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America—the American Farmer
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every attain that award, but Coleman is
the fifth student in recent years to
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MONDAY
EDITION
Vol. 17 No. 13
November 30, 1981
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BURLI
Joshua Man
In Mishap Tuesday
Fatality
Scene
Passersby assist CareFlite attendants with putting motorcyclist Kevin Hunt, 20, of
Burleson, aboard an ambulance heliocopter following an accident Tuesday after-
noon near Danclger Hill on Highway 174 that killed longtime Joshua resident
Richard Floyd Lay, 74. Photo by Ben Szurgot
By DORIS E. WILSON
A 74-year-old Joshua man was one of
two traffic fatalities reported in
Johnson County Tuesday.
lUchard Floyd Lay, Rt. 3, Joshua,
was walking across the southbound
lane of Highway 174 near Danciger Hill
where he lived, when he was struck by a
southbound motorcyclist, John Kevin
H«nt, 20, of Burleson.
Hunt, a security guard for Billy Bob’s
Texas, was taken by CareFlite Am-
bulance Heliocopter to Harris Hospital
in Fort Worth, where his condition was
reported as stable by doctors.
Lay, a retired farmer and dairyman
and a 70-year resident in the Joshua
area, was transported by the Johnson
County Memorial Hospital ambulance
to Harris Hospital, where he was pro-
nounced dead on arrival.
Department of Public Safety Trooper
Paul Busby of .Alvarado said Hunt was
traveling towards Joshua and Lay was
walking west, crossing the southbound
lane of the highway when the accident
occurred shortly before 3 p.m.
THE INVESTIGATING officer said
Lay was knocked approximately 96 feet
from point of impact, while the motor-
cycle hurtled 200 feet before coming to
a stop.
The second fatality occurred at 12:15
a.m. Wednesday on 1-35 one mile south
of Grandview.
James Mac Dodson, 65, of LaGuna
Park, was killed in a one-vehicle acci-
dent when his automobile went off the
highway for no apparent reason and
struck a dirt embankment, according to
the investigating officer, DPS Trooper
David Wynne.
Wynne said the Dodson car was head-
ed south on the interstate at the time of
the accident.
Funeral services for Lay were under
the direction of Crosier-Pearson
Funeral Home in Cleburne.
Lay was bom July 2, 1907, in Kauf-
man County, the son of Dave and Belle
Lay.
He was married Aug. 8, 1936, in the
Joshua Methodist parsonage to the
former Edna Evelyn Murray. She died
Aug. 18, 1979.
Lay was a member of the First Bap-
tist Church in Joshun; a 32nd degree
Mason, a member of Caddo Grove
Masonic Lodge A?VAM 352, and a
rith the Moolah 1
Shriner with the Moolah Temple in Fort
Worth.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE one
daughter, Wanda Ruth Montgomery of
Grandview;, one son, Gary Richard Lay
of Austin; six, sisters, Dosha Lay, Stella
Eakin, Katherine Collins, Hazel Eakin,
all of Burleson; Ethela Veal of Pitt-
sburg, Tex., Lenore Booth of Fort
Worth; two grandchildren, Doug Mon-
tgomery of Cleburne, Jimmy Mon-
tgomery of Grandview; numerous
nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by two
brothers, Albert Lay and Homer Lee
Lay.
Services were 11 a.m.
Crosier-Pearson Funeral
Cleburne with Dr. Charles
Cleburne and Rev. Jerry Clements,
pastor of Joshua First Baptist Church
officiating. Interment was in Caddo
Cemetery.
Blood Drive Will Begin paam*~
At the intersection of Johnson and
Gardens, four cars have collided,
creating one of the worst accidents in
the city’s history.
Six persons are seriously injured and
are rushed to area hospitals for treat-
ment. Four of these six are bleeding
profusely and blood is needed to keep
them alive.
The ambulances arrive at the
hospitals and the four in serious need of
transfusions will die. There is no blood
available to replace that which has
been lost.
Of course, the preceding three
paragraphs are total fiction, but they
could be very true in the future, warn
high school students who are working to
keep such an occurrence fiction.
Burleson High School will be holding
its annual blood drive on Thursday Dec.
3, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the ROTG
room. This drive is sponsored by the
Health Occupations Students of
America and they ask all members of
the community to please donate and
help them meet their goal. Last year
111 pints of blood were received and this
Chamber Holds
Board Election
Ballots will go out to members of the
Burleson Area Chamber of Commerce
Nov. 30 for the annual board of direc-
tors election.
Completed ballots are due back in the
chamber office not later than Dec. 7
and results will be announced later that
day, according to Chamber President
Loy Norris.
This year the board will be expanded
from 12 to 15 members and seven new
directors will be elected from a slate of
14 nominees.
Those selected by the nominating
committee are: J.T. “Sandy” Bartee, a
certified public accountant for Weaver
and Tidwell; Kenneth Beasley, a real
estate agent for Century 21, Curt Apel
and Assoc.; Beverly Brooks, vice-
president at Burleson State Bank; Dr.
Dennis Dean, an optometrist; Kathy
Hasty, manager of First American Ti-
tle’s Burleson office; Cliff Lopez, owner
of Los Charros Restaurant; Richard
Lowe, owner of Guardian Construction
Management; Wayne McDougal,
owner of Corona South Electrical and
Plumbing Supply; James Moody,
editor of The Burleson Star; Sam
Reeves, owner of Reeves Southwest;
Les Sells, a State Farm Insurance
agent; Bill Stribling, an educational
consultant and former BISD superin-
tendent; Mike Wills, pastor of the First
Christian Church; and James Woodard,
president of First National Bank of
Burleson.
After the election, those elected as
directors will draw to determine the
length of their term. Five will receive a
three year term; one will have a two
year term; and one will have a one year
term.
Four directors will be leaving office
this year. They are Ken Jenkins, James
Jenkins, Robert Gamble and Sue
Miller.
A board member cannot be re-elected
to succeed himself to the board, but is
eligible for another term after having
been off the board for a minimum of one
year.
Those remaining on the board are
Loy Norris, president; Gordon
Cockerham, first vice-president; Ted
Whitley, Marion Howard, Frank Pace,
Butch Myres, Mark Sowa and Bettie
White.
year the goal has been raised to 150
pints.
There are only a few requirements a
potential donor must meet before giv-
ing blood. He must be 17 years of age,
weigh at least 110 pounds and have
never suffered from hepatitis or
venereal disease. Students must have a
signed permission from their parents or
guardian to donate on the school cam-
pus. If you meet these qualifications,
you are able to help the high school
reach its goal.
Members of any church or local civic
organization who already have ac-
counts with Carter Blood Center are
welcomed to come by the high school
and make their donations. These dona-
tions can and will be marked for your
specific account if you will so specify at
the registration desk.
Carter Blood Center provides the
blood for over 50 hospitals in this area.
Donor Recruiter Bill Ball says
“We’re barely able to meet the im-
mediate needs and every year the need
for blood rises 10 to 12 percent because
of the population growtly and the in-
creasing number of accidents.
Ball credits communities, organiza-
tions, churches and schools for keeping
the blood supply at a decent level.
For further information, contact
Marilyn Jones at the high school voca-
tional department, 295-3551 or Bill Ball,
donor recruiter for Carter Blood
Center, 335-4935.
FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA
Top FFA Degree
Michael Coleman (Da Texas A&M sophomore from Burleson, was recently
awarded the highest FFA degree of membership, the American Farmer degree.
The presentation took place at the national convention in Kansas City where he
received congratulations from National FFA Secretary Bob Quick,
BHS Students Excel
Businessman Gandy
Dead At Age 66
Prominent businessman and former
city councilman Roy Gandy of 706
Chisholm Court, Burleson, died
ROY GANDY
Wednesday. He was 66.
Gandy opened Gandy's Fried
Chicken in Burleson in 1971 and later
added another similar restaurant in
Cleburne. He served two terms as city
councilman in Burleson in the early
1970’s.
Ordained a Baptist minister, Gandy
was an active deacon of First Baptist
Church in Burleson.
Services were held Friday afternoon
at First Baptist Church in Burleson
with Rev. Van Houser officiating. Inter-
ment was in Laurel Land Memorial
Park. «*.
He is survived by his wife, Faye Gan-
dy of Burleson; daughters, Peggy Frost
of Cleburne and Phyllis Ewing of Lub-
bock; a son, Roger Gandy of Arlington;
step-daughters, LaJuan Hickey of
Hawkins and Valda Stafford of Waco;
step-sons, Geral Corbin of LaGrange,
N.C., and Jimmy Corbin of Gilmer; a
brother, Wayne Gandy of Walters,
Okla.; two sisters, Edith Combs of
Walters, Okla., and Verna Magness of
Oklahoma City; several grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.
Five BHS students qualified for state
as Burleson High competed recently at
the Irving invitational Speech and De-
bate Tournament. The tournament at-
tracted 25 schools from Texas, Okla-
homa, and Louisiana and was a quali-
fying meet fot the Texas Forensic
Association State Meet in March. Stu-
dents who place or are finalists in the
qualifying events become eligible to
participate at TFA State.
In boys extemporaneous speaking,
BHS advanced three students to semi-
finals. Chuck Royal, Will Helixon, and
Brett Sharp. In the finals round Sharp
placed third, but did not qualify for TFA
State, as he had previously qualified at
another tournament.
In girls extemporaneous, Julie Park-
er, Pam Wright, and Diane Parker
were all finalists and qualified for
State.
In Lipcoln-Douglas Debate, or one
person debate, both BHS entries placed.
Chuck Royal took the fourth place
plaque and Pam Wright won the third
place award. Wright was undefeatd in
preliminary competition.
In the Junior Debate division, BHS
had two teams that posted undefeated
preliminary records of 4 wins and no
losses. Julie Parker and Suellen Sharp
placed fourth in the tournament while
Jim Harris and Britt Anderson won
third place.
In the championship division of de-
bate the team of Brett Sharp and Lou
Lavely advanced to the elimination
debates. In this qualifying division the
team met Dallas St. Marks in a debate-
off for a state berth and defeated them.
Sharp and Lavely are the first BHS
team to qualify for TFA State this year.
“We had our best tournament of the
year at Irving. This is the first time we
have ever qualified five people at one
time,” said BHS Forensics Director
Blair Lybbert.
is only
have
and who
statewide
mark of
attending
at Texas
in pre-
veterinary medicine.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Elmo
Coleman of Burleson.
While at BHS, Coleman was FFA
president his senior year, Star Chapter
Farmer as a junior, Star Greenhand
while a freshman, and was the high
scoring individual in the meats judging
contest at Area competition his senior
year.
Judging teams on which he competed
included livestock, dairy products,
chapter conducting and meats.
Hit primary project in high school
was beef cattle and he is still involved
in cattle raising.
Coleman was honored along with 779
other outstanding FFA’ers from all
areund the nation at the 54th National
FFA Convention Nov. 12-14 in Kansas
city, Mo. The ceremony included the
presentation of a certificate and a gold
Debaters Qualify
For State Meet
Already qualifying for the State Forensics Meet in Austin later this school year are
(l-r) sitting: Diane Parker, Julie Parker, Suellen 8harp and Britt Andersen. Stan-
ding: Chuck Royal, Brett Sharp, Lou Lavely, Jim Harris and Pam Wright.
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