21 Dec 1923
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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1923
Page
1
Local school bulletin notes Christmas holidays from Friday to Monday December 1. Talks and new positions may follow Christmas with possible added department. Seniors invited to governor talk. alumni plan visits. Junior play A Hand of Fun set for Thursday. radio specials advertised. Subscriptions and local weather, farm and community notes intersperse with ads and announcements.
District Court proceedings include divorces and liquor law violations with guilty verdicts and one-year penitentiary terms. Commissioners Court covers road work, allowances, and a long list of claims. Local notes mention visits and travels of Meridian residents and nearby towns.
Cranfils Gap reports visitors from Tampico to Mulabara and Abilene, farm plans for the coming year, a successful local orchestra program, and a quiet wedding of John E. Bryn and Mabel Rogstad. Also noted are fireworks restrictions, mayoral remarks, and community updates on residents moving, farming, and church activities.
At a Friday banquet, Soony Maect fonted ach was elected captain of Clifton College’s 1924 Cats. He enters his third year at Clifton, previously led the 1220 team, now lines up at right half with running backs. He was high point man this year and boosts team pep. Oscar J. Rex fell ill after arriving in Datelty and is improving after care. his wife attended his bedside. The groom’s family, The Hryn clan, are well known in the community. The wedding was quiet due to the groom’s mother’s absence, guests feasted after the ceremony, and the couple soon left for Waco.
Week at the Queen Theatre features William Fox presenting Does it Pay a tale of a wife and folly, Alea Revelations in a tragedy, Admiation 101 with 30 cent admission. Friday and Saturday offer The Balf Made Wife from The Saturday Evening Post, Leather Pushers, and The Men Who Won with Jungle Pals. admission 10 and 30 cents. Monday/Tuesday Gloria Swanson and Rodolph Valentino star in Beyond the Hacks, Two Johns and slapstick comedy, with 10 and 20 cent adm. Wednesday/Thursday Cameo Abby with John Gilbert, Booth Tarkington play, 10 and 30 cents. Coming Gun Fighter Farnum Bachelor Daddy Cupid Fireman Man Unconquerable. The Record and Dallas News.
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