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VOLUME 74 — NUMBER 6
THE CLIFTON RECORD, CLIFTON, TEXAS 76634 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1968
TEN CENTS PER COPY
Bridge Conversion Plan
To Get Austin Hearing
LAKE WHITNEY — A group convene at 10 a m. on March 1
of citizens from Bosque and Hill for a hearing on converting the
counties which proposes that the bridge for use by motor vehicle
State Highway Department con- traffic,
vert the now abandoned K a t y
Railroad Bridge across Lake ^e*atet* Editorial, Page 2)
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’St Whitney into a highway bridge
met Thursday to plan a presen-
tation before the Texas Highway
Commission hearing in Ausin
Friday.
The Highway Commission is to conversion
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The Katy quit using the rail-
road bridge last November and
plans to tear it down to salvage
the steel unless it can be sold
to the Highway Department for
into a highway
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Public School Week to be
Held Here March 4 thru 7
Upon a Thought-
Drop
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By SAM LOGAN
The bridge was built in the
1950’s while Lake Whitney was I
being constructed and was the i |
j major portion of a $3,000,000 re-1
t location of the railroad as a re-
sult of the lake construction.
Lake Whitney area boosters1
contend it would be a waste of
| of an expensive facility to tear
down the bridge when a highway
i bridge is needed to cross the |
lake in approximately the same
spot.
They claim such a highway ’ I
bridge would eliminate many
miles of driving to get from one |
j side of the lake to the other, j
j and would open up more areas
j for visitors.
State Senator J. P. Word of;
j Meridian was selected by the
group to sene as spokesman at j
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Cub Cindermen Prep
For Dogwood Relays
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This issue of The Record is a
collector's item. There won't be
another like it until 1396.
Before some wise guy says, . . . , ..... L
“that’s too soon," let us explain thc hean.nS the H,Shway
... ... ... ,, Commission Friday.
It so happens that this weekly | Th()se attending the planning
newspaper publishes each Thurs- moe(1 and fish luncheon a, lhe
has^fiNe*^Thursday’s The Record Kodwood L(xige ^WSday includ-
hasn t PubUshed fiw February l e B Counl Judge E w
issiies since 15H0. and isn t likely McGw. B County Commis-
to have five in February again sioners p L Cooper of Iredell.
un,l‘ 1J% D. W. i Pete i Page of Morgan,
According to our sources F'eb- T A. Btassingame of Clifton, and
ruary 29 has only fallen on a Curtis Bakke of Clifton.
Thursday four times during the, Hill County Judge Howard
last 152 years, 1816, 1844, 1872.1 English: Hill County Commis-
and 1940. 'Our “source" inciden-i sioners Rube Eddlenran of Wiit-
ially is a trade publication which m>v. A. L. Gatlin Jr. of Aquilla,
probably has access to a com- Percy Lee Curtis of Route 1.
puter. Don't ask us how they [ Hillsboro, and Jim Carmichall of
figured it.) j Hillsboro.
At any rate the thing to do Also, Sen. Word; St. Represen-
is clip and save this column, (atives J. FT Ward of Glen Rose
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If the Ink Dropper is still kick-
ing in 1996, he'll be ready for
Social Security but I'd say the
first five readers tb bring this
clipping in during the week of
F'eb. 29, 1996, would get a free
subscription to The Record.
Do you know how Duffau, Flag,
Plowman and Neils creeks got
their names? If so we’d be in-
terested to hear.
Record readers who have been
keeping up with the relatively
new column "Bosque Nuggets,”
which in this Issue deals with
the names of some Bosque Coun-
ty landmarks, has some interest-
ing historical information and
names, but its author says she
doesn’t know how these four
creeks got their names.
Who can figure the goofy
weather we’ve been having
lately. When the snow hit last
week, we figured Wendell Bur-
den of Clifton was a complete
failure as a weatherman.
Around the second of this
month when thc sun came out so
bright we were lamenting that
the ground hog surely saw his
shadow — which is a sure sign
of six more weeks of winter.
Wendell assured us that the
ground hog must have drowned
during the weeks of solid rain
before F'eb. 2, however, and
advised not to worry about more
winter.
When the snow hit last week
and Aubrey Moore of Hillsboro;
R. A. Turner, president of the
Lake Whitney Association; R. T.
Swilling Jr, president of the
Whitney Chamber of Commerce;
Jack Martin of Morgan and C,,
G. Murray of Whitney, members
of the Lake Whitney Association
road committee; Bill Woodside,
coordinator of the group asking
conversion of the bridge; J. V.
Mohon, vice president of the
Whitney Chamber of Commerce
and /owner of Redwood Lodge.
Gilliam to Head
First Nat. Bank
Of Valley Mills
Directors of the First National
Bank of Valley Mills announced
this week that John Phil Gilliam
has purchased the controlling
interest in the Valley Mills bank
from Mrs. Florence Pool and has
been named president of the
bank.
Mr. Gilliam, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Phil Gilliam of Route 2,
Clifton, is a native of Clifton,
but has been associated with the
Citizens National Bank in Waco
since 1956.
Mr. Gilliam, who is also the
nephew of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bruce
Parks and Mr. and Mrs. O. R.
• Happy) Jenson of Clifton, told
The Record Tuesday that no
other changes in bank officers
we figured Wendell better stick .or Personnel is contemplated.
(See DROP OF INK, Back Page) [
WOULD YOU 6ELIEVE . . . ?— Who
would believe that less than a week ago
school was turned out because of snow
and ley roads, and when The Record
went to press this week the weather was
so warm and sunny that folks were golf-
ing, fishing and working in the flower
beds? This photo shows a pair of snow
men as they appeared on the lawn of
the church of Christ in Clifton last week.
It didn’t last long:3but kids all over town
built dozens of snowmen similar to these.
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— Record Staff Photo
CLIFTON BOYS SECOND IN JR. HI TOURNEY-
Itasca Teams Win Top Honors
The Itasca Junior High Wam-
pus Cats slipped into town last
Thursday and again Saturday
and neatly walked off with the
championships in both the girls'
by second-place Hamilton 31-25.
On the consolation side of the
brackets, the Crawford boys took
honors from Hamilton, 36-21, and
in the girls’ consolation event.
Glen' Rose by-passed Crawford
and boys’ brackets of the Clifton 22-16.
Basketball Tournament. j To reach the finals in the boys
The Itasca boys downed second contest, Clifton A edged Glen
-place Clifton A by a score of Rose, 26-25, Thursday night, and
36-20, and the Itasca girls slipped Itasca beat China Spring, 28-21,
Saturday afternoon.
To reach the girls’ finals, Ham-
ilton swamped Clifton A, 30-9,
Thursday, and Itasca handily
eliminated China Spring, 37-20,
Saturday afternoon.
This tournament, which began
i 3-day stand here Tuesday, fin-
ished the basketball play for the
1967-68 season.
Clifton High School Head
Coach Aubrey Roberts talked op-
timistically this week as he kept
one eye on the stop watch and
one on the progress of his Cub
cindermen this week.
“I believe we are going to
have one of the best track sea-
sons we’ve had in several
years," he said. “We’ve got
more speed than last year, and
generally the team is in better
physical shape.”
Coach Roberts advised fans to
keep their eyes on the Cub’s
sprint relay team of Glen Hay-
wood, Tommy Todd, Don Hall
and Wayne Prescher.
Also our quarter - mile, 880-
yard and mile relay teams
should be good this year, and
we are expecting a good showing,
from Our hurdlers, and shot put-
ers.
He said that the team is train- j
ing with a “little cross country]
running” and that fans will get
a look at the local track and
field prospects soon during some
practice meets to be held at
home.
The official season gets under-
way Saturday at the Dogwood
Relays in Palestine. 'See tabu-
lated schedule.)
Returning lettermen, and the
events they placed in, are:
Gary Anz and Bobby Golden,
shot put; C. L. Conrad, 880 and
mile relays; Ronnie Horn, 440
and mile relay; Robert Ledlow,
high hurdles; Wayne Prescher,
sprint; 440, and mile relays;
Tommy Todd, 880; and Tim Out-
law and Larry Sorenson in the
mile run.
“Additional trackmen, who
didn’t letter last year but who
we are expecting to do us a
good job this year,” Coach Rob-
erts said, include: Glen Hay-
wood, Don Hall, Garland Braune,
Mike Hoff, Jim Bryant, David
Reesing, Jim Bakke, Kenneth
Hanson, John Hoel, and James
VViede.
'68 CUB TRACK
SCHEDULE
March 2 ....
Dogwood Relays
(Palestine)
March 9 Cotton Bowl Relays
(Taylor)
March 16 ...
....... Valley Mills
March 23 .
.......... Gatesville
March 29 .
.............. Midway
April 5 ......
......... Dist. Meet
April 13 ....
Cub Relays
(Regional
Qualifier for
B, 1A, and 2A teams)
April 20 .....
... Regional Meet
May 3-4......
......... State M'eet
Singing at Lane's Chapel
A singing will be held at
Lane's Chapel Sunday from 2
until 4 p.m.
Everyone interested is invited
to attend and participate.
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Cattle Field Day
Set at McGregor
A beef, cattle field day will be
held at the Ljvestock and Forage
Research Center at McGregor
March 7.The program will start
at 9:30 a m. and last until 3
p.m.
The field day will include a
tour and programs on using low
cost proteins to winter cows
with young calves on native pas-
ture and crossbreeding.
Excess Research Center bred
and owned registered bulls will
be offered for sale. All will be
gain performance and fertility
tested.
Research staff members of the
Center will be available to dis-
cuss with you problems you may
have in their field of research.
Fang Fun
Set Friday
Friday marks the opening date
for the Second Annual Rattle
Snake Hunt, to be sponsored for
three days by the Walnut Springs
Lions Club,
Over $200 in prizes and trophies
for the largest rattlers, longest
snake, most pounds of snakes
and smallest rattlesnake, will
be offered.
Hunter registration fees are
$2 each, with the spectator fees
set at 50 cents (children under
6 free).
Besides the hunting, educa-
tional displays and live demon-
strations of snake handling will
be presented for spectators., In
addition, an antique gun and
barbed wire show will be held.
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School; City
Election Filing
Deadlines Loom
Next Wednesday, March 6, will
tie the final day for 'candidate
filing for both the school board
of trustee and city council elec-
tions to be held in April.
By law, candidates must file
30 days before the election. This
year, under a new Texas law,
both the local city council elec-
tion and the school trustee elec-
tions will be held on the same
day and at the same poll (City
Hall), but separate ballots will
be used.
When The Record went to
press Wednesday morning, only
Clifford Dyer had filed for re-
election as an alderman on the
Clifton City Council. The terms
of both Aldermen Jim B. Smith
and Jean Pierson also expire this
year. Terms of office for Mayor
O. E. Pierson, and Aldermen Bill
Blewett and John Outlaw won’t
expire until 1969.
For Clifton School District
Board of Trustees, the terms of
trustees Dr. S. L. Witcher and
Dr. W. F. Key expire this year.
As of press time Wednesday,
however, no candidate had filed
for the trustee election.
The other five members of the
seven-man school board are
Douglas Railsback and Calvert
Helms, who were elected last
April. Terms of office for Trus-
tees Joseph Conrad, Loyd S.
Swenson and T. J. Wiggins ex-
pire in 1969.
It was erroneously printed ear-
lier that March 4 was the filing
deadline for city alderman can-
didates. March 6, however, is
the correct filing deadline date
for both city and school elections
this spring.
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CHS BASKETBALL GIRLS' VARSITY TEAM— Pic-
tured here are the 1967-68 Clifton High School Girls’
varsity cage team, which finished its regular season
of play last week. Standing, from left: Carrol Ben-
nett, Kim Outlaw, Ann Finstad, Judy Gauntt, Ginger
Crawford, Sally Greenwade, Marsha Hill and Bonnie
June Standefer. Kneeling from left: Linda Sparks,
Peggy Hatter, Diane Burns and Lee Ann Hutchison.
(See other 'cage team photos inside this issue.
— Record Staff Photo
Pranksters Warned
About Hiway Signs
In Lake W. Area
T e x; a s Highway Patrolman
Jame.c, Wright asked The Record
this week to publish an appeal to
the person or persons responsi-
ble for pushing over highway
signs and reflector posts in the
Lake Whitney area, to stop
tampering with this state prop-
erty.
'Wright said, of course if any-
one is caught pushing these signs
over they’ll be arrested and pros-
ecuted. We hope, however, that
the persons doing this will stop.
The Highway Department re-
places or repairs these signs and
reflectors as soon as they can,
but there is always the possibility
that the pranksters who remove
or push over these reflectors
may cause a serious accident be-
fore the signs can be restored.
Cliftonites are invited to join
in the observance of Texas Pub-
lic School Week, which has been
traditionally set as the first full
week in March, by visiting in
the local schools during this spe-
cial week, it was announced by
Kent Appleby, Superintendent of
Clifton Schools.
This year the visitations will
be held March 4 through 7, with
Friday, March 8 designated as
a holiday. On this date teachers
will be attending a district meet-
ing of the TSTA.
To give school cafeteria work-
ers an idea how many to prepare
for, parents who wish to eat
lunch with their children are be-
ing asked to use the following
schedule:
Parents, pf first and second
grades should eat with their chil-
dren on Monday, March 4.
Third and fourth grades, Tues-
day, March 5.
Fifth and sixth grades, on
Wednesday, March 6.
Jr. High and High School on
Thursday, March 7.
During Texas Public Schools
Week, our schools may be scruti-
nized carefully by parents of
children attending the schools as
well as others who are interested
in our modern public school sys-
tem.
Texans have considered educa-
tion important and because of
this public schools are celebrat-
ing their 114th year in this state.
All interested citizens are urged
to come and see the progress
which has been made in recent
years to solve tomorrow’s needs
today.
Open house is being conducted
in all the local schools, with
school administrators and teach-
ers serving as hosts.
City Hires New
Chief of Police
In a called meeting of the
Clifton City Council Wed net-
day morning, a new City
Police Chief wet hired.
Jim B. Alexander, 30, of
Fort Worth is the new chief,
and he is scheduled to begin
his duties here March 7.
Alexander and his wife
have two children. His wife
is a native of Walnut Springs.
Mr. Alexander is currently
employed by a private petrol
firm in Forth Worth.
County Church Women to
Observe World Prayer Day
Church Women United of Bos-
que County will observe World
Day of Prayer on March 1. This;
year there will be two sessions.
One will be at the Meridian
Methodist Church at 10 a.m., and
the other will be at the Womack
United Church of Christ at 2:30
p.m.
Emphasis this year will be on
“Human Responsibility,” and
the theme of the annual event is,
"Bear One Another’s Burdens.”
County Voter
Registration
(Voter registrations for elec-
tions held from March 1, 1968,
to February 28, 1969.)
No. 1—Meridian 841
3—Iredell 349
5— Walnut Springs 386
6— Eulogy 52
7— Kopperl 206
8— Morgan 234
10—Womack 109
12— Cayote 132
13— Valley Mills 691
14— Mosheim 77
15— Clifton 1305
16— Norse 164
18— Cranfills Gap 195
19— Steiner 144
20— Laguna Park 436
21— Greenock 33
22— Mustang 68
TOTAL: 5422
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