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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1919
Page
9
Engineer Faker and Fireman Looney died in a wreck near Rhome this morning. The No 3 passenger train, due Vernon at 4 07 this afternoon, is seven hours late. Initial reports of a boiler explosion were unconfirmed. Mr Wheeler, local agent, cited no confirmed cause.
West Vernon notes a series of social visits and travels. Joe Pearson and children from Wellington stay with the Cooks. Joe Ray recently discharged from the Navy visits L. Tiunt. Nellie Wing hosts a small gathering. Lora Anderson heads to Wichita. Lou Phipps and father visit White City. Hart travels to Commerce for a sister's death. Crim family visits Burkburnett. Mrs. Williams extends a stay.
Miss Esther Swartwood of the Red Cross asks for names of wounded men discharged from the Army or Navy for the publication Carry On. The list is free to wounded men and relatives. submit at the Red Cross office in Bailey Slotel building or by phone to Miss Swartwood.
Sheriff W A Ish and Deputy C T Clynch with constables and city police issue a warning to automobile drivers who fail to yield and meet other cars properly. Citizens are urged to report license numbers of violators to aid enforcement under state traffic laws.
An oil stove in W. M. Thompson’s Southwest Vernon residence exploded around 12 80 o clock causing a fire alarm. No damage was reported. Visitors include Scott Bailey and Mrs. Dollie Bailey of Rockwall Texas staying with Mr. and Mrs. 8. W. Bailey. James Allen Hodges leaves today for an extended Dallas visit with aunt Mrs. Ernest Purves. Miss Mary Allen has accepted a position with Disco Dry Goods Company after teaching at Fargo school last term.
Harmony Baptist Church at Guyer announces a Sunday school program on Sunday June 22 with morning and afternoon sessions. It features topics on the Superintendent's role and Sunday school maintenance, evangelizing power, missions teaching, and Baptist attitudes toward union movements, with invited community attendance and all-day dinner.
The Chautauqua party arrived to run the event this year. Hugh Berlin, superintendent of Eolia schools, leads the team. Hazel Hamilton, Wichita play director, is cited as the area’s top paid primary teacher. Clarence Buffet, a Nebraskan, is tent foreman and Nebraskan student. Owen McWharter from Lubbock, a UT student, serves as property man.
J N Fulcher directs a campaign in Wilbarger county with two troops and scoutmasters J B Praizer and B C Brown. The article lists local visitors and residents including Mrs Lela Kellum of Frederick, Mr and Mrs Beverly of Crowell, Mr and Mrs Brown of Fort Worth, Mrs FB Phillips and Edith of Knoxville, and Mrs O T Youngblood of Paducah visiting Vernon.
D R Britt of Roswell New Mexico arrives to oversee business matters and visit his brother KR F Britt. He plans a brief trip to Mineral Wells for a few days before returning for a longer stay.
The notice states two elections in Wilbarger County Texas to decide if property tax rates should rise. One in district 31 at Thompson Schoolhouse from May 1, 1910, to increase 45 cents to 50 cents per hundred dollars valuation. another in district 56 on June 7, 1910, to raise 20 cents to 60 cents. Voters who pay property tax and reside in the districts may vote.
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