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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1921
Page
1
Ramage pastor of Central Christian Church urges a personal and spiritual inventory at year’s start. He cites Matthew 25 and Mark about profit and loss of the soul, detailing eight God given blessings and duties including body care, home, friends, needs, scripture, and spreading the Word.
Miss Fergeson, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs P M Fergeson, married Mr. Byrd in a New Year’s Eve ceremony conducted by Pastor Hayne of the First Methodist Church. Only the couple and immediate family attended. changes at the Vernon Opera House include new ownership, price cuts, and revised show times.
Idabel chamber of commerce receives a letter from HN Tsay secretary detailing a crackdown on professional beggars and alleged charity solicitors. The note warns such groups must be highly recommended as they try to operate locally.
Veterans in Vernon and state business leaders say deflation has passed and better business conditions loom for the new year. Chamber of Commerce referenda indicate demand for renewed activity, with local merchants noting rising sales before Christmas and a cautious optimism about stability and growth ahead.
The article notes wholesale price slashing easing and a belief that prices will settle near prior lows with little chance of further sudden drops. East money-center reports indicate liquidation eases after a period of low mood, and business leaders expect a clearer rebound with the new year.
The Epworth League of the Methodist Church invites all to a box supper in the church basement Friday night. A program will precede the sale of the boxes. Everyone is welcome.
Mr and Mrs 8 A Castlebury celebrate the birth of a son at 9 o clock Sunday morning in their West Paradise street home. The newborn weighs 11 pounds.
A long New Year service at Hill Crest Club House featured prayer and fellowship, with informal resolutions and plans for 2021. Reports from Sunday School and the Epworth League outlined membership goals, while church committees described building progress and upcoming improvements to the missionary and women’s societies.
Miss Brazilia Dunn Wise of Oklahoma City visiting Vernon plans to open a dancing school soon. She will teach folk and ballroom styles after graduating from Christ Hall College and studying music at Oklahoma State University, with further dance study in Chicago and New York.
Arthur James White and Mrs. Bitoi n Sims married by Judge T J Griffiths at the Court House. White is son of Ella White of Chillicothe. Sims is daughter of Mr and Mrs George Morrison of Chillicothe. They will reside on a farm six miles north of Met glace.
The city of Vernon and nearby communities gathered Sunday to pay respects to Mrs. Nowlin. Services were held at her father's home and at various churches with ministers from the Christian Church Baptist and Central Christian Church assisting. Pallbearers included Massie Stokes Smith Pendleton Hancock and Randall. Survived by husband two sons her father and mother two sisters and a brother the late Mrs. Nowlin was born in Vernon on September 15. The funeral cortege drew crowds and many relatives traveled from out of town for the services.
Miss Annahaesse Pendleton of Evanston writes her parents in joyful detail about Christmas in Chicago. She recalls five below zero temperatures while visiting Miss Mosey, a former Texas Christian University oratory teacher, and staying with Mrs Lavinder and her two daughters.
Rev Gaines B Hall praises Vernon as the best city of its size in Texas while living in Weatherford where he serves as missionary secretary for the Presbyterian Church. He notes Weatherford as a delightful city with natural gas and cheaper rents.
Mrs DP Y Windle and Mrs Ro Y Parr traveled to Denison last night to attend the funeral of their nephew Bruce Duckworth who died at 4 o clock yesterday. The Duckworths are longtime residents of Fannin county. Mr Duckworth was the only son of Mr and Mrs Ro FP Duckworth who survive him.
T B Thompson and Mrs Julia Morgan both of Wilbarger County were married by Judge T J Griffiths at 8 30 this morning on a farm ten miles southwest of town the couple will reside there.
A note on the pace of licenses shows one license issued daily since the new year begins. On January 1 1921 Frank Caldwell Byrd wed Miss Helen Fergeson and on January 3 Arthur James White wed Mrs Etolin Sims, with others obtaining permits to wed.
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