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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1968
Page
21
Ramblin round the Gap by Ruth Reierson recaps Lutefisk supper with Norwegian visitors, family notices, Christmas events, and community updates. Readers learn about garden club show, school program, Christmas cash drawings, Santa visit, obituaries, visitors from Fort Worth and Dallas, and Circle 2 Christmas party with Rev. Ottmers.
Cranfills Gap communities hold Christmas Cash Drawings on Saturday December 21 from 1 to 5 pm at Gap Drug Store. No purchase required. $125 in about 35 prizes to be awarded hourly. Eligible: residents except preschoolers and owners or immediate families of participating businesses.
Santa is due to arrive in Cranfills Gap at about 2 p.m. Saturday December 21 bringing candy for the children. The Cranfills Gap Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee met Monday night December 9 and urged residents to visit town on December 21 to see what local merchants offer.
Extension housing specialist Benny Lay suggests pressing leaves with a warm iron to set color. Then soak the pressed leaves in a glycerin to water solution, nine parts water to one part glycerin, and press again between blotters. The leaves will stay flexible after soaking.
Rev Dale Yant leads Sunday worship at 9 30 a m with church school at 10 30 a m at the local Crawfills Gap church.
Charles W. Buell 81 of Cranfills Gap died at 2 p.m. Tuesday December 3 in Clifton Goodall-Wittener Hospital from pneumonia and complications. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday December 5 at St. Olaf Evangelical Lutheran Church Cranfills Gap with Rev. Marvin O Ottumers officiating. Burial was in St. Olaf Rock Church Cemetery. He was survived by his widow Mae Buell and four daughters, plus four grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and two sisters. He had served as Deputy Sheriff in Polson Montana and worked for the Interior Department as Special Officer. He retired in 1963 and moved to Cranfills Gap Texas.
Land transfers among Poston Knud, Robersons, Jesters and many others map a wave of parcels in Lake Whitney and Hamilton Bosque counties. Marriages licenses note Patrick Young and Benita Young. New cars list owners from Clifton Hico Iredell and Waco.
Rev Horace C Goodman leads Sunday School at 10 a m followed by a preaching service at 11 a m and an evening service at 6 30 p m at the church.
If you apply for Social Security benefits early in 1969 furnish a copy of your 1968 withholding statement Form W-2. If you had more than one employer in 1968 provide a withholding statement from each employer. Bob Barnes will be in Clifton at 9 30 a.m. in City Hall Dining Room on Tuesday December 17 1968.
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