The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1936 Page: 3 of 8
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THE CLIFTON NECOTrl). CLIFTON. TEXAS. ** VIIARY 10. 1936
EARLY TEXAS HISTORY
University of Texas News Service
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(Note: This is one of a series of ar-
ticles taken from the three hundred
special collections of family archives
in the University of Texas library.
The collections cover all periods of
Texas history, from the earliest days
of the Spanish missionaries in the
province of Tejas, through the colo-
nial ^er^ to the present. This series
-of articles presents interesting ex-
cerpts from a number of these fam-
ily collections, some chosen for their
intrinsic significance in the develop-
ment of the empire of Texas, others
for their purely human interest in por-
traying personalities, economic con-
ditions and social intercourse.)
Austin, Texas.—The winter of 1862
■was an eventful period in the Civil
"War days in Texas. This fact is made
evident by the detailed diary of Wil-
liam Pitt Ballinger of Galveston. He
came from a distinguished . family
which migrated from England to
Virginia and then moved to Kentucky.
He served in the Mexican war and
"was a member of Albert Sidney John-
ston’s staff. He was a prominent mem-
Tier of the legal profession. He was
bom September 24, 1825, and died
-January 20, 1888. A copy of his diary,
Along with copies of other of his pa-
pers is a part of the Texas historical
collection in the library of The Uni-
'versty of Texas. He made a notation
-on December 4 telling of his Christ-
inas shopping for members of his
family, and following this are brief
accounts of visits to him made by
■Colonel Reel Terry and various other
men who took part in the events of
that period. On December 21 he re
corded the fact that Perry Bryan had
been appointed first lieutenant of the
Artillery and had arrived at Galves-
ton. On Christmas eve he wrote:
“Court adjourned yesterday until
the 6th of January. Nannie and her
children have arrived in good health,
Mrs, McDowell also. Sent Uncle
Tommy’s and Tom Jack’s cloaks by
Nance. Milton Davis took tea with us
last evening. Heard the argument on
ejL Moise’s court marshal yesterday.
Think he ought to, and hope he will
be convicted. Haven’t executed much.
Must put everything in order to close
the year. Hally and the baby both
have colds—haven’t felt very well my-
self. Reading Irving’s Life of Wash-
ington, 1st. vol., having read the last
-volume from my wish first to see ac-
count of Washington’s administra-
tion.
Following the foregoing entry in
bis diary there is a lapse of several
days, the next record being an ac-
count which opens with the state-
ment that he had a dull Christmas.
On December 29, he wrote:
“The Christmas has been very
dull—no- gayety of any kind. Hally
has had sore throat and the baby has
suffered from a dreadful cold. One
night her breathing was very bad
and we were uneasy about her. The
weather has been damp and streets
are now muddy. I have done very lit-
tle business. Stayed a large part of
the time with Hally. Have read the
first and part of 2nd. vol. Irving’s
Washington. Have written letters to
Bet and Uncle Jimmy and business
letters. Made notes on amendments to
the Sequestration law, also on the
criminal law for the punishment of
seditious and dangerous persons for
Judge Gray. I told Gray today that
3 had no principles so fixed as to ab-
stain from politics all my life and I
never expected to be in position in
which I would not follow my own
personal conscience as to men and
measures—that I had more respect
Tor him as a man capable of public
usefulness than any one I knew in the
State—that I thought it might be
agreeable to him to know it He
seemed gratified and told me he ex-
pected to run again for Congress. He
thinks Chambers, Baylor and prob-
ably Lubbock will run for governor.
Spoke also of Sexton and Stockdale.
The latter is in town—is a gentleman
and man of principle and worth.
“An expedition of boats py water
and troops by land will attack the
unboats and the troops at
about day after tomorrow,
a very hazardous and
I would be glad to go;
feel that I ought—and
it I think
said to be killed—also Sid Sherman.”
A further account of this engage-
ment is given in the diary under date
of January:
“The topic is still the fight at Gal-
veston—unquestionably one of the
most brilliant and daring achieve-
ments of the war. I shall not attempt
to describe it here. A misunderstand-
ing occurred as to the time for com-
mencing operations: the boats were
near the ground first too soon, or at
least some time before the land
forces were ready, and concluded that
the latter had postponed or been pre-
vented, and the boats were returning
up the bay, when they heard the guns
open—all agree that our troops were
compelled to bandon or withdraw
their guns, and that so far as the
land attack merely was concerned,
we were repulsed. Our men could not
be held to their guns under the ene-
my's fire. The capture of the Harriet
Lane by the boats entirely changed
the aspect of affairs, tho’ the Bayou
City was wedged so tight under the
Lane’s wheel horse, that they were
unmanageable and it took 3 or 4 hours
to separate them. If the Yankees had
then shown pluck they could have re-
taken the Lane easily. The Neptune
had been sunk by staving in her bow
by the force of the blow she struck
the Lane. But the enemy no doubt
greatly exaggerated the numbers and
strength of our vessels. Leon Smith is
belived to have killed Captain Wan-
nought and Tom Green to have killed
Lieutenant Lee of the Harriet Lane.
The father of the latter is Major Lee
in our service, and got on the boat in
time to see his son die. The troops on
the boats could not have acted more
heroically. The Bayou City from hav-
ing boarded and obtained the surren-
der wins first honors; but the first
fire was delivered from the Neptune
was most deadly, and swept the decks
of the Lane. I have not done much
for several days except talk with
those who were at Galveston, and
gather particulars. West thinks neith-
er DeBray, Cook or Reilly won any
laurels, or exhibited ability. Bagby
was on the Neptune, Scurry com-
manded the Reserves, but soon came
into town and inactive to animate
the men.”
THE CLIFTON PUBLIC
SCHOOL NEWS ITEMS
STAFF
Editor-in-chief ...................... Ann Rea
Sports Editor .................... Billy Pool
Reporters ..........................................
Mildred Hill, Anna Marie Sel-
jos, Elizabeth Torrence, Doranne
Poulson, Audrey Cottle, Hazel
Cooper, Thomas Hardie.
EDITORIAL
Worry can be a disease, a nuisance,
or a useful art. We can let it whirl
us into misery, or we can let it wind
us up to our most original discover-
ies and most ambitious work. What
we need is encouragement in the art
of putting it to use. Worry reveals un-
reasonable things, and, in actual
practice, things that happen are often
o’clock the girls’ basketball team, un-
der the direction of Mr. Appleby, or-
ganized for the year. Jerseys were
issued, and a schedule for the year
was announced.
On January 3rd the following stu-
dents, sponsored by Mr. Pierson, pre-
sented a fifteen minute educational
play over station WACO in Waco: T.
O. Swenson, Mozelle Murphree, Fur-
man Grimm, Dorothy Jones, Hugh
Pro ns tad, Charles Reese, Clarence
Handley and Marguerite Winfield.
This program was the first of a se-
ries of plays published by the Wells
Publishing Company of Massachu-
setts. Students of Clifton High
School have been invited to appear
in Waco again on January 31. We
would like to hear the comments of
the public, so that the faculty and
students will know whether any good
is being accomplished or not. Since
we think it an honor to present these
plays, we would appreciate the in-
it an
TOM G1LLASPIE ANNOUNCES
FOR SHERIFF’S OFFICE
completely unreasonable. Worry terest of others. NoVonly’is
serves the same purposes in the world
of human relationships that pain
serves in the physical realm; it is a
warning, and a preventive. From bit-
ter experience, we know that unless
honor to us, but it is an honor to
Clifton and to the High School. We
are also proud to state that when the
play was finished, the announcer made
, , , . , the remark that the performance
somebody besrirs nimself’ thingsjvvas put over smoothly ami that he
i was not ashamed to announce that
The program was over WACO.
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ST. OLAF LUTHER LEAGUE
The St. Olaf Luther League met
Sunday evening, Dec. 22, 1935, in the
church basement, with Selma Jenson
entertaining. The following program
was enjoyed by all:
Instrumental Prelude, “Silent
Night,” by Rev. Maakestad, Wm.
Bertelsen, Chris L. Rohne and P. B.
Rohne.
Scripture Reading—Thelma Has-
tings. nil ........
Song by audience: “O! Come All
Ye Faithful.”
Christmas Reading—Olga Rohne.
Topic for Discussion: “Getting
Ready for Christmas.”
Speakers: Mrs. Ira Dahl, Alvin So-
renson and John Maakestad.
Song by Audience: “Joy to the
World.”
Interesting and inspiring talks
were given by Prof. Ervin Christen-
sen of Bryan and Supt. J. Justin
Jenson of Mont Belvieu.
This being time for election of new
officers the following were elected:
President—Jodie Pederson.
Vice President—John Maakestad.
Secretary—Ila Faye Pederson.
Assistant Secretary—Ane Chris-
tenson.
Treasurer—Anna Mae Sorenson.
Book Carrier—Jodie Knudson.
Reporter—Olga Rohne.
The contributions to the Texas
Circuit was decided on by the league
and the treasurer pay the amount to
be giyen.
A motion was made that the Young
People’s Society hereafter be known
as the Luther League.
Lord’s Prayer read in unison and
benediction by Rev. Maakestad.
Meeting adjourned/ Delicious re-
freshments were served, games were
played and a social evening was en-
joyed by all. —Reporter.
probably will not come out right of
themselves. With the happiness of
others dependent on our actions, it is
the sheerest nonsense to tell U3 that
we ought never to worry. There are
moments when we really should wor-
ry. A.R.
NEWS ITEMS
There will be a beauty revue held
at the City Hall, Jan 10, 1936. Ad-
mission 10-15-25c. The purpose of
this revue is to select a “Miss Clif-
ton of 1936.” 40 per cent of the pro-
ceeds will go to the Clifton High
School library association. We wish
to take this opportunity to thank the
business men in town who made this
revue possible. The following girls
will participate in the event: Doranne
Poulson, Hazel Cooper, Dorothy Mae
Calvert., Ruth Tucker, Ada Lou Fal-
lis, Marceanna Spangle, Noryene Os-
wald, Lucille Fort, Margaret Fort,
Millie Knudson, Lena Moffatt, Mary
Louise Lane, Louise Ott, Mozelle
Murphree, Mildred Hill, Mary West-
-jaqojnH ‘-misqaAl. uuX^ ‘prunS
son, Fern Bronstad.
SENIOR WATCH PARTY
On New Year’s Eve night, the Se-
niors gathered at Virginia Cottle’s
home, and prepared to go up to the
golf course west of town to celebrate
until the New Year arrived. By 11:30
we were all up there shooting all
kinds of fireworks: firecrackers, Ro-
man candles, sky-bombs, sky-rockets,
etc. When the New, Year came in, and
we were through with the fireworks,
Mr. Pierson invited us all down to
the city hall, where we had hot
doughnuts and hot cocoa. Then every-
one went home feeling as spry as the
happy New Year. A.M.S.
Mr. R. .H. Thompson of Waco was
a business visitor here Tuesday after-
noon. He is a representative of Herff-
Jones Company, jewelers; Schmidt
Engraving Company, stationers.
Tuesday afternoon after four
SPORTS SLANTS
The Clifton Cubs won their first
basketball victory from Coon Creek
last Friday night. The game had a
“story book” ending with the final
score being 31-30.
The Cubs played a grand game of
ball all the way. P. O. and Aubrey
Dahl looked good as ever, although
P. O. has had only one workout. Au-
brey’s accurate passing and P. O.’s
dribbling were the main factors in
the Cub victory. At center Arthur
Bronstad lived up to his name as a
player, and has the same old eye for
the basket. The newcomers, Elma
Rice and J. T. Spangle worked
smoothly with the Dahl brothers and
Bronstad, making the prospects for
1936 all the brighter. Albrecht also
saw service and played a flashy game.
P. O. Dahl was high point man with
a total of fifteen.
The visitors were led by Wayne
Bonds, giant center, and Hutchison,
who went in for Gaulman at the half.
W. Bonds led in scoring for the Coon
Creek boys with a total of twelve
points. Both teams fouled nine times,
making a toal of eighteen for the
game. B.P.
CRASH INJURIES FATAL
Cleburne, Texas, Jan. 6.—Tarlton
Poison, 18, was dead Monday as a
result of being injured in an auto-
mobile accident Saturday. The youth,
who lived southwest of Cleburne, was
at first not bslieved seriously hurt,
but it developed that he had suffered
internal injuries.
Tom Gillaspie authorizes announce-
ment of his candidacy for Sheriff of
Bosque County, subject to the action
of the Democratic primaries.
Mr. Gillaspie has been a citizen of
Bosque County for the past thirty
years, and is well known throughout
the county. He is now serving his
third term as Constable of Precinct
No. 1, in which capacity he has made
an excellent record as a peace officer.
He is qualified in every way to dis-
charge the duties of the office of Sher-
iff in a manner that will please the
people of Bosque county, he says. If
elected, he promises to use the powers
of the office to enforce all the laws to
the best of his ability and with equal
fairness to all.
Before the primaries, Mr. Gillaspie
plans to make an active campaign
and will endeavor to see every voter
in person. Until then he requests that
his candidacy be given your fair and
careful attention, and he will appre-
ciate your vote and support and any
effort and influence in his behalf.
^PAGEl
V. D. Goodall, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office in Old 1st. Natfl Bank Bldg.
Office Phone 166. Night Phone 92
Clifton : : Texas
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We take this means of expressing
our sincere thanks to "our neighbors
and friends for their helpful deeds
during the illness of our father, Fritz
Gaskamp, and for the words of sym-
pathy after his death. May God’s
blessing be your reward.
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Baldridge, Robert L. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1936, newspaper, January 10, 1936; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth776892/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.