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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1922
Page
4
Odell and Vernon residents visit here for errands and supplies with Swartwood & Co. promoting syrup pails and oil cook stoves. Numerous residents travel to Dallas Wichita Falls and Kentucky for business family visits and health, while teaching and schooling shifts are noted for West Vernon and EL Reno schools.
The Floral Heights Methodist Bible class in Wichita Falls accepted the resignation of their teacher McDonald and elected A. L. Morgan to the post. Resignation was tabled pending the class president Orthie getars return, amid objections tied to McDonald’s activities for Ferguson.
Eithel Allen Nelson of Wichita Falls will perform a solo recital at the Huggins studio tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. He changed from the Presbyterian church at the request of Nelson to meet Vernon residents in a post concert reception. He will play his own compositions and works by other composers. Nelson traveled from the oil city fame to study in Paris and New York and hopes to charm music lovers here. Club girls contributed to extension club work with 370000 loaves of bread last year. More than 31000 girls learned to bake and judge bread in these clubs during the year.
Announcement from Electra welcomes Miss Isibel Irons and Neal T. Scott, married September 6 in Fort Worth at the bride’s parents home. Miss Irons, born in Vernon, trained as a nurse and lived in Electra, where Scott works as assistant cashier at First State Bank. They will reside in Electra.
Mrs A B Swartwood served as hostess to the Thursday Bridge club afternoon at her Ni Wheeler street home. Guests included Mesdames Moore Wagener Dodson Webb Bond Townsend Colley Long Napier Ferrell Swartwood Standifer Stuart Rhoads Swartwood and Youngblood plus Miss MekKibbin and others.
Mrs Orba McCurdy hosted the Tuesday Bridge club Tuesday afternoon at her home on 8 Main Street. Miss Oleta Youngblood won high score. A salad course was served to guests including Mesdames George.
Miss Mary Catherine Massie hosted a Tuesday night dinner at her S Main street home honoring Miss Mary Myatt Shive who recently arrived from California. Other IG club members and Miss Lois McGaughey attended. Miss Loraine Brunson hosted the T. G. club Tuesday afternoon at her S Main street home with Miss Massie as honored guest. After games, refreshments were served.
The Rev G A Obenhaus from Oregon, en route to a new charge at Anderson Texas, has consented to fill the pulpit of Zion's church next Sunday September 17. All are welcome. L Heinemeijer Pastor.
City Hall hosts a Sunday service at 11 a.m. with the topic Matter and a golden text from Psalms 560. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Pastor Rev Robert FE Dickenson announces Sunday school at 9 50 a m and morning sermon at 11 a m on The Price of Power Evening service at 7 45 p m with AL Kinds of Polks junior league club prayer meeting Wednesday night topic Does God Care.
A hearty interest grows in the Sunday school Auto Race Contest as the boys' class advances with their project. Attendance and enthusiasm praise the workers, and next Sunday looks to be a big day with a morning sermon on Worshipping God Eternally with Stone Brick and Mortar and an evening message for youth with the theme He Knocked His Tent Forward Sodom. Everyone is invited to the services. Lewis L Kopp.
The church announces 11 o’clock Sunday morning and 6 o’clock Sunday evening themes The Christian Supplying Jesus Needs and The Attractive Business Man Music is an attractive feature of the service Come be a friend and worship with us A hearty welcome awaits I J Mims Pastor
The Vernon Rebekah degree staff will travel to Crowell tomorrow night to initiate sixteen candidates in the Rebekah degree. About fourteen members will accompany the staff and they will be entertained at dinner upon arrival. The Vernon team, recently organized, is said to do splendid work.
McCall of St Louis and Ralph Morrison of San Antonio visited Sumlay to Tuesday to pursue purchasing the Texas Public Service Company. They are said to be principal stockholders, and if they take over the firm they would invest between 75000 and 100000 dollars. They conducted a thorough survey of the town and the company’s holdings.
Electra's Good Roads Program advances toward completion with six miles of new paving expected by October first and about September 25 as a target. McCollum Construction workers nearly finish a 400 foot section, with 4,400 feet laid last week from Burkburnett to Clara. Remaining work and hardening time may push completion to October 4 barring delays. Materials on hand sustain about five days of work, while subgrading toward Kemp City nears finish and gravel acceptance continues.
First photograph shows General Beare of the British Army guiding a climber party north of Kalimpong after a grueling ascent from Mt. Everett. Captain Winch and the General came within a few hundred feet of reaching the summit, a feat that will enter history.
Farmers pick cotton as Mrs Charlie Steed and Mildred Fay Vernon visit Mrs C L Plauck. Home and School Club at W O W hall planned to hire a booth for the county fair. Pearl Pearson preaches at Baptist church with Sunday school at 10. Booth construction by Dennis for Odell's building. Baptist Ladies Aid to meet September 21 with Group No 1 in charge. Mrs Shaw of Quanah visits Mason family. Lenora Mason begins Quanah high.
Miss Tucille Marr Jeff plans to enter Wayland Baptist College this fall with Vernon residents Mr and Mrs Vernon Shaw also enrolling. Vernon high school attendees include Mabel McTaughlin Fledette Williams and Fay Cullum. Jewel Edwards begins at Holcomb Training School. S. T. Mason traveled to Electra for cotton pickets while Vernon visitors from Fargo on Tuesday included H H Seherero Mrs J S Mason and others. Mason trucks haul cotton and cottonseed from Story Walls and Starr Gin to Vernon.
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