The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, November 13, 1953 Page: 1 of 10
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is Jurdiss CoIwickBecomes Bride
Of IBr. Rohne In Trinity Church Nor. 7
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A wedding of interest to their
many friends in Bosque County
was the marriage of Miss Jurdiss
Marie Colwick, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ennis M. Colwick, of
Route 2, Clifton, to Mr. Wayne Ar-
len Rohne, son of Mr. and Mrs.
P. B. Rohne, of CranfiHs Gap, at
7:00 o’clock on Saturday night, No-
vember 7, in the Trinity Lutheran
Church in Clifton, Performing the
lovely double-ring ceremony was
Reverend Walter T. Gigstad, pastor
. oHhe Church-
wedding rites the altar
of the Church was banked with
white pompons, and a tall floor
basket filled with large and Small
white chrysanthemums an<L huck-
leberry foliage was place<rto ad-
vantage on each side of tlje steps
leading to the altar. Flanking either
side of the altar was a seven-
pronged candelabra filled with
lighted white tapers.
A nuptial prelude of traditional
selections was presented by Miss
Ruth Bergh, organist and prpfes-
of music at Clifton College,
pied sjrf.
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vows and “0 Perfect Love” Us the
benediction. Miss Bergh had a cor-
sage of white chrysanthemums
and Mrs. Salveson one of feathered
bronze chrysanthemums.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride wore a wedding gown
of ivory satin with a bodice of
Chantilly lace, designed with a scal-
loped neckline, outlined In seed
pearls, long tapering sleeves, and
lace panels over the full skirt
which extended into a chapel-length
train. Over the HEsion yoke the
bride wore a diamond lavaliere
Which belongs to her aunt, Mrs.
Oscar Omenson. Her illusion veil,
of waist length and appliqued in
lace: fell from a tiara of satin and
lace sprinkled with seed pearls.
She carried a bouquet featuring
a cluster of /White carnations em-
phasized with loops of white satin
'ribbon,^surrounded by feathered
campions, and centered with a
A resident of Texas for almost
80 years, N. M. Murphree, aged
88, died in the local hospital at
11 >45 o’clock on Sunday morning,
November 8. Mr. Murphree ht6d
been an invalid for the nine weeks
prior to his death and jjad been in
declining health since he was in-
jured in a fall in downtown Clifton
on November 12 of last year. He
was taken to the-hospital Tuesday
of . last week.
Born near Murfreesboro, Ten-
nessee, gn February 3, 1865, Na-
thaniel Monroe Murphree was one
of the three sons and two daugh-
ters of the late George Dennis Mur-
phree ahd. Sarah Elizabeth Mur-
phrefe. Before his demise last Sun-
day Mr. Murphree was the last
surviving member of his immediate
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Mrs. Oscar Carlson Jr., of Pecos,
was her sister's matron of honor.
Bridesmatron was Mrs.
gue, and bridesmaids
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preceding the wedding *tid'Martha Colwick, a cousin of
fthe bride, both of this city. The
bride’s attendants were attired in
identical ballerina-length gowps of
net-over taffeta which varied in
pastel shades. They carried'match-
ing' muffs of/ net centered with
chrysanthemum nosegays and knot-
ted ribbon streamers contrasting
in color to their dresses.-
Serving as best man to his broth-
er was Mr. Paul Rohne, of Corpus
Christi. Groomsmen were Messrs.
Dennis Jones, of Teague, Bobby
Holbrook, of Fort Worth, and Otto
Knudson Jr., of Route 2, Meridian,
and ushers were Me&rs. Oscar
Carlson Jr., of Pecos, and Perry
Suter, of Hillsboro, brothers-in-law
of the bride and groom, respective-
ly. The gentlemen all wore white
carnation boutonnieres.
For the wedding Mrs: Colwick,
mother of the bride, was attired
in a dress of blue crepe with pink
and black accessories, and Mrs.
Rohne, mother of the groom, wore
a dress of bUrtf crepe with black
accessories. Each had a corsage
family
When he was nine years of age,
Mr. Murphree came to Central Tex-
as with his family from Tennessee.
The Murphiee family first resided
in Hood County where G. D. Mur-
phree was engaged in farming. For
a number of years the decease^
and his father were engaged in
the general mercantile business at
Durango in Falls County. The firm
name was G. D. Murphree and Son.
On February 7, 1883, Mr. Mur-
phree married Miss Nancy Ellen
Ford. Five children were born to
their union—three sons, George
Wiley; John, and Willard, and two
daughters, Era (Mrs. R. H. Shep-
herd) and Ada (Mrs. John R. Fort).
His wife preceded him in death
n February 12, 1918, and his eld-
snson, George Wiley Murphree,
oil August 29, 1943.
For the past 37 years Mr. Mur”
phree had resided in Bosque Coun-
ty, first coming to Clifton where
he was employed for soiqe time
as an adjuster and collector for
the Oscar J, Rea Company and later
with William Connolly and Com-
pany. Then Mr. Murphree and his
family nfcved. to Cranfills Gap
Where for a number of years he
was employed by G. 0. Bronstad
Clifton High's Junior Football Team Ends Successful Season
Gene Ashcraft Suffers
Loss Of Teeth, Injured Nose
Gene Ashcraft, son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. Ashcraft, suffered the
loss IJMEour front teeth and a badly
bruised nose in a fall during a phy-
sical education class Tuesday morn-
ing at the local high school gym
nasium. —
The accident occurred while the
class was playing a game in the
gym; young Ashcraft apparently
turned quickly to dodge the ball
or another player, and his feet
flew out from under him; and he
landed hard right on his mouth and
nose. Imprints of his teeth were
left in the hardwood floor. It is
understood two teeth were broken
off, and two others so badly damag-
ed that they had to be pulled. The
cartilage in his nose was damaged.
One of Gene’s first thoughts was
that he wouldn’t get to sing in the
Harvest Carnival program, of which
he had one of the leading parts.
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Awards Program
Here Saturday
A
VOLUME 59 —
Last Friday afternoon the Clif-
ton High School Junior football
team completed its six-game sched-
ule by defeating Meridian 37 to 0
at Meridian. All the boys able to
play were used in the game, and
they all -made fine '"accounts, of
themselves.
The juniors have been coaohed
by Aubrey Roberts,'* who has been
assisted by Frederick Hpnkelman,
a senior high school ‘student and
a star on last war's bi-district
championship tea* but too old
by only a few days to take part in
league-play this year. The coaches
had 20 youngsters from the 8th
grade and 14 from the 7th grade
on the squad this year.
Undefeated Season
Clifton Folks Attend
DKG Regional Mooting
A number of ladies from Clifton
were in Cleburne on Saturday, No-
vember ?> to attend the Regional
Meeting of the Delta Kappa Gamma
Society, honorary organization for
teachers, which was held in the
Cleburne High School Building.
Members of the Alpha Gamma
Chapter in Cleburne were hostesses
for the meeting which had as its
theme, *'A Task With A Vision.”
Registration took place from 9:00
until 9:30 that morning, and from
9:30 until 10:00 o’clock new mem-
bers were initiated with members
of the Beta Phi Chapter in charge!
Among the.new members initiat-
ed were Mesdames O. R. Jenson,
of Clifton, .Rady Lane, of Mosheim,
and Dorothy Cox, of Meridian, all
of whom were initiated into the
Beta Beta Chapter to which Clifton
teachers belong.
qnd Sons Mercantile-Company.and
later operated this business as a
trustee for several years.1 Shortly
thereafter Mr. Murphree and his
son, George Wiley Murphree, es-
tablished the Model Grocery' Com-
pany in Cranfills Gap and con-
tinued to operate this concern un-
til it was destroyed by fire in
approximately 1928, as were many
other businesses in that city at
that time.
Mr. Murphree retired from ac-
tive business in 1928 and came to
Clifton to make his home with his
son-jn-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. John R. Fort, and family with
whom he lived for the remainder
of his lifetime. After moving back
to Clifton Mr. Murphree served for
awhile as a collector for Clifton
College and for O. E. Schow Lum-
ber Company here.
When he was 17 years of age,
Mr. Murphree became a member
of the Baptist Church at the To-
wash Baptist Church near Whitney.
He remained a faithful member of
this denomination throughout the
remaining years of his life, and his
Cubs Overwhelm ;
Burleson SI ToO
Clifton High School Cubs dedi-
cated the new electric “scoreboard
and clock ima fitting- manner last
Friday night by setting a new scor-
ing mark for Clifton High School
teams in overwhelming the Burle-
son-High School Elks 81 to 0.
Bobby Conrad was in and out of
the game long enough to score
four -touchdowns and to. make 9
points after touchdowns for a total
of 33 points. Harry Cash scored
three touchdowns; Bob Lane did
the same prior to going out of the
game with a cracked rib early in
the second quarter; and Tek Outlaw
scored two touchdowns.
Score at the end of the first
quarter was Clifton 34, Burleson 0;
Lane of Clifton scored on the
fourth running play after Clifton
gained possession in the first min-
ute of fhe game on a fumble by
Burleson. Dan Jameson soon after
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Burleson pass deep in. the Elks’
territory, and Conrad quickly ran
over for a touchdown., Almost im-
mediately after Clifton kicked off
again, Burleson fumbled; Lane
again scored. A few plays later
ook a punt an the 50-yard-
it back for a- score.
The young Cubs won four and
tied two games in their six-game
schedule, The season was opened
at Hamilton with a scoreless tie;
then the Cubs defeated Cranfills
Gap 13 to 0, Walnut Springs 27
to 7, and Valley Mills 7 to 6. Next
they played another tie with Ham-
ilton—13 to 13—and closed the
season with the 37 to 0 victory at
Meridian.
Boys In The Above Picture
Junior football boys pictured
above are the following:
Bottom row, left fo right, Bobby
Rester, Merle Belcher, Don Kanz,
Tom Ralph, Frankie Brandon, and
Gary Josey.
Second row, left to right, George
Tenant, Maxie Wallace,- Cliff Jen-
son, Bobby Struempler, Rodney
Moncrief, Larry Wilkerson, and
Lloyd Turner!
Third row, left to right, Johnny
Guy Lockhart, Waymon Culp, Lar-
ry Colwick, Donald Hennig, Francis
Smith, Gary Cash, Billy Toten, and
Leonard Turner.
Fourth row, left to right, Robert
Larson,-George Davis, Larry Wal-
lace, Robert Rierson, James Bean,
and Kenneth Terrell.
Back row, left to right, Coach
Aubrey Roberts, Jerry Reesing,
Kenneth Patterson, Jerry Myers,
Joe White, Carl Swenson, Clarence
(Butch) Hefner, and Frederick Hen-
kelman. Two of the regulars, Gary
Westley and Jamie Zander, were
not present for the picture.
Cubs Must Defeat Glen Rose Friday
To Have Perfect Conference Record
Clifton’s scrapping Cubs may for theyeac; Jerry Belcher’s bruised
to* i^NSlll giving him trouble,
„y I touchdown.
Irst team saw
a team for
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find they have their hands full
when they tangle with the Glen
Rose Tigers in Glen Rose Friday
night. Game time is 8:00 p.m.
A win Friday night would give
the Cubs a perfect record for the
district race (and a perfect record
tor the regular schedule of play).
Fans-are. expecting Glen Rose to
be really keyed up. to give the
Cubs one of their hardest games.
The Tigers, like all other Cub Op-
ponents, would rather hand the
Clifton boys a "licking” than any
| other team in the conference. They
have been pointing for this game,
and the coaches/here believe that
the Glen Rose boys had their mind
on Clifton .last Friday when they
should have been thinking about
Mansfield, who defeated them by
one touchdown. Both Itasca and
Granbury defeated Glen Rose, but
by- narrow margins;, the Granbury
game’s score was 6 to 0.
When the season opened, Glen
Rose was rated next to Clifton as
possible district champion. The
Somervell boys suffered several in-
juries early in tfie season which
hurt their chances. The injured
players are reported to have re-
covered, and Glen Rose is expected
to be at full strength against Clif-
| tpn. Friday night.
The Cubs are still minus several
players due to injuries. P. D. Wal-
lace and Rex Turner' are likely out
ahd Bob Lane was not permitted
to scrimmage this week due to a
cracked rib-received in the Burle-
son game. Gene Ashcraft is on the
injured list from an accident which
happened off the football field.
The Cubs last Friday night won
the right to represent the district
in the bi-district game (probably
with Richardson November 27), but
they will need the support of their
fans at Glen Rose Friday night to
put the finishing touches on a per-
fect regular season’s play with a
final victory. Let’s go, Cubs.
DONATIONS FOR SCOREBOARD
Cans and jars will be placed
around Clifton at cafes, filling sta-
tions, drug stores and scores to
receive donations toward paying
for the fine electric scoreboard
and dock at the Clifton High School
football field. When you fill up
with gas to go to the football game
Friday night at Glen Rose, drop a
dollar in the container to help pay
for the scoreboard.
Mrs. Walter E. Kruse and sons
of Weatherford spent last week
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Kruse, east of Clifton, while
her husband attended the State Ex-
tension Conference at College Sta-
tion. Mr. Kruse is the County Agent
of Parker County.
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Sixty-nine 4-H Club boys and
girls of Bosque County will receive
awards for their outstanding Club
work Saturday night, November 21,
at the City Hall in Clifton. This
Awards Progrjgn will begin prompt-
ly at 7:00 o’clock with Darville
Blue, of Mosheim, acting as toast-
master.
The Gold Star Award, which is
the highest County award given
each year for outstanding Club
work, will go to Edline Meissner
and Larry Mickelson, of Cranfills
Gap.
• Other boys and girls who will
receive awards are as follows:
Achievement—Flora Mae Stry-
ker, Clifton, Elaine Huse, Cranfills
Gap, Charles Blue, Mosheim, and
Bradley Cox, Mosheim.
Beautification of Home Grounds
—Lois Nell Lammert, Clifton.
Clothing Achievement — Elaine
rte, Cranfills Gap.
Canning Achievement—Lois Nell
mmert, Clifton.
iry Achievement,.--Eleanor
Miles, Mosheim, Carol Wenzel, Clif-
ton, Ann Miles, Mosheim, Sammie
Lynn Zander, Clifton.
Dairy Foods Demonstration —
Lois N§11 Lammert, Clifton,
Dress Revue—Flora Mae Stryker,
•Clifton, Virginia Hillin, Valley Mills,
Elaine Huse, Cranfills Gap, Edith
Joe Puryear, Meridian, Karen Lin-
berg, Cranfills Gap, Roberta Jen-
son, Cranfills Gap, Joy Arthur,
Meridian, and Nancy Jaynes, Valley
Mills. .
Entomology—Elaine Huse, Cran-
fills Gap.
Farm And Home Electric—Edith
Joe Puryear,. Meridian, Elaine Huse,
Cranfills Gap, Jack Chapman, Mor-
gan, Velton Necessary, Valley Mills.
Farm And Home Safety—Janice
Linberg, Cranfills Gap, Lois Nell
Lammert, Clifton, Sammie.. Lynn
Zander, Clifton, Kareii Jean Lin-
berg, Cranfills Gap, and Edline
Meissner, Cranfills Gap.
Field Crops—Darville Blue, Mo-
sheim. __
Food Preparation—Sammie Lynn
Zander, Clifton. ->
Frozen Foods—Karen Jean Lin-
berg, Cranfills Gap. %
Garden—Eleanor Miles, Mosheim,
Nancy Kleibrihk, Clifton, Lois Nell
Lammert, Clifton, and Janice Lin-
berg; Cranfills. Gap.
Girls1 Record — Elairfe Huse,
Cranfills Gap.
Home improvement—Nancy Klei-
brink, Clifton, Nora Marie Hanna,-
Meridian, Karen Linberg, Cranfills
Gap, Lois Nell Lammert, Clifton.
Leadership — Danny Markman,
Meridian, Elaine Huse, Cranfills
Gap.
Meat Animal—Velton Necessary,
Valley Mills.
' Poultry Production—Nora Marie
Hanna, Meridian, Lois Nell Lam-
mert, Clifton, Edgar Chumley, Meri-
dian, J. H. Williams, Meridian, and
Marvin Puryear, Meridian.
Recreation And Rural Arts—Bob-
by Rester, Clifton, Kenneth Kruse,
Clifton, and Peggy Benfer, Clifton.
Tractor Maintenance — Charles
Howard, Meridian. t
Following the Awards Program
the group will be entertained with
a recreational hour conducted by
Karen Jean Linberg, Elaine. Huse,
and Edline Meissner, of Cranfills
Gap.
Refreshments will be served by
the Adult Leaders at the end of
the program. ■.
The public is cordially invited to
attend this program; no admission
1954 ACPPr
To Be Expldi
The 1954 ACP Program will be
publicly explained Tuesday, Novem-
ber 17. A County-wide meeting, to
which all farmers are invited, will
be held in the Meridian Fire Station
at 9:30 A. M. Tuesday, November
17. At-this meeting the agricultural
conservation practices approved for
Bosque County for the 1954 pro*
gram years will be explained by
representatives of agricultural
agencies and the County PMA Com-
mittee.
Under the 1954 plan of operation
all farmers will be given an oppor-
tunity to request Federal Cost-shar-
ing conservation practices to be car-
ried out -during the 1954 program
year. All requests for Federal cost-
sharing must be made prior to
December 20, 1953. All requests re-
ceived after the final date will be
considered as late and will receive
consideration only if funds are
available.
Agricultural conservation prac-
tices for the 1954 program year have
been changed considerably from
practices of previous years. Some
new practices have been added and
specifications and rate of cost-shar-
ing have been changed on other.
practices. In order that farmers
can understand 1954 practices and
make wise selection of these prac-
tices needed for their farms, they
should attend this county-wide
meeting. All farmers and ranchers
and all Community committeemen
are urged to attend.
Meridian Hospital Wins Case
Monday of this. weeMtejetoial
Committee To Check
On Double Holiday
Tuesday at the regular meeting
of the Clifton Lions Club, a com-
mittee was named by Lion Presi-
dent J. C. Kincheloe to check on
the attitude of the businessmen
toward having a double holiday
this Christmas on Friday and Sat-
urday, December 25 and 26. The
men named to make the c’ '
were Calvert Hoei, Oris Plei
Jack Tucker, O. L. Flint, D..
Borchers, and Dr. Troy Eggen. . ,
give the committee some basis
upon which to start its check, the
Club voted in favor of a. double
holiday for Christmas and a single
holiday on New Year’s Day.
Considerable discussion took
place on methods of paying for
the new electric scoreboard at the
football field. The details were left
to the committee who so ably got
the scoreboard erected — Henry
Carr, George Harris, and Calvin
Dunlop.
Excellent entertainment was pre-
sented by nine high school young
ladies who will have leading parts
in the harvest carnival to be pre-
sented at the high school auditor-
ium November 19. The girls singing
for the Libns Club were Annelle
Oswald, Glenda Todd, Alleen Lane-
hart, Julia Reed, June Carter, Vab
orie Shaw Goodall, Judy Appleby,
Linda Jackson, and Wilma Erick-
son.
Jim Rushing of Walnut Springs
was a guest at the fine luncheon
served Tuesday by the ladies of the
Immanuel Lutheran Church.
Mrs. Tom Primm, of Meridian,
visited in Clifton from Saturday of
last week until Monday with Mr.
and Mrs. Otto Pederson and with
other relatives and friends here.
Below are listed the prices quot-
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ed Thursday morning (cattle prices
paid at- Wednesday’s auction) by
Clifton buyers: ^
. COTTON: Approximately 3D.50
on 15/16 middling basis; 29.00 on
strict low middling; and 28.00 on
low middling. ‘**
PECANS: 14c pound.
CATTLE: Around 700 he:
cattle were offered at the
nesday auction in Clifton; 1
ket was very active wil
classes fully steady with Iasi
stocker cattle higher,
good slaughter steers and
$17 to $21; gbod butcher <
to $17 with fancy heavyu
to $18, plain to medium !
rannies $7 to $9; good <
er steer calves $14 to $17
to medium $10 to $14; |
cows $10 to
cutters $6 to !.
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