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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1971
Page
2
A 1950s style explainers define narcotics as opium derived drugs including heroin and morphine, note synthetic opioids, distinguish chemical from legal classifications, describe addiction tolerance and withdrawal symptoms, and outline psychological dependence and health risks from heroin use.
Monday to Thursday meals listed include stuffed weiners creamed potatoes peas carrots pineapple slices peanut butter cookies butter milk and bread Meat spaghetti casserole corn peaches applesauce cake and milk Hamburgers brown beans lettuce tomato pink lemonade cake milk Meat loaf fluffy potatoes green beans congealed fruit salad cowboy cookies rolls plus a note to call The Clifton Record at 675 3336 for buying selling or trading opportunities
Joe Don Faff reluctantly accepts a third term as president of the McGregor Swimming Pool Association with Richard Skipper named vice president Gladys Gettemeyer will be treasurer and Mrs Bill McMullen secretary. Meridian reports a major fire at Gandy's Food Store on Saturday night April 3 destroying the building after closing time. City records show last year’s city sales tax receipts totaled 11515.34. Coryell County ASCS requests drought disaster designation citing six months of scant rainfall and 3 inches in 158 days.
Miss Emma Schraeder and Miss Serena Schraeder wed in a double ceremony at Coryell City with Rev. Louis Kramer officiating. Other local notes report Miss Minnie Bronstad injuring her ankle, Marine recruit Roland G. Patterson completing boot training, and community leaders for Clifton Civic Improvement Society installed for 1951-52.
Airman Robert D. Marstiller Jr., son of Mr and Mrs. Robert D. Marstiller Sr of Valley Mills Texas, has graduated at Keesler Air Force Base Mississippi from the technical training course for personnel specialists. He will be assigned to Bergstrom AFB Texas in a Tactical Air Command unit. He attended Valley Mills High School and earned a B S in business administration in 1969 from Tarleton State College Stephenville Texas. His wife Linda is daughter of Mr and Mrs Eldon W Stembridge of Granbury Texas.
About 560 UT Austin students earned fall 1970 College of Business Administration honor roll honors. Criteria require 12 hours minimum and at least three A grades above B. Among honorees is Billy Helms, son of Mr and Mrs Calvert Helms of Clifton.
The notice lists events for April at First Presbyterian Church Cleburne including DVCS Teachers Workshop April 15 at 7 30 p m Children’s Choir April 16 at 3 p m Church School April 18 at 10 a m Morning Worship 11 a m Youth Rally West 2 p m Confirmation April 19 at 4 p m and The Session April 20 at 7 30 p m A cordial welcome to all.
A busy month indoors and out keeps gardens thriving in April with rose care to prevent Black Spot, pruning after flowering, and cutting oldest shoots for next year. Plant gladiola now, fertilize lawns, plant vegetables after frost danger, and shift houseplants to larger pots.
Visitors in Clifton over Easter included Dan Amundson and his daughters Deborah and David from Galveston. Helen Sommerfeld, daughter of Clifton residents, works with UTMB Galveston. Also in Clifton were Chester Strand and family from Miami visiting Oliver Strand. Pan American flight engineer Strand has long service with the airline. Becky Cash of Houston spent time in Waco and Clifton during April weekend.
Local fishermen report generally good to excellent fishing in nearby lakes. Crappie and white bass are plentiful in Lake Whitney and Lake Waco, with strong white bass, crappie, and blacks also reported in the Colorado River and Trinity River. River fishing lags due to low water. rain is needed to revive flows and expand catches. The column aims to continue if more reports become available.
The Clifton Record asks readers to report standout catches to Olson's Mobil Station in Clitton or the Clifton Record. Photos are welcome and may be used in the paper, with smaller submissions printed alongside the coverage.
With the State Bass Tournament near, Lake Whitney anglers report large catches including a 7 lb 4 oz bass and dozens of fish in the 3 to 5 lb range. Crappie and sandbass are active in shallow water and trotliners report yellowcats up to 51 lb. Lake level stands at 518.95, three and three fourths feet low.
The notice lists services and activities at Zion United Church of Christ in Womack led by Pastor F H Horak Jr. It includes 7:30 p.m. worship, 9 a.m. morning service, and April 21 meetings for NTA Women’s Guild at 10 a.m. with Youth and Adult Choir rehearsals in the evening.
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