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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1949
Page
1
A garbled local notice remembers a student from Cus fen High School who moved to 1940. The message notes Brooks and Mrs news and a city office closure on Saturday to honor a town figure with a celebratory event and friends sending best wishes.
Broad optimism in farm groups as they project solid markets and higher prices for crops and livestock in 1948. Officials cite improved demand, growing rural industry, and stable policy signals shaping the year ahead.
A fighter stationed at Ladd Alaska earns the Army heavyweight title defeating local rivals in a November bout. The veteran athlete known for years in boxing circles is praised by family and friends as he plans future matches and a return to competition.
Clifton high school basketball team clinches the district title after a dominant win and announces plans for post season play. Key players Sid Daye and Charles Bronstad lead with double digits as Clifton improves to 14 straight conference victories and eyes the state junior college tournament in Amarillo.
The State Health Department found Clifton’s water supply rated insufficiently high after a recent sanitarium inspection. Regulators tightened standards and recommended improvements including regular testing, chlorine use, pipe replacements, flushing mains, and better depth and proximity controls. The water superintendent supported carrying out the recommendations as a course to regain approved status.
The Clifton FFA chapter announces National FFA Week from February 20 to 26 with church displays of native grasses from fairs and stock shows. Wednesday hosts a dinner for Clifton Future Homemakers of America, and Friday features a major banquet with plans for the FFA Torch ceremony and special guests from state editors.
A biographical sketch recalls Dr. W. W. Blankenship born 1885 near Coryell County, Texas. He financed medical training through farm labor and Vandergrift post graduate work, built a rural practice ten miles from his birthplace, and spent years visiting patients by horse and cart, serving 130,000 country doctors nationwide as a model family physician.
A Bosque County notice explains that every registrant must complete and return the Classification Questionnaire within two days. Veterans and those in the armed forces are required to file, update address, and seek local assistance at the Meridian or Walnut Springs offices. An appeals process exists for those misclassified, with a ten day window after the notice.
Clifton 4 H boys Milton Dahl and Jerry Beater showed hogs at the Fat Stock Show with two Curve Jersey hogs and two White hogs earning a tenth place ribbon. Morgan county participants Chapmen and Don Harville joined the club. They praised county agent R J Bachman for guidance during the Port Worth trip and noted pork sold at 24 cents per pound.
Prices for Thursday morning market items set by Clifton merchants after Wednesday's sale. Grain markets show strength as heifers, roosters and other goods listed with specific per unit prices.
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