Cropland Adjustment Sign-Up Starts in 1966 Program
Sign-up for the Cropland Adjustment Program began January 24 and runs through May 30. Henry T. Bass of Meridian, office manager for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, says the program pays farmers who divert all of one or more of their base crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. Bass
Meridian
Agricultural Stabiization and Conservation Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Bass
Elder seeks State Representative seat in District 54
Bob Elder, a Johnson County school teacher and veteran, announced his candidacy for the State Representative seat in District 54, covering Bosque, Hamilton, Johnson, and Somervell Counties. He cites education, service, and local leadership roles as qualifications and asks for support in the Democratic primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Elder
Alvarado
Bosque
Hamilton
Johnson
Somervell
Bridgeport
Texas
Wise County
Johnson County
Joyce Marie
Wade
Blake
Sand Flat
Cleburne
Grandview
Texas Christian University
Friendship School
U. S. Air Force
Springtown
Johnson County Water Supply Co-op
Tt Am
Texas State Teachers Association
National Education Association
Parent-Teacher Association
Friendship Baptist Church
Fair Association to Meet Friday in Clifton City Hall
Annual meeting of the Central Texas Fair Association set for 7 30 Friday night January 28 in Clifton City Hall dining room Kenneth G Nelson secretary urges all officers directors and members to attend to plan the 1966 Central Texas Fair officers will be elected at the gathering
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Texas Fair Association
Clifton City Hall
Kenneth G. Nelson
Clifton Man Accepts VEW Award In Austin
Dan Amundson of Clifton accepted a VEW member ship award for the local Post 8553 at the Mid-Winter VFW Round-Up Banquet in the Stephen F. Austin Hotel Austin on January 22. The Clifton post had second place in 1965 for its membership quota among Texas posts. Main speaker was Andy Borg national VFW commander from Superior Wisconsin introduced by Olin Teague. Speakers included Congressman J J Pickle and Ted C Connell. Amundson and family stayed in Austin through Sunday and he attended the VFW Council of Administrators as district junior vice commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Amundson
Robert E. Binford
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Clifton
VFW
Stephen F. Austin
Austin
Clifton Post
Texas
Andy Borg
Superior
Wisconsin
Olin Teague
Veterans Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
Borg
Viet Nam
Laos
Congressman Teague
Ted C. Connell
Killeen
Connell
VFEW
Clayton Mann
American Legion
Gene Howard
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Affairs Commission
State of Texas
Amundson
Deborah
David
VFW Council of Administrators
District 14
Former Bosque Co Agent Dies at 58 in Temple Hospital
Robert J. Buchanan of Bryan died Friday January 21 in a Temple hospital at age 58. Former Bosque County agent for Meridian years, he later worked as a field and fertilizer inspector for Texas A&M Agriculture Experiment Program in Bryan. Survived by wife, three daughters, one brother, one sister, and five grandchildren. Funeral services were in Bryan January 23 and Bristol Funeral Home Meridian January 24 with Interment in Meridian Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Buchanan
Bryan
Temple Hospital
Buchanan
Meridian
Bosque County
Texas A & M University Agriculture Experiment Program
R. D. Holt
Rodney Hudson
Record Publishers Plan To Attend Convention
A distinguished group of U S government experts on federal aid to communities will speak at the Texas Press Association 19th Annual Mid Winter Meeting in San Antonio on January 28 and 29. Clifton Record publishers Mr and Mrs James W Smith and Hamilton publishers Mr and Mrs C M Hatch and Mr W B Coats will attend with their wives. Saturday morning's agenda centers on federal aid programs moderated by W W Col. The two day meeting is expected to draw over 350 newspapermen from across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Texas Press Association
San Antonio
James W. Smith
Clifton
C. M. Hatch
W. B. Coats
Hamilton
Clifton Record
TPA
W. W. Col
Mrs. Syver Holen Dies in Clifton at 56
Mrs. Syver Holen 56 of 210 North Avenues Clifton died January 19 at the local hospital after a long illness from lupus erythematosus. Born Nina Hansine Bakke March 20 1909 she married Syver Helen August 31 1940 at Our Saviors Lutheran Norse. No children. she had worked as a housekeeper in Clifton for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County
Syver Holen
North Avenues
Clifton
Holen
Alfred Bakke
Christine Nikersisen Bakke
Nina Hansine Bakke Holen
Mustang
Norse
Syver Helen
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
P. E. Thorson
Helen
Santa Fe Railway
North Avenue I
Clifton Personalities Host Visiting Kin
Mr and Mrs Roy Hill of Waco visited Clifton last Sunday with Mrs Hill’s father E K Miears resident of Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home and with her sister Mrs Otto Jones. Mr and Mrs Ernest Love of Dallas visited Clifton last weekend with his mother Mrs Otto Gangshei Mr Gangshei and other home folks. Mr Love works for Collins Radio Company in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hill
Waco
Clifton
Ernest Love
Dallas
Otto Gangshei
Gangshei
Love
Collins Radio Company
Lane family in Dallas for business visit
Mr and Mrs R L Lane spent Tuesday and Wednesday of last week in Dallas on business and visiting their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Bob Lane and daughters Kelley and Stacey
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Lane
Dallas
Bob Lane
Kelley and
Stacey
Miss Ada Saunders Visits Family in Local Home
Ada Saunders accompanied sister Mrs. Emmett H. Schow home from Covington last Saturday and is visiting here. Schow had spent the past week at Covington with Saunders and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Saunders
Emmett H. Schow
Covington
Mrs. Schow
Miss Saunders
Poll Taxes Remain Low As Deadline Approaches
Bosque County residents have paid 1 375 poll taxes by Wednesday morning, far below typical election year totals. Taxes may be paid through Monday January 31 at the Indianola courthouse office open until 3 00 PM. Clifton and Meridian Junior Chambers of Commerce operate poll tax booths 1 00 PM to 4 00 PM Saturday in ten communities including Clifton at Western Auto Associate Store for payments and mailed receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl R. Behringer
Bosque County
Clifton Record
Indian
Clifton
Meridian
CHS Cubs Triumph at Glen Rose in District Thriller
Clifton High School’s Cubs defeated Glen Rose 62-43 Tuesday night in district basketball. Jim Ed Bird led Clifton with 30 points, Bobby Coffman added 17, while B team beat Glen Rose 50-40 with Louis Felan 15 and Henry Bridger 12. Clifton girls fell 52-41 as Sharon Sparks and Ann Finstad scored 16 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton High School
Cubs
Glen Rose High
Clifton
Jim Ed Bird
Bobby Coffman
Glen Rose
Louis Felan
Henry Bridger
Sharon Sparks
Ann Finstad
Alvarado High
Itasca
Alvarado
Joshua High
Whitney
Joshua
Clifton Mail In Van Wreck
Early this week Clifton Post Office received a large amount of wet mail from a van wreck near Waxahachie. Driver killed in the crash. most mail saved and processed quickly. Zip code use rising, postmaster notes upcoming clerk carrier exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Robert Baldridge Jr
Waxahachie
Baldridge
Civil Service Commission
Post
Mrs. Hancock Dies in Irving at 89
Mrs. W. A. Hancock, 89, of Clifton died at 2 30 PM Wednesday at a rest home in Irving from a cerebral hemorrhage after a short illness. She was born November 13 1876 at Eulogy and married William A. Hancock November 18 1894 in Hico. Surviving are six children, two sons and four daughters, plus a brother, many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services were held January 21 at Irving with graveside rites at Hico Cemetery. Reverend Mood and Reverend Taylor officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Hancock
North Avenue R
Clifton
Irving
Hancock
William J. Autrey
Frances Ann Heflin Autrey
Martha Josephine Autrey Hancock
William A. Hancock
Hico
el Paso
Ben F. Brown
Henry Mood
First Methodist
Hubert Taylor
Spring Fashions In Hats Civic Program
The Clifton Civic Improvement Society will present Spring Fashions in Hats as the program at its next meeting. It will be held at 3:00 PM on Wednesday February 2 in the City Hall dining room with Mrs H R Hill in charge and Mesdames Lewis Hauke W L Gauntt M K Bradstreet Sr and Clay L Burns as hostesses. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Civic Improvement Society
City Hall
H. R. Hill
Mesdames
Lewis Hauke
W. L. Gauntt
M. K. Bradstreet Sr
Clay L. Burns
March Of Dimes Drive In Clifton This Week
Mrs. Jack Wilson Clifton chairman says the 1966 March of Dimes drive runs in Clifton through Monday January 31. Containers sit in downtown stores and donations may be placed there by Tuesday February 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Wilson
Clifton
Clifton Public Schools
Wilson
National Guard
Clifton Public Schools Add Two Reading Teachers Aide
Clifton Independent School District hires two remedial reading teachers and a teachers aide under the Federal Title I program. The $13,064 grant funds added staff to assist slow readers, with Mrs. George B. Arnold and Ben Hardin teaching grades one through eight and Mrs. David Dahl assisting. Enrollment reaches a record 755 as second semester begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Public Schools
Kent Appleby
Appleby
Clifton Public
Clifton
Bosque County
Board of Trustees
Clifton Independent School District
George B. Arnold
Ben Hardin
McGregor
David Dahl
Star Route 1
Arnold
Hardin
James Hardin
Meridian
Southwest Texas State College
San Marcos
Dahl
Mrs Thomas Dies In Clifton Hospital
Mrs D J Thomas Sr 74 of Route 3 Valley Mills died at 530 PM Saturday January 22 in Clifton hospital where she had been a patient since January 8 Born Jonesboro she lived in and near Valley Mills most of her life Survived by husband D J Thomas Sr one son Chester A White one daughter Lydia K Kresko two stepsons D J Thomas Jr and R T Thomas two step daughters Lola Strawbridge and Bessie Mae McCarthy two brothers S C Jarrell and A E Jarrell one sister Pearl Hamilton Funeral services 230 PM Monday January 24 at Clifton Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Rev Billy McClellan with organist Mrs Joe Crosley and singers Arthur Elrod and Mrs Bailey Robertson Pallbearers H H Jarrell Frank Thomas Moody Evans Jerry Martin Thomas Evans Billy Humphries Interment Clifton Memorial Park.
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D. J. Thomas Sr
Route 3
Valley Mills
Clifton Hospital
Chessie Jarrell White Thomas
Jonesboro
Thomas
Chester A. White
San Antonio
Clifton Funeral Home
Billy McClellan
First Baptist Church
Joe Crosley
Arthur Elrod
Bailey Robertson
H. H. Jarrell
Frank Thomas
Tohoka
Moody Evans
Belton
Jerry Martin
Waco
Thomas Evans
Salado
Billy Humphries
Clifton
Clifton Memorial Park
Mrs Smith Dies At Sunset Home
Mrs. A. C. Smith 85 of Meridian died Sunday January 23 at Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home where she had resided since May 29 1958. She was born in Meridian daughter of the late James and Mary Robertson and married Reverend A. C. Smith in 1909. Survived by two sisters and a niece great nephew and great niece. Funeral 2:30 Monday January 24 at First Methodist Church Meridian with Rev. Oglesby Rev Johnson and Sunset Home chaplain officiating. Burial in Meridian Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Smith
Meridian
Clifton Lutheran Sunset
Tyssen Hall
Mary Robertson Smith
James Robertson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Bass
Goodall and Witcher Clinic
Clifton Man
VEW
VFW Department of Texas
Ed Haffner
Marshall
William J. Driver
Veterans Affairs
J. J
Jake) Pickle
10Th
Bosque Co
CHS Cubs
Coffman
Larry Grimland
Clifton Mail
van Wreck
Mrs. Smith
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