Civic Society 68 69 Officers Installed In Clifton
Fifty members attended a no hostess covered dish luncheon as the Clifton Civic Improvement Society met in City Hall. Mrs A N Randle installed the 1968 69 officers. Helen C Aars wrote Your Town Is You and Elmer Luckenbach read it with observations on a Clifton newcomer.
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Clifton Civic Improvement Society
City Hall
Helen C. Aars
Elmer F. Luckenbach
Aars
Luckenbech
Clifton
A. N. Randle
J. C. Kincheloe
R. W Helm
W. F. Key, Jr
Jess G Hammock
A. BR. Fricke
W. D. Goodall
Russell B. Kerbow
Highway department urges posting ban on right of way
Texas highway maintenance crews ask residents not to place political posters on poles along road corridors. Posters along right of ways must be removed, causing extra work. Place posters behind fence lines with owner permission to avoid removal.
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Texas Highway Department
Highway Department
Clifton Cub Scouts face mixups at awards banquet
The Ink Dropper recalls a photo mixup naming Cub Scouts Jim Hedrick and Billy Humphries at a Clifton awards banquet. Jap Fallis and brother Bill discuss Neil McLennan and Neil’s Creek in a local history note amid spring weather and Bosque river fishing stories.
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Clifton
Jim Hedrick
Billy Humphries
Jim
Billy
Jap Fallis
Neil
Bill
J. N. Fallis
Neil's Creek
Neil McLennan
McLennan County
Bosque
Mill Dam
Whitney to host 1968 Lake Whitney Beauty Pageant
The Lake Whitney Chamber of Commerce and Lake Whitney Association will co sponsor the 1968 pageant with top bid from Association directors. The event is planned for late April with date and site to be announced. A plaque will be awarded to the sponsor of the winning contestant in both junior and senior divisions. Funds will support a Hillsboro Whitney area sign on US 135 to guide visitors during HemisFair traffic.
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Hillsboro
Whitney O Lake Whitney
San Antonio
Leonard Herring
Harold Eastland
Gay
Jack Brandon
Bill Woodside
American Legion Birthday Supper Slated March 16
Clifton's Selmer Erickson Post No 322 and the Legion Auxiliary announce an American Legion Birthday supper for Saturday March 16 at 6 45 p m All ladies asked to bring salad cold slaw baked beans or potato salad March is the Legion birthday month and the event emphasizes the celebration with members invited.
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Clifton
Selmer Erickson
American Legion
The
Legion Auxiliary
Legion
CHS Band Parents to Meet Monday Evening
Clifton High School band parents association schedules a meeting Monday March 18 at 7 30 p m in the CHS Band Hall announced this week.
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CHS
Clifton High School Band Parents Association
Clifton approves housing ordinances and schedules mayoral ballot
City aldermen passed several new housing and building ordinances aiming to qualify Clifton for a future federally financed project. The April 6 municipal election ballot will include candidates Edward B Bryn Clifford T Dyer Jim B Smith and Jean L Pierson with Bryn drawing the first spot. The council also made the alley between Sormrudes Thriftee and James Grocery a one way southbound. The city will lease grounds to the Central Texas Fair Association for 25 years with a 25 year option and receive half the rent from the Clifton Livestock Commission Co amounting to about 30 dollars per month.
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Clifton
Edward B. Bryn Clifford T. Dyer
Jim B. Smith
Jean L. Pierson
Bryn
Central Texas Fair Association
Clifton Livestock Commission Co
Central Texas Fair Group
The
Commission Co
Vietnam Veteran Edward Frazier Dies of Wounds
Edward Lee Frazier 19 died in Tachikawa Japan hospital after being wounded Feb 12 in Vietnam. His body flown to Pilot Point Texas with burial at Mt. Carmel Wolf City in a military funeral. Survivors: father Earl Frazier and wife, twin sister Edna Marie, brother Larry, half sister Cindy, mother Cecil Freeman Amber of Hobbs NM, grandmothers Pearl Frazier Denton and Ruby Freeman Hobbs, great grandmother Allen Denton.
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Edward Lee Frazier
Vietnam
Tachikawa
Japan
Frazier
Clifton
Valley Mills
Pilot Point
Texas
Mt. Carmel
Wolf City
Earl Frazier
Edna Marie
Larry
Cindy
Cecil Freeman Amber
Hobbs
New Mexico
Pearl Frazier
Denton
Ruby Lovelady Freeman
Allen
Seth Witcher to Receive God and Country Award
Seth Witcher son of Dr and Mrs S L Witcher of Clifton will receive the God and Country Award from First Baptist Church of Clifton at 7 p m worship service on March 17. The award honors service and spiritual achievement and will be presented by Rev Clay L Burns.
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Seth Witcher
S. L. Witcher
Clifton
First Baptist Church of
Seth
Lion's Club
Clay L. Burns
Revival Begins at First Methodist March 17
Rev Warren Olliff visits from Stephenville to lead a week long revival at First Methodist Church. Opening service at 10 45 Sunday morning and daily sessions through Friday feature 7 30 Evening services with singing notes on schedule and fellowship times.
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First Methodist Church
Warren Olliff
Stephenville
J. Morris Bailey
Olliff
Perkins School of Theology
S.M.U
Charles Travis
Crawford
Clifton Proclaims March 10 16 1968 as Girl Scout Week
Mayor Oris E. Pierson proclaims Girl Scout Week in Clifton for March 10 through 16 1968. The notice notes Girl Scouts grew from 18 to over three million members and 600000 volunteers, urging citizens to support opportunities for girls ages seven to seventeen.
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Juliette Gordon Low
Girl Scout Organization
Oris E. Pierson
Clifton
World Day of Prayer Observed Across Two Services
Ninety guests attended two World Day of Prayer meetings held at Meridian Methodist Church and Zion United Church of Christ in Womack. The Meridian service featured Miss Veda Benson leading, with offerings totaling $33.30, and sermons on bearing one another’s burdens. Six denominations were represented and a social hour followed.
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Meridian Methodist Church
Jim Hall
Meridian
Veda Benson
Morgan
Jesse Gandy
Bill Coleman
Kopper
Burney Warren
Arthur Corley
Mmes
Ella Robinson
S. Ward Hamilton
Zion United Church of Christ
Womack
Banquet Honors Clifton Girl Scouts and Brownies Friday
National Girl Scout and Brownie Week in Clifton ends with a covered dish supper at the Fellowship Hall of the First Methodist Church. Girls will receive charms earned in the latest cookie sale. Guest speaker will be Robert Rachirg. The week began with a joint church service.
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Clifton
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Robert Rachirg
Dinner-Dance to Honor Clifton High School Students
The Lions Club hosts a March 30 dinner-dance at the National Guard Armory to honor Clifton High School students including 7th and 8th graders in the band. Special guests are the Clifton State Finalist Football team Pep Squad and CHS Band faculty. Funds come from Lions Jaycees and local businesses. Curtis Holland is welcomed as a new Grace Memorial Baptist Church pastor and is the 440th member of the Clifton Lions Club.
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Clifton High School
National Guard Armory
Clifton
CHS
Lions Club
Lions
Jaycees
D. C
Singing at Sunset Home Program at Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home
A singing will be held at the Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home Sunday afternoon March 17 from 2 to 4 p.m. Everyone interested is invited to attend.
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Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home
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Rummel
Garland
Rocky) Rummel
Clifton Hick
Abilene Christian College
Rocky
Don Smith
Cubs
Pole
Whitney
S.S.B.C
American Insurance Association
Sormrude’s Thriftee
James Grocery
Girl Scouts
Brownies
O. E. Pierson
Marilyn Anderson
Shelby Anderson
Jan Marshall
Leo Marshall
Mayor Pierson
Brownie
Terri Smith
Frank Smith
Sheri Rachuig
Robert Rachurg
Record
God and Country
Central Texas
Methodist Church
Commission On
Bob Hauke
W. W. McClennan
Glen Beckner
R. W. Helm
Dave Foster
Tom Parks
First Baptist Church
W. W. McLennan
Gerald Lormrude
Rev
Girl Scouts of
Zion
Sunset Home
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