Foot in Mouth Insight on Youth and Cold War Attitudes
The column recalls a 1960s debate sparked by Dr. Walter Kerr's remarks on American youth and character building. It contrasts prior calm with rising dissent including draft card burnings, noting a silent majority among students while acknowledging a fringe of radicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Kerr
Tyler
Russia
Kerr
Dallas
Nikita Khrushchev
America
Khrushchev
Nikita
Facial Cares F H A Program at CHS Music Hall
Clifton Future Homemakers of America met February 17 at the CHS Music Hall with Susan Nichols presiding. Cosmeticians from the R E Cox Company in Waco demonstrated facial care techniques. Parents of several members attended as well as one guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Homemakers of America
CHS Music Hall
Susan Nichols
Cosmeticians
Yorley
Glockzen
R. E.cox Company
Waco
Fidward Brown
Henry Anz
Fowler
Cattle rustling case leads to accidental shooting in Texas
In a long account from the ranch haul, Myers shot himself in the head after a shopping of cattle theft allegations. Baxter describes following the pickup and escorting the trailer and horse to Meridian while Lavender stayed in custody in Gatesville and McClellan pursued talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Steen
Gunn
San Antonio
Meridian
Austin
Baxter
Myers
Gatesville
Byron McClellan
Lavender
Mer
Whue
McClellan
Wright
Attendees at National Polled Hereford Show and Sale
Valley Mills residents A L Haster Mrs Chris Vance Evans Ficklin Carl Simpson Mr and Mrs George Chase attended the National Polled Hereford Show and Sale in Houston along with Will Krueger Jr and Sr of Difton and Carl Gardner of Whitney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
A. L. Haster
Chris Vance
Evans Ficklin
Carl Simpson
George Chase
Valley Mills
Will Krueger Jr
Will Krueger Sr
Difton
Carl Gardner
Whitney
Waco Scottish Rite Degrees Set for February Reunion
The Waco Scottish Rite Bodies will confer degrees 4 through 32 in a reunion on February 28 and March 1 1969 at the Memorial Grand Lodge Building Waco Registration for eligible Master Masons opens 4:00 pm Friday February 28 with dinner at 6:00 pm and degree work at 7:30 pm The remaining degrees start 9:00 am Saturday and end about 6:00 pm Illustrious Lee Lockwood head of Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas will address candidates Saturday at 11:30 am
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Memorial Grand Lodge
Lee Lockwood
Texas
Clifton Families Share Visits Across Texas Areas
Clifton residents and relatives recount weekend and weekday travels across Hurst Arlington Dallas Fort Worth Dickinson Dickinson Texas City Biloxi Miss Mobile Alabama and Dauphin Island as guests, relatives, and colleagues visited each other. Interments noted in Dallas Hillcrest Mausoleum for Colonel Eli E Brown M D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Blakely
Hurst
Otho Jones
Lennie Carr
Nellie Thorogood
Dickinson
Lee Anderson
Ted Mauk
Irene Hennessy
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Joe Boleman
Dallas
Tom Bruce
Mauk
Boleman
Bruce
J. S. Striplin
Clifton
San Antonio
Eli E. Brown
Hillcrest Mausoleum
Clyde Turner
Ollie Mae Gray
T. J. Thompson
Gaila
Gus Kleibrink
Waco
Burton Carpenter
Carol Lee
Suzan Fave
Dianne Orbeck
Texas University
Clifton Magazine Club Met On Feb 18 At Home Hostess
The Clifton Magazine Club met February 18 at Mrs. Joe Kral Jr.'s home with 28 members and 3 guests. Guest speaker Mrs. Elmer Luckenbach spoke on Sunset Home. Doris Goodrich Jones will present the Silver Tea program March 4 at Waco. members urged to bring 3 guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Magazine Club
Joe Kral, Jr
Halder Duncan
Milford Larson
Elmer F. Luckenbach
Walter Hansen
Doris Goodrich Jones
Waco
C. Perneil Aars
Erwin Knitt
Luckenbach
Clifton School Menu March 3 7
Clifton School lists daily meals for March 3 to 7 with items across each day including meat patches spaghetti hot dogs smothered steak tuna and peanut butter sandwiches. Breakfast and milk appear in multiple lines with bread butter and fruit or juice.
Womack Lodge Reschedules Family Night to March 9
The Womack Lodge will meet Sunday March 9 instead of March 2. The event is a family night with a covered dish supper beginning at 6 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womack Lodge
Hospital Admissions List From Goodall Witcher Foundation
A long hospital notes listing patients admitted to Goodall Witcher Hospital Foundation in Clifton and surrounding towns with names, towns, and admission dates from February 19 to February 24, 1969. The record names many Clifton residents including Mrs. Mabel Bryn and Richard Lee Howard along with others from Me ridian, Valley Mills, Waco and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodall Witcher Hospital Foundation
Clifton
Mabel Bryn
Orbin Finstad
Harley Gant
Whitney
Ed. Handley
Richard Lee Howard
Reuben M. Jones
Louis Rosenquist
Walnut Springs
Nora T. Cain
Waco
H C. Carlisle, Sr
Koppers
Bertha Fave Craft
Belton
Troy’ C. Eggen
Billy Wayne Remington
Meridian
Lord WD. Thompson
McGregor
Samuel Barney’ Williams
C. J. Koonsman
Hico
B. Wellner
W M. Akuykendall
Donna Marie Pierson
Frank J. Bradstreet
Clifton Ben Harris
Valley Mills
Erich O. Herzog
Wooc Vickrey
Angela Voiles
Mabel Ro Bryn
J. D. Mason
J. B. Odle
Lake Whitney Worker James S. White Jr Retires After 33 Years
James S. White Jr a Lake Whitney resident and longtime Dallas Corps of Engineers employee retires after more than 33 years Federal service. His career began October 1933 with the Memphis District and included overseas assignments in Casablanca Livorno Okinawa and other postings with his wife Evelyn Mae White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James S. White
Lake Whitney Area
Southwestern Division
Corps of Engineers
Dallas
Texas
White
Corps
Memphis
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Savannah
Georgia
Little Rock
Arkanas
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Mr. White
Mediterranean
Casablanca
Morocco
Livorno
Italy
Pacific Ocean
Okinawa
Evelyn Mae White
Busy Bee Club Seeks New Members and Bargain for March
Busy Bee Home Demonstration Club met February 19 at Mrs. Chris Brynie s Clifton home. New members were welcomed Mrs. Norbert Suter Mrs. Carl Bakke and Mrs. Wiley Seward President Frank Huffman led the business meeting. A skit on housekeeping and a game were featured. Next meeting is March 12 at Mrs. Prescher s home with a burlap flowers demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busy Bee Home Demonstration Club
Chris Brynie
Clifton
J. B. Culp
Norbert Suter
Carl Bakke
Wiley Seward
Frank Huffman
Brynne
R. H. Lander
Busy Bee
Clifton Lutheran Sunset
Brynie
W. F. Prescher
West Jith
Minnie Whisenhunt
Additional Mail Service Expanded Clifton Meridian Route
Postmaster Robert Baldridge announces new weekday first class mail service between Clifton and Meridian. Mail sent before 1:00 pm from Clifton will reach Meridian by 2:30 pm, and Meridian mail to Clifton will be in post office boxes by 4:15 pm. Overseas surface mail to Middle Faust Europe Africa Caribbean resumes. Fully prepaid returns may be processed with endorsements removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Meridian
Faust
Europe
Africa
Civic Society to Hear Olsen on Industrial Foundation
C E Olsen Jr a local businessman who helped form the Clifton Industrial Foundation will address the Civic Improvement Society at noon next Wednesday March 5 in the City Hall dining room. The meeting includes dues collection yearbooks distribution and officer installations for 1969 70 with 125 members and calls for new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Olsen Jr
Clifton Industrial Foundation
Civic Improvement Society
City Hall
Olsen
Gearend Manufacturing Company
Clifton
Civic Society
B. Dahl
Nellie Pederson
Lewis Hauke
J. C. Kincheloe
R. W. Helm
W. F. Key Jr
Jess G. Hammock Jr
A. R. Fricke
W. D. Goodall
Russell B. Kerbow
Clifton Civic Improvement Society
Cedar Shores Estates News: Obituary and Local Events
Funeral services were held February 15 in Waco for Lula Lee Sabastian who died February 13 in Moody at 97. Grandmother of Mrs. Joe Potter, she was remembered by friends and neighbors including the Bost and Lyda families. The Cedar Shores group collaborated on cancer dressings for the American Cancer Society, meeting with Mrs. Moody Gee. A weekend fire destroyed the Houghton home in Arlington, while Cedar Shores residents joined Clifton Garden Club activities in Clifton on February 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Lula Lee Sabastian
Moody
Texas
Gilbert Lyda
J. H. Lyda
Wm. Bibles
Cedar Shores Group
American Cancer Society
Moody Gee
Mmes
Fulton
Hargis
Emmett
Carruthers
Joy
A. F. Pierce
Potter
Bible
Gibson
Mike
Connie Houghton
Houghtons
Arlington
Cedar Shores
Cecil Moore
R. W. Pierce
Clifton
Wide Range of Options Offered to Farmers in Programs
Farmers may choose from multiple options to gain program benefits. Cotton growers can plant up to their full domestic allotment with price support on those acres. Small farms with low cotton or production hurdles qualify for special payments. Feed grain diversions and wheat provisions allow reduced acre use with associated payments and certificates. Substitutions between wheat and feed grain are allowed within total acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Hardcastle
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Hardcastle
Hardcastie
WWI Barracks Auxiliary Set Supper Meeting Details
The WWI Barracks 1887 and Auxiliary will meet at Clifton City Hall on Tuesday March 4 at 6 30 p m. The gathering will include a supper with hosts Mr and Mrs Omar Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton City Hall
Omar Robinson
New Fully Covered Zipper Marketed for Families
Extension clothing specialists describe a new zipper with metal teeth and nylon chain fully covered on both sides by fabric tape. The design aims to prevent snagging and improve safety in garments for everyday wear.
Gap Seniors Sponsor Outsiders Volleyball Tournament
The Senior Class of Crawfills Gap High School hosts a men and women volleyball tournament March 20 21 and 22 in the high school gym. Clifton community entrants contact Crawfills Gap High School Cranfills Gap Texas 76637. Entry fee per player is 1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfills Gap High School
Clifton
Cranfills Gap
Texas
Miss Turner Feted At Surprise Birthday Party
Miss Kiennda Beth Turner was honored at a surprise birthday party on Saturday evening February 15 at the American Legion building in Clifton. Hosts included her parents Clyde Turner and Mrs Turner of Clifton and others from Fort Worth Port Lavaca and Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiennda Beth ‘Turner
American Legion
Clifton
Clyde Turner
Burton “Carpenter
Fort Worth
H. L. Watson
Port Lavaca
Lloyd Lee Turner
Dallas
Carpenter
Watson
Turner
Marsha Anz
Margie Berger
Dianne Bernhardt
Ricky Bramlett
Robbie Brown
Steve Bridger
D. P. Canuteson
Janie Conrad
Robert Crawford
Debbie Dryer
Lynn Knochs
Vivian Ender
Karen Garf
Martin Grelle
Donna Hampe
Russell Hall
Helen Gaskamp
Jane Huse
Connie Lively
Linda Lopez
Susan Morton
Steve Olson
Kay Pierson
Benny Roper
David Radshack
Doug Symank
Sazane Smith
James Stevens
Jean Summey
Sonny Vanderlinden
Eddie Gaunt
Mike Warner
Jackie Walls
Glenda Wells
Donnie Willmann
Ronnie Willmann
Danny Woolley
Burton Carpenter
Carol Lee
Suzan Faye
Lloyd Lee IH
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John Baxter
Clifton Record
Joe
Joanne Hinson
Ave. G — Clifton
Facial Cares
F.H. A. Program
Chevrolet
Impala
Andefer
Meridian Hospital
Hillcrest
Clifton Area
Dan Orbeck
Clarence Colwick
A. B. Clark
Brenham
W. A. Wegner
Wegners
E. R. Phillips
N. Ave. H
James Whitt
Joe K. Brown
Harold Wiese
J. C. Adams
Rockwall
M. O. Murphree
Lesly Bosse
Shire
Biloxi
Glenn Murphree
Glenn
Keesler Air Force Base
Mobile
Alabama
Fort Gains
Dauphin Island
R. H. Gaston
Comer Tyler
Burnet
Mr. Kincheloe
John W. Kincheloe
Joe Kral
Clifton School
Sun Gom
E. M. Dawson
M. H. Reesing
Willis P. Turner
Oscar P. Langseth
J. D. Willis
John W. Jeanes
Holly Jo Daniels
Faye Smith
Chris Surley
Crawfills Gap
J W. Sparkman
Crawford
Ray Merchant
Emory
Ernest FE. Baker
Ida S. Ziegelt
Mary L. Bagley
G. L. Polk
W. W. Land
Dalton Clark
Robert S. Plemons
Ida Pearl Huggins
Diane Calahan
Donna Choate
O. A. Carlson
R. P. Rose
Gottlieb C. Krueger
Hamilton
Glen H. Gustafson
James Ed Bronstad
Jack Cox
J C. Yeaman
Hillsboro
L. C Kelly
John T. Spangle
Tomball
C. C. Rowland
Evant
Leslie Crelia
Oliver Green
Don Ray Merchant
John W. Jecanes
Thomas W. Russur
Mercg
Willis Po Turner
Cheton
Sam R. Bass
Holly Jo Dawels
M. 0. Dobryanska
Fin Mott
BR A Hill
W. J. Sparkman
Lake Whitney
James S. White Jr
Busy Bee Club
Cedar Shores Estates
Ann Pierci
WWI Barracks
Auxiliary State
Gap Seniors
Miss Turner
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