Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [122], No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1976 Page: 1 of 10
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Federal Youth Center OK'ed For Bastrop
U.S. Representative J.J. "Jake" Pickle
called the Advertiser Monday morning to
announce that the Department of Justice
had given the General Services
Administration the green light to build a
$12 million Federal Youth Center near
Bastrop.
The Austin representative was given
this information by Mr. Robert F.
Messmer, Facilities Development Direc
tor of the United States Bureau of
Prisons.
The Bureau's directions to GSA were
given after the final Environmental
Impact Statement for the project had
been closed for comment on December 24.
1975.
Congressman Pickle explained the
action in a letter to Bastrop County Judge
Jack Griesenbeck, giving full details of the
project and its impact on the
Bastrop-Travis County area, as follows:"!
was told today by Mr. Robert F. Messmer.
Facilities Development Director of the
United States Bureau of Prisons, that the
Bureau has asked the General Service o
Administration to move forward in
constructing a $12 million Federal Youth
Center near Bastrop.
"The Bureau's action came after the
time for comment on the second draft of
the Environmental Impact Statement on
the Federai Youth Center had expired.
The comment period expired at the close
of business on December 24, 1975. A check
by the Bureau of Prisons revealed that the
Federal Environmental Council had given
the project the go ahead. Thus, the
Bureau of Prisons was authorized to
commit itself and the G.S.A. to the
construction of the facility.
"As you know, this facility will cost over
$12 million to build and will employ 150
full time employees. Nearly 60% of these
people will be recruited from the
Bastrop-Austin area and the annual
average salary of the employees will be
J:' Salaries and service contracts
from the Center will mean an additional $4
million to the local economy.
"The facility is designed for 300
occupants in the age range of 18 to 25
years. These people will consist mainly of
first offenders sentenced under the
Federal Youth Corrections Act for crimes
against property as opposed to crimes
against persons. , *
"The residents of the facility will come
from the Central/South Texas area. The
facility is designed to provide the
educational and occupational training
needed to rehabilitate the youthful
offenders.
"This facility is one of several regional
centers for youth that the Bureau of
Prisons is constructing throughout thi
nation.
"Even though construction plans are
always subject to weather delays, the
Bureau hopes to have on site work begin
sometime in the Spring of 1976.
"In providing this official word to you. I
want to commend your leadership, sense
of fair play, and foresightedness in
endorsing this project and in working to
have it placed in Bastrop County on the
Old Camp Swift site. I have had people on
the local and national level comment to me
how much they respected your actions and
the actions of your local committee in
en Jorsing this project. Everybody has had
a 'air chance to have '.heir *y about this
project.
"I remain convinced that the facility will
be a positive factor for our area, and I am
pleased that the Bureau of Prisons and
General Services Administration have
decided to go ahead with construction.
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"Please contact me or any official with
the Bureau if you have any further
questions."
The Congressman also enclosed a letter
to L.N. Stewart, Regional Commissioner,
PBS, General Services Administration in
Fort Worth from Robert F. Messmer,
Chief, Facilities Department, a copy of
which Congressman Pickle had received
as follows:
We understand that the stipulated
30 day waiting period that must follow
submission of the Bastrop F ederal Youth
Center Final Environmental Impact
Statement to the Council on Environmen-
tal Quality, expired on December 24, 1975.
"We have examined the Statement and
are satisfied that the proposed'project will
have no major detrimental environmental
impact.
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"Therefore, we request you to proceed
immediately with the design and
construction of the project.
"We look Mrward to working with you,
your architects and construction manager
toward accomplishing tho goals of this
project."
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AND BASTROP COUNTY NEWS
Established March I, 1853
Bastrop (Texas) Advertiser, January 1, 1976
Number 44
Musings Penn Bicentennial Wagon Train
By J. Troy Hickman
A NEW YEAR
EVE MEMORY
To young persons. New Year
is a time to celebrate the vigor
and hopefulness of life, for they
have so much to look forward
to. To older people. New Year
may be a time of remembering.
An old popular song includes
the words, "There's nothing left
for me of days that used to be. I
live in memory among my
souvenirs."
Since it is far too late for me
to try to speak for those who
are young, let me think for a
little bit with you about those
souvenirs which memory
brings up out of the past, as we
sit musing on New Year's Eve
about the fireplace.
Surely, one blessed memory
will be of friends, friends past
and friends present. It seems to
• me that most of our friendships
occur on one or the other of two
levels. The first level is that of
coincidence, propinquity, and
J rev stance.
Do you remember the tight,
eager way in which you held for
a short time to your childhood
friends, some of whose names
you cannot now remember?
Can you recall again this New
Year those friends you made on
the college campus, from whom
you swore you would never
part, and from whom you have
not heard now in many years?
One young man living at the
hightide of youthful dedication
said of himself, after reaching
middle life, 'There were causes
which in my youth I would have
given my life for, but for the life
of me, I cannot recall now what
they were."
The next door neighbor, the
business partner, the comrade
at arms, the woman who had
children the same ages as
yours, the sorority sister, the
partner at bridge, the golf
opponent at the country club,
and all the rest. How many of
these friendships have survived
the strains of separation and
the erosions of mobility and
time?
As the hour of your musing
grows later, the flames of your
New Year fire die down, and
you sit looking into the glowing
coals, you begin to remember
those few, the precious and
blessed few, whose concern and
love for you have survived all
time and distance.
These friendships occur on a
deeper level. They are not as
numerous as the other kind, but
they come at last to mean much
more. If you have one such
friend, you are lucky; if you
have more than one, count
yourself blessed. There is not
room in the human heart for
more than a few of the persons
and things which matter the
most.
Your friendship with such a
person may or may not have
begun, like those you have lost
or forgotten, with propinquity,
coincidence, or circumstance.
The difference is that, tome-
how, these survived all the
accidents, incidents, strmins.
and erosions of the years and all
the miles between you, and
they are as real and as bright as
the day they began.
It would be hard for you or
(SEE MUSINGS Page 2)
Will Visit Bastrop on Jan. 11-12
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COVERED WAGONS on the Bicentennial
Wagon Train Pilgrimage to Pennsylvania
trundle east across Wyoming. Other wagons
are rolling in January in California, Arizona,
Texas, Louisiana and Florida, toward a July 4
rendezvous at Valley Forge. The Texas
Wagon Train will be in Bastrop on January
11 -12.
Christmas Music
Stolen
The thief who climbed
on top of the Advertiser
building sometime Mon-
day night and stole the
loud speakers is in the
same class with the
Grinch Who Stole Christ
mas! And that's pretty
low down.
The speaking system
which the Advertiser has
had for a number of years
and used at intervals,
especially during Home-
coming and at Christ-
mastime, had been pour-
ing out the spirit of
Christmas in the form of
Christmas Carols for the
past ten days. Early
Tuesday morning, when
we turned on the tape
recorder, nothing hap-
pened. Upon investigat-
ing, we discovered the
speakers were gone. That
ended the Christmas
music for Tuesday and
Christmas Eve. Chief of
Police Adell Powell is
investigating their disap-
earance.
You wouldn't' like to.
bring them back, would
you? Perhaps leave them
outside the back door of
the Advertiser building,
with no questions asked?
We'd appreciate it!
Winners named in
lighting contest
Bderty people
to hear program
on income tax
The NRTA and the AARP
groups will meet Monday,
January 12, in the Civic Room
of the First National Bank of
Bastrop. The -program will
furnish tips and information on
making out your income tax
report.
All elderly people who are
interested are welcome to
attend.
Although Bastrop was not
decorated quite as "much as
usual for the Christmas
Lighting Contest this year,
there were a number of
outstanding exhibits, which
were judged on Monday night,
December 22nd. The contest is
sponsored annually by the Lost
Pines Garden Club, assisted by
the City of Bastrop and the
Bastrop Lions Club.
Winners were the following:
OVER ALL
DECORATION:
First: Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Schneider, 1006 Hill."
Second: Mr. and Mrs. Curtis
Osborn, 1708 Main.
Third: Mr. and Mrs. Ira
Frieda, 1708 Garfield.
Honorable Mention: Mr. and
Mrs. Donnie hibbs, 1005 Pine.
MODERN DOORS:
First, Mrs. C. W. Eskew,
1708 Water.
Second, Mrs. Margaret
Services Held
for McDuff
Jones McDuff, 79, died of a
heart attack at Bastrop
Memorial Hospital on Friday,
December 26, 1975 at 1:30 a.m.
Mr. McDuff was a rancher
and he and Mrs. McDuff were
owners and operators of the
Bastrop Cafe for 16 years
before their retirement.
He is survived by his wife,
Leona; a daughter. Mrs. Gladys
Smith of San Antonio; one
grandchild, Mike, also of San
Antonio and one brother,
Ernest H. McDuff of Elgin.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at 1 p.m. at Newbjr
Funeral Home Chapel. The
Rev. Henry Simms of the First
Baptist Church of Smithville
officiated. Burial was in Manor
Hill Cemetery in Webberville.
Pallbearers were H.S. KuJ-
lenberg. John W. Barton. Jr.,
Fred Fiebrich, LeRoy Seidel.
l.C. Rabel and David Fiebrich.
Pfeiffer.
Third, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Rathman, 1815 Garfield.
Honorable Mention, Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Cox, 509 Laurel.
TRADITIONAL DOOR:
First, Mr. and Mrs. Oren
Eskew, 1201 Pecan.
Second, Col. and Mrs. J. P.
Zinn, 703 Main.
Third, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Goertz, 1603 Cypress.
Honorable Mention, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Claiborne, 1202
Pecan.
CLOSED WINDOW:
First, Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Hancock, 1704 Garfield.
Second, Mr. and Mrs. David
Fiebrich, 107 Higgins.
Third, Ernest Goertz, 311
Cedar.
Honorable Mention, Ronald
Jefferies, 1709 Garfield.
OPEN WINDOW:
First, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Fiebrich, Jr., 1713 Roosevelt.
Second, Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice Lowden, 100 Maynard.
Third, Mrs. Geneva Jerrell,
1208 Water.
Honorable Mention, Mr. and
Mrs. Leroy Peterson, 1603
Highway 95.
CHILDREN'S FANTASY:
First Place, Mr. and Mrs. H.
S. Kullenberg, 1709 Roosevelt.
Prizes wen donated by the
City of Bastrop and the Bastrop
Lions Club.
SHARE CHRISTMAS
DINNER
Christmas day guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Clark were Mr. and Mrs. J.B.
Clark of Cold Springs, Mr. and
Mrs. James S. Clark and
daughter, Jeanine of Tatum,
Y.J. Jiminez of Smithville. Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Trigg Jr. and son,
Brett and Mrs. John McNulta.
HOLIDAY GUESTS
Holiday quests of Mrs. Frank
W. Denison Sr. were her son.
Dr. Frank W. Denison Jr. and
Mrs. Denison of Wadsworth,
Illinois, and Lloyd Denison of
Galveston.
BY: GAIL LANE
The Texas Wagons of the
Bicentennial Wagon Train will
come to Bastrop on Sunday
morning, January 11. Monday
is set aside for Bastropians to
view the wagon train, which
will camp on the grounds of the
American Legion, at their
invitation. Tuesday, the train
will leave Bastrop on its
journey to Austin, and even-
tually, to Philadelphia, Amer
ica's Cradle of Liberty.
The train is one of the fwe
major segments being organiz
ed all over the country. The five
segments will all converge in
Philadelphia at Valley Forge
Park on July 4, 1976, 200 years
from the date the Declaration
of Independence was signed.
The segments will follow as
closely as possible the old,
well - known routes, such as the
San^i Fe, the Old Spanish
Road, Natchez Trace, the
Wilderness, and the Lancaster
Pike.
All Bicentennial communities
will send a signed scroll
reaffirming the citizens' faith in
the principles contained in the
Declaration of Independence;
the principles upon which this
nation was founded. These
signed Scrolls will be carried in
the official State wagons, one
for each state, and preserved in
our nation's birthplace.
Ray liOAg, chairman of the
event, s^id, "Spectators will be
welcomed by the wagoneers to
view the setting up and
breaking of camp, and the care
of teams and wagons. This may
be the only opportunity many
of us will have to see how our
pioneer forefathers settled this
land. We hope many will come
and bring the children."
A short public ceremony at
the campsite is being planned
to present the Wagon Master
with Bastrop's scroll. Then, the
train personnel, all volunteers,
will entertain with a skit they
have prepared. Finally, the
Hicks and Chicks Square Dance
Club will exhibit the unique
dancing which the pioneers also
enjoyed. The exact time for this
ceremony will be announced in
next week's paper.
Three local riding clubs are
providing a mounted escort to
greet the train, after it leaves
Smithville, and to escort it into
Bastrop. Anyone who wants to
participate in this activity
should contact the clubs for
details.
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TEXAS WAGONS *
ROLL JAN. 4th
The cry "Wagons Hor will
ring across Houston's Bear
Creek Park on Sunday (Jan. 4)
and the caravan of covered
wagons will move out on the
1,400 mile journey to Valley
Forge. Pa.
The train of covered wagons
wiii be ied by a Conestoga
wagon from Pennsylvania,
whose Bicentennial Commis-
sion is running the national
pilgrimage. Then there will be a
Prairie Schooner from Texas, a
chuck wagon and a number of
privately owned wagons. As
many as 100 mounted outriders
See Wagon Train Page 2
As 1976 makes its
debut, here's hoping
it will bring you all
the special things
that fill your heart
with happiness and
cheer. Happy New
Year to you all!
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NATIVITY SCENE at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Schneider, 1006 Hill Street, was
first place winner in the Over - AD
Decoration in the Chris.mas Lighting
Contest. — Photo by Reid Sharp
Bears off to fast start
B^ - Robert Base ha
The 1975-76 basketball sea-
son is underway and the
Mighty Bastrop Bears are off to
a flying start. The Bears, under
head coach, Cliff Wilkins, stand
9 4 after 13 games. Bastrop's
victories have been over, AAA
Del Valle (2), Elgin (2),
Westlake, Dime Box, AAA A
Travis, AAAA San Marcos, and
Sweeny. The four defeats were
at the hands of Del Valle (2).
Gonzales, and Killeen. The
losses to Del Valle were each by
one point, while in the Killeen
game Bastrop fell in the last
minutes by 4 points. The loss to
Gonzales was due to viruses
and colds that kept the team
from excelling 100 percent. The
Bears finished third in the
Cardinal Classic at Del Valle
Kout of a field of. 16 teams.
Bastrop was the only AA team
in the tournament. A week
later at the Gonzales Tourrtey
the Bears dropped their
opening game to Del Valle but
came back to capture consola
tion honors. I^rrv Franklin
was named to the All Tourna-
ment team at Del Valle, while
Dennis Wilson was selected
All Tournament at both Del
Valle and Gonzales. 6'4"
Franklin and 61"Wilson are
both Seniors. Other starters
include. Ray Wilson, 5'11"
Junior; Frank Alexander, 511"
Junior; Allen Hubert, 5'10"
Junior. Very capable backup
men are: 6'0" Junior, Randy
Lincoln; 6'0" Senior. Alfred
Carter; 6'0" Senior. Robert
Alexander. 5'9" Junior. Homer
Moore; and 5'8" Junior, John
Green
The Bear's suffered a great
setback at the loss of starter
Garry Limuel early in the
season. Limuel a 60" Junior
was a definite asset^to the
team. Garry has been hospital
ized and will be lost for the
season. > Hubert moved in to
lake his place and has done an
excellent job. Lincoln has been
outstanding in his substitute
role. The manager for the team
is Carl White, while the
scorekeeper is Mike Franklin.
Next action far the Maroon
Machine will be in the 8 team
Taylor Tournament on Decern
ber 29 30 when the Bears open
against the Elgin Wildcats. On
January 2, Bastrop will open
the District 25 A A race against
powerful Hays Consolidated in
the BHS gymnasium.
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Court House
employees
enjoy parties
The annual Christmas party
for all county employees was
held Tuesday night. December
16, at the American Legion,
with Bobby Jenkins serving as
master of ceremonies.
Colorful decorations lent the
spirit of Christmas to the
occasion, and some 90 people
enjoyed the fun filled pro-
gram, and the enthusiastic
singing of Christmas Carols.
A dinrier of barbecue,
augmented with covered dishes
brought by those attending, '
was served.
COURT HOUSE
ANNEX DINNER
Employees in the Court
House Annex, including the
Welfare Department, the ASC
office, and MH/MR office,
enjoyed a Christmas dinner
party with turkey and all the
trimmings at noon on Friday,
December 19, at the Court
House.
Approximately 50 people
attended the pre - holiday
affair.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [122], No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1976, newspaper, January 1, 1976; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth391075/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.