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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1918
Page
9
A Meridian notices column lists multiple land transfers including J O Carpenter and wife to O L Brantley and others, plus a marriage license for J R Hardwick to Miss Ruby Turner. Local items note Baptist ministers meeting about Christian education, plus regional visitors and the death of Mrs. M D Emmerson.
Cisco Texas January 3 1897 A letter from R L Smith addresses Grandpa Bradstreet detailing a long running weather omen. North wind predicts forty days of cold, south wind warmth, east rain forty days, west variable. The writer notes nineteen years of success and cites a trusted forebear line.
Sunday School next Sunday morning at 10:00. English Bible Class. Communion Service in Norwegian next Sunday morning at 11:00. Announcement for Communion Saturday afternoon 4:00 and Sunday morning 10:00 to 11:00 at church. English Service next Sunday night at 7:30 with Sermon on the Creed. The catechumens meet Saturday morning at 10:00 at the parochial school building.
The Meridian board of county trustees met earlier this week. About 350 pounds of clothing were sent from Meridian Tuesday to Dallas for destitute Belgium. Hodges Hughes visited his parents in Meridian. Miss Lulu Hinton spent the weekend in Valley Mills. J W McClelland and family from Walnut Springs, with Mollie Young, visited Meridian friends. Frank Hornbuckle greeted Meridian friends last Monday. O K Snell of Clifton was a business visitor here earlier in the week.
Jan 29 1918 Camp Travis Texas Private Chris Johnson Meridian detailed Bayonet School Private Ed Freeman entertained his father at camp Sunday Private Duke C Halverson Clifton orderly to the colonel last week Halverson praised as a top soldier Training Regularly underway turning recruits into seasoned men Four years seen as soldiering time but National Army training may shorten this Four Bosque County men joined the insurance campaign Johnson Childress Chapman Dehtan Erickson Freeman Hal verson Janek among insured benefits
The Treasury Department mobilizes schools for Liberty Loan clubs and War-Savings programs. Pupils buy bonds and clubs form in many schools as McAdoo envisions every schoolhouse as a patriotism forum and center of national service in rural communities.
February opens with sunshine as Cayote residents report pretty weather. Dan Cutbirth buys Show Bros. at Cayote and takes charge. Hubert Dittrick enjoys a seven day furlough at home. John McMillian’s boy suffers a mad cat bite and is sent to Austin for care.
The Parent-Teacher Association will hold a meeting Friday afternoon at 4 o clock. The program will follow the content published last month. All members and friends are urged to attend. The Clifton Record and The Dallas News subscription rates noted.
Secretary McAdoo as Director General of the Railroads calls on the South to grow hay and corn and other food and feed crops in addition to cotton. He argues local production would ease railway strain and free fright cars and engines to aid the war effort.
Opal Marguerite Mayfield, aged seven, died January 23, 1918 at home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mayfield. The child was born July 10, 1910. Teachers and pupils dismissed school to honor her at Lanes Chapel where funeral services were led by Rey Turner.
No service at Clifton. Regular service in German at Garnersville at 10 30 a m with celebration of the Lord s Supper. Congregation holds a business meeting at 2 30 p m.
T R Jamies the black smith offers 45 cents per hundred for scrap iron. The Record and Dallas News advertise a rate of 1 75.
The Lutheran College Corpora tion met in the college chapel with Rev. H. W. Estrem presiding. Officers reported flourishing affairs and the building committee noted over $3300 in improvements over the summer. Ladies Hall offers top dormitory accommodations and Clifton residents are invited to tour the campus. Local visitors and students are mentioned along with light social notes and a campus joke about the moon as a satellite.
Christiania reports surprise in Norway as the United States makes public the terms of a proposed food export agreement. Newspapers urge Norway to publish its reply in Washington, arguing openness and discussion should prevail. The Dagbladet, Morgenbladet, Aftenposten and Social Demokraten comment on transparency and secrecy.
O K Snell offers loans on land with interest rates from 4.78 to 5.53 percent. Credit secured by scrap iron for collateral may be discussed with Snell.
The passage notes the senior class preparing for the annual with discussion over posing ideas while ensuring no extreme poses are reported. Girls are anxious about their appearance but overall no issues or incidents are recorded.
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