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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1963
Page
6
Congressman R Poage lauds Lyndon Johnson as outstanding leader after the assassination. He urges constructive policy, notes the Cooley Cotton Bill debate, and calls for measured tax cuts with reduced government spending. Thanksgiving travel details follow with local family mentions.
Mrs Will Downey and family attended the funeral of Frank Riddle of Hamlin with burial in San Angelo. The community sends condolences. Christmas church program plans are underway for Sunday night. Reverend Buddy Young visited Meridian with ill Joe White and hours with Tye White family. Thanksgiving was shared with J F Williams family and relatives. Continued social notes list local residents and visits through late November.
Mr and Mrs Herman Halbert and family and many relatives joined at the Coyote clubhouse on Thanksgiving Day for a family dinner. Several guests and visitors including Mrs Willard Knott nee Ellen Dorman of California, Mr and Mrs FD Bearden and others shared a holiday gathering with extended kin in the area.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Hauke visited in Port Arthur from Monday to Friday with Mr and Mrs P P Bozeman. Bozeman is a cousin of Mrs Hauke and grew up with her parents the late Mr and Mrs George Oswald of Clifton. Marie Bernhardt paid to renew the Record for her sister Mrs Carl Mages as a birthday gift. Mr and Mrs Chris Strand were in Dallas last Friday on business and saw President John F Kennedy less than five minutes before his assassination.
At 8:00 Sunday morning December 1 Mrs P L Ashcraft announced the engagement of her daughter Miss Lynda Ashcraft of Dallas to Mr Jack S Connor son of Mr and Mrs H E Connor of Bryan during a breakfast at 315 North Avenue M in this city. The couple will wed January 18 at First Baptist Church.
List of names from Texas towns appears in an old notice or ad fragment. Names include Miss Janice Collins Kathy Kruse Mickey Blue Barbara Zuehrke from Waco Betty Murphree Dallas Nellie Jean Carr Denton Margaret Cash Clifton Mrs Paul Watson Arlington and Mrs Jerry King Abilene. The fragment suggests a local sales or social notice.
More than 200 people attended a special show at the Artistic Floral and Gift Shop on North Highway 6 last Sunday to view Christmas decorations and arrangements. Winners in the drawing included Frank Shaves of Event with a pair of candies, Pauline Dahl of this city with a flower hat, and G C Gibbs of Glen Rose for a Christmas arrangement.
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