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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1924
Page
1
County warns farmers to vaccinate hogs after many cases and over 150 vaccinated in recent days. Officials fear an outbreak as cholera spreads with recent deaths and shifted shipments from East Texas and Fort Worth. Two vaccination options exist, with lifelong protection preferred for exposed herds.
Church workers bring Bibles to the county jail as part of ongoing services. Baptist ladies hosted a service where two prisoners professed faith and were baptized at the Baptist Church. The Bible will remain in the jail for inmate use, with additional visits by Church of Christ and Presbyterian groups providing another Bible.
The Lockett Parent-Teachers Association met recently and invites all to the March 28 gathering. The program includes a talk on why parents should visit school by N. H. Copeland, quartets by McDonald Frost Knowles and Roberts, lunch details, and a debate on Nature and Art with participants W. Madin and H. Copel.
E. L. Dohoney reports many city residents have not yet submitted their children for the senior census. Only ten days remain to file. Those who have already turned in names are asked to call Mr. Dohoney at the high school.
Mr and Mrs J A Dixon return ed Wednesday night from China where they were for nine days with Miss Louise Collins who had been seriously ill in a hospital. Miss Collins has been removed to her home in Oukaloosa.
Otto Hartman a Chicago bus boy fooled Newport society’s 400 by posing as Captain Duane of Harvard and Yale-Harvard tennis fame. He was entertained lavishly aboard Mrs Arthur Curtiss James’s yacht and treated as a guest of honor at several fashionable events before the deception was uncovered.
Voters in Commissioners' Precinct No 1 go to the polls tomorrow to decide on a 150000 road bond for paving sections of the Colorado Gulf highway between Oklahoma and Harrold and about five and a half miles on Lee highway northeast from Oklahoma toward Red River. Polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. with polling places at East Vernon courthouse east side, Mack schoolhouse, and Oklainton school building. Over 900 voters expected to participate amid a push to mobilize turnout. If approved, state and federal aid would cover two thirds of the cost, enabling about twelve miles of pavement and further improvements on local roads.
The Elliott Club girls show great interest in club work and plan a campaign for better homes by beautifying their rooms. Miss Emma Gunter spoke to the group last week outlining this year’s tasks and songs were practiced before the next meeting scheduled for April 1.
FE T Murchison chapter No 424 will hold a regular session Monday night at the Masonic hall. The Electra chapter is invited to confer degrees for the local chapter and the Mason's Reliance decree will be conferred on local members during the meeting.
Automobiles registered by owners last week include H. Pressley Maxwell, R. R. Fauntle roy, Ford, Mrs Edwin Matthew son Buick.
Concrete pavement on the Colorado Gulf highway east of Vernon nears completion with only 1350 feet unfinished. Weather permitting, the last section will be finished next week, and the entire east of Vernon to Oklainton should open by April 1. After curing, the road will be usable within four weeks of laying. Contractor J P Fory will move crews to the Tolbert west project once the Oklaunion road finishes.
R W Spears, 15, son of Mr and Mrs P C Spears of Jackson Springs, is in a sanitarium after a baseball accident on school grounds. He suffered a compound fracture of the right leg above the ankle when a runner knocked him down Tuesday noon. He is reported doing nicely as attending physicians note. Mr Spears is with his son.
Local Gold Fellows and Rebekahs return this week from the Grand Lodge and Rebekah Assembly meeting in Fort Worth. G. W. Backus is elevated to Deputy Grand Master. The next annual session will be held in Wichita Falls in March. Members attending include P. P. M. Merkinley, J. A. Baird, L. P. Kramer, B. H. Lewis, G. W. Backus, W. Morris, Clayton Thomas, Arnold Pate, and Mesdames Lucey Hamilton, Bertha A. Toss, Pearl Moore, and Verna Lucky.
Mrs H W Norwood entertained Methodist Church Circle No 5 Monday afternoon at her Paradise Street home. Guests brought needlework and the afternoon passed pleasantly. The next meeting is tentatively set for the third Monday in April. A dainty plate lunch was served.
The state department of education announces the annual domestic art contest for Texas high schools will be held in Galveston in late April. Vernon High School plans to send four girls and a chaperone after a class style show, with funds raised by selling handkerchiefs and a doll guessing game. Proceeds support travel to the state meet, last held in Fort Worth, with Vernon students hopeful for prizes again this year.
Mrs. Robert Houssels arrives from Leone Beach California to visit her daughter Mrs. E. H. Archer and Mrs. L. G. Hawkins with a special nurse. L. G. Hawkins travels from Amarillo to meet Mrs. Houssels and escort her back.
Cold weather halted Vernon High School track and baseball practice for several days, delaying workouts ahead of spring events. Coaches Galbraith and Judge led limited sessions as conditions improved, with athletes preparing for the early spring meet and aiming to defend last season’s success amid a young, developing squad.
Ten boys at Vernon High School compete for selection to represent the city in the upcoming district oratory contest. Six must advance, with two entering the county meet by April. Affiliation with the Texas speech board boosts chance for state competition. list includes Gladys Walker Hazel Tavis Phove Barnes Agnes Lowke Theron Staley Irwin Coleman Welton Snodgrass Norman Snodgrass Delmar (partial list).
A Snyder Oklahoma boy, 10 year old Fink Fowler Jr, was instantly electrocuted Tuesday noon after contacting a live power line near a building. A bystander nearby was injured when another wire fell on the fence as rescue work began. The Fowler family, former Snyder residents, mourns as workers and company officials send flowers. Funeral details recorded in Snyder.
Dr BE F Lyon of San Angelo will arrive tomorrow and preach at the morning service. Former pastor Dr Mime, recently resigned as secretary of stewardship, has begun new work under the Texas Baptist General Convention.
The Mnott Women's club has completed its year book with the program for the year to be very interesting. Attendance has been small recently but as community members recover from illness, the organization expects good work this year.
Dr Fhoiten i and Alien tallen were arrested in Los Angeles on an indictment from Sebot Virginia charging violation of the Mann Act after they allegedly abducted Miex Patdlath Allen to his Mountain School Virginia. Authorities seek information on the whereabouts of the remaining daughter Allen said to have taken to Pittsburgh from his Mountain School. Allen reportedly collected 200000 dollars from wealthy subscribers for the school and claimed leadership of a movement to uplift poorer white mountain children in North Carolina.
Wilharger County experienced the heaviest snow in years Tuesday night into Wednesday morning followed by intermittent showers. Snow depth reached four inches in Vernon with freezing temperatures. telecommunications lines suffered damage and service was disrupted briefly. Farmers expressed optimism about fruit and crop prospects despite the cold wave.
Cyrue N Barens son of Roy Barens and KR Barens, ex pastor of the Methodiat elorch, joins the Texas University band as cornetist. An amateur musician with a strong record, he played with the school orchestra, attended Culver Military School, and led solo cornet at Southwest University. He toured San Francisco with the Gray Mare Band.
W J B Walker junior, 16, son of Mr and Mrs M I Walker of the finds community, died at home five miles northwest of Vernon this morning at 10 o clock after a pneumonia attack. He is survived by his parents five brothers and three sisters, a grandmother and three uncles. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 from the Church of Christ where he had not been a member for five years with Elder Thomas Fitherland in charge. Interment will follow in Ras View cemetery.
W. N. Atwood, Salvation Army officer from Wichita, visits Vernon Tuesday and Wednesday to collect for foreign mission work. He says this annual drive covers western towns with plans to visit Arche and Seymour Wednesday night for further fund gathering.
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