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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1919
Page
7
Mrs G Bo Moody returned Tuesday from Waco where she had been visiting relatives Mr and Mrs PD M Ferehee and daughters Miss Clyde and Miles Arthur Haley and Duke Key of Margaret were in Vernon chopping Wednesday
Frank Martin of Floydada arrived Wednesday to spend several days in Vernon visiting J. B. Blanton. He planned to see the new gin and the gow cleaning operation, checking the gin for readiness and conditions for the season.
Regulation by Austin Commissioner of Agriculture sets fallow grade standards for Venus pears. Fancy grade requires clean, well-shaped fruit with no worms or blemishes. Extra fancy allows up to minimal light blemishes. usual texture must remain. Culls are pears failing specs. Packing rules describe four to six tier packing with defined counts per box and stamped grade.
In Vernon county the cotton crop opens with 46 bales weighed by County Weigher F Sryant. Seventeen bales weighed yesterday and Mrs Airwant expects to weigh more. The season is rapid across the county due to continuing warm weather. Farmers fear opening fibers, rain would have helped. Pickers' price not set, some offer 1.50 per hundred.
Mr and Mrs C V Sullivan depart for a month long visit with relatives in Arknesis.
Mrs J D Parnell entertained twenty five guests Wednesday night with a theater party in the lower of her sister Miss Tta Barksdale offico. Refreshments of pink and white brick severed in sid angel tood cake were served.
Mrs Stokes and her son from Los Angeles are visiting at W N Stokes on West Wilburger street. They are expected to arrive tonight after a California trip.
Vernon church notes invite all to Saturday afternoon prayer and sermon on Sunday September 14 led by Pastor Henry F Brooks. G Hawkins supervises Sunday school with Katherine Pierce violin solo and choir music. Miss Pierce to perform as choir joins in. Seven will offer a Worth League program and a sermon on marriage.
Women will hold an all day meeting of the Methodist Mission Society on Monday at the church. All women are invited to attend to participate in the planned program and discussions. The event is organized in Vernon and aims to engage members in mission work and fellowship.
A fragment notes Texans paid 5 085 15 in personal taxes during the 19th fiscal year ending June 30. The preliminary treasury report from Commissioner Roper shows 46 900 795 55 in receipts and 15 204 507 80 collected in Texas from various taxes including income and excess profits, with miscellaneous revenues noted.
Howard Richie is constructing a house in Northwest Vernon adjacent to his recently sold lots intended for rental to Mrs. B. G. Findley. G. R. Baker and family, visiting Vernon from Oklahoma City, departed yesterday for an extended visit in Lubbock before returning home. They formerly lived in Vernon.
J. S and Blanton report readiness for a new cotton processing site. Ady notes the brick gin is ready to operate Monday with all preparations complete, promising good clean ginning in a concise update.
Airs Wade Perkins and his little daughter Oleta and sister Miss Lydia Timmons left yesterday for Wichita Falls to spend several days visiting her husband who works for the Wichita Milling Company.
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