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TRIBUNE - PROGRESS
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Serving Bartlett & Holland
Bartlett Texas 76511 Thursday July 12 1979
Volume 92 number 39
18 Pages In 2 Sections
817-527-1424
FIFTEEN CENTS
Holland Council
Discusses Budget
By RONNIE PEKSKY
In a busy council session
Tuesday night Holland City
Council members hnd n
preliminary discussion on the
proposed budget for the next
fiscal year set n flat rate for
pickup of brush and other
bulky garbage and briefly
discussed need for a law
officer in the city.
The proposed budget in-
dicates a planned increase In
total expenses of almost 20
going from $(57600 to $104875.
Total revenues meanwhile
arc expected to increase only
about 5 from $100400 to
$112015 which is less than the
current inflation rate despite
a proposed increase In water
and sewer rates.
The major Increases In
expenses are expected to be
an increased cost for water
and an increase in the
amount spent for gas and oil
Action on the budget was
tabled until the next meeting
to allow council members
time to study it
Discussion of the brush
problem was brought on by
the fnct that the City has been
hauling large amounts of
brush which do not comply
with the city's ordinance
concerning propcring
packaging and size
requirements for garbage
pickup. In the future any
garbage which is not bundled
or packaged for easy pickup
will be subject to a fee. The
fee will be a maximum of
$8.00 per truck load with a
minimum charge of $2.50
The fee will be charged for
anything which does not
comply with the city or-
dinance on garbage pickup
(Sec BUDGET Page G)
Mrs.Kuhlmann
Holland Civic
Leader Dies
Mrs. Willie D. Kuhlmann
81 of Holland widow of the
late John C. Kuhlmann died
Tuesday morning in a
Temple hospital after a brief
illness
Mrs. Kuhlmann and her
late husband were nctivc in
civic and community affairs
in Holland for many years.
She was a past president of
the Woman's Study Club and
the Holland Town Hall was
recently renamed the
John C. Kuhlmann Civic
Center after her late husband
who served as mayor of
Holland for 28 years.
Funeral services will be
conducted at 2:00 p.m.
Thursday (today) July 12 at
the Goodnight Funeral Home
Chapel in Bartlett with the
Rev. Joe Cooper officiating.
Burial will be in the
Holland City Cemetery.
Bartlett School Board
Adopts 1979-80 Calendar
BARTLETT MAYOR BOBBY HILL on the right and Lakeland Sanitary Service Inc.
general manager Bob Kclley of Saiado on the left arc pictured throwing the first cans
of garbage into the garbage truck on the first day of Lakeland's five-year contract with
the City of Bartlett to pick-up garbage in the City of Bartlett. Mayor Hill said by
contracting Lakeland to pick up the garbage in Bartlett "Wc can offer better
service to our citizens and do the job more efficiently."
For Bartlett Residents
Lakeland Sanitary Service
Begins Garbage Pickup
Tuesday September 4 will be the first
day of classes for students living in the
Bartlett Independent School District
according to the 1979-80 school calendar
approved by the Bartlett School Board at
its Monday night meeting.
Teachers will report back to work on
Tuesday August 28 for four consecutive
In-Service work days (Auguzt 28 29 30
and 31st) and will have a holiday on
Monday Sept. 3 Labor Day before the
first day of classroom teaching on
Tuesday September 4.
Graduation exercises for the 1980 senior
class will be held on Thursday May 29.
This will also be the final day of school for
students. The eighth graduation will be
held on Friday May 30 which is also the
final work day for teachers.
In other business the board hired
Raymond Johnston of Azle as Farm and
Ranch teacher to replace Jcre' Pugh.
Mrs. Rita Fischer was designated as a
voting delegate and Charles Carlson as
alternate voting delegate by the board to
attend the Texas Association of School
Boards Convention in San Antonio Oc-
tober 6-8.
The board also voted to replace all
outside windows in the elementary school
with thermal type windows.
The board signed a contract with the
Williamson County Health Department for
school health services for the 1979-80
school year and voted to negotiate a
contract with Bell County to assess and
collect school taxes beginning February 1
1980.
School trustees discussed Article 7174 A
(Agriculture Use Value For Taxing
Purpose) which was passed by the Texas
Legislature during its last session. The
article states that agriculture land will be
taxed on productivity instead of market
value of the land. Trustees voted to put the
article in effect for the 1980 tax year.
In other business the trustees voted to
renew a contract with Texas Educational
Consultivc Services for bookkeeping
services for the 1979-80 school year.
School Superintendent Archie Scott
stated Tuesday morning that the local
district due to new laws recently passed
by the Texas Legislature will have to drop
one Title I teacher's aide in order to meet
new state guidelines in order to fund
teacher retirement from Title I funds.
Bills were paid and the meeting adjourned.
No Summer fun Isn't over yet. Coming up this weekend
is Elgin's Western Days July 2G.27 and 28. A big highlight
of the event will be the Fun Run Elgin 5555 race on
Saturday July 28. Read about the race the prizes and
rules in this weeks Spotlight.
Lakeland Sanitary Service Inc. a
Salado-based company began a five-year
contract with the City or Bartlett last
Tuesday as they began picking up garbage
in Bartlett.
Bob Kclley general manager of the
company said his trucks will be picking up
garbage in Bartlett Tuesday and Friday of
each week.
Kelly said that in order for the company
to serve the over 500 customers in Bartlett
in a quick and efficient manner residents
should put their garbage cans within two
feet of the driving surface of the street or
at the edgQ of.nn alley so. his trucks can
make the whole town in one day.
Kclley says his company which has
been in business for 12 years also provides
garbage pickup service to Marker Heights
Morgans Point Troy Saiado Little River -Academy
and Moffat.
Kclley said that if any Bartlett resident
has a question or problem concerning their
garbage pickup they should call 817-947-5557
and his company will be glad to work-
out any problem a customer lias.
The City of Bartlett who will be billing
all customers for Lakeland's services has
set the residential garbage fee at $5.00 per
month. Kclley says commercial customers
will be charged on an individual basis
according to amounts of .garbage they
hii vc and how it is picked up.
Betty Hill New Tribune-Progress Reporter
Mrs. Charles (Betty) Hill of 301 Romberg Lane in Holland
began her duties as Holland correspondent for the Tribune-
Progress Thursday July 5.
Mrs. Hill has previous newspaper experience having
contributed articles to the North Harris County News of
Spring Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill have two children 14-ycar-old Dennis
and eight-year-old Tracy. Dennis will be a freshman in
Holland High School this fall while Tracy will be entering the
fourth gradcat Holland Elementary School.
Mr. Hill is an employee of Western Auto Distribution
Center in Temple.
Correspondent Mrs. Charles (Betty) Hill is a welcome
addition to the Tribune-Progress staff and Holland residents
arc asked to call 657-2368 to report their news to Mrs. Hill.
MRS. BETTY HILL
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Texas Operaland Performs
Live On Radio Saturday
By RONNIE PERSKY
"I want to Welcome you to this historic
broadcast . . the first ever from down-
town Bartlett" J. E. Moore told an
assembled crowd of about 50 people just
moments before his Texas Operaland went
"on the air" over KTAE Radio Taylor
last Saturday July 7.
The program was broadcast live from
the Texas Operaland building in Bartlett
at 12:30 a.m. The live broadcast will be
continued each week at the same time.
Saturday's program opened with the
Operaland Band's traditional theme song
"Just Because". Regular band members
Allen and Diana Hobbs Dave Martini and
Moore were joined by Erwin Schneider of
Lexington and Harold Caffey of Manor for
the historic first broadcast.
Moore's granddaughters Stacy Stevens
of Dallas and Mclany Goodman of
Greenville both ten years of age were
special guests. The pair sang about the
Texas Operaland. The girls wrote the song
themselves.
Stacy is the daughter of Jack and
Luanna Stephens of Dallas. Melany's
parents are Dr. James and Rosemary
Goodman of Greenville. Luanna and
Rosemary are Moore's daughters.
After receiving a request from Ruby Lee
Mastrovich of Bartlett Moore Allan
Hobbs and Diana Hobbs teamed up to sing
"I've Got That Old Timo Religion". The
song was dedicated to the Dugger family
which held a reunion in Schwertner
Saturday.
Dave Martini a recording artist with
Stoncway Records was featured on the
program with his rendition of "Bluebell".
Martini was also featured on the closing
number "The Orange Blossom Special."
The program lasted fifteen minutes.
Operaland activities continued at 2:30
p.m. with an afternoon performance.
Residents of two Taylor nursing homes
made the trip to Bartlett to join local folk
for an enjoyable session which was not
quite as long as the evening performance.
About a hundred people turned out in-
cluding residents of Bartlett Schwertner
Davilla Granger Taylor Rockdale
Temple Belton Waco Bastrop
Lexington Manor Dallas Greenville
Huntsvllle and Tennessee.
In the afternoon and evening program
Lindsay Goodman age 3 joined sister
Melany and cousin Stacy in singing their
Operaland song.
The evening session started at 7:30 p.m.
with over 150 people in attendance. The
Falls County Review the Country Cousins
and the Lawhon Family were among the
Operaland regulars performing along
with special guest Cotton Jenny who In
addition to playing the fiddle did an ex-
cellent imitation of a barking dog.
The Operaland will continue each week
In the summer with performances at 12:30
p.m. 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. There is no
charge for admission. Refreshments are
available at the concession area.
C Of C Float
Enters McDade
Festival Parade
The Bartlett Chamber of
Commerce float will be
entered in the McDade
Watermelon Festivnl
Parade Saturday July 14
according to float com
mittee chairman Ray
Jankc.
Janke said Nancy Me
Bay. Cynthia Langc and
Jill Stcgllch will be riding
on the float in the parade
which begins at 4:30 p.m.
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Lenz and family will take
the float to McDade and
pull it in thq parade.
Baptist Women Meet
The Baptist Young Women
(B.Y.W.) of First Baptist
Church of Holland Texas will
hold their regular monthly
meeting July 1G at 7:30 p.m.
at the church. A mission
study program will be
presented by Mrs. Sharron
Miles and Mrs Janice Spinn.
Child care will be provided.
SUPER JAYCEES OLYMPICS The Bartlett Jaycees
arc sponsoring a Super Jaycees Olympics to be held
Saturday July 14 at the Bartlett High School football field.
Pictured above wearing the Super Jaycees Olympic t-
shlrts are (kneeling) Dave Fielder and Hubbard
Faulkner Jr. Standing back row left to right are Daryl
Stcgllch Lynn Roy Friedrich Richard Rafay Nancy
McBay Gloria Stcgllch Russell Pajestka and Joe
Cavanaugh.
-Bartlett Jaycees Schedule 'Super Olympics'-
Eleven area Jaycee chapters have
entered the Bartlett Jaycees Super Jaycee
Olympics whlqh will be held this coming
Saturday July 14 in Bartlett.
Dave Fielder chairman of the Super
Jaycees Olympics said registration for
the days schedule of events will begin at
8:00 a.m. at the Bartlett High School
OPERALAND BROADCAST Stacy Stephens left and Melany Goodman right sing
Into the microphone for the first-ever radio broadcast of the Texas Operaland over
KTAE radio last Saturday July 7. J E. Moore Jr. on the guitar and Diana Hobbs on the
piano accompanied the girls along with the rest of the Operaland band.
Holland R.A.'s Enjoy
Summer Day Camp
By BETTY HILL
On June 28th 29th and 30th the Royal Ambassadors of the First Baptist Church
Holland participated in a Day Camp at tho home of the counselor Wayne Spinn.
Under the leadership of their counselors Roger Houston and Wayne Spinn the boys
participated in Bible Study mission study and activities ropecraf t use of the compass
conservation hiking f irecraf t games and other activities.
First second and third place ribbons were awarded to those boys who placed In each
of tho activities such as frisbce competition croquet compass course sack races
volleyball and tug-o-war.
RA's is an organization for boys in Southern Baptist Churches in grades 1 through 12
with emphasis on missions and how they can have a personal part in missions. One docs
not have to belong to a Baptist Church to become a member of the RA's.
On Thursday of the Day Camp tho boys and their counselors enjoyed a time of
fellowship with Evangelist Jimmy Nettles and Pastor Jay Thomas.
Fun fellowship and worship experiences were enjoyed by the following boys during
the camp:
Don Tabor Adam Mlle3 Ted Gaines Brandon Houston Michael Koonsen Scott
Stroud Thomas Arnold Daniel Blair Lanco Thomas John Dague Danny Johnson
David Lange Mike Hill Bryan Bishop Kevin Kurtz Brandon Spinn Richard Thomas
Alfred Dugger Eddie Thomas Randy Baggerly Kenneth Thomas James Masters
Wayne Arnold Darren Stroud Arthur Willis and John Elliott.
Serving refreshments and food during the camp were Judy Houston Janice Spinn
and Kim Tabor.
A special "thank you" to each person who shared in making the Day Camp a success
through their contributions of food money time and prayers.
football field. Registration will close at
9:00a.m.
Listed below is the schedule of events for
the days activities:
8:00 a.m. Registration opens
9:00 a.m. Registration closes
9:30a.m. Tennis
9:30 a.m. Trap shooting
Hightower's Bottom
9:30 a.m. Turkey shoot Hightower's
Bottom
12 ;00 Noon Basketball shoot
1:00 p.m. Golf (Nearest to the pin)
1 :00 p.m. Baseball Throw
2:00 p.m. 100 Yard Dash
Preliminaries
3:00 p.m. 60 Yard Dash
Preliminaries
4 : 00 p.m. 100 Yard Dash Finals
4:40 p.m. Weightllftlng
5:00p.m. CO Yard Dash Finals
5:30 p.m. 880 Yard Run
6:00 p.m. Weigh In for tho Fat Man's
Relay
6:30 p.m. Fat Man's Relay
7:30 p.m. Award? Presentation at
Johnnie's Service Station
Area Jaycee chapters entered in the
competition are Temple Georgetown
Granger Taylor Belton Holland Little
River-Academy Harkcr Heights Killeen
and a team made of State Jaycee direc-
tors. Fielder said the public is Invited to at-
tend the day's activities and a moving
concession stand consisting of soft drinks
and snacks will be in operation.
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Tribune-Progress (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 39, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 12, 1979, newspaper, July 12, 1979; Taylor, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth81494/m1/1/: accessed May 5, 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.