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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1951
Page
7
Texas Fame and Rodeo invites shoppers to visit the town store for special prices and limited time deals. Highlighted offers encourage consumption and local commerce with emphasis on value and timing.
At the September 19 meeting Mrs. Kunmel led due to the president's absence. Eleven members attended as America was sung and a club prayer recited. Busy Bee will enter a float Friday. plans noted for the fair. Next meeting set for October 10 at City Hall with Miss Lonnie Holley presenting nylon hose flower making.
James Robert Palmer 89 longtime Bosque County resident died September 20 at his daughter’s home in Waco after several years of ill health. Born April 30 1882 near Gholson he lived on a farm near Coan Creek before moving south of Clifton. He married Eunie Head on October 12 1902 and had two children Lillian Vickrey and Janet Aubrey. Funeral arrangements set for Clifton with Rev Paul Adam officiating and interment at Clifton Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, daughter, father, a brother, three sisters and three grandchildren with four great grandchildren. Active pallbearers listed and several out-of-town attendees noted.
Mrs. Martha Wiede hosted a family reunion on September 22 with all her children and grandchildren present for the first time in five years. The gathering included Theodor Wagner of Port Arthur and Wade family members, a birthday sing for Duke Roland Wiede and Walter Hirsch Jr, and a wedding that evening for Marold Wiede to Geraldine Meser at the Tamanual Catheran Church. Numerous relatives attended, sharing readings and greetings, with additional notes of local hospital visits last week.
Clifton High School recognized top library workers Beverly Dossman Don Anderson Allan Joe Dahl and Leona Shaffer for meeting library duties and conduct standards. The Clifton Fish School Library Club, part of the Teen Age Library Association of Texas, met September 18 and elected officers including Beverly Dossman president Alton Joe Dahl vice president Julia Reed secretary treasurer and Oletha Edwin reporter.
Members of the Clifton Civic Improvement Society hold a regular meeting on Wednesday afternoon in the City Hall dining room. The program includes piano selections by Mrs. R. Haas students and a review of the book Pathway to the Stars by Harnett Kane, presented by Mrs. J. Bruce Parks. Members and guests are urged to attend.
The attendee list includes Will ye Mesdlames Ole Seijos, William Fergerson, P. M. Sormruie, N. WV Willett, Tillie Trotter, and Miss Gurine Nusen as hostesses for the gathering.
Clifton residents report the death of B. C. Raley’s son during a fishing trip in Nebraska on Sunday September 23. He was the only son of Bun Raley of Valley Mills and Mrs. B. C. Raley of Norton Kansas, and left Valley Mills to join his father in Kansas after Bun resided as head of the National Rural Letter Carriers Association in Washington DC. He is survived by his wife, his mother, a sister Ira, and relatives in Austin Clifton and Dublin.
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