Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1967 Page: 1 of 6
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BURLESON
Best investment
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PHONE BY4-4412
NEWSSTAND PRICE 100
Thursday, January 19, 1967
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BURLESON, JOHNSON COUNTY, TEXAS 76028
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Southern Homes’ 5th an-
niversary will be a spe-
mes completed and with
people living in them.
figure might double in
1967. . .especially if the
tight money situation
eases i
favorable signs, Morty
says.
Anyway, the fact is,
were hospitalized.
The collision occured
lineman. He had the most
unassisted tackles with 66
and wasn’t able to play
the whole season.
Guest speaker for the
the banquet along with the Women’s
Auxiliary headed by Mrs. Bob Rush-
ing.
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tion Center in Fort Worth,
the Turnpike Stadium in
also bid on the job. High-
est bid was $64,446.
Remainder of the bond
money of about $3,700
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gistrations are going very
slow.
McWilliams said that
up until Monday only 2,500
persons have applied for
registration certificates.
He said that he felt that
this figure represents a-
bout one-half of those who
will register between now
and January 31.
McWilliams said that
persons 61 or over are
exempt from registering
if they live in cities un-
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teammates as
leader on the team. He
is a junior. Lewis was
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of the 1966 -Elk football the annual football ban-
team were picked by their quet in the high school
team mates for special gymnasium^
honors which were ann-
Voter Registration
Is Termed Slow
Johnson County area
residents, along with all
Texas voters, have until
January 31 to register for
voting in 1967 and ac-
cording to County Tax
Assessor-Collector Den-
nis McWilliams county re-
NOTE TO VOTERS IN
BURLESON...YOU MAY
REGISTER LOCALLY
AT F&M BANK.
Jim Schumacher has
been awarded the contract
to build Burleson’s new
City Hall. Cost will be
$46,222. Voters approved will be spent for paving
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her exterior items, So-
me funds will be used
for possibly buying addi-
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player and was the leading pass receiver for the
season. King, the only junior of the four (the
rest are seniors), was selected as the best leader.
Lewis was the outstanding lineman and made
the most unassisted tackles. Rogers was the out-
standing back and the leading ground gainer.
—Star Staffoto
Named At Elk Banquet
Outstanding membe rs ounced Saturday night at Lewis, Bruce King and banquet, attended by about all Togs
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HELPING HAND—Mike Fortenberry helps Bruce
King with his new football jacket following the
annual Elk Grid Banquet at the high school gymna-
sium. Gordon Rogers, left, and Ercel Lewis,
right, look oh. The four were selected by their
teammates for outstanding efforts in the 1966
season and their honors were announced at the
banquet. Fortenberry was named the most valuable
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AT ELK BANQUET—Burleson Elk
head coach Grady Graves, right, chats
with guest speaker for the annual
Elk Football banquet Saturday night,
Floyd Gass, center. At left is El-
roy Payne, president of the Quar-
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HELP FIGHT FIRE—Steve Rapfogel,
left, of Fort Worth and Ernest Ad-
cock of Joshua work to extinguish
burning embers left after a grass
fire had blown on to the north Thurs-
day along the Old Joshua Highway.
Dozens of volunteers aided property
owners and members of the Joshua
and Burleson Volunteer Fire Depart-
ments in fighting the blaze which
burned over many acres and across
a couple of roads. Here the two men
work just a few steps from the home
of Mrs. Ethyl Slack. No homes were
reported damaged although some out
buildings were hit by the fire.
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Tickets for the banquet .
have gone on sale and
can be obtained for $2.50
per person from any ;
member of the board of
directors of the cham-
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small and large, in a 13-
county area around Dal-
las and Fort Worth is re-
will begin at about 6:30
or 7:00 p.m. February 6.
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near Grapevine between
Dallas and Fort Worth.
The Arlington mayor
also was instrumental in
the organization of the
North Central Texas Cou-
ncil of Governments in
named* the "outstanding much^long,rthardU work’L chairman of the JBurleson which nearlye very town.
He said the physical J f”‘ ’
contact offers a way to
release frustrations and
Tom J. Vandergriff,
long-time mayor of Ar-
lington and civic leader
involved in countless pro- nominated for four posi-
to obtain the regional air-
Monday “nighL February port which will be located
Captains have been na-
med for different areas
but workers are still
up, and there are Kendrick Family's
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' ‘ , A Santa Fe train de-
there is a'building boom molished the station wa-
on in Burleson and the gon of the Jimmy C. Ken-
Rapfogels are right in the drick family of Burleson
middle of it. last Thursday and seriou-
In the Gardens' Addi- sly injured the four occu-
tion now are about 300 ho- pants of the car.
All four members of
the family, Kendrick, his
When the whole deal is wife, Patricia, and their
finished, there might be two children, Keith, 4,
as many as 1500 homes and Lessitte, 15 months,
plus an apartment com-
plex and a new 40-acre
shopping center boasting at a grade crossing on
200,000 square feet of 1187 between Crowley and
floor space. Cresson in Tarrant Coun-
C ailing attention to ty.
Southern Homes’ 5th an- The injured family was
niversary will be a spe- taken to St. Joseph’s Hos-
cial section in Sunday’s pital in Fort Worth.
urally or in the appear-
ance of the building,” said
son by obedience to said the mayor.
perccr.’c command.” Five other contractors
ful for a person to own
Arlington Mayor To Be
C-C Banquet Speaker
ber or from manager tions on the board for
M.P. Mathews. the coming year. Mem-
Eight men have been bers of the chamber were
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City Council.
Schumacher was low
bidder at $49,995. The
amount still seemed high,
said Mayor Hobert Bart-
lett, and Schumacher was
contacted about making
economies.
As a result the total
cost figure was lowered
by more than $3,7 00.
However, "No changes
will be made that will af-
the season with 805 yards felt a youSg man shield
•gg in 153 carries and an play football. ‘ It is some-
:$:xj average of 5.2 per carry, times difficult to explain
uldl Forte n berry was voted why we play, a game that
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$50,000 for the project
in a December bond elec-
tion.
Bids on the project we-
re opened at 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 12, new building, but most of
and the contract award- the money for this ex-
ed the same night in a pense will come from the
regular meeting of the water department fund,
said City Manager Ray
Bentley.
In other action the
council:
--Heard a report from
Dick McCarty of the Fort
Worth office of the High-
way Department concern-
ing speed limits on High-
way 174. McCarty said
the limits will remain as
his office has recommen-
ded except for the possi-
bility of including a school
crossing zone in the Sum-
mercrest and Southwest
Village area with reduced
See Council Page 3
jects affecting the Dal-
las-Fort Worth metropo-
litan area, will be the
principal speaker for the
first annual B u rleson
Chamber of Commerce
Membership Banquet.
The fete is scheduled
for 7:30 p.m. on January
31 at the Mountain Val-
ley Recreation Club.
Among the many en-
deavors of Vandergriff
are his promotions of the
Burleson’s March of Tarrant County Conven-
Dimes campaign is about
to reach a climax and vo-
_o lunteers are needed for Arlington, and his work
the most valuable player is so rough,” CoachGass Mothers March on
and also was selected as said. “But the football
the top pass receiver. He player is a better pre-
collected 279 yards on 22 pared man than the non-
g# receptions. King quar- participating man.”
terback was chosen by his “Practice begins in the
A STORY IN THE STAR Star-Telegram. It’s aim- teammates as the best heat of summer and ends needed to collect contri-
jlast week noted that build- ed at telling the Burle-
qng in Burleson last ye- son story to people in
ar was more than $1,650, the Fort Worth area with
000. That’s a heck of a of course, the hope of at-
lot of money. It repre- tracting new residents,
sents 115 new homes with There’s been other
about a dozen remodel- publicity about Burleson,
ing jobs and a new bus- One story appeared in a
iness thrown in. trade magazine recently
This isn’t meant as a about Southern Homes. It
■Lig for Southern Homes, pointed up the quick drive
■bMorty Rapfogel, de- from Burleson to Fort
HHper of Southern Ho- Worth for the folks who
Res, is responsible for a like to live here and work
giant portion of Burle- there,
son’s building. He and his “Building in the southern
son Steve, built and sold area of metropolitan Fort
about 100 homes here last Worth offers the home
year and they think the buyer a distinct advan-
See Star Gazing Page 3
To Build City Hall
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Dog Ordinance
Reminder Given
City Council has called for redemption of dogs
for a, “renewed effort on sold within 30 days; de-
dogs” in Burleson. Com- clares it unlawful to own
plaints of dogs turning four or more grown dogs
over trash cans, wander- as defined herein; pro-
ing the streets and be- vides violation and fine
coming nuisances in dif- of a sum not more than
ferent neighborhoods one hundred dollars; se-
have been heard. verance clause.”
I he City has a stiff In section 1 of the or-
dog ordinance which re- dinance the term “run at
quires that dogs be kept large” is defined: “any
under control, preferably dog when it is not within
fenced in their own yards, the enclosed or fenced
an<l it will be enforced, property of its owner. For
the council indicated, purposes of this ordin-
Fourteen dogs were dis- ance, a dog shall not be
posed of by the police considered running at
department last month, large whenever said dog
Reproduced here is the is under control of any
preface to the ordinance: person by means of a
“An ordinance making it leash, chain, cord or feet the building struct-
unlawful to allow a dog to ] ... - -
run at large as that term mediate control of a per-
is defined herein: Def- t \
initions; Making it unlaw- person’s command."
a dog which habitually
trespasses in a damaging
way, habitually commits a
nuisance on the property
of others, shows malici-
'Ou/*<4 a b i t s or molests
passersby, has attacked a
person or bitten a person,
habitually runs at or af-
ter pedestrians or vehi-
cles, is kept under un-
sanitary conditions, ha-
bitually barks to the sub-
stantial annoyance of the
public; provides for im-
pounding of dogs in vio-
lation of this ordinance,
provides for redemption
of dogs and setting cost
of redemption; provides
for sale or destruction of
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Mike Fortenberry were 200 persons, was Floyd within 72 hours; provides
named the outstanding Gass, director of Athle-
players. Rogers was the tics at Austin College in Workers Sought
Gordon Rogers, Ercel outstanding back and Sherman. |n March Of Dimes
leading ground gainer for J
participating man."
“Practice begins in the
in the cold of winter,” buttons in some additions,
he said, “and there is said Mrs. E.C. Wofford,
drive. She can be reach-
ed at AX 5-1617.
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Hutson, Wayne. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1967, newspaper, January 19, 1967; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1265495/m1/1/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Burleson Public Library.