Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [122], No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1975 Page: 5 of 30
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Bastrop (Texas) Advertiser. September 18, 1975
Welfare Frauds Are Being fLake Bastrop Acres
It's A Matter of Fact
W. W COX. City Manager t ocKKKK>ooo<J)' Detected In Central Texas
Bv C. M. Chtrirt
At the lut Council meeting
the Councilman approved re
questing bids for additional
water storage facility within
the City Limits. This will be a
million gallon, standpipe stor
age tank, constructed on the
hill adjacent to the present
pumping station and near the
elevated storage owned by the
State Park.
It will be 88 feet high and will
improve the water pressure of
the Hillcrest Addition along
with supplying the City of
Bastrop with adequate water
storage for years to come. This,
added to the present elevated
storage located in l,ake Bastrop
Acres, should serve the people
of the area without any fears
for the next twenty years or
more.
The bids also will include
additional transmission line to
and from the heart of the city to
the storage area. This line will
be either 8", 10" or 12",
depending upon the cost of the
pipe and the construction cost
of the project. The bid will of
course include a pumping
station and additional line into
the Hillcrest area
This i> almost the exact bid
taken a few years ago and
rejected due to cost of the
project and the delay in
receiving the tank At that time
the lowest bidder could deliver
the tank in 910 days for
$164,340.00, thereby causing
the city a real problem in
waiting that long for the tank
and making the total project
cost 1213.096.00.
Now, while the cost may be
more at this time, we are
hoping the delay in construe
lion will not be as long. And. at
this time we also have approval
for :$100,000.00 from HUI) to
use- in the construction.
Th«reby making the project a
littir more economic to You, the
People
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belong to You, and that HUD
dollars are tax dollars sent to
Washington ... but, we also
know that we can stretch Your
local dollars farther if we have
some of Your Washington
dollars backing us up.
Our plans are two ■ fold, if
possible. While we are con
structing the Storage facility in
Will Rogers Park area, we hope
to be reactivating the Water
System adjacent to the Boat
Kamp along the river. This may
not be possible for a number of
reasons, but we will know
within a few weeks. The
Engineering firm has scheduled
a couple of days in Bastrop in
the immediate future and we
will investigate the system to
learn what problems exist.
Some of you have been
having Sewer backups during
rains .... we believe these arc
caused from undersized storm
drains connected to the
Sanitary Sewer System. As
soon as we learn the location of
this infiltration, and can decide
what needs to be done to
eliminate it, we hope to be able
to relieve you of your sewer
backups. Y< ur tolerance and
patience has been appreciated.
We have had numerous
phone calls in reference to the
Kailroad crossings and are
aware of the problems caused
by these intersections. The
need for repair completion is
obvious. We have discussed it
with Katy men and have been
helping the work crews hasten
the repair job as best we can.
The main obstacle has been wet
weather this past week, but we
are as eager as You to see this
project completed.
This week will be the last day
of free traffic at Pecan and
Farm. We are installing two
stop signs on Farm to make it a
four way stop again. Please
drive with caution and avoid
accidents at the intersection
until You get use to the
four way stop. This has
become necessary due to the
lack of concern many of You
have shown when entering the
intersection. Itfs easy to blame
"someone else" .... but all of
us share equally. If we all drove
friendly, there would be no
need for stop signs anywhere.
A record number of 167 cases
of alleged Welfare Fraud was
delivered Thursday, August 28,
to Central Texas County and
District Attorneys for prose
cution. according to Bryan D.
Chenault, Senior Investigator
with the Texas Department of
Public Welfare (DPW). These
107 cases represent 1135.493.00
taken fraudulently from Wei
fare programs.
Of the cases presented for
prosecution. 101 cases involves
fraud in the Aid to Families
with Dependent Children pro^
gram representing $111,243.00,
and 66 cases involves the Food
Stamp program representing
$24,250.00.
Chenault said the significant
increase in cases presented for
prosecution (the monthly
average is 28) is not due to a
rising incidence of fraud, which
is actually declining, but rather
to the increased manpower
available to the investigation
unit. In July, Welfare Commis
sioner Raymond W. Vowell
assigned ten Food Stamp
caseworkers in Central Texas
to assist the Investigation
Division in reducing its backlog
of cases. This additional staff
will remain with the investiga-
tive group until the backlog has
been substantially reduced.
These cases were filed in
most all of the Central Texas
counties including 77 in Travis
(Austin), 58 in McLennan
(Waco) and others in Bastrop,
Bell, Leon, Brazos end other
counties.
Most of the cases delivered
for prosecution were results of
investigations conducted dur
ing August. Since December
the investigation unit has
looked into 667 complaints
throughout DPW's Region 10
which covers these 29 Central
Texas counties. Of previous
cases presented for prosecu
tion, numerous convictions
have been obtained, with
penalties ranging to sentence of
10 years plus full reimburse
ment to the State.
Chenault states that the
efforts of his unit are going to
continue until all fraudulent
recipients have been purged
from the Welfare rolls. With
these efforts, he hopes that the
money conserved will be able to
increase the benefits for those
who are eligible and in most
need.
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And Evaluating Your Estate
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When evaluating their estates,
many people only think about
passing on property to relatives
after their death. Yet, there are
advantages in making gifts of
some assets while still living,
says Tom Prater, an economist
with the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service.
For example, a farm or ranch
may be transferred through
gifts by incorporating it and
giving shares as gifts. Another
way is to transfer title by deed
to all or part of the farm or
ranch and also transfer title of
other assets. Prater empha
sizes that a gift means that all
managerial control as well as
property rights are relinquish
ed.
"Giving property to your
children, grandchildren or
others while you are still living
allows you to see the recipients
enjoy the gifts," notes the
Texas A&M University System
specialist. "It also enables you
to help them when they are
younger and their needs are
likely to be greater. Younger
people usually have lower
incomes and pay"'!«#« income
tax than older people. There
fore, the recipient of.a gift may
be able to use more of the
earnings from the gift than the
original owner could."
Another advantage of mak
ing gifts while you are living is
that the removal of property
from your estate will lower the
value of your estate at death,
thus reducing the federal estate
tax. And. by systematically
making gifts during your
lifetime, a large part of your
estate may pass to those you
want to have it without any gift
taxes being due, explains
Prater.
You may also be able to save
taxes by making rather large
gifts and paying gift taxes
rather than letting the pr<v
perty remain in your estate,
since gift tax rates are only
three fourths of estate death
tax rates on comparable
amounts.
"Of course, any possible
saving in federal estate taxes
resulting from the transfer of
property as a gift to your
spouse or children should be
weighed against possible high
er capital gains taxes if they
plan to sell the property,"
points out the economist.
"When property is given as a
gift, the cost basis (the base
value to be used in computing
capital gains if the property is
sold) is transferred with the
property to the recipient. If the
property has greatly increased
in value, capital gains taxes
could be considerable when the
property is sold."
On the other hand, if the
transfer of property is made
through inheritance after
death, the cost basis for capital
gains purposes is the value of
the property at the time of
inheritance.
Prater advises careful con
sideration on making sizeable
gifts. Family needs and
attitudes should always be
taken into account.
Close attention should also be
given to federal regulations on
gifts and gift taxes. Federal gift
taxes are imposed on gifts in
excess of your specific lifetime
exemption and annual ex
elusions.
"Every individual has a
specific lifetime exemption of
$30,000. This means you may
give away up to $30,000 during
your lifetime without paying
gift taxes. In addition, your
Annual exclusions allow gifts up
to $3,000 per year to as many
different individuals as you
want without paying a gift tax.
Annual exclusions do not count
against the lifetime exemption.
Thus, if you jgive an individual
more than $3,000 in a year, only
that amount in excess of $3,000
counts against the $30,000
lifetime exemption. Of course,
there are times when it pays to
give amounts exceeding the
above specifications and to pay-
gift taxes." says Prater.
Any gift taxes on property
are based on the fair market
C. R. (Sonny) Brookshire
Candidate For
Sheriff Bastrop County
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(Sonny)
Brookshire
Sheriff
Bastrop
Coupfy
Dear Bastrop County Citizens:
It is my desire to personally meet as many
of you as possible f;rior to the Primary
Election, Saturday, May 8, 1976. How-
ever, I am working full time as Deputy
Sheriff for Bastrop County, and my time
off i limited.
I would like to take this means of keeping
in contact with ?ou, to let you know that
I sincerely wish to serve you as your Sheriff.
Your support, influence and vote will be
greatly appreciated
Sincerely yours.
C. R. (Sonny) Brookshire
(Pol Adv. paid for by C. R. Brookshire)
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value at the time the gift is
made.
A married couple making
gifts can double both the
lifetime exemption and the
annual exclusions, regardless of
whose property is actually
being given away. If you want
to make gifts to your spouse,
the lifetime exemption and the
annual exclusions are also
doubled because of a "marital
deduction" provision in the tax
code.
When considering gifts from
your estate, keep in mind that
gifts to most charitable,
educational or religious organ-
izations are not subject to gift
taxes, notes the economist.
Furthermore, such gifts do not
count against either your
lifetime exemption or annual
exclusions.
For detailed information on
planning your estate and in
deciding whether to make gifts,
contact your lawyer or tax
accountant, advises Prater.
Fact sheets on estate planning
and gifts and trusts are also
available at local county
Extension offices.
New Permanent
Postal Rates
Now In Effect
Several reductions, along
with a few increases, are
"permanent" postage rates that
were placed'In effect at 12:01
a.m. this Monday.
The new rates, ordered by
the board of governors of the
U.S. Postal Service, include
these:
• Letter rate — The rate for
the first ounce or fraction of an
ounce remains at 10 cents.
However, each additional ounce
or fraction of an ounce will be at
the rate of 9 cents (it had been
10 cents.) This rate change
affects the upper weight limit
of ounce rate first class mail,
which changes from 12 ounces
to 13 ounces. Heavier pieces are
subject to the priority mail
(heavy Pieces) rate.
• Card rate — The rate for
postal and post cards has been
reduced from 8 cents to 7 cents,
• Business reply — The per
piece fees have been changed to
5 cents and 8 cents.
' * Third class mail This
rate changes. It will be 10 cents
for the first two ounces or
fraction thereof and 8 cents for
aach additional two ounces or
fraction thereof
• Fourth class mail — These
are also changed, except for the
library rates and single piece
catalog rates. Parcels over 84
inches but not exceeding 100
inches in length and girth
combined must pay a minumum
rate equal to that of a
15 pound parcel for the zone
for which addressed.
• Air and priority mail — No
change in rates. The break
point for first class mail to go at
priority rates has been changed
to 13 ounces. The air mail break
point remains unchanged at 9
ounces.
(It will be recalled that the
Postal Service had earlier
announced there likely will be a
boost in rates after the
Christmas mailing season.)
A meeting was held at the
home of Dutch Schuitz by
Dutch and his friends one night
last week. Eight people were
present. Mr. Charles Lucas was
speaker for the group. He is
probation officer. After the
meeting they all had a nice visit
and chat with Mr. Lucas.
We attended a coffee on
Wednesday morning at the
home of Mrs. James Taylor.
She was welcoming the new
group of ladies who have
recently moved into L.B.A.
Among them were Mrs. Terry
Long, Barbara Hannan, Ann
Fife, Sheryl Riddle and Donna
Keeling, the older residents
who welcomed thern were Jan
Taylor, Betty Lange, Clara
Page, Leona Schuitz, Dona
Faubus, Rosie Westbrook,
Mary Samson, Kathy Lindsey.
Bonnie Plummer, Billie Burnes,
Putzie Martin, Mary Champie
and C.M. Charles. It is very
nice having all of these new
people moving into L.B.A. with
their families, and we say
Welcome to them.
Bill and Dorothy Crawford
were in L.B.A. for the weekend
again this past week and they
also spent Labor Day weekend
in their home here. As usual it
is nice to see them at their
place.
The attached report is
written and sent in by the
L.B.A. Fire Chief. It is nice to
feel protected by these
Volunteer men.)
A Report From L.B.A.
Volunteer Fire Department
(This report is written and
sent in by the L.B.A. Fire
Chief. It is nice to feel protected
by these Volunteer men.)
My wife and I were driving
thru the Country last weekend.
We noticed some lots and
adjoining lots had been mowed.
This may or may not have been
a result of the article I put in
the paper. But what ever it
was, it me«ns we are off to a
good start for the fall season.
I want to say to each of you
who rides thru me country,
take a second look 3nd ask your
self what do you see? You smell
a touch of fall in the air, you see
grass turning brown, tree
leaves putting on their winter
coats and most of all. if you are
driving in the pine tree area,
you see hundreds of new pine
trees sticking their heads above
the grass that you could not see
jintil the grass started brown
ing. So, may I say to you, think
twice before you throw out a
cigarette or a match on the road
side. Let us do everything in
our power to save this beautiful
country of ours.
L.B.A. is very fortunate in
having living in our area Earl
Hestelow and Bob Lange who
are well qualified, and ex
perienced firemen from Austin.
I want to say "Thanks" for your
pledged support to me while I
am assuming the duties of Fire
Chief. We also have Mr.
Jahnsan, also a fireman from
Austin, who has purchased a lot
in L.B.A. So, we feel we are
rich in experienced firemen.
We all must remember there
is a lot of work in keeping a Fire
Dept. going. We ask for the
support of all members and
non-members. I say to all new
residents, get on the work
wagon, pay your membership
dues. They are $10.00 per year
donation. Send to L.B.A. i
Volunteer Fire Department,]
Rt. 2 Box 146, Bastrop, or call!
321 2675. |
We have not received anyi
news of our new fire truck but
will let you know as soon as we
do. In the mean time we are
working very hard trying to
keep the pump motors running.
May I add an extra "Thanks" to
President Carroll Burns for his
help and support.
Give away a radiant smile
and watch it come back to you a
hundred fold.
Fire Chief
Jack Bussa
\ ii ni versa ry
Couple* Honored
Mr and Mrs. Delbert
Rodgers. former residents of
Bastrop for 25 years, were
honored on their 50th Wedding
Anniversary September 7th, by
their children, Mr and Mrs.
Dan Baca and children of
Sherman and Mr. and Mrs.
A.A. Rodgers and children of
Houston. A barbecue dinner
was served at noon from the
picnic tables set among the
beautiful live oak trees on the
Rodgers spacious lawn at
Morales.
Approximately 200 guests
attended. Among the guests
were Mr. W. W Moore tnow 90
years young) who owned the
Moore Ranch near Bastrop
where the Rodgers family
lived. Bastrop friends attending
were Col. R. E. Myers, Mr. and
Mrs Alton Ramsey. Mrs.
Reginald Jerrell, Mrs. Rose
Litton.
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SEPTEMBER 18:
With British acoming. Philadelphians cart the Liberty Bell to Allentown s
Zion's Church for hiding (1777) . . . Washington officiates at the
cornerstone ceremony for the new capitol (1793) . Financier Jay
Cook, overinvolved with the Northern Pacific RR. goes bust, precipi-
tates the Panic of (1873) ... in San Diego, it's one-two-three-test
ing. then Woodrow Wilson becomes the first president to use a PA
system. And poiiticos and mikes live happily ever after! (1919) . . .
SEPTEMBER 19:
The Dutch and British divvy up Long Island in the Treaty of Hartford
(1650) . . . CSA's Braxton Bragg. U. S.'s Wm. Rosencrans clash at
Chickamauga. a two-day showdown claiming 2 300 Rebs, 1650 Blue-
coats (1863) . . .
SEPTEMBER 20:
Chester A. Arthur is sworn in as 21st president the day after death
closes James Garfield's 169-day term (1881) . . .
SEPTEMBER 21:
The Pennsylvania Packet changes over from tri-weekly to become
America's first successful daily newspaper (17841 . Congress goes
on record favoring Palestine as a national home for Jews (1922) . .
One up for you, Madelyn I The Senate votes against public school
prayers ( 1966) . . .
SEPTEMBER 22:
Nathan Hale, lamenting "1 regret I have but one life to lose for my
country", is hanged by British for spying ( I 776) . . Fhc aging Raven.
Sam Houston, challenges. "Who are the men who call me a ^traitor? —
his best-delivered, but worst-received speech — urges Austin audience
not to secede (I860) . . . The Cable Act grants married women citi-
zenship separate from their husbands (1922)
SEPTEMBER 23:
The Virginia Burgesses rule that baptizing . slave doesn't change his
status (1667) . . . We pause here to wish many happy birthdays to
William Holmes McGuffey, minister and college president, who tutored
120 million Americans with his First and Second Eclectic Readers
(1800-1873) . . . Gene Tunney dethrones Jack Dempsey in a fist-
fight before 120.000 in Friendly Philly. will repeat (despite a long
count" controversy) 364 days later in the Windy City (1(J26)
Senator Nixon, his political future at stake, explains his part of a funds
scandal over nationwide radio (1952) . . .
SEPTEMBER 24:
Robber Barons James Fish and Jay Gould corner the gold market, the
price plummets 37 dollars, and we ve got a Black f-riday financial
panic. Weren't you snookered in, Ulysses? (1869 . , .
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [122], No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1975, newspaper, September 18, 1975; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth238535/m1/5/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.