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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1923
Page
2
The State Fair at Dallas will feature horse racing from October 13 to 20 with six events daily for seven days. Nearly twenty thousand dollars in purses will attract top horses including The Texas Derby, two handicaps, and The Texas Derby likely on Dallas Day. New stables and barns to house two hundred Thoroughbreds are under construction for the event.
Miss Ida Mande Lutz hosted a Saturday afternoon Crest party at Hill Crest with swimming and refreshments. Honorees included Miss Bess Key of Wichita Falls Miss Neta Jones of Childress and Miss Mary Catherine Massie recently home from Roswell. Guests named span several towns with additional attendees listed.
We thank local friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy after our loss. May such devoted friends be young in the hour of sorrow. Mr. Ant and Mrs. W R Antle, Mr. and Mrs. D E Morris.
A. E. Tolt’s family expresses gratitude to friends, neighbors, doctors, nurses, and floral contributors for support during illness and death. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Truitt and family departed yesterday for Comanche Oklahoma to start a new home. Miss Gertrude Pruitt, visiting Dallas, returned home yesterday. Ebwood Worsham of San Francisco and his wife visited Mr. and Mrs. Kil Bratton. Worsham, once a local resident, is Bratton’s cousin, and they planned a Cuba trip before returning home.
Returns from market after purchases by Cy Long of Perkins Timberlake Dry Goods in Saint Louis Chicago and New York City for fall and winter stock. Mrs Bess Osbon to visit markets in Kansas City Saint Louis and Chicago for Murray Show millinery, away six weeks. Oklaunion Church of Christ protracted meeting led by Elder W A Bentley starts Sunday night for two weeks with open invitation. Miss Fula Goodfellow Willager county home demonstration agent returns from College Station after summer course, prior vacation to San Antonio Galveston and other points.
The Vernon Chamber of Commerce sets August 6 for a big frolic to honor Fords with prizes for every champion. Bring your Ford or just come to mingle as the event, open to all residents outside Vernon city limits, offers contest fun and a chance to win.
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