Burleson Dispatcher (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 11, 1970 Page: 1 of 10
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Burleson Area Newspaper Collection and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Burleson Public Library.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
■■'(!
*
i
st
r
ay &
Number 11
Volume 11
Burleson, Johnson County, Texas, February 11, 1970
4
Tom’s Trading Post Opens Sto
•>
1
will
!
Hobart Bartlett
11
Vew Arrival. ..
i
I
p s>
i,
I
cable and other items.
Mike Godfrey
b
I
♦
‘i
"the
ah
*> <
>.t»
BURLESON
»
j
• i
<
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD FOR
ROBERT BARTLETT
MIKE GODFREY
GRADUATES FROM
LAW SCHOOL
Mr. and Mrs. Fay Stanford
of Cleburne, were guests of
Mrs. Nell Hill, last Friday. Al-
so visiting her on Saturday
were her cousins, Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Rich of Fort Worth,
and Mr. and Mrs. Mart Cash-
ion of Alvatado.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Nor-
ris of Houston are the prouc
parents of a baby girl, Kirstin
Michelle, born February 3rd.
She weighed six pounds a n t
four ounces at birth.
Mrs. Norris is the former
Miss Karen Thompson of Bur-
leson.
The baby’s grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. (Buzz)
Thompson of Burleson, and
Mr. and Mrs. H. Bruce Norris
of Florisant, Missouri.
He and his wife moved to
rillo about a year ago from
iard-
used
in
iet
ds
west
woi
plad
is n
mod
and
plai
Our Little Miss” Beauty Pageant
To Be Held March 14 At Nola Dunn Gym
Nola Dunn.
Girls from 3 to 12 years of
age are eligible to compete and
Our Little Miss La Petite for
girls three to six years of age,
will compete in party dress and
(Continued on page 6)
Li; 1 I
\
Our Office C
All I
Diq
dai
00C
to
15
4
Girls in the Burleson School
District will have a chance to
display their talent and beauty
on March 14th at the Nola Dunn
Gym.
The Pageant is being present-
ed by n group of mothers from
/■
Effj-___,
I
J-
i
ses i
4 K Angus Ranch Elected
To American Angus Assn.
4 K Angus Ranch, c/o G. B.
Kirkpatrick, Burleson^ Texas,
has been elected to membership
in the American Angus Associa-
tion at St. Joseph, Missouri, ac-
cording to Lloyd D. Miller, sec-
retary."
There were 435 memberships
issued to breeders of registered
Aberdeen - Angus cattle in the
United States last month. .
History may well repeat itself
for Southwestern Bell in metro-
politan- Ft. Worth during 1970.
Last year, the company set
new growth records in meeting
the demands for communica-
tions service in this urban area,
says B. D. Serrault, division
manager. “The total number of
telephones in metropolitan Fort
Worth reached 430,000 for a
net gain of more than 35,000.’’
And, there’s more to come in
1970, he added. “The net tele-
phone gain for this year is ex-
pected to hit 37,000. Ft. Worth
will reach its h a I f millionth
phone in service within the
next several years.
“If the expected gain is real-
ized,” Serrault continued, “Ft.
Worth will have a total of 467,-
000 telephones in service by
the end of this year.”
To stay ahead of this ex-
pected demand, the company
has set a metropolitan Fort
Worth construction budget of
$25.5 million, up |4 million
over the 1969 budget. This new
record amount will go for build-
ings, switching equipment.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, February 7th for
Mrs. Nora Mae Thornton, 73,
who passed away Friday, Feb.
6th in a Fort Worth hospital.
Services were held in the First
United Methodist Church with
the Rev. Dean Franklin officiat-
ing.
Mrs. Thornton was a native
of Palo Pinto County. She was
a former resident of Lake
Worth and had live dat 328
SW Dian in Burleson for the
past two and one-half years.
Survivors are two brothers
Gailard Chestnut of Ft. Worth,
and J. C. Chestnut of Okla-
homa; two sisters Mrs. Irene
Merrell, Stephenville, and Mrs.
Inez Newquist of Stamford.
Three grandchildren, Mrs. Al-
vis McFarland of Burleson, J.
C. Thornton of California and
Ronald Thornton of Ft. Worth,
four great grandchildren.
Interment was in Santo, Tex.
Jones Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
ers.”
plete
line of Bolin and International
tractors and lawn mowers, both
pusher and riding types,
ware, bolts, salvage and
trucks, with several on hark! at
this time.
Offices of Mr. Seelbach
be maintained at store number
two, though he will give
divided time between
number two was needed f|r the
convience of our custo
This store will carry a coi
his
oth
stores. At store number 11 he
will continue sales of heavy
farm equipment and used I
chines.
Store number 2 is housed
a modern tile building 30 r
by 60 feet long, which affo1
ample space to keep all equ
ment inside. This store is mi
aged by Mr. Burly Riley, w
known over this area.
I
V
*
$
■ ;
> •< i
11
t
An eight pound boy was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Dale Munday,
Saturday, February 7th. He was :J
named Russell Wade.
Grandparents are Mr. and j
Mrs. Horton Wade of Blum, |;j
Texas, and Mrs. A. L. Munday M
of Burleson.
Both son and mother are ■
doing nicely. They now live in ■
^Cleburne, but formerly lived in B
Burleson.’
/
Paul Babb, Mrs. Larry Luding-
ton, Mrs. Dennis Barabas, Mrs.
Loren Turner, Mrs. Jack Trice,
Mrs. Charles Lee and Mrs. Lar-
ry Hanna.
Anyone with interest, know-
ledge or experience in library
work is urged to contact Mrs.
Jackson. ~
Setting up a library is an ex-
citingly tremendous task and
the Planning Board solicits all
help.
Services Held Feb. 5thv
scale, Mrs. Joe Harbour, Mrs. For Wilbur S. Gamer
. Services for Wilbur S. Gar-
ner, 71, 4409 E. 18th; Amarillo,
were held Feb. 5th, with Rev.
Delbert Serrett officiating.
Burial was in Memorial Park
Cemetery.
A retired farmer and grocer,
Mr. Garner was born and
Reared in Burleson, the son of
John W. and Sarah Burton Gar-
ner.
Ama
Cortez, Colorado. •
Mr. Garner was a WWI vet-
eran, and a member of Buch-
anan Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Mary; three daughters, Mrs.
Flossie Kerrick, Amarillo; Mrs.
Minnie Lee Morton, Cortez,
Colo.; Mrs. Bettie Jean Hat-
field, Weatherford, Okla., and
a son, Clyde Adrian, Delores,
Colo.;* a brother, Jess of Bur-
leson. Eleven grandchildren
and eight great grandchildren.
A niece, Mrs. Earl C. (Bes-
sie) Owen and her son Gene
Owen of Fort Worth attended
the services.
Graveside Services Held
For John C. Dunn Infant ‘
Graveside services were held
Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Laurel
Land Cemetery for the infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. John C.
Dunn, 329 Race St., Crowley.
The baby boy, named Bill
Columbus Dunn, was born Feb.
7th and lived only 12 hours.
Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Brumfield, Burle-
son and Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Dunn of Crowley.
Rev. Ed Schmeltekopf offi-
ciated at the services.
Johnnie Stephens Retires
After serving twenty - three
years in Army service, Johnnie
Stephens has now retired from
the service and is employed in *
Washington, D. C. He was he^e
this week to attend funbral ser-
vices for his uncle, Hobert R.
*Bartlett, and to wvisit ’bis par-
ents, Mr- and Mrs. Frank -Steph-
ens, and other pelativ^s. *•.
t4p.m. Daily,
Surday
d®
■/' -
UA'I
1 "j/ t .
1 •./ < 'ILi;
$
TB TESTING FOR
^taUANg fth GRADE
' STUDENTS/TRTO7W"
TB Testing of students in
the 1st and 7th grades will be
conducted at the Junior High
and all elementary schools Fri-
day, starting at 8:30 a.m.
. Mrs. Ted Corley, school nurse,
urges all parents- to sign the
request form and return it to
the school. She also said this
is Christmas Seal Money at
work.
r'yfer; Sputh-
k^fej.bjnF’ort
rfown to.
ley, .more space, -
kntfc<jh8re training
ople,” Serrpult ex-
BOOKS
NEEDED
. . . Open Friday — 1-5 P.M.
Keep those books coming!
The State Library Board rec-
ommends that for’ a town our
size, approximately 10,000
books should be in the ideal
library.
Burleson .Library, Inc. asks
that you go through your
shelves, closets, garages and at-
tics for books to donate to the
library. A book’s library merit
will be ascertained by a quali-
fied committee and if it is not
library material, it can possibly
be sold so that the money can
be used for new books.
“However, we want to aim
for popular, and enjoyable ma-
terial, as well as for reference
material, so don’t overlook good
and popular fiction’’, points out
Vice-President Carolyn Winn.
Library workers will be on
hand Friday, 1-5 p.m. at the
Clark House, 128 N. Clark, to
accept book donations. If you
have any questions or would
like to arrange to have your
books picked up, contact Mrs.
David Jackson at 295-1663.
Another way to put books on
the shslf is to donate money
to the library specified for a
book or books in the mempry of
f. an individual. Contact Mrs.
'' Russell Lace, 295-5005 or Mrq.
| Herschel Winn, 295-1392 for
more information.
The following, members of
I the Library Planning Board is
i announced by President Terry
! Hollingworth: Mrs. David Jack-
son, chairman; Mrs. J. H. Clink’-
Funeral services were held
Saturday, Feb. 7th at 11 a.m.
in the First Baptist Church for
Hobert Bartlett, 47, who passed
away Thursday, Feb. 5th in a
- Fort Worth hospital. He was
taken to the hospital Wednes-
day suffering with pneumonia.
He died following an apparent
heart attack. x
He was a native of Electra,
a graduate of Paschal High
School in Fort Worth, and a
deacon in the First Baptist
Church. He was a veteran of
World War II and received the
Air Medal for bravery. He was
a member of the Lions Club,
Burleson Chamber of Commerce
and had served as mayor of
Burleson from 1963 until 1968.
Bartlett was a surveyor and
vice president of Sempco, Inc.
He had been with the firm since
it was organized, about two
and one-half years.
Survivors include his wife,
Veta, three sons David and Ho-
bart Jr. of Burleson, and Bill
Bartlett of Arlington, a daugh-
ter Amy Annette Bartlett of
Burleson and a sister, Mrs. Mi-
da Tognoni of Fort Worth.
Rev. Ed Schmeltekopf offi-
ciated at the funeral services.
Serving as pall bearers were:
John Glenn Jr., Art Levander,
Louis Hawkins, Claude Fox, B.
J. Lynn and /. B. Crawford.
• *•
Interment was in Burleson
Memorial Park. Jones Funeral
Home was in charge of arrange-
ments.
Among those receiving Doc-
tor of Jurisprudence Degrees
from the University of Texas
School of L a w following the
Fall Semester was Cullen M.
Godfrey, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Buster Godfrey. The degrees
were conferred at Sunflower
ceremonies in Austin on Feb.
8, 1970.
Godfrey, a member of the
State Bar of Texas will remain
in Austin where he is practic-
ing law with the Law Offices
of James R. Sloan.
1969 Growth Outlined By SW Bell;
Much More Ex
*7 //
Tom’s-Trading Post, owned
and operated by the very cap-
able Tom Seelbach, has recently
purchased the property at No.
1 store, intersection of East
Ellison and South Burleson
Blvd., as well as the property
at 319 N. Burleson Blvd., loca-
tion of No. 2 store.
Mr. Seelbach said, “store
-----------------------------T. ---------
New Arrival..
on Due tn *70’s /-
■ A . |
• j
I Telephone usage alio rose
last year.
|“Local calls on the average
ness day ran about 2.6
mil ion — more than 130,000
cabs above the 1968 level,” he
<|i. “Long distance operators
h al died 24,000 calls, up almost
9 per cent over the average
daiy messages in 1968.
|The same held for pirect
ance Dialing, which saw a
IT average of more than 48,-
calls cord
8,000 iu 11
her cent,”|l
pr the •
|em Bel
Ith mapp
L “Wha!
lore mt
1* equip,
■more f
rwiMk afliM Mai
jfl A i •'
'——..■New "telephone switching
keep pace with the increas-
ort Worth metropolitan 'area,
some of the
cables coming Into the lonf distance switch-
%
ispatcher
NEW SWITCHING EQUIPMEN
equipment is being added daily
ing communications needs of the _______
Doug McKinney, Western Electri^ installer, checks
thousands of new
ing network. .
{ * till onConstrue- **
|KTihet^mpany *ms,
£ij() •» miHjo’n for .
tion
slat.
awitlhing
which ro
Apont
'J /
Funeral Services Held For I LIBRARY
Mrs. Nora Mae Thornton
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View 10 places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Deering, R. G. K. Burleson Dispatcher (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 11, 1970, newspaper, February 11, 1970; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1267302/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.