Weather and Holiday Tours Highlight Crossroads Weekend
A Crossroads News brief recalls mudbound roads hindering church travel and recounts the Holiday Homes Tour sponsored by the Goodall Witcher Auxiliary. Hostess duties fell to Margaret White with other tour homes listed, followed by a museum stop with refreshments. A church circle held a covered dish supper and Sunset Home donations. The piece notes Tuesday marks the 35th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Goodall- Witcher
Irs
Margaret White
W. B. Bertelsen
FE. BE. Schow
Rufus Nutt
Mr. Janke Jr
Bosque Memorial Museum
Our Savior’s Church
Jenson
Lone American 829 Ends War With World Changing Projectile
Gloria Moseley notes on a Sunday recall of Pacific Fleet destruction two hours and a later wartime milestone, then shifts to social updates. Mrs. Calvin Locke hosts a Birthday Club with attendees including Mrs. Margaret Stamatakos and Mr. Moseley. Clifton Circle meets, Our Savior's class holds a lesson, and a Norwegian Christmas Service is planned. A busy Saturday retail scene prompts citizens to keep the city growing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Locke
Clifton Circle
Hannah Hoff Brown
Elsie Solberg
Pastor Jenson
Our Savior’s
Christmas Party and Club Activities Across Laguna Park
Bluebonnet Art Craft Club meets December 10 at 2 pm at the Clubhouse for its annual Christmas Party with gift exchanges under a $3 limit. Laguna Park Church of Christ holds a new Old Testament study starting in the auditorium led by Rev. Tom Tarbet. West Shore Civic Improvement plans a clinic and reviews FM 3118 road bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluebonnet Art Craft Club
Laguna Park Church of Christ
Tom Tarbet
West Shore Civic Improvement Association
Virgil McCallum
Fort Worth Hospital Visit Ties Local News to Visitors
Fairview residents share weekend visits with Fort Worth relatives and Clifton friends while Mrs. Dick Blassingame hosts gatherings. A recipe from Mrs. Dick Mann of Rockwall appears amid social notes and thanks for renewing the Clifton Record. Celebrity Judge edition features German Chocolate dessert with marshmallow creme pecans and a rich chocolate glaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Blassingame
Fort Worth
Bill Smith
Loy Hillard
Jerry Howard
Dick Blassingame
Bill Kliebrink
Clifton
W. P. Downey
Austin
Jack Williams
Jim McMillan
P. R. Downey
John McMillan
Dick Mann
Rockwall
Thanksgiving Visit for Wallace Family in Houston
Visitors Mr and Mrs Larry Wallace along with Jeffrey and Kimberly of Houston spent Thanksgiving with his parents Mr and Mrs Everett Wallace and with friends at the family home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Wallace
Jeffrey and
Kimberly
Houston
Everett Wallace
Eighth Grade Cubettes Rally For Crawford Rematch Win
After a narrow loss to Crawford the Eighth Grade Cubettes trained hard and defeated Crawford 35 to 28. The win improves their record to two wins and one loss with strong defense and steady scoring from Linda Ludwig 19 points and Lisa Rowe 10 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
Cubettes
Janice Horak
Kim Bartels
Evelyn Tyssen
Betty Sanders
Brenda Eary
Renea Hyde
Linda Ludwig
Lisa Rowe
Karen Dreyer
Seventh Grade Cubettes Beat Crawford For 35 31 Win
Clifton Seventh Grade Cubettes improved to 2 and 2 after a 35 to 31 victory over Crawford. Sharon Culp led with 21 points and Holley Raines added 6 while other players contributed on both ends as they prepare for China Spring on Dec. 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cubettes
Clifton
Crawford
China Spring
Sharon Culp
Holley Raines
Candy Hurst
Tonya Brown
Jo Curlee
Alice Amundson
Paula Young
Trinity Church to hold traditional Christmas services and events
Trinity Lutheran church plans a full Christmas schedule with Go Tell It On The Mountain program at 6 30 p.m. Sunday Dec 19 in the sanctuary led by Mrs Richard Liardon and the Trinity education board. Rehearsals Dec 21 23 and Dec 11 18 at 7 p.m. plus an 8 p.m. Candlelight Communion on Christmas Eve Dec 24 and a 10 a.m. Christmas Day service Dec 25 with a sermon by the pastor and special music. Sunday Dec 26 follows the regular schedule. Additional activities include a Women’s Christmas meeting Dec 13 a carol sing and lunch Dec 17 and an Open House for 50plus Dec 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran
Richard
Linda) Liardon
Trinity Education Board
Trinity Church Council
Trinity
TLC
Fellowship Hall
O. R. Jenson
Junior Historians’ Fall Activities Highlight History Exhibit and Fort Parker Trip
The Junior Historian Club kept busy this fall with a diabetes drive fundraiser selling lollipops, an entry on Clifton Bank for the State Fair of Texas earning first place from the Dallas County Historical Society, and a bi centennial themed John and Abigail production at Bettis Auditorium. On Nov 6, 40 members and sponsors visited Fort Parker State Park near Mexia to study Cynthia Ann Parker and the Kiowa Comanche frontier era, collecting tombstone rubbings from Old Springfield cemetery to display later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Lane
John and
Abigail
Bettis Auditorium
Judy Richards
Jill Hoffman
Kelley Lane
Kevin Anz
James Stewart
Greg Groff
Curtis Rueter
Bob Lance
Don Gloff
John Grimland
Connally Dugger
Cynthia Ann
Pete Nocoma
Quanah
Springfield Cemetery
State Park
Fair directors study plans for 1977 livestock show
Central Texas Fair directors reviewed property and floor plans for the 1977 livestock show rules. Budgets show donated funds of 3500 dollars with a 100 year city lease, dirt fill and private lenders needed. Changes will update the premium catalogue and entrust entries to be received at the South gate with fees for hogs cattle and sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Seljos
Jim Burch
Joe White
T. N. Foster
Alamo
Leonard Snider
Les Farmer
Carl Simpson
Texas Animal Health Commission
Department C
Tom Browder
Seedbed prep urged for 1977 spring pasture planting
Harold King of the Bosque Soil and Water Conservation Service urges land users to prepare firm seedbeds for spring 1977 pasture grasses. He recommends one good plowing, followed by light disking or harrowing, and firming with a cultipacker before drilling. For details contact the Bosque SCS in Meridian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque
The
Bosque Soil and Water Conservation Service
Meridian
Bergman to Address Bosque County GOP Women
Mrs. Robert Bergman of Weatherford and president of the Texas Federation of Republican Women will speak at the Bosque County Republican Women's Club meeting. The event is a covered dish dinner at 7 p.m. Saturday December 11 at the Fred Owen Ranch on Lake Whitney. Husbands and visitors are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bergman
Weatherford
Texas Federation of Republican Women
Bosque County
Republican Women's Club
Fred Owen Ranch
Lake Whitney
Young Homemakers of Texas Clifton Chapter Meet
The Clifton chapter of the Young Homemakers of Texas held a public meeting at the Civic Center on Monday November 29 at 7 p.m. President Mary Sue Crawson welcomed attendees and introduced a Lone Star Gas representative who presented Christmas Treasures ideas. Members planned a December 13 home tour and agreed to donate food and used toys for a needy family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Homemakers of Texas
Clifton
Mary Sue Crawson
Alice Brandenberger
Lone Star Gas
Laginia Baker
Darlene Finstad
Linda Hubert
Ginger Albrecht
Bake Sale for DAV Auxiliary in Laguna Park
Lake Whitney Chapter 215 Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary will hold a bake sale in Laguna Park on Saturday December 11 starting at 9 a.m. Proceeds support veterans programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Whitney
Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary
Laguna Park
Child Welfare Board Plans Holiday Aid in Bosque County
The Bosque County Child Welfare Board met December 1 in Meridian courthouse. They reported 15 families with 42 children on the caseload and two new November referrals. Luan Jackson led Christmas care plans with offers from Clifton and Laguna Park groups. Donations totaling 294.14 were received from Brown and Root employees. a Meridian bank account will be opened for Christmas donations to Rev. Richard Creech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County Child Welfare Board
Meridian
The
Protective Service Monthly
Luan Jackson
Jackson
Clifton
Martha Crass
First Methodist Church
Betty Odom
Vernon Erickson
Brownie Troup
Laguna Park
LeRoy Williams
Valley Mills
Dorcas
First Baptist Church
Hillsboro
Brown and Root
Bosque County
Richard Creech
LVNs Meet in Hamilton for November League Session
The Tri County League of Licensed Vocational Nurses held its November 4 gathering at the First Methodist Church in Hamilton. Guest speakers included Dave Westbrook of Hamilton Hospital as an anesthetist who lectured on post operative care and signs of patient complications. Refreshments followed for 12 members and two guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-County League of Licensed
Methodist
Hamilton
Dave Westbrook
Westbrook
Hamilton Hospital
Reesing Golden Wedding Reception in Walnut Springs
Mr and Mrs Orville H Reesing of Walnut Springs celebrate their golden wedding with a reception at Memorial Methodist Church Walnut Springs on Sunday December 19 from 2400 hours Hosts are their children Mrs John P Thomas of San Antonio Mrs Matt Garland of Waco and Roddy Reesing of Cleburne The couple married January 1 1827 at Hico and have lived in Cranfills Gap and since 1948 at their present home Mr Reesing retired from General Dynamics in 1963.
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Orville Hy. Reesing
Walnut Springs
Memorial Methodist Church
John P Thomas
San Antonio
Orville H. Reesing
Adie Leeth
Hico
Cranfills Gap
Reesing
General Dynamics
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Bess
North Peach
Long Island Sound
Callie Edwards
Huffman
Roy Rhine
Johnny Carr
Jody Myers
Robbie Johnson
Mickie Smith
Don Payne
Trouston
Patsy Rager
Oklahoma City
Cecil Brittain
Dallas
L. G. Redman
Goodall-Witcher Hospital
Fairview News
Televisions
White Auto Store
Jake “Vimberly
Rhonda Anz
Christy Crawson
Pam Morrow
Joyce Rush
Kristy Thiele
Mary Jo Ray
Bibi Eissler
Dawn Rachiig
Tina Willis
Myra Marshall
Joann Wimberly
Jake Wimberly
Elizabeth
Raines
Brown
Curlee
Tammy Olson
Kelley Carpenter
Tracey Amundson
Beth Conrad
Kathy Dugger
Angie Walker
Susan Boyd
Trinity Church
Bank Americard
Fuseton
TOT
Springfield
R. Bergman
Gop
Bake Sale
Child Welfare Board
Dula Bonds
Lvns
Waco
Washington
H. H. Gerdes
Optometrist
Dublin
Grocery & Laundromat South
Reesings
Matt Garland
Roddy
Cleburne
Florida
Live Oak Nursery
Norfolk Island
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