Rail lines resume schedules as coal fuel tightens
Weather tempers rail operations with near zero forecasts. Frisco trains resume daily Vernon Clinton service at 7:30 as coal supply tightens and extra Denver and other routes plan restored service. Companies like Sewell Grin and Herring-Showers report coal car deliveries. travelers seek transportation to cope with demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewel Grin & Fuel Company
Herring-Showers Lumber Company
Ad J. AL Puckett
Frisco
Vernon Shout & O'Eloctk
Clinton
Oba
Denver
Herhans
Missenger
Boys Return From Amarillo After District Conference
Peyton Phillips and Ewing Stovall came back Monday from Amarillo where they attended the district conference of older boys under the state Young Men’s Christian Association. The event was successful and the hospitality of Amarillo residents noted. Sessions moved to the courthouse due to fuel restrictions. speakers included A. Coutler of the Dallas office of the Vic M C A, state organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peyton Phillips
Ewing Stovall
Amarillo
State Young Men's Christian Association
Cour Lose Lnstead
Baptist Church
A. Coutler
Dallas
Vic M. C.A
Fentress Opens Vernon Office For Oklahoma Farm Loans
S M Fentress opens Vernon office as local manager for Gunn Brothers Company of Oklahoma City to handle farm loans across six counties. He will work with Rogers and Jackson in their Dixon Dry Goods Company location, expanding loan services in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Fentress
Vernon
Gunn Brothers Company
Oklahoma City
Mr. Fentress
Rogers & Jackson
Dixon Dry Coods Company
Death claims five year old Gladys White in December burial
Little Gladys White aged five, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J N White, died December 12 and was buried at Eastview cemetery at one o clock. Rev L A Foster officiating at the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Gladys White
J. N. White
Eastview Cemetery
Rev
L. A. Foster
Pioneer B F Simmons recalls Vernon growth and first oat crop
B F Simmons recalls cutting the first oat crop with an old cradle near Vernon after migrating from Tarrant county. He describes early supply routes from Gainesville and Deans, the Denver railroad’s role, and Vernon’s evolving status from settlement to town, noting a courthouse site dispute and his dugout life. He foresees Vernon growing to 15 000 to 20 000 people and has supported The Record since its start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarrant County
Towea
Gainesville
Cainesville
Paving Delayed in Vernon Until March First
Vernon will have no paving before March 1 and no guarantee of early work, city secretary S. Ho Hall notes. He says the contractor has only fourteen cars of rock so far, with about three hundred needed, and railroad conditions could keep delays. The four extra blocks on South Main between Jordan and London will wait for current contracts to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
S. Ho Hall
City
Hall Y
South Main
Jordon
London
Two Day Tractor School Out Fr iday Vernon
The Avery Company ran a two day tractor service school in Vernon attracting farmers and mechanics. Instructor Mr Mentor taught care and operation of tractors threshers and plows while literature and a helpful hints pamphlet circulated. Avery plans another school next year and invites local interest letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Avery Company
Phursday
Ent
Hh. OW
Reough
Avery
Mentor
Triactor Service
Vanghu
Avril
Will Grow Acala Next Year For Atala Cotton
Sam Bourland of Vernon County east area favors the Wilbarger variety for Atala cotton. He planted seeds this year and finds the lint long easily picked and not prone to shedding, qualities seen as highly desirable for profitability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Bourland
Vernon
Wilbarger County
Pie Supper at Hawk School House This Friday
A pie supper will be held at Hawk School House this Friday night to raise funds for the Christmas tree incidentals. The event occurs December 10. Hawk School will start next month with Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Thompson as teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haulk School
Hawk School
Dewitt Thompson
Texas Boys Second In Stock Judging At Exposition
Texas teams at the Non Collegiate Stock Judging Contest held with the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago on November 25 produced the top individual score by M. G. Bekhardt of Dewitt County. Texas led hogs and placed high in cattle while lagging in horses, with specific high marks by Bekhardt and teammates from Dewitt, Lampasas, and other counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toa
Boys Agricottarat Chit
Pexas
Chicago
MG. Bekhardt
Dewitt County
Teviles
Ates
M. G. Bekhardt
Floyd Hiampton
Heeamillon County
Raymond Lee
Lampasas County
Grady Calvert
State Orphans Home
Navarre County
Texas
Lowa
Michigan
Nebraska
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Colorado
Mo G. Eckhardt
FL Heapton
Taiilien County
Gaston Sells Cotton Crop In Field At About $50 An Acre
A. B. Gaston of Route 1 Oklaunion was in Vernon yesterday and sold his cotton crop in the field. He said the sale relieved him of picking and earned about fifty dollars per acre after harvesting six bales. Last week his brother and he killed ten large hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. BP. Gaston
Route 1
Oklaunion
Vernon
Gaston
Vernon Sugarless and Oilless Too
Vernon experiences tightening supplies of coal and oil with sugar scarce at grocers Friday and morning. Stores report empty shelves for sugar and kerosene tanks nearly empty while merchants anticipate a short shortage as oil is distributed from a railroad track car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiel
Therchants
Vernon
County Tax Office Beset by Holiday Rush at Court House
Citizens from Fa and nearby areas flock to the county collector’s office amid tax season as 1,500 still need registration and payments. Blair and staff work overtime to process receipts, reassure taxpayers, and address the strain on the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Og Dian Tay
Blair
Vernon oilman Works Seeks Hedge Well Start Nov. 1
Works Teal Derrick for Well G A works was in Vernon Saturday and Sunday handling business and greeting friends. He has been successful in oil ventures in Wichita county, bringing in several wells. A derrick is up for his November 1 hedge in black twos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G AL Works
Vernon
Mr. Works
Wichita County
School Principal Visits Vernon Saturday
S A Devise, principal of the Hinds consolidated school, was in Vernon Saturday calling on the county superintendent. He runs a school of about fifty pupils with Miss Stravel Bakle and J A Manire as assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.A. Devise
Hinds Consolidated School
Vernon
Mr. Davis
Inspecting State Aid Schools Visit Delayed by Absence
County Superintendent J N Pul cher was away from his office yesterday while inspectors prepare to tour nineteen state aid schools. The state inspector will visit this week to examine compliance with regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Pulcher
Oklahoma Poultry Earns Blue Ribbon at Show
Lewlis defeated rivals at the South Plains Poultry Show in Plainview, winning first cock erel and first pen plus fourth pullets with Rhode Island Reds. About 2,000 birds were exhibited, noted as one of the Southwest’s largest exhibitions. Competition was strong and many birds cost high sums yet failed to place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewlis
Plainview
South Plains
Southwest
Rhode Island
Mr. Lawlis
Lawlis
Amarillo
W. C. Hamlett
Hlinios
Weather Wraps Midwest In Freezing Temperatures
A brisk cooler Saturday left Vernon and surrounding regions shivering as temperatures dropped up to forty degrees. The coldest spot recorded was Topeka Kansas with markedly low readings while nearby Missouri Oklahoma and Texas also faced chilly conditions across the central United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Missouri
Oklahon
Texas
Kansa
Topeka
Oklshoma Ti
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