Burleson Dispatcher (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 6, 1982 Page: 1 of 8
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21 Burleson, Johnson County, Texas
Number 40
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DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
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From The Burleson Dispatcher
October I, 1962
The city has employed Ches-
ter Smith as Burleson’s frst
full tme fre marshal. Though
he is now to toe city payroll as
a full time employee, he has
Tyler Oct. 14-17.
great-niece of
Bockmon of
grandmother is Mrs.
grandchildren an cfenx great*
grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Perkins
have announced the arrival of
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Baker
and son, Walton, spent Sunday
in Dallas, with Mrs. Barker’s
sister, Mrs. Bennie Collins.
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Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Wynne at-
tended the Caddo Homecoming
Sunday, at the school gymnas-
ium in Joshua.
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as how 'We’Ve
our econata
haulingL
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Coffee Planned
Oct. 7 For Mrs Hobby
And Mrs. Bent-sen
A Coffee is planned Thurs-
day, Oct. 7 at 3 pun. in the
Burleson Community Center,
Room 101 fr aMMrs.
Room 101 for Mrs. Bill Hobby
and Mrs. Lloyd Benteen. The
Coffee will be informal and
boon to toe public.
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Keller
have returned from a visit with
.their children in West Texas.
Visitors last week of Mr. and
Mrs. C. S.- Jordan were Mr.
and Mrs. Art Diggers of Bai-
ley, relatives of Mr. Jordan.
Funeral services for Artie 0. of servce.
“Red” Jones, who died Tues-
day, warehoK TTterWtay at toe
since toe teams were already
in toe middle of their current
season.
The BYA committee held a
meeting with church league
representatives also and have
come up with a proposal they
are expected to offer th» qomb*
cil at toe Monday night meet-
ing-
If a settlement can be work-
ed on the parks situation, yeMto
groups will probably seek a
multi-year agreement so toe
problem will be resolved for at
least two years.
One other item is on the.coun- .
ail agenda is the final reading
or an ordinance setting toe ad-
valorem tax rate at 46 cents * •
per 100 valuation.' The delay ia
setting toe tax rate was toe
results of tax rolls.
A fromer resident of Burle-
son for many years, and for-
mer manager of the Burleson
Water Works, Hugh M. Gark,
was buried in toe Burleson
Cemetery Wednesday, funeral
services were held at Crosier-
Pearson Funeral Chapel in Cle-
burne. ‘Death came to Mr.
Gark Monday at a Waco hos-
pital. Survivors are his wife, J
Mrs. Pearl Gark of Burleson,
six sons, Roy C. dark of Lub-
Burleson Pre-School P-TA
met Tuesday at the home of
Mrs. J. T. Mahan to conduct
the first business meeting of
the 1962-1963 school year. The
guest - speaker . was Mrs. Ira
mith of Fort Worth. Twenty-
eight mothers were present. At-
tending were: Mmes.
Smith, George Moore, Duane
Thompson, J. T. Mahan, Gin-
ton Collins, Ed-Worley, Bruce
Chrisman, Jerry Martin, James
Ellis, Fred Blackwell and
Frank Moates.
20 years. He began his duties
Oct. 1, which is investigating
UHe‘~WHtto of Temple, it th«ir.
Grandchildren an dsix nwM a"d infection.
Smith, 62, is retiring
Southwestern Bell at the
of toe month after 42 years
crate for Action is sponsoring
the affair and toe citizens of
Burleson are invited to meet
toe wives of these candidates
for public office, who desire to
meet toe voting public and
get their grassroot opinions. .
The city, by hiring a fire
marshal etprcts a drastic low-
• First Baptist Church. Burial
was in Bethesda Cemetery. He
was a native of Burleson. Sur-
vivors include his wife, ' two
sons, Ktiateto, of Burleson and
Ehvyn of Glen Rose, and one
half brother, J. W. Jones of
California.
This run is being sponsored
by Farmers and Merchant!
State Bank. Trophies by Flair
will donate some of the troph-
ies.
A breakfast of kalaches,
donuts, biscuits, sausage, cof-
fee and orange juice will be
served beginning at 7:30 a.m.
At 11 o’clock there will be a
spaghetti luncheon, garlic bread
and pie. The luncheon price is
$3.50 for adults and $2 for chil-
dren under twelve. Gerry
Scheppmann is chairman for
these arrangements.
The festival’s general chair-
man is Donna Magee. Rooms
and booths in toe church will
be open to shoppers from 9
a.m. until noon. There will be
a bake room, a Christmas store,
stained glass room, a garage
sale, country store, cookbooks,
plants, jams and jellies and
all kinds of games. Linda •
Schaub is in charge of these ar-■
rangements.
The auction will begin
. Pay Your Telephone Bill* and Lone Star Gas Bill* Here
DISPATCHER OFFICE - 124 W. EHiton - 296-1177
Uncle. Bndfrea
Bethesda Says:
Runners leaving toe ( -------------
miles i Annual Arts And
suriaces- 'c«rfte Show, Sale
Set For Oct. 8,9
The Burleson Arts ft Crafts
Guild will present its annual
Fall Show & Sale Friday and
Saturday, October 81b and Mt
at toe old Burleson Post Office
parking lot located at toe cor-
ner of Renfro and Johnson,
from 9 a.m. to 6 pm.
. Items offered for sale will be
paintings and handmade crafts.
There will be a large selection
of paintings, including Oil, ac-
rylic, pastels and water colors.
There will also be a wide va-
riety of crafts to choose from
—such as crocheting, macrame,
weaving, woodcarving, ceram-
ics, plaster, stained glass, nee-
dlework and much more. ____
_ Guild members point out that
this will be toe perfect time to
purchase that special gift for
Christinas giving.
Because new members are
joining every month, this may
prove to be our biggest aad
best show yet!
Non-members are invited to
come and set up.For more ire
formation call Bettie Balta
Director of Exhibits, at 29B-
8606 or 295-4385.
L to pick up a billion tab Pt>- [book, Joe Ota of Midland,
' " ‘ " * *’ Noble L. Gark of Burleson, E.
E. Gark of Fort Worth, Ray?
Gark uf Glen Fails, New York,
and Col. Jas F. Garic of Ft.
Bragg, N. C; one daughter, t
Mrs. Jack Griggs of Lubbock; <’eei> *• ,a;
one brother, Rev. E. E. dork, ttr S:W fire marshal” almost
of Houston, two sisters, Mrs.
Joe Andree of Waco and Mrs.
Ed Dooliide reported at toe
fttapn at the country store_________
SttuhkQNMflU that toe, obvious I daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
now is official. The Japanese
are jhe smartest people in toe
wttfr Bd had tf
saitk a study at a university in
Northern Ireland shows toat
— __ _____ ___Mias weighed S pounds and 12
imr^rrTiM In second" •tanrl0®®**- Grandparents are Mr.
- Mrs. Rube H Vickers of
Burleson and Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Perkins of Fort Worth. The
Perkins ’hare three other chil-
dren.
' .. and haulrfijf theirs back r
World War H. We don’t have to
be atfttatt start to relize how
smart wrte making toe Jap-
anese, was Ed’s words.
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tore is tfaowing in toe towhl
on its titttest line of cars and
going back to buying em from
Japan. This p’cce Bug saw told
hwo five yeakagd the Japanese
could bufid acar and put it on
toe dock in this country fer
$1,700 less than Americans
could bujld the same car. GM
has woritod hand to dta this
gap, Bug, reported, and they got
it down to a $500 spread, but
that’s got elost enough. So
GM is gnfag tor farm out its
Chevette to* Japan and come
out $500 ahead. What will hap-
pen next, Bug said is toat toe
Japanese company will start
building toe cars in one of
GM’s idle plants in this coun-
try and pick up another $500
per car by not having to-ship
toe AtaMcan. raw materials
over there to make a car to
ship back to toe American mar-
ket. ’
Actual broke in Gem Web-
ster, toe IQ test had. to hejig*
■ged. Me way America could
do better than Poland and Rus-
saL. He.taid jw got to won-
der if our ship of state has
rot. both oars in toe water,
nuflHhe way we git took at
over turn. Back in toe spring.
Gem recalled, Uncle Sam. had
highnr than in any other coun-
try. WMtamuio, Ed said, Ja-
panese Kt is going up faster
than any taer nartfotaity.
The research claimed eco-
nomic growth is a direct result
of intelligence, Ed went on, so
he was surprised toat Amer*
a first year student in toe
“oldest Junior College in toe
the average IQ in Japan is World.” She will work towards
a Secretarial Certificate while
at Decatur Baptist College.
D. Brown, h^s recently enroll-
_ed in Decatur Baptist College,
this artfcte toat Decatur, Texas. Miss Brown is *
Mrs. Lorena Hardgrave span Jotaw^c^ty Demo-
Sunday m Fort Worth in the
home of her son and daughter-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
Hardgrove.
School Gass of the First Meth-
odist Church, was held Wednes-
day in toe home of Mrs. George
E. Bransom. A covered dish
luncheon was served. Mrs.
Bransom was assisted by Mrs.
J. A. Miller. Invocation was of-
fered by Mrs. F. G. Jeffrey,
who also presided at toe busi-
ness meeting, following toe
meal. Mrs. Roy Ply is teacher
of toe class. Those attending
the luncheon were one visitor,
Mrs. Jeffie Kornegay and mem-
bers. Mmes. Jeffrey, Miller,
W. O. Coleman, C. R. Booth,
Collins, 0. fc. Swanson, Ply,
W. H. Reeves, Charles Crouch,
J. W. Huffman, Elmer St. Gair,
Lutie Slaughter, P. L. Hector,
C. M. Parks, J. W. Keen, H.
C. Gordon and Mrs. Bransom.
ABLES Sets Fee,
Nantes Director
ABLES, toe organization for-
med to maintain ambulance
service in rural areas met and
elected three new members to
the board of directors.
Th^, newly elected^ directors
orge, and H. C. Watson. Their]
terms begin in December.
The family membership is
the same as last year, $35.
This covers all family members
living in * the same household.
The cost for businessmen is
$200 which covers employees
and customers while they are
in business.
This year the organization
had 475 paid memberships. The
1983 membership drive will
soon get underway as dues are
usually paid by December of
the previous year.
PERSONAL
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* Miss Pamela Ann Bales, dau- made to toe first three runners
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill in each age group.
Bales, of Midland, will be duc-
hess of Midland at toe Tyler
Rose Festival t obe held" in
She is
Miss
Burleson.
YOUTH GROUPS, CITY TRY
TO SOLVE PROBLEMS .
Representatives from toe
Burleson Youth Asoociatiow
(BYA) the Burleson Independ-
ence Soccer Association (BISA)
and toe church wttT meet with
toe city council in a special
meeting Monday night, Oct. 4,
t otry to negotiate an agree-
ment that will keep organized
sports activities playing chi
fields in the city parks.
The youth groups met in sep-
arate meetings last week and
each selected a committte ot
five to help work out an agree-
ment as well as beginning some
long range planning coaming
playing fields. The church lea-
gue has agreed to support toe
youth organizations.
The BISA had already been
given an exemption from the
fees for the rest of this season
Mrs. Leta Schultz of Hilsboro,
a daughter, Loriann. The little [spent the week-end here with
her sisters, Mrs. S. E. Wishire
and Mrs. G. R. Shannon.
over 100 runners, as many had
already signed up. The regis-
tration fee is $7.00 and can be
made as late as -7:15 a.m. on
the day of the race.
T-shirts will be given to all
runners and awards will
Church Festival To Be Held Saturday
are’dinto Br^MMr^xse-fxt First United Methodist Church
The annual Fall Festival at size quilt and more. The auc-
toe First United Methodist tion will continue until all these
Church is Saturday, Oct. 9. ; items are gone, according to
It will start with toe Reno- ’ Carolyn Dix, chairman.
vation
church at 8 a.m.
Their run will be 3.1 miles
over rural asphalt surfaces. ’
Linda McGendon, chairman of
the run, stated they expected
ering on the commercial key
rating with an accompanying
lowering in the insurance
rates, toat will be charged to
commercial business.
City manager, Mark Sowa,
said that it seems having a fire
marshal will allow the city to
get a 29 cent key rating. If
this is the case, the city will
from probably apply for toe new rat-
ing within a few weeks.
Commercial businesses
now MMflsed at a rating of 86
oompated to only 13 for housre
(land teft UB. banks holding
through. Gurernment backed
loans from toe U& Commodity
Credit Corp. Last week, Gem
. said., ha. saw wtere Poland
wfltft fcy the interest on >$2.4
* bfltaLnfare unless it gits more
Gitvtanteht backed leans. If
being extorted with your own
maMprdteft soundi to smart,
Genntak fafak ef ta bilttons
America- and Wretera Europe
countrteB are pumping into
' MMMlfr Siberia pipitone so
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Lucille
Her
Alene
Bales of Fort Worth, toe for-
mer Miss Alene Bockmon of
' Burleson.
PERSONALS
i Mr. and Mrs. E. Lynn Fairte
12:30. Some of the items to be Mrs. Faires’ sister, Mrs.
auctioned are a diamond ring, Heflin at Killeen. Mr. 1
a calf, hand-made doll house, also visited his sister,
microwave oven, atereo, qua Bn- Pauline Faires at I Jean
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Deering, Hazel. Burleson Dispatcher (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 6, 1982, newspaper, October 6, 1982; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1262498/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.