Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1976 Page: 1 of 20
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Burleson, Johnson County, Texas
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W.I. “Rip" Boteler, Pre-
Ballot Order Set
For Trustee Vote
One Candidate
In Mayor Race
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New Building Official
Folks
Chamber Starts
Membership Drive
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The election will be
April 3 at city hall.
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CR 213 from US 67 to FM
Second priority was given
to a stretch of road in the
Burleson area which would
connect IH 35W and CR 600
(Old Alvarado Highway) in
the vicinity of CR 602 and
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BY JAMES MOODY
Star News Editor
CARROLLGRAVES
...new building official
STEVE REID
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TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
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ley, whole Precinct 2 includ-
es the part of Burleson west
of the railroad tracks, listed
as a second priority a
projected road between FM
731 and FM 1902 southeast
of Burleson.
His first priority was a
project in the north central
part of the county.
IT WAS ALSO bad news
for Burleson area residents
when Stone explained the
federal program that Boteler
son, Richard Reeves, Lynette Meredith,
Cheryl Albrecht, Susan Innmon and
Ginger Proctor. Back: Bruce Wilson,
Duane Boyd, Judy Castillo and Patty
Candidates drew for plac- candidate representing their
es on the ballot Friday in the own county precinct.
Burleson Independent
School District trustee elect-
Carroll Graves, formerly a
local plumbing contractor,
_____________ was named by the city
andJBobby Richardson, council Thursday night as
He succeeds Gus Hender-
son who resigned recently.
bers last year.
Chairman of the campaign
is H.C. (Happy) Apperson.
Businesses or individuals
who would like to be mem-
bers and have not been
contacted may call the cham-
ber office for information.
Dues are $75 minimum for
commercial members, $18
for individuals and $36 for
associate members. Five
Star members are those who
have voluntarily increased
their dues to at least $200.
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Trustees Study Ideas
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BURLESON’S Bicenten-
nial American was honored
on his 87th birthday Tues-
See Birthday Page 17
Burleson Chamber of Com-
merce launched its member-
ship drive Monday with a
committee of more than a
dozen members canvassing
business establishments in
the community.
Goal of the drive is to have
200 members signed up for
1976.
Present membership is
about 45 who have signed up
so far since Jan. 1, including
ten 5-Star Members. The
chamber had about 125 mem-
Absentee voting will begin
Monday (March 15) in the
city officers election to name
a mayor and three city
council members.
Mleh.II. Sh^.. Middle: Darlene .Ty- Bandsmen
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Voters will decide bet-
ween eight men for three
city council seats.
Only unopposed candidate
is Dr. Robert Ables who
seeks the mayoral post now
held by Frank G. Norwood
who did not run again.
The candidates are: in the
order they will appear on the
i ballot.
I PLACE 2-Dennis Barabas
I and Don Dodgin.
- PLACE 4-Richard Liv-
ingston, Loy Norris and
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the last day Wednesday of
last week as the third
candidate in the race. He is
owner of a local plumbing
company.
PLACE 6--Doyle Cannon,
Roy Pugh and Bob Johnson.
(Cannon was incorrectly list-
ed in the March 4 edition oi
The Star as working for
General Dynamics. He
works instead for Bell Heli-
Copter.)
Only incumbent in the city
races is Dennis Barabas who
is completing his first term.
Both Ron Gieser in Place 4
and J.A. Schumacher in
See Candidates Page 17
ed in to Supt. of Schools Bill the head coaching vacancy
and accepted by the board of proceed as normal with the
trustees at their, meeting spring workouts.
Monday night. Applications for the head
Reid has accepted a posi- coaching job will be accepted
tion as an assistant coach on until March 20. Require-
bf the county was listed no ’
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i-Gym
build\ng<rmgnt not bef a
second rate facility as both a
gym and an auditorium.
According to Welch, a faci-
lity could be built which
wpuld be “acceptable" for
both purposes, but he added,
“If you really want a good
gym and a good auditorium,
then they need to be two
separate buildings.”
Building separate facilities
7 out of the
question at this time, how-
ever, as even the combina-
tion facility was estimated
state Ensemble Contest are:
Flute Quartet-Susan Inn-
man, Lisa Higgins, Lauren
Day and Tami Tomblin;
Woodwind Trio-Susan Coul-
tas, Vicki Shepherd and
Michelle Shumake; Clarinet
Quartet-Cheryl Albrecht,
Donna Gladney, Ann Holt
and Wendy Peterson; Clari-
net Quartet-Donna Brown,
Judy Castillo, Danny Gard-
ner and Denise Martin;
Saxophone Quartet-Richard
Reeves, Angie Peterson,
Jean Elleven and Patty
Elleven; Trumpet Trio-Gary
Christian, Eddie Smith and
Kyle Rivercomb; Percussion
Sextet - Randy Gervin,
Chuck Hill, Jimmy Martin,
Randy Poydock, Maurice
Welch and Bruce Wilson;
Experimental Ensemble-
Cheryl Albrecht, Judy Cas-
tillo, Susan Coultas, Donna
Gladney, Chuck Hill, Ann
Holt, Susan Innmon, Terri
Long, Wendy Peterson, Ric-
hard Reeves, Darlene Tyson
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Graves, employed by Cor-
ona-South Plumbing and
Electrical Supply for the
past year and a half, had
worked previously in the
plumbing business for about
25 years.
A resident of Burleson 16
years, he was a plumbing
contractor for more than 20
years.
He and his wife, Betty, a
teacher at Hughes Middle
School, have three children,
one married daughter and a
son and daughter who are
students at Burleson High
School. The family attends
Crestmont Baptist Church.
As building official, Grav-
es will have responsibility of
inspecting and issuing per-
mits for plumbing, electrical
and building construction
jobs within the city.
Under proposed new zon-
ing and sub-division regula-
tions which are now being
completed, the building offic-
ial also has inspection and
permit authorization duties.
prepare several alternatives
for them to consider on gym
and auditorium facilities.
PLANS FOR THE gym
auditorium as presented
Monday night were for a
capacity of over 1500 per-
sons for a basketball game-
capacity of Norwood Gym is
about 500-with room for
almost 2600 persons when
chairs were placed on the
gym floor.
Due to the size of the
stage, the facility would not
lend itself well to little
theatre productions, Welch
said. Board members noted,
however, that the present
boys gym could be converted
into a little theatre when
another gym was built.
Trustees did make a deci-
sion Monday concerning
drivers education in the high
school with the result that
there will be no change from
the way the program has
been handled in the past.
This action could result in
approximately $18,000 in
drivers education fees being
returned to students as a
result of Attorney General
John Hill’s ruling on school
See Trustees Page 17
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I'uneral services were
he? Wednesday in Fort
L Astth for Hoby Darrell
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■RwF body was recovered
MFron Lake Benbrook Mon-
mdaf, eight days after he and
. Charles Walters, 42, of
1 Route 1, Burleson, were
reported missing following a
i boating accident.
Rescued the day of the
! accident were Donald Walt-
! ers, 11, son of the missing
man, and Hoby’s father,
Claude Randolph Bird, 43,
I both of Burleson.
Hoby was a student at
Pauline G. Hughes Middle
k School.
Surviving other than his
i parents are two sisters,
Nelda Bird of Burleson and
I Mrs. Cindy Wofford of Fort
r Worth, and grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. B.C. Melton of
[ Bowie, Claude R. Bird of
i Fort Worth, and Bob Free-
| man of Hearne, Tex.
Services were held in
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| pel with interment in Rose-
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ured $1,075,000 would suffi-
cient to complete the pro-
" ANOTHER QUESTION
questioned posed by Board President
x--------- Charles Herndon was how
long the facility would be
adequate for the school
district. “Should we build a
first class gym that will also
fit our future needs and hold
off on an auditorium for
now,” he asked.
Several problems were
associated with location of
the facility. If the building is
constructed on the present
high school campus, then it
would eliminate part of the
parking at the school. On the
other hand if the building is
situated on the 80 acres,
then transportation between
the high school and the
gym-auditorium would be a
problem. Preliminary design
of the building features
facilities for both the band
and the chorus plus gym-
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Head Coach and Athletic Christian University.
Director Steve Reid has Spring training date for
resigned his position here football has not yet been set
effective on March 19. by BHS this year and
The resignation was turn- trustees are hoping to have
ed in to Supt. of Schools Bill the head coaching vacancy
Stribling on Friday, March 5, filled in plenty of time to
and accepted by the board of proceed as normal with the
trustees at their, meeting spring workouts.
Monday night. Applications for the head
Reid has accepted a posi- coaching job wUlbejiccepted
ments set by the board are
that a prospective coach
must either be invited to
submit an application or now
be employed at a 3A or 4A
school and have a minimum
head coaching experience of
three years.
Already a number of re-
quests for applications have
come in to the administra-
tion office, Stribling said
yesterday afternoon.
As far as spring training is
concerned, the dates are
flexible until they are once
set by a school, said Stribl-
ing, and then they can’t be
changed.
Reid, who has no immedi-
ate plans to leave the
Burleson area, will become
the head junior varsity coach
at TCU on March 22. On the
varsity level, he will work
with speciality teams and
linebackers. Reid will also be
used in recruiting.
He was head coach here
for one football season and
his team compiled a 5-5
season record and a 5-2
district mark. He also coach-
ed the golf team that had
both the district medalist
and the runnerup and was a
sponsor of the BHS Huddle
of the Fellowship of Christ-
ian Athletes.
As the CB ers say, smokey Mike Arnold. Arnold filed
was out taking pichers and
handing out green stamps.
That’s about the way our
photographers felt this week
while trying to get all the
winners of various school
contests.
Except that it was the
camera that was smokin’.
As deadline time neared,
it appeared we might not get
all the pictures in. Sorry if
we missed yours. We’ll try
again next week.
long time for more roads, but
added “It’s been a long time
since Venus had one."
LISTED AS HIS first
priority was an extension of
dwr, Donna Gladney,; Judy i8‘57“|“ the‘Ve“nus
Castillo, Ann Holt, Richard
Reeves, Patty Elleven,
Duane Boyd, Lynette Mere-
dith, Ginger Proctor, Dar-
lene Tyson and Bruce Wil-
son.
Ensembles eligible for the cr 527,
Commissioner O.B. Had-
I^ogan, retired from the ’
military, and Sam Ledbet- |
tier, a wholesale furniture
dealer.
.The other candidates are
’Jerry Mabry, in the electric-
d fixture business, and I
•talph Browning who is
mployed by Bell Helicopter.
Mrs. Robert L. Schaefer "
ho had been appointed in
aptember, 1975, to fill a
xcancy on the council did
>t seek reelection.
Other members of the
ancil are Jim Hair, mayor, 1
11 Rowell and B.L. Kirk-
pt rick.
Council members serve
to year terms.
Five Burleson area resi-
dents attended the Monday
morning meeting of the
Johnson County Commis-
sioners Court but, if they
expected to learn of addition-
al roads being constructed in
the northern portion of the
county, then they went home
disappointed.
J.R. Stone, district engine-
er of the state department of
highways and Public Trans-
portation, was scheduled to
be at that meeting to discuss
construction of new farm to
market roads with commis-
sioners. Stone didn't make
the morning meeting and the
Star was the only represent-
ative from northern Johnson
County who went back to
Cleburne Monday afternoon
when Stone did appear be-
fore the court.
It appeared doubtful that
the meeting will result in
more asphalt being laid in
this part of the county.
The highway department
has money to build some
extra farm to market mile-
age in Johnson County,
Stone told commissioners,
and asked for their recom-
mendations as to where
these new roads should be
located.
Each commissioner listed
a first and second priority
project and, with two com-
missionersk representing
5j:yjeson.^\4 northern part,.
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Burleson High School Varsity band
members received first division ratings at
the UIL Solo and Ensemble Contest and
are now eligible for the state UIL contest.
They are [1-r] Front: Danny Gardner, Ann
Holt, Donna Gladney, Lisa Higgins and
Voters who had registered
no later than March 4 will be
ion which will be held April eligible.
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Three school board mem- T
; bers will be elected Opposi- COUIlCll IN aUlCS GPaVCS
In Contest
Fifteen soloists and eight
ensembles from the Burleson
High School Varsity Band
received a first division
rating Saturday at the UIL
Solo and Ensemble Contest
and are now eligible to
compete in the state com-
ipetitiop- /
_ Irimddltion. three other
^P^diyed a first division higher than a second priority
I'atflo^ on \lass 2 solos. project.
Only students earning a WJ> ..Rip» Boteler, Pre.
first division\rating in Class cjnc^ 3 commissioner, noted
1 in the congest at North that he had been under
Texas State eligible for nressure frOm Burleson for a
the state contest. • x
The following soloists are
eligible for the £tate Solo
Contest: Lisa Higgins, Susan
Innman, Michelle Shumake,
Cheryl Albrecht, Danny Gar-
Four candidates have filed I
seeking three seats on the W
Briaroaks City Council.
The election will be held 1
April 3 at the Briaroaks Fire 1
Station. Absentee voting be- J
gins March 15 and ends
March 30 at the home of the
election Judge, Mrs. J.E. 11
Ham on Valley View !
Drive.
17 AU four candidates will 5y
tun at large. The three r|
candidates with the largest ■!
riumber of votes will win. S
; Two incumbents seek re- N
ejection. They are Hoyte *
According to Stone, these
funds were to be used for
mass transportation projects
and could be used to improve
the road only if it were a
major bus route.
“These funds can't be used
to upgrade a county road,
though," he said.
At the previous meeting of
the court, Cooke had given
Boteler a letter from the
highway department stating
_________________ that some federal money was
and County°Judge C.C. “Kit", available for county roads
Cooke had hoped could be but details had not been
used to rebuild the Old spelled out in that letter.
Alvarado Highway. see county Page 17
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tion developed in all three
races with a total of eight
candidates.
Absentee voting will be
March 15-30.
The candidates in the
order they will appear on the
ballot are:
PLACE 5-Dr. Harold Put-
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and Bruce Wilson. "TLACE'd^mes'j'enkins, the eity building official.
Varsity band members Grady Lewis and Eddie
receiving first division rat- Martin.
ings on Class 2 solos were PLACE 7-Rick Roper,
Tammy Anderson, Kyle Re- Charles Herndon and Stacy
vercomb and Rayleen Cole. Calvin.
In the Junior Varsity Jenkins and Herndon are
Band, Terri Hutson and incumbents seeking reelect-
David Clausen received first ion.
division ratings for Class 3 The Place 5 seat was
solos and two clarinet quar- formerly held by John Lat-
tets were awarded first ham who moved from the
division marks on Class 2 district. Winner of the elect-
ensembles. One ensemble ion will serve a full three-
was composed of Nancy year term since Latham was
Crews, Melody Ensz, Tam- near the end of his term
my Evans, and Patty Gard- when he resigned and the
ner while the other was board did not appoint a
made up of Kyle Davis, replacement.
Teresa Hicks, Jamie Mazella Two other names also will
and Denise Yeaman. be on the ballot. D.M. Terry
The previous weekend, in Precinct 2 and Otis Kenny
the Elk Band appeared at in Precinct 3. They are
the Ennis Band Festival and unopposed candidated for
received a first division Johnson County School
rating in both concert play- Trustee. Voters will cast
ing and sight reading. their ballots only for the
for a combination gy’mha-
sium-auditorium were pre-
sented to Trustees of the
Burleson Independent
School District Monday
night, but board members
apparently have not resolv-
ed all their own questions
concerning the million dollar
project.
Architect Charles Welch _ .
of Mineral Wells told the is apparently
board that there was room to <
construct the building bet-
ween the field house and
other buildings at the Burle- by Welch to be higher than of the 80 acres and to
son High School campus, but what trustees had ,anticipat-
trustees did not want to ed. Together with an eight
become firmly committed to classroom addition and a
a site at the present high library addition to the high
school campus until further school, the project was given
studies could be made. a projected price tag of
An alternate site would.be $l,300,000._Trustees had fig-
on the 80 acres owned by the
school district at the inter-
section of SH 174 and FM jects.
731.
Trustees also q
whether a multi-purpose
Wsttc Jareas ’"physical
education classes, /
The high school woula
accomode about 700 cars for
off-street parking with /he
building located on that
campus, said Welch. About
half that many more cars
could be parked there, he
added, if the baseball field
were to be moved to the 80
acre site.
Trustees took no action on
the preliminary building
plans, but did authorize
Welch to make a site study
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