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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1960
Page
3
H A White was injured Sunday when his pickup collided with a 1959 Ford near Mrs. Jim McMillan’s home in Fairview. He was admitted to Clifton hospital with head stitches and possible internal injuries. Two occupants of the Waco car received treatment and were released.
Jimmy N. Andrews, Clifton representative of Great American Reserve Insurance, is promoted to manager of the new Wichita Falls office. The move includes his family at 4610 Belmont, Wichita Falls, and his office at 405 Galveston Street. He joins the President’s Club board and qualifies for the 25th anniversary sales convention in Dallas. Carl H. Vick becomes Clifton area representative and lives at 314 South Avenue G with his wife and four children.
The Bosque County Home Demonstration Council gathered in Clifton City Hall on February 18 with 11 members and 1 visitor. All committee recommendations and revised standing rules were adopted, club reports were shared, and plans set for the March 25 meeting and a District THDA gathering in Stephenville on March 17.
Gatesville District Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service holds its annual meeting in Clifton on Thursday March 3. The event opens at 9 30 AM with district president Mrs John A McNeill presiding under the theme We Are The Light of The World. Local presidents report on affiliated societies and district officers will be elected and installed with lunch served by Clifton Church ladies.
Dr. C. R. Nichol of Clifton and C. E. Wooldridge of Fort Worth, both retired Church of Christ ministers, studied Bible passages at Nichol’s home in February. Wooldridge is 84, Nichol turns 84 in March, with decades of joint preaching and debates. Accompanying them were Noble Patterson, editor of the Fort Worth Christian Journal, and Carl Gardner, former Fort Worth Public Schools dean of men. Wooldridge’s son Charles, VP of Texas Power and Light, joined during a business trip to Waco.
About 600 members from Trinity Lutheran Clifton and Our Savior's Lutheran Norse attended a two day joint session of the Texas District American Lutheran Church and Texas Circuit Evangelical Lutheran Church in Fort Worth. Delegates included Odie C. Pederson B P Holt John Bekken Doyle J Borchers and J M Jorgenson with Arne Orbeck from Norse Our Savior's Lutheran. A luncheon and city tour were offered for the ladies followed by a banquet at Hotel Texas.
Two Indian visitors Mr Sankhala and Mr Singh studied U S conservation programs and toured Bosque County. The Bosque Board met in Meridian in February approving four soil water and plant conservation plans for the Meridian unit on farms near Clifton and Meridian. Custodians of district equipment attended lunch and discussed duties. The supervisors urged starting waterways work with King Ranch bluestem and Bermuda and listed custodians for the sod sprigging machine.
Clifton 4H Club met February 18 at City Hall to approve plans for National 4H Week. The treasurer’s report was given by Carol Wenzel. A window display and church service participation were approved with a display committee of Fred Johnson, Ronnie Thomas, Kathy Crawford, and Jean Brooks. Card sales were organized with Kathy Crawford, Bill Johnson, Melvin Prescher, and Janet Schrantz. Demonstrations by Waymon Davis and Lucy May Burrus closed the meeting.
Mrs. Ted B. Evans Mrs. Dan E. Orbeck and Miss Bernice Schow attend the George Washington Tea hosted by the Henry Downs Chapter D A R at the YWCA in Waco accompanying Mrs. Joel E. Nelson of the Norse community on Friday afternoon February 19.
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