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Vivian Castleberry To Be Keynote
Speaker At Women’s Expo Oct. 7
CLIFTON — The 1989 Women’s
Expo to be held in Clifton on Satur-
day, Oct. 7, at the Bosque County
Conservatory of Fine Arts, will offer
a potpourri of ideas and information
of interest to today’s woman, accord-
ing to sponsors of the event. Eight
mini-sessions will address special-
interest topics, a keynote speaker
will be featured, with additional
offerings to participants to include
free cholesterol screening, a quilt
exhibit, and a soup and salad buffet.
Keynote speaker, Vivian Castle-
berry of Chandler in the Dallas
area, is a frequent speaker on wom-
en's issues, peace issues, and aging
issues. Married to Curtis W. Cast-
leberry, a retired teacher, she is the
mother of five daughters, including
Mrs. Phil (Chanda) Robertson of
Clifton.
Mrs. Castleberry’s interests in-
clude being organizing president of
Peacemaker's, Inc. and chair of its
project, “Global Peace ... From Vi-
sion to Reality: An International
Women’s Conference,” which was
held at Southern Methodist Univer-
sity in Dallas earlier this month.
With a background in journalism,
Mrs. Castleberry served as women’s
editor of the Dallas Times-Herald
for 28 years, heading the Living
Section of the paper. She was the
first woman named to the news-
paper’s editorial board.
She was inducted into the Texas
Woman's Hall of Fame in 1984. She
is also a founder of the Women’s
Center of Dallas, the Women’s Is-
sues Network, and the Dallas Worn
en's Foundation. In December 1988,
she was honored as “Peacemaker of
the Year” by the Dallas Peace
Center and is currently working on
a book about the contributions of
women to the Dallas area. She
wrote the lead article for “D" Maga
zine’s November, 1987, issue on the
history of the women’s movement in
Dallas.
Mini-sessions include “Tastefully
Yours ... Eating and Cooking
Healthy,” presented by Dr. Demple
Cooksy, Extension Nutrition
Specialist. Dr. Cooksy will share the
facts on current nutrition trends
and techniques to perfect the diet by
controlling cholesterol and salt, in-
creasing fiber, and meeting nutri-
tional needs of today’s woman on
the go.
"Financial Management, Today
and Tomorrow,” will be presented
See EXPO, Page 12A
Texas’ 'Largest Fish Fry’
Sept. 2 At West Shore VFD
Vivian Castleberry
LAKE WHITNEY - The West
Shore Volunteer Fire Department’s
20th annual fish fry will be held at
the station on Saturday, Sept. 2.
According to West Shore. Fire
Chief Ernest Cheyne, the event will
begin at 5 p m and will continue as
.long as the people keep coming
“We’re Texas’ largest fish fry,"
Cheyne said, promoting the annu-
al fundraiser that provides money
for the maintenance and upgrading
of the fire department
“We’ll be serving the fish, French
fries, cole slaw, pickles, onion, tea,
and lemonade Jimmy Schmidt and
the Dutchmen will be providing the
music.”
The fish fry, scheduled for the
Saturday prior to Labor Day, is at-
tended by Lake Whitney residents
and others with an appreciation for
the good work being done by the
West Shore VFD There are no tick
eta involved, but the evening's ac
tivities provide an excellent
opportunity for donations and con
tributions from those served by the
department
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VOL. 94, NO. 35
THURSDAY
AUGUST 31, 1989
TWO SECTIONS
Plus One Suppiemen!
Serving: • Clifton • Valley Mills • Meridian • Lake Whitney • CrontWs Gap • Morgan • Lakeside Village • Laguna Park • Kopperl • Iredell • Walnut Springs • Lake Whitney Area
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Bosque County Inmates Charge Up
Phone Calls, Deplete Sheriffs Budget
Commissioners Disapprove Appraisal District Budget
TWO BEAUTIES - Mlu Waco, Lasila Ramsay, and Miss Taxaa,
Laah Kay Lyla, taka out tima to do ono ol tha things thay do bast,
smllo at tha camara, during tha National Championship Barbecue
Cookoff hold In Meridian last weakand.
—Staff Photo By Melanie Martin
By LANA ROBINSON
ASSISTANT EDITOR
MERIDIAN — Long distance tel-
ephone calls made by prisoners held
in the Bosque County Jail, alohg
with regular service, totaled up to
$1,041.05 last month with an un-
determined amount of unauthorized
charges to appear on the next tele-
phone statement.
County Judge Regina Hanson and
Randy Pullin, assistant to the
county auditor, worked together to
come up with line item transfers
from the sheriff's budget, in the
amount of $1,800, to perhaps carry
the department through to the end
of the fiscal year.
Sheriff D.H. (Denny) Proffitt was
not present at the Aug. 28 special
session of the Commissioners' Court
to account for the telephone
charges. However, Judge Hanson
told commissioners that the expla
nation she had received, upon in-
quiring about the matter, was that
a new jailer, previously working for
Johnson County where long dis-
tance calls are automatically inter
cepted, had permitted the calls.
The new employee, according to
Chief Jailer Jess Taylor, was una
ware that the charges were being
incurred. It was not until the bill
was received and the $539 in long
distance charges were discovered
that the problem was corrected.
"Can we get any of this back?"
one commissioner asked, the impli
cation being that the telephone com
pany might make an adjustment or
that the person responsible for the
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Ribbon-Cutting Of Roland Jones Memorial
Gallery To Highlight 4th BCCFA Art Show
By LANA ROBINSON
ASSISTANT EDITOR
CLIFTON — Sept. 2,1989, marks
the Preview Party of the Bosque
County Conservatory of Fine Arts'
fourth annual Art Show with the
opening of the art exhibit on the fol-
lowing day, an exhibition which is
to run through Sept. 29,1989. Win-
ners of the juried awards and the
“Preview Night Popular Choice
Award” will be announced the
night of the Preview Party, which
is to begin at 7 p.m. at the Conser-
vatory — also a time for meeting the
Prisoner Found
Dead In Bosque
County Jail Cell
MERIDIAN - Jimmy Dale Sum
merfeld, 33, of 302 South 22nd
Street, Temple, was found dead in
a Bosque County Jail cell at 11:48
a.m. Friday, Aug. 25.
According to officials, Summer-
field had been arrested several days
prior tr his death and was being
held on DWI charges.
Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace
Mary Paul pronounced the man
dead at 12:12 p.m. on Friday.
, According to Paul, autopay results
will not be available until later this
week. Justice Paul confirmed that
there was no evidence of foul play
and that the cause of death as not
immediately apparent.
artists who participated in this
year’s competition.
Highlighting this year’s gala will
be the ribbon-cutting ceremony be-
ginning at 6 p.m. on Sept. 2 to un-
veil the Roland Jones Memorial
Gallery, a special area within the
Conservatory that has been recent-
ly rest* red by Mrs. Christine Jones
in honor of her late husband,
Roland Jones, Sr.
The new gallery is located in the
center of the main building — the
northwest part of it — which waa
the old library section of the college.
The complete remodeling effort
included a nine foot stairway with
two chairlifts, the work done by
Purcell & Sons of Meridian, to ac-
comodate the physically han-
dicapped and elderly art lovers who
will be visiting this and future ex-
hibitions.
The Roland Jones Memorial
Gallery will house the permanent
collection of art work created in the
lifetime of May Schow, noted artist,
teacher, lecturer, and Sam Houston
State University art department
head.
Also to become a part of the per
manent collection of paintings be
longing to the BCCFA is Joan
Spieler's donated collection of paint
ings of Boaque County. Spieler, a
Clifton artist well known for her in
terest and promotion of the art cul-
ture both privately and as an active
member of the BCCFA, ia not the
sole artist of this special group of
paintings. Other artists, among
them the late Bud Biggs for whom
an award ia given in the annual
competition for the beat painting
depicting Boaque County, have
works in which some of Hie most
beautiftil points of Bosque County
have been captured on canvas.
In keeping with the BCCFA's tra
dition of furthering the develop
ment and growth of those seriously
See ART SHOW, Page 12A
Ms. Sr. Septemberfest Pageant
Slated Friday At Cranfills Gap
CRANFILLS GAP - This year,
Septemberfest will have new addi-
tions to the royalty riding in the
parade—Ma. Sr. ieptemberfest and
Ms. 8r. Cranfills Gap
There are 12 contestants seeking
the titles All ladies must be over 60
years of age.
Winner of the Ms Sr. Cranfills
Gap title will be the lady who sells
thema
Tickets are $1 each and can be pur-
chased from the ladies or their
spofnors.
Winner of the Ma. Sr September
feat title will be determined by the
nidges at a pageant held on Friday.
Sept l, at 7:90 p.m., at tha Cnuafills
Gap Community Center. The ladies
will be judged on poieo, personali-
ty, and appearance hi
error might cover the charges.
“I would say that geting this back
would be about as easy as getting
blood from a turnip,” Judge Hanson
replied. “I can see how a mistake
like this could be made." she added
“But what concerns me is that one
of these calls was 86 minutes long
and another was 79 minutes. Looks
like someone would have ques-
tioned these lengthy conver
sations.”
The budget transfers completely
drained the Bosque County Sheriff s
Department operating funds
Sheriff Proffitt, Hanson said, was
notified of the depletion.
See COURT. Page 12A
Resurfacing Work Begins
On 10 Miles Of Highway 6
Between Clifton, Meridian
Motorists Asked To Use Extreme Caution
WACO — A project to resurface
approximately 10 miles of State
Highway 6 in Bosque County is
scheduled to begin within a week,
announced project engineer Mark
Wooldridge with the State Depart
ment of Highways and Public
Transportation.
Downing Bros., Inc of Waco is the
contractor of the $1.3 million
project. Workers will seal coat and
overlay State Highway 6 from
Clifton's north city limits to State
Highway 22 in Meridian.
Travel will be restricted to one
lane during work hours and a pilot
car will be used to escort motorists
through the construction area
Wooldridge urges all motorists to
travel with extreme caution and ob-
serve all flagmen and warning
signs.
All work, which includes an addi
tional five miles of roadway in
Hamilton and Limestone Counties,
is expected to be completed by the
end of the year.
1966 POPULAR CHOICE AWARD WINNER, John
Pototochnlk, right, shown with hit award-winning
nakitkni "Youna Street Vendor " eerved ma e iudae
f t twees ewts seeees , ^^tws ww^et etes os gtwew^gee
In the fourth annuel BCCFA Art Competition. Shown
with tha artlat la Ronnie Parka (left) of Clifton Na-
tional Bank, aponaor of laat year'e award. Com-
mamoratlva posters of tha painting, tha proceeda
of which win benefit tha Boaqua County conaareo-
tory of Pint Aria, are avaBaWa at SpMar Qadory and
win be total during the art show. Pototachnik wM
be praaant at tha Provtaw Party, Saturday, Sopt. 2,
from 7-6 p.m. to autograph poatara. Thara wM be
an admlaaton charge of 66 for tha Preview Party.
For re—rvstlons. call 676-3724.
For National Barbecue Cookoff
MERIDIAN — It was a packed
house in Meridian Friday and
Saturday, as an estimated 19,000
barbecue patrons either participat-
ed in or witnessed the National
Championship Barbecue Cookoff
held at Bosque Bottoms, near the
Bosque River.
Colorful, inventive barbecue rigs
dotted the Bottoms, as did arts and
crafts booths, refreshment stands, a
musical stage, plus other attrac
tions like a petting zoo and pony
rides, as people literally poured in
and braved the August heatwave.
Numerous celebrities, such as ac
tors Tommy Lee Jones and Tim
Scottof Lonesome Dove fame, Miss
Texas (Leah Kay Lyle), author
Carltoh Stowers, and a myriad of
area television and,,radio personal
ities, were on Hand to participate in
the wide range of events, which in-
cluded street dances, a downtown
parade, various award presenta
tions, and more,
According to spokesman Dick
Fletcher, “The cookoff was a major
success We were extremely pleased
with the turnout. Everyone seemed
to have a good time.’’
Inside this issue of The Record-
Tribune are various photos from
the festivities
Thousands Pour Into Meridian
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Smith, W. Leon. The Bosque County Record Tribune (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1989, newspaper, August 31, 1989; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth791228/m1/1/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.