Boosters From Amarillo Arrive In Vernon Parade Opens Welcome
Amarillo business leaders travel by train, accompanied by the Khiva Shrine Band, to Vernon for a civic visit. Chamber directors greet them, a main street parade draws hundreds, and each firm is noted by name as boosters mingle with local business people before departing this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Vernon
Chamber of Commerce
Toney Chisum
Willard Smith
R. EF
Boosters
Glock
Amarilo
Adams Dry Goods Co. B. W
Committees Appointed to Interview Shareholders Friday
A plan from the Wilbarger County Fair Association meeting aims to keep the fair as a city park with low cost. Stockholders are canvassed for donations or sales of their interests to the city, with committees formed to gather support. over 100 shares pledged. The city would fund improvements and an auditorium, with additional purchases as needed. Committees named include A M Bourland Cy Long and others, plus W T Collins to contact Odell country stockholders.
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Wilbarger County Fair Association
The
Fair Association
Mrnday
A.M. Bourland
Cy Long
Harry Mason
J. J. Summerour
M. G. Neathery
R. FH. Nichols
F. J. Massie
A. M. Flatt
Davis
I. G Mawkins
J. A. Dixon
R. A. Coffee
J. V. Townsend
W. T. Collins
Odell Country
Lon Bayrs
Association
Ollwonton
King Tut Club Dines Thursday in Vernon
The King Tut Club, a young Vernon booster group, will hold its second meeting as a dinner at the Bailey Hotel Sun Parlor Thursday at 8 o clock. Members will pay for their plates. The club, formed from Plainview San Angelo convention attendees, aims to send a train of Vernon boosters to Brownwood for a 1925 convention and to support the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of King Tut
Memebers
King Tut Club
Bailey Hotel
Liberty Cafe
Plainview
San Angelo
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Vernon
Brownwood
Chamber of Commerce
Vernon Pioneer Doctor Dr J E Dodson Buried Today
Dr J E Dodson 76 longtime Vernon physician dies Sunday night after a stroke and illness. Funeral at Methodist church with Masonic and Knights Templar honors. Interment in East View beside his wife. He lived in Vernon since 1880s after moving from Corstens, served as surgeon for Fort Worth and Denver and Frisco railroads, and held Vanderbilt and University of Tennessee medical degrees. He served Osage Indians postwar and was active in medical societies and Red Cross. survived by children including Robert E Dodson of San Antonio and Mrs. Fannie.
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Methodist Church
J. E. Dodson
Vernon
D Welock
Jessie Squires
Dallas
Robert E. Dickenson
Methodist Church of
Masonic Lodge
Buriard
Knights Templar
East View Cemetery
Dodson
Pallas
Corstens
Oklahoma
West
Texas
Fort Worth
Denver
Frisco
Vanderbilt
University of Tennessee
Ists
Vanderbuilt
Rochester
Mayo Brothers
Centerville
Hickman County
Tennessee
Waller
Green
trans-Mississippi Department
Cleveland
American Medical Society
Southern Medical Society
Wilbarger County Medical Society
Wilbarger County Red Cross
Dr. Dodson
Mary Byron Thomas
O Vernon
Lucy Lee
Decatur
Ida Buford
Robert E. Dodson
San Antonio
Fannie
Local Ice Cream Co Spends 10000 In Plant Improvements
Vernon Ice Cream Company on West Marshall street has modern machinery worth about 10000 installed including a refrigeration unit and ammonia compressor. Plant capacity reaches 500 gallons daily with zero ice cooling and pasteurization at 150 degrees. Miss Gertrude Gelshausen oversees books, Hugo handles mixing, Willie runs machinery, all milk sourced from a local dairy.
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Vernon Ice Cream Company
West Marshall Street
Gertrude Gelhausen
Hugo Gelhausen
Willie Gelhausen
Robinson Warns Bathers In Lake
City Engineer J A Robinson warns water in the city lake reaches depths over six feet in parts. Non swimmers should stay near shore or left side of the springboard while the city plans depth markers to prevent accidental deep-water encounters. The lake remains a poor swimming spot used by hundreds of youths and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Robinson
Amended Petition in Electric Case Seeks Tax Injunction
Attorneys for Vernon Electrics and Iee Company filed an amended petition in the 46th district court seeking an injunction to restrain the city from levying taxes to fund an electric plant. The city previously won a May suit. Judge James V. Leak will hear the amended petition next morning at 10. The filing alleges misused funds and improper transfers from tax receipts to cover bond interest, with taxes reaching up to 2.23 per 100 valuation when including the sinking fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Electrics and Iee Company
46Th District
Court of Civil Appeals
Amarillo
James V. Leak
W. N. Stokes
8. J. Brooks
Clinton Brown
San Antonio
Camcel
Clothing Contest for County Club Girls Set June 30
The Wil barger county girls club will hold a clothing contest at 4 PM Saturday June 30 in Miss Eula Goodfellow’s home demonstration office. Judges A Brunson Boger and McCulloch will select the best seamstress who earns a free trip to the A and M College short course July 28 30. Clean Rags Wanted Record Office.
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Wilbarger County
Eula Goodfellow
Mesdames
A. Brunson
Boger
8. McCulloch
A. and
M. College
Road Boosters Travel to Alvarado for Gulf Highway Meet
A ten car convoy of road boosters passed Vernon last night en route to Alvarado for the Colorado Gulf Highway convention. Led by association president T Walker and field manager C Wells, delegates from Amarillo to Vernon traveled by with more from Wichita Falls and Fort Worth set to join. About 20 delegates formed the nationwide caravan with Porter Whaley of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce accompanying the group.
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Vernon
Denver
Colo
Alvarado
T. Walker
Association
C. Wells
Amarillo
R. If Coffee
BK. L. Metagh
Walker
Merv Wells
Chamber of Commerce
Wichita Palls
Fort Worth
Porter Whaley
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Judge James Leak Leads Memphis Scout Camp
Judge James V. Leak, recently moved to Vernon from Memphis, presides over the 46th district and is a leader in the Boy Scout movement. He serves as commander of a two day scout camp near Memphis, having left Vernon early Monday morning to take charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James V. Leak
Vernon
Memphis
46Th Judicial District
Theft of House Causes Arrest
Four white men from Wilbur county are charged in a single theft case. All four are held on $1,000 bonds with two still jailed and two released on bond. They allegedly stole the house of Chief Justice R. W. Holt of the Court of Civil Appeals, moving parts to different locations to assemble a storm cellar. The judge’s rural residence, about 14 miles southwest of Vernon, was the original site. Sheriff Frank Edmondson traced the theft, recovering portions of the house and identifying the plundered structure.
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Wilburger County
Jal
R. W. Holt
Court of Civil Appeals
Vernon
Sheriff’s Department
Frank Edmondson
July Fourth Picnic at Condon Springs Planned
An annual Fourth of July celebration will be held at Condon Springs this year announces James Condon. Music dancing and speaking will feature the event with a formal program to be announced before July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Condon Springs
James Condon
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Khiva
Brough
Amarillo Bank and Trust Co
C. M. Humphreys
Amarillo Buick Cadillac Co
Joseph
Amarillo College of Music
Din
Amarillo Hotel
BE. O. Thompson
B. Musick
Amarillo National Bank
Han
Amarillo Sash and Door Co., K. B
Gaston
S. U Wright
Amarillo Tri-State Exposition
John
B. Gilvin
Amarillo Welding & Machine Works
H. L. Johnson
Rh. G. Barnum Oil Properties, R.G
Barnum
Biggs Investment Co
E. R. Biggs
Blackburn Bros
H. W. Blackburn
Board of City Development
J. C. Sebastian
J. BE. Bryant Co
W. B. Allen
William H. Bush
Central Grocery Co
Den
City Light and Water Co
Ross Phillips
Colorado Fuel & Tren Co
Woah
I, Rogers
Farry Grain & Elevator Co
Allen
Edward’s
F Edwards
Ervin Chevrolet Co
E. Irvin
J. J. Hunter
Fancher-Fisher Motor Co
Fisher
Gooch
Grant-Billingssly Fruit Co. G
Ace Griggs
Gilvin & Gilvin
H. S. Richey
Greers’ Department Store
DPD
Greer
Guaranty State Bank
J. Howard
Pant
J. HA
Wheat King
Agnes Patten Wilder
James A. Patten
Chicago
Lawrence BE. Wilder
John W. Wilder
City Commission
J. E. Dodson, SR
Vernoon
4. Eb. Dodson
Local Ice Cream Co
Kathleen Vollinger
New York
New Jersey
Robinson
Mise Cleo Bowers
Clarendon
H. DD. Hockersmith
Lomax
Wichita Falls
Margavron
James FB. Dodson
Tessie Squires
J. Meeks Dodson
Ranger
Lube Allen Dodson
Ewing Dodson
Swansea
Ariz
J. M. Napier
Tom Summerour
Frank Murchison
Luther Webb
W. H. Hugging
J W. Townsend
Pendleton
Smith
R. L. Castlebury
S A Castlebury
Godfrey Streit
Fred Streit
W. B Covert
T. P. Lismap
Jim Parker
J. EB. Lutz
YW. F. McKibbin
Shirley Cook
W. A. Ish
H. H. Rhoads
McCulloch
T. H. Shive
W. O. Anderson
R. L. More
J. A. Nabers
J. C. Smith
J. D. Summerour
F. Dean
H PD Tennyson
N H Wiseman
C. A. Alligham
F. M. Young
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Hawking
W. Bailey
A. M. Works
J. A. Puckett
J. D. Hagler
W. B. Townsend
B. F. Allen
R. W. Hall
H. BE. Key
W. P. Starr
T. J. Youngblood
Leak
County Club
Clean Rags
Record Office
James Leak
Woteall
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