Bosque County Firms Show Payroll Surge Beyond State and Nation
Census Bureau figures list 208 Bosque County establishments employing at least one person. Payroll for last year reached 4.476 million, up 47 percent from 1965, outpacing U.S. growth at 33 percent and Texas at 41 percent, with 1,397 workers covered by social security.
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Census Bureau
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Kesque County
United States
Texas
Bosque County
Clifton Youth Baseball Draws 90 Players This Summer
More than 90 boys signed up for youth baseball in Clifton this summer. League President Clinton Sinderud announced the signup during a meeting of managers and parents Tuesday night. A second meeting is set for May 5 at 7 30 p.m. at City Hall to finish league business and elect officers.
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Clifton
Clinton Sinderud
City Hall
One GOP Voting Box in Bosque County Clifton
Mrs. Hubert Mackey announces the Republican Primary voting box will be at 1510 W. Pecan Clifton in the Isenhower home. It will be the only Republican box in Bosque County and Republicans from across the county are urged to vote May 2.
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Isenhower
Hubert Mackey
Clifton
Charles Isenhower
W. Pecan
Bosque County
County
WWI Veterans to Meet May 5 at Hamilton Legion Hall
Veterans of World War I Bar racks No 1887 and Ladies Auxiliary will gather Tuesday night May 5 at the Hamilton American Legion Hall. Supper at 7 p.m. followed by the usual meetings. Hamilton members will host the affair.
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Ladies Auxiliary
Hamilton
American Legion Hall
Cubs Rally to Beat Valley Mills 12-2 in Second Tilt
Cubs under coach Lee Stanley defeated Valley Mills 12-2 for their second season win. D. P. Canuteson earned the victory on the mound while Claude Outlaw pitched for Glen Rose in the Cubs’ 7-6 season debut loss. The district slate remains 1-1 with three regular games left and upcoming tests at Whitney and Clifton.
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Lee Stanley
Cub
Valley Mills
D. P. Canuteson
Glen Rose Tigers
Cubs
Claude Outlaw
Whitney
Grandview
Itasca
Clifton
Clifton Garden Club Flowers in My Life Show Slated
The Clifton Garden Club announces its 16th Annual Flower Show titled Flowers in My Life. The public is invited Thursday April 30 from 2 30 to 6 pm at Fellowship Hall, First United Methodist Church in Clifton.
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Clifton Garden Club
The
Fellowship Hall
First United Methodist Church
Clifton
Clifton High senior volleyball tournament dates set
The Clifton High School senior class sponsors a volleyball tournament in the high school gym on April 28, 30, May 1 and May 2. Admission is 5 cents for adults and 25 cents for students. Games start at 6:00 each night with drinks and food sold to raise funds for the senior trip to Galveston.
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Clifton High School
Galveston
Clifton Stage Band
Bettis Auditorium
Clifton
Rennie Willmann
van Goodall
Tim Hoel
Kenny Bryme
Rome Casper
Bobby Morton
Hicky Bramlett
Wally Peters
Tea honors Mrs. Lloyd Bentsen in Clifton
More than 150 women and a few men from Bosque County attended a tea at the Standefer home to meet Mrs. Beryl Ann Bentsen known as B A wife of the Democratic U S Senate candidate. The former fashion model flew and drove through Corsicana Hillsboro Temple and Salado as part of a separate campaign trail.
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Bosque County
Lloyd Bentsen, Jr
United States
Texas
J. L. Standefer, Jr
Bentsen
Beryl Ann
B. A
VFW Urges Flag Flying for Loyalty Day May 1
Clifton VFW Post 8553 asks residents to display American flags on Friday May 1 Loyalty Day nationwide. Local members will place flags at business fronts and an evening spaghetti supper for members and families is planned at 7 30 p.m. May 1 at the Post home.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Clifton
V. F. W. Post
Nixon
Smith
Vietnam
Democratic primary vote set with key local contests
With only two days to the May 2 Democratic Primary Bosque County awaits a light turnout. Absentee votes are scarce while races include US Senator Yarborough vs Bentsen and County Judge Rowland challenging McGee. Ballot lists 16 Democratic boxes across the county and polls open 8 am to 7 pm.
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Lloyd Bentsen
Ralph Yareborough
Truman Roberts
Judicial District Court
Earl W. Smith
San Angelo
Jack L. Rowland
Morgan
E. W
Fibber) McGee
Clifton Cubs tie for first in regionals with three state qualifiers
Clifton's Cub Cindermen earned 52 points to share top honors at the Texas Schoolboy Regional meet in Denton, advancing Larry Sorenson Russell Symank and Wayne Dreyer to the State Track Finals in Austin May 8 and 9. Sorenson set a regional mile record in 4 27.1, Symank finished second in 4 48.4, Dreyer vaulted 12 9 for second, while others placed across events.
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Larry
Squirrel) Sorenson
Denton
Russell Symank
Wayne Dreyer
Buck Lively
Clifton
Cubs
Austin
Clifton Lad
CHS
Aubrey Roberts
Dreyer
Sorenson and Symank
James
Pete) Wiede
Jim Bakke
Lindsey Wallace
Larry Sorenson
Russell Lymank
Joe Wallace
George Nelson
Larry Bridger
Clifton Wins Regional Title. Six Girls Qualify for State Finals
Clifton High School swept the regional meet at Midway with 58 points while Calvert and Groesbeck trailed. Six CHS girls advanced to the state track finals in Abilene May 15 and 16, led by Mile Relay winners Margie Berger Linda Moore Myrna Peterman and Patti Gauntt. The 980 Yard Relay, Sprint Relay, and other point scorers aided Clifton’s regional victory.
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Buddy Ables
CHS
ACC
Abilene
Clifton
Margie Berger
Linda Moore
Myrna Peterman
Patti Gauntt
Jane Huse
L. Moore
Peterman
Gauntt
Carol Moore
Debbie Dreyer
Glenda Wells
Calvert
Groesbeck
Drowning Reported at Lake Whitney Wednesday P.M.
Clifton firemen were summoned shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday to aid in rescue operations at Lake Whitney. The drowning victim’s name was not immediately available as the record went to press.
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Clifton
Lake Whitney
New Conservation Program OK'd for Bosque County
The U S Department of Agriculture approves the Great Plains conservation program for Bosque County, Texas. Kenneth E. Grant designates the county among 16 in the state, extending the program from 1971 to 1981 and adding support for wildlife recreation, fish resources, and farm pollution control on eligible lands.
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Great Plains
Bosque County
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Poage
Kenneth E. Grant
U. S. D. A. Soil Conservation Service
Texas
Congress
Cong. Poage
Cen-Tex Polled Hereford Assn to Hold Grading Demonstration
Cen-Tex Polled Hereford Association will meet with A. L. Haster at the Haster Red Eye Ranch Rt. 2 Valley Mills on Saturday May 2 at 4 p.m. for a grading demonstration and an evening catered meal. Sam Wells of the American Hereford Association will conduct the demonstration.
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Central Texas Polled Hereford Association
A. L. Haster
Haster Red Eye Ranch
Valley Mills
Sam Wells
American Failed Hereford Association
Free Transportation to Polls for Clifton Voters May Primary
Free rides to the polls available for Clifton voters on May 2 Democratic Primary. Call Mrs. Gerald Rice or Miss Muldred Lewis at listed numbers to arrange transportation.
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Clifton
Gerald
Betty) Rice
Muldred Lewis
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Crawfills Gap
Roy L. Welborn
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Ralph W. Yarborough Lloyd Bentsen
United States Congress
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Preston Smith
Ben Barnes
Crawford C. Martin
David H. Brown
Comptroller of Public Accounts
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Jesse James
General Land Office
Bob Armstrong
Fred Williams
Jerry Sadler
Commissioner of Agriculture
John C. White
Connie Lawson
Ben Ramsey
Supreme Court of Texas
Jack Pope
Ruel C. Walker
Matt Davis Hawthorne Phillips
James G. Denton
Court of Criminal Appeals
John F
Jack) Onson, JR
J. P. Word
J. E. Ward
Court of Civil Appeals
10Th Supreme Judicial District
Frank G. McDonald
McGre Jack L. Rowland
Karen Tweedle
Mike Voiles
Keith Dahl
Kenneth Barnett
Jim Stewart
Pat Morrow
Mike Harvey
Vicki Conrad
Leon Smith
Heidi Knitt
Lazane Smith
Karen Garf
Janie Conrad
Bettye Lou McDougal
Mel
Cowall
Keycord
Hereford Assn
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