Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 96, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1985 Page: 1 of 44
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THURSDAY
EDITION
Vol. 20 No. 96
September 12, 1985
COPYRIGHT* 1985 BURLESON STAR
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Ex-students gear
for diamond year
Did you receive a Burleson Ex-
Student Newsletter within the
past couple ol weeks? If not, of-
ficers of the Burleson Ex-
Students Association want to
know. "Many newsletters were
returned because of incorrect ad-
dresses," according to Publicity
Chairman Letha Grace McCoy,
who urged those who have not
received a newsletter to contact
an officer of the organization.
Those officers are Frank Nor-
wood, president, 295-1363; Ed
Morelock, vice-president, 295-
4393; Jean Beckwith, secretary,
295-1329; Russell Seawright,
treasurer^ 295-4592; Minnie
Belle Booth, membership, 295-
1217; Irene Watson, hospitality,
645-0755; Christene Dunn, enter-
tainment, 295-2954; Billie Hef-
fner, newsletter, 295-1650; and
Mrs. McCoy, 295-4380.
The time is rapidly approach-
ing to celebrate the Burleson In-
dependent School District’s dia-
mond anniversary, reminds Mis
McCoy. C lasses ending m Inc"
are the honored guests this year,
but the ex-student association
wants all former students to
become a part of the district's
75th celebration.
PRIOR TO THE Homecoming
game with Arlington Sam Hous-
ton on Friday, Oct. 4, there will
be a Homecoming Parade arid
pep rally on Thursday, Oct. 3.
Already more than two dozen en-
tries, including floats and cars,
have entered the parade Among
the entries are the Class of 1915
and the other ”5” classes, includ-
ing Sweethearts, Queens, cheer-
leaders, football teams, Mr. and
Miss BHS, and other students.
Anyone wanting to enter the
parade can contact Ed Morelock.
For those who want to recall the
fun of creating a float, call Chris-
tenc Dunn to help out on the ex-
student float
Immediately following the
game, everyone is invited to
dance until I am. to the music of
1961 grad Phil Burns and his
band, Southwind. Cost is $5 per
couple or $3 stag to renew old
acquaintances at the dance in the
No la Dunn gym
The Homecoming Banquet is
scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 5 in
the gymnasium of Burleson High
School at 6 p m The catered din-
nci will begin at 7:00. Reser-
vations, which need to be made
as soon as possible, are S10
per person.
EX-STUDENTS WILL present
the program spanning 75 years
of school activities—among them
music, history, sports, and more.
Anyone who would like to take-
part in the program should con-
tact Mrs Dunn.
Awards, including the J.W.
Norwood Award, will be presen-
ted at the banquet. Previous win-
ners of lfie Norwood Award are
Minnie Belle Booth and Letha
Hardgrove. The three nominees
this year arc Charles Bonham
(1955), Billie Mabe Heffner
(1952), and Theodore (Ted) Wade
Myatt (1928) More information
about these three nominees is
forthcoming in individual stories
in The Star
Iri order to vote <or vour
choice as the alumnus of the
year to receive the Norwood
Award, it is necessary to have the
newsletter, which contains the
ballot
THE SCHOLARSHIP endow
ment fund has reac bed $825,
with 21 persons having made
contributions to it Interest from
this fund will be used to provide
scholarships to BHS seniors. Ad-
ditional donations aie still
needed to make me interest large
enough to fund scholarships.
Whether you're a former stu-
dent, teacher, or just a fnend of
the BISD, the ex-students associ-
ation wants you to be a part of
this district’s 75th Homecom-
ing Celebration
New program may help test
scores, teacher evaluations
Burleson Siar/KIM RENFRO
Country
i TJ. Weaver kicks back and strums a country tune on a lazy
Burleson afternoon. He’ll be taking his guitar, haunting voice, and
lyrical talent with him on that road to success. He’ll probably take
his hat too, which has been autographed by many an adoring
fan.
^ 0 0 IIIS IvUj Wlllkll HdS DvvH dUlU^rdpilvil Uy ■*l«Iiy dll duOlll
&mgin fan-
Song getting air play
BY KIM RENFRO
His gentle voice waltzed
through the countiy melody ten-
derly holding each note in a
lover’s embrace. The tune “No
More Teardrops” is the "child” of
Burleson, resident TJ. Weaver’s
love affair with lyrics and
music.
And, if the new country single
hi but a hint.of the artist’s im-
mense talent, Burleson can look
forward to adding another
famous person to its roster.
Residents should probably get
his autograph while it’s still
cheap.
TJ.’s a quiet man whose mod-
esty prohibits him from bragging
on his veiy obvious musicalgift
He’s been seriously pursuing a
musical career for only three
years and has already outgrown
two music markets. '
POSSUM HOLLER, Ark. (he
assured me it’s not Hollow in
Arkansas) was not only TJ.’s
residence for a number of years
but home of his blue-grass begin-
ning. He played throughout the
HE ALSO RECORDED two of
his more popular songs which
will soon be heard on local radio
stations KPLX, KXOL, and
WBAP to name a few, and are
already playing on stations in
Austin, Houston, Oklamhoma
City, Nashville, and Arkansas.
Weaver wrote the song “No More
Teardrops” which is featured on
the B side of the 45 r.p.ma The
flip side’s “Payday” was written
by Verne Stovall and Claude Mc-
Bride.
The singer likes to keep a tight
schedule of visiting radio station
program directors because ”A
disc jockey may like a song but
he can’t play it unless it’s been
approved by the program direc-
tor." His efforts have paid off
so far.
Weaver also submitted his
songs to several recording com-
panies in Nashville including
Warner and Capital and hopes to
be performing in countiy music’s
own town by this time next year.
He said, “I'm just waiting to hear
from them."
dream come true. He’s a breath
of fresh air in the highly competi-
tive entertainment world whose
steadfast determination should
take him far.
Weaver confirmed his good of
boy image with his last thought
during our interview. "Just tell
my mom and dad thanks,” were
the magic words that insured
one more member in the TJ.
Weaver fan club.
One immediate and one long
range problem was solved and
another one received a definite
"maybe” at Monday night's meet-
ing of Trustees of the Burleson
Independent School District.
The BISD will he able to main-
tain ils replacement schedule for
purchasing new school buses.
That’s the long range problem
solved since the buses won’t he
delivered until next May. The
board also authorized the hiring
of six lunchroom aides to enable
the schools to implement the
newly required duty free lunch
for teachers. So much for the im-
mediate problem.
The “maybe" had to do with
teacher evaluation —a crucial ele-
ment of the career ladder plan.
Teachers, not just in Burleson
but all across the state, con-
sidered the entire evaluation pro-
cess inconsistent, inefficient,
poorly defined, poorly im-
plemented, poorly planned, and
often poorly administered. And
those were just the nice things
they said about it.
THE BISD IS already in the
initial stages of a program called
Model for Effective Teaching and
Supervision (METS) that school
board members think will ad-
dress most ol the deficiencies of
the system. Letha Grace McCoy
and David Duke, teachers at the
meeting representing the Burle-
son Classroom Teachers Associa-
tion, also seemed to feel that the
program was a step in the right
direction, at the very least.
In addressing the board with
BCTA concerns, Mrs McCoy
noted that evaluations formerly
were used mostly in the award-
ing of contracts and a satis-
factory status was acceptable to
the majority of teachers. "House
Bill 72 changed all of our pre-
vious thoughts about evalua-
tion," she said, since movement
up the career ladder depends, to
a large extent, on performance.
Bv this time next year, districts
will operate under a state man-
dated evaluation system, she
said, but that system is a year off
and each techer faces three
evaluations this year.
"UNLESS TEACHERS and ad-
ministrators come to an un-
derstanding on what should be
evaluated and how this pro-
cedure is to be conducted, pro-
blems will arise again ibis vear,
she said
She offered a number of sug-
gestions prepared bv the Texas
State Teachers Association. Am-
ong them were:
—The procedure should clearly
state the philosophy and pur-
poses ol the evaluation pro-
cess.
— Evaluations should be used
to offer opportunities for bilateral
discussions of job respon-
sibilities and performance expec-
tations between teacher and
supervisor
—The main purpose of evalua-
tions should be to provide pro-
fessional growth through skill
improvement and teacher ef-
fectiveness.
— Evaluations should be con-
ducted by properly trained and
certified supervisors who have
done what is being observed.
— Evaluations should be based
on observations of reasonable
length, occuring at reasonable
intervals.
—CRITERIA FOR the evalua-
tion should relate to the job des-
cription and responsibilities of
See program, page 17A
state before heading to neighbor- UNTIL THAT TIME, TJ. will
ing Oklahoma in search of bigger *«ep working as a full time sur-
and better
artunities.
oppor
He found those opportunities
but the family show, night club,
television, and radio appearances
of that state still weren’t enough
. challenge for him. “I had done
about as much as 1 could do in
that area so I moved,” he reflec-
ted on his decision to leave
; Oklahoma.
* TJ. said he came to Burleson
because, "This is a good territoiy
for the kind of music I play.”
And the terrain must be okay
for die singer because he’s made
a number of appearances in
famous (At least in Items) places
including the Johnny High Show
and Gluey's since nis arrival.
veyor for Szurgot and Associates
and part time gas station atten-
dant in addition to pursuing his
singing. He said both jobs are es-
sential to cover expenses' from
his highly-rewarding, but veiy-
low-paying, musical career.
Surprisingly, entertainers can
make veiy tittle money for their
efforts. Tve only been paid $100
in the last three years for all of
this," TJ. divulged.
When I responded "Now that’s
what I call dedication,” he chuc-
kled, "Yeah, well, sope people
call it crazy.” ¥ %W
THE NICEST THINGS about
TJ. are his humility and willing-
ness to work hard to make a
A iBanner9 Year for Ex-Student’s Association
of the serra officers of the organization. They ar* (1-r): 1
—MMalih.cH». ---T-- - -
Thtre’U be little doubt that lt’» Homecoming Week this year when
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Moody, James. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 96, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1985, newspaper, September 12, 1985; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth760903/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Burleson Public Library.