White City Farmers Form Red Cross Society
In White City May 27 special correspondence notes crops look fine with corn plowing and cotton prep. Women form Red Cross Society with Miss Vera Thompson as chair and a full committee handling knitting sewing and surgical dressings. Meetings set for Thursdays at the school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White City
Mesdames
A. B. Swartwood
N. R. Heath
J. E. Collins
Red Cross Society
White City School
Vera Thompson
Marianna Covert
Ruby Danson
W. B. Covert
Thompson
Wilson
Ora Knapp
Perry White
Alice Starr
Home Service Committee
Vernon Girls Graduate From Ward-Belmont College
Three Vernon young ladies received diplomas at Ward-Belmont College in Nashville Tennessee during graduation exercises held yesterday morning in the school auditorium. Miss Mary Anderson Miss Ruth Hawkins and Miss Francis Hicks are daughters of Mr and Mrs W Anderson Mr and Mrs L G Hawkins and Mr and Mrs E P Hicks. The attendants will return home tomorrow or Sunday. The Record acknowledges receipt of an invitation to the exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Ward-Belmont College
Nashville
Tenn
Mary Anderson
W. ©. Anderson
Ruth Hawkins
L. G. Hawkins
Francis Hicks
E. P. Hicks
Mesdames Anderson
Hawkins
Hicks
Pledge War Savings Stamp Quota Demanded June Twenty-Eighth
President urges nationwide pledge campaign to save and buy war savings stamps to fund the war effort. Treasury directs a June 28 national war savings day as Americans are urged to show sacrifice and support by purchasing stamps.
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Treasury Department
Jones
Matlood
Price of Ice to be Considered by Local Committee
Citizens invited to a 1918 ice price meeting at 10 a m Saturday in the Retail Merchants Association secretary’s office. The ice committee with county food administrator, a producer, a distributor, and two consumers will decide on ice pricing. All interested residents including housewives are urged to attend. the meeting is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants Association
Ice
Mrs. Etta Long Visits Relatives in Fort Worth
Mrs. Etta Long is visiting relatives in Fort Worth. The brief item notes travel to the city for familial visits and mentions the local context without additional details.
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Mrs. Etta Long
Fort Worth
Poultry food listings from Fergeson Drug Co Ady
Local classified item notes poultry feed varieties available from Fergeson Drug Co in Ady area. Includes price or size details truncated in OCR segment.
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Fergeson Drug Co
Ady
Hicks Visit to Wichita Falls Relative
A. Hicks of Wichita Falls is visiting his sister in law Mrs. W. J. Stewart for an unspecified period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A Hicks
Wichita Falls
W. J Stewart
War Savings Stampledge Quota Report for Witharger
Taxpayers and wage earners in Witharger are urged to meet the 2591.120 quota under President Wilson's proclamation. The notice notes that every contribution supports the national effort and helps fund the war through War Savings Stamps.
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Witharger
Wilson
Community Canners to Help Wilbarger County Growers
The Chamber of Commerce plans a vegetable and fruit canning program in Wilbarger County supervised by Miss Mary Sue Maddox. The project aims to provide means to can produce at small cost for all residents with surplus crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Mary Sue Maddox
Teachers Head to Summer Normals From Vernon
Several Vernon schoolteachers plan to attend summer normal schools. Minnie Weatherall will go to San Marcos on Monday, Roselyn Baird and Attie Reese to Canyon next week, Bo Sisk to Canyon early week, Mollie Tucker and Bhossie Gree to Daytona to enter the State Normal, Mary Weatherall also moves to Denton after leaving the local high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Miss Minnie
Weatherall
San Marcos Mondiy
Roselyn Baird
Attie Reese
Canyon
Bo FP. Sisk
Canyon Fie
Tedeh
Mloy ‘Tatker
Bhossie Gree
Sea
Deyton
Neormal
Mary Weatherall
Wieh
Denton
University of Texas Ranked First in Army Training Among U S Colleges
A UT registrar cites a comparative list of northern and eastern colleges showing Texas leads in training men for army service. Harvard 2195, MIT 1500, Purdue 7200, UM 200, and UT engaged in three government programs: Military Acromatics, Radio Mechanics with 270 students, and Automobile Mechanics with 100 soldiers currently enrolled.
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University of Texas
F&. J. Mathews
Homer
Heath
University of Michigan Union
North
East
Harvard University
Maassachusetts Institute of Technology
TSOO
University of Tinneis
Purdue University
University of Minnesota
Carnegie Institute of ‘Technology
Num
University Training Adds Cadets As Attendance Rises
The UT program plans to raise attendance to S500 with 400 sent weekly until reached. UT will train seventy five more than Harvard, leading Northern universities. By mid June it will train 8776 enlisted men, 1575 more than any other U S college. Mrs Benna Lou Cox, Miss Mildred McCrary, and Mrs J Tom Medlin depart tomorrow for Nolanville and Mineral Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard University
Benna Lou Cox
Mildred McCrary
J. Tom Medlin
Nolanville and
Mineral Wells
Also Mentioned on This Page
RED Cross Auxiliary
Camp Travis
Clifton Starr
Odell
W. W. Adams
J. T. Duonseon
Harve Adams
J. M. Knapp
Luther Anderson
Lee Armstrong
Una Adams
Cornelia
Jewel Kays
Ruby Dawson
Atkins
Harrold
Carie
Una Mae Adams
May Cofer
Quade Fain
Mrs
Dwight Lovelace
Fargo
Euda Billings
Bertha
Frannie Gauntt
Seth Floyd
Rule
Ward-Belmont
McAdoo
Kaiser
the Kaiser
Wilbarger County
United States
State University
Colleges of
The
Bangkok
Panama
Herbert Havtina
the Farmers State Bank
Texas
Parker-Smith Grocery Company
North Main Street
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