Clifton Chamber to Host Walter Hailey as Banquet Speaker
Walter B. Hailey Jr. former emcee of The Light Crust Doughboys will speak at the Clifton Chamber of Commerce banquet and meeting Thursday March 24 at 7 p.m. at the Clifton National Guard Armory. Hailey is an oil and real estate businessman with extensive insurance, marketing, and civic leadership roles. He was born in Forney and served in the Coast Guard during World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Walter Hailey
Walter B. Hailey Jr
The
Light Crust Doughboys
Clifton Chamber of Commerce
Clifton National
S. S. Kresge Company
Hailey
Burris Mills
Mr. Hailey
Million Dollar Round Table
Young Presidents’ Organization
First Citizens Bank of Dallas
White Rock Rotary Club
East Dallas, Inc
Mesquite Chamber of Commerce
Kemper Military Academy
Southern Methodist University
Institute of Insurance Marketing
University of Texas At Austin
Forney
Coast Guard
Atty
Andrew Campbell
Hamilton
van Buren Ark
Army Air Forces
Baylor University Law School
Baylor Law School
Jefferson County
Campbell
Erna Ruth Leeth
Better education pays off locally in Bosque County
The article reports on how education affects earnings in Bosque County based on Department of Commerce data. It notes that four years of college yield about 58 percent more career earnings than a high school diploma, while four years of high school bring roughly 39 percent more than elementary schooling. Median local schooling is rising from 9.3 years in 1960 to 10.8 years, with 33.1 percent high school graduates and 6.5 percent college graduates.
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Bosque County
Department of Commerce
Park Row
Scarce filings as deadline nears for Clifton posts
With the filing deadline hours away, few candidates had filed for Clifton municipal posts by press time. No mayoral candidate and only one candidate, Joe Healy, had taken out papers for the two City Council seats.
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Municipal
Clifton Independent School District
Clifton
Joe Healy
Goodall-Witcher Hospital Foundation
Lions Sponsor Circus and Pancake Supper Fundraising
Lions Club plans a Clifton circus on March 14 with tickets to be distributed next week and on sale immediately. A second spring fundraiser, a pancake supper, is set for April 4 to support local projects.
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Robert L. Baldridge
Lions Club
Clifton
Lion
Ernest Erickson
Dow Chemical
New 242nd Judicial District Created for Three Counties
Gov Dolph Briscoe signed a bill creating the 242nd judicial district serving Bosque Comanche and Hamilton counties along with 22 other new districts to ease crowded dockets. The measure costs about 835 660 annually and includes appointments for judges and district attorneys effective April 1 1979 posts through Jan 1 1979 elections.
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Dolph Briscoe
Austin
Bosque
Comanche
Hamilton
Cornell County
Jerry Donaldson
Gatesville
Judicial Affairs Committee
Briscoe
Byron McClellan
Bob Cummings
Bosque County
Coryell County
Sque
Smiths acquire Dublin Progress in Texas town move
James W. Smith of Clifton and W. Leon Smith of Evant acquire The Dublin Progress. Plans include moving to Dublin, transferring the water well drilling business, and continuing printing and office services. Roger Ratliff buys the well rig equipment to continue drilling operations. The new phone number is 675-8740.
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James W. Smith
Clifton
W. Leon Smith
Evant
Dublin Progress
Clifton Record
Evant News
Hill Junior College
Hillsboro
Four County Press
Hamilton Herald-News
Johnson County News
Cleburne
HJC
The
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Odessa
Texas
Dublin
Roger Ratliff
Open House Set During Public School Week in Clifton
During Public School Week March 7 to 11 Clifton schools and Clifton PTO invite all to an Open House Tuesday March 8 from 7 to 9 p m At February PTO meeting a slate of officers for 1977 78 was presented Mrs Marvin Christy president Mrs Don Rosson 1st vice president Mrs Danny Patterson 2nd vice president Mrs Harold Kettler 3rd vice president Mrs Lee Stanley 4th vice president Mrs Richard Liardon secretary and Mrs Clarence Fields Jr treasurer Officers will be elected at the May meeting The April meeting will feature the high school One Act Play
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Clifton Schools
Clifton Pto
PTO
Marvin Christy
Don Rosson
Danny Patterson
Harold Kettler
Lee Stanley
Richard Liardon
Clarence Fields Jr
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Harvard
Richard B. Freeman
Alvin James
Cary Dale Pugh
Koppers
James
Arkansas
B & J Automatic Laundry
North Ave. G
Bishop St
Charles M. Billman
South Ave. O
Billman
West 17Th St
Albert E. Scott
S. Ave. I
South Ave. G
15Th St
Farm Market Road 219
State Highway 6
Ed Peterson
Crossroads
Lions
CHS
University of Texas At Arlington
Donald Braun
Billy Anz
Joan Pierson
Kathy Horak
Tim Gauntt
Jim B. Smith
Donald A. Gloff
Will Krueger Sr
Gloff
Krueger
Cisd Board of Trustees
Donald A. Groff
Tom Parks
Ron Dorsey
Charles Hill
Booster Club
Bob Lilly
Dallas
Philip A. Campbell
Kent and
Kimberly
County
Bettis
Clifton Elementary School
Leslie Ann Farmer
Valley Mills
Winona McGage
Whitney
Lori Prescher
Melanie Martin
Laguna Park
Laura Lee Brooks
Photo
By Don R. White
Bettis Auditorium
Dana Lyn Anderson
Meridian
Janet Pierce
Judy Ledlow
Don R. White
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