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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1924
Page
1
The Clifton district urges immediate work on the Meradian Highway park site to attract visitors. Proposals include clearing brush, building a small shed and a bridge, and installing a sign guiding tourists. Local citizens and a visiting delegation, including Mrs. Chas Gollihar and Mrs. Fred J. Boesch, discuss funding and a committee to oversee park enhancements.
Clarence E. Gilmore of Wills Point announces plan to seek a second term on the Texas Railroad Commission. He rejects Governor candidacy rumors, says he will file with the Democratic executive committee, and stresses the transportation system’s importance to agriculture and industry.
Comanche Grammar School reports few students smoking while educators warn tobacco harms. Declamation contest winners listed: seniors Clark Jepson, Elmore Waldrop, Leroy Simmons. seniors girls Leta Thomas, Nell Cameron, Corinne Cowen. Juniors: Stan Gray, Joseph Cowfen, Joseph Dahl. Junior girls Regina Brown, Helen Little, Era Melle Fisher. Baseball season opens Friday at high school campus versus Coon Creek. Local memory contest winners include Dorothy Rew, Georgi Mooney, Olga Landgrat, with subjunior spelling champs David Grimland and Donald Prather. County institute to be held at Baylor with three counties. Tennis reps chosen. Jewel Thurmond won girls singles. Thurmond and Antoinette Westgaard won girls doubles. Clyce Hurst won boys singles. boys doubles winners pending. Field trip observed by Mr. Raley. quote on value of persistent effort. Northwestern University monument note about a student with no letter reacts to perseverance.
The Civic Improvement Society held its first meeting of the year with the highest turnout in memory. New members joined, and the group invites all to participate in a town clean-up effort. A city-wide clean-up week will be set after talks with the City Council. bidding for ditch work and related tasks will occur at City Hall.
Clifton College rounds up week activities with a Danish violinist concert netting about 118.90 pounds and a large auditorium update enabling six to seven hundred seats. Subscriptions for the college paper favored the Schemers 140 to 76 with the Skinners to entertain winners. Ball practice resumes with about twenty students daily and campus cleanup planned for March 11. Pearl Orbeck sparked a singing night March 2. The Athletic Association formed a Tennis Club with officers Alven Nelson, E. B. Hare ria, Haymond Rogstad, and Vera Meador.
Mrs D C Halverson arranged an afternoon program for the Magazine Euterpean Club featuring A Visit to Carlsbad Cavern in the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico. Members toured the limestone cave famed as a potential eighth wonder, with plans noted for a future meeting hosted by Mrs Slice Townsend and Mrs Pred Nelson. The Texas Ton Litter Contest is announced with details on prizes and entry logistics.
Danish violinist Axel Skovgaard and Milane Sheipasi presented a memorable Ditton College Auditorium concert. A grand program opened at eight, featuring Kremler arrangements and Skovgaard’s Sierra Morens. Madame Skovgaard impressed with piano selections and the evening left listeners eager for a return engagement.
An old ad notes Dr. Joe A. Reeves, registered optometrist with Reeves Optical Company at 708 Austin Ave in Waco Texas, inviting inquiries and possible Saturday visit to Price Stuart's Drug Store in Morelith. Also mentions a bargain gasoline engine by Oscar J. Rea.
In Waco on March 1, a gasoline container exploded at the home of 89 year old B. W. Gansky, a Mart merchant, leaving him badly burned and dying Saturday after hours of agony. Mrs Gansky, his wife, son, and neighbor Re Hays suffered minor injuries as the fire spread through the house and nearby areas. Herman Meyer, a former Clifton resident now a Mart banker, visited the family and plans to recuperate after hospital stays.
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