The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 42, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 10, 1972 Page: 1 of 8
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The Bartlett Tribun
AND NEWS
VOLUME 85
Bartlett Texas Thursday August 10 1972
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Teachers Return
To School Monday;
Students August 21
Teachers in the Bartlett
Schools will begin their 1972-73
school year Monday August
14th when they will be attend-
ing a 3chool in Waco both Mon-
day and Tuesday with a special
program being presented by the
Texas Education Agency Re-
gional Service Center.
On Wednesday there will bo
an orientation for all teachers
at the high school building.
Thursday and Friday the tea-
chers will work at their own
school with their principles and
classroom.
On Monday August 21 the
1972-73 school year will begin
for all students and teachers
with a full day of classes to bo
Tield on the first day. Buses will
xun on the day and the lunch-
rooms will be open.
School Board
Employs More
Faculty Members
Bartlett School Board mom-
Taers met Monday night for their
regulary monthly meeting and
to employ additional faculty
members for the new school
year.
Board members accepted the
resignation of Miss Lorita Gor-
don as high school commercial
teacher. Due to this resignation
the assignment of the high
school faculty will be slightly af
fected since there is a member
on the faculty who is qualified
to teach commercial subjects.
This will also enable the district
to have a kindergarten program
for the disadvantage children.
New teachers employed in-
clude Mrs. Peggy Richey of
Holland as a kindergarten tea-
cher; Mrs. Pamelle Coleman of
El Paso as a remedial math tea-
cher for grades 4-8; and Mrs.
Janice Burnes of Sour Lake as
third grade teacher.
The board is in the process of
screening applicants for two
.special education teachers and
to supervise study hall periods
jn the high school.
In other business the board
members authorized the district
to employ the auditing firm of
Reginald Evans of Temple to
audit the. books for 1971-72.
The. lunch room policy was
adopted to conform with the
state standards which remains
the same as last year.
Miss Lisa Schwertner of Sch-
wertner was hired as a primary
teacher aid under the Title I
program. Mrs. Donna Pierce was
bircd as an additional teacher
aid.
The Kindergarten program
-which will be a one-half day
program was discussed by the
"board members. For children
eligible to enter the clnss. the
family must be of certain econ-
omic standard 6r children must
be physically dis-advantaged.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wilcox
of Temple and Allan Taylor of
Mineral Wells were Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Keller.
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Walker and
daughter of Temple and Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Kunz and family
of Killeen were Sunday guests
of their parents Mr. and Mrs.
Hugo Kunz.
Sugie Stephens of Killeen vis-
ited hero Saturday with his
grandparents Mr. and Mrs. E.
R. Bartlett Sr. Mr. and Mrs.
Hubert Brock and Mrs. Ora
Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Pitts
and Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Rafay
Jr. spent the week-end in Mexico.
Pre-School Band
Rehearsals Slated
Joe L. Butler Bartlett High
School Band Director announ-
ces this week that pre-school
band rehearsals will begin Mon-
day August 14th at 7 p. m. in
the Band Hall.
The students are asked to
bring their instruments. Music
will be issued at this time and
announcements will be made
concerning required uniform
items for those students new to
tho Tnnrchinor band.
The practices will be held rain
or shino as students will be in-
doors the first week.
doors he first week.
B.H.S. Students
To Pre-Register
Friday Aug. 18
All Bartlett High School stu-
dents grades 9 through 12 are
reminded of pre-registration
which is scheduled for Friday
August 18th.
Juniors and seniors will regis-
ter from 9 a. m. until 11 a. m.
with freshmen and sophomores
scheduled to register from 1
p. m. to 3 p. m.
Supt. R. E. Dwight asks that
any new seventh or eighth grade
students who did not attend the
Bartlett School the past year to
come by the high school office
on the morning of August 18th.
The new annuals have arrived
and students may pick them up
at the high school office on this
day also. Students who are not
required to pre-register may al-
so pick up their annuals on this
day but they must nave tneir
receipt.
Kindergarten To
Begin August 21
Mrs. Louise Oldham will open
her Kindergarten on August 21
at the First United Methodist
Church. Registration is schedu-
led for August 17th at 9 a. m.
Tuition will be $15.00 per month.
Holidays will be observed in
the Kindergarten on tho samo
days as will be observed in the
public schools.
A major purpose of the Kin-
:lenrarten is a year of activity
and growing awareness ; to help
the pupil feel adequate and ac-
cepted in this new atmosphere
of classroom. It gives a child
many opportunities in group ad-
justment art music story tell-
ing dramatization rhythmic ac-
tivities pre-reading skills phon-
ics and number readiness.
For further information call
527-44G6.
Mills Attends
Ford Course
Thomas Mills parts manager
of Hill Ford Inc. has completed
a three-day Professional Servico
Advisors Course conducted by
Ford's Dallas Marketing Insti-
tute. Ford Marketing Institutes'
full-time instructors conduct
classes ranging from manage
ment and merchandising cours-
es for dealers and their depart
ment managers to selling courses
for salesmen. Tho institute em-
ploys the latest personnel devel-
opment techniques and equip
ment and stresses group partici
pation in simulated management
and sales situations.
Institutes are located in New
York Chicago Dallas San
Francisco Atlanta and Detriot.
Since the frst institute was
opened in 1959 more than 150-
000 persons have attended courses.
Rev. Miles To
Preach Sunday At
Baptist Church
Rev. Melton Miles will preach
at both tho morning and evening
services at the Baptist Church
here Sunday.
Brother Miles is coming at the
invitation of the pulpit commit-
tee in view of a recommenda-
tion that this church extend a
call to him to become the pastor.
Members are urged to attend.
The public is cordinlly invited.
Wilson Turner
Installs American
Legion Officers
Wilson Turner of Pasadena
Department of Texas American
Legion Rehabilitation Officer
installed the new officers for
the American Legion Post No.
183 when the organization met
Tuesday night with the Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary for a cov-
ered dish supper at the Ameri-
can Legion Hall.
Installed were the following
new otlicers: Dr. (ieorge r-ow-ler
- Commander; Louis Zelen-
evitz - 1st Vice Commander; B.
C. Stevenson - 2nd Vice Com-
mander; Alvis Bailey - Adju-
tant; Alfred Wacker - Servico
Officer; Paul Gorman - Finance
Officer; Reno Saage - Chap
lain; Edward Lindemann - Sgt.
At Arms; Bob Burns - Histor-
ian; and Wilson Franz - Pu-
blicity Chairman.
Randy Lawton and Rita Bat-
la presented a report on their
stay at Boy's State in Austin
and Girl's State in Seguin;
speaking on the functions of
each.
Bobby Hill Attends
Ford's Seminar
Bobby A. Hill vice president
and gen. mgr. of Hill Ford Inc.
recently completed a three-day
Parts and Service Management
Seminar conducted by Ford's
Dallas Marketing Institute.
The program developed in
cooperation with the Ford Cus-
tomer Servico Division is offer
ed by Ford Marketing Institutes
to help Ford and Lincoln-Mercury
dealers provide customers
with the best after-the-sale ser-
vice possible.
Technician training efficien-
cy productivity stall utiliza-
tion new service scheduling and
loading developments parts
availability and inventory con-
trol were among topics discus-
sed by dealers participating in
the seminar.
Ford Marketing Institutes'
full-time instructors conduct
classes ranging from manage-
ment and merchandising courses
for dealers and their department
managers to selling-courses for
salesmen. The institute employs
tho latest personnel develop-
ment techniques and equipment
and stresses group participation
in simulated management and
sales situations.
Institutes are located in New
York Chicago Dallas San
Francisco Atlanta and Detriot.
Since the first institute was
opened in 1959 more than 150-
000 persons have attended cour-
ses. ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. L. 'W. Shepperd
of Richardson' announce the ar-
rival of a 7 pound 3 ounce dau-
ghter born on July 26th. She
has been named Deborah An-
nette. Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Brisbin of Bartlett
Cars Damaged
In Collision
Here Sunday
Extensive damage was done
to two cars but the drivers es-
caped uninjured in a collision
here Sundny afternoon.
Chief of Police Thomns Dodd
who investigated the accident at
5:50 p. m. reports that a 19G9
Pontiac driven by John Lloyd
Davis of Taylor which had been
parked in front of tho B & M
Club attempted to back out into
the south lane to head north
when it was in collision with a
19G8 Mercury driven by William
L. Terrell of Bartlett and Fort
Hood who was going south. Tho
ritrht front fender of the Mer
cury collided with the back
quarter of tho Pontiac.
Citations were issued to both
drivers one for improper back-
ing and the other for failure to
control speed to avoid an acci-
dent. Adult Afternoon
Fellowship To
Be Held Friday
The Adult Afternoon Fellow-
ship will be held Friday after
noon August 11th at the IJap
tist Recreational Building be-
ginning a 2 p. m.
Entertainment during the af
ternoon wijl feature games
singing and slides shown by
Rev. H. C. Ziehe of Taylor a
retired Lutheran pastor who
recently celebrated his 50th an-
niversary inthe ministry. Rev.
Ziehe has just returned from a
European tour and will show
slides which will include tho
"Passion Play" in Germany.
All adults menand women in
the community are cordially in-
vited to attend.
Grandmother Of
Rev. Howard
Dies In Houston
Funeral services for Mrs.
Mary Margaret Howard grand-
mother of Rev. Wesley A. How
ard Jr. of Bartlett were conduc
ted Thureday in Hearne at tho
Heartfield Funeral Home.
Mrs. Howard died in Houston.
She was a member of the Bap
tist Church.
Survivors include three sons
Wesley Howard James Howard
and Edwin "Happy" Howard;
two daughters Mrs. Margaret
Syptak and Mrs. Marie Colson;
eight grandchildren and Great-
grandchildren. former Davilla
Resident Dies
In Dallas
Mrs. Myrtle L. Adams 75 of
Ennis and formerly of tho Da-
villa community for many years
died Sunday afternoon in Dallas
after a long illness.
Funeral services were conduc-
ted at 10 a. m. Tuesday at Kee-
ver Funeral Home in Ennis.
Graveside services were held at
3 p. m. Tuesday at tho Davilla
Cemetery.
Surviving are three sons Car-
roll Adams of Freer Bill Adams
of Fort Luaderdale Fla. and
Earl Adams of Harlingen; a
daughter Mrs. Lewis Harwell
Jr. of Mesquito; a sister Mrs
George Yarborough of Ingram;
two brothers Emmett Hodgo of
Longvicw and Ernest Hodgo of
Davilla; three grandchildren and
two great-grandchldren.
Quarter Back Club
Organizes Tonight
An organizational meeting for
a Quarter Back Club for Bart-
lett High School is scheduled
for tonight (Thur.) Aug. 10 in
the high school cafeteria. Time
is 7:30 p. m.
This is for all parents and
adults interested in athletics.
Ortho Experts
Speak At Young
Farmers Meet
Ortho experts L. A. Wells and
Paul Brown presented a special
program on Paraquat when the
Bartlett-Holland Chapter of
Young Farmers met Thursday
evening at the Bartlett Electric
Cooperative building.
A film on how Paraquat works
in the different areas was
shown and Mr. Brown explain-
ed how Paraquat acts as a boll
opening agent defoliant and
desiccant.
Following the program John
Voight president presided at a
short business session. It was
announced that Charles Schoen-
rock will compete for the Star
Farmer Award.
Refreshments were served
by Mr. Wells and Mr. Brown to
twenty-two members and two
visitors.
J Judge Harris To
Speak Sunday At
Lutheran Church
Bell County Judge Harold
Harris will be guest speaker for
the general meeting of the
A.L.C.W. of St. John Lutheran
Church Sunday evening August
13 a 7 p. m. Judge Harris will
speak on "Wills and Estates."
Refreshments will be served
by the women of the Lutheran
Church after which a short bu-
siness meeting will be held to
elect officers for the coming
year. .
The women of the Lutheran
Church are asked to bring either
sandwiches or cookies.
The public is invited to at-
tend. Dick Mayfield
Named Manager Of
Telephone Co.
Dick R. Mayfield Commer-
cial Staff Assistant for South-
western Bell Telephone Com-
pany at Austin has been named
Manager for the Company hore
succeeding E. C. Crittenden Jr.
who retires effective Sept. 1.
A 19-year veteran with the
telephone company Mayfield
began his career as a public tel-
ephone coin collector in Austin.
He later served as a commercial
representative at Taylor and
Temple returning to Austin a
short time later. Ho was appoint
ed business office supervisor
in Temple in 1957 and transferr-
ed to Dallas the following year.
He has also served in the com-
pany'ss business offices at Tex-
as City Port Arthur Houston
Edinburg Galveston and Nacog-
doches. He was appointed Com-
mercial Staff Assistant at Aus-
tin in 19G8.
E. C. Crittenden has served
as Manager in tho company's
Temple Texas group operations
since 1942 and will complete
30 successive years in the job
when ho retires on September 1.
Known by telephone customers
and friends as "Crit" ho began
a well-earned five week vaca-
tion on July 28 which will ter-
minate in his retirement.
First Local Bale
1972 Cotton Is
Ginned Monday
Bartlett's. first local area bale
of cotton of the new season was
ginned Monday afternoon at
Marek Bros. Gin and was produ-
ced by the Marek brothers AI-
vin and Victor members of tho
Bartlett-Holland Young Farm
ers organization.
First bale to be ginned in
Bartlett this season was ginned
by Bartlet Gin on Friday. It was
a hand picked bale produced by
II. C. Northern of Little River.
The bale weighed 490 pounds
and was ginned from 2200
pounds of seed cotton. Seed
weight was 830 pouilds.
The Marek bale will be eligible
for the Chamber of Commerce
award for the first bale produ-
ced in this area and harvested
by the conventional stripping
method.
The first bales weighed 500
pounds and with a companion.
bale weighing 420 pounds was
stripped from two acres on the
Marek Bros. farm. It was ginned
from 4200 pounds of seed cotton
and there was 1400 pounds of
seed. Three other bales from the
same farm were ginned on Mon-
day. The cotton was Lankart LX
571 planted on March 9. The on-
ly insecticide U3ed was 10
pounds of Temck at planting;
time.
The first bale will be donated
to St. Cyril and Methodius Ca-
tholic Church in Granger. The
other bales will be delivered on
an NFO contract made in Jan-
uary at 30c per pound.
The cotton was stripped by-
Lynn Brock and Jimmy Cald-
well and ginned at Marek Bros.
Gin by Marvin Kropp Norman
Lange and Walter Poppelz with
the Mareks.
It is anticipated that the cot
ton season will get under way
next week and be going strong-
in two weeks. Most farmers re-
port prospects for an above ave-
rage yield but some have suf-
fered from weevils and report
prospects are dismal.
The first bale last year was
brought in by Lynn Brock on
August 18. The first 1970 bale-
was brought in by Clement Str-
miska on August 17.
Father Of Mrs.
Edmund Ruemke
Dies In Temple
Funeral services for Arthur J.
Schroeder 7G of Hutto father
of local resident were conducted
at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Gondra
Funeral Home Rev. John Bahn
officiating. Burial was in laylor
City Cemetery.
Mr. Schroeder died Saturday
morning in a Temple hospital.
He was born Dec. 11 1895 in
Giddings and had lived in the
Hutto area since 192G. He was a
retired farmer.
He was a retired farmer and
a World WaVI veteran.
Surviving are a daughter Mrs.
Marjorie Ruemke of Bartlett;
two sons Charles E. Schroeder
of Corpus Christi and Melvin J.
Schroeder of Beaumont ; one sis-
ter Mrs. Minnie Newman of
Bastrop; four brothers Walter
Schroeder of Coupland Adolph
Schroeder and Louis Schroeder
both of Hutto and Clarenco Sch-
roeder of Ventura Calif.; eight
grandchildren and one great-
grandchild. Pallbearers wore Dvid Green
Larry Townsend Donald Kaatz.
Emery Wajdron Robert Clubb
and William Bahn.
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Ford, Robert C., Jr. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 42, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 10, 1972, newspaper, August 10, 1972; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth82469/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.