Local Clifton Members Attend Nationwide Sunday School Meeting
Twenty thousand attendees gathered in Fort Worth March 29 31 for the first nationwide Sunday School Convention by the Southern Baptist Convention. Clifton participants included Reverend and Mrs M D Woodruff Dean Jr Mr and Mrs Bill Reed Mrs Joe Knochs and Mrs E H Ledlow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Clifton
Southern Baptist Convention
Fort Worth
M.D. Woodruff and
Gon
Dean Jr
Bill Reed
Joe Knochs
E. H. Ledlow
Southern Baptists stage first Go Teach convention in Fort Worth
Evening sessions at Wi l Rogers Memorial Coliseum featured seven Baptist leaders. Age-group and sectional conferences in five Fort Worth churches and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary offered Sunday School improvement guidance. Principal speakers included Dr James L Sullivan Dr W A Criswell Dr Ramsey Pollard Dr A V Washburn Dr M Barnette Dr G Kerr Keegan and Dr Chester Swor. Convention theme was Go Teach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Baptists
Rogers Memorial Coliseum
Fort Worth
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
James L. Sullivan
Southern Baptist Sunday School Board
Nashville
Tennessee
W. A. Criswell
First Baptist Church
Dallas
Ramsey Pollard
Southern Baptist Convention
A. V. Washburn
M. Barnette
G. Kearnie Keegan
Southern Baptist Student Department
Chester Swor
Jackson
Mississippi
Whitley Birthday Celebrated at Clifton Family Reunion
A large family reunion at Mrs. Sallie Whitley’s Clifton home celebrated her upcoming birthday on March 29. Attendees included all her children, many grandchildren, and relatives from Turnersville Waco Houston Clifton and Fairview, with a noon dinner and warm wishes for many more birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Whitley
Bernice Whitley
Clifton
Meridian Church Announces Expanded Holy Week Schedule
The Church of St. James at 415 Bosque Avenue releases a new schedule through Holy Week starting Passion Sunday April 3 with 945 AM Holy Eucharist on alternating Sundays and 11 AM morning prayer on the other Sundays. Holy Week includes daily 10 AM Eucharist except Good Friday and Holy Saturday. Maundy Thursday Tenebrae at 730 PM. Good Friday Three Hour Watch at noon and Stations of the Cross at 730 PM. Easter Vigil at 4 PM and Easter Sunday sunrise 7 AM at Laguna Park plus 11 AM service back at the Meridian church. Youth fellowships set for April 3 and 10 at 730 PM. Reverend Paul invites all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
Meridian
Church of St. James
Bosque Avenue
William H. Paul
G HL T Washburn
Laguna Park
Lake Whitney
Church In
Young People's Fellowship
Father Paul
Family Dinner Welcomes Theo Henkelman From Fort Worth
Mr and Mrs Arnold Braune hosted a Sunday March 27 dinner honoring Theo Henkelman of Fort Worth who has just returned from an 18 month Armed Forces tour in Germany. Attendees included Ed Henkelman and sons Theo and Ronnie Gloria Harris Norbert Miller Carl Braune Anna Mueller and others from Clifton. Theo, grandson of Carl Braune and nephew of Arnold Braune and Mrs Miller, plans to rejoin work Friday with a Fort Worth packing company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Braune
Garland
Braune
Theo Henkelman
Fort Worth
Germany
Braunes
Ed Henkelman
Theo
Ronnie
Gloria Harris
Norbert Miller
Carl Braune
Anna Mueller
Clifton
Miller
Mueller
Open House gifts draw at Bob Jackson Humble Station
Visitors at Bob Jackson's Humble Station during the Open House on March 19 and the following week registered for free gifts. Winners included Mrs. Henry Mueller, Sheila Blassingame, Reverend Joel F E Nelson, and Mrs. Walter Landuu for various prizes. The event coincided with church announcements and community notices for local congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Jackson
Henry Mueller
Hurst Springs
Sheila Blassingame
Fairview
Joel FE. Nelson
Walter Landuu
Route 1
Clifton
Miss Phyllis Rockway Honored at Valparaiso Convocation
Miss Phyllis Ann Rockway daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A C Rockway of Guymon Oklahoma was among 164 students honored at Valparaiso University Indiana for high grades in the 1959 60 fall term. Convocation featured Rev Walter F Wolbrecht of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and a lunch for honorees at the university president's table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Ann Rockway
A. C
Gus) Rockway
West 10Th Street
Guymon
Oklahoma
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso
Indiana
Rockway
Anna Odegaard
Clifton
A. C. Rachiig
Alamosa
Colorado
University Memorial Chapel
Walter F. Wolbrecht
Board of Higher Education
The
Lutheran Church -Missouri Synod
St. Louis
Missouri
O P. Kretzmann
Bosque County Hits 18.6 Percent Of Bond Goal
Bosque County reports February Savings Bonds purchases totaling 16 664 dollars, 18.6 percent of the 170 000 dollar county goal. Tucker Glenn of Meridian notes Texas sales rose 4 percent in February and 194 percent of the year’s 1960 goal for two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Tucker Glenn
Meridian
Bosque County Savings Bonds Committee
Bosque County
Glenn
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Aais & Dahl
Insurance Agency
Completts
P.O. Box
Clifton, Texas
Meridian Church
Arthur Glenn Nelson
Albert G. Nelson
Christ Ambassador
Ladies’ Missionary Council
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Missouri Synod
Church of the Lutheran Hour
W. F. Rolf
First Presbyterian Church
James H. Elder, Jr
John
ST. Olaf Lutheran Church
Iver Haugen
Crawfills Gap
Luther League
First Methodist Church
J. E. Morton
WLCS
Lutheran Church
Heart of the
Joe E. Nelson
Circle Bible Study
Hall
Martin Hoel Jr
Brotherhood
Womack Zion United Church OF Christ
Walter Simpson
Women's Guild
Riesel
Eunice
Albert L. Mayfield
3Rd Street
Lydia
Charles Tucker
W. 9Th Street
Missionary Home
Church OF Christ
J. Roy Waldrum
Jonah
Christ
Catholic Service
James J. Gillespie
Trinity Lutheran Church
Nancy Surley
Pat Surley
Martha Circle
S. B. Knudsen
Mary Circle
Oscar Outlaw Garage
John Outlaw
Ottis Tyler
South Avenue
Phyllis Rockway
Ils
Wm. Cameron & CO
J & J Nursery Sales
Outlaw
Highway
Whitney’s
Mary Nell Hoel
C. H. Hoel
Whitney
Cosmic
Doris
Whitney's
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