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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1938
Page
8
Local community notices list multiple social visits and guests. Mr and Mrs Jim, Mr and Mrs T Rice and daughters Dale and Sylvia hosted or visited relatives. Gale spent a week in McGregor with Thiele family while Thiele attends High School. Wethan Johnson and Mr A hosted a shower for Mrs Liam Biassingame with Bill Landgraf also visiting Thile family.
The notice promotes daily grinding services at The Bronstad Mill. It offers to grind any kind of feed, bundle and process multiple grains at once, promises low feed bills, and invites customers to bring their grain for corn meal whole wheat flour and chicken mash. 88-e.
Mrs Carr, owner, announces Tuesday only specials at Carr’s Beauty Shop. Oil wave priced at two dollars and Tb Phense advertised at one dollar. Cooper operates the shop.
Local society notes list Mrs Chemnutt and Miss Porter visiting kin for a week, Mina Loydene Botts of Fort Worth as a guest, and M G Tucker with S L Powell at a Mineral Wells carriers convention. Anna Mae Goodall returns from Coolidge and Waco visits, while Rev C W Sanders and others attend the General Baptist Convention in Dallas. A marriage license was issued to Herbert Frederick Archer and Ella Mae Day.
Flowers offer memorial wreaths at prices from 1 to 5 dollars with pot plants listed at 75 cents to a dollar or more. Contact M r V C Ludwick via phone 104 for orders and delivery.
A busy poster lists showings at Wallasey Beery and Rooney in Beablemates plus Treasure Island with Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper. Ads tout two for one admissions, early seating, and a mix of serials, Newsreels, and Terrytoons. Also promotes legal traffic exposé with Naish Carlisle Barrett and various films including Damon Runyon adaptations.
A statewide campaign in Texas targets rats costing the state about 20 million dollars annually. Eighteen counties join the effort coordinated by Texas A and M Extension under R B Miller with 20 000 pounds of poisoned bait to be distributed on November 9 in a county wide drive amid rising typhus concerns.
Discussion on old age pensions notes Texas averages 13.74 dollars monthly with half funded by state and federal governments. Proposals seek 15 dollars from state plus federal match to approach 30 dollars, but tax increases and eligibility limits complicate the aim. Mention of canary breeding and industry notes broader economic context.
Practically new Farmall F-20 for sale at bargain price with optional equipment. Also four wheel trailer offered at a reduced price. Contact B W Bomphries, Trova, with Record advertisers.
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