The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1947 Page: 1 of 8
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FEBRUARY 14, 1947
VFW To Name Post At
Ceremonies Sunday
—
" ;ed below are the ribbons and
r wo* by the Clifton FFA boys
their stock for show and
HoustoU Fat Stock Show
; of the month; the boys
premium money and
Hheir total cash up to a
ately $3,000 from the sale of
lock. .
of Guy Lockhart’s hogs:
arid 3rd heavyweight harrows,
: P>a« heavyweight pen of ^ ctam-
pen of 3 barrows, 3rd place
champion pen of three of boys
emium $32.
■ of Roland Pattersons Berk-
lst place lightweight single,
► pen of 3 lightweight, cham-
pen of 3 barrows, champion
barrow, 3rd place on light-
ht, 6th and 7th on Berkshire
ilts, 9th place litter—premium $*«.
PUcing of David Conrad’s Berk-
hires: 2nd and 3rd in heavy
arrow, 2nd in heavy pen of 5, 5th
.and 6th in light single barrows, 3rd
place lightweight pen of 3, 1st place
litter in boys’ show—premium $84.
Placing of David Dahl's Berkshires:
/ 3rd. and 4th on lightweight singles.
4th pen of 3 lightweight, 5th and 6th
heavyweight singles, 5th place heavy-
■ weight pen of 3—premium $54.
; • Placing of Calvin Rueter’s Berk
shires: 1st and 4th heavyweight
singles, 1st heavyweight pen of 3,
1st and 3rd place gilts, 6th place lit-
ter—.premium $64. ____
Total Premiums for Hogs-*$3«s.
Billy Beckner’s calf: 13th place
heavyweight Hereford—premium 510.
Mrs. Minnie SoBBlag
ies; Buried Tuesday
'Funeral services were held for Mrs.
Minnie Sonntag, age 37, at thelm-
manuel Lutheran Church of Clifton,
Tuesday, Feb. 11; the services were
conducted by Rev. W. F. Bielefeldt;
interment was made in the Clifton
Cemetery.
Mrs. Sonntag died Monday, Feb.
after a prolonged illness in
had suffered severely.
The deceased was born Nov. 5,
at Fedor, Texas. She was bap-
tized on Nov. 14 of the same year
and confirmed April 22, 1923, at
Fedor.
On March 11, 1943, she was united
in wedlock with Henry Sonntag; the
ceremony having been performed at
Clifton. ■
She is survived 1>y her
Henry Sonntag; her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Emil Herzog of Meridian; five
brothers, Albert, Erich, Alfred, Ray-
mond, all of Meridian, and Edwin of
Fort Worth; six sisters, Friede and
Mrs. Sophie Howard of ’Meridian, Mia.
Ottillie Larson of Clifton, Mrs. La-
rina Howard of Monervo, N. M, Mia.
Mildred Howard of Orla, and Mrs.
Edna Grim of Ingleside; and
nephews and 9 niecds.
A memorial has been given by the
Immanuel Lutheran Ladies’ Aid for
the Wheat Ridge Sanatorium, in Colo-
rado, in her memory.
Rev. Bielefeldt used as his text
the words of Christ: “He that beBev-
eth on Me, though he were dead, yet
shall he live.”
The Veteran of Fsmgsi 4
fan are
to ham the official was
min in
which (Mr past sa Gfiftam
wiR be
named in hsamr of Robert
Binford
Sunny night tit 7J» o'Mock
in tiie
City M aamssMBoi John
Shaders,
commander of tike Meal past.
RBI Agent Acers
Speaks To Lio n s Club
CoMe Plays Strong
Teams Here Saturday
to be quite
Mr.
VFW, will he
was the first CBfioo hey to lose bis
life hi WarU War II; therefore, the
Mrs. Mattie Rented aod her sod,
John, are uprrted to he present. The
Saday Inning Qntk
Fire QuicHy PM Art
the ahum aod pi(U]
flame with very little
of
■ Choi i h last
before 10:09
oat the
•e to the
The stores m the choreh had been
started earlier m the morning to
warm the choreh for services, and
due to the rather cold weather the
cook store ia the hwut had also
Mice or rats had apparently made a
nest ia the hack of fte store, which
was oot I.OOOI rtid with a floe, sad
Buck
Dear
the ceiliag.
Fortunately the flame did not -ci
high oatil aboot Soaday School time
and was noticed oy
the building tor the IteM o’clock
service.
Mothers Give Football
football hays i
75 were are
ded paper of green and
were piled with turkey
■towed by
The Presbyterian ladies served a
splendid meal at one of the best at-
tended Lions Luncheons that the club
has enjoyed in some time.
A large per cent of the regular
members were present and several
welcomed guests, namely, Hftgh Ham-
Qtoa, Geo. Harris, Will H. McCown,
A- W. Ludtke, Bob Arnold and Lion
Pruitt of Gatesville, Sheriff George
H. Grimes, Claude Ellingson, David
Dahl, David Conrad, Calvin Rueter,
Morris Alfie, Roland Patterson, and
the guests speaker, Maurice Acers.
Lion Younger gave a brief report
on the March of Dimes Campaign.
The following new members were
accepted into the club: Rev. 0. 0.
Brandt, J. E. Meyers, A. W. Ludtke,
»od O. L. Flint, the latter having
supposed to have undergone an in-
itiation by eating his lunch in the
Lions’ high chair; but either the
chair was too small or not well enough
hnced to withstand the tonnage.
George H. Grimes introduced the
great speaker, F.B.I. Agent Maurice
Acers, who presented some facts and
figures to the'dub toa| gave those
who heard him soir^ewing to think
about He pointed ’'out that there
would be more people murdered dur-
ing the next generation than there
were men killed in World War II;
also that out of every fourteen men
present at the meeting there would be
ten who would need some sort of law
__enforcement at some time during
of the I their lives. He went on to report that
classes I tnere was more crime during the
last year than had been recorded dur-
ing the past 16 years, and gave
statistical evidence which would pre-
dict a much larger increase in years
to come, unless there is something
done about it to hedge against such
a wave.
. In pointing out preventatives, he
paid a gratifying tribute to the Boy
Scouts of America, in that there were
figures to show that wherever boy
scout troips were organized in a
town or community the crime wave
took a tremendous drop.
— This point gives people of this com-
munity something real, something
tangible, to think about. This is a
wide open field for this town and
community, and one which we should
and cannot neglect.
Lion Lockhart gave a very interest-
ing report of his FFA hoys at the
Houston Fat Stock Show including the
premiums that they had won, and the
mannerly way in which the 'boys had
conducted themselves
others'* of Clifton
■ too. 23 for the
bar fathers; about
The tables we
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an fad good,
tor not having
A. L. Brood
half of the tan
school
papas,
a talk ia t
d told how me
. Walter Han-
seven us the
■SRy Whitley,
Clyde Seljos_
AN ORDINANCE DISPENSING
WITH THE OFFICE OF CITY
MARSHAL OF THE CITY OF
CLIFTON, TEXAS
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• Whereas, Article 999. Revised Civil
Statutes of Texas, gives the govern-
ing body of a city or town ha
than 3,000 inhabitants,
the lltet preceding Federal
, the power by ordinance to <
; with the office of marshal, NOW
. THEREFORE, __
, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
.. COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUF-
jf TON, TEXAS: „ _
Section 1. That the office of CStJ
r Marshal is hereby dispensed with.
[ Section 2. All records of the C5ty
Marshal shall be transferred to the
Mayor on effective date of this
£<nance.
Section 3. The effective date af
ibis office shall be the 1st day of j
kpril 1947.
Passed and approved tins toe 14th'
ay of February 1947.
C. G. BRONSTAD,
Mayor, City of Clifton,
ATTEST:
r. C. HURST,
ty Secretary.
tor the
Cubs Take Second Place
fat District Toumaipent
(Douglas Richards)
The Clifton High School boys’ team
won second place in the District Tour-
nament by defeating both Itasca and
Went Friday.
The Cubs beat West 41-36; Orville
Langseth was high point man with 19
points. The West team was ahead 13
points in the first quarter and stayed
abend up until the half. After the half
Holme and Langseth started hitting
the basket from all angles and pulled
ahead of the West five.
That night Clifton defeated Itasca
46-37, the Cubs leading all the way.
Holme was high point man with 16
oints. -
This game put Clifton in the finals
against the strong Gatesville team.
Gatesville defeated the Cubs : 39-24.
Elder was high point man with 7
b the tournament'Gatesville won
1st place, Clifton 2nd, apd McGregor
3rd.
The jCollege Cowboys take on Lon
Morris ^College at the high school gym
here next Saturday, Feb. 15, and the
same evening the College gills play
the strong Jonesboro high school
team. These two games should offer
about the best basketball seen in
Clifton this season. The games will
start at 7 o’clock.
Lon Morris of Jacksonville adminis-
tered one of three defeats the Cow-
boys have suffered in basketball this
season. The Jonesboro girls have
consistently won-the district cham-
pionship in their section.
Playing for Lon Morris are two
Puerto Ricans who are about the best
and fittest men the college has seen
this yepr; the fans should find watch-
ing thijp pair well worth their time.
Thesf are the last games of the reg-
ular schedule listed to be played in
Clifton; the Cowboys are hoping that
they may get in the conference play-
off and bring additional fast games
here.
Last Tuesday the College went to
Corsicana where they defeated Na-
varro Junior College 46 to 40 in a
fast game; in the last half Navarro
went ahead by one point at one time
and was continually threatening right
up until the last. Bronstad and Som-
merfeld tied for high Scoring with 12
points each; Yates and Roberts sank
9 points each.
Navarro had defeated Hillsboro the
week before, the latter being the only
conference team to win from the
Cowboys. This leaves Clifton and
Hillsboro tied for top place; they
meet in Hillsboro Thursday, Feb. 20,
which will likely decide the cham-
pionship of this section of the Junior
College League.
Last Friday Clifton College de-
feated Westminster 4G to 28, and the
B team won from Blooming Grove
High School 24 to 17 at Corsicana
Tuesday night.
OLIVER JOHNSON, FORMER
CLIFTON MAN, KILLED
Funeral services for James Oliver
Johnson, 24, 915 Clay avenue, Waco,
who was killed instantly early Mon-
day when he was crushed between
the rollers of a bias machine at the
General Tire and Rubber company
plant were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at
Zion’s Evangelical church with Rev.
C. Wolff officiating; burial in Rose-
mound cemetery.
A native of Clifton, Johnson was a
war veteran and served 32 months in
the southwest Pacific. He was put on
the General Tire pay roll Feb. 5, 1946.
He is survived by his widow; one
daughter, Bonnie Elaine Johnson; his
mother, Mrs. Della Johnson; one
brother, (G. W. Johnson; and one sis-
ter, Mrs. Corene Henning, all of
Waco; his maternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Britt of Clifton.
His father, L. W. Johnson, preceded
him jn death.
Payments of County and State
taxes have been good this year re-
ports Omar Robinson, county tax as-
sessor and collector. At the close of
the day on Jan. 31, the last day to pay
one’s tax without penalty, 92.29 per
cent of the taxes had been paid. Of
the $147,082.05 which was assessed,
$135,744.78 have been collected. There
remains $11,337.27 yet to be paid.
For the city, of the $16,322.07
which was assessed, approximately 9G
per cent has been collected, reports
Cecil Hurst, city secretary.
For the Clifton Independent School
District, Mrs. W. E. Prather, who
bandies its tax collections, reports
that 96.32 per cent of the assessed
taxes of $16,981.52 have been collect-
ed.
Installatioa Service
At College impressive
Rev. O. O. Brandt was installed as
president of Clifton Junior College
at a public program Wednesday at
the college auditorium. Dr. N. Astrup
Larsen, president of the Iowa district
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church,
conducted the installation.
Prof. C. Tyssen, former president
of the college, led in Scripture read-
ing and prayer. Music included a
prelude by Miss Stella Haugen, a
number by the school chorus directed
by Mr. Martin Juel, and a solo by
Louis Turner, accompanied by Kitty
Smith. After the program a reception
for the Brandts was held at the com-
mons building.
A meeting of the Clifton College
corporation, was held Wednesday af-
ternoon. A report of this meeting
will appear in the next issue.
FFA Boys Entered Calf
Scramble At Houston
The Cait Scramble Contest is held
each year in connection with the
Houston Fat Stock Show. Different
men and business firms of Houston
buy the calves and each contestant
must catch the- calf bare-handed and
place a halter on the calf and lead it
across the finish line. Ten or twelve
calves are turned loose with twenty
or twenty-four boys at each rodeo
performance. The boy catching a caif
must insure him, bring him home and
feed him. He may show at local
shows and other shows, but the calf
must be returned to Houston in 1G4S.
There are several awards for the best
scramble calf of 1948 show—a $2,000
scholarship to Texas A. & M. is an
outstanding one.
Six FFA boys from Clifton were
chosen to scramble for a calf, Morris
Alfie, David Conrad, David Dahl.
Roland Patterson, Billy Beckner, and
Calvin Rueter. David Conrad was
unable to take part due to a case of
the mumps. Morris Alfie was toe
only boy to bring home a calf.
CLIFTON .GIRL ’
HONORED WITH SHOWER
Mr. and Mrs Charles William
Cranrley, vrbo were married in Fort
Worth Jan. 4, were honored‘recently
at a shower by Mines. L. E. Foster
nod Jess Smith and members of the
yang married couples department
training union of North Fort Worth
Bfcytitt Church, in the home of the
her, Mrs. Ellet
1419 Clinton. THe bride is
of Mrf'and Mre.V^LwrT-
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their ,
BOSQUE CO. CHAIRMAN REPORTS
ON MARCH OF DIMES DRIVE
Due to the cooperation of the citi-
zens of Bosque County, the County
Chairman, .W. H. Curtis, is'proud to
report a total of $579.03 collected to
date, and donations are continuing to
come in. It is hoped that when the
final check is made that the chair-
man can report $600.00 or more on
the drive.
Bosque County citizens are always
ready and willing to help in a worthy
cause and those who have worked in
this drive appreciate the. effort of
each town, community and individual
who has sent in a contribution.
Especially do we wish to express
our thanks to the newspapers of the
county for the publicity they have
given the drive, the superintendents,
teachers and ipupils of the schools, for
their cooperation, and to the Clifton
Lions Club, and'toe Meridian Cham-
ber of Commerce.—W. H. Curtis,
Chairman, Bosque Co. Committee,
March of Dimes Drive.
L
MRS. J. L. CANNON IS
MARRIED TO JOHN PARSONS
A recent wedding of interest to
Clifton friends was the marriage of
Mrs. J. "L Cannon to John Parsons at
Grand Prairie in the home of the
bride's daughter, Mrs. J. D. Horn, oh
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JONESBORO BAPTISTS TO BUILD
NEW AND LARGE BUILDING
The members of the Baptist Church
in Jonesboro are about ready to start
work on their new and large church
building. The structure will be in the
form of a T, extending 34 x 60 in
one direction and 30 x 60 in the other.
C. H. Turner of Clifton plans to start
pouring cement for the building as
soon as the weather will permit.
VOLUME 53—NUMBER 1
City Council Announces
Election In April
The City Council issued an election
order this week for an election in Clif-
ton for the naming of a mayor and
two aldermen; said election to 'be held
at the City Hall the first Tuesday in
April, this being April 1.
C. G. Bronstad is at present hold-
ing the mayor’s position and the two
alderman positions are held by H. B.
Dahl and Edwin F. Grimes.
J. B. Helton has been named as
presiding officer of said election.
Recent clarification of city election
laws point out the following regula-
tions:
“The new court decision holds that
candidates’ names must be submitted
to City Clerk or Secretary at least 30
days before election day (names must
be submitted prior to March 1), whe-
ther candidates are nominated as in-
dependents or as a result of a pri-
mary election.
“Absentee voting law applies to
begins the election is in progress and
city election. When absentee voting
may begin 20 days prior to election.
‘Jfity Secretary must post names of
canidates not later than 30 days be-
fore election day.
“Independent candidates’ names are
filed through nomination petitions
signed by legally qualified voters
equal in number to five (5%) per
cent of the number of votes cast m the
last general city election (this would
require a petition signed by two quali-
fied voters as only a relatively few
voted in the last city election).”
To date the city secretary, Cecil
Hurst, has received no petitions with
names for the vacant places on the
city council or mayor’s position.
Health Office Reports
Mumps State Wide
During the past few weeks there
has been a general increase in the in-
cidence of mumps throughout the
State. There have been 1750 cases re-
ported since Jan. 1, compared with
only 89G cases during the same period
last year, according to Dr. Geo. W.
Cox, State Health Officer.
Though mumps is one of the com-
mon childhood diseases, serious com-
plications may develop, so children
should be protected as much as pos-
sible from this disease. The usual
control procedures such as avoidance
of crowds, exclusion from school of
all cases or suspected- cases and quar-
antine should he followed. The family
physician should always be consulted
when a case 'occurs.
The most easily recognizable char-
acteristic symptom of mumps is a
painful swelling of the salivary
glands. Sometimes there is an in-
volvement of other portions of the
body causing disturbances in the di-
gestive, nervous, circulatory, and
genito-urinary systems. The disease
is usually accompanied by a tempera-
ture rise which more often than not
, is mild.
“The patient suffering with this
' disease should be isolated from other
members of the family immediately
upon the suspician that mumps exists,
and the family physician should he
called promptly,” Dr. Cox advises. “In
the meantime, complete rest in bed
is indicated. The doctor’s order*
should be followed strictly. Violating
his instructions can lead to serious
injury, which may permanently affect
the individual’s health.”
MRS. V. D. GOODALL
TO REVIEW BOOK AT COLLEGE
Mrs. V. D. Goodall of Clifton will
present a hook reviejr at the Clifton
College auditorium Tuesday, Feb. 18.
at 9 a.m. to 10;15, Rev. O. O. Brandt
of the college announced. She will re-
view the recent best seller, “The
Hersman” (toe prophet Amos) by
Dorothy Clarke Wilson. The two
classes scheduled for this period have
been suspended. The student body
and the public are cordially invited.
Miss Patsy Richards was in Gid-
dings tq visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jeff Rickards, this past
week-end. The Richards brought
their daughter back to Clifton Sunday
is attending school.
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REV. J. A. URNES PASSES
AWAY IN MINNESOTA
Rev. John A.1 Urnes of 3241 15th
Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn.,
passed away at his residence Thurs-
day evening, Feb. 6, 1947, at the age
of 88. . ■ ; ■ j
Rev. Urness was bona Nov. 20, 1859,
in Iowa County, Wisconsin. He was
a graduate of the 'Lutheran Theologi-
cal Seminary in 1889, ‘and served pas-
torates at Warren, Minn, from 1889-
1898, Prairie Farm, Wis. from 1893-
1900, Osage, Iowa from 1901-1920,
Cranfills Gap, Texas from 1921 to
1935, and since that time has supplied
pastorates in Farwell, Minn., Clear
Lake, Iowa, Ggshton, Wis.,
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