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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1967
Page
23
A device attached to a moving car uses inertia to keep a weight stationary and compresses a spring to generate a counter force. The design aims to counter skidding momentum, with stronger effect during heavier skids. The explanation appeals to mechanically minded readers and notes it could improve safety for cars.
The First Methodist Woman’s Society of Christian Service met August 7 in the church fellowship hall with 16 members present. President Mrs. Joe Little led, reports on cards and visits were given, and plans for a December 18 Progressive Christmas Dinner were announced.
Anglers reported fair strings of crappie sandies and black bass at Lake Whitney with crappie best early and blacks sandies strongest late. A bass club recorded 57 pounds Sunday including a 4 5 and 4 3 pound black. Channel cat were caught on trotlines with grasshopper bait effective for one line. Lake level listed at 518.25 feet, 1 3 4 feet low.
The American Legion Auxiliary held a covered dish supper on August 15 with VFW Auxiliary guests for installation of new officers. Attendees included Mrs. Chester Hulme, Mrs. Stella Owens, and Mrs. Elsie Shotts. At a Waco meeting Clifton received 100 percent membership and an Americanism award, with Mrs. Doyle Hulme honored for community service. Details on Baylor Arkansas game tickets were announced.
Mr and Mrs E E Harvey and two sons Ken and Lonnie Joe with Mr and Mrs Jesse Adams visited Pasadena for the Silver Wedding Anniversary of Mr and Mrs George Carmichael. They toured Houston Astrodome and NASA space center and met Carmichael’s first grandchild Windy Gail who arrived for the celebration.
The Colwick family reunion is set for Sunday September 3 at the Parish Hall of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Norse.
The children invite friends and relatives to an open house honoring Mrs W R New on her birthday Sunday August 27 from 2 30 to 4 30 p m at 403 South Ave G no gifts requested
The Central Texas Polled Hereford Association met in Hillsboro on August 6 with about 60 members attending. President Chris Vance Davis led the session as final plans were set for the October 27–28 1967 fall show and sale, with roughly 60 cattle consigned and Jim Gill presenting slides from his South America ranch visits. Mourning doves reports show scattered activity across North Panhandle and Low er Plains, with San Angelo and Mitchell County noting confined sightings.
Texas harvests an estimated 39,023,000 pounds of grease wool in 1967, up 1 percent from 1966. The Texas Crop and Live stock Reporting Service notes Texas accounts for 21 percent of U S wool production, while national output declines.
The quote argues explanations rarely aid understanding and asserts people struggle to grasp complex ideas. It attributes the view to George Bernard Shaw and links it to the limits of human intelligence.
The Goodall-Witcher Hospital Foundation records patient admissions and dismissals with numerous local residents named, including Mrs. C. T. Lawson Valley Mills. D. T. Poston Valley Mills. Mrs. Ernest E. Lowe Valley Mills. Mrs. Robert L. Baldridge Clifton. George E. Anderson Clifton. and many others across Clifton Valley Mills McGregor Gatesville Iredell and Waco during August 1967.
Mrs. Joe Sanderson of Valley Mills and Mrs. Tommy Mann Jr visited Mrs. K K Cantrell in Elmont during the weekend as social guests.
Miss Peggy Hatter and Carole Bennett joined the Texas Youth Conference in Austin from August 17 to 20. Several relatives traveled to Beaumont, Fort Worth, and Clifton for visits, with family members returning after Labor Day. The report lists numerous Clifton area residents visiting kin in Houston, Garland, Dallas, and Waco over the weekend.
Patrolman Wright testified Crown and his wife left a running car on a hill. She turned off the ignition before they exited. The vehicle rolled into a culvert ditch causing damage. Earlier, a 1967 car driven by Charles Glenn Gwinn of Oklahoma City ran off Highway 67 near Iredell. Gwinn treated for minor injuries.
All 166 lodges of the Sons of Hermann in Texas will join a statewide membership drive from August 1 to October 31 led by grand president Fritz Schilo. The order reports over 64 000 members with 40 000 gained in two decades and highlights a new air conditioned dormitory at Comfort for a growing summer camp with 40 youths attending in six weeks.
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