Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 4, 1986 Page: 1 of 52
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Ussery
continues
to improve
Dora Ussery, who was c ritically
injured in a Nov 25 auto accident
that claimed the life of her hus-
band, continues to improve in a
Little Rock hospital
The funeral for James E
Ussery was held last Friday in Ml
Vemon, Ark He had been an em-
ployee of Miller Brewery in Foil
Worth since 1969
Mrs. Ussery received serious
head injuries and two breaks in
her leg as a result of the accident.
She underwent immediate sur-
gery upon arrival at Baptist Medi-
cal Center in Little Rock lor the
head injuries This week (Tues-
day) she had further suigery on
her leg
Additional surgery is expected
because of the fractured bones
around one of her eyes. That eye
has remained closed since the
wreck
Her business associate and
longtime friend Charlene Wallace
spent three days in Little Rock
last week Dak Nash, former
principal at Pauline G Hughes
Middle School, also made the
trip Both Mrs Wallace and Mrs.
Ussery are former members of
the BISD Boaid of Trustees
Other school officials are plan-
ning a trip to Arkansas before
Christmas. Dora has been one of
the city’s most involved civic
leaders for more than a decade.
Those wishing to send get well
cards or Christmas cards or
other notes to Dora can send
them to her at Baptist Medical
Center according to Mrs Wal-
lace. The address is 9601 In-
terstate 630 Little Rock Ark
72205 Dora is in Room 352
The I'sserys had made an early
Thanksgiving tnp to Arkansas
because Jim's mother was in the
hospital at Conway After visiting
her, ttie l sseiy s station wagon
would not stall and Jim called his
brothel to take them to Mt Ver-
non. about 25 miles away
Halfway there, then vehicle was
struck headon bv a jeep driven by
25-year-old Mathew G. Richards
The |eep burned and. tearing
the iai would catch tile too,
Paula I'sserv pulled the injured
occupants from the var although
Please see USSERY, Page 4
habits changed
K indness Pa vs
Cfndy (Belinda Griffith) takes care of Burtock's (Sergio Hernandez)
injuries, unaware that he's the prince. Rehearsals are currently un-
derway for the mid December presentation of “A Tbby Show” by the
BUS drama department. The three act play will be presented Dec.
11, 12, and 13 at Norwood Elementary. BuHtk>n sur ulenn cochran
Angel Trees located at
Wal Mart, Bransom’s
BY DOTTIE WILSON
Shoppers at Wal Marl and
Bransom s were selecting pa pci
angels from the Angel Trees
Tuesday morning almost before
the special decorations could he
placed on the trees
There are two locations and
two angel trees tins year, spon-
sored bv two different church
womens groups the Baptist
Women of First Baptist Church
and the Daughters of St Ann
Catholic Church
Both angel trees are under the
umbrella of the Holiday Friends
Christmas project of the Burleson
Ministenal Alliance Auxiliary
(BMAA) As Marilyn McCrory
said Tuesday, "Kay (Smith) does
the paperwork and we do the
legwork" Through all of their
cooperative efforts and the giving
response ol the community,
many Burleson children will be
able to enjoy Christmas as all
youngsters should —with gifts
bought just for them, all wrapped
up in ribbons and bows under
the Christmas tree. Many of
then would have no Christmas
at all without the assistance
pro>ect.
Tie BMAA volunteers work
yea- around to see that Burleson
ana needy families receive assis-
tance But during the holidays,
th< Holiday Friends project is a
sptcial effort to coordinate gifts
of food for the families and
chthing and toys for the children
of needy families of our area. In
smte instances the families are
draling with unemployment or
nodical emergencies; many are
laving difficulty putting food on
he table, much less providing
Christmas toys for the children.
One letter from the single, un-
employed grandmother of two,
who is temporarily responsible
foi then care explained the
feelings ol those who make ap-
plication foi assistance The let-
ter reads. It my two grandchild-
ren can receive anything at all, it
will brighten out holiday season
Mv sincere thanks are offered as
you consider my grandchildren
m this wonderful program May
God he with all of vou as vou
bring cheer to so many child-
ren’s faces."
Kay Smith, director, of the
Holiday Friends project, said,
"We re getting more cases every
day; most of the applications are
coming in by mail, and we re get-
ting them earlier than last
year."
Arriving light along with the
applications for assistance are
more donations to help fund tfie
project, she said New cash
contributors—now brand new
"holiday Inends" themselves —
include:
MIKE BOWSER—$100
MR. and MRS. REX SHIELDS—
$75
DR. BERNARD ERICKSON,
INC.—$25
SUE SCHAD—$50
FRANK AND VIRGINIA MIT-
CHELL—$10
LAWRENCE JOERS II-$20
ROBERT MONTGOMERY—$5
ARLENE WOHLGEMUTH—$5
VERA PARKS—$10
f>
Smith was especially touched
by efforts of Burleson High
School students last week Mem-
bers of the student body delivered
more than 1,000 cans of food to
the Harvest House for the pro-
ject. Everything works better
with competition, so the students
decided to compete among home
rooms lor the largest number ol
BY DORIS E. WILSON
CLEBURNE—County com-
missioners took steps Monday to
crack down on employees mak-
ing purchases without the know-
ledge of commissioners or the
county auditor
County Judge Wayne Bridewell
said there have been too many in-
stances lately where purchases
were made without proper
authorization.
“Some people will go out and
buy something and the first time
we know about it is when the
county auditor receives the bill,”
Bridewell said "It has always
been necessary to get authoriza-
tion, but some employees are
bypassing that requirement."
Pet. 2 Commissioner David
Russell of Joshua said he thought
employees should be held ac-
countable for their actions.
"Most employees know what our
policy is. If they ignore it, hold
them responsible for their pur-
chases," he suggested.
Commissioners unanimously
approved a recommendation by
Pet. 1 Commissioner Billy Roe of
Cleburne that will require the
county auditor's signature on
purchase orders for supplies and
requests for equipment coming
before the commissioner’s court
before being advertised for
bids
Bridewell said that all elected
officials and department heads
will receive a memorandum' ad-
vising them that the purchase
policy must be enforced
Commissioners also approved
establishing a safety control pro-
gram for county employees and
named County Auditor Don
Williams as coordinator.
THE PROGRAM WILL entail
publishing a safety handbook;
having new employees orienta-
tion on safety; posting in work
places certain safety rules in et-
cans donated. Charles Board-
man's group were the victors and
will enjoy a party in their room
for the effort.
The Student Council will be
"adopting" a family as will the
Honor Society at BHS, said
Smith "It's really special to see
our young people become so in-
volved with this effort,” she
added
For others who also want to
get involved, a visit to the Angel
Tree at Wal Mart or at Bransom's
otters that opportunity. Children
are listed by case numbers on the
paper angels, with a separate
angel for each child's toy or
clothing needs, along with
their sizes.
Sign your name in the angel
book, along with the case num-
ber of the angel you’ve selected.
Alter purchasing vour gift, return
it in Christmas wrapping to the
store where you picked up your
angel The gifts are gathered
daily by volunteers and will be
distributed before Christmas to
the families.
It's that simple. The circle of
love you will have created in the
giving process, though, is a little
rnqre complicated, more far-
reaching than you may expect.
There’s the special look of joy
which will be in the eyes of each
of the children on Christmas
morning—each of the youngsters
for whom a gift was bought
or made.
And then there's the other
thing—the special thing that hap-
pens in your own heart once
you've gotten involved in the giv-
ing There aren’t words for des-
cribing that; but you'll know
when it happens. And you will be
warmed bv it
feet; and notifying all employees
about the nature and danger of
equipment and chemicals they
are involved with Williams said
that at the present time, the
county has no clearly defined
safety rules.
In addition to making work
areas and conditions safer for
employees, it was pointed out
that the new program hopefully
will reduce the number of
workers' compensation claims
against the county.
Williams said there are 14 em-
ployees now drawing workers'
compensation for job-related
injuries.
"Our insurance carrier, the
Texas Association of County
Governments, has naid out
$43,000 in claims for us this
year," Williams stated.
He emphasized that Johnson
County has not paid that amount
but the insurance carrier has. "A
reduction in claims would reduce
the amount of premium we have
to pay for this coverage for our
employees," he explained.
Commissioners also re-defined
a county travel policy relating to
expenses incurred when em-
ployees attend job-related sem-
inars.
Bridewell pointed out: “We
have a number of people in dif-
ferent departments attending
seminars, and I think it would be
a good idea if we set the amounts
the county will be responsible
for."
HE SAID HE WOULD advise
all elected officials and depart-
ment heads that before any per-
son is authorized to attend a
seminar he must make a prior re-
quest before the commission-
ers' court.
Commissioners agreed the
county will pay lor expenses at
seminars of not more than three
meals a day, ($5 for breakfast;
$7.50 lunch; $10 for dinner) and
motel-hotel accommodations not
to exceed $65 per night.
Bridewell advised com-
missioners that on Jan. 1, there
will be four vacancies on the
Johnson County Rural Fire
Commission.
Bridewell said he had been
notified that James Parker, presi-
dent of the fire commission, will
not be able to finish ouVtJie se-
cond year of his two-year ferm
Bridewell said he has a copy of
an order from Parker’s doctor
advising him not to continue in
administrative duties. Bridewell
said the terms of John Duke
Smith of Burleson, Roy Carroll
of Godley, and J.W. Dickey of
Bono also expire at the end of
this year.
He asked commissioners to be
considering appointments or re-
appointments for the four spots.
Fire Commissioner Bud Sellers
of Sand Flat has an additional
year left of his current term.
The employees Christmas Din-
ner-Dance was set for 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 18 in Riverview County
Club. Reservations of $6 per per-
son must be made in advance. It
was agreed that employees would
pay halt of the tab tor the evening
with the county paying the other
half of the $12 total.
The sheriff's department is hav-
ing their dinner the same evening
at a different location, but they
are invited to join other county
employees at the country club
after their dinner.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
included:
—Approval to purchase a cash
register for the use of the county-
court at law to be placed in the
county clerk’s office; the 2-year-
old cash register to be purchased
for $495, plus 30 day warranty on
parts and labor, from Texas Cash
See Commissioners’, p. 10
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Angel Tret's
Arrive
Buritton Star DOTTIE WILSON
Holiday Friends volunteers (1-r) Joy Williams of the Harvest Houae
and Mary Ann McDermott, president of The Daughters of St Ann,
worked together Tuesday morning to decorate the angel tree at Wal
Mart. The tree was donated by the store, the paper angels were
printed by Crowley’s MRS Printing and filled out and placed on the
tree by the church group, and holiday assistance Information Is
being processed by the BMAA volunteers. This year Burleson has
two angel trees; another Is located at
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Moody, James. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 4, 1986, newspaper, December 4, 1986; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth761148/m1/1/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Burleson Public Library.