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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1935
Page
8
Harry Hopkins of the Works Progress Administration said the Brazos River flood control plan for Texas, estimated at 80 million dollars, is a damned good project. He confirmed approval of WPA funds but stated engineers have not finished review for a definite recommendation to President Roosevelt.
Notice to subscribers that the third interest payment for the Clifton College Living Endowment is due on October 1, 1986. The Alumni Committee advertises sale or trade listings including 16 Percheron fillies aged 3 to 1, 1,500 pounds, and 20 work males aged 2 to 10, at a Clifton barn near the railroad. Respond promptly to close accounts. Bronstad chairs.
Local theater advertises a one night only program headlined by Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in Ronpie Scotland with Dame Shy two reel, plus Radio Hascale and a 24 gun salute. Featuring Dame Shy, Woman Wanted with Joel McCrea and Maureen O'Sullivan, Broadway Highlights and Fox News. Admission 10, 15, 25 cents. run ends Tuesday.
Farmers in several counties including King and Stonewall observe trench silo demonstrations amid concerns over dry conditions and rising feed costs. The event, part of a farm to farm canvass, features Horace Bryant of the Martin Ranch and includes a film program with The Farmer Takes a Wife, shown to rural audiences.
In Archer county Prank Luig of Stolland and John Herndon of Buck Flat led the first and second trench silo projects in the area during August. About thirty farmers gathered on the J. C. Miller farm in Deer Creek to witness a trench silo filled with corn and grain sorghum using the shingling method.
Austin Texas Sept 21 Governor Jas Allred signed a bill clearing the way for the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District to obtain a loan and grant from the Public Works Administration backers Senator Morris Sheppard hopeful loan terms to be finalized soon with the project’s approval seen as imminent.
The Beta Eta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma met at the Morris residence in Waco on Saturday September 21 for a business session at 11 and luncheon at 12 20. Absent members due to school duties noted. Next meeting planned for Marlin November 2 with Miss Agnes Peyton of Marlin and Mrs Annie T Magee of Chilton as cohostesses.
A collection of snappy, offbeat lines from several papers. The New York Herald Tribune jokes about AAA fees and Jewish people work to relieve farmers. The Omaha World-Herald notes an exhausted doe revived with gin. The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot hints at Olympic budget contests.
The Cayote school official announces the public school will begin the 1985-96 session next Monday morning. They urge as many pupils as possible to start on that date to receive the free schooling benefits offered.
A fragment notes the Mississippi River’s unusual flow, claiming the mouth lies several thousand feet farther from the sea than the river’s sources, suggesting a reversal of typical river gradient and a surprising geographic fact.
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