Omen predicts Cub baseball and football success this fall
The column touts a sports omen from last season with the Cub nine top in baseball and hints that the 1968 team will beat Frisco for the state's crown. It notes Coach Rob Roberts plans a busy summer and mentions Aub and Lester Roberts with a Colorado cabin. Coach Richard Lairdon welcomes a newborn and starts summer teaching duties.
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Cub
Frisco
Cub Grndsters
Cub Nine
Jocker
Rob Roberts
Aub
Lester Roberts
Hamilton
Colorado Mountains
Piano Recital Set June 6 Here
Mrs. R. O. Bass of Clifton invites the public to hear her piano students in a program at Trinity Lutheran Fellowship Hall in Clifton on Thursday June 6. The class includes Nancy Carpenter Debbie Lane Janet Conrad Kay Terger son Donna Lane Karen Phillip Sarah Homerstad Cindy Holder Wade Dansby Richard Womack Karen Garf Janie Conrad Linda Schultz Vickie Conrad Marsha Boswell Gail Garf Glenda Thiele Tim Stevens Becky Helms Peggy Hatter Katharine Anz Jennifer Womack Bill Carpenter Cindy Mary and Frances Hull.
Softball Players Invited To Organizational Meet
Area softball players will meet Thursday night May 30 to organize the summer league Attendance is open to men interested in playing this season The meeting will start at 8 p m at the Farm Bureau Building in Clifton.
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Farm Bureau
Clifton
Double Headers Open Ball Season Tuesday
Neils Creek Little League starts Tuesday June 4 with pee wee and freshmen teams from Clifton Clinton Crawfills Gap Meridian Valley Mills. Clifton hosts Clifton Blacks vs Reds at 7 pm followed by Freshmen Reds and Placks around 8.
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Neils Creek
Pee Wee
Clifton
Crawfills Gap
Meridian
Valley Mills
Pee Wee Clifton Blacks
Clifton Reds
Reds
Clinton Pee W Green
Clive
Clive Bh Shien Blves Will Play In Chosote Head On Out Sietdian Nd Corantius Gup
Valley Mulls
McGregor
Funeral services pending for Capt. Ralph Jr. in Clifton
Capt. Ralph H. Ralph Jr. 28 was killed May 17 1968 near Da Nang Vietnam while commanding a Marine unit. Born Oct 23 1940 in Groesbeck he earned honors at Clifton High and A&M University later marrying Jean Sanders in 1962. Survived by wife children parents and a brother, funeral to be announced upon body arrival.
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Tom H. Ralph, Jr
da Nang
Vietnam
Thomas Henry Ralph, Jr
Groesbeck
Hillsboro
Clifton High School
Eade Scout and
God and Country
Order of the Arrow
A&m
A&m Inia
Jean Sanders
Dayton
Laura Lee
Thomas Andrew
Ralph
Quantico
Marine Corps
Commandent
United States
A&m University
2Nd Marine Division
Atlantic Ocean
Camp Pendleton
Calif
First Marine Division
Quang Nam
T. H. Ralph
Samil
Clifton
Captain Ralph
Womack crash injures three motorists near Musselman’s store
Three people were treated for minor injuries after a pickup and sedan collided at the Musselman’s store intersection on FM 219 near Womack Monday morning. Ernest Carl Johle 82 drove the pickup. Betty Erickson Odom and her daughter Sheree were in the sedan. All were taken to Clifton hospital and later released. Both vehicles were extensively damaged.
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Betty Erickson Odom
Sheree
Womack
Ernest Carl Johle
Record
Goodall Witcher Hosntal
Musselman’s
Whitney
Harvey Lane
Special Bake and Rummage Sale Slated at City Hall
Clifton Civic Improvement Society schedules a Bake Sale and Rummage Sale for next Wednesday at City Hall. Bake items should be at 8 a.m. with sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Items include bread pies cakes cookies jelly and assorted clothing shoes hats jewelry bottles and vases.
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Clifton Civic Improvement Society
City Hall
Civic Society
Civic
Civic Society Essay Contest Lags in Clifton
Clifton Civic Improvement Society laments low entries for the essay contest How Can the Civic Society Improve Clifton. Prizes total 15, 10, and 5 for students and 15, 16, and 5 for adults. entries due by Saturday June 1 postmarked to Mrs B Kincheloe Box 321 Clifton Texas 75634.
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Clifton Civic Improvement Society
Ivic Society
Clifton
Kincheloe
Civic Seciety
Clifton Texa
Clifton Public
Cubs Win Regional Title In Class A Baseball Showdown
Clifton High School Cubs stay undefeated by beating Frisco Coons 4 2 at Kuett Wood Park Fort Worth to claim the Class A Regional Championship. Key players include Glen Haywood Louis Felan Robert Ledlow John Hoel Garland Braune and Gary Anz with Tim Outlaw sidelined by an eye injury. Memorial Day services and veterans events are noted in Clifton.
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Clifton Cubs
Frisco Coons
Rock Wood Park
Fort Worth
Louis Felan
Glen
Channon Frisco Coons
Kuett Wood Park
Buddy Ables
Cubs
Frisco
Gary Anz
Robert Ledlow
John Hoel
Anz
Hoel
Garland Braune
Braune
Glen Haywood
John Heel
Rusty Vossman
Rocky Rummel
Tim Outlaw
Tim
Pelican Visits Meridian Inland Park
A lone white pelican stopped at Meridian State Park near Meridian for a night on the park’s lake. Park Attendant L C Cole noted the bird flew north at about 9 the next morning amid birdwatcher speculation it may be an old bachelor left behind from its group.
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Meridian
Meridian State Park
L. C. Cole
W-acre
Two Candidates Vie In Bosque County Runoff for Texas Governor
Bosque County reports 38 absentee votes during May 22 to 28 period for the Democratic runoff between Preston Smith and Don Yarborough. Ballot remains brief with only two names as observers predict a close race amid liberal and moderate voter dynamics statewide.
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Bosque County
Jimmie Gill
Preston Smith
Don Yarborough
Texas
Smith
Eugene Locke
Wagooner Carr
Dolph Briscoe
John Hill Yarborough
Senior Class Feted at Banque Here on Friday
The Senior Class of '68 was honored at a banquet hosted by mothers at the Fellowship Methodist Church. Theme Key to the Future featured table decorations shaped like a large key and banners reading Success Happiness Wealth Peace. Class president Jim Bryant presided as MC and Mrs Jenson accompanied the table prayer.
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Methodist
Jim Bryant
0. R. Jenson
Mothoedist Church
van Orbeck
Dale Orobeck
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Richard Lairdon
By Sam Logan
Santa Cormaca
US Marine Corps
Brown & Root, Inc
Houston
Tom Ralph
Clifton Cemetery
J. Morris Bailey
First Methodist Church
Clifton American Legion
F.W. Posts
Walnut Springs
Legion
Ibrey Linberg
VFW
Veterans
Pelican
CHS
Rreston Smith
Banque
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