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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1962
Page
3
Misses Kathy Kruse and Mickey Blue stayed with their parents Mr and Mrs Edwin Kruse and Mr and Mrs Otis Blue over the weekend. Both are senior students at Mary Hardin Baylor College in Bel ton.
Mr. Treadway, an audiologist, hosts free hearing tests and fittings at Meridian and Valley Mills clinics and provides affordable adjustments and nerve deafness help. The Temple Hearing Center invites those with hearing problems to test, fit, and improve their hearing for just 10.50 dollars including adjustments.
Clifton Garden Club gathered Thursday morning September 13 at Mrs. P. L. Ashcraft’s residence with Mrs. E. A. Alfie as co host. Members toured the new home and arrived with flower arrangements. Coffee doughnuts fruit tidbits and salted nuts were served. Mrs. T. V. Compton led the silver coffee service and business session. Fourteen members answered roll call and welcomed Ole S. Seljos as a new member.
The club approved committee appointments for the year. The yearbook chair Mrs. George M. Harris outlined the year’s work. A rummage sale was planned. Next meeting is October 18 with hostesses Mrs. Frank Bishop and Mrs. L. H. Boleman. Guest speaker Mrs. Austin Bryan will discuss The Art of Preserving Flowers.
Nine Clifton FFA members will exhibit livestock at the Heart O Texas Fair in Waco from October 2 to 6. Participants include Fred Erickson with an Angus steer, Erwin Dahl with Angus and Short horn steers, Carroll Draper with a Hereford steer, Mark Whitney with an Angus steer, Jerry Hill with a Hereford steer, Ronnie Sinderud with a Landrace barrow, James Lynn Kelly with a Landrace barrow, Lloyd Wiederaenders with two Berkshire barrows, and Roddy Bramlett with an Angus steer.
Henry M. Wooley aged 69 died at his Meridian home on Saturday September 22. Born June 26 1893 he lived in Cove Springs and later moved to Andrews Austin and finally returned to Meridian. Survived by wife two sons two daughters a sister and ten grandchildren. Funeral at First Methodist Church Meridian September 24. Interment in Meridian Cemetery.
The 1962 Central Texas Fair Breeding Sheep Show in Clifton featured fierce competition with top money to George Mayben at 43 dollars, followed by Johnny Fox and Johnson Bros. James Crews earned the showmanship trophy. Multiple classes crowned champions and reserves across Rambouillet Hampshire Suffolk and Shropshire breeds with Dorothy Mayben, Kenneth Sanders, and Johnny Fox among leading winners. Eleven youth split 65 dollars in the Fat Lamb Show judged by Jack Groff, with Ray Lee taking Showmanship in Crawfills Gap.
The Meridian pastor Tom Jenkins of Coryell Valley Baptist Church near Gatesville was surprised with a birthday supper at 1214 West 11th Street Clifton hosted by his sister Mrs. Willie Lee Lane. Present were Mrs. Tom Jenkins of Meridian and several Jenkins relatives from Dallas Dal las Waco Lubbock and Clifton.
Mrs. Charles Jermstad and her sons John Marcus and Michael Charles of Waco visited grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Chester Jermstad in Clifton last Thursday night. Charles Jermstad joined them Friday night and the family stayed through Sunday.
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