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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1939
Page
3
A garbled critique contrasts a dimrowed attitude with the desire to profit from others. The text mentions envy of others, misused energy, and the idea that a person should focus on maximizing their own abilities rather than comparing themselves to peers.
Hoax Committee Chair Halley Ragadale convenes a sixteen-point agriculture Congress inviting only farmers and stockmen to speak while experts remain offstage. L. J. Sila and Senator resound support as committees prepare eight subtopics to study farm issues and lobby for relief. Community groups, Clifton College events, and Cats basketball note small-town life.
Marvin persons, 36, died from burns after he poured kerosene on a stove and started a fire that destroyed his Hillsboro area house. His wife and two children Cora Lee and Peggy Lee survived. The tragedy follows years of hardship across Great Plains farm families.
Valley Mills notes report ill health and multiple visits from friends and relatives. Miss Anna Wesson remains home ill, Miss Bila Harris bedridden at home, Erma Keene from Waco visits, Pat Sherwood and daughters from Gatesville weekend guests, Vaughn Newman from Waco visits relatives, H. Jones and Laurel Jones of Waco visit, Jack Sadler from San Antonio visits his mother, Mr. and Mrs. Chas Barnes of Gatesville visit, Ray Hinton and daughter from Hearne spend weekend here, Hazel Scruggs from Waco visits, Oliver Jelks of the University of Texas visits home, LJ Teague and son from Hico spend Sunday, Ruby Romine resigns Crandall Gap teaching post to enter NTSTC Denton, Joe Garner Hinton Jr. and Joe Bob Hinton of Chilton visit, Peeves burnings earlier in week, Aire Daniel Chapman and daughter from Dallas visiting, Jane Lewin from Groesbeck visits, Eula Goodall and Edwin Goodall and Nell from Waxahachie visit, C V Welch from Breckenridge and Jo Goodall spend weekend in Clifton, Wayne Sadler, Otha Anderson and B. Crosley visit Crawford for relatives, Bessie Wilkins of Dallas and Aunt Jennie Busby of Fortyse Ark visit locals over weekend.
United States Senator Tom Connally will be one of the speakers at the diamond jubilee celebration of the Knights of Pythias of Texas, set for February 19 and 20 at the Hotel Adolphus in Dallas. His address will be broadcast nationally. Wey ton C. Frazer, grand Pythian chancellor, said Connally is a past grand chancellor of the grand lodge and a former Supreme Representative. A discussion notes that perspiration drains the body of salt, leading some industries to provide electrolyte tablets for workers in extreme heat.
Anderson offers hauling and transfer of all kinds including baggage. The firm provides called for and delivered freight service with drag line capabilities and general freight handling for customers.
Ousted in Houston parking lot, ex Governor James V Allred, once nominated by President Roosevelt as a federal judge, is approached by a cashier who compares his appearance to a former felon Alfred, amid a casual comment while he pays a storage bill. Thousands of cattle die yearly from licking fresh paint off farm buildings. H J Cureton Attorney at Law Meridian Texas.
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