Absentee Votes Boost Bosque Voters’ Turnout Hopes
Bosque County voters expect higher turnout on election day Tuesday November 3 as 63 absentee ballots have been issued or mailed up from 35 four years ago. Leaders note tornado relief chatter in Clifton and discuss seven constitutional amendments while contests focus on statewide races.
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Bosque
Bosque County
Jimmie Gill
Democratic Party
U. S
Justice Vot Feace
Cura
Goodwill Bags Drive By Cub and Boy Scouts
Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts combine for a Goodwill bag distribution. They will collect bags Sunday afternoon November 1 1970. Cubmaster Joe K Brown and Scoutmaster Paul F Barnett urge all to join the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe K. Brown
Paul F. Barnett
Tornado Scare Shakes Clifton Near Miss Low Damage
A likely pair of tornados skirted Clifton and touched down briefly south of town near Lake Whitney causing minor property damage. Officials including J B Darden of the Weather Bureau noted possible multiple twisters while radar suggested up to five nearby. Residents reported debris, hail and power cuts as two small aircraft flew overhead after the event.
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Clifton
Clifton Proper
J. B. Darden
U. S. Weather Bureau
Waco
Community Public Service Power Company
Nichols
South Highway 6
Will Krueger
C. E. Olsen
Senior Citizens Center Open House Set for Oct 30
The Clifton City Hall Senior Citizens Center will host an Open House Friday afternoon October 30 from 1 to 5 pm. Members display and offer for sale handmade items and orders, Norwegian delicacies available, with refreshments served. Mrs. Harold Schulze, Director, invites the public to attend.
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Senior Citizens Center
Clifton City Hall
Harold Schulze
REA Approves 517000 Loan for Local Telephone Co
Rural Electrification Agency grants a 517000 loan to The Clinton Telephone Co to upgrade facilities, serve 101 new subscribers, and improve service for 229 existing customers. A new Cranfills Gap exchange is planned, with toll free service to Clifton after completion.
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Bob Poage
John Tower
Rural Electrification Agency
REA
Department of Agriculture
Cutton Telephone Co
Clifton Telephone Co
Cranfills Gap
Gap Phone Company
Cuitton Telephone Co
The
Gap
Clifton
Halloween Carnival and Supper at Clifton School
Clifton PTA hosts a Halloween event from 4 30 to 6 30 p m on Saturday Oct 31 with a spaghetti supper in the cafeteria and a near gym snack bar. Booths include Cake Walk Candy Country Store White Elephant and more run by third grade workers and parents.
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Clifton
Clifton Pta
Richard Taylor
James Tuttle
Albert King
Don Humphries
Buck Bronstad
Robert Rachiig
Ken
Annual Children Photo Contest Set
The newspaper announces a feature series showcasing future world builders, publishing uniform high quality pictures of children. An expert photographer with specialized equipment will provide the reproductions for the series.
Meridian Man Dies After Car Crash and Heart Attack
A 73-year-old Meridian man Robbie Franklin Moore died of coronary arrest about an hour after a two car crash at Morgan Street and Hill Street. Nan Sulak 22 and Walter Sulak 22 and Shayne Phillips 2 months were in the Sulak car. Moore's wife Ora Moore 65 was a passenger in his car. Nan Sulak and her husband were hospitalized with injuries. the baby was treated at Hillcrest Hospital in Waco in good condition. Mrs. Moore is listed in fair condition.
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Meridian
Robbie Franklin Moore
Box 94
Meridian Hospital
Nan Nystel Sulak
Morgan
Hwy. 22
Hill St
Sulak
Walter George Sulak
Shayne Phillips
Oia Moore
Special Deer Tags Issued In Bosque County Dates Set
The Parks and Wildlife Department announces special antlerless deer tags for Bosque County. Tags will be issued at the County Courthouse in Meridian on November 5 6 9 and 10. Landowners may supply tags to hunters for the regular season starting November 14 with a two deer bag limit.
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Parks and Wildlife Department
Bosque County
Meridian
Four Car Wreck Near Morgan Injures One
A 1960 Ford coach driven by Charles Dwain Roye of Blum left the highway on Texas Highway 174 five and a half miles north of Morgan at 7 30 p m Friday Oct 23. It struck a Fort Worth couple Mrs Jackson and Wm H Jackson then hit a pedestrian, Terri Jackson, and Doris Bullard before landing in a ditch. Wm H Jackson was hospitalized with a broken leg. Roye was alone in the car. The patrolman was Gerald Baker.
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Texas
Morgan
Charles Dwain Roye
Blum
Clifton Hospital
Truman Bullard
Fort Worth
Roye
Terri Jackson
Jackson
Doris Bullard
Bullard
Gerald Baker
55 Petit Jury Prospects Listed
District Clerk Josie M. Hardwick released the names of 55 Petit Jurors for the November term of Judge Truman Roberts in the 52nd Judicial District Court. Jurors are listed by town including Clifton Meridian Morgan Iredell Walnut Springs Koppers Hico and others with multiple named residents. The term begins November 2 at 1 p.m. and jurors include Mr Mrs and various neighbors named in the roster.
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Josie M. Hardwick
Truman Roberts
52Nd Judicial District Court
Clifton
W. R. Cashion
Otis Casper
W. R. Hutcheson
Grand Jury to Begin Nov Term of Court Monday
The twenty Grand Jurors who will serve for the November term of Judge Truman Roberts' 52nd Judicial District Court begin Monday, November 2. Jurors listed include James A. Haywood, Mrs. Jack Hill, Milton Solberg Jr, Joyce Jones, B P Holt, and others from Laguna Park, Valley Mills, Meridian, Walnut Springs, Morgan, Cranfills Gap, Kopper and Iredell.
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Clifton
James A. Haywood
Jack Hill
Milton L. Solberg Jr
Joyce M. Jones
B. P. Holt
Laguna Park
H. T. Nichols
C. F. Sprayberry
Valley Mills
Larry Miles
Nolan McMillan
Clarence Golden
E. R. McLennan Jr
Meridian
Merrill Anderson
Carroll Knudson
F. A. Grimm
Walnut Springs
J. W. Shipp
Morgan
J. C. Townley
Cranfills Gap
Homer Olson
Harold Wiese
Koppers— Truett G. Day
Iredell
R. R. Millsap
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Smith-Eggers
Goodwill
Sam Logan
Record
James Smith
Curtton
Ruvousner
James Smin
Scotty Bell
Main Street
Farmers State Bank
Corner Pharmacy
Norse Church
Church Women of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Norse
Martin Hoel Jr
Rt. 2
Milton Dahl Jr
Star Route 2
OUR Savior’s Lutheran Church
REA Ok
Local Phone Co
Neth Patterson
Dwight Brewer
Gerald Grimstead
Bobby Joe Conrad
Victor Conrad
Lloyd Homerstad
Pat Patterson
Becky Helms
Harold Wiede
Bettye Lou McDougal
Joe
Meridian Man
Gunder Nystel
Hershel R. Jones
Ko and
L. Holfard
J. L. Hotton
Don Cameron
John Schumacher
B. L. Meaders
A. J. Christianson
Joe H. Williams
Walter K. May
Lester Guinn
G. W. Duncan
Bennett L. Morrow
C. H. Sheppard
C. T. Hillard
Koppers
C. H Gilliam
HICO
Roy Adkinson
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