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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1927
Page
1
A bakery advertises a new sanitary wrap for its bread. It boasts 22 years of baking experience and invites customers to try the Milk Made Bread and taste the difference. The copy emphasizes quality ingredients and cleanliness as key selling points.
TEKAS-LOUISIANA CO announces orders for a new high line from Clifton to Walnut Springs with a modern ice plant in Clifton costing about 45000 dollars. The project includes lights and power for Humble Pipe Line Station, a storage facility, and a drive in area, plus anticipated cold storage and other utilities. The Texas-Louisiana Power Company also plans a large ice plant atop the Santa Fe railroad right beside the Clifton Mercantile building, with machinery expected to arrive soon.
Special Correspondent reports the truster election results with new trustees Paul Prescher and Willie Monikowsky. Mrs Hampe hosts her father and friends, and visitors travel from Fairview and Valley Mills. Thiele Zuehtke and Cal Henkelman return from a Rio Grande trip praising the area for fishing and hunting. Land plow costs range from 45 to 4 per acre with improvements limited. Heath family news from Valley Mills includes a Clifton marriage and local social mentions.
Court proceedings extend through Meridan with debts dismissed and liens cleared. Interlocutory judgments noted among Valley, Mitte Cotton Oil Co, and Le Mo Murtey cases. Local jurors listed for service. marriage licenses issued. a notable death and new missionary appointed. Community events include teacher certification exams and clergy visits around Meridian and nearby towns.
An unreadable OCR fragment notes a school board election with names like Vedland and Wheelans and Gillam. It mentions reelection and local figures, but the text is garbled, offering unclear positions and outcomes. The readable bits suggest a municipal education board vote with several names and unspecified results.
The Clifton Public School reports 464 pupils enrolled this year, 180 in the high school and 816 in elementary and intermediate grades, with 40 in the senior class. tardies average 1.5 per day, grades two and ten had no tardies, and six and seven had one each. L. A. Windham will represent the school in vocal work at a Fort Worth contest. The high school lyceum nights feature The Gut Grimmos Harpiets and Superb Musical Entertainers. A new Board of Education is seated with Tom Parks as president and A G Gilliam, W W Windham, Q C Orbeck, John Ri Cow, R L Baldridge as members. The high school baseball team opened with a practice game against seasoned veterans. New and Horina are joining the squad, and Coaches Donen and Dowdle are preparing the team for competition. Students are erecting campus structures and improving facilities in spare moments.
An archival Cranfills Gap page notes egg sales totaling 142.32 and cream sales 168.54, with three months’ receipts at 810.80. It highlights local farming progress, turkey and butter figures, and a 1928 tax payment note from Hamilton county.
Clifton Civic Improvement Society votes unanimously to organize a tabernacle project with church leaders. A district meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association will be held in Clifton on April 17, with over 100 out of town delegates expected. Committees will be formed to raise funds, seek pledges, and coordinate the campaign.
The annual meeting of the County Chamber of Camammoe will be held in City Hall on Thursday at 2 o'clock p m. All members are urged to attend. Election will be in order. The matter turning over to women's movement will be discussed. Come and bring some over with GB lay.
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