Wilbarger County Fair promotion trip
Manager R H Coffee and eleven others traveled by car to Childress to publicize the Wilbarger County Fair on October 14. The group distributed literature and touted Wild Nights and Fast Horses with a $7,600 purse. Participants included J D Parnell S H Hall Joe Sumner F E Murchison C M Murray W A Atchison E M Haney S W Bailey K E Rhoads W Powell and Q O Brunson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Coffee
Childress
Wilbarger County Fair
J. D. Parnell
H. Hall
Joe Sumner
F. E. Murchison
Moving sixth grade to Central School to ease walks
Superintendent B. F. Sisk explains that increased attendance requires shifting the sixth grade from Shive to Central to spare first grade pupils long walks. He notes there are two first grades at Shive and that enrollment now exceeds 1,000 students.
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Shive
Central School
B. F. Sisk
Shive School
Sisk
Centenary Methodist meet inspires elder and pastor home
Presiding Elder M. Paetan and Rev. Henry F. Brooks returned from Dallas where they attended the Centenary conversation convention of the Methodist Church. The opening session featured evangelism talks, with speakers Bishop W. N. Ainsworth and Dr. B. Goddard. The movement spanned preparation, a drive raising 300,000 Southern Methodists to $53,000,000, and a conservation period. Ainsworth endorsed the League of Nations and praised the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tin
B. Goddard
Nashville
Home Mission Board
Centenary Commission
Bishop Ainsworth
League of Nations
Atlas
Public Weigher Announces Cotton Yard Changes
J. L. Bryant announces new weighers and warehouse law will end open storage at the cotton yard. The compress will keep samples at the press, prevent over-sampling, and place weigh stations on North Main Street to continue weighing duties. Mr. Hodge and Bryant pledge orderly sampling and enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodge
North Main Street
Ste J. L. Bryant
The Way of a Woman and Cupid Forecloses at the Theater
A dramatic bill features Norma Talmadge in The Way of a Woman with a plot of romance and family duty set on a Virginia plantation and New York society, plus Bessie Love in Cupid Forecloses about a girl who finds a hidden receipt in a mouse trap unlocking fate and love amid a feud.
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Peday
Norma "Talmadge
Arica
New York
Nancy
Leo
Virginia
Anthony Weir
George Trevor
Anthony
Fate
Bessie Love
Thunder Mountain
Sporting Chance at More's spotlight amused spectators
Ethel Clayton performs The Sporting Chance for crowds at More's today pleasing fans. Lloyd Parker takes a job with Parker-Donges Grocery Company as noted in page six display ad. Vendletons Music Store and Friends of Frank Mann hear of his illness at home in South Vernon. Miss Annie Lou Briscoe joins Perkins-Timberlake Company EK. M. Revers heads to Fort Worth for a few days of business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Clayton
More's
Frank Mann
South Vernon
Orba McCurdy Travels to Wichita Falls on Business
Orba McCurdy journeyed to Wichita Falls on Thursday for a business matter. The trip underscores ongoing commercial activity and networking ties between the individuals and the northern Texas city.
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Orba McCurdy
Wichita Falls
Vernon Electric Co. Olen Terner Manager Ad
Vernon Electric Co Olen Terner manager offers all kinds of electrical appliances and motor work. We look after all your electrical troubles with office phone 604 and residence 607.
Free Text Books Arrive for County Schools
County Superintendent J N Fubcber reports free text books have been received and will go directly to the boards. Harrold and West Vernon have received all their books. No work is delayed due to textbook shortages. Subscribe to the Record for $2 per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Fubcber
Boaries
Harrold
West Vernon
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Centenary
M. Paetan
Rev
Henry F. Brooks
Dallas
Methodist Church
Municipal Race Auditorium
W. N. Ainsworth
Aus
Lila Leb
Cplewanet
More
Dainty
Lila Lee
Kaiser
Berlin
Rupert Julian
Mary Miles Minter
Tsabel
J. Warren Kerrigan
Emma Wehlen
Bools
Woda
Jéla Lee
Beast of
Batorlay
Lloyd Parker
Parker-Donges Grocery Company
Vendletons
Annie Lou Briscoe
Perkins-Timberlake Company
EK. M. Revers
Fort Worth
Busi
Ness
Walter Ladd
E. M. Haney
D. T. Jordan
M. D
Works Auto & Supply Y
E. B. Jones
Inter State Inspector Office
Fergeson Drug Store
Colummns
Vernon Record
DORT
Harroun
FORD
BUICK
Wilbarger County
Norma Talmadge
L. Ko
Matt and
Jeff
Louise Glaum
Harold Lloyd
Wilbarger County Abstract Co
K. Storey
West Texas Street Conger Sheet Metal Company
Charter Oak Stores
Swartwood & Company
Nevius
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