The Bastrop County Times (Smithville, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 4, 1975 Page: 1 of 12
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SERVING. SMITH VILI.Ii. HA STROP. ELGIN and ALL BASTROP COUNTY
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Wild, Wild West
Agri-nev*v
Rockne Homecoming
Football Contest
Fifteen Cents
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THE BASTROP COUNTY TIMES, SMITHVILLE, TEXAS 78957
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1975
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Judge Placke Takes Oath
REST STOP Times Photo
Some conversation and a hot cup of coffee awaited Labor Day forts were complimented both by motorists who took advantage of
travelers on Highway 71 in Bastropthroughout the holiday week the coffee break and DP S troopers who had their hands full try-
end Both the conversation < on the air and off i and the coffi> mg to keep the holiday traffic de;*th (oil at a minimum Ten-four,
were courteous? of the Bastrop C B Club The group ssafety ef ( B'ers'
"King" Football Here Again
By Phil Tovar
Well, it seems like we have
tmn hjpr« before and ye?. a
year or two older and hopefully
wiser that we may be able to
understand those many crazy
bounces that only a football
can take
Another football season is at
hand and in many places,
probably in the entire state, a
mild hysteria prevails In
many places where football is
really King, those emotions
musi surely parallel those of
the time of the Woman Kmpire
ajtd it* gladiators
But what about the Smith-
ville Tlgsirs of 5975- wrll.
what about them First of all.
you will have to consult your
program to be able to know
who is playing It may surprise
you (in more ways than one)
that the little boy in the
neighborhood is now a Tiger
Those familiar faces and
names like Grisenbeck,
Carter Miller, Lauev have
been replaced by unfamiliar
nawfcs irk*- David Seh!®rtt.
Robert Smith, Kenav
Blaschke. and Jody K.idlecek
Coach Callaghan states that
of his entire line, defense and
offense, only one has ever seen
any varsity action at all He
is Larry Hunk" Henderson
(and that in itself is a story )
In the same breath Chaste
Callaghan speaks of a new
atmosphere thai prevails,
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things like entnusiasn and
hustle - something that was
missing in the past.
Aside from La Grange '
says Callaghan. we are in
the same class with everybody
else 1 feel that with this group
we stand a so-so chance of
winning every time we step on
that field If they hustle and do
their best, like 1 know they
will, winning will take care of
itself "
Come Friday night in Elgin
the whole thing goes from
theory to performance The
Tigers have looked good in the
scrimmages against Somer
ville and Shiner, but the faci is
that they really haven"! played
a down yet - they haven't start -
ed the scoreboards nor have
the bands played the first notes
of their school songs This will
be the time when the coaches
will know those that can and
those thai can't, but most im
portant of all, they will know
those that will and those that
won't
Yes, there is quality in
Ingram. Giles, Quitta, and
Leonard, but the super one is
Larry Henderson, and if the
young ones are to follow,
here is their man
luk" Henderson is
described bv Callaghan as the
best lineman he has ever
coached in about 18 years of
seeing them come and go This
is not just off the top of his
head fh, Harris Rating Poll
recognised his talent by
naming him ALL-STATF
Henderson plays like a man
possessed and hopefully
exorcism will not be perform-
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A hot, stuffy District Court-
room, filled with well wishers
and friends was the setting for
the swearing-inceremony for
Judge John L Placke, the new
21st Jucictal District Judge
The courtroom in the County
Courthouse in Giddings held
over a hundred people by 1 30
when departing District Judge
C. B Maynard entered the
room The crowd was called to
its feet by the Bayliff and the
Judge took his seat in the
large brown leather chair for
the last time
'This is the iast official act
1 will perform as 21st District
Judge," Maynard said "i
have had many duties to per-
form here, some of them un-
pleasant But this is one of my
most pleasant duties
The judge was also there to
swear in Judge Charles J.
Sebesta as District Attorney,
the position being vacated by
Placke
"Today i will introduce two
men office holders. Maynard
said, 'but you had better watch
out foroneofthem "Theroom
fell into silence as the crowd
waited for him to continue.
You have a new district
judge who has not even been
sworn in yet and already he
is parking in MY parking
place."
When the laughter subsided
and the room was quiet again,
the Judge called the new
District Attorney forward for
the swearing-in When the
Giddings
HostsTML
Meeting
The City of Giddings played
host to the Texas Municipal
League on Thursday. August
28th as 112 registered from
various towns of the 10th Dis-
trict Members and guests
enjoyed a barbeque dinner
catered by Jerry Mikeska of
Columbus and were fascinated
by Judge Jack Pope, Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court
of Texas noting the fallacies
of history as taught in our
schools.
Judge Pope recounted the
facts of the discovery of Texas
the highlights of government
under the Spanish influence
and some of the special priv-
ileges of Texans as we mark
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oath was completed, Judge
Maynard again addressed the
crowd
"If 1 had had it in my power
to name the man to succeed
me, i would not have named
John L Placke .1 would have
named Jack' Placke "
Maynard then called Placke to
the bench and administered the
oath When he had finished, he
left Us judge's seat and
directed Placke to it As
Placke moved to the chair the
audience rose to their feet
and applauded
As his first official act,
Placke announced that the 21st
District Court was now in
recess. From there the new
District Judge left for a party
with his parents and friends
Noteable Bastrop County
faces in the crowd included
County Judge Griesenbeck.
County Commissioner Alvin
Paris, County Clerk Lucille
McCullough, District Clerk
Peggy Walicek, Bastrop
County Attorney Neal Pfeiffer,
Bastrop City Attorney Bobby
Jenkins
The 21st Judicial District
includes the counties of
Bastrop, Lee, Washington, and
Burleson
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Jach>e John L. Placke
Hospital Reports s10,300 Loss
Wallace Snyder, the new
board member to replace
Harry Crockett, was introduc-
ed to members and guests at
the Smithville Hospital
Authority meeting last Tues
day Miss Susan Huntington,
the Towers Nursing Home
Administrator was introduced
also.
The monthly income and
expense statement presented
by Mi Fred Nyc, Administra-
tor of the Authority, showed a
loss of $10,300 for the
hospital, a profit of $2,975 for
the Towers with our overall
loss of over $7800 for the
Hospital Authority
The loss was attributed to
two factors Low census
during the month of July
caused a portion of the loss
while the majority of the loss
was due to down payments on
insurance for the forth coming
year, it was brought to the
attention of the board that
based on normal census that
the additional premiums for
malpractice insurance would
cause a room rent increase of
approximately $4 00 a day It
was also pointed out that this
was low by Texas standards,
as many hospitals were being
forced to increase room rents
by as much as $10 00 per dav
to cover the sky rocketing
malpractice insurance rates
Under old business, it was
reported by Administrator
Nyc that one of the trans-
mitting antennas on the
hospital property had been re-
moved The removal of the
largest antenna will be delay-
ed until a bid is received from
a firm in Austin
Miss Huntington reported
that the furniture purchased
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Safety Education Program To Begin
WHFFl S TO SPAR!
Times Photo
An MKT freight train carrying grain to Houston derailed at a farm road crossing approximately 2
miles south of Flgln Friday Sixteen cars derailed just before 6.00 p m spilling tons of sorghum
and wheat and tearing down powerlinos In the area of the wreck A section of track rail was ripped
out of the ground, bowed up into the air, and neatly laid to rest encircling the "Rail Road Crossing"
sign at the intersection Don Dole, MKT official. salt! thai derailment caused no injuries and had
no immediate estimateof thedamages Hut he said he expected the costs to be quite high " Ac
cording to Dole workcrews whobeganthe clean-up at about 9 00 Friday night had the line clear by
1 30 Saturday afternoon after working all night There was some speculation that the train's cargo
was bound for Russian ports Dole could neither confirm or deny the theory In fact he said that
he did not even know to what elevator it was being delivered in Houston
Smithville Police Chief Lee
Deming will conduct an inten-
sive Safety Fducation program
throughout the city in coming
months He will deliver talks
and programs on traffic safety
to schools, organitations or
groups in the area in an a!
tfmpt to curtail theaccident
rate and to educate citif,ens as
to what to expect when the new
traffic control system is in
stalled here
Within the next month or so,
Transportation Engineering
Associates of Austin will in
stall approximately 280 brand
new traffic signs at Smithville
intersections Some of these
signs will be stop signs, some
yield signs and some four way
stop signs All will be set u
minimum of seven feet from
ground level to the bottom of
the sign to make for easier
viewing by motorists
The type and locations of the
signs was arrived at as the
result of an extensive traffic
survey run within the city by
Transportation Engineering
Associates during the
summer The survey re-
commended that seventeen
through streets be establish
ed, plus the obvious inclusion
of North Third Street (Highway
71).
Once the signs are installed,
the following streets will be
established as through streets
in Smithville Royston, from
Front Street to the North City
limits; Galley, from the South
City limits to Front Street,
Fourth Avenue, from the West
city limits to Galley; Front
Street, from the West city
limits toGasley; North Fourth
Street, from Royston to Main,
North Fifth Street from Main
to Short and from Short to
Marburger; North First
Street, from Royston to Main
and from Main to Marburger
Lake Street, from Marburger
to the East city limits. South
Third Street, from Gatley to
Miller. South Seventh Street,
from Galley tc Jones Main
Street, Short Street, from
North 3rd to Colorado River
Road; Colorado River Road,
from Short to East city limits;
Marburger from North First
to North Third and North Third
to Eighth Street Jones from
South city limits to South
Third; Taylor, from South
Third to North First; and
Miller Street, from Sou'h
Third to North First
Some confusion by
motorists is to be expected as
a result of these minor
changes it, their driving
patterns However, it is hoped
that by educating the public
through presentations bv Ihe
Police Department and infor-
mation articles bv the pfsss,
cituens will soon adjust lothe
changes and the accident rate
may be reduced substantially
Chief Deming states that the
city streets will be patrolled
almost constantly for a
considerable period following
installation of the signs Ex-
cept in cases flagrant dis -
regard of common driving
rules, cltitens who violate the
directions of the new signs will
be given warning tickets ami
lectures' for an unde
termined probationary period
When law enforcement of-
ficials feel that citizens have
had ample time to adjust to
the new driving patterns, how-
ever. tickets will be issued
'for real'
In designing the traffic
control plan foi Smithville
engineers tried to designate as
through streets those avenues
most used now as such How-
ever, it has been pointed out in
the accident statistics of the
community that nearly
streets in Smithville are
garded as, and used
through streets The
system will attempt
establish legal right of
Whether local motorists will
abide by the legal definitions of
right of way remains to be
seen
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