New Clifton high school opens after weather delays
After weeks of rain and mud delays, Clifton Independent School District begins classes at the new Clifton High School with a $300,000 facility. Supt. Kent Appleby said transfers were arranged for Monday and moving day was planned for Friday. The district had funded the project with $800,000 in bonds approved two years earlier and Sparks Construction Co. of Hamilton led bids from eleven firms.
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Cuitlon
Supt. of Schools
Kent Appleby
Appleby
Chiton Independent School District
Record Building
West 5Th Street
Cliiton High School
North Ave. N
K. A. Sparks Construction Co
Goodall-Witcher Hospital
Rucker & Chamlee Architects
Temple
Sparks
Hawkins & Westbrook
Abilene
Jones & Williams Construction
Waco
Waco Construction
BFW Construction
Herman Bennett Co
Brownwood
R. B. Butler, Bryan, Campbell Construction
Lesiker Construction
Ft. Worth
Brash Construction
Smith Building Co
Clifton
City to wait for more low rent housing units
Clifton faces no new federally aided residential projects due to a national presidential freeze affecting all contracts not under the annual contributions agreement as of January 5. Housing Authority officials cite 20 eligible households seeking 32 occupied units with zero vacancies while funds are moved to a local bank for a year.
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Clifton
Housing Authority
City of
Lewis R. Wallace
Wallace Associates, Inc
Dallas
Wallace
Ada Marie Moody
The
Riverside Park phase one to start after April 1
Mayor Charles M. Isenhower disclosed at a Clifton Lions Club luncheon that city workers will begin the first phase of Riverside Park improvements shortly after April 1 with federal funds covering half of the 85 000 cost. The total park project is 250 000 for three phases, with phase two and three awaiting federal approval. Benches, picnic sites, grills, fencing, and paving are planned, plus a trainee park maintenance role and potential summer recreational director.
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Riverside Park
Charles M. Isenhower
Clifton Lions Club
Isenhower
Cliiton
Clifton
Elsie Coston
R. B. Kerbow
Ted Evans
Ray Byford
Wayne Gloff
Bill Painter
Clinic Moves to New Location Monday
The Clifton Medical and Surgical Clinic relocates from 503 West Sid St to 201 South Ave adjacent to Goodall-Witcher Hospital. Open to receive patients at 8:30 a.m. Monday with hours 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturdays, 9 a.m. to noon Sundays.
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Clifton Medical & Surgical Clinic
Sid St
Goodall-Witcher Hospital
South Ave
Allan B. Davis Seeks Clifton City Council Seat
Allan B. Davis, electrical superintendent for Community Public Service Co., runs for one of Clifton's two City Council seats in the April 7 election. Born in Lexington Kentucky he holds a BS in electrical engineering from New Mexico State University and is a registered PE in New Mexico and Texas. Davis has worked in aircraft industry in Seattle San Francisco and Los Angeles before joining CPS Pecos in 1965 and held posts in Silver City and Clifton. He is Lions Club Housing Authority Commissioner Bosque County Cancer Society administrative board member and First United Methodist Church member. Davis says his eight years of city work gives him the knowledge to meet Clifton's needs and that his engineering background will help.
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Allan B. Davis
Central Division
Community Public Service Co
Mr. Davis
Lexington
Davis
Betty-Jollews
Michele
New Mexico State University
New Mexico
Texas
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
CPS
Pecos
Silver City
N. M
Clifton
Lions Club
Bosque County Cancer Society
First United Methodist Church
Greenwade Announces Candidacy for City Council Seat
A. M. Greenwade of 606 West Hackberry seeks one of two City Council seats. A Bosque Hill native, he served as a World War I machine gunner in Europe, then 28 years in Bosque County law enforcement and as justice of the peace. He attends First Baptist Church of Clifton and is active in American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the World War I Barracks.
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A. M. Greenwade
West Hackberry
Mr. Greenwade
Bosque-Hill County
Bosque County
Greenwade
First Baptist Church of
Clifton
The
American
Drug Influenced Persons Drive Most Bosque Burglaries
Bosque County Sheriff John Baxter told the Lazy Daisy Home Demonstration Club that seventy five percent of burglaries in the county are committed by drug influenced individuals. He said drug problems affect every school and cited LSD as the most dangerous drug. Baxter called drug abuse a frightening disease affecting both body and mind and noted it is not limited to youth.
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Bosque County
John Baxter
The
Lazy Daisy Home
Erwin Luckemeyer
Clifton Police Chief warns on rising car crashes this year
Chief Homer Waller voiced deep concern over increasing automobile accidents in Clifton since January. Through February and into March crashes rose, with seven January incidents leaving three injured and seven in February causing two injuries. Two-month 1972 totals reached 14 crashes with four hurt, while two weeks noted four accidents with no injuries. Minor and extensive vehicle damages occurred at multiple intersections. A burglary at Central Texas Lumber Co. netted five or six dollars. =================================================================
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Clifton
Homer Waller
Waller
3Rd St
State Highway 6
West 15Th St
Ave. D
North Ave. D
Farm Road 219
Central Texas Lumber Co
East 5Th St
One Killed and Eleven Injured On Bosque County Roads
A county report shows one death and eleven injuries on Bosque County rural highways in January and February. There were 23 accidents in the period, with the fatality occurring in February. Eight injuries occurred in January and three in February, contributing to a 1972 final tally of 183 crashes with four deaths and 97 injuries in the county.
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Bosque County
J. W. Wilson
Wilson
Reservations Arriving for Clifton Chamber Banquet
The Clifton Chamber of Commerce invites reservations for its second annual banquet and membership meeting. The event, at 7 p.m. Saturday April 14, will be at the National Guard Armory with Dr. James Blakely of Wharton as speaker. Tickets, limited to 400, go on sale April 1 to members and then the public at the Chamber office Farmers State Bank and local drug stores.
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Clifton Chamber of Commerce
Bobby Conrad
National Guard Armory
James Blakely
Wharton
Chamber
Robert B. Lane
Blakely
Farmers State Bank of Clifton
Rush Springs
Okla
Duval County
Texas
Sam Houston State University
University of Missouri
College of Agriculture
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Dallas Area
Fort Worth
Farmers State Bank
W. T.thompson
J. C. Kincheloe
Floyd Gray
William T. Jordan
Clifton Record
Sam D. Logan, Jr
Canuteson-Polk Real Estate
Chief Waller
Wharton County Junior College
Kappa Delta Pi
Texas State Teachers Associa
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