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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1921
Page
11
Farm bureau workers launch a county wide drive to obtain signatures on the cotton marketing contract. T F Davis will speak at Kincheloe Parsler Talmadge Tockett Douns over the coming days as the campaign begins Wednesday.
Ramage pastor of Central Christian Church announces in The Christian Era a statewide contest to sponsor a Sunday School team from any Texas church. The local team will raise funds and face Christian groups with players from various Sunday Schools.
Miss Faye Dooley of Odel underwent an operation on Friday for appendicitis and is progressing satisfactorily. She is being cared for in Vernon. Miss Dooley is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Bud Daley.
Arthur Ivy rebuilds his home in the west part of town after a fire several weeks earlier. Mr. and Mrs. EH D. Tennyson and son Clyde drive to California to tour parts of the state. Mrs. Clyde Oliver with two sons, Mrs. H. Thompson, and Miss Truth Ailey visit their mother in Ross at Mrs. S. H. Ailey's home.
M I Bureh returned from Wichita Falls after attending the funeral of his father William A. Bureh who died at his home near Wichita Falls last Friday. Burial was Sunday in Dundee Cemetery. The elder Burch, 61, had lived in Ghelt for five years and was well known in the county. He moved to Wichita Falls to live with a daughter after leaving Hamlin. He died from paralysis and is survived by nine children including Mrs smd Grady Burch of Vernon and Mrs J H Rawborn of Wichita Falls, plus several others in Texarkana, Goldthwaits, Oklahoma City, Hill County, Moran, and Fort Worth.
No prayer meeting Wednesday night at Central Christian Church or Methodist Church due to the Chautauqua. Baptists will hold a prayer meeting at 7 oclock. Mr and Mrs WL Powell and Mrs Roy Russell were in Wichita Falls Sunday.
Sunday School League action saw the Christian team rally to beat the Methodist Sunday School 6 to 4 after Methodist errors helped cost them. Lovelace pitched well for Christian with 9 strikeouts while Johnson fanned 7 for Methodist. Umpires were Lisman and Rouse, scorer Hogsett, with Stolen bases by Vaughn Sheppard and Murchison.
A washout on the Fort Worth and Denver line between Clarendon and Lelia Lake Saturday night halted service on that segment. Tickets are sold only north to Childress with no transfers over the washed section. Officials expect traffic to resume by Wednesday.
Dr C Hardy, president of Baylor Pomale College at Belton, will address the Baptist tabernacle next Sunday near Mesy Christian education. Dr Havassa is recognized as a leading figure in the Baptist denomination. The talk aims to help those planning to enter the school in the fall and the church invites county residents to attend.
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