Ground Hog Shadow Prompts Busy February in Cranfills Gap
Community notices warn of a Cancer Film showing at Cliffox Theatre Clifton and a Cancer Workshop at St. Olaf Lutheran Church. A car pool departs St. Olaf, and the Gap Chamber hosts a noon luncheon on February 12. Several local residents travel, move, or recover, with obituaries and social events nearby.
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Cliffox
Clifton
St. Olaf
First Security State Bank
Gap Chamber of Commerce
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Bosque County Cancer Society
Marvin Ottmers
Wendell Knudson
St Olaf Church Calendar at Crawfills Gap Texas
The schedule from St Olaf Evangelical Lutheran Church in Crawfills Gap Texas lists services and Bible study times for February 8 to February 13. Events include confirmations, Sunday worship, Luther League, choir rehearsals, and Circle No. 2 dressings for the American Cancer Society.
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ST. Olaf
Need for Conservation Practices Exists Here
The Bosque Soil and Water Conservation District notes a need for soil water and plant conservation on many farms and ranches. Farmers construct ponds and shape waterways near Tredell and Moshiem. Sodding with coastal bermuda is planned, aided by Soil Conservation Service staff, with cost-sharing offered by the Bosque county ASCS office.
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Bosque Soil and Water Conservation District
Fred Taylor
Hi. W. Gauntt
Tredell
Bill Sanguinet
Henry Alexander
Moshiem
Bermuda
Soil Conservation Service
Bosque District
J. M. Ferguson
Frank Hanna
Presennel
Lawrence Orbeck
Crawfills Gap
David Dahl
Clifton
Charles Reeves
Chris Vance
Valley Mills
John Baxter
Meridian
Ralph Uloth
Walnut Springs
Bill Brewer
Bosque County
ASCS
Clifton Classified Ads Get Results
Local Clifton area classifieds report strong responses after readers placed varied ads. Items listed include household goods jobs services and rental offers attracting quick buyer seller exchanges.
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Clifton
Mrs. Grebaugh Services Held at St Olaf Church Cranfills Gap
Funeral services for Mrs. Simpson Grubaugh 86 were held at St. Olaf Lutheran Church Cranfills Gap with two hymns sung by the congregation. Interment followed in Cranfills Gap Cemetery. Survivors include an adopted daughter Minnie Lee Goodrich and other relatives.
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Simpson Grebaugh
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Cranfills Gap
Abide
With Me
Marvin O. Ottmers
Ernest Enger
Archie Wickman
Homer Burleson
Kenneth Burleson
Alton Enger
Jerry Hall
Susan Emelie Domstad
Grubaugh
Antone and
Eline Sorley Domstad
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Norse
J. K. Rystad
Simpson Grubaugh
Grubaughs
Minnie Lee Burleson
Pauline Burleson
Frank Burleson
Clifton
Big Spring
Clifton Hospital
Albert Domstad
Ellen Enger
J. W
Minnie Lee Goodrich
Hamilton
Jeanette Burns
Billy Sue Bakely
Oscar and
Palmer Domstad
Ida Wickman
Annie Domstad
First Methodist Church Service Schedule Update
Rev. Dale Yant leads Sunday worship at 9 30 a m followed by church school at 10 30 a m with ongoing congregational activities.
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First Methodist Church
Crawfills Gap
Texas
Dale Yant
First Baptist Church Sunday Services Schedule
Rev Horace C Goodman leads Sunday School at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m with an evening service at 6 30 p m all at the First Baptist Church.
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First Baptist Church
Crawfills Gap
Texas
Horace C. Goodman
Our Savior's Lutheran Church Schedule
Our Savior's Lutheran Church posts weekly events led by Rev. Albert Petrich. Clifton Circle and Norse Circle meet Thursday at 2:00 p.m. Bee Hill Boggy Circle and Lutheran Women and Men meet Tuesday afternoon and evening. Confirmation Instruction Saturday morning. Sunday School at 9:30 and worship at 10:45 with Luther League at 6:30.
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Albert Petrich
Clifton Circle
John Homerstad
Norse Circle
Lloyd Swenson
Bee Hill - Boggy
C. A. Smith
Luther League
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
58 Percention Achieved In 1968 Savings Bonds Drive Bosque
Total Bosque county sales of United States Savings Bonds and Freedom Shares in 1968 reached $116,148, ac cording to Bosque county Savings Bonds Committee chair William B. Bertelsen. The county goal was $200,000, achieving 58 percent. Statewide 1968 Texas sales totaled $177,371,504, up 6.7 percent from 1967. Nationally 1968 sales of E and H Savings Bonds and Freedom Shares were $4,972 Million, near the $5,500 Million goal.
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United States Savings
Freedom
Bosque County
William B. Bertelsen
Texas
Paper Clips Sale Offers Bargains at Record Office Supply
Box of 1 000 clips priced at 59 cents and boxes of 100 at 12 cents each. Record Office Supply advertises these bargains in a concise retail notice.
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Record Office Supply
Tfe-Dh
Benefits Available for Veterans Widows and Wives
The Veterans Administration says war widows may receive GI Bill education and home loan benefits. Eligible widows include spouses of permanently disabled veterans and those who lost their husbands in service. Education grants amount to 130 dollars monthly for full-time study with 36 months of eligibility. VA home loan guarantees cover 60 percent up to 12,500 dollars, with terms up to 30 years and low down payments. Other benefits include Dependency and Indemnity Compensation, death pension, burial expense reimbursement, and children’s education allowances. Contact a local VA office for details.
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Veterans Administration
Niece Betty Lane Barry Weds Theo Crockett at First Presbyterian
Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Parks Jr. of Meridian attended the wedding of their niece Betty Lane Barry to Theo Neill Crockett at the First Presbyterian Church in Garland on Saturday night January 25. The bride, Betty Barry, is also a niece of the late Lloyd Lane of Clifton.
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Fd M. Johnson
Fort Worth
Roy Kirkland
Lillie Simmons
Clifton Hospital
Emma Pendleton
Clifton
Emma Grubaugh
Cranfills Gap
Waco
Richard Schultz
Veterans Hospital
Kenneth Blackman
Rio Vista
Janice Mulligan
Walter Garrett
Oak Cliff Lutheran Church
Martin Jenson
Leo Powell
Dallas
C. H. Olson
Oak Cliff
Griener High School
Walter B. Parks Jr
Deborah
Cindy
Meridian
Garland
Betty Lane Barry
Theo Neill Crockett
First Presbyterian Church
Lloyd Lane
Homar Starnes
Tye White
Jerry
T. A. Blassingame
Midway
Ruth Blassingame
Moore
Carrie Martin
Blassingame
P. R. Downey
F. D. Bearden
Bob Bearden
China Spring
Brenda Higginbottom
Joe Moorman
Houston
Arch Moorman
Sam Blassingame
W. P. Downey
Fairview Community Guests and Visits Report
Rev Homar Starnes visited Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Tye White and Jerry. Several families from Fairview and nearby towns gathered through the week for meals and social calls.
Clifton student John Thomas Wiggins named VP at North Texas
John Thomas Wiggins of Clifton serves as vice-president of Phi Epsilon Kappa at North Texas State University in Denton. He is a senior secondary education major, son of Mr and Mrs T J Wiggins. Texas Liquor Control Board reports 1968 set a record high with 14 186 more juvenile arrests for possessing or buying alcohol than 1967.
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John Thomas Wiggins
Clifton
Phi Epsilon Kappa
North Texas State University
Denton
Wiggins
T. J. Wiggins
Texas Liquor Control Board
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Cranfills
GAP
Ramblin
With Ruth Reierson
Kenneth
Blanche
Joe
Dar
Donna Bronstad
Gerald Houser
E. G. Bronstad
Clifford Bronstad
C. M. Brown
Conroe
Albert Giese Jr
Hamilton Steel Coop
Edmiston’s Cafe
J. M. White
Moody Courtney
Jonesboro
C. L. Mitchell
CGHS
Insurance Agency
Bertelsen & Company Insurance Agency
Crawfills Gap, Texas
Gene Knudson
Janelle Johnson
Circle No. 2
American Cancer Society
Alcm ‘Brotherhood
Trinity, Clifton
Specials
GAP Community Foods
Cranfills Gap, Texas
Shurfine Frozen
Fisherboy
Shurfresh S. M
Bb. M
Shurfine
Morton
Wayne
June Blum
Crantills Gap
Fairview News
Dick Blassingame
M. W. Bonds
John Rowe
Bobbie Bearden
Charlie Gregor
Douglas Finstad
H. H. Gerdes
Optometrist
Washington
Beauty Rest
Beautyrest
Radio and
W. 7Th Street
Clifton, Texas
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