Bulletin Board Highlights From Local News And Events
This week features talk of the 54 lb Hamilton Creek whale, a police-style joke about a big black gorilla, and LCRA actions amid rising electric bills. A Buchanan Dam press workshop discussed future fuel and potential gas shortages by 1980, with Burnet experiencing dry spells and a roundup of summer baseball progress and the Marble Falls Rodeo set for Saturday night June 7.
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Hamilton Creek
LCRA
Buchanan Dam
SCRA
Burnet Open Tennis Tourney Draws 400 Entries
Burnet Tennis Association received over 400 entries for the 2nd annual Burnet Open Tennis Tournament. Officials, stunned by a surge of last day registrations, prepare action starting Thursday at 9:00 for junior events across Central Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnet Tennis Ass’n
Ing
Central
Texas
Memorial Day observances and Burnet tennis tournament details
The Burnet area observed Memorial Day with the Monument of Flowers ceremony led by the VFW Auxiliary and Post No. 6974 with Col. T. R. Parsons as guest speaker. A Fort Hood band and First Baptist youth choir performed as local tennis entries exceed 250 across junior and adult divisions with players from Houston, Austin, Waco, Midland, and San Antonio.
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Monument of Flowers
Burnet
VFW
Billie Veach
Col. T. R. Parsons
Billie Pratt
Usaf Reserve
2Nd Armored Division
Fort Hood
First Baptist Church
Don Underwood
Ft. Hood
Marble Falls
Lampasas
Burnet High School
Houston
Austin
Waco
Midland
Taylor
San Saba
Georgetown
San Antonio
Kingsland
Llano
Burnet Tennis Ass'n
John Burges
Kim Newton
Burges
Newton
Burnets
Paul Newton
Lampastis
Betsy Builta
Cheryl Potts
Charlotte Ashabrunner
Burnet Merciants
Bill Ordell
Carroll Heckman
Burenets
Chas Herrington
Janet Simmons
Charlotte Ashabranner
Pat Newton
Roy Oakley
BTA
Maurice Kemper
Steve Simon
Robby Robbins
Chuck Kindle
Bud Walker
Burnets Janet Simmons
Pokey Oakley
Burnet hires Stephen Moreno as patrolman to three officers
Stephen Lewis Moreno of Marble Falls joins Burnet Police Department as the third patrolman after city manager approval. He is 28, a North Texas State University business major, ex Marine MP with Vietnam service, and a Texas Junior Davis Cup team alumnus. He was sworn in by Mayor Sue Kassaw and plans to reside in Burnet.
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Burnet
Hirine
Stephen Lewis Moreno
Marble Falls
Jess Madden
City of
Moreno
Sue Kassaw
North Texas State University
United States Marine Corps
Vietnam
Marine Corps Air Station
Dallas
Police Academy
Brownsville
Grand Prairie Police
NTSU
Texas
Lewis Moreno
John
Sim
Marble Falls High School
Buchanan Dam Forms Community Center and Volunteer Fire Dept
On May 26 six committee heads signed a charter at the Indian Hills Sales Office to form the Buchanan Community Center and Volunteer Fire Department in Buchanan Dam. The Red Barn on Lakeshore Drive near Highway 29 will house the center and fire unit, with donations sought to support startup and ongoing maintenance.
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Indian Hills
Buchanan Dam
Buchanan Community Center
Lake Bueh
Fire Department
Lakeshore Drive
Highway 29
Voluneteer Fire Department
Buchanan Community Center and Volunteer Fire Department
Kenneth Saltz
Ernest
Ernie) Rahe
Hershel Dubree
Levi Coble
Victor Rothman
Chuck DePree
Mayor Urges Caution as Burnet Schools Close for Summer
Burnet Mayor Lee Kassaw urges extreme caution from drivers as school year ends. Police Chief Jess Madden says speed laws will be strictly enforced in city limits and residential areas will be patrolled. Speed limits are 30 mph unless posted.
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Lee Kassaw
Burnet
LCRA engineers present budget figures at media seminar
Lower Colorado River Authority officials briefed reporters on the tentative budget for the new fiscal year. Expenditures total 106,617,973 with 74,591,973 from current revenues and 32,026,000 from revenue bonds, a sevenfold rise in electric city surcharges from last year. The cash-based budget excludes depreciation and debt service of 8,411,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LCRA
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Buchanan Dam
RM. Tiisttrane
Tristman
Berry Picking Burglars Caught Red Handed
Neil Porter 17 and Mary Blair 18 of Grand Prairie were arrested east of Burnet while berry picking on Jessie B. Crow property. Loot from May 29 burglary linked to two other break-ins and a May 20 Arlington vehicle theft. A 22 magnum pistol was found among weeds near the berry patch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin, Shelburn
Weldon Buck
Burnet County
Crow
Shelburn
Miss Blair
Burnet
Buck
Park Road 4
Highway 281
Arlington
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Chuck Dupree
Victor Rothmann
Ernest Rahe
Kenneth Sultz
Thelma Miller
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