Bluebonnet Art Craft Club Party and Upcoming Meetings
Bluebonnet Community Center hosted a Friday night party with guests including Sesk it Skat and Progressive 42. Hostesses Mesdames Ethel Turner and Ella DeForest served a holiday spread. Upcoming events include West Shore Civic Improvement Association meeting December 7 at 7 30 p.m. and another Bluebonnet Art Craft Club gathering December 14 at 2 p.m. Call 622-3666 to submit news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluebonnet Art Craft Club
Bluebonnet Community Center
Progressive
Ethel Turner
Ella DeForest
Messers and Mes
West Shore Civic Improvement Association
Bosque Thiggers James Buckner Barry’s two marriages and descendants
James Buckner Barry married Sarah A pleis Matticks in 1847 and had six children, three reaching adulthood. His wife died in 1882. In 1865 he wed Martha Ann Searcy at Fort Belknap, producing Saltie, David, Rachel, and Mattie who married Worley and died in Clifton. Mattie was the last survivor, and properties from the Worley estate passed to Robert W. Sauer of Clifton along with a family album donated to the Bosque Historical Society, pictured with Mr. and Mrs. Sauer outside the Worley home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Buckner Barry
Sarah A’plis Matticks
North Carolina
Lossuth
Will
Gus
Barry
Martha Ann Searcy
Peveler
Fort Belknap
Saltie
David
Rachel
Mattie
Mattie Worley
Robert W. Sauer
South Ave
Clifton
Bosque Historical Society
Pecan St
Mrs. Sauer
Oconumowoc
Wisc
Mrs Dan Orbeck Visits Ill Sister-In-Law in Birmingham
Mrs Dan Orbeck flew to Birmingham Alabama from November 28 to 28 to visit her sister in law Mrs Rex Colwick who recently had heart surgery to replace a nitral valve with an artificial one. Doctor Kirkland performed the operation at University Hospital in Birmingham. The operation and hospital were featured in Southern Living magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Orbeck
Birmingham
Rex. Colwick
Colwick
Orbeck
Kirklan
University Hospital
Southern Living Magazine
Agricultural Symposium in Waco December 12
Bosque County Extension Agent Robert Reich announces an agricultural symposium in Waco on Wednesday December 12 at the Waco Plaza Hotel. Sponsored by the B I G Finance and Farm Management Task Force, five speakers from Texas A&M and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas will discuss forward contracts farm planning exports and financing agriculture. The luncheon speaker will be Dr Carl G Anderson Jr addressing A Lock Ahead in Agriculture. Planning for 1974 should begin now as farmers face unfamiliar decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County
Robert Reich
Waco Plaza
Waco
B. I. G. Finance and
Li Warthen
Corsicana Production Credit Association
Texas
J. Michael Sprott
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Randall Stelly
Roland Smith
John A. Hopkin
Department of
Agricultural Economics
Texas A&m University
College Station
Carl G. Anderson, Jr
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Anderson
Reich
Magazine Club Hears Biologist Joe T Stevens
The Clifton Magazine Club hosted state game biologist Joe T Stevens who spoke on Calls from the Wildwood and the turkey as Thanksgiving’s traditional bird. Attendees included 23 members and two guests, with a Thanksgiving themed buffet and decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wildwood
Joe T. Stevens
Clifton Magazine Club
Hans B. Dahl
R. W. Helin
A. N. Randle
L . Tennison
Farmers Briefing Promises Critical 1974 Decisions
A speaker noted that 1974 will compound the problem and that the symposium will provide information farmers need to make crucial business decisions. The remarks emphasized the agricultural sector's challenges and the event's role in guiding producers through difficult times.
Local Men Aid Orphan Hunt Guides at Mason Ranch
Four Besque County men served as guides for Operation Orphan Hunt at Mason Ranch. They aided about 200 boys from Waco and nearby towns, furnishing food and hunting gear through local businesses. The party of seven boys from Waco shot three deer with guidance from the guides, who noted the boys’ polite conduct despite little prior hunting experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington Gun Club
Besque County
Mason
Orphan Hunt
Jake Wimberly
Fred
Ludwig
Clifton
Ruster Winberly
Cranns Gap
R. L. Gann
Meridian
Waco
Womack Community Calendar Highlights December Dates
Reverend Frank H. Horak Jr. announces Womack Church events from Friday December 7 with youth choir at 4:45 p.m. and confirmation at 4:15 p.m. Sunday December 9 features morning worship at 9 a.m., church school at 10 a.m., and youth fellowship at 7 p.m. Wednesday December 12 lists noon meal sharing, 7:30 p.m. adult choir.
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Laguna Park and Lake Area
Mrs
Harriet Apple
J. M. Hawks
C. B. McNellis
A. E. Thomas
Ben Scott
Rh. D. Worthington
Ben Gambrell
P. J. Simmons
James A. Fond
A. C. Simmons
J. W. Hood
Ed Apple
Agnes Hughes
Sadie Raneall
Velma Barkley
Pauline Johnson
Mary J} Lambert
J. S. Turner Sr
Texaco & Grocery
Channel Cat Road
Lake Whitney
Fha
Waco Savings
West
Waco Drive
Westview Village
Bellmead Drive
Clifton & Meridian
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Cori
Caranelie
Bulova
Skidmore
Elaine
D. Skidmore
Bosque
Thiggers
Rebecca D. Raddes
Besque County Historical Survey Committee
MR. and
R. W. Sauer
Santa Claus
Ben Anderson
Santa
Mr. Anderson
Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home
Magazine Club
Darrell Spenrath
Old Masters
North Ave
Jodie and
Nadine Seljes
American Legion
Selmer Erickson
Oliver Reesing
Smith
Catalina
Bob Honea
Turnersville
Tex
N. Hwy
Live Oak Nursery
Liveoak St
Hwy
Clifton Record
THE
West 5Th Street
Bosque, Coryell, Hill, McLennan
Erath
Johnson, Somervell
Hamilton Counties
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