Clifton News Reel of War Efforts and Local Affairs
Clifton residents report on war work and community leaders. W. A. Wegner and others head to service while local officials and businesses brace for wartime impact. Village notes mention campaigns, bank prosperity, and a 200th anniversary edition of a Dallas Morning News Galveston link.
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Morris Huse Wins Sears Prize and Keeps Contact by Mail
Morris C. Huse of Jonesboro, famed for preparing animal pelts, won last year’s Sears Roebuck prize of $1,000 for an opossum pelt. He visited Clifton and arranged for the Record to mail to Robert J. Arens in Austin, Minnesota, a man he has never met but with whom he has become close through correspondence. Arens, employed in a government defense plant, saw Huse’s fame in a magazine while hospitalized and sent warm congratulations seeking pelt preparation details, sparking months of exchange.
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Morris C. Huse
Jonesboro
Sears Roebuck Company
Clifton
Robert J. Arens
Austin
Minnesota
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Huse
Unclear local job market shows shifts in wartime labor
Fragmentary report states job openings scarce at Blusdornet Ordiumies and TUlinen ointe, while local labor efforts push toward farm settlement. In Waro, 107 people faced police government jobs last month with 480 placed in pirate Industry. Thirty-one moved from town to country for farming, signaling land work interest amid wartime production. Unemployment compensation reportedly declined with 242 initial claims filed last month.
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Meridian Sheriff Candidate Seeks Support After 35 Years Service
A county peace officer with thirty five years in Meridian seeks election as sheriff. He stresses experience, commitment to enforcing the law, cooperation with sheriffs, and fair efficient governance. He appeals to voters to consider him as a personal elicitation of duty and invites votes and influence for his campaign.
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Saveral
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Ballevar
Joy. Bridge Club Meets With Mrs Parker
Joyful report from the J O Y Bridge Club party at Mrs Otige Parker’s home on Friday April 10 with guests and members. The Boxy Bee Club plans its Spring flowers event at Mrs Adolph Amundson’s home on Wednesday April 22, featuring a plain cake and a salad course. Members Ruth Townley received a war savings stamp, and guests and officers praised the program. Lieut Burton Hoff, recently with the U S Air Forces in Miami Beach and elsewhere, is home for a visit but remains constantly on the move.
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Dixon Family Visit Notes and Military Prospects
Mr and Mrs Harry Dixon visited last weekend at the home of Harry's parents and were joined by their daughter Peggy. Garland Helton, who stayed with his grandparents, recently moved from Abilene to San Antonio where he secured a good position at a military post. At twenty, he shows symptoms of following older brothers into military service, possibly in aviation.
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Uhebromen
Labile Sileep
Claude B. Priew
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Citisen
Mile Mercy
Brees
Clifton Lions Club
Clifton Friends Tool Penegythat Fund
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Wilace Wan
Menard
Bernice Wilson
Washington, D.C
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Washington
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Joe
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San Antonio
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Sailor Earl Bohow Visits Relatives Before Houston Training
Earl Bohow, native citizen and merchant mariner with eight years at sea, visited Clifton and Austin to see family before reporting to New York for service. He aims for promotion and attends special schooling in Houston to improve his chances, recounting experiences aboard a ship torpedoed in March and other wartime voyages.
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Earl Bohow
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Merchant
Houston
Baldridge Jr Joins Clifton Military Unit
Baldridge Jr Baldridge, a Clifton native and University of Texas at Dallas alumnus, will be stationed at Camp Lejeune. He previously worked for the Clifton Record and Palatine Daily Herald, and served months as acting postmaster in Clifton before joining the Army. His wife, formerly Raitie Yarbro of Clifton, is a secretary in Senator Connally’s office and plans to join him at the base.
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W. A. Wegner
Clifton
Goite
Camp Wolters
Btineral Welle
Wesgner
Wegner
Lions ‘Club
J. W. Blewitt
Mr. Wegner
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Clitton
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Baldridge
Raitie Jeune Yarbro
Whitmay
Senuitor
Tully
Camp Leegoon
Mink
J. L. Varbro
Tyler
Local Political Announcements From Bosque County Sheriff Race
The Record authorizes announcements from the Democratic primary in July 1942. For Sheriff Bosque County candidates include Wilson White, Dave Montgomery, Tom Gillasplr, and for Commission will Haf er R Womack Flmer Jeanes.
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Democratic Primory
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Bosque County
Wilson White
Dave Montgomery
Tom Gillasplr
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