Clifton Lions Invite Khrushchev for US Visit
Clifton Lions Club votes to invite Nikita Khrushchev during his U S tour to show him true American life in a small town. The letter to officials urges inclusion of rural communities like Clifton to illustrate democracy and farm prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Lions Club
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
America
Secretary of State
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ralph Yarborough
W. R
Bob) Poage
State Department
Khrushchev
Flat Top Ranch
Texas
Lake Whitney
Clifton Lions Club
Troy C. Eggen
Club
Helen C. Rays
W. D. Goodall
Robert Baldridge Jr
Football Workouts Start Next Monday at Clifton High
Clifton High School announces football workouts begin Monday August 17 after a Sunday meeting August 16 at 3 30 PM in the high school gym. Coach Awbrey Roberts says about 30 boys are expected to report with hopes for 40. Rallin Aars and A W Vickrey will miss early games due to medical issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cubs
Hillsboro
Roberts
Harry Bullard
Rallin Aars
A. W. Vickrey
Miss Paula Rawls Crowned Bosque County Farm Bureau Queen
Paula Rawls of Valley Mills won the Bosque County Farm Bureau Queen contest held Monday night in Clifton City Hall. Clifton’s Darla Groff was runner up as eight contestants were judged by Jesse Gandy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County Farm Bureau
W. B
Bill) Oswald
Clifton
Farm Bureau
Paula Rawls
Valley Mills
Darla Gloff
Clifton City Hall
Waco
Jesse Gandy
Meridian
R. G. Griffin
Joyce Hall
Lois Nell Lammert
Gandy
Peggy Aars
Brenda Eggen
Nellie Jean Carr
Mr. Gandy
Oswald
Jodie Amundson
T. N. Foster
O. J. Grossman
Academy
Jerry Becka
Temple
Judy Taylor
Lorena
Bosque County
Grossman
County Farm Bureau
Taylor
District Farm Bureau
Adolph Schulze
Bosque Farm Bureau
City Hall
Bosque County Queen
Jeanne Isenhower
Elaine Bakke
Norse
Janelle McLemore
Patsy Erickson
Ann Miles
Mosheim
Brenda Kay Claunch
Iredell
Birth announcements from Clifton area in early August 1959
A series of birth notices list Betty Sue Umfress born August 8 1959 at Clifton local hospital weighing 7 pounds 9 ounces. Wanda Kay Massingill born August 9 1959 at Clifton hospital weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces. Janet Lynn Shelley born August 10 1958 at Goodall and Witcher Clinic Hospital weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces. James Kevin Harris born August 8 1959 at Henderson County Memorial Hospital Athens at 11 15 PM with Harris and Greer grandparents. Barbara Ann McKinley born July 30 1959 at All Saints Hospital Fort Worth weighing 6 pounds 4% ounces with siblings and grandparents named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Umfress
General Delivery
Clifton
Betty Sue
Wanda Kay
M. R. Massingill
Route 4
Gatesville
Clifton Hospital
W. A. Shelley
Star Reve 1
Janet Lynn
Goodall and Witcher Clinic
James Kevin
Don Philip Harris
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Henderson County Memorial Hospital
Athens
George M. Harris
James A. Greer
Arnold McKinley
Arbor Lane
Arlington
Barbara Ann
All Saints Hospital
Fort Worth
Michael
J. B. McKinley
San Augustine
Clara Jenson
Gauntt Golden Wedding Anniversary at Valley Mills
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gauntt of Valley Mills will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Sunday August 16 from 2:00 to 5:00 PM at their home. Eight children O D Gauntt J L McKinney W L Gauntt Wayne Lyon H W Gauntt Kelly Pitts Lawrence Curlee L C Gauntt and families plan the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Gauntt
Valley Mills
O. D. Gauntt
J. L. McKinney
Mart
W. L. Gauntt
Wayne Lyon
Waco
H. W. Gauntt
Fort Worth
Kelly Pitts
Lawrence
Personal News Highlights From Walnut Springs to Hart
Mr and Mrs Bob Barnes visited his parents in Walnut Springs over the weekend. Raymon Dalrymple of Clifton and his sister Lillian Dalrymple of Hart toured New Mexico Colorado Kansas and Oklahoma. Mrs J Roy Waldrum spent Sunday and Monday in Jacksboro with her son in law and daughter and family while visiting Karen who was remote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Barnes
Walnut Springs
Martin Barnes
Raymon Dalrymple
Clifton
Lillian Dalrymple
Hart
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
J. Roy Waldrum
Jacksboro
Albert Garner
Waldrum
Clifton Lions Hear Dilday Praise Town Character
Reverend R H Dilday Jr spoke to Clifton Lions praising the town as clean, cooperative, and spirit filled. He departs to Houston as director resigns, while new member Reverend J E Morton joins and guests attend a dinner at Immanuel Lutheran Church with Lions leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Lions
R. H. Dilday Jr
Houston
Lion Dilday
The
Lions Club
Clifton
Dilday
Lion Dispay
Dilday Leaves Clifton to Lead Houston Mission
Reverend R H Dilday Jr resigns as pastor of First Baptist Clifton effective August 9 to assume pastoral duties at Memorial Baptist Temple Mission in Houston. The mission, a year old with 110 members, will build a new church on eight acres on Tallowwood Road. The Dildays will move to the mission parsonage at 12922 Queensburg Houston 24 after August 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Dilday Jr
First Baptist Church
Clifton
Memorial Baptist Temple Mission
Houston
Dilday
Baptist Temple Church
Westview
Memorial Forest
Memorial Bend
Spring Branch
Tallowwood Road
Robert
Nancy
Queensburg
Dildays
R. Hooper Dilday
Dallas
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Baylor University
Southwestern Baptist Theological College
Clifton Folks
Record maize crop in Bosque County sets new county high
County harvests show a record maize crop in Bosque County with yields near 2000 to 3000 pounds per acre, driven by more maize use in feeding programs and mills, plus timely rains. Prices hover around 1.50 per hundredweight, but storage and strong local demand persist as buyers purchase more maize than in years past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County
Parents Honor Clifton Green Team With Supper Honor
Parents of the Clifton Little League Green Team county champions held a covered dish supper Tuesday night at the American Legion clubhouse in City Park. Team captain Jerry Allen presented a plaque to sponsor and manager G. E. Jackson. Jackson noted his efforts funding equipment and praised the boys for sportsmanship and potential in Central Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Green
Clifton
Little League
American Legion
Jerry Allen
G. E
Jimmy) Jackson
G. E. Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Richard Spitzer
Kenneth Larson
Jackson
Texas
Allen Grimland
Bosque County to Staff 1959 Census of Agriculture
Emmett H. Schow of Clifton appointed Republican chair to select one crew leader and nine enumerators for Bosque County. Enumerators will cover townships, work about three weeks, and be paid by piece rate or hourly with training and travel reimbursement. Eligibility includes citizenship at least 18, high school level education, map reading, and good conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett H. Schow
Clifton
Bosque County
Republican Party of Texas
United States Government
United States
Bureau of the Census
Gap School Opens September 2 with Full Bus Service
Crawfills Gap Public Schools will open on Wednesday September 2 with buses running at regular times. All teachers who taught last year return to their places unless changes occur. No school on Labor Day September 7. Football opener vs Axtell September 4 at Axtell. A special board meeting August 18 at 8:00 pm to adopt the 1959 60 budget. The lunch staff saw a replacement hire. Steel lockers ordered for the high school hallway with PTA potential funding support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. King
Crawfills Gap Public Schools
King
Crawfills Gap
Axtell
Melvin Johnson
Archie Wickman
Parent-Teacher Association
PTA
Clifton cattle and grain prices from Wednesday auction
Prices from Clifton buyers showing poultry eggs prices and grain rates. Cattle tally lists 250 head sold with ranges for steers yearlings calves cows bulls and stock er steers. hog top at 14.75 dollars and lamb top at 17.80 dollars.
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Chifton
Clifton
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W. H. Gauntts
Clifton Record
Jimmy Ray Schu
Herbert Leck
Rita
Patsy
Kenneth
R. Q. Allen
Jerry
Robert Toten
Jimmy
Willie Wenzel
Derril
Larry
Claud Kelly
James Lynn
Morris
Jean Pierson
Butch
Charles Rummel
Rocky
Charles Ray Jr
Jerry Godby
Bill
Jerry Don
S. E. Ragsdale
Maude Pear
Silas
Lee Larson
Dickie
Mary Lanehart
Joe Doyle
Alvin Spitzer
Richard
Gap
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