Burleson Dispatcher (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 1, 1984 Page: 1 of 8
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Burleson, Johnson County, Texas
Number 31
AUGUST 1, 1984
Looking Bock With Lucy
Joshua Junior
Uncle Bad from
Enters T.E.E.N:
Bethesda Says:
Tiffiany
August 5. 1*64
were
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
Zeke Grubb was wondering
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However, sometime in the fu-
P. W. Johnson Jr., wife and
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DR. PAUL GEISEL Will
ADDRESS BURLESON C.OFC.
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Twenty-three' young ladies;
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BURL E5ON
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In Queen Contest k
At Alvarado
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From The BurleaOn Dispatcher
might be saying the
thing.
If there is anybody that can
balance Bert on th* Republi-
in the volunteer service pro-
gram of the pageant. Hunsak-
er’s volunteer experience 1
The
charity organization
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Ed Schmel-
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Pay Your Telephone Bill* and Lone Star Ga* Bill* Here
DISPATCHER OFFICE - 124 W. ElliaM - 295-1177
the other United Way agency test at the Johnson County Pio-
RoQ*>r4a Wn Via a anrvn/1 /raw »in a ’ ——J A1J _
Fort ion to be held in August at the •
-tj Reunion Grounds in Alvarado.
The young ladies from Bur-
leson include Carla Bush, Kel-
ly Gilliam, Paula Wiley, Jenni-
i fer Joohnson, Francene Tice,
mediate plans to alter it
any timetable to do so.
Doug Spike, .area manager of
Storer 'said that the company
is divesting its interests not
only in' Burleson but in Blue ken. '
Fort
Worth, is visiting it* the home
of her brother, Fletcher Wynne
and other relatives here, this
Becky Raines, Denise Boswell,
Morgan Clark, and- Jan Nicb-
! oteon.
Other entries are
1
“To hope is to enjoy.”
■—Jacques Delille and Darla Flenner, Alvarado.
of San Marcos.
•Or ft
• • rxigeciiii v luage^ r i
i^n.nedale-
• T|nd Hill's, Saginaw,
, Mr. and Mrs. Robbins
Claypool and children, all orf
Houston. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Brstier and Mr and \ , Mrs.
Andy Brister and family, Wa-
co; Mrs. Ruth Ball and Dr.
and Mrs. B. B. Hayek, Austin,
and Mr. and Mrs. Barry Hayes
t<ion campaign. Now that the
Democrats have showed how to |
turn a political libility into L
asset, Zeke went on, fer sure,
the Republicans will make
some of the same hay.
Zeke told the felers he stop-
ped trying to figger angles in
politics long, before he found
' out Mondale had left him off
his vice president shopping list,
of Odessa, Texas are visiting
with his parents, Mr and Mrs.
P. W. Joohnson, of Burleson
and her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. A. Fortenberry of Joshua.
Junior is employed by • the
Rowan Drilling Company at
Odessa as yard manager and
CITY COUNCIL APPROVES
-—-CABLE service transfer
Funeral services were
Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. at the
Crosier-Pearson Funeral Cha-
pel, Cleburne for Miss Daisy
Bransom, 85, who died in . a
rest home at Keene, Texas,
Monday night. Burial was in
; the Prairie Springs Cemetery,
just southwest
. Miss Bfransom was
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Volume 23
The North Central Chapter
of the Texas Head Injury Fou-
ndation will conduct a meet-
ing at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday,
August 2, 1984 at the Arm-
strong Auditorium of Harris
Hospital on Cannon St, Forb
Worth. The guest speaker is
Dr. George Prigatano, Head of
Neuropsychology at the Pres-
byterian Hospital of Oklaho-
ma City, Oklahoma. Contact
Dr. Paul Geisel, professor of
urban and regional affairs kt s> m
UT Arlington, an» recently as- BeautY rageant
lLB“.r'Xn S’ Nine Local Giris
cil in nna a new city mana-
ger, will speak at the chamber
of commerce luncheon Thurs-
day.
He . is the former executive ;
director of the Dalas 1 Alliance,1 w e
president of Senior Services of including nine from Burleson,
, Tarrant County and active in* have entered the Queen’s'Con-
lit* A*l>««* TTmlkwJ TZTsaev a M*n AW* * a * s« W • Z* «
boards. He has served for nine' neer’s and Old Settlers Reun-
years witfl Leadership
Worth.
The luncheon will be held in
the Fellowship Hall of the First
Methodist Church. Cost is $6
and is open to everyone. For
reservations call te chamber'
office, 295-6121.
August will be a busy month
for the chamber. On August i . * •,
16, a new program called the* m,Other
Donut Forum, get. underway. I
This is sepecially designed for
the benefit) of small business
owners and managers. On Aug.
24, the chamber will again host
its annual luncheon for new
teachers to the Burleson
schools.
days,
som’s rain gauge showed
and while Gus Bran-
* 1 we
have received .31 inches of,
i rain in June and .35 inches of
I rain in July, far below nor-
thel tlement. If thooee city councils
approve, Sammons will assume
I ownership of these systems.
j The main item of interest on
Storer the Council’s agenda was the
annexation of 80 acres of land
just north df the present city
limits that concludes the land
swap between Fort Worth and
members were guests. Home-
made ice crgpm and cake was
" everyone enjoyed
vestigators will die or retire’ an evening b* fellowship. Those
eventual and the only thing te l present were1: Rev. and Mrs.
come of the Burford boniness Jay Darnell, Messrs, and Mmes
waa that another woman was
caught bending the truth, which
still is a woman’s right any-
how.
Bug Hookum wasn’t buying
any. He held to the old view
that ever <
through a Burleson Methodist work when Sammons takes ov-' 1
, Church, she started serving as' er the franchise in response . service road and the railroad
a- Candy striper at 1“ '
Hospital Friday, June 27.
Many young ladies are be-
coming involved in community
activities by contributing at
least 12 hours to worthwhile
charities or civic work,
national
two sons Randy and Sammy J of the Miss T.E.E.N. pageant
■ ‘ ' >s the March of Dimes Birth
Defects Foundation.
Hunsaker will be competing
for $3,000 in cash, a self-im-
provementi scholarship to B^r-
bizon School of Modeling, an
all expense paid weekend for
herself and family at the Low-
office personnel. He has been « Anatole a personal appear-
with ther for fifteen years,
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Guests of J. M. Loy less aand
his sister, Mrs. Neena Hensley
the past weekend were their, ---- ---------------
-- -- .... given.
1 Contestants will be judged on
scholarships will be given.
• Contestants will be judged
| on scholastic achievement, per-
i sonal interview, speech or tal-
ent, and formal presentation.
Hunsaker is sponsored by
First National Bank of Joshua,
H&H Gold and Silver, Dr. Rob-
ert Shaw, Mallory’s Western
Leather and Supply
Sanell’s Hairstyling.
ed by Wells Perforating Qom-
pany in Abilene, was in Fort
Worth last week on business.
He stopped by Burleson-for a
brief visit with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Frazier.
Terry will enter Texas Wes-
leyan this fall as a sophomore.
Charles R. Riley, chief
darman, USCG, son of
and Mrs. C. R. Riley of Route
1, Burleson, Tex., is a crew-
member of the Coast Guard
Cutter Westwind* on patrol in
the Arctic. Westwind, an ice-
breaker, is helping other ships
in resupplying strategic mili-* the office at 877-3959 between
tary bases in Greenland, Ice-| 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM Mon-
land and Labrador. ) day through Friday for fur-
ft ft ft , ther information. The meeting
Raymond Mires, son of Mr. j is open to sll who are inter-
( Continued on page 3) ested.
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Members* gf^.thg. Wesleyan
Sunday School 'class of the
Frist Methodist Church met
ing Meese back would’ be in la»t Friday night on the lawn
line with the Administration’s J at the church fpr an ice cream
of the class.
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j Mrs. Homer Peeples of Fort
Worth, and Mrs. L. H. Rudd through &n unsolicited applies-
i were in Alvarado last Friday, tion by mail, has been selected
■ morning tp attend funeral ser-1 to compete in the Texas Miss n
vices for their cousin, Neill T.E.E.N. pageant at the Lowes
P. Bounds. Mr. Bounds was a
long-time resident) of Alvara-
do and Johnson County.
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George E. Bransom, P. L.
Hector, C. M. Parks, W. H.
Reeves, Thomas B. Love, El-
mer St Cjsir,' Walter Cosine,
W. O. Cblflten and F. G. Jef-
frey. Also Mmes. 8. C. Gor-
L.w.* candidate wants to' don, Pearl Clark, Bemeice
liia cleanest fane forward. * Booth, Jeffrie Kornegay, and
------- one visited Mite Minnie Belle
Booth. Mrs. Gordon is teacher
A*.
Mr. and nephews and near rela- j
------ ■ • r.. , was a
the youngest . number, pf. the Pfrw Baptist
ate Mr. and Church. i ' ' -L-- ■ .
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Mrs. Eugpna iPugh spent
the past Vfeekepd jin Kings-
ville, with her son, M. C. Pugh
and family. She was accom-
panied to Kingsville by
tives from Cleburne
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Mrs. Edith Sitton of
nAatole Hotel in Dallas, Aug.
31, Sept. 1 and 2 th)s""ywir.‘
She is a 161year-old junior at
Joshua High School.
This is the official statewied
finals for Miss T.E.E.N. which
stands, for teens encauraging
excellence nationally. The win-
ners will advance to the nation-
al pageant in December.
Contestants are between ages
. 14-18 and must have at least
Imai, many parts of our com- yne rrair*e aprmg* vemeiery, „B„ averagg jn school. They
' munity. outside of Burleson did southwest o urleson. | are ajg0 reqUjre(j to participate
■ not receive a drop. | M'“ *7"’™
, of Bure Ison, but had suffered
j ill health a number of yean
Mr. and Mrs A. H. Loyless ago, and had lived at the rest
but he was curious about how have returned
Bert Lance’will help the tick-1 where they attended a three- include
----—*■ say ( day u ini io
crook ( family held at
The Burleson City Council Mound, Cleburne, Crowley,
approved a resolqtion TJpin-' Edgecliff Village^ Forest Hill,
day night fory Stojfbf'^ ’CabhfJ Kennedale, I-aJce RiCh-
Service nV of Texas to trans- ■ ty'nd Hills, Saginaw, Waulauga,
fer ownerMjip to Sammons ( Weatherford, and White Set-
Communications that has
Fort Worth franchise.
Local subscribers will
little, if any difference in pro-
gramming or s.ervice.
representatives assured - Coun-
cilman Lopez that the main-
tenance office in Burleson
would remain operational as j
required in the franchise agree- ’ Burleson that settded the Tor-
ment between the city andj.rant County Municipal Airport
Storer. Alto the city was as-, dispute.
’ sured that, the remote control' The Burleson city limits will
i per, Alvarado; Karen Moore,
Alvarado; Rhonda Mullins, Al-
varado; DeLane Shavers, Al-
varado; Cindy Wright, Alvara-
do; Tamara Glover, Alvarado;
Tammy Thorne, Alvarado; «
Melody McDonald, Crowley;
' Rhonda Wynn, Grandvie^r;
Robin Michelle Peters, Qte-
* burns; Kim Walker, Alvartele
. „ . . Hot and dry weather is
Zeke Grubb wu wondering newg everyonc
during the semion at the coun-| jn whjch ,g guffer
try store Saturday night when one of wont droutha
the Republican. wiU bring Ed> that many we -n .
Meew back from . thirty yea„. Temperatures
went and give him a high-up have J00 and
job in the Presidents re-elec- . , • ...
J w x 'above degrees for over thirty(
fjon eamnaiirn. Now that the .
The Burleson city limits will
has devices now being used by some j now extend from Hardgrove
been limited to volunteer work Burleson residents would still Lane to 900 feet south of Mc-
throiigh a Burleson Methodist’ work when Sammons takes ov- Alister road between the west
.... *•» .vuu v*av - a «»*.* wcad
Huguley | to a question by John Daniels, right-of-way.
The only other action taken
ture Sammons might 'upgrade by the council was approval of
the system so that the remote the final plat of lot '1, block
control switches might not func- ( 53 of the Original Town of
tion, the company has no ira- Burleson; financial transac-
or tions and the minutes. The
I council then went into a closed
executive session to discuss lit-
igation, personnel and land
transactions. No action was te-
ance contract and an expense
paid trip to the national pa-
geant in Albuquerque, New
* Mexico. Over $25,000 in aw-
thejr* ar(ls ®nd scholarships will be
nephw and wif, Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Bronaugh and daughter, i
Patricia of Waco.
*
Rev. and Mrs.
tekopf and children, Cynthia
and Jeff, of the First Baptist
Church, are enjoying a two-
weeks vacation visiting their
parents, and many points of
interest in the State. 1
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Terry Frazier who is employ-,
from Austin, home' for some time. Survivors
i twoo brothers, George
of the Robbiins and Gus Bransom, both of Bur-j
1 Granite Lake leson, and a number of nieces
but he’ Shoal near Austin, with
attention uf the bankers, Which' Mrs. Hodge is I
daughter of the late Mr.
Mrs. E. F. Robbins. Other rek'
ativea attending were Mrs. Lee
A. Neill of Sherman; Dr. and'
can side It would have to be Mrs. E. F. Robbins, their dau-
Kd, Zeke said. Both have, show- ghters Ellen and Marion, and
ed they know how to make* their familesi, Mrs. T. H. Clay
friends in high places, and I pool,
that they know what to do' —
with em onct they got em. So]
instead of keeping Ed in the
closet until after November,
Zeke was of a miod they ought
to trot him out now and show
everbody that Mr. Meese, like
Mr. Lance, is a hail feller well
met.
General speaking, Zeke’s
ideas hit the fellers sideways *
Republican Ed Doolittle aaid I
all making Lance chairman of
the Mondale campaign done
waa show you can’ll keep a
bad man down. Democrat Clem
Webster allowed it was dear
a case of follering the party's
unity liine. In any case, Clem
went on, Bert Lance born agin
at this time makes as much
sense as letting Lyndon John- week,
son’s boozer brother give a
seconding speech at LBJ’s nom-
ination.
Actual, Clem went on, bring-
ing Meese back would be .--------* —«— — —
line with the Administration’s ( at the hu c fc>r an ce
' decision to give a new job to supper wit Mrs. T. G. Jeffrey
* Anne Burford that give ever- as hostess,' Husbands of the
body fits just a few months
berk- After all, he noted,
Lane* was cleared, Meeoete in- eerved an< e
et. It may not be fair to
Bert will lock up the
vote; Zeke declared, 1
must be expected to git the] and Mrs. Pat E. Hodge as hosts tives in this area. She
same
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Deering, Hazel. Burleson Dispatcher (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 1, 1984, newspaper, August 1, 1984; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1262443/m1/1/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Burleson Public Library.