Community News and Obituaries From Laguna Park Area
Community mourns James Wilkison of Laguna Park who died November 8 at Park Plaza Nursing Home Whitney. Funeral held November 10 in Whitney. he moved there in 1954 and worked in real estate. Survived by wife Winnie and daughter Mrs John C. Dickey Jr. of Laguna Park. Sympathy also to Keith Osborn family who died November 7 in a Waco hospital and buried in Clifton Cemetery. survived by wife Susie, daughter Donna, son Merlin of Fort Worth. Hands Up crime prevention program to start November 30 at 7 p.m. in Meridian District Courtroom. open to all residents. Bluebonnet Art Craft Club meets November 12. officers elected for coming year. Thanksgiving dinner November 16. West Shore Civic Improvement Association meets December 3 to discuss a local clinic. Joe Fazzi shares his Laguna Park Conoco cheese cake recipe. Please report news to Harriett Apple at 622-3666.
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James C. Wilkison
Laguna Park
Wilkison
Park Plaza
Whitney
Marshall and Marshall
Hillcrest Garden
Winnie
John C. Dickey Jr
Keith M. Osborn
Waco
First Methodist
Meridian
Clifton
Susie
Donna
Merlin
Fort Worth
Bluebonnet Art Craft Club
Dottie Cardwell
Lila Hudson
Pauline Johnson
Beulah Simmons
Mmes Lucille Worthington
Celeste Bond
Marguerite Rosser
Bess Collier
Harriett Apple
Commissioners approve hiring spare dispatchers
The Commissioners Court authorized Sheriff John O Baxter to hire two part time dispatchers to provide 24 hour dispatching without jail labor. Costed at 976 hours yearly at 2 30, the plan totals 2244 80 dollars and explores a work release program for a prisoner to fill shifts while MH MR staff arrange assignments.
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Commissioners’ Court
John O. Baxter
Baxter
MH/MR
Charles K.ward Jr
Bryan L. McClelan
Nancy McClure
Ward
Commissioners Court
MH/ MR
Word
E. W. Page
Judge Ward
McClure
MHMR
Seventh Cubs fall to Cougars in district title game
Clifton Cubs seventh graders lost 14 to 6 to China Spring for the district title. Bowen returned a punt for 65 yards for the Cougars first score. James Anz and Lonny Harvey led late Cubs drives and Harvey threw for 87 yards and a TD. Cubs finish 5-3-1.
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Clifton Cubs
China Spring
Cougars
Bowen
Cubs
Reisinger farm grows with conservation and wildlife cover
Frank Reisinger and his wife own a farm ten miles southwest of Meridian near China Spring. Since 1970 they have practiced conservation with help from the Soil Conservation Service, planting oats for winter grazing and setting aside deer cover in steep rangeland. They irrigate bermudagrass, raise high quality Angus cattle, and maintain several ponds to endure drought. Frank, a former Air Force veteran, runs Reisinger Printing Co. and shares farm pride with his family and community.
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Reisinger
China Spring Place
Frank
Soil Conservation Service
Sudan
Columbia
Texas
Connaily Air Base
Waco
Reisingers
Reisinger Printing Co
Meridian
Eareohes
Clifton nurse honored for twenty years of service
Mrs. Hattie Tyssen received a 20 year service certificate and pin at Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home in a reception attended by family, colleagues, and friends. Tributes highlighted her dedication including stories of braving a tractor in heavy snowfall. Rev Isacc Paulsen of Waco delivered the closing remarks.
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Hattie Tyssen
Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home
Tyssen
David
Caroline
Evelyn
Marilyn
Tys'n
Walter Hanson
Clifton
Dallas
R. C. Rowell
R. W. Frost
Willie Mac Dahl
Verna Wilson
Betty Linderuch
Ella Zuehlke
Flenore Wiede
Nancy Clancy
Nell McDowell
Jan Hinson
Nellie Luckenbach
Ted Steenblock
Trinity Lutheran Church
Elmer Luckenbach
Luckenbach
Marion Pederson
Bosque County Median Age Rises After Postwar Boom
Special to the Record reports Bosque County shifted from a younger postwar population to an aging trend. Median age rose from 43.8 in 1960 to 47.9 in 1970 and about 49.3 presently while national and Texas medians fall. Fertility trends show fewer births, with women in their 20s having fewer children.
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Bosque County
United States
Texas
Cnsus
Bosque County Fertility Ratio Shifts From 372 to 283
In 1960 Bosque County fertility ratio stood at 372 and is now estimated at 283. National average runs about 337 while Texas shows 352 according to Park Row News Service.
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Bosque County
Texas
Park Row News Service
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Mmes
Corine Simmons
Laura Hawks
Lucille Worthington
Johnnie Gambrell
Mary E. Lambert
Bonnie Collier
Ethel Turner
Dorotha Passmore
West Shore Civic Improvement Association
Bluebonnet
Joe Fazzi
Conoco
Philadelphia
Wiley Pierce
Hico
Pierce
Danny
Earl R. Behringer
Behringer
Clifton Bank
Mr. Behringer
Elva Seidel
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City OF Clifton Humane Officer
M. R
Pat) White
Clifton City Hall
Parks Insurance Agency
North Ave
CLSH
Issac Paulsen
Clifton Record
Erickson, Erickson Feed Mill
N. Hwy
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Cliftex
FBI
United Artists
Karen Black
Oliver Reed
Sam Elliott
Anne Archer
Paramount Pictures Presents
Lifeguard
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