Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1967 Page: 2 of 6
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TCJC’s second site, cur-
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one farm to another only
within Tarrant County.
year.
The ideal time to start
tie and absorb moisture
six weeks to three
months before the Ber-
muda sprigs are planted.
The waterway should be
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WRECKAGE is scattered
over wide area Sunday .
CALENDARS
READY FOR DELIVERY
on him. You don’t parti-
cularly want to stand the-
re and see him get beat
up. And that’s the T—
most of us feel about it."
SO,
DON’T '
FORGET
TO GET YOUR
1968 CALENDAR.
TO GET YOURS JUST CALL
BY 4- 5211 AND WE'LL MAIL
IT TO YOU...OR STOP BY
ANYTIME AND PICK ONE UP.
burners here in the sta-
tes. How did the troops
feel about these incidents
ed home for furlough, did
a lot of visiting, then
returned to his old out-
fit in May of this year.
He rejoined his form- back again next fall. '
er unit the last of May
as a squad leader. It was
in tai.
On December 11, 35
FREE
THAT IMPORTANT
DATE YOU SHOULD,
REMEMBER IS
PROBABLY
ON OUR
LIST.
Allotment Transfer
Deadline Jan. 2
Farm op e r ators i
Tarrant County were re- _
minded today that appli- FFA members attended a
skating party sponsored
by the FFA. Everyone had
a great time.
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when the shaping is fin-
ished. The entire water-
way should be chiseled
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DINNER PLACE
Specializing Steak,
Fried Chicken,
Mexican Food
Air Conditioned
Dining Room
White 5wan
Biscuits 4 29C
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Address all correspondence to: The Editor, Burleson Star,
P.O. Box 83, Burleson, Texas 76028. Phone BY 4-4412.
back home? “I won’t re-
peat how some of them
described it,” Mike said,
emphasizing their dissat-
isfaction.
Cpl. McConnell volun-
teered to extend his tour
in Viet Nam when hjs first 1
stint was up. He return- —
take full advantage of it.
“I may be the oldest stu-
dent in Burleson, but I’m
still going.” He may start
duction plans for next se-
ason.
In Tarrant County, gro-
w^ers voting in a special
:««eferen<ium earlier this ,
*^ear", ’"fSilecrto” approve TJ
. j . , transfer of acreage al- ■
the projected yield for lotments—by sale or lea- |L
se--out of the county, so n
the transfer of allotments
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The Burleson Star is an independent newspaper published
weekly in the interest of Burleson and adjacent areas by
Burleson Publishing Company, 217 West Ellison, Burleson, Texasj
Any erroneous reflection upon the integrity and reputation of
any individual or firm will be corrected if brought to the attention
of the editor.
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Alley Echoes
Results at Burleson
Bowl:
Monday Night Men’s.
believe’it is necessary, Duane'Gar ret°and~Harvie
says Mike. ‘It’s kir.dc. - - - — " 1
like when you see some-
f duce soil loss by water.
■ The waterway blends in-
to the landscape to heal
the scars of misuse and
1 man’s mistakes. They are
to help a good farmer be
a better farmer, by pro-
tecting his land.
When a good system of
grassed waterways has
been established on a
farm to handle excess wa-
ter from parallel terra-
ces, the landowner is at- Mr. Rushing Manning for
" — j letting us construct the
sign on his land. The
sign was constructed en-
tirely by the Ag. Ill class
at school. Members of
this class are Kenneth
Simmons, Jerry Owen,
Danny McDonald, Byron
Dunham, Lawrence Lo-
ugh, John Lynch, John
Bassham, Rusty Fair, and
Jimmy Hammond. The in-
structors are William
Polster, James Kelly, and
Mr. Barbee.
The sign is made of
concrete with letters cut
from 3/4 inch sheet me-
ent types of men fighting
for North Viet Nam, he'
says—one is the NVA,
a regular army whose
troops wear uniforms and
are “professional sold-
iers just like us,” and
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planted with plenty of
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erator may receive cost-
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BURLESON, TEXAS 76O2B
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the VC who is the “lo-
cal farmer who is a night-
time fighter setting up
mines, etc.”
Morale of American fi-
ghting men is high in Viet
Nam, Mike says “We al-
ways were re-supplied
with clothes, food, can-
dy and cigarettes,” he
said. Newspapers also
were available, except on
operations, and word
from home came regul-
arly.
Unfortunately, word
Hill’s Gulf
Pin Sissys
Burleson Real 27
Bronco-Ettes 26
Roadrunners 21
Sleep Walkers 17
CONCRETE
WORK
of all kinds.
Foundations, patios,
walks, floors, curbs
and driveways.
George Ayers
AX 5-1595
a
Grassed Waterways Valuable Acreage
removed in the shaping the County Agricultural
work. It should be pushed Conservation Program
to one side, then spread (ACP) for waterway es-
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BURLESON^STAR
Second Class Postage Paid at Burleson, Texas
Subscription price $3.00 per year in Johnson & Tarrant Counties.
Other areas $5.00 annually.
be shaped to a uniform
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ty (50) acres of crop- maining top-soil will be fertilized heavily and
BURLESON
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REPORT
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cations for the transfer
of cotton allotments for
the 1968 crop should be
filed no later than Jan.
I 2, 1968.
Horace Mitchell, Cha-
irman, Agricultural Sta-
bilization and Conserva'
Ht^iion County Committei
IWfepiains'' thar i&'tlces'
tithe cotton allotment and
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individual farms have al-
ready been mailed to co-
unty farmers, so farm op- locally may bemldefJom
erators now are m po-
/ sition to make their pro-,
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Unfortunately, word
was also received about high school before he quit,
the riots and draft-card “I’d been" a lot better off
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The most productive lity Coastal Bermuda-
land on many farms is the grass hay in the Dalworth
Bermudagrass waterway. Soil and Water Conser-
In many cases the wat- vation District came from over the disturbed area
erways are the most val- fertilized waterways this
uable acres on the farm.
| A few acres in a water-
way will protect many ac- working on waterways is deep, then allowed toset-
I res of valuable cropland, in the late summer or ea- .1.
■ On some farms a one acre rly fall. In almost every for
f Coastal Bermudagrass field the waterway must
I waterway will serve as 1 ’ . '
i the terrace outlet for fif- size and slope. The
land. Every field is dif-
: ferent; however, a far-
: mer can’t lose with fifty
| to one odds in his favor,
i The Soil Conservation
- Service personnel assists
the landowners and op-
“ erators in locating the
waterways so
i maximum amount of pro-
! tection may be gained with
the least amount of cost.
i- The waterway is a meth-
od of assisting nature re- $$
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by Jimmy Hammond
Our latest road sign
is now up. We would like
to invite you all to drive
by and see it. It is on
Highway 81 about a mile
and a half south of Bur-
leson on the right side
of the road as you come
into town.
We would like to thank,
tangled in the moving fre-
ight and was pulled under
the wheels.
Bulldozers were used
to clear the wrecked fre-
ight cars and^e tracks
were repaired by 1:30
p.m. Sunday.
Two tank cars carry-
ing naptha also derailed
and officers cordoned off
an eight-block area. No
fire resulted, however.
MARINE —
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stacks and other suspect-
ed hiding places of the
Viet Cong.
In October an LVT on ,
which he was riding on morning following crash
struck a land mine and
Mike was struck above
the left knee with shra-
pnel. “All it was, was a
little piece of metal. They
pulled it out and put a
band aid on it. They put
a tag on me and I got a
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tempting to maintain and
improve his land. These
^two measures are the fra-
3 me work for a sound con-
servation farming sys-
tern. The farmer will be
’ ‘.in a better position to in-
crease the crop produc-
tion with soil improving
1 crops, more efficient use
of equipment and fertili-
zer.
h Some of the top qua-
WAYNE HUTSON. .
TCJC Northeast
Dean Is Named
FORT WORTH—Dr.
Donald M. Anthony, re-
gistrar of Tarrant Coun-
ty Junior College’s South
Campus, has been named
dean of instruction of the
Northeast Campus, an-
nounced Dr. Joe B. Rush-
ing, president.
The appointment is ef- game with 194. Rozelle!
fective February 1, 1968, Cavin with a series to-
Rushing said. tai of 505 was below Bev
The Northeast Campus, Sholders who had the high
TCJC’s second site, cur- series of 545.
Standings as of Tues-
tion in northeast Tarrant day, Dec. 12:
County on State Highway
121.
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nearby
plyeee reported that an
air-brake coupling was
smashed in the wreck,
possibly contributing to
the derailment of 20 of
the 92 cars.
A witness reported
seeing the Johnson car
crash into the side of one
of the cars at the cross-
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Saturday night of a car
and this Katy freight
train. Body of Donnie
Johnson, driver of the
car, was uncovered when 1
wreckage was cleared. pHzdULJl
. . f u Tracks were repaired
purple heart for it, he . . r ,r .
and ready for train
He was back on duty traffic by Sunday at about
in no time. 1:30 p.m.
There are two differ- :
2-BURLESON STAR-Thursday, December 28, 1967
CRASH—
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ket where he had worked
Saturday.
Local arrangements
for final rites were un-
der direction of Jones
Funeral Home.
The family requested
that in lieu of flowers,
donations be made to a
memorial fund at F&M
State Bank.
Police said the cross-
ing was marked by flash-
ing lights which were in
working order. Cause —
of the crash had not been
determined.
Rescuers including po- SSSm
lice and other law en-
forcement officers and
fire departments from
/ communities
worked without rest until H
the car was freed from
the twisted wreckage.
A Katy Railroad em-
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LOOK YOUR
WATFr '’OOF YOUR RA INCOATs’W^
AND JACKETS
make them look and feel like new
Burleson Cleaners
Fannie Prince—Owner and Operator
Wood Shopping Center—Burleson
Sunset—High series,
Pruitt with 608. Kenny
Davis had the high game
at 244.
Wednesday Night Mixed
S u n s e t—D e nnis Melton1
with 589 bowled the high?'
series for the men andU
Dee Rasco with 232 had
the high game. For the
women, Rozelle Cavie
bowled 514 for the high
series and Totsie Lagad-
inos rolled 188 for the
Thursday Night Ladies
Trio—High series was
rolled by Pat Dodd with
555. Pauline Easter rol-
led 201 for the high game.
Tuesday morning Lad-
ies—Fosa Shaw, high;)
And there is little doubt
that the War in Viet Nam
only a few days before he will still be going on.
was struck down by the The fighting men there
enemy bullet. J
Mike played drums in *
‘I’d been" a lot better off body weak and small, and
if I’d stayed in school,” somebody^ big^ is pickin’
he says, but he has ano-
ther chance and plans to
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Hutson, Wayne. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1967, newspaper, December 28, 1967; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1265026/m1/2/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.