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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1968
Page
11
Fritz Luckenbach of Menard found his buck deer antlers attached to a live oak, but after several days only bone fragments and two nails remained. Wildlife rodents apparently gnawed away the calcium rich rack, leaving Luckenbach joking that even nails may not last long.
The Clifton School lists weekly menus with daily items includingBarbecue on Bun Ranch Style Beans Cole Slaw Apple Cobbler Milk on Monday and Roast Beef Creamed Potatoes English Peas Fruit Salad Peanut Butter Cookies Rolls Butter Mulk on Tuesday. Other days feature Hamburgers Duper Dogs Sliced Ham Slices and various sides with fruit desserts and drinks.
Clifton's VFW Post 133 hosts the District convention in Clifton May 18 and 19. Post Commander Doyle Hulme says the post now has 133 members. Awards go to Al Amundson Selmer Amundson Clifford Bronstad Chris Grimm and Erich Herzog for signing up 10 or more members. Alvin Amundson Clifford Bronstad and Chris Grimm named to nominate officers at the next meeting.
Franklin Paschall of the Southern Baptist Convention presides as the church plans to present Mrs. Witcher, Paul Barnett, and Troop 76 in a recognition service. Pastor Burns invites all church members and community friends to attend this special program.
Mrs. Walter Anz presided as Womack Women's Guild president welcoming guests. Mrs. Edwin Conrad played organ. Prayer group leaders were Mrs. C L Forcum Mrs. W D Goodall and Mrs W F Key from First Presbyterian Clifton. Four denominations represented and the offering totaled 41.04 dollars during fellowship hour Mrs Ant poured coffee and tea and Mrs Edwin Kruse served punch with a cake square. Mrs J Bruce Parks chaired Christian World Missions.
Two Clifton students attend a Waco speech festival sponsored by Richfield High and University High schools. Linda Smith wins third in prose, Dale Orbeck takes first in poetry, among ten schools present. Only two Clifton students could attend due to scheduling conflicts.
The 29th annual membership meeting of Erath County Electric Cooperative will be held Tuesday March 19 at 10 am at the City Recreation Building in Stephenville. Registration runs 8:30 to 10. Entertainment by the Wills Family from Arlington precedes reports, director elections, and prize drawings worth 275 in electric bill credits plus small appliances.
Trinity Lutheran Church led by Pastor Erwin Knitt lists confirmations, divine worship services, Sunday School, Luther League, and choir activities. Grace Memorial Baptist Church at 107 S Avenue M features services led by Rev Curtis Holland with Sunday School, worship, training union, and prayer meeting options. The Tower of the Americas is noted as a HemisFair68 capacity site for visitors.
Bosque County 4-H Riding Club meets at Meridian Arena electing to ride at Bosqueville on March 30 Speegleville on April 20 and Lorena on May 25. The Annual 4-H Quarter Horse Show is discontinued with a new 4-H Youth Rodeo in planning. Practices scheduled Sundays March 10 17 24 at 2 p.m. at Meridian Arena for members.
Members of the Business & Professional Womens' Study Guild met at Mrs. Otto Pederson's home. Mrs. O. E. Pierson opened with a devotional, and Miss May Schow spoke on teaching experiences and Europe travels, sharing etchings from famous artists. Refreshments followed.
The article outlines Lenten services at Our Savior's Lutheran Church with a 7 30 p m service and sermons on The Sign of Understanding and Toward Christian Attainment Agony It notes Confirmation Instruction Sunday School and Bible Class and a 10 45 a m Divine Worship Service The piece also mentions P D Wallace of Ramsey N J New York visiting Texas for three weeks recruiting for Shell Oil Company and includes an odd dishwasher tip about loading silverware handles down in the tray fillers
Miss Charlotte Miles Frede ric W Bock wed Frederic Wayne Bock of Warrensburg Missouri on March 2 at The Wesley Methodist Church Sedalia. The couple will teach at Central Missouri State College and reside in Warrensburg after a St Louis honeymoon.
John C. Stanford 90, of Rt. 1 Jonesboro died March 6 at Hamilton Hospital after a month’s illness. Funeral 4 p.m. March 7 at Hamilton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Wesley Jones officiating. Burial Cranfills Gap Cemetery. Survived by seven living children and 22 grandchildren. wife Nannie Pearl Scoggins died 1955. Born October 4, 1877 in Coryell County. married October 2, 1897 in Hamilton County. eight children born. one infant death.
The children of Walter E. Railsback and wife invite friends and family to an open house marking their 50th wedding anniversary. The event is Sunday March 17 from 2 to 4 p.m. at 700 Cordell St in Houston. The couple were born and raised in Clifton.
Miss Mae Moore of McGregor died Saturday March 9 at Providence Hospital Waco at 2 50 am Funeral services were held Sunday in Lee Funeral Home Chapel McGregor with Rev C P Hawkins officiating burial followed in McGregor Cemetery Survivors include brother Joe Moore of Waco nieces and nephews and she was sister to the late Dr C M Moore of Clifton
Bosque County delegates including County Superintendent Tom Heartsill and Mrs Lula Car michael attended the District X TSTA House of Delegates meeting at University High School Waco on March 7. The District X 33rd annual convention followed March 7 8 at the Heart O Texas Coliseum with Mayor P M Johnson and Waco Schools Superintendent Avery Downing greeting attendees. Dr Cecil Hannan from NSA Washington DC was guest speaker.
Mrs. Hulen Hanson Jr. and daughter Lisa Beth of Dallas visited the Hanson family while Hulen Hanson Jr. attended a Bell Telephone Co. supervisors school. Carroll Wayne Hanson joined Friday to Sunday and Mrs. Hanson and Lisa Beth accompanied them home. The group spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Gloff in Fort Worth. Mrs. Gloff is Mrs. Hanson Sr.’s sister.
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