Bluebonnet Center to Host Open House on March 31
Bluebonnet Art Craft Club will host an open house at the Bluebonnet Community Center in Laguna Park on March 31 from 1 30 p m to p m. The public is invited, with detailed driving directions via Farm Road 219 and Highway 22 to Shore Acres.
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Bluebonnet Community Center
Bluebonnet Art and Craft Club
Laguna Park
Bluebonnet Art Craft Club
Clifton
Rocky Creek Lodge
Shore Acres
Bluebonnet Club
Beautifying Clifton needs a maintenance system
The Sunday Waco Tribune-Herald re printed the Clifton beautification editorial from last week’s Record. Readers praised it, noting the need for ongoing public plant maintenance and a planned, funded program like the flag routine by VFW posts. Local examples in Hamilton and Mineola show a private nurseryman sustaining shrubs via chamber fees, creating neat streets and town pride through perpetual care.
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Waco Tribune-Herald
Clifton
Sam
Hamilton
Mineola
Texas
Chamber of Commercce
Income taxes in Bosque County forecast rise to 2.293 million
Bosque County residents paid about 2.083 million in personal income tax last year. Based on preliminary earnings, local returns this year are expected to reach roughly 2.293 million, about 210 thousand more, as households face the April 15 deadline. The national budget also projects higher personal tax receipts.
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New York
Clifton Record
Bosque County
Uncle Sam
Treasury Department
Amilies
Jurors drawn for April term in Bosque County court
Bosque County District Clerk Josie M. Hardwick released the lists of prospective grand and petit jurors selected to report for the April Term of Judge Truman E. Roberts 52nd Judicial District Court. The April term begins April 1 at the courthouse in Meridian. Grand jurors report at 9 am and petit jurors at 1 pm on April 1.
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Bosque County
Josie M. Hardwick
Jury Commission
Truman E. Roberts
52Nd Judicial District Court
Meridian
Eyond
Pell
Military Rites For Tommie Symank In Clifton
Funeral services for Spec 5 Tommie Lee Symank 26 of Clifton killed in action in Vietnam March 14 will be held at 2 p m today March 28 1968 at St John s Lutheran Church Coryell City with a military interment. He was a member of the 15th Transportation Corps 1st Logistic Command and had been in Vietnam since late January. He is survived by his wife parents and three brothers. Pallbearers will be a Fort Hood unit and Mosheim High School classmates act as honorary pallbearers. Clifton Funeral Home is in charge.
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Tommie Lee Symank
Clifton
Vietnam
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Coryell City
S. T. van Antwerp
15Th Transportation Corps
Symank
Mosheim
Durham
Business College
Waco
Texas State School For Boys
Gatesville
U. S. Army
Carol Ann Gray
D. M. Gray
Tommie Lee
Otto Symank
Charles R. Symank
Valley Mills
James Brent Symank
Michael Symank
Fort Hood
Mosheim High School
Clifton Funeral Home
Civic Society Plans CHS One Act Play and Library Report
The Civic Improvement Society meets at City Hall dining room 3 p.m. Wednesday April 3 to view Clifton High School's entry in the University Interscholastic League One Act Play Contest directed by Miss Lottie Bettis. Mrs. B I Dahl will report on the Nellie Pederson Civic Library. Members should attend for the program and business session. yearbooks and dues are noted. hostesses named.
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Clifton High School
Lottie Bettis
Civic Improvement Society
City Hall
B. I. Dahl
Nellie Pederson
Civic Society
W. T. Holder
W. W. Land
George B. Arnold
No Grazing Period Set for Diverted Acreage
Farmers are reminded that the no grazing period for diverted acres under the 1968 feed grain and cotton programs begins May 1 and lasts five months through October 1 1968. See NO GRAZING on back page.
Grace Memorial Baptists Begin Revival March 31
Grace Memorial Baptist Church will start revival services on Sunday March 31 and run through Sunday April 7. Pastor Rev Curtis Holland will lead services at 7 30 each evening with Wayne Hudson from Waco leading the singing. A nursery will be provided each service and everyone is invited.
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Grace Memorial Baptist Church
Curtis Holland
Wayne Hudson
Waco
VFW Auxiliary Plans Clifton Red Cross Drive in April
The Clifton VFW Auxiliary will sponsor a Red Cross fund drive across the Clifton business district during the first week of April. Local chairman Mrs. Allene Christenson asks individuals with no local business ties to donate through her office at 314 W. 5th in the Waco Savings and Loan building or via deposit at the Farmer State Bank in Clifton. Clifton Red Cross representative is Mrs. L. B. Polk, who will coordinate local service efforts.
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Clifton
VFW
Red Cross
Allene Christenson
Christenson
Waco Savings and Loan
W. 5Th
Farmer State Bank
Bosque County
L. B. Polk
American Red Cross
Clifton Jaycees Elect Massengale President for 1968
Clifton Jaycees elected B. W. Massengale as president for the 1968 term beginning April 1. Frank P. Smith and Bill Painter were named first and second vice presidents, with Willard Pat Patterson as secretary and L. B. Bo Haley as treasurer. New directors include Dr. D. A. Gloff Jim Tarpley Jim B. Smith Kenneth G. Nelson Harold Kettler Marcus Jermstad and Fred Ludwig. They also planned to sponsor a Miss Lake Whitney contestant and host Open Volleyball Tournament April 18 19 and 20 and a Donkey Basketball game May 4.
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Clifton Jaycees
B. W. Massengale
Frank P. Smith
Bill Painter
Willard
Pat) Patterson
L. B
Bo) Haley
D. A. Gloff
Jim Tarpley
Clifton Cubs Win Hornet Relays In Gatesville
Clifton High's track team scored 106 points to capture first at the Hornet Relays over Goldthwaite and others in Gatesville. The Cubs earned two firsts two seconds and two thirds across events including relay and distance ranks. The squad heads to Midway March 29 and hosts District Meet April 5 and Cub Relays April 13.
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Clifton High
Goldthwaite
Gatesville
Cub
Clifton
Cubs
Rogers
Cedar Hill
Midway
Glen Haywood
Joe Wallace
Jim Bryant
Haywood
Wayne Prescher
C. L. Conrad
Tommy Todd
Don Hall
Prescher
Conrad
Ronnie Horn
Todd
John Hoel
Larry Sorenson
Tim Outlaw
Horn
Hoel
Sorenson
Outlaw
Painter Elected New President of Clifton Lions
Clifton's Lions Club unanimously elected officers for the new year starting July. Bill Painter becomes president with Jess Hammock as first vice president and John Parks as second vice president. New directors include Curtis Bakke and Dr. W. F. Key.
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Painter
Clifton Lions
Clifton’s Lions Club
Bill Painter
Jess Hammock
John Parks
Sam Logan
A. R. Fricke
M. R
Pat) White
Lion Tanner
J. B. Darden
Clay Burns
Jim B. Smith
Curtis Bakke
W. F. Key
D. A. Gloff
Gerald Sormrude
Fred Jenson
Cc. S. Bronstad
T. F. Crawford
O. E. Pierson
M. R. White
John E. Withers
J. Bruce Parks
O. R. Jenson
Arthur Hyles
E. A. Priddy
Lion Dewey Halverson
Lion Bob Lane
Cadet Troop Plans Formed in Clifton
Plans to organize a Cadet Troop in Clifton urge interested girls ages 12 to 14, grades 7 through 9, to contact Mrs J M Tarpley at 675 8167 for participation.
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Clifton
J. M. Tarpley
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Veterans Group
Rebecca Radde
Laster
CHS
Hornet
District Court
Grand Jury
Harold Cox
W. O. Finley
Allen Grimland
Helen Hanson
Jack Hill
Russell Howard
Roland Jones
Carroll Knudson
Albert Spitzer
Jewel Alsup
Jack Donaldson
B. A. Dunklin
Cranfills Gap
Milton Linberg
Bellamy Bertelsen
China Spring
Melvin L Bryant, Jr
Walnut Springs
J. M. Baucom
HICO
Ray H. Byford
W. C. Adams
Weodell C. Burden
John Musselman
Lucille Cody
W. R. Shields, Sr
Marvin Behnke
David Bergman
Pernell Aars
Melvin Bakke
M. B. Jameson
Wilma Fay Amundson
Alva E. Tweedle
Orin L
Ind
Dan Amundson
Harold Spitzer
D. O. Swenson
W. K. Peacock
Ovie Canuteson
B. G. Niemeier
L. E. Orbeck
James Johansen
Richard D. Lundberg
M. P. Smith
P. R. Downey
H. L. Greenshaw
Tye White
James Gibbs
Virgil D. Herring
Ted Hansen
C. H. Gustafson
Jerry Hall
Texas Lake Trails
Tommie L. Symank
Grace Memorial Baptists
Massengale
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