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ANI> BASTROP COl'NTY NEWS
ESTABLISHED MARCH 1. IMS
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT BASTROP, TEXAS 79003
AMY S. STANDIFER. EDITOR
R E. STANDIFER and SON, PUBLISHERS
Entered as Second Clan Matter at the Post Office alt Bastrop, Tcxat,
Under Art of Marc h 3. 1879.
Guest
llitiii" The IIuml That Freds You
WASHINGTON — Despite the growing enrollment of welfare reci-
pients, it would Ijc hard to find anyone who Is grateful tn government
" been se of 11m bencficience.
' Discussing tins thesis in a recent address. Allan Shivers, chairman
. of the Board ol Directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, assert* that the irK re government does for pi-ople, the more
discontented they liecorrie.
His contention is tliat once the people's right to some new benefit
is estahlistHsi by law, they resent not getting mere because the poli-
ticians have promised more.
Also, when governrrtcnt deals with a problem it introduces an ele-
ment of compulsion Into people's lives, and they resent this too.
All this brings on a shirking of individual responsibility, which FTSI
Director J Edgar Hoover Ims described as a direct. major cause of
the breakdown of Jaw and order.
The same process of deterioration which causes people to avail
themselves of all the rights and benefits that the nation affords also
makes them reluctant to act positively against crime. People stand
idly by and watch ixtliremcn being assaulted. They fail to report
crimes. They refuse to testify. They avoid jury duty.
Mr. Shivers makes the point that when we are left free to make
our own decisions we set (air own goals, claim our own successes, and
Usually lutvc to blame ourselves for our failures.
That view smacks of some okhlme religion In our private enterprise
system. As Mr. Shivers says, it's time for some disengaging of gov-
ernment from the people's affairs, and requiring them to do more
for themselves.
—BUSINESS NEWS FEATURES
V. S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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Sanla Says - - -
"Give PANGBURNS for Christmas!"
The "sweetest" gift of all!
1. C. PRICE DRUG STORE
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NOTICE
A (told Rand Stamp representative will ho in Wessels' Pifcgly
VVinyly '>'i euch Wednesday and Friday through Christmas to
help you in ordering your premiums. She will answer all your
questions pertaining to the Gold Bond Stamps, and will also tell
you of the future of Gold Bond Stamps in Bastrop. Be sure
and come in with your questions! She will give $5.00 in Gold
Bond Stamps to each customer she helps.
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PIGGIY WIGGLY
BASTROP (TEXAS) AD\TRTTSTR. DPmffim 15. 1<«8
What You Can Do
About Defective
Merchandise
COLLEGE STATION -- Your late
model, but out-of-wai runty, washing
machine stops running Or your
high-priced and not-paid-for-yet ste- |
reo develops a high-pitclutl squeal.
What do ^..u <k) when you are sold
defective merchandise?
Don't assume the seller is out
to g>p you. advises Wanda Meyer,
Extension Itome management spe-
cialist. Most manufacturers will go ]
o..t of their way to make good on
merchandise that doe* not stand
up - even after the guarantee has 1
expired.
Learn how to register a rwnplaint
properly, and you'll get results.
The Texas A & M University
specialist suggests how:
1. Get a written awl dated gua-
rantee on everything you buy that
may develop trouble. File these
guarantees in a safe. Wit easily
accessible place.
2. Cheek tlx- product closely (hi-
ring the guarantee period. Re|>otl
in writing am trouble with it. no
matter how slight.
3. Allow only authorized service-
men to examine the defective ap-
pliance or equipment. The guaran-
tee can be voided if uitautltorized
repairmen tinker with the product.
4. If further trouble develops, ask
for an exchange of merchandise.
Don't ask for u refund at first Try
to exchange the item for a better
one.
f>. When returning merchandise,
be specific about its faults. If pos-
sihle, poin' out how and under what
circumstances it fulled
fi. Re fair. Don't try to get mo-
ney back on gtxxls that have been
missuscd.
7. If the dealer will not make
good, write a brief and courteous
letter to the manufacturer, with
I eopies of your letter to Consumer
i Union: Betty Kurness, Special As
; sistant to the President for Con
i sumer Affairs. The White House,
j Washington. I) C. 20f>80; Mr. Gale
i P. (iotsdiall, Consumer Liaison Of-
I ficer, Federal Trade Commission,
j Washington. D. C. : 580: and the
local or the nearest Better Business
Bureau.
Major companl(>s do not want liad
! publicity, Mrs. Meyer says. There
| is a growing national concern for
| the fair treatment of consumers
, and in recent years the courts haw
i Ix'gun to interpret, in customers'
; favor, the legal principle known as
I tlie manufacturer's implied war-
ranty.
An implied warranty is when the
merchandise can In- expected to
fulfill the |Mrticular function the
buyer has in mind tor it.
For example, if you tell a sales-
man that you want to buy a food |
freezer especially for storing meat
for long periods of lime, there is an j
implied warranty tliat the freezer
he sells you will do tliat specific
task property.
* WESSELS
'tis the season
to stuff stockings
SAop
PIGGLY WIGGLY
hOUM
2 oz. 59c
4 oz Sl.ll'l
< oz 81.7*)
Maxwell House
Coffee
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, December 1213-14
MRS. TI t'KKR'S
SHORTENING .1 lb. can : : <•
CRACKERS
LADY" ALICE
DETERGENT
16 oz. box
22 oz. : *)<•
OKI. MONTR — NO. :«>:! CAN — NEW
POTATOES 2 rans .{<)<
Blue Bell Supreme
Ice Cream
'/2 Gallon 79C
*T..INI PRICK OOl.U BOND STAMPS WITH EACH 'j GAI.I.ON
MEATS
RATH BLACK HAWK
It A CO N
RATII lil.lt k IIAWK
F R A IN Iv S 12 oz. 1.m
R \ I'll RI.ACK IIAW K — PI RK CORK
S A US ACE III. 45c
PARADE
PEACHES
2-1/2 can
2 for
Pound
STOKKI.Y'S CRKAM STY I T:
COHN (Ml)
DETERGENT
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flight training under the Veterans
Administration assistance program
if it is for the attainment of an j
approved vocational objective in •
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Uncle William
Blackeyed Peas
2 no. 300 cans 33*
Del Monte
Chunk or Crushed or Tid Bits
Pineapple
2 no. 211 cans 45 *
VEGETABLES
R A N A IN A S Ik I Or
| SPUDS 10 Ih. hiijo; ;V)r
I.ETTUCE 2 hrails 2«)c
FROZEN FOODS
Frosty Acres
Orange Juice
5 T°
6 oz. cans P
Frosty Acres
Green Peas
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69'
POUND
iO oz, pkgs.
Youngbloods
CHICKEN BACKS
Fresh
CHICKEN HENS
POUND - -
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I IMIT ONI: Willi V, (Ml I • I |{< ins
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stop shopping for holiday foods
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1968, newspaper, December 12, 1968; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth238182/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.