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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1955
Page
2
Local market advertises reduced prices on canned vegetables beans cheese sausage and peas. Items include Catsup pottie Diamond Sour or Dill Pickles Imperial Bama dog food beans for 27 and Black-Eye peas 12 half gallon at 49 cents. Clifton presence noted in ad.
Clifton Brownie, Intermediate, and Senior Scout Troops totaling several groups will travel by three charter buses to Baylor University Gymnasium in Waco for Rally Day from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Leaders and parents accompany the girls. displays, entertainment, and nosebag lunches planned. Buses depart Clifton Public Schools at 9:30 AM and return about 4:30 PM. muster by 9:15 AM.
Clifton Garden Club announces public viewing of the G H Pape home and garden at Baker Lane Waco from 2 to 6 PM Saturday and Sunday March 12 13. Ten thousand tulips will be in bloom and a nominal fee supports the Waco Council Garden Center affiliated with Clifton Record orders salesbooks.
Two Bosque County men aboard the Essex, Robert H Davidson of Meridian and Billy J Freedman of Valley Mills, serve in USN ratings. The carrier, with 7th Fleet units, aids in evacuating the Tachen Islands while flying jets and Skyraiders. Miss Joyce Forson of Baylor University visited family in town between terms.
A 1953 Pontiac Catalina from a Fort Worth doctor who reportedly never missed a house call. It features radio, heater, white sidewalls, sun visor, and is well loaded. Asking price 1,485 dollars. Also offered: a 1951 Pontiac four door with strong loan value and ample equipment at 665 dollars, noted to have nearly reached Clifton.
Mrs. Nellie McCabe Gouldman, known as Mrs. Gouldman, died March 7 at age 91 in the Coon Creek home of her son Jim Gouldman Jr. and wife. Survived by two sons Jim Jr. and Joe, and daughter Flossie Graves of Hillsboro. Funeral March 9 at Coon Creek Church, interment in Coon Creek Smith Bend Cemetery. Longtime Bosque County resident, born January 14, 1864, she lived most of her life at Coon Creek except 12 years in Robert Lee. Her family ties trace to early area settlers Silas and Anne McCabe and John J. Smith.
Clifton residents report the death of Willie Schroeder 85 at his daughter's yard near Brenham. Funeral services were held at Salem Lutheran Church and in Houston with interment there. Schroeder, a retired railroad engineer, had lived in Houston. Clifton attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kleine and their son Melvin Kleine. Also noted are visits by Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Johle of Brownwood, reared in Bosque County, who began Santa Fe railroad work in 1912. Regular Clifton Girl Scout Leaders and Troop Mothers Club met with 12 ladies attending. Two new leaders joined, plans for a Father-Daughter Banquet were set, and buses arranged for the District Scout Meeting in Waco. Scouts will attend First Methodist Church on Sunday March 6 as part of Scout Week activities. Window displays in Clifton focus on citizenship, health and safety, international friendship, and outdoors. Committee members include Mesdames William F. Canady, Toby Davis, and W. T. Thompson. Mrs. W. T. Thompson, Reporter.
Mr and Mrs A E Walker of Dublin announce the engagement of their daughter Jeane to Jack Henry son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Henry of Mosheim. Henry is an extra telegraph operator with the Santa Fe Railway and works at Clifton and nearby towns as a relief operator.
A panel discussion on program material for Parent- Teacher Association meetings will be held during the Clifton P T A regular meeting at 3 00 oclock Wednesday afternoon in the local school auditorium. Coordinator is Mrs J Bruce Parks with panelists Mesdames Charney Miles Jack Tindall Henry A Carr and B W Whitney. Fifth Grade students will present the program under Mesdames W W Rester and A Sneed. Attend next Wednesday afternoon to hear the panel and enjoy the Fifth Grade program.
Carpenters have spent ten days adding a 20 by 22 foot dining room to the Dairy King on South Highway 6 in Clifton owned by Toby Davis. He expects to open early next week with counter service and tables, planning booths later. Mr and Mrs Arthur Hyles visited Dallas last Sunday to see their son and daughter in law, James and wife.
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