Baseball Queens Crowned Here June 29
On Friday night June 29 Clifton's Baseball and Sports for Youth Association crowned three baseball queens between Peewee and Freshman games at City Park. Peewee Queen Becky Helms, escorted by Jerry Kleine, led the event with runner-up Pamela Fredenburg. Freshman Queen Allyson Prescher, escorted by Pernell Larson, crowned ahead of runners-up Janie Huffman and Linda Mae Wiede. Junior Queen Peggy Aars, escorted by Tommy White, with runner-up Cynthia Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Baseball and Sports For Youth Association
Allyson Prescher
Peggy Aars
Becky Helms
Clifton
Baseball and Sports For Youth Association
Peewee
Green Sox
Black Sox
Calvert G. Helms
Jerry Kleine
Melvin Kleine
Pamela Fredenburg
Leon Presche
Cynthia Harris
Peewees
Rhonda Turner
Donald Pat Canuteson
Janie Conrad
Gus Krueger Jr
Linda Meinkowsky
Harold Wiede Jr
Rickie Bakke
Linda Gay Mann
Jimmy Canuteson
Janie Huffmann
Garland
Rocky
Jodie Seljos
Elmo Harvey
The
Baseball Association
Queens
Judy Fossett
Donna Hulme
Becky Jenkins
Vickie Conrad
Barbara Baxter
Angela Baxter
Two Babies Born to Clifton Area Families in June 1962
Mr and Mrs Charley Harvey Allison of Route 2 Whitney welcome Kellie June born June 28 1962 at Clifton hospital weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces. Mr and Mrs Dan Jameson of Red Oak announce Cheryl Danette born June 26 1962 at Hillcrest Hospital Waco weighing 7 pounds 2 ounces. Paternal grandparents M B Jameson Star Route Clifton and Mrs E E Jarrard Mart maternal grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Harvey Allison
Route 2
Whitney
Kellie June
Clifton Hospital
Dan Jameson
Red Oak
Cheryl Danette
Hillcrest Hospital
Waco
M. B. Jameson
Star Route 1
Clifton
E. E. Jarrard
Mart
Local Health Notes From Clifton Hospital Sketch
Meridians Mrs. Charlie Gandy and Mrs. John Robin are convalescing in Clifton hospital with treatments dating from late June. Wacoan W M Cochran and Cisco resident H A Bible, plus others from Meridian and Crawford, receive care or recover after surgeries and recent hospital stays. Dr Don Gloff completed internship and begins surgery residency in Dallas. Mr L B Polk undergoes major chest and throat surgery in Baylor Hospital with wife at his side.
Clifton Guardsmen Reach Fort Polk
Clifton's National Guard unit Company C 2d Battle Group 143d Infantry arrived at Fort Polk Louisiana for summer encampment through July 15. The 36th Texas Infantry Division camps at Fort Polk with about 9 000 soldiers alongside the 49th Armored. Major General Selden Simpson commands with Brigadier General Ralph Krieger as assistant division commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
National Guard
143D
Fort Polk
Louisiana
Douglas Railsback
36Th
Texas) Infantry Division
Texas National Guard
49Th Armored
Fort Hood
Texas
Selden Simpson
Amarillo
Ralph Krieger
Abilene
Mrs W S Long Demonstrates for Busy Bee Club
Members of Clifton Busy Bee Home Demonstration Club met at City Hall dining room on June 27. Mrs W S Long demonstrated Bishop method for making school girl blouses. Hostess Mrs Clarence D Handley served refreshments to Mrs Long Mrs Gus Hoel Mrs Ran Lander Mrs Frank Huffman and Miss Stella Vickrey. Next meeting scheduled July 11 at 2:00 p.m. in the home of Mrs A G Amundson with Miss Lucy May Burrus present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busy Bee Home Demonstration Club
Clifton
City Hall
W. S. Long
Bishop
Clarence D. Handley
Long
Gus Hoel
Ran Lander
Frank Huffman
Stella Vickrey
A. G. Amundson
Lucy May Burrus
A Gray Receives Treatment At Clifton Hospital
A. Gray has been under treatment at Clifton hospital since July 2, with medical staff providing ongoing care and monitoring.
Shorthorn Association Plans Annual Tour
Bosque County Shorthorn Association members plan a July 10 tour starting 8:00 AM at T. P. Cogburn Ranch west of Blum. Stops include Larry Boswell near Whitney Dam, N. W. Willett place south of Clifton, Charlie's Cafe in Clifton, Mrs A G Nelson near Clifton, T W Compton on FM 219 near Crawfills Gap, Otis Miles and Charley Miles at Mosheim, Albert Weber near Crawford, Carl Duke at McGregor, and C H May at Moody. Notify Charley Miles at Mosheim before the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County Shorthorn Association
T. P. Cogburn
Blum
Larry Boswell
Brazos River
Whitney Dam
N. W. Willett Place
Willie Wenzel
Highway 6
Clifton
Charlie's Cafe
A. G. Nelson
Ted Evans
Jim Jones
T. W. Compton
Crawfills Gap
Otis Miles
Charley Miles
Mosheim
Albert Weber
Crawford
Carl Duke
McGregor
C. H. May
Moody
Community Public Holds Annual Employee Picnic in Clifton
The Central Division of Community Public Service Company hosted its annual employee and family picnic at City Park Clifton starting 2:30 PM on Friday June 22 with about 100 attendees. Jetton's Catering served a steak supper and CPS towns include Clifton Hamilton Gatesville Glen Rose Hico Meridian Whitney Valley Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Division
Community Public Service Company
Clifton
Jetton’s Catering Service
Fort Worth
CPS
Hamilton
Gatesville
Glen Rose
Hico
Meridian
Whitney
Valley Mills
Cecil P. Coston
CPS Company
American Legion
Mrs Gloff Improves After Stroke at Clifton Hospital
Mrs. Albert Gloff of Luther Hall at Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home suffered a slight stroke on July 1 and has been a Clifton hospital patient since. On Wednesday afternoon observers noted she was showing signs of improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Gloff
Luther
Local Team Names Coaches and Managers Alignment
The article lists the house and staff including Bobby Lumpkin and Gary Fredenburg as coaches and managers such as Ron Kneeling Alton Heier Joe Anderson John Wiggins Mike Hoel Jerry Ludtke Bobby Coffman Johnny Outlaw and Marvin Behnke as assistant manager. Mascots Angela and Barbara Baxter are seated along with the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peewee
Melvin Kleine
Bill Painter
Sherry Painter
Randy Kleine
Doyle Hulme
Calvert G. Helms
Alton Aars
Donna Hulme
Becky Helms
Dale Hulme
James Edward Bronstad
Oren J. Canuteson Jr
Harlan Hoel
S. E. Ragsdale
Lynn Canute
Junior
Blue Sox
Jodie Seljos
Louis Outlaw
Jean Pierson
Tanya Seljos
Donald Forson
Mike Seljos
House
Bobby Lumpkin
Gary
Pete) Fredenburg
Jerry Allen
Marvin Coffman
Sam Ralph
Frank Tyler
Moody Fredenburg
Ron Kneeling
Alton Heier
Joe Anderson
John Wiggins
Mike Hoel
Jerry Ludtke
Bobby Coffman
Johnny Outlaw
Marvin Behnke
Angela
Barbara Baxter
Clifton Teens Lead In Final Week Of Local Baseball Play
Clifton Red Sox beat Hamilton Blue Sox 12 to 1 and Red Sox 7 to 2 as junior division leaders hold a late season edge. Freshman Black Sox stay undefeated with 7 to 1 win, while Green Sox crushed Crawfills Gap 14 to 0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Red Sox
Meridian
Curtis Allen
Alton Ray Muhl
Hamilton Blue Sox
Hamilton Red Sox
Clifton Blue Sox
Clifton Red Sox
Black Sox
Green Sox
Crawfills Gap
Turnersville
Clifton Red Peewees
Valley Mills
Local Visitors Return From Utah Trip
Mrs Lola Brewer and daughter Mrs Irene Westley return home Friday June 29 after a ten day trip to Ogden Utah to visit son Clyde Brewer and family. Accompanying them were sons Clifton Brewer and Bill of Houston. They toured New Mexico Colorado and Wyoming and spent a night in Colorado Springs with Mr and Mrs Burt Novey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Brewer
Irene Westley
Ogden
Utah
Mr. Baldridge
Clifton
Copenhagen
New York
Idlewild
Dublin
Lucerne
Switzerland
Travelers In Foreign Nations Give Reports On Trips
Editor note prints letters from J M Jorgenson Miss Elsie Sager and Helen Aars detailing European travel from Dallas to Paris Dublin Nice Rome Lucerne Heidelberg Cologne Brussels and London. They describe warm Italian heat cool Swiss weather battlefield sights in Belgium and France and travel logistics with a jovial group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Record
J. M. Jorgenson
Elsie Sager
Miss Sager
Jorgensons
Helen C. Aars
Paris
France
Baldridge
Dallas
New York
Dublin
Ireland
Newfoundland
Nice
Cannes
Rome
Italy
Zurich
Switzerland
Lucerne
Heidelberg
Cologne
Germany
Ted Evans Buys Gillespie Building in Clifton
Ted Evans purchased the Gillespie Building at 318 West 5th Street Clifton from R. L. Lane. Evans plans remodeling to create one or two upstairs efficiency apartments and convert the lower floor into a suitable business space with a new front. He will take possession after Lone Star Gas returns post remodeling from a recent fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West 5Th Street
Clifton
Oldtimers
Evans
Jansen Family Visits in New Mexico Home of Paulsons
Mr and Mrs William Jansen and family from White Sands visited Mrs Jansen s parents Mr and Mrs Jim Paulson this past week Linda Paulson returned with the Jansens for a visit in their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jansen
White Sands
New Mexico
Prescher to Speak at Hermann Sons School in San Antonio
Walter Prescher of Route 1 Clifton will be among 18 speakers at a two day school of instruction for Hermann Sons membership personnel. The events follow the first annual statewide picnic in San Antonio on July 15 at La Villita assembly building. The school runs July 16 and 17 at the grand lodge building at 515 South St. Marys Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Prescher
Route 1
Clifton
Hermann Sons
San Antonio
la Villita
Grand Lodge
St. Mary’s Street
Tergerson Reunion Held At Gap July 1
A reunion of the descendants of William and Mary Tergerson gathered July 1 at St. Olaf Lutheran Church Cranfills Gap after morning services. Five daughters and 18 grandchildren attended. A basket lunch followed with an afternoon of visiting and hymn singing. Hostess Mary Hansen of Cranfills Gap and future hostess Alice Bertelsen of Fort Worth were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Tergerson
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Cranfills Gap
Tergersons
Mary Hansen
Crawfills Gap
Alice Bertelsen
Fort Worth
Tergerson
G. O. Bronstad
Bobby
Billy
Corpus Christi
Lonnie Tergerson
Kathy
Janet
Midland
Gwyn Christensen
Dallas
Wendell Larson
Paul Rohne Jr
Austin
Wayne Rohne
Arlington
Theo F. Cox
Irving
Alton W. Tindall
Phillips
Virgie Denton
Billy and
J. Martin
Houston
M. J. Bertelsen
Los Angeles
California
Perry Suter
Bill and
David
Hillsboro
Sam S. Coffey
Rick
Winslow
Arizona
Douglas Langford
Lani
Melinda Harrison
Waxahachie
Oscar E. Knudson
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Charles Rhoades
Alice Jane
Allen Bronstad
Donna
Tommy
Cliffie Drucke
Alta Jacobs
Frances Bertelsen
Bettye Troll
Anna Logan
Waco
Ottis Tyler
Franklin
Clifton
Iver Haugen
Andrea
Karin
Gunder Larson
P. B. Rohne
Selma Bronstad
Paul Christensen
William B. Bertelson and Son
Bellamy
Charley Johnson
Sherry Weathers
Alfred Finstad
Charlie Bertelson
Birthday dinner honors Mrs. Nelson in Clifton home
Mr and Mrs Hans B Dahl hosted a dinner in their Clifton city home on Sunday July 1 to honor Mrs Albert G Nelson of Clifton on her birthday. Attending were Dr and Mrs Arthur Glenn Nelson and family of Dallas Miss Alice Marie Nelson and Herman Berg of Fort Worth and Mr and Mrs Albert Hastings and children Mary and John of Route 2 Meridian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans B. Dahl
Albert G. Nelson
Clifton
Dahls
Nelson
Arthur Glenn Nelson
Dallas
Alice Marie Nelson
Herman Berg
Fort Worth
Albert Hastings
Mary and
John
Route 2
Meridian
Bosque County See Rise in School Age Children
January 1962 census shows 2,160 youngsters of school age in Bosque County up from 2,126 a year earlier. Valley Mills and Clifton lead gains. nonwhite enrollments exist in Valley Mills Clifton Meridian. District totals list Clifton 691 Crawfills Gap 177 Meridian 296 Valley Mills 426 Morgan 112 Walnut Springs 121 Iredell 140 Kopper 138 Mosheim 59 and overall total 2,160.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County
Joe White
Clifton
Valley Mills
Cranfills Gap
Iredell
Kopper
Crawfills Gap
Mosheim
Meridian
Morgan
Walnut Springs
Koppers
Cca
Local Notables Seek Recovery in Clifton Hospital News
Mrs. John T. Wilson of Mart remains a patient at Clifton hospital since July 3. Mrs. C Hanson has been receiving treatment at the local hospital since June 30. Mrs. Harold Sather of Norse community entered Clifton hospital on July 2 and had surgery July 3. Glenn Ringness visited his son in law and daughter in Georgetown last weekend and toured Cobb Cavern. Mrs. Willie Grantham, formerly of Clifton and now in Waco, is a patient at Hillcrest Hospital in Waco with heart ailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Wilson
Mart
Thelma Schumacher
Clifton Hospital
C. Hanson
Harold Sather
Waco
Hillcrest Hospital
Clifton Market Prices and Auction Report
Prices for eggs grain and cattle listed from Clifton buyers. Eggs ranged 24c for large, 20c for medium and large, 13c for selections. grain quoted for oats 75c per bushel, milling wheat 2.06, spring wheat 1.75, corn 1.28, barley 0.08 per bushel, cattle auction saw about 425 head offered at Wednesday Clifton sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charlie Gandy
W. J. Compton
W. M. Cochran
H. A. Bible
Cisco
John Robin
G. W. Gardner
Vada G. Hanson
Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home
James H. Burch
Reno S. Grimland
Robert A. Gloff
Gloff
Philadelphia General Hospital
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Parkland Memorial Hospital
L. B. Polk
Polk
Baylor
Mr. Polk
Mrs. Polk
Mrs. J. J. Beebe
T. A. Gray
Shorthorn Association
Community Public
Clifton Black Sox
Clifton Green Sox
Mr. Jorgenson
Brussels
Belgium
Flanders Field
Soisson
Aimes
Marne
London
England
Capitol Airways
Denmark
P.S
Gillespie
Mr. Prescher
Hermann Sons’ School
Mrs. Nelson
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