Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 11, 1966 Page: 1 of 4
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were
.A lot the Ladies’ Athletic Aux-
The old building was
Scout-0-Rea
Some 2,000 searchers, from bond sales appro- put on in Montclair Shop-
shows a
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things for the past
ver al days.
Yep, we are now full-
fledged residents of Bur-
area which is
by 42 feet will be used
in
v o c a t i onal agriculture
ved by voters. ~L.O
Total expenditures for $f,093,,662& if "the budget
We know some folks
have forgotten our
the book here it is
again. Call anytime.
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★ Serving Burleson, Crowley and Garden Acres ★
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...Rev. Bailey Smith, J.D. Meador
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branch manager, Busin-
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carried away and yell~a-
gainst their team.
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of boxes discarded and ProPosed revised lesson
the grass mowed and the P\ans °f farm electrifi-
ABOUT YOU...AND PEOPLE
YOU KNOW
Elks 60, Mansfield, 0”)
. . .Pharmacist JOE
GUDE taking a few days
vacation. . .Work pro-
gressing well on the new
BURLESON ANIMAL
CLINIC on Highway 81
. . .Another new lighted
> the bea-
uty of THOMAS CONVE-
YOR INC.. . .
A PROBLEM
YOU SAY?...
You say you can’t see
Johnson County Sher-
iff Noel Wofford said late
Tuesday the pair might
rr ~ stand trial in Johnson
vocational agriculture ^ounty ^for Jhe killing of
tried in Tarrant County
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youth revival.
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no trophy was awarded for the runner-
up, Thomas Conveyor defeated the
Pee Wee All Stars following the tro-
phy presentation. After the game the
Pee Wee boys were treated to a
watermelon feast.
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we couldn’t use the mon-
ey from subscription pay-
ments. At the present.
Jas’t two or three months
but things never seemed
(so go right until lately.
none right now.
It’s not because we
and. . .(
lot to this moving.
The only real problem
anticipated, however, is
a few weeks away. It’s
the Friday night the Elks
meet the Mansfield foot-
ball team. I’ve already
picked the Elks to win,
but some of my Mans-
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If The Star seems a
little slim this week, it’s
because the editor was
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it in your mail box rain
or shine.
When that time comes,
we hope no one will be
overlooked. We want
everyone to have a copy
of The Star every week.
the first place Harris-Mc Vickers Rebels, and
Charles McCoy and Lynn Hoffman, of the second
place Hilley Pharmacy Longhorns. Boys on the
first place team also received individual trophies.
—Star Staffoto
Discovery of the boys’
bodies was made shortly
u'"c ” "'J a.m. Sunday
, 35, of
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seem pleased with the co-
verage their getting and,
frankly, we would hate to
upset the applecart.
We appreciate the help
all of you have given us
since we began to operate
full scale. We still have
many things we would like §
to do to improve the pa- |
per and realize that it -
could use some impro-
ving in different spots.
One is a mail list with
your name on it.
But at least for the
next few weeks you’ll con-
tinue to receive it free.
Perhaps later when we
get time to plan out a .
subscription drive, you’ll |
have an opportunity to get I
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Smith. Near the recrea-
tional area will be a mo-
air conditioning dern kitchen with built Johnson-Tarrant County
iculty finding the right
road.
When many had given
up late Monday, Green
drew a crude map showing
directions he believed he
and McDuff had traveled
from Burleson with Miss
Sullivan.
Burleson Police Chief
William C. Polster, Voc-
ational Agriculture tea-
chers at Burleson High
School are participating
in the • In-Service Edu-
cation Workshop for tea-
chers of vocational agri-
culture at the Hotel Tex-
as, Fort Worth, August 25, 30”and 35~ year ’tea-
9-12. Guest speaker for < ’ . ‘
pre-occupied with other tbe °Pening general sess- be presented to honor-
se_ ion on Tuesday, August ; '
R.L. McMillon, tors, district publicrela-
ess Men’s Assurance
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including residents afoot
and on horseback, from .
Burleson, Crowley and
ocuu luc other towns in the area
Rev. Bailey combed brush, weeds,
stock tanks and fields in
all directions along the
line. But Green had diff-
administrators, and
j of the press,
radio and television.
Approximately 1200
teac'herrwer^T^eTted^ the 8^1, after they “are
attend the meeting. The tried in Tarrant County
> in the death of the two
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Green, of Bremond,
haltingly told the^ story
Rosebud had carried out
was visibly shaken by the
ordeal. He had given him-
self up when, as he said, «
he heard radio reports of ministrators included
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PEE WEE WINNERS--Bert Hender-
son, left, and Jimmy Toal coached
the pennant winning Thomas Conveyor
team in the Pee Wee League of Bur-
leson summer baseball. They accep-
ted a first place trophy for the team
Thursday night. Since several teams
so close in second place race,
Ag Teachers Take
Part In Workshop
James A^ Kelley and conducting local pro-
grams < ‘
culture.
Also on the agenda for
the week is the annual
Breakfast' during " which ?f, th„e Robert Bf anC
tenure awards will be
presented to 10, 15, 20,
BURLESOJUSTAR
First Year, Fortieth Issue Burleson, Texas NEWSSTAND PRICE 100 Thursdoy^ August )], 1966
Body of Missing Girl
Is Found Near Egan
. Th<=> hnHw urao diax'oyr— .. . .
He didn t look at all
like I expected,” said a
Burleson teenager after
seeing another youth
about the same age, try-
ing to lead police to the
body of pretty Louise Su-
llivan. She was one of
three teenagers brutally
slain Saturday night
somewhere in the Bur-
leson area.
The body of the young
Everman girl was fin-
ally found Monday night
near Egan about 12 miles
south of the field, just
north of Burleson where
the bullet-riddled bodies
of her Alvarado boy friend
and his cousin were dis-
of vocational agri- . Sun/iay morning
6 stuffed in the trunk of
their car.
Charged in Tarrant
a s’ s o c ratio n * A wards c?u,nty witb staying
17, and his cousin, Mark
Dunnam, 16, are Roy
Green, 18, and Kenneth
chers? Awards Jwiil also McDuff, 20. The two also
. were expected to be char-
ary members, legisla- in Johnson County
, with the murder and cri-
tions chairmen, school rniIiaI} assaalt of the girl. gone t0 a before
---- administrators, and Mhn?w £0U?ty •?h1er" they were kidnapped by
leson. I managed to get Company of America, Ab- members of the press, Noel Wofford said late their kiUers. The boys’
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LITTLE LEAGUE TOP COACHES—Coaches of
the top Burleson- Little League teams accepted
trophies for their squads Thursday night as the
summer baseball program officially closed. From
lefi: are Al Porter and Glen Brown, coaches for
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she will spend until Aug- ned in the next couple of
brought to Fort Worth f°r instruction. The fi- with her sister, Mrs, ful afternoon party in her as well as you use
from Robertson County gure was more than$550, Heddie Roberts of Man- lovely home. . .Town Talk to, and you can’t
in separate cars. Green 000. hattan Beach, California, missing a name on the remember what you
said he feared McDuff Next biggest single i- Mrs. Roberts is a fash- J. L. CLA’.’.TCLE TWWi
might try' to kill him. Jem was for capitol out- ion designer. . .MYF Party—Mr. and Mrs. HO-
----lav group at First Methodist I BERT BARTLETT were
Cburch traveling by truck guests, tool. . .A beau-
„,i_. . tjfui new marquee - type phone number.
fellowship and one sign some 15 feet tall
The building will be
. . especially suited for so-
see that one is delivered The new structure will cial purposes, said the
to every home in Burle- be a two-story white brick pastor, T
son, Crowley and Gar- building 42 feet by 102 " ' "
den Acres without charge, feet in size. It will fea-
We’d be doubting your ture an T
intelligence if we told you system. ~ in facilities.
though, our advertisers ■ i - ■ '
Homer Barns was pre- ‘
sent and recognized the
area described by the |
map. He and Lamon Ya-
tes, A.O. Ward and (
ell Woodard, all of Bur- §
leson, along with Burle-r ;
son Fire Chief Charles |
behind the suspect as he I
rode to the last search i
| area with Tarrant Coun-
ty and Fort Worth offi-
r’ cers.
After one wrong turn,
the group found an area
which excited Green. At
first no trace of the girl
was found and Green re-
turned with Tarrant of-
ficers to Fort Worth. The
group with Barns stayed
longer.
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rode to the last search
found in the car
17, of 712 S. Caddo in cation
a new educational unit
that will help provide
room for the church’s ra-
We’ve been besieged pid growth.
with inquiries about sub- The new building, to department, two interme-
scriptions to The Star, cost $62,450, will replace diate departments and "
that the church used for library. The recreational
its educational facilities area which is 30 feet
don t want people to read for 17 years.
the paper, but at the pre- The old building was
sent time we are not in the first:recreational
a position to offer it to church building in Crow- folding doors?
readers on a subscrip- ley and the place where
tion basis. We will make the Lions Club of Crow-
every effort, however, to ley was organized.
see that one is delivered The new structure will
MRS, GENE_ CHAMP- ping Center by the Scouts sj£n A°f
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Expected i faculty plane for Mexico where real fine show being plan-
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Salaries made up the
21, touring Mexico weeks. . .Guests of MRS.
. JAMES HEBERLE last
investigators the name of chers. J x
McDuff who was later ar- strength is about 100.
rested without a struggle
one chase. The two were posed amount to be spent capulco. She is traveling week enjoying a delight-
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County gure was more than $550, Heddie Roberts of Man- lovely home. f.Town Talk to, and you^can’t
J. B. CRAWFORD Pool
T?euboS 7as d^cov" were found in the car the Brand boy’s father,
ered by Richard Miles, leading to her identifi- The Dunnam boy was vis-
igrew, 17, 228 Taylor m Positive identity of the j c..™-— *
Burleson, and Charles boys’ was determined bv girl.
Crain, 18, of Keene. They
had been a part of the |
wide-spread search all g
day.
Sheriff’s officers in I
both Tarrant and Johnson I
Counties were notified by I
Barns of the discovery I
and the area was gleaned ■
for additional clues. The
girl’s body was removed ;
by Crosier-Pearson am- [
bulance to Fort W o r th
where an autopsy was I
performed at the request j
of Peace Justice Alf Bow-
ers of Cleburne. It was
determined that she was
criminally assaulted and
strangled.
The two boys had been
shot numerous times as
they lay in the trunk of
their car where they had
been ordered by their ab-
ductors when accosted at
a ball park somewhere in
the area.
The three possibly had
they were kidnapped by
their killers.
wallets v/ere taken. The
girl’s purse and shoes
Green 000. ^..xxxwxxxxx*
Next biggest single i- Mrs7*Roberts is 'a'fash-
Green then offered to laY, including contracts
lead officers to the body on
had been dumped over a be Pai<J during the next
fence m a rural area r
near Burleson some dis- September 1.
also*"for Sunday" School S£S 7>he^e
rooms with the help of "TZ"’Z" 1~c*
ilene, Texas.
Conference workshops
to be developed include
recent trends in swine
trying to move from Man- production, beef produc-
plans of farm electrifi-
flxung- '^liecnni'y r 'P'^d^'l'^ririLTrftfe 1. -^School
chanics programs, lead- state is under the dir- Green, of Bremond,
.oSSZS SSSS SKFcaSE VedT0-lVexpenditures for »JX
ghtened up and the piles Farmers, study of the tion Agency, with George weekend plans to find and tees decided to wait ano-
, r>Tnr»r>acirl 1^---- t r t t ° . .. ® H r> harm t-r, o ~,
ed in the Fort Worth area, ing a budget for the new
He talked freely in ad- school year. The action
mitting the crimes, on- delayed a possible tax
lookers said, although he increase of 15 cents ac-
ross the board.
The proposed budget as
prepared by school ad-
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the deaths. He gave the $100 raise for all tea- LIN leaving Friday by of Burleson. Looks like
my better half, two young-
sters, and a house-full of
furniture into a home on
Lorna Street. We had been
s fie Id to Burleson for the ^on.». „deve^°Pin? and con” vocational agriculture
, ‘ ‘ 1 ■ state is under the dir-
ship and cit i zenship ection of the division of
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get the furniture strai- as Association of Future education, Texas Educa-
H. Hurt, Austin, director. do barm t0 a couple park- ther week before approv-
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kids play house fixed up cation, young farmer for training in new dev-
and the swing set put up gaining and assisting elopments and trends
Gosh, there’s a first and second year tea- v_-;uxj ’ - -
chers in developing and education.
Crowley Baptist
Project Started
The First Baptist On the top floor three
field friends may get a Crowley’s largest church be located and two jun-
little upset wheji I^get is preparing to construct ior departments. Two
rest rooms will be pro-
vided.
The ground floor will
contain a young people’s
The
group at First Methodist! BERT BARTLETT
lu iiit; oiaic uuol win replace alate departments and a lu j1*** vnaiuii Liaveiing nytrucK
Of course, there ain’t an old barracks building large recreation room and gild wbicb he said school building which will to the country for a cook-
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fiscal year which begins night’s service in their planned as a project for So, since it isn’t in
’ ; youth revival. . .A lot the Ladies’ Athletic Aux-
------------------------- nnn u-a£nount was $315, of action underway for a iliary to advertise school
the boys were left dead. ^_wbl5u_. incl.uded funds big Scout-O-Ree to be activities (drawing of sign
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Hutson, Wayne. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 11, 1966, newspaper, August 11, 1966; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1227276/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.