County Valuation Totals From Vernon County Precincts
Assessor Porter reports Wilbarger County total valuation at 16 008 376 with rail stock and taxable values totaling 699 987. Precinct No 2 Test Vernon leads near 5 million, Precinct No 8 north of Pease River tops 3 million. Christmas notices place Rev Edmondson’s Vernon church service January 6 and local holiday visits unfold as residents remain with families.
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Wilbarger County
E. Porterfeld
Pease River
Harrold
Vernon and Oktainian
Vernon social notes mention many local visitors
Miss Janie Hampton shopped in Vernon Thursday. Walter Stenvhens bought a Ford, and many residents from West Vernon and surrounding areas visited relatives Saturday and Sunday. Cotton figures rise as H Knowles reports forty nine bales this fall. Guests include Earnest Leverett family, Virgil Randall and children, and the Knowles and Nunn households. Several locals attend Christmas tree events and visits span Brown, Tol, and Tarrant counties.
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Janie Hampton
Vernon
Walter Stenvhens
Mabel Shores
West Vernon
Tone Leverett
Boyd Hampton
FH. Clarida
G. EB. Levett
A. H. Knowles, Jr
EF. B. Gilchrist
Clarence Knowles
Arthur Nunn
Leslie Bess
B. Brown
W. Stephens
Annah Birch
Pearl Steyphens
Bennie Louchrist
Obera Mathus
T. ©Chfield
H. Knowles
Earnest Leverett
Pearl
Malcom Res
Os. Raper
Lily
Brown
H. Hampton
Lockett
Ken
Helen
Delphus
W. D. An
Wildcat
Virgil Randall
Denison
Stephens
Clarence
John Pearcy
Tolt
Comuny
A. H. Knowles
Bob Mpton
Christmas Holiday List and School Reopening Notes
A small town Christmas gathering filled the air as families shared holiday moments. P Whitzel and family visited his mother S Hart in Vernon for Christmas Eve. Lena Mae Odom visited Miss Edmondson in Vernon during the holidays. School plans a return to session Monday, December 31. Love has returned from Chillicothe after visiting his daughter Mrs Dick yer. Earnest Thompson and family joined dinner at Mrs Dick yer’s home on Christmas Day. J R Glover and family spent Sunday evening with W M Bowman. Mr Gold and family also mentioned in the holiday roundup.
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Vernon
R. B. Judd
J. R. Glover
Prof. Overton
Throckmorton
T. A. Baker
Oklahoma
P. Whitzel
Thimily
S. Hart
Lena Mae Odom
Missay Edmondson
Love
Chillicothe
Dick Yer
Earnest Thompson
W. M. Bowman
Mr. Gold
Cotton Picking Nears End At Local Gin Milestone
Farmers in the community near completion of cotton picking as the local gin nears 1000 bales for the season. Families and neighbors share meals and visits, with residents from Memphis and nearby towns joining gatherings. The new school house brick work is finished and plasterers will soon begin.
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Will Douglas
Albert ‘Noyes
Grady Ashley
Clyde Ashworth
Fletcher Nesbitt
Walter Russom
Raymond Russon
Minnie Russom
Lillian Leslie
Memphis
Joe Boaz
Nial Noyes
Howard Jackson
Percy Mason
Winnie Russom
Ruth Jackson
J. Boaz
Guy Boaz
Marie
Winnie Goss
Gorrie Yerby
R. Jh. Wilkinson
J. A. Balls
Alnha Lemon
Family
Elliott
Oklanuni
Asa Boaz
Chillicothe
Jim Baggett
C. J. Patton
Ten New Year's Day program at Will Crest Country Club
Members entertain with an eight to five program featuring piano solos including Valse Caprice and Santai Sie, readings by Cornelia Johnson Alice Stokes Thelma Sherrill and Miss Haid Me Carroll, vocal and violin solos, a trombone piece Cavalry, and other selections performed by club members and guests.
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Will Crest Country Club
Newland
Cornelia Johnson
Lady Fountain
Walter Ben Hare
Alice Stokes
Woodman
Nevin
F.C. Christian
E. Jenkinson
Minerva Price Rhoads
James W. Foley
Haid Me Carrol
Roland Farley
Hazel Vaughn
Robert Lutz
Cavalry
Rodney
Pauline Goetze
Lilly Strickland
Georgia Castlebury
Mrs Castleburys Friday Forty-two Club Host
Mrs Ro i Castlebury of West Wilbarger street hosted the Friday Forty-two club Friday afternoon with Christmas trees gifts and mint favors. A Christmas plate lunch followed and guests enjoyed a decorated tree. Visitors included Mesdames R F Dickenson G B Blackman and M G Neathery.
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Ro i. Castlebury
West Wilbarger Street
Mesdames R. EF. Dickenson
G. B. Blackman
M. G. Neathery
American Coal Oil promotional insert
A brief ad touts American Coal Oil claiming more heat and fewer fumes. It invites readers to trial the product and place orders by calling A. B. Swartwood at phone number 745. The note ends with a catalog code 97-Bte.
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A. B. Swartwood
Church Programs at First Methodist Church December 30 1928
Morning worship at 11 includes organ voluntary violin solos and readings with a sermon on The Best Gifts of Nineteen Twenty Three. Evening service at 7 features organ pieces and a sermon The Woman Who Will Be Missed amid notes on Christian Education. Junior department urged to attend and participate in council meetings after devotion.
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First Methodist Church
Cather
Ine Pierce
Hazel Vaughn
Catherine Pierce
First Baptist Church
Baylor University
Howard-Payne College
Why We Make Mistakes Sermon at Vernon Theater
Presbyterian Church schedules Sunday school at 9 45 a m and preaching at 11 a m in Vernon Theater. The message titled Why We Make Mistakes will conclude the year with final services on the last Sunday.
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Presbyterian Church
Vernon Theater
Community church invites all to worship at service
A cordial invitation from E. L. Moore to attend a church service. The note promises a comfortable building and invites everybody to join in worship.
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E. 1
Moore
Central Christian Church Worship Services Notice
Central Christian Church invites worshippers to 9:45 a.m. morning service 11 a.m. New Year message Taking God With Us and 7 p.m. evening sermon A Warning Against Unprepared ness.
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Central Christian Church
Sunday Christian Science Service at City Hall Der
Service held every Sunday at 11 a.m. in City Hall Der with open invitation to all to attend these Christian Science worship services.
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City Hall der
Guordial Spitations
Card of Thanks for Christmas Lights
I thank my friends for their generous Christmas gift of installing electric lights in my house. It was a glad surprise and brings great comfort, making me feel I am moving from the 19th to the 20th century. Sincerely,
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