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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1970
Page
2
The Clifton Record column recalls 1969 headlines and unfinished projects while pondering personal writing beginnings and the challenge of sustaining reader interest. It reflects on goals, past successes and failures, and the craft of sustaining a bylined column.
Clifton volunteer firemen answered 93 alarms in 1969, nearly doubling the prior year’s 59 with a dry summer and fall causing 62 grass and brush fires. The record breakdown includes 62 grass/brush, 13 vehicle, 5 barns, 3 commercial buildings, 2 house fires, 4 minor home damages, and 1 false alarm. Elections kept the leadership: George Harris Chief, Richard Eaton President, and other officers.
A year of civic action and community events in Clifton Bosque County with city hall plans, hospital drives, school milestones, fire incidents, and local politics. Highlights include hospital authority approval, new 60 bed hospital plans, 11 mayoral filings, school consolidation talks, and local civic improvements.
Clifton authorities announce removal of downtown and Highway 6 Christmas lights this Sunday morning. Meet at Calverts Pharmacy Coffee Shop at 7:30 am, start by 8. If weather worsens, the plan may be postponed. Businesses urged to provide at least one helper.
Clifton Cubs open District 13-A play at Grandview with B team 5:30 p.m. Girls varsity 7 p.m. and Boys varsity 6 15 p.m. Clifton Boys stand 9 3, Girls 11 4 after strong holiday showings.
As the February 2 filing deadline nears, several candidates have filed for county offices while many races remain open. The sole contested race to date is for County Judge, with incumbent E W McGee and Jack L Rowland competing. Other filed names include W R Poage, Frank G McDonald, J P Ward, Fern R White, Jimmie B Gill, Minnie J Brown, and Albert Hastings, with several positions still awaiting candidates.
Eastern Star District 3 Section 7 holds a School of Instruction at the Clifton Masonic Temple with Worthy Grand Matron Sally Matranga and Worthy Grand Patron Richard Porter as honored guests. Regina Chapter No. 283 Clifton hosts a Salad Supper for officers. eleven chapters from Valley Mills to Copperas Cove participate, with a luncheon at Cooksey Place and a Thursday banquet.
Marcus Jermstad came home Friday January 2 after several weeks at Hillcrest Hospital in Waco with injuries from a car accident. Confined to a body cast, he is in satisfactory condition and living with his parents Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Jermstad in Clifton.
Bosque County residents race to register ahead of the January 31 deadline for the 1970 elections. As of Monday, 3,491 people were registered. 5,534 registered by January 31, 1968, suggesting more than 1,000 still must register. Registrar Earl Behringer notes forms at the courthouse Tax Office, local banks, and The Clifton Record. The paper prints the forms for public convenience, including two copies for couples.
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