Miss Lottie Bettis Maintains Clifton Ties After Summers at Westminister
Miss Lottie Bettis, home for the summer and housemother at Sigma Alpha Epsilon at Westminister College Fulton Missouri, still calls Clifton home. Retired in 1975 after fifty years teaching, thirty eight of them in Clifton Public Schools. Rotary notes introduce Baptist ministers joining Clifton Rotary Club.
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Lottie Bettis
Miss Bettis
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Westminister College
Fulton
Clifton
Reflections on Graduation Values and Local News Update
Editor notes honor 1977 graduates while urging goal setting and lifelong learning. The column weaves lessons from high school with adult duties, then shifts to Clifton community news, Baldridge’s hospital discharge, Al Herzog’s return to retail in Hillsboro, and local advertising and newspaper pricing changes.
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al Herzog
Clifton
Meridian
Ben Franklin
Hillsboro
Gibson’s Discount Center
Gibson's
Waco
Meridian High School
Draughanm Business School
Dallas
Fort Worth
Tg&y
San Antonio
Gibson’s
Killeen
Brenda
Sherrie
Terri
Clifton Lions Club
Trinity Lutheran Church
Anw
Herbert Gibson
Gibson Chain
Clifton Record
Travel and local history notes from Lynchburg visit
The writer recounts a week spent traveling from Texarkana to Lynchburg Tennessee to visit the Jack Daniel Distillery and the town’s historic sites. They describe the distillery cave spring, Jack Daniel’s legacy, the Bobo House lunch, and old fire engines. The piece also notes a birthday gathering, a hospital update, and church activities with vacation bible school planned.
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John Burke
Jack Daniel
Lynchburg
Tenn
Ray McEwen
John
Mary Lynda
Texarkana
Little Rock
Memphis
David Crockett
Fayetteville
Nashville
Cumberland Mountains
Tennessee
Jasper Newton
Jack) Daniel
United States
Ofice
Boba
Mary Bobo
Birmingham
Vicksburg
Shreveport
Tyler
Corsicana
Hillsboro
Clifton
Birthday Club
Milton Brown
Claude Richards
Adolph Schulze
Our Savior’s
Smoking Tax Notices And Exemption For Newspapers
Dear Mr Bullock explains that Texas cigarette taxes can apply on mail orders from states with lower rates and may incur double taxation. It notes federal and state duties, and that newspapers will be exempt from sales tax starting August 29 after a legislative bill and governor sign-off. The reply also includes a note on the origin of the word turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Bullock
Texas
Bob
Legal help on family support and wills in Texas
A reader asks about enforcing temporary alimony and child support, disinheriting a relative, and child support age limits. Answers point to contacting a lawyer or the Texas Lawyer Referral Service, with guidance on custody, wills, and landlord tenant issues based on Texas law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Lawyer
Texas
Austin
It is Always the Impossible That Happens Proverb
A French proverb notes that what seems impossible can occur. The saying emphasizes the surprising outcomes that defy expectations and challenge common sense.
Joy Thornburg Wins Gold at Texas Special Olympics
Joy Thornburg, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. W. Bryan Thornburg, 1616 West 15th Street, earned a gold medal in softball throwing for the 14 to 15 year old group at the Texas Special Olympics in Austin as a member of the Waco team.
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Cranfills Gap
Canuteson
Jenson
Pierson
Olson
Hansen
Clifton
Waco
Bosque County
Cleng Peerson
Norway
Joe Holley
Joy Thornburg
W. Bryan Thornburg
West 15Th Street
Texas
Austin
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Bill Jordan
First Baptist Church
Rotary Club
Robert Rachuig
Mosheim Baptist Church
James Roy Clark
Lake Whitney Baptist Church
Donald L. Finstad
W. Leon Smith
Evant News
W.leon Smith
The
Robert L. Baldridge
Goodall-Witcher Hospital Foundation
Mr. Baldridge
Charles C. Browne
Four County Sentinel
Leon Smith
Dallas Times Herald
Old Rock Church
Kurt Wallace
Laguna Park
Coca Creek-Smith Bend-Lake Whitney
Harriett Apple
Crawfills Gap
Texas Outlook
Crossroads _ News
Gloria Moseley
Turkey
Bob Bullock
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Jamie Zander
Frank Smith
North Ave
Othe
Leonardo da Vinci
China
Et Evans Implement Co
N. Hwy
Gloff Motors
Cage
Aars & Nelson
Insurance Agency
West Fifth Street
Clifton, Texas
Finn
Haggar
West 5Th
Clitten
VFW
Carnival
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