Clifton Council Raises City Pay and Considers Pool Purchase
Clifton has raised municipal workers to a $2 minimum hourly wage with overtime after 40 hours to stay within budget. The council rejected a proposal to buy the Mermaid Swimming Pool. New city manager Kenneth Neystel will assume duties May 27 after moving to Clifton May 24. Bills totaling $15,518.43 were approved, with $26,679.64 income and $33,600.45 expenses in April. HOTCOG aging program sponsorship was ratified and a light beacon will be installed near Goodall-Witcher Hospital.
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Smith
Kenneth R. Neystel
Mr. Neystel
Fort Worth
Meridian
Clifton
Neystels
Professional Appraisal Co. of
Heart of Texas Council of Governments
Bosque County
Hotcog
Waco
Ecological Services closes amid paper market slump
Ecological Services shuts down as high costs and low local demand shrink profits. Rummel cites energy shortages, export declines, lack of storage and processing facilities, and limited equipment as factors. He expects future possibilities but notes current margins are slim.
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Clifton High School
Mr. Rummel
Graduation rites outline at Clifton and Cranfills Gap
College admission plans for Cathy Tergerson and other graduates are announced. Sven Knudson earns valedictorian with a 96.36 average and Alice Gaston is salutatorian. Speaker duties are assigned to Hans J. Wimberly and Stephen Ottmers. Diplomas by C. L. Mitchell. Music by James Richards. Baccalaureate speaker Rev. Dale Yant. Invocations and benedictions noted.
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Cathy Tergerson
Lonnie Tergerson
Baylor University
Sven Knudson
Alice Gaston
Hans J. Wimberly
Clifton Junior High School
Crawfills Gap
Stephen Ottmers
C. L. Mitchell
Paul Boswell
James Richards
Techer
Marci Cobb
San Saba High School
Cranfills Gap High School
Bob Pate
First Baptist Church, Cranfills Gap
Marvin Ottmers
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Cranfills Gap
Dale Yant
First Methodist Church
Richards
Ottmers
Pate
Be an Active American Citizen and Do Your Part
A reflective call to action urges readers to act as responsible citizens. It cites real dangers of apathy, urges protection of rights, voting duties, service, and community leadership, and emphasizes Jeffersonian ideals and daily personal responsibility in democracy.
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Thomas Jefferson
America
Michael Drury
Clifton Booster Club to honor Au brey Roberts at banquet
The Clifton Booster Club will honor Au brey T. Roberts, former Clifton High School athletic director and head football coach, at a 7 p.m. Saturday May 18 banquet in the Clifton Elementary School cafeteria. Tickets are limited to 175 and on sale at Clifton High, Texas Milling Co., and Bryn's Exxon. Color film from the 1967 CHS state title game will be shown. Roberts became Midway High head coach and coordinator on March 1 after joining CHS in 1952 and rising to athletic director and coach in 1956.
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Clifton
Booster Club
Larry Wilkerson
Clifton High School
Texas Milling Co
Bryn
Exxon
Wilkerson
Roberts
Midway High School
CHS
Centennial of Spring Creek Baptist Church May 26
The Spring Creek Baptist Church founded May 24 1874 marks its centennial on May 26 with a morning service at the old church led by Rev G W McDowell of Fort Worth. A noon basket lunch follows as Dr D D Tidwell of Waco presents the church history.
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Spring Creek
Waco
G. W. Roberts
Iredell
J. H. Johnson
Meridian
J. W. McCullough
Clifton Garden Club Wins State Honors and Prizes
The Clifton Garden Club earned an Honor Roll Rating with 97 percent on the yearbook and a first place blue ribbon. Its club book placed third in the flower show schedule and it received an Honor Roll Certificate for the environmental improvement program. The club led landscaping at Clifton High School grounds and planted crepe myrtles at the Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home.
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Clifton Garden Club
Clifton High School
Clifton Lutheran Sunset
Responsibility to Citizenship Emphasized by Speaker
A speaker reflects on personal duty to citizenship and the growing understanding of that responsibility each day, framing it as a core obligation. The remark highlights individual accountability as essential to communal civic life.
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Ors
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Mermaid Swimming Pool
City Finances
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Roy Bean
North Ave. N
Roy Meinkowsky
Texas Highway Department
Farm Market Road 219
Hillside Dr
Goodall-Witcher Hospital Foundation
Texas Department of Community Affairs and
New City Hall
ABC Grocery
Mr. and
Mrs
Willie Olsen
W. Pecan
Bulova
N.ave
D - Clifton
Aars & Nelson
Insurance Agency
West Fifth Street
Clifton, Texas
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United
Armed Services
W. Po
Victor and
Mary JO Drewry
Clifton Booster Club
Aubrey T. Roberts
Centennial of
Mr. Johnson
Daniel
Nancy Auldridge
W. C. Cowart & Benjamin
Sarah Falkner
Lucy Gosden
Amarintha Harris
J. R
Sarah Williamson
Garden Club
T. W. Bush
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H. C. Walters
Laguna Park, Texas
Don’s Appliance Service
Don Hoffman
Corpier Motors
Chrysler
N. Hiway
Farmers State Bank
Clifton,Texas
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