Missing Vernon Woman Returns Home After Search
Mrs G C Hill returned to Vernon from Memphis at midnight Tuesday after a town wide search. Police and neighbors followed clues including a tool dresser's Ford and sightings near Quanah and Estiline. She was exhausted and under a physician’s care, with no memory of her experiences.
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Memphis
Olive Street
Cambell
Mr. Hill
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Quanah
G. CC. Hill
Tas Bob Walker
Loyd Smith
Joh Loyd
Estiline
Condon Springs
Mrs. Hill
SMU Enrollment for Sherrill and Neal Depart Vernon
Miss Thehna Sherrill and Miss Elsie Neal left Vernon Wednesday for Dallas to begin their first year at Southern Methodist University. Their father, R. B. Sherrill, accompanied them and will be out of town for the rest of the week on business.
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Thehna Sherrill
Elsie Neal
Vernon Wednesduy
Dallas
Southern Methodist University
Sherrill
R. B. Sherrill
Vernon Merchants See Trade Improve Amid Cautious Spending
Local merchants report business in Vernon is improving with better cotton prices prompting farmer repairs and winter stock movement. A hardware dealer cites strongest Saturday in a year, while grocers warn on credit terms and set tighter payment expectations. Traveling salesmen note broader upturn in trade activity and prosperity.
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Jocal Hardware
Vernon
Little Girl Receives Brain Surgery After Plank Accident
A two year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Mason of Parg, underwent brain surgery Monday to remove pus from a brain injury after a plank fell on her head three weeks earlier. The child, who developed fever after the accident, is reported doing well and expected to recover rapidly.
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Tom Mason
Parg
Red Cross Nurse Narrowly Wins Immigration Release
Miss Stella Graboweicki, a Red Cross nurse in the war, faced detention at Ellis Island before Washington intervened to release her. She arrived in the United States using her brother Frank Grabo weicki as the nearest relative, though his naturalization papers were missing. Evidence showed he is a citizen and war veteran, allowing his sister to gain admission.
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Ellis Island
Miss Graboweicki
United States
Frank Graboweicki
ABF
Harding Visits West Point Reviews Cadets in Formal Arrival
President Harding for the first time since taking office visits West Point. He lands from the Hudson aboard the Mayflower escorted by destroyers and greeted by General Douglas MacArthur. Secretary Weeks and Attorney General Daugherty accompany him as a military review follows.
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Weeks
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Lee Weeks
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MacArthur
Wat Douglas
Stokes Declines Governor's Offer for First Assistant AG
Vernon attorney W N Stokes declines Governor Neff's offer of First Assistant Attorney General citing business ties and Wilharge County interests. He met with the Governor in Austin and agreed to remain in Vernon, anticipating a continued strong law practice. Nearby Odell school building near completion features six classrooms and an auditorium with seating for 216, due for occupancy by October 1.
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Neff
Stokes
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Capitol
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Wilharge County
Torner
Long Sheds Store Cotton As Local Compress Opens
Cotton concentration begins at the local compress with many owners bringing bales since yesterday. The facility can press around 100 to 100 bales daily, subject to demand. No shipments proceed without orders, and Movements from warehouses to the compress have started with over 200 bales on hand. Shipping wood from a wide area, including Oklahoma, is reported via the local compress.
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Wilbarger Farm Bureau
West Vernon School Receives 46.65 for Sanitary Work
West Vernon district patrons donate 46.65 in cash and supplies to improve sanitary conditions and buy window shades. Contributors include Mrs. Max Kunauth, J. D. Cook, W. H. Cleveland, O. Thieme, and many others with sums ranging from 25 cents to 5 dollars plus in kind gifts like brooms.
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Max Kunauth
J. D. Cook
W. H. Cleveland
O. Thieme
W. ©. Haney
W. ©. Haney $5, Mrs. 8. R. Crim 65E, Dixie Wheeler $1, Mrs. W. PF. Martin
Robert F. Hardison
Stella Hodges
F. Sander
J. Hf. Tarxett
I. L. Thompson
Miss Weatherall
Alvin Tiroff
Steve Cook
All Day Meeting at Fargo for Wilbarger Church Board
The Baptist Churches of the Wilbar ger Board Association will hold an all day meeting of workers in Fargo on Tuesday. Rev. W. T. Rouse, chairman, says important matters will be discussed. The Associational Mission Board will convene at 1 PM to name a missionary.
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Baptist Churches of the Wilbarger Board Association
Fargo
W. T. Rouse
Associational Mission Board
Oklalion Parent Teachers Organize Community Group
Mr H A Blevins serves as president of the Oklainion Parent Teacher association with officers Mrs Logan Creager vice president Mrs J T Gossett secretary and others on an advisory board and committees The group plans an ice cream supper Friday night to raise funds for improving Loreal school grounds and to foster patron acquaintance Seven teachers are employed this year with W M Gourtly as superintendent and assistants listed No expressions teacher chosen yet.
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Oklainion Parent Teacher Association
Logan Creager
J. T. Gossett
T Wo Skinger
LW Skinner
Clay Brite
Roscoe Rainwater
Charles Moore
Mines
J. W. Skinner
Joe Moore
Chas Moore
Ruth Byars
Clarence White
Ethel Carter
Loreal
W. M. Gourtly J
Edna Spilors
Josephine Griffith
T. J. Gossett Co. FE. White
Cowboy in Critical State After Mine Horse Fall
Broaddus Stanford, a cowboy from Archer County, is in Vernon after a mine accident Tuesday. A horse fell on him causing concussion, a dislocated shoulder, and internal injuries. He arrived in Vernon Wednesday, with slight improvement reported yesterday. a brother and mother are at his bedside.
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Vernon
Vernon Wednesday
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Archer County
Amarillo
First Baptist Church Aims for 500 in Sunday School
The First Baptist Church plans to reach a Sunday School attendance target of 500 for Sunday morning. The event is a promotion and rally day with special exercises being organized for the occasion.
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First Baptist Church
Wilbarger County Cotton Ginning Totals Reported
Five thousand six hundred forty four bales ginned in Wilbarger County so far with seven gins operating. Vernon Gin processed 484 bales. Peoples 1,159. Partners 720. others include Planters and Loecker. Cotton sold around 27 cents. government crop estimates cited for the year.
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Wilbarger County
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Peoples
Vernon High Opens Season vs Wichita Park Nine
Vernon high school's football squad led by J. A. Morrow faces Wichita Park in the first game of the season tomorrow at Bekpoo. Captain Ray Small leads the backfield as coach Morrow tightens practice after a recent 7–0 alumni win.
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Bald Head Two Face Art Creates Novel Order
An inventive Dutch founder forms the Order of Double Faces by having a bald friend tilt his head to reveal the bald section while charcoal-drawn features give a two faced effect. The piece ends with a wry line on two faced men.
Burk Woman Etta Bell Buried After Burglary Death
Funeral services for Mrs. Etta Gardner Bell of Burkburnett were held Tuesday. She died Sunday in Burkburnett with a revolver at her side, police citing suicide per inquest though family disputes this. She was 34, survived by husband and a young daughter. burial at Eastview. Her brother Newt Allen Ingram and mother Mrs. Ey Tigrain of Vernon also named.
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Etta Gardner Bell
Burkiurnett
Seven Bales of Cotton Harvested in One Day Record
Meg Hurt reports her crew picked seven bales of cotton in a single day on her Vernon area farm. Fifty four persons worked the field Friday a week ago as she ginned fifty seven bales yesterday and expected more on the way. The Hurt farm has about 149 acres seeded to cotton two miles west of Vernon with a goal of around a hundred bales this season.
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Hurt
Meg Hurt
Perssons
Mr. Hurt
Mileg Owesti
Vernon
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