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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1966
Page
2
Voters in Bosque County will have 16 proposed amendments on the ballot this year and polling locations open for all qualified voters. The piece urges civic participation, notes Kennedy’s narrow margin over Nixon, and reminds that every single vote counts when casting ballots on November 8.
The Clifton Record announces its policy to print only signed letters and urges readers to stand up and be counted. Anonymous letters will be read but discarded, as unsigned submissions will not be reproduced.
Coryell commissioners court faced a snag when no bids were entered for the county owned rest home on North Lutterloch. The home, leased for 500 dollars a month, may be renewed or re auctioned after election to decide leasing or sale.
Clifton area notes from 20 years ago include the Oct 25 marriage of James D. Westley and Connie Landgraf in Groesbeck by Rev Wolf, a Oct 20 shower for Mrs Curtis Smith at Cranfills Gap, a Polled Hereford sale for 225 dollars by 4-H member W D Wester, North Texas State College dean’s list members, and a census report showing 1125 bales of cotton ginned in Bosque County before Oct 18 1946 versus 879 in 1945.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Smith of Dallas spent October 21 to 23 in Clifton with their daughter-in-law Mrs. Jerry B. Smith and granddaughters Linda and Melaney. Mr. Smith escorted granddaughter Linda to the CHS Homecoming Dance where Linda, a Clifton High junior, was among the top four nominees for Homecoming Queen.
Mrs. Bill Dowdy and children Billie Kay and Charles Lynn of Duncanville spent Friday night with C. A. Dowdy and the rest of the week end with Milton Linberg near Cranfills Gap. Bill Dowdy fished at the coast. Also visiting were Mrs. Gilbert Loesch and daughter Patricia of Duncanville, plus Mr. and Mrs. Jay F. Ward and son John of Mesquite, and Mrs. Veda Smith of Dallas.
Governor Connally orders a food cost analysis by UT, A M University, and Texas Tech to measure producer, retailer, and other costs with a December 1 deadline. Regulators debate gas pipeline oversight, water rights, and a retrial in a land condemnation case while the high court rules on Canyon Dam water.
Mrs E B Harris Clifton Public Schools librarian speech and English teacher fractured her left wrist in a fall in the school foyer Thursday morning. She remained in hospital until early this week and returned to teaching Wednesday with her wrist in a cast.
Jerry Hill and Tommy Turner from Southwest Texas State College in San Marcos visited here with their parents from Friday afternoon to Saturday afternoon last week. Also visiting were Pat Stewart and John Mitchell, SWTSC students, staying with the E. E. Stewarts in Clifton and the Marshal F. E. Mitchells in Mosheim.
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