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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1919
Page
3
The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, calls for a weekly wheatless and meatless day through May 4 to support a $55 million Centenary drive. The appeal promotes personal sacrifice to fund salaries, buildings, missions, and democracy efforts, started by Herman Jones of Savannah.
Special correspondent reports moves for W F Sims to Gorman and Leake family to Vernon. DL Turpen returns from Wichita Falls while Marvin McDuff sick with tonsillitis. Influenza subsiding. community health improving. ties to local pastors, grocery trade, and oil fields noted.
Mrs M R Sewell invited the church choir to her home for a Friday night practice session. After singing, refreshments were served and the group, about twenty strong, enjoyed a pleasant spell of sociability.
Ayton Shivers of the old Julian place near East View Cemetery was operated on Friday for appendicitis. Late reports say he is recovering well and doing nicely.
Frank Kell of Wichita Falls travels to Washington to meet with agriculture committees on the government wheat price guarantee. He says the guarantee set a $2.28 per bushel minimum for No 1 wheat delivered at Galveston and urges the government to reimburse farmers for losses when selling on world markets. Kell argues the guarantee was justified to spur a large crop for emergencies and that the government should back the guarantee.
Thalia تشews notes visitors from Blair Crowell and Vernon plus Toledo area trips. Mrs Seales hosts, Mrs Wood sick, Minnie Wood appendicitis symptoms, Mrs Burress returns from Tolbert influenza care, families attend funerals and a overseas returnee Arthur Davis reports a fine trip.
Members of the church voted to hold meetings beginning the first Sunday in July. The pastor was asked to preach and authorized to select the leader of the music for the meeting.
Brown News reports a Saturday night rain after a stretch of dry days. J. W. Bowers and family visited Vernon. a literary society formed at the school with J. B. Gordon president and Mrs. Cleone Riley secretary. Several residents exchange greetings and news from Vernon and the surrounding Union community.
County Demonstrator No R.Pisdal has recovered from illness and is able to be out again. The Everything Store at 116 West Texas Street promotes bed and springs at present low sale prices.
By special correspondent farmers in Guyer plan a large oat crop this year. Church services drew a big Sunday crowd with singing. Influenza remains present but not severe. Mrs Minnie Wells visited Vernon folks, Ida Pate rode along. School at Guyer reports good attendance and progress. Eugene Potts returned home from overseas with discharge. not to France.
J. W. Ladd announces the critical condition of A. W. Ladd with physicians not hopeful he will survive, according to reports received this morning at one.
H H Rodgers and wife moved near Electra. Mrs Langford is sick this week. Miss Clara Pulliam, Faulk staffer, visited home folks Saturday and Sunday. Mr and Mrs Dudley Wrazier stay at Mr Huffs to care for the ill. Influenza illness mentioned. Millard Gillis spent Tuesday night.
Aften and Sampson King, Carl Trisler and family, Misses With and Copy Prisler visited Vernon on Saturday and Sunday. Dr. H M Still has returned to Kirksville Missouri after a few days in Vernon visiting his brother Dr. HLT Stl.
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