Clifton area social notes highlight Blassingame ties and visits
Fairview News lists renewals of Clifton Record for the Blassingames and mentions Austin and Waco relatives. It records Sunday visits by Larry Bary, W. R. Gloff group, M. W. Bonds, Downey, Blassingame, and Finstad households. Individual health updates note Fritz Lee Thiele’s return after minor surgery and Leroy Summerfield’s hospital discharge.
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T. A. Blassingame
Clifton
J. T. Williams
Austin
Wayne Blassingame
Waco
Larry Bary
W. R. Gloff
John
M. W. Bonds
P. R. Downey
E. S. Blassingame
Orbin Finstad
W. P. Downey
Fritz Lee Thiele
Clifton Hospital
Leroy Summerfield
Douglas Finstad
Barry and
Brent
Dick Blassingame
J. B. Reeder
Son Craig
Arlington
Archie McMillan
Providence Hospital
Rev. Starnes
Herman Holbert
District 10 Nurses Panel Program Set for March 21
District 10 Texas Nurses Association will host a panel at 7:30 p.m. March 21 in the Civic Room of the First National Bank Building, Waco. The discussion, Nursing Needs of the Community, covers past, present and future efforts. Panelists include Dean Mayberry, Jim Miller, and Ed Pugh, focusing on nurses' civic roles and community health resources.
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District 10
Texas Nurses Association
First National Bank
Waco
Jack Cantrell
Dean Mayberry
Action Planning Council
Jim Miller
Ed Pugh
Waco Veterans Administration Hospital
Office of Economic Opportunity
Notice of Visit for Social Security Report Filing
Social Security field representative Bob Barnes says any person drawing social security who did not turn 72 last year must file an annual report if they earned more than 1500 in the prior year. A Waco SSA rep will be at the County Treasurer's Office Courthouse Meridian at 9 a.m. on Tuesday March 26 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Administration
Bob Barnes
Waco
Social Security Office
Meridian
Local residents visit families across Texas towns
Mosheim residents and relatives from Ft Worth Clifton Waco Athens Valley Mills Dallas Akron and Austin gathered for weekend visits and banquets. The 15th annual General Tire and Rubber Co Federal Credit Union meeting was held at the Heart O Texas Fair grounds in Waco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy Cox
Ft. Worth
Kirby Cox
Bun Cummings
Belinda
J. B. Cummings
Sunset
Clifton
Gary Cummings
Carl Cummings
Bill Hollingsworth
Clyde Henry
Scott Barnett
Waco
Lloyd Luper
R. C. Spitzer
Athens
Otis Miles
Larry
E. A. Garren
Valley Mills
Miles
Herman Symank
Marshal Mitchell
General Tire and Rubber Co. Federal Credit Union
General Exhibits
Heart O’ Texas Fairgrounds
Jack Poston
Akron
Ohio
Lois Goodnight
Charles
Irene Wright
Austin
Edward Tipton
Tom Oxford
Weldon Vickrey
Dallas
John F. Vickrey
John Hicks
Gary
DeSoto
Charles Miles
Funeral rites for Melvin Grimland held in Fort Worth
Funeral services for Melvin W. Grimland 67 of Fort Worth were held March 7 at Harveson and Coke Funeral Home with Rev. Ernest Piatt and Rev. W. R. Whittington officiating. Interment followed at Rose Hill Cemetery. He was born December 19, 1900 in Norse and died March 5 in Fort Worth. He married Lillie Belle Rice April 21, 1925. Survived by wife, one daughter Yvonne Bransom, one granddaughter Kelley Lynne Bransom, Clifton and Fort Worth area sisters Lillie Olson B C Olson and J A Sparks. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin W. Grimland
Fort Worth
Harveson and Coke Funeral Home
Ernest Piatt
W. R. Whittington
Rose Hill
Mr. Grimland
Norse
Teller William Grimland
Maren Nelson Grimland
Lillie Belle Rice
Abandoned County Cemeteries Survey Proposal Raised
A county author discusses surveying old cemeteries no longer in use. The goal is to record Civil War veterans buried there and locate contact with associations. The piece notes past efforts, marker programs, and the value of documenting names and service records for local history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper
Texas
Bosque County Historical Survey Committee
Catherine Marshall
Peter
Granite Cemetery Scenes Reflect Texas and Georgia Traditions
The piece describes granite headstones in pink Texas or gray Georgia granite, noting peaceful hours spent at resting places. It mentions cemeteries often on hills near towns with live oak trees, where quiet wind and distant human sound provide relaxation for stressed nerves.
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Texas
Georgia
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Farmers State Bank
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