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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1977
Page
3
Cranfills Gap residents celebrate the new Romayne's Country Kitchen Cafe serving buffet style lunches open 7 7 on weekdays and 11 7 Sundays with Tuesdays closed. Community members meet in Cameron Park and share well wishes for locals in Clifton Waco and nearby towns.
Descendants of W C Wiese of Crawfils Gap meet at the American Legion Home in Clifton for their annual reunion on October 2. A pot luck lunch followed a brief business meeting presided by Mrs. Tommy Robertson of Waco. The group plans to meet again in 1978 at the same site with arrangements led by the Wieses of Stephenville and Gatesville.
Visitors gathered for the descendants of Carl L. and Anna Mickelson Bakke at Meridian State Park on Oct 9 in Crawfils Gap. Attendees included numerous Surleys from Clifton Dallas Plainview Brownwood Colli ville Hurst Pottsville Hamilton and others. The event marked the first all together in two years and the note ends with a remark on newspaper advertising for retailers.
Academy beats Clifton 13 to 7 at Cub Stadium as George Tomastik rushes 123 yards and Tomastik and Mahler power two touchdowns. Clifton’s Mark Kreid gains 81 yards and Elton Watley scores on a late 5 yard pass play. Cubs force four turnovers in a hard fought district game.
State Comptroller Bob Bullock announced statewide city sales tax rebates up 20.8 percent over 1976. Clifton to date $59,207.60 vs $53,578.36. Houston $58.2 million year to date. Dallas up 26 percent. San Antonio 16 percent. Fort Worth 23 percent with October checks totaling $248 million distributed to 880 cities.
Bishop Vernon Mohr of Austin, president over 260 Southern District congregations for 20 years, will address the Fall Convention of the Waco Conference at Trinity. The event signals Lutheran synod ties and regional outreach within the church community.
The Clifton Volunteer Fire Department battled several blazes last week. Two trucks fought a fire near Meridian dump grounds on October 11, and another grass fire burned near railroad tracks south of Clifton. One blaze at the damp grounds and another at the Phil Gilliam house in Norse required three trucks. Valley Mills volunteers assisted at a grass fire south of Valley Mills. An all congregations worship service closes the Central Texas Convention of the 18 ALC congregations with Pastor Henry Schulte of Highland Park Lutheran Church in San Antonio delivering the inspirational highlight.
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