Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1977 Page: 1 of 18
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Trustees Want 2nd Look
Burleson Man
Beaten, Robbed
Fire Destroys House, Contents
Council Will Consider
owned by Ed Carroll
Electric Rates, CR600
the interior of the
with the most of its
The fire, which began at 9:45 p.m.,
may have started in a closet, Smith
said, but the cause is still under
investigation at this time.
That closet, as was most of the
house, was badly charred and several
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said
The house is < _2_____L
and was rented to Mary Jane Gunnels.
She told firefighters at the scene
that she was asleep on the floor of the
bedroom when she woke up and saw
the house was on fire.
All units of the Burleson Volunteer
Fire Department were called to the
scene to fight the blaze, said Burleson
Fire Marshall Chester Smith.
A fire of undertermined orgin swept
through a frame house at 220 N.
Commerce St. Monday night, complete-
ly destroying
structure along
contents.
firemen reported that flames were
coming from there. Paneling on in-
terior walls helped the spread of the
fire from room to room, Smith said.
Burleson City Council is expected to
take action tonight (Thursday) on an
ordinance that will give a rate hike to
Texas Electric Service Company cus-
tomers in the city--but local residents
may never receive bills at the new
approved rate.
The city earlier rejected a 23.63
percent boost requested by TESCO
and joined with about 25 other cities in
does on the school tax ra
Some board members,
believed inflation had caused the cost
of handling the city’s work to increas?
and that the city’s percentage sh)uffl
also increase to reflect the acdefl
overhead.
Carroll explained, however, that as
property values are reassessed every
four years on a rotating basis, the cost
to the city does go up as values go up.
In addition, he said, new improvements
are placed on tax rolls which also
causes the city’s charge to increase
since the 1.2 percent fee is applied to a
greater amount of assessed valuation.
The factor covering “inflation is built
in” the contract, he said.
The contract with the city calls for a
Texas in an attempt to block such a
large increase.
The rate consultant employed by
these cities, Touche-Ross Accounting,
has come up with a recommendation of
8.33 percent increase on electric rates
and that is the figure the council will
act on tonight.
Final decision on the electric rate
SEE COUNCIL PG. 4A
( tarred
Both house and contents were a total loss Monday night when this frame house
at 220 N. Commerce burned. Owned by Ed Carroll and rented to Mary Jane
Guimels, the alarm was turned in at 9:45 and almost every piece of firefighting
equipment was used by the Burleson Volunteer Fire Department. Exact cause
of the blaze has still not been determined, said Burleson Fire Marshall Chester
Smith, who is conducting the investigation. -Star Staff ntn
Halloween Haunted Happenings^
To Be In Abundance In Burleson
At 1-35 -W Park
A Burleson man was beaten and
robbed Tuesday night at a roadside
park south of the city. Sheriffs officers
said it was the second such incident at
the location within three nights.
Charles E. Hutson, ad director for
the Burleson Star, was the victim of
the second mugging. He was treated at
Huguley Memorial Hospital for multi-
ple cuts and bruises and returned home
early Wednesday.
Hutson was returning to Burleson
after going to a restaurant on I-35W.
He said he stopped at the road stop
park on the way home and was
attacked by a man with a gun in the
restroom.
The man took his wallet and fled.
Johnson County Criminal Investigator
Travis Prine said witnesses described
the man as of medium build, about 30,
and white.
The witnesses, who called the
sheriffs office, said they heard scuf-
fling in the restroom and saw a man
run from the building, and leave in a
two-door, yellow Pontiac hardtop.
Deputy Steve Curlee answered the
call and was told that witnesses
thought they had heard a gunshot.
Hutson was not struck by a bullet,
however.
Deputy D.J. Moulder received a call
on Sunday night from a man who said
he was in a Fort Worth hospital after
he had been beaten and his car stolen
at the same roadside park. The man
said he would come to the sheriffs
office and file a complaint but still had
not come in Wednesday, Prine said.
The roadside park has been the
target of several investigations by
SEE ROBBERY PG. 4A
Flower Show
Participants
Among participants in Burleson Garden Club’s annual flower show, held at Silver
Haven Care Center Saturday and Sunday, were these four ladies. Residents at the
care center, they entered the novice class in the artistic division of the show. They
are [1-r] Erma Boortz, Inez Haney, Nellie Simmons and Josie Pennington. Ten
residents in all entered into competition and many others had a part in making the
show a success. Over 300 persons visited the show-an innovation on the part of the
Club and Silver Haven. See story inside this issue. -Star Staffoto
It appears that Halloween happen-
ings will be in abundance in the
Burleson area this weekend.
Activities promoting entertainment
and safety which have been brought to
our attention are listed below in
chronological order. Each event will be
discussed in more detail after the
listing.
OAK GROVE BAPTIST Haunted
House, 8-10 p.m., Oct. 28 at the church.
NOLA DUNN PTO-Halloween Car-
nival, 2-7 p.m., Oct. 29 on school
grounds.
FOX HUNTERS CB CLUB Monster
Mash, 5 p.m., Oct. 29 at club headquar-
ters.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST
YOUTH-Haunted House, 7-11 p.m.,
Oct. 29 and 31 in the old house near
Shelter’s Feed Store.
STEPPINGSTONE YOUTH CEN-
TER-Film, 8 p.m., Oct. 29 at Stepping-
stone.
BURLESON CB CLUB Street
Dance, 8:30 p.m.-midnight, Oct. 29
between Myers and Mott’s.
FIRST BAPTIST YOUTH Movies,
10:45 p.m. and midnight, Oct. 29 at
Wilshire Village Cinema.
BETA SIGMA PHI-Haunted Hut,
6-9 p.m., Oct. 31 at Garden Acres Boy
Scout Hut.
RETTA BAPTIST-Community Hal-
loween party, 6:30 p.m., Oct. 31 at the
church.
BHS THESPIAN SOCIETY Haunt
ed House, 6:30-9 p.m., Oct. 31 at high
school cafeteria.
FIRST CHRISTIAN Halloween
Fun, 7 p.m., Oct. 31 at the church.
OAK GROVE BAPTIST
Children through the sixth grade
are invited to tour a haunted house at
Oak Grove Baptist Church Friday, Oct.
28.
There will be a 50 cent charge for a
frightful tour between the hours of 8
and 10 p.m.
NOLA DUNN PTO
A Halloween carnival on the grounds
at Nola Dunn Elementary will be held
from 2 until 7 p.m. Saturday.
A costume contest, spook house and
other Halloween related activities will
be featured.
FOX HUNTERS CB CLUB
A “Monster Mash ’77” will be
sponsored by the Fox Hunters CB Club
Saturday, beginning at 5 p.m.
Site for the “Mash” will be the CB
club’s headquarters south of Burleson
on County Road 805.
Attractions will include a monster
room, miniature circus, and oodles of
games and prizes.
First United Methodist Youth
A haunted house sponsored by ,^outh
at j First United Methodist Church is
back this year by popular demand.
Those who feel they can endure the
terror, may tour the haunted facilities
in tpe old house east of Shetter’s Feed
At Joint Tax Contract
‘Warm’ Welcome Extended
Peering through a spider web and smiling his sweetest smile to entice area
residents to visit him this Saturday and Monday is this handsome sidekick of
Hank Hoaldridge. Minus the spider near his left eye [or maybe with it. Who in
the Devil knows?], his “warm” reception is one of the attractions at the First
Methodist Church Spook House next door to Shetter’s Feed Store on Ellison
St. Admission here is 50 cents with children six and under admitted free. This
is just one of several spook houses and other Halloween activities that are
nlanned by Burleson organizations. See story for more events and details.
-Star Staffoto
Burleson School Trustees decided
Monday to take another look at the
district’s own costs in regard to a
contract providing the City of Burleson
with tax assessing services.
The board tabled discussion of the
contract renewal until its next regular
meeting Nov. 10 and asked Tax
Assessor Ed Carroll to analyze opera-
tional costs in his office to determine
what the school district should charge
the city.
Carroll, who is employed by the
school district as both assessor and
collector of property taxes, does only
the assessments for the city and said he
had planned to use the same formula as
in the past to figure what thq city
would pay the school district for the
service.
That amount is 1.2 percent of the
total appraised value of property
within the city limits. It would amount
to $9,813.35 in the current fiscal year as
compared with $8,968 last year. ,
Board members asked Carroll if the
amount would cover the school’s costs,
and he said it would, but that he did not
know exact costs since the work done
for the city is the same as that done for
the school. Te same assessed values are
used for both city and school taxes.
He told The star Tuesday that he
was sending a memo to board
members with a breakdown which
showed the city’s cost to be $2.42 per
tax account. There are 4,059 city
accounts handled by the school tax
Office. School tax only is assessed on
3,356 accounts outside the city limits
jthe school district iSjinud^^ffflP'mt
Community Blood Drive
Nov. 1 At High School
• Blood Donor Drive is being
Ted by the Burleson School
it and other community organi-
60-day notice by either party before
changing the terms and Carroll said
that the city already had established its
budget in the fiscal year which began
Oct. 1. The contract also calls for
annual review of the terms after the
beginning of each city fical year.
The matter had been on the City
Council agenda for discussion Thurs-
day night (tonight).
The tax assessor said that the city
has purchased tax assessing services
from the school district since 1970. At
SPjil
Difl
zations. Other than the tremendous
community service of helping Carter
Blood Center meet the immediate
blood needs of the hospitals in our area,
a blood replacement credit for each
donation will be awarded to the
Burleson Community Blood Reserve
Fund for possible future needs of our
residents. For those wishing to donate
to a specific individual or any organiza-
tion that has previously established a
Reserve Fund, so indicate at the drive.
For planning purposes, please
contact Beverly Reifel, RN, Tue. - Wed.
Thur. AMs only at Burleson High
School, 295-5252.
A Burleson Community Blood Donor
Drive will be held in the Burleson High
School Girl’s Gymnasium on Tuesday,
Nov. 1 from 1-7 p.m.
Carter Blood Center will have a
mobile team of nurses and technicians
to receive blood donations from all
eligible donors of the community. Each
donor is) given a “mini-physical” ex-
amination prior to donation to assure
that it 'till not be harmful to them in
anywayf
that time the charge was a flat fee of
$4500 per year. In 1971 the percentage
rate was instituted and the amount
rose to...$4779. »
Board member Glenn Neill said he
felt the trustees were “derelict in their
duties” in not reviewing the contract
earlier and chided Carroll for not
bringing it to them earlier for consid-
eration. Carroll said he had not
anticipated the board wanting to
change the contract.
SEE CONTRACT PG. 4A
Store from 7 until 11 p.m. Saturday and
Monday nights.
Children six and under will be
admitted free. There will be a 50 cent
charge for all others and concessions
will be available.
STEPPINGSTONE YOUTH
A movie entitled “The Deceiver” will
be shown at the Steppingstone Youth
Center at 8 p.m. Saturday.
The movie tells the story of a typical
SEE HALLOWEEN PG. 4A
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Hutson, Wayne & Moody, James. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1977, newspaper, October 27, 1977; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1212059/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.