Clifton Cubs upset Hamilton Bulldogs 14 6 on Friday
Clifton Highs Cubs defeated the favored 2A Hamilton Bulldogs 14 to 6 in Hamilton last Friday night. The win featured four standout plays including two blocked punts by Jim Thompson a 42 yard TD pass and run by Larry Grimland and Robert Ledlow and a momentum shifting Clifton line stand.
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Clifton High
Cubs
Hamilton
Hamilton Bulldogs
Clifton
Jim Thompson
Larry Grimland
Robert
Thompson
Bulldogs
Grimland
Kenneth Leck
Leck
C. L. Conrad
David Wilburn
Jim Bird
Bobby Golden
Joe Anderson
Garland
Rocky) Rummel
Bill Wright
Bird
Golden
Ledlow
Barry Forson
Cub
Butch Williams
Larry Newton
Williams
Clifton Cub
Clifton-Hamilton
Kenneth
Bart Ivey
Clifton Man Injured In Jeep Crash Near Clifton Texas
Herbert Ender of Route 1 Clifton suffered serious injuries in a jeep accident on Farm To Market Road 708 two and a half miles southeast of Clifton. He sustained a fractured left leg back injuries and cuts and was taken to a Clifton hospital where surgery was needed. Police reported the jeep rolled after losing control on a curve around 2 15 Tuesday afternoon.
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Herbert Ender
Route 1
Clifton
Texas Highway
Wright
Ender
Clifton Funeral Home
J. T
Brownie) Latham
Eddie
West 7Th
West 9Th
South Highway 6
Latham
Clifton Cubs Set to Meet Hillsboro in Key Friday Football Clash
Clifton High prepares for a Friday 8:00 pm home game against Hillsboro, fresh off Hillsboro 4-0 start. Hillsboro boasts a large, tough line led by Garrison Frazier Cune Ripley Cunningham Dickson Bonner, with Johnston Yo chaw Powell and Lewis as key backs. Clifton’s Barry Forson may return from a hematoma and John Poe is expected back for Valley Mills.
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Roberts
Cub
Hillsboro
Mike Garrison
Keni Frazier
Warren Cune
Bob Ripley
Charles Cunningham
Paul Dickson
Billy Bonner
Eagles
Ronnie Johnston
Jerry Yocham
James Bowling
Lloyd Lewis
Edward Powell
Lewis
Powell
Barry Forson
Clifton
Hamilton
John Poe
Valley Mills
A. G. Parker Dies in Clifton Funeral Held for Parker
A. G. Parker 51 of 614 West 3rd Street Clifton died Friday morning September 30 in the local hospital after a months battle with a heart attack. Born January 1 1915 in Cleburne he lived there before moving to Clifton with his wife a year ago. He worked at E. E. Stewart Motors as a paint and body repairman. Survived by wife three daughters Mary Toten Clifton Daphna Hart Fort Worth Janie Fletcher Corpus Christi and son Jimmy Parker Indianapolis and nine grandchildren. Funeral services were held October 2 at Crozier Pearson Funeral Home Chapel Cleburne with burial at Grange Hall Cemetery Rio Vista.
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A. G. Parker
West 3Rd Street
Clifton
Mr. Parker
Cleburne
Alex Gilmore Parker
E. E. Stewart Motors
Parker
Jimmy Parker
Indianapolis
Indiana
Jimmy Toten
Mary
Charles Hart
Daphna
Fort Worth
F. F. Fletcher
Janie
Corpus Christi
Crozier Pearson Funeral Home
Grange Hall
Rio Vista
David Knitt Joins Air Force ROTC Flying Course
David Knitt son of Reverend and Mrs Erwin H Knitt of 315 South Avenue J Clifton is named to take part in a special Air Force ROTC flying course at Southwest Texas State College San Marcos. The SWTSC junior math major must complete 362 hours of actual flying time after passing demanding tests.
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David Knitt
Erwin H. Knitt
South Avenue J
Clifton
Air Force Rotc
Southwest Texas State College
San Marcos
SWTSC
David
Clifton Seeks New Fire Truck For Station Upgrade
Clifton will receive a new fire truck built on a 1967 Chevrolet chassis. Fire Chief George M. Harris says the vehicle should be ready in six to eight weeks, joining a 1958 Ford and a 1962 Chevrolet in service. The 1946 Dodge will be sold, with Turnersville among potential buyers. The Harris family visited San Antonio and San Marcos during the project.
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Clifton
George M. Harris
Harris
Turnersville
Harrises
San Antonio
San Marcos
Bids Awarded For Road Projects In Bosque County Texas
J P Atkinson Inc of Clifton submitted the low bid of 185447.03 for road work from Lanes Channel to Mosheim and from HWY 22 to Prairie Valley Camp. Other bids ranged up to 256082.03. The project covers 6.764 miles of grading foundations and surfaces across Bosque and Hill counties with work to start after award in ten days.
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T. H. Ralph
Texas Highway Department
J. P. Atkinson, Inc
Clifton
Lanes Chanel
Vickrey Corner
Mosheim
Whitney
Presbyterian
Prairie Valley
Ralph
Larson-Pugh, Inc
Austin
John H. Garner
Belton
M. E. Ruby Jr., Inc
San Antonio
Young Bros., Inc
Waco
T. E. Sanderford
Bosque
Hill Counties
Elton B. Evans
Texas Highway Commission
Bosque County
Evans
Highway Commission
Somervell
Walnut Springs
Santa Fe Railway
Mr. McDougal Receives Lone Star Degree at Clifton Fair
On the final day of the 1966 Central Texas Fair and Rodeo in Clifton Homer McDougal, fair association president, was awarded the Honorary Lone Star Farmer Degree by Gerald Peacock for his service to FFA youth. The Clifton FFA chapter earned the State Gold Emblem Award 1965-66 for meeting its goals, presented by Bill Childers at the district meeting September 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer McDougal
Central Texas Fair Association
Texas Association of the Future Farmers of America
Gerald Peacock
Clifton
State
James Smith
Fair Association
Lone Star Farmer
Texas Association of Future Farmers of America
Peacock
McDougal
FFA Boys
Texas
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Bill Childers
Mart
Area VIII
Ford Motor 1966 Punt and Kick Contests Set for Clifton
Ford Motor Company event sponsored by E. E. Stewart Motors will hold the 1966 Punt and Kick contest at Cub Stadium in Clifton at 9:00 AM Saturday. Local, district, area, division and national levels lead to NFL Playoffs with finals in Washington and a trip to the Orange Bowl. Local winners receive Medal of Achievement awards with velvet ribbons.
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Ford Motor Company
Clifton
E. E. Stewart Motors
Cub Stadium
Jean Pierson
Stewart Motors
Baltimore
Maryland
Dallas
Washington
D. C
Miami
Florida
Red Cross to Teach Volunteers for Clifton Sunset Home
The Waco office of the American Red Cross will provide an instructor for a four hour classroom course. Volunteers will assist at the Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home and are urged to enroll. Contact Mrs. Jerry B. Smith at 415 North Avenue I Clifton or call 675-8163 promptly.
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Waco
American Red Cross
Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home
Sunset Home
Jerry B. Smith
North Avenue I
Clifton
Ed Kleine Dies In Marlin Clifton Resident 73
Relatives in the area mourn the death of Ed Kleine 73 of 910 West 9th Street Clifton at Veterans Hospital in Marlin around 7:00 Tuesday Oct 4. Funeral at Trinity Lutheran Clifton 2:30 Thursday Oct 6 with Rev Erwin H Knitt officiating. Body lies in state 1:30 to 2:25 P M at church. Interment Clifton Cemetery. Full obituary to follow next week.
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Ed Kleine
West 9Th Street
Clifton
Veterans Hospital
Marlin
Kleine
Trinity Lutheran
Harvest Carnival Planned Oct 13 at Clifton Public Schools
The annual Harvest Carnival hosted by the Clifton Public Schools PTA will run Thursday from 6:00 to 8:00 PM in the cafeteria and classrooms with an 8:00 PM Bettis Auditorium program titled Steamboat's a Comin. The high school cast includes Bobby Morton and Sue Krueger. Volunteers from Third Grade parents will staff food booths and service windows 6:00–8:00 PM.
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Clifton Public Schools
Parent- Teacher Association
Bettis
Patsy Ruth Lancaster
Clifton Public
Ohio River
Jim
Bobby Morton
Sadie
Sue Krueger
Homer McDougal
Homer F. Pumphrey
Joe Brown
Glen Wells
J. A. Benfer
Calvin Rueter
Frank Lord
Bennie Larson
Arnold Canuteson
Milton G. Dahl Jr
Laverne Deibert
Dan E. Orbeck
Ruth McLemore
Loyd V. Homerstad
William Tergerson
Werner Philipp
Troy C. Eggen
Charles Raines
Charles W. Moore
J. M. Reeder
Clyde Outlaw
Doyle Hulme
Mitton G. Dahl Jr
Vernon Swenson
Clarence Anz
C. E. Adams
Lake Whitney Names New Project Engineer Clyde W Greeson
Clyde W Pop Greeson 49 resident engineer of the Fort Worth District US Army Corps of Engineers succeeds the late Mark Haima as Whitney Dam and Reservoir project engineer. Born September 30 1917 in Hilt Springs Arkansas he served in Denison Galveston Tulsa San Angelo Belton Benbrook and Abilene. He and wife Eddye Mortson have daughter Lana.
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Clyde W
Pop) Greeson
Fort Worth
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Mark Haima
Whitney
Jack W. Fichenssen
Greeson
Hilt Springs
Arkansas
Mr. Greeson
Denison
Soils Laboratory
Galveston
Tulsa
San Angelo
Belton
Benbrook
Abilene
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Darla Simmons
D. D. Simmons
Cranfills Gap
Rodney Kruse
Walter Kruse
McGregor
Clifton Cubs
Aubrey T. Roberts
Ennis
LaVega
Reicher
Waxahachie
Waco Tribune - Herald
Central Texas
Dallas News
Forney
White Deer
Crowell
Sonora
Hallsville
Keller
Dublin
van Alstyne
Meridian
Crawford
Glen Rose
Joshua
Academy
Itasca
Hubbard
Kevens
Clifton Junior High School
Mr. McDougal
Red Cross
Lake Whitney
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