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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1941
Page
3
Community updates from Clifton show visitors from Waco and Brownwood, hospital stays, and local illness. Members discuss family health, church attendance, and a nutrition program using Emergency Shell containers to plan yearly canning and garden needs.
Congressman B Poage writes from Texas about the Possum Kingdom Dam project and the Brazos Transmission Cooperative. He notes power will sell wholesale at about 5.19 mills per KWH to 13 local REA co-ops, lowering rural rates and enabling flood control. The effort includes McLennan and nearby counties, and challenges from utility firms.
A University student body member will depart Sunday for Washington to urge college students to donate to Bundles for Britain. The Current Topic Club met April 2 with spring flowers, readings, and a talk on The Electric Eye. Hostess Mrs John Nabors and Mrs Dick Torrence contributed a prize flower and a salad course.
The Church of Christ invites all to its April 5 morning Bible School at 1 p m and the April services led by Mack Stirvan, minister. A monthly Ladies Bible meeting is scheduled, with prayer and devotion to follow.
St Louis MO April 6 worshipers may attend an Easter sunrise service without leaving their cars. St Louis County Lutheran Churches arrange use of a drive-in theater for the service in the area.
The Clifton College Alumni Association will hold an important business meeting at the College on Friday night April 18 at 8 00. All alumni are urged to attend. Odie Pederson, President.
Caponizing work by PFA boys aims to produce 5 to 6 pound birds by December for Thanksgiving and Christmas markets. Some capons will go to the Houston Stock Show in February for showing and auction. Houston sales this year averaged at least 25 cents per pound. The article notes the US metal working industry uses over 1.25 million machine tools, an investment in the billions supporting national defense.
Attorney Robert F. Cherry announces professional services from the Dr. Gilleaple Building upstairs Clifton 5 TEXAE.
Clifton College campus notes report Lent observances with focus on Christ’s suffering and Easter victory. Holy Week lessons urge devotion and prayer while campus life covers teacher conference absences, student activities, and local events including a flower show and a piano concert in Fort Worth.
The fragment references Easter Herb Moore as a notable student figure, with context suggesting he is a candidate or participant in a local school event or prominence reassessment. The passage is fragmented and leaves exact event and details unclear.
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