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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1927
Page
15
The Elgin community closes its season with Sunday School and Bible classes for the Scandinavian Lutheran church. Rt. Rev. Holm and Rev. Hoel will speak on Home Missions. Morning service at 10:30, night service 7:30, with Norwegian Communion. Peak topics include farm crop notes and community remarks from local clergy.
Fragmentary notices mention a switchboard operator race in progress at a local company, a marriage in Henrietta then Wichita Falls, and thanks to friends and neighbors after a farm fire. Other lines reference newspapers, subscriptions, and home town figures with incomplete names and dates.
The item describes local social and school happenings including football at Austin and Howard Payne Colleges with players Grimland and family figures. It mentions teachers, principal speakers at a Hawkers Association meeting in Houston, and residents visiting Waco for the Cotton Palace.
Austin Texas Oct 25 a woman convict of fourteen years has been granted a ninety day fur lough to visit her sister Dr L W Bush prison physician said the visit would be an act of mercy and was approved by the board of pardons Lillen Etheridge 82 was sent from Bosque county in December 1913 for murder she was 48 when she entered prison.
The Cliftex Theatre showcases Art Acord in a quartet Western, Tumbling River, and a comedy lineup including Mum's the Word. Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton star in Fireman Save My Child with reruns Behind the Front and We're in the Navy Now. Also featured are The Elegy, Beauty Ride West Side, and Fool and His Money with Fox News. Admission 10 and 30 cents. look for Hoot Gibson on Thursday.
Mayfield says he is not interested in the Interstate Commerce Commission appointment and expects to seek re election as U S Senator. He has endorsed Clarence Gilmore for the post, noting Gilmore’s Texas ties and support from state organizations.
The body of Stephen Gilbert McFadden lay in state at the Sealy home obsequies held Saturday evening at 2, with Rev. A. B. Gafford presiding. Pallbearers included Nathanish Strickland and Morris Huse among others. burial followed beside siblings in Bogey cemetery. Stephen, age twenty, faced youthful health pressures, leaving behind grieving parents and siblings.
The Record notes Our Bavion's Lutheran Church of Norris preparing a Sunday program with Sunday School and Bible Class at 9 am and Reformation Festival Services at 11 am led by Pastor E.R. Lamon. A festival sermon titled The Menefita We Derived From the Reformation will be delivered. Harmony Ladies Aid meets next Wednesday. choir practices Friday. Confirmation class meets Saturday morning. The report also mentions local residents visiting Fort Worth and Clifton.
Fragmentary notice expresses gratitude for friends and neighbors after a bereavement. Mentions Kathleen Prather attending a service at Hillsboro on the 18th and 14th.
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