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Twenty-FortyFrom the Files otTwenty Years Ago%A summary of August temperatures disclosed 23 days with maximum temperatures of 100 to 106 degrees, one day less than the 1934 record. A very rare temperture condition prevailed from Aug. 25 through Sept. 4, all-day period In which maximum dally readings were 100 to 107, the highest being on September1, which was an all-time figure for that date.Pfc. Calvin P. Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs, Frank C. Adams, who was killed In battle action In Korea, was burled In Falrview cemetery with full military honors.Sixty-seven common school districts In 1947 in Red River County have decreased through consolidations until only 27 are In operation in 1951, according to Co. Supt. Haskell Peek.SFC, w. C. Cole, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Cole of Fulbrlght, Is commander on a 46-ton Patton tank, which has completed a year of service In Korea.Thirty-five members of the Tiger football team were expected to be in uniform for the opening game of the season at Mt. Vernon.Mrs. Estelle O'Neill, 84, died at her Clarksville home after an extended Illness.J. A. Buster of Clarksville, age 72, died at his home Aug. 31.Mrs. Earl Clark, 39, died at her home south of town Sept. 3.w. V. Mlnter, 65, Route 5, Clarksville, died at his home Sept. 1.A farm house on the Rayford Lowetic PictureAfarm south of town was destroyed by fire. Occupants were away at the time.The water well at Mt. Vernon failed. Mt. Pleasant was expected to supply water by tank car.Uniforms for the 50-odd members of the High School band were not ready for use at the opening of the Clarksvllle-Mt. Vernon football game. They were ordered last spring, but had to be altered and alterations were not completed.Forty Yean AgoOpening game of the Dixie series will be played at Birmingham. Clyde Milan's Birmingham team will meet Houston in this series to determine the Dixie championship for 1951.A Red River County farmer exhibited a check for 10 cents, which represented the difference between what he received for a bale of cotton seed and the ginning fee. It indicated the low price being paid for seed. Cotton was priced at a level not previously recorded here. Lint was quoted at 5.75 cents a pound.A watermelon weighing 142 pounds, bought at Hope, Ark. by Walker Sales Company of Clarksville, is being displayed in the show window at the Hamilton building.Mrs. Della Johnson, widow of John R. Johnson, died here.The Red River County All Stars, selected by Co. Supt Sam Giddens to play a three-game series of baseball with Bogata, lost 1-2. The final game at Red River County Fair Park attracted an estimated 1,000 spectators.The premium list for the Annona Community Fair was printed by The Times. The publication has 32 pages.Postmaster Giddens said a crowd of 500 people attended a baptismal service there when 30 persons were baptised.The Rev. and Mrs. A. W. Galen arrived from Milwaukee, Wise. He has acceptedthe pastorate of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Clarksville.Sixty Year8 AgoOscar Pretree, who recently arrived In the United States from Switzerland, purchased the Bogata Hardware Co. from E. G. Hutchings.A west-bound T 4 P passenger carried two extra coaches to accomodate cotton pickers enroute to points in West Texas.Baggage men were removedfrom Texas railroads. Express messengers took over baggage handling.Map of the proposed highway between Texarkana and Dallas by way of Clarksville, Paris, Bonham, Whiterlght and McKinney, was published in The Times.The Clarksville Opera House was opened as a vaudeville and motion picture theatre by local people.City tax rolls showed rendition at $1,-922,476, a gain of $500,000.The Red River County Institute in Detroit was attended by 130 teachers.The Rev. J. D. Brady, pastor of St. ?h's Catholic Church, was trans-d to Sacred Heart Cathedral, Dallas. mu's. j. c. Barton received a broken arm trying to crank an automobile.; First State Bank reported loans of |8204,55i, over drafts, $13,659, and •deposits, $71,063. A. J. Martin was (president and F. A. Antone cashier.Hudson Edwards was In Port Huron, Michigan, attending the national Macca-bee convention.Ballard Bagby, well knows local colored resident, died.
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Clarksville Times
Clarksville, Texas, US
Thu, Sep 09, 1971
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