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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1943
Page
4
A fragmented wartime letter and local notices discuss tax burdens, postwar planning, and civility in Clifton. Citizens reflect on federal policies, defense losses, and the desire to own homes while urging support for a Thanksgiving dinner and public events.
The report describes a chaotic scene involving rats and a suspect named Landon. A rat, groggy from oxygen deprivation, was found near a highway and muttered phrases about Berlin. The account suggests a dirty trick and a chaotic arrest or intervention during RAP.
Information requests from the Texas Information Bureau reveal Samuel Houston’s Senate term from 1848 to 1859 and Thomas Jefferson Rusk’s terms from 1846 to his 1867 death. Rusk presided over the annexation convention, later served as US Senator, and California received a walking cane in appreciation for his service. Texan Centennial observance gains state wide civic and fraternal support through the Centennial Commission led by Chair Karl Hoblelle.
A vivid 1917 period card extols War Bond campaigns led by President Pred Morratt and New York unit leaders. It highlights over a million dollars raised, the War Bond drive as part of national defense, and noted figures such as Mel Oil and others supporting Treasury securities. The image captions reference wartime roles and contributions from various individuals.
On November 4 a group of six landowners gathered at Dulles Gymnasium to plan soil conservation in the upper Little Duffan watershed. Attendees included Lingware W Soliman R pane ty L McAnally B M McElroy J W Land and others. a follow up date was set for a skullar meeting. Representatives from the Soil Conservation Service assisted, with coordination from Lee Roy Williams and local cooperators reporting terrace work and planned projects across several farms in the Selden, Clarette, and Morgan Mill areas.
Sunday School held at ten each Sunday morning with large attendance and emphasis on community cooperation. Plans for a Christmas Eve program and tree at the church were announced inviting all children to participate. Needing rain and better weather, residents hope for relief as hogs seek cooler conditions. Visitors and family connections were noted among local residents including Waco, Dallas, Clifton, Valley Mills, Turnersville, and Clifton area names.
A committee circulated a quip titled Amendment No. 6 to Maximum Price Regulation 19, mocking the phrase ALL commodities listed In Appendix A are those known to the trade as such excepting therefrom such there of, if any, while subject to another regulation. The joke highlights bureaucratic jargon provoking snickers among lawmakers.
Parcel by parcel, buyers and amounts appear for surveys and land parcels including 160 acres to W A Taylor, 180 acres to Lundberg, 213 B-4 acres to John Baugoe, and 245.07 acres to Carlson. Also notes on residents such as Miss Jackie Caraway visiting relatives, Miss Kathryn Burch returning from Fort Worth, and local social visits across Clifton and nearby towns.
A fragment from a local page records that the aunt Mee and Ware family welcomed a daughter, Marsha Teayy Timmalom, and that a mother and baby have moved to their home. It mentions Clyde E. Simmons finishing training, five illicit moonshine seizures in October, and various visits, jobs, and relocations in Clifton and Temple areas.
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