City tax collections rise slightly with audit findings
An audit shows city tax collections at 2.1 percent delinquent as of Sept 30, down from 4 percent last year. CPA Richard D. Lundberg told City Council at City Hall last week that written procedures and periodic fixed asset inventories could improve control. Mayor Jim B. Smith supported inventory records as a management tool.
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Richard D. Lundberg
CPA
Tain
Jim B. Smith
CETA
Museum may get grant for Bosque Memorial
City Attorney reports a possible CETA grant to help Bosque Memorial Museum with finances. A curator at Groesbeck museum is funded by CETA and a city contract would be needed to operate with a CETA employee. Mayor notes current wage range for CETA positions.
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Bosque Memorial Museum
Steve Robertson
City Hall
Groesbeck Museum
CETA
Three-Vehicle Crash Near Clifton Causes Damages
A Friday afternoon accident on Farm Market Road 219 five miles west of Clifton involved a 1976 station wagon driven by Mrs Lonnie Reesing and two pickups. The heavily damaged pickup skidded and struck a 1965 pickup driven by Vernon Meyer, while the station wagon sustained moderate damage on a wet road per Trooper Gerald Baker of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
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North Ave. G
James
Farm Market Road
Clifton
Gerald Baker
Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol
Lonnie Reesing
Raymond Roy- Stad
Vernon Meyer
Baker
Clifton man receives three year sentence for felony assault
Robert Lee Addington, indicted by the November grand jury, is sentenced to three years in the Texas Department of Corrections for assault with a deadly weapon. Police Chief Alvin James reports the case was heard in Gatesville by Judge Byron McClellan of the 52nd Judicial District Court.
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Clifton
Texas Department of Correction
Alvin James
Robert Lee Addington
Gatesville
Byron McClellan
52Nd Judicial District Court
Clifton Housing Authority Board Reappointed
The City Council reappointed members to the Clifton Housing Authority Board of Commissioners and renamed chairman Mrs. J. C. Kincheloe Floyd Gray William T. Jordan William Kettler and Joe White. Alderman Donald A. Gloff urged an annual CHA report and Mayor Smith described the board as largely autonomous under federal guidelines. The Clifton Record will run Christmas and New Year greetings with deadlines and contact details for advertisers.
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Clifton Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
Jim B. Smith
City Halls
J. C. Kincheloe
Floyd Gray
William T. Jordan
William Kettler
Joe White
Donald A. Gloff
CHA
Smith
Theft, Vandalism Reported Across Local Buildings
A .30-30 rifle, a 20-gauge shotgun, and a CB radio were stolen from a locked pickup in the Goodall Witcher Hospital Foundation lot on Tuesday night December 7. Nearby, three gum machines and a stand were taken from T P Drive In Laundry. Over the weekend, 8 to 10 windows were broken at the Community Public Service Company warehouse.
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Goodall- Witcher Hospital Foundation
T&p
Alvin James
Community Public Service Company
North Ave
James
Clifton schools announce Christmas holiday schedule
Clifton Schools will dismiss at the regular hour Friday December 17 for Christmas holidays and return to classes at the regular time Monday January 3. The Clifton ISD Tax Office will observe the same holiday schedule.
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Clifton
Clifton Isd Tax Office
Rotary elects 77 78 officers for Bosque County club
The Bosque County Clifton Rotary Club elected officers and directors for the 1977 78 year. Clarence Fields Jr will be president and Shelby Richardson will continue as president through June 30 1978 with Donald L Finstad as vice president Joe Bryan as secretary and Richard D Lundberg as treasurer. New directors taking office July 1 include C M Pete Elmore Charles Maddux Calvin Reuter Terry Spicer and Shelby Richardson as immediate past president. Directors continuing through June 30 include Joe Bryan William T Parks Rev Robert Rahig and LeRoy Williams.
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Bosque County
Clifton
Ter
Terry Spicer
Shelby Richardson
Rotary
Clarence Fields Jr
Donald L. Finstad
Richard D. Lundberg
Joe Bryan
William T. Parks
Robert Rachuig
LeRoy Williams
Bosque County 1974 farm sales total $21 million
Census figures show Bosque County farms produced $21,134,080 in agricultural sales in 1974 from 1,028 farms with production expenses of $20,081,000. Among farms with at least $2,500 in sales there were 620 with $20,696,000 of sales, average size up to 834 acres, and value per acre rising to $311. The breakdown covers livestock, poultry, and crop sales with 47 farms reporting under $1,000 in sales totaling $10,000. Clifton First.
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Bosque County
U.S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Community Calendar Highlights Religious and School Events
December events include Sunset Home German worship services December 15, Meridian School Faculty Party December 16, and multiple Christmas programs and dinners at St. Olaf Crawford Fill Gap Trinity and Methodist churches through December 25. A Clifton Ladies Auxiliary luncheon and WWI Barracks event December 21 precedes the Crawfills Gap and Meridian venues including CGHS and Trinity services. A December 27 28 29 basketball tournament and December 31 firemen dance wrap the year with notes to see The Clifton Record for full details.
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Sunset Home
Meridian School
Meridian
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Crawfills Gap
Methodist Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
Clifton Ladies Auxiliary
CGHS
Rock Church
Trinity Lutheran
Cranfills Gap
Farm Bureau elects Rueter state director
Calvin Rueter of Clifton, president of the Bosque County Farm Bureau, was elected state director for District 8 at the 43rd annual Texas Farm Bureau meeting in Fort Worth. About 1,500 attendees and 1,000 voting delegates approved policies and national issue recommendations to send to the American Farm Bureau Federation in Honolulu.
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Farm Bureau
Bosque County Farm Bureau
Fort Worth
Calvin Rueter
Kenneth Radde
Ethelyn Hooks
Cortez Smith
H. D. McKinney
David K. Lyster
T. A. Hooks, Cortez Smith and
William McLennan
Clifton
Bosque County
American Farm Bureau Federation
Honolulu
Hawaii
TFB
Carrol Chaloupka
Bill Clayton
Springlake
Texas
House of Representatives
Reed Long
Shirley Cothran Barret
Denton
Cheryl McCann
Lometa
Lampasas
Warren Newberry
Carol Chaloupka
Dalhart
Ed Shifflett
The
American Heart Association
Brown and Root
Heart Fund
Commissioners’ Court
Bosque County Eyes Multi County Jail Plan
Bosque County to pursue a multi county jail with Coryell and Hamilton, possibly Comanche, to meet new state jail standards effective December 23. Public hearings may be held as the court weighs remodeling versus new facilities and regional coordination.
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Bosque County
John O. Baxter
Meridian
State Commission On
Dolph
Bosque
Coryell
Hamilton
Comanche County
Word
Ward
Baxter
Earl W. Page
Commissioners’ Court
Page
State Commission
oBsque County
Cranfills Gap Volunteer Fire Department seeks equipment donations
The Cranfills Gap VFD asks for protective coats and helmets to upgrade gear. Fire Chief Si Johnson and Assistant Chief Jerry Witte praise community donations and urge support via Box 73, Cranfills Gap 76637 or local businessmen. They recount a history from 1950 to 1976 of trucks and upgrades, noting current 1959 and 1966 models in service.
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Crawfills Gap Volunteer Fire Department
Crawfills Gap Fire Department
Si Johnson
Jerry Witte
Cranfills Gap
Cranfills Gap Fire Department
Cranfills Gap Volunteer Fire Department
Johnson
Witte
Meridian
Crawfills Gap
St Johnson
Army Surplus
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Pat) White
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Clifton Record
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T. N. Foster
Rueter
Laguna Park
West Shore Volunteer Fire Department
Bluebonnet Club
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Hamilton Countess
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Judge Word
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