Valley Mills Woman Receives Care in Clifton Hospital
Mrs. H. E. Prosser of Valley Mills has been treated at Clifton hospital since May 19. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Dahl Sr of Star Route 2 Clifton bought the former Ben Hutcherson residence at 402 North Avenue K. Mrs. A. J. Bishop of Morgan underwent surgery in Clifton hospital on May 20 after entering the facility the day before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Prosser
Valley Mills
Clifton Hospital
Milton Dahl Sr
Clifton
Ben Hutcherson
North Avenue
A. J. Bishop
Morgan
Births in Clifton and Eastland announce two sons
Mr and Mrs John Tom Gillaspie of Clifton announce the birth of a son Brian Keith on May 19 1962 at the local hospital weighing 5 pounds 2 ounces Paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Herman Gillaspie and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Tommy Mann Jr both of Clifton Great grandparents Mr and Mrs Tommy Mann Sr and Mrs A L Short of Clifton and Mrs Tom Gillaspie of Meridian Dr and Mrs Fehrman H Lund of Eastland announce the birth of a son Brian Lawrence on May 18 at Eastland Hospital weighing 9 pounds 7 ounces The baby has brothers Stephen Craig and sister Paula Grandparents are Mr and Mrs L M Lund and Mrs Ernest Landgraf of Clifton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tom Gillaspie
North Avenue F
Clifton
Brian Keith
Herman Gillaspie
Tommy Mann Jr
Tommy Mann Sr
A. L. Short
Tom Gillaspie
Meridian
Fehrman H. Lund
Eastland
Brian Lawrence
Eastland Hospital
Stephen
Craig
Paula
L. M. Lund
Ernest Landgraf
Pete Hoff Dies In Clifton
Peter T Hoff aged 83 6 months 4 days died Tuesday May 22 at his Clifton home 302 North Avenue I after illness since last Thanksgiving. Survived by sister Mollie Nelson Clifton and nephew Melvin Nelson Jacksonville Fla. Funeral May 23 Clifton Funeral Home Chapel pastor Stanley Knudsen. Interment Our Savior Church Cemetery Norse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County
Peter T
Pete) Hoff
North Avenue I
Jim Hoff
Martha Olson Hoff
Peter Thomas Hoff
Clifton
Hoff
Raymond H. Rogstad
A. H. Nelson
Mollie
Melvin James Nelson
Jacksonville
Florida
Betty Hoff
Clifton Funeral Home
Stanley B. Knudsen
Trinity Lutheran Church
Oliver Christensen
John Lund
R. T. Fort
O. G. (Cotton) Olson
Oliver Reesing
Simon Bekkeland
Our Savior’s Church
Norse
Memorial Day Observance Planned for Clifton Veterans
Memorial Day services are planned in Clifton with 8:30 am services at Clifton Cemetery. The event is co-sponsored by VFW Post No 8553 and American Legion Post No 322. Taps will be played, flags placed on about 360 veterans’ graves across Bosque County, with coordination by local VFW and Legion posts. Jodie Amundson is the contact for unmarked graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Cemetery
Robert E. Binford Veterans of Foreign Wars
Selmer Erickson American Legion
Clifton
S. B. Knudsen
VFW
Herman Landuu Jr
Bosque County
Clifton Vfw
Legion Posts
Highway 22
Meridian Vfw
Walnut Springs
Jodie Amundson
Five Bosque 4-H Youth Get Gifts
The Sears Roebuck Foundation Swine program gifts were distributed to Bosque County 4-H Club members on Saturday May 19. Five youths received gifts. others listed include Martha Dorman Glenn Hanson Bennie Hanson Brooks Symank Louis Thiele and Tom Greenwade. Gilts will be bred this year and prizes awarded for best care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Bosque County
Martha Dorman
China Spring
Valley Mills
Glenn Hanson
Cranfills Gap
Bennie Hanson
Bill Burgan
Morgan
Fred Johnson
Clifton
Melvin Prescher
Steve Russell
Crawfills Gap
Jimmy Sears
Mosheim
Gary Symank
Vernon Worley Jr
Meridian
Derril Wenzel
Hans Kalschever Retires as Clifton Mill Manager
Hans Kalschever, manager of the Texas Milling Company in Clifton, retires due to ill health after doctors advise recuperation. He rests at home convalescing from major surgery. Jim Smith, previously an accountant at the mill, is named acting manager following the retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Kalscheuer
Texas Milling Company
Clifton
Kalscheuer
Jim Smith
Bosque County Housing Units Counted in 1960 Census
The 1960 Census lists 4,847 housing units in Bosque County with 3,841 occupied and 2,776 owner occupied. It notes 3,086 in sound condition, average value $5,300, 1,065 renter-occupied at $41 monthly, and 3,674 with running water. Also 4,062 flush toilets and 4,052 with bath facilities, 60 basements, 21 trailers, and various appliances. Mrs. Henry Krollage underwent surgery at Clifton hospital May 23 and hopes for full recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County
United States Department of Commerce
Texas
Bureau of the Census
Superintendent of Documents
Government Printing Office
Washington
D. C
Clifton Band Parents Name E B Harris As New President
At the May 21 meeting Clifton Band Parents Association named E B Harris president with Jerry Godby as vice president and Mrs W T Holder as secretary treasurer. Retiring officers were T J Wiggins Harris presiding in his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Band Parents’ Association
E. B. Harris
Jerry Godby
W. T. Holder
T. J. Wiggins
J. C. Kincheloe
Clifton High School
Lavender
Waco
Miss Julia Olson Dies in Clifton Sunset Home
Julia E Olson a Clifton resident for most of her 96 years died at Memorial Hall in the Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home. Born February 22 1866 in the Norse community she worked as a milliner in Waco before living with her sister in Clifton. Funeral services were held May 20 at Clifton Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Clifton Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Julia E. Olson
Memorial Hall
Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home
Miss Olson
Sunset Home
Clifton Hall
Ole Olson
Antonette Johnson Olson
Norway
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Norse
J. K. Rystad
Waco
John A. Olson
Julia
Clifton Lutheran Sunset
South Avenue E
First Presbyterian Church
Olaf Westgaard
Beatrice
Rufus S. Clement
Elnora
Temple
O. M. Olson
Martin G. Olson
G. Shefstead
Matilda
C. Canuteson
Josephine
Melissa
Clifton Funeral Home
Walter T. Gigstad
Harold Clement
Dallas
J. B. Darden Jr
Jake Seljos
Raymond H. Rogstad
W. A. Wegner
Hans B. Dahl
Lindsay Evans
Longview
Virgie Mitchell
Rowe Sams
A. B. Wilie
W. H. Beazley
Ross Sams Sr
Dick Holt
M. G. Olson
P. K. Jeanes
Alice Jenson
Allen Amundson
Burgess Pool
Bellaire
Houston
Douglas Hill
Cisco
Andrew J Kaulbach
Beaumont
Rufus S Clement
Joseph S. Clement
Lawson Bomar
Garland
Local notices and family updates from the community
Mrs Anna Mueller of this city has been in the local hospital since May 21 awaiting improvement. Miss Beatrice Finstad of Rout 2 Burleson renews her Clifton Record and Mrs P O Olson of Hendricks Minnesota also renews as a belated birthday gift. Mr and Mrs Alvin L Bronstad visited their son Charles Bronstad in Port Neches and saw a Houston Colt s Giants game in South Texas. Don and Kay Ashcraft and relatives from Fort Worth spent the weekend with the Ashcraft families and his mother Mrs Alton C Heier. Their sons Mark and Steve joined the visit before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Mueller
Sinc
Mueller
Beatrice Finstad
Burleson
P. O. Olson
Hendricks
Minnesota
Alvin L Bronstad
Charles Bronstad
Port Neches
South Texas
Bronstad
Houston Colts
San Francisco Giants
Don Ashcraft
Kay
Gene Ashcraft
Kim
Christi
Fort Worth
P. L. Ashcraft
Alton C. Heier
Mr. Heier
Mark
Steve Ashcraft
Don Ashcrafts
Clifton High School 1962 graduation set for May 29
Forty four seniors will receive diplomas at Clifton High School on Tuesday night May 29 in Bettis Auditorium at 8 00. Baccalaureate services will be Sunday night May 27 at 8 00 in the same venue. Reverend Morton will deliver the sermon and Dr. Thomas B Abbott Baylor University will speak at commencement on May 29 with address Is There a Tomorrow. The class includes 26 boys and 18 girls with names listed in order of gender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Clifton
Peewees
Clifton Black Sox
Clifton Green Sox
Clifton Red Sox
Crawfills Gap
Valley Mills
Turnersville
Gap
Doyle Hulme
Calvert Helms
Bob Jenkins
Bill Carpenter
von Gilmore
Tobe Nichols
Tommy Golden
J. R. Cowan
Valley Millis
Sherrill Anderson
Truman Pederson
Cranfills Gap
The
Oren J
Tookie) Canuteson
Clifton Greens
Melvin Kleine
Clifton High School
Bettis
Gene Albrecht
Chuck Blewett
Albert Casey
James Davidson
Moody Lee Fredenburg
Jerry Howard
Jerry A. Huse
Rudy Wayne Johnson
Charles Larson
George Larson
Ernest E. Love
Paul Mangum
Clarence William Mueller
Axel F. Olsen Jr
Carol Don Olson
Alton Glenn Reesing
Woodrow Wayne Schneider
Dale Sinclair
Alvin W. Spitzer Jr
Raimund Stacha
J. W. Thiele
Edward L Turner
Thomas Clyde Turner
Marvin Wiede
Lloyd H. Weideraenders
Raymond C. Zuehlke
Betty Bonds
Nellie Jean Carr
Georgeanne Calvert
Diana Dunn
Brenda Ann Eggen
Connie Jo Ferson
Mary Nell Hoel
Zeda Anne Jameson
Fay McFadden
Mary Beth Potter Nieman
Elaine Brooks Patterson
Carol Anne Bronstad Pitts
Karen Sue Schramm
Darlene Shipp
Miriam Thompson
Maurine Alland
Vicki Vickrey
Thomas B. Abbott
Baylor University
Waco
Abbott
Pennsylvania
Muskingum College
New Concord
Ohio
John Glenn
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
University of Florida
Gainesville
Florida
Minnesota
California
M. D. Woodruff
First Baptist Church
Lord
Erhardt
Konitz
Brenda Eggen
Maurine Ulland
Dr. Abbott
Williams
Lion O. E. Pierson
Walter C. Hansen
S. L. Witcher
Clifton Independent School District
Kent Appleby
Woodruff
Clifton PTA Holds Last 1961-62 Meeting
The Clifton Parent-Teacher Association wrapped up the 1961-62 year at 3:00 PM on May 16 in Bettis Auditorium with President Mrs. T J White presiding. Officers for the new year were announced and a curtain fund of 865 was voted for stage curtains. Anna Hanson of the Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home was taken to the local hospital May 22 for further care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Parent-Teacher Association
Bettis
T. J
Dick) White
Walter C. Hansen
Bill Brown
Clifton High School
Stephen Rester
Charles Rummel
Bettis Auditorium
White
T. H. Ralph
Arthur Willmann
Calvert G. Helms
Gerald Rice
Lillian Gandy
Edward Brown
J. W. Shipp
Anna Hanson
Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home
New District Formed for Sheep and Goat Growers in Central Texas
More than 200 wool and mohair growers met in Gatesville to organize a new district of the Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers Association. The district includes Bell Bosque Comanche Coryell Hamilton and McLennan Counties. New directors J Walton Greenwade Tom Redford and C B Hodge were elected to the board joining Bob Melbern and Gail Dudley. Melbern was elected chairman of the district, part of an effort to boost services to Central Texas producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gatesville
Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers’ Association
Bell
Bosque
Comanche
Coryell
Hamilton
McLennan
J. Walton Greenwade
Meridian
Tom Redford
C. B. Hodge
Salado
Bob Melbern
Gail Dudley
Melbern
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association
Texas
Superintendents Named for 1962 Central Texas Fair Shows
Central Texas Fair officials announced the 1962 junior livestock and home economics show superintendents for the Clifton fair to be held September 20 to 22. General superintendent is Elbert H. Hough Jr. with department heads for fat barrows, breeding swine, fat steer, registered beef heifers, dairy, breeding sheep, fat lambs, Angora goats, and judging contests. Home economics show heads include clothing textiles, crafts, foods, fruits and vegetables, baked goods, horticulture, art, and dress review. The advisory committee hopes more exhibit space will be used by merchants and companies since the Polled Hereford Association will not show this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Elbert H. Hough Jr
McGregor
Gerald Peacock
Ralph Bradley
Jack Donaldson
Lester Smith
George Mingus
Herbert Ender
S. W. Steakley
Hubert Viertel
Walton Greenwade
Charles Reeves
Carroll Knudson
J. B. Darden Sr
Jack McMillan
al Hanson
Walter Prescher
E. J. Sonntag
W. B. Zander
Moran Warren
Leonard George
Hayden Watson
Central
Sunset Home Adds 16x36 Addition
Superintendent Odie Pederson reports Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home is adding a 16 by 36 foot structure attached to Luther Hall with a sidetrack shed roof. The annex will house a commercial laundry a fully equipped beauty shop a tub bath and lift and will allow in house resident laundry. Local beauty operators will service residents on appointed days at the new Sun set Home shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odie C. Pederson
Record Office
Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home
Luther Hall
Pederson
Barracks and Auxiliary Schedule May 29 Meeting
Clifton World War I Barracks and Auxiliary 1887 will meet at 7:30 PM Tuesday May 29 in the National Guard Armory City Park. A covered dish supper will be served followed by business sessions. Hosts include Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee and others from Hamilton and Clifton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
National Guard
Sisters of Barracks 1887
Robert Lee
Willie Hatfield
Nina Dutton
Hamilton
Ernest Giese
Reesing Pays for Paper Renewal for Daughter in Tulia
M H Reesing visited the Record office Monday afternoon to renew the paper for a year in the name of his daughter Mrs Ed Brasher of Tulia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Reesing
Ed Brasher
Tulia
Clifton buyers publish Thursday morning price quotes
Prices from Clifton buyers list eggs at 24c a dozen for Large A, 2c a dozen for Medium and B Large, and 15c for chicks and 15c for cracks. poultry dirties not wanted. Grain shows oats 70c per bushel. milling wheat 2.05. spring wheat 1.80. millet 1.90 per cwt. barley 96c. yellow shelled corn 1.28 per bushel. ear corn 1.10 per bushel. Cattle section begins but details not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
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Bosque River
Old Mill Dam
Clifton Blacks
Maxie Wallace
Clifton Reds
Robert Smith
T. Gustafson
H. W. Johnson
Pete Hoff
Armed Services
United States
Hans Kalschever
Mr. Smith
Henry Krollage
Wiggins
Brown
Reverend Knudsen
God
Vihtor
Hine
Mrs. O. R. Jenson
Carol Ann Dennis
Reverend Morton
Nancy Swenson
Susan Witcher
Kay Schramm
Knudsen
PTA
Goat Assass
Central Texas
Auxiliary
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