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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1922
Page
3
Wilbarger County Fair offers $5 prizes for largest display of community dress fans and for era showing rest hats. additional prizes listed for the top community exhibit. Women clubs report 251 hats, with fall winter hat plans and 125 dress forms in progress. Vernon women built 27 dress forms in six days.
R L Walde of Walters Oklahoma has picked up thirty eight radio stations in thirteen states with his home made receiving set. The Sunday Star Telegram notes this as a notable feat among radio experimenters. Walde also set a record by receiving stations from ten states in a thirty minute period. The list includes Fort Worth Star Telegram Wichita Kansas Anthony Kansas Kansas City Post Texas University Automotive Electrical Dallas Tiderade Kansas Oklahoma City W I and Sv FF A A Ballas Fort Worth Record Denver Kansas City St Louis Atlanta Memphis San Antonio Forty fourth Aero Squadron Fort Sill Oklahoma Wichita Shreveport KFXAP Tulane University New Orleans Houston Indianapolis Waco Detroit Kansas City WHEE Detroit Louisville Davenport Iowa Jefferson City Iowa Omaha Nebraska KLZ Denver Wichita Falls and WOO Kansas City. Walde is a civil engineer and supervisor for Southern Oil at Walters. He married Roselyn Baird in 192%.
Southern farmers have cooled 3,000,000 bales to market in an orderly manner. The cotton marketing associations must not fail or cotton prices may drop to prior levels. A broad minded farmer sees the reason for this effort and supports keeping the associations viable.
A Weather Bureau balloon observing upper air conditions reached 22,590 meters before bursting after 128 minutes. Balloons are launched daily at 8 am and 2 pm from the Weather Bureau building to track wind direction and speed at various elevations for weather forecasting.
Dallas reports War Finance Corporation granted loans totaling 500,081 to eight Southern cotton marketing associations for the 1922-23 crop. Texas Farm Bureau official J W Halls Bowie cites association work as key to sustaining high prices and preventing dump-induced drops. The program aims to gradually place cotton on the market to meet demand without depressing prices.
Mrs Honaker entertained Mes S Be Tlonaker who has recently returned from a stammer in Colorado. She was hostess to two couples of young people Thursday night. Guests met at Allinghim pare for a plenic supper then danced at the home of the hostess. Those present included Miss Anne Henne, HageHe Vaughn Ghidys Altison Metbas Ruth Picketts Winnie Wafer Egnite Wafer and Claude Rerebee. Bill Abbott Tom Me Gl Charles Alger Hilleher and B H T Hawkins. Mrs R Abbott hosted to the Avalon Bruce Saturday morning at her South Cumberland street home. Four tables of bridge were played with a salad COMPS served. Other guests included Mesdames GM Hardison Chancey Green Luther Gribble and Mes. S Pinkston of Wellington Mrs A N Vernon. Teacher of expression and public speaking will begin classes September 14 Studio 620 West Paradise St. Phone 2. note When various spring grains are a mouseable the grasshoppers prefer oats to others. The first use of radio to transmit nutrition information by the United States Department of Agriculture was a July talk by a Michigan extension nutritionist.
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