Bosque County Fair Dates Announced for Clifton Area
Centre Texas Fair officials remind residents that the fair will be held in Clifton on Thursday and Friday September 16 and 17. President Hhoreer McDhoogel invites citizens to participate in the Vicker parade scheduled for 1 o clock Thursday afternoon September 16 in downtown Clifton.
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Hhoreer McDhoogel
Centrel Tecas Pair Association
Fewcat County
Ceetrs Tex
Clifton
Thutetey
Prewdert McDerugs
Alec Point
Centre Teaas Fair
Bert
Avery Oment
Clifter
Jenson Family Attends Camp Chrysalis Near Kerrville
Mr and Mrs BR Jenson and their children Rosemary and Terry Bronsted visited Camp Chrysalis near Kerrville last Sunday. The camp, run by the American Lutheran Church, will host Rosemary and Terry for a weeklong stay.
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BR Jenson
Rosemary
Terry
Arthur (Buck
Buddy Ables Named Cranfills Gap New Athletic Coach
Buddy Ables and family move to Cranfills Gap after his hiring as athletic coach for Cranfill Gap High School for the coming year. He previously served as assistant coach at Flower Grove and will graduate from Sta ward Payne College Brownwood. The Ableses are from Hico High School and reside in the former Rit Whitley home.
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Buddy Ables
Cranfills Gap
Buddy Abies
Buddy
Moimis
Crastis Gap
Cranfill Gap High School
Ables
Cranfile Gap
Flower Grove
lLames
Abies Haw
Abies
Stowaerd Payne College
Brownwood
Hico High School
Rit! Whitley
Clifton firemen enroll in Texas A and M College program
M RK Pat White George M Harris and T OF Crawford left Clifton Sunday for Texas A and M College at College Station. White as Clifton fire marshal Harris and Crawford are enrolled in the State Hireman School. The Clifton men plan to return home Friday.
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M RK
Pat) White
George M Harris
T OF Crawford
Texas A & M
College Station
White
Clifton
Ix Scheel
Mr Harris
Crawford
Bosque County 4 H Members Chosen for Leadership Lab
Six Bosque County 4 H Club members Joyce Blackman Bettye Viertel Keb Viertel John Kruse Rodney Kraxe and Darle Simmons were selected to attend the State Junior Leadership Training Laboratory at Lake Brownwood on August 27 The program sponsored by United Gas and Agricultural Extension Service has funded more than 2 000 trips to Texas 4 H members over its 16 year run Joyce Blackman 15 a Meridian resident is a long time 4 H member and has held multiple offices She is a sophomore at Cranfills Gap High School and has earned awards in canning dairy foods and dress reverses Bettye Viertel 18 and Red Viertel 14 are Cranfills Gap youths who have led 4 H clubs and held county offices Bettye is a Gold Star recipient and has leadership pins Darla Simmons 16 a Cranfills Gap member has served as reporter treasurer and delegate She won landscape plant ID and state coop demonstration recognition Rodney Kruse 15 and John Kruse 17 of MeGregor High School hold solid 4 H records and accolades in cattle and farm management demonstrations.
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Bosque County
Atend
Lake Brownwood
Joyce Blackman
Bettye Viertel
Keb Viertel
John Kruse
Rodney Kraxe
Darle Simmons
Texas
United Gas
Agricultural Extension Service
Joyee Blackman
Kenneth Blackman
Meridian
Bnt
Crenfills Fap
Hugh Schenl
Joyce
Hubert Viertel
Cranfills Gap
Bob
Bettye
Bore
4If Club
Darla
Rodney Kruse
Heather
Walter F
Clifton Senior Baseball Team Grabs Second in Cen-Tex Playoffs
The Clifton seniors, led by manager Alton Helier and assistant Angus Odle, finish runner up in the Cen-Tex Teenage League after a 13-1 loss to West at Hillsboro. West wins the best two of three and advances to Area Playoffs at Kiwanis Field in Waco on Monday August 2, with first pitch at 5:30 p.m.
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Clifton
Alton Helier
Angus Odle
Central Texas
Neutral Hillsboro
West
Kiwana Field
Waco
Lane's Chapel holds August 1 singing by Jones Quartet
The regular first Sunday singing at Lane's Chapel Memorial Methodist Church will be held Sunday, August 1 from 2 to 4 p.m. The visiting singers will be the Jones Quartet of Gatesville. The public is cordially invited to attend.
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Lane’s Chapel Memorial Methodist Church
Jones Quartet
Gatesville
Mooney and wife to present benefit show for Clifton Lions
William P Mooney and his wife Valerie Goodall will stage a benefit performance in Bettis Auditorium Clifton to aid the Clifton Lions Club. The 8 pm Tuesday show features Mrs Goodall an Aix Graz Opera alumna and Mooney a touring one man act Half Horse and Half Alligator. Proceeds go to the Clifton Lions Club funds.
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Clifton
Clifton Lions Club
William P. Mooney
New York City
Bettis
Mooney
W. D. Goodall
Graz
Austria
Valerie Shaw Goodall
Sigs
Valerie Goodall
Mr Mooney
European
Wil Scom
United States
Wil
Clifton Red Peewees Win Neils Creek League Title
Clifton Red Peewees won the Peewee A League championship by beating Valley Miller Blue Peewee 97 to 0 last Thursday. Pitchers Rusty Benfer and Lloyd Wied and catcher John Grimland led the Reds in the title game. The Clifton Freshmen will travel Thursday to Renbrook for regional playoffs at 6 30 p m facing the Brazos Valley League winner.
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Clifton
Red Peewee
Valley Miller Blue Peewee
Texas
Rusty Benfer
Lloyd Wied
John Grim
Reds
Renbrook
Meeting at Grace Memorial Baptist Church July 28
The Meridian Baptist Associational meeting met Monday night at Grace Memorial Baptist Church.Clay L Burns opened the program with introductions and scripture read by Ovie Dittrich. Reverend Flowers from Iredell spoke on witnessing and received an attendance banner for his church. A meal followed hosted by Grace Memorial.
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Meridian Baptist
First Baptist Church
Iredel
Arrive from Japan Major and Mrs Prince Visit
Major and Mrs Oscar Prince with their sons Bobby and Phil arrived Tuesday for a family visit at the Warren W Prince home. Major Prince recently finished duty at Yokota Air Base Japan and will head to the Pentagon in Washington DC. Also visiting were Major Prince's sisters Mr and Mrs Parnell Warren and Gay of La Marque along with Mr and Mrs Roy McKinzie and children Scotty and Terry.
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Oscar C. Prince
Clifton
Prince
Yokota Air Base
Japan
Warren W. Prince
Pentagon
Bobby Prince
Jack R. Jack C Turner
Caen
Oscar
Bobby
Phil
Warren W Prince
Washington
Dp. C
Prince Home
Parnell Warren
Gay
la Marque
Roy MecKinzie
Scotty
Terry
Waco Public Schools Hire New Teacher
Miss Sandra Appleby daughter of Mr and Mrs Kent Appleby has accepted a teaching position with Waco Public Schools for the coming school year. She is a May graduate of Texas State College in Southwest Texas San Marcos.
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Sandra Appleby
Kent Appleby
Waco
As State College
Southwest
Tex
San Marens
Mrs Hanson 80 Dies at Clifton Sunset Home
Mrs C Hanson died at Memorial Hall in the Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home on July 23 after falling asleep following an evening of watching television. Born in Lillisend Norway on September 1 1884 she married Carl Hanson in 1911 and had two daughters Agnes and Spivey. She lived in Clifton most of her life, first with her brother O Orbeck and later in her East 7th Street home.
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Clifton
Hanson
Memorial Hall
Clifton Lutheran
AN. Orbeck
Margaret Lawrenson Orbeck
Ragnhild Orbeck Hanson
Lillisend
Norway
O. Corbeck
East 7Th Street
Clifton Girls Attend Twirling School at Southern Methodist University
Mrs. Jack R. Hill Mrs. W T Holder and Mrs. Louis Outlaw accompanied seven Clifton High School girls to Dallas last Sunday to attend twirling school through Friday. Readied for the Clifton Band next year are Peggy Berry Kathy Collins Marsha Hill Janet Holder Vicky Outlaw Bonnie June Standefer and Anita Wallace. Marsha and Janet will attend a Methodist Youth Fellowship Conference at Texas Wesleyan College in Fort Worth on Friday. Mrs. J L Standefer Jr and Mrs. Price W Wallace plan to accompany the girls to Dallas and Fort Worth and bring them home Friday and Saturday.
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Jack R. Hill
W T. Holder
Louis Outlaw
Clifton High School
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Twirling
Peggy Berry
Kathy Collins
Marsha Hill
Janet Holder
Vicky Outlaw
Bonnie June Standefer
Anita Wallace
Marsha
Janet
Fort Worth
Texas Wesleyan College
J. L. Standefer Jr
Price W Wallace
Reverend Simpson Returns Home From Colorado Pastors' School
Reverend Walter R Simpson Jr pastor of Zion United Church of Christ at Womack spent from July 13 to 23 at Colorado State University Fort Collins Colorado attending the Town and Country Pastors' Leadership School. It was his third consecutive summer at the Pastors' School and he completed the course with the session held this month.
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Walter R Simpson Jr
Zion United Church of Christ
Womack
Colorado State University
Fort Collins
Colorado
Reverend Simpson
Brother of Don Howard Die in Tank Tragedy Near Mallamar
Sid Howard 49 of Mallamar New Mexico died July 22 in a Great Western Drilling base tank battery along with two young employees Lonnie Love age 21 and Roy Wilson age 18. The trio were overcome by hydrogen sulfide fumes while cleaning an oil stock tank. Funeral services were held July 25 at Lovington with interment in Artesia. Survived by wife four children parents four brothers and three sisters. Don Howard and daughter Ethel attended services.
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Sid Howard
Mallamar
New Mexico
Great Western Drilling Company
Lovington
Artesia
Howard
Don Howard
Clifton
Wayne Howard
Meridian
Tank Battery
Smith- Yarbro Funeral Home
M. J. Mahaffey
Love Street Baptist Church
Evelyn Cole
Hobbs
Cecil Howard
Linda Howard
Bobby Howard
Frank Howard
Carlsbad
Lester Howard
Dallas
Oregon
Leonard Howard
Galveston
Leola Wagner
Bertha Chine
Farmington
Erma Waldrop
Grace Baptist Church Plans Vacation Bible School and Youth Clinic
Clifton's Grace Memorial Baptist Church announces Vacation Bible School from Monday August 2 to Friday August 6 with 8:30 to 11:30 morning sessions and Saturday July 31 registration at 8:30. A Youth Clinic runs evenings 7:00 to 9:00 with Rev. Robert Rachuig and a guest speaker. open to ages 13 to 25.
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Grace Baptist Church
Clifton’s Grace
Robert Rachuig
Arnold Family Reunion Attended by Outlaws and Friends
Mr and Mrs John Outlaw and their son Johnny joined Tommie White Al ton Muhlhouse and Ron Swenson in Waco to attend the Arnold Family Reunion held at Cameron Park. Mrs Outlaws mother was an Arnold before her marriage.
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John Outlaw
Johnny
Tommie White
Alton Muhlhouse
Ron Swenson
Waco
Arnold
Cameron Park
Balter Baby Kirk Allen Born in San Antonio
Mr and Mrs Ray Balter of San Antonio announce the birth of their son Kirk Allen weighing 6 pounds 5 ounces born Sunday July 25 1965 at Methodist Hospital San Antonio He has an older brother Jeffrey age 3 and their mother is the former Miss Virginia Thompson Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs W T Thompson of Clifton
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Ray Balter
San Antonio
Kirk Allen
Methodist Hospital, San Antonio
Kirk
Jeffrey
Balter
Virginia Thompson
Matenal
W. T. Thompson
Clifton
David E Schmidt Dies After Auto Crash in Central Texas
David E Schmidt 23 of Valley Mills died at Hillcrest Hospital Waco at 7 30 p.m. July 22 from injuries from a crash earlier that week when his car struck a culvert at the Crawford intersection of Highway 6 between Waco and Valley Mills about 1 15 a m July 18 He was a son of Herbert R Schmidt and Flora Ida Wessinger Schmidt born March 1 1942 near Clifton A Valley Mills graduate and former teammate in sports He worked in Boise Idaho 1960 61 and at Rocketdyne Plant McGregor in 1963 He married Linda Carol Mingus on September 17 1960 in Waco They had one son Matthew.
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Bosque County
David E. Schmidt
Valley Mills
Hillcrest Hospital
Waco
Schmidt
Crawford
Highway 6
Herbert R. Schmidt
Flora Ida Wessinger Schmidt
David Earl Schmidt
Clifton
City Cafe
That
Trinity Lutheran Church
Valley Mills High School
Boise
Idaho
Dallas
Rocketdyne
McGregor
Baptist WMS Meeting Notes July 27 At First Baptist
The WMS of the First Baptist Church met at 9 30 a m July 27 in the church. Opening prayer was led by Mrs J D Baker and the opening song was We ve a Story to Tell. Mrs Frederick Pearson reviewed Go Home and Tell by Bertha Smith. Mrs Frank Wood presided at a short business session. Attendees included Mrs H Collins Mrs M Ltansford Mrs John Fort Mrs J Baker Mrs Pearson Mrs Maude Mrs Lillie J Potter Mrs Marcus Compton Mrs Clay Burns Mrs A L Mayfield Mrs W W Wood Mrs Jerry Godby Mrs B J Lewallen Mrs L B Vance Mrs W Short and Mrs W E Outlaw.
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WMS
First Baptist Church
J. D. Baker
Frederick Pearson
Bertha Smith
China
Frank Wood
H .F. Collins
M. Ltansford
John Fort
J. Baker
Pearson
Maude
Lillie J. Potter
Marcus Compton
Clay Burns
A. L. Mayfield
W. W
Wood
Jerry Godby
B. J. Lewallen
L. B Vance
W. Short
W. E. Outlaw
Clifton Fire Dept Responds to Two Grass Fires This Week
Clifton's volunteer fire department answered two grass fire calls this week. The first occurred Tuesday night near Cedar Creek at Lake Whitney and the second Wednesday morning near Dunbar School northeast of Clifton.
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Clifton Fire Department
Clifton
Cedar Creek
Lake Whitney
Dunbar
Clifton Fans Enjoy Astrodome Trip To Reds Victory
Sixteen Clifton residents joined Central Texas Bus Lines for a Sunday trip to Houston. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Astros 3 to 4. Travelers included Mr and Mrs John D Fenn and son Jerald Mr and Mrs Archie Nelson and son Kenneth Gene Mr and Mrs Otto Gangsher Mr and Mrs Joe Stacha Mr and Mrs Wendell Bearden Misses Joyce and Margaret Cash E E Raley and Oliver Reesing who departed Waco Sunday morning. They reported a wonderful time.
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Clifton
Waco
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Clifton Boat Market
Dean Harson
Lynn Haralson
Clint Dodd
Chrysalis
4 H Club
Cen-Tex
Te Weld Sede
William P. Mooneys
Lions
Clifton Red Peewees
Grace Memorial
PL. Ashcraft
North Avenue M
Ashcraft
Clifton Civic Society
Lucille Watson
Roy Hill
Ashcraft Yard
Watson
Civic Society
B. H. Meyer
Orus Solberg
E. E. Schow
C. Hanson
Sunset Home
Twirling School
Pastors
Jerry Hill
Oscar . Prince
Ed Ray
D. C
Ethel
Joe Howard
Houston
Jerry Howard
Baptist Wms
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