Belton Journal (Newspaper) - October 2, 1969, Belton, Texas t t Give the UNITED WAY THE BELTON JOURNAL DOLLAR DAYS BELTON Swing and Area Since 1866 AND BELL COUNTY DEMOCRAT 103rd Year lOc a Copy County Seat of Bell County OCTOBER 1969 40 Around By ARTHUR OCONNOR Guest Columnist This weeks a local was captain of first football team in In the year 1900 the writer was transferred from Old Rock Church School on the west bank of Peppers Creek of the old Midway Community to the public schools in Many years I made the mistake of telling my good Jim of this fact and of some memories concerning the early days of football at Bel ton High School at the turn of the When he called on me the other day to write this column there was no valid excuse that came to and immediately I began to consider the possible authorities I might cite in support of the information hereinafter set I recalled very pleasant re cent visits with Hubbard of Georgetown and Lonnie Flewel len of their memories of the old Hubbards Re collections of a Texas Educator and a 1909 High School annual The Hubbard was superin tendent of the Belton Public Schools in the year which was the first year of Louis Hubbards tenure as a mem ber of the faculty of the Bel ton High They were not akin but each was an athlete as well as a scholar and and they jointly hold the distinction of being the Fathers of Football at Belton High At this early dale there was not a sufficient number of big boys in the entire high school who were permitted by their parents to play but this did not deter the In the early days they reached down into the seven th grade and recruited a large athlete by the name of Bruce Fra out of whom they made an excellent And they them selves filled with playing fullback and Louis quarter While it was an excellent they had no competition be cause in that day there was no football played in Texas by high schools any place south of Fort Worth and there were of course no football conferences for high schools of the State of Although they had a smooth run ning team on the practice field they were without competition until the Belton Boosters were organized by a and energetic group of young male Belton These two learns played several exhibition games which were a hurlyburly sort of body contact that was highly en joyed by the participants and the Concerning football in 1908 The Broncho states for the first time in several seasons the Belton High School this year put a team upon That was coached by Superintendent Hubbard and Principal By that date 1908 the squad of Belton High School for the first time was com posed completely of students and numbered 19 The remain ing male members of the faculty acted as our half of the and officiated at our The squad had inherited make shift uniforms from the old and the parents of each player furnished turtle neck sweaters with a lot of padding sewed on the shoulders and elbows and a pair of Our practice field was on the expansive lawn of the old Denney which was later developed into residential sites and is now what is known as east 9th The playing field was a pasture just south of North Belton Ceme the gate of which pasture was located in what is now the east entrance of West 14th A regulation football field was laid out in the smoothest part of the pasture and goal posts were erect ed at each end of the and what is believed to be Belton High Schools first football team was in First Season We had four games for the sea son a game at and Lam pasas at and a game at Temple at We Bell Miss Contest In 7 Twelve Bell County cities will participate in the second annual Miss Flame contest to be held in Belton The con test is held annually in connection with Fire Prevention Week which is observed all over the The contest is sponsored by the Bell County Fire Chiefs Associa Local fire chief and fire mar shall is Jack Tulloch who is in charge of contest He will be assisted by Wilson and A poster contest will also be held in Members of the County Fire Chiefs Association participating are Hol Nolan Harker Little River and Morgans Miss Pamela Rae Chaney has been named Miss Flame of the Belton Volunteer Fire She was selected by Belton High School and will represent Belton in the parade and contest on Tues Pamela is the daughter of and She is a sophomore in BHS and a member of the Marching 100 The various towns will enter equipment in the parade which will begin at 4 on Tuesday at 6th and Main The Belton High School Marching 100 Band will be preceded by the Belton Police De in the Nominees for Miss Flame will follow in convertibles as will the equipment from the various local The parade will proceed down Main and the winner of the contest will be named and present ed a plaque on the north steps of the Bell County Two also will receive A committee of town judges will make the selec Miss Charlotte Moore of Little River was named Miss Flame in the 1968 contest held last Officers in the Bell County Fire Chiefs Association are Alton Green of chairman Wilbur Fos ter of vice and Randolph of Fire Chief Tulloch said all the Belton schools except Belton High School are participating in the pos ter contest in observance of Fire Prevention This is an annual contest and the winners in the con test will have their posters display ed in the downtown Tulloch PTA Clothing Drive for Needy Children 27 31 The Association of Belton Public Schools will hold the annual clothing drive 27 according to Calvert clothing drive The clothing will be taken to the various and turned over to the Belton for Brooks director of the Welfare said that the clothing is badly needed to keep children in school during this From 14 the welfare clothing room provided clothes for children in 32 and in some instances there were 10 or more children to be Parker All Kinds All kinds of clothing can be as several volunteer workers have been giving five to eight hours each week for several years in making childrens clothes out of adults The clothing has been able this year to provide better school be cause we carefully held back the hings we felt would be of more benefit to the children during the school we have bought at garage especially leather with money made in our thrift and with cash contri In some we eliminated families who asked help after we investigated their Parker Volunteer workers include Larry tots department Mable ladies boys Choe Dawn girls Rosie Baker and Margaret sewing and alterations Julia dolls and desk registra tion Joanna registra and Lorraine Parker said in addition to these regulars there are a num ber of ladies who help part time and in the PTA Council provides two workers each The welfare room is the warehouse for childrens cloth and those who have used clothing are reminded of the PTA clothing GOLD STAR MOTHERS ATTENDING the tea in their honor last Thursday at the home of the presi dent of the Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Post 55are pictured above with the Barney The left to seated George Pierce Cornelius Odell Pierce and William Wesley Sheppard Tommy and Tom Cole Walter Roy Standing are Ross Moore Gordon Moore and Ross Peeler Lewis Peeler Brown Billy Ray Randolph Holland James Holland and The ladies are wearing gold stars tied with the colors of the Legion Auxiliary which entertained in their Decora tions in gold were used on the tea table commemorating the 50th year of the Farm Land Tax Valuation Miss Lions Compete in Queen Contest Miss Marsha daughter of and Raby has been named Lions Club Sweet heart for the Belton Lions according to Joe chairman of the Marsha will play for the weekly luncheon and represent the local clubs in the district queen contest and at other times during the President of the Belton High School Student Marsha was the delegate to the net Girls State sponsored by the American Legion She is secretary of the senior and was chosen most dependable girl in her junior class by the She has been a member of the Marching 100 Band for three of the Future Teach ers Club for three and of the Latin Club for three She is sweetheart of the Latin Club and was secretary of the Student Council her junior The Belton Lions will honor and recognize a in Belton High School at its weekly meet as an outstanding senior in The purpose is to recog made the trip to Lampasas and back by the Santa Fe passenger and to Temple and back by the Interurban There were no bleachers or seats of any but memory states that literally hundreds of tic fans filled the The rec ord of tne scores is nize the youth of the Pirtle The first senior boy selected is Tim son of and Tom Brown of Tim attend ed the luncheon meeting last week and was introduced to the Tim is president of the senior and has been named the most dependable boy by his class mates for the past three He is president of the Latin Club and has been a member of that organization for three and he has been on the student coun cil the past two An out standing member of the basketball and track teams for the past three he was named a member of the foot ball team last Enrollment Adult Education Class Persons who wish to enroll in the adult education program of Belton Public Schools are asked to report to Belton High School at Tuesdays or according to Glenn director of special projects of the Belton Classes are open to all Belton Independent School District resi dents who are 18 years old or old and who have not completed the eighth There is no charge for the Lowe Classes be gin at on Tuesdays and Bell County Commissioners Court has recommended that farm lane owned by Billy Fant and Frank Cosper in the Salado area be ap praised on the county tax roll un der the recent Title I legislation on an agriculture Tax As sessor Collector Leland Duke reported to the court in its session Tuesday that the land appealed in board of equalization hearing is presently assessed on agriculture Tax valuation of the land will be determined under the ed reassessment by the lax asses sor Duke indicated that the valuation will be the same as it now per Fant and Cosper were represent ed at Tuesdays when the court adjourned its regular session for a board of equalization hear by Austin lawyer Frank Scho CALENDAR of EVENTS Please call 9393366 to place on the community your program or event call the Journal before you set big event to avoid con Our calendar is made out for the and has most standard events already 2 Lions 12 Riverside HD home of lodge Hardy 3 Dollar Day prices Teen Canteen 8 4 Dollar Day North Belton Cemetery Assn board of PNB com munity 10 Taylors Valley Rural Improve ment Taylors Valley Baptist 6 Dollar Athletic Leon Heights Elementary Sportsmans club Lake TeenAge Canteen Torchlight Drive for United 7 Rotary River 12 Miss Flame parade and con Main 4 Leon School school cafe Masonic lodge 8 The Title I legislation is still being and Schofield bas ed his hourlong presentation on an English teachers interpretation of the phrasing of the County Judge Clawson thanked Schofield for his scholar ly dissertation and information and commended his thorough re this court cannot open a Pandoras for every land owner in Bell in relation to the request for tax re Though it was not out at Tuesdays Fant recently sold the county four acres of land for per The ruling for reassessment of the land is good for one year If such a reassessment is desired it must be requested each The two farms are included in the area in the west and southwest parts of Bell County which are the first areas to feel the increase in reevaluation of all the land in Bell In starting in the west section of the the tax of fice states that valuations in that area were greatly below their true market and were below the rest of the JP Precinct 4 Reconvening as the commis the court found it necessary to amend its order creating a second justice of the peace place in Precinct Kil When the second position was the existing justice court was named Place and the new court Place Election pro require that an appointed official seek election to an unex term in the next The court voted to buy a lizer to be loaned to the Highway Patrol for use in the Temple police County Attorney John Cox asked for the in con with recent state legisla tion requiring a test for every person arrested for drunk Refusal to take such a test is automatic suspension of drivers Other business included approval of the 1969 county tax roll in the amount of approval of commissioners and the county judge to attend the state Judges and Commissioners Convention in Dallas 23 an expenditure of for repair of record books in the county clerks office three subdivisions on Sherwood Stillhouse Hollow which meet county Several minor changes in reno vation of the county office build cC 13 tag in Temple were Miller Baptists Break Ground The Miller Heights Baptist Church will have ground breaking ceremonies Sunday morning for a new educational All former members and pastors of the church are invited for the which will be about and which will precede the morning worship ac cording to the David Church members are to take a covered dish tor a din ner after Shuttlesworth The church will furnish iced tea and Participating in the ceremonies will be John Sunday school superintendent chairman of the building commit tee chairman of the survey and finance com Alfred Lynn chair man of the and the Moody Evans is the contractor for the 102 x 42foot structure with a 120day Richard Meyer will bo the air conditioning con tractor and Robert Tulloch plumbing Church mem bers will do much of the labor in construction of the The altitude of County ranges from 400 to Was County Judge Judge Clawson Appointed To 169th District Court Former County Judge Claw son was administered the oath o office as judge of the newly creat ed 169th Bell County district cour Wednesday Judge Jame Evetts of the 27th district cour administered the assisted b Judge Messer of the 14611 district who was notified bj telegram Tuesday afternoon of his appointment to the new by Preston adviset the Bell County Commissioners Court of his effective at midnight Court to Offer Judges Job Bell County Commissioners Couri voted Wednesday morning to offer the vacant post of county judge to an individual selected by the rather than take applications for the After a brief executive to discuss one person recommended by Commis Ralph Doshier of the court subject to reconvening Thursday Commissioner John Hood Gar ner of Precinct pre sided as senior member of the The court agreed that we cannot wait several months to name a county We dize the welfare of the county with with each hour we are without a Garner Commissioner motion to raise the salary of the county judge to per year was not com missioner of Precinct then made a motion that the salary of judge be raised to This was countered by who said We will be obligating another Chans lor replied We also have to obli gate this court to Doshier said he did not feel a raise for the county judge was in Checks Returned to Owner Billy Finney of McKinney thinks Bellon is a wonderful full of honest Sunday Finney stopped at Mikes Texaco for a tank of Just as he was leaving the he Mike and parttime Bobby Hill went screaming and running after Finney and was handed his The contained in checks which Milliard had picked up by the gas Belton was originally named named for its first two to the new became effec tive The 169th district court created in the last session of the Texas legislature in anticipation of the increase in case load in criminal court resulting from trial of all military personnel in volved in crimes off a military Under recent su preme court such cases will be tried in civilian Bell County will have a backlog of several hundred such military The new court has been created and a judge but no pro vision has been made for a court room or additional personnel for the new The commissioners court has voted to employ the architectural firm of Rucker and Chamlee of to design facilities for the new either in the courthouse or the county office The 169th district court will have full jurisdiction over both civil and criminal the judge of that court will share the duties of juvenile judge with the other district judges and the county Clawson was appointed county judge and was elected to a new term of office in the 1968 general He is a native of and was graduated from Flat High He attended South west Texas State College and re his law degree from Baylor He served in the Army Air Force in World War n and was re called to active duty in He practiced law in and was vice president and trust officer of he First National Bank in Temple from 1959 until he was appointed county He succeeded Wil iam who also was ap pointed to the Black resign ed to become chief counsel for the House Committee on Agriculture n Clawson is president of the Cen ral Texas Council of Governments and is chairman of the board of he Central Texas Economic Devel He is a member of he Episcopal Church and is mar to the former Mary Forester f Del They have two daugh ers and live in As district he will receive a salary of a year by the tate and a year as county In accepting the new Clawson said Im flattered and and will do the best can to make Bell County a good In administering he Evetts said We are hap iy to have Judge Clawson with and know he will contribute to he judicial Judge Messer and I and the county need Belton UF Off to Good Start The initial report of the Belton United Fund Drive for 196970 made Wednesday shows a total of contributed ox Don drive chair This years goal is We are pleased with this first Kelly and that the remainder of the drive will be as quick and success In Wednesdays report ses it was noted that the people are accepting very well the 15 percent requested increase in the and the fact that United Fund operational costs have in creased along with operation of and general iving Kelly reporting or the incomplete drive in the school system said that teachers and administrative per have met the increase in UF At Wednesdays UF board meet emphasis again was placed on the fact that unless the 15 per cent increase is the 11 par agencies will have to educe their The UF has added a contacts division this of direct mail to residents of the Belton Independent School District woo Jive outside the Bel Residents of the district are eligible for all services of the United A committee headed by Tom Yarrell has mailed invita tions to join the United Fund on rural The invitations in clude pledge cards and business reply The UF board of directors urges every Belton resident to give a minimum of per and to give as early and as generously as Participating agencies are Bel ton Youth Bell County Society for Crippled Chil Boy Red Belton Salvation Girl Bell County Council on Bel ton Disaster Belton Boys and pledge loss The UF drive opened Monday with the annual breakfast with 42 committee chairmen iid cochairmen William president of Mary was the breakfast He stressed the Three Gs gratitude for what he above others grasp ing to fulfill the of and giving caring enough to give to help Drive The next major phase of Bel tons United Fund Drive will be a bucket brigade Saturday and the drive conducted by the TeenAge Canteen on Monday The drive will begin early Monday and We dont intend to take I have al ready given at the office for an according to executive director of the Our teenagers want at least a contribution from every house in Jim president of the Canteen is in charge of drive and said that more than 100 Belton High School students will be The city will be di vided into and workers will draw for streets to The Monday night drive will elude a contest between the sopfe junior and senior with the class collecting the most money receiving a cash teenagers will man the bucket brigade on the walks at the intersections of down town business Their slogan will be Buck for the United
