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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1925
Page
3
A Texas based organization aligned with a national movement intends to present four or five plays this season. Only members and invited guests may attend, with membership selling up to the first show. The group reports plans to begin the movement soon.
A campaign will be launched and work begun on the plays to be staged. The plan outlines preparations for performances, recruiting participants, and setting a schedule for presentations in the community.
At a DeMolay meeting the following officers were installed by scribe Robert Williams. Herbert Robinson is master councilor with Guy Norwood as senior counselor and Harold Gowman as junior counselor. The group set its next regular meeting for October 20.
Quanah is confirmed not a Class A team and will not face Vernon in the league contest. League secretary Roy B. Henderson notified Quanah’s coach of the change, with a $250 forfeit clause if the game on September 17 is not played. Vernon’s league race is stalled until the Electra game on October 24.
F. W. Grogan, longtime electric light operator in Pampa, has sold his plant to Southern Light and Power Company. He has moved his household to Vernon and may settle here, though Dallas offers are under consideration.
A delegation from the local Methodist Church joined the district Sunday school meeting in Quanah on Wednesday. W. C. Owen and a Nashville Tennessee team presented a program. Attendees from here included Rev. and Mrs. O. P. Clark Mrs. E. Porterfield Mrs. L. E. McCurdy J. A. Kartington and Rev. C. A. Bickley.
A Willys Knight automobile stolen from Sam Clark at his farm weeks ago was recovered Tuesday. The car, found in Amarillo, showed rough handling but is believed to be in good condition despite the escape of the thief.
C C Glaze manager of Altus Business College Oklahoma is expected in Vernon within days to arrange a Vernon branch. He has applied for a building and may use the Evans building second floor now vacant. R M Fielder confirms the plan while Wichita College Kansas also shows interest, but both may not open Vernon.
W. E. Bradford buys interest in the Hotel Bailey barber shop and it will operate as a partnership with H. S. Chandler. The shop enlarges from a single room with three chairs to five chairs and two rooms plus lobby passage. Bradford is a veteran Vernon barber now in Dallas. they plan a highly attractive, well equipped shop in the city.
Members of the Young Ladies Class of Central Christian church honored Mrs. Lewis Ross formerly Miss Bonnie Kressen berg with a miscellaneous shower at Mrs. Harry Mason's Paradise street home Thursday evening. The party featured Halloween decor and games followed by a salad course for about fifteen guests.
The North Texas Home Project Association, located on the second floor of the First Guaranty State Bank building, announces it can hire three live wire life insurance salesmen who can furnish bond. Ite McKibbin promotes children's shoes and fits their feet. Ite W. H. Helvey of Shamburger Lumber underwent appendicitis surgery Monday with satisfactory progress.
Mr and Mrs Neal Hamilton welcomed a daughter born October 7. The couple reside about twenty miles north of Vernon.
Mr and Mrs M A Smith have moved back to Wichita Falls after about a year with Russell's Department Store. Mr Smith has accepted a traveling salesman petition for the Western Commission Company, a position he held prior to moving away.
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