The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1984 Page: 4 of 21
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Geter had a bad reputation and was suspected
of commlting more than 30 robberies in South
Carolina.
Two South Carolina lawmen later said they
had no record of Geter, either as criminal or
suspect.
Geter apparently was offered a new trial by
Dallas District Attorney Henry Wade following a
expose by 60 Minutes last December.
The Dallas Morning News says, “If there was
a breakdown in justice for Lenell Geter, it came
when his attorney was refused more time to
prepare for the case. With a few more weeks of
preparation, the defense might have been able
to uncover the discrepancies that emerged after
Geter already had been sentenced."
There remain a number of unanswered ques-
tions. Why were the police In such a hurry to
convict Geter? How could a responsible police
officer swear Geter was a suspect in South
Carolina robberies, when he was not? How
could four eyewitnesses swear that Geter was
the robber? Why were his fellow employees not
heard during the trial?
The court system did work, finally, but only
because of presistent loyal fellow workers and
friends and inquiring news media. If it had not
been for them, Geter would still be in prison on
a life term.
Mrs. A.M. Coleman
Marble Falls. Texas
Serving Uano, Llano Countv and the
Highland Lakes area since IMO
Sincerely,
Robert R. Root. President
Protect Lakes Buchanan and Inks
Association. Inc.
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Published every Thursday at 813 Berry Street. Llano. Texas 78643.
Entered in the Llano Post Office as second class mail under the Act of
C ongress of 1878. USPS 316-799.
WALTER L. BUCKNER. Editor and Publisher
Have you ever considered the evolu-
tion of the lowly hamburger?
Back in the dim and distant past when
a dollar was big money, and television
hadn’t even been dreamed of. a
hamburger consisted of a bun. a meat
patty, mustard, pickles and onions. No
lettuce, no tomatoes, no mayonaise. or
any other miscellaneous gook, and it
had a distinctive flavor all its own.
unadulterated by any assorted garden
produce. It was something you could get
your teeth into. In fact, when The
Wanderer was a shirttail kid over in
West McLennan County^ his mother
frequently would send him to town to
buy hamburgers for supper, and the old
Czech cafe proprietor would always ask.
“You vant pickles, onions, and mustard
both?”
The standard price for a hamburger
was a dime, and, believe it or not. back
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Llano News, Thursday, March 29, 1984 Page A-4
....................News Editor
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— T H. CUNNINGHAM. Publisher Emeritus
FRED TAYLOR ...
GENE BUCKNER..
SARAH BUCKNER
DODIE VIERUS ...
A.C: K1NCHELOE
DON SUMMERS
EUGENIA COOPER
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“Now this drought Is awful — that ole cow is so
pore she had to lean up against a pole to bailer.** j
the corner, the price of produce started
to go up. and soon the dime *
was a thing of the past, and from there
on prices have spiraled.
Now The Wanderer has never
thought lettuce and tomatoes had any
place in a hamburger. The tomatoes
make the bread soggy, and when you
pick it up and take a bite, the lettuce
squirts out and usually lands on your
2. 1 will give a new place to prayer in
my life. I will find a few minutes each
day (preferably a regular time) to be
with God and let Him be with me-to tell
me what 1 need to hear. And I will
reinforce this relationship by regular
corporate worship.
3. 1 will give a new place to faith in
my life. I will believe that God is at work
in my life--to heal, to guide, to
protect--and that He is at work in this
evil, violent, chaotic world we live in. I
will believe that He has a plan and that
ultimately his plan will vin out.
hastens the destruction of the lake. First
to go is the water clarity. Next weed
growth interferes with swimming and
boating. Next oxygen levels declines,
toxic chemicals build up. fish are killed,
and the water becomes increasingly
dangerous for swimming and drinking
(even after treatment). The algae and
weeds dies and decays robbing the
lower strata of oxygen and releasing
toxic anaerobic decay products muddy-
ing the water.
COW POKES
business suits.
Everything is very precise but there
are some lighthearted moments. Direc-
tors just can't help fussing or needling
each other a little bit. Fortunately for
me, there were a couple of friendly
faces in the crowd. Besides Dixon there
was Tom Dean from Cherokee. Another
was Martin McLean of Marble Falls
whom I had inadvertently named
“Mark" in a recent story. I was glad
that didn't bother him seeing how
much bigger he is than myself.
As far as the actual meeting went it
was quite interesting even though they
talked about things I wasn't primarily
interested in.at the time. In fact there
was one fellow there that most eloquent
in speech, too eloquent for that matter.
Before he finished his presentation. I
found myself drawing an imaginary trap
done on the floor near the vicinity he
was standing. People who say the time
thing over and over again wears thin. 1
don't care how much it rained and filled
the canyon with mud. But he was
successful in getting what he wanted
and I guess that is what the bottom line
Remember the hepatitus outbreak in
Marble Falls? They discharge 380,000
gallons of effluent into the lake a day.
There are no regulations on posting
signs at discharge areas to warn
recreational people to stay out. and no
fish can read except Charlie. The
K-MUD permit in Kingsland allows up
to 250.000 gallons per day on the phase
111 and can go as high as 1.2 million
gallons per day when the Phase IV
system is completed. (Our Scout Troop
camped, swam, and canoed at the little
park just down stream;. They claim the
water comes out of the system cleaner
than it goes in. but they declined to
drink it.
All charges against Lenell Geter were dismis-
sed Monday by State District Judge John Ovard
in Dallas.
Geter, who has been much in the news
recently as having been convicted for a August
1982 robbery of a restaurant near Dallas, and
then won a motion for a new trial and finally
released from prison last week when the Dallas
County prosecutors announced they had anot-
her suspect in the robbery. ,
•After granting the motion to dismiss the
charges. Judge Ovard told Geter that he hoped
citizens do not lose faith in the criminal justice
system.
Geter, a black engineer, served almost 16
months of a life sentence for a robbery he did
not commit. According to reports he was
convicted on the basis of testimony of eyewit-
nesses, even though other witnesses, his fellow
employees where he worked, swore he was
working and could not have robbed the restau-
rant at that time.
Four of the five eyewitnesses who picked
Geter out of the lineup have how identified
mother black man, Curtis Mason, as the
robber.
Geter worked for E-Systems Inc. In Greenville
and during his trial Greenville police lieutenant
James Fortenberry swore, under oath, that
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Thanks for putting the picture of my
three leprechaun grandchildren on your
front page. I’m sure it increased your
circulation as I bought (only) 20 copies
myself. *
Thanks too, for the coverage you gave
our parade.
Dear Editor,
The Protect Lakes Buchanan and Inks
Association, Inc. wishes to take this
opportunity to thank your newspaper
and reporters for the coverage and
publicity in our efforts to protect our
lakes from further polution. We feel this
has been a tremendous help in
educating and keeping our hundreds of
concerned members up to date on our
activies. We must commend you on
your factual reporting. We succeeded
on this one. We are Organized for any
futuse thoughts of pollution to be in
action faster and stronger. Again, thank
you.
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unless the effluent is allowed to be
discharged into the waterways. The
runoff from the land surrounding the
Colorado River about Lake Buchanan
brings with it pollutants from farms,
ranches, oil producting areas and
municipalities, therefore the water is
already contaminated before it reaches
the holding lake. There is one permit tht
is several years old that is putting 4000
gallons per day of effluent at Silver
Creek. The seepage from improperly,
unsealed, septic tanks allows more
pollution. There are many camp areas
that are suspected.
The permit that Mr. Coleman asked
for on Lake Buchanan was a 1015. As
explained the 10 is BOD part per million
(Biochemical oxygen demand) with
15-TSS. (Total suspended solids) grams
per liter, with no phosphorus limit. That
meths no limitations or the permit
would have read; say 1015-3 with the 3
being the limit on the phosphorus.
Phosphorus causes algae growth. This
Dear Editor,
! Back in the days of the old West, if a
tijan polluted another man's water
supply or infringed on his water rights,
as a landowner, he could legally shoot
that culprit, or they'd hang him from
tl>e nearest tree. Well, we’re less
violent now. but we intend to protect
our water rights. “We've just begun to
fight” anyone that is planning to do
damage to our lake. With the anger of
the people of the Travis, Austin. Hays
areas, the information needed to
educate us that is coming in must
exceed Governor White’s Select Com-
mittee's information on pollution.
I A little pollution is like being a little
W pregnant, there is no such thing.
This chain of lakes area was selected for
its topography, but it- to- not very
adaptable to central sewage systems
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Remember it is your lake too. We
need your help. The temporary Presi-
dent is Robert R. Root. His telephone
number is 5li-793-6l43.
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Ruby T«r Root
Buchanan Dam
Unless the MUD districts or private
central sewage systems are forced to
use other disposal methods such as
irrigation, the Colorad River and the
Highland Lakes will be just one
continuous sewage canal. The central
system becomes absolutely necessary to
multidwelling housing. The central
system becomes absolutely necessary to
multidwelling housing. Horseshoe Bay
is one of the so-called developed areas.
Their system at this time is used for
irrigation, but they have a permit for 1.5
million up for renewal gallons per day
should the land become so waterlogged
that it will not receive any more
effluent. Horseshoe Bay West has a “no
discharge" permit for 115.000 gallons
per day for irrigation. The proposed
MUD system that the Chamber of
Commerce has taken the Initiative to
seek grants for on behalf of the
taxpayers of Buchanan Dam will add
whatever amount of the proposed
gallons per day to that of the other
systems, then look out below. "Water,
water everywhere and not a drop to
drink.-’
It's not often that I get to travel to
Austin to cover a story. The time of the
week has to be just right and of course it
depends on the importance of the story
to warrant such a trip. Both fell into
place last week because of the Sandy
Creek dredging issue which Ken Dixon
had placed on the agenda. You might
know, it was the last topic to be
discussed. I thought sure the committee
would try to shut down as close as
possible to 5 p.m. but no, the dock
managed to tick itself all the way to 6:15
before the meeting adjourned. Needless
to say there wasn't any time wasted
getting out of there.
When you are used to small groups at
dty, county and school board meetings,
where everything is more or less casual,
it take a little getting used to attending
these big-time meetings like the LCRA
Board of Directors. There is the big
table for the directors, another for
the staff, extra chairs for visitors, a
speakers podium (not always ,used) a
screen on which digrams at* tabown
and most everybody dressed up in
is all about.
It takes a lot of patience to be a
director of anything these days it
seems. I guess that is one of the hazards
of the job. Maybe they could 'get one of
those long hooked poles they used to get
vaudeville performers off the stage
when either their time was up or they
had heard enough.
Driving in the big city is always
enjoyable. As an ex-cab driver is gives
me the change to brush up on my skills,
particularly on the freeway. Nothing
like getting into the middle lane of the
evening rush traffic and trying to stay
on the speed limit. You either run with
the crowd or get run over.
* Getting back to the meeting there was
one very good point made about the
lakes. Dixon wanted to know why
people were found using LCRA property
illegally, then given a pat on the back
and said to keep on. The staff said they
were working on the problem and were
moving to correct the situation. Appa-
ranetly it will take sometime.
Well, after listening to more than
three hours of conversation on a lot of
problems, 1 would agree, the staff does
have a lot of problems and it will be a
long time before they get ahead of the
game-if ever. It was an Interesting
afternoon.
in the early '30s you could get a
on a smaller bun for a
hamburger
nickle.
That was back ' in the “Great
Depression" when, as Cartoonist Ace
Reid likes to say. things were so tough
we were hunting rabbits on the shares
with a borrowed dog. and if you had a
job you worked like the devil to hold on
to it. because there weren’t any more
around.
About the mid-30*s. the hamburger
business began to get highly competi-
tive. and some hamburger king started
loading his hamburgers with lettuce,
tomatoes, mayonnaise, and the like,
and before long, everybody got into the
act.
However, as Franklin D. Roosevelt
loved to say. prosperity was just around
the corner, and as we began to get near
the corner, tl
to go up. and soon the dime hamburger
FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY-One of
the great phrases of the pages of Texas
history is: "Thermoply ae had its
messenger of defeat. The Alamo had
none."
For years historians have tried to
determine who first spoke or wrote
these classic words. One source credits
General Hugh MCLeod, who was a
member of the Congress of the Republic
of Texas. No record of his authorship
has ever been found, however.
Thomas Jefferson, who was good at
turning a phrase as he was at running a
government, has been suggested as the
author. He wasn't. Another who has
been listed as a possible originator of
the words it Reuben M. Potter, who
wrote a "Hymn of the Alamo." He
refused to take credit.
The words probably uttered first by a
woman. Eliza A. Hudgins Todd. In
1846. a group had gathered at Boston,
Bowie County, to volunteer for duty id
the war against Mexico. They were told
they would first be honored with a
patriotic farewell address. The speaker
was Mrs. Todd, a school teacher.
Portions of her speech reported later
in newspapers did not include the
famous statement about the Alamo.
However, a copy of her remarks found
later by researchers contains these
words:
“Along with 300 Greeks--that noble
Spartan band--must forever stand en-
rolled the names of the heroes of the
Alamo of whom it may be said.
Thermoplylae had a messenger, but
the Alamo not one.”
•••••••••
WHAT’S IN A NAME?-ln 1903, a
cowboy named H. "Gravy” Fields
started a small store in western Yoakum
County. A settlement grew up around
it.
One day a Yankee shoe salesman
passed through and offered a cowboy 55
to demonstrate the art of bronc-riding.
After the show, the drummer asked
Fields why the place didn’t have a
name. The merchant replied that the
postal people had turned down the
name he had submitted.
How about Bronco?' asked the
visitor. Fields sent in that name and the
town is known as Bronco today.
(Copyright. 1984. by Jack Maguire)
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Justice prevails
Set worthy goals
out and at least once a week to make
love visible for some hungry, unem-
ployed. or suffering people. (It might be
volunteer work, a visit, or a financial
gift)
COLUMNISTS: Hal Cunningham. Dodie Vierus. Marilyn Hale. John
Kuykendall and Mikel Virdr;i.
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This is Lent and a lot of people are
taking it seriously. They are facing their
own sins and shortcomings, and they
are grieved over the violence and evil in
the world. It is possible for them to stop
here without any clear plan for the
future; no new goal or resolution or
determination. There is plenty of
“churning" without any clear "yearn-
ing.”
1 believe that Lent is meant not only
for us to engage in humble confession,
but also for us to accept, or re-accept,
some clear, strong goals for the days to
come. Let me suggest what some of
these goals might be:
1. I will give a new place to the
expression of love in my life. I will begin
with my own family, my own neighbors,
my own business associates. I will reach
lap. He much preferred the old
fashioned hamburger with just pickle*,
onions and mustard both.
Probably you could get an old
fashioned hamburger now if you stood
over the cook with a whip, but now day*
it would probably cost you an extra fifty
cents to get all of the garden produce
left out. It's like gasoline. When they
first started putting lead additives in
. gasoline it cost an extra three cents a
gallon to get them put in. Now that lead
is a no-no, it costs another extra three
cent* a gallon to leave them out.
Restaurant cooks are creatures of
habit, and they have grown up believing
that you have to load a hamburger with
everything in the kitchen until it's so
thick you can't get it in your face, and
it's hard to make them change. Like one
of The Wanderer's favorite restaurant*
in Fredericksburg. He likes it because
they always have fresh oysters. One day
The Wanderer went in and ordered raw
oysters. The waitress looked blank and
said. “I’m sorry. We don't have raw
oyster*. We only have fried oysters.”
The Wanderer said, ’’Well, the way to
make raw oysters is simply don't fry
them.”
"Oh,” said the waitress, and she
went back in the kitchen and came back
with raw oysters.
The Wanderer may try them on an
old-fashioned hamburger one of these
day*, if he can figure out how to get the
idea across that all he wants in it is
pickles, onions, and mustard both.
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A Bishop Looks at Life
By Everett H. Jones, Retired
Bishop of the Episcopal Church
This is the first time I have ever used
a cartoon from the New Yorker
Magazine on the basis for Leriton
nyeditation.
'In a recent issue the magazine has the
picture of a man sitting on the floor in
• his home. His face reveals that he is
utterly and hopelessly discouraged.
Next to him on the floor is a woman,
presumably his wife. She. too. looks
concerned but she is reaching toward
him in a solicitous way, saying “Is there
a^yearning with the churning, or is it
njostly just churning?"
’ After I laughed at these words 1
began to think they had a serious
meaning.
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Buckner, Walter L. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1984, newspaper, March 29, 1984; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1289532/m1/4/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Llano County Public Library.