30 Years Ago
Deputy responded to a suspicious person in Thomas.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
In 1844, Mormon religion founder Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were murdered by an anti-Mormon mob in Carthage, Ill.
Robert and Judy Graybill of Clinton will be celebrating 50 years of marriage July 3.
Duane Keith Patterson, Trustee and Robyn Janel Graham, Trustee to Patricia Fergason and Judith A. Christensen, QCD. Lots 1 and 2, 31-14N-15W.
“Shore patrol is screaming at me on the radio, ‘Man overboard! The boat has been hit! Man overboard!’ There were 149 sailors and marines on this mike boat. It was struck by a freighter that was coming in,” longtime Clintonite and former Navy Officer Joe Cloninger remembered about that fateful Jan. 17, 1977, night in Barcelona, Spain.
Canute High School Class of 2012 graduate Anthony Farni finally fulfilled his dream of joining the U.S. Army in 2018, and he is currently stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, where he is now a specialist in the Military Police.
American Legion Post No. 41 Commander Donald Miller is a familiar face in Clinton, mostly due to his generous community involvement. But not everyone is aware of the many years this Clinton native spent traveling the world, first for 23 years while in the U.S. Air Force, and afterward.
Originally from Enid, Clinton resident Doug Greer enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1966. He attended basic training in San Diego, Calif., which he remembers well.