New Officers Installed For Hospital Auxiliary
The Goodall-Witcher Hospital Auxiliary held an April 1 awards banquet and installation with 19 members and three guests. New officers led by Rev. Curtis Holland include Mrs. Don Giotl as President and Mrs. Robert Rachuiz as First Vice President, with several committee chairs named and plans for a Bird Cage Gift Shop in the new hospital. Volunteers are urged to call Mrs. Jim Smith to join. open house in July and LVN Graduation Reception in August are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodall - Witcher Hospital
Cooksey Place
Jim B. Smith
Smith
Curtis Holland
Don Giot
Robert Rachuiz
Cleon Flanagan
Frank Smith Jr
Leslie Vance
Grady Hight
Jack Hill
E. B. Harris
S. L. Witcher
Bob Lane
Jim Smith
LVN
Don Gloff
Cliton
Goodall-Witcher Hospital
Drop Of Ink challenges Clifton voters in May 8 wheelbarrow stunt
The Ink Dropper mocks Clifton and Meridian rivals over vote unity and issues a May 8 wheelbarrow penalty for the loser editor. The note urges turnout, notes the May 6 Democratic Primary sample ballot, and laments confusing referendum wording on school busing.
Bosque Receives 137555 From Revenue Sharing Funds
Governor Preston Smith announces the General Revenue Sharing plan will allocate 202 million in the first year to Texas cities and counties, retroactive to January 1 1972, with detailed allocations to follow. Clifton will receive 16183 under the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Smith
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Texas
Wilbur Mills
Clifton Mail Separation Drive Urges Full Address Use
Clifton citizens and men are asked by the Clif ton Post Office to separate local Clifton mail from other first class mail. Local and other mail drops exist inside the post office with an outside box to aid separation. Mail from Clifton and nearby Texas towns will be sent to Waco for processing to cut costs. Use full address Clifton Texas 76634 on all mail and include Laguna Park in addresses to avoid delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Waco
Central Texas
Hillsboro
Mexia
McGregor
Marlin
Texas
Laguna Park
Bosque Museum Quilt Show Promises Vintage Craft Display
Bosque Memorial Museum Cufton hosts a two Sunday Quilt Show May 7 and 14 from 2 to 5 PM with at least 25 quilts on display. Mrs Milton C Brown coordinates, will lecture at 3 30 PM on quilt history, and hostesses in period costumes usher guests through a tea. Admission is 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Bosque County
Bosque Memorial Museum
Cufton Wil
Milton C. Brown
the Crossroads
Lake Whitney Beauty Pageant draws 12 more entrants for 20th annual
The 20th annual Lake Whitney Beauty Pageant on June 9 and 10 at Lake Whitney Country Club adds twelve entrants this week pushing total past fifty. New entries include Hill Junior College students Vicki McDonald Joan Hunt and Mary Lynn Goodrich along with other participants from Waco Cleburne Lake Worth Fort Worth Dallas Laguna Park Joshua and Clifton noting sponsors and ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Whitney
Lake Whitney Country Club
Hill Junior College
Cleburne
Diane Looper
Pants
Tonya Applegate
Itasea
Lake Whitney and
Fort Worth
Lena Kirkpatrick
Bonanza Estates
Denise Brown
Blue Chip Ice
Dallas
Sherry Lynn Veatch
Laguna Park
Molly Woolley
Clifton Telephone Co
Joshua
Paula Sue Rogers
Owl Inn
Clifton
Jill Ann Hanson
Neils Creek League to Organize Here May 2nd
The Neils Creek Baseball League of Clifton Crawfills Gap Meridian and Valley Mills will meet at 8 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church in Clifton on Tuesday May 2 to plan the coming season. Officers will be elected and rule changes discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neils Creek
Clifton
Crawfills Gap
Meridian
Valley Mills
Presbyterian Church In
Bosque County Primaries See Long Ballots and Write In Rulings
Bosque County voters faced a crowded ballot for the May 6 Democratic primary with as many as 69 names in Clifton and longer lists in other precincts. Incumbent Fletcher Cooper faces Fred Wright. six candidates once sought the Precinct 3 seat but one dropped out. Write ins are limited by law in the primaries and only permitted in the general election. A school busing referendum is on the ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County
Carton
Cifton
Fletcher Cooper
Fred Wright
Til Buiassingame
Sea
W. R
Buck) Lively
Jerry R. Hill
Consable
Clifton
Constable
Civic Society Tasting Bee Opens To Public May 3
Clifton Civic Improvement Society invites all to a Tasting Bee in City Hall dining room from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday May 3. Hostesses and committee members listed. meats vegetables salads breads and desserts on the menu. Tickets cost 1.00 and may be bought from Civic members or The Clifton Record office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Civic Improvement Society
City Hall
Jim Tuttle
W. F. Key, Jr
Hulen C. Aars
Bernice Schow
Elsie Sager
N. W. Willett Jr
The
Record
Civic
Clifton
Lake Whitney to be Nearly Double In Size at 533 Feet
The Fort Worth district of the Army Corps of Engineers will raise Whitney Lake conservation pool to 533 feet when hydrologic conditions permit. Flooding, land occupancy, and livestock removal advised as water volume increases from 15,760 to 23,560 surface acres and shore line grows to 225 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Whitney
Whitney Lake
Floyd H. Henk
Brazos River
Hill, Johnson
Bosque Counties
Whitney Dam
Whitney Reservoir
Corps of Engineers
Central Texas Fair Assn Meets in Clifton April 28
The Central Texas Fair Association will meet at 7 20 p m Friday April 28 in the Clifton Chamber of Commerce office. Directors, superintendents, and all interested individuals are asked to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Texas Fair Association
Clifton Chamber of Commerce
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Gardner
Meridian Tribune
Old James
Bosque
Bosque Museum
New Clifton High School
Leon Smith
Neils Creek League
Robert Rachirg
Bettis Auditorium
DKOP
Civic Society
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Central Texas Fair Assn
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