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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1931
Page
7
A Santa Claus headquarters note and an old sale listing announce a Fairbanks Morse gasoline engine two horsepower priced at 20 dollars. A. G. Sander visited the Record office on Tuesday to pay for another year of good reading matter.
Remember to get your turkeys in not later than Saturday for the Christmas market. We will pay you the top prices.
M G Knudson of Meridian Route 2 called from his home to renew his old county paper for another year. He notes grain looks good in his section after recent rains.
Clifton friends traveled to Gatesville last Friday for the Colwick Baker wedding. Watches clocks rings repaired at D. M Buck jeweler Sam Ringness tailor shop advertised new patterns Gold Seal and Pabco 9x12 Congoleum rugs at 5.95 from Clifton Mercantile Co.
T R Rogstad a leading Crawfills Gap resident sent in his subscription renewal for the county paper for another year reflecting his steady civic engagement and support for local journalism.
Vv. C. Ludwick, signal service specialist for the Santa Fe railroad at this place, visited the record office Tuesday afternoon to advance his subscription dates by one year.
Bring the kiddies. Wogwerman's and John Nabors visit Oklahoma last week. Save on insurance from Jenson Tucker Clifton. Wanted to buy one or two Clifton lots for cash with location and price to Box 13 Clifton Texas. Don’t miss The Little Clodhopper school play at Turkey Creek schoolhouse Friday December 11 at 7 30 PM.
B W Schroeder of route three Valley Mills called at the Record office this week to have the dates on his old county paper advanced another year.
A garbled collection of sales lines from Clifton Texas including Linters Mattress price of 3 95 a pound and wood for sale. Prominent names John R Cowen Henry Johnson and A F Gohlke appear with various farm implements and mules offered. City taxes due and receipts issued by City Secretary Hurst noted. A call to send the Record as Christmas gifts is included.
Mrs Ellen Jenson, aged over eighty six, is reported quite ill at her home in this city. Her condition is attributed largely to her advanced age and frail health.
Paul Dietiker called last Wednesday before leaving for Waco to assist in a radio program over WACO and left his cash order for the Record for another year.
Friends report C Canuteson is improving after a weeklong hospital stay at Temple. He is doing nicely and expected to be discharged home soon.
C R Duncan visited Dallas on Tuesday to purchase goods for the Duncan Bros. store. He said the trip will help him gauge what shoppers want now that winter has set in.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett H. Schow traveled to Cleburne and Dallas early this week to visit relatives but he will not admit it was a visit. He says he went to Dallas to buy goods for his store as cold weather drives customers to buy more clothing and dry goods.
Helena Jenson of Waco has long read the Record during weekly visits and for January 1934 prepaid three dollars. Clifton business men plan to extend Trades Day through 1932 with monthly tickets for subscribing firms. Subscribers paying will receive tickets and are invited to call for them.
August Gascamp of Mosheim visits Clifton to handle business and return before worsening travel conditions. He reports grain growing alarmingly well despite rain and fears a severe freeze could injure crops. He updates his Record subscription for another year. Chris Aars remakes the former Cowen Grocery site for Sormrude Grocery, poised to occupy once ready, signaling a booming, shifting local business scene.
Lost several loose bills during the Central Texas Fair. Return to Clifton Record for reward. Pay your city taxes to Secretary W. C. Hurst at his City Hall office.
Mrs August Heck nee Agnes Colwick mailed in her order for the Record for another year to be sent to her Dallas address.
Miss Ruby Show pupils perform in a Saturday piano recital at City Auditorium on December 12 at 3:00 PM with invitations extended. Remittance from P M Olson of Dagmar Montana supports continued subscription to the Record for another year. Dewitt Ernest of Forney visits Clifton and attends Lions Club lunch with T M Bishop. Subscriptions update with F H Fehler and A Fred Mueller adding years and Waco Times Herald purchase. Olaf Westgaard of Wichita and California residents receive the Record as a courtesy from their father in Clifton.
L E Tennison rode home from a South Texas business trip in a new car after a recent highway wreck. The other party reportedly accepted blame and agreed to cover damages to Tennison’s wrecked vehicle, though Tennison is unsure who will pay for his damaged back. He feels fortunate to have avoided more serious personal injury.
Vogelmans and Louis Landuu left a check for the record another year last Saturday Jim Palmer called in town early this week prompting the record dates to move up a year City tax receipts are available at the City Secretary in City Hall
A Ford Sedan body was found near the sender's home. Owner should contact Joe N. Sanderson, Rt. 1, Clifton, Texas for details. Also noted, Mrs. W. H. Pilant of Clifton has become a new yearly subscriber to the Record, a Christmas gift from her son Jewell Pilant.
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