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VOLUME 74 — NUMBER 14
The Clifton Record
— oCaryeit Circulation in (J^oAyue County —
THE CLIFTON RECORD, CLIFTON, TEXAS 76634
THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1968
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TEN CENTS PER COPY
RECORD TOTAL OF 97 BOYS SIGN-UP FOR SUMMER BASEBALL
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Clifton Fields 7 Youth Ball Teams
3 Pee Wee, 3 Fresh, and 1 Soph.
Teams and Managers are Selected
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WOMEN'S TEAM WINNERS— Shown consolation in the women's division,
here are Cranfills Gap Women’s Volley- Grp team members are, from left: Sudie
ball Team which won the championship Knudson. Charlene Tergerson, Elsie Phil-
trophies in last week's Clifton Jaycees lips, Doris Stevens. Darla Kinney and
sponsored tournament here. Jenita Helen Knudson. lOther winner photos
Behnke’s Clifton team won runner-up scheduled next week),
and Peggy Tankersley’s Clifton team won —Record Staff Photo
The largest enrollment in the
history of summer youth base-
ball in Clifton was logged here
this week as a total of 97 boys
between the ages of 7 and 1-1
signed up for Pee Wee, Fresh-
man and Sophomore Lcagua
baseball.
vert Miller. Mike Voiles, Mickey
Huffman, Gene Symatik, Tony
Hall. Keith Itice. Randy Kleine.
David McDowell, James Huff-
man, Howard llulme, and Joe
Ledlow.
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FRESHMAN BLACK SOX
I David Dahl, manager: Calvin
Deadline for signing up was I Rneter, eoaeh. Warren Dahl,
■o inlay. Managers drew teams |<o iney Huctcr. Donald Forsen,
Monday night. " IT^illy Beckner. Terry Hafer, Ken-
l.ast year Clifton had three |n?,h Bakke. John Stewart, Jim
] (v Wee and three Freshman jmy Tarpley. James Bronstad.
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Upon a Thought
By SAM LOGAN
I guess as we all catch our-
s;lves growing older we at time?
have a fear that we are losing
touch with youth I don't mean
fear that our waist line is ex
panding and our hair line is re
reding, this l« a loss of our own
youth that is natural and most
of us can adapt ourselves to it
What I mean is concern that
we are having less understanding
of the ‘ next” or “just younger"
generation.
Most of my friends know that
as a candidate for President.
Bobby Kennedy is totally and
completely unacceptable to me.
And it is disconcerting when 1
read and hear and view the mobs
of “youth" flocking to his ban
ner.
•
A couple of weeks ago the Ink
Dropper had occasion to be in
Phoenix. Arizona, on business on
the same day that the Massachu-
setts Senator from New York
flew in to the desert metropolis.
I didn’t see Bobby. We had ar-
rived earlier and checked into
the motel across the street from
the airport before his plane land
ed. But we did watch the crowd j
that returned past the motel to
the parking lots after greeting
him.
There were hundreds of people
crossing the airport lawn. From
the second-story walk-way of the
motel we spent several minutes
watching the crowd.* We saw
very few faces who looked as if
they had passed their 25th birth-
day.
We estimated 95 percent were
in their teens and early 20's.
There were a few clean-cut, col-
lege types but most were semi-
hippie types. ■
PRESCHER; HAYWOOD TO STATE-
Cub Cindermen Win
Regional Fifth Place
CHS Track Team members, 50 Dash — 2nd, Jack Wiggins.
| compiled a total of 52 points to 440 Dash — 1st, Harold Wiede;
| take 5th place in the fast Region- 3rd, Jack Wiggins
al Meet at Denton Saturday, and ' '
I to qualify two Cubs for the State
Meet in Austin May 3 and 4
Wayne Prescher, a junior, won
first place in the regional mee
with a 440-Yard Dash time of
51 seconds flat Glen Haywood
took secohd place in the pole
vault event with a height of
12 feet even. 'Winners of first
and second places in regional
meets qualify for the state cham
pionship meet in Austin.'
Haywood will vault at 8 a m
Friday. May 3, and Prescher
will run the 440 at 2 p m. Satur-
day. May 4
Other placings in the Regional
Meet by Cub cindermen are:
Mile Run — 3rd, Larry Soren
son 14:45.5L
Shot Put — 4th. Bobby Golden.
440 Relay — 6th, Don Hall,
Ronnie Horn, Glen Haywood and
Wavne Prescher.
Mile Relay - 0th. C L. Con-
rad. Tommy Todd, Mike Hof;
and Prescher
Clifton’s 9tji grader trackmen
amassed p total of 20 points in
their District meet at Valley
Mills Monday
Winners in this, event were:
100 Dash — 2nd, Jerry Kleine.
Jaycees Challenge
CHS Teachers for
Donkey Ball Game
The men faculty members of
830 Run — 2nd, Randell Bur-
den.
440 Relay — 2nd. Kleine, Bill
Tergerson, Jim Canuteson and
Harold Wiede.
880 Relay — 2nd. Wiede. Wig-
gins. Tergerson and Kleine.
Pole Vault — 3rd, Kleine; 4th j
Harold Billman.
Discus — 4th, Wiede.
GRADE schoolers
WIN DISTRICT TITLE
Clifton’s 7th and 8th grade
track boys won their division of
the district Meet with a total of
50 and five-sixths points. Valley
Milts was second with 42 and one
half. Glen Rose. 27; Itasca, 23
and one half; Meridian, 18 and
one-sixteenth; and Whitney, 14.
Winners in this junior high
meet included the following:
440 Relay — 1st. Larry Mussel-
man, Butch Kettler. Martin Grel-
le and Tummy Henderson.
880Run — 1st, Russei Symank,
'See TRACK, back page'
Civic Society Members
To Gift CLSH May 1st
Members of the Clifton Civic
Improvement Society will have
their next meeting at 3 p.m.
Wednesday of next week (May
1) in the dining room of the
local City Hall.
teams. This summer there is a
like number of teams in these
two divisions, plus enough 13 and
14 year-olds to make up a Sopho-
more league team from Clifton.
League play will begin when
school is out.
The age break-down of the
total number of boys shows:
eight 7-ycar-olds; 11 8-year-olds;
18 9-vear-olds; 12 10-year-olds;
18 11-year-olds; 20 12-year-olds;
6 13-year-olds; and 4 14-year-olds.
The 10 13-and 14-year-olds will
be supplimented by a pair of
.he larger 12-year-olds to make
a 13-man Sophomore team'.
Doug Railsback, this year’s
president of the Clifton Youth
Baseball Association said this is
the largest pre-season sign-up
lor summer baseball in Clifton
hat he can remember.
NEILS CREEK LEAGUE
In connection with the local
organization of summer baseball.
I. M. Finstad of Clinton,Presi-
lent of Neils Creek League has
.■ailed a special meeting for to-
morrow night, 'Friday, April 26)
Kevin Fossett.
PEE WEE BLACK SOX -
Glen Beckner, manager; J. B.
Culp, coach: Don Rueter, Dan-
ny Orbeck, Craig Culp, Jim Hed-
rick, David Anz, Charles Hill,
Joe Bradbury, Noel Sadler, Bar-
ry Beckner, James Corpicr, Burt
Langston, Roger Anz, Marshall
Wallace, and Ricky Moncrief.
PEE WEE RED SOX - L. E.
Curlee. manager; Joe Pierson,
coach; Steven Conrad, Mark Mc-
Lemore, Kandy Curlee, Ernest
McLemore, Ronny Watley. Len-
wood Bates, Ted Jones, David
Burden. Jeff Barnett, Tom Parks
Jr., Larry Ivey, Elton Watley,
at 7:30 p.m. at the Clifton City Mike Brown, Don Burden and
Hall for the purpose of organiz- ■’lot. Godby.
ay Culp, Mike Outlaw and Kicky j
Benfer. ' 1
LEE WEE GREEN'“SOX -• J
J. M. Finstad, manager; Gar-'
ence Fields, Jr. and Billy Joe j
Anz, coaches; Jerry McDougal,
Stephen Logan. Charles Raines, i
Hay Bekken. Billy Joe Anz. Jr., |
Rickv Richards, Keith Finstad,
Otis oiiver.Jcrry Walker, Craig GARDEN CLUB TOUR— Members of photos taken of lawns during the tour
Raines, Marvin Wright, Lyndeii j Clifton Garden Club and other guests will be published in later issues of The
Smith, Kenneth Harvey and are pjcturecj here at the home of E. A. Record). Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Caudel
Priddy in Clifton as the first stop on of Fort Worth (shown behind little girls)
their tour of Clifton area yards. (Other were guest narrators for the tour.
—Record Photo
Spring Festival Set Tonite
Six classes of Clifton Elemen
lury School students will be fea
tured in the production entitled
“Thanks America" to highlight
the Annual P-TA sponsored
Spring Festival here tonight
' April 251.
This is the only money-raising
project sponsored annually by
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The Festival will begin with
serving of sandwiches, candy,
pie, coffee and cold drinks in
the school cafeteria at 6:30 p.m
TrMah S , ei,rhi? ic. DaVid Railsback, Alan Rob-
w.11 field this year so that a t D P. Canutes®, Doug Sy-
report can be made at the meet- |manR Marvjn GreIle Doug Feh.
n^' | ler, Russell Benfer. and C. R.
Officers for the new season will i sinderucl
also be elected at this session,
and plans for the season sched-
ule will be made.
Concerning all of lastyear’s
earn members and managers,
Clifton League Vice President
Clinton Sinderud requested that
all- uniforms 'except caps, which
'he team members are allowed
to keep each year), and other
The entertainment will begin
in the Bettis aduitorium at 8:00
p.m. with students from the
45 In Lake Whitney
Pageant Friday-Sat.
LAKE WHITNEY — Forty-1 judges has been obtained by
equipment ”t)e turned fn to him flve Central Texas beauties the co-sponsors,. Whitney Cham-
mally challenged by a unani-
mous vote of the Clifton Jay-
cees here Tuesday night to be
their "worthy opponents" in a
donkey basketball game slated
in the Clifton gym Saturday
night, May 4
Bryce Massengale, president
of the Jaycees, said "the men
teachers and coaches at CHS
i were the unanimous choice by
While there is something sad! the Jaycees for opponents in
about seeing a mass of mal ad- ‘his funny game because of
justed people (young or old) we, the superior skill these men
were relieved to note that this .have developed over the years
is apparently the type which digs at the game of basketball.
Kennedy the most. Another Jaycee spokesman,
however, said thal he imagin-
svnted by Elmer F.
bach, administrator of the Clif-
ton Lutheran Sunset Home.
Members also will take gifts
Clifton High School were for- j to the meeting to be given to
this week. These uniforms must compete in the 16th annual
7 . , v . be sorted and nrenared for issue I Lake Whitney Pageants Friday
At that time club members 156 s‘,nea ana Preparea mr issue s3t„rdav nh-Hts in the hie
will heir an address to he nre 10 the new teams. All individuals ana Saturday mgnts in tne Dig
will hear an address to ■*pre-■ , ^ jn dean mi{orms Whitney gym.
Balanced fields are assured
Twenty - three will seek the vice at Baylor University
junior title, starting at 8 p.m.
Friday. Older girls participate
the Sunset Home for use by its
numerous residents. Any us-
able gift will be appropriate
and appreciated.
Hostesses for the Civic Soc-
iety meeting next Wednesday
afternoon will be Mrs. A. R.
Fricke, Mrs. Frank J. Spangle,
and Mrs. E. A. Priddy. All club
members are urged to be pre-
sent.
TEAM ROSTERS
FRESHMAN RED SOX -
Manager and coach undecided',
Ronald Conrad, Jimmy Wright, in the feature contest at 8 p.m
James Fossett, Robert Curlee. Saturday,
Edwin Dyer, Michael Pierson, Beautiful trophies, donated
Mark Painter, Jimmy Clemons, j^y |{jj] County Electric Co-op,
Eddie Latham, Ricky Brown, I vvj]j awarded winners and
Randy Tucker, Clinton Albrecht, plaques are to be presented
her of Commerce and Lake
Whitney Association. Picking
the winners will be C. C.
“Candy” Risenhoover, director
of news and information ser-
if
fourth, fifth, and sixth grades
starring in the production.
Students from high school will
Coon Creek Homecoming
Planned Sunday, Apr. 28
The annual Coon Creek
community homecoming will
be held Sunday, April 28, at
the Coon Creek Church it
has been announced.
All day singing with dinner
at noon is planned. Everyone
is welcome.
Meridian Baptist Assoc.
Plans Conference Monday
Meridian Baptist Association
has planned a Evangelism -
Sundy School Conference at the
Cranfills Gap Baptist Church for
Monday, April 29.
The host church will serve sup-
per at 6 p.m. Supper will be pre-
ceded by a meeting bf the WMU
and Executive Board at 5 p.m.
Three guest speakers from Dal-
las will participate in a special
program on evangelism begin-
ning at 7 p.m.
All Southern Baptists in Bosque
County are invited to attend.
assist as membecs of the ac-
companying choir, and as stage
hands and ushers.
Tickets for the Festival pro-
gram will be 50 cents for adults
and 25 for students. Refresh-
ments will also be available in
the cafeteria following the show.
Rodeo Set Here
Tomorrow & Sat.
Tomorrow and Saturday,
April 26-27, are the dates for
the big high school rodeo being
sponsored here by the CHS
Future Farmers Chapter.
Roland Reeu will produce
the event, with trophies and
ribbons going to High point in-
dividuals and teams.
Admission prices for the
event will be SI.25 for adults
and 75 cents for students at
the gate.
Joel Garf, and Bobby Dyer.
FRESHMAN BLUE SOX - W.
E. Huffman, manager: Sam
Logan, coach; Lloyd Wiede, An-
thony Gee, Ted McCollum, Nor-
sponsors of Junior Miss Lake
Whitney and Miss Lake Whit-
ney and the town furnishing
the most entries and sponsors.
A distinguished panel of
This thought' was a relief he
cause surely there are not yet
enough hippie types in the U.S.
ed the men teachers were “get-
ting too old to play this sort
of game” and he doubts if they
eVe" Wi'h ai will accept the challenge,
solid block v . H(, qualified the doubt, how-
Ycl we continue to read of the | hv commenting, “the
university students all across the
nation who flock to him not un-
like what writer Stewart Alsop,
in his "Affairs of State” column
(See Drop of Ink, Back Pago-)
600 View Bluebonnets;
Conservation On Olsen
Ranch Here Sunday P.M.
4
A total of nearly 200 vehicles
carrying an estimated 600 per-
sons drove through the C. E.
Olsen ranch here Sunday after-
noon during the Spring Blue-
bonnet Drive.
According to Mr. Olsen 132
cars were counted In the first
group, with about 60 more mak-
ing the tour a llttla later. The
autos averaged 3 or more
occupants par vehicle.
ever,
teachers will surely lose face
among the students if they re-
fuse to accept the challenge,
so maybe they will play us?"
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Equal
space will be granted a spokes-
man for the teachers for either
acceptance or refusal of the
challenge in ivext week’s Rec-
ord),
MEETING HALL
In other business Tuesday
night, the Jaycees voted to re-
pair and remodel the upstairs
area of l he Farm Bureau build-
ing in Clifton so that they may
have a regular meeting place.
The Farm Bureau had agreed
earlier to allow t he Jaycees
and Jaycee-Ettes use of the up-
stairs portion of the building
for meetings, in return for their
remodeling the facilities.
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MEN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPS— Shown solation bracket. Gap team members are
here is the men’s outsiders team from from left: Joe Surley, Marvin Wickman,
Cranfills Gap which won the champion- Billy Wayne Massengale, Randy Moore,
ship trophies in the Clifton Jaycee spon- Buster Stevens and G. M. Phillips,
sored tournament here last week. Wil- (Other winner photos to be published
son’s team of Clifton was runner-up, next week),
and the Valley Mills team won the con-
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—Record Staff Photo
Roger Whitehurst, Dallas attor-
ney who has helped train air-
line stewardesses; Oscar Lar-
ance, dean of Texas judges,
from Waco Tribune - Herald;
Bobbi Field, a former model,
airline stewardess and charm
school operator who now
teaches at El Centro Junior
College, Dallas; Carol Gilley,
a former Miss Texas who now
is one of Dallas' top models
and actresses, and Jan Bay-
less Warren, Venus, the first
Junior Miss Lake Whitney to
win the “senior” title.
Fast - moving programs are
promised both nights. Talent
acts will be presented while
contestants change from even-
ing gowns to swim suits and
ballots are being tabulated.
Last year's co-winners, Jan
Howard of Hillsboro and Linda
Lane of Lake Whitney, are to
crown the new Junior Miss;
Lake Whitney Friday night.
Saturday night Jan competes
for the "senior” title now held
by Jackie Knapp of West.
Late entries include Betty
Dujka,. 20, of Ross, a finalist
in the 1966 Lake Whitney Pag-
eant and runner-up in the 1967
Lake Waco contest. She is spon-
sored by Ranch Harbor Estates.
A brisk advance ticket sale
is reported. However, Whitney
gym seats almost 2,000 and
more than 400 chairs will be
placed on the floor.
Entries include: LAKE WHIT-
NEY— Dvnise King, Diane*
King, Pamela Roberts, Connie
Braun, Becky Sowder, Jana Kay
Kirby, Carol Ann Cowart, De-
ictic Webb, Sherry Shall, —
WHITNEY — Pam Hulme,
'See PAGEANT, back page)
May 1 Proclaimed
'68 Loyalty Day
WHEREAS Our city thrives
upon the united interests and
efforts of all its citizens work-
ing wholeheartedly for the full-
est expression of vigorous
Americanism, and
WHEREAS All of us should
periodically emphasize and
demonstrate our determination
to counteract any influence
which threatens to disturb the
American wav of life, and
WHEREAS There is in our
nation today evidence of some
elements endeavoring to sub-
vert and to destroy American
unitv. now
THEREFORE I, O. E. Pier-
son, Mayor of the City of Clif-
ton, do hereby concur with our
national and state leaders in
praising the concept of LOYAL-
TY DAY, celebrated on the
first day of May in each year;
and in active implementation
of that special patriotic occa-
sion I do hereby urge every
citizen, school, church, organi-
zation, business establishment
and home within my official
jurisdiction to display the flag
of the United States and to
participate in public patriotic
activities sponsored by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
the United States, in coopera-
tion with others, on LOYALTY
DAY, in this year of nineteen
hundredand sixty-eight.
(SEAL)
(Signed) O. E. Pierson,
Mayor
(Attested) M. R. White,
, City Secretary
Cub Baseball Team Wins
Opener at V. Mills, 8-4
The Clifton High School Cubs
Varsity Baseball Team won their
opener Tuesday afternoon at Val-
ley Mills by downing the host
team 8-4.
Pitcher Gary Anz is credited
with the win.
Coach Buddy Abies’ team will
play the next two games at home.
The Cubs will host Glen Rose
here tomorrow afternoon, and
Itasca's nine will visit the Cubs
Tuesday afternoon, April 30.
Sparks Installed VFW
Commander; Post Plans
Dist. Convention Here
Owen \V. (Buddy) Sparks was
installed as commander of Clif-
ton’s Robert E. Binford Post
8553 Veterans of Foreign Wars,
during a special installation
meeting here Thursday, April
18. He succeeds retiring Com-
mander Doyle Hulme.
Other Post officers installed
at the meeting include:
Byron Fallis, senior vice-
commander; Joe Hinson, jun-
ior vice - commander; Doyle
Hulme. quarter master: Jodi'3
Amundson (re - elected) chap-
lain; Jerry Godby, surgeon;
Erich Herzog, trustee; and Ib-
rey Linberg, judge ’advocate.
Installing officer was Cliff
Teer of Waco. He is a past dis-
trict commander and has held
several state offices. He had as
his guest Fain Waldrop who is
service officer of the Dept, of
Texas VFW working with the
Veterans Administration of
Waco.
Also at the meeting plans
were discussed for the Dis-
trict Convention to be hosted
in Clifton by the local post
on May 18 and 19.
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