About 10 months ago Meridian Public Library’s executive director Marianne Woerner began the application process to get Meridian’s John A. Lomax Amphitheater approved as a National Literary Landmark.

The Clifton Civic Improvement Society, in partnership with the Nellie Pederson Civic Library of Clifton, recently presented book bundles to the labor and delivery staff at Goodall-Witcher Hospital. The book bundles included board and cloth books for the mother to read to the baby. The Books for Infants and Toddlers (BIT) Program provides books to new mothers to inspire families to read to the infant and toddler to encourage appropriate early development. Upon dismissal from the hospital each new mother will receive five books from the BIT Program. The books are in both English and Spanish.

The Clifton High School Class of 1969 celebrated its 52nd reunion on Saturday, Oct. 2 with approximately 40 in attendance.

The Neil’s Creek Wildlife Management Association Fall meeting will be held on October 16, 2021, at noon in Clifton. The Association is open to everyone in the area who enjoys wildlife, not just hunters, and is interested in improving the wild game habitat on their land.

The Bosque County Genealogical Society and the Ringness family are set to meet on Saturday, Oct. 16 at 10:30 a.m., to clean the gravestones of Jens Ringness and wife, Kari Ringness. There will be a demonstration on how to properly clean gravestones. The event will be at Our Savior’s Lutheran Cemetery in Norse located at 152 Bosque County Road 4145 and the community is invited to watch.

Saturday, Oct. 16 is the day to celebrate bacon, have some drinks and raise money for great charities at Bacon Bash at the Horney Toad Bar and Grill in Cranfills Gap.

Saturday, Oct. 2 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 2 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

The Bosque County Genealogical Society has officially instituted an annual Family History Writing Contest for Bosque County youth as well as offspring of BCGS Members. This scholarship was developed as an incentive to young people to research their family history and to encourage an interest in their origins and history in general. This scholarship contest will help develop their research, writing and organizational skills and can be utilized to enhance their educational programs. The first awards will be given in November 2022, giving students who begin the application process now a year to complete and submit it.

The Ringness House Museum has recently become the recipient of three Norwegian bunads, or folk costumes, by the families of past members of the Norwegian Society of Texas. Cynthia Lee, a member of our local chapter and frequent visitor and donor to the museum, passed away suddenly this summer. Her husband Myron Lee, also a member of NST, decided that the best place for her homemade bunad and heirloom solje was the Ringness House where it could be seen by visitors. Cynthia studied the styles from Norway, found a pattern, and carefully stitched her bunad. She proudly wore it to NST and museum events. We are happy to have it added to the Norwegian clothing and customs of period furnishings.