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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1961
Page
5
A dense Clifton classified page offers sale ads for homes and land, vehicles, furniture, livestock, tools, appliances, and services. Listings mention a 4 room Clifton home with equity, a 1953 Ford pickup, a living room sofa, goats and horned Hereford bulls, tires, and TV radio service plus local businesses providing road service, milk crates, and paint supplies.
The Busy Bee Home Demonstration Club of Clifton met June 28 at Mrs. Henry Brynie is northeast of Clifton. Mrs. Gus Hoel demonstrated a plastic bag poodle after a business session. Twelve members and one guest, Mrs. Neal Brynie of Fort Worth, attended. A special meeting with agent Miss Lucy May Burrus was set for July 5 at Mrs. C. D. Handley residence south of Clifton.
Cris E. Pierson has been a patient in the local hospital after becoming ill while traveling with the E. B. Harris family to the Lions International Convention in Atlantic City New Jersey. Mrs. Pierson says he hopes to return home late this week and be well enough to attend the Texas Rural Letter Carriers Association State Convention in Abilene next week where he serves as president.
Mr and Mrs Allen Christenson and their sons Allen Jr and Ronald of Austin visited in the home of Mr and Mrs O J Cristenson and with Oletha Christenson. The Christen sons had just returned from Baton Rouge Louisiana where they attended a convention.
Mrs. Albert Cathey was treated at Clifton hospital after a rattlesnake bite last Wednesday and is improving after a period of serious condition. The report notes a sequence of weekend visits from relatives and friends across Texas and New Mexico, with multiple families spending time in Clifton and nearby areas.
Classified note from Clifton Record advertising carbon paper in regular and legal sizes, plus typewriter and pencils for sale. Sale item list appears concise and dated as a local notice.
On June 23 P. Joe Dahl of Clifton shipped four registered Berkshire pigs two boats and two gifts by American Airlines air freight from Love Field Dallas to Mexico City Mexico. The trip took about five hours. Dahl recently sold the pigs to Ignacio Oteiza Fernandez-Gerente. He has previously shipped pigs to Caracas Thailand and French West Africa and to several U S states, but this was the first time by plane.
Funeral services for Mrs Alma C Speegle 72 of Waco were held at Speegleville Baptist Church and burial followed at Speegleville Cemetery. She died Sunday afternoon July 2 at the family residence in Waco. Survivors include husband M R Speegle three daughters Mrs Ted Heath Meridian Mrs J T Wilson Lubbock Mrs Guy Melton Waco three sons Louis Speegle Valley Mills D R Speegle Dallas and Lt A R Speegle US Navy San Diego 17 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Mr and Mrs Clifton Brewer and their sons John and Bill of Houston visited Mrs Lola Brewer and Mrs Irene Westley and friends in Clifton from Friday of last week until Monday in a family trip calendar.
Mrs. Reuben Usher has been discharged to her home from Whitney hospital and is understood to be doing fine. Mrs. Homer Spence remains in the hospital for tests with hopes of a swift return home. Mrs. J C Wilkison arranges to have The Clifton Record sent to him for the coming year.
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