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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1961
Page
6
About 300 members of the Wesleyan Service Guild gathered at Southwestern University July 15-16 for the Central Texas Conference Guild Weekend. Clifton delegates included Mrs. Mary Lanehart Mrs. W W Bester Miss Elsie Coston and Mrs. W H Tharp. The theme was Our Mission Today The Faith That Compels Us with study courses exhibits lectures planning sessions clinics worship and recreation.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Aars hosted Oliver and Leroy Reesing as dinner guests Friday night.
Miss Jennifer Scott returned home from Fort Worth after visiting the Jack Lynch family. Local figures vacationed in South Texas and Mexico, with travels to Laredo Corpus Christi and San Antonio. Funeral services were held for W Carl Johnson. Deeds and marriage licenses listed for Meridian area. Trade with Record advertisers.
The Clifton couple Mr. and Mrs. Jesse M. White celebrated their golden wedding with an open house on Sunday July 9 at their Clifton home. About 200 relatives and friends attended, with grandchildren Mary Kathryne White and James White among those greeting guests. Clergyman Reverend J. E. Morton led a brief devotion, and the table featured gold and white decorations with a three tier cake. The Whites have two children, Pat White and Mrs. J. Lester Davenport, plus two grandchildren. James Lee White, their son, died in 1946. The couple previously lived in the Coyote community and Wilson before moving to Clifton in 1945. They were farmers and dairymen until 1950 when Mr. White became County Commissioner of Precinct 4, serving until 1958. Numerous out-of-town relatives attended from Amarillo, Lubbock, Fort Worth, Dallas, Kildare, Shreveport, and other areas.
July 14 1961 Dear Friends Congressmen Poage argues the world teeters near a shooting war over Cuba Berlin and Southeast Asia He stresses maintaining a firm stance to defend Berlin and warns against appeasement policies while urging citizens to send return addresses with mail and notes congressional activity through September.
Mr and Mrs R C Womack Jr and children Lois Ann Jennifer and Richard held a July 1 housewarming at their new Smith Bend home southeast of Clifton neighbors and friends attended about 90 guests registering with Jennifer Womack. The event featured white embroidered cloth refreshment table pink and white phlox Shasta daisies and gifts for the family.
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