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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1927
Page
1
The store announces a weekly Saturday bargain counter with random stock items offered at unprecedented Boaque county prices. Shoppers are invited to visit for hardware aluminumware enamelware china ware stoneware and various wares notions and novelties.
Special correspondent reports a light shower and strong wind last week that blew cotton, plus social visits and travel within Cayote country. Residents include Cutbirth, Bourke, Robertson families, and trips to Waco Brenham Morgan Wortham. many attending high school and college.
A church lawn farewell gathering honored ten students bound for college with a light program and readings by Leta Thomax. Pastor Wilton Cowen spoke, and the group sang God be with you til we meet again as the benediction closed. Ten students head to college this year amid parental pride.
The readable portion hints at stormy conditions affecting local events and travel with mentions of Calvary, Texas and Shep. The garbled text obscures specific places, dates, and outcomes.
Clifton Public School opens with 382 pupils, 158 in high school and 229 in primary and intermediate grades. The high school freshmen class is the largest ever with fifty seven. many students from Meridian Valley Mills Morgan Cranville Gap attend. The football season starts Friday at 4 pm against Hillsboro High School, admission 25 cents. Principal Marguerite Grammer is briefly unavailable due to an injury but expected back soon. Scheduling for 189 students in high school is arranged to allow required courses and electives, with a reception for teachers at the hall after the opening program.
District Court in Meridian opened with Judge Irvin Ward presiding. After empanelling the grand jury, jurors from Meridian and surrounding towns were sworn in. Notices list jurors for September 21 and 26, including Will Baxter, Tom Pries, and J. W. Clanton, plus local constables and officials. Fire destroyed the Wallace home near the depot, while Thomas W. Dunlap of Houston died in Austin.
Saturday night features The Claw with Sungie Picture. Ten modern commandments headline a new Rasely Predwetian release. Wednesday brings merit Clare Bowin and Children of Divorce as part of the schedule. Early seating advised.
A caravan of twenty two Chevrolet Commercial cars including the full line from fire trucks to school buses will visit Clifton starting Monday Sept 20 at 6 pm. The tour aims to show the adaptability and completeness of Chevrolet commercial vehicles in Texas over three months.
Dates for the Crandille Gap Community Fair were set for the 10th and 11th with judging on the first day. Exhibits include sheep, poultry, and Jerseys from Crawfills Gap Wet and Mobair Growers as hosts. attendance expected from distance due to the 12th holiday.
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