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VOLUME 74 — NUMBER 36
3 Fatally Injured in 2-Car Crash
1 Seriously Hurt in Another Wreck
Upon a Thought
By SAM LOGAN
Willmann; Amundson
4-H Gold Star Winners
The Bosque County 4-H Awards Carol Moore gave the wcleom-
Banquet was held Saturday ing address. Doris Smith re-
night, Septeml>er 21 in the Clif- cognized special guests,
ton School cafeteria. The pur- Special guests who attended
pose of the awards banquet was the banquet were: Judge and
to recognize 4-H members who Mrs. E. W. McGee, Meridian;
have done outstanding 4-H Club Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Page, Ht.
work during the year. 1. Morgan, Commissioner Pre
The highest award given at cinct 2; Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher
the banquet was the Gold Star Cooper Ht. 1 lrodJj11-
When one mentions the year | Award Each year one boy and sioner I ieeinet 1. Mr. and
1'JIH the first thing usually as- j one ^lr| js selected to receive Curlls °akke. Kt. 2. i^mton.
sociated with this dale is: That s j this award. It can be received (See 4-H BANQLET, age 8)
the year the first World War cnjy once by a 4-H Club mem-*'
ended. But that date has an- J ber Being honored with the Gold
other significance, at least it star Award this year was Rita
does in Clifton town. j Willmann and Milton Louis
That's when Clifton High field- Amundson,
cd its first football team. j Rj|a wnimann is the daughter
That also makes 1968 the gold- of Mr am, Mrs Robert Will-
cn anniversary year oi football ( mann o( Womack she is sixleen
at Clifton High. , . j years old, a junior in Clifton
hlt> High School and a member of
the Clifton 4-H Club. She has
been a 4-H Club member for
five years. During these five
years, she has served as presi-
dent, vice-president, and report-
ei for her local club and has
been a delegate to county 4-H
Council three years and has held
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K B Harris, a member of
first team, is helping to organize
an effort to get members of
that team to return to Clifton
for the November 1-3 homecom-
ing weekend.
Tentative plans, so far, in-
clude recognition of the team
members who come back for
the Friday, Nov. 1, homecoming , (he offjces of treasurer and
game with Itasca, and who will sem,tar>. Rita has ^ active
h. sitting together at the game. jn projec|s of Foods . Nutrition,
rl Olsen Sr , also a member Eleotricity. and F.ime
Improvement and has been a
Carl
of this first team, is hosting a
dinner honoring the 1918 team, ^ aclive t«,ader on ,he local,
to lie held at the School Cate- ^ and dislricl basis.
tena at 11 30 on Saturday. | Milton Amundson. son of Mr.
0 ' and Mrs. June Blum of Cranfills
„ . Gap, is a member of the Cran- j
tor those who ^njemarn fUk Gap 4.H C|ub and a sopho-:
Death Count is 4
This Month, 6 in
1968; 10 in '67
Three persons were fatally in-
jured Thursday, and another was
critically injured Saturday in
Clifton area traffic crashes that
raised the 1968 highway death
toll for Bosque County to a total
of six. Four of the six highway
deaths have occurred this month,
This compares with 10 highway
fatalities in 1967.
Elmo Eubank, a retired car
dealer from Temple, who was
seriously injured in a two-car
wreck in Clifton Saturday at 1:35
p.m. was removed from the
"critical ’ list at Scott and White
m
R. L. (LLOYD) LANE
over Sunday, Rev more in Cranfills Gap High .. | n.__£ j
ler, another niemherof.heCute In his six years o( 4-H F|||(|| R|feS TOT
of 1918 and a retired Presbyter.- ^ work MUton has carried 1 mMI ,WI
an minister wh° n°w Uvw m. . in ^ (>tomq?0gy, n I I IJalJ
Ilelwr Springs. Ar . wi electricity, foods-nutrition, horse K* L« LOItC mCIQ
guest preacher at the *lr** and gardening and has received _ j ...
hytenan (huroh here And an recognition in mos, of these Uava an Cfj*UPfl(lV
other luncheon wll'h^ ‘he | areas. He has served as presi-j 011 j Pa,r„k
team at the E. B. Harris home, and reporter nf his local . _ ,
after church on Sunday. ; , . . r h„irman trpa. funeral services for R. L.
These events should be fun for [ “ rer Jd council delegati of .58, prominent Clifton bus-, coach when his car collided with
the returning team members. / , 4.M Council i inessman and church and civic a 1954 sedan driven by Bonnie
The hard part is finding them „ C°Un‘y,, H , •„ , leader, were held at 2 p.m. on W. Schulz of Route 1, Valley
,11 F B savs some of the team Both Milton and Rita will he ^urtay, September 21, at the . MUls.
nu mbers moved from Clifton honored along with Gold Star Kirst Methodist Church of which Both Eubank and Bonnie Schulz
40 7.r more vears ago. and B°ys and 0,1 ls f™lohmh! 9lht had bc<n a member of the were taken t0 the clifton hosP‘-
• s M M. 1. try “> c5Ss ”12^ S,n‘",s * the
remember names. 1 Jtl years.
The file copy of
Hospital in Temple to a "satis-
factory condition” status Wednes-
day morning. He had been in
critical condition since Saturday,
when he was transferred by Clif-
ton Funeral Home ambulance to
the Temple hospital.
As a result of last Thursday’s
worst county traffic wreck of
1968, three persons died.
Mrs. Jessie Kelly Barrett, 59,
was dead on arrival at the Clif-
ton hospital and her husband,
Marion Arthur Barrett, 82, died
a few minutes after reaching the
hospital. (Funeral story for the
Barretts' is carried in the La-
guna Park News, inside this is-
sue. The couple lived at Laguna
Park. >
Robert Lloyd Lane, 58, of Clif-
ton, driver of the other car, died
at 8 p.m. Thursday night, less
than 6 hours after the wreck.
This head - on collision which
demolished both cars occurred
on a curve on FM Road 219. five
miles east of Clifton at 2:lB
p m. Sept. 19. According to in-
vestigating Highway Patrolman
James Wright, the Lane vehicle
was traveling west toward Clif-
ton, while the Barrett car was
heading east toward Laguna
PRESCHER PRESSURE — Clifton Cub running back
Wayne Prescher (27) is shown here building up a head
of steam as he charges toward the Connally Cadet
territory in last Friday’s first home game for the 1968
Cubs. Teammate Gary Fossett (87) is hunting a block
here, as Cadet defenders David Green (25) and Joe
Hardwick (15) pursue, and another pair of Cadet de-
fenders try to get the angle on him. The Cubs won
this one 13-12, making it two-in-a-row against Class
2A opponents. Tomorrow night the Cubs trek to
double-A Groesbeck.
—Clifton Record Photo
TWICE DOWNED GROESBECK 'HUNTING A WIN'-
Cubs to Invade Goat Land Friday
With a pair of wins under their i Cub Head Coach Aubrey Rob come basis at the local drug
belts against Class Double - A erts said this game may get stores at $1.50 each. These tick-
teams, the Clifton Cubs will trav- [pretty rough as Groesbeck has ets will go off sale at 4:30 p.m.
Friday, so they can be turned
in to the Groesbeck school.
If there are any left they will
el to Groesbeck Friday night lost their two openers and will
for an 8 p.m. date to knock be wanting “to win one, mighty
heads with the Goats.
SETS MONDAY MEET—
I badly.’
The Goats lost to both Teague ! be on sale at the gate, but school
I and Rosebud, but Roberts said [ officials say reserved seats will
In the Saturday wreck, Eu-
bank was driving a 1967 Ford
! was later transferred to the Tem-
The Record' At ,he banclue, 2l- Ben-; m, i,nne, who was known as I pie hospital. She was given
' h"ltLV',fnr Th u vear b„t nie llanson. Chairman of the 4 H "Llovd" to most folks in Clifton, : emergency treatment for head
int'iKeu iir i . Vasn't council- was maslcl' of ceremon- died al 7 ,, m. Thursday, Sep- injuries but not admitted to the
ies. The invocation was given j tember 19, jn the Goodall-Witch- local hospital.
Clifton Police Chief Jim Alex-
for some reason there wasn't
much mention about ^othall^and y [(lta Willmann, Treasurer. ; er Hospital here as a result of
hLk ihpn folks were mostly in ' Milton Amundson, Vice Chair- multiple injuries received in a andcr, the investigating officer,
O'Brien leading the 4-H Motto i same day. The collision also ; 6 in Clifton,
and Pledge. j claimed the lives of the two j An estimate of $650 in damage
The chicken fried steak supper j occupants of the other car. [was done to the Eubank car,
was enjoyed by 92 members, par
skin sport.
Every time we think of the
early days of football we are
reminded of the story Arling-
ton State 'they call it U. of T.
at A., now Coach Chcna Gil-
strap tells.
Chena said the first game
football he ever saw was the
first day he attended a new high
(See DROP OF INK, Page 8)
A. R. Bearden Gets First
Cotton Bale, Next 11 Too,
Of 1968 at Payne Gin
A R. Bearden of Star Route
1, Clifton 'near Cayolc receiv- j her 10.
od the recognition (his year for W. C. Ilafer is presently rep-
having the first bale of cotton resenting this zone of the Dis-
ginned at the Roye Payne Gin trict.-Hater can be re-elected it
When the accident occurred, [ and $300 to the Schulz vehicle,
ents, and guests. Tables were I Mr. Lane was returning from a! In a less serious wreck Tues-
decorated in the Fiesta theme.
SCD Election
Slated Here
On October 10
business trip to Dallas. I day, Sept. 17, at 4:45 p.m. no
Conducting the services last i one was injured in a two-car
Saturday were Rev. Ernest I), j wreck at 7th and Ave. E, which
Piott. former Clifton Methodist involved a 1964 Valiant driven
pastor who now is pastor of the by Carrol Joe Pierson, 39. of
Wichita Avenue Methodist Church Clifton, and a 1967 Chevrolet,
in Fort Worth, Rev. J. Morris driven by James E. Higginboth-
Bailey, current local Methodist am of Valley Mills,
pastor, and Rev. Guy H. Wilson, Chief Alexander said Higgin-
retired Methodist pastor of Clif- ’ botham was headed west on 7th,
ton I and Pierson s car was headed
Mrs. Ralph W. Helm served as \ south on Ave. E when they col-
Tho Bosque Soil and Water ...
Conservation District supervisor organist and also accompanied , lided. An estimated $100 in dam-
that he saw them scrimmage
with Connally and that they
looked as good as Connally in
that scrimmage.
Clifton got a taste of Connally
Friday night. The Cubs dominat-
ed the game's first half, but the
Cadets came on strong in the
last half and Clifton finished
with a one point margin, 13-12.
Roberts said that Groesbeck
has “potentially a good outfit”
with a fast, strong fulback, Wil-
son, who weighs 185. Also they
have a pair of halfbacks with
good speed, can pass, and have
three starters who weigh more
than 200 pounds.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
probably be sold out before game
time. The general admission and
student tickets are $1.25 and 50
cents, the same as in Clifton.
The best route to follow to
Groesbeck is to follow Highway
6 on through Waco, and 13 miles
past Waco take the left fork
onto State Highway 164, through
Mart and on to Goat land.
SALES TAX CHECK REVEALS—
Project 'Hope'
Promoting Racial
Harmony Locally
A final meeting for the “Pro
ject Summer Hope” will be held
On Monday, Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church in Clifton.
For those unfamiliar with this
project it might be noted that
this project began with a meet-
ing in early summer at the Tri-
nity Lutheran Church here, and
since that time there have been
several other meetings in private
homes. The objective of the Sum-
mer Hope is to stimulate con-
versation and the exchange of
ideas between the white and
black races, with the goal being Tommy Todd who has missed .. .. ,,.,nt iocai saies tax and
to promote a better understand- both 0Denin„ Sames with a sor,, )u cent local sales tax and
ing between individuals of both - °pen..ng g S U , a S0Lre turned in by retail businesses to
races.
Although the first Summer
Hope meeting was held in a
local Lutheran Church, the ef-
fort is non-denominational in na-
ture and all meetings are open
to everyone.
Clifton Ranks Among Top Retail
Centers for Similar-Size Cities
Additional information, indi-
cating that Clifton is developing
into an economically sound re-
tail trade center, was issued this
week by the Texas Municipal
League. It concerns the sales
tax money returned to the cities
of collection by the Texas Comp-
troller’s office.
Last week The Record report-
Coach Roberts again this ed the amount that the City of
week was lamenting team in- j clifton received in the form of
juries. a check from the Comptroller's
Every time we gel one well,
two more seem to get hurt,”
he said.
office
This check represents the
money collected through the 1
ton ranks very high among the
cities with populations estimat-
ed at around 3,000— in size of
checks returned.
Only two cities in the state
with smaller estimated popula-
tions than Clifton received larger
checks. One was Llano (pop.
2,600; net check was $7,825), and
Olmos Park (pop. 2,500; net
check of $8,215), and the reasons
why are fairly obvious.
Llano is the nearest retail
trade center on the west side of
the Colorado River Lakes (Buch-
anan, Inks and Lake L. B. J.,
formerly Granite Shoals); it is
also the deer hunting capital of
, _____ _____r-------- The | Texas with a deer kill of 20,000
back this week and starting half- j Comptroller’s office then used j in 1966, and the county seat city
back Don Hall s knee injury is jLs COnipUtei- to figure the gross j for this tourist oriented and
much better according to the amoant 0f tax money collected economically well-off county,
coaches. | and turned in. For Clifton the ! Olmos Park is a surburban or
nm Outlaw, alternate quar- g,.0ss amount was $7,843., less j satellite city of the San Antonio
terback, and starting defensive lbe state’s deductions for admin- j metropolitan area, and near the
back, and starting^ guard an” > istrative costs and bad check re- Olmos Reservoir. It’s tax return
At the meeting Monday, an linebacker David behler are both scrve amounting to $523. The check reflects high retail sales
evaluation will be made of the suffering from sprained ankles amount of $7,320 was shown which no doubt have been stim-
program thus far, its weakness-j and may see limited action or , on lhe tmL's chart. (This chart ulated by the HemisFair.
es^and its strengths. A decision maybe none^ I riclay night Al-: apparently rounded off the net On the other hand, Clifton re-
amount to the nearest dollar,! ceived checks for larger amounts
since the actual amount of the [ than did many cities twice her
check returned to Clifton, as re-( size 'Example: Donna, Pop.
ported last week, was $7,319.85). 7,600, check of $7,091; Kleberg,
The TML chart also showed P°P. 4,500, $868: Lake Worth,
the cities' estimated 1965 popula- i P°P- 5.800, $6,914; and many
tion, which was 2800 for Clifton, others).
This is interesting because Clif-1 (See SALES TAX, Page 8)
calf muscle, is expected to be [ ,he state Comptroller.
II
election for zone 5 of the Bosque
District will be held at the Clif-
ton City Hall at 2 p.m. on Octo-
in Clifton. >
In fad, he not only had the
first bale, but he followed it
it is the desire of those voting.
All landowners and wives, 21
years of age and older, owning
up with 11 more to qualify for ; land in Bosque County south of nlon, Oklahoma,
the first 12 hales of 1968. j Slate Highway 22 are in zone 5
The first bale weighed 515 [ of the Bosque District and are
pounds and was ginned Wedncs } eligible voters,
day. Sept. 18. So far, this is the j All eligible voters are urged
only cotton ginned in Clifton, to attend.
Harold Rucker, of Gatesville, I age was done
soloist, when he sang "How | car, and $75 to the Chevrolet.
Great Thou Art" and "The Lord's
Prayer”.
Pallbearers wore Hulen C.
Aars, Kent Appleby, Robert
Baldridge Jr., Ray W. Berry,
Ted B. Evans, J. C. Kineheloe,
and Dr. S. L. Witcher, of Clif-
ton. and A. C. Rockway, of Guy-
Hunter Smells Out
Skunks; Kills 26
On Clifton Streets
Residents along Farm Road
219 west, and Highway 6
Interment followed in the Clif- north who may have been con-
ton Cemetery, beside his wife cerned about hearing shooting
who preceded him in death on at night, or smelling bad odors,
will be made about how and in
what way this or a similar pro-
gram can be continued. If it is
decided to continue, a new name
will be chosen and the group
will be organized to carry on the
work.
Also a decision will be made
to determine what areas of work
shall receive the first priorities.
A member of the group that
to the^ Pierson bas mt>eting this summer,
said: “It makes no difference
whether or not you have been
to one of the earlier meetings.
Every person in the Clifton area
who believes the truth express-
ed by the forefathers of our coun-
try that all men are created
equal, who believes in the Ameri-
can principal of fair play, who
believes that understanding each
other is one of the keys to Ameri-
can greatness, is invited and
urged to attend Monday night.”
June 18, 1967.
(See LANE OBITUARY, Pg. 8)
FATAL CRASH — Shown here is the
auto in which R. L. (Lloyd) Lane of Clif-
ton received fatal injuries Thursday
afternoon in a head-on 2-car wreck 5
miles east of Clifton. Mr. and Mrs. Mar-
ion A. Barrett of Laguna Park were kill-
ed in the other vehicle.
—Clifton Record Photo
or both, can relax now.
Clifton has during the past
week waged a small war on in-
vading pole cats, and during
the past week a "h u n t e r”,
with permission of the
Citv Council, has killed 26 skunks
and an armadillo or two between
the Catholic Church and the
traffic intersection and on to
Clifton Motel.
Skunk, known to be among
the worst carriers of rabies,
have Igeen plaguing city streets
— apparently to eat crickets un-
der the street lights — for sev-
eral weeks.
The City Council nixed any
ideas of young hunters joining
the skunk war, however, re-
minding them that it is against
(he law to shoot a firearm in-
side the city limits, and any-
one shooting a gun without
special permission is subject to
arrest.
so Tackle Milton Willmann is
having ankle problems.
TICKETS & ROUTE
Clifton School Supt. Kent Ap-
pleby announced this week that
Groesbeck has sent about 175
reserved seat tickets to Clifton
which will be sold on a first-
Program on Norway
Planned by Civic
Norwegian art and craft and
a film of Norway, which will he
presented by Mrs. Milton C.
Brown Sr., will compose the pro-
gram for the next meeting of
the Clifton Civic Improvement So-
ciety to take place at 3 p.m. on
Wednesday ot next week — Octo-
ber 2.
As usual the meeting will be
held in the dining room of the
Clifton City Hall, with Mrs.
Everett W. Wallace, Mrs. Dan
E. Orbeck. Mrs. Calvert H. Hoel,
and Mrs. Ole J. Hoel Sr. to serve
as hostesses.
All Civic Society members are
urged to be present to participate
during the business meeting and
to enjoy the program.
DEATH VEHICLE — Shown here is the
auto in which Mr. and Mrs. Marion Ar-
thur Barrett received fatal injuries in a
head-on crash on FM Road 219, 5 miles
east of Clifton last Thursday. This ve-
hicle was so badly wrecked that it could
not be towed, but had to be loaded onto
the wrecker. R. L. Lane of Clifton, driver
of the other car involved, also died as
a result of this accident. —Record Photo
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