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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1939
Page
8
Bialles July 21 report a strange scene as two police officers entered a room with forty patrons, interrupted a dice game and seized two oil lamps. The situation ended with the lamps extinguished and no further injuries reported.
Mrs Rebecca J Snider and Mr Charen Chitun obituary details follow with condolences for family. The piece mentions a funeral service led by Hayden Edwards and interment at Valley View Cemetery, plus a discussion on the dead-letter office and mail statistics. It highlights a life of fidelity, motherhood and community service, and notes sympathy expressions from friends and relatives.
The Texas Memorial Museum, sponsored by the American Legion of Texas, opens on the University of Texas campus near Memorial Stadium. It showcases scientifically arranged exhibits and valuable private collections now offered to the new state institution for preservation and display. Chela Johnesa returned Wednesday from Veterans Hospital in Texan.
The column surveys racial mixing in Europe and mentions numerous national groups, noting diverse ancestries and the long history of mixed populations. It references portraits of families, local events, and a Derby crowd, blending social commentary with scattered personal notices and brief local details.
Meridian residents hosted and visited relatives during a weekend. Mary Conton and Deputy Tas J Anseasmy Collurtor joined a Clifton party for a Montana vacation. Miles family spent time with relatives in Meridian. Local people including Mr and Mrs J Wort, Mr and Mrs H L Beidl, Mrs Alma Butler, Mrs Parry Glover, and others hosted or visited relatives.
A fragmented local note lists Cranfills Gap Newn and Ashanti route travelers toward Colorady City with relatives Mrs. Bem Borley and Mr Aunt Wickma, plus others like Palmer Domstad and sister Mien Annie visiting Harmony. The piece mentions the Texas Concordia League event near Valley Mille and a group including Anna Mae Sorenson Myrtice Nygard Margie Bertelson Verne Rone Kathryn Hilleboe Alice Orbeck Emma Jewel Solbere Evelyn Reesing and several families attending or returning from the gathering.
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