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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1922
Page
4
A long list of social swaps and business trips from Dallas to Electra Vernon and surrounding towns. Names include S. H. Ball R. D. Kilough F. L. Massie and many more visiting kin and attending district court or local events. Also agricultural notes on best pasture plants for Coastal Plains and rolling lands.
Miss Jennie Blackman hosted a Hillcrest morning party honoring Miss Ena Everton of Lubbock guest of Miss Catherine Pierce. Bridge results crowned Rubye Thomas high and Don Standifer low. Everton received the guest prize. Pianologues followed a dainty Smucheon, with guests listed by name.
Violinist Esthel Allen Nelson played to Vernon music lovers at Huggins studio last Saturday evening. Nelson, a calibre seldom heard in small towns, offered a wide range including his own works. Accompanist Miss Annette Walsh of Wichita Falls provided splendid support, making the informal recital a rare treat.
President Harding sends a letter to American Legion leaders via the New Orleans States urging broad support for the national convention in New Orleans October 16 to 20. He praises the Legion's role in postwar challenges and commends New Orleans hospitality as instrumental to the event’s national significance.
Vernon Rebekah lodge No 1 will meet at the Odd Fellow ball Friday night with full attendance asked. Initiation of candidates will take place. The Electa degree staff has been invited to confer the degree and out of town visitors are expected.
Lieutenant James Doolittle completes a cross country flight from Jacksonville to San Diego in under twenty hours with a single fuel stop at San Antonio. The 2,000 mile journey ends at Rockwell Field where Major Shepler Fitzgerald greets him.
An old field note explains nodules on legume roots as natural nitrogen factories. Bacteria in nodules fix air nitrogen, enriching soil when crops like clover alfalfa cowpeas and soybeans are plowed back. Inoculation can introduce the bacteria to soil.
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