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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1939
Page
2
The item blends warnings on war and political shifts with diverse tidbits. It cites the 1940 World’s Fair hopes, Roosevelt as commander in chief, tax and social security debates, and local governance costs. Readers encounter editorial takes on national peril, economic plans, and a sample of contemporary public notices and cultural reflections.
Notices show preaching in English and German at the church with services on Tuesday at 2:30 pm and catechetical instruction on Saturday at 1:20 pm. Ladies Aid group meets and the pastor G. A. Obenkinus is listed.
Seadestant event reported at Olap Lutheran Church in Cransills Gap with notes of a 0 designation and unspecified details.
Local denominations publish a September 10 schedule with Bible classes and services in German and English. Clifton Baptist Trinity Lutheran Church Church of Christ First Methodist Hayden Edwards and Evangelical Church details include Sunday School times, morning worship, youth leagues, choir practice, and women’s groups. Walter G. Tillmanns and C. T. Roe are listed as pastors officiating at Clifton and Church of Christ events.
Wanda Jay Sorenson six, of Cranfills Gap, died Friday at a Waco hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Lutheran Church in Cranfills Gap with Rev. W. J. Mankestad officiating. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. M. I. Sorenson, one sister Earline Sorenson, one brother Merlin Sorenson, all of Cranfills Gap.
Oslo reports government declaration that Norway Denmark Finland Sweden and Iceland will remain neutral. The statement emphasizes continued neutrality amid regional tensions and evolving conflicts.
Former Texas Governor James E Barguson, age 68 today, remains active in public affairs. He was born August 1, 1871, and is often seen around the capital, recently attending a railroad commission hearing on oil stocks. He and Mrs. Ferguson live in a handsome Austin home.
Former President Herbert Hoover stated that democracy can survive if the United States stays out of war and if the nation possesses the requisite will. He noted that last year's railroad taxes would have paid a year's wages for about 188,000 railroad workers.
Sunday school at 9 00, divine services at 10 20. The Young People's Society meets at 7 30 with Mr. and Mrs J M Bronatad. Norse Ladies Aid meets Tuesday with Mrs A B Amundson. Confirmation class Saturday Sept 9 at 9 a m. Clifton Implement Co advertises a food wagon sale.
H J Cureton an attorney from Meridian Texas lists v Goodall a physician and surgeon with offices in Old Ist Nat Hank Building and contact numbers 166 for day and 98 for night in multiple telephonic lines.
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