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OAK CLIFF COUNTRY CLUB. The Golf Club of Dallas, built in 1954 as the Oak Cliff Country Club, has a new owner. Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, a church with about 10,000 members that is led by celebrity pastor Tony Evans, bought the club at 2200 W. Red Bird Lane recently. Head golf pro Philip Bleakney said in an email to members that the church plans to keep it as a golf course. “It is clear that they just want the best for the club,” Bleakney says.

“That’s wonderful! They will preserve the community, keep developers from messing up the area.” —Lucille Evans Reddic

“Most people don’t know the history of that club. It should be maintained and not turned into housing.” —Mary Jo Cangelose Irwin

“Always loved that golf club. Underrated.” —Simon Castillo

By The Numbers

HERE’S WHAT OAK CLIFF RESIDENTS SPEND ANNUALLY ON HOME CLEANING.

ON HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES: $12.7 million

HOUSEKEEPING SUPPLIES: $9.7 million

SOAPS AND DETERGENTS: $1.2 million

OTHER LAUNDRY CLEANING PRODUCTS: $1 million

TOILET TISSUE, PAPER TOWELS AND NAPKINS: $1.9 million

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Piece Of The Past

Oak Cliff was early on the necessary 2020 trend of curbside dining. Way early. The first drive-in restaurant in the U.S. was Kirby’s Pig Stand, which opened at Fort Worth Avenue and Chalk Hill Road in 1921. Sivils Drive In restaurant opened at the triangle where West Davis meets Fort Worth Avenue in 1940. Sivils hired “the prettiest girls we could find” and created uniforms based on those of football halftime show drill teams. The restaurant’s striking carhops even made the cover of