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BASTRCP (TEXAS) ADVERTISER. MAY 3, 1973
NUMBER 10
Musings Long's Ranged
To The Old
by J. Troy Hickman
PRESIDENTS CAN HAVE
THE STRANGEST FRIENDS
Presidents are often nice
fellows, but some of them do
seem to have the queerest
characters among their friends.
Harding's friends, you remem
ber, almost blasted his admin
istration. Even Ike had a friend
who brewed up an official
scandal over expensive gifts of
fur coats and freezers. The
strangest faces used to crop up
around the White House in the
Kennedy Administration; and
there was a young fellow
during the LBJ era who was
said to have worked his way up
from a Congressional p; •'e boy
to become a merchant of
special influence. There have
been others.
Now comes the Committee
For The Re election Of The
President, one of the fruits of
the Nixon term. Although
more is yet to come in The
Watergate Case, enough is
known already to suggest that
few of us would want any of
these people living next door,
unless we had good shades on
our bedroom windows. Most
recently, however, has come
the story of how these same
resourceful people rigged
several thousand fake replies
to distort the results of a
television poll testing public
response to the President's
decision to mine Haiphong
Harbor last year. It turned out
a "brilliant victory" for Mr.
Nixon.
I quote now from The
Washington Post: "James
Dooley, the former head of the
Nixon Committee, said that
committee workers were sent
*o buy about 1,000 newspapers
from which the ballots were
clipped and sent to the
television station taking the
poll. In addition, Dooley said,
2,000 postcards were filled out
and mailed in • all showing
total support for the President.
Work ground to a halt in the
press office, while each one
filled out 15 cards. Then people
worked for several days,
buying different kinds of
stamps and cards and getting
different handwriting to fake
the responses."
Committee spokesman
Shumway added, "When you
are involved in an election, you
do what you can. We assumed
that the other side would do it
also, and proceeded accord-
ingly." This inspiring descrip
tion of the political creed and
conscience of the group is
reassuring. The breadth and
profundity of the tactic is
awe-inspiring. The sense of fair
play and sportsmanship edify
us. It is all just beautiful -
beautiful in conception and
execution alike - and shores up
our flagging faith in our
political system and the
patriots who make it tick
Mr. Nixon, in whose behalf
these noble things are said to
have been done, sometimes
uses the word "honor" with
approval in his speeches. These
activities illumine what some
party stalwarts assume that he
means by "honor." The Water-
gate and Polling Fixing
episodes occured during the
campaign period leading to an
election where Candidate
Nixon was alleged by his
supporters to be far out in
front of his opponent. So far
ahead did Nixon feel himself to
be, in fact, that he kept an
ivory tower stance for himself,
even if it meant that several
Republican congressmen would
be defeated.
One wonders what would
have happened in the Com
mittee ranks had the election
issue been in doubt. The zeal
and heavy-handedness of the
plotters who bugged the
Democratic Headquarters and
rigged the outcome of the TV
poll, suggest a paranoia like
that of one who clubs a mouse
with a baseball bat, after the
mouse is dead.
Their rationale was as
shoddy as the act itself, in the
(see MUSINGS back page)
Dime Store
Cecil Long came to Bastrop
in July of 1935 with the Elkins
5 10-25c Stores. In later years,
he became the sole owner,
changing the store's name to
Long's 5-10-25c Store. After 38
years in the same location, he
has sold the store to David M.
Smith, who has changed the
name to The Old Dime Store.
Mr. Smith will continue to
operate it in the same manner
with the same help.
Mr. Smith and wife, Becky,
and children, Bruce, Genia and
Shane, have already establish-
ed themselves and become
endeared to the local citizenry.
Mr. Long asks the people of
Bastrop and the surrounding
communities to continue to give
Mr. Smith the same kind of
support and trade they have
given him through all these
years.
Cecil and Ida Lou wish to
Uke this opportunity to thank
all of the people of Bastrop.
"We feel that Bastrop has been
so good to us and our family.
The people have stood by
through health, sickness and
sorrow, and have been true
blue."
Ida Lou adds a recent thanks
to all of those who remembered
her with flowers, cards, calls,
and visits while she was ill.
They both say, "They just don't
make them as good as Bastrop
people. Again, many, many
thanks and we love all of you!"
To Speak At
B.A. Fire
Dep't Meeting
County Judge Jack Griesen-
beck will be the principal
speaker at the next regular
meeting of the Bluebonnet
Acres Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment, which will be held at 4:00
p.m., May 5. He will be
accompanied by the Commis-
sioner of Precinct 3, Mr.
Emmett Hendrix.
At the same time there will
be a meeting of the Womens
Auxiliary of the Fire Depart-
ment. All interested persons in
the area are invited to attend
these meetings, which will be
held at the home of the Fire
Chief, Leon Miller.
For further information, call
321 2639, 321 2925 or 321 5024.
YARD OF THE
MONTH TO THE
SAM LESTERS
The Lost Pines Garden Club
has awarded Yard of the Month
to Mr. and Mrs. Sam P. Lester,
908 Chestnut. Congratulations
to the Lesters for the beautiful
improvement on this piece of
property.
Chamber Banquet To
Be Held May Uth
Wins Award
At Law School
Congressman J. J. (Jake)
Pickle will be guest speaker at
the Annual Chamber of Com-
merce Banquet on Friday
evening, May 11, at the Bastrop
High School Cafetorium, at 7:30
p.m.
James B. Kershaw will serve
as master of ceremonies, and
County Judge Jack Griesen-
beck will introduce the speaker.
Chamber President Ray Long
will introduce the officers and
board of directors, incoming
and retiring. Door prizes will be
given away.
Tickets are on sale at $3.00
each, and the number is limited
to the seating capacity of the
cafetorium.
Since he first took office in a
special election in 1963, Con-
gressman Pickle has served on
the prestigious House Com
merce Committee. Known as a
thorough questioner and a man
who always does his homework,
Pickle's Committee work has
made him an expert in the
transportation field. He has left
his indelible mark on the
Airport and Airways Devel-
opment Act, the Railpax bill,
mass transit legislation, and
high speed ground transporta
tion research.
Pickle was the first major
voice to call for reform of
management and labor rela-
tions legislation to preserve
collective bargaining while put-
ting an end to massive
transportation tie-ups in this
country. Wtth hearings going
on that issue, he has now
spread his efforts to the
Transportation Development
Administration Act -- a bill of
his own conception to coordin-
ate all federal research and
planning in the transportation
field. The research currently is
fragmented in a least eight
different federal agencies. "In
the 1960s," Pickle says, "we
put a man on the moon. In the
1970's let's get a man across
town, home from work, in time
for supper."
Pickle also is urging legisla-
tion to create a Commission to
study the massive problem of
cargo theft, a problem afflicting
the entire transportation in-
dustry and costing the consum-
er millions of dollars each year
in higher prices and higher
insurance rates.
From his work on the
Commerce Committee, Con-
gressman Pickle is a recognized
expert as well on the Hill-Bur-
ton program and in the fields of
health manpower, drug abuse,
air pollution, and public health.
And last year he spearheaded a
two-hour special order in the
M ¥■ •
J. J. (Jake) PICKLE
House on rural electric cooper
atives that resulted in the first
increase in REA loan fund
authorizations in six years.
House Speaker Carl Albert
termed Pickle a man with the
quality of leadership of a Sam
Rayburn. No man in the
Congress is more available or
works harder. But in spite of
his legislative achievements,
Pickle considers himself a
"project" man first and is
known as an effective laborer
for the people back home. He
counts foremost among his
accomplishments the projects
like: Gary Job Corps Center in
San Marcos, authorization and
appropriation for the San
Gabriel Reservoirs in William-
son County and Palmetto Bend
Dam in Jackson County, the
Aqua Water Corporation which
serves serveral counties, and
the Urban Mass Transit Grant
for the City of Austin. Projects'
in his work bag include a
basin-wide water quality and
waste water management
study of the entire Colorado
River and a pollution clean-up
program for the Highland
Lakes in Central Texas.
Mr. Hood Dies
Unexpectedly
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at
the First Christian Church for
J. Lloyd Hood, who died
unexpectedly at his home here.
He was 81 years old.
Rev. Arthur Grimes and Rev.
J. W. Griffin officiated and
burial, with Masonic rites, was
in Fairview Cemetery.
Mr. Hood was a lifelong
resident of Bastrop and for
many years served as veterans
service officer for this area. He
was a member of the First
Christian Church.
Survivors include a sister,
Mrs. Frank W. Denison Sr., and
one nephew, Dr. Frank W.
Denison Jr. of Wadsworth, 111.
A more extended obituary
will appear next week.
WACO James T. Odiorne of
Cedar Creek was one of 35
Baylor University School of
Law students to receive awards
at a banquet Saturday, April 7,
that concluded the law school's
day-long observance of Law
Day USA.
Odiorne, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas K. Odiorne of
Route 1, Cedar Creek, received
the Order of Barristers Moot
Court Award. The award, given
by W. I. Lane and James W.
Lane of Fort Worth, is
presented each year to an
outstanding participant in moot
court who has been designated
by the faculty to membership in
the National Order of Barrist-
ers, a national honorary moot
court society.
Angus S. McSwain Jr., dean
of the law school, presented the
awards during the banquet that
was highlighted by a speech by
U.S. Atty. Gen. Richard G.
Kleindienst. The 1973 Baylor
Lawyer of the Year award also
was presented during the
ceremonies to Truman E.
Roberts of Hamilton, a Baylor
graduate and judge of the
Court of Criminal Appeals.
Odiorne received a bachelor
of business administration
degree from the University of
Texas at Austin before trans-
ferring to Baylor.
Ho is president of Baylor's
Harvey M. Richey Moot Court
Society at the Baptist univer
sity.
Observe Natl
Music Week
The Fiftieth Annual Obser-
vance of National Music Week
will be Sunday, May 6 through
Sunday, May 13. This is spon-
sored by the National Federa-
tion of Music Clubs, a non-profit
organization dedicated to the
advancement of music.
The Bastrop Harmony Club,
in observance of this occasion,
sponsored the presentation of
the Southwest Texas State
University Chorale and Med-
rigal Singers in cooperation
with the Bastrop High School
Choir on Tuesday, May 1.
AUXILIARY TO HAVE
MORNING COFFEE
The Bastrop Memorial Hos-
pital Auxiliary will have a
coffee at 10:00 a. m., Thursday,
May 10th at the home of Mrs.
R.W. Loveless, 1002 Button-
wood. All members, prospec-
tive members, and former
members are invited.
The Pearl Aluminum Can
Collection Center at 709 Chest
nut Street, Bastrop will be
in operation May 5th, according
to Robert E. Jenkins, who
heads the company's recycling
program in Bastrop.
Jenkins, owner of the local
Pearl Beer distributing com
pany, said the facility will be in
operation on Saturdays from
8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon.
"During these hours, we will
be purchasing recyclable alum
inum cans for 10 cents a
pound," Jenkins said. "That's
approximately '/i cent a can."
The Bastrop collection center
is one of a statewide network of
81 such installations being
established by Pearl Brewing
Company. Cans collected here
and throughout the state will
be shipped to the brewery in
San Antonio for processing and
recycling back into our
economy.
Jenkins said Pearl recently
Calvary Baptist
Church Hosts
Conference
T. Edward Mercer, chairman
of the Department of Sociology
at Mary Hardin Baylor College
in Belton, will be the guest
speaker for four services at the
Calvary Baptist Church, May
4th through the 6th. The
emphasis of this meeting will be
on Family Life. Services will be
Friday night and Saturday
night at 7:30 p.m. and the
regular services on Sunday,
10:45 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Mr. Mercer has chosen these
themes for his lectures: Friday
night, The Family and Change;
Saturday night, The Family
and Love; Sunday morning,
The Christian Family; Sunday
night, The Family and its
Problems.
The guest speaker is a
graduate of Round Rock High
School and did his graduate
work at the University of Texas
in Austin. He has been chairman
of the Department of Sociology
at Mary Hardin-Baylor for a
number of years. He is married
and the father of two fine
children.
Following the lecture by Mr.
Mercer each evening, a panel of
specialists will be prepared to
answer questions from the
audience. This panel will be
composed of Mr. Mercer, Dr. C.
G. Goddard, M.D., and Dr. Guy
Shuttlesworth from the Uni-
versity of Texas School of
Social Work.
The Calvary Baptist Church
believes in proclaiming the
whole gospel of Christ. This
includes services that may not
be evangelistic in nature, but
greatly needed to help the
individual in his personal living.
The public is cordially invited
to attend these four services.
Calvary Baptist Church is
meeting in the historic Chris-
tian Church facilities at 1104
Church Street in Bastrop.
Frank S. Mihura. city carrier for the Bastrop Post Office, receives special recognition and a check
for $50.00 at the Postal Week observance in the local Post Office Monday afternoon. Presenting the
check is Postmaster A. A. Sanders. Looking on are postal employees, left to right, Gene Schaefer,
clerk; Larry Fohn, clerk; Tommy Claiborne, city carrier, and Norman Crawford, assistant to the
postmaster.
Mr. Mihura's letter from Carl A. Hobbs. acting manager of the Austin Sectional Center, cited him
for outstanding performance, dedication to his job and loyalty to the Postal Service.
Piney Creek Philosopher Can't
Co Along With Idea of Curbing
Inflation By Increasing Taxes
Editor's note: The Piney
Creek Philosopher on his
Johnson grass farm on Piney
discusses economics this wrek,
more or less.
Dear editar:
Although I didn't have to
read it to find out, still
according to an article I read in
a newspaper last night inflation
is getting more serious all the
time, not only are prices going
up but the rate they're going up
is faster than it's been in two
decades.
Accordingly, the article said,
the chairman of the Council of
Economic Advisers said ec
onomists are considering a tax
increase as one way of cooling
off the current inflationary
boom. The argument is, if you
increase taxes, people will have
less money to spend on troods
and therefore prices naturally
have to come down or at least
slow down.
I don't think I understand
this. Isn't there some other
way? I mean, what's the
difference between spending
too much money for groceries
and spending too much for
taxes? This looks like a choice
between curbing inflation and
curbing me.
completed new facilities adja
cent to the brewery to handle
the recycling program. More
than $1 million has been
invested by the company in the
building of recycling facilities
and the total conversion of its
plants to the use of all-alum
inum cans.
"The recycling program will
provide local clubs and organ
izations with a unique way to
earn extra money for special
fund drives and charities."
Jenkins pointed out. "Or it will
provide people with a new way
to earn some extra pocket
money.
"All they have to do is save
the aluminum cans and bring
them to us."
Frrnk P. Horlock, chairman
of the board and chief executive
officer of Pearl Brewing Com
pany, ha* predicted that 50
million beverage cans will be
removed from the Texas solid
waste stream annually through
the recycling program.
"This means a lot to our
economy," Horlock said. "Being
able to reuse this aluminum will
save us all money.
"But it means even more to
the ecology of our slate. Fifty
million is a lot of beverage cans
that you won't be seeing strewn
along our highways and recrea
tional areas. No price tag can be
put on what this program will
mean to the beauty of Texas.
It's immeasurable." Horlock
said his projection of 50 million
cans is based on national
statistics. In 1972, more than
1.4 billion aluminum beverage
cans were redeemed for cash,
noted. Some $6.2 million was
paid to the public for redeemed
cans.
Museum Draws
Many Visitors
Out of state visitors at the
Bastrop County Museum dur
ing the months of February,
March and April, represented
Michigan, Florida, Massachu-
setts, Maryland, New Jersey,
North Dakota, Colorado, Min
nesota, Oklahoma, Utah, Cali-
fornia and Washington, and
Ontario, Canada and Silverdale.
Fleet, England.
In addition there were ap-
proximately 300 visitors from
numerous cities in Texas.
Cecil Long receives Honorary Chapter Farmer Award, presented
by Kenneth Goertz, at the annual FFA Parent-Son Banquet held
Friday night in the high school cafetorium.
Long Made Honorary
FFA Chapter Farmer
If something is going to take
all you make, I believe I'd just
as soon groceries got it as
taxes. I ain't all that mad at
inflation.
I've long contended that
economists are like weather
forecasters. They're a lot better
at telling you what happened
yesterday than what's going to
happen tomorrow.
Solving the high cost of living
by increasing the high cost of
taxes reminds me of the farmer
who was faced with a crop
failure and a note at >he bank
he wasn't going to be able to
pay. The final day he went into
the bank and by some tall
talking got the banker to renew
the note fcr another year.
"Well," he sighed with relief
as he came out. "I'm sure glad I
got that debt settled."
Yours faithfully,
J.A.
The Bastrop FFA Chapter
held its annual Parent-Son
Banquet April 27, in the high
school cafetorium, and made
Cecil Long, president of the
First National Bank, their
Honorary Chapter Farmer.
This is the highest honor given
to a non-member and is voted
upon by the membership of the
entire Chapter, and goes to the
person whe has helped the FFA
the most during the past year.
The program was opened
with the regular officers in
charge, and Charles Klaus,
Chapter secretary, gave the
invocation. After the dinner
was served, Bernard Probst,
vice president, introduced all
the parents and members.
Michael Hilbig, president, in-
troduced the special guests.
Cecil Long presented the
Long and Mack awards, which
went to the members exhibit-
ing the grand champions in the
15th Annual FFA Livestock
Show as follows: Michael
Goertz, steer class; Kevin
Hilbig, heifer class; Stephen
Beck, barrow class, and Jeffrey
Goertz, bull class.
Anton Goertz, member of the
local Soil Conservation District,
announced that his organization
was going to present each
member of the FFA Land
Judging Team, Vincent Goertz,
Michael Goertz, Dominic Muehr
and Kevin Hilbig. a plaque for
their fine showing in land
judging this past year.
N. R. Simpson presented the
annual Simpson Record Book
award which is a $10.00 check
to each FFA member with the
best record book in each class,
and went to the following: Ag I.
Ronnie Goertz; Ag II, Kevin
Hilbig. and Ag III, Karen
Hobbs.
Billy Maynard presented the
Austin Savings and Loan
awards which were showman-
ship in the following classes:
steer division, Barbara Rath-
man; heifer division, Kevin
Hilbig; bull division. Van Cook,
and barrow division, David
Smith.
Jim Clipson presented the
winner of the top gaining steer.
Kevin Hilbig, a trophy. The
steer had an average daily gain
of 3.39 pounds per day.
The FFA Chapter awards
were presented by Gordon
Rosanky, chapter advisor, and
went to the following: Star
Chapter Farmer award, Kevin
Hilbig; Star Greenhand award,
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Day Care Center
To Open Here
Betty's Day Care Center, for
children 0-10, will open May 21,
at 104 Hasler, one block off
Highway 71. Mrs. Betty Stech
is the owner and director, and
Pat Grube is assistant director.
The Center will feature indi-
vidual attention and planned
activities, including rest per-
iods, balanced meals, snacks
and a play ground. They will be
open from 6 a. m. till 6 p. m.
The public is cordially invited
to an Open House there on
Sunday, May 20, from 2 until 5
p. m.
Bastrop Young
Republicans Elect
Officerr
On April 18 at their monthly
meeting, the Bastrop Young
Republicans elected officers for
the coming year. The new slate
includes Jim DeBaun, presi-
dent; Veldon White, vice-presi-
dent; and Glynn Gunn. secre-
tary treasurer. The outgoing
officers are Eric Carrejo,
Donna Nichols, and Lori Lloyd
Chapin.
Following the election of
officers, arrangements were
made for the organisation's
fund raising project to help pay
for convention expenses. Also,
plans to attend the annual
Teenage Republican Workshop
to be held at Lake of the Pines
near Longview on June 14-16
were discussed.
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