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Clifton Record

Location

Clifton, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1924

Page

3

New Packard Slippers Offer Wide Fitting Styles

The retailer highlights a range of new Packard slippers in varied widths and styles. They claim the collection provides a perfect fit for customers seeking comfort and proper sizing.

Sale of Blood Brings Wedding Proposals to Youth

Columbus, April 5. J. George Broady, a senior at Ohio State University, has received proposals and gifts after reports of selling his blood to fund his education. Several women offered marriage, with some sending money, and three letters included one dollar bills. After graduation, Broady plans a world trip, visiting his ancestral home near Sivekholm, Sweden.

Columbus Ohio J. George Broady Ohio State University Janex Braady Brasdy Sivekholm Sweden

Bee Hill Honor Roll 90 Percent Plus Name List

The following pupils have 90 percent or higher and deserve placement on the Honor Roll. Sixth Grade Iver Bakke. Fifth Grade J. C. Hoel Nina Bakke Willie Mae Speer. Fourth Grade Lottie Mae Hoel Opal Eggen Cameron Gustafson. Third Grade Luella Johnson. Second Grade Alvin Bakke Anna Geraldine Wallace Troy Eggen Sam Flait Grede Voteta Schulze Wilmar Dobiyanaki Martin Hoel Jr Amos Eggen Jr Ancel Johnson.

Iver Bakke J. C. Hoel Nina Bakke Willie Mae Speer Lottie Mae Hoel Opal Eggen Cameron Gustafson Luella Johnson Alvin Bakke Anna Geraldine Wallace Troy Eggen Sam Fliat Grede Voteta Schulze Wilmar Dobiyanaki Martin Hoel Jr Amos Eggen Jr Ancel Johnson

Walnut Springs Forms Ball Club For Upcoming Season

Walnut Springs April 5 A mass meeting organized a baseball club for the coming season. Enthusiastic support pledged and funds begun to be collected. Groundwork for playing grounds and grandstand to start at once.

Walnut Springs

Norwegian Language Services at Rock and Brick Churches

The Rock Church offers services in Norwegian next Sunday as part of Lenten observances at the Brick Church, beginning at 7. The Sacrament of the Altar will be administered Sunday morning Thursday and Friday. The South Ladies Society will meet at Thomas Rogstad's home next Thursday afternoon. The Brick Church service is scheduled for next Sunday at 7:30 AM. 2A, Amnes, Pastor. The Clifton Record and the Dallas News now 24 par year.

Will Rae South Ladies Society Thomas Rogstad Amnes

Hamilton Man to Print Brownwood Daily Paper

L C Peck a former editor and owner joins with others to form Brownwood Printing Company to buy the Brownwood News printing plant Texas. The group plans to enlarge the plant and continue the Semi-Weekly News publishing and issue a daily paper after equipment installation. A bill by Representative Tinkham of Massachusetts would require non resident aliens to file a statement of purposes for lectures and writing articles.

Hamilton L. C. Peck Brownwood News Brownwood Texa Brownwood Printing Company W. H. Thompsos W. C. Dew F R.M. Thompson Goldthwait L. Peck Temple M. ¥. Stokes Lampasas L. O. Peck Ttie America Ite Tinkham Massachusetts

Local Visits and Weekend Socials Across Texas

Gatesville residents Jimmie Bellamy and Leon Sydow spent the weekend with Mr. Simon Belamy in Brownwood. C C Basham visited Waco Tuesday. Lonnie Wrights visited Comanche last week. Eva Davis, a Meridian College student, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jons Davin. P R Hobin and Olin Sydow visited Waco Monday. Mrs. Greenwade of Hillsboro is visiting her mother, Mrs. D. W. Tmack. Mr. and Mrs. McHargue of Mound spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Talley. Guests Sunday at Rev Yeach’s home were Mr. Ashbrook, Mr. and Mrs. Clay Ashbrook of Waco, and Mr. T. H. Burkett and family.

Minses Jimmie Bellamy Leon ‘Mas Sydow Simon Belamy Brownwood C. C. Basham Waco Lonnie Wright Comanche Mine Eva Davis Meridian College Jons Davin P. R. Hobin Olin Sydow

Hill County Farmers Enter Cotton Contest

Hillsboro Texas April 3 Contracts for growing five acre blocks of cotton and twenty eight for corn have been signed and turned into the Chamber of Commerce under the offer to distribute 41000 in cash prizes It is expected Hill county contestants will enter the State contest for the 1000 prize offered by The Dallas News Experimenters in a Hudson tunnel ninety feet below the river surface and 1000 feet from an exit tuned in with a radio set and heard concerts as far away as Pittsburgh This experiment may aid entombed miners Homer has been translated into twenty languages Shakespeare into fifty Pilgrim's Progress into fifty The Bible into 720 languages

Hillsboro Texas Chamber of Commerce Hill County Dallas News Hudson Pittsburg

Civic Improvement Society Meets for Clean Up Week

The Civic Improvement Society held a Wednesday meeting at Mrs. F. K. Bradstreet’s home to discuss town cleanup and flower care. The president urged every woman to grow a yard of flowers as Clean-Up Week rolls on, urging residents to prepare trash for haul-off and keep buildings, parks, and streets tidy to prevent pests and promote a healthy town.

the Civic Improvement Society F. K. Bradstreet Clifton

Neff boosted by WC T U for president bid

Austin April 8 Governor Pat M Neff was boosted for president of the United States by the Texas Woman s Christian Temperance Union in the final session of a two day state convention. Charlotte Fraser national lecturer praised Neff as a bulwark of national law enforcement and vowed the governor would not go to the White House while such men exist.

Austin Pat M. Nett United States Texas Woman's Christian Temperance Union Charlotte Fraser New York Union White House Neff

Officer Who Would Not Believe Program Summary

Junior B PA program lists a program with song and prayer. Introduction by Reginald Brown features 'Horrors of the Famine' by Edgar Helton and multiple pieces about Jehoram and related figures by Clifard Jenson and Bert ha Kidwell. Recitations include 'The Lepers Tell the King' and 'The Officers Are Punished' with Sword Drill and memory work by Invader.

Reginald Brown Edgar Helton Jehoram Elisha Clifard Jenson Bertha Kidwell Walter Kilcore Neneah Thurmond Dine Johnson Sadi Invader

Two Convicted at Result Raid in Somerell County

MeridIan Wednesday saw the conviction of Alas Phippa and W E McVicker, two of twenty one arrested last August during the ranger liquor raid at Glen Rowe. Each received two years in the penitentiary as Special Prosecutor Frank B. Trey reported. Ten more cases await trial, with many set for May term at Cleburne. A German woman newly arrived from the old country resisted leaving a train in Leavenworth until reassured by her sister. News wow $2.60 per year.

Weeo Meridian Alas Phippa W. E. McVicker Ranger Glen Rowe Rangers Somerell County Frank B. Trey McVicker Phippe Cleburne Old Country Leavenworth Kansas Slater

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