This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1976
Page
2
A Clifton reader asks why the precinct commissioner cannot use equipment to improve Oswald Cemetery near the airport. The writer recalls Smith Bend Cemetery’s cleanup by a former commissioner and pledges support for making Clifton’s burial sites cleaner and more respectable.
June activities at Crossroads churches are reported with circle meetings at Turkey Creek Circle home of Blanche Berman and Bee Hill Bogey Circle at Our Savior's parsonage. June 12 wedding at Our Savior's Church of Diane Smith and Gary Paul Pitts. Julie Pederson and Richard Fraser wed at Our Savior's Sun. Reception at the parish hall. A request to improve a cemetery prompts reader interest. Vacation Bible School set for June 21 to 26 with Bicentennial Sunday planned for August 15.
Timothy Koder and Suzanne Colgate exchange vows on May 20 at Rock Church three miles east of Cranfills Gap in a double ring ceremony. The couple, both serving in the US Army, plan a wedding trip in Texas before returning to Italy.
Community scattered notices list visits by Gaston Murphree and Jermstad families, friends and kin from Waco Ohio Arlington and Houston. A Crawfils Gap reunion is planned at City Park with basket lunch on June 27. St Olaf Bible School hosted 40 to 50 pupils and workers.
Descendants of H. A Lon and Abbie Stanford gathered for their biannual reunion at Gap Park on June 6. Weather concerns forced relocation to the fellowship hall of the local church. Attendees included numerous Stan hopes and extended families from Arlington Grand Prairie Euless Cranfills Gap Hamilton Hillsboro Aubrey Fort Worth Houston San Antonio and other nearby locales.
Carl Simpson of Valley Mills donates a polled Stereford registered heifer calf to the Central Texas Fair in Chifton. Simpson, a Fair Association director, donates the animal for a prize with proceeds supporting the association’s planned exhibit building.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.