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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1941
Page
8
Waky- Bev. yirizing fetonde in Mila and other misread fragments show extended visits, family gatherings, and community notices. The piece records church figures, marriages and licenses, visitors from Ballinger and San Diego, family events at Temple and Arlington, and a funeral service for a longtime resident, with several local names and places cited amid scattered OCR garble.
Fragmented notes recounting Clifton College figures at encampments, summer staff additions, and travels. Names include Sammy Carr Margaret Gaertner Harold Stavle Maurice Mankestad and Silvio entering navy, with visits to Grover Texas and Minneaplis. Multiple campus figures and friends in a casual wartime era diary style.
Local notes from Cranfills Gap record visits from Waco Ireland and Plainview. Residents Otto Wittie Alvin Wittie and Mrs Fields family members travel and stay with relatives. Mrs Hubert Viertel recovering after appendicitis at Meridian hospital. Joining events include Miss May Reesing visiting relatives and a Society of Christian Service meeting at Mrs Dennie Pendleton. Jo Ann Sewell arrives in Clifton, and families like Nelsons Tergersons and Bronstads spend Sunday in Mineral Wells. The Panhandle trip by Pedewon Knudson and Tergerson is noted. Rev Sam Russell and wife plan return to Oklahoma City and the Clifton Record continues at the Reesing home for another year.
The Womancd Young People will meet Friday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Otto Weasel after the business session. Money is to be collected on the lawn. The YFL hosts a regional rally Sunday with leagues from Waco ten Merlin Robinson Gerald and Rinne attending.
Names from Dallas Waco Oslo and Ninekah Norge Oklahoma are listed as delegates. New officers elected Saturday include Carroll Schulte as President and W J Harry as Vice President. Three new Executive Committee members are Frank Blaha Jas Martin Hoel Jr Evelyn Reesing.
An advertisement invites readers to visit Corner Drug Store in Clifton on Saturday August 2 to learn how glasses can alleviate eye strain and improve vision. All work is guaranteed. The notice also notes Delaware has not undergone legislative reapportionment since 1897.
R T Wall, former Clifton resident now in Valley Millen tractor business with Doc Goodall, announces a new farm implement store in Clifton across from the Gilliam Garage old Show Lumber Yard. Wall to bring Massey Harris line. family plans permanent settlement here. Betty Willett visited Arlington relatives. Virginia Lane returned home after visiting Ann Orbeck.
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