Santa visits Clifton with 300 plus youngsters
Santa Claus greeted over 300 children in downtown Clifton on Saturday in his annual Bosque County stop sponsored by the Clifton Chamber of Commerce and local merchants. Jim Bryant chauffeured Santa in a Clifton Volunteer Fire Department vehicle. Lt. Nick handed out peppermint candy canes as volunteers aided at the Lutheran Sunset Home and around town.
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Santa Claus
Clifton
Bosque County
Fire Department
Kris Kringle
Nick
Clifton Lutheran Sunset
Clifton Jaycees
Santa
Rotary organizers to meet December 19 in Clifton
A third meeting for forming a Bosque County and Whitney Rotary club will be held at noon December 19 at Schmidt's Downtown Restaurant Clifton. Downtown Waco Rotary Club will sponsor and assist with a seven member extension committee. Colonel Wilson E. Speir, state safety director, is RI District 587 governor and offers aid.
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Bosque County
Whitney
Schmidt
West 5Th St
Clifton
Rotary
Hubert Johnson
Waco
Rotary Club
J. Albert Hastings
Cranfills Gap
Wiliam T. Jordan
Richard D. Lundberg
H. T. Nichols
Meridian
Robert Rachiig
Steve Robertson
William C. Schmeer
Richard Smith
School Musical Groups Planning Holiday Program
A joint Christmas program by the Clifton school band and choral groups will be held Sunday December 15 at 2 30 p m in Beitis Auditorium. Mrs Patsy Ruth Lancaster conducts the choir with carols from several foreign countries. Donald Braun conducts the bands with traditional and contemporary works. Admission is free.
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Clifton School
Beitis Auditorium
Patsy Ruth Lancaster
Donald Braun
Clifton principals interviews planned for 1975 posts
Trustees of the Clifton Independent School District will interview applicants for the Clifton Elementary Junior High and Clifton High School principalships early in 1975. The two jobs open at summer’s end with Richard Lairdon set to become superintendent and Walter Hansen to retire.
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Clifton Elementary and Junior High School
Clifton High School
Clifton Independent School District
Richard Lairdon
Clifton
Supt
Kent Appieby
CHS
Walter Hansen
Vocational Agricultural Department
Special Education Cooperative
Meridian
Clifton Public Schools
Liardon
Clifton Downtown Improvement Plan Discussed by Merchants
Clifton merchants and the Clifton Citizens Advisory Committee met December 4 at City Hall to review downtown upgrades. Plans include more parking along Highway 6, rail right of way use, increased walking ramps, 45 degree parking, and space for future business growth led by R. D. Odom of Winn Store.
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Clifton Citizens Advisory Committee
City Hall
Santa Fe Railroad
Avenue C
Third Street
R. D. Odom
Winn
Booster Cub Sets Dance For New Year’s Eve
The Clifton Cub Booster Club hosts a New Year’s Eve dance in Clifton from 8 p.m. to 12 30 a.m. Tuesday December 31 with a disc jockey and wide music. President Joe White says it offers a local holiday social and avoids travel and traffic hazards. Tickets are sold by club members or at Clifton drug stores Farmers State Bank Bryns Enco Texas Milling Clifton Lumber.
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Clifton Cub Booster Club
Clifton
Joe White
Bosque County
Booster Club
Clifton Drug Stores
Farmers State Bank
Bryn’s Enco
Texas Milling Company
Clifton Lumber Company
Goodall-Witcher Hospital Auxiliary Plans Christmas Party
The Goodall-Witcher Hospital Auxiliary and junior volunteers are invited to a Christmas party in the hospital cafeteria on Friday December 13 from 7 to 8 30 PM on a come-and-go basis. An annual box for the needy will be there and contributions should note if items are toys or clothing by age or sex. Non-perishable food is accepted.
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Goodall- Witcher Hospital Auxiliary
Goodall-Witcher Hospital Foundation
E. B. Harris
VFW and Legion Host Christmas Supper This Saturday
The annual Christmas supper for Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion Posts and Auxiliaries takes place at 7 p.m. Saturday December 14 at the VFW Post Home Riverside Dr. Meat will be furnished. Members are asked to bring a covered dish.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
VFW
Riverside Dr
Cubs Dominate 22-AA All-District Selections
Clifton High School’s 1974 varsity football team earned multiple spots on the 22-AA all district list in Waco. CHS coach Donald Hennig announced the lineup chosen at Robinson High School with John Musselman and Sam Wells on offense, Jay Culp Randy Kleine and Kenneth Bakke on defense, plus honorable mentions Charles Raines and Mark Painter.
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Clifton High School
Waco
Donald Hennig
CHS
Robinson High School
Ofense
John Musselman
Sam Wells
Jay Culp
Jaycees Herbert Santa Photo Event a Clifton Hit
The Clifton Jaycees reported their first project a success as over 50 children had colored pictures taken with Santa during his Clifton visit on Saturday December 7. They hope to make it an annual event and thanked Al Herzog of Gibsons for camera use and film supplies and Gene Albrecht of Calvert's Pharmacy for camera use and two film rolls. The exact donation amount to the Clifton Volunteer Fire Department was not known at press time.
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Clifton Jaycees
Santa Claus
Clifton
Jaycees
al Herzog
Gibsons
Gene Albrecht
Calvert’s
Word County HOTCOG designate named to board
Judge Charles K Word Jr of Word County was named Commissioners Court representative on the Heart of Texas Council of Governments board effective January 1. He replaces J Paul Howard who did not seek reappointment. Mayor Jim B Smith of Clifton chairs HOTCOG.
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Bosque County
Charles K. Word Jr
Commissioners’ Court
Heart of Texas Council of Governments’ Board of Directors
Judge Word
J. Paul Howard
Jim B. Smith
Clifton
Hotcog
Bosque
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Lakeside Village
William C. Baird
William B. Bertelsen
Roy Booth
Val
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Lewis Borom
Rabon Dews
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Clarence Fields Jr
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Hillsboro
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Corsicana
Radde Ranch
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Denver
Kenneth Radde
Cisd Board of Trustees
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Texas Education Agency
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Texas Department of Community Affairs
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Texas Department of Community Afairs
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Kenneth Bakke
John
Musselman
Charles Raines
Mark Painter
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Iredell
National Flood Insurance Program
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
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County Employees Group
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