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THE CLIFTON RECORD, CLIFTON, TEXAS, APRIL IS, 194*
VOLUME—53 NUMBER—19
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Receive, Promotion
EDITORIAL—
Is CUfton Getting A Square Ded?
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. R. B. Cross, Judge of
t Court of Bosque Coun-
the Grand Jury, which you
"'for the April term of
Court of Bosque Coun-
wish to make this, our
it • " i • 11 ■ 4
been in session for a
■ore than two and a half
fe examined thirty witness-
returned 5 indictments, all
trade of felony.
.. ___ the whole, there have been
very little violations of the law of
a serious nature. There have been
some instances where people were
swindled either by giving of hot
checks or mortgaging something
-they did not have, or selling some-
-thing they had mortgaged without
j -turning over the proceeds of the
■’ sale to the one to whom the mort-
■ gage had been given. We wish to
% warn the people to be on the look-
out for hot check givers, and to
1he people not to ever mortgage
anything they do not have, or to
sell a mortgaged, piece of property
Your editor has been disturbed
during the past week over an agree-
ment between the Commissioners
Court of Bosque County and the
State Highway Commission. It ap-
pears to him that Clifton has been
left holding the bag.
Citizens here had been led to
believe that the next farm-to-mar-
not handled the distribution of the
farm-to-market roads on a fair
ratio to the size of the town and
area served.
Further, it is believed that the
action of the court .amounts to
giving away one farm-to-market
road which the entire county is en-
titled to receive. This is based On
| ket road assigned to Bosque County' the sincere belief that had the court
would be allotted to the heaviest., asked that the next.farm-to-market
■tgaged, _ _ _
without'(turning 'the money over to
' the one whb lias the right to receive
it. When you fail to do this you
Lave committed a felony.
People should. not keep large
-sums of money in their stores un-
necessarily, nor should they keep it
at home because it can be stolen,
and could eyen be burned up when
a building bums. There has been
some burglarizing in the County,.
Tint no epidemic so far. When
times tighten up there is a chance
of more of it
Our Sheriff has been doing a
good job investigating all crimes,
and he, together with the other
peace officers, is doing a good
Job in keeping down crime.
We wish to thank the beliffs and
the District and County Attorneys
for their help in our deliberations.
They have made our work easier,
and all have helped to make the
Investigations with dispatch.
► iu 'chti Mtfle of the County
Nave cooperated with the Law En-
forcement officers, and if they will
continue to do that our County will
continue to have very little to do
in -the Grand Jury room when
they meet.
We want to thank you, Judge
Cross, for the splendid charge you
gave us. We feel like your charges
Nave helped to make our County
<me of peace loving and law abiding,
and we wish you many more years
«f service on the bench for our
District We feel that out people
sure very lucky, indeed, to have you
on our bench.,
There being no further business
for us to investigate at this time,
we wish to adjourn finally for the
term, unless you may see the ne-
cessity for our reconvening in case
some law violation of a serious
nature transpires.
Tours very truly,
Felix Shaffer, Foreman
EBEN C. BERGMAN
CAMP HOOD, Texas—Eben C.
Bergman, son of Mr/and Mrs. E. C.
Bergman, of Clifton, Texas, has
been promoted to the grade of ma-
jor- in the ^Army of the United
States, it was recently announced.
Major Bergman, former company
commander of Company “C” of the
,42nd Armored Infantry Battalion,
part of the “Hell on Wheels” 2nd
Armored Division at Camp Hood,
will now be assistant to the S-3
of battlion headquarters of the
42nd.
After three years in the Texas
National Guard, Major Bergman
was sent overseas for 27 months'
with the 36th Infantry Division in
Africa and Italy. For his wartime
service the major has received the
Silver Star medal with cluster, the
Bronze Star medal with cluster
and the Purple Heart Medal.
Major Bergman is a graduate of
Clifton Junior College in Clifton,
Texas. His wife, Lucille, and their
son, Mike, reside in Belton, Texas.
Several Cub Scoots
Given Merit Badges
Last Tuesday night the Cub
Scput4^^A|. another interesting
n&fflVM'wte- members and many
of their parents.
During the evening Mrs. Jack
Tindall read the boys a story, Jim
Gaskins, of Waco, talked to the
boys, and fifteen of the Cubs who
are members of the high school
band, played several numbers. The
group sang several songs, and were
given the following awards by the
Cub leader, David Knudson: ,
The Webelo award to Gene Car-
rol Aars, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hulen
Aars. Gene Carrol was also accept-
ed into the Boy Scouts by scoutmas-
traveled unpaved road in the coun-
ty—the road from Clifton toward
the Coon Creek-Smith Bend Com-
munities.
This proposed road plus the bond
issue road from Cranfills Gap to
Clifton would have helped Clifton
residents forget to a large degree
that ropier the original farm-to-
market allotment, Valley Mills (less
than half the size of Clifton) had
been given two farm-to-market
roads to one for. Clifton.
But does Clifton get the road
epst toward, Coon Creek which they
had thought would be theirs ? No.
The Commisioners Court last week
promised the State Highway Com-
mission that they will permit the
next famiTto-market road money to
be used to extend the Valley Mills
to Cayote road to the Whitney
Dam. ' ' ,
For more than two years it has
been talked that the State Highway
Commission would extend the Clif-
ton to Womack road to Highway
22 and the Valley Mills to Cayote
road to Highway 22 with STATE
HIGHWAY funds and not farm-to
market funds. The State Highway
department has completed the
Womack road^ith State highway
funds, they are ' in preliminary
steps of building a bridge across
the Bosque at Valley Mills with
State Highway funds; and it is
only logical that they would con-
nect Cayote with the dapi—they
are not spending over $100,00O to
bridge the Bosque.at Valley Mills to
serve the Cayote-Yalley Mills area
alone.
The editor does not blame the
eftixens of Valley Mills for going
after andther farm-td-ma$ket road
(but it must certainly have come as
a surprise to them when the court
consented to silch); but he does
feel the commissioners court has
road be built from Clifton toward
Coon Creek, the State Highway
CommiWon would have in turn, in
due time, put up the money for
the Cayote* to Highway *28 con-
nection.
Clifton citizens might further be
interested in knowing that the court
is committed to follow the Cayote
to Highway 22 farm-to-market road
with a farm-to-market road in
precinct 1 (provided funds are a-
vailable to purchase right-of-way).
Had the court seen fit to do what
this writer believes to be the fair
thing—build the road from Clifton
to Coon Creek, then when the' road
was completed from Cayote to
Highway 22, both Clifton and
Valley Mills would have benefited
equally from the extension.
Clifton sends school, buses into
the Coon Creek- and Smith Bend
communities each day; the commun-
ities are two of Clifton’s finest
trade territories. The court has
great responsibility to treat each
town in the county so that it may
continue its growth on a fair and
square basis with all other sections.
Clifton Ball-Hawks
Take League Opener
Clifton’s City baseball team went
down to Waco Sunday to open the
independent league against the
Freson Motor Co. team and came
home the victors by a 5 to 0 score.
Although winning the game,
’areely through the fine pitching of
Cullen Ingram, the fellows do not
think they have hit their stride yet
at the bat or in the field. In order
to better round into shape, they will
play a non-league game Thursday
night at Mpridian against Whit-
ney’s baseball team, which is larg-
ely made up of workers from the
Whitney dam. Another non-league
game,is being scheduled for Sunday
afternoon here.
Last Sunday Clifton pushed
across three runs in the opening
inning when Nabors reached first
on an error and then Dii&^^Fss-
ingale and,Holt follow&j^jppa three
straight hits.
Neither side did any further
scoring until Clifton pushed across
one run in the eighth and ninth
innings. Hits by Massingale and
Dunlop with errors on the part of
the Freson team accounted for the
last two tallies.
With Ingram striking out eleven
batters, the Clifton fielders did not
handle too many chances, but did
fair job of taking care of the
balls hit to them as only one error
was charged by the score keeper.
Playing for Clifton Sunday were
Nabors, Massingale and Knudson
in the outfield, Burl Holt, Kleine,
Car Registration Tops
1948 By 423 Plates
Registration of vehicles in Bos-
que County totaled 4,466. through
Monday, April 11, according to
OmBr Robinson, tax collector. This
is 423 more license plates than were
issued on about the same date last
year,
The breakdown of vehicles reg-
istered through April 11 in 1949 and
1947 is as follows:
Passenger 3432 3150
Commercial_______441 428
Farm___—_--------- 443 363
Trailer 93 72
The assigning of farm-to-market Don Holtj Heier> and Duillop the
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infield, and Ingram
the batteries.
and Prince
allotments should receive special
consideration in this.respect.
It is the writerVbelief that Clif-
ton has been slighted in this matter.
To date less than seven miles of
farm-to-market road has been built
from Clifton with another seven
miles promised; Valley Mills now
has over sixteen miles of farm-to: g^, clifton residents went
market roads m use (not counting to Ca Hood on A D April
the farm-to-market road into the* to seg the ial demonstration
Clifton Folks Report
)n Army Day Show
Crawford area) and another 10
miles promised. That doesn’t add
up to what this mgjiar believes to
be “square playiflg”/ If you feel
the' same way, talk the matter
over with your commissioner and
the county judge.
The Editor. »
ter Jodie Amnndsom .
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FARM BUREAU WILL
MEET AT CRANFILLS GAP
The Bosque County Farm Bureau
Supper Club will hold its next.reg-
ular meeting at Crianfills Gap on
Tuesday evening, April 19 at-7:30
o’clock. All members and those
interested in the betterment of
the farad groups of today are urged
to be present. Some important
business is also coming up for con-
sideration. , ' ,
Mr. Buchanan, our County Agent,
has arranged a very fine program
and this alone would be worth your
time and expense. . But the covered
dish supper you simply cannot af-
/ ford to miss. In fact, you must
U plan now to be there. 'Bring.your
hovered dishes and friends and their
friends and met others at Cranfills
Gap on Tuesday evening, April 19.
Alvis Dahl, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Erno Dahl, and James Josey, son
of Mr. and 'Mrs. Jess Josey, and
Kenneth Larson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Larson, were awarded
the Bob Cat award.
Hugh Trotter Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Trotter, and Don Harris,
son of Mr. and Mrs. George Har-
ris, were given Bear awards.
The Lion award went to John
Phil Gilliam, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Phil Gilliam, and the Wolf award
to Otis Womack, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Womack.
New members accepted Tuesday
night were Bobby Rester, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. . W. Rester, and
Tom Ralph, son of Mr. and Mrs.
T. H. Ralph. /
Mrs. T. H. Ralph was installed
as a new den mother by Mrs. A,,B.
Amundson; Mrs. Ralph replaces
Mrs. Harry Womack.
4-H GIRLS INVITE
PUBLIC TO DRESS SHOW
The public is cordially invited to
attend the Clifton Sr. and Jr. 4-H
Dress Revue to be held at the
City Hall Auditorium Thursday
night, April 28th at 8 o’clock.
Girls under 14 (who ale not old
enough to enter state revue) are
making dresses. Eleven and twelve
and Mrs. John W. Satter-
of Whitney announce the
of a baby boy born April
I at the Clifton Hospital. The
man weighed 9 pounds and
> named Randal Joe. Moth-
i are now receiving visit-
■ home.
Charlotte Kay Tur-
at Goodall A Witcher
April 8, 1949, | a,T
I pounds 3 ounces. The
year old girls are making, skirts
and blopses. Nine and tepSyear
old girls'are making simple blouses. _____ ^ __ ___ ___
Girls over 14 years will model their I tation to1 partake in the Central
dresses but they will not be judged Texas Fair this fall was given by
Lions Celebrate 20th
Birthday At Norse
The Clifton Lions Club celebrated
its 20th birthday last Tuesday; the
Ladies of Our Savior’s Church of
Norse prepared the food for the
occasion and members of the broth-
erhood of the church and others in
the vicinity were guests.
The fine ladies of the Norse com-
munity went out of their way' to
Bee that a very excellent turkey
dinner was prepared for the oc-
casion and baked a big birthday
cake that when cut-took care of the
85 men present.
After the dinner, the president
of the Lions Club, S. L. Witcher,
named the nomination committee
for next year’s officers. Thij com-
mittee is composed of Hulen Aars,
Edgar Keeling, L. E. Tennison,
Oris Pierson.
Awards were presented by Oris
Pierson to the charter members of
the club (20 year awards) ; present
to receive the awards,were C. G.
Bronstad, Ed Handley, Durie Hol-
verson and Jack Tucker. J. M.
Jenson was not present to receive
his award.
The following members, who have
been members for 10 years, also
deceived a chevron; Hulen‘ Aars,
B. I. Dahl, Dr. C- Tyssen, W. A.
Wegner, and S. L. Witcher.
After the Norse guests had been
introduced, C. G. Bronstad ex-
pressed the pleasure of the Club in
having them present. ^Adolph
Schulze responded for the brother-
hood.
Hugh Trotter, in his capacity as
the new mayor of Clifton, spoke
briefly to the group and an invi-
Otto Wenzel Passes
Away In (Mon
by the Second Armored Division
and other troops at Camp Hood.
Those from Cliff®*} were Mrs. fy.. G.
Amundson and” (wo sons, David
and Johnny, Mrs. Leo Richards, and
Mrs. Pi L. Elder.
The above were mothers of boys
helping to put on 'the show and
they saw their sons shoot the big
guns. They reported -it a real
treat. The following is a report on
the trip by Mrs. Elder:
“Six tankb were placed just in
front of our group; there were four
different types. Another six tanks
were placed two and one-half miles
Mr. Otto Wenzel, who lived for
many years in the Cayote commun-
ity, passed away at his home in ! beck■ °f us an<l b^the side. They
Cliftpn Saturday afternoon, April 9. could all shoot at^one and hit the
until County revue.
First place winner di each age
group gets to model in County
revue to be at Capitol Theatre,
Meridian, May 5th.
Mis. Ward and Mrs. Pipper,
Walnut Springs leaders, will judge
the Clifton groups on the 27th.
The girls will not know
night of the revue who
receive blue,
Bob Baldridge.
Guests from Clifton were Claude
Tunnell, manager of Texas Mil-
ling Co., and T. H. Ralph, resident
engineer of the State Highway De-
partment.
After the meeting was adjourned,
the Clifton visitors enjoyed several
He: was born November 9, 1884
near Garnersville, Bosque County,
and died April 9, 1949 at his home j
in Clifton.
On April 6, 1911 he was married
to Ida Hampe. To this union were
born four children.
At an early age he was baptised
and confirmed and was a member
of the Zion Evangelical church of
Womack.
Mr. Wenzel had a quiet personal- j
ity and spent most of his time at
home. He will be greatly missed
by his family and friends.
Short Services were held at the
family residence. Last rites were
held in Zion Evangelical Church
at Womack on Monday, April 11 at
2 o’clock, conducted by the Rev.
Williaih E. Anderson. The follow-
ing nephews acted as pallbearers;
Lee Wenzel, E. K. Wenzel, Willie
Endebrock, Arnold Hampe, Ralph
Hampe and Hubert Miiller. ■
1 He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Ida Wenzel of Clifton" and the fol-
lowing children: Willie of Clifton,
Albert, Herbert and Tuska (Mrs.
F. M. Hill) all of Waco, seven
grandchildren, seven brothers and
two sisters, Julius, Leo and Gus, of
Ft. Worth, Fred of Dallas, Adolph
Of Brownsfield, Henry of El Monte,
California, Paul, Bertha (Mrs. Wil-
lie Endebrock), Emma (Mrs. Henry
Ebeling) all of Hamilton; also
several nieces and nephews.
Interment was made in the Clif-
ton cemetery.
TV
attes
Bolger and W
tr~.ii u.
same target spot.
“After seeing how these few
could tear-up the earth, just im-
agine how an army could do. It is
good to know (/halt young men are
training to . protect oUr country.
“The largest tanks can shoot
nine miles, a good distance to be
from the enemy. A smoke screen
was mad* which, resembled the col-
ors in the rainbow, but then we
were told that the tanks could
throw poison gas just as easily.
“We saw a flare sent up four
miles from us and had it been night
we could have read a newspaper
from the light it sent out. These
are used to spot the enemy.'
"Soldiers ran out and shot by
hand and seemed to set the trees
and earth afire two miles away.
The tanks and bazookas. made a
great deal of noise. Don’t miss a
chance to see such a demonstration
if you have a chance. The Clifton
mothers especially enjoyed the show
because their sons—Douglas Rich-
ards, Irving Amundson, and Amos
Elder—were helping to put it on.
Billy Harvey Was at Houston help-
ing put on a similar demonstration.
“The Clifton boys were two and a
half miles from the crowd, but they
could be heard calling signals to
each other over the radio set-up
and it reminded folks of the way a
football team, is handled by the
quarterback.
“The mothers thank the boys for
the nice supper after the demon-
Ktration: we met vounflr men from
Dealer _______. 28
Motorcycle _______________, 29. 30
Vehicles 1949 1948
Spring Flower Show
Set For May 4th
A Spring Flower Show to be held
in the City Hall on May 4 has been
announced by the Civic Society. All
exhibitors must be members of the
Civic Society.
The rules and classifications are
as foHows:'
1. Limit—five entries.* —
2. All entries must be in city hall
by eleven a.m. and left until closing,
8:30 p.m.
3. Doors open to public at-3 p.m.
4. All flowers must/ be yard
grown. ... *
5. Each exhibitor is responsible
for own property.
6. Every exhibitor must be a
member of Civic Society.
7. Ribbon awards will be made.
Classification:
1. Bubble bowl and under water
arrangements.
2. Miniature—three and six inch-
es. , ' •
3. Wild flowers. ... ....
4. Fruit:
5. Vegetables. _
6. Seed, seed pods, grass and
weeds.
7. Fruit and foliage.
8. Picture made With flowers.
9. Novelty arrangements.
10. Artistic arrangements.
A. Table, B. Buffet, C. Mantel,
D. Coffee table, etc. (access-
ories permitted). -
11. Odds and Ends.
Admission: Adults—25c, School
children—15c.
Cubs Win Their
First Baseball Game
The Clifton High Cubs are en-
joying their_ baseball this spring.
They got sweet revenge against the
Waco Kittens this last week by
beating them 12 to 8; the Kittens
had defeated the Cubs in the first
game of the season.
In the other game last week,
Waco Tech High School won a close
game from the Cubs 6 to 4.
In the Kitten game, Ted Pierce
did some nice fielding. Milton
Brown started on the mound for
the Cubs allowing six hits, three
walks and four runs in five innings.
Tookie Canuteson finished the game
allowing two hits and two runs.
Billy Ray Barton starred at the bat
for the Cubs; he got three hits and
scored four runs. Ashcraft, Brash-
er and Brown connected for two
hits each.
Against Waco Tech, the Cubs
were missing some of their players;
Billy Gouldman, Billy Ray Barton,
and Bill Painter were out. The
iatter had the misfortune of being
spiked in practice and having to
have several stitches taken in his
arm and leg.
Tookie Canuteson went the route
for the Cubs on the mound. After
the opposition had scored all their
runs in the first two innings, he
held them scoreless the rest of the
game.
The Cubs are showing improve-
ment in their pipy in the field, but
are still making the going a little
difficult for the pitchers on ac-
count of their errors.
Next Tuesday, April 19, the Cubs
will entertain the West Trojans on
the Clifton diamond; game time is
set for 2:30 t>. m.
Civic Society Will
Conduct Yard Contest
The Civic Improvement Society
Better Yards Contest will begin this
month. There will be three in-
spections through the year; a
Spring, Summer and Fall inspec-
tion. All yards within the city
limits will be judged unless the
owner or tenant specifically ob-
jects to having his yard judged.
The front and back , yards are
both to be considered in judging a
unit.
There will be eight prizes in all;
three prizes for the prettiest home
owned, the prizes to be $5, $3 and
$2, three prizes for the prettiest
rented, the prizes to be $5, $3 and
$2. The colored people’s prizes will
be a shrub or tree for the prettiest ■
home owned and a shrub or tree for
the prettiest rented.
I. Arrangement — 20%: a. Loca-
tion of buildings, b. boundaries, c.
lawn, d. trees, e. flower beds, f.
shrubs.
II. General Appearance — 20%;
a. Buildings (1) upkeep; b. bound-
aries, (1) fences, (2) hedges, (3)
curbs, etc.; c. Lawn, (1) condition,
(2) upkeep; d. trees; (1) condition,
(2) variety, (3) shade, (4) orna-
mental; e. flower beds, (1) location,
(2) proportion; f. shrubs, (1) ever-
green, (2) deciduous, (3) blooming.
III. Covering Unsightly Objects
— 20%: a. unpleasant view, (1)
outbuildings, (2) dilapidated fenc-
es, (3) trash burners, etc.
IV. Annuals’— 10%: a. Vines,
b. flowers, (1) harmony of color,
2. Succession of Blooms.
V. Permanent Improvement —
10%: a. Sidewalks, b. drives, c.
curbs, etc.
Due to getting the contest started
late we are omitting permanent
planting which is 20%; therefore
80% will be the largest score any-
one can make.
ifton Guard Rated -
Tops In Recruiting
The Clifton Nation aTGuard Com-
pany, Hfeavy Mortar Co., won the
Recruiting Trophy contest for the
first quarter of 1949 according to
Memorandum No. 15 of the Head-
quarters 143rd Infantry Regiment.
The Clifton guard unit had a gain
of 43 percent during the period.
Next to Clifton was the Heavy
Tank Co. of the 143 Regiment which
is located at Marlin. „
The Clifton unit now has 48
members and hopes to continue its
steady gain. Several prospects are
lined up in this immediate vicinity
and the members hope to contact
young men at Meridian and Valley
Mills who could profit from being
in the guard.
Col. Robert M. Ives, commander
of the 143rd Regiment is expected
to present the trophy for the above
recruiting job to Capt. Wade Knud-
son and his unit in person. If the
Bosque County men can win the
contest three times ip?. succession,
t)»ey will be entitled to have per-
manent possession of the trophy.
Robert Bettis, Miss Lottie Bettis,
and Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Schow were
in Ft. Worth last Sunday to attend
the Ice Capades.
Below are listed the prices quot-
ed Thursday morning (cattle prices
paid at Wednesday’s auction) by
Clifton merchants:
Poultry: Eggs 40c a dozen cur-
rent receipts; cream 45c lb.; fryers
28c lb. and up, hens 27c and up;
roosters 10c lb.; turkeys 35c lb. for.
firsts and 29c lb. for seconds; bees-
wax 20c lb.; and cowhides 10c lb.
UP- . Mhk
Grain: Oats 70c to 76c bu., wheat
$2.05 bu., barley $1.10 bu.,
$2.20 per cwt., good corn $1.80
Cattle: Over 300 head
the market was very active:
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