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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1938
Page
6
A chaotic clipping highlights Clifton College during a rugged game as the Wildcats edge the Bulldogs in a high tempo clash. Names such as Chav Romine and Goore Creek appear amid scattered play by the Cats and Bulldogs with incomplete stats and mixed yardage.
The Worpack community reports events at the school home including a planned World War era update and a promise to buy a new item. Students Dorothy Lovitt and Nelda Pago Lovitt return to school as the P T A plans a purchase. A basketball win 16-14 over Coon Creek is noted and a next game planned. Guests visit local families for Homecoming and social events occur with a treasure hunt and supper.
Warden Sam Turner and federal agent filed a complaint against two County men after a Saturday hearing. Keitling and Wilsing faced charges related to a geese incident. Billing and costs were imposed.
Moody November 4 fire of undetermined origin Friday destroyed the $25,000 gond all electric gin at Moody as crews ginned a bale of cotton. Flames spread to cottonseed and storage houses, but insurance covered the building and machinery. HL Marshall, town mayor and cotton buyer, said no cotton was stored in the warehouse and little seed remained in the others.
H L Davis of Waco, district supervisor for the Texas Relief Commission, has stopped the distribution of commodities in Hillsboro County amid a policy dispute with the County Commissioners Court and case worker James Whitmire. About four hundred families were receiving surplus commodities when the halt occurred.
The driest region in the United States is in the southeastern portion of California and the western portion of Arizona, where precipitation totals are the lowest.
The community marks Armistice Day twenty one years after the Great War ending in 1918. Students study peace, bands rehearse, and a high school party follows a treasure hunt from City Hall to the cemetery statue and grammar school library with cocoa and cookies. Cubs travel to Valley Mills for a game, as local notes cover aging steel workers and Count John Berenyi’s electrical feat.
A 1930s style community page notes PTA support for a county and school nurse and hot lunches. It highlights marching musical acts by Joyce McMillan and Louise Hamptone, plus local wedding groups and school events. The piece mentions a WPA project discussion and a call to attend PTA meetings. It closes with a church pastor leveraging a Sunday ad to boost church attendance.
A Clifton area column reports Rev Edwards and Rev J M Hays appealing for return to the church, with a large crowd praising Rev Auys’s work. It notes Mrs Otis Blue’s grandfather Mr Blue’s death near Tredell, Evelyn Whitley visiting White Hall cousins, Mrs R M Lane visiting Moshheim, Ed Handley’s Clifton visit, and neighbors moving to Nell's Creek. Also mentions Joe McCormick leaving, Paul Lane and Ralph Helm’s Clifton visit, Jack Tube’s local visit, and Ray McNeely's family in town over the weekend. A distant note references Ireland coast soil gathering for crops in Cord Wood.
A fragmented OCR passage mentions days and lists of names with unclear context. It references a schedule or orders and a rank, but the exact events, places, and people remain unreadable. The readable bits suggest a public notice or listing rather than a coherent news item.
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