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The Clifton Record
THE CLIFTON RECORD, CLIFTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1952
VOLUME 58 — NO. 18
Elder Cor Stolen;
Found In Temple
The Ford sedan belonging to
Mr. ahd Mrs. P. L. Elder was stolen
from its garage facing South Ave-
nue J late Saturday night or early
Sunday morning. The ignition was
locked at the time of the theft.
The car was found abandoned in a
park at Temple Monday of this
week.
Evidence led to the belief that
the car was' taken by five escapees
from the Boys’ State School at
Gatesville. These boys escaped Sat-
urday afternoon in a station wagon ,
belonging to the school there; the i
station wagon was found in Clifton
early Sunday on South Avenue H
between the N. W. Willett and
Mrs. R. O. Bass property.
After the theft had taken place,
a number of citizens here recalled
seeing five young men walking
around in the residential section
of town Saturday night.
The same night the public school
was broken into and thoroughly
gone through. A pair of reforma-
tory pants belonging to one of the
escapees was reported to have
been found in the school, where
it had been taken off, and an
old pair of pants at the school
building taken. '
The burglars in the school ap-
parently were in search of money,
but none was found as the school
makes every effort to have no
money left on hand * night and
as the schools arc «' ^legal-
ly entered these a-. • . apers and
contents of desks were badly
thrown about the rooms.
Mr. Elder expected that his car
would be found fairly near as he
did not have a full tank of gasoline.
He was afraid that , the tools and
a power saw, which were in the
trunkpf the car, would be missing.
Howei^r, when he and Clyde Bar-
ton want after the car, they found
the too%|hd saw intact. The trunk
was hot Nwijked when the car was
stolen; but ft had apparently hit
a bump to joltae trunk lid locked,
as tlje lid was locked when Mr. El-
der Andiff...,
-damaged, according to
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MRS. GLENN MILLER, THE FORMER MISS PATSY RICHARDS, is
pictured above in her lovely wedding gown. Mrs. Miller, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff W. Richards and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
R. Cowen of Clifton, was married in Kingsville Monday, May 19, to Mr.
Glenn Miller. The Millers are on a wedding trip to New York City, from
where they will sail for San Juan, Puerto Rico, where they will make
their home.
' Mr. and Mrs. Billy Spurgeon and
daughter, Cathey, 'of Shreveport
visited in the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Spurgeon, this
past week-end.
Mrs. Richard Gilbreth and son,
Jimmy, of College Station, visited
in Clifton from Tuesday until
Thursday of last week with their
parents and grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Lockhart. Jimmy stayed
with his grandparents from Thurs-
day until Saturday when his moth-
er returned to College Station td
attend graduation exercises at A. &
M. College in which Richard Gil-
breth was a graduate. Mr- and. Mrs.
Gilbreth came to Clifton Saturday
and remained until Sunday when
the three of them left for Lubbock
where Mr. Gilbreth will begin work
June 9 for the Soil Conservation
Service.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Qualls, of
Whitney, are the proud parents of
a daughter, Debra Sue, who was
born in the Clifton hospital on
May 30, 1952. The young Tady
weighed 6 pounds and 10 ounces
at birth.
A daughter, Susan, was born in
the Clifton hospital on June 1,
1952, to Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Simp-
son, of Mart. Upon her arrival the
little girl weighed 8 pounds and 1
ounce.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Williams, of
Star Route 1, Clifton, have an-
nounced the birth of a daughter,
Johnnye Kay, weighing 7 pounds
and 15 ounces, in the Goodall and
Witcher Clinic-Hospital on June 3,
1952.
A son, Rickey George, was born
to Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Lechler, of
Route 1, China Spring, in the Clif-
ton hospital, on June 3, 1952. At
birth the little fellow weighed 7
pounds and 3 ounces.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Blair announce
the birth of a baby daughter at St.
Joseph Hospital, Bryan, Tuesday,
June 3, weighing six pounds, seven
ounces. Mrs. Blair is the former
Miss Barbara Lockhart, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Lockhart
of Clifton.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Richards
announce the birth of a daughter,
Debora Jean, June 2, 1952, in Den-1 Miss Alice Brasher and Miss
ton. The little lady weighed 81 Doris Blaosett
in the ‘
Civic Members
Enjoy Dress Revue
At their regular meeting on Wed-
nesday afternoon of this week in
the dining room of the City Hall
here, the members of the Clifton
Civic Improvement Society were
entertained with a “Wedding Dress
‘Re-Revue’*’,at which time wedding
ire^ej^-j^r.^ears gone by were
;hbwn.
Modeling dresses Wednesday af-
ternoon were Miss Miriam Keel-
ing, who wore Mrs. C. L. Goodall’s
wedding dress; Miss Patricia Ann
Parker, who showed Mrs. S. L.
Witcher’s wedding dress and veil;
Mrs. N. W. Willett, who wore her
original wedding suit; Mrs. W. B.
Oswald, who was attired in her
original wedding ensemble; and
Mrs. J. C. Kincheloe, who wore
her original wedding dress and
veil. .
Rendering traditional wedding
music at the piano during the pre-
sentation was Miss Lois Rea, public
school music teacher. Miss Rea also
accompanied Misses Valorie Shaw
Goodall and Joy Trotter, soloists,
when they sang “At Dawning” and
Because,” respectively, prior to
the modeling of the dresses.
Presentation committee for the
Re-Revue was made up of Mes-
dames H. R. Hill, R. L. Lane, and
Ross Hancock, and Mrs. Hill an-
nounced each model as she enter-
ed.
Business Meeting Follows
During the business meeting
Which followed Mrs. Milton Brown
made a report for the committee
for the Civic Centennial Library,
and reports also were made, con-
cerning the last two dinners which
the Civic Society has served to the
Clifton Lions Club.
A White Elephant Sale also was
part of the program for the after-
noon, and Mrs. V. D. Goodall acted
as auctioneer for the White Ele-
phant gifts.
Hostesses for the meeting—Mes-
dames Elmore Canuteson, T. C.
Coston.'J. G. Nash, and C. L. Good-
all—served delicious refreshments
of fruit punch and iced cake
squares.
Mrs. Goodall To Review
At the next meeting of the Civic
Society — Wednesday afternoon,
July 2, at 3:00 o’clock in the’ City
Hall dining room—Mrs. V. D. Good-
all will give a book review.
HAROLD FEHLER TO INTERNE
Harold Fehler, who has been at-
tending school at Wartburg Theolo-
gical Seminary at Dubuque, Ipwa,
is home for a visit with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fehler,
over, North Carolina, where he will
interne in the ministry at the ML
Zion Lutheran Church at Conover
until next May, at which time he
will return for his last year at
Wartburg Theological Seminary.
Miss Hefner Wed
To Sergeant Piper
Miss Carroll Jean Hefner apd
Staff Sergeant Jack Piper were
married in Clifton at 8:00 o’clock
on Wednesday night, June 4, in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Reming-
ton at 503 South Avenue G. Rev-
erend E. G. Tomkinson, of Waco,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church here, performed the lovely
ceremony before two beautiful bas-
ket arrangements of daisies in the
archway between the living and
dining rooms of the home.
Miss Hefner is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Hefner and a grand-
daughter of Mrs. Tillie Trotter, of
this city, and Sergeant Piper is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe PipeV, who
reside on the Flat Top Ranch near
Walnut Springs.
Attired in a suit of pink linen
covered with seed beads and pearls,
the bride wore white accessories
and had a corsage of white carna-
tions.
Attending the young couple were
Miss May Pearl Stringfellow and
Mr. Franklin Gohlke. Miss String-
fellow wore a. dress of brown and
white nylon with white accessories
and had a corsage of white carna-
tions. The gentlemen were dressed
in light summer suits and wore
white carnation boutonniftres.
During the ceremony Mrs. Claude
Cfigle, at the piano, softly rend-
ered traditional wedding music.
Reception Follows
After the ceremony a reception
was 'held in the Remington home
during which Misses Jonell Prince,
Jane Slepert, and Joyce Anderson
served delicious fruit punch and
wedding cake from the dining
table which was covered with a
pretty white crocheted cloth and
centered with a delightful arrange-
ment of pink rosebuds and fern.
Miss Joy Trotter, cousin of the
bride, registered the guests in the
attractive bridal book.
The white three-tiered wedding
cake was decorated with pink
sugarspun rosebuds and topped
with a miniature bride and groom.
Attending the wedding and re-
ception were members of the fam-
ilies and close friends of the bride
and groom.
Leave On Wadding Trip
Following the reception Sergeant
and Mrs. Piper left on a short
wedding trip to New Mexico after
which they will be at home in El
Paso. '
The bride is a popular 1952 grad-
uate of the Clifton. Public Schools
and has been most active in all
extracurricular activities in connec-
Large Group Hears
About Street Plans
Tuesday night a large number
of property Owners gathered at
the City Hall to learn about the
street improvement work that is
to start the latter part of this
month according to the contract
ing firm, Douglas and Nichols of
Waco.
Those persons present learned
that it was the intention of the
city to pave an 18-foot strip down
the center of the street with a 24-
foot base for as many blocks as the
funds voted for the purpose would
pave.
The following streets had been
engineered, but the funds would
not permit the topping of all of
these: North Avenue D from Pear-
son Tin Shop to the Alfred Canute-
son residence, South Avenue E
from John Neel corner to Frank
Spangle corner, then west to High-
way 6, west from Highway 6 on
11th Street in front of the school
and continue'west to end of 11th
Street at the college, South Avenue
J from farm-to-market Highway 215
Only a few days more than four south to Arthur Bronstad corner,
months following the death of his West Third Street west from pres-
wife, Jens Thomas Jenson, 80, of fnt paving, Pecan Street west of
Cranfills Gap, died in the Clifton Highway 6, and Hackberry Street
hospital on Saturday afternoon, west 0f Highway 6. The City has
Dr. G. W. Collins Gets
Second Hole-In-One
Dr. G. Wilson Collins had the
rare experience on Memorial Day
of shooting his second hole-in-one.
The golf feat took place on the 140-
yard number 8 hole on the Clifton
golf course. Dr. Collins was play-
ing with Jack Tindall and E. E.
Stewart.
Mr. Stewart was also playing
with Dr. Collins when he shot his
first hole-in-one on the lake course
in Waco about three years ago.
That hole-in-one took place on num-
ber 13 hole on the Waco course.
Last Friday Dr. Collins was shoot-
ing par golf as he reached the
eighth hole; this hole-in-one per-
mitted him to card a two below
par, 34, for the nine holes. Two
holes-in-one are most unusual for
one person, as few golfers are
able to get even one hole-in-one
during their golfing days.
J. T. Jenson
Dies Here May 31
May 31, 1952, after a serious ill-
ness of several weeks.
Mrs. Jenson preceded her hus-
band in death at their Cranfills
Gap home on January 17, 1952.
Born in the Norse community,
west of Clifton, on January 5, 1872,
Mr. Jenson was a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Jens Jenson. It was
on September 3, 1895, that he mar-
ried Miss Annie Mathilda Hanson,
and to their union eight children
were born—seven sons and one
daughter. One son, Jurgen, preced-
ed’ his parents in death.
For fifty-six years, and until
Mrs. Jenson’s demise, Mr. and Mrs.
Jenson maintained their homes on
little hope that the money will take
care of anything like all the streets
which have been engineered.
Street maintenance is one of the
major expenses of the city, amount-
ing to $10,000 to $12,000 annually.
It is hoped that with the new pav-
ing a portion of the former main-
tenance expense can go toward cor-
recting poor drainage spots and
putting in correct level and drain-
age when new streets are opened.
Those present learned the cost
of extending the center strip of
paving to the curb and gutter in
front of their property. Costs for
work of this type for the taxpayer
run as follows (this is cash cost,
a farm near Cranfills Gap and in | credit costs run higher): 73c a
Cranfills Gap where their house
was located directly across the
street from their church—the St.
Olaf Lutheran Church—in which
they were most active and, faith-
ful for many years.
Baptized in infancy and con-
firmed as a young man in Our
Savior’s Lutheran Church at Norse,
Mr. Jenson continued to be an
active member of the Lutheran
Church throughout the remaining
years of his life and served as
a profound Christian influence
upon his children. It was upon
going to the farm near Cranfills
square yard for the paving and
base work, $1.93 a running foot
for curb and gutter work, and the
contractor will do driveway or
other similar work for citizens in
town for $5.94 a square yard. The
contractor will do curb and gutter
work, put down sidewalks ($2.97 a
square yard), and other like work
although the citizen is not on one
of the streets to be topped by the
city at this time.
The city council has learned that
one of the most expensive items in
the construction of paved streets
is the drainage problem. The ex
Miss Ruth Moore
Graduates With Honors
Mr. and Mrs. Elif A. Moore, of
this city, accompanied by their
daughter, Miss Doris Moore, of
Fort Worth, were in Denton Wed-
nesday night, May 28, to attend
graduation exercises at North Tex-
as State College in which their
daughter and sister, Miss Ruth
Moore, graduated with honors.
At North Texas Miss Moore was
a member o^ Alpha Chi, national
honor society; Alpha Lambda Sig-
ma, honor society in library ser-
vice; McCracken Club; Chapel
Choir; Grand Chorus; and Zeta Pi
Gamma, social sorority.
Miss Moore returned to Clifton
with her parents May 28 and will
remain here for a short vacation
prior to leaving for Austin where
she has accepted a position at The
University of Texas as a cataloguer
in the library there, starting July
1.
Doris Moore To Columbia
Mr. and Mrs. Moore and Miss
Ruth went to Fort Worth Monday
of this week for Miss Doris Moore,
teacher in the public schools there,
who will visit in Clifton until June
18 when she will leave by automo-
bile with three other Fort Worth
teachers for New York City, New
York, to work toward her master’s
OilLeasingBringing
Added Funds Here
Considerable oil leasing activi-
ties continue in Bosque County
with from $2.00 to $3.00 reported
to have been paid by agents in
some sections of the county. Here-
tofore, the normal lease has been
$1.00 an acre with one-eight oil
royalty.
It is reported that the leasing
activities include seven or more
major companies including Hum-
ble, Sinclair, Gulf, Phillips, Union
of California, Shell, and Continen-
tal.
To date there has not been any
report of a possible well going
down in the county. Some acquaint-
ed with the type of leasing seem
to believe that the companies are
merely obtaining sufficient leases
in the county to prevent being
frozen out should some of the wells
in surrounding counties prove to
be producers.
It is this paper’s understanding
that several test wells are under-
way in Hill County with the likeli-
hood that several test holes also
may be sunk in McLellan County
where leasing has been very ex-
tensive.
In the Hill County tests around
Hubbard, a four barrels a day flow
was located in the shallow well on
the Andrew Mays farm. Other
showings also had been found in
the area.
New Tourist Court
To Be Built Here
The ground was to be laid off
Thursday of this week for a new
tourist court to be built in Clifton
by Mr. and Mrs. Joe D. Forson.
The courts will be constructed on
the property purchased by Mr.
Forson from Bob Nalle of Waco;
the property is located just east
of Doc’s Cafe and will have front-
age of some 360 feet and vary in
depth from 168 feet to over 200
feet.
Mr. Forson is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Will Forson of Clifton; he
, ,. „ , and his wife have been making
degree this summer at Columbia their~home at Crane' where- Mr.
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University. They will go to New
York by the way of Florida.
Gap that he moved his membership cessive drainage costs prevented the
to that congregation. I present consideration of certain
Respected by everyone with j blocks which would have served
whom he came into contact, Mr. | nicely to form a loop to route the
Jenson’s participation in civic and flow of traffic to the business sec-
prior to leaving June 19 for Con- tion with .the Schools. She has
10 ounces, at birth; ** Is |
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many friends in Clifton who wish
her and her husband every happi-
ness together. \
Sergeant Piper is a graduate of
the Walnut Springs Public Schools
and entered the United States
eighteen months ago. After
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community affairs included the
holding of numerous responsible
offices. His interest in every activi-
ty of importance always was so-
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JuniorsWinOpener;
Play Here Friday
Clifton’s Junior baseball team
opened the Tri-County schedule
with- a win over the Gatesville
juniors .in Gatesville by beating
them 9 to 1. Neither team connect-
ed too solidly with the ball, but
better pitching and team play put
Clifton Out in' front' early in the
game /Tuesday night of this week.
The Gatesville pitcher helped the
local boys get off to a five run
lead in the first inning; he was
Wild and walked several runs
across the plate.
Sterling Smith pitched for the
Clifton youngsters and allowed only
two hits. He was a little wild in
the sixth which helped the Gates-
ville boys to push across their lone
run.
Bob Lane smacked out a single
and double to lead the Clifton boys’
hitting, with P. D. Wallace con-
necting for a timely single and the
only other Clifton hit.
Clifton’s starting line-up was
Sterling Smith, pitcher; Bob Lane,
catcher; John Phil Gilliam, first
base; John Parks, second base;
Glenn Thomas, third base; Tek
Outlaw, short stop; P. D. Wallace,
left field; Richard Grimm, center
field; and Dan Jameson, right field.
Harry Cash and Eugene Dietiker
relieved in the outfield.
Clifton plays McGregor at the
City Park here under the lights
Friday night. McGregor defeated
Valley Mills .last Tuesday might.
Last week the Clifton boys defeat-
ed Valley Mills in a’practice game.
If the local boys
tion—the block .between -.Mrs. Kel-
sey Bradstreet and Mrs. W. A.
Hanna being one su,ch spot.'
As all the engineered streets can-
not be topped with the available
money, where there is little dif-
ference in the flow of traffic, the
city will in most cases specify those
streets to be paved where the pro-
perty owners agree to t extend the
paving to the curb> Reason for this
i$ that the' paving tied in from
curb to curb will last longer and
will serve the traffic better.
Paul Gregory of the engineering
firm was present, as were the con-
tractors, at the Tuesday night, meet-
ing.
Attend Wedding In McGregor
Dr. and Mrs. Glen Carlson and
children, Glenda, Margaret Ann,
and Devere, and Mr. and-Mrs. John
Hickey and children, Ratricia and
John Jr., of Dallas, visited in Clif-
ton Monday of this week for sev-
eral hours in the home, of Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Oswald, the three ladies
being cousins. The Dallas folks
were on their way home after hav-
ing attended the wedding in the
McGregor Methodist Church at
8:00 o’clock on Sunday night of
Tommy Medders Jr, of Wichita
Falls, and Miss Rosemary Manske,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Manske, of McGregor. Mr. and Mrs.
Oswald, Mr. and Mrs. Hulen C.
Aars and children, Gene Carroll
and Peggy, and Mrs. Will Manske
also were in McGregor ' Sunday
night to attend the wedding. Gene
Carroll was a candlelighter in the
wedding, and Mrs. Oswald was in
the house party at the reception in
the Manske home following the
wedding.
Cars Damaged
In Accidents Here
Two accidents this past Sunday
near here shook up the occupants
of the cars rather severely, but did
most of the serious damage to the
cars and pick-ups.
Sunday afternoon Edwin Mickel-
son and four youngsters with him
turned over when Mickelson failed
to make a corner with his car on
the old highway right at the en-
trance to the Clifton City Park.
The junior baseball team was
practicing and heard the accident;
the boys, Phil Gilliam and Julian
Kuehl rushed over. None seemed
hurt except one youngster who was
pinned in the car. He was dazed; so
he was taken to the hospital for a
check. Apparently his condition
was not serious as he was soon re-
leased.
The other accident occurred when
the pick-ups of Lloyd Philipp and
the Otto Symanks collided at a
narrow place on the Clifton to
Lanes Chapel road.
Philipp, was apparently, shaken
up worse than any of the group,
and he remained in the local hos-
pital overnight. In the Symank
pick-up were Otto and Earl Symank
and their father; it seems none of
them was seriously injured. Both
pick-ups were rather badly damag-
ed.
Earlier lest week Buddy Hill also
had the misfortune of turning over
in his Mercury this side of the
overpass between Clifton and Val-
ley Mills. He was not seriously hurt
either, but his car was also badly
damaged.
Forson is employed by the Gulf
Oil Company.
Plans call for the construction
at the present of eight cabins with
carports. The cabins will be. con-
structed of cement blocks and
painted; the inside will be painted
in pastel colors and have some-
what the appearance of the rooms
in the npw Meridian school, build-
ings. The shower baths will be
tile. The units will be air-condi-
tioned.
Mr. and Mrs. Forson have select-
ed their furniture for their cabins,
and it js mow being constructed
for them.
In addition to the cabins, resi-
dential quarters for the owners
will be constructed on. the site.
Clifton, long short on tourist
courts, received its first last year
w hen W. A. “Doc” Turner opened
his cabins. Now with the Whitney
Lake certain to attract thousands
of tourists this summer and many
times as many next year the addi-
tional courts to be built by the
Forsons should be iit great de-
mand.
FOUR MEN TO NAVY
Four young men from Clifton
and Cranfills Gap left Wednesday
for their final physical examina-
tions before entering the United
States Navy. Those who left were
J. G. Peters, Tommy Grimland,
Paul Rohne, and Elvis Schibler;
if they pass the physical, they will
depart for the base at San Diego,
California.
Mr. and Mrs. Alden Thykeson of
Breckenridge, North Dakota, visit-
ed relatives in Clifton recently
while en route to Amarillo where
toey will be attendants in the wed-
of S/5
Mrs. Donald Humphries, the
former Miss Beverly Harris, left
this week to join her husband who
is stationed at Ladd Field, Fair-
banks, Alaska. Mrs. Humphries is
driving with friends as far as Port-
Below are listed the prices quot-
ed Thursday morning (cattle prices
paid at Wednesday’s auction) by
Clifton Merchants:
Grain: Milling wheat $2.15 bu.,
feed wheat $1.80 bu.; feed oats 80c
bu.; No. 2 barley $1.10 bu.; milo
$2.75 per cwt.; and yellow corn
$2.10 per bu.
Poultry: No. 1 eggs 35c doz.,
mixed 28c doz., No. 2 .eggs 17c doz.;
cream 50c lb.; little demand locally
for either hens or fryers, the mar-
ket price on hens about 14c and
fryers 25c if one can find a buyer.
Cattle: Around 375 head of cat-
tle were offered at the Wednesday
auction; the market was slow and
draggy; everything was about
steady with last week except cows
which showed a lower trend. Plain
yearling cattle still hard to move.
Medium to good slaughter steers
and yearlings $31 to
butcher calves $32 to .
a few fancy kind up to $35,
fed $28 to $30; good sf
calves $32 to $37, plain
$24 to $31, rannies $18
good butcher cows
a few heifer
ners
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