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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1948
Page
6
A fragmented note describes a wall with an altar in a neighborhood setting. The line hints at a ritual or marking in the local area, but the text is incomplete. No additional persons, organizations, dates, or places are clearly identifiable from the readable fragments.
A string of social notes from Fort Worth Clifton and nearby areas records visits by Lyoter Bonds of Houston to his parents Mr and Mrs W P Bonds, dinner guests in Mt Jamacon home, members hosting and attending church events, and several confidants including Mae Selpert Jane Bundy and others. Mentions Rev David Lockerd visiting, people in Waco and Dallas trips, and a note about Bradstreets Best Growing Mash and local drugstore service.
In the absence of Mrs. sAArm, Sir. TM led and introduced the day. Members gave short papers on composers and singers including Schumann Heine, W B Onward, GallI-Curel, Mrs. Lewis Surley, Garrie Jacobs Honde, Mrs. E W Capps, Gécie Chaminade, Orlette Watson and Jenny Lind. A delicious salad course followed. Next meeting Moa. Joseph Nelson and Dr. C. Tyaten will discuss government.
Mr and Mrs L J Mathews and relatives are recorded visiting various households in Woco Mart and surrounding towns. The list includes Mr and Mrs John Urban, R Sommerfeld, Evans Pickling, Ernest Ficklin, Margie Ann, Buster Vickrey, S O Pickin, G P David, Charles David, Mary Martha David, Donne Gillism, N M Dales, P A Mathews, J McDonald, C A Barton, D A Barton, Tom Sockwall and daughter Toes, with trips to Treland and Morgan and visits to relatives.
Mrs Schow graciously hosted the J O Y Bridge Club on November. Cream and yellow chrysanthemums and fall berries decorated the house. Members and guests included Mesdames Wily Bradstreet Priday Oswald Kincheloe Baldridge Willet Nelson Lane Stewart Glott Baldridge Hancock Watson and Wilson. Mrs Baldridge won high score for members and Mrs Hancock high guest score. Mrs Willett to hostess November 19.
A jumbled page offers reader opinions on sports, chemistry lore, and local happenings. It notes the Cubs' game sentiment, announces upcoming eighth grade, junior 4-H and choir events, and lists birthdays, attendance, and club notices. Specific items mention Bach program, Waco Symphony, and visits by locals including Mr and Mrs Meeks traveling from Alabama to California.
A. Morris of Hubbard spent Sunday in Cutton with Mrs Smiths son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Clarence Perry. They won the Croofilla Gap contest and visited with Mr and Mrs J M Cranfilt and Mr and Mrs Olaf Rud and family.
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