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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1922
Page
8
Crowell residents Harry Schingal and Belt of Crowell visit Vernon while White Produce Co advertises buying eggs. Local merchants including Auto Tire & Battery Co and Davis Webb & Summerour promote services and farm real estate. Vernon residents travel to Dallas Fort Worth and San Antonio for business and family matters.
Mrs. W T Pondey and baby of Mangum Oklahoma join W T Ponder in Vernon after he bought the City News Stand. Fat Stock Show at Fort Worth and various trips across Texas are reported. Denton families, teachers, and railroad men visit, with updates on surgeries and hospital stays.
The Braswell and Woodard families express heartfelt gratitude to friends for the kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and deaths of their baby boy. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. Clee Braswell Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Braswell and Mr. and Mrs. Dw. Woodard.
Princess Fatima Je of Afghanistan plans to return home but will not go until she recovers her 44 karat diamond kept in this country to cover travel costs. She criticizes America claiming it has the largest coterie of city slickers and asserts she was generally gypped.
Winston will assume charge today of the Vernon high school baseball team replacing J A Morrow who will devote all his time to track. Morrow found managing both sports too arduous and Winston, who coached last year when the team nearly won the state title, takes over.
Maskat Temple A A O N M S changes the Spring Ceremonial date from May 11 to May 23. Elaborate preparations are under way for a big day with a large class of novices expected.
The Rebekah Lodge will hold a meeting on Friday night at the Lodge hall. All members are urged to attend.
Mr and Mrs J H Pendleton and daughter Miss Aine Jor with M ulbertson attended a local declamation contest at the Flectra piel school. O G Hamil, W T Stogers, and George Howard are in Vernon representing the ELK. County officials returned from Fort Worth after a good reads meeting linked to the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show. K Johnson underwent a serious Mayo Institute operation. Lucian W Parrish shows improvement after cerebral meningitis and a prior jaw fracture.
Advertisement notes a ferry crossing at Gillum's Ferry 12 miles northeast of Vernon near the Frisco bridge. Day and night service offered with round trip in one day for $1, claiming to save 30 miles of rough roads.
Workmen begin resurfacing West Texas Street over about four blocks. Paving will be plowed up, then smoothed and rolled. Mrs. Dee Norwood, Mrs. Joe Parker, and Mrs. R. N. Hail were among those driving to Wichita Falls. L D Cole of North Perratreet was called to attend his sister Roselie Cote’s illness, a Shamrock teacher, now improved. Miss Beniah Ladd and Miss F Helen Hiatt returned from a Fort Worth visit.
Miss Catherine Pierce and Miss Jennie Winckman arrived in Dallas on Wednesday morning to attend Southern Western University. After a short visit they will travel to Caldwell, Rayland, and return from San Antonio where he attended the Qdd Fellows convention.
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