Wilbarger County Meet Kickoff for County Basketball
The Wilbarger County interscholastic senior boys tournament holds preliminaries at County Ballpark next Saturday January 26 starting 11 am. About fourteen teams expected with finals February 2 then district tourney in Kirkland February 8 and 9. Tickets 15 cents students 25 cents adults. Proceeds fund tournament expenses and future athletic meets.
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Wilharger
J. N. Fulcher
Vernon High School
Nhice
Wilbarger County
Kirkland
Tim
Elliott to Lay Corner Stone for New Schoolhouse
The Elliott community will celebrate the cornerstone laying of their new brick schoolhouse tomorrow. The event includes morning talks by county leaders, a noon dinner, and an afternoon ceremony led by Vernon and Fleedra Masons, with a four-room ground floor, a basement auditorium, and plans to add further stories as needed.
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Eliott
Snorrow
Welfare Drive Nears Goal for Needed Funds
The welfare drive for Welln werk Vertion launched about two weeks ago nears its district deadline this week per Dr. BE Moore chairman of the Executive Committee. The district drive has been delayed but responses from local supporters remain hopeful. committee members have yet to report on final fundraising totals.
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Welln Werk
Vertion
BE. L. Moore
Ashenhurst Heads Motor Co On Vernon Visit
D. Ashenhurst formerly manager of the Kell Mill in the city travels from Ponca City Oklahoma to Vernon on a business trip for his Curt Ashenhurst Motor Company. He is known as a prominent local businessman visiting on professional engagements.
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D. Ashenhurst
Kell Mill
Curt Ashenhurst
Heavy Criminal Docket Sets for Term at Local Court
The criminal court opened with many cases scheduled for the term and others continued or paused. Judge James V. Leak faces disqualification in several indictments. A large number of liquor cases will be tried by juries, stemming from Sheriff's Department raids in recent weeks. Listed defendants include EB Sherman for theft, John Simmons and Dave Lewellen for manufacturing whiskey, Will Dunninger for manufacturing whiskey, W. L. Price for transporting intoxicating liquor, J. King for manufacturing intoxicating liquor, Sam Flanary for manufacturing intoxicating liquor, Ht. Johnson for burglary, Roy Gonce for manufacturing whiskey, John Denninger for manufacturing intoxicating liquor, Jess Fugit for manufacturing whiskey, J. B. Leverett for theft, Mimimett Ketehersid for negligent homicide, Howey Davis for operating an automobile while intoxicated, FP. A. N. O'Neal and Lem T Richards for cattle theft, and Steve Skinner for possessing intoxicating liquor.
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James V. Leak
Sheriff's Department
EB. Sherman
John Simmons
Will Dunninger
Dave Lewellen
W. L. Price
J. King
Sam Flanary
Johnson
Roy Gonce
John Denninger
Jess Fugit
J. B. Leverett
Mimimett Ketehersid
Howey Davis
A. N. O'Neal
Lem T Richards
State Secretary of Farm Bureau to Speak Here
J. W. L. Hall secretary of the Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association will speak at Vernon Court House at 2 p m January 26 and report on last year progress and this year plans. After his talk H W Cabe and Claud Muller, Dallas State Convention delegates, will report. Farm Bureau and Cotton Association officers expect several hundred residents to attend.
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Farm Bureau
J. W. L. Hall
Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association
Vernon
Court House
Ilall
H.W. Cabe
Claud Muller
Dallas
Farm Bureau and Cotton Association
Chillicothe to Vote on School Bond Issue
Voters in the Chillicothe Independent School District will vote February 11 on a $14,000 bond issue to add a modern sewerage system heating system and other permanent repairs to their schools with little opposition reported.
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Chillicothe Independent School District
Chillicothe
South Vernon well shows strong oil pay near Vernon
A South Vernon Oil Company Well No 1 on the Stephens lease eight miles south of Vernon produced about 150 barrels daily during a preliminary test after a Sunday test, drawing about 500 onlookers. The well sprayed oil up to 70 feet, is swabbed to boost output, and may be deepened. Storage capacity of 500 barrels is being filled as activity spreads to nearby leases and planned offsets.
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South Vernon Oi Company
Stephens Lease
Vernon
S. A
Castlebury Et al
Many Old Timers Visit Vernon After South Vernon Well
Old oil men returning to Vernon fill hotels as South Vernon well comes in. S. W. Bailey notes memories of boom days and Wires and calls from across the state indicate a steady influx of veterans and new faces boosting business.
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S. W. Bailey
South Vernon
Mr. Bailey
Vernon
Poultry Special Draws Big Crowd in Wilbarger County
A Denver railroad brought the Poultry Special to the area on February 21 drawing hundreds of visitors. County Agent P D Chaney and Chamber of Commerce secretary R M Fielder report strong farmer interest. Wilbarger County ranks as a leading poultry producer with exhibits of pure bred poultry and market eggs, plus lectures on raising and marketing poultry products by experts.
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Denver
P. PD. Chaney
R. M. Fielder
Chamber of Commerce
Wilbarger County
Special Deputy to Gather Election Ballots in Hood County
ER H Coffee returned from Dallas after conferring with Special Deputy Ser geants at Arms of the U S Senate to collect ballots in the Earle B Mayfield vs George E B Peddy race. He heads Hood Parker Palo Pinto Wise Jack Montague Clay East land Stephens Young Shackle ford Callahan counties and will work with a Mayfield representative. Ballots will be sent to Washington by parcel post.
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B. Mayfield
United States
George E. B. Peddy
Coffee
Granbury
Hood County
Earle B. Mayfield
Mr. Coffee
Mr. Peddy
Hood
Parker
Palo Pinto
Wise
Jack
Montague
Clay
Eastland
Stephens
Young
Shackleford
Callahan
Miss Mattiline Lloyd Sets Unusual Musical Record
Miss Mattiline Lloyd daughter of Mr and Mrs A A Lloyd of Vernon Texas recently gave a splendid performance in Cincinnati Ohio playing Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso. She is becoming an accomplished pianist and studies under Teo Paalz famed for Super-Legato Thumb and Octave Studies. She also pursues other subjects at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
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Mattilene Lloyd
A. A. Lloyd
Pease Street
Vernon
Texas
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mendelssohn
Jane
Tloyd
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Veteran Baskerville dies after brief illness in Quanah
Vernon man and Confederate veteran I. H. Baskerville died Sunday morning at his daughter’s home in Quanah after a brief illness. Born March 30 1844 in Tennessee he married Minerva Elias who died a year ago. Surviving children include Homer Moore Gib Baskerville G Q Baskerville F W Grogan J W Moore and M J Lang. Interment at West View cemetery with Camp Cabell members as guard of honor.
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I. Ht. Baskerville
Vernon
TH. V. Moore
Quanah
Church of Christ
Baskerville
Thomas KB. Milholland
Mr. Baskerville
Tennessee
Minerva Elias
Homer Moore
Gib Baskerville
Memphis
F. OW. Grogan
Pampa
J. W. Moore
M. J. Lang
Pease River
Womack
Clay
Camp Cabell
Old South
Ile
Family trip follows mother’s serious illness in California
Mrs L G Hawextos and her brother Stobert S&S Tlonasels of Wichita Mulla left Tuesday for Long Beach California where their mother Mrs Robert Thoussis is seriously ill.
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L. G. Hawextos
Stobert S&s
Eight Days Left to Pay Poll Tax for Ballot Access
The notice warns voters that only eight days remain to pay the poll tax and qualify for the upcoming elections. It stresses both county and city taxes are required to vote in any election and notes the exemption rule for those turning 21 in 1923 or before December 1, 1924, with an exemption certificate needed.
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United States
Vernon
Training School Opens Here for Church Workers
The Standard Training School opened at First Methodist Church with Vernon District attendees and others from Vernon taking part in Sunday school worker instruction. Classes led by Rev. W H Wheeler of Little Rock and others will run only at night through Friday.
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First Methodist Church
Vernon
Bo Wheeler
Little Rock
Ark
Non Ferguson
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
A.W. Hall
Poison Will Be Ready Saturday for Distribution
County Farm Agent PD Chaney announced that Prairie Dog poison purchased by the Wilburger County Commissioners Court will be prepared for distribution this Saturday. The poison will be offered to farmers at about 15 cents per acre, with many applications already received from residents including HH Kineheloo Co A Allingham George Trister and Guyer Brothers.
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PD. Chaney
Commissioners Court
Wilburger County
Chaney
Amos
Kineheloo, Co A
Allingham
George Trister
Guyer Brothers
Chillicothe Woman Dies Here Saturday Buried in East View
Mrs Laut Newton 47 died after weeks of illness. Funeral Sunday at 8 from Church of Christ with Rev Vance and Rev Milholland officiating. Burial in East View cemetery. Survived by husband and five daughters Florence Tommy Lee Myrtle and Mrs Carrie Elliott and Mrs Lalaigh tower. Also four brothers and two sisters. Newton family longtime Chillicothe residents. Local car owners registered new vehicles including Ford models and multiple makes listed.
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Church of Christ
Laut Newton
Vance
Chillicothe
Thomas K. Milholland
Ast View
Newtonia
Florence
Tommy Lee
Myrtle
Carrie Elliott
Lalaigh Tower
Terrell
A. - Hall of
Vernon
Newton
Miss Fielder Recovering After Illness Trip
Mr and Mrs RR M Fielder returned from Tallin where they were delayed last week by the illness of Miah Florence Fielder sister of TR M Fielder. Miss Fielder was much better when they left there on Monday morning.
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RR. M. Fielder
Tallin
Miah Florence Fielder
TR. M. Fielder
Fielder
War Hero 01 Debating TeamMember Seeks Yale Battle
Lieutenant Frank Echoeble, blinded in the Argonne fighting, now a UPenn student and key debating team member, leads Penn to face Yale, Columbia and Cornell in upcoming rounds while studying fine arts.
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Argonne Forest
Frank Echoeble
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Yale
Columbia
Cornell
Annual rush of taxpayers prompts poll tax warning
Tax collectors report a surge in payments as voters rush to meet deadlines for poll and property taxes. By February 1 penalties apply to late property tax payments and nonpayment by February 1 bars voting. County totals show 2462 taxes paid and 41 exemptions with about 2003 qualified voters to date. The pressure caused long waits at collection sites as Clerk Mra M. Blair urged prompt payment to avoid delays and receipts being held for late filers.
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Mra
M. Blair
Pree
Neo Continuity
West Vernon
Kbast
Vernon
Har o-OkLonton
Harrold
Farmers Valley
Roy Russell to Open Store in Lubbock County
Roy Russell plans to open a store in Lubbock County after disposing of his share in the ual!ley Chouds Company to his brother Fred Thussell. He will move soon to take active management and has prepared for the venture including trips to Lubbock County and ties to Vernon where Hassell managed the Buyswell Store.
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Roy Russell
Ual!ley Chouds Company
Fred Thussell
Thalou
Lubbock County
Mr. Hassell
Vernon
Buyswell
Hik Letae Nod
Okdahonim
Well Known Young Couple Weds in Lockett Community
Miss Minnie Adam daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Adam of Totbert and Arthur Herchmen of the Lockett community were married Wednesday evening at the Lutheran church with Rev Markoret officiating. The ring ceremony was new a wedding supper was served at the brides parents home and a large crowd attended. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs Ed Herchmann they will make their home in the Lockett community.
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Minnie Adam
J. W. Adam
Totbert
Arthur Herchmen
Lockett
Rev. Markoret
Ed Herchmann
Vernon Chamber of Commerce Dinner to Feature Notable Speakers
The Vernon Chamber of Commerce announced details for a Thursday night dinner in the Kinheoloe building at 6 o’clock. Speakers include Joe L. Pope of Woodward Oklahoma Col Ernest O Thompson of Auw rifle Dr J W Tint president of McMurry College and Remy Shepherd of Wichita Falls. The event promises top entertainment from the Maskit Shrine Temple Chauvers and a Vernon girls ukulele quartet with a surprise act from Daetuys cod. Proceeds fund the turkey dinner served by Presbyterian women and tickets are on sale through the Chamber office and local officials.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kineheloe
Neight At & oVlock
Vernon
Joe L. Pope
Woodward
Okla
Ernest O.thompson
Auwrifle
J. W. Tinnt
McMurry Cvetlege
Remy Shepherd
Wichita Falls
A.B
Revere
Collins
Tiegrem
Janey
Chamber of Cape Merce
R. M. Fielder
Laos
W H Stephens Remains Pleased With Farm Prospects
W H Stephens in Wilbarger county near Crowell reflects on his long stay and ownership of the land housing a well bought in 1906. He has not rushed to sell despite offers, noting steady cotton yields and belief in eventual oil potential without altering his calm view of the farm’s value.
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W. T. Stephens
Vernon
Copmany Well
Wilbarger County
Crowsell
Sts
Mr. Stephens
Tie
Stephens
Heinzerling Resumes Drilling South of Vernon
Heincerting Corporation president states drilling on the Zipperio lease near Vernon has restarted. A railway survey crew reports a rig in place and core samples taken to 2157 feet. Local experts expect completion within a few days barring unforeseen delays.
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Heinzerling
Vernon
TL Heinzerting
1) Corporation
Hin
Zipperio
South East
Cue
HL & TC
Oss
Aris
License to wed granted to four couples
Last week four couples were granted licenses to wed: Artie Herschman and Miss Minnie Arian, John Glen and Miss Thelma Stephenson, Albert Grane and Reise Jordon. The notice identifies all parties by names and notes their race as negroes.
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Artie Herschman
Minnie Arian
John ¥. Glen
Thelma Stephenson
Albert Grane
Reise Jordon
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Sen
Ior
Fair Park
Elliott
C.D. Ashenhurst
James C. Couzens
Michigan
Henry Ford
Secretary of the Treasury
Steve Skinner
Portsmouth
Eng
Mediterranean
UL. S. Senate
ER. H
United States Senate
Earle
Mattiline Lloyd
RE. H. Baskerville
California
Methodist Church
East View
Automobil
Dr. K. Brock
Ford
W. C. Casper
Star
T. Pierce
A. W. Phillips
PY. H. Bingham
Chevrolet
J.B. Pearce
George Weatherall
J. PP. Marten
Buick
G. W. Mitchell
Yord
A. 2 Davis
J. W. Leake
Dodge
R. J. Stowke
Rob Ddkins
Vernon Showers
W. G. Flyn
B. D. Webb
JT. KE. Davis
J A. Johnson
Sebe Reppoud
M. Todd
Chevrolett
2. L. Crownover
Die
Ment
W. H. Stephens
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