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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1930
Page
8
The P T A invites the community to a Friday night event featuring a three show carnival with entertainment by Leonard and Walter Gloft. Home Economics girls will sell cvidents and provide refreshments. Fun and thrills promise a worthwhile evening.
An article laments extensive forest destruction across the United States, noting immense loss of virgin woodlands and the looming economic impact on about one million lumber workers. It highlights Llano County Armistice Day memorial sculpture by Frank Folch using local granite and a bronze statue of a soldier with a dedicated names tablet.
A fragment notes a regular meeting of Masons with cordial address by W Land and W M Jones serving as secretary. Details are sparse and date unclear. The item indicates a lodge gathering time around 180 pm and references officers.
Fragmentary text mentions events and names but is garbled. It hints at a game or performance on November 14 in Tas, with players or figures including Chinese Ade and Miles. No clear outcome or details are discernible. The source is too damaged to extract a verifiable event.
R D Gibson died at Bryan Hospital Friday from injuries in a automobile train collision near the Ac de M College three days earlier. He was 70 and survived by his wife and one daughter Mia Abe Myers of Meridian and one brother W Michael of Waco.
Sunday School and Bible Classes at 10 am Divine services at 11 am The Holy Supper will be administered Practice at the parsonage Young People's Society meetings with Mr and Mrs Geo Wallace at 7 10 pm Confirmation class Saturday at 5 0 5 pm P E Thorson pastor
An essay argues clothing defines people more than diet while Parisian style returns to gentler dresses. It notes Texas cities' population booms since 1900 with Houston leading at 764 percent, Dallas 72, San Antonio 67, Fort Worth 45 percent, and mentions sawmill towns shrinking. Some men seek inspiration or consolation from wives.
The Clifton program features Laugh heavy acts from Our Gang and Story Book Parade plus a Paramount romance and western lineup. Highlights include Following with Charles Rogers and Nancy Carroll, Alma that Grand Uproar, Richard Arlen in The Light of Western Stars, Mitzi Green, and Eugene Pallette. Clifton Fair runs Nov 20–21–22. admission days include specials.
General J W Manson defends Maine hitch hiking ban after 14 months of operation noting no prosecutions. The law forbids soliciting rides on public highways unless driver or passenger is known. Exceptions exist for emergencies. Penalty up to 50 dollars fine or 190 days jail. authors argue against blanket ban while acknowledging risks.
A teacher’s confession contrasts theory with practice, noting many educated people struggle to apply knowledge. Examples include salving a quadratic equation but mismanaging money, naming kings yet lacking election candidate details, and understanding hydraulics but not fixing kitchen leaks. The piece argues education should yield usable skills.
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