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THE BARTLETT TRIBUNE
AND NEWS
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Belton Plans
For July 4th
Festivities
Tlie Annual "Belton July 4th
Fest" parade will begin at 10
a. m. on July 4th. It will origi-
nate at Pearl and 7th Streets
and will travel through the
streets of downtown Belton.
Prior to the parade on July
4th a patriotic program is sch-
eduled for 8:30 a. m. on the
courthouse steps with Bill Mes-
sor as the emcee. State Repre-
sentative Stan Schluetor will be
the speaker and music will be
provided by the Belton High
School Marching 100 Band.
Another part of the festivi-
ties includes the Family Fun
Carnival on Juno 30 July 1 2
and 4th. It will bo located at
205 North Penelope in Belton.
The fun lasts every night from
6 p. m. until midnight except
for July 4th. On that day thoihe agriculture and roads com-
voLiiircn ..in wj1.1 i.e.. ....
the parade and will close up the.
celebration at midnight
On July 3 the First Baptist
Church choir and the Belton
High School Marching 100
Rjinrt will nre.qent tho. sixth an -
nual God and Country Patriotic!
vjuuciu i. J.nu jiut;iuiu vmi ""line memuuraiuiJ cuuiiuikbut: ip
held in the Walton Chapel on stated that G3 members had I Ollllff T armerS
tho Mary Hardin-Baylor cam-joined and many more were o
pus at 8 p. m. expected. - iRjirnPPllP Friflnv
The annual Belton rodeo willj He discussed the downtown 1JtwlCi'uc 1AUuy
swing into action July 1 2 andjarca. Also: discussed were urban1 Members of the Bartlett-Hpl.
-- Ih.-Alhperformances will kick-)rcnowni. cftizen of thearlnffd oung Farmers and thefr
off at 8:15 p. m. Tickets are tnQ swimming pool; congratu- families -will hold their annual
$3 and $3.50 and all seats arc lating new businesses ; and town "barbecue Friday June 24th
reserved. holidays. - beginning at 7:30 p. m. at the
Activities in Yettlc Polk Park. -WaddeM' announced that an 13PJST Hall near Holland. '
on July 4th will include: H open house would be held next There wilf be plenty of Jar-
a. m. till noon Square D&n- month at the new Go-op build- jbecue beef and refreshments
cing; Noon - 1 p. m. Country-hng wnen the annual meeting available. Families are asked-to
"Western music furnished joy1 will be held. Ibring a vegetable or dessert.
Otis Beck and his band; 1-1:30 Tlle directors will continue Anyone desiring to join the
Concert. The program will bo.
p. m. July 4 presenuiuon mm
dedication; 1:30' p. m
. iaunK
Contest.
Noon - 4 p. m. Covered Wag-
pn Rides; 9 a. m. - 4 p. m. -Arts
and Crafts Show and
Sale; Noon - 4 p. m. Antique
Car Show.
Barbecue watermelon cold
drinks and other concessions
will be sold during the festivi-
ties. '
Everyone is invited to come
and enjoy and participate in
some gbod old-fashioned fun in
Belton.
Rites Held For
Dick Latham;
Holland Resident
Funeral services for Xeslio
W. (Dick) Latham 67 of Hol-
land were conducted at 4 p.m.
Saturday in Goodnight Funeral
Homo in Bartlett with the Rov.
Ron Bearden officiating. Burial
was in thq Holland City Ceme -
tery.
Mr. Latham died early Thur
sday in a Temple hospital' after
an apparent heart attack at his
home. He was a native of Hol-
land and was omployed atGhom-
ical Enterprises until his retire-
ment.
Survivors include his widow
Mrs. Ennls Pearl Latham of
Holland ; a daughter! Mrs. Wel-
don Kurtz of Holland; two
brothers Claude Latham of
Athens; four sisters Mrs.
George Frank of Temple Mrs.
Syperfc Thompson of Holland
Mrs. Charles Starke of Holland
and Mrs W. W. Pausowang of
Uvalde; and two grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Wayne
Goodnight Boyco Unberhagen
L. W Lashloy W. J. Williams
Gene Mowhinney Jr and Dell
. Liles.
John Garrett brother of
Mm. TTnrno.o Keith is in the V.
A. Hospital in Hot Springs
Ark. as a medical patinet.
Lutheran Church
Gets New Pastor
Pastor Clarence Rose has ac-
cepted the call to serve here as
pastor of St. John Lutheran
Churclf.
Rev. Rose comes to Bartlett
from San Angclo and plans to
take a short vacation before
moving here.
ne win oe nstancu m a spe.
cmi auiviuu iu ok. uuiui j-iuiuu-
ran Church on August 7th.
Rev. Rose who is married
and the father of three children
is formerly from Killeen.
C C Directors
Meet Thursday
Members of the board of di-
rectors of the Chamber of Com-'nre. v c Marshall Victor Ma-
merce met Thursday evening at rek( Alvin Marek( Goodnight
?riiii i. 'Funeral Home Edward Llnde-
uuu vruuuuii i cijui uiiK
iiuhuo aiuiuu uiui. nu uiiu yiv.-
tor Mnrck were going to meet
with commissioners to discuss
the roads around Bartlett. The
vuiiiuiii.ii mia .au uw uw w
.give cash awards for milo and
I f nt ton fhia vonr.
lpnftnn fViio vonr.
Reno Saage reporting for
the membership committee
to meet each month in nn open
meeting with all visitors wel-
come.
Daughter Of
Former Resident
Dies In Temple
Funeral services for Mrs.
TW..t-V. X7V...O TnUi KK nf
t irfcf nf fn'rmor
resident were conducted Mon-!jJvltedn attcnd alons with
"day in the Temple Brethren th0. PS nn illnn win h
pu.i .nu n n. AiKnrf' A barbecue lunch will bo
Michalik and Rov. John Baletka!
officiating. Burial was in the
Granger Cemetery.
MuSX dieT early Sunday
rrwi iDlfoi nffn
Ill il XUllll'lU !IUillH WMil
long illness. She was born in
SSmS """ M '" .""""'SPJST Plans For
. i i j? ii i
survivors mciuue ner iainer
; Oscar Schirpig of Granger and
ifnrmorlv nf 'RnrtlGtt: two daU -
!nt.i nr Portioff.. twn dun
ilm Mra .Tonnoffn Wont of
v. ' nfi Mrs Tlovnrlv Good -
1 n jKjlt 0f Temple and one grand-
1 daughter.
Choir To Be '
Organized Here
A Bartlett Community Choir
will begin hero Sunday evening
June 26 at 3:30 p. m. with the
first meeting scheduled to bo
held at The Peonje's Church at
501 N Front St. in Bartlett.
Pastor of thef church is Roy.
Johnson.
All young people of all deno
minations who are interestec
may contact Mrs. Gloria John
son 502 N. Front St. in Bart
lott. 527-4247:'- or Mrs. Man
interested
Oi-fitrororv. 710 Attas Ave. in
IUlleen 817-634-1540 ; jr Mrs.
Glrtie Crathers 535 S. Alamo
n Bartlett 527-4230.
HIT T-1 C.U..nl nnA rinn!lTL Tr-.. M. Cfnnn nir Maff
iviia. tiuun. ouiuiidji uuu uwio
schuneK ot new uraunieis were
J Monday guests of Mrs Jack
eale.
TfartteU Texas
Equalization
Board Meets At
School Wednesday
Bartlett Independent School
District Board of Equalization
will meet Wednesday June
29th at 9 a. m. at the high
school.
Taxpayers desiring to meet
wlth the board raay flo 80
C Of C Adds
jMore Members
More new members have
I been added to the list of mem-l
iberships of the Bartlett Cham
ber of Commerce since last
I weeks issue of The Tribune.
.hnm ' rnnfnnnfnl 'nh ?nnthl
hmahim ij:ii n..H i !. f i m
western Bell Telephone Co
Tnv:i Wn1f nnirv Onnnn CAnZ
cnce Mnrchak Alva Cating
Hftrold MorrIgon John Voight
Aiart steglich First National
k Schwertner; and Oscar
I - . ' .
Schwertner.
Young Farmers organization
will bo able to do so Friday
night.
Local Church
Sponsors Banquet
St. Stephen A.M.E. Church is
sponsoring a banquet at the
2 " nl ounuuy' JU"S
rn rrii 1 ct 1 t
-"III Ul " 1'.
All ministers in the city-are
8e"Lell v erJ01E
Pastor R. C. Kelley extends
an invitation to the public to
Join In the homecoming
cele-
o'uniiiuii.
-rv o i
BarbeCUe bimdaV
1 J
A catered barbecue is plan
'ned Sunday June 26th at the
S.P.J.S.T. Hall in Holland for
members and non-members and
their families and those
wbrked at the annual picnic.
held in May.
The" hall will open at 4 p. m.
Sunday.
The barbecue will be catered
bv Vencil Maresh of Taylor
Everyon'e is invited to come
and enjoy an evening of fun.
'
FIRE DEPARTMENT
GETStMEMORIAL
1 'Bartlett Volunteer Fire pe-
nartmetit received a memorial
donation' in memory of the late
;w. c. Stokes of Temple.
Tho donation given by Doyle
McGlothlin. was among a nun
or Mrs. Maryi))0r 0f memorials given in mem
ory of Mr. Stokes.
Friday visitors 6f Mr.m and
Mm TTnrrlnnn Doutrllis wife
m.. 'nnri ATrs. Albert Kocli .and
pvira. msiwiutu owuo iu
nf Hearne: ana uvirs. ruirew
Williams Brcnda and Janet of
I Bryan.
iTuTrsdayv June 23 1977
Parhell To Attend
TBA's Annual
June Meeting
Ben Parnell Executive Vice
President of1 the First State
Bank and Trust Company of
Bartlett Texas and now chair-
man of District 3 Texas Bank-
ers Association has been ask-
ed to attend the annual organi-
zation meeting of the TBA
Board of Directors at Lakoway
World of Tennis near Austin
June 19-21.
Charles L. Ghllders of'Tyler
TBA president said the June
board meeting is one of the
most .Important of the year ns
committee appointments will be
made an annual budget adopt-
ed and other important asso-
ciation matters discussed and
acted upon.
Parnell was one of eight new
district chairmen elected at
TBA's 93rd annual convention
in Dallas last- month. New offi-
cers chosen at that time were
President Childers Vice Presi-
dent Charles E. Cheever Jr. of
San Antonio and Treasurer E.
W. Williams Jr. of Amarillo.
Baker Circle
Meets Monday In
Saage Home &....;
Mrs. Reno Saage was hostess
on Monday ovening when the
Baker Circle of the United Me-
thodist Women ntet for their
regular worship program and
social.
In the absence of the chair-
person Mra. Leroy Schwertner
Mrs. Joe Bridges conducted tho
business session. The opening
prayer was offered by Mis3
Bessie Skinner. In nddition to
ihe routine business session
plans for upcoming events were
discussed including announce-
ment of the church fellowship
supper on Wednesday evening
June 22.
Twelve visits to the sick and
hut-ins were reported.
Mrs. R. A. Sladovnik was
leader of the annual pledge pro
gram "Lord What Can I Do?"
Purposes of tho program were
to remember that we minister
to individual persons riot sta'
tistics; and to realize that eacli
of our pledge includes time
talents and prayers as well as
money. The leader read the
Scripture John 21:15-17; led
Uie litany and gave the medi-
tation. Mesdames Lillian Guen-
zel Stanley Schwertner and
Joo Bridges assisted the leader
In the presentation of exam-
ples of the spiritual and physi-
cal needs of individuals that are
being met through the gifts of
one and one-half million women
in 35000 units of United Me-
IvlTS'sning of pledge
w tna nnff hv Mm
'lUUUil a Ujrii ?u ". "j
group and Mrs. Sladovntic gave
he closing prayer.
During the 'social hour re-
freshments were served to Miss
Bessie Skinner and Mesdame3
I r.Ol. T A ninrlmmlV. W. Lo-
xenz ' George Mastrovich
Stanley Schwertner rwur
Guenzel Joe Bridges and r the
hostess Mrs. Reno Saage.
Jaycees To Play
Schwertner
Bartlett Jaycees
the Schwertner
will meet
Community
Improvement Club
in Volley
Ball at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at
I iQnlllual.f nnf PvV
Schwertner Park.
Schwertner was declared
winner in anovoning of games
last Thursday.
V.B.S. Ends At
Baptist Church
Vacation Bible School at the
First Baptist Church here end-
ed with commencement exor-
cises Friday night ywlth the
usual joint service which was
participated in by all who at-
tended. ' J
The various departments pre-
sented programs of songs and
Bible work and families and
friends were invited to view the
children? hand-AVork in the de-
partment rooms.
The VBS had an enrollment
of 91 this year with an ave
rage attendance of 79. Theme
of this years school was "The!
God of Creation" and the
scripture was Psalm 121: 1-2.
Offerings which v were
brought each day bythe chil-
dren nnd workers will be sent
to the Baptist Childrcns Home
in Round Rock.
A A A Art! A I A 4m a A A I
dnvo ntir 3L fbery blocking the view
day a puppetry committee of . c-A tL ii i
young people presented Bible1
atories songs and lessons
through the mediam of puppet
shows which tho children en-
joyed as they learned.
The children were treated to
watermelon on Thursday and at
noun rnuay um unuiu Btiiuui.ronair inu was almost com-
enjoyed n picnic lunch togeth-nleted. It was bIbo reported
er in the Educational building ithnt renair was in progress on
A special presentation of a j the automatic pumps to fill tho
birthday -cake was .presented to tower.
Homer Jones as -the children' Mayor " jProrT()m Norman-
sang "Happy BTHlrtfty" during Thaler reportertlhere Was a
the picnic hour need for strongor chemicals to
On Friday morning the Jun- kill grass along the curbs in
ior Dep'artmenti children and the cemetcrv. Some progress
leaders visited the Will O' Bell " noted in the "'Old Cemc-
Nursing Home and presented a tery" ho reported
program of songs they had Edward' R.. Goodnight re-
learned at VBS. They also "prted that. he" would have to
gave tho decorated scripture discontinue ambulance service
place cards which tho girls had the rca arid proposed to
made to be placed on the pa- Present tho City Jjyith an nm-
tients trays on Sunday. b.ul.ano td be bperated by the
The children I department Volunteer Fire jDopartmcnt.
made two mission visits during
wi nw
the week also.
Services 'Held
In Taylor For
Former Resident
.
Funeral services for Dr. sented a point by point account
Mary A. Matetzschk 89 of of tho nrobiem3 t'hnt hig fnth.
Taylor formerly of Bartlett er lt Ri prikryi had encount-
wero conducted at 4 p.m. Sun-'ore(j wjtn the citv. They were
day at the Condra Funeral (diRcussPfl at length nnd will be
Home in Taylor with the Rev. reported back at a later mect-
Garrott Scholtz of San Antonio inr nt which time all solutions
officiating. Burial was in tlie
Taylor City Cemetery.
Dr. Matetzschk born in El -
gin died Saturday morning in
a Taylor hospital after a long
illness. She had been a resident
of Taylor for 40 years and was CmiHlmen voted to pav the
a chiropractor there. jf1nes in the Tnxas -Municipal
Survivors include a daugh-1 o-rue atrnin this year.
ter Mrs. I. A. Burow of Taylor;1 "ford Stevenson was hirod
a son William Matetzschk of'"" "e citv nt a fht rate to
Arlington;- six- sisters Mrs.l"" nil water and electric
Freida Markjtz of Hamilton' i mf 7'
r..a A...afT Mm.irnurt.vi nf pWp "ri iournmnt of the
Manor. Mrs. Hulda Bahn of
inor Mrs. Hulda Bahn oiy""' the balance iheot of
iscoll Mrs. Bertha Schroe-I " J"11;1r " accounts wna
r r.f Rltrin Mrq Albert' q. "fefl nn" nnprovod nd nil
Dnscoll
der
Heine
Kretzschmar of Taylor; two.
brothers Willie Klaus of Elgin
and Otto Klaus of Southland;
seven grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
City Receives
Sales Tax Clieck
Comptroller Bob Bullock said S'afe University for the Spring-
Wednesday his .office lias ma jl-1 "'"stipr of977.-
ed checks totalhig $39.3 million1 Ho earned a 3.750 grade-
io 8G5 Texas cltic$ for their H ivorni?e majoring in In-
June share of the ono percent liplvSi E-'uotion.
city sales tax. " Thp Dean's List consists of
Bart!etts chtSck forthe snie3 UH studcis ;wlio attained an
tax for June was $2849.$7 To average of 3.0 or bettor in aM
date for 1977 bartlett has re- work attempted Vhilfi eamihr
ceived $8589.93 In sales taxi not less than 12 semester
checks. I hours. . '
"NOT
City Council
Meets Monday In
Regular Session
Members of the City Coun-
cil met Monday evening for
their regular monthly meet-
ing. A written report on Library
activities was read by Mayor
Bobby Hill and presented for
record.
Chief of Police Horace Lu.
White gave a written report
of the last two months police
activity and reported that he
had to purchase a new gun for
the police department of
which hc wil1 bc reimbursed.
" aiso rePricu snruooery
blocking the view on Evie
Street and also the need for
radio contact with Williamson
County. After a discussion.
Chief of Police White was ad-
vised to contact the land own-
er and request that the shrub-
Ion
He
0i?0 f i '
was also advised to look into
tho cogt of improving the ra-
dios to enable the citv to con
tact Williamson "County Sher-
iff's Department.
In n utility report- it was re
ported that tho water tower
;rr ' " XV uavuo"u" " i"
njittce of Norman Lange. Jojn
(Voight and Norman Thaler
i was appointed to check with
1 other cities in the pren and de-
termine the manner in which
the.y had solved this problem.
The information .will be
brought to a meeting to be set
later.
t Affnpnnv T.nfluc TtIlifl -
will he listed for record in the
minutes f the meeting. Some
ints will bo referred to the
city attorney nnd some to a
oorsulting engineer for ad-
vi
r:n?n"' tTie. bn'a"ce heet of
vjowed.
There wi be a cnllPd moefc-
'"" Inter in the month to cover
-"'er Hnms of business.
Bruce Swone r
Oil Dean's List
Bruce Swone was named to
'he Donn'a List at Sam Houston
il
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Ford, Robert C., Jr. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 36, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 23, 1977, newspaper, June 23, 1977; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth82724/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 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.