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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1920
Page
5
A collage of local business notices from Carpenter Bros. involving Avicol, ice cream brands, citrus shampoo, coffee, and auto polish. Mentions of visitors like Voy G. Fort and Mark Hamilton, road work on Meridian Highway, sales offers on grinders binders and Jerseys, and a piano recital at the High School Auditorium scheduled for May 17.
Fragments show buyer notices from Waco Mill and Elevator Co inviting farmers to bring wheat corn and oats for top market prices. Ex servicemen invited to Clifton Club Friday May 14 at 7 pm. Methodist conference visitors Winston family noted. Auto care ads urge dependable service at City Garage. Clifton residents Mr and Mrs Winston and others mentioned. Local notes on travel, church salary raise, Home Economics exhibit May 22, and citizens Priddy Moody Santa Fe ties.
The Clifton Lutheran College Alumni Association invites all members to a business meeting and banquet on the evening of May 27, 1920. Thos. H. Anderson, a longtime Clifton boy now living in Chicago, sends in his check with encouragement to keep the Record coming.
Clifton announces an Old Time Trades Day set for Monday June 14. Organizers urge residents to prepare early and participate in the community event reviving a tradition from past years. The notice highlights a day of local wares, crafts, and shared activities for all ages in town.
O S Silios Proprietor invites customers to the City Garage for satisfactory service and personal attention when cars are entrusted to the shop. Clifton Produce Company claims to pay more for eggs poultry cream and hides and buys more produce than any other in the area. Mrs Tweedy and daughter return home to Valley Mills after visiting Mrs Tweedy's parents in Norse.
Dr and Mrs J C Carpenter with Mrs J Owen Carpenter and son J Owen and Mrs Clarence Carpenter with daughter Lela Fay spent last Friday at China Springs to visit relatives.
The note urges readers to keep subscriptions current as paper prices rise and warns that names may be dropped from the list if payments are not kept up, with the publishers promising to explain the reason.
Mrs. Theo. Lerud and her children left yesterday for a two months visit with relatives in northern Minnesota. They were accompanied by Mrs. Clara Aumoth, Mrs. Lerud's sister.
An invitation notes a Friday night event on May 14 at Clifton Club Room beside the Telephone Office. The brief message adds no further details about participants or activities.
Mrs Joe Helton and family move to Texas for health reasons and request records accompany them during their stay.
Rain visited the dry district beginning last Friday with over three inches by Wednesday noon. The grain crop shows a promising outlook in most areas with a fair chance to make good.
H. P. Cooper left Monday night for New York to visit his sons Burrell and John who have recently been discharged from the army and secured good positions there. Mrs. J. M. Bettis returned for the weekend and will teach at Baylor University Summer Normal, then Clifton Public School next term.
D W Poston Luther Raley J G Hinton L E Walker J W Stewart of Valley Mills and J D Herd of Coyote attended the Masonic Chapter meeting last Monday night. Three of the guests learned more about the order during the visit.
L. L. Cowan, longtime partner with W. V. Kugle in tailoring, came back this week to resume his former post. He left Clifton for higher pay in Hamlin but says the lure of a larger salary is outweighed by home ties and a preferred Clifton residence.
Clifton friends of Lenoir Kornegay celebrate his inclusion in the Palmer High School commencement roster for the term ending May 24. Kornegay, formerly of Clifton High School, left with Rev. and Mrs. George F. Kornegay for their new home, and well wishers are glad to see him honored among his peers.
The Clifton public school term closes with success as students qualified for the State Meet at Austin and surpassed larger towns in preliminaries. Winners recall tough competition and anticipate a stronger comeback next year.
George Hurst is a visitor with home folks this week. Mrs. W. V. Eugle and baby boy left yesterday for a two weeks visit with relatives in Galveston and Houston. J. N. Fallis is in the oil fields of north Texas for a few days business stay.
Miss Pearl McCall, guest teaching at Womack School, departed yesterday for a brief trip to visit friends at Tem ple and Moody, staying with Mr and Mrs Pines Greenwade during the absence.
Ed Christian former Clifton Bakery owner died in Marlin last Sunday after an appendicitis operation. His body was brought to Meridian where interment followed Baptist Church services led by Rev. J. P. Gilliam of Clifton. He had many friends who mourn his death.
Tax Collector J. S. Lamar complimented Clifton precinct for prompt tax payment saying there was not one cent in delinquent real estate taxes for 1919. He credited the people but acknowledged his own success as county collector.
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