Meat Prices Reduced Due to Livestock Decline
Market announces lower meat prices citing falling livestock as the reason. Reseeners text notes farmers and suppliers adjusting costs in response to supply changes.
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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1930
Page
4
Market announces lower meat prices citing falling livestock as the reason. Reseeners text notes farmers and suppliers adjusting costs in response to supply changes.
Local business lines promote insurance before fire. Butter from Bosque cream costs more but is valued. Splash Week and Golf Tournament planned at Mermaid Pool July 21 to 30. Mr and Mrs Ad Wiede returned from Lutheran Church convention in Houston. Clock repairs offered with two year guarantees. Jewelers Buck advertise rings and sets. Jesse T Eggan, Cisco druggist, visits relatives. reports drought affecting crops.
Soap grease for sale at 7 C per pound and fresh lard offered by Gloff's Market. Mermaid swimming pool hosts Sparsh Week and Golf Tournament July 21 30. For sale or trade the Y Grimland homestead in west Clifton terms on inquiry through C G Bronstad. Raching Son Garage promotes fuels and oils. Mr A M Kunkel and Miss Louise Kunkel returned from Olney after farm interests duties.
F. T. Shaffer D Preston Horn Buckle and W H Curtis traveled from Meridian to attend a Masonic Chapter meeting on Monday night. After the chapter session the group joined in entertainment and refreshments were served to all attendees.
An unnamed nurse at Lutheran Hospital of St. Louis, Miss Anita Wiederaenders, departed for St. Louis after a long visit with home folks. Mrs. Will Manske and children Hildegarde Velma and Arnold Manske drove to MecGregor to visit relatives. Windham and Moffatt kin returned from West Texas harvest work. Windham farms there. Oscar Anderson and Olsen of Waco returned from visits with Chris A. family and relatives in Austin San Antonio Brownsville Corpus Christi and Old Mexico.
Rev. T. G. Storie formerly of this city now leads Blooming Grove church spent Monday with H. E. Simpson and J. R. Griffin fishing on the Bosque river. They reported good luck and an enjoyable camping outing with friends.
D M Buck Jr who went to Dallas to attend a business college fell and hurt his ankle. The injury gave him trouble for weeks and last week he quit school to return home. He is under his home doctor’s care and friends hope he soon recovers and returns to his studies.
A. C. Allen and his family relocate to Clifton to join him as district manager for the Texas Louisiana Power Company. Delayed by housing shortages, the Allens now have a suitable home awaiting them as Clifton residents extend a warm welcome.
Gazette notes Golf Tournament and Splash Week at Mermaid Swimming Pool from July 21 to 30. Buyer urged to inquire via dealer for Bosque County cream product. Also classified ad for a Good Wood Cook Stove offered cheap in first‑class condition though used with gas. relocation update on W. K. Gay returning to Meridian after visit with son Ray Gay.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Rachirg announce the birth of a daughter born Friday July 11. The mother and baby remain at a sanitarium in Waco for a few days longer.
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Stuart with sons O. Lee and John S. and Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Standefer with children spent the weekend at Lake Worth in Fort Worth. Mrs. Stuart then traveled to Weatherford to see her seriously ill mother Mrs. S. B. McQuinn, who remained at her bedside.
The Masons of Waco met Monday night for a regular Chapter gathering with special work and refreshments for attendees. Named present were Joe Heyman John Gauntt A C Upleger F L Booth H L Turner M G Olson John Maxwell F M Fickling and W F Quebe. Shrine Temple in Waco will host special work and refreshments Thursday night inviting Clifton Masons to attend the festive event.
D Nemir and his son from Austin visited Thursday afternoon for a short business stay and social visit. He left Clifton years ago after a mercantile career and moved to Austin where his children pursued education. His daughter, seven when they left, is now a doctor interning in a New York hospital, his eldest son just graduated from the University of Texas, and the second son is completing a second year there. He believes the move benefited his children's education, though it might have helped his business career if he had stayed in Clifton.
Ford Curry of Ennis has been here this week as the guest of his cousin Elmore Tennison Jr. The visit centers on family ties and local hospitality.
Gloff's Market in Clifton seeks hogs weighing 175 to 250 pounds at the highest market price. Submit stock for sale during July 1931 traffic and market window.
After returning from the Lutheran Convention in Houston Rachirg & Son Ge rage and Rev G A Obenhaus with family stopped at relatives in Anderson Goose Creek Eagle Lake Weimar and Taylor Texas and returned home Monday morning.
Miss Fannie Barton longtime Clifton telephone operator has been transferred to Waco in what is described as a promotion. Her friends here regret losing her but extend congratulations, noting she deserves the advancement.
Mr and Mrs Booby Nelson of McCamey spent the first of the week with Capt and Mrs C O Nelson Sr and other relatives. Nelson, known locally as Andreas, lived in Clifton most of his life until recent years.
The Bosque Creamery advertises two grades and brands of butter in the territory asking customers to request the grade by name. The ad copy emphasizes available tire and tube products from the local garage.
Rev. L Karcher and family and Rev. H Wiederaenders and family completed a vacation with relatives in Clifton and surrounding areas and returned to their fields of labor last week.
Mrs Frank Prentice nee Flossie Foster, reared in Whitney, taught school in Hill County for years, dies and is mourned as a well known local figure. her uncle and aunt travel to Mexia for funeral.
Regular Meeting of Clifton Lodge No 360 A F and A M Monday July 21 at 7 30 pm Visiting Masons welcomed by W M J T Hill and Sec L E Tennison all members urged to attend and extend courtesy to visiting brothers
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