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HASTIM)!' (TEXAS' ADVERTISER. MARCH 21. 1971
NUMBER :t
Musings
By J. Troy Hickman
DEFINITIONS OF RELIGION
When thinking of things like
religion, 1 like to use defini-
tions. To me a definition is not
like an old fashioned corset to
rigidly confine a topic, but is
more like a springboard from
which one can jump into a
subject.
I have recently heard three
helpful definitions of religion.
The first is that "Religion is
what one does with the trail
scendent part of life." It is
obvious nearly every day that
some things belong to the
natural order and others belong
to the beyond. We have a
measure of control in the
natural things, but all we can do
about the beyond is try to take
a helpful attitude toward it.
Magic formulas, super
stitions, occultism and astrol-
ogy seem to some to be
constructive ways to relate to
the beyond. Help is where you
find it, but I prefer to depend
upon one of the proven faith
systems by which so many have
lived so well for so long. There
is a temptation sometimes to
try to ignore the beyond and
thereby make it go away; but
for me it always asserts itself
sooner or later, presses in upon
me and forces me to take some
posture toward it or come to
some terms with it.
The reason I like to think of
religion as the thing one does
with the transcendent is that it
leaves so much elbow room to
recognize the endless forms
which the religious enterprise
has taken and still takes.
A second good definition of
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The Negro
Candidate For
Trustee
The Negro citizens are very
interested in the selected can
didate in the race for a place on
the Trustee Board of the
Bastrop Independent School
District for the ensuing year.
His qualifications are compar-
able with the other candidates
and those who are now serving;
however, above all, our request
for your support does not
impinge on strategy to im
petuous cliques; but from a
straight forward look at what is
needed. We don't live in
America by using the color line
as a bias hatred for one another
if we are loyal Americans and
believe in the constitutional
rights that belong to every
citizen. We don't feel like one
black face would spoil the good
a school board that is integrat
ed will be able to magistrate in
the future.
When we think about the
world conditions that have been
moving toward an unknown
peak, and frustrations are
disturbing all peoples of the
world, we need to lake an
inventory beginning with our
selves and see if we have done
our job. What the American
people need is to unite them
selves with a type of unity and
see that a man is weighed for
his values and not his identity.
To make one happy, we must
share or give him some of the
things he continues to ask for,
because the oversights become
imperturbable and obvious, it
will only bring a recurrence
year after year. "A constant
drop will make a hole in the
rock."
There arc three groups of
races who support the Bastrop
Independent School District;
without these we would not
have the kind of physical plants
and other conveniences that are
nccessary. When it comes to
who sits at the table to help
represent us in the decisions,
we need an equal representa-
tion of the ethnic groups who
pay the bills. We take pride in
speaking out for Rev. F. V.
Ferguson, because we are
throwing some of the respon
sibility in the Negro people's
laps for negligence in staying at
home and not using your power
in the ballot.
(The above political adver
tising was paid for by T. C.
Franklin to the Bastrop Adver
tiser.)
FFA LIVESTOCK SHOW
1974
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GRAND CHAMPION STEEILof the FFA Livestock Show,
with Barbara Rathmannal the halter, was purchased by the
Texas Rendering Company for a record $ 1.54 per pound,
totaling $1258.56. Pictured left to right are Hubert
Linenberger, FFA Sweetheart Monica Goortz, L. J,
Linenberger and Miss Rathmann. The 814 pound steer was a
Simmenlal Cross bred by Charles Kulin.
Announces For
Re-election As
Alderman
Announcing my candidacy
for City Council, I again pledge
to work in City Hall to improve
our community and to repre-
sent all the citizens of Bastrop.
My ears will always be open for
your counsel on city needs.
Bastrop stands on the
threshold of its greatest growt h
and prosperity. Millions of
dollars of land have sold within
a ten mile radius of Bastrop
within the past year. People
from all over the State of Texas
are buying our land because of
its high fertility and scenic
beauty. It has enormous poten-
tial for appreciation primarily
for use in the building of homes.
As our city grows and
prospers, there will be many
business problems. We must
move, face and solve together
these many new business prob-
lems that are now arising and
will arise in the future. The
Bastrop budget is increasing in
size each year. It is a major
responsibility. We must elect
people with knowledge of busi
iness and its responsibilities.
More than a decade ago, I
opened up my agency in
downtown Bastrop. It now
consists of Fire and Casualty
Insurance, Real Estate and
Austin Savings and Loan. By
working together with the
Bastrop people, my husiness
has prospered and grown.
It is my greatest wish that
the City of Bastrop's business
will be managed successfully.
At the City election on April 6
you will be asked to vote on
whether or not the City should
establish the position of City
Manager. The present City
Council voted unanimously to
place the proposition on the
ballot because of a rather
general consensus among the
members that the directions of
municipal affairs required a
full-time professional manager.
With a City Manager respon-
sible to the City Council, the
daily affairs of the City can be
more efficiently managed and
the time of the City Council
members can be directed
toward planning for the growth
of Bastrop. As I would like to
assist in helping to successfully
direct the future growth of
Bastrop business, I would ap-
preciate your vote and support
on April 6.
I urge everybody to vote.
You should exercise your right
as a free American citizen to
vote as you choose.
Billy Maynard
(The above political an
nouncement was paid for by
Billy Maynard to the Bastrop
Advertiser.)
Coal Probe Starts
In Bastrop County
Drilling for samples of lignite
thai could provide Central
Texas with an abundant energy
supply for decades began Mon
day morning on the rugged
Camp Swift property near
Bastrop.
Drillers from Stapp Hamilton
and Associates of Austin began
taking core samples of lignite
on the Texas National Guard
owned property to determine if
the mineral is in large enough
supply to be used for general
ing electricity.
If so, and if its sulphur
content does not make it
unuseable, the lignite could lie
used to fire the generators in
Mrs. Wilkins
To Head CF
Campaign .
Mrs. Jeanne Wilkins has
been named Coordinator of the
Bastrop Area Cystic Fibrosis
Spring Special Events Cam-
paign to fight children's lung
diseases, according to Mrs.
Jack H. Grizzard, President of
the Lone Star Chapter, Nation
al Cystic Fibrosis Research
Foundation.
Mrs. Wilkins will lead local
volunteers in raising funds
through a Spring Special Event
to support research and care
programs for children affected
by lung damaging diseases like
Cystic Fibrosis, severe asthma,
chronic bronchitis, bronchiec
tasis, and a condition called
"childhood emphysema".
Cystic Fibrosis, an incurable
genetic disease, is inherited
when both parents carry the
recessive gene for C/F. It is
believed that one in twenty
persons or 10 million Ameri
cans may carry the C/F gene,
usually without knowing. Cur
rent research funded by the
National Cystic Fibrosis Re
search Foundation is seeking a
practical test to identify these
carriers.
Because of improved therapy
and constant research, many
C/F patients are living beyond
infancy to their teens and into
young adulthood. That same
kind of therapy is relieving and
often curing children suffering
from the other respiratory
afflictions whose symptoms re
semble those of C/F.
According to Mrs. Wilkins,
"Most people don't realize that
there are six million children, in
the U. S.. affected by pul
monary illness. For some of
these children, breathing is not
the natural function we, who
are lucky, lake for granted."
the joint electric power plant ti
be built by the City of Austin
and the Lower Colorado River
Authority later in this decade.
Austin voters approved ex
penditure of $236.6 million in
bond funds for the plant in a
bond election last November.
Geologists have estimated
there could be as much as 400
million tons of lignite under
neath the soil of Bastrop
County. Austin and the LCRA
want to know exactly how
much is there and if what is
there can be used in the power
plant.
LCRA mechanical engineer
Larry Siler said Monday the
drillers will sink about 40 holes
on the Camp Swift property
over the next three months.
Samples obtained from the
drilling will be sent to the
Commercial Testing Engineer
ing Company laboratories in
Denver for analysis.
Siler said the entire project
of drilling and analysis should
take about six months to
complete.
Monday morning, U.S. Rep.
Jake Pickle who secured U. S.
Department of Defense per
mission for the drilling on the
military reservation - and a
delegation of reporters visited
the first drilling site. By 11:30
a.m. drillers had gone down 140
feet without finding any lignite
and Bechtol fuel specialist
Frank Marcon said they would
go down about 300 feet before
stopping.
Pickle said he is excited
about the possibility of using
Bastrop County lignite to gen
erate electricity, since its loca-
tion near the plant site would
make it more economical than
Wyoming coal. He said the
lignite could provide Central
Texas with an economics*!,
plentiful supply of energy for
several decades.
Educational Fund
Established For
Migura Children
In memory of Edward
Migura, the First National
Bank of Bastrop has started an
Educational Fund for the four
children. This fund will be kepi
in saving until the children are,
of college age.
Anyone who wishes to con
tribute to the Edward Migura
Educational Fund may do so by
mailing their contribution to
"The Edward Migura Educa
tional Fund" in care of the First
National Bank .it Bastrop or to
Mrs. Efl'ie Sharp. County
Agent's Office, Box 650, Has
trop. Texas 78602.
Adult Boy Scout
Leaders To Meet
Scoutmasters and other adult
leaders in the Lost Pines
District of the Capitol Area
Council of the Boy Scouts of
America will meet on Monday
evening, at 7:30 p.m., at the
Lost Pines Scout Camp. Ken
Luce, district scout executive,
will be in charge of this training
and planning meeting.
Record prices were paid by
buyers in both steer and
barrow classes Saturday at the
Sixteenth Annual FFA Live
stock Show and Sale held on
Sims Chevrolet New Car Lot.
according to Gordon Kosanky.
FFA Advisor.
The Grand Champion Steer
shown by Barbara Rathmann,
weighing 814, brought $1.54
per pound, totaling $1253.56,
and was purchased by the
Texas Rendering Company.
The steer was a Simmenlal
Cross and was bred by Charles
Kuhn of Bastrop.
The Grand Champion Bar
row, shown by David Smith,
weighed 221 pounds and
brought $3.11 per pound, total
ing $687.31, and was purchased
by Bastrop Builders Mart,
Incorporated. The barrow was
a Duroc bred by L. Jennings.
The average total steer price
was $1.07 per pound, totaling
$895.75 per steer and the
average barrow price was $1.62
per pound, totaling $340.11 per
barrow, both new records for
the Bastrop FFA Show.
The Grand Champion Bull
was also shown by Barbara
4 II CLllB TO HAVE
HAKE SALE SATURDAY
The Bastrop 4 II Club will
sponsor a bake sale Saturday,
March 23, at 0:00 a.m. in front
of Long's grocery store. All
proceeds will go to the Ed
Migura College Fund. Con
tributions will be accepted.
"Bake And Take"
Days Scheduled
For March 21-22
Mrs. Clara Curtis, County
Extension Agent, announced
March 21st and 22nd as Bake
and Take Days sponsored by
the Texas Wheat Producers
Board and the Texas Agricul
tural Extension Service.
This is a unique way of
sharing your love and concern
for others by "Baking" your
favorite recipe and "Taking" it
to some shut in.
The personal satisfaction to
you for the expression of
thought fulness you show to
others will far outweigh the
joys created in the hearts of the
recipient.
Let's observe Bake and Take
Days in Bastrop County this
year.
Rathmann. a Simmenlal bred
by Dr. Able (D.V M.) of San
M.t'cos
The Grand Champion Heifer
was shown by Dominic Muehr,
a Hereford bred by Malev
Ranch.
Showmanship trophies were
donated by the Austin Savings
and Loan Association and were
won by the following FFA
.nbers Steer Division, Kev
in Hilbig; Bull Division, Bar
bara Rathmann; Heifer
Division, Jim Kuhn; Barrow
Division. David Smith.
Mrs. (i. B. Mack and Mr
Cecil Long donated trophies to
exhibitors of all the (irand
Champions.
The Clipson Ranch donated a
trophy to the exhibitor of the
Top Gaining Steer which was
won by Leslie liilhig with her
Charolais Cross steer from the
Douglas Bauman Ranch. The
steer weighed 890 and had an
average gain of 2.97 pounds pet-
day.
The Reserve Chanifiion Steer
was shown by Cheryl Goert/.,
and was purchased by the
Swiftex Furniture Company for
$1.27 per pound, totaling
$1084.58. The steer was
Simmenlal Cross bred by Mel
Iter Ranch and weighed 854.
The Reserve Champion Bar
row was shown by Ronald
Goerlz. The Chester X Duroc
bred by Mclvin Vader and
weighing 208, was purchase*
by the Ncwby Funeral Honn
for 02 per pound, totaling
$420 16.
I'he Reserve Champion Bill
was show n h\ Vincent Goert/.,;
Charolais bred In Watli
Wallace.
The Reserve Champiot
Heifer was shown by Gary
Smith li is a Limousin bred by
Clipson Ranch.
Other steer plaeings and
buyers were as follows:
Michael Goert/.'s third place
steer weighed 907 and w.is
purchased by the Citizens Stale
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TO HOLD ItAKE
SALE SATURDAY
The members of American
Legion Auxiliary will hold a
bake sale in front of Long's
Supermarket on Saturday,
March 30, al 10:00 a.m. 3 2
| Absentee
I Voting
Persons planning to be :|:
out of town or otherwise ;j;
unable to vote in the >j
April 6 elections may cast
absentee ballots at lias |l|
trop City Hall and Super |;|
intendentsoffice, Bastrop :|:
High School. |||
The absentee voting |:|
period continues through
April 2. Voting is avail li-
able from 8 a.m.
weekdays.
!> p.m.
County Historical
Society To Meet
The Bastrop County His
torical Society will hold its
regular meeting at the Museum
hereon Friday, March 22, at
3:00 p.m.
Mrs. W. II Bobbins will
present I he program on Alum
Creek.
Hostesses for the occasion
are Mrs. W. T. Gunn, Mrs. E. O.
Sharp, Mrs. Ernest McDuff and
Mrs. W. R. Gore.
District One Act
Play Contest Here
March 28
The District 23 A A one act
play contest will be held in I he
Bastrop High School Audito
riuin, March 28. Plays will
begin al 4:30 p.m.
In order of appearance, com
pel ing will li«' Bast rop, Elgin,
Caldwell, West lake, anil Round
Rock.
Admission is 75 cents for
students and $1.01) for adults.
No one will he admitted while a
play is in progress.
Mrs. Perkins
Dies Wednesday
Mrs. M. M. (Clara) Perkins
passed away Wednesday after
noon, March 13. al Kctama
Manoi Nursing Home following
an extended illness.
Funeral services were held at
10 o'clock Friday morning al
the Ncwby Funeral Chapel
with Rev. Ben Welch and Rev.
.). Troy Hick ilia n of final ing.
Burial was in Fairview Cem
etery.
A rrore extended obituary
will be used next week.
12,000 Pounds
Just Outside
Pot Located
Of Bastrop
Bastrop unexpectedly broke
into national headlines on
Wednesday of last week when a
wrecked and abandoned trailer
truck was found about two
miles north of town, loaded
with an estimated 12,000
pounds of marijuana, possibly
I he largest seizure of "grass"
ever made in Texas, and
reportedly valued at more than
a million dollars.
The accident was thought to
have occurred early Wednes
day morning, when the tractor
trailer ran off a small bridge-
over a culvert where the driver
appeared to be turning off the
main road. The suspected mar
ijuana was discovered when
DPS patrolmen were called to
investigate t he accident. Un
able to locate the driver, the
patrolmen became concerned
over the condition of the
trailer's contents which, accord
ing to the bill of lading, was a
load of cabbages and pine-
apples. When the DPS officers
and Bastrop County Sheriffs
Department deputies attempt
ed to save the refrigerated
cargo, I hey discovered the huge
load behind some 40 cases of
pineapples stacked near the
trailer door.
The suspected marijuana re
portedly had been cut into
small bricks, placed in plastic
bags and packed into large
burlap sacks, each weighing
85 100 pounds. It was later
removed to Austin by the
Department of Public Safety
for safe keeping.
Checking the possibility that
the driver may have been
attempting to turn off the
highway onto a newly cut
gravel road that led into Ihe
woods nearby, investigating
officers discovered that Ihe
gravel road formed a loop
in the woods. Alongside the
road they found a new metal
warehouse type building in
which they found a pair of
scales, an ax and a posthole
digger. Further around the
loop, ills'1 in the woods, I hey
found a camper unit of the type
carried on the back of a pickup
truck.
Mrs. Wilma Wiley, Bastrop
County Commissioner, said
Thursday thai the road had
been bulldozed out of the cedar
woods and graveled about
three or four weeks ago. She
noticed it. while making her
regular rounds ol the country
roads, and was a lit I le surprised
to see it, she saiii. She was not
overly suspicious, however, be
cause a lot of people are buying
lots in Bastrop County, hull
dozing roads into I hem, then
moving a trailer in for a
weekend home, she added.
Reportedly people in t he area
provided officers with inforrna
lion, and lease papers and bills
of lading found in Ihe truck
provided leads.
When the driver failed to
appear later on in the week, the
cabbages and pineapples wen-
given away.
While the DPS reportedly
said Monday that narcotics
agents are looking into some
pretty strong leads, I hey ex
peel no imminent arrests in the
case.
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OVER AN ESTIMATED ONE MILLION DOLLARS worth
of suspected marijuana was artfully concealed by a load of
cabbages and pineapples in the wrecked and abandoned
trailer truck on the old Elgin Road, two miles north of
Bastrop. Pictured at work on the scene are a fingerprint
man, a Narcotics agent, and two DPS officers,
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