Squirrel nickname sparks track talk and old papers
A school column notes Larry Sorenson’s nickname Squirrel and his undefeated mile run record this season. It recalls an Lions Club banquet where Joy Harris struggled with Norwegian names and a Waco News Tribune clipping from 1930 about Dizzy Dean pitching for Houston.
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Fife
Larry Sorenson
Sopho
CHS
Larry
Kidder
Doc Holder
Norway
Ralph
Waco News-Tribune
Houston
Dizzy
Dean
Wichita Falls
Friday
Diz
iSee Drop
Ink
Paget-Ai
Band Parents to Meet for Festival and Banquet Plans
The Clifton Band Parents Association will meet at 7 40 p m on Monday March 17 at the Band Hall. Members are urged to attend to discuss the Spring Festival and Banquet plans.
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Clifton Band Parents Association
Lal
Singing Set at CLSH March 5 at Clifton
The Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home invites all to a regular monthly singing event on March 5 from 2 to 4 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CLSH
Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home
Harold Warren Hired to Assist Campaign for New 62-Bed Hospital
Goodall-Witcher Hospital Foundation trustees vote to launch a public campaign to fund a 64 bed facility costing 1.26 million dollars with 630 thousand dollars in federal aid anticipated and a 210 thousand dollar local match required. Harold Warren is hired to lead the local drive, with plans to begin immediately and finish before May approvals.
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Goodall-Witcher Hospital Foundation
Hill- Burton Hospital
Frosram
Focal
Helen Aars
Board of Trustees
Aars
Harold Warren
Warren
Woodland
Lake Whitthey
Stephenvile
Clifton Implement Holds Open House With John Deere Day
J. J. Lee and Carroll Knnid son invite the public to the Clifton Implement Co open house at the new High way 62 location south of Clifton. The event on Saturday March 15 coincides with John Deere Day and a farming equipment film at 7 30 p m.
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J. J. Lee
Carroll Knnidson
Clifton Implemen Co
Highway
Clifton
John Deere
No School Friday Declared for March 14
Local educators will attend a convention causing a day off for students Friday March 14. The announcement notes no classes statewide and directs families to plan accordingly.
Car Registration Deadline Approaches in Bosque County
Bosque County Tax Assessor-Collector Earl Behringer said only about 3600 passenger car registrations have been filed so far this year and the April deadline nears. He urges motorists to register quickly to avoid long lines, noting fines and last year receipts must be presented and the payment amount ready. Registration prices remain the same as 1968.
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Bosque County
Earl Behringer
Sehringer
HUD Designates Half for Elderly in Clifton Low Rent Plan
Clifton gains preliminary financing for a housing project with 32 low rent homes. The 812 400 loan funds planning by the Clifton Housing Authority to design 16 elderly specific units. Approval followed efforts by city government and local authority with next steps to coordinate with the planning committee.
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Clifton
Bob Peape
John Tower
Ralph Yarborough
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
HOD
Clifton Housing Authority
Housing Authority
Pro
Clifton City Posts and School Trustee Races Set for April 5
Filing was slow but races emerged in Clifton municipal and Clifton Independent School District trustee elections to be decided at City Hall on April 5. Morgan Crawfills Gap and several other districts also feature contested races with multiple candidates vying for board seats. Incumbents seek reelection, while numerous newcomers enter alderman and trustee contests across the county.
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Clifton
Clifton Independent School District
City Hall
Morgan and Crawfills Gap
Oris FE. Pierson
J. W
Bill) Blewett
Will Krueger
Charles Morton
A. M. Greenwade
James Corpier
John Dulaw
Charles Fehler, Jr
Edwin P. Conrad
Joe K. Brown
Homes McDougal
James
Charles Jones
Julian Ramirez
Travis Griffith
Clifford Myers
J. J. McArthur
Jerry Seay
Crawfills Gap
C. K E. Stevens
Trent Knudson
Dean Thomas
Bosque County
Mosheim Rhs
Clyde Henry
Bun Cummins
Iredell
RHS
Jim Burns
IX. W. Ensminger
Sorenson Wins Mile at Palestine Track Meet
Sorenson won the mile at the Palestine track meet held last Saturday. The Copperas Cave meet was canceled due to cold weather.
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Sorenson
Palestine
Copperas Cave
Former Cliftonian Pfc Kevin Tweedle Killed in Vietnam War
Pfc Kevin E Tweedle 19 was killed Feb 22 in an ambush near Vietnam's DMZ. Born in Meridian Texas to John F and Altha Lee Tweedle he married Sharon Ragus. He served as a machine gunner with Co B 1st Bn 11th Airborne Div after enlisting in 1968. Funeral held March 2 at Bay City Funeral Home Chapel.
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Kevin FE. Tweedie
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnam
Bay City Funeral Home
Rev
Horn
First Baptist Church
Kevin E. Tweedle
Meridian
Texas
John F
Altha Lee Tweedle
Clifton
Bay City
Sharon Ragus
US. Army
Mike Pruett
Humble
Tweedle
TLC Names Dr Joe Menn as 1969 President Successor
TLC Board designates Dr Joe K Menn as next president succeeding Dr Martin L Cole on July 1 1969 He will speak at Trinity Lutheran Church Clifton on Sunday March 16 He is a TLC graduate and one of the nation’s youngest senior college presidents with a background at Augustana Capital University and University of Maine
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Texas Lutheran College Board of Regents
Joe K. Menn
Academe
Retuing
Martin L Cole
Menn
Trinity Lutheran Church
Clifton
TLC
Augustana College
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Capital University
Ohio
University of Maine
Dr. Menn
Louisiana
Organization of American Historians and
Association of Southern Historians
Yorktown High School
University of Texas
Columbus
Evangelical Lutheran Seminary
Augustana
National Defense Education Act Institute of History
Myrtle Vassberg
Lyford
Means
Esther
Kristine
Jonathan
Lake Whitney Beauty Pageant Entries Climb Toward Record
Entries for the 17th Lake Whitney Beauty Pageant gain momentum with 31 entrants as Hillsboro Junior Chamber of Commerce and Lake Whitney Association aim to surpass local and state records. The current Lake Whitney mark is 55 contestants, set three years ago in Clifton, while the state record stands at 75 at White Rock Lake Dallas.
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Sandy Wagner
Clifton High
Lake Whitney
Nillsboro
Sandy
M. W. Wagner
W. Ith
Clifton
Lake Whittey
Hillsboro
White Rock Lake Dallas
Clifton Industrial Foundation Adds Two Members
The Clifton Industrial Foundation gains new supporters Mrs. C. H. Rose and the Clifton Civic Improvement Society, expanding backing for the foundation’s projects.
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Clifton Industrial Foundation
C. H. Rose
Clifton Civic Improvement Society
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Joy Harris
Elkhart
Lions
Methodist Church Fellowship
Hall
Joy
B. L Dahl
Inik
By Sam Logan
Clifton Ffa
J. C. Godby
Rusty Dossman
Milton Willmann
Kim Outlaw
FFA
Sweetheart
Mike Hoff
Clarence Conrad
Claude Kelly
Hopkins County Hospital
Sulphur Springs
Central Baptist Hospital
Lexington
Kentucky
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Elizabethtown
HUD
Valley Mills
E. McDowell
Wendell Bearden
Walnut Springs
Henzie Rodgers
Tom Phillips
Jack L. Rowland
James Gibbs
Clifton Record Photo
Cliftonian Pfc
Aubrey — Roberts Taok
Dogwood
Cub
Jim Bakke
Jim
Joe Wallace
Joe
Gatesville
PFC
Joe Kk. Menn
Lake W
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