Two youths charged with multiple Bosque County burglaries
Two young men from Lueders and Clifton face three burglary counts in Bosque County tied to the Western Auto Store Clifton Mercantile and J-Bar-M stores in Meridian. Bond set at 6000 dollars for one and the other held in Palo Pinto with bond possible on return to Meridian for Grand Jury in November. Authorities say other burglaries in Eastland Coleman Shackelford and Palo Pinto counties are connected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lueders
Clifton
Bosque County
A. O. Carr
Palo Pinto County
Carr
Meridian
Grand
Western Auto Associate
Clifton Mercantile Company
J-Bar-M Western
Arthur Hyles
Western Auto
G. E. Jackson
Eastland
Coleman
Shackelford
Palo Pinto Counties
Clifton Mayor and Officials Meet Texas Governor in Austin
Clifton Mayor and Mrs. Isenhower joined five other city leaders in Austin for a morning conference with Governor Connally to discuss legislative issues facing Texas cities ahead of the next legislative session. Mayor Isenhower spoke as vice president of the Texas Municipal League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Charles M. Isenhower
Austin
Isenhower
John B. Connally
Texas
Dallas
San Antonio
Houston
el Paso
Midland
The
Texas Municipal League
Lake Whitney Man Drowned While Fishing
Max Allison Latham 53 of Lake Whitney drowned Saturday while wading at Walling Bend on the Bosque County side. Justice of the Peace Henry Burrow ruled death accidental drowning. Latham, born in Tom Green County, lived mainly in Mason County and worked as a United States Postal Department auditor. Surviving wife Mrs Max L. Latham, brother Charles Latham of Waco, daughter Julie Latham of Lake Whitney.
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Max Allison Latham
Lake Whitney
Justice of the Peace
Henry Burrow
Meridian
Latham
Walling Bend
Bosque County
Burrow
Tom Green County
Mason County
United States Postal Department
Steve Latham
Hill County
Max L. Latham
Charles Latham
Waco
Julie Latham
Local Church Installs New Pastor Aug 21
Immanuel Lutheran Church Clifton held installation services for Reverend Reinhard H. Wuensche on August 21 with guest preacher Reverend Vernon Bahr and district representatives. A 5:00 pm communal supper followed and a pantry shower honored the couple. Wuensche previously led Grace Lutheran Premont and St. Paul Realites Duvall County and holds a master’s from Texas A&M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Clifton
Reinhard H. Wuensche
Premont
Vernon Bahr
Trinity Lutheran Church
Waco
Alvin Walther
Malone
Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
E. A. Heckmann
Louis Castens
Riesel
E. C. Schroeder
Austin
Reinhard H. Wuensche Jr
Dallas
John A. Wuensche Sr
Corpus Christi
John A. Wuensche Jr
Victoria
Alfred Theis
Bishop
R. A. Bell
Roger Kohls
Kelly
James Wuensche
Wuensche
Grace Lutheran Church
St. Paul Realites Lutheran Church
Duvall County
Clifton Cubs to Run I Formation This Season
Aubrey T. Roberts, Clifton High head football coach, spoke at the Clifton Lions Club about a 50-player squad, a new I formation offense, and tough district opponents as practices and scrimmages are planned against Midway and Reicher. Other guests and organizers were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Lions Club
City Hall
Aubrey T. Roberts
Clifton High School Cubs
Roberts
Cubs
Clifton High
Midway
Reicher
Clifton
Clifton Gauge Records .20 Inch Rainfall
Official rain gauge in Clifton records .20 inches of rainfall since the last issue. Reading time 7:00 AM Wednesday. More rainfall with high wind and hail reported east of Clifton Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Clifton Public Schools Announce Start Date and Holidays
Superintendent Kent Appleby announced the Clifton Public Schools begin Thursday September 1 with Labor Day holiday on September 5 and classes resume September 6. Enrollment for seniors to first grade is scheduled August 30–31. Holiday dates include Thanksgiving, Christmas break, Easter, and the district staff meeting March 24–27. Football season ticket sales begin Monday in local drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent Appleby
Clifton Public Schools
District X
Texas State Teachers Association
Appleby
Clifton Cub
Returned from Viet Nam Lieutenant Walter Prescher Jr. arrives at Travis AFB
Lieutenant Walter Prescher Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Prescher Sr. of Clifton Route 1, is back from a year of active duty in Viet Nam. He was stationed near Nha Trang and Thy Hoe, and will report to Fort Hood after September 10 to live in Killeen with his wife.
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Walter Prescher Jr
Walter Prescher Sr
Route 1
Clifton
Travis Air Force Base
California
Viet Nam
Prescher
Nha Trang
Thy Hoe
Fort Hood
Killeen
San Antonio
Sunnyvale
Mrs Polley to Sing in Clifton Concert at First Methodist
Mrs Caroline Polley of New York City will give a vocal concert at 7 30 Sunday night at the Clifton First Methodist Church. She returns here after past Clifton appearances during a visit with her Mt Calm mother. Polley, a Baylor and Columbia alumna, is a noted voice teacher hymn writer and concert artist. She studied under the late Maestro Sodero and was married to him before later marrying Lewis Polley. She has a 13 year old son Lewis Neil Polley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Polley
New York City
New York
First Methodist Church
Clifton
Polley
Mt. Calm
Baylor University
Waco
Columbia University
Sodero
Metropolitan Opera Company
Police Patrol Reports No Accidents in City In Week
Clifton Chief Eldon J. Forbess issued citations for no driver's license, turning in middle of block, defective headlights, and warnings during August 14 to August 20. No accidents reported in city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Eldon J. Forbess
Forbess
Robbery at Sormrude’s Thrif-Tee in Clifton
Sormrude’s Thrif-Tee in Clifton reported robbed of about $50 in five dollar bills before noon Saturday. Frank H. Sormrude described several colored customers entering prior to the theft, with one paying for items as others distracted cashiers. A man fled in a black Cadillac, and by Monday the thief remained at large. The incident was deemed a professional burglary.
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Sormrude
Clifton
Frank H. Sormrude
Robert A. Gloff
Clifton Youth Heads to District Farm Bureau Contest
Two Clifton youths, Marilyn Erickson and Melvin Prescher, advance to District VIII Farm Bureau events in Gatesville. Erickson competes in the Queen Contest at 7:30 p.m. with ten county winners, while Prescher enters the Young People's Discussion Meet at 5:00 p.m. Saturday. Winners may advance to state finals in Corpus Christi in November with the state queen receiving $500 toward Las Vegas attendance for the American Farm Bureau Federation Convention.
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Clifton
Gatesville
Marilyn Erickson
John EB. Erickson
Route 2
Bosque County
Farm Bureau
Chateau Ville
Temple
Clark Bolt
Corpus Christi
American Farm Bureau Federation
Las Vegas
Nevada
Melvin Prescher
Walter Prescher
Bosque County Farm Bureau
Cotton Quota Cards Being Discontinued
Clyde Henry of Mosheim, chairman of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee, says a simpler method will replace marketing quota cards this year as farmers take their crops to market. The change ends the use of the old marketing cards in operating the cotton program.
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Clyde Henry
Mosheim
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Henry
ASCS
Pete L Pederson Dies in Clifton Hospital
Pete L Pederson 75 of Route 2 Clifton died Saturday night August 20 in the local hospital after a three month illness. Funeral services were held Monday August 22 at 2:30 pm in Clifton Funeral Home Chapel and 3:00 pm in Our Savior's Lutheran Church Norse with Rev Albert Petrich officiating. Peggy Aars organist accompanied singing of Abide With Me Jesus Savior Pilot Me by Homer Aars Hans Kalscheuer Oris Pierson Ennis Colwick and Eldon Zimmerman. Pallbearers were Edwin Murphy Allen Trigg Cecil Trigg Walter Symank Oscar Grimland and Marion Sorenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete L. Pederson
Route 2
Clifton
Clifton Funeral Home
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Norse
Albert A. Petrich
Pederson
Peggy Aars
Helen C. Aars
Hans Kalscheuer
Oris E. Pierson
Ennis M. Colwick
Eldon Zimmerman
Jesus, Savior
Edwin Murphy
Allen Trigg
Waco
Cecil Trigg
Jonesboro
Walter Symank
Oscar Grimland
Marion Sorenson
Meridian
Death of Mrs A J Nelson in Clifton
Mrs. A J Nelson of 1403 West 5th Street Clifton died August 19 in the local hospital at 12 20 am She would have been 63 the next day Born August 20 1903 she was daughter of the late Sam Loutherback and Lilly Cornish Leatherback Hill Nelson She married W L Hill in 1928 later widowed in 1941 The couple lived in Dallas Houston California Seattle and Portland during his travels She worked 27 years as an embosser at Mason and Moore Engraving in Dallas She married A J Booby Nelson December 19 1946 at Stephen ville to his home of her brother H A Leutherback
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A. J. Nelson
West 5Th Street
Clifton
Nelson
Clifton Hospital
Sam Loutherback
Lillie Cornish Leatherback Hill Nelson
Valley Mills
W. L. Hill
Dallas
Houston
California
Seattle
Washington
Portland
Oregon
Venetian Blind
Mason and Moore Engraving Company
A. J
Booby) Nelson
H. A. Leutherback
Stephenville
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Tommy Wilson
Huntsville
Richard Alfie
Alpine
W. P. Wiethorn
Earl Sonntag
Brent
Fort Worth
Thorndale
Williamson County
Nueces County
Concordia College Academy
Concordia Lutheran Seminary
St. Louis
Missouri
Texas A & M University
College Station
Aubrey Roberts
Dayton Whitehurst
Richard Liardon
Lions Club
Otto Ganghier
T. A. (Till) Blassingame
J. P. Ward
G. E. Mershon
R. H. Wuensche
Mrs. Polley
Olice Atrol
Kcen-Tv
Emil Pederson
Elizabeth Alfie Pederson
Pete Leonard Peder
Pete Pederson
Clifton High School
Clifton-Ferris
Ferris
Glen Judah
Jerry Kleine
Jack Wiggins
Mary Linda Wiggins
Pamela Rice
van Goodall Jr
John Hoff
Gus Krueger Jr
Martha Pumphrey
Charlene Krueger
Judy Gauntt
Harvey Zimmerman
Billy Gandy
Mike Forbess
Lee McMillan
Paul Sands
Roy Stewart
Ronnie Barnett
James Petrich
Seth Witcher
Alan Draper
Vicki Gandy
Rita Willmann
Diana Little
Mike Seljos
Michele Dorsey
Eric Swenson
Brenda McDougal
Ann Ludtke
Ally Law
Rosemary Swenson
Phy Helms
Karen Tweedle
Smith
Claire Deibert
Karen Son Prescher
Kim Cutllis Gandy
Debra Brown
Becky Middle Row
Leon Pumphrey
Tim Stevens
Richard Bakke
Kenneth Brynne
Dennis Grimland
Keith Dahl
Jim Stewart
Joe Wallace
Harold Billman
Lynda Mann
Betty Lormrude
Gail Garf
Darlene Meyer
Patti Prescher
Betty
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