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The Clifton Record
the CLIFTON RECORD, CLIFTON, TEXAS, MAT 7, 1948
VOLUME 49—NUMBER 12
ires Citing Need Given In
lea For Feed Acreage Increase
Andrew Helmer Wollum
Laid To Rest Friday
As
War Expenditures, 1918
And 1943—Compared
In 1918 American war expenditures
were only 18% billion dollars; in
1943 they will exceed 100 billion dol-
lars. These figures show sharply the
difference in cost between the last
war and this one. There were four
Liberty and one Victory Loan drives
in the last war, with a total goal of
less than 19 billion dollars; but to fi-
nance the present war the people of
the United States must raise about
70 billion dollars before the end of this
year. In that war, our task was
chiefly to fortify a line of trenches in
France; in this war we must equip
and supply our armies on all the far-
flung battle-fields of the world.
Governor Plans
Texas Rubber Day
MEASUREMENT OF
FARM FIELDS DATA
BY AAA AVAILABLE
Farmers still have the opportunity
to obtain measurement data on the
fields in their farms by calling at the
county AAA office, Bosque County
AAA administrative officer announced
this week.
Practically every farm in the county
has been mapped on atrial photo-
graphs and the sizes of the various
fields recorded. Arrangements have
been made to furnish this information
to farmers in the county office. When
requesting acreage data, farmers
should bring in their cut-outs, which
are aerial.photos of their own farms,
or any other farm maps in their pos-
session.
This service should be particularly
helpful to the farmer this year, Live-
ly said, since he will be responsible for
reporting his performance under the
1943 program. Futherroore, in the
case of cotton, the farmer cannot re-
move excess acreage after perform-
ance is reported, in order to obtain full
payment under the program in 1943.
In cases where a field will not be
planted according to 1942 boundaries
hut wffl be split, into two or more
parts in 1943, the farmer will need to
furnish enough of the principal di-
mensions to enable the county office
to revise its records accordingly.
Every Bosque County farmers is
urged to take advantage of this offer,
even though some of his fields may
already be planted. The information
furnished under this plan will com-
prise the official acreages for the
farm during the 1943 program year,
provided the farmer plants his crop
according to the boundaries in which
the acreages were determined.
Lively said many farmers already
have obtained their field acreages
from community pre-measurement
meetings and county office records.
He urged that others take advantage
of this opportunity as quickly as pos-
sible. There is no charge for this ser-
vice.
Texas’ 418,000 ranchmen and farm-
ers have been sent an urgent plea to
plant to the limit of critical warcrops
and feed crops for livestock this year.
With spring planting well under
way throughout the state, B. F. Vance,
Chairman, Texas USDA War Board,
declared this week that “this is the
most important planting season in
American history and the number of
acres to be planted still can be in-
creased.”
Asking farmers “to take an extra
degree of chance and plant in full the
acreage that would be handled under
the most favorable circumstances,” he
said the War Food Administration,
Washington, already was working on
plans to organize latent labor re-
sources to harvest this year’s crops,
that plans for more harvesting ma-
chinery were being drafted and that
continued price supports at fair levels
to minimize risks in the market place
were being planned.
He explained that the recent Food
For Freedom sign-up campaign in
which increases in oil crops were
stressed in no way minimized the im-
portance of other essential crops, such
as feed grains and hay.
“Texas ranchmen and farmers are
not being asked to change their plans
this year at the expense of oil crops
for which need is even greater than
feed crops, but at the rate corn, wheat,
oats, barley and other feed grains are
being consumed, we will need all the
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CITATION IS GIVEN
CLIFTON SCHOOLS
IN JEEP CAMPAIGN
Andrew Helmer Wollum was born
November 10, 1901 of parents Ole C.
Wollum and Sophie (nee Wold) Wol-
lum. He was baptized January 12,
1902, and confirmed in the faith of
his baptism at St. Olaf Lutheran
Church, Cranfills Gap, by the Rev. H.
W. Estrem June 6, 1920.
He attended school in the Boggy
School and has since remained with
his parents on the home where he*has
been )of great help to them.
He was preceded in death by one
little brother, who died in infancy,
and by two sisters, Martha and Set
Iona, likewise three brothers, 01«
Severt (in action in France, World
War I); Pernell, and quite recently
by Harry.
Considering the fact that the family
had been called upon in the latter part
of 1942 to give up one son, Harry, and
now Andrew, with the mother critical-
ly ill at home, this is an unusually
heavy burden of sorrow to be borne by
one family, in so short a time. In
human strength it could not possibly
be borne, but in the all sufficient
strength of the Saviour it can be borne
to the eternal blessing and salvation
of souls.
Though he had been in ill health
for some time, it was not until about
a week before his death, Thursday
morning, April 29, 9:00 a.m., that his
sickness reached a critical stage.
He leaves to mourn his passing, his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ole C. Wollum,
of this community and six brothers,
Chris and Alfred of Fort Worth; Levi,
Clifton; Melvin, Houston; Otto, San
Francisco; Pfc. Clarence, U. S. Army,
Fort Ord, California, together with
nephews, nieces, near relatives and
friends.
The services were held Friday, April
30, 2:00 p.m. at the home and 3:00
p.m. at the church. Interment was at
St. Olaf Lutheran Cemetery. The pas-
tor, Rev. Benjamin R. Maakestad, of-
ficiated at all services. Hiss Hannah
Hoff sang at the church, accompanied
by the church organist, Mrs. Alfred
Finstad.
AUSTIN, May 1.—Predicting that
Texas will lead the nation in rubber
production with plants all over the
state turning out rubber made from
oil this year, Gov. Coke R. Stevenson
Wednesday proclaimed June 28 Amer-
ican Made Rubber Day in Texas.
Calling upon Texans to join in Cere-
monies “which will focus the eyes of
the nation on our great state,” Gover-
nor Stevenson said in a proclamation:
“New Texas factories and shipyards
are turning out planes and ships, am-
munition and many other war ma-
terials sorely needed. Texas gasoline
is keeping our planes in the air and
our tanks and jeeps and trucks in
action.
“This year Texas adds one more
contribution to its war record. This
year, all over Texas, plants will begin
to turn out American rubber, made
from Texas oU. Our state will lead
all the nation in rubber production.
$626,303.50 Is Bosqae County
Total In 2nd War
Incomplete reports on war bond
sales in Bosque county during the
Second War Loan drive up to and in-
cluding May 1 show that Bosque coun-
ty individuals and banks together have
invested $626,303.50 in the war se-
curities during the campaign, it was
announced Thursday morning at coun-
ty war bond headquarters at Meridian.
Later tabulations may increase the
amount slightly.
Individuals and non-bank buyers
had purchased a total of $256,303.50
with a county quota of $170,000.
Bosque county banks had subscribed
for $370,000.00 worth of war securi-
ties, far over-reaching their quota of
$144,000.00.
The following community sales re-
ports had been received on the non-
Fat Stock Show Will
Be Held Next Spring
GRAIN CROPS ARE
IN NEED OF RAIN TO
IMPROVE OUTLOOK
Continued dry weather combined
with weeds and Johnson grass in
some fields are decreasing prospects
for small grains in Bosque County,
according to J. L. Faubion, Field
Representative of the Waco Produc-
tion Credit Association.
Since sub-soil moisture is ample,
a little rain would be very beneficial
to gardens and all feed crops. Ap-
As the Record goes to press a
slow rain is falling and prospects
are good for this section to get
the moisture needed to save the
grain crops so vital to our war ef-
fort. Farmers say a two or three
inch rain would be ideal now.
bank purchases.
Clifton .......................
$ 90,198.25
Meridian ...................
69,772.75
Valley Mills ..............
_ 46,593.75
Walnut Springs .......
. 21,020.00
Iredell .......................
10,012.50
Kopperl ...........-.........
6,950.00
♦Cranfills Gap ..........
4,375.00
♦Morgan ......................
7,381.25
TOTAL .........
.. $256,303.50
* Cranfills Gap and
Morgan totals
used here are April 28 figures, as re-
ports to May 1 had not been received
Thursday morning.
Subscriptions by banks:
Clifton ......................
$150,000.00
Meridian ...................
. 100,000.00
Valley Mills .............
60,000.00
Iredell .......................
25,000.00
Kopperl .....................
25,000.00
Cranfills Gap --------
10.000.00 x
TOTAL ........
$370,000.00
Directors of the Southwestern Ex-
position and Fat Stock Show, Fort
Worth, have voted unanimously to
hold a show next season. Dates for
Fort Worth’s 1944 Internationally
famous livestock show and rodeo will
be March 10 through 19, according to
John B. Davis who has been re-elected
secretary-manager of the exposition.
The 1944 Southwestern Exposition
and Fat Stock Show will be the 48th
year for the Fort Worth exposition
which has attained widespread fame
for its encouragement of better live-
stock production and for its outstand-
ing rodeo. The show was not held in
1943 in deference to Governmental re-
quests, hut officials believe the food
situation can be aided by the holding
of the Livestock exposition next
spring.
POST OFFICE WILL
DISTRIBUTE NO. 3
RATION BOOK SOON
For service to the War Savings
Program through the successful com-
pletion of a “Schools at War” Jeep
campaign, a citation was awarded by
the United States Treasury Depart-
ment to the Clifton Public Schools.
This award was given under the hand
and seal of Frank Scofield, State Ad-
ministrator, and Henry Morgenthau
Jr.
At the bottom of this certificate is
attached nine gold stars representing
the nine Jeeps, which cost $900 each,
that the Clifton Public School pur-
chased in this campaign.
The following bonds and stamp
sales were reported at school for the
week April 26-30:
Grade 1 ............................... *26 05
Grade 2............-..........— B2-60
Grade 3 -------------------------------- 2 30
Grade 4 ................................ 814
Grade 5 ................—......... 14 38
Grade 6 ............. 3-70
Grade 7 ............................... 18-75
Grade 8 ------------------------ 24 32
CASUALTY TOTAL ANNOUNCED
Announced casualties of the United
States armed forces from the out-
break of the war to last week-end
(whose next of kin have been noti-
fied) total 78,235. This total, arrived
at by combining War and Navy re-
ports, includes: dead 12,123; wounded
15,049; missing 40,436; prisoners of
war 10,628.---
DEADLINE NEARS
IN PURCHASE OF
SEED PEANUTS
AMERICAN LEGION
Selmer Erickson Post No. 322,
American Legion, meets in regular
monthly session Tuesday evening, May
11, 1948. Plans for our annual May
activities will be formed. We need a
full attendance.—Milford J. Hoff,
Commander.
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Singing Convention
Tn Meet May 16th
Th Bosque County Singing Con-
vention will be held at the Court
House in Meridian on Sunday, May
the 16th. The Stamps Quartette
will give a concert at the Court
House in Meridian on Saturday
night, May 15th, and will remain
over for the Convention the follow-
ing day.
Everyone is urged to bring their
Grade 9 .................-............ 74 20
Grade 10 -------------------------- 31-BB
Grade 11 .............................. 2345
.........._... v 8.15
Grade 12
TOTAL ................$281.55
Bonds reported were:
Glenda Lois Elllngson .... $18.75
Mansell Rainbolt —-—— 87.60
Austin Flint ...----------- 18.75
Mildred Hogstel ---------<— 18-7B
Ann Olsen ---------—-....... 18 73
James Lee Flint ----------- 18.76
Miss Bronstad -......... 18.75
own lunch as rationing
to
$446.75 was sold in town on Satur-
day, May .1, by the following students:
Connie Gigs tad, Mildred Hogstel,
Dorothy Elder, Mary Ellen Hayes,
Lets Fern Whitley, Lanoe Smith,
Irving Amundson, Douglas Richards,
Earl Kay, Orville Langseth, Dons
Jean Gloff, Lois Turner.
$14.95 was sold April 28 and 30
at the Cliftex Theater by the follow-
ing Spanish Class representatives:
Bettie Henderson, Marcelle Moore,
Joyce Hoff, and Floyd Eggen.
Clifton Public School has set $20,-
000 as its goal for this year in the
purchase of bonds and stamps^ Of
this amount approximately $900 >s
It was pointed out earlier in the
year that a directive to the designated
peanut agencies was issued providing
that seed peanuts be made available to
producers and establishing the date
May 31,1943, as the final date for the
sale of peanuts for planting purposes.
In view of this deadline, producers
are urged to buy their seed peanuts
before May 31, 1943 even though they
may wait until later to plant them.
In any case where a producer pur-
chased farmers’ stock or cleaned pea-
nuts under the 1943 seed program,
which are in excess of his planting
needs, he may dispose of such peanuts
by returning them to the seller from
whom the purchase was made. All
peanuts returned must be in unopened
original bags, and the returned pea-
nuts and bags must be in first-class
salable condition. Purchase price will
be refunded by the seller for all sur-
plus peanuts returned as stated prior
to the completion of the local planting
season.
The school
goal in
proximately 50 per cent of the in-
tended cotton acreage has been
planted with the majority reporting
good stands.
Pastures got off to a good start,
and although grass on light land is
beginning to burn, all livestock ap-
pear to be doing better than average.
A few cases of stepticaemia and
pink-eye seem to be in cattle here
and there over the country, but few
death losses have occurred and at
the present time is pretty well under
control. Cattle market is gradually
weakening due to pasture conditions,
seasonal drop and prospects of an
OPA live weight ceiling.
It is thought that the present de-
mand for goats for meat purposes will
improve the quality as well as the
weight of future mohair clips since
the lighter shearing goats fatten more
rapidly and is generally a large ani-
mal. No kid contracts have been re-
ported in th? county, but contracts for
kids in the hair, September delivery,
are being made in the West at $5.00
per head.
Due partially to uncertainty over
the government wool purchasing pro-
gram, almost all of the current wool
clip has been contracted in a price
ranging from 38c to 45c, the latter
price being paid for a few choice clips
of cross-bred wool. Shearing is under
way a little earlier than usual because
of shortage of shearing crews with
the grower paying from 20c to 26c
per fleece. Generally speaking, sheep
men report their clips to be heavier
“These figures represent Bosque
county’s answer to the question, ‘are
we squarely behind the war effort,
said County Chiarman Garland Davis,
who praised the spirit of the people
and expressed the thanks of the coun-
ty organization for the splendid co-
operation of volunteer workers, banks,
newspapers and the entire citizenship,
making the drive an outstanding
success.
REMSTltKTlNe
HU APPROVED
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» this goal
HOSPITAL MAKES
SUGGESTIONS TO
RELIEVE STAFF
“While our doctors and nurses emu-
late on far-flung battle fronts of
global war the inspiring example set
by Florence Nightengale in the
Crimean War, we on the home front
pay tribute to her and to them by ob
serving her birthday, May 12, as
National Hospital Day.
An inevitable reality of war is that
it affects in some manner the lives and
activities of all of us. In order to pre-
serve the freedom so dearly bought by
those who have gone before, every in-
dividual, every organization, and
every institution must fight either on
the battle front or the home front.
While the call to service on the
battle front continues to deplete its
medical and nursing staffs and per-
sonnel in every department, your hos-
pital is fighting 24 hours a day on the
home front to maintain services that
safeguarding of
The Post Office Department has
agreed to cooperate with the OPA in
the distribution of Ration Book Three.
Beginning May 20, 1943, Postmas-
ters will make a general distribution
of OPA Form R-129, a blank applica-
tion without address, to all patrons of
their offices by all carriers, rural and
star carriers included, and through
lock boxes and window service. De-
livery by carriers will be completed by
June 5, 1943 and cards will be avail-
able for call at the Post Office to and
including June 10, 1943.
The Department is informed by the
OPA that all applications must be
completed and mailed to the address
printed on the card prior to midnight,
June 10, 1943. The completed applica-
tion forms being returned by the ap-
plicants must bear the letter rate of
postage. Jf completed application
forms do not bear the correct postage,
they are to be returned to the appli-
cant.
Beginning June 20, 1943 and ending
July 20, 1943, ration books in official
penalty envelopes will be deposited in
the Post Offices at the various mailing
centers of the OPA for delivery to the
addressee by ordinary mail.
Clifton Buys $90,198.25
In Bonds In Bond Drive
are essential to the ...—B-------<, —
the lives and health of the people of
men report uim cup. «« ^ ------your community. Added to the prob-
than they have been th past two years. ]cmg of depletion are those
Word has been received that t
redistricting bill which takes Bosque
county out of the present judicial dis-
trict with Johnson and Somerville
counties and places it in a new dis-
trict with Coryell and Hamilton coun-
ties was passed in the Senate by a big
majority and the bill has been sent
created by priorities, equipment short-
ages, food rationing, and increased
operating costs due ■ to higher prices
for practically all supplies and higher
wages paid to employes.” (Clipped
from the Hospital Courier).
The hospital’s place in the wartime
picture is aptly described by Alden B.
Mill., editor of Modern Hospital, who
writes:
“In this trying situation, the com-
munity hospital assumes a larger
place than it has ever had before in
safeguarding the public health. In the
hospital, the skeleton professional
force that is left to serve the civilian
f can render more efflci
a shorter time than can
"" ho
It should be gratifying for this com-
munity to learn *that a total of $90,-
198.25 was raised during the Second
War Loan drive which ended April
30th. Although no definite quota was
set for the various districts of the
county, the above figure was far
above the estimated portion of Clif-
ton’s part of the county’s quota of
$170,000.00.
Reports are coming in to the effect
that other parts of the county also did
exceptionally well during the drive.
We can all be justly proud that the
people of this county responded so
loyally and enthusiastically to the
Government’s call for their money.
The people buying these bonds have
made a good investment not only from
the point of view of economics; hut
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Ration Reminder
Ration Book No. 1 . .
COFFEE—Stamp No. 23 good
for one pound through May 30.
SUGAR—Stamp No. 12 good for
five pounds through May 31.
SHOES—Stamp No. 17 good for
one pair until June 15.
GASOLINE—Stomps No. 5.of
A-books good for four gallons
through May 21.
Ration Beak No. 2
Blue stamps, 6, H
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Baldridge, Robert L. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1943, newspaper, May 7, 1943; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth778243/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.