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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1968
Page
2
Clifton residents are urged to give fire units 10 minutes from alarm and stay clear of hoses and equipment. Fire Chief George Harris warns sightseers cause traffic jams that slow volunteers, risk lives, and may prompt law enforcement to enforce emergency vehicle yield laws.
A Texas Motor Transportation Association spokesman advocates a 1967 Courtesy and Safety Campaign. He urges drivers to stay alert, scan traffic, watch pedestrians, obey laws, maintain vehicles, and seek safe escape routes to prevent accidents. He notes most crashes are avoidable and commends drivers who consistently avoid them.
Clifton and community faced its first real winter chill with temperatures around 20 degrees and light precipitation. County Superintendent Joe White announced a rural aid budget of 66 201 for 1947 48, while Bosque County farm property value totals reached over 16 323 000 in a Tile Council report. The Crawfills Gap 4 H Club met January 19 with Jessye Courtney and Evelyn Meador present, and Busy Bee HD Club discussed lighting problems at the club house.
On the sixth day of Hill registration five hundred students had enrolled for classes starting Monday January 22. Night classes in typing art accounting and freshman English welcome late signups with courses offered on demand.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars meets on the first and third Thursday each month at the Robert E Binford Post 8553 in Clifton Texas located on Riverside Drive. The notice lists ongoing monthly gatherings for members and prospective attendees.
Mrs Lois C Gibbs will serve as Erath County Home Demonstration Agent effective February 16. She has worked in the Tarleton District Extension office since September. Her husband David Gibbs is an Industrial Education major at TSC. Local draft notes show February Texas quota is 1165 men and 5 percent of the national call. Selective Service Boards will schedule 4590 men for pre induction exams in February, down from 5455 in January. Mortician Lewis Reynolds reports purchase of Glen Rose Funeral Home and Carter Flower Shop from W N Carter family. State National Bank stockholders met January 9 in Comanche to vote unanimously on the annual meeting agenda.
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