Submitted by
Barbara
(Caddell) Fox
Mart Daily Herald
Saturday, November 17, 1923
Otto Items
Special to The Herald.
Otto, Nov. 15 -- Kempner Brown and Hardy Patterson were
in Groesbeck on business Monday.
Howard Brown and Bud Stone were Groesbeck visitors
Monday.
Miss Ida Clemmons was badly burned about the face and
neck by jumping flames from an oil burner.
Miss Lois Stone has returned to school after being
absent one week.
There was a large attendance at Sunday school Sunday
morning, and in the afternoon Rev. C. E. Wilbanks rendered a good sermon on
“Prepare to meet thy God,” which everybody enjoyed. He has accepted the
call to preach at Criswell every second Sunday afternoon at 3:30.
Everybody is invited to come.
Robt., George and Kirby Stone have returned from
visiting relatives in west Texas.
Robt. Stone received a very bad wound while visiting
his brother, as the result of being kicked by a mule between the eyes.
Arley Walts was thrown from a racing horse Thursday
night, into a section harrow. He was bruised up pretty bad, receiving
gashes about the head, hip and leg.
W. O. Gresham and George Broxton were in Mart Saturday
on business.
Jim Patterson, Howard Brown and Jimmie Patterson were
in Mart on business Friday.
Hardy and Jimmie Patterson had business in Mart
Saturday.
The superintendent of Falls county schools and the
health inspector visited Criswell school Wednesday.
Wedding bells have rung for “Shorty” Thomas and Miss
Minnie Absher, and C. B. Childers and Miss Mary Ann Caddell.
A large bunch of young folks enjoyed themselves
showering the newly wedded Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Shorty Thomas have
gone to make their near Hamilton, Texas.