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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1922
Page
7
Baptist Sunday school classes of W A Lane and W N Stokes enjoyed a picnic near Paradise creek’s mouth on Tuesday evening. The group, traveling by auto and truck from the Baptist tabernacle on S Main, shared supper then an icypromptu program of songs and speeches.
Saturday hostess Miss Clara Lane hosted the T. G. Bridge Club at 8S Houston Street with guests Miss Inez Basham Wichita Falls and Misses Lois McGaughy Doris Waller Clara Leutwyler Melba Ruth Pickens Christine Workman. High scores: members Miss Eda Maud Lutz guests Miss Workman. Refreshments served in two courses. Club to meet with Miss Hazel Vaughn tomorrow.
I will thresh my Kan Red wheat June 22 and 2h. This wheat will yield about 50 bushels per acre. I will sell this seed wheat at the thresher at the market price paid at Vernon. See me at once if interested.
The Southwestern Implement Company reports the sale of a T6-30 Turley oil pull tractor to Marion Rhoads of the East Vernon school community.
A promotional note invites readers who have not tried Tangarine to visit B and W Drug Co to sample a dish.
June 14 report from White City notes dry weather harming wheat yields while cotton choppers are in demand. The column lists illnesses, visits by Pearl Floyd and relatives, social gatherings, and local residents traveling to Vernon and California. It records purchases, illnesses, and family visits among area residents, including Adams, Knapp, Floyd, and Olive families.
The passage lists individuals including Ranse and Hubert Hendrix, Ivan and Henry Richardson, Darrel Slaven, Dan Boone, and R.A. January visiting Mrs. W. W. Adams, Mrs. L. A Anderson, Fred Leon, and Mildred Anderson at Fargo on Saturday. J.T. Hale and Gordon Hale of Tolbert and Jim Leak of Vernon were in the community last week to repair telephone lines.
Vernon area classified items list multiple rentals including three room house at 448 South Lexington and two room housekeeping options. Also offers for seven room house rent, and rooms for light housekeeping. Ads include furniture trade and jobs like child care. Various sale offers cover second hand furniture, tractors and vehicles, and farm animals. Numerous contact details and street references appear throughout.
Vernon residents report visitors and exchanges with relatives in Fargo Margaret and Ravhind while T J Lockett and Rev L B Hawkins attended church. The Better Home Improvement Club plans a jelly and canning demonstration June 1 with dress form making in the afternoon.
A Jersey bull formerly owned by J D Ferguson and Kent at Express burn will stand service at Stafford's Wigan yard after a change of mind. Also notes safety razor blades for sale at Wilbarger County Abst Office, a donated black mare 19 hands high seen at Harper Reeds farm, and a land sale in Waggoner Colony via J A Sh Young agent.
Official notice from Witbarger County Texas informs all interested in the estate of Mrs. A J Craig that M S Kogera has been appointed Temporary Administrator by the County Court. The appointment may become permanent unless contested at the next term beginning July 3 1922 at Vernon Court House.
The Vernon Texas City Commission advances two charter amendments to voter referendum. Amendment No 1 revises Sections 1 and 2 of Article VIII to authorize annual general funds via ad valorem taxes up to one dollar per property and an additional seventy five cent school levy, with exemptions for certain public and religious uses and a household exemption, plus city authority to levy taxes and fees for municipal purposes. Amendment No 2 amends Article VII Section 3 to modify provisions of the city charter.
The document outlines a proposed annual poll tax of one dollar per inhabitant aged 21 to 60, with state law exemptions. It commands the mayor to publish notification in the official newspaper announcing the intention to submit charter amendments, with the notice lasting at least twenty days before passage.
The County Court of Wilbarger County Texas issues a writ requiring sheriffs or constables to publish a notice of the estate of S T Reeder deceased in a newspaper of general circulation for ten days before the return day. Anna A Reeder is appointed Temporary Administrator with a possible permanent appointment pending court decision. The notice sets the first Monday in July for contest or appointment ratification at Vernon Court House.
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