Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1970 Page: 2 of 12
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2—BURLESON STAR—JULY 23,1970
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EDITORIALS
Superintendent
Says
legalisms are involved. The real dif-
ficulty is a persistent, irrational con-
viction that man expresses his human
worthiness through short, neatly trim-
med hair.
This may provide a handy rationale
for denouncing young protesters with
long hair, but it will never explain why
many men now considered saints had
locks flowing to their shoulders and
Nazi concentration camp commandants
seemed to favor hair closely cropped.
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Dear Editor,
I am writing this letter
on a subject that I believe
concerns all the citizens
of Burleson, and that is
the speed limit on high-
way 174, within the city
limits of Burleson.
I have talked to several
councilmen and they say
they cannot set the speed
limit on this highway, but
what I do not understand
is why existing speed
limits are not enforced.
I think everyone in
Burleson is aware of the
number of accidents that
have occured on this
highway in the last sever-
al months. I believe if
these cars and trucks had
been within the speed
limits a number of these
accidents could have been
prevented. Yet, I never
see our police radar set
up to slow these vehicles
down, especially large
trucks.
This danger will in-
crease with the opening of
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our new middle school. I
think something should be
done to control these
Address all correspondence to: The Editor Burleson Star, P.O. Box 383, :<
Burleson, Texas 76028. Phone 295-4412.
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one
newly created by Irving
officials. Hughes said it
would be necessary for
him to move to the Dallas
suburb rather than com-
mute from Burleson.
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS are the
nemesis of every newspaperman. They
happen despite as stringent precautions
as are practical. But Melton Dimock
does some rationalizing in the Azle
News:
Tn putting out a newspaper we try to
catch and correct mistakes. Some days
it may not look this way to readers.
But consider the errors possible:
"A printer once figured that by trans-
daughter Susan are visit-
ing with EDNA HAR-
GROVE and other rela-
tives. They flew in from
Woodridge, Ill. ... The
LOREN TURNER family
reporting on their vaca-
tion to Florida. They
planned to head north for
a visit with his father in
Illinois.
mornings...Mrs.
WOODELL and
The Unsung Heroes...
Due to rising costs, higher living
standards, government regulations,
higher taxes and numerous other pro-
blems, these are difficult times for
most of us. Although many people are
enjoying a more affluent life than ever
before in history, daily living is beset
by problems, most of them brought on
by these flush times.
One group of people we believe de-
serves special recognition in these
troubled times. They carry on under
difficult circumstances without a gov-
ernment subsidy, pay most of the tax
bill, struggle to keep solvent, provide
jobs for those who want to work, seek
to please the public while trying to
make a little profit to pay their own
personal bills and provide for the fu-
ture. We are speaking of the small bus-
iness man and woman. They are the un-
sung heroes of this era.
Note some of the problems these
people have: they must watch prices
closely, keeping abreast of price
changes lest they price themselves out
of business. They try to make a fair
profit but competition keeps this mar-
gin to a minimum, they must not only
pay high income taxes but also pay
social security taxes, which seem to
grow each year, and must match the
social security tax of their employees,
which is just another tax on the busi-
ness.
They must keep a complete set of
books, not only for their own benefit
but for the state and federal govern-
ments, and must act as a tax collector
for both. They must make detailed re-
ports, filling out numerous forms in an
effort to show the two political sub-
divisions that the business has been
carried on in a proper manner and
that the right amount of taxes has
been collected. Note that all of this
bookkeeping and tax collecting is done
HUGHES—
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students.
The post filled
Hughes this week is
(A blanket indictment
of police would be in er-
ror, for we have seen
them working radar on
Hwy. 174. However, we
agree with Mr. Reagan
that something must be
.done because the situa-
tion is becoming worse
almost daily. Our police-
men cannot sit in a pa-
trol car on the same high-
way hour after hour. They
have other duties, also.
But the danger is such
that it demands the at-
tention of both the city
council and the state
highway department. And
soon.--Ed)
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Somehow many Americans have
come to measure a man’s virtue by the
length of his hair. Thus the high school
in Ishpeming, Mich., rules that the co-
valedictorian of the graduating class
cannot participate in commencement
activities because his hair is too long.
This smacks of adult delinquency,
since the U.S. Supreme Court only a
few days earlier had refused to over-
turn a lower court ruling that basically
sustains a student’s right to grow his
hair as he chooses. But more than
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...Mrs. BOB REAGAN
still out of circulation
due to a traffic accident.
She feels it may be a
good while before she can
go back to work ... The
American Flag you see
(Thanks for your let-
ters and the subscription
renewal. We print your
letter to the mayor below.
Perhaps there are others
who would voice their
feelings in the matter so
that city officials would
better know how the ma-
jority would dispose of
the remainder of the do-
nation money coming in
during the next
months.—Ed.)
on sidewalks on holidays
is put there by the Lions
Club in cooperation with
local merchants. The
flags are put out on 12
national holidays with
pride in the fact that we
are Americans and our
country is still the great-
est in the wo rid... J.T.
KEENE returned home
from the hospital Tues-
day...HAPPY APPERSON
also returned home last
weekend. He had a stroke
but is reported doing well
now...BILL MASON and
family vacationed in
Colorado. It was so nice
and cool that they had to
turn on the heat in the
at the expense of the business man--he
gets little from the government for his
trouble.
Although some may claim to repre-
sent him, the small business man does
not have an effective representative in
Austin or Washington to protect his in-
terests. He pays no lobbyists, he has
no political organization that can do an
effective job in making his desires
known.
This group--the small business peo-
ple—is what has been called "the es-
tablishment," the group which pays the
bills, keeps the economy rolling, furn-
ishes the services which the public
demands, provides the comforts which
this affluent society expects--and these
are the people which the rioters, the
protesters and the pinko crowd wants to
do away with.
As if their troubles weren’t already
enough, now the national Congress is
contemplating the establishment of a
"consumer protection agency" which
will mean more regulations, harass-
ment and troubles for the business
man. We do not believe that a "con-
sumer protection agency" is needed
except perhaps in rare cases and in
some special lines. The average con-
sumer is smart enough to protect him-
self from unfair prices and unsatis-
factory service. After all, most busi-
nesses have a competitor to which he
can go if he doesn’t get fair treat-
ment at one place of business.
Both our federal and state legislative
bodies should give more consideration
to the group which pays the majority
of the taxes, carries most of the bur-
dens of this society and provides most
of the know-how as well as finances
to keep it going--the small business
men and women.
These students can
continue in school, get-
ting a high school diplo-
ma. Obviously, they will
not be prepared to enter
college, but will be
trained to enter the work
field immediately after
high school. In the past,
these students have been
dropping out of school
when they reached 17
years of age, after find-
ing themselves too far
behind in their school
work to ever catchup.
One interesting aspect
of the program is that
the state is approving in-
structors who are not
college graduates. In
fact, we are now looking
for a lady who might be
interested in teaching the
vocational phase to girls.
Requirements are a high
school diploma and five
years of acceptable work
experience in the related
field. The pay schedule
is the same for a teacher
with a bachelor’s degree.
It would appear that the
Texas Education Agency
is making an effort to de-
velop programs which
more nearly meet the in-
dividual needs of the stu-
dents. This has been long
needed, and we are most
happy to avail ourselves
of these programs.
cuit that is not overloaded,
the problem may be one for
your power company or an
electrician.
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We’re indebted to Edgar Hays who writes "From
The Editor’s Pen" in the Nocona News for the follow-
ing "editor’s invoice" which he found in an old edition
of a paper edited by F.L. Perry.
An editor kept track of his profits and losses during
the year and gave an invoice of his business diary at
the end of 12 months of ups and downs in the follow-
ing manner:
Been broke 361 times.
Praised the public 89 times.
Told lies 720 times.
Missed prayer meeting 52 times.
Been roasted 431 times.
Roasted others 52 times.
Washed office towel 3 times.
Missed meals 0.
Mistaken for preacher 11 times.
Mistaken for capitalist 0.
Got whipped 8 times.
Whipped others 0.
Cash on hand at beginning $1.75.
Cash on hand at ending 15f.
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We hadn’t planned to say anything about it, but a
few of his friends just about demanded that we tell
about Charles Massey’s ability as a navigator-driver
in Dallas.
Not only did he get tied up in traffic going, he
missed the turnoff coming. And not only did he miss
the turnoff to come back to Burleson, but he wound
up in Duncanville and had to call on the able assis-
tance of ye old editor to lead him out of the maze of
Dallas County rural roads back through Cedar Hill
and Mansfield.
The reason everyone thought we should tell on
Charlie: They’ve all done the same thing in Dallas
at least once.
Freeway driving is great...if you know exactly
where you are going. Hesitate just once and you’re
likely to be headed the wrong direction on the wrong
cutoff...with a 20-ton truck breathing down your back.
Other big towns are difficult to drive in, especially
with the speed of today’s freeway traffic. But Dallas
is really something else. I personally think traffic
is worse in Dallas than Houston, although Houston
has more of it.
But despite all the trouble, the Massey's and the
Hutsons got out of the big city and back to home
country without dented fenders.
A lot of folks can’t say that.
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TOTALLY IRRELEVANT—Or, as one ear told the
other, 'It’s funny we haven’t met. We both live on the
same block."
Any erroneous reflection upon the intergrity and reputation of any individual
or firm will be corrected if brought to the attention of the editor.
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FOLKS—
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HEBERLE and wife ANN
making plans to attend a
medical convention in
Houston...ERNEST ROG-
ERS back from vacation
looking happy and healthy
...The Heberle’s daugh-
ter, KAY, will attend jun-
ior college near Mesquite
this year on a scholar-
ship to coach dramatics
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lines to the inch and a little more than
14 inches to our columns. Try that on
your old adding machine. And this
doesn’t include all the other types of
mistakes."
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our youth and give pleas-
ure to our adults.
We were very disap- p
pointed to read your an- |j
nouncement placing funds j
donated thru the water
bill plan into general j
fund. I think you are let-
ting the youth of Burleson
down by abandoning the
park completion.
Many citizens approved
a park development pro-
gram along with street
improvements by donat-
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world’s largest humanitarian
_ , service organization, Mc-
incredibly largVjf Cullough leads some 932,000
members in 24,400 clubs lo-
cated in 146 countries and
geographic areas throughout
the world.
Lions International is best
known for its aid to the blind
and sight conservation acti-
vities, international relations
programs, and its many com-
munity service projects. “In-
volvement Now” will be the
primary theme during Dr.
McCullough’s 1970-1971
Presidential Year. The im-
portance of taking an active
interest in the welfare of the
community and the necessity
for increased international
understanding will both be
emphasized.
Firemen Have
14 Alarms In
Month of June
Burleson Volunteer
Fire Department an-
swered 14 alarms during
the month of June, four of
which were smoke
scares.
In addition to grass
fires,trash fires and car
and truck fires, the de-
partment inspected 10
business buildings, four
public buildings and two
homes.
Cause of fires, shown
in a monthly report to the
city council, included
grease, grass, trash and
electrical wiring.
Charles Newby is fire
chief and Chester Smith
is fire marshal.
Dear Mr. Hutson,
Thank you for a very
informative article about
our parks and streets, speed limits.
I had heard a lot of er- ■ j n u D
roneous information. " ob eagan
There is one disturbing
statement in your story
on which I would like to
comment in the form of an
open letter to the mayor.
I hope you will find
space to print it in your
next edition.
Enclosed, please find
a check for $4.00 to re-
new my subscription.
Sincerely,
/s/C.K. Rogers
245 N.E. Moody
i By Dr. T.M. Harvey
* Supt., Burleson Schools
One of the new voca-
tional programs we are
initiating into the Burle-
son Schools next year is
called Coordinated Voca-
tional Academic Educa-
tion (CVAE). It was for-
merly referred to as "Oc-
cupational Training".
This course is de-
signed for students at
least 14 years of age who
have never been able to
compete adequately in the
regular curriculum of the
school. In order to quali-
fy, students must be at
least in the seventh grade
and one year behind in
subject matter.
A school is given a
great deal of latitude in
what it may offer in the
way of a vocational sub-
ject. In our own case, we
are planning a mechani-
cal phase for boys, where
they will have opportuni-
ty to tear down small
motors and then progress
into whatever area their
talents might dictate.
With the girls, plans are
to offer a modified home-
making program, offer-
ing the students practical
instruction in commer-
cial aspects of food prep-
aration, serving, etc.
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BITS AND PIECES picked up here and there.
For you folks who like to get to the point, the
Texas Barbed Wire Collectors Association will hold
its fifth annual state convention in Brownwood July
31 through August 2.
AUSTIN, Tex. — Cold
figures submitted in ma-
jor agency budget pro-
posals left top state of-
ficials and legislators
little room for optimism
about the amount of next
year’s tax bill.
Texas Education
Agency calculated public
school operations during
the next biennium will
cost about $2.3 billion—
$2 billion in state money
alone. This is an increase
of about $377.1 million
over the present level.
Nobody was too sur-
prised about that, but the
Texas Public Welfare
Department came up with
a shocker.
Welfare staffers figure
that the rising assistance
rolls will require a bud-
get of nearly $2 billion
overall for the 1972-73
fiscal period. That rep-
resents an increase in
state welfare funds of
$300.4 million over the
current biennium.
So, two vital functions
of state government alone
--public education and
welfare -- are seeking
some $677.5 million in
additional revenues. It is
expected that most of the
other agencies will re-
quest more than their
present appropriations
instead of less.
Welfare requests, as
large as they are, do not
take into consideration
larger grants for the
needy and ill.
However, a
committee has
mended the $80 million a
year ceiling for state
spending on categorical
assistance be abolished
and aid payments be
matched to actual need. If
enacted by the Legisla-
ture, this would mean
millions more in welfare
spending.
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes
expressed grave doubts
that legislators would ac-
cept tremendous increas-
es in welfare spending
without "substantial re-
form" of the entire wel-
fare system.
Welfare officials note
that assistance rolls con-
tinue to expand uncon-
trollably (due largely to
federal court rulings and
rising population).
“Many A Slip...
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There is an academic
program in conjunction
with the vocational, which
takes the students at their
grade level, and makes
what progress can be
made. There are no fail-
ures, classes are small,
and this aspect of the
program is tailor made
for this particular type
of student.
The philosophy of the
program is that there is
a good place in life for
everyone. We can all I 'OU SENATOR 6LI&
learn to work and make
a living, and in fact, we
all should have that op-
portunity.
Dear Mr. Mayor,
My family and I would ;
like to thank you and many R »,
other hard working citi- ™ 1
zens for making Bartlett
Park a reality. This park
could fill a great need of
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DR. ROBERT D. McCULlOUGH
Dr. Robert D. McCullough
of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was
elected President of Lions
International at the Associa-
tion’s 53rd Annual Conven-
tion in Atlantic City, New
Jersey, July 1-4. Serving as
Land, a few poles and
post, wire, some lighting
and i
clouds of choking du/t
settling over participapts
and spectators alijce,
does not make for /the
completion of the prk
program. I am sure
realize the full develop-
ment of Bartlett Park and
proper upkeep of both
parks is an immediate
need.
I would like to suggest
the establishment of two
accounts to be funded by
general revenue and the
water bill plan. These ac-
counts being "Park De-
velopment and Upkeep"
and "Street Improve-
ments." The park fund to
receive no less than fifty
percent of the water bill
donation. These funds
would not be transfera-
ble. With good manage-
ment and long range plan-
ning our parks and
streets could become
things of pride, beauty
and usefullness.
If you insist on aband- the house wiring itself. If
oning the youth of our " ' ,-1—-
city, I must discontinue
my donations and support
our youthful citizens in
another way.
Sincerely,
/s/C.K. Rogers
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