The Clifton Record and Bosque County Tribune (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 24, 1991 Page: 3 of 28
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: The Clifton Record and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Nellie Pederson Civic Library.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
I
Magazine Club To Start
91st Year With New Officers
Review Of Air/Space Continues
THE CLIFTON RECORD. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1901. PAGE 3
•y MRS. J.W. GIlLf Sftlf
CLUB REPORTER FOR THE DAY
CLIFTON — Clifton Magazine Club
met in the home ai Mrs. J.C. Kinche-
loe on April 16, at 2 p.m., with 23
members answering roll call. Two vi-
sitors attended, Mrs. Peggy Mullan of
Rochester, N.Y., and Mrs. Doris Span-
gle of Houma, La. Also visiting were
two from the waiting list: Mrs. Ann
Ford and Polly Christenson.
The meeting was called to order by
Vice President Mrs. Hugh Wynne.
Mrs. W.E. Henderson read minutes
and Mrs. George B. Arnold gave the
treasurer’s report.
During the business session, a new
nominating committee was an-
nounced, consisting of Doranne Stan
sell, Mrs. P. Joe Dahl, and chairman
Mrs. C. Pemell Aars.
Mrs. W.A. Davis announced final
plans for a trip to John Tarleton Col-
lege at Stephenvile to see Steel Mag-
nolias. The group will leave the
parking lot of First Presbyterian
Church in Clifton at 10:30 a.m. on
Saturday, April 27.
Mrs. Wynne announced the Mrs.
Bruce Parks is the group’s newest
honorary member and Mrs. Henry
Ford was elevated to full membership.
Mrs. W.A. Davis introduced Mrs.
Hugh R. Wynne, who gave the last in
a series of talks on air space. Her talk
was entitled “Meanwhile Back on
Earth.”
She said that the group has learned
that spaceships can explore planets
billions of miles from earth, that space
shuttles can now go into space and
back again, and that jet planes can fly
faster than the speed of sound.
Mrs. Wynne told about the “Double
Eagle II” crossing the Atlantic in
1978, the first balloon to make the
crossing. The 3,222-mile journey was
made in 137 hours in six days from
Maine to Misery, France.
In 1981, another balloon crossed
from Japan and landed in California
in 84 hours and 31 minutes, she ex-
plained.
She told about the three Goodyear
blimps used for advertising, one each
stationed in Houston, Miami, and Los
Angeles. The fourth, named Europa,
is stationed in Rome, Italy.
Great Britian and Canada have
built two—the Skyship 600 and Sky-
ship 600, which are expected to carry
cargo, petrol coasts, and do air and sea
rescue work.
Another kind of airship, she said, is
called the "Helirtat,” which will be a
combination of a huge blimp and four
helicopters and will be as high as a
10-story building and wider than an
aircraft carrier. It is built to lift and
carry heavy loads, such as timber,
, pipes for pipelines, girders, and other
| construction material^ v T
Another aircraft,',',lh'}fKSAJ<E Ire
motorless hang gliders, powered by
the wind lifting huge wings. These are
fun gliders only. Also the skies are
filled with sailplanes without engines.
A skilled pilot can keep them up for
hours. They have a cockpit with in-
struments, a compass, and dials show-
ing speed and elevation. The pilot can
raise or lower moveable flaps on the
wings and tail.
** In 1979, a group of Americans built
a pedal-propelled airplane, Mrs.
Wynne continued. On June 12,1979,
L man pedaled it 22 miles across the
Engtlklr,Channel. Its name was the
“Gosaaitiir Albatross” and it weighed
76 pounds. Pilot Bryan Allen pedaled
steadily for three hours—exhausted
and dehydrated and in danger of not
reaching his goal. But he did make it.
There are kits enabling people to
build “ultra-light” airplanes. Every-
thing is included, even the engine, she
said. These little planes take about 40
hours to build and can go about 60
mph. They carry enough fuel for about
two hours in the air.
The helicopter is called the “all-
around” aircraft, Wynne said. It is
wingless with a large propeller on top
and snail propellers on its tail. It can
go straight up or straight down, flies
backwards and forward, or sideways,
or can hover in one place. Busy peo-
ple can avoid traffic jams and land on
top of their building. Helicopters are
used for rescue work, and TV report-
ers and camera crews find them per-
fect for their work. They can also
place equipment and heavy loads in
places where no other method could
be used.
The speaker noted that the skies are
filled with commercial jet liners. By
1960, the U.S. and Russia had war
planes that could fly faster than
sound-740 miles per hour. Then
several countries built the super-
sonic, faster than sound. Russia built
the first “Tupoler TV-144” in 1968,
and the Concorde was built by Great
Britian and France in 1969. Since
1976, the Concorde has made regular
passenger flights. These planes fly as
much as 1,550 miles per hour and can
fly from Paris to New York City in
less than four hours.
Mrs. Wynne was excited to tell
about a lightweight high-performance
machine called “Packet Rackets”
built by Leon Davis of San Antonio
and the pilot of his test plane. She not-
ed that Mr. Davis says that some 300
records could be established with
these tiny, high-performance aircraft
like his DA9. Final testing is being
done by Alan Frazer. Then Mr. Davis
plans to have Donna Lancaster, a
handicapped pilot with commercial
and instrument raings fly it during
various record attempts. Donna is
four-feet tall, 75 pounds, intelligent,
tenacious, full of curiosity, and not
afraid to take chances, says Mrs.
Wynne. Donna has degrees in bacteri-
ology and chemistry from The Univer-
sity of Kansas and worked as a
medical technician, serving as su-
perintendent of laboratory and X-ray
for 11 years in Silvam Springs Medi-
cal Center.
After her husband died, Donna be-
gan to think of aviation as her full
career as she owned her own plane,
said Mrs. Wynne. Presently, Donna is
a dispatcher for Jet East, a charter
airline in Dallas. She will fly non-stop
over a closed course of 3,100 miles at
an average cruise speed of 125 miles
per hour at 500-feet altitude. Donna
will be in the air.for 25 hours with 286
pounds of fuel,,. 7 pounds of oil, 5
pounds of miscellaneotis items, and
her 75 pounds of weight, for a total
weight of 661 pounds.
“This is an exciting time for Donna
Lancaster and her friends. We wish
her well,” it was expressed.
In other business, the following
officers for the coming season were in-
stalled by Mrs. O.R. Jenson, who used
a space-age theme in the ceremony:
Mrs. Hugh R. Wynne, president; Mrs.
Pemell Aars, vice president; Mrs. J.C.
Kincheloe, secretary; Mrs. John E.
Muratet, treasurer; and Mrs.
Lawrence Jenson, reporter.
During the social hour, Mrs.
Kincheloe served refreshments from
a table laden with assorted tea sand-
wiches, cheese ball and sausages,
crackers, lemon chess tarts, and hot
spiced apple juice.
The next meeting will be announced
in early September.
Skits from Lakeside Village Area
* The Lakeside- Village Volunteer
Fire-Department Association met last
Thursday night with 12 in atten-
dance. Reports were given by Glyn
Snider, treasurer, and Elizabeth
Marchman, secretary.
Snider also reported on the fire-
men’s activities and Virginia Brown
gave announcements of what the La-
dies Auxiliary is doing in all the
group’s money-making events.
Saturday, April 20, was the date of
the annual auction, flea market, and
bake sale, and discussed at a recent
meeting was the annual spring “la-
dies day” held in May.
The clean-up campaign went well
for all woe dared weather the task.
Since it rained, they completed their
work Monday. Several workers from
here attended the barbecue in Clifton
at the National Guard Armory and
report great food was served.
I would like to say to Dr. Tom Hen-
derson and family of Kopperl, “We
love you, and you will be greatly
missed; but we wish for you much suc-
cess in your venture to your new
church in Temple. May you remain
healthy and happy in your new home.
Community
Report
Lakeside
Village
Area
By WILLIE BELLE VINSON
God bless you.”
Remember pot luck at Lakeside Vil-
lage Thursday night, April 25, at 6
p.m.
We are having a cafe open at Lake-
side Village again, and soon we will
have a very nice convenience store.
Watch for an announcement of the
opening.
Church everywhere at 11 a.m.—be
there.
Support The Newspaper Company
That Has Served Clifton Residents
Since 1806....The Clifton Record!
Bosque
Plumbing Co.,
3 MASTER PLUMBERS
' LP GAS LICENSE
STATE LICENSED SEPTIC TANK INSTALLER
NEW & REMODELING
COMMERCIAL
SEPTIC TANK & LATERAL UNES INSTALLED
WATER LINES INSTALLED
No Hidden Charges • Free Estimates
American Marble Distributor
Laguna Park
•22-3611
Clifton
67S-6688
Whitney
694-3295
Museum Musings...
IMPRESSED WITH PIANO -
Chris Martin and sons Phillip and
Robert simply had to play the beauti
ful square grand piano at the Bosque
Memorial Museum. She was im-
pressed with the tone.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin, from Dallas,
drove to Bosque County a few years
ago They were so impressed with the
area they bought a weekend home on
Highway 219 between Clifton and
Cranfills Gap.
Chris brought her mother-in-law,
also from Dallas, to the museum, but
she was too busy looking at the dress-
es on display from the Civil War era
to get in the picture. Chris said she
left her husband working at their
farm home, but she would bring him
to the museum, too.
• LIME
Continued From Page One
cfuded stops in Birmingham, Ala,
at Allied lime; in Phoenix, Am , at
Chemstar Lime; and in Fort Worth,
at Chemical Lime Group Head-
quarters. Allied and Chemstar are
sister companies of Chemical lime
Inc.
Berghm&ns is the father of Jean
Pierre Berghmana, CEO of L’Hoist
USDA Commodity
Schedule For
April Continues
HILLSBORO — Through the
cooperation of Bosque County Com
missioners, CAUSE, Inc. will distrib-
ute USDA commodities as fellows in
Bosque County during the remainder
of April:
• Tuesday, April 23— Morgan at
the Fire Station, 1:30-2:30 p.m.; and
Walnut Springs at the City Annex,
3-4 p.m.
Anyone whose white eligibility card
is dated April 1990 or before must
visit a CAUSE, Inc. office before April
22, 1991, to be recertified to receive
commodities during and after April
1991. Proof of family income should
be brought to the office.
TOURING CLIFTON recently were Jean Berghmana > and
Andre Wolfs from Belgium. They are pictured with Chemical
Lime Inc. staff members. Shown are (from left) Sammy Wells,
Wolfs, Don Fins tad, Berghmana, Earle Haley, Horm Hains, and
Randy Moon during the Clifton tour. See related story.
—Photo By Karen Murphy
Y/ Comprehensive Major Medical Policy
f With
I
Fuller To Be Challenge
Speaker At Tandy Dinner
$5,000,000
In Lifetime Benefits And
$1,000,000
Per Cause
FORT WORTH - Challenge speak
er at the eighth annual Tandy Scho-
lars Dinner May 6 in the Amon G.
Carter Exhibit Hall at Will Rogers
Memorial Center will be Robert S.
Fuller, an engineer with the Texas-
New Mexico Power Company at
Clifton, and a former Tandy Scholar
student.
Bringing the keynote address at the
function will be Dr. Alfred F. Hurley,
president and chancellor of the
University of North Texs, Denton.
Recognized will be outstanding
school math and science teachers who
will receive a $2,000 stipend for
graduate study, professional develop-
ment, or educational and instruction-
al materials.
At the dinner, each National
Scholarship semifinalist will receive
a medallion engraved with the map
of learning.
Fuller, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.F.
Fuller of Fort Worth, was valedictori-
an of his 1985 Eastern Hills High
School graduating class and a Nation-
al Honor Society member. He holds a
bachelor’s degree in electrical en-
gineering from Texas AAM Univer-
sity, where he was a member of Phi
Eta Sigma, and received a President’s
Endowed Scholarship. He is a mem-
ber of the National Society of Profes-
sional Engineers.
And Now Includes
Prescription Drugs, Organ Transplants,
And Deductible Carry-Over Provision
Your Choice Of Three Plans
And Four Deductibles.
CALL FOR INFORMATION
DONALD FORSON
F0RS0N INSURANCE SERVICES
^ 675-8306_
4u! HU'i aii V
CAB LOANS
THEM
Give Us a Call and Well Give
You the Details.
w 4
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Smith, W. Leon. The Clifton Record and Bosque County Tribune (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 24, 1991, newspaper, April 24, 1991; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth788188/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.