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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1938
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text touches on wage policy southern representation and postwar economic questions. Mentions unemployment, Congress wage debates, Roosevelt, northern and southern differences, industrial growth, and machinery credit. Text is garbled with many unreadable names and phrases.
Norse School notes celebrate a six month term with new officers including Alton Ars as president and Dorin Gene Hoel as secretary. A girls quartet performed and jokes by Mr Hansen entertained. A basketball game against Clifton High girls' B team ended 16 to 13 in favor of Norse, while a boys’ team lost at Turkey Creek. A surprise party honored Doris Gene Hoel, and a PTA meeting is postponed.
The Cooper items record a week of school events and activities. Officials, committees, and students are listed with names such as Langneth, Paulson, Whitley, Watts, Beane, Bersthardt, Fabs ter. Basketball results show losses on Jan. 14 to Clifton and a 8-5 score for the boys and 18-5 for the lacroran. A birthday supper honors Evelyn Fuhler with many attendees. Kilgore fire department fights a blaze with a $100,000 loss.
Figures from the Army corps area for 1937 show the Dallas Recruiting district, including Waco, leading the area in original enlistments with 2207. Of these, 465 came from Dallas proper and 168 from Waco, the rest from outlying towns within 250 miles of the district HQ. This is the third straight year of district lead. Enlistees are headed to Fort Bliss Field Artillery and Cavalry, and Fort Sam Houston Infantry and Field Artillery.
Sparsely settled Costa Rican farmers plan to abandon farms as bands of intelligent monkeys raid corn fields for weeks. Scarecrows fail and the raiders coordinate in packs, sometimes staging ambushes and using rocks to deter pursuers.
Clifton College reports on campus life with reflections on understanding others and a note on Emerson and Carnegie ideas. The piece covers student expressions after exam week, a grandmother’s death in the Beck family, a basketball game with the Plowboys and Cats, upcoming games, a cartoon program by Bob Wood, and a dance event with local entertainment.
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