All-District Team Voting Method Should Be Reformed or Stopped
A local writer criticizes District 13 A football selections arguing Clifton received just three All-District spots while Itasca and Valley Mills claimed eight each. The piece urges scrapping or revising post season voting to ensure fairness, noting district teams and outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Valley Mills
Itasca
Whitney
Grandview
China Spring
Cubs
Cub
Local's Daughter Named Piper Professor Nominee
Nellie Carr Thorogood of College of the Mainland is chosen as the institutions Piper Professor of 1970 nominee by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation of San Antonio. The foundation honors ten professors with a 1000 dollar award and certificates, recognizing teaching excellence. Winners will be announced in April. Mrs Thorogood has taught business at the college for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Carr Thorogood
College of the Mainland
Minnie Stevens
Piper
Thorogood
Lennie Carr
Henry Carr
Clifton
Clifton birthday party for Mrs. Kenneth Ash craft
Clifton Folks News notes a birthday celebration for Mrs. Kenneth Ashcraft at her Clifton home. Friends brought covered dishes and birthday cards with a quarter inside as they shared a festive Christmas season gathering and well wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Ashcraft
Clifton
Ranchers urged to use rangeland for sustainable grazing
Bosque Soil and Water Conservation District directors urge ranchers to moderately use rangeland. Soil Conservation Service will assist in grazing plans. A pond anecdote illustrates benefits of grass preservation for erosion control and water quality. Birthday bingo noted for Kenneth with local attendees in Clifton area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Neil Garner
Bosque Soil and Water Conservation District
Soil Conservation Service
Mooneys Plan Two Christmas Visits and Opera Ties
Mr and Mrs William P Mooney and twin sons from Closter New Jersey travel to Clifton for two Christmas holidays with her family in Waco They are joined by guest Miss Gisela Pfeifer of Graz Austria Mrs Mooney teaches voice at Rutgers University and takes leave to perform in Die Fledermaus in Geneva May 6 11 1970 The article notes prior Clifton social events and musical connections involving the Mooneys and local and international artists.
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William P. Mooney
Sean
Will
Closter
New Jersey
Clifton
W. D. Goodall
R. M. Shaw
Parrott Ave
Waco
Gisela Pfeifer
Graz
Austria
New Brunswick
Noi
Roselinde
Johann Strauss
Grand Theatre
Geneva
Switzerland
Opera
Herbert Graf
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Franz Allers
Miliockers
Ljuba Wellisch
Salome
Met
Budapest State Opera
Budapest State Opera Ballet
Miss Goodall
Opera House
Bern
Drs. and Mesdames
O. W Lowrey
Tom Williams
Earl Powell
Gatlesville
Mooney
Baby Jamie Dee Poe Born in Clifton
It’s a girl for Mr. and Mrs. James Michael Poe of Bellmead. Jamie Dee Poe arrived at Goodall-Witcher Hospital Foundation Clifton on Navy. 22 1969. She weighed 7 pounds. Paternal grandmother Mrs. Raymond Lassetter of Waco and maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Conner of Waco.
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Jamie Dee Poe
James Michael Poe
Bellmead
Navy
Goodall-Witcher Hospital Foundation
Clifton
Raymond Lassetter
Waco
D. L. Conner
VA training program enrolls about 1.24 million beneficiaries
VA notes that roughly 1,242,000 beneficiaries will participate in its training programs this school year. The agency says its on-the-spot orientation and counseling program for combat troops in Vietnam reached the one million mark in November. Disabled veterans rated 50 percent or more face added allowances for dependents under new automatic pay law effective December 1.
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Vietnam
Army Captain Prag Completes Arabic Study at DLI East Coast
Army Captain Walter A Prag Jr 27 of Clifton Texas completed a 47 week Arabic language course on Nov 7 at the Defense Language Institute East Coast Branch Washington DC The institute trains about 200000 students annually in 65 foreign languages He entered active duty December 1984 and last served at Ft Myer VA He earned a BS from Texas A&M College Station in 1964 and holds the Army Commendation Medal His wife Sandra resides on Star Route 1 Spring Branch Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Prag Cer Jr
Route
Clifton
Texas
Defense Language _ Institute
East Coast
Washingston
D. C
Defense Language Institut
Prescher
Marine Sergeant Benny Lea velle in Vietnam with First Marine Air Wing
Marine Sergeant Benny Lea velle of Clifton Texas serves with the First Marine Air Wing, air arm of the Third Marine Amphibious Force in Vietnam. The Wing operates hundreds of aircraft including fighter attack recon helicopter and transport types and supports the First and Third Marine Divisions as well as other allied forces in South Vietnam’s five northern provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny M. Leavelle
Route 1
Clifton
Tex
First Marine Air Wing
Third Marine Amphibious Force
Vietnam
South Vietnam
ROTC Cadet Receives Army Reserve Commission
Second Lieutenant Dennis W. Zuehlke, a 1969 graduate of Tarleton State College Stephenville, earned his Army Reserve commission through the ROTC program at the school. Son of Mr and Mrs William H Zuehlke of Clifton, he trained in subjects preparing him to command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis W. Zuehlke
Tarleton State College
Stephenville
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Zuehlke
William H. Zuehlke
Star Route 1
Clifton
Birth Announcement for John Glen Southard
John Glen Southard was born November 23, 1969 in Walnut Springs at Goodall-Witcher Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Lewis Southard. Paternal grandfather Grover W. Southard of Tohatchi New Mexico and maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Fox of Walnut Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Glen Southard
Glenn Lewis Southard
Walnut Springs
Goodall-Witcher Hospital Foundation
Clifton
Grover W. Southard
Tohatchi
New Mexico
M. J. Fox
Nonfat dry milk compared to whole fluid milk
Extension foods and nutrition specialists report nonfat dry milk retains all nutritive elements of whole milk except vitamins A and D and provides only half the calories.
Dallas couple welcome baby girl Wendy Kaye Rohne
Mr and Mrs Joe Marshall Rohne of Dallas announce the birth of Wendy Kaye Rohne on December 1 at Baylor Hospital. Weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces, she has an older brother Terry age 6 and sister Misty Jo 18 months. Maternal grandparents are Ada Mae Rohne of Clifton and Alvin Kizziar of Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Marshall Rohne
Dallas
Wendy Kaye
Baylor Hospital
Terry
Misty Jo
Ada Mae Rohne
Clifton
Alvin Kizziar
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Ashcraft
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Cleburne
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Baylor University
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Vanessa
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Leon Eckert
Port Isabel
Walter L. Graves
San Antonio
John Erickson
Rt. 2
Clifton School
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