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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1939
Page
1
The event honors club members and community leaders including Gates Gail and Clifton, with Wess Dip Wormer and Harold Barr leading planning. A 4008-sent committee organizes, and Ladies of the Trinity Lutheran manage the bar. Local officials vow tribute and participation.
Fragmented notes discuss proposals to raise legislators pay to 3000 dollars annually and extend terms to four years. Debate mentions cost savings, expenses, and comparing to other states. References to amendments, constitution changes, and session length.
J M Botehler sues CA Omer farm claiming one tenth of county farmland. trial proceedings detailed as courts review claims and parties, with mentions of April 6 and involvement of Mindert, Pounders, and local figures.
The Clifton College Chorus of forty voices directed by Anna Odegrard will broadcast on station WACO from 3:00 to 8:80 on Sunday afternoon April 16, 1989. The program features numbers from the cantata Rine by Charles Gabriél and other selections. Readings at First Lutheran Church in Week- dn Sunday evening at 7:45.
Mrs Emmett H Schow hosted a bridge club at her new home with Easter themed gifts and refreshments. Guests included Mines Joseph Nelson Pat Malone Robert La Bald tiles Gene Parkes N W Willett Bea Wilkiewon Helen C Aart and others. prizes were awarded for high scores. The next meeting is planned for April 14 hosted by Mrs J L Standater at Up Woe Reporter Cooper R HL Glue.
Local notes list residents and visitors from Denton to Dallas across colleges and towns. Families including Butler, Hardwick, Robertson, Gandy, Caldwell, and others are cited visiting, with mentions of college ties at North Texas and Elgin Gandy of Corpus Christi and Cynthia. Continued on last page.
Womack Church will host the Texas District Conference of about 60 churches. Approximately eighty delegates and pastors are expected to attend the gathering which runs from Monday afternoon April 17 to Thursday noon. J Mayer and Rev Gilae Witiner of St Louis Mo will be featured guests, with Mayer serving as Kingdom Service Director and Witiner as representative for ministerial pension relief. All interested may attend morning and afternoon sessions and evening worship services.
On Sunday afternoon April 2 1940 Miss Azalee Railsback became the bride of Nils Petterson in a ceremony described as beautifully decorated. The couple pledged marriage in a rite conducted by Reverend A Hopkin with Mrs Hem Carpenter singing Love You Truly. The newlyweds, residents of the city, were escorted to the reception and will reside out west of Oistan.
Fragmentary text mentions teams and live event with unclear names and actions. No clear date place or outcome available.
Local families in Cranfills Gap welcome a long list of visitors for the Easter holiday. Among them are Lucian Polk of Estesville and Odell Knivloom of Webbe N M, with many others from Fort Worth Waxahachie Temple Waco Hamilton and more. The piece notes Richard LeRoy Troll born April 10, 1080 to Mr and Mrs Leroy Troll.
Waco District Future Farmer leadership contests will be held in Clifton on April 29 at Clifton High School and City Hall with public speaking extempore speaking debate chapter conducting one act play and news writing. A new string band contest is added. Winners of each contest advance to the state level in Georgetown in May. Clifton participants include Elmer Kruse David Lee Willie Krueger Joel Jorgenson Milton Dahl and many others. Ten members will compete Sunday at College Station for the Smith Hughes judging contests with both livestock and horticulture teams.
Elliott Roosevelt, director of the Texas State Radio network, says the administration’s recovery pump priming is abortive and defeats its aims. He argues the South needs specific aid and that the “ages and distant” suggestions fail to offer practical relief.
In Aartin Texas on April, Mrs C Crom thwarted an attempted robbery at the post office using quick thinking and a money order crack. A subsequent hold up at a nearby grocery store resulted in a theft of cash by an assailant who fled before officers arrived.
The ceremony occurred Thursday evening April 6 at Union Evangelical Church parsonage with officiant Ray TL. P. Baur. The bride, Miss Minnie B. Lee, wore a navy blue sheer dress with accessories. The groom is J. T. Wooten, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Law of TWNteey, a popular teacher at Womack School and a graduate of John Tecleton College with ties to Texas State College.
Dr W D Goodall, to own and operate a modern Clifton sanitarium, with local business backing, bought the A Poulson home near City Hall. He seeks bids to tax the present two story building and salvage material for construction. Possible associates include doctors and surgeons, with nurses to meet first class standards. The move is welcomed as a boost to Clifton and Bosque County.
Senator Tom Connally of Texas proposes an amendment to the Agricultural Appropriation Bill to add 80 million dollars for parity payments and calls for a total of 250 million dollars for such payments. He also seeks to raise funds under Section 92 by 40 million dollars to fund farm benefits and surplus handling, aiming to advance the 1989 agricultural program.
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