Vernon Woman Dies in Long Beach Pioneer Resident
Mrs. Docia Houssels Young, 82, of Vernon, died Monday in Long Beach after a period of frail health. Her body to be brought to Vernon for private service at home, public service at First Methodist Church, with interment in East View cemetery. Survived by two sons and four daughters, others deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Woussels
Long Beach
Calif
J. G. Hawkins
Los Angeles
Vernon
L. G. Lawkins
Wilbarger Street
First Methodist Church
A. W. Hall
Ranger
Toy. S. A. Barnes
Wichita Falls
East View Cemetery
Robert Honssels
Houssell
Wilbarvey County
Texas
Wilbarger County
Houssels
Wis
Wagooner National Bank
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Orother
Tom Young
Linden
Enn
Robert 8
Bismark Houssels
C. A. Brown
Mongovia
T. G. Hawkins
J. N. Fain
Greenville
HH. Archer
John FH. Houssels
Jennie McCulloch
Brown
J. N. Vain
Body
California
Judge Townsend to Attend Wichita County Judges Conference
County Judge J. W. Townsend will join eleven counties at Wichita Walls for an all day session on county administration issues. The conference includes a Saturday afternoon main meeting and a banquet Saturday night for visiting judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Townsend
Wichita Walls
Wichita
Violin Recital At Kemp Hotel By Vernon Trio
Three Vernon residents join violin recital presented by Esthel Allen Nelson of Wichita Falls. Miss Verna Lucky Miss Tris Young and Miss Minerva Price Rhoads perform in the Senior orchestra at the Kemp hotel Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Esthel Allen Nelson
Wichita Falls
Kemp Hotel
Verna Lucky
Tris Young
Minerva Price Rhoads
Veterans in Dallas Now for Reunion
The Boys of '61 left yesterday noon on the Kort Worth and Denver for Dallas for the annual reunion of Civil War veterans. They gathered at 10 30 in the Commissioners Court room to receive travel funds, weathered a damp cold wind, and boarded a train amid a jovial crowd with relatives and supporters from Crowell Odell and Chillicothe joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kort Worth
Denver
Dallas
Commissioners’ Court
Crowell
Odell
Chillicothe
Bess Johnson
W. J. Penston
J. A. Creager
W. Th Lundy
J. T. Scott
W. J. Penton
W. I. Harbison
Albert Webb
Ben E. Elliott
W. J. Thornton
A. T. Hays
Cleve Hamilton
Plainview
W. Madden
J. T. Creager
J. W. Stantley
W. D. Thornton
Sylvia Spivey
H. G. Chandler
Honaker
W. H. Stephens
B. A. Harris
L. ©. Brown
J. G. Ayres
Have You a Big League Idea for Your City
A call to civic engagement urges residents to share ideas for community growth. Leaders note ideas often start in small towns and stress the Chamber of Commerce role in fostering citizen involvement. Emphasizing service over wealth, the message highlights neighborly pride and the benefit of contributing to one’s town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chamber of Commerce
Denver Enters Dallas June 1 Inaugural Train Service
Fort Worth and Denver will inaugurate train service into Dallas on Monday June 1 inviting local businessmen to attend a public celebration in Dallas. The Denver will run over Rock Island tracks between Fort Worth and Dallas with a new double track to handle extra traffic. Freight and passenger trains will operate from Dallas to Northwest Texas and the Tanhandle benefiting Dallas traders and Northwest Texas merchants. Mr and Mrs Howard Richie and son Billie Joe departed for Abilene to visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Denver
Dallas
Rock Island
Northwest Texas
Tanhandle
Vernon
North Texas
Texas
Local oil field completes four wells with new extensions
Four completions highlighted a weekend of activity in Wilbarger and nearby pools. No. 1 Waggoner on section 47 yielded 90 barrels, No. 5 Waggoner on section 9 yielded 250 barrels, No. 2 Waggoner produced 200 barrels, and No. 5 Zipperle on section 80 produced about 125 barrels after sand intervals and pump tests. Continuous drilling targets include multiple Waggoner holes reaching 2000 to 2800 feet and the Fluhman well in the McKinney survey as operations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbarger Pools
Beatty
Sigler Pool
Key Et al
Continental Oil Company
Zipperle
Section 80
Block 14
Eugene B. Lawson
Wells-Guiherson
No. 6
No. T
No. 2
Mattie Lee-Lippard
No. 3
Atlantic OH
No. 5 Zipperle
Carriers Meet Here May 30 In Vernon Auditorium
A gathering of the Four Counties Rural Letter Carriers Association and Four Counties Service Council will convene in Vernon on Saturday May 30 at the public library auditorium. About fifty out of town visitors are expected with W W Slyde of Knox City and J E Atcheson of Crowell amid officers. The program includes sessions, speeches, discussions on affiliation with other postal groups, group insurance, postmasters and carriers relations, a question box, and election of officers for the next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Four Counties Rural Letter Carriers Association
Four Counties Service Council
Vernon
W. W. Slyde
Knox City
J. E. Atcheson
Crowell
J.B. Clark
Service Council
W. H. Doss
W. W. Tryde
M. Pielder
J. H. Atterbury
Benjamin
J. B. Clark
Rural Letter Carriers Association
Mr. Gogdal
Mayor Attends Waco Convention and Bonds Vote
Mayor Harry Mason left Vernon to attend the thirteenth annual League of Texas Municipalities convention in Waco yesterday and today. From Waco he will go to Austin to have waterworks and street paving bonds approved that were recently voted locally, with plans to return to Vernon near week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Mason
Vernon
League of Texas Municipalities
Waco
Mason
Austin
Memorial Address by Mark McGee at Methodist Church
Mark MeGee adjutant general and former serviceman will deliver the Memorial address for the American Legion this Sunday at 11 oclock at the Methodist Church. Graves decoration is planned for May 31 and all are invited to attend the services next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark MeGee
American Legion
Gelock
Methodist Church
Students Robert More and Wilton W Cook Tour Texas Colleges
Robert More and Wilton W Cook left Saturday for a tour of universities and colleges in Texas. They will visit Houston Austin Galveston and San Antonio and also visit Mr Cook's parents at Milford. More recently graduated from the local high school and the trip is in his new Cadillac roadster a graduation gift from his parents. They expect to be away about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert More
Wilton W. Cook
Texas
Mr. Cook
Milford
Mr. More
Houston
Austin
Galveston
San Antonio
Scouts Leave for Mountain Camp Monday
About fifty cars and several trucks carried some 200 Boy Scouts from Vernon Crowell and Odell to Craterville Park Okla for a week long camping trip. Scout Master G L Taylor leads and EB Shepherd and his band join with concerts planned during the outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Vernon
Crowell and
Odell
G. L. Taylor
EB. W. Shepherd
Main Street
Vertion
Summer School Opens Monday for Eight Week Term
Summer school will open at the high school building next Monday for an eight week term. Students may take two new subjects or review three. Those with more than three deficiencies cannot make them up this summer and must retake the work next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Lofhind
Lofland
Community Week Prep Underway at Allingham Park
Rehearsals have begun across clubs for the Community Week pro gram to be held in the second week of June at Allingham Park. The Home Science club has enlisted musicians and a strong program is assured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jnewely
Allingham Park
Parker PTA closes year with musical program
A Parker Parent-Teacher Association meeting featured a musical program to close the year. Eight swings and eight see-saws were approved, and Mrs. J. D. Key, president, plus helpers, received a vote of thanks for their faithful service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Parent- Teachers Association
J. D. Key
Home Economics Club Meets at Mrs Hardison's Texas Street Home
Mrs Claude Hardison hosts a Home Economics club gathering Wednesday afternoon at her Texas street residence. The event begins at % o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Hardison
Texas Street
Brockton Woman Claims Abducted Earl Woodward Is Her Son
Mrs Jennie Woodward Sturte vant of Brockton Massachusetts startled Vermont authorities by declaring that Earl Woodward the captured kidnapper of 11 year old Lucille Chatterton of Granville Vermont is her long lost son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Woodward Sturtevant
Brockton, Mass
Vermont
Earl Woodward
Lucille Chatterton
Granville, VI
Vernon resident Ace L Sneed buried after stroke
Ace L Sneed of Vernon died Saturday night at home after a Christmas day stroke. Funeral services were held Sunday at 4 p m conducted by Rev C A Bickley with interment in East View cemetery. Survived by wife Kitty Milner Sneed and five children Lena Thint Pete Leonard and Marcus and Katherine all of Vernon, plus three brothers and several out of town relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Tl.acel Sneed
Vernon
Texas Street
C. A. Bickley
First Methodist
Kitty Milner
Lena Thint
Electra
Pete I
Leonard
Marcus
Katherine
Ilo
I. L. Sneed
W. P. Sneed
Houston
M. L. Sneed
Little Rock
Sneed
West
F. A. Moore
Jewell
Wellington
Howard Brid Fendall
Mary Elizabeth
Ba Stepp
Chuanah
W. M. Hall
R. S. McConbe
Frank Murchison
Frank O'Neal
J. Y. Townsend
J. A. Pendleton
W. O. Anderson
J. B. Morris
A. M. Hiatt
Ballew
Samuel
Frank Minartk
Sewell
John King
J. D. Perguson
G. Hawkins
F. L. Massie
Sid Vaughn
J. A. Dixon
A. C. Boger
Luther Webb
J. B. Lutz
J. D. Key
K. Storey
D. A. Puckett
W. A. Ish
Greater Vernon Dinner aims to boost chamber campaign
More than 200 Vernon civic leaders gather for a Greater Vernon Dinner to finalize plans for a three day membership drive May 20 22 with a new constitution and by laws, a business council and weekly and semimonthly meetings. Committees led by R B Gibson and M Haney organize the effort to reorganize the Vernon Chamber of Commerce and boost funding for civic work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Greater Vernon
Rotary Club
RK. B. Gibson
General Champaign
Citlwus
R. B. Gibson
W. W. Andersen
Nichols
J. M. Napier
Culbertson
Priory Rhoads
Leon TH. Brown
B. J. Moore
J. A. Dixon
R. H. Nichols
I. J. Rouse
B. A. Vernon
M. Haney
D. Norwood
George Darden
F. L. Massie
L. K. Johnson
O. A. Brunson
M. €. Culbertson
W. N. Stokes
Dr. M. J. Moore
A. M. Trourland
W. N. Martin
Burial for Infant John Q Casey in East View Cemetery
John Quint on Casey four months old son of Mr and Mrs M Casey of Lexington street died Sunday night at home. Funeral services were held yesterday at 10 30 am conducted by Rev C A Bickley at the Methodist church with interment in East View cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Minton
M. Casey
Lexington Street
C. A. Bickley
East View Cemetery
Chaffin and Myrtle Stogner Wed at Pease Street Parsonage
Oklahoma couple J. W. Chaffin and Miss Myrtle Stogner were married last night at the Methodist parsonage on Pease Street by Rev. JC A. Bickley. They plan to make their home in Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Chaffin
Myrtle’ Stogner
Oklahoma
Methodist Parsonage
Pease Street
JC. A. Bickley
Attends Sister's Funeral in Abilene
W. W. Anderson travels to Abilene to attend the funeral of his sister Mrs. W. H. Archer who died at her Wichita Falls home after a prolonged illness. Funeral services were held there before the body was shipped to Abilene. A market listing notes prices for eggs, cotton, and other goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Anderson
Abilene
W. H. Archer
Wichita Falls
Greater Vernon Dinner Program Highlights a Civic Evening
The program lists Toastmaster Leonard H Brown Invocation by Rev C A Bickley dinner served by Presbyterian Church ladies vocal solo by Georgia Castlebury the New Vernon by F H Gipson sing song by Mayor R B Shephard Wichita Falls co operation Builds Cities by Judge J B Dickey Wichita Falls vaudeville sketches by Misses Glenore and Josephine Fiske Building a New Chamber of Commerce by Hubert M Harrison Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce organizer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon H. Brown
C. A. Bickley
Ladies of Presbyterian Church
Georgia Castlebury
Vernon
F. H. Gip
R. B. Shepherd
Wichita Falls
Judge J
Dickey
Misses Glenore
Josephine Fiske
Chamber of Commerce
Hubert M. Harrison
Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce
Wichita man speaks here at Baptist Tabernacle
Judge John C. Kay of Wichita Falls urged vigilant oversight of government and warned laws alone cannot protect rights. He argued Confederates fought invasion, not just slavery, and pressed for educated, morally trained citizens as the safeguard of democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Kay
Wichita Falls
The
Baptist Tabernacle
Kay
America
Funeral Trip Ties Family to Estate in Gerlaw
Return from the funeral of C A Allingham draws J I Allingham of LaPlatte Mo Ross Porter of Lawton and Harry Porter of Eastland to Gerlaw for burial arrangements. The body was taken to Gerlaw for interment while Miss Sallie Allingham, sister to the deceased, lies critically ill at the home of Mrs Belle Porter in Gerlaw but is improving and expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 1. Allingham
LaPlatte
Ross Porter
Lawton
Harry Porter
Eastland
C. A. Allingham
Gerlaw
Tih
Sallie Allingham
Belle Porter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Houssels
Townsend
Howard Richie
Billie Joe
Abidene
Rural Letter Association and Service Council
Mark McGee
South Texas
Crowel
Craterville Park
Oklo
Parker
Home Economics Club
Ace L. Sneed
Ral
John Quinton Casey
Hansman
Iers
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