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Burleson Star, Thursday, March 30, 1989—3A
Eight candidates file
for BISD trustee spots
in May 6 election
Absentee voting for Burleson
ISD school board trustees will be
held at the administration build-
ing between April 17 and May 2,
prior to the May 6 city and
school board election date.
The ballot will include three
candidates running for the Place
1 spot, now held by Anne En-
glish. Place 1 candidates are
Gary Hidalgo, Randy Renfrew,
and Bill Williams. Incumbent
Maurice F. Shepherd is one of
five candidates for the Place 2
trustee position. Also included on
the slate of Place 2 trustee
hopefuls, who filed to run as of
last week’s deadline, are Charles
H. Kirk, A1 Tiller, Pat Wimberly,
and Debbie Riley.
Hidalgo lives at 241 Brushy
Mound; his profession is that of
an administrator. He has resided
in the Burleson ISD for four
years and in the state of Texas
38 years.
Renfrew lives at 305 Betty L.
Lane. He is a programmer/
analyst who has lived in the
BISD for 11 years and in Texas
for the past 39 years.
Williams has been a Texas resi-
dent 27 years; a BISD resident
for 14 years, and is a self em-
ployed business owner here. He
resides at 2050 S. I-35W.
Among Place 2 candidates,
Kirk is a controller and CPA pro-
fessionally. He resides at 730
Pecan and has lived in our
school district for eight years.
He’s been a Texas resident 41
years.
Shepherd has lived in the
school district 22 years, currently
at Rt. 2, Box 684. He’s a stock-
man and has been a Texas resi-
dent for 43 years.
Tiller has lived in Texas three
years and in the BISD a year and
seven months. He’s self em-
ployed with A1 Tiller and
Associates and resides at 500
Willow Circle West.
Wimberly is a resident of 713
Sandra Lane. She has lived in the
school district and the state for
29 years and is a retired
educator.
Riley resides at 540 Laredo
Road, is a housewife, and didn’t
list her residence years in the dis-
trict or state.
- Also to be on the May 6 ballot
is the homestead/disabled ex-
emption proposition in which
voters will indicate they are for
or against: "Requiring the adop-
tion of a $25,000 ad valorem tax
homestead exemption on behalf
of those who are 65 years of age
or older and for those who are *
disabled in the Burleson In-
dependent School District."
Ah, Give Me A
Hug, Billy Bob
The Easter Bunny leaned down to give 2-year-old Billy Bob
Smith, son of Cathy and Jeff Smith of Burleson, a hug
when he visited Chisenhall Park Saturday for an Easter egg
hunt. Billy Bob wasn't too sure about the big furry critter
witli the buck teeth and floppy ears but he stayed still long
enough for a picture. Billy Bob and youngsters firom 1 year
old to ( years old flocked to the park for the annual egg
hunt Rurlrmtn Star/CATIIY SMITH
I ‘ ' •
Wheels in motion to revitalize Square
BY LUCIENDA DENSON
Johnson County Commission-
ers took the first steps toward revi-
talization of Market Square during
their regularly scheduled meeting
Monday, March 27.
Plans were set in motion to
build a new shed equipped with
electrical outlets and build public
restrooms. The restrooms would in-
clude a large bath area where vege-
tables could be washed and revital-
ized.
The project, with a projected
total cost of $25,000, is expected to
be completed in two phases over a
two year period.
The first phase, with a price
tag of $18,000, will be construc-
tion of the shed, paving the square,
and striping in stall and parking
spaces. Pet. 1 Commissioner Jack
Hewlett, Pet. 3 Commissioner Bob-
by Estes, and Pet. 4 Commissioner
Bud Miller pledged $6,000 each in
precinct funds for work planned for
this year.
Pet. 2 Commissioner Ron Har-
mon told the court that he believed
it to be a vew wottjjwhile project,
but explained, jhai be could not
pledge $6,000 from his precinct.
He had inherited over $160,000
in indebtedness and equipment that
needed to be replaced when he took
office two years ago, and his budget
simply would not allow him to
participate in the project, he said.
In a telephone interview,
County Judge Wayne Bridewell said
the court's decision to upgrade
Market Square was not a sudden
one.
The Cleburne Downtown Mer-
chants Association appeared before
the court about two years ago
asking that the square be revitalized,
he said. Some, work had been done
as a result of that request. Both
Miller and Hewlett had recently
expressed in interest an doing more
to improve the square.
"We've had some vendors down
there in the last year, but (at the
front of the square on Main Street
where the new shed is to be built)
there's no shade or shelter if it
rains," Bridewell explained.
"I think with the improve-
ments to Market Square, we would
have much greater use of it. It
would also promote business in the
county. I think there are families in
the county who have home gardens
tvho will use it to;sell (heir pro-
duce."
At the present time, the area is
One Vehicle Crash Sends One To Harris Via CareFlite
BmrleHon .Star/SAI.LY ELLEMTSOy
Debra Martindale, 25, of Burleson, (being attended to by Road in a tan Ford Ranger pickhp at 8:29 a.m. on March 27
BVFD personnel and Med Star) was taken by CareFlite to when she left the road at a curve, became airborne, and
Harris Hospital after an accident early Monday. According landed in a creek. She underwent surgery Monday but was in
to the report, Martindale was northbound on John Jones stable condition in a regular room by Wednesday evening.
ras no holding these approximately 50 kids from Lit-
and Kids Kampus back from finding eggs that were
it Silver Haven. It was lots of fun for residents and
used primarily for parking by peo-
ple who work or shop downtown.
Commissioners discussed mod-
ifying the stall fees, but no decision
was made at Monday's meeting.
Bridewell speculated that the
commissioners will increase fees
for stall space under the new shed
after work is completed.
Plans are to have the first
phase of the project finished by the
time locally grown produce is ready
for market
> Commissioners also declared
four roads in precinct one and one
road in precinct three as county
roads.
Designated as county roads
were:
- CR 1250 off of FM 1434
WestofCR 1224A (Pet. 1),
- CR 305A to Faulkenbeny
Cemetery (Pet 1),
- CR to Grange Hall Cemetery
(PW. 1),
- CR to 1103-A South of FM
916 and, West of State Highway
171 (Pet 1), and
- CR 602-D (Pet 3).
The roads were declared as
county roads to enable the county
to make necessary repairs. In mak-
ing the requests, Hewlett and Estes
stated that the roads had either orig-
inally been constructed as county
roads or had been used as such for at
least 10 years.
Other action taken by the court
included:
- Stop signs were approved for
the intersections of CR 605 and CR
605A, and CR 528 and 608.
- Road repair for the City of
Grandview in the amount of $500
was approved. Miller said repairs
were needed to salvage work done
last year.
*- Commissioners agreed to
purchase a 1980 Dodge school bus
for the Johnson Sheriffs
Department for use in transporting
Johnson County prisoners. The bus
will be repainted.
- The county will go out for
bids for psychological testing of
prisoners. The testing, Sheriff Eddy
Boggs explained, was made up of
two simple tests required by the
state. The department is presently
paying $80 per prisoner for testing.
- The court declared April 9-15
as National Victims Rights Week
in Johnson County.
- The court also declared April
to be Prevention of Child Abuse
Month in JoKnson County.
Market Square
Market Square is both a part of Johnson County's history, and its
present
The square, measuring 220 feet by 190 feet came into existence in
the spring of 1898. Because of the three railroads that came together in
the city, Cleburne had become a prosperous marketing center for cotton,
livestock, and produce. In March 1898, two parcels of land were deeded
to the county to create a market
According to Clyde Head, a long-time Johnson County resident
half of the property occupied by Market Square was deeded to Johnson
County by M.M. Pitman March 19, 1898. On March 25 the same year,
P.C. Chambers, J.C. Mims, A.C. Ford, C. F. Thomas, Joe J. Mickle,
J.L. Cleveland, William Poindexter, and Charles Dempwolf purchased
the remaining half of the property and deeded it to the county,
specifying that the land be used for the benefit of Johnson County.
Head's father owned a grocery store on Main Street directly across
from the market. "I grew up with that market," he said. In a moment of
reflection, he described "long strings of horses" and wagons loaded down
with produce. There were days that wagons would be parked on the
front, or Main Street side of the square "as close together as they could
be," loaded with all manner of produce.
Horses and cattle were traded there, in addition to produce. The first
Monday of each month was trade day, and the square became a place for
both socializing and conducting business. *
Market Square was, for at least one young man, a source of a
different sort of income. Byron Lenn's father also owned a grocery store
across from the square on Main Street, Head said. Lenn would sit on the
sidewalk in front of his father's store and observe die activity taking
place in die market. His observations were turned into western fiction
articles for pulp magazines.
"Market Square was an active fanners market from die time it first
opened until the early 1930s,” Head said. After that time, it began to
deteriorate.
The Johnson County Historical Society initiated the building of
the shed and awning at the back of the square. It proved to be only
marginally successful, however, because of its placement at the back of
the property. _
Other attempts have been made to rekindle interest in the square. In
the 1960s, Cleburne High School students refurbished the water
fountain. Dating to the early 1900s, the fountain was originally used to
water livestock.
The Downtown Cleburne Association has helped keep interest in
the use and preservation of the square. ' ' 1
Market Square is presently open year-round, with peak activity
during tin vegetable and fruit growing and havesting season in spring
and early sununfr. The rest of the year, it is used more for a parking lot
than a market. Individuals interested in renting stall space should call
the Johnson County Treasurer's office at 817-641-4421, ext 134.
Office bourse are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
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