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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1923
Page
8
Governor Neff signals veto of appropriation bills unless revenue covers the amounts. He argues against borrowing to cover deficits and insists state finances be cash based so warrants are paid at face value. He urges lawmakers to ensure funds are in the Treasury before appropriation.
Vernon plans to represent the city at the annual West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention with a large local business delegation. The event is described as the biggest gathering of its kind in the nation, and Vernon hopes to host next year, citing hotel capacity and the Fair grounds exhibition hall as potential venues.
Seventh grade pupils at Shire School submitted essays on fire prevention during April. Miss Dorothy Toul and Miss Mary Lisneain led efforts with emphasis on careless use of stoves wiring and burning trash. They noted fires' vast costs and urged public care, wiring maintenance, and cautious use of gasoline and matches to reduce losses across the United States.
A Vernon speaker urged inviting the West Texas Chamber of Commerce to hold its next meeting there. He described Vernon as a gateway to West North and Northwest Texas with improving highways and thriving farming, inviting visitors to see the county’s potential and beauty. He suggested sending a delegation to San Angelo to invite the next gathering.
J Bo Ross was elected president of the Parker school Parents Teachers Association at an election held last week in the school building. Mrs Sutherland was named secretary with Miss Susie Scott as treasurer. The association reports that the indebtedness on the plane purchased last fall has been paid. Donations, musical programs, and little plays by the students were praised.
Dr Taylor achieves notable poultry feats with 174 White Leghorn hens and a year’s egg output. 208 dozen eggs sold for hatching, though market eggs are infertile yet fetch a premium. A.M. Thomas returned from a business trip to Lubbock and Colorado City, barely escaping the disturbance there.
Judge Joseph Dadid of Chicago faced a custody decision between Alice Deatrice Nuttall and her mother Mrs. James Morris, or the child's foster parents Mr. and Mrs. Dates Nuttall who housed her since infancy. The court heard the child preferred the foster parents, and the judge awarded custody to the Nuttalls.
Mr and Mrs Harry Olson and their daughter Ethel Lois traveled through Vernon on Thursday en route to Seymour after visiting relatives near Odell.
The Methodist church led Vernon Sunday schools with a tally over 100 ahead of rivals Rap ist iy Sunday school attendance. Rev Louis P Kopp of the Ministerial Association released figures showing Methodist 175, Baptist 876, Church of Christ 164, Central Christian 49, Presbyterian 123.
Iowa Park High School boys Jess Whatley and James Mitehaim demonstrated caponizing at the Short Course. They worked with rapidity, caponizing several fowls during Miss Georgia Litsford’s lecture on caponizing, given by the home demonstration agent of Wichita County.
Two men described as negroes admitted trying to sleep in the Denver station to avoid paying for a bed. They pleaded guilty to vagrancy and were fined 5 plus costs each on Wednesday morning, totaling 1835 dollars in the case.
The Liberty Cafe installed a large modern refrigerator able to hold 1500 pounds of ice and store several hundreds of pounds of food. The box was installed by the McCray Company. Mrs Geeil Storey returned Wednesday from a visit with relatives in Dallas and Fort Worth.
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