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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1969
Page
6
The writer recalls being below the water line during a storm and notes youths seek action over risk. He laments Mississippi coast devastation, thousands displaced, and calls Bosque County to exceed a $144 Red Cross quota toward a $6 million national relief goal.
Nursing School graduates received diplomas with remarks from Dr W F Key Jr and Calvert Hoel. Florence Nightingale Lamps were presented. Dorothy Walsleben led the pledge. Kristi Brynie and Deborah Anne Amundsen served as ushers. refreshments followed. Graduates plan to take state board exams in October in Austin.
Elif A. Moore aged 73 of Clifton died Saturday at the local hospital. Funeral services were held Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church conducted by Rev. Erwin Knitt. Burial followed at Clifton Cemetery.
At a CIF meeting J B Darden and Wayne Gloff were chosen to fill vacancies left by Lane and Coston. Lane will continue bank duties during the president’s absence and Mrs Helen Aars, ill in Houston, will aid industry efforts. Planning moves toward building the first apartments on the east block near Cooksey Place with FHA backing and a new non profit to manage the project.
The Red Cross mobilizes hundreds of volunteers across the state with 400 nurses and many physicians aiding refugees in shelters and field kitchens. A preliminary survey records 2,000 homes destroyed and 4,000 damaged along the coast while public buildings like courthouses and city halls serve as shelters.
Margaret Cooper and Robert C. Toren of Clifton wed at the bride’s parents home on Live Oak Street with a Church of Christ minister presiding. The bride wore pink accessories. attendants included L. M. Sivis. After the ceremony the couple toured Houston and Alvin Texas with two receptions and now reside in Valley Mills. Toren works at Mountain View School for Boys in Gatesville.
Hillsboro Texas officials announce registration for Fall Semester night classes at Hill Junior College on September 2 1969 starting 630 pm in the Administration Building. Courses may include Art Accounting Business Machines Data Processing Typing Shorthand U S History Arc Welding based on demand. Bergman birth noted with family details.
All day services are planned for Sunday August 31 at Clifton Independent Baptist Church corner Pecan and North Ave EF. The day begins with Sunday School at 10 and preaching at 11, noon meal, then from 2 to 4 p m the Sunday Singing. Everyone is invited to spend the day at the church. Progress Against Cancer: thirty years one in five saved then one in three now says the American Cancer Society.
The Mk-Tex Scottish Rite Association held its third 1969 quarterly meeting at the Spotted Horse Cafe in Hamilton Texas on Tuesday August 19. Rev Guy H Wilson served as president and area members and their wives attended. an educational film titled In the Hearts of Men was shown.
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Mount Robert E Binford Post 8553 holds meetings on the first and third Thursdays at Riverside Drive Clifton Texas. Members are urged to attend and participate in post activities and community service.
Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin unveils the 1970 wheat program aimed at boosting U S world market position. Key features include a $1.25 per bushel price support loan, a 40 percent diversion option, a 45.5 million acre national allotment, 48 percent of production eligible for marketing certificates, and planting substitutions between wheat and feed grains with future barley decisions pending.
Baylor University conferred 394 degrees in the summer commencement at Waco Hall. Among the graduates Mickey Blue of Clifton earned a Master of Science in Education as President Abner V. McCall urged the class to apply Christian values to improve the world, noting 892 May and 279 January degrees that year.
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