The Clifton Record and Bosque County Tribune (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 27, 1991 Page: 2 of 14
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THE CLIFTON RECORD, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY It, W, PAGE *
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How To Tell If A Movie Is Any Good
During a recent conversation, area
rancher and buatneaaman W.T. Hix
was reminaicing about aeiliag a
Gateevilfe buaineaa many year* ago.
He *aid that one way he remembered
the date he aoid it waa that it wm
where he waa and what he waa doing
when JFK waa aaaaaainated.
Thu writer waa in th* fifth grad* at
Ann Whitney Elementary School in
Hamilton that day, going from Ma.
Perryman'* claaaroom to th* bend
hall. I beard about the JFK shooting
as 1 passed by the school office and
was the deliverer at the news to the
fifth grade band clam. I’ve been, in
some form, in the newa delivering bus-
iness ever aince.
Just about anybody can tell you
where they were when they heard of
the shooting of JFK. It’s memorable
and stick* with you. I suppose the
shock put us all in sort at a trance and
our subconscious wrote it down.
This, to be sure, is a roundabout
way of getting to the point of thia
column, and that is, “how can you tell
a good movie?”
Last week, while awaiting the start
of Flight of the Intruder at the Cliftax
Theatre, we were thinking back at
various movies watched from this par-
ticular theatre over the past 20-aome-
odd years and remembering where we
sat during each one.
It’s amazing, but it is easy to pin-
point the seat if the movie was any
good. Forgettable movies rendered
forgettable seating.
The Cliftex, for instance, provided
these off-the-top-of-our-head
recollections;
• Bonnie A Clyde, right side, 9th
row, third seat.
• The Ghott and Mr. Chicken,
center, 8th row, second seat from left.
• Thunderbolt, center, 8th row,
right aisle seat.
• M*A*S*H, center, 8th grow,
third seat from right.
• The Spirit It Willing (shown on
a Halloween night), left side, 11th
row, aisle eeat.
• Ghost, left side, 4th row, eecond
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• Flatluiers, left side, 5th row, se-
cond seat
This is only a partial list, bat I can
even remember the victnify of mating
of movies setn in aarlisr years at the
Texan Theatre in Hamilton (where I
saw Day of the Trifftds, Jack the Gi-
ant Killer, In Search of the Cmtmaye,
Tammy, The Man Who Shat Liberty
Valance, and a Mew of Elvu movies,
to name a few).
I was seated in just about the dead
center of th* 26th Street Theatre in
Waco when I first aaw A Man For All
Seasons and I have a good recollec-
tion of the various movies I aaw as a
child at drive-in movies: (like, tor in-
stance, That Dam Cot and The Nutty
Comfortably lying on the floor and
seeing a videotaped vereion at a movia
has iU pluses, but it doesn’t provide
the same mystique as seeing it in a
theatre. There are plenty of old mo-
vie* that predate thia writer that we
would, we think, have preferred to in-
itially am in a theatre, like Casablan-
ca . Maybe someday there will be a
film festival nearby that provide* the
opportunity.
Anyway, we were unable to remem-
ber where we were sitting when w*
aaw Private Benjamin, The War Wag-
on, Flight of the Phoenix, and a few
others (which w* rate as only semi-
good). And aa far as Flight of the In-
truder gam, only the spilt popcorn (if
it were still there) would lead us beck
to the correct seat.
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, TREE PLANTING — Clifton Garden Club mem-
bers recently planted a tree near the Exhibits
Building at the Central Texas Fairground* in ob-
servance of Arbor Day. Pictured are spokesmen
from the Fair Association (left aide) and the
Clifton Garden Club (right side). They are (back,
from left) Charles Lindley, Wetter Zander, Clyde
Seljoa, Homer McDougal, Ellen Henderson,
Emma Byford, Mrs. J.M. Scheuber, and Mrs.
W.C. Abernathy; (front, from left) LU Foster, Mrs.
Clyde Seljoa, Mrs. Homer McDougal, Mrs. E.T.
Hatoell, Mrs. Daniel Yarbrough (club president,
tying yellow ribbon onto tree), and (in front,
steadying tree) Lonnie Coble, of Shady Oaks
Nursery.
—Staff Photo By W. Leon Smith
Garden Club Observes Arbor Day
—Plants Fruitless Mulberry On Fairgrounds—
CLIFTON - Clifton Garden Club
members observed Arbor Day Feb. 21
by planting a tree on the Central
Texas Fairgrounds and hearing a pro-
gram on “Native Trees and Shrubs*
Fair Association representative*
joined garden club members to plant
a fruitless mulberry east of the Ex-
hibits Building. Thia is the second
year the club has contributed a tree
to beautify the fairgrounds.
Following the tree planting ceremo-
ny, club members went to the home
of Mrs. H.M. DeCelle to hear Mrs.
Joseph Johnson speak on the trees
and shrubs native to Bosque County.
Some 1,100 trees native to the Unit-
ed States have been catalogued, Mrs.
Johnson said, with about half of them
in the South. Texas boasts about 200
native trees, she said.
While Bosque County is not specif-
ically in the Edwards Plateau area,
the limestone hills here present the
same growing conditions, she said.
However, the county also has two
other types of growing areas—the
blackland prairie and the cross
timers, or cedar breaks.
Among the trees ahe described in de-
tail, including suh-apecies, necessary
growing conditions and uses of the
wood, were the mountain cedar (a
specie of juniper), live oak, rad oak, pe-
can, walnut, elm, mulberry, bodark,
and various fruit trees. Among the
shrubs were yucca, cenixo, and
pokeberry.
During a brief business meeting,
club members agreed to taka part in
the April 13 highway cleanup.
At the close of the meeting the
RANCHERS DISCOUNT
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DEES ANGUS RANCH
OUTSTANDING REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS
Clifton, Texas (817) 675-8111
SERVICE AGE BULLS FOR SALE
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hostess served refreshments to 10 club
members. Mrs. Ray Byford assisted in
serving.
Letters To The Editor
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To The Editor:
Thank you for your coverage on the
sewer and water drainage problem,
concerning my property.
In years past, you were farsighted
enough to realize a growing city needs
professional guidance, such as a city
manager, hired by the elected Mayor
and City Council. I realize his employ-
ment may be shortlived if he does a
good job, because a bigger and better
joo opportunity would be offered to
him.
Being a proving ground for such a
person would certainly be better than
trying to cope with the opening of a
new swimming pool in late May and
just now realizing you might check
with other cities on management or
seeking professional help for opera-
tional guidance. This seems to be the
kind of planning that went into the
new middle school, resulting in traffic,
■ewer, and water drainage problems.
One term on the City Council made
me realize that volunteer politicians
need professional help to manage the
people’s tax monies wisely. All thia to
say that it’s time to realize we will not
be attractive to new people or new
businesses with this kind of
management.
It’s time for a change.
Joan Spieler
Clifton
Shady Oaks Nursery & Landscape
Mon.-Fri. 8:00-5:30; Sat. 8:00-3:00
511 Live Oak, Clifton, 675-2742
Time To Plant
TREES
LIVE OAK 5 gal...... 24”
2 in. caliper 99”
4 in. caliper . 289”
MACNOLIA 5 gal.......19”
RED OAK 5 gal 24”
ORNAMENTAL TREES
RED BUD
BRADFORD PEAR
FLOWERING DOGWOOD 95
FLOWERING CRABAPPLE Z*f
SAUCER MAGNOLIA
WAX MYRTLE
2 in. caliper 99”
3 in caliper 189”
BURR OAK 5 gal 29”
15 gal 69“
rcniD Eiax ,__i ones
SPRING BULBS ARE HERE
Caladiums Host a Gladiolas
Elephant Ears Lilies Dahlias
„ Cannas_Assorted Ferns _J
vttWII LL/VI 5 Qdil
15 gal 69”
YAUPON TREES 5 gat 19“
ALSO AVAILABLE: »9«' 69M
Mulberry, Red Ma pie, Chinese Pistachio, Fan
Tex Ash, Sycamore, Cottonless Cottonwood,
, Bald Cypress, Sweet Gum, Weeping willow.,
TIMELY COLOR
Geraniums Pansies
Snapdragons Begonias
Petunias Perennial Phlox
Marigolds Dianthus
L Ornamental Kale Dusty Miller ^
FRUIT TREES
They're Going Fast!!
PapersheU Pecans.........15“ Ea.
Bareroot Peach, Plums
Apples it Nectarines......2 (or 12M
5 gal. Peach, Pear,
Almond, Apple, Apricot .. 2 (or 28*
FOR YOUR GARDEN
2 yr. old Asparagus
Brussels Sprouts
Cauliflower JHwfi 1
Strawberries eSshu /
Tomatoes MmSjiJ
Seed Potatoes
Onions “ a bag
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Smith, W. Leon. The Clifton Record and Bosque County Tribune (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 27, 1991, newspaper, February 27, 1991; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth788278/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.