Cliftonites greet college students home for holidays
A roundup of Clifton area students from Baylor University SWTSC ACC A&M and NTSC who are spending Christmas and New Year with relatives. Names include Gilliam Ashcraft Elder Collins Miles Erickson Bronstad Josey Anderson Hennig Gloff Moore Schramm Richards Boecker Rester Isenhower Gaustad Parks Rester Ralph Blue Stacha Horn Wilson Spitzer Golden Enochs Solberg Wallace Harris Colwick Thompson Zuehlke Kruse Blue Aars and others returning home to Clifton Valley Mills and surrounding areas for the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Phil Gilliam
Margie Gilliam
Lynda Ashcraft
Mary Elder
Janice Collins
Ann Miles
Baylor University
Waco
Phil Gilliam
P. L. Ashcraft
P. L. Elder
W. B. Collins
Clifton
Otis Miles
Mosheim
Vernon
Pat) Erickson
Gerald Bronstad
James Josey
Don Anderson
Betty Gail Ludwig
Southwest Texas State College
San Marcos
Homer Erickson
Orville Bronstad
J. O. Josey
Alex Anderson
Henry Brynne
Don
Mexico
Donald Hennig
SWTSC
Ernest Hennig
Wayne Gloff
Darla Gloff
Abilene Christian College
W. O. Gloff
Harold Ray
Ellen Ann Moore
ACC
Fred Moore
Hurst Springs
Marilyn Schramm
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Herbert
Dick) Schramm
Emily Kay
Joe Richards
Freddie Boecker
Bobby Rester
Jeanne Isenhower
Judy Willenborg
University of Texas In Austin
Jeff Richards
Fred Boecker
W. W. Rester
Charles M. Isenhower
E. J. Willenborg
Glenn Gaustad
Arlington State College
Arlington
Alvin Spitzer
John Parks
Coleman Rester
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
J. Bruce Parks
Tommy Ralph
Charles Blue
Anton Stacha
Bob Horn
Fred Wilson Jr
Texas A. & M. College
College Station
T. H. Ralph
Otis Blue
Anton Stacha Sr
Herman Horn
Fred Wilson
North Texas State College
Denton
R. C. Spitzer
Kent Westley
Gary Westley
David Golden
Joe Walker Enochs
E. A. Spitzer
Irene Westley
C. L
Dick) Golden
Joe Enochs
Roland Andersons
NTSC
Texas Woman’s University
Lee Anderson
W. C. Butler
Valley Mills
Pernie Solberg
Larry Wallace
Jim Bill Harris
Martha Colwick
Virginia Thompson
Barbara Zuehrke
Texas Lutheran College
Seguin
Selmer Solberg
E. W. Wallace
George M. Harris
Calvin P. Colwick
William T. Thompson
W. M
Bob) Zuehlke
Landscaping Meeting Series Proposed in Bosque County
The Homestead Improvement Sub-Committee in Bosque County proposes training meetings on Landscaping Principles across all four precincts during January or February. The program, led by Home Demonstration Agent Miss Lucy May Burrus, seeks to improve local landscaping and invites organizations to publicize and host sessions with alternate dates to avoid conflicts. Invitations due by January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County
E. J. Sonntag
Meridian
Lucy May Burrus
Miss Burrus
Two New Meridian Babies Born December 21 1959
Mr and Mrs Roy L Nickels Route 1 Meridian welcomed son Robert Dorman born December 21 1959 at Clifton hospital weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces. Mr and Mrs Calvin R Nicholas Route 1 Meridian greeted daughter Betty Darlene on the same date at Clifton hospital weighing 7 pounds 5 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy L. Nickels
Route 1
Meridian
Robert Dorman
Clifton Hospital
Betty Darlene
Calvin R. Nicholas
Clifton Cub Scouts Hold Christmas Party at VFW Hall
At 7 30 Tuesday night December 22 the Clifton Cub Scout Christmas party was held at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post home. Reverend M D Woodruff spoke on The Other Wise Man and gifts were exchanged. Fruit bags and refreshments were served. Mr and Mrs C R Jack Devaney visited Arlington in the home of their son Pete Devaney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Veterans of Foreign Wars
M. D. Woodruff
First Baptist Church
VFW
C. R
Jack) Devaney
Arlington Sunday
Pete Devaney
Colvert Pharmacy Weighs New Multi Tenant Building
Colvert Prescription Pharmacy begins construction on a brick veneer building near the hospital. The structure will host pharmacy a coffee shop and a florist with separate entrances and interior partitions, plus off street parking for about 20 cars. Completion is expected in about 100 days depending on weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colvert Prescription Pharmacy
George Colvert
Colvert
Mr. Calvert
Sue Snider
Central Texas Lumber Co
Johnny Borchers Competes for Annapolis Appointment
Congressman Poage names Doyle J Borchers of Clifton and Quincey A Ellis of Bell County among four Central Texans seeking 1960 United States Naval Academy appointments. Borchers is Clifton High School senior and son of County Attorney Doyle J Borchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Poage
Doyle J. Borchers
Clifton
Annapolis
Johnny
Clifton High School
Poage
United States Naval Academy
Maryland
Johnny Borchers
General Happenings in Clifton Past Week
Report highlights local events in Clifton and surrounding area. Jodie Richards of Beaumont underwent surgery in Clifton hospital Monday morning. Mrs. Eula Goodall of Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home fell last Saturday and is now hospitalized. Dr. Edwin Goodall and Mrs. C. V. Welch of Breckenridge are with their mother during her recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Jodie Richards
Beaumont
Clifton Hospital
Eula Goodall
Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home
Edwin Goodall
C. V. Welch
Breckenridge
Goodall
Welch
Olson
Carl Braune
Arnold Braune
Edward Henkelman
Frederick Henkelman
Fort Worth
Otto Braune
Claude Cagle
Troy
T. A. Thompson
Frank J. Spangle Jr
Marceanna
Pamela
Grand Isle
Louisiana
Frank Spangle
la Porte
W. B. Meeks
Meeks
Record Office
M. L. McGinnis
Temple
R. O. Walsleben
Ireland
John M. Carter Dies Suddenly at Clifton Home
John M. Carter of Clifton aged 82 years 9 months 17 days died Friday afternoon December 18 at the local hospital from a heart attack after a recent illness following severe burns two years earlier. He had lived in Coryell County Turnersville and Clifton and worked in farming and local stores. He married Edna Standefer in 1901 and later Etta Gilkey in 1937, leaving nine children and a long-time member of Turnersville Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Carter
North Avenue D
Clifton
Mr. Carter
Carter
Pearson Plumbing Company
Dyess Feed Store
John R. Cowen
Whitehall
Edna Jane Standefer
Turnersville
Love Wood Products expands Clifton unit in 1959 growth
Clifton's Love Wood Products Co expands with a 1959 industrial addition. The plant grinds sawdust into flour for decking gypsum plastics roofing felt and shinges and ships about four boxcars weekly. Key staff includes Charlie Mattox and Lloyd Lumpkin with James L. Love as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love Wood Products Co
Clifton
Wilson
Love Wood Products
Dallas
Ciifton
James L. Love
W. F. Taylor
Jack Wilson
Wilson Building Materials Co., Inc
Charlie Mattox
Charles
Buddy) Mattox
Lloyd Lumpkin
Wilson Building Material Co
Santa Fe
Hammercmills
New York
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Illinois
Texas
Clean cash winners named in Clifton merchants give away
Final winners in the Clifton merchants give away are listed. Friday winners include Miss Severine Olson who won 50 dollars, Mrs. Glen Gustafson 25 dollars, and Hancock 25 dollars. Tuesday winners include Miss Geneva Lumpkin 50 dollars, Jimmy To ten 25 dollars, and Mrs. Andrew C Canuteson 25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Merchants
Severine Olson
Glen Gustafson
Herman Hancock
Geneva Lumpkin
Jimmy Toten
Andrew C. Canuteson
Clifton buyers list Wednesday poultry grain and pecan prices
Prices quoted by Clifton buyers show Eggs No 1 30¢ per dozen and 25¢ for No 1s A medium and B large 22¢. hens under 44% pounds 4¢ under 42 pounds. milling wheat 1.85 a bushel. feed wheat 1.65. oats 70 to 75¢. maize 1.75 per cwt. barley up to 85¢. corn 1.60. shelled corn 1.15. pecans weaker at 30¢ per pound. cattle hog and lamb prices not available as published early in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kathy Kruse
Mickey Blue
Mary Hardin- Baylor College
Belton
Edwin Kruse
Mrs Otis Blue
Gene Aars
Helen C. Aars
Peggy
Erry
The
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R. L. Baldridge
Mrs
Robert Baldridge JR
J. C. Kincheloe
Calvin Colwick
Robert Jenkins
John Neel
Rex Colwick
John
Starkville
Mississippi
Colwick
Clarence M. Colwick
Dan E. Orbeck
G. C. Tisdale
J. L. Hutcheson
Jim
Lee Ann
Clfton
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