Clifton Cubs Eye Playoff Path to Brownwood
The Clifton Cubs football hopes hinge on Friday’s game with Sonora after a season marked by a 50 year high string of wins. Fans weigh routes to Brownwood and reflect on coach Aubrey Roberts’s home town as sentiment sways between cautious optimism and cautious gloom.
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Clifton
Cubs
George
Jimmy’ Jackson
Santa
Ranger
Jimmy
Brownwood
Meridian
Hico
Dublin
Comanche
Crawfills Gap
Hamilton
Hell
Pottsville
Indian Gap
Priddy
Democrat
Zephyr
U.S. 183
U. S
Cub
Aubrey Roberts
Clifton High School
Texas
Sonora
Cubs Defeat Anger Ranger Bulldogs In Quarterfinal Thriller
Clifton Cubs toppled the Waco Ranger Bulldogs 14 to 12 to advance as a Class 1A quarterfinalist. Gar land Braune drove a 27 yard keeper to the Ranger 33 setting up a 1 yard TD by Prescher, Braune added the PAT as Clifton led 7 0 at halftime. Ranger battled back with Tom Fox scoring and failing on the two point try.
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Waco
Ranger
Bulldogs
Clifton Cubs
Clifton
Fouh Pirates
Tidehaven
Sonora
Sudan
Rosebud Black Panthers
White Oak
Garland Braune
Wayne Prescher
Bulldog
Braune
Prescher
Cubs
Cub
Richard Williams
Tom Fox
Fox
David Wilburn
Tim Outlaw
Braine
Ken Hanson
200 Voice Choir to Sing Christmas Music at Bettis Auditorium
Two hundred voices join in Christmas carols at 3 p.m. Sunday December 15 at Bettis Auditorium Clifton. The mixed choir for grades 4-8 and high school will sing a Biblical narrative by a 12 voice girls choir. Patsy Ruth Lancaster directs with Lottie Bettis as stage decorator and O K R Jenson as accompanist. Public invited.
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Bettis Auditorium
Clifton
Patsy Ruth Lancaster
Lottie Bettis
O. KR. Jenson
Sunset Singing at Clifton Lutheran Next Sunday
Sunset home hosts a singing event this Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. All residents and visitors are invited to attend.
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Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home
Word Couple Attend National Legislative Leaders Conference
State Sen and Mrs. J P Word attended the National Conference of Legislative Leaders in Honolulu from December 3 to 6. They traveled from Austin with a stop in San Francisco arriving December 2, joining speakers such as Congressman Gerald Ford and Governor Hughes. Also attending from Texas were Lt Governor elect and Mrs Ben Barnes, Sen and Mrs Charles Herring, and Senator and Mrs D Roy Herrington.
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J. P. Word
Honolulu
Word
Austin
San Francisco
Gerald Ford
Michigan
House
Hughes
New Jersey
Texas
Ben Barnes
Charles Herring
Travis County
D. Roy Herrington
Port Arthur
Order of Eastern Star Christmas Supper Planned
The Order of Eastern Star invites members and their families to a Christmas supper at 7 p.m. Thursday December 19 at the Masonic Temple.
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Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Clifton Cubs Face Sonora Broncos in Brownwood Semifinal
Clifton and Sonora meet in Brownwood Lion Stadium for a state semifinal with Clifton holding a 12-1 record and Sonora 11-2. The Cubs boast Ed Lee Renfro and a strong line led by Bill Green and Jim Elliott. A win advances to the Dec. 20 state final vs Rosebud or Poth.
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Cubs
Brownwood
Lion Stadium
Sonora Broncos
Cub
Aubrey Roberts
Ed Lee Renfro
Broncos
Renfro
Seagraves
Sonora
Bill Green
Jim Elliott
Monty Dillard
Mitch Trainer
Clifton
Ballinger
Big Lake
Groesbeck
Black Panthers
Rosebud
Poth Pirates
Poth
New Officers and Dates Set for 1969 Central Texas Fair
On December 5 in City Hall, officers and directors selected new leadership for the 1969 Central Texas Fair and set August 28 29 and 30 as the event dates. Curtis Bakke became president replacing Cris F E Pierson. Walton Greenwade was named vice president. James W. Smith was elected secretary treasurer with Robert Baldridge becoming assistant. Homer McDougal will again be general superintendent of the junior livestock show. Mrs. Paul Barnett will head the H. E. Division again and Kenneth Gene Nelson was asked to supervise ad solicitation for the 1969 catalog with printing planned before the 1968 69 school year ends.
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Curtis Bakke
Cris FE
Pierson
Walton Greenwade
B. I. Dahl
James W. Smith
Robert Baldridge
Homer McDougal
McDougal
Paul Barnett
H. E
Kenneth Gene Nelson
Yale Lighting Contest Judging Set December 16
Clifton Civic Improvement Society votes to judge outdoor Christmas decorations December 16 in Clifton city limits. Judging starts shortly after 6 30 p.m with lights on. Three cash prizes total 45 dollars for most beautiful most original and most religious displays. Local residents and areas to be included on judge tour. Winners announced next week in The Clifton Record.
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Clifton Civic Improvement Society
W. F. Key Jr
Civic Society
Key
Russell B. Kerbow
Ralph W. Helm
Clifton
Gage
Clifton Record
Clifton Girls cage teams defeat Moody squads Monday night
Clifton High School girls beat Moody senior high 34 27 and Clifton junior high girls topped Moody juniors 38 15. Kim Outlaw led Clifton with 18 points, Linda Sparks 12. junior high Jane Huse high with 14 and Lazane Smith 9. Clifton boys have not begun basketball due to Texas football playoffs.
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Clifton
Moody
CHS
Buddy Ables
Kim Outlaw
Linda Sparks
Jane Huse High
Lazane Smith
Minor Fire Damage in Westley Home Wednesday
Firefighters responded to Mrs. Pauline Westley at 115 N. Ave A after a neighbor child’s door ignited by freshly ironed clothing touched a heater. A mattress, clothes, wallpaper and smoke were damaged but no serious injuries. A second alarm near 1210 W 3rd Street last Friday involved trash burning. city warns residents to avoid open flames and holiday decorations as fire risk rises.
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Clifton
Pauline Westley
N. Ave. A
W. 3Rd Street
M. R. White
George Harris
Pastors Invite Meeting for Clifton Ministerial Alliance
Clergy from Clifton area are invited to a Monday morning meeting at First Baptist Church to form a Clifton Ministerial Alliance or Association. Rev. J Morris Bailey announced the plan after leading the 1968 Thanksgiving Service attended by eight churches. The offering of 60.60 was placed in Clifton Welfare Agency and sent to CROP to aid hunger relief, notably in Biafra.
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Clifton
First Baptist Church
J. Morris Bailey
United Methodist Church
Clifton Welfare Agency
Leo Albrecht
Biafra
VEW Christmas Supper At Post Home December 14
The VFW Christmas supper will be held Saturday December 14 at 6 45 p.m. at the VFW Post Home in Clifton. Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish and a gift for each family member. Everyone is invited.
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VFW
Clifton
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By Sam Logan
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Watkins
Armando Renteria
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Mrs. Word
Hawaii
Sono
Brownwoos
iSee Cubs
Yale
American Legion
Clifton City Park
Front
Ed Bell
Elaine Bakke
Oscar Wilson
Bunny Sue Orbeck
Hugo Anz Jr
Nihelia Dossman
Tommy Bedford
George Anne Bronstad
Sandra Appleby
Milton Allen
Larry Benfer
Larry
Westley
Finisterial Alliance
Post Home
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