HomeMy WebLinkAboutNews Clippings from Star Telegram 1950-1953NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS FROM THE FORT WORTH STAR -TELEGRAM
ABOUT THE INCORPORATION/DISINCORPORATION/INCORPORATION
OF EULESS AND OTHER CITY MATTERS, 1950-1953
FROM THE FILES OF
WELDON G. CANNON
606 SO. MAIN ST.
EULESS TX 76040
or
P. 0. Box 35
TEMPLE TX 76503
THESE CLIPPINGS ACCOMPANY
(phone 817-267-1854)
(phone 817-778-6068)
TARRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES
vol. 43, pp. 571-575
vol. 44, pp. 564-565, 608-610
vol. 45, pp. 31-34, 62-63
BEFORE SEPTEMBER 23, 1950,
DATE OF INCORPORATION VOTE.
Incorporation
Tests Are Due
Residents of two Fort Worth
suburbs — Euless and Richland
Hills—will vote Saturday on the
question of setting up incorporat-
ed town governments.
The Richland Hills polling box
will be at the Richland Hills Real
Estate Company's office, Holder
St. and Grapevine Rd. A. F.
Gracey is election judge.
The Euless polls will be at the
Euless school with Mrs. S. W.
Mills as election judge. Voting
hours in each community will be
from 7 a. m. to 7 p. M.
VOTE OF SEPTEMBER 23, 1950
2 Tarrant
Areas Are
Balloting
Early voters in Richland Hills'
election Saturday ,were favoring
incorporation,,ot fbe community.a
VW- Votfs t 'cast by 8:30 a. m;
in the polling place at the Rich
land Development Company's of-
fice on Grapevine Highway.
The votes " may total 50, said
Election Judge A. F. Gracey. He
pointed out that many of the
residents in the fast-growing
suburb are unable to vote be-
cause they have not lived there
six months.
At Euless, where an incorpora-
tion election also was being held
Saturday, voting got off to alight
start, Mrs. S. W. Mills, election
judge, reported. She predicted,
the heaviest number of ballots 1
would be cast in the late after-
noon.
Polls in both communities will i
close at 7 p. m. Saturday.
AFTER SEPTEMBER 23, 1950,
DATE OF VOTE
2 Suburbs Vote
To Incorporate
Residents of Euless and Rich-
land Hills—Fort Worth suburbs
—approved setting up incorporat- 1
ed town governments Saturday.
The issue carried 34 to 0 in
the Richland Hills voting. One
ballot was spoiled. The addition
comprises about 150 families, but
most have lived in the area less
than six months. About 40 per-
sons were eligible to vote.
Euless voters cast 49 ballots I
for the issue and 19 against.
OCTOBER 6, 1950
Euless'Plans to
Elect Officials
/qSo
EULESS, Oct. 6.—A city elec-
tion to name a mayor, a city mar-
shal and five aldermen will be re-
quested for the middle of Novem-
ber, Walter E. Jordan, city attor-
ney of Grand Prairie, said Friday.
Jordan has been employed by
Euless citizens to handle the le-
gal phases of incorporation.
Euless voted two weeks ago
Saturday to incorporate by a
48-19 count. Only 10 of the 79
qualified voters failed to mark
ballots.
Frank F. Tipps, Euless real es
tate man, one of the sponsors of
incorporation, said the communi-
ty wanted to incorporate so water
could be provided.
"Although our city limits touch
the city of Fort Worth on the
south at the Pipeline Road, we
did not fear annexation by Fort
Worth. We want water and we
are already talking to a Fort
Worth water company about it,"
he said. I ex
APRIL 12, 1951
BALLOT BLANK
Euless Sets
Vote, Needs
Candidateps5l
.
EULESS, April 12. — Not a
single candidate „had filed for
Euless' second ' municipal elec-
tion, City Secretary Frank Tipps
reported Thursday:
i Deadline for filing is next
Monday.
-The April. 3 election was de-
clared invalid and a new elec-
tion is to be called after Mayor
R. W. Fuller..scratched his name
off " of all the ballots after the
polls had. opened.
'Fuller said that due to illness
his physi'dair had advisedhim
against running for; mayor. `lie
said his :name was "scratched off
with approval of the aldermen.
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OCTOBER 2, 1951
Tyler Firm Purchases
Wafer Well of Euless
EULESS, Oct. 2 (Spl).—A deep
water well has changed hands
here with Wisenbacker, Fix &
Associates of Tyler making the
purchase from R. W. Fuller, for-
mer mayor of Euless.
The new owners will drill a
second well, part of a plan to
assure Euless of an adequate wa-
ter supply. The East Texas firm
recently obtained a 30 -year fran-
chise to serve Euless with water.
Eight -inch lines are being con-
nected to a 250,000 -gallon surface
storage tank and a large pump is
planned for the Fuller well. Op-
eration is expected in two weeks..
OCTOBER 2, 1951
Euless Wafer Well
Sold to Tyler Firm
EULESS, Oct. 2 (Spl).—
Wisenbacker, Fix & Associates
of Tyler has purchased a deep
water well here from R. W. Ful-
ler, former mayor, and will drill
a second well-�.to assure Euless
of adequate water supply.
The East Texas firm recently
obtained a 30 -year franchise to
serve Euless with water.
A 250,000 -gallon surface stor-
age tank is being connected to
eight -inch lines this week and
a large pump -is being installed.
at the Fuller well. Service is ex-
pected to start in two weeks.
OCTOBER 5, 1951
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—Star -Telegram Photo.
EULESS GETS WATER, FIRE PLUGS --Johnny Edwards, right, former TWC bas-
ket ball coach and now Euless fire chief and superintendent of schools, shows James
Tillery, left, and Vennie Thompson, right, how to uncap a fire plug. Euless is one of
state's smallest towns to have fire hydrants.
He's Proud of Wafer System
BallFormer Basket Coach Is
Chasing Blazes as Euless' Fire Chief
stalled at the Fuller well and the
old pump and tank has been sold
to Smithfield.
"Very few towns start off a
water system with eight -inch
mains," Mayor Fuller said. "If we
grow, we'll be ready and we're
going to get lower fire insurance
rates."
Euless is expecting a substan-
tial growth in 1952, when the
Greater International Airport
goes into operation.
Acreage here is being set aside
for future development for a
large housing project.
Water is going to help the home
builders obtain loans.
BY TONY SLAUGHTER.
Also proud of the system are
EULESS, Oct. 5.—A former
Mayor Homer Fuller and his
basketball coach is now putting
brother, Warren Fuller, a former
out fires at Euless.
mayor and former owner of the
Fire Chief Johnny Edwards,
Trinity deep . well which is now
lately of the TWC Rams, has the
supplying Euless with water.
water, a fire truck and 12 brand
Located in Warren Fuller's
new fire plugs and a community
back yard, the well has been tied
of volunteers to do the job.
in with eight -inch mains, part of
Now superintendent of Euless
the new water system installed by
schools, Edwards is proud of Eu-
Wisenbacker, Fix & Associates of
less' new water system.
Tyler.
"We didn't have any pressure
In a few days the water will be
before and we'd have been in a
flowing into a 250,000 -gallon
bad fix if we'd had a fire," Ed-
ground storage reservoir, located
wards said, as he showed two of
in north Euless on the highest
his American history pupils how
spot in town.
to uncap a .fire plug.
An electric pump has been in -
1952
IT WASN'T HURST,
IT WAS EULESS
Tax statements will be
mailed in a few days for the
first time at Euless. Tuesday
morning's Star -Telegram re-
ported that the statements
were being mailed at Hurst.
Mayor T. J. Page of Hurst said
his city did not have a munici-
pal tax.
Mayor Homer Fuller of Eu-
less reported that the Euless
City Council has set a $1 rate
on the $100 valuation to finance
increasing municipal expenses.
AUGUST 15, 1952
Euless to Discuss
Delinquent Taxes
At Next Meeting
EULESS, Aug. 15 (Spl).—The
Euless city council will meet at
8 P. m. Monday to discuss a
possible solution to delinquent
tax cases blocking construction
of a new Community Center
building.
Mayor H. H. Fuller said Friday
he did not know exactly what
could be done but that some-
thing is necessary.
The taxes due—about $1,500 --
represent about 45 per cent of
expected revenue.
The proposed building will
house the fire department and
provide office space which will
be rented to business concerns.
The building will serve as a social
and civic center.
FART WORTH STAR -TELEGRAM
County Examines Petition
_
I
o Disincoril"Orate Euless
The county tax office was
checking late Tuesday on the
validity of signatures on a peti-
tion filed by Euless residents
seeking di sincorp oration of the
city.
The petition, signed by 41 per-
sons, was filed in the office of
County Judge Gus Brown earlier.
County Assessor -Collector Stew-
art must determine whether the
signatures are those of qualified
property owners before an elec-
tion can be ordered.
S. W. Mills, defeated for alder-
man in April, circulated the pe-
tition for disincorporation. He
also was one of the persons who
circulated a petition to incor-
porate in 1950.
The city was incorporated
Sept. 23, 1950, after a special elec-
tion. The action was not ap-
proved until Nov. 13, 1952, when
the results of the election were
presented to Commissioners
Court.
Mills contends that residents
of Euless are not receiving serv-
ices in proportion to taxes paid.
A city official said that while
very little in services has been
offered the residents, plans for
the future call for an expanded
municipal program including a
new fire truck, a fire house and
police protection.
"We had hoped some day to
build a city hall and operate like
a city should be operated," he re-
ported.
Other city officials said disin-
corporation will mean the loss of
the present municipal tax of 75
cents per $100 valuation.
DECEMBER, 1952
Euless Group Asks
Dissolution Vole Jan. 3
Euless residents probably will
vote on a proposal to dissolve
the city government Jan. 3.
Al Clyde, attorney for a group
seeking dissolution, has asked
County Judge Gus Brown to set
the election for that date.
Brown, who was out of his of.
fice Wednesday, is expected to
approve the request. A petition
bearing 47 names and requesting
disincorporation of Euless was
presented to the judge Dec. Z.
DECEMBER 5, 1952
Disincorporation Vote
At Euless Approved
Calling of an election on the
proposed disincorporation of Eu-
less was approved by County
Judge Gus Brown Thursday.
A 47 -name petition seeking dis-
incorporation of the city was
filed Tuesday. Judge Brown said
he will set the election as soon
as residents indicate the desired
date. ���
AFTER JANUARY 3, 1953,
DATE OF DISINCORPORATION VOTE
'Euless Residents
Vote to Dissolve
City Government
Euless residents voted 43 to 39
in a special election Saturday
for dissolution of the city govern-
ment.
The returns will have to be
forwarded to County Judge Gush
Brown, who must pass upon the
election before actual disincorpo-
ration can be affected.
The election was called as a
result of a petition presented
to Judge Brown Dec. 2 request-
ing disincorporation of the city.
Thursday Morning, February 5, 1953
Euless Residents Petition
Judge for Another Electior,
The on -and -off incorporation is- the January election.
sue at Euless was on again Wed- Wednesday's petition was head
nesday as a petition bearing 46 ed by the name of James A
uckett. The names on the peri
names and requesting an election tion must be checked by tha
on the question was filed with county clerk's office before Judgf
County Judge Gus Brown. Brown can call an election.
Residents of Euless voted last "--
month to disincorporate the city
government.
Euless was incorporated Sept.
23, 1950 after, a special election.
The action was not approved un-
til Nov. 13, 1952 when the elec-
tion results were presented to
Commissioners Court.
On Dec. 2 a petition was filed
with Judge Brown asking that he
call an election for dissolution
of the city government. Residents
voted 43 to 39 for dissolution in