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P. 0. Box 8066,
Dallas, Texas
The Clifton Record
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jLartjest (Circulation in dCo&que (County.
. . . CHS VS* Frisco
Saturday, 3 p.m.
at Cleburjie
Regional Play-off
VOLUME 73 — NUMBER 19
THE CLIFTON RECORD, CLIFTON, TEXAS 76634, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1967
TEN CENTS PER COPY
STATE BOARD TO CONSIDER EVIDENCE FOR PRIORITY-
Many Residents
Give Testimony
At Norse Hearing
DRY FIRE — PSG Johnnie Ivie (left),
and his machine gun crew: Sd4 Tommy
Latham, Sp4 Glenn Kleine, Pic. Johnnie
Sanderson, Pfc. Ricky Yates and Pfc.
Jimmy Jones are shown here dry-firing
the local First Rifle and Weapons Pla-
toons Del. of Company C, 3rd Bn., 143rd
Infantry', Texas National Guard. Lt. Dar-
rell W. Vinson’s unit here received the
new weapons as replacements for the
older 30 caliber machine guns.
Upei i Tkoaglt-
By SAM LOGAN
Public Hearing on
Game Laws June 5th
Sportsmen, landowners, and
wildlife biologists will explore
the possibility of expanding the
IP67 deer season in some coun-
ties under direct authority of _____ _______
the Texas Parks and Wildlife changes are being offered
Department at the annual county
sons in the different areas at
the regular July meeting of the
Texas Parks and Wildlife Com-
mission.
The
following recommended ;
Have our doubts as to how-
impressed some of the State
Water and Conservation Board
members will be at two or three
sit the items of testimony given
Tuesday night at Norse
Seth Moore of Hamilton began
the testimony because of his
geographical location at t h c I
hearings on game and fish regu
lotions
Hearing in Bosque County is
set Monday. June 5, at 8 p.m
in the courthouse at Meridian
A Department spokesman said
no recommendation is being
made at ibis time on the above
topics and that the subjects are
merely tieing opined for broad
consideration at the county
meetings
The county meetings are re
headwaters of the watershed. He quired under the law to give all
told about visiting a family which mterested persons an opportuni-
lived near one of the creeks ty to discuss proposed game and
in this area just after a heavy fj8h regulations. Recommenda-
rain which still had areas around, tions from the county level are
the house flooded
Seth sakf he asked one of the
folks wbat made a straw hat
float up and down in front of
the house.
"Oh.'’ one replied. "That’s
granpa. He swore yesterday that >
he would mow the grass ernne
hall isp?) or high water."
then relayed for finalizing sea-
Outlaws Lead in
First Round of
In Possum Kingdom areas, in- j
eluding Bosque. Johnson. Hill,
Hood, Sommervell, and Hamil-;
ton counties, setting quail sea- !
son from second Saturday in
November through January 31, [
changing taw for Colorado River
in Mills County and portion on
Brown County to 20 hooks per
line limit with no limit on num-
ber of lines and opening Possum
Kingdom Lake to walleye fish
mg.
In Trinity - Brazos area, (in-
cluding Coryell and McLennan
counties), closing turkey season ;
in Anderson and Henderson
counties and change Brazos Riv- ]
er fishing regulations in Brazos
County and portions of Robert-
* son and Grimes Counties to con-
form to general law.
Softball League
George Logan of Waco 1 no kin, £•j{y Softball League play ended
that we could rake up) said that qs f-irst regular schedule with a
the folks in Waco would like to gam<» Tuesday night in which
see the folks in Bosque keep
their top soil on their own land.
He said that the water that
CPS downed the Outlaws. 5-3.
There are 4 make-up games re-
maining to be played to complete
flows down into Lake Woca is the iea|>ue-s first round, They in-
"too thin to plow ami too thick
to drink."
Clifton Mayor Oris Pierson al-
so gave a bit of testimony about
as hard to top as U was to
believe. He said that during 30
years of carrying rural mail
in this watershed he had seen
the creeks: “too dry for a scorp-
ion and at other times so high
a crow could hardly fly across
them.”
•
Interesting coincidence occur-
red in The Record week before
last when the 1867 graduates
were announced.
Both a mother and a son were
listed as graduates in the same
issue of the newspaper — and
neither was an error.
William Outlaw was the gradu-
ate in this year's class, but in
The Record's regular feature.
"A Glance at Past Events,”
which each week takes a look
at what was printed in an old
edition of The Record, his moth-
er’s name appeared.
Mrs. Mildred Erickson Outlaw
was a graduate of CHS exactly
20 years ago in May of 1947,
Figuring this could have hap-
pened in possibly another family,
Mrs. Outlaw said no, that she
had already checked the two
class rosters against each other.
She explained that she married
earlier than most of her class-
mates, so it would seem logical
that she’d have a head start in
raising ftiture graduates of CHS.
•
Received a note in the mail
from Mrs. O. M. Bronstad that
contained a clipping which is
about as self explanatory as can
“MORRO BAY — Hugh Bron-
stad, pastor of the Cayucos Com-
munity Church, shot a hole-in-
one on the 17th hole of the Mor-
ro Bay Golf Course here . . .
(See Drop of Ink, Back Page)
Wilson’s (2
Outlaws; and
elude: Gap vs.
games*; Gap vs.
CPS vs. Outlaws.
One of these, the Outlaw-Gap
game is scheduled at Clifton Fri-
day night, June 2. at 8 p.m.
League play will resume after
the first round make-up games
have befen played. Game nights
will be Mondays and Fridays
the second round schedule
be announced soon.
nnd
will
STANDINGS
(As of Tuesday)
Won
Lost
Outlaws ......
.......... 7
3
Wilson’s ......
.......... 6
4
CPS
.......... 4
7
Gap ..........
.......... 3
6
(ub-Frisco Regional
Play-off Game Slated
Saturday in Cleburne
Clifton High Baseball Coach
Richard Llordon's Bi-District
Champion Cubs will dash
with the Frisco High School
nine in a Regional Champion-
ship gome re-scheduled in
Cleburne Saturday at 3 p.m.
Tha game, originally sot
last Monday was rained out.
Win or lose, this will bo
the final outing for both
looms, as Regional ploy is as
for as class 1A teams go in
Taxas School Boy competi-
tion.
Tho undefeated Clifton
team won their berth in tho
Regional gome with an 11-0
won-lost record for tho sea-
son, including 8 shutouts.
NEW MACHINE 6UNS — Pictured here are the two
new M60 machine guns recently received by the local
National Guard unit as replacements for the older
30 cal. machine gun. The M0O, a 7.02mm machine
gun, is a belt-fed, gas operated, air-cooled, automatic
weapon capable of a sustained, rate of fire of 100
rounds per minute at a maximum effective range of
llOOmeters.
by SAM LOGAN, Editor
NORSE — Three of the five
members of the Texas State Soil
and Water Conservation Board
listened to testimony from a doz-
en or more residents of the Me-
ridian - Neils Creeks Watershed*-
telling why they thought this
watershed should have a priority
j on proposed construction of a
j series of small earthen flood and
erosion control dams, during a
i jam-packed public hearing at
the Parish Hall here Tuesday
night.
At the end of testimony,
thur Leesch of Boerne, chairman
of the board, told those attend-
ing the hearing that only three
of 31 applying watersheds will
receive a priority this year, “but
don’t give up if you don’t get
one this time.”
He said he could not promise
that the watershed will or will
not receive a priority, until the
entire board meets at a later
date and weighs all considera-
tions.
Mr Leesch said: "You have
passed the biggest hurdle (to-
ward getting a priority) in that
you have a feasible project.”
• Before the 7 p.m. hearing, the
board members and engineers
were given a day-long tour of the
watershed by residents of the
area.)
Testimony from residents of
the watershed starting from tys
headwaters in Hamilton County
and continuing to its eventual
emptying place, via the Bosque
River, into Lake Waco — was
given, including the following;
—Seth Moore of Hamilton
stated that he owned 600 acres
at the headwaters of the water-
shed and he cited the damage
that even a relatively small rain
can do because run-off is so fast
in this area.
—Paul Schwalbe, who owns
land farther down stream, said:
“ft is hard for me to watch
top soilHSefng washed away and
water gaps being washed out
every time we get a 3-inch - or
less if it is fast enough - rain.”
—William Bertelsen, of Cran-
fills Gap. read a statement he
had prepared listing many rea-
sons for supporting the project,
and including a brief recount of
the 1942 flood which had water
as much as five feet deep on
some houses at the Gap.
—Hulen Aars. representing the
Clifton Chamber of Commerce,
also read a statement pledging
the support of the Clifton Cham-
ber for the project, and his testi-
mony emphasized that the re-
sults of the’ flood and erdsfon
problems go beyond that of the
immediate watershed, by wash-
ing mud and silt into Lake
Waco.
—Oris E. Pierson, Mayor of
Clifton, after pledging the sup-
port of the project by a resolu-
tion, passed at a recent city
council meeting, also offered
first - hand testimony as to what
happens in the watershed. He, a
retired rural mail carrier, said
that he traveled almost the entire
length of the watershed for 30
years and that “I have seen
everything.” He said that in 1959
he was unable to cross swollen
streams on his route for eleven
straight days, and he also saw
flooding that tripped all the top
soil off Doc Anderson’s fields.
—State Senator J. P. Word
also testified as a resident of this
area: “This session has made
me extremely aware of what
water shortage will do.” He urg-
ed the state board to set priori-
ties* as quickly as possible and
urged the local residents to work
as hard as possible to obtain
them.
The population of the cities
are increasing each year as is
their need of water, he pointed
out. "I can see that in the not
too distant future, when you ask
for a permit to draw water from
the rivers and streams adjoining
your properly you will be oppos-
ed in court by people of Houston
and other downstream cities
which need water. It is vital that
we all do everything that we
can to conserve our water.”
—Leslie Vance, representing
(See Watershed, Back Page)
WAR DEAD HONORED — Shown here are those at-
tending the Memorial Day Services at the Clifton
Cemetery here Tuesday morning. At left are Mayor
Oris Pierson, Legion Commander Jodie Amundson
and Rev. Homer Humphrey, service speaker, as they
stood to observe the Legion and VFW Honor Guard
(beyond them) fire a traditional salute to the dead
veterans. On beyond the Guard is Old Glory, flying
at half-mast. At right is a portion of the crowd, es-
timated at more than 100, who attended the services.
In center foreground a small American Flag is shown
decorating the grave of Ralph O. Bass (1890-1934),
one of the 114 graves so decorated in this cemetery
and one of a total of 313 graves decorated by mem-
bers of Legion and VFW organizations in several
cemeteries throughout Bosque County. —Staff Photo
All Sunset Home Expansion Appeal
Divisions Reach 'Phase One' Coals
Baseball
Underway
Tonight
Summer youth baseball gets
underway in Clifton, Mefidian
and Cranfills Gap tonight, and
Valley Mills plays their first
game away from home.
In Clifton the Pee Wee Clifton
Black Sox host the Clifton Green
Sox at 6 p.m., followed by the
Freshman Clifton Black Sox en-
tertaining the Clifton Blues.
The Clifton Pee Wee Red Sox
will visit the Green Sox in Me-
ridian for their first game. In
freshman play, the Clifton Reds
will also be visiting the Meridi-
an Green Sox. Valley Mills’
Green Sox will trek to the Gap
to take on the Lions at 6 p.m.
(See tabulated schedule, inside
this issue.)
On the Record’s printed sched-
ule, home teams have been
listed on the left, with visitors
to the right, and room provided
for writing in scores for readers
who wish to clip the schedules
and keep a running-list of scores.
♦ The Clifton Lions Club Cam-
paign committee for the Devel-
opment Fund of The Clifton Lu-
Legion to Install
Officers June 8
Clifton’s American Legion Sel-
mer Erickson Post 322 will in-
stall its new officers Thursday,
June*8, at 8 p.m. at the Legion
Hall here. The ceremony will be
followed by a supper and all
members of the post are urged
to attend and to ^rear caps.
New officers to be installed
are: Ibrey Lindberg, comman-
der; Alvin Amundson, first vice-
commander; Erich Herzog, sec-
ond vice - commander; Owen
Sparks, finance secretary; Jodie
Amundson, sergeant-at-arms; J.
B. Darden, service officer; Dr.
S. L. Witcher, child welfare offi-
cer; and Bryan Fallis, post
historian.
Newly elected 11th District
Belcher Wins
Flag Tourney
Merle Belcher was the winner
of the Flag Tournament sponsor-
ed by the Clifton Golf Club at
the local course over the Memor-
ial Day weekend. Coming in just
one stroke behind Belcher was
Dr. Joe Little.
Belcher finished the regular 18
holes of play with two strokes
remaining, while Dr. little com-
pleted the 18 with one stroke to
go; Belcher’s two strokes took
him to the creek north of Num-
ber one hole, with Dr. Little
finishing a short distance behind
him.
Dr. Wiseman T. Holder finish-
ed in third place; his final
stroke was his mitt on 18, which
missed the hole by a few inches.
Consolation prize went to Rod-
ney Moncrief, who planted his
flag on the 15th hole. Others
(See Flag Tourney, Back Page)
theran Sunset Home were jubil-
ant today as the figures to date
for the Clifton Community Ap-
♦ peal part of the project were
tabulated at $51,232.93. They
were especially pleased to find
that the total from all sources to
date had reached $135,865.18.
They went on to say that they
wished to express their apprecia-
tion for the excellent support
and cooperation of the citizens
and businesses of the Clifton
community.
The Board of Directors of the
home is now in the process of
filing an application with the
Hill - Burton Administration in
Austin for a grant made possible
by the successful completion of
what is known as “phase one”
of the appeal.
They also wished to make it
clear that there is and will still
be a place for gifts from those
who wish to contribute towards
the program but have not yet
done so.
When fund arrangements have
been completed for the project
there will be a debt to retire. . .
so all gifts for the development
program received from now on
will be applied to reduce this
debt.
It is hoped that the citizens
of the local and surrounding
communities will continue their
enthusiasm by following the pro-
ject development and take an
active part in this service to tho
elderly people.
According to the committee
spokesmen, “The launching of
this campaign appeared to pre-
sent a real challenge to this
community and the churches
which make up the membership
of the Clifton Lutheran Sunset
Home Corporation. . . now the
task at hand is to continue to
carry on that challenge.”
Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home Development Fund
Commander Louis Jordon of Kil-
leen will be the installing officer.
Member Congregation
Goal
Received
% of Goal
Appeal
Clifton Community
Appeal
Friends of the Home
$ 70,000.00
$ 71,468.00
100 plus %
Bosque Bill Sez:
50,000.00
51,232.83
100 plus %
“Middle age is when work is
no longer play, and play is get-
ting to be work.”
Appeal ■*
13*000,00
13,164.25
100. plus %
TOTAL
$133,000.00
$135,865.18
100 plus % |
STATUS MAINTAINED SINCE 1959-
Hospital Keeps Accreditation
Clifton’s G o o d a 11 • Witcher Surgeons, American Hospital As- maintained it until the Goodall-
Hospital Foundation has been sociation, and American Medical Witcheg Hotmital foundation was
notified that it has received a Association. - ' formed in July Of 1966, and tha
three-year accreditation by lhe "Th* unique thing about (he status fai been continued since
Joint Commission dh Accredita- Commission accreditation pro- then, , ri
that it is entirely vol- The three-year period of ac-
granfed by th* Jot.
hospi
said,
190
ceiv
sen
an
nistrator of a hospital to seek this
“There tion. 4% ft decision made by
hospitals in the individual hospitals which
bers of the want to maintain and improve
’ itlon, and the quality of their services.”
that re- ifg explained that to be ac-
tion." crcii§Pi)rc]w hospital must con- creditation and for your consta
in on Ac- form to Commission standards in effort to improve the quality of
Is reprCHevt^y area in which it functions, patient care.”
organi-i TpiS Goodall - Witcher Clinic- Survey M the local hospital
ge of Hospital a 11 a»Loed accredited waa made April 21 by Dr, Rob-
in a let-
College
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