Gap FFA Members Compete in Houston Livestock Show
Gap FFA Club members enter beef heifers market lambs and breeding sheep in the 1976 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo February 25 to March 7. Junior events occur in week two as 4H and FFA youths vie for top premiums in the nation’s largest junior livestock show. Total premiums exceed 4465 500 with about 20 900 entries in the $18 million facility at Astrodome rodeo performances begin February 27.
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Crawfills Gap Ffa Club
Houston
Astrodome
Free Immunization Clinic Slated at Clifton City Hall
A free clinic will run March 4 from 10 to 12 at Clifton City Hall offering polio tetanus diphtheria measles whooping cough and rubella vaccines for children two months and older. Texas reports a paralytic polio case last August prompting concerns over low immunization levels nationwide.
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Clifton City Hall
Texas
United States
Texas Department of Health Resources
Temple
Open House Set for Public Schools Week in Clifton
Open Houses at Clifton elementary and high school Tuesday evening March 2 from 7 to 9 feature teachers in classrooms showing programs and materials. Parents may tour schedules, view student work, and arrange future conferences if needed. event enters second year with strong turnout expectations.
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Texas Public Schools
Texas Parents and Friends of Public Education
Clifton
Clifton Public Schools
No candidates yet for CISD trustees
The Clifton Independent School District election filing deadline is Wednesday March 3. Incumbents Olee Bakke and Jean Reeder term limits expire this year, and neither has filed for re election. Prospective candidates may file with Mrs. C R Outlaw at the CISD tax office Clifton High School.
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Clifton Independent School District Board of Trustees
Olee Bakke
Jean Reeder
Pire
C. R. Outlaw
CISD
Clifton High School
Five Nominees Placed for Clifton Chamber Directors
Clifton Chamber of Commerce faces a slate of five nominees Gene Albrecht H L Driver Donald L Finstad George Harris and Richard Lundberg for the board. They were put forward by a nominating committee named by the executive committee and will be considered at the March 4 meeting.
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Clifton Chamber of Commerce
Gene Albrecht
H. L. Driver
Donald L. Finstadd
George Harris
Richard Lundberg
Helen C. Aars
Robert B. Lane
Elmer Luckenbach
Chamber
Nomi
Trinity Women Host World Day of Prayer Service
Trinity Lutheran Church Clifton will host World Day of Prayer on Friday March 5 at 3 p.m. with women from area churches joining in a global chain of prayer themed Education for all of Life. The program highlights bilingual and cross cultural experiences and supports projects through Church World Service UNICEF and World Council funds.
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Trinity Women
Trinity Lutheran Church
Clifton
Trinity Lutheran Church Women
International Committee For World Day of Prayer
Church Women United
Trinity Church
Della Ringness
Ervin Aars
J. E. Nelson
Latin America
Nelson
United States
Intercontinental Mission Committee
Orient
Asia
Middle East
World Council of Churches
Mixed drinks tax nets $311 for Bosque County
Bosque County received a 311.59 check as its share of the mixed drink tax for October through December 1975. Comptroller Bob Bullock said his office mailed 2.7 million in checks to 186 counties and 300 cities, with counties getting 1.4 million and cities 1.3 million.
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Bosque County
Bob Bullock
Austin
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
State General Revenue Fund
Tullock
Bosque County Rotary to Sponsor First Annual Talent Show
Auditions are set for 7 p.m. in Bettis Auditorium Clifton Elementary on March 22 23 and 25 for Bosque County residents. Four divisions elementary junior high high school and open. Show planned for 7 30 p.m. April 2 to raise scholarships for deserving county graduates.
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Bosque County
Clifton
Clifton ISD schedules February holiday and exam days
Clifton Independent School District announces a February 27 holiday for students while faculty conduct in service training. High school students will take quarter exams February 25 and 26, with all classes dismissed at 3 p.m. on both days.
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Clifton Isd
Clifton
No Takers Yet for Clifton City Council Seats
With the March 3 filing deadline approaching no candidates had entered the Clifton City Council race. City Secretary Pat White noted three incumbents Ernest Erickson Frank Smith and Joe White face two year terms but none had begun reelection steps. Election details include March 8 order of names drawing and absentee voting from March 20 to four days before April 3 election.
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Clifton
M. R
Pat) White
Ernest Erickson
Frank Smith
Joe White
Cub Booster Club Volleyball Tourney Opens With 37 Teams
Thirty seven teams enter the Cub Booster Club Volleyball Tournament with play starting Monday at 5 30 p m. Men women and mixed divisions are included. Games run 5 30 to 11 on Monday Thursday and Friday nights and 3 30 to 11 on Saturday. Trophy prizes and a concession stand are planned. Proceeds aid remin dering of Cub Stadium track this winter by coaching staff and volunteers.
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Cub Stadium
Rural highway accidents injure four in January
The Texas Highway Patrol reported four people were hurt in 16 motor vehicle crashes on Bosque County rural highways in January with no fatalities.
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Bosque
The
Texas Highway Patrol
Snake Show At Clifton Fair Barn On Sunday
The Heart of Texas Snake Handlers present a rattlesnake show at the Clifton Fair barn starting 10 30 a m Sunday with demonstrations for attendees.
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Heart of Texas Snake Handlers
Clifton Fair Barn
Lake Whitney Beauty Pageant set for April 30 and May 1
The Lake Whitney Beauty Pageant will be held at Whitney High School auditorium on April 30 and May 1. entrants age 17 to 27 compete in senior petite and junior divisions with awards and no talent segment. Winners advance to the Miss Texas Universe Pageant in August in El Paso.
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Lake Whitney
Whitney High School
Whitney Chamber of Commerce
Lake Whitney Association
el Paso
Lake
Break in Clifton leads to liquor arrests and theft report
Police Chief Alvin James said a break at the American Legion building yielded liquor, a small radio, cigarettes, and cigars. Four arrests on liquor charges followed, with additional public intoxication cases. multiple accidents reported with minor damages and fines issued in court.
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American Legion
Alvin James
Clifton Police
James
North Highway 6
Corporation Court
W. R. Lively
Clifton
Stn St
Avenue G
Judge Lively
West 5Th St
Veterans in Bosque County to share $21 000 payout
About 240 Bosque County veterans will receive roughly 21 000 as their share of a 3 768 million GI insurance dividend payout. The acceleration totals about 233 million nationwide, with World War and Korean War veterans eligible while Vietnam era holders are not.
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Veterans Administration
Bosque County
Richard L. Roudebush
Veterans Affairs
U.S
Bosque
Park Row
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