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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1923
Page
4
The proposal calls for county wide paving to the state line and along major routes from Vernon, including Vernon to Seymour road upgrades and natural gas service. It envisions livestock and poultry farming expansion, a 5000 spindle textile mall, trees along highways and streets, and the creation of a county or denominational hospital.
Citizens are urged to obtain poll tax receipts by February 1 as state and local issues loom. Voter eligibility, constitutional amendments, and bond questions for Wilbarger County surface, including a new Vernon high school plan and a Lee Highway project. Both men and women are reminded of their duty to participate in upcoming elections.
After years of agitation, strikes, and bitterness, the nation reports a welcome reprieve from labor disputes. Employers increasingly value well paid, housed workers with recreation, while workers resist agitator tactics. The Mary Arden club house near the campus is highlighted alongside North Texas Normal College’s model training and Current Literature Club activities featuring Barrie and Galsworthy studies.
Open column from Vernon Record notes North Texas State Normal College at Denton begins a busy term with 1,405 students. Three new teachers arrive Hibstein Wilbarger county representation Morrest Johnson Jarrell Mies Zelie Owens Vernon Elizabeth Tlays Owlwellis joins Mary Arden Club as one of two girls literary societies. The club, named for Shakespeare's mother, started twenty years ago to study Shakespeare plays and plans presentations all year.
Amidst yearly activities athletics raise student enthusiasm. Basketball shines as girls beat T. W. girls at Fort Worth and face S. M. U. girls tonight. Boys won two games, over TCU at Fort Worth and Southwestern at Georgetown, signaling a strong start. Witbarger County students send best wishes to the paper and readers.
A one reel film titled Making Poultry Pay illustrates poultry raising basics for small producers. Barer of Anbust Industry licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It stresses stock quality selection, egg setting, incubation, housing ventilation sanitation, disease treatment, and rations for egg production in a popular, non technical style.
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