Burleson Dispatcher (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 66, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 10, 1978 Page: 1 of 8
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Burleson, Johnson County, Texas
MAY It. 1978
Bales Reunion
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Tab” Bales and
and ensemble groups in both
petitions. Lisa entered the pia-
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Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brad-
ley and family of Shamrock
and Mrs. Linna Reagan of Den-
eon were here Monday to at-
tend the funeral of their uncle,
Marvin E. Bockmon.
RIP
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days
Tommy Byers* Jerry
Mercer Claim Prizes
■ es at the door are $1.50 for ad-
ults, 75c for children .and $4.00
for. a family ticket. Tickets can
be obtained from United Meth-
odist youth members or* Tony
Vinson, associate pastor.
Famil yentertainment will be
provided by numerous tintilat-
ing acts. The proceeds will be
used for a summer trip for the
Methodist youth.
Everyone is invited.
With Lucy
From he Burleson Newt
I May 8, !♦«
Mr and Mrs Allen Hood'an-
nounce the arrival of a daugh
ter bum Monday morning. May
5, at a Fort Worth hospital
The little lady weighed 7 lbs
S or at birth. Her name to
Paula Renee Mrs. Hood is the
former Polly Mercer Grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Mercer and Mr. and Mrs. Ray-
mond Hood of Ixibbock
Warren Eakin, Shawn"
Hunter Among Top 5
Percent In PSAT
Warren Eakin and Shaun
Hunter, Burleson High School
students, have been notified
that they scored in the top five
percent of over one million stu
dents who took the Preliminary
Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT)
last October, he two students
are now eligible to be recog
nixed in the 1979 National Mer '
it Program as semifinalists or
he re-
this
merit program’s existence, the
primary service has been to
bring high performers such as
Warren and Shawn to the atten-
tion of colleges and universi-
ties in the United States. Indi-
cations are that the nation’s
four-Vear institutions of higher
The Burleson High School education are particularly in-
—is accompanist for the terested in top scorers in the
Mrs. J. C. Wilson has writ-
ten friends she had a wonder-
ful trip to Phoenix, Arizona.
Mrs. Wilson is visiting her sis-
ter, Mrs. L. L. Nichols, who
will return to Texas with her.
the proper information
j mailed in to the office
Mercer Bros, were advertis-
ing Bacon, Armour Star, at 69c
per pound, Wieners 15c, Pot-
ted Meat 8c per can, Drinks by
case 90c.
From the Burleson News
August 12, 1948
(38 years ago)
Funeral services were held
at 3 p.m. Monday at the First
Baptist Church for Marvin Ed-
gar Bockmon, who died Sat-
urday in a Fort Worth hospi-
tal. Rev. J. N. Hunt of San
Antonio officiated, assisted by
the Rev. Gordon Clinard and
the Rev. C. W. Anderson. Bur-
known in the muisc field and
Professor Emeritus of Piano
and Theory at Texas Wesleyan
College, was the judge for the
event sponsored by the Fort
Worth Music eachers Associa-
tion.
A recital for first and second
place winners in each category
was held Saturday evening, May
6 in Cowden Hall at Southwest-
ern Baptist Seminary. Lisa
chose the Rumanian Dance piece
for her recital number.
I The Burleson High School education are particularly 'in-
cident i ’ * * *
High School Vartity Choir and Merit Program.
the first time Burleson had ever
had an entrv in the piano cate-
gory Burleson,
Lisa is the daughter of Mr.
has accompanied several solo [
and ensemble groups in both
choir and in the U. I. L. com- Gong Show To Be *
petitions. Lisa entered the pia-
no solo category at u. i. l. and Sponsored By Youth
Of First Methodist
The Gong Show will be in
produced by the
youth of the First United Meth-
odist Church, Saturday, May 13
, at 7:30 p.m. in the fellowship
hall of the church.
Advance tickets are $1.25 for
adults, 50c for children and
$3.75 for a family ticket (which
Pay Your Telephone Bills and Lone Star Gas Bills Here
DISPATCHER OFFICE 124 W. Ellison 295-1177
ent me (Thelma);
Bales; Mrs. Gordon Myatt (Goi-
da); Mr Glenn Bales;
Howard Gurley (Fem);
Bob Nauert (Mickey);
Williford Bales; Mrs. Sargent
, ucation office. Forms are also
! available on request at the of*
j flee that can be filled out with
and
ladder on his belt buckle. Small
'cost, in view of the amount of
work gained from him and oth-
er members of the volunteer
department, in Installing the
equipment.
saw where reporters noticed
that Carter had President Tru-
man's sign took off his desk
after he borrowed it from the
Truman Library when he first
took office.
Farthermore, Zeke said, the
sign now is next to a bronze
bust of Truman on a side ta-
ble in the Oval Office. You can
rea dall kinds of things into
this, allowed Zeke, beginning
with the chanct that the clean-
ing lady moved the sign when
she was dusting and fergot to
put it back. More likely, Zeke
went on, Carter is tired of hear-
ing all the talk about how his
performance so far has been
all flash and no cash, and he's
fixing to improve on Truman’s
slogan. There’s no need for the
sign when Carter can create a
Department of Buck Analysis
and Recommendation with a
flick of his pen. When he runs
across a buck passed to him
in the morning mail, he can
tell his secretary to send it to
BAR and Hamilton Jordan will
handle it, cause he’s always
there.
Actual, said Ed Doolittle, the
President moved his sign at a
good* time, ,with the country
pritty well split on whether
.Meeting as second graders at commended students.
. . .Alice Carlson Elementary School suits will be announced
**'«" Ft. Worth, both students be- fall.
gan studying piano with Mrs. Warren is the son of Mr. and
John Houston Payne. Since [Mrs. Bobby Eakin of 108 N.E
Barret moved to .Arlington at Murphy in Burleson. He parti
the beginning of the sixth grade
and Lisa came to Burleson a
year later, the teenagers have
not seen as much of each oth-
er the last couple of years.
Each contestant is required
to play one selection from the
early, romantic
Uncle Bad trea LooW"s ■<•<*
Bethesda Says: ■
DEAR MISTF.R EDITOR:
Folks that got skinned down
to one pair of pants and than
vote at income tax time
month probable know
Nairn Hankuu felt the other
day in the police station
Porter, Indiana They don’s feel
like they got a friend left m
the world Clem Webster had a
clipping at the session at the
country store Saturday night
that told about Naam and his
problems crty watcr tUnk ls spori-
It seems Naam had a spat ing a new look with the addi-
Buettemeyer; and Richard Mat-
tison, twefth. Each of these ,
winners received a free ticket
to the Wilshire Cinema donated
by the Burleson Star. Shane
Stokes was in charge of dona-
tions from the local merchants.
Additional prizes will be aw-
arded to the persons who turn
in the most money obtained
from pledges. The deadline is
Saturday, May 13. All of the
approximately 150 participants
received Walk-a-thon certifi-
cates.
The local event was spon-
sored by the Burleson Student
Council of Burleson High School
under the direction of Mrs.
Janice Canard.
Information, Referral Lisa Kether Races
Service Incorporated [ Second in' Annual
Into Ed. Program
' An information and Referral
Junior Class To
Sponsor Talent Show |
On May 12
A talent show will be staged
by the junior class of Burleson
High School Friday evening,
May 12 at Norwood Elementary
School.
Admission price is $1.00 for
adults and 50c for students. Ev-
eryone is invited.
Proceeds will be used to fund
; junior class projects. 1
High School Selects
1978-79 Drill Team
Members
r elections for the 1978-79 Drill
Team of Burleson High School
include 26 new members and 13
returning members.
New additions to the drill
team are Cherie Adcock, Kar-
en Albrecht, Debbie Anastas,
Jamie Anderson, Traci Babcock,
Sherry Beard, Tina Beck, Angie
Bonham, Nancy Crews, Debbie
Crop, Crystal Denney,
Kerr, Cheryl Fentress,
Griffin, Candi Gunter, Margie
Hardgrove, Jerrilynn Heppel,
Lori Hill, Lisa Liddell, Sharon
McGlothing, Debra Moore, Dor-
inda Smith, Leann Starks, Fran-
ces Tabor, Carrie Wright and
Tammy Zumwalt.
Returning for the second year
are Marsha Black, Glenda
Duke, Angie Franklin, Rhonda
Harris, Cathy Horton, Karla
Mills, Shirley Nance, Vicki
Shepherd and Debbie Turner.
Four girls that have been se-
lected for the third year are
Stephanie Allen, Teri Hutson,
Debbie White and Stacy Swan.
with his old lady, went out and tKxl antenna for the new
got drunk, got in a fight and P<>>»ce and fire department two-
got arrested He told the law rad10 The unusual height
he wanted to use the telephone <* the antenna is responsible
call he had coming to call God, f<* Burleson being well heard
the only friend he had left. The ,,ver most of Johnson County,
item said the officer didn’t let However, Charles Newby has
Naam make his call because it most of the paint off the tower
was long distance.
Mister Editor, the fellers got
started on a discussion of the
hot line upstairs, but they re,
hzed right off they were in
over their heads. It was Clem
that insisted God is a local
call, but he went on to allow
that poor Naam would of been
in worst shape if he had got
through and hadn't got a an-
swer, or got a busy signal.
Zeke Grubb said he figgercd
Naam was able to make his
own connection as soon as he
sobered up, and, besides, he
was more concerned with word
that the buck don’t stop at Pres-
Tommy Byers and Jerry Mer-
cer claimed first and second
prizes by completing the an-
nual March of Dimes 20-mile
Walk-a-thon Saturday, April 29
nin-/
utes. /
Tommy was awarded a tre-
pF/y’ by Trophys by Flair and
flowers by Flowers by Fran and
party Jerry was presented a tee-shirt
and a pizza from Pizza Inn and
a disco dance session from Per-
formers Unlimited. Tommy al-
so received the prize of a pen
set from Burleson Office Sup-
ply as the :: oldest" participant.
Lynn Steelman, age 5, claim-
ed the ‘‘youngest’’ participant
award. She received 2 dozen
donuts from Bob’s Donuts.
Clocking in with the remain-
ing fastest • times were Scott
Odom, third; Stephen Miles,
fourth; Davdi West, fifth; Sa-
rah Williams, sixth; Jimmy
Hagar, seventh; Chris Methe-
ny&'eighth; Roger Kirby, ninth;
Bobby Feazell, tenth; Sammy
and Mrs. L. P. Kestler of the
Briaroaks community.
> idem Carter’s desk. Zeke had ja| was jn Burleson Cemetery.
He was a member of the Bap-
tist Church. Born in Johnson
County, April 22, 1874; he had
been employed in the newspa-
per business for more than
thirty years; and for the past
several years he had been em-
ployed by the Burleson News.
Survivors are his wife, two
daughters, Miss Lucille Bock-
mon, Burleson, Mrs. Alene
Boles, Fort Worth, one son,
Wayne Bockmon, two grand-
sons, Billy and Bobby Bales,
Fort Worth. Pallbearers were
Malcolm Scott, Fayete Bran-
som, Noel Wofford, R. G. K.
Deering, Joe Rogers and Hen-
ry Bockmon.
cipates in freshman and Junior
Varsity football, yell section.
Junior Historians, Christian
Student Union and the National
Honor Society.
Shawn, vice president of the
National Forensics League,
early, romantic and contem- part in debate and extem-
porary periods. Lisa's select- P°reneous speaking activities
ions were Hayden’s Sonata, Hob In action, he has played foot
XVI/I; Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 53,1 - A honor roB.
9, No? 2; and Bartok's Suite 5<ned as a 01655 Club officer,
of Rumanian Dances a ™6mber the french
„ | Club and has received the Su-
perior ROTC Cadet Award and
the National Forensic League
Degree of Mer.t, Honor and Ex-
cellence. He liv.^s at 509 Na-
than Street in Buileson with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ken-
neth W. Hunter.
During the 22 years of the
Piano Solo Contest
!>££. CaUorita."tkT tonJE' *" mfonnauun and Referral For the mond time Burle-
Mrn Mavu Bales. ha> return 5*"*' h" >>K»n><*a<«<l IH*Sh School sophomore
cd to her home after a visit tot0 Burks<*1 Community iLsa Kestler has placed second
here and in Fort Worth with
her brothers and sistenA chil-
dren of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Bales, pioneer residents
of Johnson County and this i
community ... - —•
a. rv. m ~ by calling the Burleson Com- i when Lisa was
They arc: Mrs. (Miff Cass-: 1
(evens (Lucille); Mrs Bill Ba)
Mrs. John
Education program, announced in the 9th and 10th grade cate-
Dtrector Paul Gilbert Informa- gory of the annual Piano Solo
lion about local clubs, orgam-| Contest held recently at Texas
zations, churches, schools, re- Wesleyan College. Barret Diehl
creational programs and pub-, of Arlington, first place win-
’ lie facilities can be obtained ; ner, also took the top award
k.. .u_ n.._i------ I ..J--t -.-3 the previous
munity Education office at 295-1 second place winner.
I 7.1996 weekdays between 8 a m.
I to 4 p m.
Mrs *
Mrs i an effective community service.
j^r (community organizations are ed-
1 couraged to call in the infor-
Hill (Frances) ' ; mation to the Community Ed-
it was Mrs. De Wees first
trip back, in several years, to
visit her family, and family
get-togethers, were held at each
one of the family members
homes, including a three day
outing at the Possum Kingdom
Lake Camp of Mr. and Mrs.
Nauert, an evening out, with
dinner at “The Village** on Un-
iversity Drive, which is owned I
by Mr. and Mrs. Hill, a slum-, In 20-Mile Walkathon
ber party at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Nauert, for all the
sisters, family get-to-gether at I
the homes of Mr. John Boles,
Mr. and Mrs. Olif Casstevens,
Mr; and Mrs. “Tab" Bales and ... .
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Myatt. | hour'i and mln
A farewell get-together was at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Har-
old Gurley on Sunday, bc?ure
Mrs. De Wees departure on
Monday. Attending this |
from Burleson were: Mrs. Gor-
don Myatt, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Balentine and Dr. Don Truman
Balentinc.
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Deering, Hazel. Burleson Dispatcher (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 66, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 10, 1978, newspaper, May 10, 1978; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1262435/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.