David W. Jones 17 Dies in Turnersville Car Crash
Obituary notes the death of David Winfred Jones aged 17 in a head on collision at 12 20 Sunday morning on Highway 36 five miles north of Gatesville. He was a Turnersville High School junior and son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jones. The other car carried the Taggart family with several injured, including Mr. and Mrs. Taggart in serious condition. Funeral held May 22 at Turnersville Methodist Church with six Turnersville football players as pallbearers. Interment in Turnersville Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David W. Jones
Turnersville
Gatesville
Highway 36
Young Jones
Turnersville High School
John Jones
Sallie Whitley
Clifton
John F. Taggart
Colorado City
Colorado
Houston
Coryell County Hospital
Taggart
Taggarts
John Taggart
Steve Taggart
Tonie Marie Taggart
James Taggart
Cincy Taggart
Danny Lee Taggart
Patricia Taggart
C. B. James
C. R. Bailey
Paul S. Kinner
Jerry Sadler
Jackie Pruitt
Verlon Baize
Earl Williams
Charles Herring
Johnnie Magee
Jerry Gilchrest
Danny Burke
David Winfred Jones
Glada Hollingsworth Jones
Hamilton
David
General Tire and Rubber
Waco
Twin Daughters Born to Clifton Couple
Mr and Mrs Billy Lee Harvey of 1003 West 5th Street Clifton announce the birth of twin daughters Linda Kay and Brenda Gay on March 19 1961 at Goodall and Witcher Clinic Hospital. Linda Kay weighed five pounds and Brenda Gay five pounds six ounces. They have an older brother Michael and an older sister Mary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Lee Harvey
West 5Th Street
Clifton
Linda Kay
Brenda Gay
Goodall and Witcher Clinic Hospital
Michael
Mary
CHS Pep Squad Names Officers and Cheerleaders
Clifton High School pep squad members elected officers for 1961 62 with Janice Willenberg as president and Sheridan Conway as vice president. The secretary treasurer is Vicki Vickrey and Georgeanne Calvert serves as reporter. Cheerleaders include Zeda Jameson Mary Nell Hoel Connie Forson Connie Hoel and Charlotte Miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton High School
Janice Willenberg
Sherian Conway
Vicki Vickrey
Georgeanne Calvert
Zeda Jameson
Mary Nell Hoel
Connie Forson
Connie Hoel
Charlotte Miles
Bosque County TB Association Elects New Officers
The Bosque County TB Association held its annual luncheon at Charlie's Cafe in Clifton with Acting President Mrs. Carl Schmidt presiding. New officers elected for two years were Mrs. A A Wirz president, Mrs. R C Reierson vice president and seal sale chairman, Mrs. Bernt Bertelson secretary, and Mrs. Arthur Bronstad treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County TB Association Board of Directors
Charlie’s Cafe
Clifton
Carl Schmidt
Meridian
A. A. Wirz
Koppers
R. C. Reierson
Crawfills Gap
Seal Sale
Bernt Bertelson
Arthur (Buck) Bronstad
Schmidt
J. L. Lundberg
Valley Mills
A. H
Pete) Cash
William Tergerson
Bosque County
Hilton Hotel
Fort Worth
New Grace Memorial Baptist Church Set to Open June 18
Reverend Carl Jones announces the Grace Memorial Baptist Church will open at West 5th Street and South Avenue M with regular services on Sunday June 18. Planning and revival meetings will be held Tuesday nights at 8:00 starting May 30 until the building is ready. Volunteers invited to attend planning sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Grace Memorial Baptist Church
West 5Th Street
South Avenue M
Carl Jones
Jones
For Sale Carbon Paper and Typewriter Supplies
Classified notice from Clifton Record advertising carbon paper in regular and legal sizes, plus typewriter and pencil sales.
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Clifton Record
Tfe
Vacation Bible Schools Set Across Clifton Churches
Clifton churches schedule summer Bible schools for children from kindergarten to eighth grade. Trinity Lutheran runs May 29 to June 9 with extensive teaching staff and a closing program. First Methodist runs June 5–9 with a Sunday program and certificates. First Baptist runs June 12–21 for ages 3 to 17 with a picnic finale. Our Savior’s Lutheran Norse runs July 10–21. Immanuel Lutheran plans July 10–21 with further details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
Jake Seljos
Oletha Christenson
O. R. Jenson
P. Joe Dahl
Miriam Thompson
Jodie Seljos
David Bergman
Joe Pierson
Dan Amundson
Arthur Willmann
Patricia Sommerfeld
Vernon
Pat) Erickson
Rosemary Thompson
Turner Greenwade
Nancy Sanders
Lawrence Ringness
Anna Larson
David Tyssen
Carol Wenzel
Louis Outlaw
Martha Larson
Walter Hansen
Otto Gangsher
Mary Dahl
E. B. Harris
First Methodist Church
Clifton
Jimmy Jones
Methodist Bible School
First Baptist Church
Bill Rucker
Woman’s Missionary Union
S. L. Witcher
Frank Wood
M. D. Wood
Ruff
M. D. Woodruff
E. A. Alfie
Milton Solberg Jr
Betty Murphree
Patsy Erickson
Immanuel Lutheran Church
W. F. Rolf
Summer Baseball Kickoff For Clifton Youth Leagues
The Clifton area starts a summer baseball program Monday May 29 with five teams in the Texas Teen-Age Neils Creek League and a Little League lineup. Clifton Green Sox and Black Sox open against Turnersville, Peewees seek a fourth team, and a full schedule runs through July with games on Monday through Friday evenings.
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Clifton
Texas
Neils Creek
Clifton Green Sox
Clifton Black Sox
Crawfills Gap
Valley Mills
Turnersville
Black Sox
Little League
Meridian
Koppers
Iredell
Blum
Alton C
Cat) Heier
W. D. Huffman
Green Sox
Bill Carpenter
Peewees
Edward Bryn
Melvin Kleine
Clifton Greens
Clifton Blacksvile
Large catch of catfish on Lake Whitney by four anglers
Gene Harville of Sealy Johnny Fowler of Waco James Wright and James McDowell of Clifton fished at Lakeside Village on Lake Whitney from Monday through Friday last week and brought in 225 pounds of catfish. Mr and Mrs Omer Jones and son Jerry of Pilot Point visited Clifton last weekend with their parents and grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Harville
Sealy
Johnny Fowler
Waco
James Wright
James McDowell
Clifton
Lakeside Village
Lake Whitney
Omer Jones
Jerry
Pilot Point
Sam Jones
Joe Ryan
Death of Miss Erna Wiederaenders Mourned in Clifton
Funeral services were held for Miss Erna Wiederaenders 65 in Clifton at Immanuel Lutheran Church with Rev. Walter Bielefeldt officiating. The Bedford native, born March 8 1896 in Serbia, lived in Clifton long active in church organizations before dying May 20 after years of illness. Interment was in Clifton Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erna Wiederaenders
South Avenue E
Clifton
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Miss Wiederaenders
W. F. Rolf
Walter Bielefeldt
Zion Lutheran Church
Pasadena
Heaven
Jesus
Connie Jo Forson
Leo L. Albrecht
Will J. Krueger Sr
Lloyd Olson
Pete Reesing
N. L. Schlegel
S. T. Seljos
Clifton Cemetery
Carl Emil Wiederaenders
Bertha Froelich Wiederaenders
Erna Clara Wiederaenders
Serbia
Lee County
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
C. Bernthal
Wiederaenders
F. M. Rudi
Clifton Lutheran College
Walther League
The
Wilhelm Ranch
Brady
Spring
Fort Worth
Abilene
Memorial Day Services Planned at Clifton Cemetery
Clifton American Legion Post 322 and VFW Post 8553 plan an 8:00 AM Memorial Day service at Clifton Cemetery on Tuesday May 30. Reverend Walter R. Simpson Jr will deliver the address with a firing squad and taps, followed by flag placements on veterans’ graves and a call for additions of any omitted names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Selmer Erickson
American Legion
Robert E. Binford
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Clifton Cemetery
Walter R. Simpson Jr
Zion United Church of Christ
Womack
VFW
Herman H. Landou Jr
United States
Highway 22
Bosque County
Sanders Aanenson
Raymond C. Amundson
Irving L. Amundson
Alex Anderson
E. Sanders Anderson
Palmer B. Anderson
R. O. Bass
M. K. Brad
Betsey) Larson
Thomas W. Moore
Herbert Mueller
Joe McSpadden Jr
C. B. McCoy
Garner Moorman
FE. C. Moorman
Carroll P. Nelson
Ole I. Olson
Elvin
Jack) Olson
Claud Outlaw
C. A. Paulson
L. C. Perry
Johnny Frank Parrish
Allison Russell
W. W. Rester
Clyde E. Rowe
Ed Railsback
Jim
Arthur E. Draper
Jack Wilson
John Holder
Woodrow W. Forson
Charlie Ickert
Arthur C. Morris
Nealy McDougal
Oswald
Clarence Oswald
Claude Carr
Charlie Voiles
Benjamin T. Lanehart
M. B. Mooney
Tom Turner
John §. Majors
Grady Voiles
Nathaniel Jackson
Lou Pool
Reverend Otterstad Addresses Clifton High Seniors
Reverend Robert L. Otterstad spoke to 35 members of Clifton High School's senior class on May 24 at Bettis Auditorium. Awards were given, diplomas presented, and valedictorian Jim Willenberg and salutatorian Sandra Appleby offered remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton High School
Robert L. Otterstad
First Lutheran Church of
Waco
Bettis
Jim Willenberg
Sandra Appleby
Otterstad
Moon
Venus
Earth
America
Miss Appleby
Willenborg
Ernest Erickson
Baylor University
Jim Willenborg
A. & M. College
W. Ludtke
University Houston
Walter Hansen
George E. Jackson
M. D. Woodruff
Woodruff
Clifton livestock and grain prices from Thursday morning report
Prices posted for eggs milk grain and cattle from Clifton buyers. Eggs ranged 14 to 26 cents per dozen, cream 40 cents per pound, oats 60 cents per bushel, milling wheat 1.80, spring wheat 1.50, barley 78 cents, yellow corn 1.10. About 550 cattle offered with market near last week. top slaughter steers 22 to 24, cows 15 to 16, calves 23.50 to 25.50, stocker calves 25 to 30, hogs 16 to 16.50 per hundredweight.
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Clifton
Clifton High School Class of 1961 Photo Missing One
The 1961 Clifton High School graduating class portrait lists 34 present pupils with Gene Sowell noted as the sole member missing from the group. The caption names students across back middle and front rows including Schumacher Willenberg Stewart Allen Ludtke Arnold Olson Erickson Boyd Surrey Dahl Mitchell Kettler Spitzer Hampe Wenzel Wen zel Miles Bary Anz Jermstad Wilkerson Prescher Appleby Larson Latham Belcher Kelly Royal Bakke Wagner Dossman Orbeck Spitzer and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton High School
Joe Schumacher
Jim Willenberg
Michael Stewart
Milton Allen
Wally Ludtke
Gordon Arnold
John Willenberg
Dwight Olson
Ernest Erickson
Fred Boyd Jr
Clinton Surrey
Erwin Dahl
Charles Mitchell
William Kettler
Robert Spitzer
Joyce Hampe
George Anne Bronstad
Carol Wenzel
Larry Miles
Larry Bary
Hugo Anz Jr
Marcus Jermstad
Wel
Ton Wilkerson
Frances Prescher
Sandra Appleby
Martha Larson
Jean Latham Belcher
Claudale Kelly
Gracie Royal
Elaine Bakke
Dolores Wagner
Nicela Dossman
Bunny Sue Orbeck
Gloria Spitzer
Gene Sowell
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Sam Ralph
Wayne Dennis
Story
CHS
TB Assn
Clifton Blacks
Cranfills Gap
Tiredell
Kopperl
Chase
Terrell
Pool
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Norse
Colwick
Boggy
Coon Creek
Cedron
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Kama
Lions Club
Study Guild
Citizens National Bank
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