State House Rules Move Toward Permanent Committees
Highlights from Your State Capitol discuss Speaker Barnes backing a shift toward a permanent seniority based committee system to curb turnover in the Texas House. The piece cautions the new rules empower committees to compel witnesses, schedule meetings, and conduct broad probes, signaling a potential rise in witch hunt style oversight though proponents say it may never occur.
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Barnes
Texas House
Congress
House
Texas
House 23
Barnes, Hale, Et al
Crantills Gap News: Local Visits and Funerals
Mrs C R Devaney Jr and Robbie of Waco visited her mother Mrs Almer Gustafson last Friday. Sympathy to the Campbell family in Meridian. Funeral services for Douglas Thomas held in Hamilton with several Cranfills Gap attendees. Mrs C A Hanson of the Gap honored on her 81st birthday with relatives and friends present.
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C. R. Devaney Jr
Robbie
Waco
Almer Gustafson
J. Otis Campbell
Meridian
Clifton Funeral Home
Boggy
Campbell
Cranfills Gap
Willie J. Campbell
Tom Carlin
M. J. Bertelson
Ottis Tyler
Franklin
Clifton
Frank Tyler Sr
Franklin Tyler Jr
Comer Tyler
Franklin Jr
Bertelsons
Tylers
Carlin
Ted Hansen
Randy
Belvin Swenson
Edd Meissner
Midland
Douglas Whetstone
Martin Carlson Jr
Donald Tergerson
O. C. Huse
Arlington
Ovie Huse
Loyd Sorley
Arlen
Faylene
Ray Hoppe
Ray Knudson Jr
Ray Jr
Fort Polk
P. B. Rohne
Wayne Rohne
Bruce
Eric
Douglas Thomas
Hamilton
Don Finstad
Belfred Grimland
J. C. Tergerson
Cecil Meador
Herman Carlson
Loriie
Sue Roberts
Norman Pederson
Denver
Colo
Arnold Schibler
C. A. Hanson
the Gap
Mesdames
Ernest Reierson
Malinda Rohne
Ruel Solberg
G. M. Phillips
al Hanson
Annie Domstad
Ernest Giese
Hanson
Postmaster Explains New Postal Customer's Bill of Rights
The Postmaster Baldridge explains the Postal Customer's Bill of Rights highlighted by two Clifton checks. It lists ten service standards from neat counters to friendly helpful clerks and efficient, courteous handling to improve federal service quality. Residents are urged to have forms ready and state their needs clearly.
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Clifton
Baldridge, Jr
Johnson
Lawrence F. O’brien
Baldridge
O’brien
Bosque County 4H Leaders Elect New Officers at January Meeting
Bosque County 4H Adult Leaders Association elected new officers for the coming year during a Monday night meeting January 23 in the Crawfills Gap School Lunchroom. Officers to take office in July include President Billi O'Brien and Vice President. CAA announced a county camp set for June 19 and 20 for ages 13 and younger and June 90 and 21 for ages 14 and older. Junior expenses are $1 and Senior expenses $1.75.
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Bosque County
Adult Leaders Association
Crawfills Gap
Kenneth Blackman
Billi O’brien
CAA
Air Force Urgently Seeks WAF Applicants in Area
Sgt. Raymond Unger announced an urgent Air Force need for Women in the Air Force with vacancies across 15 career fields including communications administration personnel and medical and dental specialties. Eligible are single high school graduates aged 18 to 27. full program details available at Room 301 Professional Building, Waco, PL 66511, EXT. 21.
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Raymond Unger
Air Force
WAF
Sgt. Unger
Waco
Clifton School Weekly Lunch Menus
The Clifton School offers a weekly menu with Monday chicken and dressing, giblet gravy, buttered sweet potatoes, English peas, fruit salad, peanut butter cookies, bread and milk. Tuesday serves hamburgers, french fried potatoes, lettuce and tomatoes, pineapple slices, bananut cake. Wednesday through Friday feature 1 2 tuna and peanut butter sandwiches, pimento cheese, vegetable stew, tossed salad and apple cobbler.
Lansford Elected Clifton Garden Club President
Mrs. M. L. Lansford was elected president of the Clifton Garden Club at a meeting hosted by Mrs. A. N. Randle. Other officers named were Mrs. Randle first vice president Mrs. Frank Bishop secretary and Mrs. Edwin Grimes reporter. The program covered perennials and a plant exchange. Harbor Day activities were reviewed including two red bud trees planted at Clifton Memorial Park and further landscaping plans for the park.
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M. L. Lansford
Clifton Garden Club
A. N. Randle
Randle
Frank Bishop
Edwin Grimes
Clifton Memorial Park
Mrs Campbell Dies in Meridian at 76
Mrs. J Otis Campbell 76 of Meridian died at the Geriatric Center in Meridian on January 28. Funeral services were held January 30 at Clifton Funeral Home with Rev Homer Pumphrey officiating. Burial was in Boggy Cemetery. Survivors include son William John Campbell and daughter Cathryn Beryl Campbell. Sympathy is extended to the family.
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J. Otis Campbell
Meridian
Geriatric Center
Clifton Funeral Home
Homer Pumphrey
Campbell
Boggy Cemetery
Ula Clene Gardner Campbell
Delaware
Ohio
J. F. Gardner
Broadway Baptist Church
Fort Worth
John Tarleton College
Stephenville
Edison
John Otis Campbell
William John
Cathryn Beryl
Trinity Lutheran Church Schedule Clifton Erwin Knitt Pastor
Trinity Lutheran Church Clifton Erwin Knitt Pastor announces confirmation sessions Saturday at 8 00 am senior and 9 00 am junior Sunday services at 8 30 am Holy Communion 11 00 am Divine Worship and 9 45 am Sunday Church School all times listed for weekly observances.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Clifton
Services Held for Otto Solberg 79 Clifton Resident
Funeral services for Otto Cornelius Solberg 79 were held Friday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church Norse with Rev A A Petrich officiating. He died January 25 in Clifton hospital. Burial followed at Norse Cemetery. He served in WWI with the 7th Division 56th Infantry Company E. He married Elsie Olsen in 1930 and lived on the Clifton area farm until 1962. Survivors include his wife and several nieces and nephews.
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Otto Solberg
Clifton
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Norse
A. A. Petrich
Mr. Solberg
Hulen Aars
Harlan Hoel
Ennis Colwick
Oris Pierson
Orus Solberg
Milton Solberg Sr
Joseph Solberg
Citton
Ruel Solberg
Hico
Allen Solberg
Dallas
Pernie Solberg
Euless
Ole Solberg
Kersti Grimland Solberg
Otto Cornelius Solberg
Martin Hoel Jr
Neils Creek
J. R. Rystad
Bee Hill
Clifton College Academy
Daniel Baker
Brownwood
Ole
Chris
John
Selmer
Issac
Lizzie
Selma
Laurent
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Vern Sanford
Crantills Gap News
S. L. Eakin
U. S. Air Force
Clifton School
Mrs. Campbell
ABC Grocery & Market
Pecan Street
Neuhoff
Lone Star
Baxter
Calida
Colombo
Gear Works
Ford
Chevrolet
EW. McGee
General Farm Organization
The
Farm Bureau
I. E. W. McGee
E. W. McGee
John Outlaw
North Avenue
Mayo's Office
Royal Standard
Totelia
Mayo’s Office Supply
Aoneres
BUICK
Nouee
Marcel Tresemt
Calor
Speeroniaet le Ell Fervent Grare
Elgmmie
Ant
von Genereter
Fet
Oeting
Bretes
Peetie Aly Ceaser
Fowngentes
Buick Motor Division
Ander
Gloff Motors
No. Ave
Clifton, Texas
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