Vernon Chautauqua contract secured as 100 names reach goal
A Vernon Chautauqua season contract for six days is secured after the last five of one hundred names signed on Friday night at the tabernacle. The deficit of 200 dollars was paid, with 2700 to be guaranteed. The program featured war inventions by Montraville Wood and other premier entertainers, highlighting patriotism and scientific demonstrations.
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Vernon
Tabernacle
Redpath-Horner Chautauqua
Europe
Montraville M. Wood
Mr. Wood
Thomas A. Edison
Vernon Sends Seventy-One Men to Camp Travis
About 100 more Witbar ger County enlistees to follow as Vernon stores closed at noon. Seventy-one registrants entrained for Camp Travis under Sanmal Ferris Holmes with Marion Bo Rheads as first assistant. The group included tall men such as EBCL Waters at six feet nine inches and was aided by local Red Cross comfort bags.
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Witbarger County
Aguota
Crowder
Sanmal Ferris Holmes
Marion Bo Rheads
Edgar Allen Smith
Ewen Edwin Carpenter
Robert Johnson
Temple Ewing Serhyshire
William Lt. Colley
Mercer William Flourney
Odell Reetor
Walter White
J Holt Lieyd
John Streit
Mil Lehn
Rudolph Streit
Jonas Zeiset
Josias Zeiset
Albert Streit
John Gus Weideranders
Tierman H
James L. Sullivan
Ray Lee Smithson
Earl Stine
Columbus Duncan Lee
John €. Lyon
Willie Willhoit
Felix Martin Doss
Jim Hightower
Henry G. Stowe
Walter 8. Patterson
James S. Armstrong
Hershel Thompson
Shelby S. Carpenter
Leonard B. Smith
Carrol M. Brittan
Allen G Gorley
John Crabtree
William Otis Stine
Solon Po Crain
Earl Charles Waters
William Robert Alexander
Elihu E. Redford
Joseph KR. Mitchell
Frank Spradling
Chester Allen Barnes
Walker F. Kee
Albert A. Llovel
Tony Hazzlewood
Muae William Horton
James Lee Ivy
Thomas Grooms
John M. Pool
Roy B. McChire
Ebcl Waters
Red Cross
Connie Drake
Wheeler County Exemption Board
Vernon
Wilbarger Board
Marvin T. Roberts
Johnnie Wallis
Granville Augusta Meredith
Barney Marvin Gibbs
David Hamilton Norris
Walter A. Westmoreland
W. W. Varnell
Charlie Martin Young
Camp Travis
Sam Bourland
Wilbarger
Fort, Worth
Vernon Man Owen Withers Rumor Refuted
Rumors in Vernon yesterday claimed Owen Withers a local man and AEF member was killed in France. Relatives have not received any death notice and the War Department would inform them of deaths or injuries. Withers belongs to the engineering corps.
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Vernon
Owen Withers
France
Anson Preacher Moves to Vernon and War Work News
Rev Gaines B Hall of Anson Texas accepts Vernon Federated Presbyterian call and will start by the second Sunday in July after June 16 vote. T W Shive named to Southern Military Department committee to inform American people on WWI needs. San Antonio conference next Saturday at 1 AM with Taft and Perkins among attendees. GT Altman to oversee traffic for Fort Worth and Denver Railways after Allman resignation. Hills remains with Kell Milling Company as agent.
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Gaines B. Hall
Anson
Texas
Federated Presbyterian Church of
Vernon
Hall
St. Anthony
San Antonia
Mer Shive
Taft
Perkins
San Antonio
GT. Altman
Fort Worth
Denver
Kell Milling Company
Hills
Allnan
Allman
Women voter registration delayed to Thursday event
Registration for women to vote in the July primary will begin Thursday June 27 instead of Wednesday. Tax collector Mr Vo Parr offers to meet registrants in each precinct, or arrange a deputy and meeting in the usual election house, at no cost. He invites volunteers to assist.
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Mr. Parr Sug
Mr. Parr
Tarr
Earl Harrell Seriously Ill in Dallas Hospital
Vernon news reports Earl Harrell formerly of Vernon is critically ill with typhoid fever in a Dallas hospital. His mother Mrs. KL Harrell and his brother Sieyvd Harrell left Vernon for Dallas to be with him. Harrell has worked in the M. E. & T. general office for several years.
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Vernon
Earl Harrell
Dallas
KL. Harrell
Sieyvd Harrell
Harrell
M. E. & T. General Office
Six alien women register at Vernon post office
Six alien women registered at the Vernon post office last week according to Postmaster J. W. Townsend. This marks one third as many as the number of men who registered earlier under a similar order.
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Vernon
J. W. Townsend
Local Citizen Charged With Draft Law Violation
J. Ke Katz, a well known local citizen, was arrested Saturday afternoon by federal agents on a charge of violating the selective draft law. He was arraigned in Wichita and later released on an 8000 bond. Federal officers offered no statement on the evidence.
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Whehita
West Vernon Exceeds War Savings Quota in Four Hours
In the War Savings Stamps drive West Vernon surpasses its 12070 quota in under a day. Mrs Joane Martin led five communities securing 14850 in pledges with more promised. Maple Hill district reached its quota in one day, while Red Blatt and Brown districts reported rapid pledges and early completion.
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Joane Martin
Maple Hill
Milesorth
Vernon
Dora Besselman
Ben Lane
Red Blatt
Brown
Wheat movement slow as county wheat crop stalls
Kell Milling and Sewell Grain & Feed report no new wheat arrivals yet and managers expect little wheat from local points. Some wheat is moving in North Texas, but the overall flow in this county remains limited.
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Kell Milling Company
Sewell Grain & Brel Company
Texas
Local Church Names Rev. A. T. Stubbs New Pastor
The Central Christian Church announces Rev. A. T. Stubbs of Kingfisher Oklahoma has accepted the pastorate. He will begin August 1 after a long distance conference with the Kingfisher minister and was formerly the pastor at the Frederick Christian Church.
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A. TY. Stubbs
Kingfisher
Okla
Central Christian Church
Stuble
Vernon
Christian Church
Frederick
Hog shipment from J Summerour to Fort Worth market
J Summerour shipped a carload of hogs to the Fort Worth market today. He noted market conditions are not favorable but he must relieve crowded pens. The shipment carried about 750 head of hogs.
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J. Summerour
Fort Worth
Summmerour
Fr Clement Visits Kin in Collingsworth County
Fr M Clement of Plymouth Collingsworth county visits brothers P and W A Clement of Oklainton. The Collingsworth man says crops are in good condition with splendid prospects. No grain was harvested this year.
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M. Clement
Plymouth
Collingsworth County
W. A. Clement
Oklainton
Collingsworth
260 Voices Sought for Ham-Ramsey Revival Meeting Details outline choir of two hundred voices and orchestra plans at the Tabernacle with nightly attendance urged.
The Ham-Ramsey revival campaign at the tabernacle emphasizes full nightly participation, choir organization, and a volunteer orchestra. Key leaders, committees, and ushers are named, with seating for a large audience and electric fans to improve comfort during services.
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Ramsey
Matt. Fhew
Tiae
Mr. Ramsey
Image Tabernacle
Tabernacle
Nine Wilharger Districts Pledge War Savings Stamps
Nine Wilharger county school districts have pledged or over subscribed their War Savings Stamps quota. Massie chairs the effort with pledge cards to the president, urging every adult to sign or explain non participation before Friday. Public meetings will be held in each district as part of Texas National War Savings Day activities.
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Wilharger County
Massie
Red Blatt
Dawson Valley
Mack
Wildest
Ronda
Hinds
Mast Vernon
Maple
Ghusgisberg
Tf Snek
Versons
Mr. Massie
Texas
United States
Ings
Tex
Vernon boy among troops aboard Leviathan attacked near French coast
Joel Fain of Vernon reports Leviathan, formerly Vaterland, attacked by a flotilla of German submarines on May 20 while joining a French port. The troop liner with seventeen thousand American soldiers escaped injury as destroyers and submarines exchanged blows. two submarines were destroyed and two captured. Mrs. J. J. Fain says her son completed his fourth voyage across the Atlantic and sent three letters last week.
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Joel Fain
Vernon
Vaterland
Secomml
Local Exemption Board Members Attend Fort Worth Conference
Cecil Storey and Dr. B D Flaniken of the Wilbarger County Exemption Board left for Fort Worth to attend a 10 o clock conference with Northern District Exemption Board members. The gathering, called by Provost Marshal General Crowder, aims to align the state on the work or fight program effective July 3 and plan uniform rechecking of deferred classifications.
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Cecil Storey
B.D. Flaniken
Wilbarger County
Fort Worth
General Crowder
Kinchelee School Orders Equipment for Building
Kinchelee school trustees ordered equipment for their building and aim to qualify for state aid next year. The plan indicates readiness to receive government assistance.
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Kinchelee
Kinchelee School
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Dr. Tra Landrith
Eugene Laurant and Company
Montraville Wood
S. F. Holmes
American Belief Bureau
Gains B. Hall
Federated Mittee
T. W W. Shive
The
Southern Military Department of the
American Expeditionary Forces
National War Work Council
Mr. Shive
George W. Perkins
New York
Allman Denver
Tinue
Vo Parr
Earl Harrell Dangerously Hl
J. KE. Lutz
Wechita Faldls
J. KE. Katz
Citi
Zen
Mgr. Laitz
West Vernon
West Vernon Werth
Secre
Ross Sumner
Mar
Tin
So. Wer
A. T. Stubbs
Central Christian Congregation
Evangelistic
Tabercle Servic
the Tabernacle
Rimsey Hie
Piyume
M Long
Arthur Stalcup
J. J. Murray
M. R. Sewell
Hnid McCurrell
S. Sewell
A. 8. Davis
Geo
J. Mason
Blarey Mason
AJ E. Mc Celvey
Ivan
Lb. Morgan
W. A. Lane
Wayne Holmes
Dr. K.tull
Flora Lowrey
Nell Frenathan
Bria Rhoads
Lora Long
C. EB. Basham
J. C. Smith
W. N. Stokes
Ben Scheluehin
J.D. Brock
D. T. Henry
L. M. Anderson
Lisman, Bailey Moore
J. HW. B. Young
Red Bluff
Dawson, Valley
Mack, Wildcat
East Vernon
Guggisberg
Joel Pain
Vernon Boy
B.D. Planiken
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