Clifton Cubs face new season with high hopes and tough legacy
Clifton High readers prepare for the 1968 Clifton Cubs football campaign. The team enters with less experience than last year’s Texas Class A champions but aims to defend district through to the finals. Fans weigh optimism and doubt as Midway visits for the opener and the local press stresses judging the new squad on its own merits.
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Clifton Cub
Cubs
Midway
Panthers
Clifton High
P-TA Plans First Eat in Meet in Clifton
The Clifton P T A schedules an Eat and Meet at 7 pm Monday September 23 at the Texas National Guard Armory Clifton. Attendees bring covered dishes and silverware. drinks bread plates cups and napkins will be provided. Dues under last year’s constitutional amendment are 50 cents per member.
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Clifton
Clifton High Band Parents Set Meeting for Sept 16
The Clifton High School Band Parents Association schedules an organizational meeting Monday September 16 at 7 30 pm in the band hall. Committee assignments will be announced and membership remains one dollar per member. All interested parents are urged to attend to plan the new school year program.
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Clifton High School Band Parents Association
Bill Turner rites held after Laguna Park fatal crash
Funeral services for Bill Turner 18 of Laguna Park were held at First Baptist Clifton with Rev. Clay Burns and Rev. Joe Stevens officiating. Interment followed at Clifton Cemetery. Turner died in a two vehicle crash on FM Road 2114 near Coon Creek bridge while returning from an overnight fishing trip with companion Ronnie Horn who remained in fair condition at Goodall Whitther Hospital after suffering multiple injuries.
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Bill Turner
Laguna Park
First Baptist Church
Clifton
Clay Burns
Joe Stevens
Clifton Cemetery
Bill
Comalso
Ronnie Horn
Horn
Goodall Witcher Hospital
Laguna Pask
Coon Creek
Harvey Lane
Horn of Star Route
Larry
Carl Remington
W. P. Turner
Clit
Clifton Teen Named Smile Girl for HOT Fair Rodeo
Miss Jane Olson of Clifton has been chosen among ten Central Texas girls as a Smile Girl for the 1968 Heart O Texas Fair. She will greet rodeo star Fess Parker and appear at the downtown Waco parade and multiple fair events, while being a Clifton High senior and cheerleader daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allison Olson.
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Waco
Jane Olson
Clifton
Smile
Central Texas
Fess Parker
Daniel Boone
Pepsi Cola
Temple
Bartlett
Ben Hur
Near Mart
Moody
McGregor
Richfield
University
Reicher
Midway
Olson
Clifton High School
Allison Olson
Necessary Forms and Plans Underway in Clifton
Clifton residents are being kept informed as preliminary work proceeds on organizational details. The Record outlines ongoing efforts by several local groups to address Clifton’s problems, noting that while most work remains preparatory, progress is being made as forms bids and paperwork are processed.
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Clifton
Cliftonian
Clifton Plans Low Rent Housing Under HUD Review
The outline notes the WPB approval and city survey by the Citizens Planning Committee. It tracks city council ordinances, HUD grant application by the Clifton Housing Authority, and the aim to build 10 to 20 moderate income apartments once financing is secured. Enthusiasm grows for the Industrial Foundation with a 100 business and 200 individual membership goal.
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HUD
Cliftton
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Clifton
Citizens Planning Committee
WPB
Clifton Housing Authority
Housing Authority
Planning Committee
Industrial Foundation
Cliffton
Singing At Sunset Home Monthly Singing Session
The Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home hosts a regular singing event from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday September 15. All residents families and friends are invited to attend this community program.
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Sunset Home
Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home
Cubs Panthers Grid Debut Slated Friday
Clifton High School prepares for its 1968 regular season opener at Midway Friday night with Cub varsity football aiming to bounce back after a 3-1 scoring scrimmage loss to Granbury. Key wingbacks are sidelined by injuries, while Garland Braune may play both ways including defense.
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Panther
Cubs
Granbury Pirates
Pirates
Clifton Wingbacks
Aubrey Roberts
Granbury
Don Hall
Tommy Todd
John Hoel
Roberts
Midway
Mike Hoff
Mike
David Reesing
Garland Braune
New Texas Residents Must Apply By Sept 20 to Vote
Bosque County Clerk Mrs Jimmie Gill reminds new Texas residents who will have lived in the state 60 days to a year by election day may vote in the presidential race if they apply for a ballot by 5 p.m. September 20. Applicants should bring registration documents or allow the clerk to verify prior residency and eligibility with the former state.
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Jimmie Gill
Gill
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CPS
Sunn Shane
HOT Fair
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Goodall-Witcher Hospital
Trinity Lutheran Church
Austin
Myrtle Crawford
Mildred Outlaw
Martharene Brown
Diane Poston
Melba Leck
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