The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (Bastrop, Tex.), No. 4, Ed. 1 Monday, March 14, 1983 Page: 2 of 10
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at dictated by Women's
Wear Daoiy and the be*
dinted gab included
Chamber Madame Pre*-
dent. Clara Maynard, Jose-
phine Boozftee and David
Lock's gal pal, Sharon
Nettiec. And eaningt were
very big Friday night.
Mickey Seamen sported a
new hairdo that showed
off her gold ear decora-
, tions. It was al too mudi
Introducing Bastrop's
new State Senator John
f, the ireprewWe Jim
naster of cere-
the Dartrop
Chamber of Commote
bandog Friday night, tad:
"Can yon imagine? John
gets « and they bum down
the capaoi." We cou|dn't
hear John's answer, j
••••
Willie Kocurek, the
amazing 70-year old-phi*
ipeaker for the banquet,
«ud "Anyone 20 yean
older than you are is old."
He said of those in their
70's embarking on new
careers, going to law
fchool, nunniig for office,
etc. "We're now at the age
of renew mem ioaead of
retirement."
In ca-ie you think Bay
trop is not quite up-to-date
in matters of fashion, you
should have seen the gafc
dressed up fori the Cham-
ber dinner and the recep-
tion beforehand at the
1889 Opera House. Black
was the fashion color, just
tEIje
asrtrop
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TCtAS OtDCST W.EKLV NFWSfWLR
Published Monday and Thursday at the Bastrop
Advertiser office, 90§ Water Street, Bastrop, Texas
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Jerry Appei - Business Manager
Eric William* - News Editor
Ellen Moore - Reporter
Qaydeen Osborn - Advertising
Keflye Green - Prod action Supervisor
Sharon Roper, Gay Fowler,
Richard Knight, Jlmmie Cottle - Production
Fay Panned, Richard Cochran, Janine Peters,
Lou Humble - Circulation
BASTROP ADVERTISER (UPS045-020)
^MEMB£R TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION 1982
for one
ached, "My wife gets
something new every
Spring and I go to Gomhrii
Industries for my salt/'
Jerry Drake, impresario
of Mini G's, drove up to
our office Sgauhlay in a
shek 1964 ChckiDict Impa
Sa h» son uses most of the
time. We asked Jem
about the sedan's mileage.
•epfcd, "Yes, that is oar
poBtenes* "
. •••• .
L yodel Wflams, our
jwbSaben inwuiwi staff
director, has good advice
for any of yon attracted to
excessive or fraudulent
dtthts by people adver-
tising for pan-tine workers
at home, fluffing enve-
lopes, etc, "If they warn
money to give you a job.
The Lost Pines
N i
s
• *
19?f,000 miles and it
doesn't bum oil, he said.
We recalled that back in
1964 we could afford to
buy a new Chevrolet of
Ford every' year or so, for
around 53,000 and now
the price would be closer to
S10.000 and we could only
afford used cars. He
agreed. "It takes awhile to
get poor. We have to work
at it," said Jerry.
»»»»
Reading about Queen
Elizabeth's elaborate trip
to the rain drenched West
Coast of the U.S., Made-
Sne Harber recalls the state
dinner she attended in
Houston some years ago
for the wife of the PhiBp-
pines' president. A woman
from Manila was carrying
on about how polite the
Filipinos were (and that's
true, we can attest). She
pointed out how they ex-
celled Americans in this
regard and asked proudly,
"You'd have to agree with
that, wouldn't you?" And
Madeline, ever so cool,
beware. And any claim to
a guarantee salary' is ab-
surd/'
•»»♦
Over in Smkhvitie, Fri-
day, the recently opened
Circus Deli (next to Tarn's
Interiors) was jumping at
noon and we heard one
sweet young thing intro-
ducing an older lady to a
young friend: "I want you
to meet Martha X. I cafl
her my mother-in-awe."
**♦* .. .t~ •
Lobiotty Lowdown: Entex
natural gas company" this
week will be asking for a
hike in rates in Smithville
and Bastrop. Smithville
-Mayor James Reader
calculates the increase for
his town would be around
46 cents per month per
customer....First plats that
may be ruled by the coun-
ty's tougher revised sub-
division ordinance could
be those due to be sought
today by William Griesen-
beck, Chuck Smith, Bill
Radford and Chester
Dorman . They have an ap-
pointment with the County
Commissioners Court to
get approval on
IMiiminify plats....Word's
f4rr»ilafing that tWO addi-
tional rnff" parts dealers
could be setting up shop in
Bum op—John Babcock ,
LCRA's longtime environ-
mental affairs director, has
retired and will prepare a
book to be pubfished at the
time of the river authority's
50th anmyersary in 1985.
He'd be faatereacd in set-
ting personal reminiscen-
ces of Bastrop County
folks who worked oa die
Gideon steam plant or in
building Lake Bastrop or
had other ties or experien-
ces with LCRA. Old
photos are also being
sought. Contact him at
7216 West rim Dr., Austin,
TX 78731 .The cmtidate
with the inside track to get
the 21st District Court
judgeship when it is ap-
proved by Gov. Mark
White is Carey B. Bothd of
Giddings, for Lee County
Judge. That will mean
both judges in the district
that covers Bastrop and
three other counties will be
from Giddings. Some local
lawyers are upset. They,
hope Bastrop County
Courthouse will get a
district judge more often
than twice a month as is
happening now....Smith-
ville may get the first fran-
chised taxi service in many
years if Hudson Lynch's
application is j approved.
Discussion about the taxi is
due at tonight's City
Council meeting The
hot rezoning application of
Dr. Wayne Ross for the ex-
Whirlpool shop in Pete
Ebner's home at Pecan and
Walnut gets to the Bas-
trop Council tonight. Dr.
Correction
Walter Cook was elected
as the Zone 5, Alum Creek
Director on the Board of
Directors of the Aqua
Water Corporation. The
Advertiser mistakenly
reported that Guy Shut-
tlesworth was elected to the
position, last Thursday.
Ross would Ske to bmld a
dental office at the ate
recommended ayes onatae
vote settled by Chpimaii
Lincoln Farris.
Bastrop ^4ea£ & PTosrsiott
Co. SaMe had the same
Sooth-
She
sags d
tare smoe she fives on the
of Like
:Wa
ghetto youth in state prison
for burglary, got dose aG-
t ration from
1 3-year-old boy who raz-
zed ham. Walker fixed the
boy with a searching stare
and made him squirm
when he said, "That's OK.
I've got 13 years to go in the
pen. And IH see you there.
You think it's smart to
smoke grass and show off:
You're beaded there right
now."
Candidates
is aumat to the new
rndpnt-Tem lawyers
as overwhelming margin
favor the non-partisan
ihmirm of judges- Out of
39.570 lawyers in the state,
52_3 percent answered the
State Bar of Teas poll, an
ruiaiaiinarymafl response,
and 16,217 favored non-
partisan -elec-
tions Before realtors,
land developers, contrac-
tors and road builders even
got started last Thursday
night discussing the recent
subdivision rule changes
by the Commissioners
Court, George Reinemund
pointed to the nearest sign
on the wall at the American
Legion Hall and said,
"That's the first rule here
tonight. No profanity."
The svaflaMtty of
the water sapply
should go fint to the
«ilium of Duty up.
WB thb be the case
in the future?
"Progress is no
Accident" •
Linda
Potter
for
City Council
Vote April 2
to talk
By Betty Gray _
Last minute reminder—
the PTA Old Fashion Elec-
tion Party Hot Dog and
Apple Pie Supper (how's
that for a title) will be held
on Tuesday, March 15,
6:00 p.m. at the Junior
High Cafeteria.
"There'll be hot dogs
with ail the fixin's and big
slabs of apple pie served by
those hard-working folks
from the School Ad-
ministration, PTA Board
and present School
Board," said organizers.
Cost is S3.00 for adults and
SI.50 for kids. All
proceeds will be applied to
projects for the entire
BISD.
Hope you have been
writing down all of those
profound questions you
have for the Board Can-
didates. Verlin Callahan
atjd Hubert Linenberger
are running for re-election
and Bobby Jenkins is in-
terested in returning to the
Board.
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If yon win, you select your own items
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Dinners
Long's Regular
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c
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C
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211 Dz.
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Williams, Eric. The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (Bastrop, Tex.), No. 4, Ed. 1 Monday, March 14, 1983, newspaper, March 14, 1983; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601980/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.