Grandview Tribune (Grandview, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, October 17, 1975 Page: 1 of 8
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such a facility.
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The latest honor to be clerk for some time, and did
bestowed on veteran news- other various clerical and
paper woman, Mrs. J. A. office jobs.
10-J-D. York
15-Togo Reed
TBALL GAMES
THIS WEEK
LINEBACKERS
Special Meeting
on this matter, it would be
well to discuss same with
WILL HOLD fIFTH
SATURDAY SALES DAY
the past six weeks. Mrs.
Sharon York to teacher of
the second grade.,
Average daily attend-
ance over the entire school
system during the past six
weeks wan 97.82%
put on the tax tolls at cost
value and estimated that
tax revenue from the apart-
ment complex would astern
around $6,000 annually to
the city and school.
Cole said it was their
desite to erect buildings
that woud be a credit to
- the town and community,
and yet would be available
financially to the middle
income people, such as
young married couples and
elderly couples, whose
income is limited.
and would be locally
managed. He said order
would be maintained at all
times at the complex.
In order to offer rent
to middle income occu-
pants, Cole said that pro-
spective renters would be
screened as to their in-
come, which must be be-
said rates would he te-
viewed annually and it is
dacite to rent the property
as cheaply as is feasible,
and that an inctease in
rent would be imp need un-
. Industrial Institute at Kings- Leavin’s which has been duled to begin this week,
ville. widely publicized on radio
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GRANDVIEW RECORDS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LARGEST SCHOOL
Mr. Biggerstaff and his wie, who is employed at
First State Bank of Keene, reside at 1900 Armstrong,
Cleburne. They are members of the Methodist Church.
ZEBRAS HOST WHITNEY
FRIDAY NIGHT IN
DISTRICTOPENER
ask for a vezoning for city
property and an increase
in gas rates.
Charles Cole, Vice
President of Development
for the Sabine Valley Con-
stuction Company of Fort
Worth appeared before
council members and nak-
ed the council to consider •
rezoning a certain tract of
Joe Welsh of Grandview,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Keith
Welsh, was elected vice
president of foe Student
Congress at Hill Junior
College at Hillsboro re-
cently.
Recent elections held
at foe College filled the
top positions in the stu-
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(Thursday).
Walnut Springs at Blum,
(Homecoming).
Budeson at Grapevine.
Crowley at Keller.
Lake Worth at Joshua
Soon after her graduation Butch has always found time
from Grandview High School to devote to practically
in 1933, Lillie Mae Terry every charitable and civic
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MEMORIALS
said, would maintain per-
manent ownership # of the
apartment complex, and
would Mt be sold after
construction for a profit.
Farmers Home Administra-
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■RS. J.A. BURCH has been notified that she has been
accepted for a listing in World’s Who's Who of Women.
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the bank last week.
Mr. Biggerstaff comes from Cleburne National
NEW VICE PRESIDENT of First State Bank, David Biggerstaff, left, to congratul
by President Brooks Smith.
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loan officer The following March he was promoted to —■
assistant vice president with principal duties as a JH
or to pay damages in lieu market. Thia fuel would fur-
of performance of its con- nish the first two years’ re-
tract. quirements for each of the
The suit was filed Tues- two 1,150,000 kilowatt
lending officer.
The new employe graduated from Sweetwater High
School in 1965 and attended Midwestern State Uni-
versity.
He was in the U.S. Army from March 1968 through
March 1971 and served a year in Vietnam where he
received the Army Commendation Medal, First Oak
Leaf Cluster and the Bronze Star. From Vietnam he
was reassigned to Brooke Anny Medical Center, San
Antonio, where he spent the remaining period of ser-
' vice. Upon his expiration from the Army, he received
a citation from the Commanding General of that writ.
Mr. Biggerstaff was employed by Pizza Inn of Dal-
las as an assistant manager from May through October
1971.
His mother, Mrs. Alberta Alexander Biggerstaff of
Dallas, was long time resident of Cleburne, where her
• parents, the Fred Alexanders owned the American
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ATTENDANGE EVER
The past six weeks
has seen a marked in-
ctease in enrollment for
the Grandview schools
which has set an all-time
record high of 451 stu-
dents. Increases have oc-
curred over the past six-
weeks period, stated
School Supt. Harold
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E1nKerton.
The second grade had
the highest average daily
attendaneev with a 98.73%
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FIRST STATE NAMES NEW VICE PRESIDENT -
The Boazdof--ivctorsrot theFiist State Bank of
Grandview has appointed David Biggerstaff to the posi-
Sabine Valley, Cole* utilities and taxes. He
At a meeting of the |
Chamber of Commerce (
Tuesday night in the Com- ।
munity Center, members ,
unanimously voted to hold 1
a Trades Day on each* (
fifth Saturday of the year (
beginning Saturday, Nov- 1
ember 29, 1975. j
On the designated 1
trades day merchants will
sponsor special sales and 1
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JOE WELSH ELECTED
VICE-PRES. HILL JR.
STUDBIT CONGRESS
inghouse Electric Corpora- Service Company, had en-
tion to sequin Westinghouse tered into this agreement,
IQ—Mrs Ollie Bowles Butler to furnish uranium at the with Westinghouse to pur
price stipulated in an egee- chse uranium at prices
ment dated May 11, 1973, substantially below today’s
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TUS Files Suit Uranism
Dispute With Westinghouse
Texas Utilities Services Texas Utilities Services
Inc., an affiliate of Texas Inc., as agent for TP&L,
Power & Light Company, Dallas Power 8 Light Com-
has filed suit against Went- pany and Texas Electric
of the
School Monty Briley of
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participate in a ground to
. Construction is ache- it
Congress.
Selected as Johnny
Reb, the symbol of foe
school’s spirit, was Rocky
Clebeland of Whitney,
Cheerleaders elected for
the 1975-76 school year
are Jacque Carmichael of
Hillsboro, Carolyn Honza
of Waxahachie, Melinda
Terrell of Itasca, Karen
Wells of Mesquite and al-
ternate, Cheree Blair of
Waxahachie.
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City Council Hears _
Representatives Ask For
(Homecoming).
Bayern at Clebume.
Parents of Varsity, Jr.
A report was given by Vanity and all other Liao-
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notified that ihet biography and opetatots of the Grand having attended • meeting Piease make plans I, at-
and.photo will be included view Tibune .until May. atthecityCoumcil Mt,.....ting.
in the third edition of the 1974. Since that time Mrs.
book published by Melrose ’ Butch has served as news
The council agreed to
contact property owners
adjacent to the property
in question and advise
Sabine Valley of their de-
cision to tezone. Should
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permit such an action
should a desire ever arise
to do so.
The complex Cole was
specifically epeaking of
would consist of two
property so that an T-ehapedtwostory build-
ment complex may be com- ings of brick construction
mta.ca. —.4 ek.a a.
s true tea on that site.
The property in mind
belongs to R.L. Young and
is located east of foe MKT
railroad tracks, hounded
by Pecan Street,on the
south and First Street on
the west.
Cole stated that Sabine
Valley —a very interested
in building a 24-unit apart-
ment complex which he
said would be financed
through Farmets Home Ad-
ministration withno federal
monies involved.
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started working fix the Tri- project that came along in
bune, learning the trade of her community. She served;
a linotype operator. She ■■ ■ den mother and held'
continued in that capacity offices in her church, school
until 1936 when she was and social clubs.
married to J.A. Burch of A member of foe Johnson
.. County Historical Commiss-
!■ .. ' "._L, ion for the past eight years.
Mrs. Burch has served Mas. Burch served as county
as linotype operator for foe vice chairman for two years.
Tribune, The Itasca Item, She was instzumental in me-
While serving on the ma- and television and in other
chine, Mrs. Burch would newspapers. Her imaginary Sunday, October 12 is a
contribute articles for the character, "Cousin Elrod" day the members of the Bible
papers she was then em- has brought enjoyment to Baptist Church will temem-
ployed with, and writing many readers. She has also ber for quite • while. On
eventually became her thing, served as ■ guest writer for this day, a ground breaking
During World War II and other newspapers, including ceremony for a new church
while her husband was in a leading Dallas daily. She building was held.
service, CMOU. is listed in "Who’sWhoof TVtprstors-J Harel, _ _ .
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in mu.«i attended bum- ink -ii finally tun out and • mission tn the tin build- • bet f - jzj-x r, jj sx
nose school at night. She she will tetirey-not even ing on Criner Stmeet which " 195 8 teen lomg wim 6 h&1p B Siroport yrns team in this Medidimn 34. cawfpo8 7
woded - • insulance Mrs. Burch herei. is now owmed by Alton Bendi ngun 08 penten I Jtdntcgne MF" *
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Press, Ltd. of C—hriBy editor of the Tribune.
England. Once newspaper ink gets
it all started 42 years in the blood it is there to 2
ago and incidentally it be- stay and foe gray-haired I
gan at The Grandview Tri- grandmother laughingly re- i
bune, where Mrs. Burch has marks, "I’mright back where I
spent a good many years of I started.” I
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day night would be 1-bed- presented to the city
room apt., $110.00 per council, bat was with-
month; 2-bedroom apt., drawn on request of the
$150.00 per month end council on an incotect
3-bedroom apt, $175.00 clause in the request.
per month. These rates Lone Stat Gas Company
would include all utilities . «.. - . . „ -
paid and maintenance. “
which will amount to EPe
Asked about the in- proximately $1.26 per
crease in rates, Cola _____
stated that it is impossible oRc
maintaini a fixed perms consider the new proposal
nent rate because of foe to be presented by the mm
fluctuation of the economy comoanv
and the constant rise in II2
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flea market is planned for
that day, and a Bingo (
party will follow at the
Community Center in the ,
evening. ,
Carroll Curry of Itasca, ,
a rest home operator, talk-
ed with the local Chamber —
members about the new
State rules governing nurs-
ing homes and the need of
the Grandview area for
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The Hearne Democrat, The curing the historical marker •AeeR 2S82e 822 528 5250258828358
Meridian Tribune and the for Grandview. ee- ’ 2584029602266
Clifton Record. In addition, Everyone remembers Mrs. "“N2Ma 4 0 *
she was a linotype super- Butch perhaps most of all GROUND BREAKING: Members of the Bible Baptist
visor for the Texas-Mexican for her weekly column, The breaking ceremony held Sunday, October 12, for aew
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day in Federal Court in generating units now under
theftrnconfssomesgmm Dau. aeion, Ta p pthacesemibn
see Grandview faring an 4 sident, said "We contracted near Glen Rose, Texas,
old rival, foe Whitney Wild- fnrthhzfeiwellinadvance
cdtnTdeznavtwbpdz, since Westinghouse has Company that it would not
night beginning at 8 o’clock, now informed us that they supply all the uranium at
For the past eight years, will not fulfill this con- the contracted price because
the Zebras have yet to de- tract, we find it necessary of substantial increases in
eeat the Wildcats. The near- to file this suit to protect foe market price of uranium
eat they came was in 1966 the interests of the cus- brought on by the World
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is been Whitney all foe FOOTBALL SCORES
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the proposed one to be
built with no federal sub-
sidities involved, are
planned fix die neighboring
towns of Itasca, Mans-
field, Midlothian mid
Alvarado, cole stated.
tween $6,000 to $14,000 In other action, Ronald
annually- Should a ranter Frasier and Jim Portwood,
move in and then acquire rapmeentetivas of Lane
income over the maximum Star Gas Company, met
that renter would be asked with the councii in the in-
to move, the tepresenta terest of e tele increase
tiva i
L which thev have asked the
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quoted by Cole Tues- A previous request had
as
-tan<no° vay. In 1967 it was 56-0,
_ X^6B: 15-12. 1969: 56-0, Perrin 23, Godley 14. cu
' nett mid used as an uphol- nett and the church moved 1972: 41-14, 1973: 27-24 Crowley 20, Joshua 14. Whitney at Grandview.
story shop. The Hartells to their present location on and last year the Wildcats Temple 41, Cleburne 7. Grandview at Whitney
ranted the building from Mr. the Clebume Highway. defeated foe Grandview team Alvarado 26. Kennedale 0. Jr H (Thuraday)
J.S. Johnaonfin$20 a month incmease in their by a ecote of 19-7. Rio Vista 46, Milford 0. . Gspburyeat Alvarado,
and held their first service membership, again they Whitney remains strong Whitney 27, Hubbard 13. Miltord at venue
on September 22 with seven find it necessary for mote this year mid are thought Waxahachie 20, Carnally 6.
members present and $12.55 space. This week con- by many to ba district win- Wylie 31. Cedar Hill 13.
struction will begin onaner potentials. Grandview Ferris 17. Foaney 14.
new builidng 70 feet long has sddad extra strength as Midlothian 51, Quinlan 0.
. , ■ . " " X - gressed and Coppell ,5 Milsap 0
foe Wildcats Hien n Vallau Miie n
work will be done by
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Basham, Ernest E. Grandview Tribune (Grandview, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, October 17, 1975, newspaper, October 17, 1975; Grandview, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1536874/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Grandview Public Library.