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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1944
Page
4
A fragmented report details hospital procedures at a Texas facility including an emergency appendectomy performed Friday. It notes Captain Peenell O. Larsen visiting, family ties to military service, and mentions regional figures and wartime activities related to Uncle Sam’s Army system.
An OCR fragment describes a tank landing in France during the war, mentioning Humilcar and a four engined bomber comparison. It notes a light tank landed near two miles from German positions, and an Allied action where a tank crew knocked the top off a tower housing German snipers.
County Agent G. D. Everett warns that rabies remains a danger in Texas. The piece cites unusual farm animal behavior and lists symptoms in livestock and wild animals. It emphasizes avoiding contact with suspected animals, consulting a veterinarian, and cleaning bite wounds promptly with soap and water.
Me and Mr G H Linton and others plan visits to relatives across Texas. Mrs Westgaard travels from Houston to San Antonio to visit her daughter. Miss Nystrøm keeps Records for another year. Rev Tillman and Mrs Tillman visit Clifton. Mrs Jenson updates her father’s office then moves belongings for a cleaner space.
The guide advises selecting onions with dry outer skin and tops trimmed, then air drying for five to seven days. Globe onions store better than Bermuda types. ventilation, cool dry conditions, and open crates aid storage. Beets and carrots are layered in sand in jars or bushel boxes, kept cool and ventilated. Carrots and beets should be two inches and one to two inches in diameter, with tops cut to one inch. Buy War Bonds and Stamps.
Fannie J Mooney Anderson author of The Texas Shepherd Girl plans a visit to the 4 Ranch north of Clifton with her brother Sam Mooney. They were invited by owners B B and Miss Cleo George to tour the property where they spent their early childhood and where her book begins. Mrs Anderson is writing a movie script based on The Texas Shepherd Girl and aims to submit it to California film interests upon completion.
Local notes show Brother Vaugham and congregation agreeing to two services monthly with the next on the tenth Sunday of the month. Guests at various homes include the Downeys, Bearden, Hutchison, Downey, and Logan families. A sincere thanks is expressed by the Becker family for condolences and help. A stock farm for sale details eighty thousand dollars with 82 acres black land, 110 in cultivation, near Crawfills Gap and Clifton, via Wilson Wolfe at the Dallas VA Hospital.
A fragment listing wartime conservation facts and public notices from the Temple Telegram, including fuel and petroleum use, a district committee statement on gasoline conservation, quotes from workers in Texas, and local ads for farm supplies, poultry products, and Meridian Bank stock. The piece references schoolhouses, cultural phrases, and a public auction notice.
A jumble of names and events references births at a clinic hospital on June 28, with families including Mr and Mrs Nestiver and Mr and Mrs Murphree. Several mentions of Father's Day gifts, hospital moves, and relatives visiting in Clifton and nearby areas fill the fragmentary clipping.
Public notice warns against purchasing cream not in standard cream cans and urges consumers to refuse offers from any vessel other than approved containers. Issued by Bouce Clifton Merc and Dyess Feed Store to protect buyers from unsafe dairy products.
A brief notice states a regular meeting at City Lodge No 360A with members Wallace, W, IM and K Tonisan, Soaps.
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