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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1945
Page
6
Readable fragments describe local color from East Texas town scenes with dialect and rural life. References include a judge salute, a cafe incident in Crowell, reopens and smaller portions, a shaker family salary notice, and a misused English artistically in Lodi.
Kay Kim Belt of Fort Worth is buying the Walker-Smith Company stock in Brownwood. Y Early, executive vice president, says the 1B year old firm has a $14,000,000 volume with wholesale houses in Texas and New Mexico. Walker-Smith, founded by J. A. Walker in 1896, operates in multiple Texas towns and Hobbs New Mexico. Officers include B. C. D. Bynum, Early, H. G. Wilson, J. A. Dean and James R. Beadel. Brownwood and county leaders hold key posts in local commerce and welfare groups.
Local notices report visitors and travels of residents from nearby towns, theater plans, and a revival in Loop Texas. The piece blends general social updates with wartime economics on meat supply and farming conditions from the Great Plains. It includes brief notes on military service, schooling plans, and community gatherings amid broader commentary on food shortages and carillon bells worldwide.
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