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THE CLIFTON RECORD, CLIFTON, TEXAS, MAY 20, 1938
NUMBER 13.
(Mrs. Wm. B. BertelseiO
Mr. Martin Rohiie passed to 1
eternal reward at eleven-thirty a. m. |
Saturday, May 14, at his home at
Cranfills Gap. Mr. Rohne had been in
poor health for several years, so his
demise was not unexpected. He had
. reached the age of 68 years. He is
survived by his wife, four sons, John,
Alvin, Mervin and Engmar, all of
Cranfills Gap and three daughters
Mrs. Coy Smith, Hico; Mrs. Font Ben-
fer, Norse; Mrs. Riley Priek of Kop
perl; 11 grandchildren and a host of
other relatives. Funeral services were
held Sunday afternoon, 3:30 o’clock
at the home and 4:00 o’clock at the
Rock Church. His mortal remains were
laid to rest in the St. Olaf Cemetery.
The immense crowd that gathered to
pay their last tributes of respect at-
tested to the high esteem in which
Mr. Rohne was held.
Those from out of town who at-
tended Mr. Rohne’s funeral were: Mr.
and Mrs. Graham of Belton, Mrs.
Ed Siebel of Waco, Mr. and Mrs. Ara
Prist, Kopperl; Mr. Joe Leslinde, Fort
Worth; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Parks, Mr.
and Mrs. Otto Pederson and Miss
Clara Sormrude, all of Clifton; Mr.
and Mrs. Helmer Aars, Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. Brynie and son, Henry, all of
Norse, and Mrs. Eva Hatzins.
Mr. Leo Powell of Goldsmith, Tex-
as, came in Friday to spend Mother’s
Day with his parents near Clifton. He
was accompanied home the following
Tuesday by Mrs. Powell and daugh-
ter, Janice.
Mr. Axel Olson of Cypress, Texas,
spent a few days last week visiting
his mother who is ill.
Mrs. Eugene Yoakum of Houston
and two daughters, Odessa and Anita
Ann are visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jergen Johnson of Mustang.
Mrs. Gunder Larsen and Mrs. Fer-
die Hansen were Meridian visitors
Tuesday of last week.
Mr. aqd Mrs. Ole T. Jorgenson and
son, Ove, visited their son, Simon,
and wife in Malone Wednesday.
Mrs. Shelby Harry, son, W. J.;
.Miss' Sylvia Helen Knudson, Billie and
'Caroline Barzak, all of Waco, spent
Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Knudson.
The Mustang school closed another
successful school year last Friday. A
miscellaneous program was given in
the afternoon at 6 o’clock; a basket
lunch was enjoyed; then in the even-
ing a 3-act comedy was staged.
Mr. Wendell Larson of Dallas is
home wilJj his parents for the first
few days of his vacation.
Take a good look
Sink Hole, and you'll agree that
the devil must have fashioned it
with his forked tail It’s a huge
cavern near Rock Springs, Texas,
and the main entrance is 271 feet,
right straight down. If you don’t
think that’s a long ways, look at
the basket in the small picture and
compare it with the large one. As
far as we’re concerned, the Sink
Hole can remain the Devil’s until
an elevator is installed. (Texas
News Photos.)
COTTON GROWERS
CAN MAKE APPEALS
4-H Judging Team Will
Hold Workout Saturday
Th first work-out for the 4-H Club
judging team of Bosque County will
be held at Clifton, Saturday morning,
May 21, at 10 o’clock, announces E. R.
Lawrence, County Agent.
From these contestants a team will
be selected at a later date to repre-
sent Bosque County at the annual
Farmers’ Short Course at A. & M.
College this summer,
Saturday offers a splendid oppor-
tunity to these boys for a workout,
since the ram, billy and bull sale and
trade which is being sponsored by the
Central Texas Fair Association, will
be in progress.
Individual letters are being written
to all of the boys who have indicated
judging as their yearly project; how-
ever, other 4-H Club boys who have
other projects are invited to attend
this meeting. Any boy between the
ages of 10 and 21, is eligible for com-
petition in 4-H Club activities if they
wish and are invited to attend this
meeting. •
LA FOLLETTE INVITED
ON ROOSEVELT TRIP
Washington, May 14.—President
Roosevelt invited Senator La Follette
Progressive, Wisconsin, a leader in
the Progressive third party movement,
to accompany him on a week-end
yachting trip down the Potomac to-
*
rs. La Follette, Senator Green,
locrat, Rhode Island, administra-
>n champion, and Mrs. James Roose-
slt, the president’s daughter-in-law,
included in the party.
The White House said they expect-
^retura late tomorrow.
El. R. Lawrence, County Agent,
states that in cases where Bosque
Cqunty farmers are dissatisfied with
their cotton acreage allotments they
should send a written statement to
the members of the Couny Agricul-
tural Conservation Committee with'
in 15 days time after the allotment
has been received if they wish the al-
lotment to be reconsidered.
The County Agricultural Conserva-
ton Committee is composed of W. C.
Pallmeyer, Steiner; J. L. Faubion,
Valley Mills, and B. C. Rogstad, Me-
ridian, and their regular meeting
dates are the second and fourth Mon-
days in the office of Mr. Lawrence.
Instructions state that other mat-
ters on which appeals can be made by
producers are: Eligibility to file an
application for payment; any soil-de-
pleting acreage allotment or soil-
building goal; the division of pay-
ment; or, any other matter affecting
the right to or the amount of his pay-
ment with respect to the farm.
The procedure to follow in submit-
ting an appeal to the County Com-
mittee is as follows and should be fol-
lowed by each person asking for a re-
consideration of his cotton allotment.
Within 15 days after the cotton al-
lotment has been given a producer or
has been made available to him, he
must request the County Committee
in writing to reconsider its recom-
mendation made with respect to his
farm.
The producer will, in turn, be noti-
fied in' writing of the final decision of
the County Committee within 15 days
after the written request of the pro-
ducer has been reconsidered. Any per-
son dissatisfied with the final recom-
mendation or determination of the
County Committee may, within 15
days after a copy of the final decision
(Continued on Page Three)
DR. S.C. THORPE WILL
ADDRESSC.C. SENIORS
Following is the schedule of the
1938 Commencement exercises at
Clifton College, Saturday, May 21,
1938:
3:00 p. m.—Alumni vs. Cats of ’38j
City Park.
7:00 p. m. Alumni Business Meet-
ing, City Hall.
8:00 p. m.—Alumni Banquet, Mu-
nicipal Dining Hall.
Sunday, May 22, 1938:
8:00 p. m.—Baccalaureate services,
Trinity Lutheran Church. Sermon by
Dr. S. C. Thorpe, Minneapolis, Minn.
Wednesday, May 25, 1938:
Class Day.
Thursday, May 26, 1938:
8:00 p. m.—Commencement Exer-
cises, College Auditorium.
Salutatory—John P. Christenson.
Academy Representative — Bertha
Marie Ellingson.
Valedictory—Alice Marie Nelson.
Commencement Address, Rev. H. B.
Haterius, Avoca, Texas.
APPROPRIATION MADE FOR NEW
T OFFICE TO BE BIIlLT IN CLIFTON SOON
Washington, May 14.—The House
Appropriations Committee, introduc-
ing the new spending-lending bill,
has included 94 Texas postoffice build-
ings on the list of projects eligible
for construction under the proposed
$60,000,000 appropriation for new
federal buildings.
The committee explained that the
Postmaster General and Secretary of
the Treasury would select from the
list the projects actually to be con-
structed, and added that the new build-
ing program is not confined to the
1,694 projects on the list. The esti-
mated total cost of the listed projects
is $171,436,000.
The two department heads, the com-
mittee said, had authority to add new
projects to the list and to determine
“an equitable distribution of projects
throughout the country.”
The Texas projects listed and esti-
mated cost of each follow:
Albany, $75,000; Alvin, $70,000;
Angleton, $75,000; Aransas Pass, $70,-
000; Arlington, $75,000; Arp, $70,000;
Austin, $480,000; Bastrop, $75,000;
Belleville, $75,000; Brownsville, $85,-
000; Burkbumett, $70,000; Calvert
$70,000; Canadian, $75,000; Carthage,
$75,000; Clarendon, $85,000; Cleve-
land, $70,000; Clifton, $70,000; Colum-
bus, $75,000; Crane, $75,000; Crystal
City, $75,000; De Leon, $70,000; Dorn
na, $70,000; Dublin, $70,000; Edna,
$75,000; Floresville, $75,000; Floydada,
$75,000; Fort Stockton, $75,000.
Fredericksburg, $75,000; Freeport,
$70,000; Freer, $70,000; Galveston
(Marine Hospital), $450,000; Glade-
water, $80,000; Grand Saline, $70,000;
Greggton, $70,000; Hamilton, $75,000;
Hamlin, $70,000; Haskell, $75,000;
Hearne, $70,000; Hebronville, $75,000;
(Continued on Last Page)
BOSQUE DELEGATION WILL
ATTEND McCRAW RALLY
MERIDIAN COURT
AND LOCAL NEWS
Connally Says “Some
Sort” of Wage Bill Due
WALTER WOODUL FILES FOR
ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE
Lieut. Gov. Walter F. Woodul of
Houston, while acting Governor Mon-
day for the nineteenth time, paid his
filing fee of $100 to get his name on
the official primary ballot as a can-
didate for Attorney General. He will
open his campaign at Greenville Sat-
urday night
Woodul omitted his middle initial
in filing. He said he is 46 years old,
an attorney and a resident of Hou-
ton. Previous State public service in-
cludes membership in the House and
the Senate prior to election to his
present post.
Ster:; -
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ison, one of Clifton’s
ice dealers, this week
renewal order for his
paper” another year.
V “ “
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Schumacher and
little daughter, Johnny Lou, visited
relatives in Fort Worth, Tuesday.
Dallas, May 17.—Senator Tom Con-
nally, democrat, Texas, predicted to-
day that some sort of wages and hours
bill would be passed at the present
session of congress.
“The house probably will vote on it
next Monday, and then it will have
to go into conference,” Connally said.
“No one can say what the final bill
will be like, but it’s almost a certain-
ty that some type of law will be
passed.
“I don’t know how I will vote on
the conference bill, and won’t know
until I see it. I voted against the sen-
ate bill because it gave too much pow-
er to a board and because it would
have allowed discriminations against
the south.’’
Ctmnally arrived here today to par-
ticipate in the convention of the Sons
of the Amerifean Revolution. He is
president of the Texas organization.
CHANGES HER MIND,
KEEPS HIM OUT OF JAIL
TO BECOME HIS BRIDE
M. L. Colwicks Observe
Their Silver Wedding
Glasgow, Ky., May 16.—Charging
Haiden Basil had wrecked her auto-
mobile, Miss Olene Wooten asked his
arrest Monday in City Court.
While police entered the warrant,
Basil engaged Miss Wooten in a
whispered conversation.
As the bailiff finished inscribing the
warrant, Miss Wooten exclaimed:
“Never mind, we’re going to be mar-
ried.”
So they were—by Acting County
Judge J. Robert White.
On Sunday, May 8, from 2:30 to 6
p. mM Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Colwick
held open house at their home, 5519
Culver Street, Dallas, celebrating
their silver wedding anniversary.
The guests were received by Mrs.
Carroll Piper, who was in charge of
the white satin-covered guest book.
In the reception rooms were placed
silver baskets and vases of varicolor-
ed spring flowers. The dining table
was laid in lace, in the center of which
slender white tapers burned in silver
holders. A beautiful white wedding
ring cake, decorated in silver and
clusters of delicate pink roses, and
centered with feverfew and pink corn-
flowers was placed at one end of the
table. At the other end was a crystal
punch bowl.
A program was given as follows:
Two orchestra selections.
Songs by male quartette—Messrs.
Knutsen, Bittner, Frost and Burke.
Baritone solo—Billy Ray Colwick.
Talk—Rev. Allen E. Nelson.
Two orchestra selections.
Violin solo—Henry Grann.
Reading—Miss Lottie Mae Hoel.
Piano solos—Miss Jane Priscilla
Colwick.
Duet—Miss Travis Orbecklind Mrs.
August Heck.
At the conclusion of the program
the guests were invited into the din-
ing room to be served cake, cookies
and frosted punch. Mrs. M. S. Hoel
and Miss Agnes Colwick were in
charge of the cake and Mrs. M. L.
Solberg and Mrs. C. W. Lambert
served punch. In another room Miss
Doris Gene Hoel served cake and
punch to the children.
Many beautiful gifts, cards and tel-
egrams were received by the honorees.
About 160 friends called during the
afternoon.
Out-of-town guests were Mr. and
Mrs. M. S. Hoel and daughters, Lot-
tie Mae and Doris Gene;. Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Aars, Mrs. C. W. Lambert, Mrs.
M. t. Solberg, Miss Frances Wagner,
Mrs. M. J. Olson and sons, Oscar and
Johnny; Mr. and Mrs. Amos A. Eg-
gen and sons, Floyd and Joe.
HON. WILLIAM McCRAW
Waco, May 18.—Bosque County, al-
ready considered by the McCraw-for-
Governor headquarters at Austin as
a stronghold of Bill McCraW in his
campaign, will send a large delega-
tion to Waco on the night of June 3,
when the attorney general addresses
a big crowd on the court house lawn,
in the interest of his campaign for
the governorship.
Valley Mills, Clifton, Walnut
Springs, Meridian, Iredell and Cran-
fills Gap are among the communities
in which supporters of McCraw from
Bosque County, in visits to estimate
the number who are coming, have
been promised delegations. McCraw
will be in Waco all day June 3rd vis-
iting friends from 18 central Texas
counties who have given indication
that they will be present. Cleburne,
Hamilton, Lampasas, Gatesville, Bel-
ton and Temple, Cameron, Marlin,
Mexia, Hillsboro and Waxahachie are
among the towns which have promised
delegations.
Observers around the capitol this
week predicted that the run-off in the
State Railroad Commission race would
be between Wood and Terrell, both
known to be strong over most of the
Local FFA Boys Win
At McGregor Meet
The Clifton F.F.A. basketball and
baseball teams won three cups out of
a possible five at the Waco district
meet held in McGregor, Saturday. Six
schools participated in the meet.
The basketball team composed of
Odin Bronstad, Oscar Olson, Oscar
Omenson, Burton Hanson, Henry
David Hafer and Rea Bronstad, beat
Oglesby 20-19, Itasca 20-12, and were
defeated by Riesel because the boys
were already tired from playing two
games of baseball and two of basket-
ball.
The baseball team, with Billie Stry-
ker as pitcher and Burton Erickson as
catcher, defeated Oglesby 4-0. This
was a seven-inning affair and Stry-
ker fanned 19 men. Itasca was defeat-
ed by the score of 4-1 and Riesel was
defeated 1-0 in the final game.
The Clifton Agriculture classes vis-
ited a field of hairy winter vetch at
the Will Oswald farm Tuesday. The
field was used as a demonstration of
a winter cover crop. The crop made
excellent growth and being a legume,
should add a large amount of nitro-
gen and humus to the soil.
Mrs. R. L. Walker was called to St.
Louis Saturday because of the serious
illness of her little granddaughter, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Walk-
er. Latest reports are that the baby’s
condition is improving.
Mrs. J. W. Gay returned to her
home in Moody Thursday after a visit
in the home of her brother, M. C. Mc-
Corkle. She was accompanied by Myra
Nell McCorkle, who will visit there
and at Temple and Bartlett.
Mrs. Si Davis spent Tuesday with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Millpr at
Iredell.
Judge B; F. Word and Roy Rundell
spent the week-end in San Antonio
with Mr. Rundell’s mother and sister,
and Burrell Nelson Word. They were
accompanied to Temple by Miss Rosa
Word, who visited her sister, Miss Le-
na Word.
Mrs. W. V. Odle spent Sunday in
Austin, visiting her brother, Rep. Ed
Dunlap of Kingsville, who is serious-
ly ill.
Mrs. Grace Cloud and daughters ar-
rived Tuesday for an extended visit
with her mother, Mrs. J. P. Word and
other relatives.
Mrs. O. B. Roquemore Jr. of Aus-
tin is spending this week with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Benson
and with Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Roque-
more Sr.
The baccalaureate services for Me-
ridian high school graduates were held
in the grammar school auditorium
Sunday morning. Rev. Vanderpool,
pastor of the First Methodist Church
of Cleburne, preached the sermon.
The closing exercises for the gradua-
tion class will be held Friday even-
ing at 8 o’clock in grammar school
auditorium, with Hon. Ballard George
of Waco delivering the Commence-
ment address.
Mrs. L. .A. Dunlap returned Sunday
from Austin after spending a week in
the George I. Adams home. Mrs. Ad-
ams underwent an operation at an
Austin hospital Saturday and reports
from her Wednesday were that she
was improving rapidly.
Members of the Meridian Study
Club entertained with their annual
Garden Party at the City Park Fri-
day afternoon, honoring the gradu-
ates of Meridian high school. Repre-
sentatives from the Music and Speech
Department of Baylor University
were guest artists appearing on the
program. A large number of out of
town guess were present.
Mrs. Chas. W. Fuqua had as her
guests during the week-end, her sis-
ter, Mrs. R. L. McElhannon; aunt,
Mrs. Sallie Cason, and Mrs. May, all
of Waco. The ladies attended the Gar-
den Party as guests of Mrs. Fuqua.
Marriage License
Roy Colbert Hill and Miss Florence
Miears.
Rudolph Seljos and Miss Ruby
Lange.
Frank Fall!* Flies Here
To Pick Up Airmail
Frank Fallis piloting his own plane
and accompanied by Dutch Hancock
of Waco, made the official airmail
flight from Hico to Waco Thursday
morning. They made scheduled stops
at Meridian and Clifton as had been
planned, although the rain and wet
landing fields made it a little difficult
land and taking off, it is reported.
Because of the rain and wet grounds
a high point in George Oswald’s pas-
ture near his home was selected toi
the Clifton landing and it was made
without any trouble.
Quite a lot of airmail was handled
from the three towns and delivered to
Valley Mills Forms
Six-Man Grid Squad
Valley Mills, May 7.—Spring train-
ing has been completed here with two
six-man football games. Valley Mills
won from Morgan high in one game,
20 to 19, and in another, 35 to 0. The
games were fast, the play wide open,
and the scores plentiful.
The general reaction was that the
game compared with the 11-man
game in interest about as it compared
with it number of men.
The teams of both schools were
much stronger than they would have
been if each team had been using li-
man teams.
It is understood that the Interscho-
lastic league is about to organize
several districts of this game, and if
so, it will enable many high schools
to play football that have not been
able to do so before.
Valley Mills is trying to complete
its schedule and would like to play a
class B team not in its district on
Sept. 23. Eleven lettermen will be
back. i '
SEARS WILL ENCOURAGE
BETTER TEXAS PIG CROP
Waco, Texas, May 16.—To encour-
age production of purebred swine in
five Central Texas counties, forty
I nuu iux s. rarKB winunam ana little ]&
J. B. Major called by the Record daughter, Marivonne—the ladies be-
office Thursday morning and left his|ing sisters—were here last week-end
annual dues on subscription, and re-
marked that he realized that i
paper people needed to eat too.
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