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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1962
Page
6
The Coon Creek Good Neighbor Club held its annual picnic at the Coon Creek Clubhouse. Fourteen members and families attended as Mrs. R. C. Womack Jr. and Mrs. Roy Thomas hosted drinks while members supplied food. A brief business meeting followed the meal.
Immanuel Lutheran Church Ladies meet August 2 in the basement. Mrs. S. T. Seljos opened with devotion. Thirty ladies and the pastor heard Reverend Alvin Meissner's Nigeria mission report at Charlie's Cafe July 20. An ice cream social for Vacation Bible School pupils and families is planned for August 11.
The Robert E. Binford Post 8553 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars on Riverside Drive convenes on the first and third Thursdays each month in Clifton Texas. The meeting invites members and eligible veterans to participate in post activities and community service.
Reverend Harold V. Meissner, son of Mr and Mrs Albert Meissner of Crawfills Gap, was ordained at St John s Lutheran Church Hamilton at 4:00 pm on Sunday August 12. A North Texas State University and Concordia Seminary graduate, he will study at Kennedy School of Missions before departing for Nigeria in June 1963 as a missionary. He is married with two daughters Laura and Lisa. Mr and Mrs G E Jackson attended a Fort Worth hardware show last Sunday at The Texas Hotel.
Shinsho Miyagi, a 27 year old Okinawan war orphan raised by U S soldiers, will graduate from Moravian College tomorrow. He was funded and educated by about 200 members and families of the former 111th Signal Corps and their spouses, many of whom he has never met. SFC Clarence R. Stryker aided his education and arranged his path to graduation in Bethlehem.
The thirty first Kelly Reunion gathered about 75 J M Kelly descendants in Cameron Park Waco on Sunday August 12. Attendees included members of the Lee Kelly, Lonnie Kelly, Jessie Kelly, J Monroe Kelly and Andrew Kelly families from multiple Texas towns and Oklahoma City. Next reunion is set for August 11, 1963 in Cameron Park with all friends of the Kelly family invited.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Fred Wilson Jr of Killeen visit Clifton with his parents. Oliver Bronstad and grandson Mike arrive from Fresno for a few days with relatives. A Goldthwaite reunion honors Ruth Geeslin on her 87th birthday as Culp and Wilson families connect at Clifton.
Mrs. Cora Line Polley of New York City will present a vocal concert at the First Methodist Church in Clifton Sunday night at 7 30. She is a noted voice teacher and hymnodist with a career in concert and radio work and has taught and performed with the late Maestro Sodero. The event is held at the invitation of Mr and Mrs Ted Evans of Clifton.
An agricultural note argues for sustainable grazing: harvest about half of perennial grasses to allow roots to store food, keep plants healthy, and ensure regrowth. Overgrazing drains reserves and damages future production, while controlled removal promotes deeper roots and better spring growth.
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