District VFW meeting in Clifton on weekend
District 29 Veterans of Foreign Wars sets a January 8 9 meeting in Clifton hosted by Robert Binford Post 8553 with events at the post. District Commander John C Lyon and Auxiliary President Lucille Thrush lead the program. Clifford Teer Department of Texas representative and former commander attends as guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Lyon
Veterans of Foreign Wars
District 29
Robert Binford
Clifton
Whitney
Hillsboro
Itasca
Hamilton
Hubbard
Mexia
West
Mart
Fairfield
McGregor
Waco
Department of Texas
Veterans of Foreign, Wars
Clifford T. Teer
Lyon
Lucille Thrush
Jodie Seljos
Nadine Seljos
Teer
U.S
National Council of Administration
Texas
Arbala
Community Calendar January 11 12 and events
Local notices list monthly meetings and activities for Bosque County groups. Highlights include Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8553 January 10, Lions Club Meridian, City Council, Home Demonstration, Retired Federal Employees, Jaycees, American Legion Post 322, Coon Creek Neighbor Club, Social Security Day observances, and upcoming sales tax election in Crawfish Gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. N. Foster
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Bosque County Historical Commission
Meridian
Lions Club
Bosque County
National Association Retired Federal Employees
Jaycees
American Legion Post 322
Coon Creek Good Neighbor Club
Crawfills Gap
Clifton Young Homemakers
Bosque County Unit
American Cancer
First baby of 1977 born New Year's Day
Dwight Wayne Bible was the first baby born in 1977 at Goodall-Witcher Hospital Foundation in Clifton County arriving at 9:45 am on New Year’s Day. His mother Lou Ann Bible and father were photographed for The Clifton Record. A sponsor gift program offered items from local businesses, with a signed introduction letter to redeem prizes for the newborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton City Council
Clifton Independent School District Board of Trustees
Community Public Service Company
Hamilton
Goodall - Witcher Hospital Foundation
Bosque Memorial Museum
Bob Armstrong
Clifton Chamber of Commerce
James E. Boren
Chamber of Commerce
Bosque County
Jon Newton
W. T. Phillips
Court of Criminal Appeals
Fort
Robert L. Baldridge Jr
Clifton Independentchool District Board of Trustees
Goodall-Witcher Hospital Foundation
Dwight Wayne Bible
Lou Ann Bible
Riverside Dr
Don R. White
Clifton Record
Clifton Record Office
Bell’s Foods, Inc
Bertelsen
Clifton Bank
Clifton Mercantile Company
Dwight Wayne
Goodall-Witcher Hospital
Foun
Window broken at Central Texas Lumber Co.
Clifton police report a brick shattered a window at Central Texas Lumber Company 201 East 5th Street with no entry or theft found. An adult male was arrested Thursday on driving while intoxicated and jailed in Meridian on a $1000 bond. A Sunday collision at Highway 6 and Hackberry damaged two vehicles lightly and moderately without injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Central Texas Lumber Company
East 5Th St
West 5Th St
Meridian
Highway 6
Hackberry
Alvin James
Bell's Foods joins retailers in coffee price protest
Bell's Foods Inc of Clifton joins national retailers to curb rising coffee costs. A local supermarket sign by Scotty Bell urges customers to substitute coffee where possible to force price reductions by large companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell’s Foods, Inc
Clifton
Scotty Bell
Scotty Rell
Two Injured In Pickup Crash East Of Valley Mills
A 1973 pickup overturned on Farm Market Road 56 ten miles east of Valley Mills on New Year’s Day injuring two men. Driver Michael R. Herzog and passenger I. Ricky Benfer were treated at Goodall-Witcher Hospital. Herzog suffered back injury, a broken collarbone, and bruises. Benfer had a head injury and broken shoulder blade and was sent to Hillcrest Hospital, Waco. Texas DPS Troopers Gerald Baker and Acey Steel investigated and commended the ambulance crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Market Road 56
Valley Mills
Michael R. Herzog
West 9Th St
Ricky Benfer
North Ave. I
Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol
Gerald Baker
Acey ‘Steel
Clifton
Baker
Goodall-Witcher Hospital Foundation
Herzog
Benfer
Hillcrest Hospital
Waco
Donna Beck
Carolyn Thiele
Sam Murry
Grass fires fought here by Clifton volunteers
Four grass fires drew Clifton Volunteer Fire Department crews this past week. A Dec 27 blaze near the old Meridian Highway by the municipal airport burned 15 minutes. Dec 29 saw a truck battle a grass fire toward Valley Mills for an hour near the railroad tracks. A Dec 31 effort at N P Powell Ranch lasted two hours. Firefighters also worked 45 minutes at the Erich Prescher property Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Meridian Highway
CVFD
Valley Mills
N. P. Powell
Erich Prescher
Immunization Clinic Resumes at Clifton City Hall
The immunization clinic for ages infancy to 19 resumes at Clifton City Hall from 10 to 12 noon on Thursday Jan 6. Announced by Eloise Burch R N Bosque County school nurse. Swine flu clinic scheduling had disrupted regular clinics. Shots protect against diphtheria tetanus whooping cough polio measles and German measles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton City Hall
Eloise Burch
R.N
Bosque County
Baldridge Named Assistant Publisher At Clifton Record
Robert L Baldridge Jr assistant publisher of The Clifton Record is named to the post after rejoining the newspaper in September. The move honors his long service including prior posts as Clifton postmaster and Senate enrolling clerk and follows his retirement from the postmaster role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Baldridge Jr
The
Clifton Record
Baldridge
Record
Clifton
William T. Jordan
Bosque
Jordan
Clifton High School
University of Texas
Daily Texan
Palestine Herald
Robert L. Baldridge Sr
U.S. Senate
Senate
Baldridge Sr
Texas Press Association
Nora
Clifton Lutheran Sunset
Katherine Yarbro
Whitney
John
Mr. Baldridge
Clifton Lions Club
Central Texas Fair Association
Masonic Lodge
Bosque Valley
Hog Creek Watershed bids opened January 24
The Soil Conservation Service advertises bids to build the first floodwater retarding structure in the Hog Creek Watershed Project. Public bid opening is at 2 p.m. January 24 at the Texas Soil Conservation Office in Temple. The project covers 58,460 acres across Hamilton Coryell Bosque and McLennan counties with multiple structures and channel work planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hog Creek
The
Soil Conservation Service
Kennethw
Schrank
SCS
Meridian
Texas Soil Conservation Office
Temple
Mosheim
Hamilton, Coryell
Bosque
McLennan
Hamilton-Coryell
McLennan Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Commissioners Courts of
Coryell
Coryell County
Bosque County
Children’s photos scheduled in Cranfills Gap on Jan 14
A Waltz Studios photographer will visit Cranfills Gap Friday January 14 to photograph area children for a pictorial feature in The Clifton Record. Sessions run 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Lucille Thomas Real Estate Agency. Appointments via Ruth Tucker at 817-597-2684 or 597-2579. All color photos will be published in black and white. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranfills Gap
Waltz Studios, Inc
Crawfills Gap
Clifton
Area Childre
Lucille
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Ernest Erickson
Richard Smith
Commissioners’ Court
Austin
Philip Wayne Wilkerson
Coon Creek
Coyote Methodist Church
District Vfw
BY Ned A. Wilkinson
Eva
Department Ladies Auxiliary
District 14
Auxiliary National Council of Administration
Waco Auxiliary
Comander Teer
Navy
McKassar Straits
Borneo
Lomok Straits
Bali
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
J. T. Rutherford
Masons
York
Scottish Rite
Shriners
Busque County
Lake Whitney
Kenneth R. Neyster
Palestine
County Funeral Homes
Clifton — Independent School District Board of Trustees
Clifton Medical and Surgical Clinic
Freedom Train
John O. Baxter
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Ronald Reagan
California
Hertha Smith Randle
Crawfills Gap High School
Cleon Flanagan
First
United Methodist Church
Coyote United Methodist Church
Parks Insurance Agency
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Norse
Morris A. Sorenson Sr
Rockford, Ill
Clifford Teer
Photo
By Don R. White
Calvert’s Prescription Pharmacy
Dairy Queen
Doris
Live Oak Nursery
Maddux Western Ford, Inc
Sears Catalog
Service Drug
Lormrude
T&p Drive-In
Johnson
Winn’s
Bell
Robert L. Baldridge
J. B. Darden Jr
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