Notice: Repair Shoes Harness and Tops at Clifton
Repair shoes and make harness like new. Repair and make automobile tops new. Prompt service and satisfactory work at reasonable Clifton.
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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1927
Page
1
Repair shoes and make harness like new. Repair and make automobile tops new. Prompt service and satisfactory work at reasonable Clifton.
Chris L. Rowe reports the death of eighty year old Hans Sorenson after a four month battle with cancer in the throat. He was born in Denmark and spent decades in Texas, living with his nephew in Mexia. Funeral at the local Lutheran church followed by Mexia cemetery burial. The article also notes other local events and agricultural issues, including rains and weevil damage.
Waco June 21 Sheep are being shipped into Waco for distribution to farmers wanting to stock pas tures. Agricultural Development Association livestock agent L B Bradley is coordinating the effort from South Texas. A large number of farmers have authorized Bradley to act for them.
Local notices include marriage licenses for Fehrtin Tutt to Connie Alli Hayter and Hana B. Dahl to Silvia Marici Nelson. Land deeds listed, with various transfers and values. Community events cover a protracted Methodist meeting, sermons by Rev. J L Bryan and Rev F E Kirchner, and visits from ex-Gov Ferguson to the butter factory project. Continued local social news note teaching changes, travels, church activities, and residents visiting Meridian. A church supper ad promotes a chicken dinner fundraiser served by Luthers Ladies at Clifton Mercantile on July 2.
Special correspondent reports on Cayote area farming conditions after heavy rains. Bees, grain, and fruit yields described with prospects for crops and livestock. Local visitors, illnesses, and family tidings fill community notes from Clifton and nearby towns.
State extension contests announce a new butter judging event at the upcoming encampment. District agent Swift will grade four pounds of butter and provide instruction. The following day entrants will judge ten pounds of butter, with Miss Swift naming the winner to proceed to the state contest. Myrtle Gaines invites those wishing to have butter tested to send samples to the encampment.
The Methodist ladies will serve dinner at City Hall on Saturday June 21. Menu includes fried chicken and gravy tomato mashed potatoes salad bread and iced tea or coffee for 60 cents. Call for pie or cake orders.
A June afternoon wedding shower at the Odegaard home featured pink and white décor, fruit punch, and gifts arranged along the lawn. Guests attended a ceremony led by Miss Chstelle fain berg, then toured a gift display shaped like a road with rocks and a note of encouragement. Navy flying references and a general tone of community news accompany a long, uncertain fragment about military service and local attendees.
Special correspondence notes a social gathering at Pleasant with Miss Hildegarde Abbott and Mr Beruges among attendees. Families from Clifton and Center joined, including Mr and Mrs Walter and children, Mr and Mrs Lange, and others, who spent Sunday with neighbors but some failed to arrive.
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