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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1972
Page
3
A statement contrasts national ignorance with freedom and literacy, arguing a free press and educated people make a nation safe. The author asserts that civilization requires both free speech and widespread reading to sustain safety and stability.
Pulaski News highlights high school students preparing the 1971 72 year at Pulaski High. Students assemble new tables carpet floors panel and wax hallways. One picture shows a student painting the mascot on the gym floor, illustrating constructive youth activity.
A quick collection notes Pythagoras first proposed a round world belief. Snakes may have up to 300 pairs of ribs. The human brain weighs about 48 ounces on average. The Atlantic Ocean holds more salt than the Pacific. The Douglas fir is highly valuable commercially. William Tell, a 14th century Swiss patriot, is mentioned. Maryland features the only state flag with a coat of arms.
The Crossroads area shares numerous Christmas and holiday visits. Families from Clifton Fort Worth Waco Irving San Antonio and Dallas gathered at homes in Clifton and nearby towns. Attendees included the Ludwig Pederson Green Murphree and Hoel households plus visiting relatives and friends for dinners and a Watchnight party.
Funeral services were held December 27, 1971 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Clifton for Otto Albert Schmidt 66 of Clifton. He died December 25 from a heart attack. Burial was in Clifton Cemetery. Schmidt lived in Womack until 1931 then ran a cotton gin and feed mill in Clifton. He was born January 8, 1906 in Posen Germany and married Minnie Braune in 1925. He is survived by wife Minnie, son Thomas, daughter Doris, three brothers and three sisters and six grandchildren.
Airman Kenneth R. Gilleland son of Mr and Mrs A J Gilleland of Meridian Rt 1 has graduated at Lowry AFB Colo from the U S Air Force supply inventory specialist course. He trained to inventory supplies by use of electronic data processing machines.
Airman Gilleland is assigned to Bergstrom Air Force Base Texas for duty with a Tactical Air Command unit that provides air support for U S ground forces. He is a 1971 graduate of Walnut Springs High School.
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