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After Cycle Wreck
Two Burleson men received serious
injuries when the motorcycle they
were riding collided with a car at N.E.
Renfro and Clark Sr. shortly before
7:00 Thursday morning.
Timothy James McAlister, 25, pass-
enger on the cycle, was listed in serious
condition and Gary Wayne McAlister,
24, was listed in fair condition at John
Peter Smith Hospital. Both men lived
at 357 Newton, No. 11.
Burleson Police Officer Mike Roden
said a car driven by Marie Kenny
Pollard, 43, of Alvarado, was attempt-
ing to make a left turn onto Clark when
the vehicles collided.
He said the motorcycle was east-
bound in the right-hand lane on Renfro.
Police said Gary McAlister appeared
What Came In For Fillup
Motorists traveling along 1-35 around 9:30 a. mi. Wednesday did a quick
double-take out of their rear-view mirrors.
That really was a helicopter filling up its tank with gas at Joe D’s Jiffy
Mart and Gas Station, located on the west access road of HI 35W.
No one could have been more surprised than Mamie and Burley Riley
and Lorraine Robertson, who were tending the store at the time.
Ms. Robertson said the helicopter landed on the access road in front of
the store.
“The crew said they tried to get as close to the pumps as possible but
the ‘copter blades were stirring up too much dust,” Ms. Robertson said.
“So they pulled over on the shoulder of the road.”
The gas hose, of course, was too short to reach that far so the three
crew members carried gasoline in gallon milk jugs from the pumps to the
helicopter until it was full enough to reach the Oak Grove Airport.
One of the men explained they were from Arlington and were making
an aerial survey of the area when they ran out of gas.
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legislature. These involve purchasing,
discipline and resolving complaints.
Supt. of Schools Bill Stribling and the
administrative staff have prepared,
policies for the board to consider on
NAOMI CHESLOCK, Center Co-
ordinator for the Labor Day Telethon
for MD, stopped by the Star Friday
with the final figure raised in the
Burleson area for Jerry and his kids.
“We raised over $2,700. This year’s
telethon was the best ever and I’d like
to thank everyone who helped make it
a success, especially the Burleson
Rainbow Girls.”
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For Mail Delivery Call 295-5278
Burleson, Johnson County, Texas 76028
Most Tax Bills Reduced
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YOUNG HOMEMAKERS OF
TEXAS will hear a program on Energy
Saving given by a representative Jrom
Texas Electric Co. at 7:30 p.m. today in
Room 112 at Burleson High School.
Young Homemakers are headed this
year by Cindy Ply, president; Julie
Bowling, vice president; Vicki Bailey,
secretary; Debbie Simms, treasurer;
and Dedi Knox, historian. ’ '
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valued at $15,000 or less for tax
purposes.
Exemptions for agriculture and tim-
ber land use were also approved by the
school board. r_______
The present tax rate is $1.50 per each of these.
$100 valuation based on 65 percent of
assessed value. Since the school
district now uses 100 percent valuat-
ion, though, the equivilent tax rate is
$0,975 per $100 valuation.
Proposed rate is $1.08 per $100
valuation, to balance a total budget of
$8,459,077.
According to BISD Tax Assessor-
Collector Ed Carroll, the increased
exemptions actually resulted in a lower
tax roll this year than last year despite
the growth of the district.
At the regular meeting, the board
will be considering several new policies
necessitated by recent acts of the state
THE BOARD WILL also:
-Hear a status report on the reading
program at the high school from
Martha Pearson.
-Hear a status report on plans for
improved communications with
students, staff and community from
Fred Rauschuber, assistant supt. for
vocational education.
-Consider in executive session the
resignation of Jan Smith, music teach-
er at J.W. Norwood Elementary, and
consider two recommendations for
employment.
-Approve the substitute teaching
list.
The Appointment of Joseph D. (Don-
ald) Crook to the position of acting
general manager of Johnson County
Electric Cooperative has been announ-
ced by Robert Whitehead, President of
the Board of Directors.
This announcement follows the re-
tirement of E. Reese Strong, who held
the position of general manager since
1970. Reese’s retirement, announced at
the annual membership meeting of the
JCEC Association in Celburne earlier
this month, became effective Aug. 31,
1979.
The new Acting General Manager
has 22 years of experience in rural
electric cooperative work. He served as
Assistant General Manager with the
JCEC since May of this year. Crook
was previously employed by the Gon-
zales Bank at Gonzales, Texas. Prior to
this he was Member Service Manager
of the Guadalupe Valley Electric Coop-
erative headquarters in Gonzales.
Active in community affairs in
Area residents of all ages found something to their liking at the Burleson Area
Chamber of Commerce Tent Sale Friday and Saturday. At right chamber
members Carl Basden and Kriss Tice [r] make a sale to Rosa Lee Shaw; center,
an unidentified man takes a closer look at something that caught his eye; and,
at left, four year old David Smith is obviously quite fond of a large stuffed
elephant he has discovered. He’s the son of Mr. & Mrs. Lonnie Smith.The tent
sale is held annually to raise money for the chamber’s building fund. Star
Staffotos by Donnie Tucker.
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Crook Promoted
Gonzales, Crook was a member of the !
Area Development Board of Directors |
and served as Secretary-Treasurer. He 1
was a member of the Board of ‘
Directors of the Gonzales Rotary Club,
serving as President-Elect. He was an
active member of the First Baptist I
Church, where he served as a Deacon gj-” „
and Sunday School Director.
Donald and his wife, the former L ?
Peggy Mackey, have three children, # » .
Cathy Lewis of Austin, Jeanne Gayle ’ /.JX-v
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Cleburne. The Crooks have purchased
a home on Ridgeway Drive in Cleburne
and recently joined the First Baptist
Church of Cleburne.
In making the announcement, White-
head stated, “We are looking forward
to working with Donald in his new
position with the Cooperative. He
possesses a broad background of
experience suitable to his position and
is well known throughout the state for
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to have suffered a broken femur and
had serious head and internal injuries.
Timothy McAlister’s injuries were
described as serious head injuries and
possible internal injuries.
On Wednesday afternoon, Jason
Scott Hall, 11 was treated and released
at Huguley Hospital after an accident
in the 800 block of Barkridge Trail.
Police said Hall, of 349 NW Summer-
crest, was riding another child on his
front handlebars when the bicycle
apparently swerved in front of a car
driven by Timmy Ray Cunningham, 18,
of 201 NW Wintercrest.
The other youth did not require
hospital treatment, police said. The
frame of the bicycle was broken in two
pieces.
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ELEVEN-TWELVE-THIRTEEN
During his first week in Julie Bowling’s Morning Kindergarten Class at Mound
Elementary School, Keith Douglas, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Douglas Jr.,
753 N.W. Douglas, counts the number of colorful rings as he puts them on the
spool. He has just finished counting color beads. . .sometimes being in
kindergarten can be pretty hard! Star Staffoto., amounting to $10,770. Another new
law will freeze the tax on homes of
senior citizens unless improvements
are made to the residence.
No school taxes whatsoever will now
be paid by senior citizens in a home
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A public hearing on a proposed tax
rate increase will be held at 7:30 for the1
Burleson Independent School District
Monday in the board room of the school
administration.
Immediately following that, the
board will meet in regular session at 8
p.m. on a 10- item agenda.
The proposed tax increase is rather
unique this'year in that it will not raise
taxes for most district residents in
relation to what was paid in 1978.
Although the tax rate is expected to
be increased by 10 V2 cents per $100
valuation, the district also granted
several exemptions which could-in
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many cases-lower the total tax bill.
For instance, a $5,000 homestead
exemption was approved and, even
with a tax rate increase, will result in
less taxes on residences up to about
$50,000 assessed value. At $50,000, the
decrease would be only about $1; for a
home valued at $40,000 for tax purpos-
es, the savings would be $12; and for a
home with an assessed valuation of
$30,000, the tax reduction would
amount to about $22 per year.
CONVERSELY, A $60,000 home
would pay an additional $9 per year in
taxes and one valued at $80,000 would
pay about $30 more per year.
If the homeowner is aged 65 or over,
there is an additional exemption
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the end of the day Thursday, an
increase of about 100 over the corre-
sponding period of 1978.
Last year on opening day, the six
BISD schools counted 4740 students.
No exact comparison is possible, since
the opening day count was inconclusive
last week, but enrollment is currently
running about 100 students over last
year's pace.
Burleson High School has topped the
1500 figure with 1526 students enrolled
there n grade 9-12. The ninth grade is
also the largest in the school district
with 418 students listed as freshmen.
Total enrollment at BHS is down a
dozen students from last year, though.
Other classes at the high school are
sophomores, 381; juniors, 357; and
seniors, 370.
At Pauline G. Hughes Middle School,
there are presently 78; student,
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and eighth grades. There are 390
students in each grade. Overall enroll-
ment was up 50 students at Hughes.
Mound is again the largest elemen-
tary school in terms of enrollment with
Principal Bill King reporting a total of
773 students. All grade levels at that
schj^^W’th the exception of kinder-
more than 100 students.
^fl|MH|jr,wood has the next highest
615 students; Nola
Duti^tos 605; and A.E. Frazier has 575
students.
Norwood is the only elementary that
didn’t show a gain over last year
• although Mound has just one student
over what they had on the first day of
school in 1978. Nola Dunn showed a big
jump, from 539 students to 605.
Frazier, despite havim; he smallest
elementary enrollment for the first
time, also had a big gain, from 547 last
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Hutson, Wayne & Moody, James. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 93, Ed. 1 Monday, September 10, 1979, newspaper, September 10, 1979; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1262995/m1/1/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.