Burleson Dispatcher (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 27, 1974 Page: 1 of 8
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Volume 15
Burleson Johnson County, Texas, NOVEMBER 27, 1974
NUMBER 46
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Unde Bad from
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Mary-Martha Sunday School Class
Our heritage of giving
Services Held for
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Bethesda Says:
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
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we’fe having to
Grisso, Stanley Hague, C. H.
Sharp, H. I* Keen, R. L. Wyn-
ne, O. B. Wildman, Chester
Rainbolt, N. B. Mullen, L;.N.
Rogers, Ed Schmeltekopf, How-|
brought by Rev. Duane Kelly
of Oak Grove. He took hit
scripture from the Book of
James.
At the next-meeting to be
held at the First-United Metho-
dist. Church, December 5, a box
will be provided for used toys
to be presented to the Pre-
School project. All used toys
members can bring will be ap-
preciated.
Eighty-five were present at
this meeting and a large crowd
is expected to attend the next
meeting.
Hostesses for December will
be Mrs. Bessie Haynes, Mrs.
Zella Witt, Mrs. Laura Sharp
and Mrs. Marietta Simpson.
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The
Dispatcher Office
Will Be Closed Until
Monday, Dec. 2
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One-Night Rally at
Alvarado Pavilion
Pay Your Telephone Bills and Lone Star G«» Mb
DISPATCHER OFFICE -124 W. EBfom - MMW
ONLY 14
Shopping Days
Until
Evangelist James Robison,
whose whole ambition in life
right. now seems bent on draw-
ing masses of people out to
hear the gospel preached, is a
man who paradoxically ‘‘hates
being in the public eye.”
But the 31-year-old evange-
list from Fort Worth, who will
be leading a one-night rally at
the Alvarado Reunion Pavilion
Tuesday, December 3 at 7:30
a man of many con-
Burleson 4-H Food
Club Takes Top
Honors at Show
America long r
this magic of givii
inevitably is returned many-
fold in blessings. This week, as
we contemplate those blessings,
we indeed have much cause for
Thanksgiving^
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CHRISTMAS
p..m. is
£ra^ts.
During, his 12 years in evan-
gelistic work, he has preached
to more than six million people,
and of this number, more than
125,000 have been converted in
Robison’s crusades.
In this past year, there were
nearly 12,000 professions of
faith with total commitments
of 20,000 people.
As for his phenomenal suc-
cess in -evangelism, Robison
says, ‘‘I preach with authority.
And God has given me wisdom.”
Senior Citizens Fun Club Plans ‘Toy Box’
At Their Next Meeting December 5th
The Senior Citizens Fun
Club met Thursday in the edu-
cational building of the First
Baptist Church for a Thanks-
giving luncheon, day of playing
games, devotional meeting and
visiting. Hostesses were Mrs.
Clara Johnson, Mrs. Adq Mc-
Henry, Mrs. Peggie Hammon
and Mrs. Nettie Snyder.
Prayer was offered by the
president, Mrs. Hammon, and
two new members were intro-
duced. The club was glad to
have two members present who
had been absent for a long
time. They were Mrs. Beulah
Kirley of Dallas, and Mrs. Jew-
el Haynes of Fort Worth.
A Thanksgiving message was
p
Also Deborah Morris who en-
tered ’ the main dish .category,
won first place and district al-
ternate in the bread and cereal
with
her brown sugar pound cake
won first place and district al-
ternate.
Karen Walker who entered
this division with her happy
birthday cake won second place
at county but She then won
the showmanship award on her
table and setting which had
flower pots filled with blown
up small balloons to give the
scene as pots of different col-
ored flowers, and a happy
scene to go with the birthday
cake.
Terri Long who entered the
main c^ish category with a
Mexican cornbread casserole
won first place at county and
she is also a district alternate.
Mrs. Dorthy Morris and Mrs.
Gloria Garrett the food leaders
are very proud of each of these
boys and girls in their county
winnings and do wish good luck
to the district winners in the
District Food Show in March.
We were sorry that Leslie
Boots was too ill to go to the
food show this year after she
had made all the project meet-
ings to get ready to enter the
show but Leslie maybe you
can enter next year.
67 MILLION DIAL DIRECT z
Nationwide Direct Distance
Dialing was introduced in New
Jersey on-Nov. 10, 1951. On
Feb. 6, 1955, Direct Distance
Dialing made its debut in Texas
at Harlingen, where customers
there began dialing their calls
to 13 neighboring cities. Now
about 67 million customers in
the United States cAn dial their
own-long distance calls.
The difference between the
two is thia: the River Jordan
enters the Sea of Galilee from
the Northwest and flows out at
the southwest. From there the
Jordan flows into and stops at
the Dead Sea. Galilee both re-
ceives and gives. The Dead Sea
only receives.
Thepa are two
Palestine. One •
Dead Sea, ia far
the the ocean and uninhabited
by fish. The other ,the Sea of
Galilee, has teemed with life
since before Christ walked its
shores nearly 2,000 years ago.
Giving thanks and sharing
our blessings are a firm part of
America’s character. Like the*
Sea of Galilee, our country has
been blessed both by what it
has received and what it has
given.
Met at First Baptist Church Tuesday Eve
A Thanksgiving dinner was
served by the Mary-Martha
Sunday School class of the
First Baptist Church in the
dining room of the church on
Tuesday evening, November 19.
Miss Ruby Robbins, presi-
dent of the class, welcomed the
members and guests. Music
was furnished by Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Rogers and Stanley
Hague.
Couple Honored
60th Wedding
Anniversary
A reception was held in the
First United Methodist Church
in Arlington for Dr. and Mrs.
Finis L Wilshire, who on Oc-
tober 14 celebrated their 60th
wedding anniversary
The couple were married in
Waxahachie while they were
attending Trinity University.
They have two sons, James of
Fort Worth and Finis Jr. of
Fort Worth.
For thirty-five years they
lived in New Mexico, where Dr.
Wilshire served as a Methodist
Minister. Mrs. Wilshire is the
former Leota Christopher.
Parents of Dr. Wilshire are
the late Mr. and Mrs. T. E.
Wilshire, pioneer residents of
Burleson and Johnson County.
H$s father was the second
white child born in John-
son County. Of the eleven
children, Dr .Wilshire has only
one brother and -one sister liv-
ing. They are Sam E, Wilshire
of Burleson, and Mrs. Eunice
Welborn of Cleburne He has
a number of nieces, and neph-
ews, including Mrs. R. L. Wyn-
ne, Mrs. Aubrey Russell and
Mrs. LaVerne Bryson.
The Burleson ,4-H Food Club
made top showings of nine en-
tries in the junior as well as the
senior division at the Johnson
County food show. In the jun-
ior division main dishes, Tina
Morris Ivon county on her
barbecued corn and meatballs
and Scott Walker who entered
the side dishes won county on
his guacamole salad. These two
will represent Burleson at the
District Food Show in March.
Scott also won the showman-
ship award on his table and its
setting. It was decorated with
scenes from Mexico and he
also wore a .Mexican sombrero
hat to top it, off.
Gina Garrett who entered
snacks and beverages, won first
place and was selected district
alternate with her Holiday Log
Sled Snacks. Randy Morris en-
tered bread and cereal division
and won first place on his
brownies.
In our senior division, Joyce
Dudley won county on her stuf-
fed peppers and she will rep-
resent Burleson at the District
ell Ferguson, Jim Winterwrifig-' Food Show in March,
er, Ben Hill, Earl Rogers, and
Jimmy Richardson.
America has been greatly
blessed in turn, both spiritually
and materially. After nearly
two centuries of independence,
we retain the basic freedoms
our government was organized
to guarantee. While sharing
our wealth with other nations,
we also have succeeded more
than any socety in history in
distributing it evenly among
our own people
Although hunger hasn’t been
eliminated totally, 95 per cent
of our citizens receive an ade-
quate minimum daily intake of
nutrients. A higher percentage
of students from minority pop-
ulations in the U.S. attend col-
lege than from majority popu-
lations in every other country
in the world. We have more
churches and libraries than the
rest of the world put together.
ago learned
ing: the gift
Mr. and Mrs. Loy Norris* division. > Donna Tucker
spent last week-end with their
son, Eddie and family in Clovis,
New Mexico.
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wui nt11 tage oi giving can
be date dfrom 1621 when the
Pilgrims who survived their
first devastating year in the
New World invited neighboring
Indians to help celebrate a life-
saving harvest Although 44 of
their Pilgrim band of 101 had
died befon& spring, still they
celebrated / their blessings with
a feast o/ Thanksgiving.
Generosity likewise has char-
acterized subsequent genera-
tions of Americans. Following
two great world wars, relief
programs organized and largely
financed by the United States
literally saved millions of men,
women and children from star-
vation in Europe and Asia.
UN aid programs in reality us-
ually have been US aid pro-
grams. And during the past 10
years the United States has
supplied 85 per cent of the
food sent to nations with a
shortage.
The delicious dinner, con-
sisting of baked ham and every
good thing to go with it was
served from a table laid in
white and decorated with beau-
tiful flowers, compliments of
“Flowers from Fran.” Those
sepdnp were Mrs. Stanley
Hague, Mrs. Anita Edwards,
Mrs. .Helen Ayers, Mrs. Juan-
ita Shawn and Mrs. Isabel Brid-
ges. The -expression of thanks
was given by Rev. Ed Schmelte-
kopf.
The program, following the
nica^I, was under the direction
of Mrs. Homma Keen. Th6
guest speaker, Jimmy-Jo Rich-
ardson and the guests were in-
troduced by Miss Robbins. Mr.
Richardson chose as his sub-
ject ‘‘Love and Patience,” and
made a wonderful talk, which
was greatly enjoyed.
The benediction was given
in song by Mr. Rogers and Mr.
Hague with Mrs. Rogers at
the piano.
• Those attending w e re :
Mmes. Ed Williams, teacher, W.
C. Moseley, assistant teacher,
Gertie Griffith, Lois Evans,
Dessie Geeo, J. T. Spears, Mar-
jorie Barger, Juanita Shawn,
Helen Ayers, M. A Salam, Cor-
rine Stephenson, Anita Ed-
wards, Lorena Hardgrove, Mis-
ses Ruby Robbins and Hattie,
Mmes. W. K. Fairless, Fort
Worth, Meulah Noak, Fort
Worth, Mrs. Boyd Green and
Mrs. Lennie Clark.
Also Messrs and Mmes. W.
E. Collins, Loy Bransom, Boyd
Roddy, R. J. Bridges, J. M.
Jessie May Doyle
Last Saturday
Mrs. Jessie Mae Doyle, 81,
of Joshua, died Thursday, Nov.
21, at the Burleson Nursing
Home.
Miss Doyle was born in John-
son County May 12, 1893, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Doyle. She had been a sales-
lady at Frost Brothers in San
Antonio for about 30 years.
She was a Methodist. I ■ .
Miss. Doyle’s survivors in-
clude one brother, Willard A.
Doyle of San Antonio; one sis-
ter, Mrs. Gladys Ashcraft of
Joshua; two sisters-in-laws,
Mrs. Elizabeth Doyle of San
Antonio and Mrs, Mary Doyle
of Burleson; and four nephews
J E. Ashcraft of Joshua, Ray
'A. Ashcraft of Waxahachie,
Frank Yelverton of Walnut
Springs, and Howard Yelverton
of Burleson.
The funeral service was Sat-
urday at 3 p.m. in the chapel
of Crosier-Pearson • Funeral
Home and burial was in the
Burleson Cemetery.
I Well, I hope you ain’t got a
turkey shortage at your house.
The way things has been run-
ning, we’re short of • whatever
we need at the time. Now that
j we can buy as much gasoline
we can afford,
pay highway jobbery preies fer
. ' antifreeze, if we can find it. It
use to be that the Guvernment
would buy up everthing to keep
the price up, now it looks like
we’re doing the same thing
without Guvernment assistance.
They say Thanksgivng is a
truly American holiday, and I
reckon that’s right. It’s a time
. we think back to gittang this
country started and hoW wo are
built on freedom of individual
choice. This is all good, and we
all have got a heap to be thank-
ful for. But the shape the econ-
omy is in right now ain’t exact-
ly what we had in mind fer
Thanksgiving.
The fellers took up the gen-
eral stat.e of the country during
the session at the country store
Saturday night, and being the
week before Thanksgiving they
were looking fer silver linings
in the clouds. Fer instant, Clem
Webster said President Ford’s
WIN plan reminds him of the
blanket trick of cuttng off one
end and sewing it. on the other
end to make the blanket longer.’
But wken you got one party in
. the Wihte House dealing with
with the other party in Con-
gress Clem said, it’s like the
feller that saddled his horse
backwards. Folks poked fun at.
him when he was in the saddle
looking north on a southbound
horse. He got mad and said the
saddle wasn’t on wrong, and
anyhow how did they know
which way he wanted to" go.
Ed Doolittle said he had
heard that the only way to put
a stop to this country’s spend-
ing was to gag and hogtie Uncle
Sam. We don’t want to do that,
Ed allowed, but we had ought
to try to sober him up, cause he
keeps spending money like a
drunk sailor. Ed said" it looks
to him like the- questions in
economics stay the same in this
country, but the answers .change
with ever Administration.
Through it all, he said, the fed-
eral budget keeps growing. It
took us 185 year to reach a
. budget of $100 billion, nine
more to double that and only
four more to add another $100
^billion, E dsaid, and he- allowed
that, he can't see how taxing
more and borrowing more so we
can spend more will help the
situation.
General speaking, allowed
Zeke Grubb, they (ain’t much
way to figger this wonderful
country of ours. He had saw
where you got to be in pritty
good shape afore you start tak-
ing exercises, and he said they
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