City Builders Discuss Plans At Veraron Chamber Meeting
Merchants and business leaders in Veraron attended a chamber of commerce smoker in the library to discuss public projects. Miss Edith Lacy outlined home demonstration work and clubs among youths as entering wedges into homes. The sanitarium project seeks $150,000 with $58,000 raised, while street improvements and post office upgrades were planned.
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Veraron
Chamber of Commerce
Jce
R. H. Coffee
Edith Lacy
Lacy
Ois
Morrow
Garder
Open Shop Association
Servatius Sells 640 Acres Near Town for 128000
Peter Servatius sold 640 acres in section TA block 14 about four and a half miles south of town to Dr. L A Burhans of Peoria HK for 128000. The deal was arranged by the parties themselves and only half the section is leased for oil development. The sale draws attention as the area sees rising leasing and development activity near a higher producing well. Servatius owned the section about ten years. Burhans, a Peoria physician, becomes interested through Peoria oil connections and plans for the land after purchase remain undecided.
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Peter Servatius
L.A. Burhans
Pooria
Servatius
Vernon Swatters Sigh for Victims in Rough Baseball Night
Vernon’s ball team lost to Memphis with seven runs in the first inning and six Vernon errors fueling Memphis scoring. Moore pitched seven innings for Vernon, relieved by Murphy, while Lisman’s lineup managed fifteen hits but failed to overcome Memphis’s early lead. The article notes uncertainties about future league moves and funding for Quanah and nearby towns.
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Vernons
Fort Athletics
Vernauites
Lismuin
Vernon
Neko
Memphs
Moore
Murphy
Hecause
Lowe Wen Tosh
Memphis
Lisman
Orchestra Benefit at Vernon Opera House For Orphan Buckners
The Paul Goetze music school symphony will present a benefit concert at the Vernon Opera House SAS Tuesday evening May 25. The program supports Buckners Orphan Home under the Baptist Woman's Alliance. Local churches plan early services to allow attendance.
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Equphony
Paul Goetze
Vernon Opera Home
Sas
Baptist Woman’s Alliance
Buckners Orphan Home
Vernon Bridge plan to link Texas and Oklahoma gains momentum
Everts and O Neal of Wichita Falls take over Vernon Bridge company contract to build Red River bridges. Neal promotes a mass meeting to raise 500000 for construction and vows Vernon as gateway to Texas with a Midwestern trade route. Completion hoped within 90 days of start amid local opposition to alternate routes. A separate note covers Roy Haynes, a missing Odell youth, prompting letters to the Fort Worth army recruiting station and alerts to local officials.
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Red River
O'Neal
Everett-O'Neal Brokerage Firm
Wichita Falls
Vernon
Texas
Neal
Mid
Ealt
Red Britt
Oklahoma
J. RR. Jones
Bridge Company
Davidson
Red Biff
Pease River
W. B. McClain
Frederick
Deans Crossing
McClain
California Sheriff Aims for Man in Custody
County officials say W. J. Mclean is jailed as a California sheriff arrives with extradition papers for his custody and removal to Martinez where he faces charges. The Call-Worula officer reports he will come for the man.
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W. J. Mclean
California
Martinez
Calif
Mrs Colley Recital By Pupils At Methodist Church
The pupils of Mrs TH Colley present a recital at the First Methodist church this evening. The program includes Hinale Valse, Miniature March, Miserere from Il Trovatore, On Parade, All Day Long, Sylphids Waltz, Dintee of the Wood Sprites, Pretty Birdie, Forget Me Not, Clover Leaf, Birds in the Forest, The Little Cadets, Husaren Marsch, Melody of Love, Staccato Etude and more, with multiple pianists and soloists named.
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QO. Colley
First Methodist Church
Tencher
Annie May Pinkston
Spaulding
Keith Pigg
Katherine Pigg
Eric Wyminia Trout
Sylphid
Max Franke
Nellie Ferguson
Charlie May Northcraft
Dintee of
Wood Sprites
Forman
Nina Ruth Terrell
Pretty Birdie
John Kelly Houssets
Rowe Cornelia Jane Johnson
Clover Leaf
Powell Adelie Houssels
Chaudia Mae
Birds In the Forest
Adelle Houssels
Little Cadets
Krrogmann
Claudia Mae Duanktin
Husaren Marsh
A A, Gurlitt
Annie Mae Pinkston
Nina Ruth Terrel
Conelia Jane Johnson
Melody of Love
Engleman
Mrs Milner Returns Home From Visit In Fort Worth
Mrs. Lee Milner has returned to her home in Fort Worth after a brief visit with her brother J. R. Jones. She and Miss Daisy Jones plan to spend part of the vacation period in Colorado this summer.
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Lee Milner
Fort Worth
J. R. Jones
Milner
Miss Daisy Jones
Colorado
Teachers Fail to Seek Re election in 1920 21
A large number of public school teachers did not apply for re election for the 1920 21 scholastic year. The school board met Monday night at Wagoner National Bank to review staffing and salaries.
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Ers
Wagoner National Bank
Former Dallas Man Located in Vernon Texas
W F Belcher district agent for Southland Life Insurance of Dallas has moved to Vernon with his wife and son. He will reside at 520 West Pease Street and joins Vernon business circles after years at American Exchange National Bank in Dallas and as cashier for United Fruit in Panama and Honduras. Belcher has four Vernon chamber memberships.
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Texas
Vernon
W. F. Belcher
Southland Life Insurance Company
Dallas
Belcher
American Exchange National Bank
United Fruit Company
Panama
Honduras
South America
United States
Verneau
Chamber of Commerce
Vernon plans two million refinery project tied to county development
Local attorney AL Caesar Raynes says papers are being drawn to form a trust for two million refinery and two million production ventures in Vernon. The refinery hinges on county development within thirty to forty days with outside capital and drilling operations planned.
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Vernon
County
AU Vernon
AL Caesar Raynes
Senate
May Raynes
Raynes
Phe
He Sata
Baptists Send Two Delegates to State Convention
About two thousand register for the Texas State Christian Missionary Man eavor Convention in Dallas on June 18 with over fifteen hundred out of town delegates expected. Dr Robert Miller of Kansas City and Chinese missionary Quah Jade Sing will speak, music led by Wilgus with Mrs Wilgus assisting. Dallas hosts offer free lodging. Vernon church plans to send two delegates. two additional delegates likely to be chosen at rear satire.
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Texas
China
Will
Dallas
First Baptist Ehoreh
Vernon
Installation of L G Hawksens as Deputy Grand Commander
Knights Tenders will tonight in state DL. 4% Hawkins as deputy grand commander of Texas. Fannsient Sir Knight Hon. Robertson, grand captain general, will preside from Dallas at the ceremony. Orders of inughthood to be bestowed on several home and out of town candidates. Banquet at 6 o clock at the Hotel Ver thy.
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Knights
Hawkins
Texas
Hon. Robertson
Dallas
Nazarene Revival Meetings Held in Tent
Averill of the Nazarene church is conducting revival meetings in a tent on the vacant lot east of the post office. The services began Tuesday and will run each evening for a month or six weeks. He expects helpers soon as the work continues.
Oil development revives interest among Vernon fraternity
A gas showing at the Sigher No 2 Well reaches 1404 feet and mirrors the No 1 structure. Fraternity members in Vernon and Wichita Falls watch as rigs move from Kemp-Munger-Milen to Sigler field. Stockholders plan a June 16 meeting. optimism grows for higher yields and local impact.
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Sigler
Kemp-Munger- Milen
Sigler Field
Rubenstein
K. My. A
Vernon Record Chief Attends Midwestern News Print Meet
B O Brown president and manager of The Vernon Record left for Kansas City to join representatives from ten midwestern states in a conference on the news print shortage. The gathering will hear a Senate committee report on Washington hearings and discuss the national paper supply crisis.
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B. O. Brown
The
Vernon Record
Kansas City
Brown
Senate
Washington
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