The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, October 22, 1965 Page: 1 of 8
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Clifton Record
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THE CLIFTON RECORD, CUSTOM, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 IMS \
Cubs Win 24-8
Over Alvarado
Loose Cows On Roads
Cause Several Wrecks
Clifton High * Cub. tucreufully >
mixed • ground *ad air game at 1
Cuba Sladiutn tact Friday night to |
iakr Ihttt opening diatnct game
against ike Aharade Indian* M to j
• The Cuba were handicapped with >
injuries but pul up a tptrded arrap i
to knock oft one of the stronger j
diatnct contender* The Cub* and
Itaara non have moved oat front
'In the race for district honor*.
Two of Clifton * touriutawM
came through the air; the Cnh*
opening ww* on the first play of
the orcond quarter »a« a paw from
tarry Grmlanil to Jame* Haywood
Then, after Alvarado hod rente
back on the nert play from *rrtm
mag* to tie the more on a TOyartf {
pa*, from McLeroy to Harrin, Off j
ton qtdrfcty moved the botl ham |
lb B It the Alvarado 28 from t
found Ronnie
clear on a 28
Mr*. Jerry Benfer and her young ptetely around, and then had n
*r *on, Ricky, 7, mere injured at head-on collision with the ear his
the result of a ear-pick-up coIU wile was driving.
•inn which occurred around 11:40 Mr* Benfrr and Ricky were tnk-
P. M. Sunday on Farm To-Mxrket en to the Clifton hospital, where
Hoed 2114 at Smith Bend The they have been receiving treatment
accident look place near the Rob this week. She sustained a bad cwt
arts Ranch. on her upper lip which required
According to Texan Highway Pa- several stitches, and he suffered
trolmsn Harvey D Lane, the laves- two broken jaw*. Wednesday Ricky
ligating officer. Mr and Mrs Ben was taken to a dental surgeon is
fer and their three children, Bus Waco for his jaws to be set. tt
sell, 10, Ricky, and Tammy. 8. then was thought he could be re-
were on their way to Clifton, with turned to the local hospital for fur
Mr Benfer leading in a 1958 Chcv ther care,
rolet pick-up and Mrs. Benfer and Ha ~ ■ I
_________ Both vehiclet also were damag-
the children in a 19S7 Chevrolet «t but none of the more than 90
sedan head of cattle reported on the hlgh-
Mr Benfer suddenly saw some way^were hurt
cattle on the highway ahead of him,
swerved the pick up to miss them,
lost control of it and turned com
MOMS FROM KANSAS CITY — Harry Wlttmann at loft
»»rr president and Ketlh Holt. prefUfeel of the Clifton
Chapter of the Future Farmers of America, we shown as
they appeared this week following their enjoyable and
educational trip to the IMS National FFA Convention in
Kar«a* CRy, Missouri, Harry, a *00 of Mr. and Mr* Robert
Wittmamt of Route 1. CMftUo. and Ketth a non of Mr and
Mr* John H Holt,. of Alar Route t. Clifton, made (he trip
from Fort Worth U*t week on a special train along with
approximately 1,000 Texas FFA hoy* - -Staff Photo
Patrolman Lane also investigated
two other accidents in Bosque
County late last week.
At 8:S0 P M. Friday Mr. and Mrs.
Emmett Harris, of Walnut Springs,
hit a cow as they were driving
along Farm-to-Market Road 927 a
mile west of Morgan Early this
week they both still were being
treated in the Hico hospital for
injuries received as a result of the
! accident, but they were reported to
be in satisfactory conditions. The
‘cow was killed.
j John Franklin Brown, of Star
| Route. CrsnfiUs Cap. and Nonnas
Hollingshead. of Dallas, were io-
; volved in an *u to mobile csllbitB
around 8:30 P.M. last Saturday aa
the gravel road that passes along
AN attractive wedoino fartyt -
Members of the Woman less Wedding party,
the ceremony having been performed in the
Fifth Grade during the Harvest Carnival
sponsored Monday night by the Parent-
Teacher Association at the Clifton Public
Sc hools, shown above Thev ire. back row.
left to right. Glen Wells, Milton Grimland.
Calvert Bernhardt, Paul Barnett, Arthur
Willmann, Joe Pierson, Vernon Swenson,
Aubrey T Roberts, Charles Morton, Oren J.
Canuteson Jr.. Ervin S. Grelle, Joe Brown,
and Douglas Railsback and. front row. left
to right Edwin P. Conrad. W L Gauntt
(bride), Clyde Turner (groom). Charles Feh-
ler Jr., and James W. Smith.
Clifton Cubs Will Play
Joshua There Friday
Polled Hereford Show, Upcoming Election
Sale Is Set Oct. 28-30 DistBsswl ^14
the north side of the Allen Grim-
lands' new home just off Highway
21* west of Clifton.
Mr. Brown was driving a IN*
Chevrolet pick up and Mr. Hot-
Imgshead a 1900 Ford coach: the
two ears had a head-on colli*ton
on a blind corner The men suffer-
ed no injuries, hut the cars were
considerably damaged
Patrolman James Wright said
this week that he inveatigated an-
other accident involving a cow at
8:15 AM. Thursday of last weak.
The car in which Mr. and Mrs.
Finis Hutton, of CranfilU Gap.
were driving along State Highway
174 this side of the Kimball Bead
bridge collided with a cow. Tie
Huttons were net hurt, but the
cow is deceased and the car esn-
siderably damaged
at the Clifton Livestock Cornels j
sien Company arena.
Show judge will be Carl Simp j
•on. of Barge rville. Indiana, and
auctioneer will be Walter Britten,
of College Station Forty Polled
Hereford*, including 24 bulls and
1« females, will be sold
Consigners for the IMS Polled
Hereford Shew eed Sale are the
Am Hi Gulden Hoof Ranch. Joe
Bek Firkhn and Sam Thiele. Val
ley Mitts; Glen and Lillian Allen
and Charlie Shelly, HHluboro: N
M Barnetl. MeKm: Sam Betyen.
i week — October 14 — Grady's
■ Resturant in Meridian was the
1 scene for a discussion by active
supporters of Governor John B.
j Connatly of the upcoming general
election to take place November 1
at which time Texans will go to
the poll* to vote on ten amend-
ment* to the Tessa constitution.
BUI Wells, of Austin, met with
the group on behalf of Governor
Carnally in order to encourage an
interest in voting for the amend
meat* in question.
Mr Wells stated that Governor
Connelly strongly hi In favor of
Amendment A which would pro-
vide four-year terms for the gover
nor sad other state-wide officials
who now mutt run for office every
two years.
According to Mr Wells. Amend-
ment 4 meant “more time for effic-
Mr. Young, Former
Resident, Is Dead j
M. E. Young, of Baytown, died
there on Wednesday. October
13. as the result of a stroke of
paralysis.
For • number of years Mr
Young and his wife resided near
Clifton, where be was engaged in
reaching and aim operated a
plumbing business
Funersl services for Mr Young
were held on Friday afternoon.
October IS. at Baytown.
Attending the services from Clif-
ton were Mrs. M K Brad street Sr
and her soe-in law and daughter.
Mr and Mrs. O. L. Makrtt
Sormrvdes Bay
Ural Tkrif-Tee
casts cut in half, better govern
meat less expense, staffing pro
blems simplified, long-range plan*
made possible, and greater stature
for the governor and other Texas
officials in national councils."
6CTS NIW SCHOOL BUS
Kent Appleby, superintendent of
the Clifton Public Schools, left
around noon Thursday of last week
for Kosciusko, Mississippi, where
he picked up n new M-pauenger
school bus for the local schools.
He returned to Clifton last Satur-
day morning The new bna is being
tew. have purchased the Clifton
Thrift TV* food More and (hr pro-
perty on which It is located
Mr and Mrs. Jurgen Ganstad,
of Route 2. Clifton, will he honored
by their children and their fami-
lies with aa open house from SB*
until 3:00 o'clock on Sunday after-
noon. October 31, in the St. Olaf
Lutheran Church parlor* at Cron-
fill* Gap to celebrate their coidea
wedding anniversary
Relatives and friends haw a cor-
dial invitation to call during tbs
above hours on October 31.
Rattlesaalu Bitss
Cranfills Gey Girl
Meridian, Valley Mills
Placed In District 13-A
to a rim
Ow the first play to the teroad
quarter. Grimland frond Haywood
open near the past Ha* with s
piad pee*. and Clifton * tailhark
•topped M hr tin Cub* first
were Harwood ran for the extra
I wo point*. Clifton k Alvarado 0
Alvarado brought the ball berk
to tlaSB On the neat play McLeroy
frond Han't* open rieng the right
side, ted him nkvty, and Ham.
took the paaa and rawed on f«r
a 70 yard touchdown, Alvarado
made iu two eatra prints, sad the
used on the Whitney Dare route.
Clifton High School will con- has been dropped, a decision on
tinoe to be designated as a Class which the local superintendent.
A school snd will remain in Di* Board of Trustee*, and coaches are
tort 13-A during the 1PPM7 and in accord They all feel that Ctif
1907 0* school year*, according to ton usually sustains too many bi-
as official notice received Monday juries in that game juat prior to
morning of this week from the the opening of its district schedule
*'rTn^nXto*!Ir.«1^ U"iV'r I" sddition
ty InterschoUs i league. to those with district contenders.
Superintendent Kent Appleby hsve been scheduled with Class AA
told the Record, however, that Hillsboro and Hamilton, former
District 13-A during the next two foes, and with Clam A Goldthwaite
■ ve*r* will be compoaed of Clifton, Coach Robert* said Wednesday
Glen Rose. Itasca. Meridian. Valley that Clifton still has an open first
Hill*, and Whitney Last year and game and fourth game. He hopes
this year the district ha* contained to fill the fourth date with Class
Clifton. Glen Row. Itasca. Whitney, AA Midway High
Joshua, and Alvarado. ......................................................
Joshua ha* been transferred to mm u. a ■ ■ _
K'irrxs Mr»- Mitchell Dies
committee, and Alvarado has been ||___ T.-..-J___AS* I.
upped to a Clam AA school for flClC IUcSOQV NIQnt
the romiag two years Clifton's * ®
neighbors. Meridian and Valley Her many friends throughout
Mlm, although longtime rivals, this ares regretted to lesrn this
i Clifton'* official gauge register
ed 1 90 inches of r.iafoll here Mon
day of this week when a was read
toe following morning at 7 00
aYtoWk
Total tmaoM of gafefall receiv-
ed to Clifton durtag October is
IPS inch** — B0 of an inch Orto
ber 4. 3D of an Inch October 5,
18 ed aa web October ft, and Mon
day's IBP tocher
RECOGNIZED FOR SERVICE—In the above photograph
Carl .Smith Jr., Sunday School superintendent of Our Savior’s
raMrsiurs issrspsas js
in rerngnitfori of her many faithful vears of service as a
teacher in the Sunday School at Our Savior’s Church The
presentation was made during worship services there nn
Sunday, October 3, following appropriate remarks by the
pastor, Reverend Albert A Petrich On October S ir»5 »
Sunday School wa* orgafitted at Our Savior’* Church W
Reverend E R Larson Johnnie M. Hu»e, now of Clifton
s’ z JMracsiaavasw? s2
she has taught continuously since that time and still is a
member of the teaching staff at Our Savior's
IT'S A BIT OF FOOTBALL BALLET — Ken-
neth Leek (BO) and Jim Ed Bird (76) art
pictured in the center above a* they broke
up an Alvarado pass attempt to button half-
back W. Harris (22) early in the fourth quar-
ter last Friday night during the Clifton-
me here Shown
iven (88), and at
ry Forson (20).
iha tackled an
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