Autograph Party Planned for Clifton College Author Dorothy Ann Brown
Dorothy Ann Brown, assistant professor and Clifton College alumna, will attend an autograph party at the Clifton Civic Center hosted by the Bosque Memorial Museum executive board. The event marks the 20th anniversary of Clifton College now part of Texas Lutheran College TLC. Brown will sign copies of her book We Sing to Thee and a tea will accompany the reception.
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Clifton College
Dorothy Ann Brown
Texas Lutheran College
Miss Brown
Alma Meer
TLC
Lone Star Lutheran
Clifton Hall
Bosque Memorial Museum
Clifton Civic Center
Harhah Hoff Brown
Marie Pederson
Everett Wallace
Delia Ringness
Odie Pederson
Lawrence Jenson
Loyd Swenson
Ruby Kirton
Milton Jr
Dorothy Ann
Clifton High School
Northwast State University
George Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
Abilene Christian College
University of Wyoming
University of Denver
Brown
Concordia College
Austin
Central Texas College
Killeen
Sigma
Planning discussion on housing in Clifton at Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Last Wednesday night Clifton Citizens' Advisory Committee Mayor Jim Smith and City Manager Ken Neystel led a meeting at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church on housing shortages. Attendees included Alva Finck rural housing specialist, Gilbert Barnett county supervisor, Elmer Foster FH A Eastland district director, Jimmy Gilmore planning director for Heart of Texas GOs, and other concerned citizens and guests.
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Texas
Department of Community Affairs
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clifton
Poor housing conditions rise in Planning Area 3
Clifton by staff members of the Department of Community Affairs report Planning Area 3 east of the railroad tracks and north of FM 219 has fewer than 50 percent of homes in standard condition. A slide shows the poor conditions, while Planning Area 9 in the central business district is the second concern.
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Department of Community Affairs
FM 219
Clifton housing forum reviews aid under new act
A Clifton meeting discussed housing programs from the Farmers Home Administration after a local survey showed 49 percent of homes in need of more than regular repair. County supervisor contact, Mayor Smith, and City Manager Neystel offered help while residents asked about fixes. The group plans January meetings and promotes the Clifton by Choice brochures with postcards to Clarence Fields.
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Finck
Farmers Home Administration
Clifton
Neystel
Barnett
Joe Gieselman
Department, of Community Affairs
Smith
Housing and Community Development Act
Clifon
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Clifton By
Clarence Fields
City Hall
Arrests Made In Mill Burglary In Clifton
Clifton police report three residents charged with burglary in a November break at Dansby Feed Mills where about 935 pounds of pecans were taken. Two suspects released on bond, one on own recognizance, pending grand jury and further investigation. A separate daytime burglary on West 11th Street saw two bottles of wine and vodka stolen with forced entry. No injuries reported in two Clifton motor vehicle accidents with property damage and varying degrees of damage to a 1973 sedan and a 1973 hardtop after collisions at South Avenue, West 7th Street, and West Hackberry.
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Clifton
Dansby
West 3Rd St
Alvin James
West 11Th St
James
South Ave. H
West 7Th St
West Hackberry and
North Ave. F
James Said
Firemen's Ball Tickets Suggested In Clifton
Clifton Volunteer Fire Department members urge early ticket purchases for the annual fireman ball set for Saturday December 7 from 8 p.m. to midnight. Harold Strand's Orchestra will entertain and proceeds fund the department's new booster truck. Public invited. Fire Chief George Harris notes the date moves from New Year's Eve and calls it Clifton's tradition.
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Clifton Volunteer Fire Department
Clifton
Harold Strand
George Harris
Local Bosque County incomes rise but fail to keep pace with inflation
A Park Row News Service report from Bosque County shows 42.9 percent of local households have buying incomes of 8 000 or more after tax. The distribution lists 19.1 percent in 5 000 to 8 000, 11.5 percent in 8 000 to 10 000, 17.7 percent in 10 000 to 15 000, 13.7 percent above 15 000, with the rest 5 000 or less. It notes income gains may lag behind price hikes by end of 1974.
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Bosque County
Standard Rate and Data Service
Park Row
Music Students Present Christmas Program at Clifton
The Clifton elementary and Clifton High School Choir will present a Christmas program for grades 3-7 at 2 30 p m Sunday December 15 in Bettis Auditorium Clifton Elementary School Patsy Ruth Lancaster directs a concert of carols from many lands prepared over six weeks
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Clifton High School
Bettis
Holiday Home Tour Nears Sponsored by Hospital Auxiliary
The annual Holiday Home Tour sponsored by the Goodall Witcher Hospital Auxiliary is set for Sunday December 8 from early morning until around 6 p.m. The event has become a Christmas season highlight drawing visitors from surrounding towns.
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Goodall- Witcher Hospital
School Buses and Rural Education from a Lopsided View
A De Soto Journal column recalls how yellow school buses carried rural students to Crawfills Gap High and beyond. The author reflects on winters, heaters, and seating near the heater, tracing a long arc from small-town beginnings to broader districts and communities.
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Joe Hickox
de Soto Journal
Crawfills Gap
Crawfills Gap High
Anchorage
Amarillo
High Plains
Crawfills Gap Lion
Varsity Five
Thanksgiving Poem By Dora A Manger
Dora A Manger writes on giving and thanks with simple acts that brighten lives. The poem urges warm smiles handshakes and small deeds to aid shut ins and the hungry, stressing inner gratitude and shared kindness.
Rotary Organizers Plan Meeting in Clifton for Bosque County
A second meeting to form a Rotary Club serving Bosque County and Whitney will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday December 5 in Clifton City Hall. Hubert Johnson of the Downtown Waco Rotary Club will lead again, with at least twenty members needed for a charter. The group, including Dr William C Baird Roy Booth Rabon Dews Clarence Fields Jr J Albert Hastings William T Jord Richard D Lundberg Rev Robert William C Schmoer Richard Smith and Steve Robertson, invites area business or professional men to learn Rotary International aims.
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Bosque County
Whitney
Hill County
Clifton
Rotary
Hubert Johnson
Waco
William C. Baird
Meridian
Roy Booth
Valley Mills
Valley Mills Drug Company
Rabon Dews
Arlington
Clarence Fields Jr
Goodall- Witcher Hospital Foundation
J. Albert Hastings
Crawfills Gap
William T. Jord
Clifton Record
Richard D. Lundberg
Robert William C. Schmoer
Bosque Bank
Richard Smith
Clifton Medical and Surgical Clinic
Rachiig
Mosheim Baptist Church
Steve Robertson
Clifton Record remembers JFK assassination and local praise
The Clifton Record editor Baldridge wrote in 1963 that the nation and Clifton paused after President Kennedy was killed. He praised Lyndon B. Johnson and Gov. Connally, calling politicians essential to national growth as Clifton High School hosts a Sock Hop November 30 at the junior high gym.
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Robert L. Baldridge Jr
The
Clifton Record
John F. Kennedy
United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
John Connally
Dallas
Texas
Baldridge
Clifton High School
Clifton Junior High School
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W. T. Holder
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Bird Cage
Farmers State Bank
Calvert’s Pharmacy
Stan
Robert Lane
W. T Holder
B. C. Bennett
Leslie Vance
Dora A. Manger
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