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BURLESON STAR—THURSDAY,JUNE 3,1971-5
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At the high school field,
Mr. Quick plays Harris
Mobil at 6 p.m. and Josh-
ua Baptist plays Church of
Christ at 7:45 p.m.
TUESDAY
June 8, at 6 p.m. at
Bartlett Park, Graves
Plumbing plays Burleson
Star, Talkington Bros,
plays Hilley’s, and Dairy
Queen plays the Jaycees.
Howdy Neighbor plays
Big Four at 6 p.m. and
Bob’s Donuts plays Pete’s
Pets at 7:45 at Bartlett
Park.
Also June 8 on the high
school field, Prices Food
plays Burleson State Bank
at 6 p.m. and Lions Club
plays Burleson Flowers
at 7:45 p.m.
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Only two traffic acci-
dents were reported this
week on Burleson streets
and both were minor in
nature.
Friday, May 28, a car-
motorcycle accident about
8:35 p.m. resulted in mi-
nor injuries for Jimmy
W. Porter of Burleson.
Porter was riding a mo-
torcycle on the shoulder
of Hwy. 174 about 150
ft. northeast of Little
Booger Creek, pulled
back onto the roadway
and was struck by a
southbound auto driven by
William E. Hurlburt of
Fort Worth.
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titions for incorporation
of a new town must be
qualified electors who
have resided in the area
at least six months. Area
must contain more than
200 inhabitants (who do
not have to be qualified
electors).
*Environmental Pro-
tection Act of 1971 is
constitutional in author-
izing private individuals
to maintain legal anti-
pollution actions on be-
half of the public or to
sue the state, but vague-
ness and caption of the
bill offer constitutional
problems.
COURTS SPEAK—U.S.
Supreme Court decision
striking down Georgia’s
financial
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Preparation Day for
Vacation Bible School at
Bethesda Baptist Church
will be Saturday, June 12
at 10 a.m.
Bible school sessions
will begin June 14 from
6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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Worth freeways. —
Both Proctor and Boyd
said they were unable to
guarantee exactly what
features the proposed
freeway would have.
claimed it would greatly
reduce the accessibility
of Burleson merchants to
the people.
Financing the cost for
acquiring right of way
was another uncertain
point of the proposal.
Councilmen Gude and
Ron Gieser questioned
whether Burleson resi-
dents would pass the pro-
posal in a bond election
to purchase the right of
way.
Proctor speculated
that "by the time the road
is put in, the State is go-
ing to be buying all the
right of way," and cited
a recent tax cut by the
Governor as responsible
for the current inability
of the Highway Dept, to
do so now.
SEE COUNCIL PAGE 6
The young people of
Joshua Baptist Church of
Burleson are planning a
crafts and bake sale Sat-
urday, June 5, at the Safe-
way parking lot to pro-
duce funds for needy
young people who haven’t
the funds to go to youth
camp.
Prices of items in the
sale will range from five
cents to $2.00. The sale
will begin at 9 a.m.
Items offered for sale
will include home-baked
breads, cookies, pies,
cakes and candy along
with plaques, arts, crafts
and many various other
items.
children and several
nieces and nephews.
cents a pack on cigar-
ettes; $4.50 per $1,000
on corporation franchis-
es; and $5 per barrel on
beer. A 10 per cent gross
receipts tax will be lev-
ied on mixed-drink sales
and $1.95 a gallon on li-
quor sales generally. A
gasoline tax increase,
approved earlier, was re-
pealed in a subsequent
bill.
Among other achieve-
ments for which the 62nd
Legislature will be re-
membered are:
♦Ratification of a fed-
eral constitutional amend-
ment to lower the voting
age to 18.
♦Approval of a liquor-
by-the-drink sales act
and submission of a mix-
ed-drink referendum to
the first group of wet
counties on May 18.
♦Congressional and
legislative redistricting.
♦Submitted a constitu-
tional amendment to au-
thorize the convening
legislature in 1974 to sit
as a convention to rewrite
Texas’ constitution.
♦Passed far-reaching
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various sizes up to 4 1/2 lbs. From
left are Don Fiesler of Keller and
Calvin Fiesler and Van Chapman, both
of Burleson.
June 1,
Hewitt of
Smithfield and Charles E.
Hall of Cleburne were
drivers involved in an
accident at Wilshire and
Lorna St. ‘
The mishap occurred
about 8:35 a.m. when one
auto failed to yield right
of way and continued west
on Wilshire, coming into
collision with a north-
bound auto on Lorna. No
injuries were reported
from the accident.
Mrs. Craig
Funeral services were
held at 10 a.m. Monday in
Jones Funeral Home cha-
pel for Mrs. Theodocia
Craig, 309 Pendell, Cle-
burne.
Mrs. Craig diedMay28
in a Fort Worth hospital
She was 94.
Rev. George Willis of
Cleburne officiated for
final rites. Interment was
in Caddo Cemetery at
Joshua under direction of
Jones Funeral Home.
A native of Illinois,
Mrs. Craig had been a
Johnson County resident
most of her life. She was
a member of Field Street
Baptist Church in Cle-
burne.
Surviving are a son,
Forest Craig of Garden
Acres; six grandchildren;
11 great-grandchildren;
two great great-grand-
Ba// Season Hectic After
Rain Disrupts First Week
June 3, First Metho-
dist #2 plays Joshua Bap-
tist at 6 p.m. and Church
of Christ plays Crestmont
Baptist at 7:45 p.m., both
on the high school field.
June 5, Calvary Bap-
tist plays First Metho-
dist #2 at 6 p.m. and
Crestmont Baptist plays
First Methodist #1 at 7:45
p.m. at the high school.
MONDAY
Next week's Bartlett
Park schedule shows:
June 7, 6 p.m., Doctors
vs. Cleburne S&L, Jones
Funeral vs. Bransom's,
and Brown’s vs. Hills
Gulf. At 7:45 p.m., Apoth-
ecary Shop vs. Burleson
Uphlsy., Haskew & Gam-
ble vs. Buddy’s Wrecker.
Mitch Hatler
Funeral services for
Donald Mitchell (Mitch)
Hatler, of 133 SE Robert
were held at 3 p.m. Sun-
day at First Baptist
Church.
He died Friday night
after apparently suffering
a heart attack and falling
from his horse while rid-
ing at the Cowtown Riding
Arena in Fort Worth. He
was taken to a Fort Worth
hospital where he was
dead on arrival. Officiat-
ing for final rites was
Rev. Ed Schmeltekopf,
pastor of First Baptist
Church. Burial was in
Burleson Memorial Park
under direction of Jones
Funeral Home.
Mr. Hatler, 52, was a
member of the Burleson
Mounties, was a veteran
of World War II and had
lived in Burleson the past
eight years. He was a
member of the Baptist
church.
Surviving are his wife,
Jo Hatler; two daughters,
Mrs. Kay Chapman of
Burleson and Mrs. Jeanie
Howe of Cleburne, and
four grandchildren.
We have Ft. Worth City
Permits to pull for owner's
requests.
BURIE50N WRECKING
YURI —
James Russell
James Daniel Russell,
44, 704 S.W. Lynnewood
died June 1 in a Fort
Worth hospital.
Funeral services were
held at 2 p.m. Wednesday
in Jones Funeral Home
chapel. Officiating for
final rites was Rev. Ed
Schmeltekopf, pastor of
First Baptist Church.
Burial was in Alvord
Cemetery near Decatur
under direction of Jones
Funeral Home.
A native of Waurika,
Okla., and former resi-
dent of Fort Worth, Mr.
Russell had lived in Bur-,
leson for three years. Hi
was a veteran of the
Korean War and had re-
tired from the Navy. He
was a Baptist.
He is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lester E. Russell of Ne-
wark; his wife, Margaret
and two daughters, Sharon
and Joyce Ann, all of Bur-
leson.
the basis of safety for
youngsters in the area.
One woman presented a
petition of approximately
100 signatures of people
from the Summercrest
Addition she said wanted
a freeway.
One property owner on
174 agreed that safety was
an important cause to ev-
eryone, but said the life-
time investments of many
businessmen along the
highway could not be
overlooked.
The validity of the 70
ft. right of way to be tak-
en on each side of the
freeway was discussed
and said to be a neces-
sary distance.
City Attorney J.L.
Phinney said the state
law on building lines al-
lows the City to take up
to 150 ft. from the cen-
ter of the highway as a
building line and not fall
under the heading of emi-
nent domain.
Phinney said he felt
the majority of the prop-
erty owners would not be
found severly enough
damaged to fail the pro-
posed freeway, if a judg-
ment were necessitated.
Those who suffered
damage would have to be
compensated, Phinney
concluded.
The proposed resolu-
tion would restrict con-
struction on 174 property
to 70 ft. from the prop-
erty frontage in order to
hold down costs of ac-
quiring the land when and
if construction on the
freeway begins.
Much objection was
raised to such restric-
tions since, property
owners said, it would
shackle development
plans for the property for
five or six years.
Bill Allen, President
of Burleson State Bank on
174 referred to the pro-
posed freeway as a "fenc-
ed raceway through the
middle of town" and
bank law reform legisla-
tion.
♦Creation of a tuition-
backed revenue-bond fund
to build new state colleg-
es.
♦Establishment (b y
constitutional amend-
ment) of a $100 million
bond fund to aid cities that
build sewer facilities.
Lawmakers gave up on
budgeting for welfare
services for this bien-
nium, and will return next
year (if not sooner) to
appropriate funds for
1973 assistance to the
needy, meanwhile hoping
for expanded federal aid.
AG OPINIONS—An ap-
pointee who served one
day as "executive" of a
printing company was in-
eligible for the "employ-
er" member position on
the Texas Industrial Ac-
cident Board, Atty. Gen.
Crawford Martin has
held.
In
ions,
that:
♦Governor does not
have power to veto pro-
posed constitutional
amendments.
♦A bill providing that
a dry area annexed to a
wet area shall occupy the
same wet status as the
annexing area is uncon-
stitutional, as it violates
the local option mandate. .... ........
♦Applicants signing pe- knowledge.
... c Councilman Joe Gude
asked why Highway Dept,
officials were not pres-
ent to explain the details
of the freeway proposal.
'They are not present
because they did not want
to appear biasing our de-
cision," Proctor said.
Attorney Herschel Winn
said from the audience,
however, that Highway
Dept, officials were not
present because of previ-
ous dealings with the City
in which they did not get
a good reception.
Two major points of
concern were whether or
not the access roads on
such a freeway would be
one-way, and, if the pro-
ject
responsibility down
law poses a threat to Tex- sldes> sy^h
as’ law. Court said the
law must provide for de-
termination of fault be-
fore a drivers license is
' suspended.
Women’s Softball
In Women’s Country
League softball last week, -------------------------
Loyd Rogers fell to Hol- type project,^primarily on
iday Shoes 3-0, Bran-
som’s Bargains beat Ben
Hogan 18-2, and the Hust-
lers edged the Weather-
ford Road Runners 9-8,
all on May 19. ,
May 26, Bransom’s
Bargains took the Hust-
lers 17-5, Loyd Rogers
slipped by Weatherford
17-16 and Holiday Shoes
outlasted Ben Hogan 18-
16.
June 9, Ben Hogan will
play the Hustlers, at 6:30,
Loyd Rogers takes on the
Bargains at 7:50, and
Weatherford plays Holi-
day Shoes at 9:10 p.m.
All three games will be
at the Burleson High
School field.
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mer Baseball League, the
season has been slowed
by rain in only the first
week of play.
Three games were
rained out Saturday and
seven were called off
Monday due to wet fields.
Parks Director Robert
Barham says all of the
Monday Bartlett Park
games have been re-
scheduled for Wednesday,
June 9.
The games rained out
set for the high school
field Monday have been
shifted to Bartlett Park
diamond #1 on Friday,
June 11.
The three games rain-
ed out Saturday, May 29,
will be rescheduled later.
Today, June 3, Haskew
and Gamble plays Hills
, Mr. Quick plays
Hilley’s, and Big Four
plays Jones Funeral
Home, all at 6 p.m. in
Bartlett Park.
The Jaycees take on
the Cowboys and the Doc-
tors play Burleson Up-
holstery in 7:45 p.m.
games at Bartlett Park.
FRIDAY
June 4, Bransom's
plays Brown’s Barber
Shop and Big Four plays
Pete’s Pets in 6 p.m.
games at Bartlett Park.
Burleson State Bank
plays Burleson Flowers
at 6 p.m. at the high
school field.
The Apothecary Shop
plays Buddy’s Wrecker
and Crawford Motors
plays D. Dial in 7:45 p.m.
contests at Bartlett Park.
Also Friday, Prices
Food plays the Lions Club
at 7:45 p.m. at the high
school field.
SATURDAY
June 5, The Spurs play
Haskew and Gamble, and
Hills Gulf plays Thomas
Conveyor at 4:15 p.m.
Mr. Quick plays the Cow-
boys and the Jayceesplay
The Burleson Star at 6
p.m. Harris Mobil plays
Hilley’s and Dairy Queen
plays Talkington Bros, at
7:45. All these games are
at Bartlett Park.
CHURCH LEAGUE
The Church Softball
League game rained out
last Monday will be re-
scheduled later.
Your State Capitol j
BY,,VERN SANFORD
LMsSSBWMSTAR AUSTIN CORRESPONDENT^ —U
AUSTIN, Tex.—Sixty-
second Legislature wound
up its regular session
with a bang and a roar--
and a few whimpers.
In a photo-finish, the
House - Senate conferees
turned out a record $6.9
billion biennial budget for
near-deadline considera-
tion.
Lawmakers earlier
agreed on a $617 million
tax bill which will go into
effect July 1, then follow-
ed up with $35 million
worth of new taxes on li-
quor-by-the-drink and
by-the-gallon.
Texans will be paying
four per cent sales (five,
in most cities) and auto
,^^§gles-rental tax, 18.5
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Church Youths Plan
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a successful trip to Sam Rayburn
Lake in East Texas last week and
came back with 64 black "bass of
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Hutson, Wayne. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 3, 1971, newspaper, June 3, 1971; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1283412/m1/5/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Burleson Public Library.