Lake Whitney Group Plans Beauty Contests
Members of the Lake Whitney Association held a dinner meeting at Charlie's Cafe in Clifton with about 70 attendees to set plans for the annual Lake Whitney Beauty Contests and to name contestants for the Texas Miss Universe and Lake Whitney titles. The Beachland site was accepted for the Texas Miss Universe Contest, scheduled June 10 and 11, with Lake Whitney gymnasium hosting the Lake Whitney contest events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Whitney Association
Charlie's Cafe
Clifton
Lake Whitney
Beachland
Whitney
George Ragsdale
Joe Schafner
Charlie Murray
Bill Woodside
Holmes Smith
Bill Blewett
Pat Caudle
Meridian
Harold Eastland
Hillsboro
Joe Caudle
Cleburne
Billy Joe Ward
J. V. MoHon
Red Gresham
J. L. Hinkle
Dorothy Whigham
J. K. Lane
Boyd Hill
Jack Brandon
Elmos Smith
Ab Greer
Lake
Waco Tribune-Herald
Texas
Clifton Births Mark March 1960 Legacies
Mr and Mrs Billy J Powers announce a daughter Cindy Jr born March 5 1960 in Clifton hospital weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces. Mr and Mrs James F Bernhardt announce their second daughter Julia Ann born March 2 1960 in the Hico hospital weighing 6 pounds 8 ounces. Tammy Jane age 2 is the older sister. Grandparents A J Bernhardt Clifton and C A Mitchell Sr Iredell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Lee Forson
South Avenue
Clifton
Bobbie Joyce
Dudley Price Sr
Charles Dudley Price Jr
Charles Kemp
Mr. Price
First Baptist Church
William G Etheredge
Buckner’s Orphans’ Home Baptist Church
Dallas
Clifton Baptist Church
Mise Forson
Clifton High School
Baylor University
Waco
Jefferson Davis
Price
University of Houston
North Texas State College
Kappa Delta Pi
Phi Theta Kappa
Phi Denton
Kappa Pi
Billy J. Powers
Crawford
Cindy Jr
Clifton Hospital
James F. Bernhardt
Julia Ann
Hico Hospital
Tammy Jane
A. J. Bernhardt
C. A. Mitchell Sr
Iredell
Qualified Voters List Compiled For Bosque County
The 1959 poll tax filings show 2 053 payments with 21 exemptions, rising to 2 913 with 39 exemptions this year. New Laguna Park voting box adds 122 eligible voters, shifting many from Womack Roswell and Steiner. Over 600 eligible voters over age 60 are not included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womack
Roswell
Steiner
Laguna Park
Bosque County
Earl R. Behringer
Meridian
Iredell
Walnut Springs
Eulogy
Kopperl
Morgan
Coyote
Valley Mills
Mosheim
Clifton
Norse
Sunset Home board approves air conditioning and merger plans
The Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home board met March 7 and approved air conditioning for Clifton Hall, with Lone Star Gas Co. to install. The merger shifts ownership to churches in the Central Conference Southern District of the AL Church, while outside congregations gain corporate member status. Tearing down west shacks was approved for storage and recreation, and board terms were updated with several new members named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Hall
Clifton Lutheran Sunset
Odie Pederson
Lone Star Gas Company
Memorial Hall
Central Conference
American Lutheran Church
Priddy
Clifton
Malone
San Marcos
Sunset Home
Corporation
O. W. Ssuestad
Fort Worth
Robert Stanley
Granbury
O. R. Jenson Clifton
Ira Dahl
Houston
Guy Finstad
Crawfills Gap
Alvin J. Reierson
Wace
B. T. Anderson
Emil Knutson
Grover
Martin Jenson
Dallas
County School Census Shows Rise in Bosque County Pupils
January census figures compiled by Joe White show 2,202 school age children in Bosque County as of September 1, 1960, an increase from 2,134 a year earlier. White notes figures are preliminary and exclude inter-district transfers. Morgan leads with a 31 pupil gain, and colored students total 116 across five districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County
Joe White
White
Meridian
Mosheim
Clifton
Iredell
Koppers
Morgan
Valley Mills
Walnut Springs
Crawfills Gap
Ctngor
Ste
Attending State Convention of County Judges and Commissioners
Judge and Mrs J Ward Mr and Mrs Curtis Bakke R W Standefer Bryan Bateman and Marshall Damron attended the State Convention of County Judges and County Commissioners in San Angelo this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
J. ¥. Ward
Curtis Bakke
R. W. Standefer
Bryan Bateman
Marshall Damron
William Garf Dies in Minnesota Silo Accident
Reverend Joel E Nelson and Mrs Nelson learn that their son in law William Garf died in Minnesota from asphyxiation while repairing a silo. He leaves Martha and two daughters and a son. Details are sparse and funeral arrangements loom as relatives travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel E. Nelson
Norse
William Garf
Minnesota
Mr. Garf
Martha
Three Candidates File For Clifton City Council Seats
Three candidates filed before the March 5 deadline for Clifton City Council seats. Leo Albrecht seeks re election alongside C H Caldwell and Bill Blewett to replace or join council members J L Standefer T C Eggen and Leo Borevley. The election set for April 5 appears uncontested barring a late write in candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Leo Albrecht
C. H. Caldwell
Bill Blewett
J. L. Standefer
T. C. Eggen
Leo Borevley
Death of Jack Helm Mourned in Clifton and Galveston
Funeral services were held for Jack Helm aged 60 years 5 months 22 days of Galveston who died March 7 from a heart attack while on a field trip near Dayton. Helm formerly farmed in Hale Center and worked in real estate before joining the U S Army Corps of Engineers in 1952. He was buried in Clifton Cemetery with arrangements led by J Roy Waldrum. He was a Clifton native and served in World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Helm
Galveston
Clifton Funeral Home
Clifton
Helm
Corps of Engineers
United States Army
Dayton
J. Roy Waldrum
Church of Christ
Oliver Christenson
Isle of Somewhere
Lois Nell Lammert
Joe McDougald
Warren Moody
Carl Mason
Waco
Harry Womack
Clarence F. Carpenter
Jack C. Tucker
Willis Sparks Helm
Ellen Lane Helm
Mr. Helm
Clifton High School
Peacock Military Academy
San Antonio
Texas A. & M. College
College Station
United States Army Air Corps
Ellington Field
Weather Delays Clifton High Track Preparations
Clifton High School faces a slow start for track as bad weather confines workouts to the gym. Coach Aubrey Roberts rests hopes on returning lettermen Rallin Aars Wally Ludtke Ernest Erickson and Johnny Borchers while sending a small squad to the Cowboy Relays in Fort Worth Friday for early season experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton High School
Aubrey Roberts
Rallin Aars
Wally Ludtke
Ernest Erickson
Johnny Borchers
Roberts
Fort Worth
Cub
John Tarleton
Stephenville
Glen Rose
Killeen
Valley Mills
Coach Roberts
Erwin Dahl
Dale Sinclair
A. W. Vickrey
Larry Bary
Jerry Howard
Clinton Surrey
Lloyd Wiederaenders
James Davidson
William Kettler
Mike Stewart
Larry Harrison
Marcus Jermstad
Curtis Allen
Bosque County 4H and Clifton FFA Do Houston Show Big
Bosque County 4 H Club members and Clifton FFA boys earned about $5 000 from the Houston Fat Stock Show with sales of five fat steers two registered heifers and poultry plus prize money. Kenneth Radde won second in the Marshall Foundation Scholarship interview. Calf scrambles produced certificates for two boys and a trailer camp supported the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County
Houston
Kenneth Radde
Sam Radde
Meridian
Kenneth
Tom Greenwade
Darrell Sonntag
Bill Johnson
Clifton
Tom
Darrell
Bill
Louie Sonntag
McLennan County
Derril Wenzel
Carol Wenzel
Eleanor and
Charlotte Miles
Clifton Ffa
David Gouldman
Tommy Latham
Ernest Erickson
Fred Boyd Jr
Clifton Future Farmers
Kenneth Pilant
William Kettler
Raimund Stacha
Clifton Boys
Erwin Dahl
Glenn Kleine
Clarence Mueller
Woodrow Schneider
Fred Boyd
Marvin Wiede
Raymond Zuehlke
Walter Prescher
Hugo Anz Str
Clifton Chapter
John E. Lockhart
Mrs. Schow Named Census Crew Leader in Bosque County
Mrs. Emmett H. Schow of Clifton has been named crew leader for the 1960 Census of Population and Housing in Bosque County. She will supervise 11 enumerators, undergo training in Temple and Waco, and coordinate recruitment, training, and assignment of census takers to ensure a complete count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett H. Schow
North Avenue M
Clifton
Bosque County
J. Fred Simon Jr
Census Bureau
Waco
Schow
Temple
Mrs. Page Injured When Car Hits Train
Mrs. Mary Ruth Page 73 of Walnut Springs seriously injured when her car struck a moving Santa Fe Railway freight train at a Farm to Market Road 927 crossing near Morgan. She was taken to Clifton hospital with cuts bruises chest injuries and possible internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ruth Page
Walnut Springs
Santa Fe Railway
Morgan
Page
Clifton Hospital
Cleburne
James Wright
Clifton
Mc Michael
Gene Finstad
Finstad
Clifton buyers list Thursday prices for poultry grain cattle and hogs
Prices from Clifton Thursday show poultry eggs and hens with varying doz rates, grain values for milling and feed wheat oats barley and corn, and a cattle sale of about 700 head with steers yearlings calves cows bulls and stocker offerings priced from $13 to $30 plus cow calf pairs. Hog top at $15 and lamb top at $18.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
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Lake Whitney Group
Jenson
Reierson
Ruth Wenner
Arlington
Robert Otterstad
A. M
Doe) Anderson
Route 2
Anderson
Otterstad
P. A. Mathews
Austin
Maurice Beckham
Connie
CHS
Ling
Hugo Anz Jr
Sandra Appleby
Robert Spitzer
Gracie Royal
Claudale Kelly
Beverly Finstad
Bunny Sue Orbeck
Delores Wagner
Jim Willenberg
Gordon Arnold
Glenn Murphree
Gary Swenson
Bernard Erickson
Emmett Eary
David Kettler
Dickie Larson
Lawrence Zuehlke
Pat Stewart
Charles Rummel
Clifton Ffa Boys
Robert Jenkins
Robert Baldridge Jr
A & M College
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