Mrs Dawson Hosts Clifton Magazine Club Meeting
Clifton magazine club met January 21 at Mrs. L E Tennison home with hostess Mrs. Earl M Dawson. W B Oswald president welcomed 22 attendees including three guests. Mrs H R Hill spoke on Early Colonial Governors citing Anne Dudley and Anne Bradstreet with Bradstreet seal ring and poems as keepsakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Magazine Club
L. E. Tennison
Earl M. Dawson
W. B. Oswald
Walter C. Hansen
H. R. Hill
Anne Bradstreet
Veterans of Foreign Wars Clifton Post 8553 Meeting Dates
Robert E. Binford Post 8553 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars meets on the first and third Thursday each month on Riverside Drive Clifton Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans OF Foreign Wars OF the
U.S. A
Robert E. Binford
Clifton
Texas
Riverside Drive
County Agent Updates On Conservation Use and Feed Grain Loans
County agent explains land being shifted to conservation use and eligibility for price support loans on all feed grains. Farmers, especially corn, grain sorghum and barley growers, should analyze income impact and operations with the agent’s budget forms in his office. Charlie Koonsman of Route 4 Hico was admitted to Clifton hospital January 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Koonsman
Route 4
Hico
Clifton Hospital
SCS Readiness Checks Radiological Monitors for Emergency Action
Soil Conservation Service under State and Federal guidance has 7,462 trained monitors at 3,135 stations ready to move on short notice. In Texas 1,100 monitors will undergo winter training as new procedures with the Atomic Energy Commission accelerate rapid damage assessment and calibration of instruments. A recent San Antonio explosion underscored possible emergency scenarios, with Civil Defense coordinating instrument checks and fallout response. Peggy Berry accompanied by the Mackeys and Marilyn Chambers attended Fort Worth events last weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. N. Smith
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Meridian Work Unit
Stephenville
Soil Conservation Service
Texas
Atomic Energy Commission
San Antonio
Mr. Smith
Offices of Civil Defense
Office of Civil Defense
Funeral for Clifton resident Mr. Bronstad held at Trinity Lutheran
Obituary notes the death of Mr. Bronstad of Clifton with services at Trinity Lutheran Church on Tuesday February 4. Burial followed at Norse Our Savior's Lutheran Cemetery. Survivors include wife five children and numerous relatives with out-of-town attendees from Texas and Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronstad
Julian C. Bronstad
Clifton
Odin M
Buster) Bronstad
Route 1
Jonesboro
Virgie Lee Bronstad
Mexia
Joe Forson
Amuay
Venezuela
Furman
Bennie Bronstad
Fort Worth
Anton Nelson
Annie
Ben Hutcherson
Olga
Alfred Nelson
Hannah
Houston
Trinity Lutheran Church
Erwin H. Knitt
Peggy Aars
Lester Hutcherson
Meridian
Oliver Reesing
Raymond Reesing
Orville Bronstad
Curtis Bakke
Mervin Bakke
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Norse
Mr. Bronstad
Gunder Larson Breaks Hip and Reaches Clifton Hospital
Gunder Larson suffering a broken hip after a fall remains hospitalized at Clifton hospital. Family members including son Wendell Larson of Austin and Mrs. Hannah Jermstad visit, as surgery to pin the hip has been performed. Other locals host and visit while editor Mrs. Gustafson reports her own fall and temporary health setback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almer Gustafson
Gunder Larson
Clifton Hospital
Larson
Wendell Larson
Austin
Carolyn Smith
Waco
Hannah
Bosque County School Post Candidate Pledges Support
Nickenson outlines duties and aims if elected County School Superintendent promising to encourage and assist every school child to reach maximum potential in Bosque County. Dickinson supporter endorsement noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County
Smith V. Dickenson
Local Social Notes Highlight Visiting Friends and Health
A. L. Browning of Turnersville becomes a patient at Clifton hospital on February 2. E. E. Schow and spouse spent Sunday January 26 in Dallas visiting former Clifton residents W. C. Hurst and Ray Fuller. Ray Fuller of Lampasas, now in the gasoline business, and FE Stevens were Army comrades. Early this week guests at C. H. Caldwell's home included Addie Dyess Venus Gene Moore Rule and W. G. Akin Dallas plus R. W. Caldwell Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Browning
Turnersville
Clifton Hospital
E. E. Schow
Dallas
W. ¢C. Hurst
Clifton
Ray Fuller
Lampasas
FE. V Stevens
Fuller
Stevens
C. H. Caldwell
Addie Dyess
Venus
Gene Moore
Rule
W. G Akin
R W. Caldwell
Fort Worth
Floyd Lavon Fields Dies In California
Floyd Lavon Fields of Lakewood California and formerly of Cranfills Gap Petersburg and Hale Center Texas died at age 31 in St Marys Hospital Long Beach after weeks of illness. He was a brain tumor survivor and husband father son and brother. Funeral services were held January 31 in California with family visiting afterward.
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Floyd Lavon Fields
Lakewood
California
Crawfills Gap
Petersburg
Hale Center
Texas
St. Mary’s Hospital
Long Beach
Mr. Fields
Clarence Fields
Star Route 2
Cranfills Gap
United States Navy
Fields
Corine Legion
Wif
Stephen Douglas
Arents
O. J. Fields
James McMinn
Califoria
Chee
Morris Fields
Fairy
C. J. Fields
Mrs. Cranfill Hosts Birthday Dinner Here
Ida Cranfill entertained at noon Sunday February 2 to honor her sister Miss Annie Marie May of Dallas and her daughter Helen Cranfill who recently observed their birthdays. Attendees included Roy and May family members from Clifton Meridian Walnut Springs and Fort Worth among others. John Speer of Meridian became a medical patient in Clifton hospital on February 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Cranfill
Annie Marie May
Dallas
Helen Cranfill
Roy May
Route 2
Clifton
Walter May
Rita, Earl
Carol
Meridian
G. W. Guthrie
Walnut Springs
Wilson New and Son
Alton
Fort Worth
George Fossett Sr
Annie Draper
John Speer
Route 1
Clifton Hospital
Abel’s Son Sells Oil and Gas Property Across West Texas
Malcolm D. Abel of Midland has sold most oil and gas holdings once owned with James R. Bancroft to Sohio Petroleum Company. The deal covers 44 net wells producing about 1900 barrels daily and includes gas production in the Four Corners area. Properties span Midland Reagan Upton Andrews Yoakum Garza Stonewall Nolan Counties and holdings in Colorado Wyoming North Dakota and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Able
Route 2
Clifton
Malcolm D. Abel
Midland
James R. Bancroft
San Francisco
California
H. Powell
Sohio Petroleum Company
Four Corners
Reagan
Upton
Andrews
Yoakum
Garza
Stonewall
Nolan
West Texas
Able & Bancroft
Colorado
Wyoming
North Dakota
Canada
Midland firm expands oil venture across states and Canada
The partnership continues petroleum exploration, development, and production from Midland offices in the Mid- America Building. visitors from Guthrie Oklahoma, Mrs M H Hall and Mrs Agnes Woodworth, stayed in Clifton from Thursday to Tuesday with Mrs Hall's parents. Mrs Hall spoke at the Clifton Magazine Club husband’s evening in City Hall dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Hall
Agnes Woodworth
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Clifton
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Mrs. Dawson Entertains Club
City Hall
Mrs. Dawson
Mesdames Tennison
Dawson
Oswald
Hansen
Hill
Hulen C. Aars
C. S. Bronstad
Charley Miles
E. H. Ledlow
Corvan
Standefer Chevrolet Company
West Fifth Street
Chifton
Telephone
Peggy Berry
Ray Berry
H. BD. Mackey
Marilyn Chambers
Marion Sorenson
M. G. Knudson
James Bronstad
Corsicana
Johnie Anderson
Elmer Stanford
John Johnson
Odin Bronstad
Larry and
Paula
Eldon Sorley
Eddie Johnson
Eva Christenson
Grand Prairie
William Schibler
Lorena
Jerry Mathews
John
Jeri Dee
San Angelo
Perry A. Mathews
Mathews
Firestone
E.E. Stewart Motors
South Avenue
Clifton, Texas
Vincent Price
Mari Blanchard
Three Stooges
Dobbs
Cardigan
Walt Disney
Emilie Genest
Sandra Scott
Famous Name Men’s Suits
Elvis Presley
Acapulco
Snort
McGregor
van Heusen
Cranfills Gap News
Nickenson
Abels’ Son
Clifton High Cubs
Jinx Tucker
National Guard Armory
Duke Carlisle
Waco Tribune-Herald
Jetton’s
Jaycees
New Mexico
Louisiana
Mid- America
Curtis Coleman
Beneft Association of
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