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The Clifton Record
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THE CLIFTON RECORD, CLIFTON, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 13, 1948
VOLUME 54—NUMBER 1
^|Troop 76 Of Clifton|
| Celebrates Scout Week
This has been Boy Scout Week;
Troop 76 of Clifton was organized
last May and has paused briefly
this week to look back over its ac-
complishments to date and to plan
for the year ahead." .
From a start of 15 boys under
the leadership of scoutmaster
Johnnie Ludwig, the Clifton troop
has grown to 27 members. Being
organized in the summer, the troop
immediately began summer activi-
ties; the first thing being four
siwimming parties, one a contest,
and another a watermelon feast.
Besides these, we had an evening
hike and ice cream party.
. The troop ushered at the Bear
Club Rodeo and at the Baylor-
SMU football game in Waco. For
admittance to the Baylor-Arkansas
game, the troop had a membership
drive for new Scouts. The morning
Gk of the game, it iwas honored by ibe-
* ing named to march at the head
of the Scouts in the parade. After
the game that afternoon, the group
attended the Scout circus.
To cover expenses on the Scout
week-end trip to Hico, the boys
collected and sold waste paper. The
Hico Scout camp was a two-day
and two-night affair. One of the
last group activities was a skating
party in Meridian. The troop won
praise for its handling of traffic
at the football games last fall for
the college and high school.
For the months ahead, present
plans have been set for attending
the Boy Scout camp at Belton dur-
ing the summer without expense
to the boys or their parents. To
earn -money for this the Scouts
sold magazines1 and are sponsoring
the show at the Cliftex Thursday
and Friday of this week, which is
being donated to them by E. W.
Capps.
Another aim of the troop is to
fill its quota. They can now use
about eight more boys. The boys
are reported to be highly pleased
with their scoutmaster, Mr. Lud-
wig, and feel that they are for-
ate to have someone who is
e despite his other work. In
me desipte his other work. In
less than a year, Troop 76 under
Mr. Ludwig and Rudy Segrest has
risen near the top of the group in
the Heart O’ Texas Council.
Beau Mischief Adds
To Long List Of Wins
Beau Mischief 1st, a Polled Here-
ford bull owned by Sam Belyeu of
near Walnut Springs continued its
long list of prize winnings at the
Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth
last week when it was judged
grand champion.
The fine bull first attracted at
tention at the Polled Hereford
Show in Clifton in 1946 when as
calf it brought $675 from Sam Bel
yeu for Jack Martin of -Morgai
at the sale. Belyeu, then ranching
in -Mississippi, visited the Martin
ranch and was attracted by the
young bull; when offered for sale
he bought the calf.
Since then the animal won the
junior bull honors at Fort Worth
in 1947, the reserve championship
at the Polled Hereford Show in
Waco in -October ,1947, and the
grand champion this month at Fort
Worth.
Small Plane Lands
Highway Near Here I
i Next Tuesday, Feb. 17, is elec-
I tion day on the question of per-
Tuesday night about 10:45 a two- ! fitting thd school board to issue
seated airplane made a safe land- j $20,000 in bonds for the purpose of
ing just north of Clifton on High- carrying out certain improvements
way 6. The plane piloted by Wil- £
Young Clifton Farmers Bring Back
Resignation To City Rjhbons And Cash From Stock Shows
|»
Mail Carrier* Continue
To Fight Bad Roads
Thursday morning the rural mail
carriers out of the Clifton Post
Office faced the worst roads they
had been up against this year.
However, all started out on their
rounds. Alfred Oswald had to re-
turn as the roads stripped off his
chains; around 10 in the morning
the others were still trying to de-
liver the mail.
Old timers are having to go back
a long time to recall spells that
have been any harder on the coun-
ty roads than the present one.
There may have been periods when
the roads were worse, but that was
before the roads had become
graveled and maintained.
\
m
j Mr. and
Mrs.
Houston announce
Rampy
arrival
V. B.
the
■ a baby girl, Vicki Jane, Feb. 3,
1948, weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces.
I Mrs. Rampy will be remembered as
;the former Miss Janey Dahl.
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Carlson of
Fort Worth this past week an-
■ nounced the birth of a new baby.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Poston of the
Lanes Chapel community are the
maternal grandparents. Mrs.
Poston left Sunday for Fort Worth
to lend her assistance.
Little Miss Kay Suzanne Turner
made her appearance at the Good
all and Witcher Clinic-Hospital
Feb. 10, 1948, weighing 8 pounds.
jThe proud parents are Mr. and Mrs.
BfW. L. Turner Jr. The happy grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Turner and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
P. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hampe are
-proud parents of a baby boy
om Feb. 9, 1948, at the Clifton
spital. The young man weighed
[ pounds, 5 ounces.
| A baby -boy arrived at the Good-
and -Witcher Clinic-Hospital
. 10, 1948, and will make his
at the Claude Kelly’s in the
future. Mother and baby are
visitors ‘at the hospital
Gatesrille Wins
District Tournament
Gatesville High School -boys’ bas-
ketball team won the district A
tournament held at La Vega last
week. To win Gatesville defeated
La yega and Itasca; Itasca had
eliminated -Clifton and McGregor.
Itasca pulled an upset -by defeat-
ing McGregor and then nosing out
Clifton 37 to 35. The Cubs threw
a real scare into the Itasca team;
the Clifton boys led most of the
way and they still believe that
Charles Bronstad had not been
forced from the game on account
of fouls, that they would have wop.
In the consolation finals, Clifton
lost to La Vega 32 to 29; the two
teams played again in Clifton last
Tuesday and La Vega won 23 to 20.
To determine the championship
for District A, Gatesville will have
to play the winner of the round-
robin competition in which' each
team plays the other. McGregor
is leading so far on this basis.
The Cubs failed to place a man
oft the -all-tournament team; Gates-
ville had two, Itasca one, McGregor
one, and La Vega one; a youngster
from Itasca was high point man of
the tournament.
The Cubs go to Itasca next Fri-
day to conclude their district
games. They expectt to take part
in the high school tournament here
later which is an annual affair un-
der the sponsorship of Clifton Jr.
College.
MRS. LILLIE L. WATSON
DIES AT WACO HOME
Mrs. Lillie L. Watson, 69, died at
her residence in Waco Wednesday,
Feb. 4. Funeral services were held
in the Connally Funeral Chapel
with burial in the Valley Mills
Cemetery.
Mrs. Watson , and her family
have many friends in this com-
munity who regret to learn of her
death. The Watsons lived on the
M. J. Oswald farm near here for
several years.
Survivors are one daughter, Mrs.
Elleta Clark of Houston; seven
sons, Clifford, LeRoy, Albert, Allie
and Otis* Watson, all of Waco,
Travis Watson of Lamesa, and H.
C. Watson of Lubbock; two sisters,
Mrs. Mary Owens, -Mrs. Essie
Trent Sf Kingsvilfe; three brothers,
Phillip and Travis -Mills of Kings-
ville, and Dewitt Mills of Baylor;
26 grandchildren and one great-
grandchild.
Pallbearers were Henry Ludwig,
faced highway. After buzzing the
E. Rowell, S. M. Oswald, and
F. Thiele.
liam D. Dangley, who was accom-
panied by a flying student, T. F.
Peppers, was en route to Fort
Worth from Austin.
Near Clifton the flyers hit a
heavy fog and mist overhead and
it iwas fast getting worse. They
decided that they had -better land
while they still had a ceiling.
The men spotted the neon sign
over Doc’s -Cafe and could see head-
lights of a car on the highway, so
decided they must be over a sur-
faced highway. After -buzzing the
town, they swung down once to
check the road and landed on their
next trip down. Normal landing
speed of their plane, a two-stated
Cessna 120, is fifty miles an hour;
they came in faster in order to be
able to pull up again if necessary.
Had they known they were so close
to some overhead wires as they
were, they would have been a -bit
more nervous.
Kelsey Bradstreet, hearing the
plane buzz, got his flashlight and
was going to try to help them put
the plane down safely, but the
men had landed before he reached
them.
Mr. Langley is connected with
the South Worth Air Port in Fort
Worth.
The board states that
the passage of the bond issue will
not cause an increase in school
taxes. It is the opinion of the
board that the bonds can be re-
tired at the rate of $1,000 a year
from present income. Vote Tuesday
and help the school continue to he
one of the best of its size in the
State.
County To Have New
Equipment Barn Here
Bosque County is just about to
complete a large, new barn in
Clifton to give protection to much
of the road machinery for Precinct
4. The land for the building was
donated by the City of Clifton; an
old building was purchased and
moved onto the lot and is being
rebuilt to take care of about $20,-
000 worth of machinery which is
to ibe kept there, stated Evans
Ficklin, precinct commissioner.
Some of the equipment for this
precinct will continue to be kept
at Valley Mills to handle roads in
that area; however, with the new
farm to market roads toward
Cayote and Mosheim, the center of
road activity in this precinct will
shift a bit to the west and north.
The new building will save the
county rent that it has been pay-
ing for space on which to keep its
equipment-_____
Precinct four keeps «even men
employed regularly on road work
aside from Commissioner Ficklin;
they are J. W. Townley, Ned
-Cooper, Louis Smith, Ed Leek, and
Joe Ryan of Clifton and Jack Pool
and Joe Veteto of Valley Mills.
Others are called on for help when
there is more than the normal
amount of work to be handled.
i
M. M. Shrader of
nounce the arrival
; the Clifton Hos-
MORE COTTON GINNED
THIS YEAR THAN LAST
The census report shows that
3,788 bales of cotton were ginned
in Bosque County from the crop
of 1947 through Jan. 1, 1948. This
is considerably more than in 1946
as only 2,606 bales were counted
to the same date of that year. The
above report was made by the
Bureau of -Census to I. M. Solberg
of Clifton.
CLIFTON WOMEN ORGANIZE
CHOIR; ELECT OFFICERS
Officers for the Women's Choir
of Clifton were elected as follows
at a recent meeting: Mrs. Chris
Strandr president; Mrs. O. E. Pier-
son, secretary and treasurer; Mrs.
Ralph Helm, librarian; Miss Esther
Haugen, publicity chairman; and
Mrs. O. R. Jenson, accompanist.
The men of the city got under
way with their choir a little ahead
of the women, but -the latter re-
port that they hope to be able to
join the men when they put on their
fir^t public program some time
this spring. Abner H. Grender,
music teacher at the college, is
directing both choirs. The men and
women report that they are
thoroughly enjoying the singing
and invite others who are in-
terested in such an activity to join
them. Choir practice is on Monday
night at the City Hall.
-Mr. and Mrs. Derrell Ludwick
are spending their vacation this
year in New Orleans taking in the
Mardi Gras festivities. They plan
to spend the latter part of this
week in Clifton with Mr. Ludwick’s
parents, Mr. and iMrs. V. C. Lud-
wick.
FRED VICKREY BUYS BULL
Fred Vickrey and W. J. Bryan of
Mosheim were at the Fat Stock
Show in Fort Worth last week.
While there they attended the
Texas Polled Hereford Ass’n. Sale
and Mr. Vickrey purchased a fine
herd bull from the Winkel Here-
ford Ranch of Llano.
Lions Hear Report On
Value Of Fire Dept.
Clifton Lions^Club heard a re-
port on the value of the Volunteer
Fire Department to its community
by Chief A. L. Cartwright from
the Firemen’s Training Service of
the extension division of A. and -M.
College at their regular Tuesday
luncheon.
Chief -Cartwright* stressed the
value of the fire department to the
community as a mpney saver to
the citizens, the need of full sup-
port by the community, and the
use of the equipment for fire fight-
ing purposes only. I From fire in
Texas this past year more than 500
persons lost their lives and prop-
erty damage ran above $25,000,000.
After enjoying a fine meal pre-
pared by the Presbyterian ladies,
the members had the privilege of
meeting the FFA boys who made
another fine showing with their
livestock at the Houston and Fort
Worth Fat Stock shows. The boys’
varied colored ribbons numbering
better than thirty made a fine dis-
play. The young men present and
introduced to the club were Bobbie
Hauke, David Conrad, Morris Al-
fie, Jim Brynie, Joseph Anz, John
Reuter, Calvin Reuter, Leon Mor-
row, Gaston Hix, and Bobby Jame-
son.
Other girtsts of'the club Tues-
day were R. -E. Perry of Blum, E.
R. McCoy of Waco, Buck St. John
of Corsicana, Sanders Jorgenson
and W. W. Rester of Clifton.
W. C. Hurst early this month
gave notice to the Mayor and City
Council that he was resigning as
City Secretary effective Feb. 29.
Mr. Hurst has been a faithful city
employee for more than 20 years;
he first entered the service of the
city as part-time employee about
25 years ago and a little over 20
years ago took on the full time
job of city secretary.
His knowledge of the city streets,
water lines, sewer property and
other city facilities will make him
a difficult person to replace.
Mr. Hurst did not disclose the
type work he intended to enter, but
stated that during the coming
spring and summer his activities
would take him away from Clifton
a considerable part of the time. He
and Mrs. Hurst plan to retain their
home in Clifton.
-Mr. Hurst’s letter of resignation
to the Council is as follows:
“Gentlemen:
“I herewith tender you my resig-
nation as City Secretary of the
City of Clifton, Texas, effective as
of Feb. 29, 1948.
“I wish to thank each member
of the City Council for the many
favors shown me and assure you
that I have nothing but the friend-
liest feeling for each of you and
every citizen of Clifton.
I expect to retain my home in
Clifton and if I can render any as-
sistance to you as a private citizen
will be more than -glad to do so.
“With best wishes, I am
“Very truly yours,
W. C. HURST.”
Twelve FFA boys returned Fri-
day, Feb. 6, from the Houston Fat
Stock Show with their share of
winnings—more than 30 ribbons
and good sales checks. They
showed 52 hogs including Berk-
shire, Poland China, Hampshire,
Duroc Jersey, and other breeds;
seven calves including three Angus
calves, three Hereford calves, and
Jewell Linberg* Enjoy
Trip To Florida
Mr. and Mrs. Jewell A. fcinberg
recently returned from a fine trip
to Florida where they visited in
the home of Mrs. Linberg’s brother,
J. P. Brown. Mrs. Charlie M.
Gandy of Meridian accompanied
them on the trip.
The group were joined at Ocala,
Fla., by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C.
Linberg of Burlington, N. Carolina.
Mr. Alfred and Jewell Linberg are
brothers; Alfred moved from Bos-
que County about 49 years ago.
The igroup enjoyed “shirt-sleeve”
weather, visited the orange and
grapefruit sections of Florida and
Mr. Linberg said there appeared
enough of each to feed the entire
world. Among other things that
stood out' in their trip was their
stop at Silver Springs, Fla., and
the famous Bach Tower with its
chimes.
While in the office Mr. Linberg
had the Record sent another year
to his brother in North Carolina.
Travis Moorman, who is living
in Waco and helping operate a
large farm and dairy near there,
was in the community Saturday to
visit with his mother, Mrs. L. C.
Moorman, and other Clifton rela-
tives and friends.
-Mrs. Glover Jones sent in her re-
newal of the Record from Charles
City, Iowa, and states they are
having 20-below-zero weather there
with everything covered with snow
since Thanksgiving. They had
hoped to come to Texas this win-
ter but had not been able to make
it to date.
Mrs. Jack Tucker was in Groes-
beck last Tuesday to speud^the
day with her
Strother. Mrs.
ii
Mr. and
were in
visit
Mrs. F. S.
last
Faulkner
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
[advises to check cars
■AUSTIN, Feb. 11 — A safety
Wieck may save your neck!
■ That was the terse advice of-
fered today by George Clarke,
managing director of the Texas
Safety Association, in urging
motorists to keep the safety equip-
ment of their cars in tip-top shape.
■“We are co-operating with safe-
ty authorities throughout the na-
tion in a “Learn and Obey Traffic
ILaws” program during February,”
Clarke said. “The law requires
that your car have certain equip-
ment for safety, and it’s there
when the manufacturer delivers
the car. But it is up to the driver
to keep it working properly.”
I He said National -Safety Council
[figures show that 18 per cent of
all vehicles involved in fatal acci-
dents are defective, and one out of
seven with bad brakes.
The major safety equipment was
listed as brakes, lights, • mirror,
windshield wiper, horn and safety
glass. Many of these items will
wear out or become damaged with
use, and the motorist must see that
they are maintained in good con-
dition.
“Periodic inspection by trained
-mechanics or inspectors is the
answer,” Clarke said. “Profession-
al drivers, such as truck drivers,
inspect their vehicles before every
I trip. That’s a good idea for every
driver, and it would save a lot of
llives.” >
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J. C. Hillin Running
For Co. Commissioner
To Voters and Friends of
Precinct 4, Bosque County:
•Owing to requests of so many
voters from all over Precinct 4, I
announce myself as a candidate for
that office, subject to the Demo-
cratic Primary this July
I wish to give you my qualifica-
tions. I served from 1941 to 1944
as Commissioner in Precinct 2,
Hudspeth -County. I resigned in
October 1944 to move to Bosque
County. I* will refer yop to the
citizens of that county as to my
ability as a Commissioner. I also
served as a director of the water
district, which is an irrigated sec-
tion. We collected and assessed
all water charges, were in charge
of all water operations, men and
machinery, which is a large thing.
I am a'sking you to vote for me
solely because I think I am quali-
fied to mpke you a Commissioner.
I will try at all times to keep
roads and bridges in best shape
possible and I will hire as good
labor as possible, and will operate
the Precinct as cheaply as I pos-
sibly can, trying to get dollar value
received for each dollar spent; try-
ing to get all Federal and State
aid possible. I am also for the soil
conservation and soil building prac-
tices.
I am for a fair valuation of
property alike. I believe taxation
should be fair and to each and
everyone alike. I believe in good
roads. I will be fair to all parts
of the precinct alike; fair to every
individual, showing no special
favors to anyone.
I will try to help the people in
every way I can that is worthy. I
will give the job all my time it
needs. I will try to handle your
business in a business-like way,
trying at any and all times to help
Bosque County and my precinct.
I will try to see each one of you,
but if I fail, I take this means of
asking you for your vote and in-
fluence; so thanking you in ad-
vance for your support, promising
if elected a fair, efficient adminis-
tration to the best of my ability.
J, C. HILLIN
Cowboys Give Ranger
1st Conference Defeat
The College basketball team
handed Weatherford a hard fought
defeat 43-41 at Weatherford last
Friday night. Dave Oliver led the
scoring with 13 points while Sid
McAlister had 12.. Spracklin of
Weatherford led his team in scor-
ing with 12.
The surprising Cowboys, who
were manhandled 52-37 by Ranger
when those teams met at Ranger
two weeks ago, then turned on the
league leaders, the Ranger Ran-
gers, and soundly thumped that
team by a score of 38-29 though
they were trailing at one time by
a score of 12-2 and at halftime
15-13. The loss was the first of
the season for Ranger and though
it doesn’t change the position of
the teams in the standings, it
takes Ranger’s percentage down
and might start them on a series
of losses. They must meet the
strong Hillsboro club at Hillsboro
this Friday night.
The Cowboys will be playing the
Cisco Wranglers here Friday night.
The Hillsboro Indians then troop
to Clifton for a hot game with the
Cowboys on Monday night, Feb. 16.
The race could easily end in a
three-way tie for the title among
Clifton, Ranger and Hillsboro and
that
Box
would necessitate a playoff.
BOSQUE CO. MAN NAMED
TO SHORTHORN GROUP
Wade Knudson, Bosque County
rancher, was named as one of the
directors of the Texas Shorthorn
Breeders Association at Fort Worth
during the recent Fat Stock Show.
Tom W. Bridges of Henderson
was elected president, Vernon
Schofield of Austin, vice president,
and the other new directors are J.
R. (Holley, Brownwood, Joe Wil-
liamson, Henderson; J. Doss Miller,
De Leon; and R. A. Ross, Dallas.
CALL MEETING OF AUXILIARY
MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. 16
of the American
, been set for
UiitFiWfi
Clifton (38)
FG
FT
PF
Gohlke .........
..... 2
3
3
R. Oliver .....
..... 0
0
0
D. Oliver .....
..... 5
1
1
Roberts .......
.... 3
0
,0
McGehee .....
... 0
0
0
McAlister ...
.... 3
3
3
Pruitt ...........
..... 0
2
2
Massengale .
.... 0
2
2
Keenev .........
..... 0
1
1
Totals
.... 13
12
12
Ranger (29)
FG
FT
PF
Blackwell ...
.... 2
1
2
Parker
... 1
1
3
Sullivan .......
.... 2
2
4
Crawley .....
.... 3
3
1
Arterburn ...
.... 1
1
2
Heathington
.... 0
0
0
Blitch ...........
... 0
0
0
Boney .........
.... 0
1
4
Walker .......
*. 0
0
0
Robinson .....
.... 0
0
0
Ford .............
.... 1
0
2
Totals
.... 10
9
18
Halftime score: Ranger 16; Clif-
ton 13.
Officials: Eugene Balk.
Free throws missed: Ranger—
Crawley, Sullivan, Arterburn, Ford
2 each, Boney 1; Clifton—R. Oliver,
D. Oliver, Roberts, McGehee, iMas-
sengale, Keeney 1 each, McAlister
2, Pruitt 3.
PFC. JAMES O. PIERSON
TRAINING IN COLD CLIMATE
Word "was received in Clifton
this week concerning Pfc. James
O. Pierson, who is taking part in
the Army’s exercise “Yukon” in
Alaska. Pierson reports that the
-group is carrying out maneuvers
in weather that has dropped 35
degrees below zero. Pierson is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Orin Pierson,
who lived in this community until
recently and now make their home
at Seminole, Texas.
At the end of the Alaska train-
ing, the Second Infantry division
will return by Army Air Force
Troop Carrier Group to its home
station at Ft. Lewis, Washington.
one Hereford scramble calf; and
four Iambs.
Prize money from Berkshires
amounted to $178 including cham-
pion of Berkshire class, two firsts,
four seconds, two thirds, one
fourth, two fifths, one sixth, one
seventh, one eighth, and eighth
place litter. Hampshire prize
money amounted to $27 including
third place pen of three, fourth
place pen of three, and one fifth
place. Poland China prize money
amounted to $40 including one
first, one fifth, one ninth, and two
eleventh places. All other breeds
prize money amounted to $55 in-
cluding champion pen of three,
one first, one second, and one third
place.
The boys received 30-35c pound
for their hogs.
Prize money on the calves
amounted to $20 including one
eleventh, one fifteenth, and one
forty-fifth. The calves brought 33c
and 40-45c.
Arno Dittrich won a blue ribbon
for having the Champion Berkshire
hog in the boys’ class; he also won
another first for best harrow.
Leon -Morrow took a -blue ribbon
for the champion pen of three in
all other breeds in the boys’ class.
Joseph Anz brought back a first
place ribbon on his Poland China
hog.
Jerry Benfer, the only 4-H entry
from Clifton, won a third and
seventh place on his Chester White
hogs.
The boys making the trip were
Arno Dittrich, Bobbie Hauke, Leon
Morrow, Glen Beckner, David Con-
rad, -Morris Alfie, Calvin Reuter,
Bobbie Jameson, Jim Brynie,
Joseph Anz and Gaston Hix.
David Dahl returned Friday, Feb.
6, from the Fat Stock Show at Fort
Worth where he had shown seven
Berkshire hogs and one Angus calf.
He won seven ribbons and $85
prize money with his hogs placing
first and second in medium weight
class, second in heavyweight class,
third and fourth in lightweight
class, and second and fourth in -
junior sow pig class. His calf
placed fifteenth.
David sold three hogs for 36c lb.,
four hogs for 34c lb., and his calf
for 42c lb.
Claud Outlaw To Be
Returned For Burial
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Outlaw re-
ceived word this week that the
body of their son, Claud Harvey
Outlaw, who -was killed while
fighting for the United States on
Guadalcanal, had arrived in a
California port and would arrive
in Clifton in the near future.
Final funeral arrangements could
not be made until more definite in-
formation is received, but Mr. Out-
law wished their friends to know
that the funeral would be held at
the Searsville Baptist Church with
interment being made in the Clif-
ton Cemetery.
MAGAZINE CLUB MEETS
FEBRUARY 17TH
The Magazine Club will meet
next Tuesday, Feb. 17, in the home
of Mrs. C. L. Goodall at 2 p. m.
Two interesting papers are sche-
duled on Thomas Jefferson and
Andrew Jackson by Mrs. R. L.
Baldridge and Mrs. L. E. Tennison,
respectively, stated Mrs. C. E.
Pratt, reporter.
PTA MEETS FEBRUARY 18
The February meeting of the
Clifton Parent Teacher Association
will be held in the City Hall
Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 3:15 p. m.
I Mrs. Manguerite Wilbanks,
Below are listed the prices quoted
Thursday morning (cattle prices
paid at Wednesday’s auction) by
Clifton merchants:
Eggs 40c current receipts, hens
20c, fryers 30c to 32c, cream 68c,
roosters 7c, cowhides 10c, and
beeswax 15c.
Oats $1.20 bu., corn $2.00 bu.,
wheat $2.35 bu., milo $3.25 per
cwt., and barley $1.75 bu. With the
falling market the volume of oats
and wheat for sale in Clifton in-
creased considerably this week.
Cattle market: Despite bad wea-
ther around 350 head of cattle were
brought in for auction. -Market was
very active, but prices a lot cheap-
er. Most all classes of cattle were
off $2.00 as compared to last week.
Medium to good slaughter steers
and yearlings $20 to $22 with many
choice kind at $22 to $24.50. The
same cattle would have brought
$25 to $26.50 last week. Medium
to good butcher calves $20 to $23
with a few fancy kind up to $25.40.
Good quality Stocker steer calves
$20 to $22; heifers $18 to $20,
plain to medium $16 to $20 with
rannies at $13 to $16. Good butcher
cows $15 to $17, cutters $12 to
$15, canners $10 to $12 with a few gg
old shelly kind down to $9. Medium
to good bulls $16 to $17 with r ’
kind up to $19.45, good
cows $15 to $16.50 plain $13 t
No cows
$20.66. t ^
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Baldridge, Robert L., Jr. & Baldridge, Mrs. Robert L. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, February 13, 1948, newspaper, February 13, 1948; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth778718/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.