Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1970 Page: 1 of 12
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BURLESON COUNCILMEN SWORN IN
Keep Census F orm
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BHS Fine Arts
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THIS ISSUE
INJURIES RESULT
IN CAR ACCIDENTS
posting a time of 4:57.8.
The Mile Relay team
SEE TRACK PAGE 4
Graduation is just around the corner and The Star
again proudly salutes the graduating seniors of
Burleson High School in a series of photos and
brief biographical sketches on the graduates.
Second in the series is in this issue.
Photos of seniors will be in each issue until the
end of school.
Photos of the graduates are by James Cathey at
GOLF TROPHIES—These Burleson
High School students brought home
two trophies apiece from the Texas
State Junior Partnership Golf Tourn-
ament at Andrews March 27-28. From
left are Blake Arnwine, Steve Ruther-
ford and Tommy Thompson, all mem-
bers of the BHS golf team. Steve and
Blake won both the overall champion-
ship and the championship flight tro-
phies; Steve teamed up with Tommy
for third place in the championship
flight, and Blake worked with Tommy
to win third place in the first flight.
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There will be a speak-
er.
All Democratic women
in the county are invited
to attend.
MOUND PARENTS
TO MEET TONIGHT
Parents of children in
Mound Elementary School
are reminded of a meet-
ing Thursday (tonight) at
7:30 in the new building
at the school (upstairs).
Purpose of the gather-
ing is to discuss business
in connection with forma-
tion of a Mound Elemen-
tvJFA to choose
officers for next year.
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Injuries resulted from
two accidents in Burleson
within four days in the
last week. One woman
was hospitalized Friday
in a car and pickup ac-
cident and a girl student
at Burleson Junior High
School did not require
hospitalization after she
was hit by a car near the
school Monday. .
Hit by a car Monday
morning was Robbin Gail
Rich, 13, of 884 Sunny-
brook. Police said she
stepped in front of a slow-
moving car driven by
Brenda Lackey, 17, of
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Word was received this
week that Bryan Daven-
port has been selected by
the Texas High School
Coaches Association to
play in the football all
star game to be held in
Houston the night of
August 6 at Rice Stadium.
Only 33 boys were se-
lected from over North
Texas and only 8 boys
selected in Triple Afoot-
ball in North Texas.
Their opponents will be
an all star team from the
south. This game takes
place in conjunction with
the annual Coaches Asso-
ciation Convention held
August 2-6 in Houston.
for a penalty for failure to
take part in the census.
A valuable service
which can be provided
through the census is that
of giving accurate figures
on population for setting
boundaries under the "one
man, one vote" rule in,
for example, congres-
sional districts. County
precinct lines also are
based on population fig-
ures.
In the event a house-
hold did not get a census
form or the form was
lost or accidentally de-
stroyed, another will be
available from the enum-
erator when he or she
calls at your house, said
Wilbanks.
The crew leader stress-
ed that Johnson County
residents not mail the
forms, but wait for the
census worker to call.
Some have been mailed
and they had to be re-
turned to the family for
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The work is being done
on a systematic basis to
be sure that none are
missed, said Wilbanks as
he stressed the impor-
tance of every family be-
ing included in the count.
Information gathered
by the census is strictly
confidential and no one
may use information
about an individual. How-
ever, planning of both
government and private
groups depends upon ac-
curate totals on popula-
tion, etc., which will be
tabulated by the Census
Bureau after all forms
are in.
Federal law provides
A contract was in the
mail early this week after
Alan Magee, Burleson
High School senior who
quarterbacked the dis-
trict 5-AAA champion
football Elks last fall,
agreed to accept a schol-
arship to play football
with the West Texas State
Buffaloes.
Magee, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy L. Mageeof 129
Springtide, will receive a
full, four year scholar-
ship at the Canyon,
Texas, school.
The BHS student also
is a member of the Elk
band and will graduate in
the top five of his class
scholastically. He plans
to take pre-architect
courses at WTSU.
He lettered three years
on the varsity football
team here and was se-
lected all-district by the
coaches his senior year.
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Burleson Elk varsity
and freshmen track team
members will put it all
on the line Saturday when
District 5-AAA track and
field competition begins
at Farrington Field in
Fort Worth.
All Elk fans are urged
to attend and support the
boys in their bid for the
title. The district race
looks real close, accord-
ing to Coach Robert Bar-
ham, between Azle, Bur-
leson, Como and South
Grand Prairie. Also
pushing for the top honors
will be Carter, Brewer,
Everman, Lake Worth
and Diamond Hill.
Preliminaries will be-
gin about 9 a.m. Satur-
day with the finals slated
at about 2 p.m.
While the Freshmen
were running first in
Brewer's meet last week
the varsity squad was
gaining 29 points at Dal-
las Jesuit.
GIRLS SOFTBALL
DEADLINE NEAR
All 12-and-under girls
softball applications and
insurance fees must be
turned in by Saturday,
April 11.
The forms can be
mailed to Richard Jones
at the Jones Funeral
Home, or Jerry Martin
at 517 NW Mound. For
additional information
contact Martin, 295-2468.
A meeting at City Hall
at 2 o'clock Saturday,
April 11 will determine
coaches, teams and spon-
sors. The player draft
has been scheduled for
April 18.
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Art exhibits by students and ex-students, perform-
ances by the band, the chorus and drama students,
and presentation of service pins to faculty members
will highlight the annual fine arts festival at Burleson
High School tonight (Thursday).
Open House begins at 7 p.m. and parents will have
an opportunity to visit with teachers before the formal
program starts in the gymnasium at 7:30.
Mrs. E.B. Burns will direct the 32-voice high
school chorus in five songs. Bob Grace will direct
the high school concert band in three numbers.
The drama department will present a one-act play,
"Even Exchange", by Paul McCoy. Drama teacher is
Rodney Roberts.
Miss Ruth Krichbaum, art teacher, has added a
new twist to this year's program. In addition to art
work by high school students, work of ex-students
will be on display.
Ex-students will exhibit their work in the library,
while the foyer and gym will house work by current
students. Judges will choose the best work of current
students for special recognition.
Ex-students are invited to bring their works of art
to the school prior to the program tonight.
Service pins will be awarded faculty members by
Superintendent J.L. Hughes during the program in the
gym.
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Lawnmowers have been chugging, edgers have been
whirring and the other sounds of spring cleaning
are already being heard in Burleson.
But to add emphasis to the efforts of individuals
and to add beauty to the city, Mayor Clayton Boyd
has proclaimed the week of April 20-25 as Clean Up,
Spruce Up Week in Burleson.
Residents are urged to make a special effort to
clean up lumber piles, tree limbs, and various other
litter that has accumulated during the winter months.
During Clean Up Week the city will provide special
trucks to pickup _trash which cannot be picked up in
normal garbage thicks making the usual stops. There
will be no charge for the service during the special
week only. Residents may call City Offices to have
the truck come by.
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TO MEET APRIL 13
The Johnson County
League of Democratic
women will meet in Bur-
leson April 13 at 10 a.m.
in the home of Mrs. Jack _________ ___________J ...
Taylor on Tarrant Road, k pickup l^ter bf the wor&-
Tharo win a anaat- er< Only if all forms a?e
picked up by the enumer-
ator can the census bur-
eau be sure that all
households were covered.
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Hank Ho aidridge won
the 880 at Dallas in a time
of 1:57.8.
Wayne Rogers ran third
in the 220 with a 22.6
time.
Mike Worsham ran
sixth in the mile while
Voters decided against
one incumbent and re-
turned another to office
by a narrow margin Sat-
urday in the Burleson In-
dependent School District
trustee election.
Board president Dr.
Harold Putnam was de-
feated at the polls by Gene
Sutton, 251 to 267 votes,
in Place 7.
In Place 6 incumbent
Joe Neely won over Gary
Whites, 267 votes to 249.
Neely currently is vice
president of the board and
now will begin his second
term as a trustee.
In Place 5 R.J. (Bob)
Rushing defeated Kenneth
— Shaw, 319 votes to 187.
Neither had served as
trustee before but Rush-
ing had been a candidate
in two previous elections.
Incumbent Ray Don Wil-
liams did not seek re-
election.
A total of 522 votes
were cast.
School trustees will
meet at 3:30 p.m. Satur-
day to canvass election
results and swear in new
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cost or obligation to the seniors. see school, races pg. 3
Two Incumbents Lose Seats
In School, City Elections
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Burleson area resi-
dents who live in John-
son County were remind-
ed this week that they
should keep their 1970
Census forms until an
enumerator comes for it.
David Wilbanks of Bur-
leson, crew leader for
the 1970 Census in the
northeastern district of
Johnson County, said
Tuesday that about a third
of the forms have already
been picked up here and
that the remainder will
be gathered by May 1.
Residents in T arrant
County were asked to
mail back their forms to
Census headquarters. In
Johnson County, however,
census workers were
calling on each house-
hold.
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Work is progressing
well at the new Bartlett
Park and bids are to be
opened Thursday night by
the city council for lights
for the baseball fields.
Volunteer help could be
put to use soon for vari-
ous small jobs in getting
the park ready for the
summer rush. If you can
help string wire, move
dirt, dig holes or what-
ever, give LOREN TURN-
ER a call. He’s chairman
of the park board which
is attempting to get the
facility ready for the
summer rush including
baseball...Mrs. PAUL S.
WARLICK visited the of-
fice recently and we had
occasion to talk of her
five children. The eldest
son has just returned
from Vietnam and has
reached the rank of ser-
geant in the Marines. He
is Harlan Warlick who
was on Okinawa for 20
days while enroute home
from Vietnam. We'd bet
that the home cooking and
peaceful atmosphere here
were really appreciated
by him. Mrs. Warlick
said he stayed home most
of the time ^hile on leave.
He graduated from BHS
three years ago. His
brother Mike who gradu-
ated a year ago is taking
helicopter pilot training
and is scheduled to go to
Vietnam in June. Three
younger children— two
girls and a boy — surely
must be proud of their
brothers ... BILLIE
B^^SOM, wife of Doyle
B.^E>m who is manager
of^ransom Thriftee in
Wood Shopping Center is
becoming known as an
artist of real talent. She
knows what to do with a
brusH both in portraits
and landscapes. She's
sold about 10 paintings...
CLEAN UP, Spruce Up
Week will start shortly
in Burleson. Everyone
can benefit from such an
observance. Perhaps
even the sanitation work-
ers will get the spirit and
keep trash from blowing
out when they empty gar-
bage cans. If we all do
our part a lot of beautify-
ing can be accomplished.
Wonder what would hap-
pen if every family in
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A total of 442 votes
were cast in the city of-
ficers election here Sat-
urday. One incumbent
was defeated while three
were returned to office.
City Council met in
special session Tuesday
night, as required by the
charter under the sec-
tion dealing with elec-
tions, to officially can-
vass the results of the
voting and swear-in the
new member, Ron Gieser.
Gieser won election
over incumbent Jack L.
Clapp by 274 votes to 166.
They were listed as can-
didates in Place 4 on the
ballot.
Mayor Clayton Boyd -
was unopposed on the bal-
lot and received 369
votes. Write-ins ac-
counted for more than 20
votes for mayor but none
received an appreciable
amount.
Billy Bob Grisso, the
incumbent in Place 2, won
re-election by a vote of
297 to 144 over M. Dean
Stocks.
Councilman J.A. Schu-
macher won re-election
n(nace o. tie aiso v
undppc^Su;^ vo^J
(SEE CITY VOTE PAGE 3)
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