Mocking Bird Causes Sleepless Nights Townwide
A local column recounts insomniac insomnia caused by a mocking bird nicknamed robin. Residents debate whether the bird is a troubled bachelor or a nurturing father guiding nocturnal activity away from nests. A neighbor proposed drastic removal methods while others defend the bird’s song. The paper also notes the newspaper's TV supplement magazine is discontinued after 24 weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin
Thrasher
Chris Strand
Robert Gloff
Clifton
Ted Eaton
Mosheim
Ethel Merman
Whispering Smith
Tocal
City to Open Ave F North Boosts Traffic Flow
Clifton's City Council approved extending Avenue F north to the ClifTex Manufacturing parking lot and buying liability insurance of 100000 and 300000. The North Ave F opening aims to ease traffic hazards during shift changes at ClifTex as 100 plus cars feed onto Highway 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Clif-Tex Manufacturing Company
North End
Ave. F
ClifTex Mfg
Highway 6
Jury List Called For Next Monday In Meridian
District Clerk Josie M. Hardwick released a 45 name list of prospective petit jurors summoned for possible duty in Judge Truman E Roberts' 52nd Judicial District Court. Those named must report to the district courtroom at the Meridian Courthouse by 1 p m Monday June 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie M. Hardwick
Judge Truman &. Roberts
52Nd Judicial District Court
Meridian
Groundbreaking set for Clifton Sunset Home project
Ground breaking for the Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home new $1.275 million building will be Saturday June 14 at 3 p.m. in front of the Commons near the Chapel. The project adds 53 172 square feet for 76 new residents and modern facilities with advanced safety systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home
L. G. Hannemann
McGregor
Roy Quill
Dallas
Waco
Eugene Wukasch
Wukasch & Associates
Austin
Garland Wade
Texas State Department of Health
Central Lutheran Church
Waco Construction Company Inc
Joe Brownfield
Lockridge - Priest, Inc
Hill Plumbing Company, Inc
Mitchell - Faulks Electric Company
Waco Construction Co., Inc
Home Corporation
Clifton
Hill-Burton
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Helen Aars
Farmers State Bank
Interium
Elmer Luckenbach
Sunset Home
Clifton College
Luther Hall
Poage seeks funds to raise Lake Whitney to 533 feet
Rep W R Poage urged the House Appropriations subcommittee to provide 550000 to relocate boat ramps picnics roads and service lines at Lake Whitney on the Brazos Texas so the lake level can rise 11 feet to 533 feet within about 18 months. He noted Whitney’s 1951 flood control hydroelectric project cost 41 million and warned current budget cuts threaten recreation and power stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney Reservoir
Brazos River
Texas
W. R.bob Poage
D-Tex
House Appropriations Subcommittee On Public Works
Army Engineers
Whitney
Poage
Brazos Basin
Lake Whitney
Appropriations Group
Budget Bureau
District Army Engineer
Third Coming of Vikings Marks 1846 Texas Colony
The article notes 1846 Norwegians colonizing Northeast Texas south of Dallas, led by Karl Questad and Cleng Peerson. It highlights artifacts at the Institute of Texas Cultures in San Antonio and details Questad’s feats, Bosque County settlement, and early Norsk communities at Clifton Crufts Gap and Norse with flour mills and farming innovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Margaret Mullins
Miss Mullins
Clifton Record
Institute of Texas Cultures
San Antonio
Texas
Dallas
Sadie Hoel
Crawfils Gap
Bakke Iistate
Karl Questad
Hoel
Norway
Linberg
Isannah Brown
Waco
Cleng Peerson
Johann Keiersen
Elise Waeerenskjold
Movernment Reiersen
Peerson
New York
Ilinois
New York Harbor
Questad
Bosque County
Clifton
Crufills Gap
Ole Ringness
America
Bernadotte
Gustav Belfrage
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