Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1976 Page: 3 of 26
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Burleson Star, Thursday, April 29, 1976-3A
ElksCompete InRegional
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Alan Nelson
Big Red Booster Club
sponsored and passed legislation to
tax farm and ranch land on its ability
I will continue to fight
for this legislation.
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295-5215
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AN OPEN LETTER
TO THE VOTERS
OF THE BURLESON AREA
Billie Balentine
POL. ADV. PAID FOR BY BILLIE BALENTINE. BURLESON
DID YOU KNOW?
FTD
AWARD WINNER
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Tommy Yarbrough
Conway Wheat
Stuart Beckwith
Doug AAoore
Roger White
Greg Wright
Lee Dennie
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Corsages,
boutonnieres—
everything for
prom night!
GOOD
LUCK
TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
A conscientious
conservative who
Eleven cindermen from
the District 3A-5 champion
Elk track team will be
competing tomorrow and
run
in the mile relay at the
district meet due to a pulled
muscle but Track Coach
I believe that Bob Mahanay* can and will restore the
efficiency and dignity the Court formerly had.
I have known Bob Mahanay for twenty years and I
recommend his election to the office of District Judge.
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Austin. The girls placed second last
weekend in the regional meet in Denton.
The Elkettes are [1-r] Renee Todd, Teresa
Odom, Lynn Patterson and Becky Wuist-
inger. -Star Staffoto
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BURLESON STAR
Second Class Postage Paid at
Burleson, Texas
Subscription Price $6.00 Per Year in
Johnson and Tarrant Counties.
Other areas of Texas $8.00
Outside Texas, $9.00
Ables is BYA president Jim Kelly [1] and
chamber manager Dennis Key.
--Star Staffoto
TOM I
CREIGHTON
STATE SENATE DISTRICT 22
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Political Advertising Paid For By Tom Creighton/102 E Hubbard - Mineral Wells. Tex;
Make us your prom headquarters! We
have everything to match or complement her
prom dress, his formal swear. At prices to suit
a student’s budget. Stop in or phone today.
My name is Billie Balentine. I live at 313 S.W. Gamble in
Burleson with my husband, Dr. Don T. Balentine, where we
have raised our three children.
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Qualifiers in other indivi-
dual events are Roger
White, who placed first in
district in the mile run;
Beckwith, first in the quart-
er; mile; Buster Foster,
second in the 330 intermedi-
ate hurdles; Tom Crites,
second in the 880; and James
Thompson, second in the
220.
James Thompson
Buster Foster
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Talks Too Much
Some radio announcers
have been described as men
who talk until you have a
headache—then try to sell
you something to relieve it.
BURLESON DAY PROCLAIMATION--
Mayor Robert Ables [c] signs an official
proclamation this week designating May
11 as Burleson Day at the Texas Rangers
game with the Chicago White Sox. The
deadline for buying tickets here has been
extended to May 5. If 500 or more tickets
sold locally, the Burleson Youth
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FALCONS DO NOT SOAR. THEY KILL
OTH ER Bl RDS. TH E PEREGRINE FALCON
CAN DIVE I8O M.P.H. IN THE MIDDLE
AGES, HUNTING WITH TRAINED FALCONS
WAS A POPULAR SPORT AMONG H ’
EUROPEAN NOBLEMEN. TRAINING A
FALCON TAKES SKILL AND GREAT PATIENCE.
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MARCHING... America’s
Bicentennial makes it a ban-
ner year and Jill Flanter-
salutes this national observ-
ance while enjoying the
sand and surf of Miami
Beach.
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YOUR PRESENT STATE SENATOR WAS INTRODUCED
IN PENTON RECENTLY AS HAVING BEEN WITH
US SINCE THE'PARKAGESZlFHE IS RE'ELECTEP
ANP CONTINUES TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE UTILITY
COMPANIES WE MAV WELL HAVE THE
'PARK AGES'AGAIN!
IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE TO NEW LEADERSHIP,’
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to produce, not on market value.
I am vitally interested in local government, having served on
the School Board of Burleson Independent School District
for nine years, and having served on several Grand Juries
and trial juries in the District Court. I have had occasion to
observe and work with the court when Bob Mahanay served
as District Attorney and also during the term of the present
District Judge and District Attorney.
Elkette Golfers Go To State
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event finals to start at 2:00. V
Burleson has a pair of F
double qualifiers in Conway
Wheat and Doug Moore.
Stuart Beckwith and Tom
Crites will also run in the
mile relay besides competing
in individual events.
Wheat will compete in
both the discus and the shot
put. The Elk junior was first
in district in the discus and
second in the shot. Team-
mate Lee Dennie, a senior,
placed first in the shot put
and will be competing at
regional in that event.
Moore also had a first and
second place finish at the
district meet to qualify twice
for regional. He was second
in the high jump, an event he
won last year as a sopho-
more, and first in the long
jump. Also competing in the
long jump will be senior
Tommy Yarbrough who fin-
ished second in district.
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Regional Track Qualifiers
April 30-May 1 Denton
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Association will receive $1 per ticket from
the Rangers. Otherwise they will receive
50 cents per ticket. Tickets can be
bounght at the Chamber of Commerce
office and at the Burleson Star. With
Wayne Hutson Editor and Publisher
James Moody News Editor
Mary Cowley Society Editor
Chuck Hutson : Advertising Manager
The Burleson Star is an independent newspaper
published weekly in the interest of Burleson and
adjacent areas by Burleson Publishing Co., 319 N.
Burleson Blvd., Burleson, Texas, 76028. Any erron-
eous reflection upon the integrity and reputation of
any individual or firm will be corrected if brought'to
the attention of the editor.
Address all correspondence to the Editor, Burleson
Star. P.O Box 383, Burleson, Texas 76028. Phone
295-5278.
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I QUALIFYING THROW--Cindy Robbins waited until her (
U third and last throw to move into second place in the shot
put and qualify for the state meet May 7 in Austin. |
Robbins, a sophomore, also placed second at district, but j
beat out the other girl from 3A-5 to win a berth in the
Austin meet. Star Staffoto by Kelly Ham.
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A high school golf team is
normally composed of five
persons with the low four
scores counting on the team ,
j total. Only four girls played f f
7 on the Burleson team, how- , , I
fcli ever.
The Elkettes and their
regional scores are Rene
Todd, 219; Teresa Odom,
239; Lynn Patterson, 229;
and Becky Wuistinger, 232.
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Running on the district’s Rober Barham has indicated
first place mile relay team that the junior should be just
will be Beckwith, Crites, about 100 percent for the
. Alan Nelson and Greg regional meet.
Friday in Denton at the Boys Wright. Wright did not run Foster ran in his place at
Regional Tract Meet at in the mile relay at the district.
North Texas State Univer- district meet due to a pulled The State Meet will be in
SltTyZ -n u xt > • muscle but Track Coach Austin May 14-15.
It will be the last regional
3A track meet for the Elks
who move into 4A next year
after winning the 3A-5 track
title three consecutive years.
Field event preliminaries
begin tpjnorrow afternoon at
with running events
underway an hour
lat€W Saturday’s scheduled
calls^or field event finals to
begin',at 11
The word photography
means drawing with light,
according to World Book
Encyclopedia. A camera pic- , -
ture is a picture drawn with ^he state iinals in Austin
with their second place finish s ,
in the Regional Golf Tourna- I >
ment last weekend at Den- |
ton.
The Burleson girls shot a
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STATE FINALISTS-In its first year of
existence, the Burleson Elkette golf team
has done quite well this season, first
placing second in district and now gaining
a berth in the state golf tournament in
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FOR STATE
SENATOR
22nd DISTRICT
PAID FOR BY ALEX TANDY, 104 E. CHURCH, WEATHERFORD, TEXAS 76086 / 817-594-4603 BILL VINCENT. CHAIRMAN
Instant success is appa- L’
rently the formula used by |
the girls golf team at Burle- »
son High School.
In its first year of exis-
tence, the Elkette golfers
placed second in district
competition to advance to
regional and have now earn-
ed the right to advance to
with their second place finish
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Hutson, Wayne & Moody, James. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1976, newspaper, April 29, 1976; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1283405/m1/3/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.