The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1976 Page: 1 of 27
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The Clifton Record
VOLUME 81 — NUMBER 4
*— oCarqeit (Circulation 3n (kotojue County —
★ THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1976
.artjt
CLIFTON, TEXAS
1895 - 1976
81st Anniversary Year Of
Clifton's Oldest Business —
THE CLIFTON RECORD
TWO SECTIONS — PRICE TEN CENTS
Record publishes
first offset issue
When Uonsiti N. Ritter of The
Clifton Record staff pressed tlic
Outturn to stop the newspaper's
Goss Oox-O-'type weofed letter-,
precis Wednesday attemoon,
January 14, the publication
moved into a new era. The
Record has switched hum let-
terpress, ai;ter 81 years, to off-
set. This is the paper’s tart is-
sue printed by the newer meth-
od.
Conversions from letterpress to-read newspaper should be
to oflset have rapidly increased [.posaitwe. For advertisers, it
nationally in the newspaper will be ampler to supply ma-
terial for publication and ads
should be more effective, be
added.
field, according to William T.
Jordan, editor and publisher of
The Record. The majority of
weekly papers in Texas and1
throughout the nation now use,
offset, he said.
Boih readers and advor-
Tt|* Record, established in
I*#. k> Clif.on’6 oldest biel-
Ufers should benefit from the i**#- It bos the largest ciroula-
, dhawge. f or readers, an easier- <4*0 in Bosque County.
LIBERTY TREE — To mark Arbor Day, third grade students at
Clifton Elementary School planted a liberty tree. Principal
James Warlick (left) and the Rev Cleon Flanagan, pastor of
First United Methodist Church (right), held the tree. In an
Arbor Day proclamation, Governor Dolph Briscoe termed tree
planting “especially appropriate during this, our nation’s bi-
centennial year — as we look ahead to the needs of our citi-
zens for the next 200 years and beyond." The Texas Forest
Service and the Texas Forestry Association provided each coun-
ty with a liberty tree, a Tejas pecan, a new variety of the of-
ficial state tree of Texas, to be planted as a living symbol of 1
the importance of trees to Texas and the United States.
• —Photo by Lyndell Smith
>
Breakins at schools, NBC
Brwairiats took place last week I to be missing from the building, w GOod'all-Witchcr Foundation
at both aohooGs and the Nation- a citizens’ band radio Was re- (.Hospital by a Clifton Funeral
al Building Centers Home Care .ported taken from an employ- f Home ambulance. They were
Center. The burglaries netted ee’s motor vehicle parked atj treated for .bruises, abrasions,
the culprits two dollars and a the rear of the building after ^ minor lacerations and 'later ,
forcible e«ry had been made, leased, the chief said.
Chief James said. The Barron vehicle, ay 1973
■ Witt!• resigns (nwhUcIot sedan, was extensive
Officer Jerry Wittie has re- jy damaged, according to the
signed from the Clifton Police '
I The other car, a 1968 four-
CHS '25 plans 51st anniversary reunion jjjjfr^u
The 51st anniversary reunion
of Clifton High School’s Class
of 1325 will be held thi3 fall,
probably during Homecoming
weekend, Clyde J. Duke of
Homslcn, a class number, has ,
announced. In a statement tell-
ing of reunion plans, Mr. Duke
commented: ‘
“Everyone that attended the ■
50!h Anniversary Reunion of
,4he Clifton High School gradua-
ting class of 1925 had a won-
.jferful time. From comment
Inade this goes for both class-
4 BY MRS. T.Ni>OSTER
The Central Texas You h Fair
directors met Friday at CAiftotv.
City Halil to elect ctfiictrs for/f
City gets $65,961 in taxes
City Secretary M. R. (Pat)
White has told the City Council
that $65,961.81 has been Hjiid to
Clifton in 1975 taxes, with $13,-
000 remaining to be paid before
the February 1 deadline.
Also collected was $578 in
•taxes delinquent from previous
years, plus $129.90 in penalty
and interest charges, the city
secretary reported to the Coun-
cil last week at City Hall.
Medical services ‘
Council backing of the con-
cept of an area-wide emergency
medical services network was
'given in a resolution which
' members passed.
Under the plan, local govern-
mental elected officials, local
resources, the medical profes-
sion, medical technicians, pri-
vate ambulance services, pub-
lic safety agencies, and the
Texas Department of Health
Resources would be involved.
The goal, according to Mayor
Jm B.. Smith, would be to help
coordinate medical services in
a six-county area more effec-
tively.
Windham praisad
The City Council voted to send
a tetter of commendation to W
nith R. Neystel. He will become
city manager of Palestine.
reunion. The program for the
most part will be eliminated,
and we plan on just having a
good time, doing cur thing. ,
_ . "It was further decided, the
mate and the visitor. On May j class of 1325 will not be selfish, the coining year and plan at
31, 1975, at our reunion, it was the door will be epen to every calendar of activities. |
derided: we would have our 51st ’ individual that graduated from
annivereary reas on during the dear old Clifton High. From „ . , mesident of the
toll of 1976, preferably, Home- greeting cards and letters, it
coming weekend. appears 95 percent of those of gf SS5
oltdaen’s band radio, according
to Police Chief Alvin James.
The Clifton Elementary School
was entered by breaking glass
in the exterior door in the audi-
torium section of 'the building. Department, effective Saturday.
Glass Was also broken in the January 31, Chief James an-
door leading to Principal James pounced. Officer Wittie said
Warlick’s office. Hfa office and that he will file to run for Bas-
ian adjoining office were ran-: que County sheriff in the Demo-
' Sacked. Missing was a one dol-, cratlic primary.
Oar bill. ) Motorist fined
Entry Was made at Clifton A Clifton motorist arrested on
High School by the same moth- 5 traffic regulation violation war-
od used to enter the elementary > rants Sunday appeared before
schdoL Windows were also \ Corporation Court Judge W. R.
broken ki doors leading to the Lively Sunday was fined on the
, reception area and Band Direc- mirdemeanor charges, .Chief
1 tor DartaM Braun’s office. James reported.
Damage was done to doors in Two hurt
prying them open. A dollar bill Two persons were injured in a
was missing from a purse. ; motor vehicle accident at West I
At the break at NBC, a win- 5th St. and Ave. I last w<*k, wi-
dow in the west area of the cording to Chief James. ,
main building was broken and (Maida Lane Barron, 211 North
the latch unfastened to gain en- Ave. S, and a passenger, Ronnie i
try. Although no items'appeared Lane, Waco, were both itafeen^
door sdclam, received medium
light damage. Its driver was
M>arkolita Bell Shugiart, 414,
North Ave. F, Chief James said.
Other accidents
In other accidents, a 1974
four-door sedan was lightly
damaged and a 1969 four-door
] hardtop undamaged when they
f were in contact in Gibson's
parking lot on West 5th St. ri
1:40 p.m. January 9.
In a collision at North Ave. ■>
i R and West 3rd St. on January
31, a 1971 two-door hardtop re-
ceived medium fight damage
mid a 1670 four-door sedan suf-
fered medium heavy damage,
Chief Jaimes raid. , . .
“Some few weeks ago, Irene the class of ’25 that attended
Gangehei, a lovely hostess, had;; the 50th anniversary reunion,
a number of us in her beautiful plan to return for the 51st enmi-
Zonlng matters
The Council accepted the rec-
ommendation of the Planning
and Zoning Commission that
portions of the Tyssen and
and Ectgewood Additions be re-
platted.
As a result, the width of
Maple St. will be reduced from
80 to 60 feet of right of way.
Myrtle St. wifi be abandoned
between Aves. J and O.
A request that the northeast
corner of Ave. O and West 5th
St. be rezoned from residential
to commercial was tabled. It
will be considered further when.
•the Council reconvenes for a‘
con Urination of last week's
meeting.
The owner of the land, W. L.
Patterson, previously requested
that the land be rezoned so that
it could be used for a real es-
tate office. The newest proposal
is that it be the location of a
printing plant
The land, now vacant, ted
been the site of a mobile home.
„ ________ Planning and Zoning Com-
Parks Windham, who prepared mission had recommended the
five parksigns for the city. rezoning.
CloMd session Two tetters and one telephone
An executive sesion was held coOl from area property owners
by the Council to discuss per- had voiced objection to the pro-
KrMe,\ matters. This followed posal, Chairman W. L. Spieler
the resignaiion, effective Feb- of the Panning and Zoning
nrary 20, of City Manage* Ken- Commission, said.
Annual junior high basketball
tournament coming this week
i
bY'COACH JAKE WIMBERLY**.
The Clifton Junior Cifts and1 Teams competing in the girls
home, where plana were dis-
cussed concerning the 51st an-
niversary reunion. A good num-
ber cf the Ciiftcn folk attended
this ’get-together’.
“Without exception, those pre-
sent, felt we did not have suffi-
cient time to visit as much as -, year,” Mr.
we would like during the 1975 concluded.
versary.
“Visitors of course well be
welcocqe. We are just going to
have a wonderful time.
“Make your plans for Clifton
—begin now thinking of it
‘'More to come later in the
Duke's statement
Trapping program continues
Cubettes will host the annual
Gif ton Junior High Tournament
• January 22, 23, and 24.
tfivision are: Clifton, Hamilton,
The Commissioners Court pre-
sented a plan for controlling
prate tory animals in the coun-
ty at a meeting late in Novem-
ber. The plan called for
of groups of four to five
ers in.all areas of the county.'
These groups would be taught
the basics of setting and baiting
traps for coyotes, wolves and
other predatory animals.
An experienced trapper, Rufus
Hutchison, had been contacted
by county officials and had con-
sented to teach the groups
methods of catching animals
that are preying on livestock in
the county.
After a group is formed Hut-
son goes with the group onto
their respective places and
points out the most likely places
predators might be caught. He
then instructs the group in the
setting of the traps and fur-
nishes the proper bait to be
used. JBJach day the instructions
are held, qna different place
until each iron Sfthe group has
received instructions on trap-
ping on his own place.
Hie cost of the program is
borne by the landowners parti-
cipating in (lie program. The
charge for the schooling is $100
per week. The landowners must
St. Mary’s) Cranfills Gap, Vri-
, _________ tey Mills, China Spring, Whit- , furnish the traps, which «re
• The Thursday and Friday “Y* ®nd Crawford. Cranfills available locally for approxi-
games will begin at 2:45 in the <*P * ** drtending champion, mately $7 each. If four land-
junior High Gym and continue tean* *ho w“‘be <*>m' owners are in a group (be
until 9 p.m. All Saturday games Pf^ng are: CSto, , charge would be $25 per per- ^ «,
, trssz £ {S'cSAaNft Grass *ires
w ’ ° . . <wwl rrvti'frvr/I Pnintuvr iff / al. -__i _
Since the inception of the pro-
gram, four sessions have been
completed and the fifth one
will ba completed this week.
The response has been good
from those who have partici-
pated in the program, accord-
to Ckwinty Judge C. K. Word
Reports from the sessions
have been completed in-
22 coyotes, two bobcats
and 13 foxes have been cautfit
and (his record is not up to
date. It is though it wifi con-
tinue to improve as the land-
owners gain experience.
The first five sessions were
beaded by Earl W. Page, Kop-
perl area; W. H. Heartsill, Wal-
nut Springs area; J. W. Hood
and others. Smith Bend area;
Wilson Phillips, north of Meri-
dian, and Kenneth Radde, be-
tween Meridian and Clifton, is
in the present week of instruc-
tion. V
Additional training sessions
need to be set up with land-
owners in all areas of the coun-
ty if the program is to continue.
Judge Word pointed out that it
is to the advantage of aU resi-
dents of the county if livestook-
men from all parts of the coun-
ty get involved in the program.
Anyone interested in taking
port in the program may con-
tact Judge Word at the court-
house.
Treasurer is Jim Burch. New
on 'the slate is Mrs. T. N. Fos-
'ter, as secretary-reporter.
Other directors designated to
specific leadership indude Mil-
ton Dahl Jr. for another year as
general superintendent of the
livestock show. New on the slate
is Cariy Simpson as assistant
superintendent. He has been a
director for several years. Su-
perintendents of the livestock
departments and the home ec-
onomics division will make their
'commitments la’t the next meet-
meeting to be held February 9.
Advertising far the catalogue .
wKl be solicited'to cover coat of
fair expenses and premiums as •
ban been the eustotfKto past
years. Deadline for ads -is
March 15.
r » .
Bank s grand opening Sunday
r; *• Area banking, civic and busi- <lue County and out-of-town
ness, leaders, residents of Bos- will attend grand open-
d
(Clifton gets sales tax check
/
wMh the finals'begihing at 5:15. Crawford. Reicher i*i the cost of the traps.
pm 1 the defending champion but is* November through March are
, Nice trophies have been pur- rt*. entered this year. ’ ; considered best for trapping
‘chased for first, second, third, The Jurcor Cubs and Cubettes coyotes as their natural food
• and consolation winners. Troph- extend a welcome to all Clifton supply is limited during this
in will be awarded after the *»rs and invite them to come period and most predators are
final game, around 10 p.m. ft _ ■and support their efforts. aearchin "
Three grass fires were fought
recently by the Clifton Volun-
teer Fire Department The
blazes were four miles north at
PedersonV eight, miles east at
Printing of entry forms wfit
be at an early date to avoid
last minute rush on presses -and.,
printers.
Discussion opened concerning
a request for a building to
bouse the home economics ex-
hibits and the need for more
space to permit people to cir-
culate. Officials agreed to in-
vestigate possibilities through
proper channels and to report
at the next meeting.
The livestock show was given
major discussion, along with
the sate of quality animals by
the exhibitors of Basque Coun-
ty. The first sale, held last
August after judging, was con-
sidered an enormous success by
fair officials, thanks to the mer-
chants bidding at the auction.
Discussion was held on whe'Ji-
er to limit the number of ani-
mals of a kind this coming Au-
gust when again an auction h
scheduled. Final decision will
rest wllh the directors whefi
they meet February 9.
Present were the fallowing
officials and advisory commit-
tee members: Miss Delmelia
Dunn, CBA, Milton Dahl Jr„
Mrs. T. N. Foster, Gerald Grin-
stead. William Jordan, Homer
McDoug'al, Robert Reich, CEA,
Calvin Rneter, Clyde Seljos,
Carl Simpson, and Joe White.
Meellngs are opan to any par-
son interested In any purposeful
~K $1,286.42 check is Clifton’s
, flhhre of $11.4 million mpdied
♦to 493 cities and towns Thurs-
day, State Comptroller Bob
Bullock said.
The checks Bullock mailed
represented the January alfo-
. cation to cittes collecting the
q6e percent city sales tax. He
. noted that during the first two
months of each quarter, checks
ere not mailed io cities whose
allocations are under $5C0.
The Comptroller said Thurs-
day he is beginning a mailing
-rto ad cities with a hotel or
motel—of computer printouts of
•bate hotel occupancy tax re-
No pay kikes for county staff
The 1975 general pay raise of
10 per cent for county employ-
ees will not be repeated this
year. County Judge Charles K.
Word Jr. said1 -that the only
salary hikes the Commission-
ers’ Court plans to grant for
1976 were those jgven last week
| to employees who bad been
making less than the new mini-
mum wage rate of $2.30 an hour.
I. The Commissioners’ Court
ing festivities scheduled Sunday
for Cliftonr Bank’s new million-
dollar, multi-story budding.
Miss Texas will officially open
ribbon-cutting ceremonies at 2
p. m. in the new location at 506
West Fifth Street Chairman of
He said he hopes cities col-
tooting the same tax will t»
dprocate by sharing come of ^
their tax data with his tobacco
products division, which ad- ^s^Asso.wlion head J. .
mmte Ihe state hotel occu. ^ ^
three percent tax. Representative Jerry Donald-
son.. 1
_ . . .... Artists from the area and out-
Bu.xk said cities watch do ot-town will conbine talents ifi
not eolket the tax wiU be able a comprehensive 'exhibit of
to see from the computer print- more than 29 pieces of art, un-
outs what the tax would yield, ^ the direction cf Mrs. Joan
Spieler. They will include Mm.
Spieler, James Boren, Nancy
Boren, Melvin C. Warren, Bud
Biggs, Dwight Holmes, Ray
Vineito, Nancy Ttittie, Ida
Houke, Frank Smith, Laura
_ , Wright, Lois Holcomb, Miar-
■ttas voted to present $1,000 ,fci!e Sauer, Kathy Travis, Due-
checks to the Clifton, Meridian, j ty Martin, Bob Summers, Mar-
and Valley Mills Volunteer Fire tin Greffle, J. Wayne Brown, end
Departments for riiral fire pro- Oarofine Bosworth. Ms, water
t0{dion. coLOi’O, pastels and metal sculp-
: County employees using their
motor vehicles on county busi-! *^1<: ^WM^.Indian.fflord,
oess wffi receive a IMetttea- P® "* knd*jape “*
mito allowance instead of the ^ ..cefebratioo
former 10-cents-a-mile,
Oomissioners’ Court voted.
th e
Plain on multi-county jail
to be ready by early March
of .New Quarters for Clifton*
Baric,” visitors will receive
new Bi-Centennial quarters to'
special commemorative folders
as souvenirs of the occasion. , j
j Lucky winner of a "Count the
;new quarters” game will be
awarded a $100 savings ora***;
«t Clifton Bank. — 1
Miss Texas, Mary EUen
Richardson, wiU autograph
4 photog for visitors during the
Dav.d Conrad’s farm, and south toward the fair in i$»
on the rafiroad tracks. ^ year ^ '
An Austia arciiiicctural firm and Youngblood submitted _
wifi matte a leasiuility study ’Bid of $15,700, lowest of four wen*.
<aud do predminaiy planning bids received, the mopey wifi
fur a muiU-towiiy jail. ’Die in- , come from a $20,947 cranintd The pubSe fa invited by the
sUUMion would serve Bosque, ' justice grant bank to visit the new location
4,'unanche, Coryed, Hantaoo, The finn’s work fa scheduled Aria * to 5 p, m.. gee its fete
«nd Mills Counties. to be completed by curly hires and participate in grand
Bwnw, Modes, Goodman March. , , ypen^g festivities.
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Jordan, William T. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1976, newspaper, January 22, 1976; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth796552/m1/1/?q=%22Texas+Press+Association%22: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.