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Newspaper

Clifton Record

Location

Clifton, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1962

Page

8

Ladies Plan Nursery Tour After Cooking School in Waco

Bosque County Home Demonstration Club members and guests will attend a Cooking School at Heart O' Texas Coliseum in Waco on Tuesday April 24 morning. After lunch they will tour nurseries in the area to learn landscape plant uses and new varieties. Contacts include Mrs Downey White Handley Anz and Lucy May Burrus at the courthouse in Meridian.

Bosque County Home Demonstration Club HD Council Home Demonstration Club Heart O’ Texas Waco W. P. Downey Tom White Clarence Handley Walter Anz Clifton Clifton Telephone Exchange, Or Miss Lucy May Burrus H. D Meridian

Clifton Citizens Commission Seeks City Improvements

Clifton Citizens Planning Commission met at Farmers State Bank to discuss needs for the growing city. Proposals include one way North Avenue C traffic, porcelain street markers at highways, city hall repairs, a new fire hall, water expansion, a municipal cemetery, and study of intersections with the Highway Department.

Clifton Citizens’ Planning Commission Charles M. Isenhower Farmers State Bank Clifton Isenhower Texas Highway Department Clifton Cemetery Association City of The Civic Improvement Society James McDowell Jaycees Helen C. Aars Chamber of Commerce Committee J. C. Kincheloe Clifton Record Robert Baldridge Jr

Confirmation dinner honors Richard Tergerson in Fort Worth

Last Sunday in Fort Worth Mr and Mrs Cecil Tergerson hosted a confirmation dinner for their son Richard. Guests included extended Tergersons and friends from Cranfills Gap Fort Worth Dallas Clifton Meridian Waco Grand Prairie Bonham and other nearby towns.

Cecil Tergerson Fort Worth Richard Archie Tergerson Bob Tammy Herman Reesing Dallas Matt Reesing Clifton Terry Tergerson Becky Jeanie O. W. Longstad Bud Ness Karen Melvin Saunders Robert Meridian J. C. Tergerson Cranfills Gap J. C. Tergersons John Herald Hico Hospital Waco Ivan Johnson Charley Johnson Olie Carlson The Gap Buster Wimberly Hans Wimberly Haskell Payne Ted Hansen Bonham Roy Munger Ethel Parsons Raymond Gaston James Elliott Clyde Shields Richmond J. D. Ellington Mineral Wells Henry McClellan Jewell Murphree Rohne Ellington and Family Alexandria Louisiana Arnold Gaston Wayne Eason Arlington Ras Gaston

Six Bosque 4-H girls head to state Round-Up in June

Six 4-H competitors from Bosque County earned a district finish on April 14 in Stephenville. The Senior Electric Demonstra tion Team and Senior Landscape Plant Identification Team will represent Bosque at the State 4-H Contests during the Texas A M College Round-Up June 5 to 7, with team members named and parentage listed. Junior teams also placed, including Belinda Eisen Audrey Stockson winning first in Poultry Marketing Demonstration, while the Junior Landscape team placed second. Also noted is Otto Pederson's severe heart attack Monday morning with hospital treatment and family travel by Otis Pederson of Arlington to join Mrs Pederson.

Lucy May Burrus Bosque County Stephenville Texas A & M. College Bonnie May Philipp Billie Carol Sanders Mosheim Girls Bonnie R. B. Philipp Valley Mills Billie Carol Bill Sanders Mosheim Alice Radde Jennifer Scott Meridian Darla Simmons Linda Avery Crawfills Gap Alice Sam Radde Jennifer Anna Scott Darla D. D. Simmons Linda al Hanson Cranfills Gap Belinda Eisen Audrey Stockson Crawfills Gap Community Bettye Viertel Claudia Trigg 4-H Marilyn Erickson Clifton Community Otto Pederson Otis Toby) Pederson Arlington Mr. Pederson Pederson

Dunbar Students Win Four Events in District Meet

Dunbar Elementary School in Clifton sent students to Corsicana on April 14 for literary and track events and secured first place in four events. The district 4 Class C meet featured nine other schools with winners including Willie Lee, James Davis Willis, Sandra Nell Sedberry, Frederick Watley, Annie Lee Sadler, and James Wynell Haywood. The qualifiers advance to the State Meet at Prairie View College on April 28.

Dunbar Clifton Corsicana Willie Lee James Davis Willis Sandra Nell Sedberry Frederick Watley Annie Lee Sadler James Wynell Haywood Prairie View College Prairie View

Silver Anniversary List of Local Couples and Families

The article lists anniversary celebrants including H. P. Walsleben of Fort Worth, Mrs. Jo Greenbauer of Richardson, Hugo and family from Valley Mills, Walter Manske of McGregor, Walter Reesing and sons, Donald Bearden and daughter Sherrie, Weldon Wells and sons, Mrs. Bob Pederson and daughters from Granbury.

H. P. Walsleben Fort Worth Jo Greenbauer Richardson Hugo Landgraf Valley Mills Walter Manske McGregor Walter Reesing Donald Bearden Sherrie

Announcement of May 1962 Democratic primary candidates

The Record lists announced candidates for the May 1962 Democratic Primary including W. R. Poage for Congress 11th District and state senate hopefuls Ben Sudderth J P Word Carroll Curry and Warwick Jenkins spanning Comanche Bosque Itasca and Ellis counties.

Ben Sudderth Comanche Co J. P. Word Bosque County Carroll C. Curry Itasca Warwick Jenkins Ellis Co

Clifton Band to Compete in Regional Scholastic Contest

Clifton High School Band with 50 members and director Bill Brown will attend the Region III University Scholastic League Band Contest at Baylor University in Waco on Friday April 27. They perform at 1 20 p m in Waco Hall with sight reading in the choir room and judged on concert playing sight reading and marching.

Clifton High School Bill Brown Baylor University Waco Clifton Waco Hall Baylor Clifton High Brown Robert McDonald Rusty McNeill Goggans Music Store Donald I. Moore Frank Phillips McCallum High Austin Gene Stuckberry Pasadena High George Royster Woodrow Wilson Dallas John Badgett Port Arthur

Easter Pageant by MYF at Clifton Farm

Members of the Methodist Youth Fellowship of First Methodist Church Clifton stage an Easter pageant at W. W. Mc Lennan farm on to-market road between Clifton and Meridian starting 4 30 Sunday afternoon April 25. Carl Bailey narrates with a script from the New Testament covering the crucifixion and resurrection. Rain will cancel. Mr and Mrs Charles Raines attended the Texas Lumbermen's Association Convention in Austin last weekend.

Methodist Youth Fellowship First Methodist Church Clifton W. W. McLennan Meridian Carl Bailey Church McLennan Farm Charles Raines Austin Texas Lumbermen’s Association

District Court actions include DWI charges and animal theft

Jimmy A. McMillian charged with driving while intoxicated second offense is hospitalized. William Henderson Brock’s DWI second offense is postponed. Billy Ray Williams faces cattle theft over $50. Webb and Moss see quashed indictment for killing a cow over $50. Adult Probation Law requires reporting to probation officers. compliant individuals avoid prison unless law violations occur, then the judge may order incarceration in the Department of Corrections.

Jimmy A. McMillian William Henderson Brock Billy Ray Williams Therman G. Webb Olen James Moss Department of Corrections

Conrad M. Rystad Receives Hospital Care Since April

Conrad M. Rystad has been in local hospital care since April 12. News notes hopes for his swift recovery and improved health.

Conrad M. Rystad

Keeling's Announces Red Prize Winners

Red prize winners in the drawing at E R Keeling Company last Saturday include Gary Walsleben who received a dive bomber plane Larry Brown who won a go car John Stewart who took a scat car Carolyn Maxine Watley colored received a globe and Mar sha Anz received a basketball.

E. R. Keeling Company Gary Walsleben Larry Brown John Stewart Carolyn Maxine Watley Globe Marsha Anz

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Brynne's Clifton Garden Club National Guard Armory City Park Standofer Chevrolet Company W. 5Th St Clifton, Texas Citizens’ Commission West 3Rd Street West 5Th Street Hugh Combs T. H. Ralph City Hall Cranfills Gap News Cecil Tergersons Buster Blount ABC Grocery & Market Lone Star Bacon Lone Star Kimbell Snider's Hunt Hunt’s Creamer’s Keith's Keith West H. D. Agent’s Report W. R. Poage Janet Munro Leo McKern J. E. Ward Somervell Co Roy R. Giddens Johnson Co Magnificent Seven Yul Bryner Steve McQueen Glenn Ford Bette Davis Ernest Borgnine Anne Baxter Byron L. McClellan Veda G. Hanson Cyble J. Wyatt Truman E. Roberts Hamilton County Jack Railsback Velma W. Golden Vista Strickland Jimmie B. Gill Democratic Albert Hastings Precinct Curtis Barke Leonard Mathews W. W Warren Prince James E. McDowell For Justice of Peace Precinct 8 E. W. (Fibber) McGee MYF District Court Keeling’s L. E. Tennison Keeling Jhaster Bev Audie Murphy Dan Duryea Joan O’brien Farm Bureau W. L. Gauntt Kow Kandy Sudan Bronstad Bronstad Feed Mill
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