Vernon Lions Tangle With Pampa Harvesters Saturday
Vernon high school Lions, Class A champions, meet Pampa Harvesters, two-time Class B holders, in a district final at Fair Park Saturday at 3 pm. Bourland is out with a left shoulder injury, Walker and others nursing injuries as coachs Baggett and Wileman rest players after a grueling Monday win over Amarillo Sandies.
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Pampa Harvesters
Vernon High School Lions
Amarillo
Fair Park
Harvesters
Lions
Pampa
Plains
Amarillo Sandies
Harly
Sandies
Bnt
Bourland
Walker
Withers
Little Reed
Baggett
Wileman
Cisco Loboes
Vernon
Two Outside Tests Expected To Extend South Vernon Field
Oil men monitor progress as McCamey-Sheerin No 1 Richardson hits a good sands at 1968 feet then drills deeper for the South Vernon sand. Prince No 1 Zipperle and other wells show potential in the area with gas and oil indications. Wildcatting grows with Little Drillers drilling near Vernon. field may double in extent if three outside wells come in. Water shortages constrain activity though new water lines resume rigs.
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South Vernon Field
South Vernon Pool
McCamey-Sheerin
South Vernon Big
Bridwell & Heydrick
South Vernon
Texas-Oklahoma No. 1
Bowers
Prince and McCamey-Sheerin
Wildcatting
Little Drillers Company
Youngblood
City of
Vernon
Wilbarger County
St. N. Hanmilton
M. Kester
Houston
Texas Central Railway Company
Odell
Wilburger County
Staley & Winn
Wichita Falls
Barkley & Meadows
American Refining Company
Mulligan
A. P. Peck
Jara- Wiise Creek
Varndise
Riga
Beaver
Paradise Ereeka
Ens
Stephens
Dr P W Horn to Speak at New High Building Tonight
Dr P W Horn president of Texas Technological College in Lubbock will speak in the auditorium of the new high school building tonight. He speaks during National Education Week on educational matters and the public is invited with no admission fee.
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Pr. P. W. Horn
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Dr. Horn
Denver Dallas rail link extends Denver service to Dallas
Fort Worth and Denver passenger trains and package freight cars will be run from Dallas starting December 1. The Denver system now terminates at Fort Worth and runs through trains to Dallas after the change. Local merchants and travelers welcome the extension, which will speed shipments to Vernon and connect Dallas wholesale markets with Panhandle demand. Some see the move as paving the way for through service from Houston and Galveston via Dallas and Fort Worth to Denver, part of Burlington System plans.
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Denver
Dallas
Wichita Falls
Livawere
Streight
Vernon
Dallas I
Oklahoma City
Wichita
Ki Imsas
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Rock Island Railways
Rock Island
Southwest
Houston
Galveston
Colo
Denver Land Colorado
Burlington System
Swim & Sons to Open Crowell Grocery Firm
A new firm named E. Swim & Sons will open a grocery business in Crowell around December 15 after purchasing Fox & Sons in Foard county. The senior Swim will remain in Vernon while S. A. Swim of Haskell and W. F. E. Swim of Vernon take active management of the enterprise.
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West Vernon farmer returns to city after stroke recovery
W M Hazard, a leading farmer from West Vernon, visited the city yesterday for the first time since a slight stroke three weeks ago. He was improving and enjoyed meeting old friends after his enforced absence.
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W. M. Hazard
West Vernon
Crntches
Youthful Chinese Ruler Stripped of Titles
Emperor Sisuan Tung, the youthful Manchu ruler of China, is stripped of all titles and now named Mr Pu Yi. His estates and large allowance are cut from four million to five hundred thousand dollars a year, with factories to employ the former palace retainers.
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Sisuan Tung
China
Pu Yi
Hoe
Anderson Store Opens Tomorrow in Vernon Texas
Anderson Store Company announces its Vernon opening tomorrow at the corner of Texas and Main Streets in the GC T. Smith building. W. W. Anderson, moving his family to Vernon, emphasizes a home owned enterprise with a full city department store on two floors and a Christmas basement shop planned for holidays.
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Vernon
Joe Harkins
Wichita Falls
John H Stephens Dies Sudden in California Home
John Hall Stephens 76 longtime Vernon figure and former Texas Thirteenth district representative died suddenly at his Monrovia California home Tuesday morning. Funeral planned Sunday in Vernon Presbyterian Church with services by Dr. KB Moore. Stephens, a Vernon pioneer, served in Congress 1906 to 1917 and influenced settlement in southwest Oklahoma. he left a law career to politics and had two marriages with nine children from the first marriage. Funeral arrangements include shipment of the body to Vernon for burial.
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John Hall Stephens
Vernon
Texas
Congress
Monrovia
Calif
Presbyterian Church
KB. J. Moore
Stephens
Montague County
Shelby County
Mansfield
Tarrant County
Lebanon University
Lebanon, Tenn
Montagne County
Huff
R. Walker Hall
House
Oklahoma
Stephens County
Okla
Duncan
Miss Eunice Frith Weds Fort Worth Man TV
Miss Eunice Frith becomes bride of a Fort Worth man in a South West Vernon ceremony. TV. McWaters and Miss Banks Frith were married by T J Griffiths, justice of the peace, Saturday afternoon. The bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W H Frith. They will reside in Fort Worth.
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Miss Eunice Frith
Fort Worth
Vernon Men Elected to Offices in Childress Canton
Two Vernon men were honored in the Childress Canton No. 11 Odd Fellows election last night with George A. Long named Lieutenant and W. C. Morris standard bearer. Other officers included T. H. Jameson captain and J. A. Shire ensign. The Canton has moved from Childress to Chillicothe where meetings now occur. Seven candidates were initiated and a large banquet followed. Dee Key, near Fargo, reports fifty bales of cotton on forty acres with seventy-two bales ginned to date.
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Vernon
Childress Canton No. 11
Odd Fellowship
George A. Long
W. C. Morris
T. H. Jameson
Chillicothe
J. A. Shire
Pogue
Chillilcothe
J. A. McCaw
Chilliicothe
C. S. Stevens
Dee Key
Fargo
Mr. Key
Local Market Prices For Poultry Dairy And Grains
Market roundup lists prices for chickens per pound at 00.0 d de turkeys at ner pound 14e eggs per dozen AB butter per pound ii 400 No 1 wheat per bushel 1350 cotton seed per ton 20.50 cotton per pound 230 to 24.260 reflecting varied commodity rates across regional trade channels.
West Texas Title Game On Deck For Cisco Vernon
Two West Texas towns vie to host the liter scholastic league championship game between Cisco and Vernon, with bids from Abilene and Sweetwater and Fort Worth under consideration. If Vernon defeats Pampa, the two unbeaten Class A teams would advance to a likely playoff to enter state semi finals, while home-field preference dominates proposals.
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West Texas
Texas
Tele Gramme
Abilene Chamber of Commerce
Sweetwater
Vernon
Amarillo
Cisco
Abilene
Fort Worth
Loenala
Pam
Herriets
Vernon Wos
Withita Falls
Ablene
Tangue
Cemetery Association Pleads For Dues Payments Now
Members of the Cemetery Association urge immediate payment of outstanding dues. They report substantial funds flowing into Vernon and request diverting some of it to the association treasury to support ongoing needs.
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Cemetery Association
Vernon
Pie Supper Planned by Elliott Methodists for Church Work
Members of the Methodist church at Elliott invite the public to a pie supper Saturday night November 22. Proceeds will fund church improvements and renovations.
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Elliott
Express Office Expands As Express Business Surges
The express office reports a more than 400 percent rise from last year with six men now employed, a third wagon added, and three to four trailers in operation on Martin Street. Vernon ranks fifth in last month’s volume, with Fort Worth Wichita Falls Abilene and Lubbock following, and officials expect Vernon to be third soon amid oil, a $6,000,000 cotton crop, and growing regional expansion.
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Fil Raves
Relief Express
Tuton
Matin Street
King
Vernon
Mach
Fort Worth
Wichita Palle
Abilene
Lubbock
Citys Traffic Cop On Job Here Night And Day
Vernon reports a new county traffic officer, Orew Brewer, enforcing speed and light rules. Several accidents have occurred from poor lighting and cars left without lights. drivers are paying fines as traffic laws tighten.
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Orew
Minner Ino
Vernon
Tie
Miss Annie Jobe and Earl Spoon Married at Court House
Miss Annie Jobe daughter of Mr and Mrs M J Jobe of Rayland community and Earl Spoon of Wood County were married by Judge T J Griffiths in his courthouse office Saturday. They will make their home in Rayland.
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Annie Jobe
M. J. Jobe
Raylands
Over 50 000 Bales Ginned to Date in Wilbarger County
A Wilbarger county report shows 50 200 bales ginned to date through November 21, with further ginning expected as weather improves. Recent rains slowed cotton picking this week, and if conditions stay favorable in two to three weeks the gin receipts may surpass 60 000 bales between Wilbarger and adjoining counties.
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Wilharser
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