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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1947
Page
1
College opened its season with a 12 run game, Cowboys built a lead but Bosqueville rallied. Hicwe and Dus pac mii provided key moments as late drama kept the score close before final outs.
Fragmentary report notes Clea Leper winning at a Texas event in Waco on a Saturday. Mention references to Mo uae, Texas City and a short-lived wife. Obscure names include Argos Wall and A A Cheatham among others in a local context.
A garbled obituary from Forney and Clifton lists Mr M Biewart and EE Stewart among the deceased or mourners. It mentions three sons and a widow Mrs Biewart, with limited readable names including GW Stewart and Susan, MD, and Hinton. The text is severely damaged and partially unreadable.
The readable portion shows a garbled list of names and places with no clear event or outcome. No coherent actions or dates emerge to form a concrete news item.
Rev Nordby spoke at a Lions meeting about sponsoring the Boy Scouts. The presentation honored his Silver Bear Badge award from the Boy Scouts of America.
The Women’s Society of Christian Services hosts a Friday gathering titled Outset meine Church. Attendees are urged to arrive at 12:45 at Ander son and Charile’s Cafes. The program opens with devotions, roll call, music, jurisdiction report, regional address, assembly singing, and district officer reports.
The Brazos Chapter of Community Service held a meeting in Clifton on April 17 to plan charity drives. Members discussed raising funds for indigent veterans, sending care letters, and supporting hospital patients with soft foods and stump funds.
Phil Gilliam, a business person in East Texas, was involved in a week long issue related to loans and business operations.
Olvis resident Meg McNeill receives visitors and support alongside local families in Texas City as relief funds and aid efforts from Goode and other groups mobilize. School, church, and community members coordinate transfers and housing help for affected relatives. Community leaders urge continued contributions to fund relief projects and direct assistance.
Clifton Junior College fund drive opens strongly with pledges totaling 8500 toward a 10000 goal. Rev H P Nordby leads a team including Rev B Maakestad and Rev C O Brandt as pastors in nearby communities solicit support. Early pledges from Noreng area reach 500 with plans to visit more towns Monday. organizers expect to surpass the 15000 target and report record enrollment on the horizon.
Hillsboro Junior College scored 49 points to finish third at the NTAC triangle meet. Clifton Junior College's Emmett Kelly led Clifton with 10 points as top scorer, while Centret of Hillsboro claimed high point honors.
The local Future Farmers group holds its annual father and son get together at the High School Cafeteria next Wednesday night April 80. Principal sidaker will announce the candidates Betty Jean Biden, a Mazdy, fatay Hicks, and Betty Loukhart.
I V Beason dies at home in Clifton Arkansas at age 71 after a life in Rogers and Clifton communities. Funeral services set at Clifton Methodist Church with burial in Okley s Chapel Cemetery near Rogers. Survived by wife Ruth Salyers Deason two daughters two sons and a stepdaughter. numerous Denson relatives and local townspeople remember him as a merchant and active Clifton resident.
The Bosque Soil Conservation District held a regular meeting Thursday April 17 in Clifton. Plans approved include conservation actions on farms near Koppert and on several listed ranches. The Harmony Conservation Group works on water and oil conservation with multiple local landowners.
The House of David baseball squad from Benton Harbor Michigan will open the season at Meridian's lighted park on Tuesday night April 29. The team, sponsored by Mary Purnell, will feature players from Stephenville Weatherford Meridian and Wayne in a showy Pepper Game style display.
Government program provides automobile grants to World War II veterans with certain disabilities. Applications must be filed with the Veterans Administration before June 30, 1947. Contact Representative William A. Nesbits for details and eligibility.
Peggy Ruth Owen aged two years nine months drowned in the Bosque River near Clifton on Monday morning April 21 between 4 and 6. Her parents Mrs and Mrs BR Owens and siblings Elizabeth and Kenneth were nearby as townspeople and students aided search. The body was recovered near the swimming pool area by Clyde Burton and others around noon, and revival efforts failed. The child is survived by her parents, three sisters, ten more siblings, and several grandparents from Palestine Mosheim and Dawson.
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