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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1918
Page
2
Leroy Melton, a corporal in the 120th Field Artillery, 1 5 A, has arrived overseas. The notice states W M Melton has received no card about his son’s safe arrival. Leroy enlisted last September in Pallas.
G. B. McLean living north of the River gave a fine yearling heifer to the Fargo Red Cross auxiliary. The animal will be sold at a public auction in Vernon on Saturday with proceeds benefiting Fargo auxiliary. Louis Commer and family of Anwar visited Mr and Mrs W A Lane on Sunday. Mr Conner is Mrs Lane’s brother.
An ice cream supper will be held in the Fargo school auditorium Friday to benefit the Red Cross. Everyone is invited to attend. Mr and Mrs Clifford Memileton and Mr and Mrs J Pendleton and their daughter visited in Altus Oklahoma BI.
Master Don and Miss Josephine Yarbrough visit Port Worth to see Mrs J P Hicks. J Davis, president of Western Petroleum, made business trips to Wichita Falls Port Worth and other points last week. OT 7 Youngblood and family from Page visited Vernon Sunday at the parents Mrs and Mr. 7.
Aida on Carl Morris Harve y Allen and Showers of Hareelis attend a War Savings Committee meeting. The group participates in planning drives and promoting savings efforts among local residents.
Mr and Mrs H A Bell Mr and Mrs Roy Bell Mr and Mrs A KL Bell and Mr and Mrs W Ey Stroud of Odell were in Vernon Saturday for business and attended the chavitaiaequa.
Fragmentary note references baseburner coke on track and a phone contact for supply of anthracite coal. Mentions PL Robertson and an advertisement line with £.
The Young Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church will meet with Mrs. R. McConihe on the fourth Tuesday of this month instead of today. The Jessen will present the last two chapters of the Africa book.
Pie supper at the W O W Hall Friday night June 21 planned by the Kolehts and Ladies of Security to aid the local Red Cross. A minstrel program will be rendered and the public is invited. Sam Napier left Sunday night for a business trip to Port Worth and likely to San Antonio before returning. J C Morrison was in Amarillo and New Mexico for Vernon Electra Oil. Lieutenant Carl Swith, aviation instructor at Rucks Field near Port Worth, is on a ten day leave with his mother in Oklahoma.
Mrs W C Hawkins returns from Cleburne with sister Miss Lois Harris. County Attorney 8 A T L Morgan travels to Austin to handle State Highway Commission matters on the Oklainton paved road. An Ford Tractor ad promotes multipurpose farming power with J S Blanton as contact.
Theaters Today lists Mary McLaren in The Model's Confession at More's with a five reel story of romance and fasci mating mystery, plus a comedy. Ruth Clifford stars Wednesday in Midnight Madness with a jewel theft plot and a mysterious lover. Thursday features Riders of the Night with a gun battle as a Metro All-Star picture and a Kentucky horse ride sequence. Also scheduled is The Mating of Marcella with Doltan and the U.S. beauty Miss U. S. A. in a Fox Special Feature. Local notes include births and visits by several residents and dignitaries.
A historical notice touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as an internal remedy curing catarrh by acting through the blood. It claims the medicine uses strong tonics and blood purifiers, with endorsements from physicians and free sample offers from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio, distributed by all druggists.
A vintage household ad promotes California Syrup of Pigs as a gentle laxative for children and adults. It claims a coated tongue signals internal cleanse and urges mothers to use the product to relieve feverish, irritable, gastrointestinal symptoms.
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