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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1922
Page
1
Vernon banks report March figures with total resources at 2 006 655 04 and deposits at 3 060 6143 up from December 3 1921. Officials credit county road bonds and recent rain for the improved tone while noting continued caution and seasonal business expectations.
Vernon’s QT rural exchange leads the state in farm line connections, as G E B Harrison notes from the American Telephone & Telegraph annual report. The US holds over 2,500,000 farm telephones, with Europe far behind. the Bell System adds as many new sets yearly as exist in all Europe.
A readable fragment recalls a couple joking about washing dishes in early marriage. The line contrasts having two dishes with the later time when they were glad to wine the dishes. The text preserves a personal voice from a past domestic scene.
A West Texas display at the Far Steek Shows in Fort Worth won a 1400 prize and drew praise as the finest Southwestern Exposition exhibit. Miss Bule Goodfellow aided in the canned goods layout, with West Texas contributions from Wilbarger and other groups including pecans, farm machinery, and cotton mill products. A butter cow from Mistletoe Creamery also wowed attendees.
O Hosek head of the Texas Farm Bureau foreign languages notes Wilbarger County advantages over Ellis County. He cites a wealthy local farmer and three community halls near Ennis with moving pictures and recreation funded by soda, ice cream profits. He mentions 600 Bohemian families as the state’s largest such settlement.
Residents organize the Gil Valley O1 Company with $25 000 capital to drill near Tolbert on 2000 acres using a standard rig. The test aims at 1200 feet with a crew led by S B Swinn and J Morris, aiming to reach oil if encountered amid previous near by drilling activity.
Miss Gladys Simmonds of Tolbert and Horace Taylor of Garland were united Sunday morning March 11 at the bride’s home with Rev. Pooley officiating. The couple will reside in Garland after a train rice reception, and the bride, a former Fairview schoolteacher, is known across Wilbarger county. the groom is a prominent Dallas county farmer.
Marriage licenses were issued in March to Roy Love and Miss Hattie White, B. M. Gentry and Mrs. Mary Burton, Howel Watson and Miss Iris Beaucham, Horace Taylor and Miss Gladys Simmonds, Sam Lewis and Mrs. Emma McFarland, and Norman Hinaman and Ella Washington in the listed Negro households.
Boliver owned by S. W. McLarty won the junior bull class championship at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth. A photo of the prize bull appeared on the Fort Worth Star Telegram front page this week. An article about McLarty's Red Poll herd ran in The Vernon Record on March 10.
Twenty two articles on Immigration are received at the local Carnegie library from the University of Texas extension library. They will be available for two weeks to assist county pupils preparing for interscholastic debate this spring.
State Aid totaling 10800 has been sent to the Wilbarger county school superintendent for rural schools. The funds will be used to support rural school programs and operations.
A brooder stove explosion started a fire yesterday afternoon at Hub Colley’s West Paradise street home. The brooder, brooder house and nearby coal house and fence sustained heavy damage. About thirty five baby chicks perished. Loss not insured.
Two year old Kizer child of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kizer of West Wanderer Street died Wednesday afternoon after a prolonged illness in a covered wagon home. The infant was moved from a nearby home shortly before death. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at East View Cemetery.
Former Farge church pastor now in Edmond Ohio accepted a call at Bantiss church Palestine to succeed D. B. Clapp. Mr. Smith is well known locally.
Teachers and officers connected with Presbyterian and Methodist churches in any department are summoned to meet at the Presbyterian church tonight at 7 45. The meeting is called by a committee of T. H. Shive UT. 8. Davis EB. L. Moore and C. A. Waterfield.
A girl was born this morning to Dr and Mrs W Moore of 510 South Main Street. Mother and child are doing well.
Parents and friends enjoyed a delightful piano recital at a private residence afternoon Wednesday. Little Miss performers showcased talent with pieces by Pherrington, Thoussets, Ripples, and Totledge among others, followed by refreshments.
Vernon high school's baseball team and town players battled to a tie in a midweek game. Sneed and Baird pitched for the high school with Sneed working three innings. Richards caught. Fo Dale massoatel Gilsland handled the town battery. Teel and W. Dahnasso each hit a single for the town.
H Johnson brother of Mrs Clint Farrell of Vernon is improving after an operation last Saturday at a Dab Yas hospital. A longtime Dallas resident he served the government during the war and is known as an expert cotton man in Texas, overseeing the Dallas offices of the Anderson-ietion Company.
County club women attend home demonstration lessons on hat making from Downs to Mary, with sessions in Tlinds, Wilteat, Thoreold, and Downs. Women transform old garments into stylish hats, often selling for forty cents to two dollars, with Marge Sherwood Odell and Towne Women joining in for the effort.
Governor Neff issues proclamation urging all Texas communities to join the nationwide effort with each mayor church civic group and local authorities urged to help place every unemployed veteran in work on the designated Monday March 20 under the slogan Each Community Takes Care of Its Own.
J M Sligh age 66, longtime Vernon resident and former Dallas drug dealer turned tobacco salesman, died after falling from a second story window at his nephew C D Shamburger's Vernon home. The exact cause remains unknown. funeral held Wednesday with services at the Shamburger home and East View.
The Redpath trio including Miss Madge Vest and Miss Hazel Hoover appears at the Oklainton school auditorium tonight as part of a series of local entertainments. Vest, called the Firesie Jams of the Platform, is an impersonator mezzo soprano and pianist. Hoover shines on saxophone and is a dialect reader and pianist. The program is described as well balanced and satisfying.
Investigations by the U S Department of Agriculture show that delaying planting after shelling peanuts reduces germination. Tests compare shelled and unenveloped peanuts to determine how timing affects seed viability.
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