Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [116], No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 1970 Page: 1 of 8
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AND BASTROP COUNTY NEWS
BASTROP (TEXAS) ADVERTISER, FEBRUARY 26 1970
NUMBER .C
BY THE EDITOR
New County Mental Health Clinic
To Fill Need In The Community
One of the most delightful people
il has ever been our privilege to
know was Gus Keil. Clus was al-
ready a Bastrop tradition when we
came here almost '10 years ago.
Everybody knew him and every-
body respected his "weather fore-
casts" and enjoyed his philoso-
phies about life in general.
We didn't see much of him then;
he was busy with his farming and
we were striving to get a "start"
in the newspaper field. But in later
years, after we moved the Adver-
tiser to its present location and | fcr
Gils and Mrs. Keil moved into their { arc
Members of the Bastrop County
Advisory Committee ol the new
Mental Health Outreach Clinic
heard a discussion of the back-
ground problems, the needs and
possibilities ol the program at a
meeting held in the County Com-
missioners' courtroom on Wednes-
day night of last week.
Dr Oscar Yero, director of the
Galveston Psychiatric Unit, Austin
State Hospital, pointed out that the
establishing of the Cilinc in Bas-
trop will provide a |K)int of con-
tact for individuals who have been
patients in the State Hospital, and
individuals in the county who
in need of help. He described
home just around the corner, he
became a familiar figure on Main
Street and a frequent visitor in
the Advertiser Office, lie enjoyed
spending a lew minutes visiting
and watching the presses run, and
he was always very welcome.
We have missed him very much
since he passed away last Decem-
ber 19, but we will always remem-
ber our association with affection
and pleasure.
Back in the early 1950's, Dave
Shanks of the Austin American-
Statesman, wrote a column he
called 'Reuben's Half Acre", and
on July 8, l!).'i2, lie wrote the fol-
lowing delightful column about
Gils:
"Kaiii? Ask Giin. Gustavc (Gus)
Keil lives in u house on top of
a hill overlooking a lot of the low-
lands between home and Bastrop,
and, of course, a farm which has
been tilled by a Keil for more
than 1(X) years. Before that, the
lloppo family owned this land.
"Keil is up in the years, nearly
70; but he's been something of
a legend in the Bastrop country
for a long, long time.
"For one thing, his father once
had a rather extensive vineyard,
and olrl r red Keil, when he lived,
kept a cellar f.ill of Texas wine.
He also produced his own tobacco.
"More important, though, in the
making of this legend is Gustav's
ivay with the weather.
" 'My wife laughs at me," ex-
plains Keil. 'and I may miss one
in three of my forecasts. But not
often.'
"From my own experience, I
have discovered that Gus' fore-
casts are longer-ranged than the
weather bureau's. And. unless I've
let friendship overpower judgment
(which frequently occurs), my
guess is that Gus is right about
as often as the bureaucrats.
" 'This dry weather,' further
qualifies Gustav, 'makes many of
the signs fail.'
"Gus is .1 believer in the signs
of the moon, lh- hunts these
changes in the skies between 12
noon and p. m. These signs indi-
cate whether the moisture (if any)
will fall lightly or in depth. Long-
range? ' I can't tell. But flay to
day, I can.'
"This technique is bolstered with
two others. Initli a secret to Gus,
because only an experienced weath-
er-watcher can use them.
"Gus was particularly proud of
his garden this year, and he says
the season was the best he can
remember, 'though cold weather
hindered and more moisture was
needed."
"Gus grows Ih'cIk, beans, pota-
toes — and a special crop kohl-
rabi. He also has sweet corn and
'real nice tomatoes.'
" This year,' continued Gus, 'I
I tad the earliest mess of okra that
1 can recall.'
"Farming? 'It's easier now than
in the old days,' says Keil. But not
from primary mechanization. final
owns no tractors, still has his mule.
" 'I'm not worried about re-
placements, because I don't mis-
treat my mules,' he answered.
"The season ? 'Well, I saw some-
thing hap|>en this yrir that I never
saw before. The post oaks came
out and the frost nipped 'em.'
"Well, n ay be sometime Gus will
consent to make this a weekly
forecast.
in detail the servici s thai will be
available through the Clinic and
the advantages il will offer to peo-
ple troubled with mental health
or retardation problems.
Bascom Hodges, regional coordi-
nator of the Texas Department of
Mental Health and Mental Retar-
dation, of Austin, also spoke on
plans for the future expansion of
the new Clinic to include other
surrounding counties. Bastrop's
proximity to Austin and the State
Hospital make it an ideal location
for a nucleus of the program.
Located in the rear of the court-
house annex which houses the ASC
offices, fronting on Walnut Street,
the offices have been completely
renovated with help front the high
school boys from the VICA classes.
The county will provide utilities
and telephone service, as well as
office space. Salaries for the staff
and physicians' fees will be paid
by thi' state.
Mrs. Leah Frieda was named
nurse in charge of the Clinic when
it opens in the next two or three
weeks, and: local physicians, Dr.
R. W, loveless, Dr. C. G. Goddard
and Dr. D. T. Casias, will provide
medical coverage one-half day each
week. Consultation and supervision
will Ik- provided by Dr. Yero.
The Advisory Committee is coni-
iwsed of tin1 county judge and three
representatives from each of the
three towns in the county, and in-
cludes Mrs. C. K. Mick, Gordon
Trousdale and Mrs. Max Jones ol
Smithvillc; Mrs. Ronnie Arbuckle,
Mrs. Richard Wort hey and the Rev.
Ray Head of Elgin; Homer Wes-
sels, Charles II Evans, Mrs. R. E.
Standifer and Judge Gricsenbcck
of Bastrop.
MENTAL II.I.NKHN CAN
UK SI CCESNITI.I.Y TICICATKI)
Mental illness or mental retarda-
tion affects one of every eight
Texans at some time in his life,
and directly or indirectly touches
virtually every family in the state.
The Texas Department of Mental
Health ami Mental Retardation is
successfully treating the mentally
ill and training the mentally handi-
capped to lead happier, more pro-
ductive lives. Mental disorders are
now recognized as illnesses which
respond rapidly to treatment.
When a person becomes so emo-
nobody
asked us,
but
Would you deliberately help to
form a wall to keep people front
aiding a neighbor in distress?
That is exactly what you are do- |
ing when you crowd your cars and |
yourselves in the immediate vicini-
ty of a fire that is destroying your
neighbor's home or business, so
that the fireman do not have work-
ing room to handle their equip-
ment to the Ih'si advantage when
time is so im|n rtant an element.
We would hate for a friend to
look at us and think "If il hadn't
been for YOU. the fire could have
been put out much faster and my
property loss would not liave been
so great!"
tionally disturbed that his personal,
family, social or vocational adjust-
ment is serio sly disrupted, he is
said to be mentally ill. Of course
every person suffers from oc-
casional emotional strain, hut most
disorders are minor and correct
themselves in time. When they |ht-
sist or become severe, professional
treatment is indicated Hospitaliza-
tion may or may not be necessary,
hut with professional care, virtual-
ly every form of mental illness can
now be effectively controlled.
Texas mental hospitals accept
more than 16,000 patients each year,
mphasizing the prompt and effec-
tive treatment to meet each indi-
vidual's needs Drug therapy, coun-
seling, social therapy, vocational
rehabilitation and other services
are used to return each patient
to his place in the home and corn-
i tnunity, and to make il possible for
him to go back to bis job, and to
resume a normal life.
Central Texans Honor Herring
With Appreciation Reception
Baud And Choir
To (iive Pops
Concert
The Bastrop Bear Baml and
Choir will be presented in a Pops
Concert Friday evening, March t>,
at 7::>0 in the new high school
auditorium, under the direction of
Jack Weidemann.
Also to tie presented will be the
newly organized stage band.
Further details will be used next
week.
Receives Army
Commendation
Medal In Vietnam
CU CHI, VIETNAM Feb. 11 —
Captain Frank E. Smith, son of
Mr. and Mrs. II. Smith of Bas-
trop, received ..ie Army Commen-
dation Medal during ceremonies
held recently near CU Chi, Viet-
nam.
Capl. Smith earned the award
for meritorious service as com-
manding officer of the 3di Bri-
gade's Headquarters Company. The
captain, who also holds the Bronze
Star Medal, the Purple Heart, and
the Air Medal, entered the Army
in April ISM, and was stationed
at the U. S. Army Center,
Worth, Texas, before arriving
seas last July.
The award was presented
uary 23.
TAX ( Ol.l.KI 'I Olis
WOKK VIETNAM
Giving a brief insight into |>art
of the work going on in Vietnam,
the following interview with Cap-
tain Smith was published recently
in the Tropic Lightning News,
Army publication;
CU CHI — Noltody likes a tax
collector but imagine the plight
| of the South Vietnamese peasant-
farmer who pays taxes twice over,
One payment of course goes to
the Republic of Vietnam — the
other to the shadowy Viet Cong
Infrastructure.
Being a VC lax collector can he
a very profitable occupation, ac-
cording to 3d Brigade acting S-.">
officer Captain Frank Smith of
Arlington, Tex. "The VC tax col-
lector gets a percentage of every-
thing he takes in. Since he sets
the tax rale too, the more he taxes,
the more he makes ''
The average peasant-farmer is
j liil for about .VXI piasters annually
I or its equivalent in rice, according
to Smith. This doesn't seem much
by American standards but when
one considers the average Victim-
in. <o farmer make* only about
10,000 piasters a year, it lakes on
more significance.
In return for the ta.x money, the
fanner receives absolutely nothing
— rn>t even a receipt. If his lax col-
lector is captured or leaves the
urea, he has no way of proving to
SK NATO It ( IIAIil.KS IIKKKIM.
AUSTIN, FEB. 2."> Large num-
bers ol Central Texas people will
be in Austin next Tuesday, March
to attend the gala Appreciation
Reception honoring Senator Chai
les Herring and Mrs Herring.
The dislrietwide event promises
to tie one of the biggest and must
distinguished such affairs the Capi-
tal Ctiy has seen, -qxinsors said.
Governor and Mrs Preston Smith
and many other notables will ,„iin
the Herrings in receiving their
friends andi constituents in the
Colonnade Room of the Commodore
Perry Hotel between a:30 and 7..'Ml
p. m,
The reception is sponsored by a
volunteer group headed by Dr
E. C. Baum, Robert Sliced and
Mrs. Roy Butler of Austin. They
point out that the accent is on in-
lorm;lit.v and a good time, with
music, refreshments and entertain
inent but no spoecliniaking. Sinn
Herring is in the middle of a four-
year term (reelected in IMXi, the
icccplion is not a campaign func-
tion.
' I ,veryl>od.\ knows Charles Her-
ring is a ( duated public official
doing a topflight job for his dis-
trict. Ih 's also one of the most
popular, with a host ol triends
In Central Texas. This is a real
good tune for all of us to get to
:vlhei and say tl.ank you l<> Cliai
It's and his wife Doris for all they
■ ire doing," Co-Chairman Sliced
declared.
Mis. bm Smith, Jr. in charge
ol decorations, said she and her
committee are coming up with a
uprise feature for the honor
guests as well as a very distinctive
theme all aroumli. "1 think the bul-
let tabic itself will be worth com-
ing to see," Mrs. Smith comment
ed. Decorations will follow the l/>ne
Slur of Texas theme, as will sou
venirs for the guests.
The reception is the lirsl such
affair to be given in Austin since
Herring became a Slate Senator in
l!iu6, and nis friends are going all
ul to nuke it outstanding, spon-
sors declared.
Tickets, at $10 each, are selling
briskly throughout the six county
Senatorial district.
Locally tickets may be obtained
through Cecil Ding, G. B. Mack,
Mrs. Margaret Pfeiffcr, James P.
Sharp, W. B. Townsend, and R. E.
Slandiler at the Bastrop Adver-
tiser oflice.
I
t -to '
■ ' rf;:
.STEVIC WKIIKH, president of the Bastrop Jay
Cccs. presents G I! Mack, right, president ol
the First National Bank, with a plaque express
ing appreciation for the lailhlul support and help
9
the Bank li.c given llieii organization. The
piesentatton wa- inadi al a meeting in the
Bank civic room the JayCcc'e regular meet-
ing place, on Mondav night, February Hi.
Dr. Gurwitz Files
For Re-election
To School Board
Dr. Neil R. Gurwilx wishes to
1 announce that he will lie a can
j didale for re election lo the Board
of Trustees ol the Bastrop Inde
pendent School District
lie has been a member of the
School Board since DocohiIkt,
l!Ki.">, serving as president during
the past year
ovci
■K: \l
\
IHg. ..
y:'p <
' EH
Captain Frank
has al
Smith
the new collector that tie
ready paid for the year.
And there is no special court
of appeals. Smith i oinis out that
for those who do refuse lo pay,
there are p blie denuniciationv
beatings and even muttfc'r — ex-
amples for others wIki might fol
low suit.
"Aboill !KI percent of the people
in Hail Ngia Province still pay
these taxfb — mostly out of lew,"
(jointed (Sit Smith "What wi re
trying lo do is get the people lo
point out the (istriel collectors
hist week the people lipp"*! us off
alsx.it a husband and wife tax leant
working Rung Dau village, Work-
ing w ib the •!, (av\ mini-eav and
the National Police, we caught the
wife with more than i.ODO piasters
in small bills tufted in a .sand
twig. It's a start and hopefully, a
breakthrough," ha concluded.
Il re elected, lie will colliilllle lo
strive for the liesl possible educa-
tional program for the students ol
the school district. He will apple
ciatc your Hipporl and vole al the
April lth election,
IIISTOi;It'll. SOU I I V TO
IIKAIt ,IIM COI.I.KY
Jim Collcy, minister of the Has
Irop Church ol Christ, will be pre
seuted on the program for the
February meeting ol tin lias.Irop
County Historical Society lo lie held
al the Museum Friday afternoon,
February 27.
Hostesses for the occasion are
Mrs. Clara Breeding, Mrs. John
Barton, Mrs B. A. Fl/.nci and
Mrs. I^iiils Wright.
26 Schools Will
Compete In Coll
Tournament Here
The twelfth annual High School
(ioll Tournament, now the I' ,1
Dodson Memorial Tournament, is
scheduled loi Saturday, February
l.'Xt11 al the l/ist Pines (loll Coiiim
This tournament i the first ol
the season ami is normally sched
uled the la I Saturday in February.
Teams will compete in Iwo divi-
sions for som< lo team and indh i
dual trophies
.Scheduled to cont|ielo in Division
which is foi team.'- in AAA and
AAAA, are AiVM Consolidated, Ala
mo Heights of Sail Antonio, S F
Austin ol Aie tin. I.amp.e .i Liber
ly, Rockdale Spring Wood ol
Spring Branch,, Victoria, Waco,
Navasola, Brazo; Wood and Kin,'
ol Corpus Chrisll.
To compete in Division II, which
is for teams in all olhci classifica
lions, are Brady Btuuci, Caldwell,
Collllllbtls Georgetown. 'iroeslieek,
Filling, Mart, Robinson, Smithvillc,
Weimar, Yoakum, and two learns
tii>m Basirop
Members of the Bastrop Golf
team are Jim Wilkins, I*Mg Wil-
kin , Lloyd Cooper. Jerry Nichols,
James Schuclkc, Van Nlmrlck Bill
Moore, William Brlnkineyer, Rob-
bie Turner, Keith Muring, David
Fousl, Mike French, John VtcMa
hot) and Willie l)e l,a Rosa
Team winnei for last year and
defending champion of Division I
is Alamo Heights of San Antonio
with a score of .111. Medalist win-
nei of Division I wie Ben Cren-
shaw of S. F. Austin of Austin with
a score of 7,'t,
Bastrop wiia the last year's win-
ner and defending champion of
division II Willi a score of XKI.
Medalist of Division If was Blair
ItiHiglas of Georgetown with a score
of 70.
C. II. Evans, superintendent of
schouls, will serve us director 'if
the tournament with the assistance
of Jack Garrett, manager of the
Lost Fines Golf Course.
Local Schools To
Observe Public
Schools Week
Texas Public School Week schc
duled tor Monday through Friday,
March 2 through <i. will be oh
served in the Bastrop Schools with
au open lio.ist invitation lo the pa-
rents and geneiul public lo visit
the school system, lo observe the
students al work and to meet and
visit Willi llieii teachers, according
to School Superintendent c II
Fvun ■
Highlight o| the week's obsei
vance will he a bund concert in |
the high school auditorium Frldu.v
night at 7:30, under the direction
of Jack Woidcmann. \n open house
Is planned in the CVAK U'oordin
ated Vocational Academic Educa-
j tioni Department Wednesday eve-
ning. March lib, from 0 to !l o'clock
wllli the public cordially invited
An open invitation to visit anytime
during the week is > xlended by all
See SCIIOOI.S buck page
IMS M l! IIKIIHil CI,I'll
TO Mill MARCH H
'IIn Couples Dinner Bridge ('lull
meets Tuesday evening, March .'I
al 7 o'clock at the Magic Mill
Reservations may be made by
calling 2'.'!i '.'i>:>!i.
OV.HTFK Hit VI \ I \\
I l(ll>,\V Ml.Ill
There will lie an Oysler Fry al
ihe VFW Hall Friday night Feb
i nary 7. beginning al H o'clock
The men arc cordially invited to
attend this slag afluir
Mother of Rev.
Hickman Dies In
Giddings Tuesday
Mrs Mur.v I. Hickman, mother
"I Hie Rev .1 iroy Hickman of
Bastrop, passed away Tuesday
morning, in a Giddings Nursing
Home following a lengthy Illness.
Funeral erviccs will l>c held
Thin -das morning al III o'clock
I mm Hie First United Methodist
i Church in I >el Rio, with the Doran
Funeral Home of Del Rio ill
charge
He v Hickman is pastor of the
First Culled Methodist Church of
Bastrop
Mollicrs V.;n ch Is
Thursday
The Mothers Mure It of Dimes
will be sponsored again Ibis year
by tin' members of the Bastrop
Chapter, Future llomcmakers of
America, who will canvass the town
Tuesday night, March beginning
al li;.10 o'clock
You are urged lo be ready for
tin girl.'. when they call, and to
contribute liberally to the March
ol Dime lo light birth defects.
Tin I'nsi National Bank will lie
open after 11 n drive for the girls
lo check in their money, after
which I hey will he served dlillk.4
. 11 li I doilllls.
NOTICE
I 'l< i i volunlei i' onii hours ut
tin l ull' II ' p11;11 Auxiliary Con-
t.ict VIi Winnie |larlseh at the
Fii si National Bank.
Pinev Creek Philosopher Pro\es
Wli\ liicensinj: IJcporlers Will
(inl Down On Crime And V iolence
I- dilor''. noli I'hi I 'me < i < i
I 'llllosoplii i on he John' Oil gra
farm on Piney 'fMliet up with an
tdeu which up lo now we h ido l
I I bought much about
] I le.o edilar:
I had planned to hot up oiy
! 11 a11<>i \ i sii'itlay morning in prcpa
I ration loi tin coming ol ' pruig
| lull caught myself |ii, I in linn
{ not going to catch me |io|luliug the
air urineei ssarily with a gasoline
engine, it's bad enough with p- ople
smoking elgarel les and eating
onions - mi Instead I eauii inside
the house and looked over a news
paper I'd been saving, : 11 hough
what I'm going to do with il when
I !'■ t through reading it I don't
know. You can't I turn it without
polluting I he ah oi throw It away
without littering the grounds, t In -
dei i land, I'm not suggesting that
publishing a newspa|s i is a prime
cans, of littering in llus country,
hut it you can't find something
wrong oboul whatever anybody is
doing these days, you're behind
I he littles
Anyway, in lite newspu|>er which
I don i know wltal to do with
when I'm through with, I ran
across an article by a psychiatrist
who is a member of the National
Commission on the Causes and
Prevention of Violence wls> says,
and I'm sure you and I may have
(rouble following him on this line
of thinking, thai one way lo cut
iiown on crime and violence is lo
license newspaper reporter und
writers.
Thai's right lie wants the gov-
ernment lo 11. ei: i you new-|«ipcr
people to a: III I tile public, lie
says, "Dial the practitioners of the:
ail are qualified practitioners."
As you know, psychiatrists are
licensed and Iherefon qualified,
which is the reason why In nearly
■ my murder trial the pioseeiilor
can laid a psychiatrist qualified to
say the murderer is sane and the
defense can find one qualified lo
say lie's Insane. In a real I,\ big
trial, you can gel Iwo or three or
even foili (Ml each Ide with ex-
actly tin opposite di-e,noses of the
same guy.
Where would psychiatry Is1 today
without license*? Wlterc would the
country be ' Probably fille<l with
crime and violence.
I'll tell you, if we want lo put
u stop lo crime and violence, we
ought to have every newspaper
and radio anil television reporter
in llus country |v-yclnsuiulyzed in
the morning.
But Ih1 sure lo see two, so the
verdict will be a toss-up.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
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