THE VERNON GUARD - established 1883 by B. Wilson Edgell

THE VERNON TEXAN - established 1883 by W.B. Newton

THE VERNON SUN - established 1884 by Mrs. William Edgell Tschffely

THE VERNON WEEKLY CALL - established 1889 by D.D. McConnell; purchased in 1919 
     from McConnell heirs by Charles P. Ross and T.L. Rouse.

THE VERNON TIMES - Successor to Vernon Call; published by Ross and Rouse until 
     latters' death in 1936; Ross continued as editor until retirement in 1949; 
     publication taken over in 1949 by corporation headed by R.B. Anderson and 
     W.H. Wright; purchased by Vernon Daily Record in 1957 and continued as a 
     weekly publication.

THE VERNON GLOBE - established 1894 by Judge J.P. Orr

THE VERNON HORNET - established 1896 by E.S. Hendrick; purchased by J. Ray in 
     1907 and changed to Vernon Record.

THE VERNON RECORD - succeeded the Vernon Hornet in January 1908, J. Ray editor 
     and publisher; in 1913 R.H. Nichols acquired a 1/4 interest; in 1915 
     George J. Mason joined with Nichols in acquiring Ray's interest; in 1917 
     Buford O. Brown acquired Mason's interest; in 1919 Nichols disposed of 
     interest and moved to Amarillo; in 1920 Brown sold interest to E.C. 
     Christian; in 1923 Nichols acquired Christian's interest and continued as 
     editor and publisher until January 1, 1961, selling to a corporation 
     headed by T.B. Quillin but remaining as editor.  Published weekly from 
     1908 to 1917, semi-weekly 1917 to 1925, daily from that time to present.

THE ODELL REPORTER - established 1912 by Charles P. Ross as successor to the 
     Odell Enterprise which had been published briefly; purchased by Vernon 
     Record in 1917 and discontinued.


At different times newspapers were published briefly in Harrold. Dates of
 founding and names of editors and publishers are unavailable. They were
 THE HARROLD GAZETTE and THE HARROLD TIMES.

Henry Weimhold published the ODELL NEWS a short time following suspension 
of the Odell Reporter.

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