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THE CLIFTON RECORD, CUFION, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 22, 1946
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MARCH 4
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At a dinner in a local cafe on Mon-
daynight of this week, plans were
formulated' for 'the 1946 American
,Re4 Cross Fund Campaign which is
scheduled to be launched in Clifton
and every other community in Bosque
County on Monday, March 4.
Present for the dinner and the busi-
mes meeting immediately following
were C. G. Bronstad, chairman of the
Bosque County Chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, C. P. Gaisselhrecht,
secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Chris
Strand, County Home Service Chair-
man, O. E. Pierson, Bosque County
Chairman of the 1946 Fund Cam-
paign, and H. B. Dahl, Clifton chair-
map of the 1946 Fund Campaign, all
. of Clifton; Mrs. Persie Downey, Fair-
■vWw local chairman; Miss BeBe Rog-
stad, Norse local chairman; and B. I.
Dahl, Womack local chairman.
During the business meeting 0. E.
Pierson outlined plans which have
been made for this year’s drive. He
pointed out that Bosque County’s
quota is only a small amount more
than one-third of what it was in 1945.
Mr. Pierson said, “Even though the
actual fighting has stopped, there is
still an enormous amount of work for
the American Red Crbss to do; the
-vast number of men who still are in
the armed forces and those who now
are hospitalized and will be for
months to come need such*care as
only the Red Cross can give them.”
He said that these wounded men
-and women are still giving of them-
. selves and that we Here at home can-
not refuse to contribute to the Ameri-
♦ can Red Cross so j*hat its workers
/can ^distribute as many of the com-
J forts of life as possible to those re-
Friends and relatives extend a cor-
dial welcome to the following Bosque
County boys who have been released
from military service during the past
week:
- Nils C. Petterson, O. B. Smith,
Thomas J. Thompson, Cecil 0. Can-
uteson, Richard A Obenhaus, Joseph
L. Schumacher, Douglas A. Railsback,
Carl 'Schmidt, Rudolph jC. Wolluim,
Raymond C. Huckaby—Clifton.
Homer E. Thompson, Walter H.
Timms—Morgan.
Charles T. Earle, Chester M. David-
son, Arnold C. Wiede, Luther Wells—
Meridian.
Robert N. Massey, Marshall L.
Page Jr., James B. Billings—Walnut
Springs.
Payne B. Welborn, Clovis P. Down-
ing Jr., Herbert Alexander, Adrian
D. Simpson—Valley Mills.
Vernon E. McCarty, Ewell L. Rob-
inson—Kopperl.
American Legion And
Auxiliary To Meet
Tuesday, Feb. 26
According to information received
from Bill Weatherford, commander,
members of the local American Legion
Post and Ladies’ Auxiliary will have
their regular meeting at the Clifton
City Hall on Tuesday night, Feb. 26.',
Mr. Weatherford said that regular
meeting dates for these organizations
had been set for the second and
fourth Tuesday nights in each month.
JOE WHITE SEEKS
[RE-ELECTION
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LUTH. WORLD ACTION
RALLY SLATED HERE
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I cuperating, waiting for artificial legs
I to be fitted, learning the B:
to be fitted, learning the Braille sys-
tem, or .fighting for their very lives
on account of some dread disease
they contracted while fighting for us
“Therefore,” Mr. Pierson concluded
“when the solicitors approach you, 'be
generous, be courteous, and help them
to contact others.”
Two Local Men
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SAN ANTONIO—Sgt. Chris M
Paulson Jr., Rt. 2, Clifton, and Sgt.
Douglas A. Railsback, of this city,
have been separated from the Army
Air Forces at the "San Antonio Dis-
trict AAF Personnel Distribution
, Command.
Air crewmen and ground crewmen
returning from combat areas and
army personnel from continental in.
etallations are received by the San
Antonio PDC installation and in three
days of processing their records are
straightened out, their army pay mat7
ters arranged and their physical con-
dition checked thoroughly in a medi-
cal examination. Only then are they
returned to civilian life, adjusted
completely for the change from com-
bat soldier to civilian.
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COLLEGE TEAMS PLAY
HARDIN COLLEGE
FEBRUARY 21
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Tonight (Thursday), Feb. 21, at
7:30 o’clock in lie Oifton High
School gymnasium basketball con-
tests will be played between the girls’
and boys’ teams of Clifton Junior
College and visiting team* from Har-
din Junior College, Wichita Falls.
Op Tuesday night of this week at
Arlington the Clifton Junior College
ps* team was defeated by a score
41-30 by the North Texas Agrieul-
College team. Robert Haugen,
(Clifton, led the Clifton team with
12 points scored and Tom Chandler,
of Dallas, the North Texas Aggies
with 15 points.
In the western division of the Texas
Junior College Athletic Conference
North Texas Aggies are tied with
Tarletom College, Stephenville,
the first place spot.
Clifton has been chosen as one of
the 500 communities' in the United
States in which rallies will be con-
ducted during the next few months as
the eight Lutheran bodies affiliated
with the National Lutheran Council
seek $10,000,000 for church relief and
rehabilitation activities in this coun-
try and abroad. .....,llti
The- local rally will be held at
Trinity Lutheran Church on Friday
night, March 1, with the Rev. John
A. Scherzer, San Antonio, Texas, as
the principal speaker. Pastor Scher-
zer is one of sixty-two leading Luth-
eran churchmen who have been as
signed as speakers at the rallies, most
of which will ibe held in February or
March. Although the campaign for
$10,000,000 is planned over a two-
year period, it is hoped to obtain most
of the funds this year to meet the ur
gent needs in war-devastated coun
tries. ..........
The National Lutheran Council, co-
operative agency for two thirds of the
Lutherans In America, represents the
United Lutheran Church, Norwegian
Lutheran Church, American Lutheran
Church, Lutheran Augustana Synod,
United Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Danish Lutheran Church, Lutheran
Free Church and .Suomi Synod (Fin-
nish). They have an adult member-
ship of more than two and one-half
million persons.
These bodies, according to Dr. Paul
C. Empie, assistant director of the
Council who is in charge of the ap-
peal, have already raised $6,634,891
since 1939 for emergency wartime
and postwar causes among t)he 80
million Lutherans of the world. Re-
ceipts in 1945, he reported, exceeded
$2,342,000 on an original goal of $1,-
790,000.
Of the total sought in the 1946-47
drive, which will be conducted under
the name of Lutheran World Action,
$6,950,000 has been'allocated to the
spiritual reconstruction of churches
overseas, in Norway, Finland, France,
Germany, Hungary, Holland, Czechq-
slovakia and Poland, and among the
displaced Lutherans from the Baltic
States.
Other allocations of the fund, Df.
ie said, have been made as fol-
: $1,500,000 to orphaned Luther-
an missions in China, India, Asia
Minor, Africa, Japan and New
Guinea; $150,000 to home missions;
$100,000 to emergency welfare serv-
ice and to refugees; $50,000 to the
American Bible Society for distribu-
tion of Scriptures; $60,000 to work
with prisoners of war; and $500,000
to a contingency fund for developing
To the Voters of Bosque County:
I wish to announce -my candidacy,
for re-election to the office of County
Superintendent of Schools of Bosque
County, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary July 27, 1946,
and to solicit your vote and influence
in the coming election.
During the term that I have been
in the office it has 'been a pleasure
to work for you and with you. I
shall ever be grateful for the favors
and the full measure of cooperation
you have shown me. If re-elected I
shall strive to serve the people in the
same fair and impartial manner that
I have served in the past.
Your consideration of itiy candidacy
will be gratefully appreciated. I am
looking forward to seeing each of
you before July 27, and making a
personal appeal. Until then, I am
Your friend,
JOE WHITE
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ALFRED HARDWICK
ENTERS RACE FOR
COUNTY JUDGE
Mrs. Raley Buried In
Valley Mills Feb. 15
Many Clifton friends of the family
attended the funeral services in Val-
ley Mills last Friday, afternoon for
Mrs. W. C. Raley, aged S)jF*years,
which were held at the „ Methodist
Church there at 2:00 o’clock.
A resident of Valley Mills for 51
years, Mrs. Raley died at her home
there on Thursday morning of last
■week.
She is survived by seven sons
Luther, Bun, Eld, C. R., and Elvie, of
Valley Mills; Emmett, of Waco; and
Tom, of Frederick, Okla.; and by
number of grandchildren.
According to a story 'Concerning
Mrs. Raley’s death in the Friday, Feb.
15, issue of the Waco News-Tribune,
she and the late W. C. Raley, who pre-
ceded her in death in ^37 at the age
of 88, were both bom in Alabama,
where they were married in 1869,'
going from there to Arkansas, and
moving to Valley Mills in 1896. To
this union 11 children were bom, of
whom the seven mentioned in the
above paragraph have survived.
Clifton persons- who attended the
funeral services for Mrs. Raley in
Valley Mills on Friday, Feb. 15, were
J. W. Townley, Mrs. W. D. Nuckols
Jr., Mrs. E. K. Parker, Mr. and Mrs.
Clint C. Hennig, Mr. and Mrs. Chris
Strand, and Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Tenni-
Mrs. Claude Johnson, of Valley
Mills, is a patient in the local hospital
under the care of the staff. Her con-
dition is improving rapidlv.
Frank Wallace, of Valley Mills,
recuperating nicely in the Goodall
and Witcher Clinic-Hospital followiiig
an appendectomy performed Feb. 19.
Mr. And Mrs. Schibler
Married Dec. 31f 1945
Given Shower Recently
Because of repair work 'being done
at the Clifton City Hall, the
At 6:00 o’clock on Monday night,
Dec. 31, 1945, at Norse. Miss Doris
Dahl, daughter of Mr. dm Mrs. John
O. Dahl, of Gruver,' Texas, became the
bride of (Mr. Sherman Schibler, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Schibler, of Cran-
fills Gap. Marriage rites were per-
formed in the Our Savior’s Lutheran
tor, ttev. rerry sampson.
On Thursday, Feb. 14. Mr. and Mrs.
Schibler were honored with a miscel-
laneous shower. The Valentine theme
was used throughout. Hostesses were
Mesdemes Olie Huse, grandmother of
To the Citizens of Bbsque County:
In making my announcement for
the office of County ■ Judge, 1 first
wish to thank all my friends who have
so kindly supported me in the past.
Most of the citizens of Bosque County
will remember that I had the pleasure
of serving you as your County Clerk
for six years (Jin. l; 1939 to Jan. 1,
194§). The .records that I made in the
County Clerk’s office are records that
I will always be .proud of, and I invite
you to inspect them. The six years
that I served as County Clerk my
(books were audited each year and
these audits show that my books
were well kept.
Having proven to you my ability in
discharging the duties of a public of-
fice, 1 believe that I am justified in
asking you to elect me to the office of
County Judge. Having served as
County Court Clerk for six years, I
am fully aware of all the duties and
responsibilities that will be mine if
you see fit to elect ime, If I believed
that I was no# qualified to fill this
important office, I would not belittle
myself to ask for your support.
■ In the (present Judge’s recent an-
nouncement for re-election there was
a statement, “that he and the County
Commissioners have kept the finances
of the county in good condition as
evidenced (by the recent audit of the fi-
nancial affairs of the county.” I be-
lieve in giving credit to whom credit
is due. The audit just recently made
covered the years 1942, 1943, and
1944 and did not touch one figure of
the present Judge’s records, but
covered in part the administration of
the Hon. Jack Cureton and the ad-
ministration of the Hon. Phil Gilliam.
This is a matter of record in the
County Clerk’s office.
It is true that the recent audit
shows the finances of Bosque County
to be in good condition, but the last
two above mentioned County Judges,
along with the efficient administra-
tion of all officers of the county, have
made it so. .,
Below I quote to you a statement
from one of our county papers in our
present Judge’s recent announcement:
“If the county ever needed an experi-
enced man as County Judge it will be
during the conversion the next few
years and we know of no one other
than Judge Word who isan Attomey-
at-Laiw and an experienced financier
of many years experience who can
better discharge the duties of this
office to the best ^interest of all the
people.” (unquote)
I agree with thdbabove statement
in one part, that our present Judge
has 'had quite a bit of experience as
County Judge as he is -now serving
his 14th year and is now asking for
another term.
I would appreciate an opportunity
to prove to the people of Bosque
County that I can fill the office of
County Judge and that
is indispensable.
If you elect me as your County
Judge I will put forth every effort to
make as good a Judge as you have
ever had. I will conduct the office
in an honest, efficient, edbnomical
and impartial manner. I will at all
tipies consider the needs of the citi
zens of Bosque County and will co-
operate with the Commissioners
Court and with every worthy organi-
zation in the county as long as it is
for the (betterment of the county' as
a whole.
Again thanking my friends for all
past favors and I sincerely hope that
all the new friends I have made will
join the ranks of my old friends in
helping to elect me as your next
County Judge. I hope to see each at
you personally but in the meantime,
1 am asking that you give my candi-
Sincerely your friend,
ALFRED HARDWICK.
VOOLUME 52—NUMBER 2
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Mi*s Anna Terrell
Dies Here Feb. 14
Pioneer lady of Bosque County and
the last member of her generation of
•the well-known Terrell family, Miss
Anna Wilson Terrell died last Thurs-
day, February 14, at the age of 78
years in the home of her nephew, I.
B. Terrell, who, with his family, lives
a few miles from ''Clifton on the Mo-
sheim road. Miss Terrell for the past
two years had made her home there.
Born on Sept. 4, 1867, in Bosque
County the daughter of Archimedes
and Serena Snell Terrell, Miss Terrell
spent her entire lifetime in this Coun-
ty.
She was loved and admired by her
many friends she had won through
the years because of her excellent
character and sweet disposition.
Miss Terrell is survived by, none of
her immediate family but by a num
her of nieces, nephews, grand-nieces,
and grand-nephews.
Funeral services were held at the
home of I. B. Terrell at 3:00 o’clock
on Friday afternoon, Feb. 15, 1946,
conducted by Rev. Floyd W. Thrash,
pastor of the local Methodist Church.
Pallbearers were Harold Schultz,
C. E. Carpenter, W. O. Gloff, Simon
Bekkelund, Frank Oswald, and F.,E.
Lynch. %
Interment was in the Terrell Ceme-
tery, south of Clifton.
GATESVILLE WINS-
DIST. BASKETBALL
MEET HERE FEB. 16
VFW POST CEREMONY
TO BE HELD MARCH 1
no one man
On Friday, Feb. 8, the recently
organized Bosque County Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post met in the District
Courtroom, Meridian, but due to the
failure of the Post Charter to arrive
from National Headquarters the
scheduled Post Institutional Cere-
monies had to be postponed until the
next meeting set for Friday, March
1, at 7:30 p.m.
For that meeting, because the im-
pressive ceremonies will require more
space than is available in the Dis-
trict Courtroom, the facilities of the
Meridian High School gymnasium
have been obtained. To conduct the
Post Institution and Officers’ Instal-
lation the entire group' of Waco VFW
PoSt Officers will be present.
At the Feb. 8 meeting, after the ac-
ceptance of new membership applica-
tions, H. N. McCutchon, Waco com-
mander, called the meeting to order
and presided! during the selection of a
Post name and the election of offi-
cers. Bosque Post was chosen for the
name, and Dr. James T. Archer was
elected Post Commander, Joe White,
Sr. Vice-Commander, George Grimes,
Jr. Vice-Commander, J. M. Ferguson,
Chaplain, Collin A. Hanna, Quarter-
master, and Lonnie B. Sanford, Offi-
cer of the Day.
Regular meeting dates for Bosque
Post were set for the second' and
fourth Tuesdays of each month at
8:00 p.m. with the District Court-
room as the temporary location of the
meeting place.
Few hamburgers, ice cream cones,
soft drinks, or cookies could be pur-
chased in Clifton at (he conclusion of
the District High School Basketball
Tournament held here last Saturday,
February 16, in the High School gym-
nasium and won that night by the
Gatesville High School Hornets who
defeated the West High team in the
finals by a score of 51-30.
Games started at 10:00 o’clock Sat-
urday morning with Clifton taking
McGregor 31-15. Hulme led the Clif-
ton High School scorers with 13
points; Billy Prince, of Clifton, made
9; and Horstmann, of McGregor,
landed 6. Hulme and Harvey, of Clif-
ton, and Horstmann, of McGregor,
all left the game on fouls.
The second game at 11:15 Saturday
morning was between Itasca and La
Vega, La Vega winning by a score of
27-16. Hopkins, of La Vega, was high
point man with 13. J. Ellison lad
Itasca with 8 points.
At 2:00 o’clock - that afternoon
Gatesville played the Clifton team,
winner of the Ciifton-McGregor game.
Gatesville doubled Clifton’s score to
win 30-15, although until the third
quarter the game was quite close.
Ward, of Gatesville, was high scorer
with 12 points, and Hulme, of Clifton,,
was next with 9.
West defeated La Vega, the winner
of the Itasca-La Vega clash, by a
score of 27-9 in a game beginning at
3:15 p.m. Jaska and Kapszynski, of
West, looped 8 points each to. cop
scoring honors. Hopkins led La Vega
with 5 points.
At 7:00 o’clock that night games
started with Clifton shellacking La
Vega 44-13 in the consolation game
to win third place in the tournament,
Hulme led scorers with 15 points.
In the finals beginning at 8:30 p.m.
Gatesville beat West 51-30 to win
first place in the tournament.
Along with the Gatesville boys
came the Gatesville High School hand
members, accompanied by their color-
ful majorettes, who in conjunction
with one another gave colorful per-
formances between games.
Good crowds attended each game,
particularly the finals S^turdVv
night, and Cliftonites enjoyed play-
ing host to these high school teantsr“
Joseph L. Schumacher
Discharged From Navy
On Monday, February 11, Joseph
Louis Schumacher, 9M 3-c, received
an honorable discharge from the
United States Navy at the Navy Sep-
aration Center, Norman, Oklahoma.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Schu-
macher, of Route 1, Clifton, he served
24 months overseas in the Pacific
Theater of Operations, his last duty
station on the U. S. S. Bexar.
Joe, as he is known to his many
friends here, arrived home
the lattef
Eligible veterans throughout this j P“rt °f last week,
area are invited to join this new Post
and to contact any of the officers
named above or any known member
for information about the Post as
well as application cards. The Post
is gratified to announce that member-
ship has doubled in the short time
since the original organizational
meeting, and overseas’ veterans of
both World Wars I and II are urged
to keep the Post growing by joining
on or 'before March 1, thereby becom-
ing charter members.
LOCAL LADIES GO TO
REPORTERS' SCHOOL
CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN
PLANNED IN COUNTY
Attending the school for Club re-
porters conducted by Laura Lane,
sion service, at Lampasas Wednesday,
Feb. 18, were Mrs. C. C. Stryker,
•Mrs. Claude Dowdy, Mrs. Jake Sel-
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While meeting with the Commis-
sioners’ Court recently, Mrs. Robert
Wyatt, member of Montgomery
Springs Home Demonstration Club,
reported that the club women are
launching a clean-up campaign and
Plan to start in our County Court
House.
The Council Education and Expan-
sion committee is composed of Mrs,
Jake Seljos, chairman, Busy Bee
dub, Precinct 4; Mrs. Edward Tipton,
Mosheim'Club, Precinct 4; Mrs. Ray-
mond Lammert, Gamersville Club,
Precinct 3; Mrs. John Spitzey, Gar-
nnwesilln __l m. %r •* m
Byrum, Union Hill dub, Precinct 2;
Mrs. Jeff Knight, Loader Springs
dub, Precinct 2; Mrs. A. C. Golden.
Mqntgomery Springs dub. Precinct l;
Mrs. Robert Wyatt, assistant chair-
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