Rainfall flood boosts cotton outlook across Wilbarger County
One and nine fifteenths inches of rain fell last night and this morning per official report by J R Renfro. Rain touched genome area including Childress Quanah Frederick Okla and Harrold with general line wide precipitation. Farmers praise rain for soil readiness and potential cotton yields though some doubt planting now. Rainfall in Vernon August total nine sixteenths inch, while Wilbarger soil benefits and elder Banta predicts more rain by September 3.
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Vernon
W. P. Banta
Wilbarger County
Banta
Lamesa
Dawson County
Kilpatrick and Gilliland Wed in Vernon Nupial
Miss Kilpatrick and John TR Gilliland were married in Vernon last Friday. Kilpatrick, a Navy inspector, formerly an architect. The couple, visiting Wichita Falls and Bowie, plan to return to Vernon then proceed to Galveston where he is stationed. The bride is daughter of Mrs. J. B. Pearce. Gilliland’s parents reside in Bowie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Kilpatrick
Ma. Kilpatrick
United States Navy
Mrs Cabe and daughter return from Collingsworth trip
Mrs J T Cabe and her daughter Elwood and Miss Willie Davie came home Friday after a three week visit with relatives in Collingsworth and Wheeler counties. Mrs Cabe reports a pleasant trip and says crops look good around Wheeler. Accompanied by her mother Mrs J M Green she will visit her son at Petrolia before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Cabe
Elwood
Willie Davie
Collingsworth
Wheeler
Edgar McHugh Remains Partially Conscious After Accident
Edgar McHugh is partially conscious after a Thursday morning accident when his horse struck a cultivator as he attempted to drive mules. Dr J B Dodson believes he will recover though his condition remains serious.
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Edgar McHugh
Edgar
J. B. Dodson
Infant Herbert Karcher Dies in German Lutheran Cemetery
Herbert Walter Karcher aged three months seven days died Sunday and was buried Monday afternoon at the German Lutheran cemetery. He was the son of Henry Karcher who lives north of the river. The Record extends expressions of sympathy.
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Herbert Walter Karcher
Henry Karcher
Last of Class Men Go to Camp Travis Thursday
Warren Perry Clements leads a group of draftees entraining from Vernon to Camp Travis Thursday. Local officers will be chosen at a noon meeting. others from Wile barger County and several named men from Clayton, Maddit, Tombstone join the call under Class Pomen. The list includes residents and new registrants as of June 30.
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Camp Travis
Wilebarger County
Edward J. Shearer
Clayton, N. M
Loran A. Thorvis
Maedit
Okla
Spurgeon Th
Poremean
Tombstone
Ariz
Rudolph Streit
Preston Starr Seave
Camp Bowie
Camp
Travis Thurshaw
ATL
Corder
Vernon Boy Champion Pitcher at Shanghai China Press
Herbert Scott of Vernon, son of 4 Y Scott, stars as the crack pitcher for the U S S Monocacy baseball team. He sent home clippings and a photo after a July 4 game in Shanghai where his team defeated a Shanghai squad with only one hit. Scott has served about three years in the navy and prior enlistment history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Scott
4. Y. Scott
Vernon
United States
Scott
China
Shanghai
Vernon Boy
Orientals
Young Scott
Mivy
Jurors empaneled for Vernon district court term begins
The September term of the Forty sixth district court opens in Vernon with Judge A Nabers presiding and the grand jury charged. The case Cherryanders vs California State Life Insurance set for Sept 16. Grand jurors listed include Lon Byars as foreman and others. riding bailiffs and a door bailiff are appointed.
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Nabers
Cleo Gladys Cherryanders
California State Life Insurance Company
Lon Byars
C. T. Stith
C. Hogsett
W. O. Smith
J. ‘Pr
Claude Muller
BB. Gillis
Sel Davenport
Te J
Vee Wuss King
J. M. Col Vitis
Aud
J. Arehoer
Jim Cato
J. Latimer
A. 4
Liles
Vernon youths tale of wartime training and roles
D Estes, instructor from the School of Automotive Mechanics at Camp Mabry, Austin, returns on furlough. He began as a student from Vernon, rose within five weeks to instructor, and notes promotions require transfer. Moss Hampton of Vernon named an instructor in sheet metal work.
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D. Estes
School of Automobile Mechanics
Camp Mabry
Austin
Estes
Vernon
Autopolitte Mechanics
Moss Hampton
Coleman Sells Hamp ton Garage to Tolbert Man
A Saturday closing sold the Hampton garage on the town square to Willis Vaughn of Tolbert. Vaughn took charge Monday and will live on his Tolbert area farm while Coleman plans future ventures remain undisclosed.
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Willis Vaughn
Tolbert
H. L. Coleman
Hampton Garage
Vaughn
Coleman
Labor Day Observances Reported Mild in Vernon
Vernon observed Labor Day with limited police presence as banks closed and most businesses remained open. Larger towns held patriotic demonstrations while some areas continued war work activities.
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Vernon
Will Organize Physicians In Wilbarger County
Dr J E Dodson named chairman for Wilbarger county of the Volunteer Medical Service Corps to organize doctors for army needs. Bhanks are sent to enlist physicians and return blanks to headquarters. Dr Dodson will supply blanks to any doctor who has not received one.
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J. E. Dodson
Wilbarger County
Volunteer Medical Service Corps
Dodson
Poultry Keeper At Kingola Favors Leghorns
J. M. Lawlis on J. P. King’s place at Kingola raises White Leghorns and Rhode Island Reds. He keeps the Leghorns for eggs and the Reds for meat, but he likes the Leghorns best.
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J. M. Lawlis
J. P. King
Kingola
Rhode Island
Army talk at class TP registrants urges courage and moral strength
Lieutenant Grady Stapp, newly commissioned, tells Class TP registrants at city hall to endure early army hardships and build morals to become reliable soldiers. He outlines four weeks of training at Camp Pike with rifle instruction and five weeks to France, noting 54 marines headed to Camp Travis.
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Grady Stapp
Stapp
Camp Vike
France
Three Vernon Men Transferred to Georgia for Overseas Work
Allman Pitts Ray White and Joe Hanes moved from Vernon to the School of Automobile Mechanics at Camp Mabry Austin then transferred to Georgia. D Estes, currently on furlough, reports the Georgia division is being organized for overseas work.
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Allman Pitts
Ray White
Joe Hanes
Vernon
School of
Automobile Mechanics
Camp Mabry
Austin
Georgia
D. Estes
May Purchase Less Flour Substitutes
The U S Food Administration instructs local food officials to require dealers selling wheat flour to stock substitutes such as barley flour corn meal or corn flour and sell a proportion of substitutes with each four pounds of wheat flour. Dealers cannot force a substitute on consumers and must follow fixed standard proportions including rye and other flours when requested.
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Cmy
United States Food Administration
Comemmer
Warren After Fair Prizes At County Fair
Local report notes prizes awarded at the county fair with entries including likely crops and livestock. Mentions Warren presenting exhibits such as cotton and alfalfa and other farm products, highlighting strong yields and potential bale weights.
Geeo Family Relocates to Electra from Vernon
Geeo moved yesterday with his family from Vernon to Electra after ten years in Vernon. Previously he worked at the Jews & Foster furniture store on North Main street and has run a Sunshine Hill restaurant before opening a cafe in Electra. The Geeo family stayed in Vernon until this week.
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Geeo
Vernon
Electra
Registration Day Sets 1700 Wilbarger Men for Draft
The article outlines a September 12 registration for men aged 18 to 45 under a new selective draft law. It expects about 1,750 registrations in Wilbarger County based on Provost Marshal figures, with more registering than last June. It lists exemption board registrars, explains the process, and notes a nationwide call likely reaching millions for military service. The President frames the drive as a duty to victory with precise hours and instructions for tardy enrollment and separate eighteenth-year group under War Department plans.
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West Vernon
T. Smith
East Vernon
Luther Webb
Harrold
Ob J. Showers
Ronda
Dave Melton
Haney
J. F. Grregory
Oklmunson -Closs II
Greene Lockett
Wilson
General Marvel
France
Aries
United States
Ilness
Ners
Patriotism Promised at Wilbarger County Fair This Week
Wilbarger County fair opens Friday and runs through Saturday with a patriotic theme. The event features a tractor demonstration, farming and food conservation displays, land improvements funding, airship and aircraft stunts, auto and horse races, a barbecue, and a single admission for grounds and grandstand.
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France
Vernon
Namiy
Fair Management
Torse
Red Shaffer
Automobile of National Fame
Miss Mae Eakle Weds Lieutenant Daines Lamar Tanner
The quiet Sunday wedding at the L. Eakle home joined Miss Mae Vernon Eakle to Lieutenant Daines Lamar Tanner of Camp Logan. Rev H M Long officiated with a ring ceremony as National colors and ferns framed the military motif. The couple plans a Houston-New Orleans return before settling in Houston.
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L. ©. Eakle
Mae Vernon
Daines Lamar Tattsner
Camp Logan
H. M. Long
First Methodist Church
Ha“vane
Tanner
Danlas
New Orleans
Hougtom-the Sith
Hing School
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Miss Kilpatrick
J. E. Pearce
Navy
John TR. Gilliland
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Ira Bryan Chattrell
Irvin Kahl
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Henry Singleton
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Calvin Price McElroy
Tiane Price Norrell
Walter Bryan Bourkard
Arthur A. Tingst
Cayre Lee Adams
Luther Glover
Jumon
Richard ©. Johnson
John Dutty Jeffcoat
Doe Liles
Wm. Taylor Sherrill
Henry Sherrill
Thomas
Bury Gatewood
Chirence
Eugene Boone
Jones True
Steve Gaw
Edward Turner
James Win
McKinley
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Dudley Miller
Robert Lee Harris
Roy Martin Stine
James Henry Carter
Oscar Walter Lingnall
Lafayette M. Walker
John Wesley Turner
Carl McDaniel
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Win Blackburn
James Minor Huggins
Army School of Automobile Mechanics
Labor Day
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Lawlis
Priday
Camp Tike
Arkansas
Camp Pike
Iito
Tance
Vernon Boys
di Ise Jenger
Rod. Smith
Warren
Cf Warren
Gieeo
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Ing Precinct
Law
Wilbarger
Wilharger County
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Shal Generis Office
War Department
Spirit of People
Texas
Mair Association
Witbarger
Verner
Mae Eakle
Gaines Lamar Tanner
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