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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1966
Page
4
The annual Christmas Seal Sale is underway in Bosque County to fund local TB programs. Of every dollar raised 81 goes to Bosque County, 19 supports nationwide TB control and research. Citizens are urged to contribute during the Christmas season to speed an effective cure.
The piece notes a dangerous fast world where highways cruise ships and jet planes pose fatal risks. It highlights frequent American accident deaths weekly as a sobering reflection of modern life’s pace.
Fans in Clifton and Valley Mills watched a fast paced high school football game end in a 20 to 20 tie between the Cubs and Eagles. The Clifton college alumni note Joyce Cole Schmidt teaches at Kopper, with favorable student feedback. Hasting Jr. enjoyed updates from Bryan Texas with A and M herd ties while recovering from an ankle fracture. Armistice Day holiday observed at Clifton Public School amid ongoing Cranfills Gap School notes.
A weekly meditation highlighting Exodus 19 5 as a call to obedience and covenant faithfulness. The verse promises that those who heed God’s voice become a special treasure to Him due to His ownership of all the earth.
The Gap Freshmen and Meridian freshmen played to a 7 to 7 tie with Cleo Neystel scoring a touchdown and Benny Rhodes adding the extra point. Mack Phillips impressed with strong blocking and tackling. In Austin at Central Methodist Church on Nov 9, Virgie Turner married A M Woodward Jr. in a double ring ceremony.
The Texas State Teachers Association pushes for an 85 million dollar annual pay raise for teachers, seeking 61 to 100 dollar monthly increases. Despite governor committee doubts, lawmakers face tax bills and a potential special session in 1968. Board actions include new textbooks and migrant educational services.
Clifton Postmaster Robert Baldridge Jr announced that all first class mail voice letters and parcels five pounds or less under sixty inches combined will be airlifted on space available basis between the United States and overseas military post offices. Second class publications will also be airlifted from San Francisco to armed forces in Viet Nam under Public Law 89 725. Parcel handling will use SAM markings to speed dispatch and avoid reweighing. Christmas parcels under five pounds should be mailed by December 1 and airmail by December 10.
At the Texas Farmers Union convention final day in Mineral Wells H M Baggarly editor of the Tulia Herald won Editor of the Year. Bosque County members L G Sommerfeld Clifton and Finis E Williams Meridian were honored along with Reverend Jacinto Alderete Crosbyton named Minister of the Year.
Reverend Tom Z. Jenkins resigns as pastor of Clifton Independent Baptist Church. Reverend Johnnie Paulson of Meridian accepts the pastorate of the church vacated by Jenkins. Everyone is invited to hear the new pastor at the local church.
Bosque County Unit of the American Cancer Society met November 10 at the First Presbyterian Church Clifton with 21 members from Clifton Valley Mills Mosheim Crawfills Gap Womack Coyote and Norse. Dr J B Chandler Jr spoke on cancer of the colon and rectum and urged annual physical checks to prevent and detect the disease. The next meeting is scheduled at Moose Lodge Lakeside Village on Lake Whitney.
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