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THE CLIFTON RECORD. THUR8DAY. JUNE 18. 1983, PAGE 2A
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Continued From Page One
needed to be done to better benefit
' Bosque County, but that pawing
. such a resolution might tend gal-
vanize positions rather than make
people more flexible.
Judge Hanson had pointed out
that Judge Morgan presides over
the district court which includes
; Hamilton and Comanche Counties,
- too, and that auditors in those two
counties are either certified public
accountants or about to be and that
they receive a smaller salary than
; does Tomlinson in Bosque County.
“We are paying enough for a
-CPA,” said Hanson, asking that
Bosque County be given the same
consideration. Hanson said that
Bosque County needs someone who
is unbiased and who will work with
the court. She said that the people
of Bosque County are tired of con-
tinual conflicts at the courthouse
and county money being spent un-
• productively.
In other action, the court dis-
cussed findings by the county attor-
ney which revealed that the
Commissioners’ Court has authori-
ty to contract with an outside third
party to provide jail food for the
•Bosque County Jail. The question of
whether authority rested with the
sheriff or the commiwioners’ court
was raised at the previous commis-
sioners’ meeting.
County Attorney Shepherd ex-
plained that competitive bidding
procedures would be in effect if the
amount of the contract would ex-
ceed $5,000.
Bosque County Sheriff Denny
Proffitt said that he had to comply
with law in taking care of prisoners
and, therefore, wanted to be able to
have some input into how the meals
are provided.
The sheriff reminded commiwion-
ers that some $26,000 was being
spent to remodel the kitchen in the
jail, so it might be worthwhile to not
rule out meals being prepared at the
jail once construction is complete,
he said.
Commiwioners said they would
probably advertise for bids at the
next meeting for an outside firm to
provide meals on a short-term con-
tract, and following completion of
the jail kitchen examine the entire
situation and consider all the pos-
sibilities.
Following a brief recew, jail con-
: struction contractor Ray Miller and
architect Susan O’Brien briefed
commiwioners on progress being
made on jail construction.
Miller, who had initially estimat-
ed that completion of the jail would
’be March 1,1988, explained to com-
hriwioners that jail suppliers are
feto in number in the United States
and that he has had difficulty get-
ting certain types of building sup-
plies which meet specifications.
The contractor said that shipping
delays and other unforseen
problems with obtaining certain
types of detention equipment has
‘resulted in a later completion date,
which he hopes is near.
“We could be through in just a few
weeks,” he projected, saying that it
depends upon certain items which
are currently in the procew of be-
ing shipped.
Miller said that the estimated
$712,677 project will be completed
at very near that price and .hat
when it is complete, Bosque County
will have an excellent facility.
Suwn O’Brien told commiwion-
ers that the contractor has made a
good faith effort to complete the job
on a timely basis, but that getting
some of the building materials hw
been a problem that was not his
fault.
“The contract requires that the
contractor not in any way com-
promiw the integrity of jail opera-
tions...which he did not,” she said.
Currently prisoners are being
farmed to other jails in the area
while construction in critical cell
areas is underway. Sheriff Proffitt
said that prisoners cannot be
returned to the Bosque County Jail
until. Jail Standards says so.
Fallowing the meeting, members
of tike county court, the sheriff, the
architect, and the prew toured the
under-construction jail facility.
Monday’s Meeting
At this Monday’s regular meeting
of the Commiwioners’ Court, com-
miwioners voted unanimously to
purchase a 5.79-acre tract of land
1.5 miles south of Meridian on
Highway 6 to be used for relocation
of the Precinct 1 Barn, which is be-
ing consumed by part of the jail ex-
pansion.
Action came following a five-
minute executive session and on the
recommendation of Precinct 1 Com-
miwioner Glen Thompson.
Thompson explained that the
tract has its own water well and a
4,000 square foot building. He said
that the current barn, adjacent to
the jail, hw been crowded due to the
recent jail expansion.
The motion ww approved pending
a survey and mineral rights deter-
mination. Purchase price is
$70,000.
Following a tour of the jail Mon-
day during a Commissioners’ Court
recew, Democratic commiwioner
candidate Robin Basainger, who
defeated Thompson in the primary,
said he thought the money was well
spent and that he approved of the
per gallon not delivered. Koch was
the lone bidder.
Jeff K. Brown, representing the
law firm of Calame, Linebarger and
Graham, the firm engaged to collect
dilinquent ad valorem taxes, told
commiwioners that $70,000 in over-
due taxes owed by the William Hol-
loman Estate (Cedar ShoreB
Estates) to the county and Morgan
Independent School District, might
best be handled on an annual in-
stallment basis, as had been re-
quested by representatives of the
estate.
Brown said that the estate had
agreed to keep newly-levied ad
valorem taxes current and pay 15
percent per year (or about $15,000)
for five years until the entire
balance of tax, penalty, and interest
had been paid. The estate, Brown
said, had also asked that one-fifth
of the lots on the property be
released from lien each year to al-
low their sale and the generation of
funds with which to pay taxes.
Brown said that it was evident to
his firm that the estate is eager to
work toward paying the taxes, so he
suggested that the court approve
such an arrangement, of which
about 40 percent of the proceeds
would go to the county.
Since the item had not been
placed on the agenda, it will be con-
sidered for action at a future
meeting.
The council also paid claims
against county and precinct funds,
and voted to advertise for bids for
a private firm to provide mealB for
county jail prisoners.
Commiwioners noted that the
contract for the meals would include
food preparation using the county’s
DHS commodities to the greatest
extent powible. Term of the con-
tract would be for the remainder of
this fiscal year. Specifications are
available at the county clerk’s
office.
Commiwioners also approved the
appointment of Ellen Bishop to
replace Joyce Yant on the Bosque
County Welfare Board, approved an
order to advertiw for bids for a chip
spreader, and approved an applica-
tion to bury a telephone cable on a
county road in Precinct 2 for Texas-
Midland Telephone Company.
In an emergency sewion held
later, commissioners approved
several budget line-item
amendments.
Rusty Fuller Arrives In
West Germany For Duty
KELLY AFB, Texas — Army Pri-
vate James R. Fuller, son of James
«afijd Betty Fuller of 802 S. Ave. O,
Clifton, has arrived for duty in West
Germany.
Fuller is an infantryman with the
6th Infantry.
CHS Class Of 1973
Reunites June 11
CLIFTON - The Clifton High
School class of 1973 held their
15-year reunion, Saturday, June 11.
The festivities began at Clifton
City Park at 1 p.m. for a family get-
together. The children took advan-
tage of the park facilities and ten-
nis courts while the adults visited.
The adults gathered at Womack
Hall Saturday evening for a bar-
becue dinner catered by Jack’s
Smokehouse. Following the meal,
the group enjoyed visiting and danc-
ing to music from the 1970s.
Class members, spouses, and
guests who attended the reunion in-
cluded: Bettye (Brown) and Gordon
Logan, Dianne (Bernhardt) Barnett
and Mike Bernhardt, Janie (Con-
rad) and Ridge Johnston, Steve and
Helen (Gaskemp) Olson, Susan
(Martin) and Donnie Willmann,
Ronnie Willmann, David and
Christy Railsback, Pat and Karen
Canut^on, Ernest Thiele, Vivian
Ender, and Debbie (Rosamond) and
Jay Hoover.
Also, Robert “Topper” Hoff, Deb-
bie (Dreyer) and Craig Meinkowsky,
Doug and Kristye Fehler, Robert
and Teresa Crawford, Mitchell and
Suzanne Prince, Jean (Summey)
and C.R. Sinderud, Glenda (Wells)
and Scotty Winter, Donna (Hampe)
and Roy Kubiak, Lazane Smith and
Frank Edwards, Kay (Pierson) and
Ronny Owens, Lynne (Enochs) and
Ronnie Prueitt, and Martin and
Kim Grelle.
Once Upon A Time.. .
70 Years Ago In Clifton
By ELIZABETH TORRENCE
The Bosque County Collection
eaqjenditure.
accepted a bhi iran noon m»i
Co. of Saginaw for asphalt at
of .61921 per gallon delivered,
at a rate
or .58
From the June 7, 1918, issue of
The Clifton Record
“Victorious Stand of Americans
Thrills France
With the American Army in
Picardy, June 4. American troops
cooperating With the French west of
Chateau-Thierry, north of the
Marne, the nearest and most criti-
cal point to Paris reached by the
enemy, have brilliantly checked the
on rushing Germans, beating off
repeated attacks and inflicting
several losses, thus adding to the
glory of the American history.
The troops began to arrive on the
batllefront on Saturday and partic-
ipated in the fighting almost im-
mediately. They not only repulsed
the Germans at every point at
which they were engaged, but took
prisoners without having in turn
any prisoners taken by the
Germans."
“U Boats Still Lurk Off
Atlantic Coast
Washington. June 4. Enemy sub-
marines still were operating off the
American coast today. The French
tank steamer, Radiolene, the first
trans-Atlantic craft to be attacked
by the raiders, was Baved by an
American destroyer 65 miles off the
Maryland coast this morning.”
*******
“Miw Ida Ruud, one of the
teachers in the Clifton Lutheran
College, left Tuesday morning for
her home in North Dakota to spend
her summer vacation.”
*******
“Miw Annie Glaw has been elect-
ed to teach-in the Aleman public
schools the next term.”
******* V*.
“Mr. and Mrs. Jim Thurman and
children came in from Abilene the
first of the week to make Clifton
their future home. Mr. Thurman
will begin work in J.T. Forson’a
barber shop Saturday and Jim has
the reputation of being an A-l
barber.”
*•••**•
“J.T. Torrence, our popular
restaurant man, suffered a light
stroke of paralysis at his place of
businew on last Thursday, and for
several days his condition was the
cause of much uneasinem among
his family and friends, but the
Record is very glad to be able to
report his condition greatly im-
proved at this time and hopes are
entertained for his complete
recovery.”
*******
“Dr. J.T. Glaw informs his friends
that he will leave in the next few
days for Aleman, Hamilton County,
to take up the practice of his profes-
sion at that place, having been
offered a proposition by those peo-
ple so flattering in a business way
that he thought best to take them
up. He will keep his home in
Clifton, and it will be occupied by
his son, Ray Glaw, and family and
some of his other children expect to
remain here at least during the
school months. Mrs. Glass and the
children will not leave their Clifton
home for a few weeks yet.”
Convention Delegates To
Roport At Mooting Of
Republicans On June 21
MERIDIAN — Bosque County
Republicans will meet at 7 p.m. at
the courthouse in Meridian on Tues-
day, June 21.
The delegation just returned from
the State Convention in Houston
will report on businew transacted
on resolutions, platform, and the
election of a National Committee-
man and Committeewoman, as well
as a State Committeeman and Com-
mitteewoman.
Delegates and alternates attend-
ing from Bosque County included:
Terry and Elizabeth Broome, John
Gloff, Mary and Walter Langston,
David Keller, Hollis Manly, Pete
and Joy Weisenberger, and Linda
and Jerry Wall.
County Chairman Hollis Manly
urges all members to attend, adding
that guests are always welcomed.
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Continued From Page One
in Meridian, Walnut Springs Mill &
Elevator, and First Security State
Bank in Cranfills Gap.
CLASS OF 1973 — Class members who attend-
ed the 15-year reunion of their graduation includ-
ed the following: (front, from left) Dianne
[Bernhardt) Barnett, Robert "Topper” Hoff, Su-
san (Martin) Willmann, Lynne (Enochs) Prueitt,
Jean (Summey) Sinderud, Debbie (Rosamond)
Hoover, Kay (Pierson) Owens, and Donnie
Willmann; (middle, from left) Pat Canuteson,
Steve Olson, Helen (Gaskamp) Olson, Janie (Con-
rad) Johnson, Lazane Smith, Donna (Hampe) Ku-
biak, Debbie (Dryer) Meinkowsky, Bettye
(Brown) Logan, Mitchell Prince, and Doug Feh-
ler; and (back, from left) Martin Grelle, Ronnie
Willmann, Glenda (Wells) Winter, Robert Craw-
ford, Vivian Ender, David Railsback, and Ernest
Thiele.
—Record Photo By W. Leon Smith
1988 Bosque Ag Tour To
Feature Equipment Show
MERIDIAN — A farm and ranch
equipment show will be part of the
Bosque/Somervell Counties Ag
Tour on Saturday, June 25, 1988,
says Jack Rowland, exhibit coordi-
nator. The equipment show is set for
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Equipment on exhibit will vary
from new tractors and farm equip-
ment to hand-made boots.
Central Link Communications
will demonstrate their equipment
on the agriculture tour by providing
a communications on the buses dur-
ing the tour. This will be a new
dimension to the tour, says
Rowland. Central Link Communi-
cations will be exhibiting a new pri-
vate line mobile telephone system
for farmers, ranchers, and business-
men of Bosque/Somervell Counties.
Other ag tour exhibitors include
Charles Calahan Custom Farm
Work, Meridian; Gloff Motor Com-
pany, Clifton; Jackson’s Boots, Wal-
imt Springs; Lawson Implement
Company, Hamilton; Mike Schmidt
Chrysler, Clifton; Schnorrenberg
Ford-Mercury, Clifton; Seller’s
Grain Company, Inc., Meridian;
Steinkamp & Son Power Fencing,
Crawford; Stevens Implement,
Clifton; Rafter D Builders Supply,
Inc., Meridian; Rudy’s Fencing,
Meridian; and Waco Ford Tractor,
Waco.
VATAT Conference
Held In Lufkin
AUSTIN - The Vocational
Agricultural Teachers Association
of Texas held their annual nation-
al conference in Lufkin June 12-15
for Region II, consisting of Arkan-
sas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana,
New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Attending the conference and
representing the senate subcommit-
tee on agriculture was Guy Finstad,
staff director of the committee in
Austin.
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