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Thursday, July 27,1995
THE BASTROP ADVERTISER
Page 3
Elgin’s Western Days include arm wrestling, fiddling
The biggest day of Elgin's
Western Days celebration began
with a fun run and ended with a
rodeo and dances, with lots of
activities in between.
The kiddie parade drew a
good crowd for an early Satur-
day morning. Robert Ray Schier
III, age 7, who won grand
champion ln the parade, drove
down the street in a big game
hunter's jeep made from a riding
lawn mower. He pulled a wagon
that had a stuffed mountain lion
and bobcat on it and the front of
his vehicle had a deer's head at-
tached.
“At least I won something,”
said Schier, who helped paint
the vehicle.
His grandmother, Mattie
Schier, said she grew up in El-
gin and they moved back four
years ago. “It's a family affair,”
she said of Western Days.
Tarrah Wyche, 9, was in the
parade with her sister. Trade,
and their 1 1/2-year-old pygmy
goats, Jacob and Isie.
“We have one (goat) named
Terminator,” said Tarrah.
“He likes to jump on cars,”
said Trade.
The girls' parents, Elmer and
Wanda Wyche, owners of Na-
ture's Way Christmas Farm said
one year they plan to bring a
float to enter in the parade.
J.D. Madison walked down
Main Street while waiting for
the main parade to begin, still
wearing a number on his shirt
designating him a participant in
the Fun Run.
“I've only participated about
six years,” said Madison, who
said the weather was nice. “It's
fun,” he said.
“I wish I could win first
place. Each year I try to use a
different strategy,” said Madi-
son, who added that he had won
some sausage.
Race participant Vanessa
Ringgold, 19, won first place, in
the 15-;19 age group with a time
of 24:10 for three and a hal f
miles. “I run track and cross-
country for Lamar University,”
said Ringgold, a communi-
cations major. “I've done this
race for the past six years and I
enjoy it,” she said.
“One day I want to be the
first overall female,” said Ring-
gold, who was with her mother,
Olivia Ringgold, an original El-
gonite.
The winner of the first Elgo-
nite trophy for the 40-49 age
group said he runs three miles
everyday out County Line Road.
“It feels good to be in good
physical condition," said Juan
Mendo-Mar, 41.
“It keeps you away from
drugs and alcohol,” said Mendo-
Mar as he watched the parade
and waited for his favorite part-
the sports cars.
Long-time resident May Dell
Basket! said she has been to all
the parades. An Elgin resident
for 68 years, she said her father
owned and operated the barber-
shop on Main Street for 75
years.
Basket! watched the parade
from a bench because of recent
hip surgery.
The grand marshall for the
parade, which was sponsored by
the Lost Pines Riding Club, was
Tom Allen, a disjockey for
KASE 101 in Austin. Honorary
grand marshall was Dr. Charles
Graham, a doctor of veterinarian
medicine in Elgin. J.P.
Schroeder acted as emcee.
After the parade, crowds
flocked to Elgin Memorial Park
which had food, drink, and
crafts booths set up, and live
music and other activities
throughout the day.
Billy Ray De Met, an Elvis
sound-alike, played from 11:30
a.m.-12:30 p.m., causing at least
one man to do some fancy foot
work on the grass in front of the
stage.
A fiddler contest drew nine
contestants. Bob Wheeler, 81,
was the oldest entry. He played
a guitar he had acquired from a
man named Smith in 1933 or
1934 for $10 and tank of gas,
probably totaling $11.50, he
“Of course, I've spent more
than that on it since then,” said
Wheeler, who won second place
in the 65-and-over category.
Wheeler said he lived in Taylor
until he was 21 years old and
started playing tire fiddler when
he was 14 years old.
“I like learning new tunes
and playing them as best I can. I
guess you're never too old to
learn,” said Wheeler, who said
he feels fine except for arthritis
hitting him a little bit
Bill Maynard of Elgin won
first and Bill Hansen of Temple
won third in the same category.
In the 64-and-under category,
George Smith of San Antonio
won first place, A.J. Wells of
San Antonio won second, and
Jack Goff of Mason won third.
In the 0-16 age category,
Baldemar Rodriguez of San An-
tonio won first place. Ro-
driguez, who will enter 8th
grade at Anson Jones Middle
School in the fall, said he started
playing when he was 11 years
old.
He enjoys playing at festi-
vals, such as Western Days, he
said. “You meet a lot of friendly
people,” said Rodriguez, who
planned to play Floppy-eared
Mule for fiddler's choice.
“I drive my mom crazy with
that,” he said.
His mother, Yolanda Ro-
driguez, said the tunc was the
first one her son learned. “He
would wake up at 6 a.m. and
start playing (it),” she said.
A short distance away, nine-
teen teams competed in the
horseshoe „ pitching contest.
Contest organizers Mike and
Lois Hanke of Elgin said al-
though they had a lot of people
come back from previous years,
the defending champion didn't
show up.
Some of the contestants
compete at the state level, said
Lois, and there are also a couple
of husband and wife teams
competing.
The quote of the day came
from horseshoe player and vo-
cational teacher from Crockett,
John Heliums, who was playing
with his partner from San Mar-
cos, Robert Arrington. “I
couldn't hit a bull in the butt
with a 2x4,” said Heliums.
He said he plays for the
friendly competition and to get
out of the house. “I'm glad I
don't have to do it for a living,”
he said after throwing a shoe off
the mark.
“Yea,” said his opponent,
Brad Gustafson of Pflugerville.
“I'd have to get a lot better,”
said Gustafson, who was play-
ing with his partner and new El-
gin resident, Michael Fisher.
The first and second place
teams in the competition were
from Taylor: Alfred Rodriguez
and Tony Gutierrez, and Benny
Lopez and Rudy Ontiveros.
Third place was won by Jerry
and Barbara Hollis of Round
Rock.
Crowds gathered under the
pavilion during the heat of the
afternoon to watch the arm
wrestling competition. Bastrop
resident David Lawhon, 22,
won his first round in the light
weight division, weighing in at
168 pounds.
“My arm's tingling,” said
Lawhon after his win.
Winners in the different cate-
gories included:
Heavyweight: 1. Jimmy Hill
of Caldwell, 2. Jeff Casey of
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Guitar player Herb Cook accompanies fiddle player Bob
Wheeler Saturday at the United Fiddler's Association
Contest in Elgin's Memorial Park.
don of Axtell, 2. Ruben Guer-
rero of Elgin.
Kids ages 13-16: 1. Matt
Snowden of Elgin, 2. Chris
Tucksen of Wells Branch, 3.
Tommy Hill of Caldwell, 4.
Chris Cannon of Elgin, 5. Grant
Goodrich of Elgin.
Kids ages 5-12: 1. James Hill
of Caldwell, 2. Clayton Rohlack
of Elgin.
Dixie Ward, who helped her
son-in-law organize the event,
said the tournament finished at 3
p.m. “It moved fast,” she said.
Crafts booths were set up
along the park trails. Ozzie
McKenery of Georgetown was
selling 14 kt. gold layered
chains by the inch, jewelry
boxes, and earrings.
Larry Kemp from Conroe
was selling customized plaques
with baseball, football and bas-
ketball cards on the front in two
sizes for $4 and $10.
A volleyball tournament that
was played during the day was
won by the Mexicanos, said
Chamber of Commerce manager
June Thompson.
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McAuley, Davis. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 142, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 27, 1995, newspaper, July 27, 1995; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth737651/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.