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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1937
Page
4
A dated jumble of weather shifts, road conditions, and local notices. Mentions rainfall, a dangerous road dip near a filling station, and calls for better road construction. Notes on duck season limits, federal licensing, and a livestock show in Chicago with John Helms attending. Also lists Methodist Church board members and subscription milestones.
Meridian news item lists local teaching staff and former educators including Miss Alma Alsup of Walnut Springs and Jannie Crow, with visits from Fred W. Brand and Dorothy Lomax of Lubbock. Mentions Thanksgiving travels, state teachers meeting in Houston, and marriages such as Lloyd Carl Mickelson and Mina Vir Irene Wovend. Also notes Christmas holidays with families in Mesilla and local school connections across Abilene, Denton, Hillsboro, Waco, and Fort Worth.
Field museum Onxford expedition to Kish unearthed 4000 2800 B C horse remains in tombs attested to chariot use. Skeletal bones show horses larger than modern Arabians, about 18 hands high, with bronze harness and chariots preserved. Seals and plaques help reconstruct scenes of transportation in the afterlife.
Morning worship at eleven o clock. Sunday School and Bible class at ten. Auxiliary meetings Monday at three thirty in Mrs Womack s home. Choir practice Wednesday at 7 30. German service at ten thirty. Confirmation class meets Saturday at two a m. Aid meets at the church at two p m. Cordial welcome to worship extended to all.
Local churches announce December services and events. The Ion Evangelical Church in Womack invites all to a Christmas program featuring Rin ttt Uy Nae way, Sweden and Denmark relics, with choir practice and German worship, plus a bell choir rehearsal and youth league meeting. Church of Christ in Clifton partners with Elder J I Reagan of Dallas to preach in December. Trinity Lutheran lists Sunday services, Bible classes, choir practice, and holiday events, inviting visitors to Morning and Night services and the Master’s Penny offering.
Sunday night service at seven will be conducted in English at John's Evangelical Church near Cayote. H P Baur, Postar, notes the regular weekly gathering and congregation attendance.
The Cran fills Gap Nazarene Church invites the public to Sunday School at 9 46 and preaching at 11 led by Pastor L L Brower New preacher Rev J C Hennon of San Antonio will preach Friday night Sermon will begin at an announced time Rev Hennon is Nazarene District Superintendent of the San Antonio District
Olap Lutheran Church of Cranfills Gap lists services on Sunday December 6 with Sunday School at 9 30 a m and worship at 11 00 a m in Norwegian language. Evening activities include Junior Langue Monday 7 p m Male Chorus Thursday 7 p m Mixed Choir Wednesday afternoon December 15 South Aid meets at Mrs H F Hanson home. Saturday December 4 aids host late night supper in church parlors at 6 p m. Pastor W J Muakoniad.
Ray Jackson son of Rev. George Jackson won at the State Memory Verve Contest in Beaumont Friday morning. Lucy Marie Helton and Dorothy Prince earned honorable mention at the District Sword Drill Contest in Waco on November 6. The Baptist Brotherhood invites families to Training Service and other regular services, noting a schedule change to 7 PM and offering to transport children if needed.
The note outlines December 5 and 6 services at UR Saviors and Immanuel Lutheran churches, including Sunday School at 9:30 and 10:30, Divine service, and a bazaar. It also mentions a Methodist church report on Hayden Edwards, Goar’s School House services, and a pastor’s catechetical instruction schedule.
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