County Commissioners Approve 1974 Budget and Tax Plans
Bosque County officials adopt a 441 618 budget for 1974 up 21 938 from 1973 and plan 145 200 net ad valorem taxes plus 307 360 other receipts to total 452 560 in income. The plan includes road and bridge funds and a 80 cent tax rate with allocations to jury, road and bridge, general, and permanent improvement funds. Delinquent roll and road maintenance decisions also noted.
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Bosque County
Law Library
Central Texas Fair honors joint winners and events
A brother and sister won high points in the home economics division at the 42nd Central Texas Fair. The Clifton area saw arrests for marijuana possession and a separate highway crash near Meridian with several injuries. The fair featured parade floats, livestock champions, band prizes, riding club awards, and school football ticket sales updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Texas Fair Association
Front Row
Scott Conrad
David Conrad
Clifton
Middle Row
Linda Poston
Walter Poston
Sherry Conrad
Sherry Rosson
C. C. Rosson
Hillsboro
Donna Loden
Walter Poston, Jr
Route 2
Walter
Linda
Paul Barnett
Tair
Clifton Fea
FHA
Girl Scouts
Brownies
Bosque County
Bloodmobile to Visit Clifton for September Drive
The Central Texas Red Cross bloodmobile will return to Clifton on Thursday September 27 from noon to 7 p.m. at Trinity Fellowship Hall. About 120 donors are needed from the Clifton Laguna Park area and beyond. A committee for the visit includes Rev Ted Steenblack paid Goodall-Witcher Hospital officials and local civic leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Ted Steenblack
Goodall-Witcher Hospital
Cubs Open Season at Clifton Stadium on Friday
Clifton High School begins 1973 football by hosting Mart at 7 p.m. Friday September 7. CHS coach Aubrey Roberts says the squad, with 21 seniors and 18 lettermen, expects a strong season though noting some players in new positions and a tough Mart lineup led by fullback Keith Jones and the Porterfield twins.
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Clifton High
Clifton Drug Stores
Kent Appleby
Appleby
Clifton High School
Mart At & P.m
Clifton Cubs Stadium
CHS
Aubrey Roberts
Cubs
Roberts
Cedar Hill
Clifton Cubs
Rogers High
Mart
Panthers
Keith Jones
Porterfield Twins
Ricky
Dicky
Laguna Park Residents Lead Bosque County Domino And 42 Tourney
Laguna Park residents dominated Bosque County Domino and 42 Tournament held in Clifton at the First United Methodist Church Education Building. The event opened the Central Texas Fair with six 42 tables and five domino tables, drawing 44 senior participants aged 65 plus from Bosque County. Winners included 1st place in domino Marshall M. Creswell and Richard D. Johnson, 1st in 42 Pauline Johnson and J. W. Hood, with multiple Laguna Park players among top finishers.
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Laguna Park
First United Methodist Church
Clifton
The
Committee On Aging
Marshall M. Creswell
Richard D. Johnson
W. Percy Downey
Pernie R. Downey
Coyote
P. L. Simmons
Ben Gambrell
Pauline Johnson
J. W. Hood
Aline Amundson
W. B. Hampe
Nell Hood
Ross Green
Richard Johnson
M. M. Creswell
Lena Loader
Sam Radde
Andy Anderson
L. N. Wallace
Jess Kerlee
J. G. Helm
G. F. Ray
W. P. Downey
P. R. Downey
Beulah Simmons
Lawrence Sund
Martha Lyon
P. J. Simmons
R. T. Ragsdale
Omer Germstad
Mabel Bryn
A. C. Brasher
Cyril Downesy
Florence Dawney
Emma Jane Henkelman
Johnnne Huse
Lara Lillard
Idel Nagsdale
Adie Reesing
Orville Reesing
H. D. McKinney
Dolly McKinney
Bosque County
Gertrude Broyles
Delmelia Dunn
Robert Reich
Harriett Apple
Vista
Bosaue County
Bond sales in Bosque county reach July total mid year target
Series E and H United States Savings Bond sales in Bosque county for July total $12,997, reported by County Bond Chairman William B Bertelsen. Seven month sales reach $78,092 which is 49 percent of the 1973 goal of $160,000. Texas statewide July sales hit $17,185,499 and seven month total $187,169,781 reaching 63 percent of the yearly goal of $216.6 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Stat Savings
Bosque County
William B. Bertelsen
Texas
Harris Rating System Ranks Clifton Cubs in AA Standings
Harris Rating System places Clifton Cubs 18th in Class AA with a strength rate of 116.7 in early analysis. Mart leads Clifton’s opponents with a 103.7 rate as Hillsboro, McGregor, Waco Robinson and others occupy varied positions. The 1972 season began with Clifton at 24th and 105.6 strength.
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Harris
Cubs
Clifton Cubs
Friendswood
Paul Pewitt
Rosebud-Lott
Hamlin
Reagan County
Alpine
Jacksboro
Bowie
Ballinger
Denver City
Clifton High
Mart
Clifton
Hillsboro
McGregor
Waco Robinson
West
Waco Connally
Comanche
Joshua
Waco Midway
Hamilton
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Billy D. Loden
Pearl
Shelly Yelverton
W. F. Yelverton
Walnut Springs
Back Row
Jay Culp
J. B. Culp
James Loden
Rhonda Hampton
Ronald J. Hampton
China Spring
Meridian
Precinct 1
Darr
Berry Bros
Delinquents’ Roll Co. R. Law Tax Records, Inc
Marl R. Behringer
Planner
Curton
Frank Gohlke
Colonial Insurance Co
E. W. Page
J. &°. Cooper
Billy G. Baugh
Baugh
Dallas
Texas Dept. of Public Safety
Gerald Baker
Lanny Coffman
Baker
Patrelman Baker
Dorothy Shaw
Irving
Shaw
Lavonda Bates
S11
North Ave
FY Clifton
Michelle Perryman
Ray Perryman
Perryman
Johnson County Memorial Hospital
Clifton Volunteer Fire Department
Grant’s Place
Farm Market Road 219
Clifton Cattle Company
Allan Davis
Donald Gloff
Trinity
Clifton Ministers Alliance
Jum Smith
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8553
Post
J. C. Lyons
Coach Roberts
Alan “T’ Roberts
Joe Todd
Randy Kleine
C. R. Sinderud
Donald Forson
Jerry Philipp
Warren Dahl
George Arnold
Carl Willmann
Ronald
John Musselman
Danny Bergman
Bobby Bledsoe
Bledsoe
Mickey Huffman
Richard Liardon
Lee Stanley
Dan Evans
Richard Stark
Tim Outlaw
Rickey Henry
Steve Berger
Chris Dahl
Jerry McDougal
John Boren
Julia Pederson
Cindy Holder
Beverly Jones
Linda Kietiker
Jane Burden
Donald Braun
Jeana Prueitt
Brenda Richards
Kay Tergersen
Eddie F. Martin
Betty Pearson
Walter Hansen
Harold Schulze
Foster
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