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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1936
Page
8
From Norse School news last week, students attended two events at 2:00 p.m. with hunting and baseball grades noted. A game at Meridian Creek ended with a final score that pleased the crowd. Pupils missed classes for a holiday on Friday but are expected back soon as plans form for a May 20 school day and a play titled Uncle’s.
The Drs. and Manthe and Rev. Hoe are thanked for sympathy during the sickness and death of baby and brother Kenneth Duvan. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Aars and children extend gratitude to friends relatives and neighbors for help and kindness.
William Windom, 81, a Hamilton farmer, was killed when his automobile veered on a curve between Wriddy and Indian Gap on April 14. The crash occurred as his car struck a cow timber in the roadway, ending in a fatal accident for the elderly farmer.
Reading through Crawfills Gap News items, families and individuals are listed with towns like Houston Tulsa Fort Worth Clifton and Mineral Wells. Easter programs at the M E Sunday School and a beautiful Easter anthem at Olaf Lutheran are noted. A local man Oran Knudsen earned a civil service post in Hamilton and Mrs Bettis attended a Delta Kappa Gamma meeting in Mineral Wells.
The Ellis County court convened April 18 1936 with routine business including a time warrant for A M Kunkel of Clifton for 200 dollars to pay for 112 acres of land right of way charged to the Road and Bridge Fund. Expenses for Alma T Butler and E R Lawrence approved. Bid for sidewalks at 15 cents per square foot accepted. Leighton Dorman to supply materials and clean up after work. Janitor salary raised to 50 dollars monthly due to landscaping duties. County Board of Trustees returns canvassed. T C Parks 775 votes J M White 232 votes. both appear to have majority in their precincts. District Court found not guilty in Alvin Brown case. other defendants dismissed. Licenses issued to Ernest McLemore and Evelyn Carlson. Andy Toten and Miss Lillie Rove.
Albany dispatch notes baseball may reach its centennial in 1989 with Senator War ner W Stokes proposing a state participation resolution. Doubleday Field at Cooperstown is cited as the birthplace with Albert G Spalding backing a thorough 19th century origin study.
Fragmented OCR text mentions a state flower and local reactions to poverty and political cues. Names and places are unclear, but the fragment hints at public concern and potential civic discussion.
Village theater lists Monday and Tuesday showings featuring The Three Godfathers with Mortis Walter Brennan and Lewin Stone plus Charlie Chan at the Circus and Thanks Mr Cupid. Warner Baxter Gloria Stuart star in The Prisoner of Shark Island with upcoming Technicolor Pirate of Catalina and other features. També includes Rhine of Clifter ads and ram lamb sale near Clifton Texas.
Local notice notes the former Bosque County resident C. Knudson completing a long work in a periodical, with references to his early life and the old home paper source. The fragmentary item hints at a personal milestone tied to regional journalism traditions.
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