Burleson Dispatcher (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 11, 1968 Page: 1 of 12
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Number 40
Volume 9
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Jayeee Wives
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TOTAL TO DATE
1101.00
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Charles A. Perkins
Killed In Accident
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Building permits issued by
the City of Burleson for the
Tommy Eugene McBride
Earns Master Degree
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BEAUTIFICATION
FUND FOR
CITY HALL
Junior High School
“Get Acquainted
Night”
Parents who have children tn
Jr. High are urged to visit your
school on Monday. September
19th from 7.-00 to 9:00 p.m.
to meet with your child's teach-
ers.
Bring a copy of your child's
schedule so that you will know
whore to go.
Meet in the gym at 7:00 p.m.
for instructions on how to
oroeeed. Please, only parents
come at this time.
This night win certainly help
parents and teachers have a
better understanding of your
school
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According to information sent
this paper from Purdue Usiver-
sity, Tommy Eugene McBride,
242 NE Amy Street, was among
the 906 graduates in the sum-
mer school, and was awarded
his Master of Science Degrees
in English.
We have not been able to
contact any of the family to
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$35,000 Addition To Nola Dun Elem’tary
Raises Building Permits To $232,891.20 >
residential at a value of >194.-
906.00; remodel residential
11,100.00; garages and other
buildings. 9225.00: fences. 9M
760:20 and the addition to Nob
Dunn Elementary school bond-
ing 999.000.00.
Burleson, Johnson County, Texas, September 11, 1968
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Burleson —
HIGH SCHOOL
OPEN HOUSE
The Burleson High School
faculty I host an open house
Tuesday night, September 17,
j beginning at 6:30. The begin-
f the school year open
is primarily for the par-
S 5.00
910.00
9 2.00
910.00
9 2 00
9 5 00
9 2.00
9 5 00
. 910.00
910.00
All wishing to attend may
the improvements of the dduea- meet at the church before go-
tten of our young people.
Quarterback Club
To Meet Mon. Night
The Burleson Quarterback
Club will have its regular meet-
ing Monday night in the high
school cafeteria at 8:00 p.m.
The film of the Varsity game
with Ennis will be shown and
the scouting report on Mineral
Wells will be given.
If you are not a member of
this club, feel free to join.
Injured In Car-Train Wreck
JACK DAVENPORT of near
Crowley narrowly escaped ser> month of August totaled 9232
ions injury Monday when the
ear he was driving was in col
lision with a train at a crossing
oa EM 1187 north of Burleson.
Listed below are contributors
to -the City Hall Beautification
Fund. M oney collected will be
used to landscape City Hall
groupda It U hoped that enough
money will be donated to com-
plete the project this fall.
Plantings will begin early in
the fall aeeson
Contributions may be left at
< tty Hall or at. F A M State
Rank
Donation*' to date are as fol*
lows-
Billy Grisso Candidate For Council — Place 2
The filing Monday as a candidate for Council — Place 2 by Billy Grisao,
justified rumors the last few days that he would be a candidate. ['w'
The election will be held Saturday, October 19. kJ7
L. N. Rogers
R. G.K. Deering
Mercers Grocery
George E Bransom Jr.
Les and Peggy Todd
W E. Bradley
E. L Brister
tnonymowi
Robert E Kinney
The J. R M introns
W M. Hurst
Dr. C. E. Brown
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j leaon High School, but is open
! to all interested parents.
All visitors will assemble in
j the Norwood Gymnasium for a
brief welcome and explanation
of the Open Campus College
type schedule instituted for
Burleson High School students
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RECITER ATING AT
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891.20, according to figures
just released by City Manager
D. R. Ward.
Figures iachadod 12 now
Junior Varsity vs. Ennis ’
Here 8:00
September 14 •—
7th and 8th vs. Ennis,
there, 6:30
trict 5AAA and it wilt he'their1 September 19 -r*
Junior Varsity vs. Mineral
Wells, there 7:80
.September 19 —- Freshmen
Azle, there, 6:30 -
September 19 —
7th end Sth vs. Azle
here, 6:30 ...
|gge after some .
™ years and, is^ •>
aopcern-in Ad-
_________re-enter TV A *■
in January and get his degree.
He is a graduate of Burleson
High.
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policies and subscribe to its by-
laws may become a member.
Each school year monthly
programs are presented with
the pre-school children in mind.
Programs for this year include
a .talk on “Children's Mental
Health” by the Children’s Ser-
vices Society, a Christmas cook-
ing demonstration presented by
Lone. Star Gas Co., a speaker
from the Narcotics Bureau,
buzz sessions, workshops which
include making items for the
Bazaar and instructions in liq-
uid embroidry.
■'A nursery will be provided
at the First Baptist Church at
a charge of 75c per mother re-
Jr. High Opens
Season Saturday
The Burleson Junior H ig h li
will open their season thia Sai-
urday night when they journdy6-
to Ennis to play Ennia Junior
High School. The 7th grade
game will start at 6:30 with
the 8th grade game right after-
wards.
The junior high baa 120 boys
out for football which is the
largest group in their history.
first year to play all AAA
teams.
The Elks have 12 returning
lettermen from a 7-2-1 season
in AA while the Ennis lions
have 15 returning lettermen
from a 7-3 season. Returning
lettermen.for the Elks are Char-
lie Crouch, Gregg Erwin, Gary
Lee,. Jerry McAdams, David
Minor, Dean Neely, Joey Parks,
Bill Rushing, Bryan Davenport,
Alan Magee, Eddie Neeper, and
Rick Rogers.
Probable starting lineup for
the Elks.: Ends, Gregg Erwin
and Eddie Neeper; Tackles, Ro-
bert Martin and Joey Parks;
Guards, Bill Rushing and David
Minor; Center, Charlie Crouch;
Quarterback, Alan Magee; Full-
back, Gary Lee; Halfbacks,
Jerry McAdams and Bryan
Davenport.
Junior Varsity and Freshmen
The Burleson Junior Varsity
and Freshmen will open the
season this Saturday night at
Elk stadium against Ennis. The
Freshmen will play at 6:30
while the Junior Varsity will
play at 8:00.
FOOTBALL schedule
for
September 13 - September 19th
September 13 —
Varsity at Ennis, 8:00 *
September 14 —
Freshmen vs. Ennis here, 6:30
September 14 —
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The 1968 Burleson Elka will
open their toughest schedule of
their history this Friday night
aH 8:00.p.m. in Ennis. This will
be the*-Elks~ first year in dis-
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John Swindle Jr., And Partner Wins
First Place In Bridge Tournament^
John Swindle Jr., 21, 541 NW
Hillery and his partner Rick
Price of Fort Worth, won first
place in their section in a spe-
cial event in the regional dup-
licate bridge tournament at
Shreveport, La., over the Labor
Day week-end. John and his
partner, each received 2.07 mas-
ter points.
These young men were com-
peting against some of the out-
standing bridge players of our
country.
Father of J o h n Jr., John
Swindle of White’s Auto Store,
said his son has been playing
for a long time, and while the
game cost him money, that is
his hobby. He and his partner
have played in some rather
large tournaments in recent
years, and against some very
good players.
His father remarked that his | find out Tommy's future plans.
Tickets For Ennis
Game On Sale
School
Pregame ticket sales for the Worth. October 14. at 306 Tay-
Rurlewn-Ennis g.a m e , Friday) |or Street.
Mr and Mr*. D R Ward 9 5.90 night. September. 18 at Ennis,
wOl be sold at, the high school
910.00 efflce. Tickets mav be purehait-
910.00 ed during regular school hours
on Thursday the 12th. and Fri-
day the 13th until 3:45 pm.
Prices are as follow*j
General Admission —r 20 yard
Line to Goal Line (pre-game
tales and at gate 91-25)
Reserved Seats — 20 yard
Line to 20 yard Line — 91.50
Student Tickets —• (pre-game
sales)— 50c. —(at gate) 91.25.
Pre-School P.-T.A.
Membership Tea
Scheduled Sept. 26
Burleson Pre-School P.-T.A^
will hold its annual men^berMhi^
tea on September 26th. The tea
will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
at the home of Mrs. Gurngy
Peoples, Hwy. 174.
A 11 members, visitors and
everyone interested in pre-
school children are invited to
attend. You do not have to be
a mother of pre-school children
to belong to this organization.
Any person interested in the
objects of the National Con-
gress of Parents an<) Teachers,*
| this year. Following the genera] ,w h o is willing to uphold its
nn«4 fn ita Kv.
< AST CHANCE
Season Tickets
Inme Games
kata for Elk home
ba purchased
day at Cleburne
Loan. Fewer re-
served seats will be available
> since
a. M. G. Steele visiting teams may request pre-
»n. game reserved itat sales at
- Ru, 8^0.
Tickets.
ing to Mrs. Peoples.
MACCABEES TO MEET
IN FORT WORTH OCT. 14
Mrs. Beulah Kirley has an-*
nounced that the North Texas
District Maccabees will meet
. [with Hive No. 174, in Fort
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Some of the fellers at the
country store Saturday night
was of the opinion one of the
troubles wjth this nation today
was that we wouldn't recognize
our problem* and face up to
thg situation.
Ed Doolittle, fer instant, said
our pertending that them folks
on Formoaer was the legal Guv-
emment of China was the grand-
daddy of hopeless causes.
Ed. Mister Editor, < knows a*
much about foreign policy.as .a
Jersey, bull knows a bo u t th«
New Testament but ignorance
'■ ain't no drawback to Ed He’ll
discuss anything'. At least onct.
Zekr Grubb a a i d he didn’t
' ’ T"'! iw.Burte^n'; Wo b'rot h«\7.
James Ray and David Wayne
Perkins; one sister, Linda Faye
Perkins, Burleson.
Grandparents are Mr and
Mrs. M. A. Knotts, and Mr. and.
nese problems but he was
* agreed that folks as well .«•
Ouvemnient has to fpee up to.
and rrconise their bad situa-
tions. For a long time, bo said,
them television networks
wouldn’t admit the others was
there. Final, they started rail-
ing eno Another the other net-
work." and then some NBC an-
nouncer slipped up one night
and mid ’‘CBS” right on the air
After the aback was over, the
Hood gutee was open and no*
even the batter people win ad-
mit in pun blie they wan such a
thing as margarine. It used to
be. ms id Zeke, that a eajr manu-
facturer would compare their
car to riding on air, or itaaybe
Retting ks a ea«y • chair, then
they got to talking about other
ears "in the same price range,**
then they referred to them as
"Car A” and **Car B” and now
they Come nght out and calI
' their, competition by name.
Clem Webster jsaM he reck-
oned the idea wan not to do
- your competition no favors by
telling folks about them, but
ho was agreed with Zeke that
it was better to roeohiao a prob-
lem and try to deal with it
Some people don’t rwpaiso pet
^pon ivy. Clem allowed, but they
break out in a rash just the
name Them that don’t reconise
the difference between toad
stools and mushroom, bettor let
aomebody etse de the picking,
was Clem’s words
The fellers was g o n o r a 11
agreed with Zeke and Clem and
they all hated the things they
f • I « g to reconise. Bug Anonymous
Hookum said ho was going home
and reconise a broke board in
Me porch that had throwod him
a doaen times in th. past two
year, and Joab Clodhopper con
feased ho had better reconiie
tk.m tkln Um on bl. pMop
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Charles A. Perkins, 17, was
killed in an auto accident, Wed-
nesday, September 4, in the
Retta Community, He is the son .
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Perkins i -
of Rt 2. Boz 149-A. He was si "ing
senior at Mansfield HighSchool.) °u v
He «u . n.tiv, of Nav.r,„ I■‘“'1’nU .Itend.nrBur-
County, and forme r 1 y from
Kennedale. He had lived for the
past 15 y e a r s in the R e 11 a
Community.
’ Funeral services were held
Friday, September 6, at 2:00
p.m. at Retta Baptist Church,
with Dr. Cal Guy officiating.'
Interment; .w a s in the Cope j
Cemetery. Jones Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
Charles is survived by: Par-
rnti, Mr. and Mrs. J. W Perk-
rw Steele «aM Mrs. Jewett
still in a wheel chair but
assembly meeting, parents will
go period by p e r i o d through
their student's daily schedule.
The 10 minute periods will en-
able the parents to meet each
teacher, and will provide the
teacher the opportunity to ex-
plain what will be expected of
each student during the upcom-
ing school year. Parent’s are
. requested to, bring a copy of
Mrs. Abe Perkins, all of Italy, their student's schedule so that
they will know where to go each
period.: . '
The "high school, faculty hopes
that the pebple.of Burleson.will
take this opportunity to visit
the school during the pre-oehool
year open bouse It is believed
that parents will be able to gardleas of the number of
understand the n e w. schedule, children. The nursery is more
understand the'rvqulibmenta of; than a child center. The childe
each course, and develop a bet-1 ten participate in planned ac-
tor working relationship with tivHles supervised by an excel-
the high school program. AH of; itnt group of workers,
these phases are important in
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Deering, R. G. K. Burleson Dispatcher (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 11, 1968, newspaper, September 11, 1968; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1256240/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.