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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1960
Page
7
Mrs. E. E. Raley and Mrs. Lewis Hauke of Clifton joined about 300 women at Southwestern University Georgetown for the annual School of Missions and Christian Service of the Woman's Society of Christian Service.
Five day conference theme Thy Word Our Law guided a school with staff including Miss Alice Alsup Fort Worth former missionary to China and Japan Mrs C A Barr Austin former jurisdiction president and Woman's Division member Miss Mary Sue Brown Waco former missionary to Brazil Miss Jane Clay Dublin former missionary to Cuba Mrs A G Clifton Oklahoma City Conference Secretary of Christian Social Relations Mrs C C Coffee Lubbock Woman's Division member and former conference president Reverend G W Cameron Shreveport LA and wife Mrs G W Cameron Board of Missions former jurisdiction and Conference Secretary of Missionary Education Dr William C Inch Southwestern University president Mrs Joe C Hooper Lorena Board of Missions Woman's Division and former Central Texas Conference president Mrs K I Reid Cleburne Jurisdiction Secretary Missionary Education
Jerald Fenn, son of Mr and Mrs JD Fenn, entered summer school at Tarleton State College in Stephenville after spending the past year at Texas A. & M. College. Mr and Mrs Willie Wenzel and children Carol and Derril spent the long July weekend visiting Kingsville Corpus Christi and Reynosa Mexico, with visits to Alvin Jorgenson and daughter Alice in Kingsville. S E Ragsdale and children Maude and Silas left Clifton for Las Vegas New Mexico for a vacation planned to end around July 26 or 27.
Local society notes detail numerous visitors from Detroit Waco Midland and Phoenix plus relatives in Cranfills Gap. Incoming guests include Mr and Mrs B H Pruitt Janice and Billy Pruitt, Mr and Mrs Ed Meissner, and families. The community records one 1.6 inch rain and notes new coach Marvin Goldsmith and science teaching duties.
Long obituary recalls Mrs. Bernhardt’s life from Chase community to Ardmore Cooke County and back to Bosque County. Survived by four sons Otto Henry Walter Hubert and four daughters plus siblings and many grandchildren. Also notes relatives and a July western trip with heavy rains and cool relief.
State Health Department figures show paralytic polio down to 19 cases through late June to early July, with only two cases in the week ending July 2. Nonparalytic polio also falls to 14 cases, while booster shots are recommended for preschool children.
Miss Carmileta Dossman of the California Testing Bureau in Dallas arrived last Friday for a two weeks vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Walter Dossman and other relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs Otto Zacharias and their sons David Jimmy and Tommy of Corpus Christi visited near Clifton from Tuesday to Thursday with Mrs Zacharias parents Mr and Mrs E R Luedtke.
Mr and Mrs Bill Hutcheson and daughters from Fort Worth visited hours Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr and Mrs J L Hutcheson, brother and sister in law to the host.
The family expresses gratitude to all who supported them after the death of their mother and grandmother Mrs Herman Bernhardt. They thank those who brought food and flowers, offered memorials, Reverend W. R. Simpson Jr. for comfort, and Clifton Funeral Home staff for their help. May you find such comfort in your sorrow. The Family of Mrs Herman Bernhardt
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