Widespread Participation In Survey Can Help Clifton
Clifton Chamber of Commerce invites residents and rural area residents to complete a simple survey to prioritize improvements. Anonymous responses will include occupation, age, and residence area to guide the 1972 Program of Works. Participation aims for several hundred responses to ensure representative results. Sam Logan urges readers to take about 10 minutes and mail the form with a stamp.
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Clifton
Chamber
Commissioners Court
West Clifton
Sam Logan
Populist Movement in Bes que County Highlighted by Biographies
From Lone Star State a Book of Biographies: James Day edits the People’s Tribune, successor to Nutshell, promoting the Populist Party with a broad circulation. Richard Cureton and James Ward are named as active local advocates, with Ward running for county attorney. Published about 1895.
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Besque County
People’s Party
Lone Star
James Day
People’s Tribune of
Walnut Springs
Nutshell
J. F. Denton
Richard Adolphus Cureton
Jack Cureton
Peoples Party
James Powell Ward
Meridian
Iredell
Womack's Union Support Stood Fast through War Event
Abner Carroll Womack of Morgan recounts moving to Bosque County in 1859 and casting his first vote for Sam Houston. He notes his 1861Union ticket support in his precinct and says he has remained faithful to the Republican Party since, crediting it with saving the country.
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Abner Carroll Womack
Morgan
Bosque County
Sam Houston
Funeral Services Held for Virgil E Carr in Clifton
Virgil H. Carr of Clifton died January 18 at age 64 from a heart attack. Services were conducted January 21 at the Clifton Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Robert Rachurg. Interment followed in Oswald Cemetery. He was born June 15, 1907, in Bosque County and lived there most of his life. He was a plumber and an avid sports and fishing fan. Surviving nieces and nephews include Faye Cleveland, Bernice Fitzgerald, Mable Hood, T. H. Darby, Kenneth Darby, George Mitchell, and Jack Mitchell. He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, and three brothers. Pallbearers named. Clifton Funeral Home in charge.
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Virgil H. Carr
Clifton
Clifton Funeral Home
Robert Rachurg
Oswald
Mr. Carr
W. Sth Street
Bosque County
Lizzie Warren Carr
Charles Wesley Carr
Faye Cleveland
Bernice Fitzgerald
Houston
Mable Hood
Fort Worth
T. H. Darby
Cleburne
Kenneth Darby
George Mitchell
Poage Pushes Rural Development Bill Arguments Clash Over Funds
Congressman Bob Poage reports Agriculture Committee approval of a Rural Development Bill. He recounts Secretary Butz proposals to replace grants with loan guarantees and state revenue sharing. Poage argues against federal strings and supports a "clean" bill with targeted funding.
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Texas
Agriculture Committee
Butz
Ting
Washington
Quilt in Frames and Civic Meeting Highlight Local News
Mrs. Ross Green’s Bluebonnet Art Craft Club quilt hangs in her Hazel Greens home, with help needed from quilters. West Shore Civic Improvement Association met Feb 4 at Bluebonnet Community Center with a $25 reward proposal for damaged street signs and updates on local politics and services. Sixty-five attended. speakers included Sheriff candidate John Baxter, Tax Assessor candidate Bill Sanguinet, Commissioner candidate Earl Behringer, and Dean Orton, with Judge F E W McGee pledging bipartisanship.
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Ross Green
Bluebonnet Art Craft Club
Richard Johnson
Hazel Greens
West Shore Civic Improvement Association
Bluebonnet Community Center
James A. Bond
C. H. Rose
Dick Brooks
A. H. Skinner
Arch Skinner
Clifton Telephone Company
John Baxter
Bill Sanguinet
Earl Behringer
Dean Orton
F E. W. McGee
Bosque County
Left Lane Driving Prohibited Within 100 Feet Of Intersections
Under the Texas Vehicle Code it is illegal to drive on the left side within 100 feet of intersections or railroad crossings or when near a bridge or tunnel. The rule applies inside or outside cities and towns, with exceptions for one way roadways and turning left from alleys private roads or driveways.
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Thomas Jefferson
Clifton Record
Clifton Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Office
Farmers State Bank
Clifton Record Office
Rebecca D. Radde
Bosque County Historical Survey Committees
Virgil E. Carr
Bob Poage
Sun
DIAL
Ray
Auto Service
N. Hwy
Ralph Ray
Smith
N.aved
Clifton, Texas
Clifton Record Bosque Publishing Company, Inc
West Fifth Street
James W. Smith
Bart Livey
Sam D. Logan, JR
Bosque
Coryell
Hill, McLennan
Erath
Johnson
Somervell
Hamilton Counties
Laguna Park and Lake Area
Wsst Shore Civic Association
Bluebonnet
Apple Funity Center
Lila Hudson
Henry Legler
Joe Edd
Marilyn’ Apple Goodman
Flow Memorial Hospital
Denton
Goodman
North Texas State University
J. B. Putman
Goodall- Witcher Hospital
EMSCO
Mid-Tex Farm
Heart OF Texas Coliseum
Waco, Texas
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