Fairview Community notices and funeral updates
Illness in the community led to Sunday closing services at Fairview Baptist Church. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Jessy Hayes with burial at Coon Creek-Smith Bend Cemetery. Several relatives attended funerals for Mrs. Clara Sawyer in Hillsboro, and T. A. Blassinsame underwent major surgery at Providence Hospital in Waco with favorable recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview Baptist Church
Jessy Hayes
Coon Creek-Smith Bend
F. D. Bearden
A. R. Bearden
John McMillan
P. R. Downey
Jim McMillan
Hillsboro
Clara Sawyer
Dallas
T. A. Blassinsame
Providence Hospital
Waco
Rm. 405
Bobby Bearden
China Spring
Dick Blassingame
Mr. Blassingame
Ruth Blassingame
Douglas Finstad
Midway
Tye White
Clifton Hospital
Dick White
Last Rites Held For Mr. Holley
Albert M. Holley of Hico died at 6 55 p m Saturday Dec 28 at Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home He was 79 Funeral services were held Dec 30 1968 at Bar row Rutledge Funeral Home in Hico Rev Bill Hayes officiating Burial was in Spring Creek Cemetery Pallbearers were Raymond Blue Tim Bateman Tom Lowe Asher Phillips L J Meadows and Louis Bateman Survivors include one son Lee Holley of Iredell ten grandchildren and one sister Mrs Minnie Pace of Hamilton plus several nieces and nephews
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert M. Holley
Hico
Clifton Lutheran
Barrow Rutledge Funeral Home
Bill Hayes
Baptist Church
Iredell
Spring Creek
Raymond Blue
Tim Bateman
Tom Lowe
Asher Phillips
L. J
Frank Holley
Fort Worth
Minnie Pace
Hamilton
Couple Feted At Barnett Home In Clifton Reception
Mr and Mrs Garland Rummel celebrated their January 11 shower and reception at Mrs Barnett's Route 1 Clifton home. About 60 guests attended the event honoring Connie Braun Rummel and Rocky Rummel, who wed December 6 1968 in Hillsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland
Rocky) Rummel
Paul Barnett
Route 1
Clifton
M. FE. Allen
Clifton Church of Christ
Rumme
Connie Braun
Eddie Braun
King Creek Lodge
Mr. Rummel
Charles Rummel
South Avenue K
Hillsboro
Barnett
Sroom
Cindy Brown
Karen White
Meridian
Debbie Parks
Aillen
Connie
Rocky
Clifton Students Seek Degrees at North Texas U
Three Clifton seniors among 644 graduates applied for bachelor’s degrees at North Texas State University. Winter commencement is set for 2 p.m. January 28 in the Men’s Gymnasium. One hundred fifty one candidates pursue master’s degrees and twelve seek doctorates. Clifton students listed include Carolyn Ann Eary with a B A in history Delila Musselman with a B A in mathematics and Robert Lee Spitzer with a B B A in management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
North Texas State University
Carolyn Ann Eary
Delila Musselman
Robert Lee Spitzer
Grace Memorial Baptist Church Schedule
Grace Memorial Baptist Church at 107 S Ave M and West 5th Street lists services led by Rev Curtis Holland. Sunday School at 9 45 a m Morning Worship at 10 45 a m Training Union at 6 30 p m Evening Worship at 7 30 p m Wednesday Prayer Meeting at 7 30 p m.
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S. Ave
M. & West 5Th St
Curtis Holland
Calendar of Events In and Near Clifton
Community notices list local gatherings in Bosque County from January to February 1969. Events include church group meetings at Our Savior's Lutheran Norse and Clifton City Hall Dining Room, luncheons for the Clifton Lions Club, a Social Security representative visit, cancer society activities, and a singing event at Lanes Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County
Courthouse
Meridian
Busy Bee HD Club
Clifton City Hall
Clifton Rand Parents Association
Rand Hall
Bosque County Cancer Society
Mosheim School
Clifton Lions Club
City Hall Dining Room
Clifton City Hall Dining Room
Freeman Graduates NCO Academy At Barksdale AFB
Technical Sergeant Ray A. Freeman son of Mrs. Frank A. Freeman 207 S Avenue Kk Clifton has graduated from the U S Air Force Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Barksdale AFB La Freeman received advanced leadership and management training and serves as a jet aircraft maintenance technician with the Strategic Air Command He is a 1953 Cranfills Gap High School graduate His wife Loretta daughter of Mr and Mrs B B Givens 2217 Lucas Wichita Falls accompanies him
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connally Grad
Frederick Watley
James Connally Technical Institute
Waco
Clifton High School
Frederick
A. B. Watley
East Moore St
Clifton
Ray A. Freeman
Frank A. Freeman
S. Avenue Kk
U. S. Air Force Noncommissioned Officer Academy
Barksdale Afb
Freeman
Barksdale
Strategic Air Command
Cranfills Gap High School
Loretta
B. B. Givens
Lucas
Wichita Falls
Veterans of Foreign Wars Mount Clifton Post 8553 meeting
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Mount Clifton Post 8553 meets on the first and third Thursday each month at Clifton Texas on Riverside Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars OF the
U.S. A
MEETS
Robert E. Binford
Clifton
Texas
Riverside Dr
Bosque County School Districts Formed in 1890s
The 1884 Texas school law created districts and local taxes. Garnersville District No. 1 failed to approve the 15 cent tax in 1894, while Me ridian and other communities formed districts. The Bosque County Teachers Institute began in 1887, promoting textbooks and teacher standards, with early efforts to establish a County Superintendent, not realized then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
T. F. Thomas
Garnersville
Commissioners Court
J. F. Thomas
Dick Whitt
A. J. Metcalf
Bosque County
Prairie Hill
Womack
C. O. Whitely
J. T. Glass
W. S. Hearden
Norse
Our
Andrew Anderson
Meridian
S. L. Mettler
T. W. Elliot
Walnut
R. E. Conine
C H Caldwell Dies in Clifton at 75
C H Caldwell 75 of Clifton died at 4 p.m. Saturday January 11 1969 at Goodall-Witcher Hospital. Funeral 4:30 p.m. Sunday January 12 at First Baptist Clifton with Rev Clay Burns. Burial in Clifton Cemetery. Survived by wife daughter son four grandchildren six sisters and one brother. Pallbearers listed. out of town relatives attend from multiple Texas communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Caldwell
Clifton
Goodall - Witcher Hospital
First Baptist Church
Clay Burns
Leo Jenson
Clifton Cemetery
Caldwell
Clifton City
Carl B. Caldwell
Oklahoma City
Okla
Wallace Raper
Earnestine
Houston
James W Henson
Sandra
McKinney
Ronald Caldwell
U. S. Army
Gerald
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Fairview News
Dick Biassingame
Mr. Holley
National Building Centers, Inc
North Texas U
Grace Memorial Baptist Church
Texaco - Toons
Casey
Texaco Service Center
N. Ave
Morsday
Lanes Chapel
Clifton Theatre
Clifton Civic Improvement Society
Area
Sgt. Freeman
NCO
Bosque
Thiggers
Historical Committee
Institute
Jal
Teachers’ Institute of
Said County
Carl Harden Caldwell
John Caldwell
Martha’ Elizabeth Mowrey Caldwell
Ella Thompson
Oklahoma
Texas Milling Company
Earnestine Raper
Wanda
Ronald G. Caldwell
James Henson
O. P. Lane
Amherst
Kizzie Harvey
Joe Cholopisa
John Earl Harvey
Naomi Nix
Billy Smith
Addie Dyess
O. L. Tillinghast
Venus
O. J. Moore
Rule
J. E. Decker
John
Pharr
W. G. Akin
Calvin Ewing
Motello Ostwald
Jerry Gear
J. T. Dyess
Arlington
Ray Harvey
Denver
Dela
Homer Davis
Sam Dillard
J. I. Thompson
Oscar Thompson
Roy Davis
J. B. Davis
J. C. Davis
Owen Oswald
A. L. Coward
Roy Thompson
Dickerson
John E. Thompson
Childern
Kerrville
Glynn Fails
Old Ocean
W. C. Ludwick
Lampasas
Jack Shepherd
Crawfills Gap
Hugh Trotter
Vaden Clark
Dora Lee Wallace
Turnersville
Hazel Caldwell
Valley Mills
Pearson
Service and Supplies
Coats
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