Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 3, 1971 Page: 1 of 16
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SALUTATORIAN—Cathy White tells what the future
might hold for the graduating seniors.
Ebert noted that the
land purchase is "part
of this company’s con-
tinuing efforts to meet the
future, as well as the
present, communications
needs of our customers."
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'This land was bought
to provide room should
the future growth of
Burleson require expan-
sion of the company’s
facilities here," Ebert
said. 'Southwestern Bell
has no development plans
for this property at this
time."
HISTORIAN—Teresa McClinton, Class Historian,
tells the story of how the class grew through 12 years
in Burleson.
TOP OF THE CLASS — Valedictorian of the 1971
Burleson graduates Paula Meacham listens excitedly
as high school principal Adyth Kerr reads from a long
list of honors she received, including a scholarship
to any state supported college and an award as the
outstanding band student of the year.
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By Harry Rand '
The rain was a prob-
lem for the young ball
players but we know some
farmers and ranchers
who were really pleased.
Baseball was delayed but
the summer program did
get started this week.
While we’ re on the sub-
ject, we’d like to mention
that summer recreation
director ROBERT BAR-
HAM is doing a fine job
in this his first year in
the position. And, of
course, the folks who
really benefit are the
players themselves from
the little boys and girls
to the adults in the soft-
ball program. There
might even be some more
types of activity for other
people after the baseball
program gets a little fur-
ther along... Mr. and Mrs.
EARL MABE headed for
Venice, Fla, for their va-
cation. They planned to
visit the MATTHEW
RICHARDS family. _ Mr.
Richards left this area
and moved to Michigan
where he was a test car
driver for a while. He
later settled in Florida
...J.R. ELLER of Route
2, had some hard luck
this week. He had just
moved his cows into a
fresh pasture before the
storm Monday. Three of
the cows were killed when
a bolt of lightening hit
a tree under which they
were standing...Our own
congratulations to Rev.
ED SCHMELTEKOPF
was has just celebrated
his 10th anniversary as
pastor of First Baptist
Church...JIM HEFFNER
and wife BILLIE have
completed an addition to
their home and now son
ROBIN has a new room
of his own. Jim is a
contractor himself so you
couldn’t classify his job
as a "shade tree" do-it-
yourself addition to his
home. They and their
neighbors live south of
Burleson in an area with
lots of trees and grass
and wide open spaces for
the kids to play. There
something really ap-
VI Repealing to country living
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MINDER: The kids are
out of school and you
might even catch them out
in the street playing ball
or something. So drive
carefully...In case you're
the kind of person who
plans ahead, don't plan
any bowling between Aug.
15 and Sept. 1. That’s
when Burleson Bowl will
be closed to move into
new quarters across
Highway 174 from their
present location. An an-
nouncement may come in
about a month about who
is going to locate in the
other commercial spaces
being built along with the
bowling facility. It’ll be
a fairly good size shop-
ping complex and we ex-
pect there will be some
really nice stores ...
PARTING THOUGHT--
In Fort Worth traffic, the
best way to kill an hour
is to drive around the
block--once at 5 pan.
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Southwestern Bell has
purchased a 19,500-
square-foot lot adjacent
to the east side of its
"295" telephone central
office at 206 West Renfro
in Burleson.
According to
Ebert, unit manager for
the company, a house and
garage located on the
property will be re-
moved.
'The land was purchas-
ed from Mrs. Velma W.
Smith, H.L. Smith Jr.,
H. Wayne Smith and B.R.
Smith," he said.
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left, presents incoming Student Body President Joe
Briley with funds for landscaping and supplying
benches for a student square between the main
buildings of the high school.
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SIXTH YEAR,31
295-4412 BURLESON,
JOHNSON COUNTY,TEXAS 76028
THURSDAY,JUNE 3,1971
Freeway Draws Opposition
As Council Discusses Plan
New Superintendent to
Take Over Here July 1
Permits Indicate
Rat-A-Tat...
Commencement Ceremonies
Commence- year’s
Student
Church Honors
Rev. Schmeltekopf
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IN THIS ISSUE
accident.
Freshman
scholarships
The First Baptist Church has honored Rev. Ed
Schmeltekopf with a reception commemorating his 10th
anniversary as pastor of the church.
The reception was held on Sunday, May 30, at the
close of the evening worship service. The fellowship
hall was packed with well-wishers.
The Schmeltekopfs came to Burleson from Graham
in May, 1961. At that time First Baptist Church had
a membership of 871, a budget of $44,000. Church
property now is valued at approximately $900,000
including a new sanctuary which is under construction
and should be ready to be occupied by mid-September.
This year's budget is $162,000 and the membership
totals 1600.
As an expression of their love and appreciation,
the members of the congregation presented the
Schmeltekopfs a check for a "second honeymoon".
Building On Rise
Building permits took
a big jump last month as
the total valuation of per-
mits issued in Burleson
for the month of May
reached $475,216.50.
That figure pushed the
total for the year thus
far to $1,593,501.40 as
Saturday Rains
Account For Most
Of May Moisture
the normal amount, with
only 3.53 inches recorded
for the month.
The total for the year
is still way behind, too,
Lace added, with only
about half the normal
rainfall here recorded so
far.
Through June 1, Bur-
leson had received just
10.82 inches.
The total for the year of
1970 was 31.55 inches and
36.26 inches fell in 1969.
compared to $767,888.50
for the same period last
year.
Major factors in last
month's high figures were
$294,322.50 in new resi-
dential permits and anew
commercial permit for
the Burleson State Bank
building of $112,000.00.
Commercial remodel-
ling permits for a total
of $65,450.00 were is-
sued to Bransom's Gro-
cery, the Auction Bam,
and Sam’s Stop ’n Shop.
Residential remodel-
ling permits contributed
another $2,500, fence
permits added $869, and a
storage building permit
accounted for $75.
st ISSUE
The Council Room of
City Hall was filled to
overflowing at Thursday
night's City Council
meeting as a large num-
ber of Burleson residents
were present to hear dis-
cussion of a possible plan
to convert Highway 174
into a freeway-type thor-
oughfare.
The issue was present-
ed in a resolution which
proposed the City request
reinstatement of State
Highway Minute Order
60826.
That Order would allow
the City to control future
development on property
on both sides of Highway
174 in preparation for
possible additional right
of way acquisition for
State Improvements.
The Minute Order ori-
ginally presented in April
of 1968, stated that, pro-
viding the City will agree
to control highway prop-
erty development, the
State Highway Dept, will
make immediate engi-
neering studies to define
the additional right of way
connect Fort Worth and
Cleburne, bypassing Bur-
leson, Joshua, and Crow-
ley.
Also mentioned were
1985 highway proposals
calling for two freeways
from the Regional Air-
port through the Mans-
field area and one from
Fort Worth to a point
west of Crowley.
In the meantime, traf-
fic will continue to come
through Burleson showing
no relief in the heavy flow,
Proctor said.
An attorney represent-
ing one property owner
along 174 asked if the
Highway Dept, had given
the City any estimate of
the cost for acquiring the
necessary right of way
land.
SEE HIGHWAY PAGE 5
AU adults interested in
the possibility of forming
a community band in Bur-
leson have been invited
to a meeting Monday,
June 7, at 7:30 p.m. in
the high school band hall.
High School band direc-
tor Bob Grace said the
band would be open to all
adults and that some high
school students also had
expressed an interest as
had coUege students home
for the summer and other
ex-BHS students.
Rehearsals have ten-
tatively been set for 7:30
to 9 p.m. each Monday.
There are no member-
ship dues or costs to be
a part of the organization,
Grace said.
The possibility of play-
ing community concerts
has also been suggested.
Grace urged all inter-
ested bandsmen or for-
mer musicians to attend
the initial meeting Mon-
day night.
By JERRY McADAMS
Staff Writer
'Stop lights do not stop
automobiles," Proctor
said, and pointed out the
Springs, Stribling grad-
uated from Sulphur
Springs High School in
1940.
Stribling received a
Bachelor's Degree in
Business Administration
in 1949 and a Master of
Education Degree in 1951,
both from East Texas
State University.
He has done additional
work above a Masters De-
gree at SMU and North
Texas State University.
Stribling served as Su-
perintendent of Schools
in Saltillo, Texas, from
1952-55 and in Frisco,
Texas from 1955-64. He
has been at his present
position in Mount Vernon
since 1964.
He is a member of the
State Board of the Texas
State Teachers Assn., a
member of the Executive
Committee of the Nation-
al Beta Club, andisapast
president of the North-
east Texas School Ad-
ministrators Assn, as
well as participating in
various civic and frater-
nal organizations.
A member of the First
United Methodist Church,
Stribling and his wife
Joyce, have two sons,
Randy and Danny, both of
whom attend East Texas
State.
He will officially take
over as superintendent
here July 1, the same
date Dr. T.M. Harvey,
the present superinten-
dent, assumes his duties
as President of Hender-
n County Junior Col-
lege.
Terms of Stribling's
contract were not made
immediately available.
vin.
Mike Adamcik was rec-
ognized for winning the
Distinguished Musician
Award from the U.S. Ma-
rine Youth Foundation.
Jerry Ingram won the
Bausch and Lomb award
as the outstanding science
student.
Valedictorian Paula
Meacham won a scholar-
ship to the State school of
her choice, was presented
the Arion Band Award,
and along with Cathy
White and Jerry Ingram,
received a scholarship
from the Council of
Church Related Colleges.
A special award for 12
years of perfect attend-
ance in Burleson schools
was presented to Marian
Magee.
Hank Ho aidridge and
Wayne Rogers each have
won athletic scholarships.
Hank will run track at
the University of Texas
and Wayne will play foot-
ball and rtoh track at East
Texas State.
Bob Dean, it was learn-
ed Tuesday, has received
an academic scholarship
from Schreiner Institute.
high accident rate of on-
grade crossings on 174.
'I'm not worried about
dollars," Proctor said
referring to the cost to
property owners along
the proposed right of way,
"I'm worried about young
lives," emphasizing dan-
gers of school children
crossing the road.
"Safety is my primary
concern. I know there are
dollars involved and peo-
ple are afriad they'11 lose
some money. I can’t see
this."
One alternative to the
freeway plan would be a
boulevard-type roadway
which would involve pos-
sibly six lanes of traf-
fic with intersections
controlled by traffic sig-
nals.
Some members of the
audience voiced fears
that a freeway would
greatly divide the city.
Proctor contended, how-
ever, that overpasses
would do so less than six
lanes of level traffic.
Proctor cited the con-
struction of the Fort
Worth-Dallas Regional
drport as a major factor
in. the future of the area
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According to the origi- w!'ys 11nclu^!,« a
nal Order, the State wolid prt'P°S? p w J
program construction on
the project by 1978, and
provide a full control ac-
cess design with frontage
roads and grade sepa-
ration structures.
The matter came up
early on the agenda at the
7 p.m. meeting and was
debated until after 10p.m.
with a decision finally be-
ing put off until further
consideration could be
given.
City Manager Frank
Proctor spoke for the
resolution, saying the
freeway, with a series of
overpasses through Bur-
leson, was necessary for
the sake of safety.
Sharie Thorpe was
awarded a scholarship to
Isbell's Beauty College
and the Burleson Young
Homemakers presented a
scholarship to Carla
Hailey.
The Burleson Quarter-
back Club presented
awards to the outstanding
girl and boy athletes,
Hank Hoaldridge and
Shirley A.: Sanders.
The Dunsworth Foun-
dation 'I Dare You"
awards for citizenship
were presented to Ralph
Blackwell and Lynn Cal-
The Burleson School
Board met May 26 and
officially named W.M.
Stribling to the School
Superintendent’s post
here for the coming year.
Stribling, 48, now serv-
ing as superintendent for
the Mount Vernon Public
Schools in Mount Vernon,
presented the Burleson
Board with an impressive
list of credentials.
A native of Sulphur
The National Honor So-
ciety awarded a scholar-
ship to Rick Grochoske, Clinton, and Jean Pierce,
and the local chapter of Sharie Thorpe
the Business and Pro-
fessional Women pre-
sented Donna Miles with
their annual scholarship.
Farmers and Mer-
chants State Bank pre-
sented scholarships to
Gary McCulloch (Voca-
tional Agriculture) and
Carla Hailey (home econ-
omics) and the Burleson
Classroom Teachers As-
sociation awarded schol-
arships to Jerry Ingram
and Lynn Calvin.
Senior Class President
Joe Usher presented next
Last week's rainy
weekend brought 2.44
inches of rain to Burle-
son, according to the of-
ficial rain-guage records
of Russell Lace.
most of the moisture
fell between 5 a.m. and
9:30 a.m. Saturday morn-
ing, Lace said, with a
trace recorded Saturday
afternoon.
Lace noted that the to-
tal rainfall for May was
slightly more than half
Escape Weekend Showers
Outdoor Commence- year's Student Body
ment Ceremonies for
graduating Burleson sen- President Joe Briley with
iors went off as sched- the Class Gift, funds for
uled Friday night, despite landscaping a student
the threat of ominous rain square between the main
clouds over Elk Stadium, high school buildings in
A light mist ended min- memory of classmate
utes before the program Stacy Vinson, who was
began and the weather killed last year in an auto
stayed clear for the en- accident.
tire proceedings. Freshman academic
The Class of 1971 re- scholarships to TCJC
ceived their diplomas and were presented to Judy
various members were Richardson, Pat Self,
recognized for special Janet Morgan, Carla
scholarships and awards. Hailey, Barbara Kivlin,
The National Honor So- Bill Moore, Christine
Martinez, Teresa Me-
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Hutson, Wayne. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 3, 1971, newspaper, June 3, 1971; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1283412/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.