The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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Chief Justice Cureton
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THE CLIFTON RECORD, CLIFTON, TEXAS, APRIL 12, 1940
NUMBER 8.
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r Mrs. Bernt Bertelson
Hanson of the Mustang
was carried to the hos-
at Clifton last week where he
ceive special care and trest-
le’ is getting along nicely and
he will soon be at home
B. C. Rogstad returned home
Has last Saturday where he
with his son, Vernon, who
underwent a major operation. Mrs.
Rogstad will remain with Vernon un-
til he is able, to come home.
Mrs. Matt Johnson has been ill
with a case of pneumonia but is how
slowly improving.
Mrs. S. C. Jfermstad is also im-
proving after a week’s illness.
Miss Virgie Bertelson of Meridian
spent Sunday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. M. J. Bertelson.
At the school trustee election held
here Saturday, Lyman Swenson, Al-
fred Brasher and Cecil Pendleton
were elected.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Swenson of Big
Spring spent last Thursday with his
mother, Mrs. Christine Swenson.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Anderson and
John Anderson attended the funeral
of Mrs. Cox at Fairy, Monday after
'noon. Mrs. Cox was Mrs. Anderson’s
grafidmother. She died at Abilene.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ammons and
Mrs. William Tergerson of the Mus-
tang community and Mr. and Mrs
Bernt Bertelson attended the funeral
of Grandmother Streater at Hamilton
last Monday afternoon. Mrs. Streater
was J. B. Ammons’ grandmother.
Many relatives and friends in this
community of Mr. and Mrs. Jeese
Bronstad attended the funeral of their
son, Rea, last Friday afternoon. Our
deepest sympathy goes out to the be
reaved family.
Eight Hundred Seventy
Texas Youth Receive
NYA Health Training
Austin, A-pril 10.—Health! Hy-
giene! These all-important items are
among the first considerations in the
National Youth Administration’s
Work Experience Program for boys
and girls throughout the State, J. C.
Kellani, State NYA Administrator,
said today.
Eight hundred and seventy young
people on NYA projects in Texas are
learning the practical application of
health and hygiene by joining hands
with twenty-five hospital staffs to
render service to the sick, Kellam
said.
Preparing and serving the meals,
laundering, issuing linens, helping
load trays according to dieticians’
instructions, acting as assistants in
X-ray laboratories, sterilizing in-
struments, and rendering: assistance
to laboratory technicians are among
the varied duties which these NYA
boys and girls are performing daily
as assistants to the regularly em-
ployed hospital staffs.
‘‘In Carrying on this program,” the
State Youth Administrator pointed
out, "it is the aim of the National
Youth Administration, in addition to
rendering a needed service, to give
training in health, hygiene, and the
preparation of foods to Texas youth.
Private employment serves also as a
large factor, for, after training youth
in a manner acceptable to hospital
standards, the hospitals absorb many
of them into their own payrolls at
the end of the training period.”
Harry Hines On Radio
Each Monday Night
TEXANS CHIDED
BY PUBLISHER
^Dallas News: Texans are so car-
ried away by their enthusiasm over
their own state that they are some-
what apt to overlook their respon-
sibility to the rest of the nation,
Eenry R. Luce, publisher of Time,
and Fortune Magazines, said
h*e Saturday.
The publisher, one of the founders
of Time Magazine, is making an ex-
tensive trip over Texas * “to learn
about the State.” It is his first visit
to Texas.
“I’m impressed with the state’s
progressiveness and diversified re-
sources,” Mr. Luce said. “Texans are
by no means provincial, but they are
inclined to think a lot about the
state’s bigness and richness.”
Mr. Luce and his party spent most
of Saturday on a tour of the East
Texas oil fields. Accompanying him
are his 14-year-old son, Henry R.
Luce Jr.; his assistant, Brantz May-
or and Holland McCombs of San
Antonio, Texas representative of the
Luce magazines.
A party of Dallasites met the vis-
itors here early Saturday and took
them on the East Texas trip. Making
- thfe jaunt through the oil fields were
Mr. Luce and his party, Ted Dealey,
Capt. J. F. Lucey, Jack Pew, Peter
Molyneaux, Fred F. Florence and
Stuart McGregor.
Mr. Luce visited with G. B. Dealey
of The Dallas News on his return
from the trip, leaving later in the
afternoon to be the guest of R. L.
Thornton at his W. R. Ranch, near
Roanoke, Denton county.
Mr. Luce was bom of American
parentage in Shantung Province,
—Xhina in 1898. He is a graduate of
40PTfele, holding an honorary Master of
Arts degree from his alma mater. He
served as an officer in the field ar-
tiUery during the World War and
was decorated with the Chevalier Le-
gion of Honor by France in 1937.
His home is in Stamford, Conn.
Go To Church Advice
Given by Governor
Austin, Texas, April 7.—Gov. Lee
O’Daniel, referring only incidentally
to his candidacy for a second term,
Sunday devoted his entire Sunday
broadcast to a renewal of his go to
church campaign.
Urging listeners to attend Sabbath
services, the Governor, in a program
plentifully sprinkled with music of a
religious nature by his hill billy band,
read a letter he had received from a
convict, since electrocuted, who said:
“I made serious mistakes because
my parents did not take me to Sun-
day chool and church and I am going
to the electric chair because of my
parents’ failure to take me to Sunday
school and church.”
The convict, J. W. Rickman, also
said he believed O’Daniel would be re-
elected and that he hoped a state law
would make teaching of Bible truths
mandatory in public schools.
Program songs included: The Little
Old Church in the Valley, What a
Friend We Have in Jesus, Whispering
Hope, The Voice in the Village Choir
and I’ll Be Nobody’s Servant but
Thine, Lord. ,
HARRY HINES
Austin, April 8.—Harry Hines, can-
didate for Governor, will deliver a
radio address each Monday night, it
was announced at his headquarters
here, and will discuss various impor-
tant subjects of the campaign in each
talk. The addresses will be broadcast
over the Texas Quality Network and
a number of other stations.
Mr. Hines, State Highway Com-
missioner and former Chairman, who
is completing a six year appointive
Commissionership, will speak from
7:15 to 7:30 p. m., Monday nights,
April 15 and 22. Starting April 29
and every Monday night thereafter
he will broadcast from 8:30 to 8:45
p. m.
In the near future Commissioner
Hines will launch an intensive cam-
paign during which he will visit and
speak in every section of the State.
Owner Held Responsible
In Drunk Driving Crash
Austin, April 10.—Reaffirming a
five-year sentence assessed Leo Brew-
er in Dewitt county for conviction of
murder in the auto crash death of
five month old Charles Herman
Schaefer, the court of criminal ap-
peals today reiterated a holding that
the owner of a car, even though not
driving, can be responsible for
death.
The state charged that Brewer
and a companion, Leo Spears, both
intoxicated, crashed into the rear of
another car in which the baby and its
parents were riding, throwing the oc
cupants to the pavement and crushing
the infant’s skull. Spears, who was
driving, was tried separately.
To the objection that the jury could
not properly place responsibility on
TRIGG-PEDERSON
Mr. Wilbert Trigg of near Cranfills|
Gap and Miss Lillian Mardella Peder-
son of the Norse community were
united in marriage at the Norse
parsonage at 7 p. m. Saturday, April
8, by Rev. P. E. Thorson.
Mr. Trigg is a young farmer, living
between Jonesboro and Cranfills Gap,
Ule bride is the daughb
P. L. Pederson of the Norse
said in an opinion.
“We have held that an automobile
is not a dangerous weapon per se,
but when placed tinder control of
‘alcohol at the wheel and gasoline in
the tank’ and driven upon the high-
way, '
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held responsible for the resulting
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Local Future Farmer
Judging Teams Qualify
Clifton FFA judging teams have
been certified to participate in the
State FFA Judging Contests to be
held at College Station April 22. The
three qualified teams are the live-
stock, poultry and crops teams. Three
is the maximum number which any
Chapter can enter in the State con-
tests and these must have placed in
the top ranking 15 teams in the Area
contests.
Members of the above teams who
judged' in the Area contests last Sat-
urday at Temple are as follows:
Livestock—J. C. Oswald, Henriell
Dahl and Daniel Jorgenson.
Poultry—Burton Carpenter, Doug-
las Railsback and Alfred Olson.
Crops—Bill Lambert, Reed Carr
and Grady Railsback.
The winners at the State contests
in livestock dairy and poultry will be
given a free trip to Kansas City next
fall to the national contests.
Mr. Gerloff took the V. A. classes
out to Mr. Stryker’s farm where they
ran 7,000 feet of contours Tuesday
morning of this week on his pasture
land.
The boys are busy budding pecan
trees at this time, both for their
fathers and other parties who have
requested specialized propagation
work. They use varieties which are
adapted to this section such as West-
ern Schley, San Saba Improved No. 60
and the Mahan pecan.
Dr. and Mrs. E. T. Callahan left
Wednesday for Dallas to attend the
Texas Dental Association convention.
Dr. Callahan is a member of the asso-
ciation and Mrs. Callahan is a mem-
ber of the Woman’s Auxiliary.
Miss Martha Lou Burch of Fort
Worth is spending her vacation wijh
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Burch.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hix had as
their guests last week-end, Mrs. .Hix’
sister, Mrs. Roberta Cromwell and
her brother, Tom Hayes, and Jin}
Copeland, all of Los Angeles, Calif.;
their son, Tommie Hix of Fort Worth
and Will Lacy Jr. of Austin.
Mrs. John Caldwell returned Sat-
urday from Fort Worth where she
had spent the past two weeks visit-
ing in the home of her daughter, Mrs.
W. C. Harvey. Mrs. Caldwell was ac-
companied home by her granddaugh-
ter, Miss Pauline Harvey, who is
spending the week with relatives here.
Mrs. J. L. Stockard and daughter,
Miss Belle, have returned home after
a visit of two weeks with relatives at
Italy.
Mrs. Charley Lewis of Snyder is
visiting her sisters, Mmes. F. R. Odle
and J. J. Lumpkin Jr. this week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Cureton, Jack
Cureton, H. C. Odle, Mrs. I. E. Lump-
kin, Frank Woodruff, Mrs. Alma T.
Butler, Mrs. Levi A. Dunlap and Mrs.
A. S. Lomax were in Austin Tuesday
to attend funeral services of Judge C.
M. Cureton.
Mrs. John Robertson left Tuesday
for Weatherford where she will spend
three days attending the annual meet-
ing of the Methodist Women’s Mis-
sionary Society of the Central Texas
Conference.
Riley Burch of Dallas spent the
first of the week with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Burch.
District Court
Norman Gartrell vs. Texas Em-
ployees Insurance Association. The
cause'came to trial and the parties
asked that the jury be waived and
the cause be withdrawn from the jury
docket. They then announced' that
they had settled and compromised all
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C. M. CURETON
Austin, April 10.—Texas was sad-
dened Monday by the death of schol-
arly, hard-working Calvin Maples
Cureton, 65, chief justice of the
State’s Supreme Court longer than
any man in the tribunal’s century of
existence.
An authority on constitutional law,
Judge Cureton, member of a pioneer
Texas family, died at his home here
Monday morning from chronic heart
disease after a public career which
extended from service in the Texas
volunteer infantry of the Spanish-
American War to the highest post in
the State’s judiciary which he held
nearly 19 years.
His body lay in state in the Su-
preme Court at the Capitol from 10
to 12 a. m. Tuesday, after which it
was removed to his residence for
services which were conducted by Rev.
Edmund Heinsohn of th University
Methodist Church and Rev. C. M.
Raby of the First Methodist Church.
Burial was in the State Cemetery,
Texas Arlington, at 4:30 p. m. Tues-
day, with Asociate Justices John H.
Sharp and Richard Critz and mem-
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BREEDER-FEEDER
PRESIDENTHONORED
The Dallas Agricultural Club, the
first if its kind in the world, is cel-
ebrating its fourteenth year, and
honoring Frank P. Holland, Jr., for
outstanding service to agriculture.
The Club membership is composed of
men and women in many vocations,
but all of whom acknowledge their
debt to agriculture as the basic in-
dustry upon which American institu-
tions depend, and who meet at weekly
luncheons to hear a talk on some
phase of agriculture.
It serves as a forum for discussion
but passes no resolutions for or
against any theory or program pre-
sented. Its only positive action is
embodied in the annual recognition
of someone who has contributed to
the welfare of Texas agriculture. This
year the choice fell on Frank P. Hol-
land, Jr., president of the Breeder-
Feeder Association.
A dinner in his honor will be given
at the Jefferson Hotel in Dallas at
7:00 p. m., April 29. Mr. Holland’s
leadership in the Breeder-Feeder, or
balanced farming program, since 1929
also recently brought recognition at
the hands of the livestock interests
of Texas, who unveiled his portrait
at Houston during the Fat Stock
Show. The portrait was presented to
the Animal Industries Department of
A. & M. College, as the beginning of
a gallery of livestock leaders.
W. J. Green, of the Farm Security
Administration, is the president, and
B. I. Toline of John Deere Plow Co.
is vice president of the Dallas Agri-
cultural Club this year. George B.
Latham has been secretary-treasurer
since its formation.
209 VOTES CAST IN
TRUSTEE ELECTION
Waco Dons Will Open
Season Next Sunday
The Waco Dons are opening their
ball season next Sunday afternoon,
April 14. The game will be played
at Katy Park at 3:00 p. m. against
the 7-Up team of Austin.
Very probably a crowd of 4,000 will
be in attendance, aa there is unusual
_ _ . interest already expressed in the
Brewer, Judge Tom L. Beauchamp Dons because o( the „Urg which they
have for the coming season.
Admission will be: Adults 40c, chil-
dren 15c. Reserved seats 25c extra.
One lady admitted free with each
paid adult ticket.
Chew of Ragweed
Relieves Hayfever
Cleveland, April 4.—People who
said they helped their hay fever by
eating clover honey in the Spring
and chewing ragweed leaves in the
summer, received medical justifica-
tion Thursday at the American Col-
lege of Physicians.
This curious legend was investi-
gated by the allergy clinic of the
University Hospitals of Cleveland,
with the result that eating pollen was
tried as a medical remedy and found
quite effective.
One hundred thirty hay fever vic-
tims acted as the guinea pigs. About
half of them took injections of the
ragweed pollen, which is a standard
method of relieving hay fever, while
the other half swallowed capsules
filled with the same pollen.
As a result, 63 per cept of the pol-
len eaters were helped considerably,
24 per cent had fair relief and 13
per cent were not relieved at all. This
was almost as good as the results
of the regular vaccination method,
where 70 per cent experienced con-
siderable relief, 19 fair and 11 none.
The capsule method had one ad-
vantage. It was easy to take a cap-
sule every day or two, whereas the
vaccination requires going to the
doctor or the hospital.
The clinic physicians said there is
still a medical controversy over the
pollen-eating method, less than a
half dozen physicians having tested
the method.
When taken in a capsule, 100 times
as much pollen must be given as by
hypodermic. needle. However, even
the 100 times multiplication only
fills a pill that is small enough to
swallow easily.
Farmers Working For
Conservation District
Word has just been received by E.
R. Lawrence, county agent, that the
petition for the creation of a Soil
Conservation District has been re-
ceived by the State Soil Conservation
Board. This proposed district is to
comprise Bosque County, Somervell
and Erath counties, with the greater
part of the signers being in Bosque
County.
The State Board has advised Mr.
Lawrence that within thirty days a
date will be set for a public hearing
within the proposed district to deter-
mine whether or not there is need for
a district. The hearing is a public
one and those who are interested in
the creation of such or who are op-
posed to it, should attend the hear-
ing. After the hearing the State
Board will set a date for the election
that will create the district, or re-
ject it. The vote must carry by a two-
thirds majority of the land owners
voting.
Before there is any election there
will be a series of educational meet-
ings in the various communities of
the county at which time the full op-
erations of the district will be ex-
plained to the land owners. These
meetings will be announced at A later
date and Mr. Lawrence further states
that every land owner should attend
the meeting nearest him and become
familiar with the requirements and
operation of the district before any
opinion is formed. Information may
be obtained at any time from Mr.
Lawrence, the Vocational teachers, or
the county soil conservation board.
This board is composed of the fol-
lowing men: W. C. Main, Iredell,
chairman; W. C. Hafer, Clifton; F.
M. Wallace, Clifton; Earl C. Morri-
son, Walnut Springs. County Judge
Karl L. Lovelady is also familiar with
the Soil Conservation Law and will
be glad, to render any assistance he
may.
More than the usual number of
votes were polled in last Saturday’s
school trustee election when 200 votes
jwere cast. The six candidates receiv-
ing the highest number of votes from
the nine names on the ballot will
serve the Clifton Independent School
District the coming three years, and
are as follows: H. B. Dahl, R. J. Wal-
ton, R. B. Henderson, V. D. Goodall,
J. W. Denton and J. G. Jorgenson.
The individual vote was as follows:
JL- IL-Dahl-____-___________
R. J. Walton ..... 187
R. B. Henderson ..............................185
V. D. Goodall ............... 181
J. W. Denton .............. 162
J. G. Jorgenson.............. 136
P. S. Dahl ...................................... 98
F. J. Spangle ..... 75
P. L. Elder ........................... 61
The new board was sworn in last
Wednesday evening and started on
their duties looking after the public
school interests for the next three
years.
Paul Seedig went to Oklahoma last
mmAmh
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Rev. E. N. Scarlett Will
Speak at Meeting Here
Rev. E. N. Scarlett, pastor of the
Anglin Street Methodist Church, and
one of our leading ministers, will de-
liver the principal address at the Fel-
lowship Supper. Rev. Scarlett was
pastor of the local Methodist Church
for four years. During his pastorate
the present church building was fin-
ished and dedicated. The Church will
long remember his fine leadership.
The Board of Stewards is anxious for
every man and young man who makes
this their church home to attend this
fellowship supper and quarterly con-
ference. i
The ladies of the Woman’s Mis-
sionary society will be in charge of
the tables and selecting and serving
the meal. Rev. L. L. Felder, Cleburne
District Superintendent will be the
toastmaster. Addresses will be made
by Tom C. Parks, Church Lay Lead-
er; W. W. Windham, Church School
Superintendent; R. W. Helm, secre-
tary and treasurer; Mrs. F. K. Brad-
street, president of the Missionary
Bmo
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