The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 45, Ed. 1, Thursday, September 10, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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'TERRACING ELIMINATES THE CAUSE OF EROSION AND CONTROLS THE RESULTS OP EROSION"
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Volume 77
Bartlett Texas Thursday September 10 19G4
No. 45
Garden Club
To Begin New
Year Today
The Cornelia Wilson Garden
Club -will hold its first meeting
of the new year on Thursday
(today) September 10 at the
American Legion Home. The
theme of the meeting will be
"'Autumn Leaves Are Falling."
The review of the year book
programs will be by Mrs. Vir-
ginia Nixon. "What to grow and
sow for a more beautiful spring
garden" will be given by Mrs.
Leona Cryer. Hostesses are Mrs.
Dorothy Stevenson Mrs. Vir-
ginia Nixon and Mrs. Archie
Overby.
On October 8 at' the Ameri-
can Legion Home the program
will be a workshop for all mem-
bers. Each member will bring
material and container for an
arrangement for the Christmas
show. There will be a review
of the Christmas Show Prog-
ram. Program leaders are Mrs.
Archie Overby and Mrs. Doro-
thy Wheeler. Mrs. Dorothy
"Wheeler and Mrs. Vina Ware
are hostesses.
A covered dish luncheon will
be held on November 12 at the
American Legion Home. Christ-
mas arrangements by Mrs. Lu-
cille Ferris of Temple will be
the program. Hostesses are
Mrs. Jenny Goodnight Mrs.
Bertie Hill and Mrs. Polly Par-
aiell. The Christmas Show" willbe
presented on December 11 at
the American Legion Home. All
club members will be the host-
esses. On January 14 a business
meeting will be held at the
hostess home. The program will
lie a review of the spring flower
show. Mrs. Ruby Lee Mastro-
wich will show slides. Hostess-
es are Mrs. Ruby Lee Mastro-
vich and Mrs. Leona Cryer.
A covered dish luncheon will
be held on February 11 at the
American Legion Home. Films
of flowers and gardens from
Mexico will be shown by Bow-
den Hicks. Mrs. Barbara Bunk-
er -will be hostess.
"Let's Watch Nature At
Work" will be the theme of the
IMarch 11th meeting of the Cor-
nelia Wilson Garden Club to be
held at the hostesses home. The
program "will be a pilgrimage to
"4-Vir T3irtlfiliirt "H'o- TX-r4rtrtr
s are Mrs. Bernice Bailey and
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Mrs. Nora Mae Ford.
The theme of the April 8th
meeting at the American Leg-
Ion Home will be "Learning
How." The program will be
spring flower arrangements
done by an accredited
Hostesses are Mrs.
Weatherford and Miss
Pearl
Joiner.
On May 13 the meeting will
be held at Kosels. Readings of
history will be presented by
Miss Pearl Joiner. Installation
of officers will be by Mrs. Bar
Mrs. Winnie 'Sartor Mrs. Vir -
Sma Nixon and Mrs. Ruth
Evelyn Messer.
V The year's projects of the
i club are: to continue sponsoring
fceautification of the city; mem-
bers cooperate with Chamber of
bara iiunker. Hostesses are
Commerce in the annual Spring I Fletcher's wife 39 was treat-
cleanup campaign and yard'ed by Dr Ralph Clearman and
leautification ; cooperate with released.
Chamber of Commerce sponsor- Driver of the other car Will
ing the Christmas home and Marshall Rhodes 82 was ad-
business decorations; programs I mitted to Scott and White Me-
vim ouuaa a uuiuuicjicjiaivts
study of flowers their cultiva
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tion and arranging; and mem-
bers will cooperate with Cham-
ber of Commerce in sponsoring
homecoming affair.
Mr. and Mrs L. D Zelenevitz
Patti and James visited in Gid
dings Sunday with Mrs. E. B.
Kuchera.
on
the proposed $300000.00
high school in the Bartlett
Independent School Dis-
trict attend the P.-T.A.
meeting Tuesday night at
8 o'clock at the high
school auditorium. There
will be an explanation
discussion and an oppor-
tunity t o ask questions.
School board members
. will lead the discussion.
Car Truck
Collide Early
Wednesday Morning
A collision of a Feed-Mix
truck and a 1951 Chevrolet at
about 7 a. m. Wednesday morn-
ing caused a part of Highway
95 to be blocked most of the
day.
The truck was heading north
nn its side of the highway as
the Chevrolet was turning onto
the highway from Clark Street.
The right front of the car col-
lided with the left front of the
truck. This caused the Chevro-
let to spin around and hit the
truck again. Then the truck
swayed and turned over in the
highway in front of the Gulf
Station some 150 feet from the
center of the intersection. The
car finally landed upright with
ts left side on the sidewalk at
Culpepper's Furniture Store.
No one was'-injured in the
wreck.
Driver of the 1951 model car
was A. C. Moore. Juan Roseles
Escobedo of McMillan Feed
Inc.. of Lockhart was the driver
of the truck.
Investigator of the accident
was Grady Bagby of the Texas
Highway Patrol from the Tem-
Dle district.
Mayor Urges
Everyone To
Check Their Speed
This week Mayor T. A. Crit-
tenden issued an appeal urging
the people of Bartlett to slow
down when they drive. The
Mavor pleads to everyone to ob-
serve speed signs.
Since school has just started
Mayor Crittenden found this to
a ft0 LTf.S
i one to be especially careful
around the schools and to ob-
serve the school zones.
Mayor Crittenden stated that
everyone is guilty of speeding
at one time or another but we
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For full information
ju'fhabits for the safety of all citi-
ivuujr..zens of Bartlett.
Af.Vm win v.. 4-ni .-
vent any wreckless driving and
hot-rodding within the city lim-
its of Bartlett.
Two-Car Accident
IniureS Three
J
I Pete Fletcher 44 of Bartlett
was uninjured Sunday after-
noon in a two-car accident 1.2
miles north of Bartlett on State
Highway 95.
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left hip. His wife Hazel Helen
Rhodes 67 was treated for
cuts and bruises and released.
Highway Patrolman Bill De-
Loach of Temple who investi-
gated the accident said the cars
hit head-on in the southbound
lane on the highway. The Flats
chers were traveling south at
the time DeLoach said.
Does School Bond Election Confuse You?
If you have been confused
over the fact that on Aug. 27
a Tribune news article stated
that a tax of close to $1.35
would be necessary to operate
the schools of the district and
finance bonds for new con-
struction and another article
Sept. 3 stated that a tax rate.
of $1.25 would be voted on in
the bond election Sept. 19
then you are not by yourself.
Both statements are true
and that's what makes it con-
fusing. There is however an
explanation.
In the bond election under
the provisions of Senate Bill
116 the tax rate to be set at
$1.25 is the maximum MAIN-
TENANCE tax that can be
levied; it is not the total tax
that can be levied for both
maintenance and bond re-
demption. The school board
is authorized under this bill to
set the maintenance tax at the
figure it determines to be ne-
cessary to operate the schools
(provided this is no more than
the $1.25 voted) and then add
to this the amount needed to
retire the bonds.
The schools have been op-
erating for about 75c of the;
tax collected. Using this tig-
ure and adding the 584 cents
needed to retire the bonds in
YOUR SCHOOL. . . By D. A. Swope
bv D. A. Swope
The neonle of the Bartlett In
dependent School District " "are"
being asked to make an import-
ant decision on September 19
1964. The issue that we face is
a $300000.00 bond issue and a
tax rate sufficient to support
this bond issue and to provide
sufficient maintenance money
to operate the schools.
It was the opinion of the
Board of Trustees that a total
tax of $1.25 on the $100.00 val-
uation would be sufficient to
pay off the bond and to sup-
port the maintenance of the
school when they started into
the program. However several
things were different from
what we had figured. In the
first place the cost of the pro-
gram is amounting to more than
was figured. In the second place
we were not aware that by vot-
ing Senate Bill 116 that so much
interest could be saved on the
bonds. This bill enables a dis-
trict to put more than $0.50 in
the interest and sinking fund
and in our local situation by
placing an extra 8V cents in
our bond fund the $300000.00
could be paid off in 12 less
years and the bonds would bear
a cheaper rate of interest for a
Rain Delays
Cotton Harvest
Rains that fell during the
first part of the week were
i ins that slowed the cotton
harvesting season. The season
v. ill be prolonged for about a
week.
On Sunday the Bartlett area
received 1.4 inches of rain.
While on Monday afternoon a
light sprinkle was all that was
received.
The sunshine has dried most
of the fields and the cotton
enough so it may be harvested
for the rest of this week.
Auxiliary Will
Meet Tuesday
The American Legion Aux-
iliary will meet Tuesday at
7:30 p. m.
Installation of the officers
will be held at the Legion Hall.
Everyone is urged to attend.
2G years a tax of $1.33 'o is
arrived at and the round "fig-
ure of $1.35 is given as nn esti-
mate. Should the maintenance and
operating costs of the schools
increase beyond the present
75c the board is auyiorized
to increase the total amount
of taxes assessed to pay the
cost.
These provisions are allow-
ed under Senate Bill 116 un-
der which the schools will op-
erate if the election carries.
The provisions under which
the school now operates do
not allow the board so much
freedom with the tax rate but
the board has always had the
authority to raise valuations
to increase the amount of taxes
collected. Also under the pres-
ent system the bonds could not
be redeemed in 26 years as
proposed. It would take 38
years and cost $121000 more
in interest over the extra 12
years.
If you are still confused and
if you want further enlight-
enment on any phase of the
proposed school building pro-
gram be sure to attend the
P-T.A. meeting next Tuesday
night. There will be an expla-
nation of the program and an
opportunity for you to ask
questions.
total snvinc-a of S121.000.00.
VhopA with this . knowledge the
Board made the"" only decision
than an intelligent group could
have made and that was to sub
mit to vou as voters the so call
ed Senate Bill 116.
It may be that some of you
nrp. wonderintr if we need to go
into this building program. Five
years ago we were approved tor
continued full accreditation but
wprfi advised to either do some
thing to our present buildings
or build some new ones ine
Boards over the years have felt
that our high school building
did not warrant renovation but
that the Grammar School build-
incr was crood enough to reno
vate. Our high school gymnas
ium is just about a wreck mere
was a time when a local district
could ignore the advice of the
Accreditation Division and elect
to operatee a non-accredited
school as funds to the school
from the state were assured re-
gardless of the accredited stat-
us. This is no longer true since
the state will not assure a nine
months school in the district
unless it is fully accredited. As
I see it we must keep our
schools fully accredited not
only for the benefit of the
youth of our community but
for our own protection since the
operation of a non-accredited
school would be unbearable to
the local district without state
aid.
In our opinion if the present
program is not approved we are
faced with a real problem. This
problem is to find a program
that does meet with the com-
munity's approval or face the
problem of operating a non-
accredited system.
We think it only fair to the
taxpayers to let them know
that our present proposed pro
gram will cost about pye more
taxes than we will bq collecting
this year. Suppose we compare
our proposed tax with our
neighbor to the south the
Thorndale District. They have
recently voted $375000.00 in
bonds. Their total tax rate will
amount to $1.65 per hundred
and their rate is based on 30
values. Your board proposes a
rate not to exceed $1.85 and
our rate is based on 20 of
values. When you compare this
I think you will realize your
school board is a conservative
one.
Bartlett To Battle
Thorndale Friday
Bartlett Bulldogs will open
the 1964 football season on
the home field Friday night
when they meet the class A
Thorndale Bulldogs. Game
time is 8:00 p. m.
Coach James Crews stated
this week that he has had a
good week of practice pre-
paring for the opener. Thorn-
dale will field a good team.
They will have size and plen-
ty of experience.
District 24-A Thorndale
who finished with a 3-6-1 re-
cord last year returns 13 let-
termen and seven starters.
This is one of the reasons the
district coaches named Thorn-
dale to finish first in the dis-
trict this year.
Another reason is because
Thorndale will have speed
power and experience and
will have an outstanding per-
former in halfback Daryl Jack-
son 170-pound senior.
Bartlett will be without the
services of Larry Kruger who
broke a bone in his right hand
during the scrimmage with
Manor. Donny Schwertner and
Steve Clearman will handle
the quarterback chores.
The probable starting line-
up on offense will be left end
Larry Grigsby; left tackle
Gary Steglich; left guard
Paul Caldwell; center Allen
Lawton or Chris Clearman;
right guai-d Wayne Davis;
right tackle Bobby Belyeu;
right end Wayne Belyeu;
quarterback Donny Schwert-
ner and Steve Clearman; left
half Ramiro Cortez; fullback
Bobby Haynes; right half
Charles Isabel.
Probable starting line-up on
defense will be left end Way-
ne Davis; left tackle Chris
Clearman or Allen Lawton;
middle guard Paul Caldwell;
right tackle Gary Steglich;
right end Wayne Belyeu; left
line backer Bobby Belyeu;
right line backer Bobby Hay-
nes; left corner back Charles
Douglas or Steve Clearman;
right corner back Ramiro Cor-
tez; left safety Donny Sch-
wertner; right safety Charles
Isabel.
Next week Bartlett goes to
Thrall and the week after
that to Lexington. The next
home game is with Granger on
October 2.
Davilla Riding Club
To Have Rodeo
On September 19
The Town and Country Rid-
ing Club in Davilla will have a
rodeo on Saturday September
19 at 8:00 p. m.
Events in the rodeo are: bare-
back bronc riding calf roping
bulldogging ladies barrel race
brahma bull riding and ribbon
roping.
Rodeo books will open Thurs-
day September 17 at 12 noon
and close Saturday September
19 at 12 noon. The books will be
at C. F. Hill Grain Company in
Bartlett. The telephone number
is LA 7-3311.
L. J. Huffman of Lorena is
the producer.
Admission fpr adults will be
$1.00 and for children under 12
the admission will be $.50. Pro-
school age children will be ad-
mitted free.
Luncheon Club
To Meet Friday
The Bartlett Businessmen's
Luncheon Club will meet Friday
at 12 noon. The meeting will be
held at the Bartlett Cafe.
Members are urged to attend.
School Enrollment
Reaches 442
For First Day
School bells rang Tuesday
morning for Bartlett students
and teachers as the 1964-65
school year began.
Enrollment of 442 was up
considerably due to the annex-
ation of the Davilla School Dis-
trict. Last year's enrollment for
the first day was 313.
There are 160 students in the
top six grades with 105 of them
in high school. A total of 17T
is in the six lower grades.
There was a full day of school
Tuesday. The buses ran and
lunch rooms were open..
Faculties for all schools ara
complete. The grade school fac-
ulty is Mrs. Louise Limmer
Mrs. Louise Oldham M -3. dim
ge V. Burke Mrs. Viva Ml
Keith Mrs. Alice C. Jones and
R. E. Bunker principal.
The high school faculty con-
sists of Miss Effie Lou Mod-
esette Mrs. Esterleen E. Fisch-
er Dean Fox James C. Crews
V. C. Marshall Mrs. Nola B.
Douglas Mrs. Miriam E. Stokes
Oleta L. Swope Charles R.
Lindsay and D. A. Swope.
School Board
To Have Panql
Discussion At PTA
Selection of Reginald Evans
of Temple as auditor of the;
1963-64 books was part of the
business meeting that was held
by the Bartlett School Board on
Monday night.
Authorization of the pur-
chase of a water fountain for
the Booker T. Washington High
School was passed by the board-
Bids were opened on the Dav-
illa gym and all bids were re-
jected. Supt. D. A. Swope was auth-
orized to advertise for bids on
the lumber stored in Fred
Blair's warehouse. This lumber
came from the old bleachers and
bus sheds.
Plans were made for the
board to nresent the bond elec
tion plan at the PTA meeting.
They decided to have a ques-
tion and answer session with
the board as the nanel. Dr.
Ralph Clearman will be first
speaker. An architect and a.
bond counselor will also be on.
the panel.
All board members were pres-
ent. Football Captains
Elected For 1964
Football captains for the
11964 football season were
elected recently by members
of the Bulldog team. Elected
were Larry Kruger senior;
Gary ..Steglich ..senior; . and
Bobby Haynes junior.
The boys are the sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Kru-
ger Mr. and Mrs. Bernard
Steglich and Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Haynes.
Wednesday Club
To Meet Sept. 17
The Wednesday Club will be
gin its new year on Wednesday
September 17. Theme of the
meeting will be "Federation."
Roll call with"the Federation.
'facts will be held. The Presi-
! dent's message will be presented
by Mrs. E. B. Ware. T&xafi Fed
eration song and the club pledge
are to be used.
Hostesses are Mrs. Stanley
Schwertner and Mrs. E. R-
Goodnight. r
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Ford, Robert C., Jr. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 45, Ed. 1, Thursday, September 10, 1964, newspaper, September 10, 1964; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth82065/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.