Fifty five named to help pledging war certificates
The United States government appointed 55 people in Wilbarger County to assist in pledging about 161 000 in War Savings Certificates by June 28. They join local leaders to plan a county campaign and push to meet the quota. Texas aims to invest 91 million in War Savings Stamps, with warnings that delay could shame the state and its citizens.
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Will Barger County
Vernon
Willerger County
Louis Lipsitz
Texas
Wikwa
Record rainfall grinds on in Vernon and panhandle counties
Rain totals reach 5.3 inches in Vernon during the peak week with reports of six inches elsewhere in Wilbarger and surrounding areas. No wind or hail limited damage while fields absorb moisture, rail lines bogged down and Memphis area roads flooded. Farmers anticipate bumper crops as soil crusting is addressed and replanting decisions begin.
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Wilharger County
Texas
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Fort Worth
Denver
Vernon
Amarillo
Memphis
Newlin
Clarendon
Memphs
I. A. Foster
Tess
Craig
Painting Honaker's Teome on West Texas Street
Interior and exterior woodwork on Bob Honaker's new bungalow style home on West Texas street began this morning under contract with Arle Berry. The house features green tile roof and rustic granite boulder foundations, with an estimated cost around £25,000.
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Bob Honaker
West Texas Street
Wis
Arle Berry J
Mr. Honaker
Lieutenant Brown Named Instructor at Camp Bowie
Lieutenant dole J Brown will remain at Camp Bowie as an instructor in the officers training school. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J J Brown and joined Company I, infantry last August. Lieutenant Torrewn, a recent graduate, was expected to go to Camp Lee Va but was detained. their father believes the younger man will be kept at Camp Bowie.
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John 2. Brown
Camp Ewie
J. J. Brown
Company 1
Infantry
Torrewn
Camp Bowie
Camp Lee
Vernon Wins Panhandle Press Association Meeting
Vernon defeated Vininview and Amarillo to host the Panhandle Press Association meeting in WaFT TD. Parnell and B O Brown returned from Amarillo where the group met. The first ballot gave Vernon a majority and resolutions set the association bounds across Texas north and west of the Red River to the New Mexico line. Northwest Texas Press Association plans a Vernon meeting in August.
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Vernon
Amarilo
Panhandleress Association
Texas
Red River
Wilharger
Wichita
New Mexico
Rillo
Northwest Texas Press Association
Preacher to Help in Harvest in Oklahoma Fields
Rev Byron Smith of Helena and former Oklahoma farmer will work in Oklahoma wheat fields this summer due to labor shortages. Helena citizens plan to close businesses three days weekly to assist with the grain harvest. Smith previously raised wheat in Wilbarger county and was offered Monday for field service in Oklahoma.
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Byron Smith
Tielena
Wha
Formery
Oklaunton
Oklahoma
Olahoma
Helena
Rev Smith
Smith
Wilharger County
Minday
Hughes and Piclt Signal Corps Visit Home at Camp Towle
W K Hughes Company C and Piclt Signal corps at Camp Towle were at home Sunday to visit his parents, Mr and Mrs Slughes who live north of the river.
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W. Kt. Hughes
Piclt Signal Corps
Camp Towle
Mr. and
Murs
Slughes
Local draft orders place registrants by class numbers
Registrants who enrolled last Wednesday face assigned order numbers. The Provost Marshal General will decide the method and announce it shortly. New class assignments push those in Class II and III to later drafts as the supply of men is exhausted. Local board chair Geel Storey estimates seven percent will enter Class I.
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Geel Storey
Aero
Fie Chass I
Mall Pierce joins Savy in Vernon visit
Wall Pierce spent Saturday and Sunday in Vernon visiting his father PD L Pierce before heading to Dallas Sunday night. On Tuesday he and 149 other naval recruits left Dallas for San Francisco to begin training. Mr Pierce will enter the seaman apprentice program.
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Wall Pierce
Vernon
PD. L. Pierce
Dallas
San Francisco
Mr. Peres
Vernon native named battalion sergeant major in 111th Field Signal
S y l r Nichols, former Wells Fargo Express Company agent in Vernon and brother of R e Nichols, is promoted to battalion sergeant major of the 111th Field Signal corps. He enlisted in Houston and previously served as first sergeant of Company A.
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S ‘Yl R Nichols
Wells Margo Express Company
Vernon
R. E. Nichols
111Th Field Signal Corps
Houston
Company A
Starr Sagt Ships Cattle Cars to Oklahoma Market
H. S. Starr Sagt reports shipping four cattle cars to Oklahoma on Saturday, sending stock to market and signaling active trade activity.
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H. S. Starr
Nash reports from Kell Milling meeting in Indianapolis
Nash of the Kell Milling Company returned from Indianapolis where he attended the Operative Millers of America convention. He notes discussions on food conservation and war related matters and criticizes local hotels for failing to observe food regulations. He also claims more food slackers exist in several places than in Vernon.
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Kell Milling Compute
Yoeteriay
Indianapolis
Ind
Operative Millers of America i Anomad
Herbert Hoover
National Reputarion Sd
Webbly de Pakke
Mir
Thano
Vernon
Soldiers Visit Kin in Vernon Weekend
Sergeants Albert Robinson and Amimetti, Corporals Cecil Dalton and WW Lewis of Company I 142nd Infantry spent the weekend with relatives in Vernon. Robingem is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A J Robinson and Sergeant Robinson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L Robinson. Corporal Dalton is the son of J D Dalton.
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A Albert Robinson
Amimetti
Robinson
Cecil Dalton
WW. Lewis
14200 Infantry
Vernon Severnant
Albert Robingem
A. J. Robinson
Dom. Robinson
L. Robinson
Dalton
J. D. Dalton
Poultry School Planned in Vernon Wilbarger County
A two day Poultry School will be held in Wilbarger county in July led by Miss Mary Sue Maddox. Free government motion pictures will showcase poultry farming techniques and bulletins will be distributed to growers. The program aims to boost local poultry production to meet war demand and suggests households raise ten to twelve more hens.
Miss Mayme Parker Weds Sergeant Briggs
A wedding last Tuesday night June 4 united Miss Mayme Parker and Sergeant W Briggs of Camp Dick at Trathos. Parker, daughter of Mr and Mrs Parker of Floydada, studied at Taylor University in Waco and married after leaving Dallas. Briggs, formerly with Vernon Cotton Oil Company and later in business at Paducah, enlisted in the army. The Record offers congratulations.
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Frienia
Mayme Parker
W. ©. Briggs
Camp Dick
Trathos
Silo Converted for Reservoir Water Storage Near Gateh
A 206 ton concrete silo on a slight eminence near Smith Gateh is being repurposed by manager T. Smith of the I. M. fimnith estate of Oklahoma to store water. The structure will supply water to the bateh and stock, with strong pressure from the reservoir’s height.
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Ad T. Smith
I. M. Fimnith
Oklatunian
Smita Gateh
Bateh
Draft Entrants for Camp Named by Wilbarger Board
The Wilbarger County Exemption Board reports a June draft quota of seventy five men for training camps. About PSO.000 entrants nationwide will be sent to camps this June with Wilbarger counting registrants listed to appear June 24 before the board at Leander.
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