Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 93, Ed. 1 Monday, September 10, 1979 Page: 2 of 12
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2 A-Burleson Star, Monday, September 10, 1979
Editorials/Opinions
Our own...and others’
Judgement By Jury
Infant
Beauty Debunked
Bicycle Registration
Push Is Scheduled
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also have two grandchildren. Strong
World War II, receiving two bronze
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Services
Funeral services for six month old
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Burleson are scheduled for 2 p.m. this
afternoon (Monday) in the Harveson-
Cole Funeral Chapel in Fort Worth.
The infant boy was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy E. Thomas, Jr. He died
available and then fill out a registration
form.
Leader said bicycles will be marked
in three places making them undesira-
able to steal or fence and easier to
return to owners if recovered.
He said the bikes will be marka£ ~
with operator’s license numbers. With
the proper state coding, bicycles re-
covered out of state can be returned if
recovered.
He said driver’s license numbers
allow for better identification because
such numbers are more readily avail-
able to police than social security
numbers.
Leader also said the department is
planning a bicycle safety program in
November.
alert, not only in the guarded areas
where there are speed limits and school
patrols, but everywhere during the
hours children are going to and from
school.
They must be prepared to yield the
right-of-way to the youngsters,
whether it is theirs or not.
Parents can help by teaching child-
ren the rules for survival in the
streets, and by dressing them in
clothing that is bright and easy for
drivers to see. A little care on the part
of everyone concerned could go a long
way toward eliminating the tragedies
which too often appear with" each
new school term.
Herbert Spencer never heard of the
Club of Hard Heads before he wrote,
“the saying that beauty is but skin-
deep is but a skin-deep saying.”
Chances are, if the English philosopher
had been acquainted with the club, he
could have come up with some choice
rebuttals to a motto like “always marry
a woman uglier than you.”
This phrase is more of a challenge
than a motto, but it is the credo of an
organization of 100 German university
intellectuals. A beautiful woman is a
liability in a marriage, so their theory
goes, because she is so busy being
beautiful she has little time for husb-
and, home or family.
Psychologists may not be able to
refute the cold logic of the club’s
As one attempt to speed the judicial
process, moves have been made toward
releasing juries from the concept of
unanimous consent of their verdicts.
The concept is progressing slowly and
meeting some resistance.
An important precedent for the idea
has existed all along, but largely has
been ignored. Many decisions of the
Supreme Court have been handed
down on a 5-4 vote. Few important
decisions are rendered unanimously.
Even though the nine justices are
presumed to be men of comparable
legal expertise, a mere majority of one
can invalidate the opinions of the
minority four.
Such a slim difference is not accepta-
able, however, when 12 laymen are
considering a judgment of much lower
national importance. A unanimous ver-
dict is required. One result of this
procedure is that the intransigence of a
single member of the jury can and
frequently does result in no verdict at
ah.
As a result, costly retrials must be
held if the guilt or innocence of the
accused is to be pursued, and the guilty
have a better opportunity to escape
punishment. The idea of accepting an
overwhelming verdict-such as 11-1 or
10-2-in place of unanimity may be a
concept whose time has come.
Leader plans to spend a week at each
of the city’s elementary schools in
October marking and registering bikes.
There will be no charge for the
registration.
He said parents may bring their
bikes to the schools and have them
registered or contact police for an
advance appointment to have them
marked and registered at the police
station.
He said persons may mark their own
bikes if they have the marking pens
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Burleson police plan an intensive
campaign to get bicycles in the city
registered in order to stem bicycle
thefts.
Juvenile Officer Bill Leader said
some $10,000 worth of bicycles have
been stolen in Burleson since the first
of the year and few have been
recovered.
“Only about one in 100 bicycles
reported stolen are ever recovered and
returned to the owners,” Leader said.
He said of all the bicycles stolen, only
five had been registered in the city. He
noted that chances were remote that
an unregistered and unmarked bicycle
would ever be returned if recovered in
another city.
of Clarksville, Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Welch
of Denton and Louis Thomas of
Everman.
Continued
his work in rural areas and active
involvement in community affairs.”
E. Reese Strong, the recently retired
general manager, is a native of Hend-
erson, Texas, where he was manager of
the Rusk County Electric Cooperative.
Before being' named to the manager’s
position there he served as a member
of the Board of Directors of that
Cooperative.
Strong has accumulated 33 years of
service in the rual electric cooperative
hard-headed analysis of beauty, but the
lack of understanding of pure female
makes one wonder if membership in
the club is limited to bachelors who
have sealed themselves in dungeons
filled with spiders and cauldrons of
medieval potions.
Whatever their academic achieve-
ments it is obvious the members have
not mastered the fundamentals of
understanding the creature called
woman. Not only do they insult the
entire gender by narrowing their field
of definition to the one sense of visual
perception, but they insist upon com-
pounding the error by falling back on
the old cliche of a pretty face and an
empty head.
fidence in the American dream. Through our ability—demonstrated
time and time again — to couple an exploding technology with cheap
energy and a skilled, reliable work force, Americans felt that we
could lick any problem, and that our tomorrows would inevitably be
better than our today.
But some curious things happened on the way to Eden. Energy is
no longer cheap, and government tax policy may also succeed in
making it scarce. Because profits are not large enough, investment in
research and development is inadequate, and our source of great
technological breakthroughs is drying up. We used to lead the world
in productivity — today, we are no better than sixth. Some say that
work practices common in our society are designed to hinder produc-
tivity, not promote it.
Yet these were the very elements of our economic system that
gave to the American people the highest standard of life that the
world has ever known. To the extent that our society permits and
supports national policies that restrict the intelligent use of energy,
restrain technology, and hamper productivity growth, we are collec-
tively pulling out from under our own feet the foundations of our
success. And raging inflation to which all this contributes is a cancer
that will ultimately destroy the American dream, if we do not bring it
under control.
For all of us who value the American dream and wish to sustain it,
the bottom line for defeating the full threats of “1984” is involve-
ment and commitment. We have to become well informed. We have
to work actively for constructive change. We have to communicate
effectively to the American public the glories of the economic and
political heritage that is ours. All of us are laborers in the vineyard of
the free enterprise system, and we have an obligation to provide the
leadership and esprit to meet the challenges and the opportunities of
the ’80s.
The struggle calls for a certain amount of courage and resolution.
But we may discover a new and better America—an America where
people prefer the tight to make their own choices; a land where
freedom and opportunity are real, not buzz words to soothe the weary
taxpayer; an oasis reflecting the vital signs of better days to come in a
nation yet to be. That America, that new world, will remain—in the
words of the American poet, Edgar Lee Masters — “forever new to
the hands that keep it new. ’ ’
(Markley is chairman of the board, National Association of Manu-
facturers, and president of The Timken Company)
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year. Another $3,000 in interest will
utility plant of federal money to spend.
Proposed expenditures will total
$166,500, giving the city $1,500 in
unappropriated reserve.
At this time, the city proposes to
spend $25,000 for automotive equip-
ment; $35,000 for street improve-
ments; $12,000 for machinery and jl
equipment; $19,075 for shop or plant j
equipment; $45,000 for building; $9,675 jj
for office equipment; $3,000 for radio I
equipment; $16,000 for park improve- I
ments; and $1,750 for the audit of [■
federal funds required on a periodic
basis.
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IffiOFniMaMI W HerbertE. Markley
Thirty years ago, George Orwell predicted what the political and
social shape of the world would be in his remarkable book, “ 1984. ’ ’
Some of his more frightening forecasts, admittedly, have not yet
come true: “Big Brother” does not stare from every wall; people
have not surrendered all of their personal liberties to an all-powerful
government.
But Orwell’s batting average to date is impressive. A study
showed that by 1978, over 100 of the 137 Orwellian predictions had
come true, and were to some degree part of our everyday lives.
Overwhelming government involvement in the affairs of people and
diminished individual freedoms are bleak facts of modem life.
How did we get here? A generation ago, there was profound con-
“. . . the bottom line is
involvement and commitment. . .”
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Worth and H.A. Davis of Denton; three
uncles, Don Allen Thomas of Fort
Worth, George Davis of Denton and
ut that Kenny Thomas of Burleson; an aunt,
reached 114 and total building was at great-grandparents, Francies Knowles
$8,599,179.
Most of the difference between 1978
and 1979 can be accounted for by one
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Wayne Hutson Editor & Publisher
James Moody Managing Editor
Chuck Hutson Advertising Mgr.
★ School Enrollment
Continued from 13age 1
year to 575 this year. the district, is the high school principal.
Every school except the middle A.A. “Nick” Kerr, former high school
school had a new face in the main office principal, and Bob Spurlin, who was.
when school opened this year. King, principal at Mound, have both been
last year principal at Frazier, is at moved to the administration building
Mound; Mary Dean, principal at Nola as assistant superintendents.
Dunn last year, is at Norwood; Bill Enrollment by grade is as follows:
Spurgin, formerly principal at Nor- first, 338; second, 372; third, 365;
wood, is now principal at Nola Dunn; fourth, 372; fifth, 382; sixth, 409;
Robert Griswold, an assistant principal seventh and eighth, 390; ninth, 418;
at BHS last year is principal at Frazier; 10th, 381; 11th, 357; 12th, 370; kinder-
no residential remodeling permits were
issued for the month.
One new commercial permit was
issued. It was for $60,000 and was for ^aj, „XCnivuxov
an office building at 132 N.W. Ellison minister from Sulpher Springs. Burial
for Otis Fagan, an accountant. n ‘ ~
Largest single permit of the month-
and largest of the year as well-was for
$500,000 and went to St. Ann’s Catholic survived by a brother, Ross Christoph-
beauty expressed by> inteleetuds tTC^Wt Srs^y E. Tho^. Sr. of Burlesoni
addition will be used for a sanctuary for Mr. and Mrs. Colonel Don Ezell of Fort
the church.
Last August, permits totaling $815,
275 were issued, including 11 permits
for new home construction. At that xxuxxcouxx, au aum,
time in 1978, new home permits had Brenda Thomas of Burleson; and
city hall and a copy will be made
available to interested citizens.
The city will go into the new budget
to 13,500 during his period of service at year with an estimated surplus of
the Cooperative, and is proud to have $65,000-mainly money earmarked for
been apart of this growth period and capital improvements that has not yet
additional $100,000 in revenue
the membership well in providing
cost. Under Strong’s management the
Every school except the middle
when school opened this year. King,
Mound; Mary Dean, principal at Nola
Spurgin, formerly principal at Nor-
Robert Griswold, an assistant principal seventh and 418;
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and Charles Boren, the only one new to garten, 265: and special education, 65.
County Electric Cooperative has been
very rewarding. He has seen the
Cooperative grow from 4,500 members
the Cooperative, and is proud to have $65,000-mainly money earmarked for
been apart of this growth period and capital improvements that has not yet
feels that the Cooperative has served been expended-and expects to pick up
the membership well in providing an additional $100,000 in revenue
quality service at the lowest possible sharing funds for the upcoming budget
cost. Under Strong’s management the
Johnson County Electric Cooperative give the city approximately $168,000 in
increased from a I " ,
$4,037,000.00 to a utility plant of
$10,693,000.00.
When asked about his future plans,
Strong commented that he is looking
forward to spending more time with his
family and expects to do some hunting
and fishing.
In commenting on strong announcing
his retirement, Robert Whitehead,
president of the Johnson County
Electric Cooperative’s Board of Direct-
ors, stated that Strong has done an
exceptional job and his efforts would
surely be missed.
Sharing
Hearing
A public hearing on the general
of Burleson will be held Thursday, f
Sept. 13, at 8 p.m. in the council •
served in the European Theater during chambers of city hall. '
Written and/or oral comments are f
invited from any person residing JG
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stated that his work with the Johnson statement of proposed use is on file at ; 1
Once again youngsters have entered
their classrooms. Many of the younger
children will be away from home alone
for the first time. Their parents and
teachers will have dinned safety prec-
autions into their ears, and most of
them know the rules for getting back
and forth safely.
But children are impulsive and
eager. The sight of a friend will drive
all other thoughts from their minds.
They are curious about all the things
they see along the way-things that
divert their attention from automobil-
es.
This places the responsibility for
their safety on adults. Drivers must be
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field. During the many years of service
to the electric cooperatives, Strong has
served as a member of the Board of
Directors of the Brazos Electric Power
Cooperative, San Miguel Electric
Cooperative, Southwest Energy Corp-
oration, Electric Liability Council of
Texas, and he had been active in
various other community affairs and
organizations. He is presently a
member of Cleburne Lions Club and is
active in the work of the Cleburne
Chamber of Commerce. Strong was also
a chartered member of the Henderson
Optimist Club. In addition, he is a
member of the First United Methodist
Church of Cleburne,having served and
presently serving in many layman
positions.
Strong and his wife, the former Lula
Mae Ross, have two children, Tommy -
a registered pharmacist of Henderson,
and Bill - an associate professor at the Revenue Sharing Budget for the City
Sept. 13, at 8 p.m. in the council
Construction Soars
August Is Hot
A resurgence of new home construe- permit, though-the $2.5 million dollar
tion and a major addition to a church permit for the Burleson Plaza Shopping
have helped push building over the $6 Center. Except for that permit, valua-
million mark for the first eight months ti°n construction for the two years is
of 1979, according to the August report almost identical.
of the permits office of the City of
Burleson.
With much of the home building
activity coming at the end of the
month, in Phase H of the recently
opened Summercrest Addition, August
turned out to be the biggest month of
the year so far. Not since October of
1978 has any month topped the
$1,183,660 in building permits issued
last month. The 14 new residential Ty Edward Thomas of 200 Windridge,
starts are also tops for any month this F ’ *
year and bring the total for 1979 up to
78.
Total valuation of the new residential
permits was $611,825, second best this ,
year. And for the second time in 1979, unexpectedly Friday morning.
Ty was born March 10,1979, in St.
Joseph Hospital in Fort Worth.
Officiating at funeral services will be
the Rev. Gaither Day, Methodist
will be in Greenwood Cemetery in Fort
Worth.
In addition to his parents, the baby is
Thomas; grandparents, Mr. and
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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/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.