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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1944
Page
4
The week brings signs of spring with warm weather and renewed activity across Bosque County. Local residents recall WWI veterans, discuss a memorial for the 32nd Division, and report on subscribers, town visits, and a birthday milestone for a longtime resident.
Boyce Howe, noted newspaper column figure, spoke to students at a local event. The gathering featured faculty and community members from Clifton College and City Auditersam with Wallace N. Daneum, pastor of the Torn Motherfist Church, as the guest speaker.
County agents Wise Alan Miller and Lawrence to different counties take March 1. Various property transfers include Doess W. P. Turner to 7. G. Nowlin in Valley Mills for 425 dollars and Mollie Grimland Estate to F. Z. Apangle for 1500. Marriage licenses issued for Wy McLennan and Ruby Snell, Charles Appleby and Evelyn Horwits, A Barry Jr. and Betty Cane. LC church notes list services and meetings for February 27 28 at Chanfield Lutheran Church. Chicks and pullets offered by Winfield Hatchery for Friday sale.
A list of political announcements appears with names for Congress, state senate, state house, district judge, district attorney, county judge, sheriff, tax assessor, and county commissioner positions. Several candidates are named including W. B. Poage, Karl Lovelady, Albert M. Jones, R. B. Cross,HW Allen, C. A. Hardwick, Smnnie C. Locker, Dave Montgomery, Omar Robinson, and others.
Suk Zone and Lloyd Ridile and family were among locals visited in Clifton as the week unfolded. Dorothy Jones of Bart Worth and Mrs Tom Williams of Clifton asked about parents Pat Jones and others Sunday. Sophomores held a gym party. Meridian game reported as a hard fought win for our boys and girls. Various residents sent greetings, school news, and dinner party updates from Clifton and nearby communities.
Clifton College news from February 1944 describes a girls basketball win over Cranfill Gap High School 29 to 5, campus events, lunches in the library, and a campus-wide reflection on American identity with a poem about America. The issue notes musical classes, chapel accompanists, and visits by officers including Lt Pernell C. Largon and Lt Joel Jorgenson, plus aviation cadets from Fort Worth Monroe Louisiana and Sheppard Field.
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