Vernon approves street paving contract with Fory of Wichita
Vernon city officials announced a street paving contract let to D. TP. Fory of Wichita Palla at 2.68 dollars per square yard. Work to begin promptly with a nine day completion target and finish by September 1 after initial construction starts within thirty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Man
D. TP. Fory
Wichita Palla
Vernon
S. H H. Hall
Hall
Fory
Cumberland Street
Payol
Olive Street
West Texas Street
South Main
South Vernon Field
East Pease Street
Mesquite
Pafnin Street
Texas
Marshall
Main Street
New Law Limits Speed Trap by Highway Officers
Under Highway Bill No 27 patrolman Perry Mcdonald gets a motorcycle and patrol duty on Wilbarver highways. Bill No 97 requires badge full uniform and county salary not commission. only regular patrolmen may make highway arrests. arrests by hidden officers setting traps are not binding. bill takes effect immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Mcdonald
Wilbarver
Committee Ready for Big Crowd at Oklaunion Picnic
The Oklaunion picnic plans are complete with basket dinners, a full program, and two baseball games as the main entertainment. Congressman Guvin Williams of Decatur will be the principal speaker, with Vernon facing Oklaunion and Oklaunion meeting Harrold in the two contests. The committee says they can accommodate a large crowd and invites all county residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklaunion
Guvin Williams
Decatur
Vernon
Oklainion Club
Oklainion
Harrold
Senator J D Parnell Visits Wichita Falls on Personal Business
Senator J D Parnell of Wichita Falls has been in the city for two days on personal business. His visit is described as private and not tied to official duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Parnell
Wichita Falls
Prince of Wales
South America
United States
House of Lords
Lord Astor
Arthur Conard Doyle
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Benes Leads Seventh Annual International Labor Conference
Parley head Dr Edward Benes presided at the seventh annual session of the International Labor Conference. Benes has served as Foreign Minister of Czecho-Slovakia since the founding of that republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Benes
Drig Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Republic
Denver Sets New Schedule for Fort Worth and Denver Line
Fort Worth and Denver train service extends to Pallas with a new line timetable. Officials say twenty five minutes are cut from Fort Worth to Wichita Falls. Trains 1 7 2 and 5 listed with departure and arrival times. freights pending. Denver trains run on Rock Island tracks between Fort Worth and Dallas aided by a completed double track to handle increased traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth & Denver
Pallas
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Calais
Vernon
Amarillo
Dallas
Denver
Rock Island
School Census Results Show County Gain in Aid
City census results indicate more students in Vernon and a countywide rise in scholastic numbers. Officials say state aid will increase by about 4200, with 700 city students not counted for aid and several maintenance repairs planned from the summer funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.A. Heilar
Lofland
Vernon Citizens Attend Rayland Good Road Meet
Vernon residents attended a Rayland meeting Monday night to discuss the Lee Highway route. Rayland voters will decide a bond issue to pave from Crowell to the Ford County line if the Lee Highway passes Rayland. Fourd County officials and Judge Owen met with Vernon businessmen to review the proposed path, with a consensus favoring a route through Thalia and Ragland. Judge Owen will present the matter to the state highway commission promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Rayland
Wayland
Crowell
Forrd County
Lee Highway
Fourd County
Owen
Thalia
Ragland
Summerour seed office moves to new Main Street building
Summerour & Son breeders and sellers of Texas Half and Half cotton seed relocate from the Dixon building to a purpose built new facility on North Main Street. The new two story building fronts on Main Street just west of the Planters Gin plant and is owned by Mrs J. T. Summerour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerour & Son
Texas Half
Dixon
North Main Street
Mes. J. 10, Summerour
Summerour
Main Street
Planters
Vernon Community Week to Crown Queen
The Vernon opening event for Community Week features crowning a Community Queen. Each club nominates a girl. votes at Vernon and Baker drug stores cost ten cents. Candidates include Leslie King Adele Houssels Allene Spears Nell Hollar Alice Stokes Ruth Carney. Ceremony Monday night at Allingham Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane S
Allingham Park
Vernon and Baker Drug Stores
Home Science
Leslie King
Adele Houssels
Allene Spears
Woman's Club
Nell Hollar
Parent-Veachers
Vernon Girl in Recital at Cincinnati Conservatory
Miss Mattilene Lloyd daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Lloyd of Vernon will be presented in a piano recital at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music on Thursday May 28. Her program includes Beethoven Waldstein Sonata Op 53 No 2 in C major, Chopin Noc tuurne Op 27 No 2, and Saint Saens Etude en forme de Valse. She studies piano at the institution under Leo Paulz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattilene Lloyd
Leo Pualz
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Miss Lloyd
A. A. Lloyd
Waldstein
Beethoven
Chopin
Saint-Saens
Memorial for Rev. Riddle to be held at East View Cemetery
A memorial service and monument unveiling for Rev. J. B. Riddle, longtime pastor and missionary, will be held at East View Cemetery on Sunday afternoon. Rev. Le A Wester of Vernon will lead. the program honors his ministerial life in Paducah and other Texas towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Riddle
Vernon Baptist
Paduenth
First Baptist Church
East View
le. A. Wester
Vernon
Riddle
KF. Lyon
Scouts Earn Merit Badges at Oklahoma Camp
Boy Scouts spent a week at Craterville Park in Okla where fifteen merit badges were awarded for athletic test showings. Eight boys achieved first class scout status. Merit badges in life saving went to Johnnie Kletcher Charles Lewis Lemoine Sounamaker Wirth Me Coy Dick Oliver Bill Oliver Charlie Withers Jessie Varisten Alien Wheeler Vernon Minis Eory Hollar Hibert Baird. Rock test recipients were Douglas Bird Hal Galloway and Lemoine Souna maker. First elite scouts included Allen Wheeler Hubert Baird Vernon Minis Johnnie Pletcher Hubert Norris Leticine Sontamaker J B Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craterville Park
Okla
Johnnie Kletcher
Charles Lewis
Lemoine Sounamaker
Wirth Me Coy
Dick Oliver
Bill Oliver
Charlie Withers
Jessie Varisten
Alien Wheeler
Vernon Minis
Eiory Hollar
Hibert Baird
Douglas Bird
Hal Galloway
Allen Wheeler
Hubert Baird
Johnnie Pletcher
Hubert Norris
Leticine Sontamaker
J. B. Jones
Old Style Engine Passes Through Vernon For Dallas Line Fest
One of Fort Worth and Denver lines oldest engines, No. 23 from 1879, a funnel stack design, passed Vernon on Thursday en route to Dullis for June 1 celebration marking the Denver lines extension to Dallas. It remains one of two such engines in use by the Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Vernon
Fort Worth
Dallas
Denver
Ait Dullis
Local Market Prices Speed Through Fragmented List
Readable market items include chicken per pound at a listed price and turkeys per pound. Other lines mention butter, wheat per bushel and cotton prices though values are garbled. The fragmentary text suggests a 19th or early 20th century price page with multiple commodity prices in a single column.
Lawson Completes 2000 Barrel Well In Deep Sand
BE Th Lawson completes a 2000 barrel per day well in section 99 block 14. the No. Goon well blew in at 14 feet of sand, depth 2288 feet, flowing 65 barrels an hour overnight and later about 2000 barrels as sand depth changes. Oil tests at 41.9 gravity with strong gas pressure aiding production. multiple neighboring wells and other operators are active in the Wilburger pools, with several rigs at various depths and sand horizons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. Th. Lawson
No. Goon
Lawson
Uive Maxsie
Bond-Hawkins Willaims
Imine
Atlantic
Zipperle
Electra-Texas
Mattie-Lippard Oil Company
Texhoma
H. & T. C. Survey
Building Boom Seen in Vernon Heights and Nearby
Vernon city reports a surge in construction with five major projects and several completed buildings. M Haney erects a brick bungalow on Paradise Street costing over 6500 and 82 by 44 feet with electric heating. B W Lewis builds a 48 by 82 foot brick bungalow near Pearl and Wichita at about 5000. Rev Cox starts a six room bungalow at Pearl and Yasupurika for 4000. Miss Newton hires a duplex on South Wheeler. O McCurdy builds brick six room on South Main costing around 8000. A A Lloyd constructs five room brick bungalow on Lexington Street for 3000. J C Brosig’s Airplane bungalow on South Main near completion at 200?. Fr J Harris begins twenty tourist camp houses in East Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fr. M. Haney
West Vernon Heights
Paradise Street
Conmlraetors
B. W. Lewis
Pearl and
Wichita Streets
Siz
BR. B. Cox
Pearl
Yasupurika
Lillian Newton
South Wheeler Street
O. McCurdy
South Main Street
A. A. Lloyd
Lexington Street
J. C. Brosig
South Main
Fr. J. Harris
East Vernon
Directors fail to elect a president for chamber of commerce
The reorganized chamber of commerce directors failed to elect a president at a special meeting that began at noon and ran nearly two hours. J A Dixon was the preferred candidate but would not commit. Showers was chosen first vice president, Storey second vice president, and Glover treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reorganized Chamber of Commerce
Hineh
J. A. Dixon
Manda
J. Te Showers
Cecil Storey
Joe T Glover
M. Haney
Dee Norwood
Wo W Anderson
W. BR. Moore
J A. Dixon
N. B. Hodge
R. B. Gibson
Marvin C. Culbertson
Jee
R. M. Pietder
BL Gibson
Uhrary Auditorium
Joe T. Glover
Charles B. Cansted
J. J. Showers
A. A. Murchison
2. M. Haney
W.W. Anderson
W. RR. Moore
W. N. Martin
J. Pendleton
Ro BL Gibson
Rey W Abbott
Scout Band Leader to Return for Summer in Vernon
Wo Shepherd announces he will stay in Vernon this summer to lead the Boy Scout band and teach music. Rehearsals are set for Wednesday night at the high school. Thursday the band performs for the encampment of club girls at Pale Park in a concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wo Shepherd
Vernon
Wauds Forhum
Pale Park
Mrs. Wood Seeks Trinidad After Brother's Death
Mrs. B. Wood of South Main street received a telegram this morning announcing the death of her brother Dr. W. Presnell of Trinidad, Colo. She departed on the evening train for Trinidad to mourn and arrange arrangements.
Masons Plan Building Fund Drive For New Lodge and Stores
Teen Masons start a campaign to finance a three story building on Main and Olive streets. Plans include first floor rental space, second floor offices, and a lodge room on the top floor. Bonds with six percent interest would run up to twenty years. Pledged bonds total $10,500 with a projected cost of $50,000 to $75,000 for a fireproof modern structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tme
Blue Lodge
first mort+gage
Main
Olive Streets
Queant
Oil Field Worker Hurt In South Field
Mauser, an oil field worker, was injured yesterday morning when struck in the chest by heavy tongs used at his job. He received first aid at the scene and was later taken to his home in Eletra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Field
Oi Mauser
Eleetra
Porterfield Hostess Delights W C T U Members
Mrs. H. Porterfield entertained members of the W C T U and guests yesterday at her Tolar street home. A musical program by a quartet provided the highlight as plans were drawn for Community Week May 8 to 14 at Allingham Park. A fruit dessert followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Porterfield
Tolar Street
Allingham Park
Austin Bridge Company Wins Vernon-Frederick Bridge Contract
The Lee Highway bridge over the Red River between Oklahoma and Davidson counties will be built by J A Staley and J I Staley of Wichita Falls and the Austin Bridge Company of Dallas. Construction starts after minor details are settled. The creosoted pile structure will span one mile with an eighteen foot roadway, costing about 150000 dollars and may become a free bridge for state purchase later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Bridge Company
Vernon-Frederick
Lee Highway
Red River
Oklainion
Davidson
J. A
J. I. Staley
Wichita Falls
Dallas
John B. Nabers
Messrs. Staley
Bridge Bulikders
Highway Departments
Texas
Oklahoma
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Concteto
Parley
W. T. Lofland
PSOT
Rayland Good Road
Cincinnati Conservatory
Rev. Riddle
Erate Wre
Pete Drine Wat Ees
Worpfas
Delow
SLR
Icona
DC Lay Herbert
Dinile
Tolbert
Jerome McLester
Panhandle Ol Company
Isso
Block 12
D.C
Masons
Porterfield
W. C
T. U
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