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Customers Of CNIdCreek
Water Are Urged To Conserve
CLIFTON — Continuing drought conditions h Central Texas have
caused Childress Creek Water Supply officials to urge their
customers to conserve water. Unnecessary usage of wa
ter is always iU-advised, but is especially being discour-
aged during the dry weather conditions.
Chfidress Creek water Supply serves several tr-
ess in Bosque County, including the area around the
»> CMon airport, Ridgeview, Womack, the Chemical Lime area,
and some areas around Valley Mills.
For more information, contact May Belle Bramlett at (817)
67S-8892.
Courthouse Offices To Get New Carpeting
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MERIDIAN — Bosque County Commission
ets’Court accepted a bid horn Main Street An-
tiques and Interion to replace carpeting in
several Bosque County offices. Main Street’s bid
of $2,826.87 was considerably lower than that
of R.T.’s Floors, Laguna Park, which bid
$3,861.24.
Carpet, padding, and wall mouldings will be
replaced in the offices of the county auditor,
county clerk, district clerk, Texas Department
of Public Safety! and Precinct 1 Justice of the
Peace.
Purchase of carpeting in the county tax aises
sor/collqctor’s office was tabled pending work
on windows. Leakage through several windows
has caused damage to the current carpet in that
office. Commissioners were reluctant to replace
the carpet until the teaks are corrected.
Bids for a 52-inch ceiling fan and a door buzzer
Paving At Ecoamnk
Development Center
Paving options at the Bosque County Economic
Development Center were discussed by the court.
The Texas Department of Transportation has vol-
unteered the labor as long as the county supplies
the materials.
All four commissioners agreed to supply man-
power and machinery to perform the necessary
system for the same office were accepted by the work 2 Commissioner David Jones was ap-
court. Wallace Electric of Meridian will perform 10 l?ead the tones will work closely
the installations for a total price of $199 Wlth Clt^ ot Indian Public Works Director Steve
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— Serving Bosque County Since 1895 —
FRIDAY
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VOL. 101, NO. 55 • FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1996,
Bosque County Judge
Reactivates Burning Ban
By David Andouon
curroe record city cut on
CLIFTON — Bosque County Judge
Bobby Joe Conrad signed an emer-
gency order prohibiting outdoor
burning in Bosque County. The ban
is in effect in all unincorporated ar-
eas of Bosque County until the judge
rescinds the order.
Bosque County has had no appre-
ciable rainfall for an extended period
with little promise of change in the
hot, dry conditions in the near future.
These conditions pose the threat of
large, dangerous, and fast-moving
wildfires with the potential of endan-
gering lives and damaging property
on a large scale, according to a proc-
lamation signed by Judge Conrad on
Wednesday, July 10.
The Bosque County Rural Firefight-
ers Association held a meeting Tues-
day, July 9. The organization voted
to encourage Judge Conrad to reen-
act the burning ban in the county.
Declaration of the burning ban
under the Texas Disaster Act of 1975
authorizes the imposition of controls
and enforcement concerning the ban.
They include:
• Actions prohibited — A person
violates this order if he bums any
combustible material outside of an
enclosure which serves to contain all
flames and/or sparks, or orders such
burning by others.
• Enforcement — Upon notifica-
tion of suspected illegal burning, a
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Wrecker Service Usage Plan
Is Approved By City Council
By David Andcmon
currtM kcoro city eotcm
CLIFTON — The Clifton City Coun-
cil approved a procedure plan to use
when Clifton police officers require
wrecker service at the scene of an
accident. The plan differs from that
already in effect at the Bosque
County Sheriff’s Department.
"This plan gives the person with
the wrecked vehicle the most free-
dom of who they can call. It also gives
the officer at the scene as much lati-
tude as possible to meet his needs,”
said Mayor Truman Blum of the plan.
The three-step plan to be initiated is:
1) Have a card to show the
vehicle’s owner, imprinted with all
three Bosque County wrecker ser-
vices names, locations, and telephone
numbers. Driver may chose service
if unimpaired and able to make such
a decision.
2) Allow police officer to use
judgement if quick response time by
the wrecker service is needed, and
the owner has not made a choice and
time is critical.
3) ’ If the situation is deemed by
the officer to be a demand pull, and
time is not critical, the officer will call
one of two wrecker services located
in thie southern part of the county on
an alternating basis, to be kept up
with by sheriffs department dis-
patchers. workable, as it affords die best choices
Police Chief Jim Vanderhoof told for his officers without putting them
the council that he feels the plan la sm COUNCL, Page I
Judges, Alternates Chosen
For Fall General Elections
By David Andoson
CUFTON MOOMD CITY IMTM
MERIDIAN — Bosque County Coomissionen’ Court has put together
a slate of election judges and alternate judges for the Tuesday, Nov. 5
general elections. They include:
Pndnet
1- Iredell
2- Walnut Springs
3*Morgan
4- Mustang
5- Meridian
6- Meridian
7- Kopperi
8- CnnfiNs Gap
9- Norse
10- CHfton
11- CWton
1 ri Ufrmirk
13- SMner
14- Laguna Risk
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16- Valley MMa
17- Cayo»a
Early Voting
PlmrHnn Judge
Nancy Modwe
Betty Ketter
Gal Morgan
Hull Tucker
Martha Heath
Joan JtCMr
Ann McCaMster
KathieWMe
Pamal Aare
Alternate Judge
T. Don I toward
KayOffutt
Donna Word
Tarry Taigman
Faytene Piner
Rebecca Cobb
LucWe Broome
Robert Moore
Garion Allen
Joy Creech
Herdestine Wattey
H.L Mem peaky Glenn Stracik
Pat Parker WMtik Wriboro
Katherine 8tal Charles LeFin
Mrs. Bun Cummings Jessica Lyster
Helen Hood Robert Martin
Wendell Bearden Arthur (KB) Murray
Mary Elan Bonn BNyLaw
Deadline Is Wednesday, July 17,
To Enter Central Texas Fair Pageant
— Pageant To Offer Western Theme This Year—
CLIFTON — Deadline to enter the
1996 edition of the Central Texas Fair
Pageant — which is also the 20th an-
niversary of the event — is Wednes-
day, July 17, at 5 p.m., according to
pageant coordinator Melanie Martin,
secretary of the Bosque County Tour-
ism Council, Inc.
The pageant, which will be held at
7 p.m. on Saturday, July 20, at Bettis
Auditorium on the Clifton Elementary
School campus, is featuring a west-
ern theme this year. The pageant is
open to all girls and women in
Bosque, Hill, McLennan, Coryell,
Hamilton, Erath, Somervell, and
Johnson counties.
This year’s divisions include:
• Littlest Cowpoke and Cowgirl
(ages 2-3, boys and girls).
• Tiny Miss (ages 4-5).
• Little Miss (ages 6-7).
• Young Miss (ages 8-10).
• Junior Miss (ages 11-12).
• Senior Miss (ages 13-15).
• Miss Central Texas Fair (ages i ti-
ll)-
, • Central Texas Cowgirl (ages 19-
up).
Entrants will model western attire
that can range from the modest to die
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Pam Walker
Walker To Perform At Fair Pageant
CUFTON — Pam Walker of Clifton
will perform during the Central Texas
Fair Pageant set for July 20, at Bettis
Auditorium in Clifton.
Walker has been a resident of Clif-
ton for about one year, having moved
to Clifton with her family from Cleve-
land, Texas.
“I’ve been singing all my life,” Walker
said, “but, really started singing in the
choir when I was in the eighth grade.”
Growing up in Cleveland, Walker
started singing publicly at community
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ARCHITECT STUDIES CUFTON BUILDINGS FOR MAIN STREET - Mary Alice Torres McDonald an
AcMOct with the Texas Historical Commission, visited the Little Alamo buildings this week during a tour
of the city. Clifton's Main Street Project is working with other entities to initiate a historical center and
museum at this location. McDonald noted structural cracks and offered advice for fixing up the building
Staff Photo By Carol Moulton
Architect Views Little Alamo,
Old Arena For Renovation Plans
By David Anderson
CUFTON RECORD CITY EOITOR
CUFTON — Texas Historical Com-
mission Architect Mary Alice Torres-
McDonald met with Clifton Main
Street Project Manager Damaris Neel-
ley last week. One of their activities
included looking at the Little Alamo
and the old auction arena to deter-
mine possible renovations. Plans are
under way to utilize the buildings and
the general area for an historic farm
implement display, along with other
exhibits.
Karen Murphy is in charge of the
farm implement display, working
closely with several entities, includ
ing Main Street, the Clifton Chamber
of Commerce, the Bosque County
Tourism Council, Inc., Bosque Memo-
rial Museum, and the City of Clifton.
Long-range plans are to create an his-
toric village. ;-j
Phase one of Murphy’s plan in i
eludes storing the historic farm imple- •’
ments until an exhibit is prepared.
Phase two includes renovations to the
old structures, and setting up the ex- ,
hibits.
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| Exclusive To The Clifton Record [
Jack Wayne Reeves:
T Understand Blind Justice’
By Joe Marchman
SPECIAL TO THE CUFTON RECORD
© 2996, The Clifton Record
MERIDIAN — In a series of exclu-
sive interviews, Jack Wayne Reeves
is offering his views on the justice
system that has put him — erringly,
as he describes it — behind bars,
while the true guilty party runs free.
Reeves’ temporary residence is
Bosque County Jail, where he awaits
an August trial date in connection
with the murder of his fourth wife,
Emelita, whose body was acciden-
tally discovered last year in Bosque
County near Lake Whitney. Earlier
this year, a Coryell County jury found
Reeves guilty of the murder of his
second wife, Sharon. Reeves says the
re hashed investigation was tainted
and that evidence that would have
proved his innocence was kept at
bay.
Said Reeves:
“It was in the early spring of 1995.
My wife Emelita had been missing
for a little over five months when I
received my biggest surprise in this
ordeal concerning the unfortunate
deaths of my three wives.
“My son, Kendall, who was only
three at the time, and I decided to
go to the post office. As we arrived,
we were met by several police offic-
ers — guns drawn. I was taken into
custody and removed to the Arling-
ton Police Department — hands
cuffed tightly to my back.
“I mistakenly thought at the time
that his issue involved Emelita who
MANNEHEIM, GERMANY -
Dec. 31, 1974, Sharon and Sgt.
Jack Wayne Reeves at the home
of Sgt. Ron and Mary Ann
Chatfield. Mary Ann said, “When
the Reeves arrived at the party
things took a downturn for most
of the women there and didn't
liven up until Sharon left and the
men could concentrate on some-
thing else." The Chatfields now
live in Meridian.
have been missing since Oct. 12,1994.
I had been called to the police station
several times by Detective Tom leNoir
and others in connection with Emelita’s
disappearance — once, about a week
after she left. I wanted to officially re-
port to the police that she was missing.
1 didn't understand at the time, but I
was not allowed to fill out the miss-
ing person forms. Instead I was told
that she had already been reported
missing. At. any rate, my mind was
totally involved with F.melita and of
what could have possibly happened.
“You can imagine my surprise,
when at the police station Sgt. David
Berry of the Copperas Cove Police De-
partment informed me that 1 had
been indicted for the murder of my
second wife Sharon in Coryell
County. Needless to say, I was
stunned. Sharon, at age 34, had died
18 years earlier on July 20, 1978.1
was totally confused. Sharon’s death
had been ruled a suicide at that time
by the Coryell County magistrate in
charge.
‘Texas Ranger Fred Cummings
drove the car that returned me to
Coryell County for arraignment. Det.
Berry and Coryell County District At-
torney Sandy Gately sat in the back
seat.
"For most of the trip I was in a
daze. However, as we rode along,
Ranger Cummings questioned me pe-
riodically. He asked if I had been
watching the O.J. Simpson trial on
television. I don’t recall my answer,
but his next statement has stuck with
me. You know we got you boy —
what with the DNA evidence and ev-
erything. You might as well fess up.’
My response to him was and is to this
dav: I didn't kill my wife Sharon. Her
death was a suicide.
"To me. our legal system ifeaack
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