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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1922
Page
1
In Washington and France the famed commanders Marshal Joffre and General John J. Pershing met again. They recounted amusing incidents including a playful tale of an Ammertown doughboy selling rain tea to a French general.
Mrs M R Blair reports on the Seventh District Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs meeting held in Plainview May 20 21. Highlights include emphasis on rural club work and talks by state leaders, with West Texas State Normal College offering free extension courses for women to raise educational standards.
Farmers in five communities will suspend work Thursday for a large drive to harvest rabbits along a ten mile line in Hinds Tolbert Deans Fargo and Wildcat areas. Doane Parga will cover the north while Wildcat and Tolbert lead the center. coyotes expected in town. The event will begin about eight miles west of the river with lunch served after the drive. Jesse T. Stone of Harrold and Miss Nadith Prissy of Guyer marry in a Thursday ceremony. bride is a Trister sister and former teacher in Guyer schools and Simmons College alumna. They will reside north of Harrold after a three mile move.
Vernon list includes twenty nine graduates in the largest class at Holcomb Training School. Rev W T Trouse will preach the baccalaureate sermon Sunday morning at the Vernon Methodist church with special music by the choir. Valedictorian Miss Ginty Wolcomb and salutatorian Miss Sylvia Fox lead the class.
A plan to form Tolbert an independent school district will be placed on the May election ballot with a simple majority needed for passage. Seven trustees will also be elected May 16. A county judge April inquiry sought to push the proposition to voters.
The thirty ninth Doans May Niente political picnic will be held Saturday at Watts pasture three miles north of Downs. County and national office seekers including Williams, Morgan, and others will speak or send representatives. Music by Goetze Band, morning and afternoon sports, and a basket dinner accompany the event hosted by FR Down, founder of the picnic.
Mrs J F Melaughlin of Tharfield will travel to Snyder Oklahoma to visit her brother Frank Fowler and his children after the death of Mrs Fowler from ptomaine poisoning on February 1. The Fowler family, including husband and children Dallas Ruth Pete and Frank Jr, had lived in Vernon for several years.
David son of Oklahoma reports a beaver caught recently on the Red River. Manis of Vernon described the capture as a remarkably insane one for this section of the country.
A rabbit drive is scheduled Wednesday at the T. J. Milner farm south of town. All interested in exterminating the pests are asked to come armed with shotguns and plenty of ammunition.
Jap Nickey of McKinney and Mrs. Fula Macey of Chillicothe were married Saturday at 11 AM in the Methodist church pastor’s study by Rev. CoA Waterfield. They will reside on a farm near Tolbert.
Four evening performances and three matinees by Vernon’s company of fiddlers and dancers played Wednesday through Saturday in Burkburnett. The group featured Dr A P Howard A C Robertson Lewis Franklin Tom Lee J YD Buhl Mayd Parkers Snowball and Tar Baby. Capacity houses greeted each appearance of the local talent.
Mayfield a United States Senate candidate will address Wilbarger county voters Wednesday at 2 in the district court room. He is described as a former state railroad commissioner and a vigorous advocate of states rights and transportation policy. Mayfield previously served six years in the state senate and now operates from Austin.
The Lutheran Teace congregation of Lockett begins a church on a site east of Tockett Bros Mercantile Co. costing about £2500 with 2 by 50 feet floor space and a private school. A pastors home is planned later for about $1500. The church with 75 members owns a half acre cemetery west of the burial grounds.
Ruth Key six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs J D Key is treated for a broken thigh after falling from a swing last night at her home on FE Pease Street She was reported resting easy this morning.
Norman of Davidson Oklahoma was brought here Sunday for an appendicitis operation. He was in serious condition but reported satisfactory after the procedure.
Women demonstrated skilled performance in a district court room exhibit held Saturday at 3 pm by the Withharger home demonstration club. About thirty participants, lively applause for each model, and attractive decor highlighted handmade hats and garments while Miss Eate Goodfellow led the event and Miss Amma Toe Bourland spoke.
Plans for a Vernon Child Welfare Conference are nearly complete for May 16 to 18. Mars N R Heath chairs the nursing committee and urges parents to book early for free examinations of children six months to eight years old. Rose Limon and Miss Berry will oversee, with local physicians and dentists conducting exams at the Carnegie Library auditorium.
Tolbert High School awarded diplomas to a three person graduating class led by Wil Emerick J Swinburn and Seburn Cummins. County Superintendent DL Hoblar delivered a short address and presented a Dayentitial “Borrowed Money.” The event was well staged with participants performing excellently. The Tolbert school patrons enjoyed good patronage during the past year.
In Wise county a Decatur Morgan campaigner accused Guinn Williams of shifting loyalties and opposing Par rish. He claimed Williams influenced county politics since 1808, helped an Independent ticket candidate, and attacked Parrish supporters while posing as a loyal Democrat.
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