Flood of Vernon building is now under contract
A Vernon group led by R H Coffee J L Showers and TE oCAlen plans eight houses on ground at end of Waul Har ger street block GS A. First five room bungalow costs about 6500 and will face Marshall street. Homes to be built to owner specifications and the project aims to improve street access water power and electricity. Construction continues until all eight houses are completed regardless of sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Street
Wilbauer Street
Louises
Pennett-Rogers Lumber Company
W. A. Lame
West Maiden Streets
Staley
South Main
M. K. Byrd
South Wheeler Street
Lovelace
Vernon
William Selawette
and Bennett and Rogers
Paradise Street
William Cameron and Company, Inc
B.S. King
Maladise Street
T. J. Youngblood
West Wilbarger Street
J. M. Thoms
Nash
West Texas Street
Staley-Greene
South Main Street
M. L. Bonner
East Texas
PA. Winfrey
East Vernon
TL Bodling
John Wiederander
F. S. Smith
Strickland
J. Mannis
East Olive Street
Son
Connie
James A. Jordan
William Camervon and Company
Diac
J. B. Norris
Hone
First Step in Inter Church World Movement Convened in Vernon
Wilbarger county calls a conference of every pastor and lay representative from all churches at Central Christian Church in Vernon at 2 p m Tuesday March. Rev Gaines B H Hall, county chairman, says the meeting will organize county aid for a later countywide rally and select department representatives in spiritual resources enlistment stewardship and missionary education. The message urges all pastors to attend and to spread the word to fellow ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbarger County
Vernon
Gaines BP
Hall County
Inter Church World Movement
Foam
Birmiel
Wilburger County
Central Christian Church
Pou
Gaines B. Hall
W. Ely
Vernon Circuit
Methodist Church
South
Ous
Atlantic City
Weo
Europe
Dellas
Inter-Church World Movement
New York
County Fair Dates Not Set Record Says
President R H W Coffee of the Chamber of Commerce says Fort Worth stated Wilbarger County Fair will run October 4 8 is incorrect. Delegates from Clarendon Childress Quanah and Vernon withdrew and will align dates with Frederick and Altus Oklahoma. C M Murray calls a Quanah meeting to coordinate schedules with these towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H W. Coffee
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth
Wilbarger County
Clarenjon
Childress
Quanah
Vernon
Coffee
Frederick
Altus
Okla
C. M. Murray
City Bakery Improves with Beamed Ceiling
City Bakery announces extensive improvements including a beamed ceiling and other changes. Owners Hocker smith and Anderson are unsure how far renovations will extend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Hockersmith
Anderson
Quiet Vernon wedding at Timberlake home
D J Childress and Miss Gladys McLarty wed in a small Vernon ceremony conducted by Rev W T Rouse at the Timberlake residence. Few guests attended including local residents and family. Couple to reside in Florida after their departure Monday. Separately, Vernon’s business climate faces building shortages hindering new stores, with J McMurray of Dallas seeking local premises and the Chamber of Commerce seeking solutions. District court jurors failed to reach a verdict in a $125,000 suit against Burk Waggoner Oil, discharged after divergent views.
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D. J. Childress
Gladys McLarty
Howard Timberlake
W. T. Rouse
Copenany
Ane Wineister
Timberlake
Aubrey Poster
Beulah Ladd
Mozelle Parker
J. T. Weatherall
Floyidatoda
Moaindar
Burk-Waggoner Oil Company
Plaintift
Bashi
Attrneys
Barry Miller
Wopl Weeks
Weeks & Weeks
Wichita Tails
Lockett Child Buried Sunday in Local Cemetery
The ten month old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Wolsey of Lockett died Saturday night and was buried Sunday afternoon in Lockett.
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Leven
B. G. Wolsey
Lockett
Bourland School Hosts Friday Night Bex Supper
Bourland school will hold a bex supper Friday night March 5 at the schoolhouse. All are invited to be present who are able to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourland School
Mrs Stewart and Family Touring West Coast Visit
Mrs A Stewart and her daughter Emily Collins Stewart of Acworth Georgia visit Mr and Mrs F E Collins. Mrs Stewart spent winter in Bremerton Washington with her husband Lieutenant Stewart awaiting orders to Panama. She is a niece of Mrs Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Stewart
Emily Collins Stewart
Acworth
Georgia
E. Collins
Stewart
Bremerton
Wash
Panama
Pioneer Vernon Citizens Report Illness In Family
Mrs C P Sink in Colorado and DC with her daughter while the Sink family endures influenza. P Mink arrives from Crowell to handle business interests. Mr and Mrs Sink are noted as pioneer Vernon citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Mink
Crowell
Sink
Coloradoe
Daugster
Price Buys Faro Farm Near Fargo
G W Price purchases 160 acres two miles east of Fargo from Poster Nowlin and Foster. He plans to move from Vernon to the farm, indicating a relocation to farm life and new ownership in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Price
Faro
Fargo
Poster, Nowlin & Foster
Vernon
Open Shop Dilemma Faces City Business Leaders
President R H Coffee of the Chamber of Commerce returns from Dallas where he studied the open shop campaign and met Open Shop Association leaders. He called a special committee to confer with local labor union representatives and share the Dallas findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Coffee
Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Open Shop Association
Labor Committee
Coffee
Comter
Vernon
Nine Months in France With Great Surgeons
Vernon reports on Miss Rhoda Carroll Johns Hopkins trained nurse who served in Base Hospital No. 66 and three others in France during World War I. After nine months abroad she returned to the United States and worked at General Hospital Kansas City until influenza recurred. The article covers her nursing course in Vernon and ongoing Red Cross training under Wilbarger County, with classes scheduled across morning, afternoon, and evening sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Cross
Rhoda Carroll
Vernon
Wilbarger County
American Medical Corps
France
United States
Miss Carroll
General Hospital
Kansas City
A. B. Stovall
Republican Candidate for President in Fort Worth Meeting
J K Lutz travels to Fort Worth to attend a meeting honoring Senator Warren G Harding of Ohio. Washington correspondents deem Harding the likely Republican presidential nominee, noting his Ohio governorship and the belief he will be nominated at the Chicago Convention.
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Fort Worth
J. K. Lutz
Port Worth
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Washington
Senator Harding
Commonwealth
Harding
Chicago
Rayland Couple Heads to Hot Springs for Health
Mr and Mrs E J Edwards depart Rayland this week bound for Hot Springs Arkansas to seek relief from rheumatism with the reputed curative hog springs. They plan to be away indefinitely and hope for improvement in health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayland
Arkansas
E. J. Edwards
Hot Springs
Ark
Mr. Edwards
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J. L. Showers
TE Oc
Alen
Wilbarger
Summons
City Bakery
Obia
Hooker
Mount Wilson Observatory
Apennines
Archimedes
Alps
Plato
Timberlake Home
D. D
Cording
M. Murray
The
Mir
CB Basham
District Court
EL Thasham Ve
Wag
Gower
Bex Suiper
J. B. Collins
C. P. Sink
Colorado
Red Cross
Perience
America
Ito
Frome
Beyend
Th E B. Wilhelm
A. Birdsong
A. Th Peek
Daniel Bond
AJ M. Bourland
President Coffees
Tmnedi Vie
I Dathas
E Nu
Chamber of Com Heres
Enbainate
Ite Duellas
Diallas
Southwest
Epen Tay Retam
Callas
Reine Oradts
Omen Shan Jotes
Common Laborers’ Union
Gire
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