Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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ON I PAy yOUR POL I TAX NOW/ LOST DfiU-JfiNUARy 31
The City of Bastrop signed an i
easement agreement for power
lines with the I^ower Colorado
River Authority for a 150-foot
strip of land at the regular coun-
cil meeting Monday night. The
strip runs through the old Fire-
men's Park (Fair Grounds) on
the lull adjoining the American
Mil.
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NUMBER 46
trop citizen# under
the Camp Swift water
in general use, is
U> a g<" i supply of
.ever there lias been
laint about rust and
In the water iveently.
tixi t,v . Aoti ' n««t i c«>nfusi'il
>rv Hi] the Biunral nail en t of the
itself The present diffi-
ifl oc> asioned by the dif
• brtw-en the old system
te new. TTie shallow-well la-
am aetir the (Yilorado Riv-
iS pUB]x I to a reservoir on
City business includes easement to
LCRA and plans for new fire station
tl nut of town where gravi-
utxin brought it in
and businesses of
fty
lUM Ot the gentle (k line in
rrain of the north fiectioiw
trap, tlx- water lu* *. in that
*ndl*ve for years had very
VI «s I reaur on o<va.s..ai insuf-
VWH. for the Use of ri x'dene*-s
t.vti> area
y at tlw*ve lii!--. installed i
the turn of the century,
in 1 si re in current u*e.
the reivnt change over to
Sa ft system, the city
ent< '"e m.ims at
«ih (ltd To ixmtrol the
aiy pr. -.sun- to the dimtri
Sysi- in prevail i rolief
wen installed at the time
char, •over t'nfortim te
f at tti- valve* failed to j* r
iy and the ivw w.iter
the old puk* at
W anr' ''oni the of po-
J ~ reeHait from the flow of the
[/{,«■ 00 < r TO years
"""* matum f those two
isun and opposite
to d.M'«d|-' evu
87C CM of rust mine;. k [*.
id wdiment in the oid Urn-*
29c1 ^ h ,v distn-swd the
a of i Wst r> f> n M-cent
39c
waU i from U • Camp
tystetn ui the new mauia is
The City is flushing tin
9£ tins T gularly and of < m - >
*>. cans- - a further k«>s>>n
MflllV"" ,i,nl rust nto n
at Wi' t i.ne 11->.s ■ • r
45c ty <!*)► ts the w at. r to ►
after .• few more flushings
39c t'T Sw.ft w' ,"'r has U I)
•d v' M-eheckrd Sam
qq ave t m nt • ,"i i: I
•xa* 1 V-jiarttnent of 1 f• ilth
ich Sample ha* twin appio
■ Ighty f V. per Cent of Texas
and eitiev an us n> water
tter than Iti.it tested from
Swift right now aitsirtlin.'
incilni «>i .Faek Giles-nbeek,
tion r,!mnittee mmnh> r
/jr. WW, theri e no iktiM that
ill • fftain mineral eontcnt
watet Not nearly so mmh
'Sentlv .ipjx ars the di.M-olo
_r I* cl .'fl> trom nist from
OOCM mains hut more than
■P hail had with Die shallow
lyatcri whieli simply i->aikl
jger pnnid sufficient wa
r pfOj' '*tisl ni^ils or for t
ncy iie.Mls
dU fn >;< several months to
(line if it will lie ncs'essary
35c filtration syntem for
amp Swift water
9' VRNT ro KPRAK
IHTOKK AI. H4M1KTY
9C riN« JANt'AIIY ^\
— Baatr >p County Histoncal
By will have their rejjulat
C ig cm Friday. January 2-t. at
n. at the Museum.
-n '••• Vest as<** iate profi ssoi
W^r Mat ', .x diversity of San
lo, will !*• the npeaker for
9c fterni «i His mihjcct will
to Ins recent U«nk "Wat
9c' rolk"
JFFl*' WILKIN youngi -1 son of Sit and Mrs R K Wilkin will
l-ive « wonderful tale for hss irramfc+.ildren aixnit Iht dnv he walk-
ed with the J*r< s 'knt of the United States
Jeff, with his motiwr and l nitln i Mark, was on Congress
Avenue on the Monday. IXxamitar 30 that Pit*'.dent Lyndon H.
JuhnM'iii t'iios. to stmii to a familiar barbers!<op in Auntm. Th
F*ri Sident |.-ave -j <-:. ! roiisaieiation u> llx' cti'.ldrcn dlong the
strix-' who Mi l' entiiralle<l by the chanei to shake a president's
luinri
Vouiu; Jeff. .1 first ::ra't< r was i-tpially enthralled by the no
Dradlinrs dr; w urar Tor l olli votrrs
ainl raiulidatrs lor t lrctions
k
..oc,
C
)9r,
)its wIki an1
ittcrw.'i folk are
int en filial
invited to
a* quests of Hie S<**iety.
ies of Mr Vest's l««ik may
irchaaed at the Bastrop Ad
31.
fiicorr rti iioi.n
lUC NAI.K HM'tltV ?M
CaUi >l le Clll-Millo irtiaiji will
r n tamale sale on Satiu-
January 1>< at 12 o'eka-k
at the Aseension Parisli
Taniales will be sold for
nts pel dir/en
rhe deadiim- nears for voters
to pay j«■ a • "i' .1 t! en f ee
exemptions As of this week, the
numtx r of poll taxes ssuifl by
Bastrop County tax assessor <xil
; Ua'tor Clyde Reynolds was l.'l.i,
for 19W voting In a year which
will see much politieul activity
thnaigh'Hit tl-,> nation
'Hv i • w<i' " '■>■ [>•; lax ikud
for votun: in the last presiilentiftl
eii t.<m y a- !'• ). in li. strop
Co nty for the Tail voting, there
w.-re :uol, for 1 "i:1 .14H. and for
:wu?
Other deodlims are nearing as
the 1' >l pilitieal | "l Ix >.' lis ti> l*nl
w ith i andldates for state district
and eotm !y offiei s gi ttinj: Ih'.r
Beef cattle
Short (iourse
lo hejrin Mondav
Bill Holt/apple will lie^m a beef
! eattle sla rt etiurae for adult far
mers on Monday evening, Jan
nary 20. at the Bastrop High
School vocational agriculture ImiiI
ding Mr llolt^apple is a l>eef
pnnluctioti specialist with the vo
catlonal agriculture di\ isioii of the
Texas Kducation agency and the
I H-pirtment of Animal Iluslsui
dry at Texas A&M University.
The course is being offered un-
der the a spices of the Vocational
Ag department of Bastrop High
ScIkhI and (ion Ion Rosankv, tea
cfier, acconling to IV J Dodnon
sii|m rintendent.
(Vi111« in n interested m attend
mi: tin sIhhI course should call
Mr Ue.> inky \n entry fee of
SL'.tXl will lx- chargtal for the se-
ries of four nieetinrs
r..irni m U fon the Fehniarx
final filing date.
Several |*.op;. ha\. already an-
nounced th.'ir intentions of seek
ri : d.st;, t and county |*>sts :uid
other nana s are ex(>'Cte<l to l>e
ad<leii s«*>n to tt>e growing list
"f candidates
S' far Iisiisl officiahy with cum
■ hainnan Alex Waugh arc
Charles Herring, incunilHiil state
seiiato- llili liistnel. Char lit
Jungmichel, i andidate for state
n pn•',e!>irtti\( 17th Uistrict Vi
las Heaiphill, nn umlsnt iximmis
sioner preciiK t i. R M Wiley ,
incumbent ix>mnus ioner. precinct
1, Allen .McMurrey, candidate for
counts attomcs
>1
BILL ilOl.r/.AIM'LK
IIAHTItOI' I WCI,I S I IUIK KV
KttV ONK TO I'.W Ills I'OIJ.
TAX.
ltl;V. TATl; lUISI'ITAI I/KI)
WITH III Alt I COMMTION
lll.e Rev. R S Tate, pastor of
First Mi Dualist Church in \uslin,
j siiffeml a heart attack Friday,
'January 3, and is presently re
! eu|a>rating in Seton Hos t il, Aus
j Hn.
BroHier Bob, as he is known to
Bastrop folks who grew to love
him when he was pastor here in
the 10 s, Is in Room 221
vt ty of fii.ditig the abovi picture of himself, close by the kindly
hand of the big man wto is the IVesident of the United States,
in s. \eral of the major newspapers of the area the next morning
Mrs U lkin appears to Hie left in the picture, and Mark just miss-
ed h< iv in tin camera's range.
Usually very quotable and highly articulate. Jeff was com-
pletely .vjjecchli -ss when he first s.i\\ the published plmtogra]>h.
Liter he was h« mi to say. as he telephoned his huc'dies the
hi: rnwv tiiat he wils glad lus Mom and Mark ;ot to stx- the
President too!"
liastrop County
teachers gather
to hear I looser
A II Dtatser. representative of
the Texas Stat' I'ea.'hers Assix'ia-
tion, addn ssed '.i«i sin inbers of
the Bist -op C, -unty T< i hers ,V-
si* tat on at their dinner meeting
Monday n .; t. January 1.1. at
Griffith s Rt staurant
M 1 hi'>' : a ;:iaduate of th
Plamv lew ..-liool system. Isolds an
A A de :■ '-e. B S <?• ;ree from
Was land Coliegi ai 1 i M Kd.de
gree from Texas Tech. He holds
a professional teaclu r's certifi
! cate and aiinunistralor s certifi-
• •at. Before ji>in ng the TSTA
staff he served ten years as
class room h acher elementary
pi tieipal and ,i nun high pnnci
pal in the Plainvicw Public
Schools.
His subjiv! fm the Bastrop
>:roup was "TcaehtM Ethics."
He named as obstacle to profes
■■'iiial reci<i;tution lack of prido.
no staiuiards for professional
j iiieinhcrship. failure to interpn't
t' acl.ei education pixipi-rly , insiif
fieient funds t.. carry on an ad
j vanciHl pro.'i am of edu<-ati n. and
emergency teachllli. permits
Mr Ikxisi r said Hint the 'INTA
must strivi for ethical ways to
screen pros|M ctive teachers, to
improv, pre|Kiration to pi !ect
compet' nt teachers, t > eliminate
the incomp'tcni. to provide for
more favorable vvoikmg condi
lions and higher salaries, to a
chieve greater public undersiand
i ing and sii| |**rt md to attain
more au'l.onty for the profession
in handling its own affairs
"What you act h live, ,e. a
t' aehiv," saul Mr lk*>scr, " ,s
not as liable to be nnsiuiderstiwal
as what you say
Presidinc over the business
meeting was Kdvvard Brandt,
principle of the Ivlr. n elementary
s hool, who is president of the
Bar Imp County readier. Asno
eialion
IKXJSER
Reoogni tig their responsibility
as citizens of each comm nity a
motion w is made and carried
that each member would pay his
j> >11 tax
SCHOOL t KNKI S Ntm IN
I'KOtiKKHN IMI'OKTANT Tl)
KVFItl KASTItOI* I'AKKNT
The Ni liool censiLs now m pix
gress is of (viramount importiince
to the Bastrop schools. The state
|H f pupil appmpnations are has
<<d directly on the fig-.:res report-
ed in the annual school census
Mis Lincoln !•'arris, census ta
kef requests that parents with
school age children who have not
l een contacted by her by Jan
nary IS please contact her so
that those children may l>e pnn
perly entered in the sel**>l ceil
slls.
I Mill's U M'IIKON Tl) RK
lll l l) Tl KSDAV, 4AN1 AUY 21
Phe I'ui sdaoy l.ulies l.itiK'heon
will he held at Griffith's Res
taur mt on January .'1 with Mrs
Harris Koch and Mrs It \V Live
less is I lost esses Reservation
may l made by calling cithei
I. 'stess -mil all ti'v. rv.at ons must
l>e in by Sunday e\ciung Jan
vary 1'.
Hxsritor BVCKK.H I'lMiK KV
KitV ONK TO PAY IIW
TAX.
Rains may bring
bumper year to
Bastrop County
After suffering one of the short-
est rainfall years in history , the
general economic outlook for Bas-
trop County in 11H>I relies fairly
heavily on the hope of Spring
rains.
Manager of the ASC office,
Kleber Trigg Jr., noted that since
Bastrop is primarily a livestock-
raising county, the agricultural
outlook is not too bright.
"We have been approved for
use of drought emergency grain
since November. 1963, and have
hiuxliul 1009 sales of grain total-
ing sLx million pounds. Livestock
men are feeding heavily to pre-
vent selling of basic herds," said
Mr. Trigg.
"The agricultural outlook for
1%1 depends entirely on the rain-
fall we get this spring." says Co-
unty Agent Ed Migura. "1963
produced over 1.000.000 pounds of
pecans in Bastrop County and
we had a good watermelon year,
too. While cattle prices dropped
l>ecause of drought conditions, the
prices seem fairly stable. With
good Spring rains, this may be
an even better year.''
Charlie Eskew, president of
Bastrop's Citizens State Bank,
feels that, although dry weather is
hampering the county at the pre-
sent time, people in the county
are learning to save and prepare
for the dry cycles.
"The general outlook is excel-
lent. " said Mr. Eskew. "This
may be one of our best years."
"Business is good and should
remain so with the steady influx |
of new people to our cities with
the LCRA construction of the
Sun Gideon Steam Plant ami Like
Bastrop,'' said the executive vice
president of the First National
Bank G. B. Mack.
"Ho sing is ix-ing built in Bas-
trop at an unprecedented rate.
We don't expect a boom, but we
do expivt a continuous growth
for a bigger and better Bastrop "
Legion Center. Tommy Stokes
of Austin represented the LCRA
at the meeting.
Also of interest was the intro-
duction of plans for the remodel-
ing of the building at the corner
of Chestnut and Water Streets in-
to a fire station. The building,
which has lieen occupied by the
C & F Auto Auto Service, was
purchased by the City several
months ago. The plans were ap-
proved by the council and as soon
as blueprints ami specifications
are completed, they will be let
out for bids.
Sims Chevrolet's bid on a new
pick-up truck for the City Utili-
ties Department, with an edge
of approximately $6.00 under the
J. V. Ash Motor Company, was
accepted by the council.
Mayor Will Rogers presided ov-
ed over the routine business ses-
sion which was attended by Coun-
eilmen Homer Wessels, Dan
Lloyd. Lincoln Farris, N. R. Simp-
son and Jack Griesenbeck, and
Allen McMurrey. Mrs. Ann Pat-
ton, Mrs, Addie Mae Sanders,
Quinton Allen and H. H. Litton.
C. H. Evans dies
ai home near
here Jan. 10
Charles 11. Evans, 63, lifelong
Bastrop County n^sident, died Fri-
day, January 10, at his home near
Bastrop.
Survivors include his widow, a
son, Charles H. Evans Jr., of
Aqua Dulce; sister, Mrs. Esther
G corgi of Houston; brother,
George Evans of Houston; and
two grandsons.
Funeral services w ere held Sun-
day at l p m. at Miller Funeral
Home in Elgin, with Rev. Ross
Meredith officiating. The Gamble
Masonic Lodge of Bastrop conduc-
ted graveside services at the El-
gin Cemetery.
PVT. GltOllMAN OOMPLKTKS
AKMY KAIMO ( Ol'ltSE
Fort Gordon, Ga. — Pvt. James
E. Grohman, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Grohman, Red Rock,
completed a 15-week radio tele-
type operation course under the
Reserve Forces Act program in
mid December at the Army South-
eastern Signal School, Fort Ga.
Grohman was trained to use
radio transmitters and receivers
and teletyjie equipment using
both voice and Morse code.
The 18-year old soldier Is a 1963
graduate of Bastrop High School,
Iwfl
Steam Plant
Pi •ogress
Notes
nv jkanne wilkin's
Roy Dooley, Zachry Company's
man on the spot at the steam
plant site, looks too much the i-
deal concept of a rugged construc-
tion man to lx> real. He looks as
though he were cast in the part
by an astute director ;uid care-
fully dressed and made up for the
role
"Square jawed and broad-shoul-
dered, Dooley stood like the trunk
of an oak surveying the rowdy
crew . " you know the bit
from a thousand movies and IV
shows.
The whole scene out there just
a half mile off Highway 21 seems
unreal in the biting clarity of our
Texas January siui. Picasso him-
self could splash no brighter ixv door types on their home grounds
Dark-haired, dark-eyed Jerry
Farley looked up from her Iwok-
keeping chores in the neat, por-
table office buildings set up on
site by Zachry Company for their
own use just long enough to check
the heart stopping progress of
two men clinging to the great hook
on the end of a 100-foot cable lift-
ing them to their wee platforms
in the sky.
Manuel Lizano said, "It's okey
—they don't fall."
(Xer on the other side of the
steam plant are the U'RA of-
fices where Wilhorn Howrey
works amid a welter of technical
data and greets a visitor with the
courtesy typical of all these out
lots than those brilliant orange
girders etching a cubist pattern
of light and shadow against the
cloudless sky
The sleel shafts reach up five
stones high now and cover a
;round area of 10-1 by 32 feet in
t complicated maze of concrete.
| black steel rods, orange and red
; beams, yellow giants of rnachin
cry and the sun sparkltnl silver
! hard hats of the steel workers
clambering sure footedly way up
high.
Bob Kuehler staiwK tall in his en
ginecr's Units by the inevitable
draftsman's desk with its blue-
prints and its tall stool
Affable Ernest Jones, seated at
his desk in the inner office with
the beautiful architect's projec
tion of the completed Sim Gid«"on
Steam Plant and Like Hastrop
framed on the wall, says, "There
vou are Wait 'til 1 get mv hat
And wait until you see the pie
hi nr. in the Advertiser next week
of what Mr Jones sliowed us'
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1964, newspaper, January 16, 1964; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237983/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.