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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1946
Page
3
Meridan residents host family gatherings and visitors from Oklahoma City Waco and Beaumont for Christmas. Local students staged a Christmas pageant directed by Mrs. Clara Richards. Social clubs held a Study Club Christmas party with readings and a Christmas poem presentation.
Joyce Sylvia Johnson daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Johnson 414 South Milner Ave Breckenridge Texas married Ira Cordell Springer of Ola Oklahoma in a quiet double ring ceremony at the First Methodist Church with Rev. E R Stanford officiating. The bride wore a blue grey wool suit with white carnation corsage and carried traditional tokens. Attendant was Mrs Eugene Tolle and best man Mr. Eugene Tulle. Springer, a Breckenridge High School graduate employed by CR Anthony Co., served in the 2 6 division in the European Theater of Operations and was discharged January 1946. The couple will reside in Breckenridge where Springer is assistant manager of CR Anthony store.
Blanche Cummings wed Kenneth Blackman in a ceremony at East Chapel on a Sunday afternoon. The bride wore a two piece dress with black accessories and carried a white Bible topped with white carnations. Miss Velma Rush Cummings served as maid of honor. Earl McCormack acted as best man. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cummings of Morgan and a Morgan High graduate.
Seo Whit and an Army veteran, employed by the Veterans Administration in Waco for two years, wed recently. The bride is from Hector Arkansas. guests included several named locals and out of town attendees from McGregor Clifton and Meridien as well as veterans and friends.
We express heartfelt thanks for beautiful flowers words of comfort and deeds of kindness shown at the passing of our wife and mother Annie Wold. We thank all for support and sympathy from family and friends during this sad time.
An old advertisement touts a modern chest rub called Derham Wu-Mo-Rely for children’s colds. It claims faster relief with 79 percent Gulacel-Comphor vapor and a stronger effect, urging purchases with a sale price of 38 cents.
A quirky note reports Shinmy car issues addressed by Beek Stratton Motors using Stratton gasoline to cure it. The piece hints at a local automotive remedy and a specific brand solution.
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