Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1959 Page: 4 of 12
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HASTROl' (TKXAS ADVKRTISER, OCTOBER 21", 1
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Johnson's LCRA Responsible For
Bastrop's Lou-dost Electric Power
"Tf it hni) H": he. ii foi Lyn
jot, John oi Ba.-trop wiitikl not
i«\< LCRA power, and on of
I.. lowc-t electric iates in the
Mayo* Will Rt.g« >aid
J.i- week, a h> reviewed the
■V lief it- thi I' HI I t 'tigi e. sional
district h«. gained during John
mii - term.- ii congressman and
United Stat. Senator.
\V hen
•lectini to
f his fit
Lyndon
Con^ <
;t effort
Iohn«on
in 1
w a - diti
\\ it
one
['led
t obtaining F< derai financing
■&>; the multi-million dollar Lou
f Colorado Ki\« r \uthority of
Texas a a public work project.
Hi «a- determined that cheap
public pmvet -hould he made a-
TBilaiile ni connection with flood
control and re< lamation oni the
Colorado River.
Johnson wa a fervent advo
«£ii. of the program of the re
aetltly-established Rural Elect
"nfication Administration. The
people of Austin and fanneris
ti d rancher- along the Colo
-*ado Rivei and its tributaries
had been constantly plagued by
**i( od: and droughts. Johnson
wanted to harne- the Colorado,
and he wanted to bring electric
ity into Central Tcxa> farm
Itomes. "The farmer's income
is low. and some way must he
worked out to briny, it back to a
wrnal and reasonable level," lie
irgued. "While we are trying
do that, there is no reason
why the farmers should not have
electricity at cheap prices row."
Johnson had not forgotten hi-
boyhood days on tin farm, where
the family used kerosene for
lighting, hi- mother did the
laundry in zinc tubs, and he and
his brother pumped water by
hand. "So fai as electric power
ma.- concerned." he declared, "we
were no better off than my
grandfather had been when he
lived on that farm."
Announcement was made in
January, that the Central |
Texa- einpir of public owned j
utilities had become a reality I
•*iih the execution of a contract
foj purchase by the Lower Col
• rado River Authority of pro
jertie- owned by a private com
aany in a l >-county area. Most
*{ the area wa.- included in John
*on's district.
Explorer Post 187
Starts First Aid
Program
On Octobei Kxplorei Scout
Post IS, h. ii ' regulai meet
1 inv at tin Scout Hut. Thi nu-et-
iiu: wa- opened by Hob Higgins
! with the Pledgt f Allegiance to
the flag.
Then wa- r.o old business, so
we discUf.-ed the thing- to be
doin fni our Thanksgiving Dan
on the 'J't of November,
j Wayne Sn.itr and Hob Long
I found out that we may have the
! Ti en Towi on this date for the
dance to whicl everyone will be
' invited. The plans for this
' arc not yet definite, but we plan
I to work out t!u details next
! meeting.
We started >ut First \ui pro
j gram thi> meeting and will con
1 tinue it unt >-vt ryone ha- pa.- --
led the requirement- for the First
\id merit badui and for the
■ Fir.-t Clas- fiist aid • require
Iments. We decided to discon-
|tinu« tin Can p Swift meetings
until we get a program started
to wheri every<>nt will be par
t icipating.
Since tht minutes have not
been published -ince la.-t year.
e11 are the new officers as fol-
low-: President, Forrest Adams,
Vire-pre-ident. Hobby Hennesey,
Secretary and Treasurer. Jay
Striegler, Quarter Master.
Lor.g, and Crew Leaders
I/.ng and Richard Kesselus.
Those attending were; Hob
Higgins, Hobby Hennesey, For-
rest Adams, Richard Kesselus,
Wayne Smith, Terry Sander.-,
Charles Ott, Hob Long. Dickie
Mack, and Jay Striegler. Ad
visors present weie; Harold Far
ley. Ira H Frieda, and Mr. Dick-
son.
The meeting was closed with
the Scout Oath led by Terry j
Sanders.
Sec.ArTre.-., Jay Striegler.
First Methodist
Church
WALTER J. CARTWRIGHT
Pastor
SI \DAY \OVFMHKR 1
Church School, !<:40 a. m.
Morning Wor.-hip and Holy Com
mi nion, 10■ ">"> a. m. Sermon:
"Goti's Fathei hood and Man's
Hi otherhood."
Mi t odist N outh I '11ov\ "hip:
:io p. m.
Fvening Study Houi Theology
ft.i Church Meinbei-, <• Ui p.
m. Ses-ion t>ih- Why have a
faith. What out faith in
(I od
Monday, Nov 'J.. Ii: <. Fust
<trade Choir. Mr.-, A V Ed-
ward-, directing. 3:00 p. m.,
general meeting of thi Woman's
Society, with Mt . Hob Wil
kin in chargi of Se «ion IV
of "Luke' Portiait f JesUs".
Wednesday Nov. i V! Church
Supper and family night pro
gram, i!:30 p n T e We-
lt yan Servici Guild will be the
hostesses. \ ->pi" iai program
is planned.
Thuistlay. «:H0, Senior Choir
practice.
Saturday, lOSiO. Second tirade
Choir, Mr- \ N'. Kdwani.
tliiectoi. in 10. .luiiioi Choir,
Mi . I' F. I'i i rey. direetot.
W Locals
Kfjppy
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II off ma
lor nit
Ml \ J Woehl,
■ti word thai her son,
Hailingeii, lias been
from
vision
Publit
Mi ami M ( Viogt, Deb
bie and W ayne. of Ixtckhart
visited "th hei parents, Mr.
Sr. receiv and Mi Herman W illenberg,
A J of Sunday ill' ii ooi.
promoted J Lit.yd H omi, \ rti l illl- ( nun
M
tin- Driver License Di
with the Department of
Safety to Heating Office!
,Ner\ Ii
with thi
1 tepai t nient
Mi
M i and M i s. tioi dm He! m l
;,i , enipai ii .t b> M i .tint M l
Ho. Hoati iglit of Wa, o pent
the weekt id in Dallas and at
ite 1-a.r arul Ice
ill tht Dallas Ice
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Van Nimrick
Nti\ FMHFR
i Honiei Murchi
' Mrs. Kugeiie 1
F.
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NOVKMHKR
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Mi Carl Spoo
tended
the St
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Show
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Mr. ..
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nduina
Ha-t i op
to '
months.
Thi
year til
Mot.
Bastrop
foi t
1ave an
apart
ford .lei
Mi a
nd Mi
and Sit
day wit
h her
Mr W
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( !
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makes
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Turn Hi
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pan nt
i Mimii e of
arrived in
the wintei
- tht third
Mi e to
They
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t u elfth
habilitat
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t i ut t
the hoint
(ioe!/ II
Ml u
ft. • ity o
N! art
ot Dram
Mr Pe;
of Hi-.aI
' ua i
Officel for Ha-tiop
returned frum San
. ■, hi attended the
>tatewidi Re
I.''. 11 III I fol \ et
OfflCei .
j; tin weekend ill
hi ii Mi- \ i nold
km were Mi and
I ambrwht and
( "it >. • k!a.,
Lambre ht
mi M and
ttul fannh
Mr. and
and little
spent Sunday
Mi and Mi
Mi and \|
0,1 Tun mi,|
N)l Lillle |{u, f
(iatiand Hefh,
li.icki i aini ,
gu. t of .Mi
lee
^1' Mai ,
• a KUe I (I,,
tiaiightei
altj
Mikt,
with hj, I
V .ill,,, ||j
HotjJjy
Mi
M
d Mr
till!
nd M
.noma
U J
Mi
ami
tire
W
K.
N.
Mi
utlt nd
High Schoof Student
STATE LV .'Ml
Hob
Ra v
started
provide
farmers
Central
When Johnson fir.-t
jiushinjr the plan to
■heap electricity for
*nd other residents of
Texas, Washington official- of
ttit Rural Klectrification Admin
Ktration told him his program
ma* totj grandiose. Johnson
listened to these arguments, but
he went ahead with hi- plan.
One result of hi- fight for ex-
tension of electric -etvict- to
rurai homes was the establish-
ment iri hi- own district of the
biggest rutal electrificatior p o-
ject in the world.
Some of Johnson's own friend.-
■tn Texa- warned him, when he
iegan hi- fight for rural elec
txification, that fanner- could !
never be educated to use and
pay for electri ity. Tht Con
gressmart replied with a -tand-
mg off. ■ of ti Stetson liat to ,
any person who could show him
* ru ai electrification project
■whert tin farmers had not jump-!
«d at the chance to havt elect ;
ricity brought to their homes.
"I nevei lost a hat on RFA!"i
sj- hi- proud ijoa-t.
Calendar of Events
l W< would appreciate your
..'ullini? ir notici of any special
wieetirg or e1. erit- you would
uke to have included in this
tht primary rea-
colurnn. 'tne of
aons in listing
to avoid confln-
Illgs, a- well a
tier- of variou
ueeting time, i
these events is
in variou- meet
to remind mem-
group- of the
SA TCRDAV,
Halltiwe'eii
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OCTOHKR
< urnival,
VIO.N'DA V, NOVKMHKR
WSCS, Mi iodi-t f'hut-1 .
Hand Parent -. Ha.-.d Hall,
7:30
l«n M. \MHASS M)DR> MKF: i
\T HAPTIST ( III RCH
^ Tht Royal Amba- ;do- met
at the Fiu-t Haptisi r'hurch on
Wednesday afternoon, Octobt-i
i 21.
The watchword wa -aid and
j then we -ang "Wonderful Word-
i of Life". Then we said the Com
j mis.-ion and Declaration.
Kveryone joined in .-enteno
, prayers. The minutt - were read
| from the la.-t meeting. One new
member wa Johnny Moore.
Tho.-i absent were Tom Cor-
bel!. Hubba Schanhal- and Hen
ny IxmK.
We talked about Koyal Amba -
-ador in Southern Rhodesia, and
we are going to write them a
lettei.
W'i also talked about irett • y
I Shirts and sweat -hilt-.
Dui program wa- lmv.-i by-
Ricky Simpson reading "Mr.
Kite", Buster Watson reading
"Mr. Carter", Robert Ooddard
on "Mr. Fi.-lden", Car! Simpson
ot; "Mt Ho/.ernan". Mai shall
Parkei on "Mr. Blair". Ronnie
Wilkin- on "Mr. Bradly", and
David Perkins on "Mr. John«on".
Ronnie W, kins gavi the ble.-s
I fig be fot'" W were -erved. Ml
K-kew and Mi-. Osborn brought
sandw i( hi a. 1 Mr Ferrell
Smith brought dessert.
We then attended prayer meet-
ing.
Car Simpson, Kecordei
Calvary Episcopal
Church
GORDON B. 'J1 ;KR JR
Seminarian it ban
Sunday Services:
U:'M a m., C/iurch 3choot
R. Ke-.elus, superintendent.
11:00 a. m., Morning Prayer
and Sermon.
Holy Communion at 11:00 n
m. on the last Sunday iri each
month.
Church of Christ
SUNDAY SERVICES:
10 00 a rn., Bible Clasnaa.
11 00 a. rn., Preaching servic«
11 1' a m., Communion.
7 30 p rn , Preaching wervlre
TUESDAY, NOVKMBER :5
Lyndon John in Rally, Amer-
ican Legion (inter, fi:30 p. m.
1''ESDAY, NOVKMBER
Lion- Club, School cafeteria,
12.30 p. m.
AKDNJ ,,-D A V. NOVKMHKR -1
L i«t Pile Gat(b ri Club, .'t p.m.
Home of Mil- R. P. Perkins
Fellowship Bujiper, Methodist
Church, (5:30 p. m.
THI
Ami
K SDA Y,
I'ioan I.*-
NOVKMBKR
ton, h p. m
Too Late To Classily
'II' i gt 'iPMKNT SP' CI A LS
■i el :I ii-ed l or d . >
to $K,r.0, A eery with mower
an I oil ei ei|!'ipment, $•!.' .
Far ma • I regular, as is, .* 12f .
Also used harv« -toi • bailers,
ranks, and grain tlrillx.
TRAVIS COl N'lY KQI I I'M KN'I
COMPANY (Formerly Towery
Implement Co.) ,'il.'(2 ka First
Street, Austin, Texas. (JR-* 1! 27
85 1
Science Cont'
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forum! Il In lIn* voire of litis rornuiuiihv. liie Mali
ii<! the rial ion. Alio\e all — llie \merieaii neusiiiiper
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[XirvtiK of happiiM'NH. Willi a full measure of devo
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— Ihr natitm'n hclpx /.-eef* .(merien free — hy
i.-i vnina il infttrmnl!
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1959, newspaper, October 29, 1959; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237763/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.