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Musings
Bv J. Trov Hickman r1 r /th. %T
By J. Troy Hickman
THE FORI)
ROCKEFELLER
CONCERTO
When national politics is the
subject, between the writing
and the reading of an item,
nearly anything may happen.
The resignation of Richard
Nixon and the succession of
Gerald Ford, followed closely
by the nomination of Nelson
Rockefeller for Vice President,
has given us a whole new ball
game almost overnight.
Political party strategists are
dizzy trying to keep up with the
fast changing score. If the
Presidential and Congressional
elections scheduled for 1976
were to be held tomorrow, it
would be an open election. The
Democrats, who seemed to
have a shoo-in a month ago, are
wondering now where the
margin went; and the Repub-
licans. who hadn't smiled in
two years, are learning to grin
all over again.
Ford, since his inaugural
speech, has played the key
board of the national adminis
trative piano like an old master.
Mis friends and well wishers
are wondering how long he can
go on without hitting a false
note.
The country has had a long
illness with a high fever.
August was the crisis month.
The fever broke with the
resignation of Mr. Nixon; but
the patient is still a very sick
and weak man. The high blood
pressure of inflation, or the
pneumonia of business conges-
tion, could put him back on the
critical list again.
With the selection of
Rockefeller, Ford has made one
man very happy, and has
moved to broaden the base of
the Republican Party. Will he
be able to do for the
Republicans what Franklin
Roosevelt did for the Demo-
crats in 1932 and thereafter?
Are we to have, henceforth,
two coalition parties, instead of
one?
Although it appears that the
Republican Party will have to
move in that direction if it is
ever to be consistently a
majority prospect, there are
also some dangers on that road.
It is good to be able to reach out
and appeal to voters on both
the left and right, but the
distance between the edges of
the broadened party spectrum
may grow so great that no
single leader or ticket can span
it. We saw what happened in
1972 to the Democrats, when
the first leader in the qualifying
heat ran out of steam and the
darkest of the dark horses
finished first, taking the party
over the brink to the far left.
Two major parties with nearly
equal strength, plus a swing
group of uncommitted voters
who can decide the election,
seem to provide the best
possible chance for electoral
health. Both parties have to be
continually on their best
behavior; there is less reason
for arrogance in the majority
party or despair in the minority
one; and since the candidates in
our electoral system have to be
discovered and presented by
major parties, two groups of
equal strength would double
our chances of finding our best
people for public office. The two
great problems in our system of
politics and government are (1)
getting enough people to the
polls, and 12) finding more of
our best people for the
responsible offices.
At this writing, a major issue
and a minor issue are in the
national political news. The
inflation is the present big
bogey man, with a shadow vast
enough to overcast everything
else. If the Republican Presi
dent is to continue to enjoy his
present favor, he will have to
somehow create the impression
that he is doing something
effective about that issue. The
election is two years away; and
a lot can happen to change the
scene.
The minor issue, a qualified
amnesty for the draft evaders
who chose to live abroad, could
possibly become a much bigger
one and take on strong
emotional overtones. I per-
sonally am in favor of offering
blanket and unconditional
amnesty to all the expatriates
who wish to return, subject to
the usual legal liability for
alleged offenses unrelated to
the military service. If anyone
needs to be "pardoned", it is ihe
nation.
The coming months will be
interesting. Events will unfold
rapidly, and the status of most
things political will be uncer
lain. We shall just have to wail
and see.
FAMILY TIKM
Today it is a super idea to
remember that every black
sheep is somebody's lamb.
Emergency Livestock And
Poultry Loans Available
AND BASTROP COUNTY NEWS
Established March I. 1653
Bastrop (Texas) Advertiser, August 29, 1974
Number 26
Bastrop's City Manager To
Assume Position Monday
Will W. (Bill) Cox. Jr.. will
take over as Bastrop's city
manager on Monday, Septem-
ber 2. Mr. Cox is coming to
Bastrop from El Reno, Okla
homa, where he has been city
manager for the past year.
Mr. and Mrs. Cox and their
daughter, Dee Ann, will live at
1005 Pecan Street.
Mr. Cox was born in Belton,
the son of a Baptist minister.
Both of his parents are
deceased. His wife is the former
Miss Adina Arnold of Waco,
and they have three children,
Billy Cox, age 24; Mike Cox,
age 20, and Dee Ann, age 11,
He is a member of the First
Baptist Church in El Reno,
Oklahoma.
A veteran of the Navy Air
Classes Offered
Adults For
HS Diploma
Attention: All adults who did
not complete high school! And
this includes all persons 16
years old or older who have not
attended school for at least one
school year.
We want to remind all area
residents that GED classes will
be held beginning September 4
in the Junior High School in the
evenings from 7:00 P.M. to 9:00
P.M. Note that this date is a
correction from that announced
last week.
These classes tutor the adult
in all five areas of the GED
(General Educational Develop-
ment) Test. Completion of
these tests is comparable to the
receiving of a high school
diploma.
The classes meet on Mondays
and Wednesdays (another
change from the announcement
last week) and observe all
public school holidays. There is
no charge for the classes but we
do want to encourage regular
attendance. The federal gov-
ernment requires we have an
average of fourteen students at
each session. We know adults
are busy individuals but we feel
an earnest student will attend
the classes at least once a week.
Please contact Mrs. Winn
Welch at 321 2325 for further
information. Remember Sep-
tember 4 as registration night
for all who did not graduate
from high school.
-Contributed
Corps where he served during
World War II, he was awarded
an air medal.
He has been listed in
"Worlds Who's Who In
Commerce And Industry In the
Southwest" for industrial and
community development. He is
a graduate of Baylor Univer
sity, U. S. Chamber of
Commerce Institute of Man
agement, and has had ten years
of Short Courses in Manage
ment.
He has been city manager in
Sinton, Texas, and El Reno,
Oklahoma, and chamber of
commerce manager in Crane,
Hillsboro, Alice and San
Marcos, and on the staff at
Waco. He had one year as
regional manager of Texas
Manufacturers Association,
servicing 37 counties in Central
Texas.
His memberships and hob
bies include City Manager
Professional Organizations,
Professional Journalism Soc
iety, American Public Works
Association, Kiwanis Club,
Youth Recreational Programs
and Salvation Army Projects.
His political experience in-
cludes campaign association for
President Lyndon B. Johnson,
working for and with him until
he retired.
He has been very active in
church and civic affairs
whereever he has lived.
BYH To Hold
First Meeting On
September 3
The Bastrop Young Home
makers will hold their first
meeting on Tuesday, Septem
ber 3rd in the High School
Homemaking Department at
7:30 p.m.
Lana Turner will present a
program on skin care by Mary
Kay.
A portion of the meeting will
be devoted to getting sugges-
tions from members on their
preference for programs during
the '74-'75 year.
Baby sitters will be available
and everyone is cordially
invited to attend.
NOTICE
The South Fhore Park of
I^ake Bastrop will close
September 3rd for the winter
months. The North Shore Park
will remain open.
Piney Creek Philosoper Comes
Up With What He Claims May Be
The Solution To World Peace
Editor's note: the Piney
Creek Philosopher on his
Johnson grass farm on Piney is
either serious or kidding this
week, take your choice.
Dear Editor:
I have been working on a
theory for permanent world
peace and I'd like to know what
you think of it.
It's fairly simple, once you
get hold of it.
Take the current situation on
Cyprus. As I understand it,
Turkey wants part of the
island, Greek another, and the
Cypriots haven't been consult-
ed either way, so it's only
natural that Greece and Turkey
should fight about it until
Henry Kissinger can figure out
how to divide the island as he
has every right to do since both
sides are fighting with our
weapons.
There's the point. An
un divided country is an open
invitation to warfare. All
countries smaller than the
United States, China. Russia.
and anybody else who has the
bomb should be divided at
once before fighting breaks out
and kept that way, and it
should have been done years
and years ago. You don't see
North Dakota fighting South
Dakota, do you? North Carolina
fighting South Carolina? Those
places got used to being divided
long ago and settled down to
peaceful co-existence.
If Henry Kissinger would sit
I
NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER, former governor of New
York, waa nominated Tuesday morning, August 20, by
President Gerald Ford to be his vice president, in
presenting him to the nation, the President said Rockefeller
is "a good partner for our country and the world."
BASTROP LIBRARY NOTES
down with a map and a ruler
and divide every small country
exactly in half and then call a
world conference to see what
other countries get which
halves, we might put an end to
these constant squabbles and
settle down to waiting around
till somebody figures out an
answer to inflation.
Some may argue that the
small countries aren't going to
like this, but have you ever
heard of a small country being
consulted when a bigger
country decided to take it over?
And of course some may point
out that there's a South Korea
and a North Korea and a South
Vietnam and a North Vietnam
and they're still fighting, but
people who point out such
things probably are members of
the media who go around
emphasising the bad side of a
good theory.
The world is no' all bad. I've
got a neighbor who claims he
drove into a filling station the
other day and they cleaned his
windshield and checked his
battery water.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
The Bastrop Public Library
received a generous gift this
week- five volumes devoted to
aspects of the Texas artistic
heritage. This is one of 588 such
gifts presented to public
libraries throughout Texas,
representing an investment of
$15,000, by the Texas Com-
mission on the Arts and
Humanities and the Amon
Carter Museum of Western
Art.
The five books include
"Texas Homes of the 19th
Century," by Drury Blakely
Alexander and photos by Todd
Webb. Since its publication in
1966, the book has become the
definitive work on Texas
architecture, with 200 photo
graphs of important Texas
homes, including three here in
Bastrop.
"How Fort Worth Became
the Texasmost City," by
Predicts 34
Traffic Deaths
Over Weekend
AUSTIN Colonel Wilson E.
Speir, director of the Texas
Department of Public Safety,
today estimated that traffic
accidents in Texas over the
Labor Day Weekend will claim
34 lives.
Speir noted that traffic
deaths in Texas, which earlier
were running up to 30 per cent
under the 1973 toll, have been
rising throughout the summer
months. He said the upward
trend is related to heavier
traffic and an alarming dis
regard for the 55 mile speed
limit.
The DPS director said every
effort would be made to
prevent accidents and deaths
by placing all available DPS
troopers on duty during the
holiday period which extends
from 6 p.m. Friday, August 30,
through midnight, Monday,
September 2.
Speir noted that many local
law enforcement agencies will
be cooperating in the all out
effort to make the streets and
highways safe.
In addition, he said the DPS
would be working with the
news media in a special public
education program called
"Operation Motorcidc." A
concerted effort will be made to
focus public attention on where
and why fatal accidents are
occuring during the holiday.
Leonard Sanders, is a fascinat-
ing account of Fort Worth's
history.
"Custer's Last," by Don
Russell, is not a rehash of the
famous battle, but a study of
1 hi" many artistic accounts of
the battle, including paintings,
woodcuts, engravings, draw
ings, and carvings.
"The Wild West," also by
Don Russell, is a history of the
Wild West Show, which played
to almost every town in the
country, entertaining millions
here and in Europe.
The final volume is a
catalogue of the 1972 collection
of the Amon Carter Museum of
Western Art in Fort Worth.
The volumes are now
available for circulation at the
Bastrop Public Library. Due to
expected high interest, the
check-out period will be
reduced to one week, to allow
everyone an opportunity to
enjoy these important books.
Plans Made For
Fall Festival And
Auction
Ascension Catholic Church
will hold its Fall Festival on
October 6.
Start making plans for the
auction. Dig in the attic and
garage for treasure. Contact
Mrs. Phillip Lester for further
information.
2 Killed In
Bastrop County
Accidents
The Texas Highway Patrol
investigated 16 accidents on
rural highways in Bastrop
County during the month of
July, according to Sergeant K.
Bertling, Highway Patrol
Supervisor of this area.
These 16 accidents have
resulted in 2 deaths, and 12
injuries for the month of July,
1974.
These figures result in the
total of 102 accidents with 3
deaths and 49 injured in
Bastrop County during 1974.
NOTICE
The Smithville Family Plan-
ning Clinic schedule has been
changed. Clinics will be held the
First and Third Thursdays of
each month. The next clinic will
be Thursday, September 5th at
5:00 P.M. at the Smithville
Hospital Clinic. 26 2
LBJ Statue
Dedicated In
Stonewall Park
STONEWALL An eight
foot tall statue of the late
President Lyndon B. Johnson
was dedicated in ceremonies
Saturday, August 24. at the
state park near here which
bears his name.
Unveiling, the bronze was
Mrs.Lady Bird Johnson; guest
speakers included Lt. Gov.
William P. Hobby: U. S.
Cong. J. J.(Jake) Pickle; Texas
Parks and Wildlife Commission
Chairman Jack Stone, and
Ronald 11. Walker, director of
the National Park Service
which co sponsored the event
with the Parks and Wildlife
Department.
A noon barbecue for invited
guests followed the dedication.
The statue was sculptured by
Miss Jimilu Mason of Alex
andria, Va., and cast in bronze
in Italy. It will be permanently
located in a granite plaza on the
LBJ State Historic Park
grounds, with the figure
gesturing toward tile late
President's ranch home on the
Pedernales Rivor which the
nation and the world came to
know as part of the Hill
Country he cherished.
BHS Band
Looks Forward
To Good Year
Jill Turner was elected
president of the Bastrop High
School Band at a meeting held
August 22.
Other officers chosen were
Mike Walker, vice president;
Julie Wilhelm, secretary; Lisa
Marshall, treasurer; and Cathy
Friske, reporter.
We are looking forward to a
very good year with the
support of the students,
faculty, and you, the public.
Sweepstakes is within our
reach this year, with the efforts
of the hand members and the
help of our determined band
director, Mr. Weideman, and
assistant, Mr. Biggers.
•Cathy Friske, reporter
NOTICE
Mr.William T. Gunn will do a
book review for the Bastrop
Public Library on Monday
night, September 16 at 8:00
p.m.
Mr. Gunn's subject will be
some humorous poetry. This
will be the third in the series
for this season. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
Youth Activity
Center Closes
The Student Activity Center,
the main part of the summer
rogram for students in
astrop, completed it's ten
week run on August 17th. As a
pilot program, the Center
encountered many problems
and was perhaps not the best,
but for a first venture it could
be counted as a success.
The Center achieved its goal
of providing supervised enter
tainment and a place for Jr.
High and Sr. High School
students to get together over
the summer. To many youth,
the Center became a regular
visit each day. Most of them
realized that often they could
find a friend there at any time
of the afternoon or evening. At
the least, it was an alternative
to doing nothing.
The general response of the
kids that participated was
enthusiastic. Now they have
had a taste of some kind of
summer program and are eager
for other summers to retain the
recreation.
The program this summer
may not have been ideal, but if
this community will take notice
and generate as much enthu
siasm as the students for a
continuing summer program
then a better, more exciting,
interesting, and challenging
project could be built.
This town has the potential
to develop a solid program that
would be beneficial to everyone
through all the children.
Contributed
g
Financial assistance to live
stock and poultry producers
under the Emergency Live
stock Credit Act is available
through a new loan guarantee
authority of the Farmers Home
Administration (FmHA), a
rural credit service of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
Michael L. Perkins, FmHA
County Supervisor, said agency
will be prepared to implement
(he recently enacted law by
guaranteeing up tc 80 percent
of possible loss on loans made
by legally organized lenders to
livestock and poultry produ
cers.
Under terms of the act, the
loan guarantee program will be
in effect through July 25, 1975.
It may be extended for 6
months beyond that date if the
Secretary of Agriculture de
(ermines that it is needed to
help the livestock industry
obtain sufficient credit.
The law calls for loans to be
made by banks or other legally
organized lenders. Mr. Perkins
said interested producers are
urged to make applications to,
and complete loan arrange
ments with lenders of their
choice. The lender in turn will
ask FmHA for a loan guarantee
if one is required. The lender
will process the application,
close the loan and service it.
The maximum loan to any
single borrower (hat can be
assisted by an FmHA guaran
tee is $250,000. Loans may be
repayable in I 3 years, although
renewal for 2 years may be
authorized. Interest rates are
determined between the bor
rower and lender.
Mr. Perkins said the agency
is authorized to guarantee up to
80 percent loss a lender may
incur on loans to bonafide
farmers and ranchers who
breed, raise, fatten or market
beef and dairy cattle, hogs,
sheep, goats, chickens and
turkeys. A majority of the
borrower's income must come
from the operation, and a
majority portion of the bor-
rower's time must be devoted
NOTICE
All members of the Historical
Society who serve as officers
and heads of committees are to
meet Friday, Aug. 30 al 8:00
p.m. at the Museum for a
business meeting.
—■ Publicity Chairman
to the livestock or poultr)
production.
In the case of a corporation ol
partnership, assistance can bi
extended only when the
majority partners or stock
holders are primarily engaged
in the livestock or poultry
production.
FmHA guarantees will be
made only when the bonafide
farmer or rancher cannot
obtain financing without a
guarantee. Loans may not be
used to expand operations.
Mr. Perkins said the county
FmHA office serving the area
where the borrower's livestock
or poultry operations are
conducted will handle requests
from lenders for guarantees, or
supply information on the loan
guarantee program.
The FmHA Office serving
Bastrop County is located al
904 Water Street, in Bastrop.
Office period is every Thursday
from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon
tnd 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
First Annual
All Girl Rodeo
Sept. 13 -14
Ben Hutson is producing
Bastrop's first annual All Girl
Rodeo in the Will Rogers Arena
Friday and Saturday, Septem
Iter 13 14, with Cecil Hill of Oak
Hill furnishing the rodeo stock.
Books will open Thursday.
September 12, from 12 o'clock
noon to 5 p.m.
Rodeo events will include the
(irand Entry, the introduction
of guests and officials, the
presentation of colors, and the
national anthem, with rodeo
action beginning at 8 p.m.
Contests will be Bareback
Bronc Riding, 110.0*1; Calf
Break Away, $10.00; Steer
Undecorated, f 10.00; special
attraction, men only, Wild
Mare Raring, 3 men to a team,
$30.00; Barrel Racing, $10.00;
Calf Scramble (age 10 or
under); Bull Riding, $10.00;
clown acts.
There will be $50.00 added to
girl events and a belt buckle
will be given to the All Around
Cow Girl.
Admission prices for the
event will be $2.00 for adults,
and $1.00 for chiHren six
through twelve.
BASTROP HIGH SCHOOL
BASTROP BEARS VARSITY FOOTBALL
SCHEDULE — 1974
September 6 Lockhart There
September 13 Westlake There
September 20 Elgin Here
September 27 Open
October 4 *Weimar There
October I I *Hays Cons. Here
October 18 ^Hallettsville Here
October 25 *La Grange There
November I *Smithville Here
November 8 *Luling There
November 15 'Giddings Here
'District 25-AA Games — All Games Begin At 8 p. m.
BASTROP HIGH SCHOOL
BASTROP BEARS JR. VARSITY A 9TH
SCHEDULE — 1974
September 5 Lockhart Here
September 12 Westlake Here
September 19 Elgin There
September 26 Open
October 3 Weimar Here
October 10 Hays Cons. There
October 17 Hallettsville There
October 24 La Grange Here
October 31 Smithville There
November 7 Luling Here
November 14 Giddings There
BASTROP JR. HIGH SCHOOL
BASTROP BEARS — 7TH A 8TH
SCHEDULE — 1974
September 5
Lockhart
There
September 1 2
Westlake
There
September 19
Elgin
Here
September 26
L.a Grange
Here
October 3
Open
October 10
Hays Cons.
Here
October 1 7
Hallettsville
Here
October 24
Open
October 3 1
Smithville
Here
November 7
Luling
There
November 1 A
Open
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