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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1970
Page
1
Chemical Limestone Products Inc plans a major Clifton expansion beginning with a 220 foot long rotary kiln and four storage tanks. The project will create up to 30 local jobs, with hiring for carpenters laborers welders millwrights and concrete finishers at the plant site office.
Clifton Industrial Foundation and Clifton Turkey Hatchery Inc announce start of construction on a new $530000 facility, with M P Sparks of Waco as general contractor. CIF provides 10 percent financing, Farmers State Bank 90 percent with SBA loan guarantee. project includes land building incubators and equipment. Jack Henry named manager and has relocated to Clifton.
Colonel Wilson FE Speir of the Texas Department of Public Safety reminds motorists that red red sticker vehicles with the numeral 9 must be reinspected by Sept 30 1970. Texas operates a 12 month system and stickers show month and year of inspection. Red stickers with 0 require Oct 31 reinspect and IL requires November 30.
The Clifton pep squad will meet on Wednesday August 26 at the front of the school.
The Cufton Record announces rising subscription rates due to higher production costs. Effective Sept 1 1970 the price will be $4 per year in Bosque and adjacent counties $6 elsewhere in Texas and $7 outside Texas, with readers given over a month to subscribe or renew.
A national survey shows Bosque County had strong buying power and a 1969 retail total of 12 342 000. Disposable income rose to 26 493 000 with per household averaging 6 308, up from 5 960 in 1968, driven by spending on soft goods and services.
With a week to go before Clifton hosts the 39th Central Texas Fair and 20th Rodeo opening night, entries stood at 126 as of Wednesday. The total may rise with last minute postmarks. 169 entries last year and a high of 284 in 1968 are noted benchmarks. Livestock categories include Swine 28 Steers 17 Heifers.
Curtis Bakke, president of the Fair Association, asks townspeople to join the clean-up of the fair grounds and barn area at 6:30 p.m. on Monday August 24, aiming for a quick prep before the annual Central Texas Fair opens Thursday. Everyone is invited regardless of race creed color religion or national origin.
Clifton's Chamber of Commerce reached its first goal of 100 members this week under President Helen C Aars with more prospects to contact. Interested individuals may reach Executive Vice-President L Neil Gately at the Chamber office east of the bank. New members listed include Clifton Implement Company Chat Curl Beauty Salon Waco Savings and Loan Limestone Chemical Products Parks Ranch Wilson Building Materials Valley Feed Erickson Feed Mill Gangshei Barber Shop H T Nichols Lake Whitney Texas Milling Co.
Fifty seven prospective Cubs open pre season workouts under Head Coach Aubrey Roberts with two a days. He lists 10 seniors 16 juniors 8 sophomores and 23 freshmen with 12 returning letters. Also notes self imposed training rules and Lions Club visit upcoming.
The Cubs show solid conditioning after two days of practice with players Donald Forson Lloyd Wiede Craig Meciakowsky Rodney Rue ter David Lopez Warren Dalal Claude White Carl Wiilmann John Grimland Danny Bergman Bobby Horn and Ronald Smith. Line Coach Richard Liardon notes few out-of-shape players and says veterans push younger teammates to report in fit condition.
Clifton Cubs Booster Club hosts a 6 p.m. barbecue at City Park then a 7 p.m. grid clinic at Cub Stadium for parents and fans. After coach explanations and team introductions, spectators may watch inter-squad scrimmages. a booster election and planning session follow. Open to the public with no admission.
Clifton Civic Improve ment Society schedules a 9 a.m. clean up at City Hall dining room before their annual turkey dinner at the Central Texas fair. Dinner is Friday August 28 from 11 a.m. adults $2, children $1. all you can eat.
A Black couple in their 60s, Bruce Oliver Johnson and his wife Eamene, were found deceased in their Meridian home after being missing since Thursday. Autopsies were ordered by Clifton Justice as the investigation awaited official results. Police believe Johnson shot his wife and then himself, though the autopsy report is pending. The bodies appeared decomposed, with the couple possibly dead 36 to 48 hours before discovery.
Miss Benny Birch 35 of Dallas County was found dead in a rented car in the Morgan cemetery near her mother's grave. Investigators report a hose connected exhaust into the rear window. motor running. Note left. inquest ruled death by own action.
Bresse Wesley Mason of Hurst drowned Sunday morning at Lake Whitney after slipping from a boat house dock while working near a friend’s boat house. He had been wearing a life jacket but removed it to rest. A friend grabbed him with a hand and a cable, which came untied, and Mason disappeared into deep water. The Meridian Fire Department Rescue Unit recovered his body about an hour later.
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