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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1971
Page
2
The Clifton Record urges more citizens to run for mayor, city council, and school board as March 3 filing nears. It cautions about the drawbacks of small-town elections while stressing civic duty, accountability, and the need for voter choice to improve local services.
Education emphasis stresses parental involvement and teacher appreciation during March 1 to March 5 as Texas marks 117 years of public schools. Parents are urged to visit classrooms, encourage self discipline, and value of learning to boost their child’s academic development.
This segment explains sedatives as a large drug family with barbiturates like Nembutal Seconal Luminal Amytal and Butisol. It notes doctors prescribe them for high blood pressure epilepsy insomnia mental illness and preoperative relaxation while highlighting abuse risk and physical and cognitive impairment at higher doses.
February 23 1951 notes the Whitney Dam will open to highway traffic on Sunday March 4 with ribbon cutting planned between 2 and 3 p.m. Radio timing to be announced. Also reported: a March of Dimes fundraiser at Clifton Livestock sale raised 74 50 from a pig donation and sale re sales. Clifton College A Cappella Choir will present sacred concert at St Olaf Cranfills Gap Feb 25 at 11 a.m. Choir lists many members from Clifton Morgan Whitney Meridian and Cranfills Gap.
Meridian Fire Department members and wives held a covered dish supper as Fire Chief Roy Gibbons outlined plans for a new truck funded by four community volunteers. Burglars ransacked a school ag shop taking welding tools and equipment. First Baptist Church in Hamilton approved a 132114 contract to build a new brick and native stone church. Gatesville Medical Plastics Laboratory plans a new plant in Anchor Plastics Industrial Airpark. Over 650 area youngsters received rubella vaccination from the Health Department. Lake Whitney schedules its biggest weekend in 20 years with a blass tournament and beauty pageant. Valley Mills School Board amended attire policy for female students and staff. City dump non-resident charges show a shrinking trend but ditch trash accumulates along Marble Street. Esther Spitzer and Marvin Fossett wed in Clifton. Nurse Helen Sommerfeld visits home. Jim Standefer attended a GM technical course in Flint amid 16 below zero temps. Fort Worth visitors Humphr eis family. Kilgore minstrel rehearsal for a student show benefiting the Ronald Nelson Memorial Organ Fund.
Cedar Shores Community Chapel at Cedar Shores Estates Lake Whitney holds fellowship at 10:00 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. every Sunday across all denominations.
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