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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1966
Page
6
Cranfills Gap residents hosted family and friends across Clifton, Dallas, Fort Worth, and nearby towns. The week featured dinners, birthdays, a Garden Club meeting, a Homecoming supper and football game, plus a 4H Awards Banquet and local sympathies for Sophie Nelson. Notable moves include Ovie Dittrich and O. S. Carlson Jr visiting, and Laurie Elaine Tergerson’s birth at Clifton hospital.
Dr and Mrs S L Witcher depart Dallas by plane for a 12 day journey visiting Seattle Bremerton and Victoria with former Valley Mills residents the McNeills. They will also travel to San Francisco for the American College of Surgeons annual convention sessions.
Randy Smith 19 employed at Elmendorf Alaska spent three weeks in Clifton with his mother Mrs Jerry B Smith Linda and Melaney and other relatives. Mrs Smith drove Randy to Dallas Tuesday of last week and he flew back to Alaska the next day. En route the family visited Terrell where Mrs Lambert Sr planned to stay with her son in law Delbert Smith through the week.
The Trinity Lutheran Church announces weekly services and activities led by Pastor Erwin Knitt. The calendar lists worship, confirmation classes, Sunday school, church school, board meetings, TLCW circles, Esther and Lydia circles, child and adult choirs, and fellowship events through Thursday.
The Meridian Baptist Association meets Monday in Valley Mills First Baptist Church starting 3:45 PM with board and women’s union sessions and 4:30 PM programs. Reverend John McLaughlin delivers the evening sermon. Reverend Buddy Young closes with a farewell sermon and BC.
David Amundson son of Mr and Mrs A G Amundson of this city retired as a technical sergeant from the United States Air Force last Friday and returned home Sunday from Fort Meade Maryland after 20 years of service. He spent about 15 years overseas and has been stationed at bases around the world. He and his brother Jimmy own the former E S Pumper Parks farm north of Clifton.
Texas Department of Public Safety announced 231 vacancies in uniformed patrol roles across Highway Patrol License and Weight Driver License and Motor Vehicle Inspection. Applications due October 17 with exams October 22 for cadet training starting in January. Cadets earn 400 a month during an 18 week program and may be stationed within 150 miles of preferred location.
Descendants of Mr and Mrs Eric Linberg gathered October 2 at Bee Creek Falls on the Hugo Anz Sr farm Route 2 Clifton for a reunion hosts Mr and Mrs Anz. A noon covered dish dinner followed by visiting pictures and reminiscing. Eldest was Ben Anderson youngest Julie Bertelsen. The Hugo Anz Sr family had 14 members the largest attendance. Plans were made to meet again the first Sunday in October with Mrs Milton Linberg and Mrs Hugo Anz Sr elected to organize.
Monday of this week A G Amundson continued his annual custom by sending The Clifton Record to his brother N Amundson of this city as a birthday present for the coming year.
Mrs Lela Green of Lubbock, sister of W M Kuykendall of Clifton, died on Saturday September 24 in Lubbock. Funeral services were held September 26 at an Amarillo funeral home with burial in Amarillo Cemetery. Mr and Mrs Kuykendall traveled to Lubbock on September 19 after learning of her illness and returned to Clifton on September 27 after services.
Mr and Mrs N W Willett spent from Friday of last week until Sunday in Fort Worth her former hometown.
Mr and Mrs Bob Lane and their daughters Kelley and Stacey visited Clifton with Lane parents and other relatives last weekend. Mrs Andy Crawford and family also joined kin in Dallas. Mr and Mrs George Calvert and Frank Cunningham Jr attended the TCU Arkansas football game in Fort Worth, Arkansas leading 21 to 0.
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