Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1972 Page: 1 of 16
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1972
Annual C-C Banquet
City Differs With
Proposed Regional
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The Nakiya Council of Camp Fire
Girls, Inc., elected new officers for
1972 in an annual meeting of adult
leaders Friday night. John Coultas,
center, is president; Mrs. John Me-
DOTTIE LOOKS AHEAD TO 1st PLACE
LEROY AND DOTTIE
CHAMBER BANQUET TALK—Cham-
ber of Commerce Manager Loy Nor-
ris, left, prepares early this week for
annual banquet tonight and makes
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week that Burleson pre-
cincts have about 7,000
potential voters for the
It’s a big election year
and Burleson could regis-
ter as many as 7,000, but
you must register 31 days
prior to an election to be
eligible to vote.
This year 18 year olds
may vote in all (city, state
and national) elections.
Previously they could vote
in the national election
only. But they too must
register prior to voting
says Dennis McWilliams,
Johnson County Tax As-
sessor-Collector.
McWilliams said this
voters Burleson ever reg-
istered was about 4,200 in
1969.
McWilliams credits
part of this year’s addi-
tional voting strength to
18 year olds who will vote
for the first time in all
elections. He said as many
as 750 between 18 and 21
might register in Burle-
son precincts this year.
Most persons in Bur-
Dowell, right, secretary, and Y.S.
Morgan, treasurer. Not shown are
Vernon Giebler, first vice president
and Jerry Boone, second vice presi-
dent.
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Annual membership
banquet of the Burleson
Chamber of Commerce
will be Thursday (tonight)
at the First United Meth-
odist Church fellowship
hall.
Highlighting activities
of the 7 p.m. dinner meet-
ing will be introduction of
new officers and directors
and a talk and slide pre-
sentation by Joe Coleman,
local representative for
Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone Co.
New officers and direc-
tors were officially elect-
ed at a meeting of the
board of directors Mon-
day night.
It had been announced
previously that Billy Bob
Grisso will serve as pres-
ident along with Joe Gude,
first vice president, and
Jimmie Richardson, sec-
ond vice president.
New directors elected
by the general member-
ship to three year terms
are Bill G. Allen, Burle-
son State Bank; Richard
Bransom, / Bransom
Thriftee Food Store; John
D. Latham, Cleburne Sav-
ings and Loan Associa-
tion, and Charles E. Hut-
son, Star Printing Co.
Directors who remain-
ed on the board include
John D. Smith, Les Todd,
Dr. D.K. Paxston and Ron
Gieser (terms expire this
years). Gieser served as
president in 1971,
Also remaining are
Grisso, Gude, Richardson
and R.N. Bransom whose
terms expire in 1973.
Retiring directors are
Dr. Robert Ables, Delbert
Bailey, Loy Bransom and
W.N. Wood.
Topic for the guest
speaker will be ’Network
for a Nation," a narration
and slides on the telephone of"it in the military police.
Huffman was a deputy
under Sheriff Earl King
for three years and for a
year and a half under
Sheriff Noel Wofford.
Mrs. huffman is the
former Maggie Ruth God-
sey of Alvarado.
Huffman presently is
employed at General Dy-
namics, Fort Worth.
The Huffmans have six
children.
His formal announce-
ment of candidacy is made
in The Star this week.
communications network
"from the home to the na-
tion".
Coleman has been an
employee of Southwestern
Bell for 21 years and has
worked in all depart-
ments. "I started climbing
poles," he said, and has
now worked into aposition
which deals primarily
with customer relations,
including public speaking.
A native of Freestone
County, Coleman has been
local representative in
Burleson since 1964. His
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"Before I got him," ex-
plained Miss Chapman,
"he had raced in such
places as Madison Square
Garden, the San Francisco
Cow Palace and in Den-
ver, so I know he can win
the big ones."
By the same token, Dot-
tie is no ordinary girl.
She has been riding hors-
es for a long time.'I first
started barrel racing
when I was about 8 or 9,"
declared Dottie.
She was involved in a
very serious automobile
accident in June of 1969.
She received numerous
broken bones and it was
feared she might be para-
lyzed.
Dottie made a remark-
able recovery and she ex-
claimed, "I got out of the
hospital in six months, a
feat no one thought I could
do and was out and about
doing my normal routine."
BURLESON AREA
Dottie has been in some OUR LITTLE MISS
top competition before,
having been in the Na-
tional Playday Finals at
Stephenville when she was
with the Crowley Ramb-
lers Riding Club.
"I’ll never forget that
weekend," said Dottie, 'It
was held in the mud and I
burnt out the clutch on my
pickup trying to get out of
the parking lot."
This year the Ft. Worth
Exposition and Fat Stock
Show Indoor Rodeo will
have 75 young ladies rep-
resenting cities and
ranches around the coun- , ~
try, all vieing for top
money in the barrel rac-
ing event. Dottie explained
that each contestant will
have four runs or go-
arounds as they are call-
ed in rodeos and the top
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Still Sought
The search is still on
for alarge,carmel color-
ed dog which bit little Mat
Gieser, 5-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Gieser
of 212 Lester.
Mat was bitten Tuesday,
Jan. 11, by a dog which
was seen by a neighbor
at the time but not since.
The boy’s father said
Mat would have to begin
a series of painful rabies
tests no later than Thurs-
day (today). If the dog is
found, however, the shots
can be stopped, if the dog
proves not rabid.
"We’re not mad at any-
body and we definitely
won’t sue the owners of the
dog," said Gieser. "And
we’ll gladly pay any costs
of having the dog boarded
at a kennel to be observed.
Gieser said numerous
people had called offering
help but location of the dog
has not been determined.
He said it is possible that
the animal’s owners fear
that the dog would be kill-
ed or that the owners
might be held liable.
That is not the case.
"All we want is to keep Mat
from going through the
painful experience of the
shots," said Gieser.
Persons with informa-
tion about the dog may
call Gieser at 295-5151
or 295-4545, or the Bur-
leson Police Department
at 295-1118.
Friday (Jan. 28). The kids
will be dismissed so they
can attend the annual Fort
Worth Stock Show and ex-
hibition parade. The
teachers won’t have a hol-
iday, however. They’ll be
working, some in in- serv-
ice training by visiting
other school districts and
others in workshops held
locally ... Most of you
have received the forms
with which to purchase
vehicle license plates.
You can pay an extra fee
and have them mailed to
you from the state or you
can buy them locally at
108 Main, Steins Auto
Supply, from Mrs. pete
Scott starting Feb. 1 ...
VIVIAN COE, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George
Bransom Jr., has begun
student teaching at Bur-
leson High School ......
Worth the coming week...
SYLVIA ELDER worked
her final week at The Star
last week. She and her
husband, John, have mov-
ed into a new country
home near Joshua and en-
rolled their children in
Joshua schools. Sorry to
see them leave Burleson.
John, you'll remember,
received serious burns
while clearing brush on
their property last fall.
He recovered quickly and
is enjoying the country
livin’ ... Weather may
be a poor topic for a col-
SEE FOLKS PAGE 2
area also includes terri-
tory south of Magnolia
Street in Fort Worth, For-
est Hill, Everman, Crow-
ley and all of the "295"
telephone exchange.
Coleman noted that
when he began his work in
this area the telephone
company had only about
1400 stations in service
in Burleson. Now more
than 6,000 are in opera-
tion.
He will give statistics
of the growth of the area
and his own observations
and predictions about the
future.
Tickets to the banquet
are $2.50 per person and
can be purchased from di-
rectors or at the door.
Reservations should be
made in advance.
Women of the First
United Methodist Church
will cater the dinner which
will be served in the fel-
lowship hall.
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Stuart Huffman, 700
Sunnybrook Dr., in Bur-
leson, filed this week for
Sheriff of Johnson County.
Huffman, 52, was born
and reared in Johnson
County and attended
schools at Parker and
Greenfield. He completed
his high school education
while in military service.
He retired from the
service in 1960 after hav-
ing served 20 years, much
7TH YEAR—12th ISSUE
295-4412 BURLESON,JOHNSON COUNTY, TEXAS 76028
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7,000 Registered oters
B. ’.
leson will register in
Johnson County, but some
inphe northeast portion
1972 elections. The most of the city must register
------------- ..ylith Tarrant County due
' m the law that a voter must
register in the County in
which he resides.
Registration blanks for
Johnson County voterscan
be obtained at the City
Hall or The Star. Tarrant
County registration
blanks can be picked up at
the Tarrant County Court-
house, office of Reed
Stewart.
Voting Precincts in
Burleson are 10,11 and 25.
Precinct 10 is border-
ed on the north by the
Tarrant County line, and
on the southeast by Hwy.
174.
Precinct 11 is east of
the Katy Railroad tracks
and south of the Tarrant
County line.
Precinct 25 is bordered
by Hwy 174 on the north,
Farm Road 731 on the
west, Farm Road 917 on
the south and the Katy
Railroad on the east.
In the city election, the
spot for city councilman
Place 2 is now a three-
way race. The seat was
vacated by Billy Bob Gris-
so, who is now seeking the
mayor position. Thus far
persons who have filed
for City Council Place 2
are Roy Gandy, 229 Col-
lins Court; Roy Samsill,
113 Gardens Blvd., and
the latest entry Robert C.
Johnson, 609 Chisholm.
sure guest speaker Joe Coleman,
right, knows the time and place. It's
at 7 p.m. in the First United Methodist
Church fellowship hall.
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After much talk as to
the legal aspects of the
contract, the council de-
cided to have city attor-
ney Phinney meet with
representatives of the
legal department of the
city of Fort Worth and
members of both cities'
water departments and
both cities' engineers to
iron out the differences
of opinion in the contract's
terms. Prior to the pro-
posed meeting Phinney is
to meet with Burleson City
Engineer, Bob Brown, to
go over the priorities as
to the needs of Burleson
in the sewage program.
In other council action,
another postponement was
made as to whether or not
to allow the Lone Star Co.
lay plastic pipe from the
mains to the homes in fu-
ture gas hook-ups.
Council Jim Schumach-
er questioned why Burle-
son should allow Lone
Star to lay plastic pipe
here when in Fort Worth
they are required to use
copper pipe in commer-
cial building. After a short
discussion the council de-
cided to have a Lone Star
Gas representative at the
next council meeting to
further enlighten the
council on the project be-
fore any action by the city
would be taken.
In later action, W.E.
Carroll of 124 N.W. Jill
Ann Drive, was appointed
to the City Park Board.
An additional place was
created in order to get
more representation on
the board.
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sponsored this year in the
rodeo by Village Creek
Ranch Inc. of Burleson.
Dottie lives in Crowley at
305 Ash Street and works
for her father, Louis
Chapman, at his business,
Chapman Feed Store in
Crowley.
'This year Leroy is
ready," says Dottie, "I've
fed him well and nursed
him back to health with a
little love and now we're
ready to win it. You’ve got
to think positive if you' re
going to do any good."
Leroy is no ordinary
horse. He's the son of War
Leo, a well known stallion
in quarterhorse breeding.
It’s Inside This Week
What do you think Bur-
leson needs to make it
a better community. See
some ideas in the Ques-
tion of the Week...Pg. 7
Burleson lass is doing
TV commercials at the
age of 8...........Pg. 4
New officers elected by
Burleson Garden Club.
Mrs. Roy Mercer Sr., is
1972 president.....Page 13
Your fateful star is un-
veiled in Your Week
Ahead............Page 5
The Informed Consum-
er by the Attorney Gener-
al. See column......Page 11
Want ads...Pages 14-15
CONTEST SLATED
The Burleson area Our
Little Miss Pagaent has
been scheduled for March
18, 1972.
The pageant has been
extended this year to in-
clude the Ideal Miss di-
vision, ages 13 through 17.
As always the La Petite
Division, age£ 3 to 6, and
the Little Miss division,
7 through 12, will be held.
Little Miss contestants
will compete in party
dress, sportswear and ta-
lent. The talent routine
cannot last longer than
three minutes. There will
be a Little Miss winner,
1st runner-up, 2nd
runner-up and a talent
winner.
see little miss PAGE 4
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Burleson City Council
Thursday night took a look
at a proposed contract
with Fort Worth on a re-
gional sewage collection
and treatment plan and it
didn't particularly agree
with the terms.
The council turned over
the contract to City At-
torney J.L. Phinney who
will meet with Fort Worth
officials to iron out dif-
ferences.
The contract is a result
of a decision of the Texas
Water Quality Control
Board which said Burle-
son should enter a region-
al waste water treatment
program rather than ex-
pand its existing treat-
ment plant. Crowley and
Everman received simi-
lar demands from the wa-
ter board.
The City of Burleson
raised its sewer rates
from $1.50 to $3.00 per
month in anticipation of
the cost of joining the re-
gional system.
Heading the list of ob-
jections to the proposed
contract was the objection
to the last sentence of
paragraph 6 stating that
the city of Burleson would
be liable for any violations
of the Fort Worth Sewage
Control Ordinances by any
corporations or business-
es in the city of Burleson.
Also objected to was
paragraph B stating any
time a building construc-
tion requiring two or more
sewer connections is to be
made, the city of Fort
Worth must be notified and
an inspector from Fort
Worth must come down
and supervise at the time
of construction. Council-
men stated this would cost
time and money. 3
Dottie Chapman is going
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place in any of the go a-
Burleson schools will rounds in her event and
not be in session next . she explained why: 'My
horse Leroy was sick, I
got him New Year's Day
last year and he was a lit-
tle underfed and not as
strong as he should have
been when I raced him."
'I always blame a poor
showing on my horse since
he can't talk and tell the
truth," she laughed.
Dottie, 22, is being
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Hutson, Wayne. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1972, newspaper, January 20, 1972; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1263150/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.