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Clifton Record May 25 1962 front page News and Notes
Two trot lining fishermen near Clifton old mill dam and a head shot of Dr Thomas B Abbott Clifton High School commencement speaker. Abbott was Baylor University speech professor and clinic director. CHS 1962 graduates numbered 26 boys and 18 girls. County housing stats from 1960 census show 4847 units with 3841 occupied and average home price 5300 dollars. Rent averaged 41 dollars monthly. Basements in 60 homes, 1338 with AC, 2500 with a phone. 220 clothes dryers and 379 freezers counted. 2496 families owned a car and 810 had two. Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home added Luther hall annex for laundry beauty shop bath tub and lift. Over 100 Clifton boys ages 8-12 signed up for summer baseball. Birth announced Brian Keith Gillaspie born May 19 1962 weighing five pounds two ounces. County agent urged pecan case bearer spray with DDT Parathion Malathion Toxaphene or nicotine sulfate and warned of heavy grasshopper infestation in 1962. Engagement announced Lucretia Hoke and John Bruce Parks Jr son of Clifton residents. Hoke Baylor math education major. Parks Baylor business degree and six months active service. Notes from editor list 914 unclaimed Farmers State Bank accounts. seven year inactive funds to state. Keeling storefront updated. May 1962 drought aiding grain harvest. TV interference noted from Idaho or Wisconsin due to aerials. Pontiac ad touts convertibles. Keeling's End of Month Sale. Truman School of Beauty Culture invites beauty career entrants 17-21 with essay contest for tuition discounts and scholarships. Cliftex Theatre lineup includes Flight of the Lost Balloon Follow That Dream and The Innocents.