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 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1977
Page
3
Plan a color rich March garden using red, blue, yellow, pink, white and green beads. Plant flowering quince for red and use bulbs annuals and perennials for color balance with roses as a background. Include blue flowers sparingly and note bloom times. Add a litter awareness poem and a heart garden with five rows of virtues. Outline dormant season work and plant hardy flowers and vegetables.
The Business and Professional Women's Study Guild met March 1 with 16 members and one guest. Devotional by Mrs. L A Jenson cited Isa 43 2 and Ps 118 240, theme Helping People. Speaker Mrs. Margaret Sorenson, holder of a masters in social service, discussed helping people help themselves to empower others. Cohostesses were Mrs. Belle Remington and Mrs. Billie Prince. refreshments included sandwiches nuts spiced tea and coffee.
Bosque County Chapter No. 1302 of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees held a covered dish luncheon and business meeting at the Meridian Community Center hosted by Mr and Mrs Tom Lovelady. Louis Lange presided as president with twenty seven members and one visitor attending. Plans were set for the District VI Convention on March 15 at the Clifton Civic Center. The next meeting is scheduled for April 13 and the group invites all retired federal employees. The chapter meets the second Wednesday each month.
Fred Ericksons announce the birth of daughter and sister Stephanie Fay born March 2 at 7 16 a m in Harris Hospital Fort Worth. Weight 6 pounds 5% ounces length 19 inches. Grandparents include Raymond B Philipp of Koppers and Bryan Erickson of Clifton. Great grandparents are Mrs W C Philipp and Mrs Palma Christensen of Clifton.
A plant sale sponsored by UMW of Memorial Methodist Church will be held in Walnut Springs at the Lions Den on Wednesday March 23 starting at 9 30 a.m. Donated plants come from florists and gardeners in Nacogdoches Glen Rose Stephenville and Austin with homegrown varieties including Yellow Rose of Texas from the Vaughn place.
Mr and Mrs Everett Wallace and their son and family visited Houston over the weekend. They joined eight River Oaks Garden Club homes and gardens tour on Saturday. A birthday dinner Sunday March 13 honored Louise Bartek and Gladys Rohne with attendees including Ina Sorley and Morris Sorenson Leon ard Sorenson Bill Hodges Elvis Rohne and others in Dallas Denver Carrollton and Whitney.
The city will hold an election at Clifton City Hall on April 2 1977 to elect one mayor and two council members for two year terms. Polls open 7 am to 7 pm. Only qualified voters may vote. Election ordered by Clifton City Council on February 8 1977.
Elva Seidel County Tax Assessor-Collector opens on March 19 and 26 from 8 30 am to 12 noon for motor vehicle registration. Deedline is March 21.
Residents urge voters to write in Charles Isenhower for mayor since no candidate filed. They praise his prior tenure with streets paved, city trash collection, police car, housing groundwork, and no tax increase. The notice lists dozens of signatories in Clifton Texas with address 807 S Ave N.
Sunday visitors gathered at the Bearden home and with relatives including F D Bearden celebrating a birthday. Among guests were Bobby Bearden Rick Talbert and families Dan Bearden Donald Bearden Sherrie Blassingame Tammy Williams and others. Brent Finstad from Longview spent the night with grandparents the Blassingames as Mrs Blassingame and Mrs Owney spent time in Austin. Other guests included Archie McMillan Waco and Hightmiller Clement An derson families with continued visits across several homes Sunday afternoon.
The baseball and softball meeting originally set for March 31 is moved to Tuesday March 22 at 7 p.m. at the Civic Center. Several teams lack coaches and interested helpers may call Alvin Spitzer Jr. at 675-3876. Registration deadline is Friday March 18. blanks available from Mrs. Mary Sue Crawson at 602 South Ave. M.
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.