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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1963
Page
7
Mrs. Evelyn Belcher and Mr. Lydia Bowman of Houston joined Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Belcher of Austin in visiting the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Will J. Krueger Sr and Mr. and Mrs. Hans Mansur with other Clifton relatives last weekend.
A crowd gathered December 14 at the Bottlinger home Route 1 Ireland to honor Mrs Selma Pietzsch as she turned 100. Relatives including her daughter in law and son and many extended family members attended a lamb dinner. Mrs Pietzsch is blind yet lives independently with 12 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren among 22 great great grandchildren.
Relatives gathered in Dallas Saturday afternoon December 21 for the funeral of Albert Barta aged 57. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home the prior Thursday night. Burial was in Highland Memorial Cemetery, Dallas, with many Clifton relatives and friends attending.
At the December 17 meeting the Women’s Hospital Auxiliary elected officers for 1964. Elected were Mrs. C. M Saunders president, Mrs. Jack Railsback first vice president, Mrs Doyle W. Hennessee second vice president re-elected, Mrs. Floyd Key third vice president, Miss Jessie Mae Francis recording secretary, Miss Elva Seidel corresponding secretary re-elected, Mrs. J. M. White Sr. parliamentarian re-elected, Mrs. Hugh H. Trotter historian, and Mrs. Jesse L. Gandy treasurer re-elected. Mrs. W. A. Moffitt serves this year as president. Reverend and Mrs. B. L. McCord of Ranger visited en route to Waco. Don Reynolds of New Orleans arrived to spend Christmas with her mother, Mrs Walter Sawyer. The text also lists several land transfers and property descriptions in the Meridian area.
T Smyth trustee conveys lot 115 Shore Acres to Emory A Strickland. M P Smith transfers lot 4 block 2 Dickinson Addn Valley Mills. Marriage licenses issued for Halbert Weldon Hall with Betty Ann Gloff, Robert Lee Tant Jr. with Lois Nell Lammer, Robert Stanley Gibbons with Fonia Lou Guinn, Ford Lamar Brooks with Lottie Winifred Edwards, Marion Henry Wilson with Stella Craven, Edward Joe Honea with Gracie Maud Pierce. Visitors include Alvin Prince and daughters Linda Janice from La Marque, Charles Bronstad and daughters Susan Lynn from Port Neches, Fred Weir Jr. and daughters Charlotte Sharon from Granbury, daughters of the Andersons visiting C C Anderson. The Bronstads visiting with A L Bronstad and wife.
Staff Sergeant Gary Johnson, stationed at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, a senior in Astronautical Engineering, is asked to join Sigma Tau Fraternity Omega Chapter. Johnson is the son of Mr and Mrs Gordon Johnson of Waco and son-in-law of Mr and Mrs.
A. J. Blackwell of Clifton reports his son in law Sergeant Johnson will report in June after graduating from the University of Wyoming. He will go to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio for officer training.
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