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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1919
Page
2
At Churches First Methodist Church 945 A.M. Sunday School led by L. G. Hawkins and R. D. L. Willough. 11:00 A.M. sermon on The Baptism of the Holy Ghost Its Necessity. 2:20 P.M. Junior Missionary Society and Epworth League activities. Pastor Henry F. Brooks invites all to attend with music and prophecy themes.
Mrs. Asa Weaver returns home after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs T B Bourland. Lucille Liles dies of pneumonia after influenza and is buried at East View. Liles couple ill with flu. Bourland and Iwily visit Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth and relatives at Keller. Clarence White of Keller visits sister Mrs H A Blevis. Bourland bedridden with rheumatism. S B Fetters in Fort Worth for stock show. A M Bourland ships a car of cat to Fort Worth. Dr Sharp of Hereford visits son Marvin and ships two cars of es to Fort Worth. Mabel Livingston, Claude teacher, visits parents Friday to Monday.
Sale notes a $40.00 kitchen cabinet offered for $35.50 with trade in of an old cabinet. The notice mentions shop hours and a closing sale date Saturday. Also references Trevathan's and Mrs T M Fergey and a business trip to Foweford and Jallas with several social updates.
West Vernon notes a March 12 report. Dewitt Norton returned from Vip ton Oklahoma Mississippi. Loneta Cessna's mother and sister visited White City last Tuesday. A L Halli traveled to Fort Worth and back. A McCaleb sold his home to Mr and Mrs Birch and will move nearer town to West Texas street.
Advices from Long Beach California yesterday report Robert Houssets in better condition. Daniel Bond returned home from Fort Worth and Dallas on business. Mrs J M Thomas and children left for Fort Worth to attend the Put Stock Show by automobile and will return Sunday.
Local church announcements list Sunday School at 6:30 with prayer at 7:30 and preaching at 11 and 7:50 next Sunday by Pastor W T Afouse. Flour sales at Trevathan's close Saturday. Several residents travel to Wichita Falls and Oklahoma City for business. Vernon Ice Cream advertises Shamrocks and Fruitti flavors. Vic McDowell joins Swartwood & Company. Family visits and travel notes from Shultz, Blair, Lyon, and Freeman communities.
Bible School and preaching services will be held Sunday with special music provided. A cordial invitation is extended to home folks and visitors to worship with us, H. E. STUBBS, Pastor.
Presiding Elder M Phelan Rev Henry F Brooks and B O Brown returned from Clarendon after a Northwest Texas Conference meeting on the Centenary drive of the Southern Methodist Church. The drive to raise 35,000,000 for an expanded missionary and educational program is set for April 13 to 20 and will be conducted by the whole church with payments over five years.
City Engineer A. J. Robinson traveled to Fort Worth on official business to study concrete storage tanks for the city. He will seek materials and assess bids for tanks of two sizes, sixty by twenty and seventy five by twenty five, with choices based on bid prices and material availability.
Mrs Lula Cooper left yesterday for West Point Georgia to visit her daughter. She splits her time between Vernon with daughter Mrs H C Hogsett and Georgia residences.
Advertisement touts Calotabs as the best laxative for lazy liver digestion and constipation. One tablet at bedtime with water claims no taste or griping and a morning boost, with a 35 cent sealed package and druggist guarantee. Also notes a Friday flour sale ending Saturday at Trevathan's.
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