Command Sergeant Major Ritter Joins Clifton Record
Former CSM Donald N. Ritter retires after 20 years and starts a new career with The Clifton Record. He was honored at a retirement ceremony at Cox Field Yuma Proving Ground and received the second leaf cluster to the Meritorious Service Medal. Ritter is a Grandview Washington native, attended Washington State University on a football scholarship, and served in Vietnam and US Europe before his retirement. He is married to Betty Sue Olson and has five children: Brian Mark Dawn Summer and Elizabeth.
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Donald N. Ritter
Clifton Record
Record
Clifton
Cox Field
Yura
Ariz
YPG
Th Field Artillery
U. S. Army
Europe
Grandview
Wash
Grandview High School
Washington State University
Pullman
Army
Fort Ord
Calif
Fort Bliss
Mr. Ritter
Betty Sue Olson
The
Ritters
Brian
U.S. Army Airborne
Italy
Mark
Yuma High School
Dawn
Clifton Junior High School
Summer
Elizabeth
Commissioners Court approves bills at Meridian meeting
The Meridian County Commissioners' Court met Monday morning at the County Courthouse to authorize payment of bills. The next meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, June 30, at the Court House.
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Commissioners’ Court
Meridian
Meridian man killed when combine overturns on county road
A 62 year old Meridian man, John Bradford Hub bard, was killed when a combine overturned while moving it between ranches. The accident occurred near Meridian at 11 30 a m Monday on an unpaved county road. The body was taken to a Meridian funeral home by ambulance.
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Meridian
John Bradford Hubbard
Rt. J. Meridian
Justice of the Peace
Horace
Texas Department of Public Gafety
Gerald Baker
Clifton
Baker
Bristeransen
Valley Millis
Valley Mills
McLennan
Galerie Villa’ Luna
Goodall-Witcher Hospital Foundation
Krueger-Foss
Benjamin Trejo
Clifton Lions Install Officers at Ladies Night
The Clifton Lions Club meets for its annual installation and Ladies Night at 7 p.m. Thursday June 12 at the Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home. President Joe White announced new officers will assume duties July 1.
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Clifton Lions’ Club
Clifton Lutheran Sunset
Joe White
Clifton records 6.85 inches May rainfall
J. B. Darden Jr. reports Clifton received 6.85 inches of rain in May. For January through May total precipitation reached 17.75 inches according to the same source.
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Clifton
J. B. Darden Jr
Clifton Youths Sign Up for Summer Recreation Program
Seventy seven children and 20 more join Clifton’s Recreation Program directed by Coach Don ald Hennig. Activities span tennis arts and crafts movies tumbling basketball soccer and weight lifting at elementary and high school gyms with daily schedules and Friday movie slots. An adult track tennis and roquet lineup runs evenings at Cub Stadium City Park and the elementary gym.
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Clifton
Donald Hennig
Dianna Bosworth
City
Kay Lane
Brighty
Grand Canyon
Bur
Hennig
Piiend
Bible School
Cub Rise
Brenda Hennig
Hen
Clifton High School
W. C. Bos
Cub Stadium
Clifton Elementary School
City Park
Legion Post 322 to Install New Officers Thursday
American Legion Selmer Erickson Post 322 will install new officers for the coming year on Thursday June 12 at 7 30 p m All members are urged to attend by Post Commander Doyle Hulme.
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American Legion Selmer Erickson
Doyle Hulme
Post Office Box Rent Fees Hiked
Clifton Postmaster Baldridge announced new box rental rates for six months and one year. Six month charges read $5.50 for small boxes, $6.50 No. 2, $7.50 small drawer, $12.50 large drawer with yearly rates double. New holders pay $1 per key, refundable on surrender.
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Clifton
Robert Baldridge
Baldridge
Teacher-Coach Post Remains Unfilled in Clifton
Clifton schools face empty posts after Jerry Jones resigns as teacher coach to take Brownfield job. Richard Liardon reports Jones left May 23. Mrs. Cleon Flanagan named replacement for Jones’s wife Mrs. Jones. Board approves driver education, tax notices, roof repairs, and insurance bids. meets second Monday.
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Jerry Jones
Clifton
Richard Liardon
Clifton Independent School District Board of Trustees
Clifton High School
Coach Jones
Brownfield
Karen
Cleon Flanagan
Jones
Clifton Public Schools
Eddie Parks
C. R. Outlaw
Quilan
Youth Arts Crafts Fair Entries Sought
The Bosque area youth fair invites entries in 21 art and 21 crafts classes for youngsters and neighboring counties. Exibits must be dry and complete and ready to hang, with categories including oil acrylic watercolor charcoal and pencil among others.
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Bosque
Central Texas
T. N. Foster
Jerry Godby
Ervin Grelle
Larry Langston
Wittie Joins Clifton Police as Patrolman
Former Beverly Hills sergeant Jerry Wittie joined the Clifton Police Department as a patrolman on Tuesday, replacing Ronald L. Miller who resigned to join Cle Burne Police. Wittie, born in Gatesville, has 500 hours of training and prior service with Baylor University and Clifton plans to relocate. An unrelated arrest in Clifton resulted in a $202.50 fine for driving without a license and a DUI case sent to Meridian jail.
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Beverly Hills
Clifton
Alvin James
Jerry Wittie
Ronald L. Miller
Cleburne
Wittie
Gatesville
Waco Police Department
Heart of Texas Council of Governments
Baylor University
McLennan Community College
Texas A&m University
Beverly Hills Police Department
Baylor University Police Department
Corporation Court
James
Meridian
Wittie Page
Property taxes shape Bosque County revenue base
Bosque County relies on property taxes for about 43.3 percent of locally raised revenue, compared with 63.5 percent nationally and 600 percent in Texas. Per capita yields run around 65 dollars in Bosque County versus 153 in Texas and 205 nationally, as sales and income taxes gain prominence.
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Bosque County
Sections
The
United States
Department of Commerce
Texas
Tax Foundation
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Mart N. Ritter
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Texas Association of School Boards
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Nelson Insurance Agency
Tom Parks
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Temple
Reva Spitzer
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