Strict Enforcement On Texas Driver Licenses Expanded
Bosque County drivers face increased license checks as a new state wide DPS program targets traffic deaths. Patrolmen Dennis Vickery and Bill Walk enforce orders from Col. Wilson F. Speir following Governor Preston Smith’s call for a supreme effort to cut the Texas traffic toll. The DPS notes 3,580 crash deaths last year and that one in 17 Texas residents in accidents was unlicensed.
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Bosque County
Dennis Vickery
Clifton
Bill Walk
Meridian
Vickery
Wilson F. Speir
Texas Department of Public Safety
Preston Smith
Texas
DPS
Sample copies promote Spring Sale Days in Clifton County
The Clifton Record explains its free Sample copies sent countywide to reach non subscribers and aid advertisers during the Clifton Spring Sale Days March 12 to 14. It also clarifies the meaning of SAMPLE stamps on subscribers’ papers for broader circulation.
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Clifton Record
Clifton
Snakes Invade Walnut Springs for Lions Club Hunt
The Walnut Springs Lions Club sponsored a rattle snake hunt concluding its fourth year on Sunday March 8. Gene Reagan of Cleburne won largest snake at 59.25 inches and most pounds with 260 total. Jessie Ince of Whitney placed second with a 58.25 inch rattler. Reagan earned odest copperhead and most rattlers at 18. A total of 527 snakes were captured over three days. a Saturday dance drew a large crowd and organizers thanked helpers.
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Walnut Springs
Reagan
Cleveland Rites Slated Here Thursday
C B Cleveland 43 of Clifton co owner of Clifton Electric Refrigeration died Tuesday March 10 at the local hospital Funeral services set for 2 p m Thursday March 12 at Grace Memorial Baptist Church Clifton Burial in Koppert Cemetery He is survived by his mother wife one son Lee McMillan in the Navy and one daughter Linda McMillan of Clifton plus uncles aunts and other relatives.
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C. B. Cleveland
Clifton
Clifton Electric Refrigeration
Grace Memorial Baptist Church
Robert Rachiig
Curtis Holland
Koppert Cemetery
Burl Johnson
Koppert
Lee McMillan
U. S. Navy
Linda MccMillan
Clifton Cub Boosters Meet to Plan Relays
Clifton Cub Boosters will meet Monday March 16 at CHS at 7 p.m. to plan the Annual Cub Relays on Saturday March 28. Members will aid Clifton coaches and trackmen as hundreds of track boys families and fans from Central Texas schools visit Clifton.
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Clifton Cubs
CHS
Clifton
Central Texas
Contests Build in Bosque County City School Elections
Voters face April 4 in Clifton and Bosque County communities with candidate filings closed. Absentee voting runs March 16 through March 30. Several races include Clifton aldermen and county posts, Mosheim and Cranfills Gap boards, Morgan and Meridian seats, and Morgan candidate correction Cather C Brandon.
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Clifton
Bosque County
Joseph FE. Conrad
Womack
Frank Bearden
Precinct 3
Starley C. Fisk
Mosheim School Board
Floyd Townley
Mosheim Board
Robert Prokschl
Cranfills Gap Board
Jerry M. Seay
Julie Browder Easter Seal Girl Defies Odds in McLennan County
Julie Lyn Browder, six, of Clifton, chosen as McLennan County Easter Seal Girl, has survived encephalitis that left deaf blind and unable to walk unassisted. Now she attends Waco Rehabilitation Center therapies daily and shows progress from convulsions to standing alone. Her parents emphasize continued effort through speech physical and occupational therapy and a preschool program as they hope for further gains.
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Julie Browder
Tom Browder
Clifton
McLennan County
Waco
Litle
Julie
Julie Lyn
Waco Rehabilitation Center
Pop
County Farm Bureau to Meet at Coon Creek
Bosque County Farm Bureau holds March 17 meeting at the Coon Creek Community Center. A covered dish supper begins at 7:00 p.m. Host director H. J. Reichert will welcome attendees. County Attorney Leslie Vance will speak on Wills and Estate Planning. All members invited with guests.
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County Farm Bureau
Coon Creek
Bosque County Farm Bureau
Otto C. Rueter Dies At Clifton Home At 81
Otto C. Rueter 81 longtime Clifton resident and Farmers State Bank director died at his home on March 9. Funeral services were held March 11 at Zion United Church of Christ in Womack with burial in Clifton Memorial Park Cemetery. He is survived by his father Herman Rueter 105 of Robinson wife of Clifton two sons Calvin and John Rueter two daughters Co Pernell Aars and Dan Wilson three brothers and three sisters and eleven grandchildren.
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Otto C. Rueter
Clifton
Farmers State Bank
Zion United Church of Christ
Arlington
Co. Pernell Aars
Norse
Dan Wilson
Valley Mills
Herman Rueter
William Rueter
John Rueter
Waco
Chris Rueter
Seabrook
Henry Schaether
Adolph Nehring
Alfred Bremer
New Braunfels
Cen-Tex Fair Association Seeks Volunteers March 14
Cen-Tex Fair officials call for a work day on March 14 at the East Clifton fairgrounds to expand the swine barn. The project supports a growing swine show as FFA FHA and 4-H students prepare livestock and exhibits for the late August fair. Homer McDougal, general superintendent, invites all able bodied residents to assist.
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Central Texas
FFA
FHA
Central Texas Fair Grounds
East
Clifton
Homer McDougal
Clifton Band Parents Meeting Set For March 16
The Clifton Band Parents Association will meet at 7 30 p m Monday March 16 in the Band Hall. All parents are urged to attend as plans are finalized for the coming Spring Concert.
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Clifton Band Parents Association
State Board Sets Local School Funding for 1970-71
The State Board of Education approved a total local funding share of 217.2 million dollars for 1970-71, about 20 percent of the basic foundation program cost, with the state covering the rest. Economic indexes for 254 counties determine each district’s fair share based on tax valuations, scholastic population, and income, re-computed annually. The board also reversed a Taylor County school transfer order involving 73.9 acres and 10 pupils from Wylie to Abilene.
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Austin
State Board of Education
State
Coun
Taylor ¢S
Wylie
Abilene
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R. A
Rudy) Johnson
Jim B. Smith
County Board
Roy Gosdin
Joseph E. Conrad
Clyde Tindall
Tom G. Parks
Ray J. Miller
Wesley Gosdin
James D. Gardner
Bettie Sawyers
William C. Baird
Iredell
R. F. Howard
Mike Phillips
Koppers
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Tommy W. Reagan
Charlie H. Riddle
Walnut Spgs
Theo Rundell
Marcus Munden
Cen-Tex Fair Association
Clifton Band
St. Board
Taylor County School Board
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