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The 'Bartlett
TRIBUNE
t-
AND NEWS
VOLUME 82
BARTLETT TEXAS Thursday August 7 1969
NO. 40
JJartlett Voters Favor Four State
Amendments; Vote Against Five
In Tuesday's state constitu-
tional amendment election
Bartlett Bell County voters
approved four of the proposed
amendments by narrow mar-
gins and opposed five.
Bartlett Williamson County
voters also approved four and
voted against five but they
differed on two.
Bell County voters approved
No. 1 constitutional deletions
by one vote. Williamson Coun-
ty was against it.
Both approved No. 4 water
tax exemptions ; No. 5 welfare
ceiling increase and No. 7
state employees survivors aid.
Williamson County voters
approved No. 8 student loans
while Bell County voters were
against it.
Bartlett Bell County box
cast 77 votes as follows:
No. 1 Constitutional Dele-
tions: for 36 against 35.
No. 2 Water Plan Bonds:
for 20 against 54.
No. 3 Legislators Pay Hikes:
for 14 against 59.
No. 4 Water Tax Exemp-
tions: for 52 against 21.
No. 5 Welfare Ceiling In-
crease: for 43 against 33.
No. 6 End State Bond Inter-
est: for 25 against 45.
No. 7 State Employees Sur-
vivors Aid: for 37 against 34.
No. 8 Expand Student Loan
Plan: for 30 against 43.
No. 9 Annual Legislative
Session: for 22 against 47.
Bartlett Williamson County
box cast 79 votes as follows:
No. 1 Constitutional Dele-
tions: for 37 against 42.
No. 2 Water Plan Bonds:
for 22 against 54.
No. 3 Legislators Pay Hikes
for 23 against 54.
No. 4 Water Tax Exemp-
tions: for 49 against 30.
American Legion
To Hold Covered
Dish Supper
American Legion will have a
covered dish supper Tuesday
August 12 at 7:30 p. m.
The meat and bread will be.
furnished by the Legion. All
members their families and
guests are invited to attend.
Special guests will be D. A.
Swope Jr. who will give a
short talk on his week as
Bartlett's representative to
Boys State.
The 1969-70 officers of the
American Legion will be instal-
led. Deadline For
Filing
Water
Claims Sept 1
Senator Charles Herring is
reminding surface water users
in District 14 of the approach-
ing deadline for filing claims
with the Texas Water Rights
Commission. Persons using sur-
face water for any reason other
than for domestic or livestock
purposes not covered by or in
accordance with a permit or
certified filing and who have
not yet filed a claim are requir-
ed to do so not later than Sept.
Forms for recording claims
under the act may be obtained
from the Texas Water Rights
commission P. O. Box 1.2396.
Capitol Station Austin Texas
7871. Any questions about the
requirements should also be ad
dressed to the Commission.
NOTICE
Kov. Wm. J. Barnett will
preach at the First Presbyter-
ian Church Sunday ' August
aucn at y a. m.
5 Welfare Ceiling In-
crease: lor bu against s.
No. 6 End State Bond Inter-
est: for 29 against 42.
No. 7 State Employees Sur-
vivors Aid: for 43 against 35.
No. 8 Expand Student Loan
Plan: for 40 against 36.
No. 9 Annual Legislative
Session: for 22 against 54.
.62 Of An Inch
Rain Falls Here
During July
Rainfall in Bartlett during
he month of July was .62 of
nn inch according to W. E.
Cox the official rain guage
keeper for the Tribune. This
brings the total rainfall for the
year to 18.74 inches of rain.
The rain during the month of
July fell as follows:
July 19 10
July 20 52
During the months of June
and July of 1967 Bartlett re
ceived 2.38 inches of rain. In
July 1966 Bartlett received .32
cf an inch and during July 1965
1.32 inches of rain fell here. In
1963 Bartlett received no rain
during the month of July.
Davilla To Taylor
Trail Ride Set
The sixth annual Davilla to
Taylor trail ride is scheduled to
be held on Wednesday August
20th.
Trail riders will leave Davil
la at 8 a. m. and arrive in Gran
ger for an overnight stop be
fore coming to Taylor. A free
street dance open to the public
will be held in Granger from 9
p. m. to 12 following a free
tew supper served only to trail
riders. Music will be by Ken and
the Starhghters.
The trail ride is held each
year prior to Taylor's annual
Rodeo which is to'be held Aug-
ust 21 22 and 23.
Davilla Resident
Passes Saturday
Edgar Lemons 57 of Dav
illa passed away Saturday
night in a Temple hospital aft-
er a several weeks illness.
Funeral services will be con
ducted today (Thursday) in
Davilla. Burial will be in Dav
illa.
Mr. Lemons has lived in Dav
illa his entire life.
Survivors include five bro
thers two of which are James
Lemons and Melvin Lemons
both of Davilla; one sister; and
a nephew Wadie Lemons of
Davilla.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Tom D. Carr
III of Sacrernento Calif. an-
nounce the arrival of a 7 pound
ounce son born on July 22.
He has been named Matthew
Thomas.
Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. A. D. Gidding of Sacre-
rnento Calif.; Tom Carr Jr. of
San Antonio and Mrs. Bob" Cof-
fey of Phoenix Ariz.
Great grandmothers are Mrs.
Tom Carr Sr. of Bartlett and
Mrs. Ruby Ollfers of Fred-
ericksburg. NOTICE TO
SCHOOL PATRONS
Participants in the Federal
Lunch Program should note
that this year's program will be
delayed; however applications
can be made in the school office
before September 4th.
No
Bartlett Schools
To Begin Thursday
September 4th
Supt. C. R. Lindsay has an-
nounced this week that Sept.
4th has been set for the open
ing of the Bartlett Schools for
the 1969-70 school year.
The faculty for the local
schools which is complete is as
follows :
High School - Grades 7-12:
C. R. Lindsay Superintendent;
James D. Crews Principal -Coach;
Miriam E. Stokes English-Speech;
Patricia A. Rogers
Commercial - Language Arts;
Ethel E. Whitley Homemak-
ing; V. C. Marshall Agricul-
ture; Don E. Berry Social
Science-Lang. Arts; Blanche L.
Townsend Science-Spanish; Jo-
seph L. Butler Band; James D.
Weeks Social Science-Coach ;
James C. Jones Math; Gentry
L. Powell Science - Health -Coach.
Intermediate School - Grades
4-6: R. E. Bunker Head Teacher-Arithmetic
; Marguerite C.
Powell Science-Health; Rebec-
ca A. Spacek Social Studies;
Martha L. Middleton Reading-
Spelling; Marie G. Keith English-Writing;
F. B. Pierce
Physical Education.
Elementary School-Grades 1-
3: Amy L. Limmer Head
Teacher - First Grade; Marilyn
Ford First Grade; Sallie A.
Armstrong Second Grade ;
Augustine D. White Second
Grade; Alice C. Jones Third
Grade; JimigeV. Burke Third
Grade; Mary L. Birklebach
Remedial Teacher.
Advisers in the high school
include: V. C. Marshall-Future
Farmers of America; Mrs. Eth-
el Whitley-Future Homemakers
ff America; Don E. Bery-Na-tional
Honor Society.
Custodians in the schools are
E. W. Kordes-High School; E.
Russell Whitmore-Intermediate
School; C. W. Dillard-Element-ary
School.
CafeEeria Workers include
Vivian Thomas Bertha Ander-
son and Irene Porter-High
School; and Christine Ferguson
and Mardine Woolridge - Ele-
mentary School.
Bus drivers are G. Preston
Whitmore-Route No. 3; R. E.
Bunker-Route No. 4 ; V. C. Marshall-Route
No. 42; Bernhard
II. Steglich-Route No. 56; E.
Russell Whitmore-Route No. 58
and E. W. Kordes-Route No. 79.
IN THE SERVICE
Pvt. Larry Grigsby husband
of Mrs. Linda Jamison Grigsby
and son of Mrs. Effie Lou
Grigsby is now serving with"
the U. S. Army in Korea.
Pvt. Grigsby is a clerk typist
at Headquarters 7th Division.
Mrs. Herbert Keller and Mrs.
Kenneth Balusek of Taylor vis-
ited in Dickinson last week with
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Keller and
son Frederick who was a pa-
tient in a hospital there.
Mr. and Mrs. George Mastro-
vich and Mrs. Elmer Cryer at-
tended the Art Show in Salado
Sunday.
Carmen and Craig Moeller
are visiting in Denton with
their grandparents Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. House.
Week-end visitors of Mrs. E.
E. Springer and Connie were
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Springer and
son Michael John of Abilene
and Mr. and Mrs. B. Y. Spring-
er of Temple.
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. McCurdy
of San Antonio visited Mrs
Harold Clark Friday and they
all Visited in Dallas during the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Clark.
Bartlett C Of C
Float Wins In
Austin Parade
Bartlett Chamber of Com-
merce float won second place
in the small town division
among the entries in the Austin
Aqua Festival Twilight Parade
in Austin Friday night.
Riding the float were Miss
Janice Lindemann Miss Bart-
lett; Miss Susan McBay runner
-up for Miss Bartlett; and Miss
Carole Clearman Junior Miss
Bartlett.
The local float near the
front represented a patriotic
theme. A flag pole holding the
Texas flag centered the front
of the float. Susan McBay and
Carole Clearman wore costumes
designed ns the Texas and Am-
erican flags. ''
The back of the float repre-
sented the Aqua Festival. Jan-
ice Lindemann Miss Bartlett
was attired in a bathing suit
holding a spray of red roses.
Surrounding the Bartlett beau-
ty were several beach balls.
Football Season
Begins Sept. 13
The Bartlett Bulldogs
the 1969 football season
open
with
their first game to be played
here on Saturday Sept. 13th
against the Round Rock "B".
The schedule for the new sea-
son is as follows:
Sept. 13 Round Rock B Here
Sept. 19 Academy There
Sept. 26 Holland There
Oct. 3 Thorndale Here
Oct. 10 Thrall There
Oct. 17 Lexington Here
Oct. 24 Leander Here
Oct. 31 Granger There
Nov. 7 Manor There
Nov. 14 Pflugerville Here
The last seven games are dis-
trict games. They will begin at
7:30 p.m. and non-district
games will begin at 8 p.m.
Brewers Stopped
By Austin
Georgetown
The winning ways of the
Bartlett Brewers were stopped
by the Austin Knights and
Georgetown Merchants in ac-
tion in the Taylor Fast Pitch
Softball Tournament this past
week.
The two losses meant auto
matic elimination for the double
elimination tourney.
AUSTIN
The Austin Knights started
lout like a house a fire blazing
to seven runs in the Urst in
ning hut then had to withstand
a strong Brewer comeback to
beat the Brewers 8-7 in a game
played last Friday night.
Austin scored its seven runs
on four walks four errors and
four hits in the first inning.
The Brewers came right back
in the bottom of the first and
plated four runs. Johnny Franz
Johnny Surovik Ken Bartz
and Butch Henry scored the
four Brewer runa.
Bartlett came back for two
more runs in the bottom of the
second to make it a 7-6 ball
game. Delton Ake and Franz
scored the two runs.
The Austin Knights scored
their final run in the fifth inn-
ing on a questionable interfer-
ence call.
Wjfli flio ci-i'n Qfi In fVin Tnf
i . n i .. -.-.
iom oi ine seventn tne urewers
threatened to pull the game out'
of the fire when Butch Henrv '
scored making it 8-7. After!
Henry scored Paul Karkoska ' Bnnquet Hou3ton Waco'
representing the tying run was'1 aYlor' EIlB Corpus Chrjsti I
left stranded on third.
Butch Henry and Tommy
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Four State Amendments Get Approval;
Four Opposed; One Still In Doubt
Tuesday election returns
available Wednesday morn
ing indicated tnat Texas
voters approved four proposed
amendments with the vote on
the controversial water plan
so close that it was still in
doubt.
Voters favored amendments
which would aid the elderly
Brewers To Host
Taylor Friday;
Georgetown Sat.
Bartlett Brewers will play
host lo the Taylor Independents
Friday night and will host the
Georgetown Merchants in a big
doubleheader Saturday night.
Starting time both nights
will bo 8 p. m.
"The two losses in the Taylor
tournament brought our sea-
son record to four wins and
three losses" stated Brewer
manager Jimmy Howell. "We
are learning more every game
about what it takes to have
a winning ball club. By making
mistakes we learn what to do
in certain situations."
"The Georgetown team we
have scheduled for Saturday
night for a Brewer-two'er is
the same team that defeated us
in the tournament. Thev have
a strong hurler in right hander
Bill Zimmerhanzel. They are a
smart bunch and know how to
place the ball and run the bases.
It will be a rough doublehead
er."
"The Taylor Independents
whom we play Friday night
is composed of players from
several different Taylor teams.
The game with Taylor will
be a single one and will give
us a chance to look at two new
ball players Paul Caldwell and
Carroll Kauitzsch the manager
'concluded.
Stabeno Family
Holds Annual
Reunion Sunday
Descendants of the late W. L.
and Sarah Stabeno held their
fourteenth annual reunion at
the American Legion Hall in
Bartlett Sunday with approxi-
mately 120 guests present.
Gene Stabeno returned thanks
at the noon hour.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Stabeno
and family of Georgetown ser-
ved as chairmen of this years
reunion.
Following the noon meal
Gene Stabeno presided over a
short business meeting. It was
decided to have the reunion at
the same place on the first Sun-
day in August for the coming
year. Elected to serve as chair-
men for next year were Calvin
Hulen and Edwin Krause of
Houston.
Recognition was given to Mr.
and Mrs. Tommy Latham of
JJanquette for traveling the dents and to draft a proposed
fartherest distance to attend set of regulations to be present-
the reunion ; to E. C. Stabeno of ed for approval.
Bartlett for the oldest member Bills were paid and the meet-
attending; and to six months ing adjourned.
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Schneider of George-1 "
town lor the youngest member
in attendance
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Sr"?n was Provided by Emil
MaI13l
Guest were Present from;
Frier Dallas Austin Rosebud
Troy Victoria Alice Granger
and Bartlett.
and survivors of public em-
ployees but opposed others
that would cost additional tax
money.
Heaviest vote in favor of any
of the proposals went for No.
5 which raises the welfare ceil-
ing from $60 million to $80
million.
No. 7 State Employees Sur-
vivors Aid received a big ma-
ority as fiid No. 8 the plan to
expand student loans.
No. 1 Constitutional Dele-
tions was the other one ap-
proved by voters.
Vote on the controversial No.
2 Water Plan Bonds was close
all evening with Texas Elec-
tion Bureau returns at 11:15
showing less than 12000
against.
Apparently defeated were
the legislative pay raise water
tax exemptions raising state
bond interest and annual leg-
islative sessions.
Texas Election Bureau fig-
ures released at 11:15 p. m.
Tuesday and reported in Wed-
nesday morning papers with.
249 of the 254 counties report-
ing 187 complete were:
No. 1 Constitutional Dele-
tions: for 312336 against
252794.
No. 2 Water Plan Bonds:
for 285524 against 297273.
No. 3 Legislators Pay Hikes:
for 192092 against 378218.
No. 4 Water Tax Exemp-
tions: for 259971 against
299675.
No. 5 Welfare Ceiling In-
crease: for 399449 against
215454.
No. 6 End State Bond Inter-
est Ceiling: for 263044
against 389457.
No. 7 Sstate Employees Sur-
vivors Aid: for 368611
against 204180.
No. 8 Expand Student Loan
Plan: for 350910 against
228.895.
No. 9 Annual Legislative
Session: for 247..105 Against
310148.
School Board
Meets Monday In
Regular Session
Bartlett School Board met in
mgular session Monday night
at the high school.
The amended budget for
1968-69 was approved and pu-
blic hearing of the 1969-70
budget was set for Tuesday
August 19 at 8:00 p. m. at the
high school.
C. F. Frazer of Granger was
hired foriuit of the 1968-69
books. The Board authorized
the sale of four typewriters
and also the hiring of two addi-
tional teacher aides pending
approval of the Federal pro-
gram by the Texas Education
Agency.
Edwin Kordes of Holland was
hired as custodian for the high
school and as bus driver for
route No. 79.
A committee was appointed
to study regulations pertaining
to dress and appearance of stu-
i.r. lobponsor
n i n i n i
DalCC bale batlirdaV
J
The M.Y.F. group of the First
United Methodist Church
sponsor a bake sale Sati
urcn wm
Saturday
August 9th beginning at 8:30
a. m. at Hill Ford Inc.
The public is invited.
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Ford, Robert C., Jr. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 40, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 7, 1969, newspaper, August 7, 1969; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth82313/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 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.