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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1959
Page
2
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Daughters Marsha and Janeen visiting with Mr and Mrs B Cummings while Cummings recovers at Clifton hospital after a heart attack. Fort Worth relatives Gary Cummings and children stay with Carl Cummings. Arthur Miles Jennie Blankenship Harold and James Sharp visit Hico. Charley Miles and others Deer Base Mason area. O J Pierson Seminole Oklahoma family guests. Reverend Guy Nelson Jr and boys visit.
Milton Louis Amundson marked his seventh birthday with a party at Cranfills Gap Public School on Tuesday November 24. Guests and family gathered for a candle game photos and gift opening as a circus themed cake and treats delighted attendees.
Womack Zion United Church of Christ and other local churches list Sunday School and worship times. Reverend Walter Simpson Jr. to be honored at a covered dish dinner after morning services on December 13. Other churches include Immanuel Lutheran, Assembly of God, Olav Lutheran, Our Savior's Lutheran, First Methodist, First Presbyterian, Trinity Lutheran, St. Paul’s Lutheran, Catholic Service, and First Baptist with related Bible classes, study groups, and holiday events.
Members of the Immanuel Lutheran Church Ladies Aid met in the church basement on Thursday afternoon December 2 for their regular monthly business meeting. Mrs W B Oswald led the opening devotional on Mary the Mother Of Jesus with reference to Women Of The Bible. The group planned a Forget Me Not Party for December 11 at the home of Mrs FE Wiederaenders and adopted a needy family for the year. Officers were installed: Mrs W B Oswald president Mrs Erwin Wiederaenders vice president Mrs Hugo Landgraf secretary and Mrs Nealy McDougal treasurer. The session closed with The Lord s Prayer and a table prayer by Rev W Rolf. Refreshments were served by Mrs Carl Pearson assisted by Mrs Will J Krueger and Miss Emma Krueger.
Mr and Mrs Henry Wegner of Waco visited Clifton with Mr and Mrs W A Wegner. Arlene Davis of Garland visited Clifton with Nellie Carr, whose father is Henry Carr. Mrs Lawrence Ringness renewed the Record for brothers Reverend Allen Nelson and Dr Lawrence G Nelson. Reverend Allen Nelson and his wife moved from Rolando, Iowa to Cresco Iowa after 17 years at the Lutheran Church.
Shorthorn cattle breeders met at Grady's Cafe in Meridian to discuss reorganizing the Bosque County Shorthorn Breeders Association. Officers were elected and dues set for one year. The group planned quarterly meetings with the next on January 15, 1960 in Clifton.
Bosque Soil Conservation District officials Bill Hardcastle and Will Hafer urge landowners to plow fire lanes around pastures and rangeland to protect grass cover and soil from erosion. They cite pastures, deferment, rotation, and legume planting as key steps with ASC cost-sharing available. Thanksgiving guests include local families in Meridian.
Robert E. Binford Post 8553 in Clifton Texas meets on the first and third Thursday of each month on Riverside Drive for veterans gathering and post business.
Mrs James Nuttall and daughters Karen Mary and Julie and Walter Rolf of Houston spent from Friday to Sunday in Clifton with Reverend W F Rolf father of Mrs Nuttall and Mr Rolf for his birthday at Immanuel Lutheran Church last Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ollie Miears and son Ollie Delmar of Fort Worth and Mrs Roy Hill of Waco visited Clifton last Sunday with Mr and Mrs Otio Jones. Mr Jones is recovering after recent surgery in a Waco hospital.
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