Cream Station Established to Buy Local Cream
The Pure Milk Products Company announces a cream station at Bargdell and Stanley grocery in Handley. Farmers may deliver cream on Tuesdays and Fridays for testing and payment. even small quantities and hand skimmed cream are accepted. Handley will attend next Friday to discuss feeding cows and milk testing.
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Stanley Grocery Store
The
Pure Milk Products Company of
Wichita Falls
Handley
Fire damages Herring National Bank roof Sunday afternoon
Fire broke out about 3 45 in the Herring National Bank building roof causing about 50 dollars in damage and temporary downtown alarm. Firemen later found the blaze after roofing was torn away and stripped tarred boards from workmen on the roof were blamed for ignition.
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Herring National Bank
KE. L. Childress
Chik Dress
Dickey's Son Killed in Texas Special Wreck near Waco
W. M. Dickey of Vernon has returned from Dennison after attending the funeral of his son R. R. Dickey killed February 22 in a wreck of the Texas Special near Waco. The 33 year old fireman left a widow in Dennison and parents in Vernon.
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W. M. Dickey
Dennison
R. R. Dickey
Waco
Tie
Vernon
Ten-pound girl born to Lanier couple near town
A ten pound girl was born February 26 to Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Lanier living about twenty miles southwest of town.
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G. W. Lanier
Girl born to Mr and Mrs Gregory weighin g nine and a half pounds
A baby girl weighing nine and one half pounds was born February 25 to Mr. and Mrs J Gregory of West Vernon.
Meeting Called for American Legion Post
A local American Legion post convenes Thursday at 7:30 p.m. for officer elections and planning. About 165 members, with talks on compensation claims, vocational training, and bonuses, plus a potential Red Cross nurse auxiliary branch and discussion of club rooms.
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American Legion
Court
Plains
John Storey
Vernon
Red Cross
Vernon Welcomes New Studio Manager at Sink Studio
Miss Tabile Ferguson of Vernon takes charge today at Sink Studio Crowell and brings years of photography experience from Oklahoma. She previously worked with R. B. Clifton here and will run the Crowell studio. Mr and Mrs Paul Sink and their baby plan a short Vernon visit before moving to California.
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Tabile Ferguson
Vernon
Sink
Crowell
Foard County News
Miss Perguson
R. B. Clifton
Oklahoma
Mrs Sink
Paul Sink
California
Water Supply Interruption Affects City Mains
A pump adjustment yesterday cut water supply for over an hour. Standpipes were kept with reduced flow to ensure a reserve in case of fire.
Local Citizen Plans Potato Curing Plant in Vernon
W A Walker of Vernon will build a personal potato curing plant on his 900 acre Ragland area holdings to process about 20 000 bushels from 100 acres of sweet potatoes. He recently harvested seed potatoes in Longview and plans a central seed bed on his land for easy planting. Walker, a Wilbarger county pioneer who moved to Vernon last year, sees curing his own crop as more profitable than relying on local market prospects.
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Walker
Vernon
Wilbarger County
Fire destroys chicks at Colley residence on Paradise Street
Monday afternoon about 1 o clock a fire at Hub Colley's rear residence on W Paradise St destroyed fifty to sixty chicks and scorched an adjoining shed. Water was cut off from city mains. firemen arrived but the flames were extinguished before they reached the scene, aided by tubs of water.
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Hub Colley
W. Paradise St
Red and White Markers to Line Colorado to Gulf Highway
Colorado to Gulf Highway markers will use red and white bands on posts with CG insignia placed at intervals along the route from Denver to Fort Worth. Maps north from Amarillo are with the printer. southern maps will be ready soon for distribution.
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Amarillo
Denver
Fort Worth
Colorado the Gulf Highway Association
Warm In California Award From Mrs McKinney
Mrs 5 2 McKinney of Long Beach California notes California weather with 75 degrees on Wednesday 85 on Thursday and 82 on Friday Hundreds bathed in the ocean and flowers were everywhere She formerly lived in Vernon until last summer.
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McKinney
Long Beach
Calif
Infant Hood Dies At Four Weeks In Fort Worth
Kenneth Clark Hood four weeks old son of Mr and Mrs H Frank Hood of North Mesquite Street died Saturday February 26 Funeral services held at 4 30 Saturday afternoon from the residence Elder Yoy E Wallace officiating
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Kenneth Clark Hood
H. Frank Hood
N. Mesquite St
Yoy E. Wallace
Proclamation Declares Health Week Led by Governor Neff
Governor Neff issues a special proclamation designating March 18 as Health Week to improve sanitation. Dr Carrick notes the plan mirrors past campaigns, with states towns rating sanitation and promoting fly and malaria control, food safety, and rat eradication across the state.
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Neff
State Health Board
Dor Manton
Garrick
Carrick
State Board of Health
Bridge Concreting Underway East of Town on Oklainton Road
Concrete pouring for the bridge two miles east of town on the Oklainton roadway began Thursday. Completion is expected soon.
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Oklainton
Baby Ben The Cow Pony Beats Oklahoma Race Horse
Baby Ben a young cow pony from the Carta-Blanche ranch near Electra won a quarter mile race against an imported Oklahoma horse. The pony trained briefly and led by six feet at the finish in Vernon after three weeks of local work. Cowboys posted a $1,000 purse for the contest.
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Oklahoma
Curta-Blanche
Baby Ben
Vernon
Vernon Record Publisher Named World Press Congress Delegate
Buford O. Brown publisher of The Vernon Record is appointed a delegate to the Press Congress of the World to meet in Honolulu Hawaii October 4 to 14. Appointment made by John Msten Cooke president of the Texas Press Association. Other Texas delegates named include E A Carlock H B Hilburn Lee Satterwhite Tom Finty Jr Hugh Nugent Fitzgerald W G Sterrett Louis J Wortham and Col Frank P Holland.
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Buford O. Brown
Vernon Record
Press Congress of the World
Honolulu
Hawaii
John Msten Cooke
Texas Press Association
Texas
E. A. Carlock
The
Paducah Post
H. 8. Hilburn
Plainview Herald
Lee Satterwhite
Panhandle Herald
Tom Finty
Electra Woman Taken After Suicide Attempt
Mrs. Eddie Jennings of Electra was brought to a local hospital Monday after attempting suicide by shooting. The bullet pierced her left breast and exited under the shoulder blade. Relatives say ill health was her motive for the self injurious act.
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Eddie Jennings
Electra
Jenning
BirthAnnouncement for Johnson Family Boy
A baby boy was born February 16 to Mr and Mrs Frank Johnson of Vernog. The newborn adds a son to the Johnson household with both parents named and the date provided.
Senator Morris Sheppard Supports Several Measures in Congress
A local Chamber of Commerce letter quotes Senator Morris Sheppard expressing agreement with many proposals. He endorses the Federal Live Stock Bill, weighs the Federal Coal Bill, and discusses the Muscle Shoals project, tariffs, consular funding, free seed distribution, and government support for Agriculture Commerce Labor and Interior. He notes selective views on nitrate plant operations and inauguration spending.
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Muscle Shoals
Coal Commission
TL Am
Musele Shoals
Mr. Harding
Agriculture
Commerce
Labor
Interior
Electra Masons Confer Degrees on Town Candidates
Seven Electra residents received degrees in the Blue Lodge during a Friday ceremony. Local Masons hosted visitors with a banquet that evening arranged by the Eastern Star ladies. Participants from Electra included W. H. Stroud Everett Haney O. O. McCurdy J. V. Owen Rolly Hooper L. Boatwell and Bi Porterfield.
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Electra
Masonic Order
Blue Lodge
Eastern Star
W. H. Stroud
Everett Haney
O. O. McCurdy
J. V. Owen
Rolly Hooper
L. Boatwell
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Wallace Seey
Agrculture
Daushen
Warren G. Harding
Charles Evans Hughes
New York
Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Pennsylvania
John W. Weeks
Massachusettes
Wil T H. Heays
Tudiuna
Harry M. Daugherty
Ohio
Navy
Edwin Denby
Michigan
Albert B. Fall
New Mexico
Henry ©. Wallace
Towa
Herbert Hoover
James J. Davis
Tennsylvania
Bargdell
BANK
Mr. and
Mrs. Lavier
Call Meeting OF
POST
Lucile Ferguson
D. P. Sink
W. A. Walker
Ragland
Colley
Bution
Hood
Ing
Austin
Delybian Club
Home Science Club
Culture Club
Civic League
Northwes
Wc.tu
Parent-Teachers Association
Ben
Beulah Mason
Chicago
Mason
Norma
Virginia
Wot
Waggoner
Carta-Blanche
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World Press Congress
Senator Sheppard
Morris Sheppard
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