The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 17, 1995 Page: 3 of 44
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COUNTY JUDGE Bobby Joe Conrad was the keynote speaker at
Loyalty Day ceremonies held in Clifton. The Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post #8553 hosted the annual celebration held every May 1
Sr a** Pho»o By David Worth Andtrsoft
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CLIFTON VFW POST #8553 celebrated Loyalty Day May 1 by
honoring county firefighters, law enforcement personnel, and
elected officials. Junior Vice Commander Ken Phillips (standing)
presided at the program Seated are (from left) Mrs. Bobby Joe
Conrad, County Judge Conrad (featured speaker), and Judge Ad-
vocate Bill Pallmeyer.
« Statt Photo By David Worth Andor»on
Clifton Municipal Court Collects
$3,919 In Fine Income During April
The Clifton Record - Wednesday may 1? 1995 - 3A
By David W. Anderson
GENERAL ASSIGNMENTS (OTTO*
CLIFTON — The Chfton Municipal
Court brought year-to-date fine income
totals to $26,261 with April’s collec-
tions of $3,919 The court's monthly re-
port from Judge Alvin James and Court
Clerk Pamela Harvey was accepted by
the City Council May 9
The 85 violations charged in the re-
port. with the number of occurrences
for each charge, included
Speeding, 1-14 miles per hour over
limit (school zone*. 1, no underpin skirt-
ing on mobile home. 2. parked illegally
‘more than 18 inches from curb), l; no
operator's license, 8, expired driver's
license, 1, ran stop sign, 5, no liability
insurance, 2
Expired motor vehicle inspection 6
expired registration f license plates , 6
exhibition of acceleration,^, unre
strained driver or passenger. 14, per-
mit unlicensed driver to dnve. 1, violate
driver’s license restriction, 3
Speeding *39', 6 speeding #39a
5, possession of narcotic parapherna-
lia, I, minor (over 17 and under 211 in
possession, 4 permit animal to run at-
large, 5; parked in roadway, 1
Violate promise to appear. 7, failure
to display driver's license 2; disregard
schobl crossing guard. 1. expired trailer
plates, 1.
Council Votes To Exempt City of Meridian
From Bosque County Fire Tax May 8
52 Inmates Booked Into
Bosque Jail During April
By David W. Anderson
GENERAl ASSIGNMENTS IOITOR
MERIDIAN - A' total of 52 inmates
were booked into the Bosque County
Jail in April, according to a report from
Bosque County Sheriff Tim S. Gage
The report was presented last week at
Bosque County Commissioners' Court.
According to the report, arrested were
made by the following agencies:
Sheriffs Department, 28; Texas
Department of Public Safety, 14, Clif-
ton Police Department, 6; Meridian
Police Department, 2; and Valley Mills
Police Department, 2.
As of Monday, May 8, 24 inmates
were being housed in the facility.
The department received 3,893 tele-
phone calls last month. Of those, 106 ,
calls required deputies to respond with
some-sort of action.
By Rith Shipley
F**mhr ItviOf E6ftO<
MERIDIAN - The City Council
members canvassed the votes of the
May 6. local election for the election of
a mayor and two councilmembers at
the May 8 meeting The official results
were as follows with 116 voters Rjlly
Kibler, mayor, 106, C. David Crockett,
cpuncilmember, 94; and Bill Rasberry,
councilmember, 96,
Unanimous acceptance to exempt the
City of Meridian from the Bosque
County Fire Tax was given by the
council Ronnie Briley, assistant chief,
Meridian Volunteer Fire Department"
informed the council that a petition had
been presented to the Commissioners' -
Court with the correct number of sig-
natures and the Bosque County Fire
Tax would be on the November elec-
tion ballots. yT.
/ If the tax passes, a fire district will
be developed and will have taxing au-
thority up to 03 per $10Q taxation
Each city will have the option of ex-
empting their city from tfie district.
Cities, who are.exempt will riot be taxed
if it passes. When the issue came up
before, the Meridian VFD voted against
it, as did Cliflon and Valley Mills Cran-
fills Gap and Lakeside Departments
wanted it.
It was approved to accept the pro-
posal from Lara Radar for the opera-
tion and management of the Meridian
swimming pool Radar explained that
the operation of the pool would basi-
cally be the same as Jpst year with the
City receiving 50 percent of the gate
and rentals, and 30 percent of the les-
sons.
She was hoping that the opening
day would be May 24, if1 the pool is
ready by then’. Steve McCoy asked that
some of the rules be changed to make
them more definitive. He also inquired
about the maintenance of the pool, be-
ing informed that the city is respon- ,
sible for vacuuming and testing
procedures, and that Radar would be
responsible for
the pool the next day and thoroughly
go over the procedures-
Cecil and June Wimberly were
present at the May 8 rrieeting to re-
quest that property owned by June in
East Meridian be disannexed frorp the'-
city limits A decision by the-Coimcil
resulted in tabling this disaunexation
until further information could be re-
ceived -
McCoy informed the council that.
YA'ith the operatmn of both sewer plantS,
the lab fees will be running over the'
budgeted amount, and the permit fee
to renew the new sewer plant will be
approximately $1,600-$1,800
The council inquired as to w hat in-
formation had been received concern-
ing the Sprint Cellular phones
receiving toll free roaming McCoy ex-
plained that a representative from
Sprint had said that Southwestern Bell
will not sell a block of numbers for
this area, and therefore, toll free calls
in Meridian will not be possible
v McCoy, director of public works, re-
ported that work had been done on the
new water line to the high school, 1,735
,feet had been laid, and 1,100 feet had
been prepared to be moVed Work
should be complete in late May,
weather permitting
Both sewer plants were operating
with heavy influent on the rhiny days.
The new sewer-plant had operated
above capacity for two months in a row,
whitlyis why engineering was obtained
to increase the permitted flow. He re-
ported that obtaining additional per-
mit flow looks promising
Chief L.W. Terry reported that dur-
ing the month of May, he worked three
burglaries, two assault by contact, and
three thefts He had a total of 54 calls
for service, two agency assists, three
arrests, two accidents, four citations,
ten warning citations, 12 traffic stops,
four funeral escorts, and 700 patrol
miles. He also attended a Meridian City
Park proposal meeting, Chamber of
HELPING HANDS - RECEIVES A HAND' — Alma Hickox received
two awards of appreciation from Meridian Mayor Billy Kibler, during
the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony at the new North
Bosque Helping Hands center on May 7. The volunteers who help
out-at the center, joined her, Mayor Kibler, and Miss Meridian.
Laura Mezgar, for the event James Hardin. Meridian elementary
school principal Ifar right) spoke briefly and thanked all of the many
volunteers who had made the new building a reality and then of-
fered the prayer prior to the open house celebration
, - St»** *hoto By Carol Moulton
50 Years Ago In Clifton
By Elizabeth Torrence
Th« Bo sqm County CoNo^tmn
• Several people have requested that
I resume writing my column, Fifty
Years Age In CMYton Although time
does not perrtyt-me to write a weekly
or even monthly column, I thought you
might enjoy reading about the life and
times in Clifton on May 8,1945 — V F
Day —Tvery special time fifty years
ago. I
The following items were taken from
the May 11, 1945, issue of The Clifton
Record. Copies of The Chiton Recoup
from 1905 through the present, are,on
microfilm, a part of the newspaper col-
lection in the Bosque County Collec-
tion
“Clifton Rejoices Solemnly at Sur-
render^ Germany. When the Clifton
siren blew shortly after President
Harry S. Truman made a radio an-
nouncement Tuesday morning. May 8,
confirming the unconditional surren-
der of the titular heads of the German
government for all Nazi troops every-
where, business concern»>here closed
immediately; and men, wqmen, and
children filled to overflowing the audi-
torium of the Ciiy Hall to witness the
V E Day program which previousl^Jiad
been arranged for the occasion toward -
which We had looked and prayed for
more than three years. }
“C.G. Bronstad, Mayor of Clifton,
served as Master of Ceremonies dur-
ing the program which included the
Invocation by Reverend Walter T.
Gigstad, pastor of the local Trinity
Lutheran Church; songs by the assem
My, led by Hugh Trotter, local man-
ager of the Texas Milling Company
addresses’by A L Bronstad. post chap-
lain of the Selmer Erickson American
Legion Post *322, and by "Rev Floyd
W Thrush, pastor of the Clifton Meth
odist Church Following the Benedic-
tion bv Rev Peter De Young, pastor of
the Clifton Baptist Chureh, the audi-
ence closed the program by singing the
Star Spangled Banner
“Attending the meeting also were the
pupils and faculty pf the Clifton Pub-
lic Schools, which dismissed for the
program and for the rest of the day
Most business houses in Clifton re*
mained closed throughout the day,
opening their doors as usual on Wednes-
day morning ”
Businesses which had ads in this
issue of The Clifton Record were
"Jenson and Tucker Insurance Agency,
Gulf Station - B.H. Baker, Torrence
Implement Co., EE Stewart Motors,
Community Public Service, Corner
Pharmacy, Service Drug (C.C Tull -
RjH. Sweatman), Hyle Feed and Batch,
pry. Haugen's Bakery, Salyers Vknety
Store, Clifton Mercantile Company,
LaFrance Beauty Shop (Mrs. Inez
Larson), Charlie's Cafe, Clifton Tailors
(S.M. Ringness), Farmers State Bank,
L E. Tennison Insurance, Kincheloe’s
Cleaners, Clifton Home and Auto Sup-
ply, Sormrude's Grocery, Standefer
Chevrolet Co., Clifton Cafe, Mermaid
Swimming Pool, and Cliftex Theatre
(Wednesday-Thursday, May 16-17 .'30
Seconds Over Tokyo’Spencer Tracy ”
LEE'S SUPER SKATE
the fence area cleaneJmdudingL' Fal^TlIJTr^ler
bathrooms They deeded to both go.to houg<> Qn Highway 22 flt Lumpk)n is
cleaning up.
582-7465
Cl xx in Hillsboro
, Sy'^y 1701 Old Brandon Rd.
Satiyday, May 20— 1:30-4 p.m.; 7-11 p.m.
Available for Birthday Parties, Wedding Receptions A'Private Parlies
Clifton Police Arrest 12
Persons During April
CUFT0N READY MIX
A SUBSDIMY OF MGRAM ENTERPRISES
SAND & GRAVEL
Serving Bosque, Hamilton
and surrounding counties
By David Anderson
GENERAL ASSIGNMENTS EDITOR
CLIFTON - The Clifton Police De-
partment arrested 12 persons follow-
ing traffic stops and warrant service
during April. Chief Jim Vanderhoof
provided his monthly report to the City^
Council on May 9. ^
There were 31 reported offenses and
incidents investigated during the pe-
riod. Of those, nine were Uniform
Crime Report Index crimes, with five
being cleared, for a 56 percent clear-
ance rate, according to Chief Vander-
hoof. -
One non-injury accident was worked
during April. Three vehicles were im-
pounded during the month.
In traffic stops, 77 citations and 99
written warnings were issued to Clif-
ton motorists last month Total viola-
tor contacts were 176. 4
Nine funeral escorts were performed
by the department, and four assists to
other Bosque County agencies were re-
corded.
Sergeant Rex Childress and Officer
Randy Hill gave tours of the depart-
ment to Clifton Elementary School
third-grade students. Officer Hill have
a career day speech at Clifton Middle
School.
Total miles driven in departmental
vehicles for the month were 4,258, with
an average cost of six cents per mile
for all cars.
The officers worked an average of
46 hours per week during April. Chief
Vanderhoof worked an average of 45
hours per week, and the Sandra Jones,
secretary, logged a weekly average of
40 hours.
Chief Vanderhoofs monthly animal
control report showed 25 calls for ani-
mal control resulted in 13 dogs, one
pig, and one cat being impounded.
Three dogs were reclaimed by their
owners, two were adopted; six were
destroyed after the required waiting
period, one died in custody, and one
remained in the city pound The cat
was destroyed, and the pig was adopted.
Four tickets were written citing “al-
lowing an animal to roam at large."
Two impound'storage fees were as-*>
sessed, and nine tags were sold.
A total of $41 was collected during
the month, Chief Vanderhoof reported.
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Smith, W. Leon. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 17, 1995, newspaper, May 17, 1995; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth787981/m1/3/?q=california+crossing: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.