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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1970
Page
11
In Central Texas August and September chatter questioned Clifton high's 230 plus students and 180 to 185 pound Cubs in 2A play. Projections doubted their chances but fans recall that desire and determination can overcome size and numbers in football.
The annual Thanksgiving supper of the VFW and Auxiliary will be held Saturday November 21 at 6 30 p m at the Post Home on Riverside Drive. Members and families are invited. Turkey bread and coffee provided. ladies to bring a covered dish.
The Gap Lions Booster Club sponsors the Annual Lutefisk and Turkey Dinner on Saturday December 5 1970 from 5:00 to 9:30 p.m. at the school lunchroom. Advance tickets $2 for adults and $1 for children. at the door $2.50 for adults and $1.25 for children. Send orders to Dinner Crawfills Gap Texas 76637.
The annual Community Thanksgiving Service sponsored by the Ministers' Association of the Clifton area will be held on Wednesday night before Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1970 at 7:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Clifton. The Rev. Cleon Flanagan of First United Methodist Church will deliver the Thanksgiving Message, assisted by Albert Petrich, Curtis Holland, and Frank Horak, representing local churches. Everyone is invited to attend this united service of thanksgiving.
Registration closes at 4 p.m. today in Clifton for the Chamber of Commerce Turkey Drawing promotion. Twenty five Plantation Beauty Turkeys will be drawn for Thanksgiving. More than 25 000 tickets distributed. merchants must turn in stubs by 4 30 p.m. The drawing is at 5 p.m. on a Main Street booth. no purchase or presence required.
Clifton hosts Brady in a bi district playoff with Brady owning an 8 1 1 record and Clifton 8 2. Brady features M C Routt at 239 pounds and Terry Penn at quarterback while Clifton lists Kent Apple and reserves seats totaling 496 tickets on sale at Clifton drug stores.
Clifton High Cubs outscored McGregor 30 to 12 in the second half to clinch a district 10-AA win and earn a bi district game against Brady in Brady at 8 p.m. next Friday. Clifton and McGregor closed the year as district co champions.
A large turnout is expected tonight as Clifton PTA presents floor plans and drawings for a proposed Clifton High School. Residents will view an overhead map showing campus location, learn financing details, and ask questions. A December 1, 1979 bond vote in the Clifton Independent School District seeks 800000 to fund the project with potential completion by January 1972.
The Post Office urges early mailing for Christmas due to a possible rail strike on December 11. Deadlines include SAM parcels by November 21, PAL by November 28, and armed forces airmail by December 12. Continental U S distant parcels by December 1, greeting cards by December 10, in state mail by December 11, and Texas greeting cards by December 15. Remodeling announced for Clifton window area with 36 new boxes, box rents rising nationwide January 1.
The Record corrects that the Annual Brotherhood Sausage Supper will be at Womack Church Fellowship Hall, not Womack Hall. The event is reported as a complete sell-out in this week's edition.
Congressman W R Poage will be honored at a public appreciation banquet Monday December 7 on the Texas State Technical Institute James Connally Campus. The event marks 34 years in Congress and Poages role in Texas technical education with plans for the W R Poage Land Technology Center on a 15 acre site. The three to five million dollar project aims to finish in spring 1973 and will be highlighted by an open house and afternoon reception. More than 300 guests from across the nation are expected at Ridgewood Country Club for the tribute with the theme Beat Swords into Plowshares.
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