The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 1944 Page: 1 of 8
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and Mrs. George Fossett on
16 received a second tele-
„ the Adjutant General of
yfa,r Department Which'* stated
their son, Technical Sgt. Mar-
E. Fossett, is a prisoner of war
the German Government. Some
before receiving this second
they were informed that
was missing'in action,
telegram read as follows:
just received through
ational Red Cross states
[ your son, Technical Sergeant
Marvin E. Fossett, is a prisoner
of war of the German Govern-
Letter of Information fol-
from Provost Marshal Gen-
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many friends here will be
a'of* Ids “safety, even
h a German prisoner, and will
t with his permits and other rel-
I’itt'the above information which
t in these times be considered very
good news indeed.
Lfc Virgil Brasher Home
After 35 Air Missions
DALLAS—Lieut, (junior ■ grade)
Virgil R. Brasher, USNR, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Brasher of Clifton,
Texas, has returned to this country
for a brief leave after a tour of duty
as pilot of « Navy fighter plane based
on an'escort carrier in the Atlantic.
Lieut. Brasher, who has made a
total of 86‘flights over enemy-infested
waters, flies a General Motors-built
Wildcat (FM-2).
On platrol over the Atlantic, he has
flown in all tyfpes of weather, at
riight as well as in the daytime. Often
he has had to take off and land on
the short, narrow deck of a baby flat-
top while it pitched and rolled in
heavy seas. And that, as any aviator
wiQ attest, takes Stamina' and the
moat precise flying skill.
The work of the ecort carriers
(CVE’s) has been an important fac-
tor in the ever-continuing Battle of
the Atlantic—the battle to get Ameri-
can men and supplies to the European
theatre.
Before beginning his role in that
battle, he trained at the Naval Air
Stations at Coipns Christi, Texas,
and Jacksonville, Florida.
Limit. Brasher attended Turners-
vflle High School, Turners vile, Texas,
and Texas Tech at LUbbock, Texas.
In 1948 he man^d the former Jeanne
L. Richardson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. R. Richardson of East Point,
Georgia.
Lloyd O. Olson Gels
Wings And Commission
LUKE FIELD, Arizona — Lloyd
OdeU Olson, son of Mrs. Ella Olson,
Clifton, Texas, has successfully com-
pleted his flight trailing at the Army
ASr Force Advanced Plying School,
Luke Field, Arizona.
At graduation ceremonies Nov. 20,
1944, h*e received the Army Air Corps
silver wings and a second Lieutenants
commission in the AUS.
He received his pre-flight training
at Santo .Ana Army Air Base, Santa
Ana, California, and pilot training
with Amy flying units at fields in the
AAF' Western Flying Training Com-
mand before doming to Luke Field.
lit. Olson attended Clifton High
School and Junior College.
He received one of the top acoi
in aerial gunnery and qualified as an
Income
duration
A taxpayer must declare for 1945
on or before March 16 if your tax is
Withheld by ybur employer and your
'grow estimated wages for the year
exceed $5,000, plus generally, $600 for
your spouse and each child, or if your
gross income from other than wages
is reasonably expected to exceed $100.
If you are -exempt from withholding
tax in 1945 and your gross income can
reasonably be expected to be $500. or
more for the year 1945, you must file
a declaration.
The taxpayer must include the in-
come of his children, unless thexhild’s
income is $500 or more, in which case
the ohild must file a separate return,
but the parent must see that this is
done.
If you want to correct your 1944
declaration, it can be done before Jan.
15, 1945. Or you can avoid amending
a declaration by completing and filing
your final return before that date and
pay. the full tax when you file the
final return. . ■> •
A joint declaration may be filed
by husband and wife even though one
pt them has no income. In a joint
declaration the aggregate income,, de-
ductions, credits and the tax are com-
puted as though husband wife were
one person. However, the filing of a
joint declaration does not preclude the
filing of separate returns for the year.
The liability of the estimated tax is
joint, and the estimated tax may be
divided between them in any propor-
tion that they desire.
If separate declarations are filed,
the overpayment of one spouse can-
not be applied against the underpay-
ment of the other next March, and .it
is up to the taxpayer to see * which
kind of declaration will be the most
helpful in avoiding overpayment.
If after filing your declaration, you
find that you have made a bad guess
or error, you. can file an amended
declaration before June 15th, Sept.
15th and Jan. 15th, following.
Begin now to get together a com-
plete statement of all your incomes
and expenses, and file your declara-
tion and inconie tax returns aa early
as possible. Do not delay and wait
until the last few days as it may
prove costly and you may have to pay
a penalty for the neglect
Clifton Bond Total Is
Only $52,798.75
Sixth War Loan Drive bond sales
for Clifton as the Remrd goes to
press amount to 852,798.76. This is
far short of the $164,000.00, our
quota. The Farmers State Bank, the
Production Credit Co., and the Post
Office are all ready to writs your
bonds. Don’t delay. Our Government
calls for purchase, of .'bonds. . Let’s
answer this call of country with our
dollars to supply the fighters with the
things of war. needed to bring back
Bosque County Tar Short Of
Bond Quota In First Report
Reports received 'by .County Chair-
man Roy Pool from the various local
chairmen indicate that the County as
a whole is getting off to a slow start
on the Sixth War Loan Drive. Total
bonds sold to Nov. 25 amount to $149,-
893.50 for the entire County. How-
ever, tempo of the sales is expected to
pick up this week when the local
chairmen get their full strength of
workers in the field.
Walnut -Springs is the first town
in the County to go over the top, with
sales of $32,666J25. Another good job
done by chairman Blister in the Wal-
nut Springs community. Valley Mills
is a close second to Walnut Springs,
with total sales of $62,528.76 reported
to Nov. 25, only $4,600.00 short of its
goal of $67,000.00 Chairman Leonard
Walker is s hard worker and we ex-
pect him to report Valley Mills over
the top this week. Total sales to
Nov. 25 are as follows: > /
Sales Quota
Walnut Spgs. ..-$32,556.25 $31,000.00
Valley Mills ...... 62,528.75 67,000.00
Clifton ........ 31,830.25 *154,000.00
Meridian______...... 11,803.25 100,000.00
Cranfflls Gap .. 6,260.00 25,000.00
Kopperl______________ 2.100.00 17,000.00
Morgan ........... 2,625.00 15,000.00
iAdell ....... 1,200.00 21,000.00
TOTAL________$149,898.50 $430,000.00
Our boys on the fighting fronts are
winning battles every day. We, on
the home front must not fail those
boys, who are giving up the com-
forts of home, suffering, and dying
that yon and I may enjoy the free-
dom of this great land of ours. Are
we doing our best in this War Bond
Drive? If not, start today by buying
a War Bond in (lie sixth war loan
drive. Chairman Roy Pool stands
ready to assist any local chairman in
the County who needs assistance.
Hope to report several towns in the
County over the top next week.
Emil Lee Dies At Dallas
Home; Is Buried Here
Mr. Emil Lee, a former resident at
Clifton, died at the home of Mrs.
George Price in Dallas Tuesday night,
Nov. 21 after suffering a light stroke
on the Sunday previous. Funeral
services were held Thursday after-
noon in the Trinity Lutheran Church
in Clifton with the local pastor offi-
ciating. The interment was in the
Trinity Lutheran cemetery.
Emil Lee was born July 8, 1866 in
Hedemarker, Norway. He was bap-
tized in infancy and confirmed at the
age of fifteen. In 1889. he emigrated
to America with two of his sisters.
One of the sisters died shortly after
their arrival in this county; the other
sister, Mary, is Mrs, Elling Colwick
of Clifton.
Upon his arrival in Texas he found
employment for a Short time on. a
sheep ranch in Hamilton County, and
then was engaged by Mr. C. O. Nel-
son of Meridian, as a clerk in his
store. His next employers were the
Schow Brothers in Clifton, and then
the O. C. Orfceck,' Clifton Mercantile
Triple-A Elections To
Be Held In December
Mr. Ben Chenault, Administrative
Officer, advises that the community
election will be held on Dec. 12 to
elect delegates to the County Convent
tion and the community committees.
The County Election will be held in
the Triple-A office on Wednesday,
Dec. 20.
Lions Club Members
Enjoy Turkey Dinner
About forty members and guests
were present Tuesday noon at the
regular meeting of the Clifton lions
Club, at which time they were privi-
leged to enjoy a delicious turkey din-
ner with all the trimhiings, prepared
and served by the ladies of Immanuel
Magazine Club Holds
Interesting Session
On Tuesday, Nov. ?1, a most in-
teresting program was presented to
18 Magazine dub members.
Mrs. C. L.\Goodall discussed queens
of the past. These Mrs. Goodall di-
vided into two groups, those who were
successful rulers and those who failed
as rulers. Among the successful ones
were Elizabeth of England, (who ioyed
being queen; she loved authority and
men feared her. Victoria reigned
longer than any monarch of Eng-
land; her reign started when she was
18 years of age and did not end until
her death at the age of 82. She was
happily married. Katherine the
Great, Empress of Russia, was a very
romantic person who favored many
m6n but never loved any. Another
successful ruler was Isabel of Spain,
who was not a pleasant person. Maria
Theresa of Austria, known as the
Lutheran Church. Guests present, mother of her country, was a'-good
were Hans Dahl and Bill Oswald, of
Clifton, Jack Harris, of Fort Worth,
who is connected with the Community
Public Service Co., and state Highway
Patrolman Glenn Williamson of Me-
ridian, who was guest speaker for
meeting.
After the opening exercises and en-
joyment of the fine meal,-the roll was
called and then Lion Appleby took
charge of the meeting. A letter of
thanks from the Bosque Camp and
Hospital Council for the $10 donated
them by the Lions Club was read. A
Roll of Honor for. members of the
Club was shown to those present. The
Roll of Honor will he framed an4
placed in the hall. An award from
the Red Cross for Lions’ cooperation
in the blood donor work was also
shown.
In the business meeting, Rev. Floyd
W. Thrash, new pastor of the Clifton
Pvt Ocee Samaelson Is
Wounded In Germany
Mrs. Claudine Samaelson of Cran-
“ Gap, recently received a message
tiie War Department to the ef-
had been wounded
order into the world.
Buy bonds for Christmas this year.! Methodist Church, was accepted as a
Let’s make this a War Bond Christ-
mas. We now have on hand Christ-
mas War Bond Gift Covers, also V-
Mail Christmas Bond Certificates for
mailing to service personnel overseas.
Get these when buying your bonds.
Don’t writ for someone to call on
you to sell the bonds. Let’s get*this
job done quietly btft definitely and
let’s do it now. Invest in bonds and
security now.
Clifton Marine Is
Hospital Patient
MARINE
Falls, Ore.,
BARRACKS,
Nov.
Klamah
Jack F. Huffman, 21, of route 2, Clif-
ton, Texas, a veteran of Guadalcanal,
Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian, is n
stationed hers for treatment of a
tropical ailment contracted while
serving overseas. „
Frank Huffman of tne Ulifton act-
dress, served with the Ter
division. In addition to l
actions, he was j.....
Marine
member, and a contribution of $5.00
to the Texas Tuberculosis Association
was approved. It was decided that the
custom of dispensing with the second
meeting in December would again be
carried out this year. The business
meeting was concluded with an appeal
by A. L. Bronstad for better coopera-
tion in the current war loan drive.
State Highway Patrolman Glenn
Williamson of Meridian was intro-
duced as the speaker of ths day and
he made an interesting talk about the
work of the department, pointing out
that the department is rated as the
best polios force in the United States
by Edgar Hoover of the ETIL He
Cpl. brought to the attention of those
present the serious increase hi the
number of wrecks of late, stating that
a large number of these involved the
young folks. He asked
of aU citizen* in seeing
youngsters obtain drivers licenses, as
lltAsn InwAlvail l*i. hi ran nit n mViA
tnose mvoivea m wrecKs who ao not
nave tneee licenses are si
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woman as well as a good queen. She
was the'mother of 16 children.
The queens considered failures as
rulers were: Isabella of Spain, who
had many low class love affairs which
led to her exile; Mary Tudor of Eng-
land was a ruthless religious persecu-
tor; Mary Queen of Scots was beauti-
ful, romantic, and charming, but 19
years of her life were spent in prison,
and she was finally beheaded; Cleo-
patra of' Egypt was beautiful and
fascinating, but * she was weak and
ended her life by committing suicide.
Mrs. Frank Smith discussed the
present-day queens. The first she dis-
cussed was the now famous Queen of
England, who is a descendant of a
Scottish father and an English
mother! She was known as the
“smiling duchess.” She practices and
has taught her two daughters to prac-
tice Scottish thrift. She has many
interests, one of which is American
musk.
Frank, outright and simple in
tastes is Elina of Italy. Bom of Serb-
ian parents, she was a very religious
person; when she became queen of
Italy riie changed to the church of
her husband. She is an artist, and she
loves musk and poetry.
Wilhelmina of Holland is one of the
richest women in the world today, yfet
rite is very modest in dress. She is.
the only reigning queen in Europe.
Her first concern is Holland, and she
has contributed much, - aa an indivi-
dual, to the war effort. -
At the conclusion of the program,
the hostess, Mrs. V. D. Goodall, served
n puffs and coffee to
I The Magaslne Club
will meet on Dec. 6 with Mm Edwin
Grimes.
VOLUME 50—NUMBER 4$
Company. His pleasing personality
won him many friends and made him
a valuable employee in the mercantile
business.
In 1902 be was united in marriage
to Miss Annie Johnson of Clifton. One
son was bom to this union—Ae was
Edgar Annell, born Jan. 22,1904. Mrs.
Lee died about three weeks later, Feb.
16. Edgar died on the ninth of June
in 1927.
After the death of his wife, Mr.
Lee made his home with Mrs. Clara
Grimland, who cared for the infant
son and was like a mother to him all
his life.
In 1939 Mr. Lee moved to Dallas,
where he spent the remainder of his
life in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George Price, a daughter of Mrs.
Grimland. He died Tuesday evening,
November 21.
He is survived by his-sisters, Mrs.
Elling Colwick, Clifton, and Anna
Patria Anderson of Norway, and a
brother, Ingmar Lee of Lowel, Mass.;
also a brother-in-law, Mr. Martin
Johnson of Clifton.
Joint Thanksgiving
Service To Be Held
A Sunrise Thanksgiving Service
will be held at the Clifton’ Baptist
Church, beginning at 7:00 a.m., Nov.
30. This k a community sdfvice for
all who will' attend, regardless of
church membership. Rev. Floyd W.
Thrash, pastor of the local Methodist
Church, will preach the sermon. Other
interesting things for the service are
planned. Everyone is invited.
Henry Gray Dies After
Long Illness Tuesday
delirious
those pn
M
YOUTH
BREAKFAST
——
1 People of the Presby-
are having their
After an illness of many months,
Henry Gray, a long-time citizen of
this community, died at his home in
Clifton early last Tuesday morning,
November 28.
Deceased was bom March 17, 1868,
and died Nov. 28, 1944, making his
age seventy-six years on his last
birthday. ,
Mr. Gray was preceded in death by
his wife some years ago, and they
were the parents of three aons and
seven daughters. Having come to
Clifton from the Hunt Springs com-
munity just over the county line in
Coryell County thirty or more years
ago, he continued living here until
called by death.
(Funeral services wen held at the
First Methodist Church, Clifton, at
8:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
Nov. 29, 1944, conducted by the pas-
tor, Rev. Floyd W. Thrash, with in-
terment in Clifton Cemetery.
The Record's going to press hurried-
ly and one day ahead of the usual
date this week prevented'its running
a more extended write-up of Mr.
Gray’s life and his passing, but a
» complete mention has been
promised for publication in next
Herbert A. Mueller
Is Killed In Action
Mrs. Alina Mueller of Star Route
2, Clifton, has received a telegram
from the War Department, advising
her that her son has been killed in
action. The message follows:
“The Secretary of War desires
me to express his deep regret
that your son, Private Herbert A.
Mueller, was killed in action on
twenty-eighth October , in France.
Letter follows.—Dunlop, Acting
the Adjutant General.”
The many friends of the family ex-
tend their sympathy. Pvt. Mueller
has made the supreme 'sacrifice but
he has gained a place among the im-
mortals who have died for .a great
cause. His memory wifi' always re-
main in the hearts.of those who love
liberty. ■
S-Sgt. Edgar Finstad At
Redistribution Center
At Miami Beach, Fla. 1
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—S-Sgt. Ed-
gar C. Finstad, 27, Clifton, Tex., has
arrived at Army Air Forces Redis-
tribution Station No. 2 in Miami
Beach for reassignment processing
after completing a tour of duty out-
side the continental United States.
Medical examinations and classifi-
cation interviews at this port, one of
five redistribution stations operated
by the AAF Personnel Distribution
Command for AAF returnee officers
and enlisted men, will determine his
new assignment. He will remain here
about two weeks, much of which will
be devoted to rest and recreation.
He flew six. missions as a B-17
radfc operator and gunner during 11
months in the European theater. He
was a farm worker before joining
the AAF Oct. 24, 1942. His wife,
Jewel, and his father, Eddie Finstad,
live at the same address.
Captain Jack Nabors
Completes 20 Months’ t
Overseas Service M
FAR EAST AIR FORCES—Capt.
Jack Nabors, husband of Mrs. Ima
Lee Nabors, of 1314 South Oaks St.
San Angelo, Texas, has completed 20
months’ of overseas service with the
Far East Air Forces in the South-
west Pacific.
Capt. Nabors is a pilot in one of
the Theater’s oldest Troop Carrier
organizations and has flown troops
and supplies to Allied forces at Buna,
Wau, Lae, Nadzab, Hollandia and
other memorable sites. His unit has
been cited on two occasions by the
President ..for its indispensable serv-
ice in the Papuan and New Guinea
campaigns.
Capit, Nabors wears the Distinguish-
ed Flying Cross with one Oak Leaf
Cluster, the American Defense Serv-
ice Medal, and the, Asiatic-Pacific
Theater of War Ribbon with one
Battle Star. He is a graduate of
Clifton High School, Clifton, Texas,
and was commissioned as a pilot at
Ellington Field, Texas.
Mrs. R. W. Hancock, of Hico, Texas,
is a patient in the local hospital fol-
lowing an operation performed last
week. She expects to return to her
home in a few days.
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little Freddie Glen Odom, six-week-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Odom,
of Whitney, is reported as making a
most satisfactory recovery since his
operation performed last week. He
has been a patient in the local
tal for the past month, but it is <
pec ted that he will be' able to
to the family home this week-end.
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Baldridge, Robert L. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 1944, newspaper, December 1, 1944; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth797833/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.