Stovall Hot Well at South Bend Spawns Local Fame
H B Scott of Clifton has visited the Stovall Hot Water Well on land near the Clear Fork River in Young County. Nita Miller’s Graham News feature documents the well drilled in 1929 and its long, ongoing hot mineral water flow despite declining oil output. The piece traces early hotel and bath-house development, public interest, prohibition-era rallies, and the ongoing use by campers and visitors today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Scott
Clifton
Stovall
South Bend
Clear Fork
Young County
Nita Miller
Graham News
No. 12
E. C. Stovall and Son
Norman
Horace Lindsey
Wichita Falls
Firms win bid for FM 20ad 217 project in Bosque County
Fred Hall Jr and Allan Construction Co of Waco win the low bid of 19122089 to grade base and surface .4 mile of Farm to Market 20 ad 217 in Bosque County. Project at AT&SF Railway overpass west of Valley Mills with Winston Smith as engineer in charge and Brooks Evans supervising over 140 working days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hall Jr
Allan Construction Co
Waco
Bosque County
Texas Highway Department
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Valley Mills
Winston Smith
Highway Department
Brooks Evans
State sales tax share sent to Chiftoh for 1973 Q1
City Secretary M. R. Pat White announced that Chiftoh received a check for 12461.32 dollars, representing the state’s share of sales tax revenue for the first quarter of 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiftoh
M. R
Pat
White
Firefighters Extinguish Grass Fires on Farm-to-Market Road 219
Clifton Volunteer fire department crews extinguished two grass fires along Farm-to-Market Road 219 between Clifton and Womack last week. No injuries reported. Local authorities cautioned residents to monitor flames and maintain clear roadside vegetation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
HOTCOG expands regional teletype to include Bosque Sheriff
The Heart of Texas Council of Governments will add the Bosque County Sheriff’s Department to its teletype network, growing from nine agencies to ten. HOTCOG receives 18261 dollars for the project with a 6067 dollar cash match, part of 80595 dollars in grants announced by Gov. Briscoe to boost law enforcement. Other awards include a 25200 dollar planning grant to hire a criminal justice coordinator and secretary, contingent on congressional funds. Counties served: Bosque Falls Freestone Hill Limestone and McLennan. Grants total since 1959 reach over 82 million. crime trends show a 2.2 percent drop in 1972 after decade rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heart of Texas Council of Governments
Bosque County
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Hotcog
Bosque
Falls
Freestone
Hill
Limestone
McLennan
CJC
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
National Conference of State Criminal Justice Planning Administrators
Charles J. Owen
U. S
Flint Hichardson i
Washington
Clifton Methodist Kindergarten drops five-year-olds for four-year-old groups
The Methodist Kindergarten in Clifton will stop classes for five-year-olds and offer two groups of four-year-olds instead. Enrollment is limited to 12 per class with priority for Clifton children until August 10. Public kindergarten plans may follow state requirements and a June 7 trustees meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Clifton
First Methodist Church of
Robert Lane
Dolph Briscoe
Richard Liardor
Glenn Shepard
Lane
Cleon Flanagan
Clifton Independent School District
Clifton High School
Kent Appleby
Texas
Appleby
CHS
Commissioners Open Bids for Petroleum Products in Meridian
Bosque County officials will open bids at 9 a m Monday July 9 at the courthouse in Meridian for a 12 month supply of gasoline diesel fuel oil and related products. The contract with Continental Oil Co ends July 31 and Will Freedman resigns as Precinct 7 justice of the peace after 17 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County
Meridian
Continental Oil Co
Raymond Kogstad
Clifton
Twe
Rose County
Jess G. Hammock Jr
Will Freedman
Valley Mills
Valley Mills As Justice of the Peace In Precinct 7. Mr. Freedman
Bishop Stowe to Speak at Clifton United Methodist Service
Bishop W. McFerrin Stowe of the Dallas Fort Worth area will speak at a 3 p.m. service of consecration at Clifton First United Methodist Church on Sunday July 8. An open house from 4 to 5 p.m. will follow for the public as the church marks two years of planning and construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. McFerrin Stowe
Dallas-Fort Worth
United Methodist Church
Clifton
United Methodist
Robert Lane
Mel Ramsey
Edgar R. Keeling
Ted Evans
Homer McDougal
Jack Hil
Bill Megiusson
Bill Painter
Tom Parks
First United Methodist Church
Cleon Flanagan
Coyote United Methodist Church
Boston University
Ishop ‘Stowe
Oklahoma City University
Hendrix College
Duke University
Southern Methodist University
Baker University
Bishop Stowe
Southwestern College
Tennessee
Oklahoma City
Kansas Area
America
South
Southwest
General Board of Education
Charryuan
Episcopal Bishop to Visit St James Meridian on Sunday
The Rt. Rev. A. Donald Davies will make his annual visitation to St. James Episcopal Church Meridian at 4 p.m. Sunday. Bishop Davies will celebrate the Holy Eucharist followed by a reception. The Rev. Carl O. Danielson is rector of the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Davies
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Meridian
Davies
Carl O. Danielson
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Stovall Hot Well
D. Sandefer
Simmons University
Cowboy Band
Tandy Jackson
Smiths
Canada
Graham
Sheriff's Dept
Jn. Methodist
Richard Liardon
Clifton Elementary School
Board of Trustees
Freedman
Charles K. Word Jr
Bob Carroll
Plains Machinery Co
Judge Word
Carroll
General Board of Missions
Interboard
Huston-Tillosson College
Lydia Patterson Institute
Southwestern University
Perkins School of Theology
St. Paul School of Theology
General Council of Ministries
World Methodist Theological Institute
Oxford
England
World Methodist Conference
London
Central America
India
The
Holy Land
Africa
Hilf School of Theology
Denver
Colo
Scaritt College
Nashville
Tenn
University of Houston
Oklahoma State University
Willson
Lon Morris College
Jacksonville
McMurry College
Abilene
Centenary College
Shreveport
Texas Wesleyan
Fort Worth
Jesus
Paul
God
Abingdon Press
Twila Farrell
W. M. Stowe
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