Belton Journal (Newspaper) - December 25, 1969, Belton, Texas l V v vv v Oivi flit UNITED WAY THF RFf T URNAL BoHon and ArM IBM AND BELL COUNTY DEMOCRAT lOc a Copy County Soat of County 1969 52 Around By LEROY First Baptist Church Guest Columnist Bob Hope has written ab article for the January Readers Digest I Get A Lot More Than I This seems to be the great comedians way of It is more blessed to give than to re Acts In the Hope has reference to his ex in entertaining our serv ice men and women overseas at Through three wars he has at considerable expense to to bring cheer to young men and women who are away from home in the service of their Hope has evi dently learned that Christmas has a lot to do with But he seems to realize also that Christ mas has just as much to do with That Christmas is for goes without We have had this lesson pounded into us until we accept it whether we really under stand it or At I we have over emphasized giving in relation to Fos it has degenerated into exchanging or compulsive Christmas is for receiving I did not say but Christmas has as much to do with gracious receiving as with generous How many times have you hurriedly looked at a Christmas card not to receive its message of hope and but to determine who sent it in order that you could Much of the true mean ing of giving at Christmas is lost because we have not cultivated the equally wholesome quality of re You Christmas has to do with what we have Christmas is the celebration of the birth Of Jesus greatest gift We what we have We miss motive of giving at Christ mas unless we gratefully receive Gods greatest When you recall the story of the MHB Nominates Brashears For National Teacher Honor Evelyn Brashears has been nominated by the faculty of Mary College as candidate for Piper Professor of A resident of formerly of Brashears is in her 15th year as a member of the English faculty at Mary Har She holds bachelor of arts and master of arts degrees from North Texas State Univer The Minnie Stevens Piper Foun dation honors 10 colege profes 315 Children Get Yule Aid Christmas Partners provided Christmas for 315 Belton children in 82 according to Brooks director of the Christmas Partners and the Belton Welfare Families picked up their Christ mas packages at the Welfare Room at 612 Pearl Christmas The packages included cloth ing and each tailored to the needs of the individual Families register for Christmas and are investigated to determine their and every effort was made to care for Parker Participating with the Christmas Partners were the Belton Volunteer Fire Belton Minis terial Business and Pro Womens Bell Coun ty Sportsmans Belton Lions Belton Rotary many in families and other plus the invaluable service of a small group of volunteers who repaired repaired and dress ed dolls and packed the sors each year for outstanding scientific and scholarly by naming them Piper Professor of the to gether with a cash honorarium of Preference is given to candidates nominated by ty and to candidates form ac credited Letters accompanied the nomin ation from President William Bobby vice president for academic a teaching arid a Brashears taught two years in secondary public schools in Texas before teaching at Mary She is at present teaching 13 semester hours and is faculty sponsor of the freshman college literary and Royal Academia Literary She holds mem in the English Honorary Sigma Tau as well as in several professional She has attended the National English Conference in Boston and the National Reading Association Conference in New Her community service includes membership in the First Baptist Church of where she teaches a Sunday School She also participates in the Wed Literary Club and the United Fund Brashears originated the developmental reading laboratory at the and has experi in to improve the quality of exams given to stu She was honored in 1969 by the students who dedicated the yearbook to At present Brashears serves on the com for foreign students and the faculty Brashears is married and has two Maridel and Her husband is sales mana ger for an automobile Moon Beall to Return As Baptist Association Missionary Oliver Beall will return to Belton to replace Moon first you remember that as Williamson Baptist Area it was all about Gods It was effective Moon not first a challenge to us to give but ah invitation to us to To the shepherds on a Judean hill the angel Fear not I bring you good tidings of which shall be to all for unto you is born this day in the city of David a which is Christ the Luke This is what Christmas is about Into our troubled Christ After all these cen turies He is still realization of our fondest He is the em of His life and teachings still represent the highest hope of our world as it enters the To us as to them of the announcement heralds the Christ is What shall we do By all receive For as many as received to them gave he power to become the sons of even to them that be lieve on His John With each succeeding there is the need all over again to receive Christ into our hearts O holy Child of Bethlehem Descend to we pray out our and enter Be born in us today Phillips Brooks Having received Gods then and only can we appreciate and practice the true meaning of giving in relation to Then we can be duly Freely ye have freely Matthew MHB Administration Offices Holiday The administration offices at Mary College will be closed Wednesday through and and Thursday and 1 and 2 for Christmas and New Year Students and except those returning 5 for micro finished their work on The spring semes ter begins 28 with registra and classes begin the Christmas and New Years holidays mentioned has effective 31 after 40 years in tlie active work of the Baptist The Bell Williamson Baptist Area includes 65 Southern Baptist Churches and five These churches and mis sions have a total membership of more than a graduate of Baylor Uni received a master of theology degree from South western Baptist Theological Semi nary in Fort Worth in He has served a little more than half of his 40 years in the ministry as a and the remainder in the missionary He came to Bell County in and then moved to the west returning here in October He and Moon will make their home in which is Moons home He receiv ed special recognition at one ses sion Baptist General Convention state meeting in San Antonio in early and also at the state Baptist executive board meet ing in Dallas a native of has been associate pastor of the First Baptist Church of Beaumont for a number of He has served churches in Belton and Bell Coun Port and has formerly been associational Croftcheck Gets Silver Star Medal 101st Airborne Vietnam Andrew Croftcheck son of Martha 26 Oak received the Silver Star while serving with the 101st Airborne Division Air mobile in Croftcheck earned the award for gallantry in action while engaged in military opera tions against a hostile force in He is a platoon sergeant in Company 1st 327th Infantry of the divisions 1st Brig His lives in and his father lives at 31 THIS IS THE FIRST STAGE of the citys newest parking The old Austin grocery store building has been and will be made into a city parking City Manager George Ferrell said that clearing of the debris should be completed by The area will then be filled to bring it high enough for proper with entrances from both Main and East The native limestone building was erected about 1879 by and was sold to the city by heirs of the Tiner photo MOON missionary for Bell He at tended Mary College and Southwestern Baptist Theolo He has been a printer by and was formerly a coeditor of the Belton He is married to the former Carrie Casey of Bel and they have a son and a Tanner on Program For Bartlett Party president of Mary is listed among the five minute speakers for Bartletts Annual Stag Party scheduled for at the American Legion Hall beginning at Other speakers will includes Charles executive director Central Texas Council of Governments Harry Lee Gold of Georgetown Kenneth Dean of Central Texas Killeen Hubert president Temple Jun ior College Swope Bart lett High School senior and lerald Taylor city man Serving as toastmaster for the party will be Edward Good Norris department of Journalism University of will be the principal speaker for the Tickets are on sale at New System for Motor Registration Texas drivers will find register ing their motor vehicles for 1970 easier than ever thank to a new system de vised by the Texas Highway De The department expects more than seven million vehicles to be registered during the year and there will be several new wrin plates will have a new color scheme light blue on a reflective white background for the first motor vehicle registration renewal ap will be mailed to every vehicle owner in Texas during The registration period begins The renewal application will ar rive in the mail in a slender en is Your License Plate Renewal Ap The application itself has in struction printed on It is a form which should not be torn When the registration period be the vehicle owner need only take the application and the fee to the county tax Or he can order his plates by With the he will no longer need to present his certifi cate of title or the last years registration If he decides to go to the coun ty tax office or a he will find shorter waiting With the the clerk will need only to receive the affix to the application a sticker showing the registration number and other data and hand over the 1970 Some vehicle owners may find it even more convenient to go through the registration process by Although owners can register their vehicles in person until April there is a March 1 cut off date for mail This allows 30 days for delivery before 1970 plates must be displayed on If the vehicle owner wants his plates mailed to he should send his registration application to his county tax with the registration fee plus which is the statutory charge for handling and If the address on the renewal application is the ve hicle owner should print his cor rect residence address on all three parts of the The new registration renewal system is the product of an ex tensive computerisation of the Highway Departments ve hicle registration Initiation of the new system means Texas now has one of the most efficient systems in the na tion for filing and registering motor vehicle Motor ist convenience will be one of the greatest dividends of the new sys 69 Review of Belton From the Journal Files By dates of issue January 2 Six county Win nie Smith Florian Gussie Frank Alvin Nichols and Cecil retired under the Bell County re A 17 year old Austin boy was Bell Countys first traffic fatality for The Bell County elected officials were sworn January 9 Burl assistant coach at Texas was to be the speaker at the annual football banquet set for The Bell County Farm Bureau membership drive was set for The City Council was to sign the water January 16 The eight members of the Bel ton High School Band who were named to the band January 23 Newt Hielscher of Shreveport was to be the guest speaker a the annual Chamber of Commerci Paul Kinnison was Man of the Year by the Saladi Chamber of Lane Webb was named presiden of the Belton Rotary January 30 A three column front page pic ture showed Roy Sanderford receiv ing the Outstanding Citizen Award from his San the 1968 award a the Chamber of Commerce banquet Sanderford and Mrs Miles of were Mary alumnae aware Don Smith was elected president of the Belton Volunteer Fire De Joe Pirtle was elected president of the Belton United Fund for February 6 Pictured were 22 Belton were pictured on the front j High School Band and Seventh Junior Fair and Livestock I Grade Band members who won Show had nearly 1200 places in the Region VIII Inter Preregistration for the Mary mediate spring semester be Belton city taxes collected through 31 totalled according to Kelley Utley city finance Mary exes honor ed and Hyden at the Alumnae Charter Day February 13 Assessment paving approved al public The school board announced administration Harvey manager of the Grocery was pictured presenting a check to William president of Mary for use by the February 20 Bell County Commissioners Court voted to close the Bell County Home March A feature article told of the work of Claude director of the Bell County Red with the International Committee of the Red Cross Commission in Pain Roberts and Mack Belton High School were named Miss and Personality of the school at the annual awards Kay Byrd and Sem with Helen Russell as were to participate in the AllState Band at the Texas Music Educators As sociation conference in San An February 17 Trichel Wardlaw and Mary Belton Girl were pictured selling Roy Sanderford a box of cookies as the annual Girl Scout cookie sale got Mary College was to continue in its present status as a girls college operated by the Baptist General Convention of with a college degree plan for men It was to remain separate and independent from Baylor University in Grand Jury Indicts 27 In a recall session on the Bell County grand jury heard 30 return ed 27 true passed one and reduced one to county The case of Robert charged with failure to stop and render aid was passed to county James Keaveny was ed and the case closed on a com plaint of unlawful possession of A complaint of unlaw ful sale of marijuana against David Lara was and sub to reopening by subsequent rand Lara was on a charge of unlaw ful possession of Other returned in the session were Raymond alias Raymond murder with malice David theft of fowl Glenn Roberts and Eugene co defendants on charges of theft over Edward burg ary of a machine Anthony unlawful posses ion of Earl Douglas Johnson and Richard Conerly were indicted as codefendants on eight charges of robbery by assault Conerly and on two charges of rob ery by fire arms and on two barges of assault with intent to James Tarbox and Peter were on wo charges of breaking and en charges of theft over 3 Capacity Crowd Attends Dinner Honoring Poage A crowd of over 600 gave Con gressman Bob Poage standing ovation Friday night a the Poage apprecia tion dinner in the Knights of Columbus Hall in Clark Potter was among the five minute speakers who recognize Poage for his 33 years work for the Congressional A highlight of the banquet was the outlining of work in water and soil He initiated a water conservation bil County Bids On Nine Cars Bell County Commissioners court will open bids on nine cars for the sheriffs department at the regular court meeting 31 This is the first time the county has furnished cars for sheriffs The bids arc expected to call for standard and white in The county has furnished a car for the sheriff for several years The court was advised by Sheriff Lester Gunn that at least two of the cars will be out of service for repairs up to three days at a most of the The county will pay repair costs and provide fuel for the and will not pay mileage to deputies to and from the jail or their of fices in county substations in Kil leen and The court will meet at the regu lar time of 9 next 1 Only New Years Bell County federal of the post office and the city hall will be closed only for New The Bel ton Chamber of Commerce has designated 1 only as the cial CC Postmaster Tom Yarrell reminds that there will be no city or rural delivery of mail on but that mail will be placed in post office boxes as The administrative staff of Mary College is taking 1 and 2 for New Years with the to begin County offices and some busi ness houses will be closed as a part of the Christ inas holiday Yarrell announced Tuesday that the post office will be closed by special federal executive DWI FINE A Temple Monroe was fined on a plea of guilty o charges of driving while on The case was leard by District Judge Claw as a subsequent o The reason they call money jack is because it lifts such a oad off a that has resulted in construction of seven flood control the first of which was Belton started in and Including Whit ney Dam between Bosque and Hill Counties Waco Dam in McLennan County Proctor Comanche County Stillhouse Hollow Bell County Georgetown Williamson County Somerville Burleson His work in establishing soil and water conservations offices in his district was and Poage expressed his appreciation on be ing honored with the He was presented a Cow boy Songs by John for his 70th which will be Reuben master of presented and Poage with a large silver inscribed with the date of the din Special music was by the Temple Boys Special guests included John commander of the First Armored represent ing Fort Hood and Judge Byron Skelton of the Court of Claims in Washington and Griggs in Top 11 Tax Payers Griggs is listed among the 11 top tax payers of Bell which pay 11 percent of Bell Countys Griggs paid in all Texas Power Light is the countys biggest tax with a total of and amounts are Lone Star Gas Santa Fe Temple National First National Bank of Brazos Electric American Desk parent Mid Tex Telephone Tax Leland Duke reminds that taxes paid by 31 will carry a one percent Beginning all taxes will be the next CALENDAR of EVENTS 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 nut for the and most standard events already 25 Christmas 26 County federal post some business houses 30 Rotary River 12 lodge 31 Commissioners county court 9 1 County federal chamber of commerce THE PRESIDENT OF MARY COLLEGE presented a check for gift frem the Butt Grocery BUI manager of the Belton presented tho chock to President William on of all for restricted hat boon presented to tho every tho Bol ton opened six Stanford In tho on tho i
