Burleson Dispatcher (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 4, 1981 Page: 1 of 8
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tin, Jennie Pugh, F. J. Wynne,
W. F. Osborn, C. C. Bradford,
Feb. Tom Roof and Eugenia Pugh/
and the visitor Mrs. Senter. .
skating sessions and
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bring arts and crafts to
neighborhood.
Suggestions should be turned of the several items that she
in to Petika at 295-8168.
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Series ForSingies Has children's leadership
Training Sphrinpr To Balcony Restaurant in Ft.
Worth.
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heart, crowned Louise March
and Beverly Broyles as the 1981
Sweethearts. Both women re-
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Mrs. R. L. Bronaugh in Edna.
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Mrs. Pearl Clark has return-
ed from a visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Jack Griggs and her
son, Roy Clark and their fami-
lies in Lubbock, and . With her
son, Joe Clark and family in
Midland.
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20 Burleson, Johnson County, Texas MARCH 4, 1081
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' Seven superior ratings in
Class I Division were handed
out to Burleson High School
Choir members at the Univer-
sity Interscholastic League so-
lo and Ensemble Competition
held recently at Lamar High
School.
The Class I winners were
Carla Spencer in solo and en-
seAifcle; Carol Adamcik in en-
semble; Sharon Smith in solo
and ensemble; Sherry Tidrow
in ensemble; Cherie Adcock in
ensemble; and Marie Hall in
solo. These students will com-
pete in the UIL* State contest
or mail a check made out to in June.
Burleson ISD Community Edu-} Carolyn Lefan won a - first
cation, P.O. Box 289, Burleson, division rating in Class II com-
Defensive Driving
Course To Be Offered In Class 1 Division
By Community
Education Mar. 23-24 Choir Members
A defensive Mrtving course
will be offered by Burleson
Community Education March
23 and March 24 from 6 p.nl.
to 10 p.m. at Burleson High
School. '
The-$8.00 course will enable
all graduates to -receive a 10
per cent discount on auto in-
surance premiums for three
years. ,
The instructor for the course
is Maurice Shepherd.
To participate, persons must
register at die Community Ed-
ucation office in the portable
building oh thg**BH3 campus
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Burleson ISD Community Edu-
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Texas 76028 by Friday, March petition. Winners in Class HI
3. .Division were Andrew Murray,
For additional information, Pat Clark, Mike Hall, Angie
contact Community Education Richardson, Silvia Tadlock,
Director Paul Gilbert at 295- Tracy Allen and Paula Miller.
In addition to these awards,
twenty members earned a sec-
ond division rating of excel-
lent. • : . '
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’ Members of the First United ceived a crown and sweetheart
AU single men and women of Methodist Church can take ad- pin.
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a social time, ership Training Seminar offer-1 the home of Linda Bryant Tues-
I sponsored by 1be Burleson Mn- eddn Cfebume Saturday, March day evening, March 2.
isterial Association, every Fri-il4. The classes will provide i‘ Dlores Barr is the reigning
day .from 7:30 p.m. to IK pm.' training in the area of skills sweetheart of Zeta Theta Chap-
at the First United Methodist and class administration for terrf Beta .Sigma Phi. She
ers don’t do that good. The
study claimed editors are the
most criticized people in Am-
. erica, preachers are next, with
politicians running third, fol-
lowed by lawyers,, policemen
and teachers. The way I figger
this is bad and good.
Natural, everbody in town
knows he can put out a better
paper than the one he’s read-
ing, and everbody vpH agree
the only time a editor is pleas-
ing everbody is when he’s lay-
r ~ “ u"'' n"""-
ers all around him. The good
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to
news ant
It’s just that
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Loyleta
and Mrs. Loyless’ sister, Mrs.
Lee A Neill of Sherman, teft
Friday for a visit With-
in Austin. The Loyless’
it their daughter and I
Dr. and Mrs. B. B. Haytaes’
and Mrs. NeiH will visit her
daughter, Mrs. Bryan Ball.
They will also visit J. M. Loy
leas, Mrs. Blake Hanky end
formation, ifersoiiF^houkf con-
tact tha-church office at 295- Qub.
The registration fee will
Mhdlhie for registration is
V, Merck!.
feta Signa Phi. She
Wood 1980 Sweetheart
fSK^B^r^teld
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ItfieitifirVaMey Cbuntry
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had $7,310 to pay ; his debts.
Most claims agin him, Ed said,
is in gold bonds on mines he
don’t have money to wor. What
the feller done, Ed went on, is
borrow agin the future he ain’t
got, which sounds just like the
way Uncle Sam has managed
to git hisself $940* billion in the
hole and shooting fee a trillion.
General speaking, the fellers
give first place |n the criticize
poll to politicians. Bug Hook-
same breath. Most of the same
Congressmen that voted three
more years of revemie sharing
now is running to git on the
cutback bandwagon, was Bug’s
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The Fedend Hty
sow ride in car
Tricia Hom Presents
Program To
Xi Nu Mil Chapter
Tricia Hom presented the
program to members of the Xi
Nu Mu Chapter o( Beta Sigma
Phi Tuesday, February 17 in
____, the home of Beverly Peterson,
tennis ' In her discussion of the decade
lessons, J of -1910-20, she compared the
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Parade, Rm Run Will
Highlight Activities
For City's 100th
Birthday Celebration
A parade and the 10,000, 10 K
and two-mile fun run will high-
light the second day actiidtiea-
for Burleson’s 100th Birtnday
celebration set for April 24-
May 10.
Entries are now t
ed for the 10 kildmeter’run.
The course will traverse throu-
gh residential streets and coun-
try roads and will include*sonfe
hills. The race will begin at ,
Wilshire Village Theatre at 9
a m. sharp Saturday, April 25.
Entries will be accepted until
30 minutes prior to the start of
the race.
Runners will be divided into
five groups of 19 and tinder,
20-29, 30-39, 40-49 and 50 and
older.
A $6 entry fee will be charg-
ed before April 18 and after
that date the fee will go up to
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A twomile fun ran for iadi-
ividuals who are not experienc
led runners has been foc»rpor-
ated into the centennial activ-
ity. Participation in die spe-
cial race will be by invtation. ,-J
Marion Howard is face de-
rector. For more information,
call the chamber office at 295-
6121 or race officials at 29$
7462, 295-5209, er
When Helen Book was tMMgg *
for a stage name she oaw a
Rand-McNally OMV Mjl IBM
that time on her prefer
name was Sail? Band.
Patrol care patated
white and blue are Mr
by the Jackson, IM.
sheriffs office M Ml
Bicentennial COfohMMBl
Been Cancelled
The i2-week '“New Begin-
nings” series begun for singles
February 2 has been cancell- !
ed, according - to Reverend
Mike Wills, due to lack of at-
tendance.
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ged^for^FTiday evedtagj
bring^lfe^dMlds or her
ing down on the job, with flow-
— 2^ was assisted by Mrs. W. O.
is that folks cafe enough Coleman ancl Mrs. T. I. Ash.
criticize. They wapt their visitors at the meeting
id they want it right. Mrs. Gordons daughter,
„ that what, most folks m. L. Garrett and son of Fort
want is no preacher at all,- so worth and Mrs. Frank Haas,
any preacher at all is bound to Members present were: Mmes.
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way at one time or another, r. Bransom, 6.
What’s bad is that if politic- p. l. Hector, Cr
ians come in third it must s,e Collins, F. G. Jeffrey,
mean folks have give up. If we h. Revees, J. A Miller, t
.don’t blame the politicians for (Keen, M. D.
the shape this country is in,
we must be like the baseball
manager was about his short-
stop. They got their positions
so messed up nobody can play
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I mentioned this poll during
the session at the country store
Saturday night, and the fellers
give it mixed reviews. The
kindest word come from Ed
Mrs. Johnny Lawson of Fort
Worth spent last Wednesday
with Mrs. C L. Booth and Mrs.
Jeffie Kornegay.
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Mrs. Aubrey Russell of Lub-
bock is -here visiting her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Wil-
shire and her sister, Mrs. R.
L. Wynne and family,
a a •
Mr. and Mrs. T. I. Ash en-
tertained with a supper, follow-
ed by a forty-two party at their
home last Saturday- night. In
the games, P. W. Johnson won
high score. Others winning
honors were Mr. and Mrs.
Johnny Titus. Guests at the
party were Mr. and Mrs, H.
W. McClure. Members present
were: Messrs and Mmes. Titus,
Johnson, J. R. Baker, O. B. Gar-
rett and Mrs. Mattie Davis.
Pay Your Talephone Bills and Lone Star Gas Lilis Here
DISPATCHER OFFICE - 124 W. Ellison - .295-1177
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Parks, Jtes-1 «j^e Anderson Circle of
the First Baptist Church met
Tuesday in the educational
building of the church for a
mission study and covered dish
luncheon. The program was
conducted by Mrs. A. H. Loy-
less, circle chairman and Mrs.
Cora Hillitt,. Mrs. L. H. Rudd
and a visitor, Mrs. Roswell
Senter. Members present were:
Mmes. Loyless, Rudd, Hibbitt,
J. H. Garner, Frances North-
' Mrs. C. A. Austin spent the
past week-end in San Antonio
with her daughter, Mrs. Kar-
lene Mouton and family.
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Mrs. J. R. Baker was named cott, W. M. Hurst, C. A. Aus-
—, honoree at a covered dishJun-
Doolittle that noted if it .werent held hame of Mrs.
fer editors good and bad we w M Thursday, Fet.
wouldn’t know how the politi- by members of her birthday'
clans is doing. Another thing c[ttb a gift was presented to
wouldn’t know, Ed went <my Baker by the following
Ijat Uncle Sam has a strorig, members: Mmes. W. M. Hurst,
—tknger to see who can go |c c Bradford, Tom Roof, A.
in debt the most the fastest* Ed H Loyfe^ j. h. Garner, C.
had saw where this feller m p Murphey Mias Ethel
Utah had went bankrup cafrh- Fabres.
ingwhe owed $613 billion and • • •
Mrs-. George Stephens of Cle-
burne stopped here Tuesday
for a short visit with her aunt,
Miss Ethel Faires, as she was
enroute to Fort Worth to spend
the day with Mrs. John Bul-
lock and son, Ramsey. Mrs.
Bullock, a former Burleson
resident, was <
88th birthday., .
Banquet SdwduM
For Youth Of Rut
Baptist Church
A banquet has been sche-
duled for the youth of the First
Baptist Church for Saturday,
March 7 at 7 p.m. in the fel-
lowship hall.
The $3.50 ticket will cover a ..
Shish-Ka-Bob dinner with all
the trimmings. Entertainment
will be prvojded by “Artesia,”
a contemporary Christian band
from Waco.
The theme for this year’s
banquet is “Rocky Mountain r
High.” The youth council is in
charge of the decorations.
Tickets can be purchased
from any Youth Council mem- ,,
ber or in the church office.
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Bethesda Sayst
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
. I’ve heard it said that if a
politician can pelase 51 per-
cent of the people 51 percent of
the tithe he’s doing good. Now
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From The Burleson Dispatcher
March 2, 1961
Mrs. C. M. Collins, a long
time member o toe Burleson
Garden Club, was honored with
a coffee on Wednesday morning
in toe home of Mrs. Roy S.
I run acrost this poll that shows Merqer, Sr. Mrs. Collins was
new’gfiaper editors and preach- presented a beautiful corsage
of white carnations by mem-
bers who greeted Mrs. Collins
were: Mmes. Floyd Hampton,
Wade Hampton, Glen Hampton,
John Truelove, John Gregery,
L. E. Gorman, F. G. Jeffrey,
H. B. Ball, Jl?G. K. Deering,
C. D6n Collins, F. W. Coleman,
J. P.- Best and Don Balentine.
Mrs. H. C. Gordon was. hos-
tess to toe Wesleyan Sunday
School Class of the First Meth-
odist Church af her home Wed-
nesday, Feb. 22. Mrs. Gordon
______toe community are invited to vantage of a Children’s Lead-
celebrating her participate in 1
isterial AaBodataon, every Fri-I14. The classes will provide i‘
zImt 7:30 p.m. to LKpjn. 'training in the area of skills
First United Metoodist I and class administration for
workers who are or
gKOck in toe chfl
tSmfcnt of tordNl
o register w AMk
formation, pbrsnHrl
For mora j|1166.
Faye Mer-Ebe pi
everiy Tir-'t the 4
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Paries & Recraation
Director To Start
Registration Soon
Burleson Parks and Recrea-
tion Director Dave Petika en-
courages area residents to let
him know what kind of activi-
ties they would like to partici-
pate in during toe . summer
months. Summer registration
is right around toe comer.
The summers agenda already
includes baton lessons, f—*'
lessons, * swimming I
_______[ roving costs of products and the role
and- crafts (a program to of women during that period
__ t0 curreot trends. The victrola*
land sewing machine were two
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menitoned that were invented
during that decade.
s . Sorority members and their
Valentines attended toe Xi Nu
i Mu Sweetheart Banquet Sat-
iurday eevning, February 12 at
Ba Held At Cleburne. Cjodta.
First United Methodist
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Deering, Hazel. Burleson Dispatcher (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 4, 1981, newspaper, March 4, 1981; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1262605/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.