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Monday, September 8, 1980 Burleson, Johnson County, Texas 76028 ' Vol. 15, No. 93
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Buildiii"; Is
Still Booming
Despite inflation, tight money, high interest rates and a nationwide building
slowdown, construction has continued at a near record level in Burleson dur-
ing 1980. Topping building permit valuation for the year has been new home
construction with 95 residential starts recorded through August. Another seven
permits have been issued for multi-family residential units, such as this duplex
(below) being framed up in north Burleson. Above, is the new Community
Center which is slated for completion this month Star Photos
ABLES Officials Believe
Recent Incidents Point
Out Ambulance Needs
Several recent incidents have
graphically illustrated the importance
of having prompt reliable ambulance
service to the rural area outside
Burleson, pointed out ABLES President
Don Robson as that organization
prepares for its annual meeting Thurs
day night
ABLES, formerly SOS (Save Our Ser
vice), was created by a group of rural
residents last year in an attempt to
maintain ambulance service from
Burleson after the Burleson City Coun-
cil decided to subsidize ambulance
costs only within the city limits.
Currently, the city pays $6,000 per
month subsidy to the ambulance ser
vice, Mobile Life Support, and ABLES
pays $2,000 per month Both those sub
sidy figures will increase by $500 per
month next year.
Homemaker
School Set
For Oct. 6
Homemakers should mark
their calenders now for a free
‘How-To-Do-It-Time’' Home-
maker School Oct. fe.
The Burleson Star will sponsor
the event which will feature a
lively cooking and appliance
demonstration by home
economist Denise Russell.
Several local businesses will
also co-sponsor the program and
some of them will have displays
set up for visitors.
Burleson is one of 300 locations
selected from 48 states to be in
eluded in the Homemakers
Schools schedule this year
Homemakers Schools, based in
Madison, Wisconsin, has con
ducted the homemaker-oriented
programs for the past 30 years
and has recently expanded to in
elude all 48 continental states. It
is the largest program of its kind
in North America.
The program promises to be
entertaining as well as infor-
mative says Ms. Russell Free
coupons and product samples will
be given to each person as well as
a copy of the new 1980
Homemakers Cookbook Draw-
ings also will be held for valuable
door prizes.
Watch The Star for more
details in upcoming issues.
Three incidents in particular are
cited by Robson as indicating the need
for MLS service outside Burleson. Two
involved fatalities and, although pro-
mpt ambulance service might not have
changed that in either case, it does
point out the very real possibility of a
needless death in the future, Robson
said.
An MLS ambulance will respond out-
side the Burleson city limits only for
an ABLES member or for an accident
on a public street.
OTHER AMBULANCE NEEDS have
to be met by Johnson County Memorial
Hospital in Cleburne. The time factor
could be critical if a seriously sick or in-
jured person had to wait for the arrival
of an ambulance from Cleburne before
medical treatment could begin, Robson
believes.
Local attendants are also more
familiar with this portion of the county,
he noted, and can generally find the
location more quickly.
Speaking of those who have been
refused service recently, Robson said
“Our heart felt feelings go out to the
families and friends of those involved
as the realization of the consequences
of not having prompt local emergency
ambulance service have become all too
vivid.’’
Everyone outside the city would be
without ambulance service from MLS if
ABLES had non stipulated “members
only" in its contract with the am-
bulance company, though, according to
Robson.
No one would be willing to pay for the
service if it were available at no cost,
he reasoned, and if no one paid then
there would be no funds with which to
pay the subsidy. With no subsidy,
CLEBURNE—County Auditor Bob
Wylie is expected to have the 1981
budget ready for Johnson County Com-
missioners to consider when they meet
in a general session at 9 a m. today.
The county budget has been back to
the “drawing boards” twice since
department heads made their requests
in budget hearings, but hopefully
today’s third presentation will be the
one county officials can ‘‘live
with” . not “happily ever after”, but
one that will balance out receipts with
disbursements.
there’s no service, he added.
“ABLES officers are distraught with
these very difficult situations,” Robson
continued, “however we will continue
to endeavor to work with Burleson of-
ficials, Johnson County officials and
MLS in an attempt to provide the best
prompt service to the most people
possible.”
COUNTY OFFICIALS have been in-
vited to Thursday night’s general
meeting and, if any are present, Robson
hopes to find out the status of the pro-
posed referendum election that was to
be held county-wide.
Robson also urged all rural residents
to be present at the meeting at First
United Methodist Church Thursday
night at 7:30.
“There is a solution somewhere but4t
will take a lot of people working
together to find that solution as quickly
as possible, ” he said. “Therefore, we
need your thoughts and your help—help
getting memberships, help meeting
with city and county officials and help
getting others involved to get the word
out on what the situation is,” he added.
Among the topics to be considered
will be a vote on the membership fee for
ABLES membership next year A fee of
$32 has been proposed, up $6 from the
current membership dues.
IF THAT FEE IS approved, it would
take 1,000 paid memberships to pay the
cost of next year’s subsidy payment to
MLS That money is needed “up front,”
Robson said, otherwise ABLES and
MLS would not be able to guarantee a
year’s service in advance.
Of the $32 fee, $30 goes directly into
the subsidy figure and the remaining $2
is used to pay the mailing, advertising
and other expenses of the organization.
Four other agenda items are listed on
the agenda provided by County Judge
Tommy Altaras' office:
—Terry Bradley appearing in regard
to closing a street and alley near
Lillian;
—Berry Mainardi regarding National
Association of Counties deferred com-
pensation plan;
—Kenneth Shetters regarding plat of
Brushy Creek Addition near Burleson;
—Dan Boulware regarding Law
Library.
County Budget To Come
Off ‘Drawing Board’
Construction Maintains
Near Record Level Here
Like the weather, construction didn't
cool off much here during August as the
value of building permits in Burleson
remained at a near record level.
Only once before, in 1978, have
building permits been at a higher level
through the first eight months of the
year. August’s 31 permits pushed the
year’s total up to $7,358,952—about a
million and a quarter dollars ahead of
last year’s pace and about that much
behind the record pace of 1978.
Permits issued by the City of
Burleson in August amounted to a com
bined value of $981,610. Of that amount,
$499,660 went for new residential con-
struction. The 14 new home starts last
month raised the year’s total up to 95,
virtually assuring 1980 of being the
sixth consecutive year to exceed 100
new homes.
Last year just exceeded the century
mark with 101 new starts.
Largest permit of the week was for
$300,000 and went for a tractor sales and
service company to be located on SH
174 just across the drainage ditch from
Taco Bell. That was the only new com-
mercial permit issued during August by
the city offices. Other permits issued during August
Two commercial remodeling permits included two for garages totaling
were issued. The largest was for $3,100; five for fences for $3,075; and
$130,546 and went to the Burleson Star five miscellaneous permits for a com-
for an addition to more than double the bined value of $17,729 (includes a swim-
size of the newspaper offices. The other ming pool, patio cover and two signs >
was for $12,500 and was for an expan- Last August, building permits total
sion and remodeling at the Burleson ing $1,183,660 brought the total to that
Animal Clinic on the west IH 35W ser- time up to $6,009,879. Fourteen new
vice road. home permits were also issued last
Two residential remodeling permits August, making a total of 78 through the
added up to $15,000. first eight months of the year.
School Enrollment
Still Below
By the end of the week, enrollment in
the Burleson schools had jumped
almost 100 students over opening day
figures, but was still short of last year’s
early enrollment statistics by more
than 100 students.
’79 Pace
A more accurate count at Burleson
High School accounted for over half of
the “catching up” accomplished this
week. First day attendence there was
estimated at 1400 students, but a figure
of 1456 had been set by Friday.
Last Minute Elk Rally
Falls Two Points Short
Iturlesim Drafts (Did Opener la-l.'i
Joshua Misses l ft set Mil
Crouley Loses To Castleberry
See Star Sports, Pages 5-7
Also In This Issue!
SECTION A
Cartoons, Puzzles.................2
Police Report.....................2
Sports......,....................5-7
GED Orientation..................8
Classified......................9-12
SECTION B
DEW TELL!.......................1
Lyceum Series.....................2
Church News......................3
Salute To The King.................5
Business Review...................8
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Woman Of The Year Chairmen
June Pack of Town and Country Garden Club, left, and Dorothy Pierce of the
Business and Professional Woman's Club of Burleson, serving as co-chairmen
of the Woman of the Year steering committee, have completed the first phase of
the search for Burleson’s most outstanding woman for 1980. The project is now
in its second phase with all nominations in the hands of a panel of out-of-town
judges. The third phase will be Sept. 23, when the Woman of the Year is named
at an awards banquet.
Gains were made during the week at
every campus, though, from a single
additional student at Nola Dunn
Elementary to 14 more at Mound
Elementary.
Total enrollment in all six schools bv
the end of the week had risen to 4747
compared to an opening day figure of
4656. At the first of school in 1979,
Burleson schools counted 4874 students.
By campus, enrollment Friday in the
BISD was:
Burleson High School—398 freshmen;
356 sophomores; 352 juniors; and 350
SWUQT8. - ,r. ---------
Pauline Hughes Middle School—427
seventh graders and 395 eighth graders
for a total of 822.
Mound Elementary—73 in
kindergarten; 113 first graders; 111 se-
cond graders; 117 third graders; 116
fourth graders; 116 fifth graders; 110
sixth graders; and 11 in special educa
tion for a total of 767.
A.E. Frazier Elementary—61 in
kindergarten; 88 first graders; 66 se
cond graders; 81 third graders; 84
fourth graders; 79 fifth graders; 77
sixth graders; and 11 in special educa-
tion for a total of 547.
Nola Dunn Elementary—69 in
kindergarten; 67 first graders; 72 se-
cond graders; 80 third graders; 92
fourth graders; 86 fifth graders; 101
sixth graders; and nine in special
education for a total of 576.
J.W. Norwood Elementary 52 in
kindergarten; 67 first graders, 81 se
cond graders; 78 third graders; 91
fourth graders; 92 fifth graders; 100
sixth graders, 18 in special education
for a total of 579.
Nine Women
Nominated
For Honors
Nine Burleson women have been
nominated for “Woman of the Year for
1980.” One of the nine will be singled out
for special honor at a banquet planned
for 7:30 p.m. Sept 23 in First United
Methodist Church
All nominees will be guests at the
banquet and each will receive special
recognition for her efforts, above and
beyond, in areas of civic, education,
politics, and culture.
Dorothy Pierce, WOY chairman for
the Business and Professional Woman's
Club of Burleson and June Pack, chair
man for Town and Country Garden
Club, are pleased with the response and
interest shown by other groups in the
special project.
This is the first year for the special
award, but it is hoped to start an annual
recognition of outstanding contribu
tions women in the community make to
their town.
Plans now called for the identity of
the Woman of the Year to be kept secret
until she is named on the night of the
banquet; however, all nominees will be
featured in The Burleson Star a few
days before the banquet.
Helping with the arrangements for
the dinner are Omega Delta Chapter of
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority and
Eumathian Club, as well as the B&PW
Club and Town Country Garden Club.
Reservations of $7 per person for the
banquet arc now being taken at the
Burleson Area Chamber of Commerce.
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