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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1959
Page
3
After morning services on Sunday December 6 the Immanuel Lutheran Church Clifton congregation honored pastor Reverend W F Rolf with a covered dish dinner to celebrate his birthday held the day before.
Reverend Rolf received a birthday celebration in the basement church with an invocation and singing. The meal featured a cake by Mrs N L Schlegel of Meridian and a program led by Cal vert Bernhardt as master of ceremonies. Gifts from Ladies Aid Willing Workers Men’s Club Choir Walter League and congregation followed, with acknowledgment by Reverend Rolf accompanied by his Houston relatives Karen Mary Judy and Walter Rolf.
The family of Mrs. S. B. Johnson thanks Clifton hospital doctors and nurses pastors and friends for support during illness and after her passing. Gratitude goes to First Methodist Church ladies Civic Improvement Society in Chifton for food floral tributes memorial gifts and prayers.
Bruce Lindsey of Route 2 Meridian will represent Bosque County at the National Farm Bureau Convention in Chicago from December 13 to 17. Lindsey has two years with Bosque and previously 13 years with Milam County, serving in multiple leadership roles. He and wife reside on the Mustang farm with 1,500 laying hens and bee colonies. he is a Texas bee inspector.
Reverend Walter R. Simpson Jr arrives from Lewisville to lead Zion United Church of Christ at Womack. He will preach at 10 30 Sunday December 13 with a post service covered dish and a church giving for the pastor and family. Their daughter Sheryl Lynn born May 7 1959. He was ordained in New Orleans in 1958 and previously served Friedens Church in Lewisville.
Meridian residents attend funerals and visits as Mrs. George McFarland and children from Washington DC arrive for Christmas. Local obituaries note Leslie Weeks, 68, former Meridian resident, buried in Fort Worth. Weeks was WWI veteran and longtime Fort Worth worker. Period matches small‑town social and community notices of Christmas season.
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