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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1958
Page
1
Rainfall last week measured at Albert Nelson farm near Clifton with unofficial gauges around an inch. The city plans curb and paving charges under a new contract framework next week. County funds improved by June 30 1958 with cash balance $142 387 76 vs $105 755 38 in 1957 and debt reduction in warrants and bonds.
A hometown invitation urges readers to welcome guests during the Central Texas Fair week featuring a parade livestock show horse show rodeo and turkey dinners. The notice invites friends to visit Clifton and join in the celebrations and displays.
Harvey Freedman joins his ill father Will Freedman in Valley Mills as Will remains in Goodall and Witcher Hospital. Ted and Mrs. Evans return from a western trip through Arizona’s copper mining areas. Several residents report hospital stays, relocations, and family visits, including the Flints moving to Taylor to open a laundromat, and extended visits among the Colwick, Kunkel, and Wiederarding families.
Notices announce Clifton Civic Society turkey dinners on September 18 and 19 at City Hall dining room with 11:00 AM start. Adults priced at 1.00 and preschool children at 0.50. Also ads for concessions at rodeo grounds, gas and oil deals, and local sales in Clifton.
A pattern of local visits unfolds as families travel between Mesquite Fort Worth Clifton and Houston. Clifford Dyer and friends gather in Mesquite while E B Harris and Cynthia stay in Fort Worth with Joseph Nelsons. The Norse community sends A B Alland’s family The Clifton Record to Houston for a birthday. Caskeys and Harrises recall Oklahoma ties during last week’s visit to George M Harris. Standefer attends a Houston reunion and plans to visit relatives in La Marque. Lane departs for Southern Methodist University for fraternity rush week as junior. parents arrange nine month Record delivery. Friends Carver Berry Vinson join Lane in Clifton for Labor Day weekend.
A roundup of Clifton families entertaining kin and guests from Garland Dallas Wichita Falls Houston and New York City with visits to relatives in Clifton Emmett H Schow home and others hosted by John B Schow Janet Lynn and D K Brake remain for extended stays while Esther Olsen heads to Georgetown and several families travel to Sherman Lake Texhoma and Dallas for gatherings and seasonal events.
Clifton Public Schools schedule the first Parent-Teacher Association meeting for 1958-59 at 3 00 pm on Wednesday September 17 in Bettis Auditorium. Program chair Mrs Henry A Carr will outline the year theme Safeguarding Our Freedom with committee members Mrs Turner Greenwade and Mrs Dan Orbeck. Teachers will be introduced and a get acquainted tea follows in the school cafeteria. Parents and interested residents are urged to attend.
Funeral rites for 65 year old Jess S Bird of Meridian were conducted Saturday at Bristol Funeral Home by Reverend James Shuler. He died September 4 in Hillcrest Hospital Waco. Burial followed at Meridian Cemetery. Survivors include a widow a son George Bird Abilene a daughter Mrs Glenn Morgan Iredell two sisters and four grandchildren. Visiting was held Tuesday at the brother O L Flint home.
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