KE Over Club Girls Camp Opens Here Today
The Wilbarger County Girls Camp at Alingtam Park opens with about 75 attendees under Miss Bula Goodfellow and Miss M N Hayden guiding sessions in natural history, bird eggs, and plant plant visits. The two day program includes millinery, hatmaking, crafts, a hike, poultry, egg marketing, and games led by named organizers.
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Allingham Park
Chib
Wilbarger County
Alingtam Park
Bula Goodfellow
M. N. Hayden
M. College
Mdna Stephens
Ve Rv Glaxener
Ramal Boulter
Kell Mills
Bob More
Mr. More
Maggie W Barry to Speak at Opening Week Program
Mrs Maggie W Barry an instructor at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and officer in a national women’s federation will speak at the opening day of Coming Week July 16 The Community week is sponsored by the Home Economic Club and will be held in Allingham Park with a concrete stage and programs inviting county communities to participate
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Maggie W. Barry
Agricultural and Mechanicn College of Texas
National Organization of the Women's Federated Chips
Barry
Home Economic Club
Allingham Park
Vandiver Found Dead in Fort Worth With Bullet Wound
Word % 18 Bony received here of the death of Vandiver in Fort Worth recently. Notice published in the Star Telegram stated he was found with a bullet hole in his head. There was no intimation of murder. Vandiver was employed last year by J. PD. Robinson and me in this city and had many friends here.
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Bony
Vandiver
Fort Worth
Star-Telegram
J. PD. Robinson and
George Kelly names cartoon winner for Star Telegram prize
George Kelly, the contest winner chosen to name a Sunday cartoon in the Star Telegram, received a $10 prize. The scene shows a gospel minister and a citizen with suitcases. liquid pours from a suitcase, and Kelly dubbed the cartoon A Winner of Souls and a Loser of Spirits.
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George Kelly
Star Telegram
Mr. Kelly
Plan for nationwide private electric system advanced
Plans under way for a huge unified private electrical system to power the country. Backed by Westinghouse Electric Company, with Guy E. Tripp as chairman admitting the effort. The plan would cost about five billion dollars with annual electricity costs rising by about a billion, and could electrify all steam railroads, though engineer Frank Banin of San Francisco says the idea has moved beyond theory.
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Tlans
Westinghouse Electric Company
Guy Eo Tripp
Frank. Banin
San Francisco
Scoutmaster Reports Scout Movement Growing in Vernon
Scoutmaster G L Taylor says a Boy Scout troop already exists in Vernon and he expects to form another troop next Tuesday night. He forwards a message praising local newspaper support and urging parents to back the Scouts as a force to build character and citizenship rather to train for war.
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Verio
G. L. Taylor
Boy Scouts of America
Vernon
Scouts
Scout
Sheriff Holds Man Wanted in Oklahoma for Escaping Prison
Albert Fore, a young white man arrested for burglary, is wanted in Granite Oklahoma after escaping from the state reformatory. He was serving a two year term but escaped after a few weeks. Fore was out on bond locally when the notice arrived and was re-arrested. He is being held until Oklahoma officers arrive.
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Sheriffs Department
Albert Fore
Granite
Oklahoma
State Reformatory
Fore
Vernon County Chamber of Commerce drives weekly outreach
The Vernon County Chamber of Commerce week of meetings continued with growing memberships and planned outreach across towns. Captain Nusbaum spoke in multiple communities with the King Tri club aiding with songs and stunts as bands played to boost farmer and town engagement.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cls. Nushann
Okbuimnion
Tiarrold
Nugianim
Vernon
Captain Nusbaum
Rayvlind
Wis
Ode
Nusbaum
King Tri Club
Lightning strikes wire ignite home blaze in city
Lightning severed an electric wire and sent fire onto the roof of J. M. Underwood's home at 127 South Pearl Street just after 4 am Wednesday. Firemen extinguished the blaze before major damage. the strike also blew fuses in many houses and disrupted telephones and communications in the area.
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J. M. Underwood
South Pearl Street
South Main Street Pave Plan Nears Full Approval
Five blocks on South Main Street are close to being paved as residents on three blocks have signed up. ASpecial committee works to gather signatures from all property owners along the five blocks. The city will perform the work with owners paying their share, aiming to extend paving to the city limits.
Mrs Armstrong Injured In Early Wednesday Accident
Mrs Jim Armstrong is confined to her home after an electric shock in the kitchen early Wednesday morning. She fell, hitting her head on a door facing, pulling lamp and fixtures down. She was treated and pronounced out of danger.
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Mrs. Armstrong
Jim Armstrong
Drilling Resumes on McCaleb Well Monday
The Tidal Oil Company will start drilling McCaleb Well No 1 at Wim McCaleb place near Doana on Monday morning. The drill stem and new cable arrived midweek and the crew is ready. the well, idle for about two years, is now 1000 feet deep and has undergone two months of repairs with officials in Vernon completing arrangements.
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McCaleb
Tidal Oil Company
Wim
McCaleb Place
Doana
Vernon
Old Timer Rejoices Over Vernon Progress Now
Mr and Mrs B Fields and daughter Lorenn visited Vernon after 14 years away, touring Tipton Frederick Grandfield Okla regions and San Angelo. He praised Vernon’s growth noting that no paving existed when he left and Main street white way had yet to exist. He called Vernon a thing of beauty due to progress, paving, and trees.
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B. Fields
Miss Lorenn
B. Ballew
Tipton
Frederick
Grandfield
Oklo
Fields
San Angelo
Vernon
Main
Former Veronites Visit Here
Mr and Mrs W M Stalenp of Sinton are in Vernon visiting their daughter Mrs B D Hockersmith and other relatives Stalenp formerly lived in Vernon but has been a resident of South Texas for a number of years He expressed himself as being agreeably surprised at the growth of Vernon in the past few years
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W. M. Stalenp
Sin
Vernon
B. D. Hockersmith
Stalenp
South
Texas
Kell Mills Open House Attracts Big Crowd Tonight
Plans foretell a large turnout for Kell Mills open house with Vernon Concert Band performing instead of downtown, refreshments served, and the public invited to tour the modern mill plant facilities, highlighting the event's community appeal.
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Kell Mille
Vernon
Ms. 8 Sewell Returns From Month-Long Visit
Miss Sewell returned last week from a month long visit with relatives in Seattle and Houston.
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Sewell
Elatives
Farmers see chance for cotton yield after late planting
In a good season several planters including A. M. Bourland note that planting on June 20 can still yield strongly. Bourland recalls a prior June 20 planting that made three fourths of a bale per acre, highlighting the opportunity for replanting farmers to profit from the late season.
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A. M. Bourland
Directors weigh permanent Wilbarger County Fair plan
Wilbarger County directors discussed making the fair a permanent city or county institution. They debated using sale proceeds to pay debts, funding new buildings, and turning the grounds into a park when not in session, aiming to decide before fall with input from city and county officials.
Kitchen contest winners decided in county event
Mrs A J Wall of Farge wins Class 1 for best improved kitchen and Mrs Clint Hancock of Oklahoma union takes Class 2 for most convenient design. Eight contestants statewide were judged with two Vernon county winners advancing to district and state contests. Vernon School Board approves 110000 bond issue for a new high school building, voting July 17, citing crowded facilities, need for another teacher, and assurances no increased tax rate is needed.
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Vernon
Inez
State Department
Aevcnation
Wiech
Bovn
Friends of Education
W N Martin Honored by Coal Dealers in Galveston
W N Martin of this city has been elected vice president of the Joris Coal Dealers Association at its annual Galveston convention. He is praised as a leading worker for the organization’s betterment and plans to push for the presidency next year. Miss Mary Tope Westbrook, a Vernon Wikh School graduate, was named editor in chief of the John Tarleton College annual for next year, a notable choice since editors are usually seniors.
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W.N. Martin
Galveston
W. N. Martin
Joris
Absorltion
Martin
Heng
Putchin
Tine
Misa Mary Tope Westbrook
Vernon Wikh School
John Tarleton College
Miss Westbrook
Mra Fla
Vernon
Marshall Street
Dallas hardware man on business in Vernon
Martin Stewdy of Dallas, once a Harrold hardware man at the Port Worth and Denver terminus, is in Vernon this week on business. He is a traveling salesman for Norvell Shapleigh Company of Chicago and always seeks out the old timers when visiting Vernon.
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Martin Stewdy
Dallas
Harrold
Port Worth
Denver
Mr. Stewdy
Norvell -Shapleigh Cover Pany
Chicago
Vernon
Mrs R B Sherrill and Son Billy Visit Dallas
Mrs R B Sherrill and her son Billy are in Dallas visiting friends as they spend time in the city.
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R. B. Sherrill
Billy
Dallas
Judge James Vo Leak Family Move to City Home
District Judge James Vo Leak and his family are relocating from Memphis this week. They have rented a house on South Fannin Street, taking up residence on the second floor of the county line property.
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James Vo Leak
Memphis
South Fannin Street
Cemet
Leak Wall
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Edna Stephens
Stephens
Taylor Poultry Farm
Hayden
W. R. Glazener
Miss Butler
Jon. Vandiver
Guy E. Tripp
Taylor
Shaller
Capt. Nusbaum
King Tuts
Elsie
Lusoiy
Thomas B Clarke
Isie
Ferguson
Thomas B. Chirke
Harriman National Bank
New York
Rumer
South Main ST
The
Pav
Mrs. Arm
Strong
Veronites
Mrs. Sewell Home
Beaumont
Cy Long
Beatumont
Wale
Vrs. Hancock
Barger County
A. J. Wall
Farge
Ment
Clint Hancock
Okla
Union
Bernice Jayton
Good Housekeeping
Vernon School Board
Judge Leak
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