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The Clifton Record
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— Serving Bosque County Since 1895 —
Clifton, Texas 76634 vol 102, no. 78 • Friday. September 26,1997
COMTEMPLATING THE MOVE - Pastor John Austin contemplates his recent decision to accept a calling to a
church in Granbury, and looking at the crosses that hang on the wall in hisoffice, he said, “I believe that God has
asked me to make the move. He is always right, but it doesn't make it any easier."
Staff Photo By Carol Moulton
Austin To Say Good-Bye
To Local Church Family
By Carol Moulton
FEATURES EDITOR
CLIFTON — Emotions are
deeply rooted in the recent deci-
sion of Pastor John Austin to leave
his church family at Immanuel
Lutheran Church in Clifton, and
move on to a new parish in
Granbury.
“I believe that God has asked me
to move to Granbury," Pastor Aus-
tin said, “and he’s always right. But
it doesn’t make it any easier.”
Austin moved to Clifton 11 years
ago, straight out of a seminary in
Illinois.
“One day I was selling John
Deeres and I felt that it was time
to go back to the seminary,” Aus-
tin said. “And my wife, Bonnie,
agreed with me," he added with a
smile.
“When the seminary assigned
me my first church, and we found
out it was in Texas, we were scared
to death.” Austin said. “After all,
Texas is just desert with an occa-
sional cactus, isn’t it? And what
were the people like? Were they all
cowboys? They talk funny, too.
These were the things going
through our heads.”
“Driving from Waco toward Clif-
ton, the area just got more and
more beautiful,” Austin said. “And
when we drove up to the intersec-
tion at Highway 6 and 219, there
was a large sign at Casey’s station.
It read Welcome Pastor John Aus-
tin and family.’ That set the tone
for our years here."
“I can’t say enough about how
racious the people of Clifton have
een to us,” Austin added.
“The first year I was down here,
my mother died. These people were
my family through that,” Austin
said. “They have been our family
ever since.”
“Even though we both are torn
between staying, and leaving, Bon-
nie feels as I do. It’s something that
we have to do.”
“Granbury is close by. We’ll be
able to see everyone here. It may
be a little different, but we will be
able to stay in touch,” Austin said.
When asked how the church will
find a new pastor to fill the church’s
needs, Austin said that it would sim-
ply go through the same process it
See AUSTIN, Page 2
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Tradition
Revised
Meal Tickets
On Sale By
Civic Society
CLIFTON—Breaking tradi-
tion from serving an annual
turkey dinner during the Cen-
tral Texas Fair, members of the
Clifton Civic Improvement So;
ciety are busy telling their
friends about the replacement
Clifton. ‘
The menu this year will con-
tatees,
NORWEGIAN ARTS - Geneva Finstad of Cranfills Gap, a charter member
of the Norwegian Society of Texas, Bosque County Chapter, spent a great
deal of time last week learning the art of rosemaling. Finstad said that she
had wanted to learn the art for years, and thoroughly enjoyed the recent
lessons given by Shirley Tillery. _ staff Photo By catoi Moulton
Norwegian Country Christmas
Norwegian, Pioneer Craftsmen
Wanted For Demonstrations
CLIFTON — The demonstration
committee of the Norwegian Coun-
try Christmas Tour of Homes is
looking for people who are willing
to demonstrate specific skills rela-
tive to the Norwegian or pioneer
theme of the event.
The Norwegian and pioneer
theme lends itself to crafts such as
rosemaling, wood carving, corn-
husk doll making, blacksmithing,
broom making, soap making, com
grinding, basket weaving, pottery,
sculpting, butter churning, or any
of a multitude of other crafts of the
early days.
The Little Alamo area will host
pioneer-type arts and crafts sales
and demonstrations. There will be
approximately 12 booth spaces
available inside the old sale bam,
and other space will be available
outside. The booths will be 10x10
feet in size.
“If you have a specific skill which
follows a pioneer days theme and
would like to volunteer, we need
you,” said Jill Jenkins, spokesman
for the demonstration committee of
the annual Little Alamo Norwegian
Country Christmas Tour event.
Antique farm implements and
other items will also be on display
in the immediate area of the dem-
onstration booths.
The demonstrations will be per-
formed in the old sale bam near the
Little Alamo on Saturday, Dec. 6.
For information about the Nor-
wegian Country Christmas Home
Tour, contact the Clifton Chamber
of Commerce at (254) 675-3720.
For more information, or to vol-
unteer as a demonstrator, contact
Jenkins at (254) 675-4043, nights, or,
Mary Sinderud at (254) 675-4286.
As Winter Fire Season Approaches. ♦
West Shore VFD In Need
Of Replacing Truck 42
LAGUNA PARK - West Shore
Volunteer Fire Department is seek-
ing the public’s support in helping
fund the replacement of a truck
crucial to its firefighting efforts.
The primary fire truck used by
the department to fight grass and
brush fires is a 1969 Ford, Truck
#42. It is simply worn out and
Public’s Prompt Support Sought
breaks down repeatedly, said a
spokesman.
On Aug. 6, Truck 42 failed, again,
while fighting a brush fire and had
to be abandoned temporarily, com-
The Miracle Worker ’
BCCFA Dinner Theatre
Tickets On Sale Saturday
CLIFTON - Tickets for
the Bosque County Conser-
vatory of Fine Arts dinner
theatre production of Will-
iam Gibson’s drama, “The
Miracle Worker,” will go on
sale Saturday, Sept. 27, from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets will
be available at the BCCFA’s theatre
box office located at 1701 West 9th
Street, Clifton. Tickets are $25 per
person, and must be purchased in
advance.
The Saturday, Oct. 18, dinner the-
I
atre will feature a gourmet
dinner, beverages, and
dessert. Dinner will be
served at 7 p.m., with an 8
p.m. curtain. Persons
wishing to reserve tickets
by mail may do so by mak-
ing checks payable to the
BCCFA Theatre and mailing to
BCCFA-Miracle Worker, PO. Box
373, Clifton, TX 76634. Seating is
limited to 120 persons, and seats
are assigned on a first come-first
See THEATRE, Page 7
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Conservatory
' of Fine Arts
pounding the problem and danger.
Additional manpower and equip-
ment were required to fight the fire
and retrieve and repair the truck.
“Truck 42 desperately needs to
be replaced before the winter fire
season,” said a department spokes
man. “Fire is not selective about
whose property it destroys, but ad
equate equipment is required to
fight a fire, nonetheless.”
The department has received
approximately $16,000 of the neces
sary $75,000 to replace the truck,
and is currently seeking individual
and business support donations.
“We sincerely appreciate the do-
nations received to date, and-we
ask those who have not yet contrib
uted to please do so,” said the
spokesman.
Proceeds from the annual Rum-
mage Sale and Fish Fry fund-rais-
ers, along with donations from the
community and a few business
sponsors have provided the $20,000
that the department needs for its
See FIRE TRUCK, Page 2
Tri-County To Retain Propane
Services At County Radio Tower
By David Anderson
CLIFTON RECORD CITY EDITOR
MERIDIAN - Tbm Nichols of
Nichols LP Gas Service, Inc., and
Jake Brooks of Tri-County Pro-
pane, appeared at Commissioners’
Court Monday to discuss the pro-
pane emergency backup system at
the county’s radio transmitter
tower. After a discussion with
County 9-1-1 Coordinator Lloyd
Kuykendall, Nichols drafted a let-
Texas Lions Camp
Changes Lives
By Carol Moulton
FEATURES EDITOR
CLIFTON — A negative attitude
is the worst handicap a person can
have, said Nolan Underwood, guest
speaker at the weekly Lions lun-
cheon meeting in Clifton on Tues-
day.
Underwood is currently the pub-
lic relations specialist for Texas Li-
ons Camp in Kerrville. He travels
throughout the state promoting the
camp, and thanking individual
ciubs for their support and help
with the camp.
Underwood’s involvement with
the camp has to be viewed from his
perspective in life. In 1951, in his
junior year in high school, he was
injured in an agricultural workshop
accident that left him legally blind.
“I loved athletics. I played foot-
ball and baseball and planned on
getting a scholarship in baseball —
but my dreams suddenly ended,”
Underwood said. “All I could see
ter to Judge Bobby Joe Conrad ask
ing consideration for his company
to provide services to the county.
In the letter, Nichols proposed to
provide the sheriff’s department
and the county with a maintenance
program and propane for the sys-
tem, including a tank, “at no cost
to the county.”
Nichols was asked by Kuykendall
to inspect the system which in-
cludes a propane-powered genera-
tor, the 9-1-1 coordinator saying the
system had not been checked or
worked on in many years.
“I think the county needs some
kind of maintenance program,”
Nichols said, adding that his com-
pany provides similar services to
Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home and
Clifton Care Center.
“We do the same types of ser
vices at a nursing facility in Gates
ville and at other locations,” said
Brooks. After a check of the equip
ment at the site, it was determined
that TVi-County owns the tank cur-
rently installed.
According to county officials, the
system has not been checked in
several years. Brooks said the last
time any propane was delivered by
See COURT, Page 2
Nolan Underwood
was someone sitting on a corner
selling pencils.”
Underwood went through his
first eye surgery, went back to
school and graduated, but after try-
See LIONS, Page 2
Acclaimed Pianist To Perform
In Clifton On Saturday, Nov. 1
CLIFTON — Internationally ac-
claimed pianist Krassimira Jordan
will give one performance here on
Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Bosque
County Conservatory of Fine Arts.
Seating in the BCCFA’s Tin Build-
ing Theatre will be limited to 200.
Jordan is a faculty member of the
Baylor University School of Music,
serving as Artist-ift-Residence
since August 1989. She was born in
Bulgaria, and began her musical
training at the age of four. She has
studied in Sofia, Vienna, and Mos-
cow, and was the Gold Medal win-
ner at the 1981 Rio de Janeiro
International Piano Competition.
A naturalized citizen of Austria,
Jordan has performed as recitalist
and orchestral soloist in major cit-
ies in Austria, Italy, Germany, Bel-
, see pianist, Page 2 Krassimira Jordan
Time For
Flu Shots
Influenza
Immunizations
Available Here
| Special Time Sel \ side
To Speed Service
CLIFTON - Influenza (flu)
immunizations are now available
at Clifton Medical Clinic. The
clinic has set aside a time period
from 8 to 9:30 a;m. each day to
administer the vaccine to mini-
mize patient waiting time. Well
individuals do not have to be
seen by a physician to receive
the vaccine, said a clinic spokes-
IMB.BH
The vaccine is
for persons who wish to
the possibility of contracting
influenza virus. The Center for
Disease Control. Atlanta, recom-
mends all
high-risk
See FLU
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w ish to reduce
contracting the
The Center for
lontroi. Atlanta, recom-
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