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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1933
Page
2
The National and State governments work together to provide jobs, delivering greater happiness and reduced sorrow for those seeking work, highlighting successful cooperation and positive social impact.
Business leaders decide to pause the Saturday trades event after this week to rest from the current entertainment variety. Merchants and local officials support the break to recharge before resuming later.
The piece extols the privilege of giving to the less fortunate and especially children during Christmas. It argues that contributions bring happiness to the giver as well as the recipients, emphasizing charitable acts during the season.
Clifton residents traveled to Meridian this week for the Carl Pearson trial the first docket item of the week. Juror selection consumed most of the opening days as this marks Pearson second trial after higher courts found fault with the initial proceedings.
The Record extends best wishes for a happy Christmas and prosperous New Year to every reader and customer and even those not readers or customers. The management hopes the coming year brings peace happiness and plenty for all as conditions improve weekly.
Citizens turn to Senator Connally first for National Capitol assistance. His long service, deep government contacts, and readiness to help have boosted his popularity in Texas with each term in Congress and now as their Washington representative.
The piece notes many candidates claim strong qualifications through stances on prohibition and support for current Democrats, arguing they better serve common needs. It reflects on how candidates emphasize advocacy and sympathy to everyday interests to win office.
New York reports that the repeal of prohibition has created about 10,500 jobs for New Yorkers, per a World Telegram survey. This adds to 15,000 hired when beer was legalized last spring, plus numerous roles in wholesale sales, bottling, and factory work for restaurant and bar fixtures and equipment.
William Richard Little 74 of Turnersville died at 5 30 am Friday in a Waco hospital. Funeral services were held at Mount Zion Cemetery near Dublin at 2 pm Saturday. He is survived by two daughters Mrs W H Ellison Rotan and Mrs M T Mallory Turnersville a son R W Little Rawls a brother John C Little Corsicana and a sister Mrs W N McKinney Dublin.
The second month of school ended with students averaging 90 or above on the honor roll. First Grade Herbert Kettler. Third Grade Irene Anz and Helmut Grossmann. Fourth Grade Elfriede Prescher Evelyn Krueger Nora Dell Anz. Fifth Grade Victoria Anz Henry. Sixth Grade Rosalie Grossmann. Seventh Grade Rosa Lee Anz.
The Cranfills Gap P T A met December 15 in the high school auditorium. The program featured music by the Geise brothers and Live Oak basketball girls in an one act play, plus vocal duets by Frances Bertelsen and Dorothy Pendleton, and performances by Constance Anderson and Frances Lee Reesing. Minutes were read and approved, Room Mothers were selected for each grade, and plans were made for the next meeting on January 12, 1934.
Texas historians note East Texas had the resources for pioneer Christmas celebrations with cedar trees holly sugarcane sweetmeats and dances while South and West Texas observed Christmas with missions dinners and crude festivities. The piece also records the obituary of Mrs. C. W. Polk detailing her life and family.
Winnipeg reports a weathered boulder near Sandy Hook on Lake Winnipeg with runic inscriptions. An Icelandic scholar identifies the marks as Scandinavian, dating the stone to 1362 and suggesting Norsement explorers entered Manitoba and Hudson Bay. The find supports the Kensington stone authenticity, implying Norse presence in North America before Columbus.
The Farmers State Bank of Clifton Texas will hold its annual shareholders meeting in Clifton on Thursday January 11 1934 at 2 00 p m. Directors for the ensuing year will be elected and other proper business addressed. President J M Jenson signs the notice. The tambourine remark ends the item.
A Detroit Free Press piece notes Silent Night Holy Night as the best loved carol. It traces its German origin to Franz Gruber and Joseph Mohr in Oberndorf born of 1818 practice, with later fame spreading via the Zillertal region and St Peter's Salzburg.
Watch glasses for wrist watches offered by D. M. Buck, jeweler, at Sam Ringness Tailor Shop. Local craftsman advertises repair services for rings clocks and timepieces.
We sincerely thank friends and neighbors for floral offerings words of sympathy and deeds of kindness during the illness and death of Martha Ann Wallace May God bless you all. Signed by Geo Wallace family W R Wallace Reena Mayfield W B Keesee Grimland Joe Wallace H O Dahl Tom Wallace Fort George Eduard Allison and Jen son Tucker Insurance Agency seasons greetings LC
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