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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1918
Page
8
Local notices list numerous land transfers in Meridian area including lots in Clifton and Valley Mills with several buyers named such as Odle Calvers and Mahaney. A wedding license and a fatal incident at the Meridian Cottage Hotel are reported, with the victim identified as a church member who died after a sermon. The funeral proceeded at the CP Church with community attendees and local relatives present.
The notice lists men to be entrained for mobilization beginning February 23. Included are Clifton Milton K Bradstreet Henry Gus Meinkowsky and many others. Also mentions a Remington typewriter for sale by L Brantley and social notes on Meridian College visitors and Hico High School girls basketball win. Commissioners Court expected in session this week with Tull report next week.
Clifton merchants meet at City Hall to discuss new Food Administration rules. They sign an agreement to halt deliveries of goods by moto rized carriers, aiming to conserve food capital and labor during the wartime period. Witness signatures include Clifton merchants O R Urbeck Oscar J Rea Roy Lovelady M Hill.
The Lutheran Commission with New York headquarters plans a nationwide drive to raise funds for church buildings or tutors in cantonments and at the front. Volunteers will visit districts between Feb 7 and 28 to solicit support for the project and welfare work for soldiers and sailors.
A college column reports on a funeral attended by Prof A J Dunhyeen and family at St Clat's church following Sunday services. It notes a cast selected for the play Safety First and progress on The Clef annual. The piece mentions yearbook printing plans, a specialist photographer, and forthcoming book orders.
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