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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1941
Page
8
L E Tennison offers comprehensive fire and casualty insurance protection services. This brief notice highlights available coverage options and contact details for policy inquiries and quotations.
A fragmented account describes a portable fair in Dallas with outdoor attractions, stage shows, and a large cast. It notes musical and dramatic performances, an open-air theater, and a vibrant community event with games, rides, food, and exhibits. A meeting summary mentions civic members and planned next gathering.
June 1 article notes tentative formation of the Lutheran Women of Texas Missouri Synod with MW Be Kramer San Antonio and Tyler officials named. Also reports O C Honig promoted to Division freight agent for Santa Fe Railway at Temple, succeeding J A Dana. Honig lifelong Dallas Texan, 1897 birth, career from 1914 Dallas to 1926 division freight agent, notable in freight issues.
The article traces the career of Miss Lockard from an early private school teacher in Hierrabay Grove to public school teaching. She moves through Caldwell County estates schools, a large country school at Taylorsville, Gatesville, and finally returns to Gatesville, transmitting to Lockhart schools by 1902, marking a long tenure in Texas districts.
Texas Selective Service reports that among 90 288 white registrants examined 71 20 percent were qualified for full service and among 9 840 colored registrants 64 69 percent. The analysis cites remediable defects such as reactive teeth hernias and cardiovascular disease and urges local boards to notify registrants of rejection reasons and possible treatment.
A Texan legislative session adjourned early after a three day rule debate. Speaker Homer Leonard declared the House in session briefly but failed to achieve quorum. Leyendecker moved to adjourn until Tuesday morning as the chamber reconvened, triggering laughter as the gavel fell. In Hillsboro a separate luncheon showcased a 10 cent meal for a balanced menu prepared by county extension staff and highlighted whole grain nutrition.
Federal match of an emergency state appropriation for old age pensions was assured Monday, said J. B. Murchison, director of the State Public Welfare Department. Workers were writing new June checks averaging $18.50. federal turns were sought to match a late $1,750,000 appropriation to prevent further cuts in pensions in June, July and August.
The local school at the Presbyterian Church held a thank you service Thursday at ten o'clock and an afternoon program at 4 30. Enrollment reached 43 with strong teacher support. Mrs O R Jenison led the Junior Department with several helpers. Suella Starr directed and several others contributed. Subscriptions were renewed by Tilden Pederson and Sam G Carlson, who paid to extend records by a year.
In Austin on June 30 a Rathwad Cam manioner Jerry Sadler’s radio set caught fire during a broadcast showing Gov Lee Daniel trailing Lyndon B. Johnson in the Senate race. He used a blanket to smother the flames. Incendiary bombs usually weigh less than 100 pounds.
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