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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1973
Page
11
Social pages list dinner visits among Prunty and Olson families from Colleville Arlington Dallas and Fort Worth. Visitors include the Bergs, Yergersons, and Krebses. Local events mention a Crawfills Gap Volunteer Fire Department musical program and various hospital updates. Sympathies sent for Martin Surley and well wishes for Clara Johnson and Ernest Reesing.
The Cranfills Gap High School carnival schedule is set with booths at 6 p.m., cake auction at 8, and coronation at 8:30. Student reps from each class are listed, including Martha Damien, Marty Ybarra, Lisa Lynn Johnson, Mike Cannon, Jerry Walters, Linda Stanton, David Hastings, Vicky Jenson, Benny Nelson, Kirsti Knudson, Stephen Ottmers, and Debbie Hughes. The piece notes World Series week, sports updates, and upcoming games, ending with Halloween hype.
Funeral services for Martin A Sorley 83 were held at St Olaf Lutheran Church Cranfills Gap with Pastor Marvin Ottmers officiating. Burial followed at St Olaf Lutheran Cemetery Brister Lawson Funeral Home of Meridian in charge. Sorley died October 17 at Goodall-Witcher Hospital Chister after several days as patient. He lived at Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home over three years, born in Bosque County son of Maurice and Agenette Sorley. He married Josephine Mickleson November 5 1911. they farmed in Hamilton County until 1946 then moved to Cranfills Gap. Survived by three sons Loyd Eldon Cranfills Gap and Archie Albuquerque N M and one daughter Ester married to ?. He was preceded by his wife January 27 1966, and by sisters Anna Evelyn and brothers Edwin Sam Oscar.
Dr Edward C Morton of Ogden Utah was conferred the Fellow degree by the American Academy of Family Physicians. He is the son of Rev and Mrs J E Morton of Clifton. Morton joined 3006 initiates from 31 states in Denver Colorado October 2 to receive the degree and has completed 609 hours of academy approved continuing education in six years. He is a Southwestern Medical School Texas graduate who began practice in 1955 and moved to Ogden in 1960.
The Crawfills Gap PTA sponsors a Harvest Festival in the school auditorium on Saturday night October 27. Doors and food concessions open at 6 for ticket sales. Public invited. Crownings include high school king and queen and elementary school prince and princess. Music by James Richards.
The fall workshop of the Waco Conference of The American Lutheran Church Women will be at St Paul’s Lutheran Church Crawford on Sunday November 4. Mrs Fred Ludwig of Clifton and Mrs Otto Reinhardt of Valley Mills head the event with Rev Larry Henricks leading a communion service at 10 30 a m Lunch follows hosted by the group. The afternoon program features Ludwig and Reinhardt as leaders with previews of 1974 themes and buzz groups on responsibilities and opportunities. The Waco Conference includes 16 Central Texas groups such as Meridian Cranfills Gap and Clifton Alf Anderson of Cranfills Gap has 11 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren plus two sisters Linda Prather of Denver and Laura Jones of Cranfills Gap and many nephews and nieces.
Community column thanks a writer and urges input for future pieces. Voter eligibility for the November 6 1973 constitutional amendments requires 18 years of age residency for 80 days and state county registration. Absentee voting runs October 17 1973 to three days before election day. Also notices WT Bluebonnet Art Craft Club game party October 2 7 36 pm at Bluebonnet Community Center and West Shore Civic Improvement Association meeting November 2 7 pm at the same center. West Shore Improvement Association chili supper November 3 at Bluebonnet Community Center near Shore Acres Drive.
Funeral services were held in Tacoma Washington for Anton Hillesland formerly of Clifton He taught music until retirement in 1960 and served as a choir director He was a World War I Navy veteran and survived by his wife Alma Hillesland three sons two brothers and three sisters plus sixteen grandchildren
The Church of Christ in Crawfills Gap announces minister John Jordan leading Sunday activities at 10 a.m. Sunday School and 11 a.m. Morning Service.
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