The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [124], No. 73, Ed. 1 Monday, February 13, 1978 Page: 2 of 12
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PjRfi. THI BASTROP AOVI NIISI R, Monday, I ebruary 13, 1978
Library endowment
grows to $1.4 million
Today,
the US,
tomorrow,
the world
"Hip committer whirh
organized la*t Decernher*
National Tribute Ui l«ady
Bird Johnson announced
ren-ntly that more than $14
million ha* been rai*ed to
fund a permanent endow
ment benefiting the Friends
of the l,BJ Ubrary, The
endowment honor* the wife
of the late President
Johnson and will l>e u*ed to
support *|wrial artivitie* at
the Library, the only
Pre*id ential library ojwn
frw of charge to the public.
Former U.K. Ambassador
Edward A (Hark and U.K.
Hep. J.J Pickle *aid their
committee, in response to
continuing contribution*, ha*
set a final goal of $2 million
for the endowment fund
With contribution* already
received. $5100,000 remains
to l e raised.
"The resjionse of Texan*
and people from throughout
the nation has been amazing.
Their generosity allowed us
to announce at the Tribute
that we were already a
quarter million dollar* over
our minimum objective of
raising a million dollar*,"
said Clark and Pickle.
c*w*
"Now we can announce
that additional comrnitmenU
totaling more than 1130.000
have been received in just
the past few week*. Many
contributors have urged u*
to continue the drive for
endowment funds that will
serve tin- Library * need* for
the foreseeable future and
allow it to continue it* policy
of free admission
"These gift* include a
generous second contribu
lion by Houston Kndow
ment. Inc., the philanthro
phy r-*Ubli*hed by Mr. and
Mm. Jesse II Jones, and
other* from per*ons in
Austin. Dallas, Houaton,
Corpus ('hrikti and Califor
nia."
The tribute to
Mrs. Johnson the LHJ
Library December II cut
mutated the firnt phase of
efforts to establish the
endowment A program
featuring performance* by
Helen Hayes and Kirk
Douglas was attended by
more than 1,000 person*,
The IJIJ Library receive*
more than 7(X),(H)0 visitors
annually. It* activities out
side of maintaining Pre*
■>:
Citizens Bank
of Bastrop
Monday Tuesday
I
lite lUstrop City ( nun
ril meet* the *eron«l Money
X ill each month at 7:30 p m.
§ at Itastop City llall.
I
'Ihe SmithvOle City
Council ha* their regular
J; meeting at 7:00 p.m. the
& 7:00 p.m. the third Monday
fill each month at Smithville
City llall.
g
•jj Ihe Smithville School
¥: Hoard meets at 7:00 p.m.
| (he third Monday of every
month in the Hoard Koom
| ol the Admini*trative
lluilding in Smithville
Tuesday
^ The Klgin School Hoard
meets the (irst and third
Monday of every month at
« 7:30 pjn. at the School
V- Administrative lluilding in
S Flgin.
1
| lhe Kastrop \olunteer
^ Fire Dept. meet* the first,
^ third, and last Tuesday ol
5 every month at 7:30 p.m.
^ at the City Warehouse in
6 Bastrop
S
Ihe Hastrop School
§ Hoard meets at 8:00 p.m.
the second Tuesday ol each
i|: mtmth in the AdminUtra-
v tive Building Hoard Koom
| in Hastrop.
| 'The Elgin City Council
mert* the Iir*t Tuesday ol
$ each month at 7:30 p.m. at
Flgin Ci(v llall.
S
The Smithville Hospital
Hoard meet* the fourth
Tuesday ol each month at
7:30 p.m. at Smithville <
lloMpital.
The F.lgin Volunteer!
Fire Dept. meet* the;
fourth Tuesday of each •
mtmth at 7:30 p.m. at Flgin ;
Fire Dept.
Wednesday!
The Smithville Chamber
of Commerce meet* the j
third Wednesday of each
nuaith at 7:30 p.m. at
Smithville City Hall.
Thursday
The Hastrop Chamber of
Commerce meets at 12
noon the fourth Thursday
of each month.
'The Hastrop Hospital
Hoard meets the second
Thursday ol each month at
4:00 p.m. at Hastrop Cilv
llall.
The Flgin Hospital
Hoard meets the second
Thursday ol each month at
7:30 p.m. at the F.lgin Rank
Conference Koom.
Ihe Smithville \ olun-
teer Fire IVcpt. meets the
second and fourth Thurs-
day ol each month at 7:30
p.m. at Smithville fire
station.
The F.lgin Chamber ol
Commerce meets the first
Thursda) ol each month at
7:30 p.m. at Te*a* Power
and l.ight Civic Koom.
Be sure lo list >our club meeting lime Jind §
^ place in Ihe Citizens Bank Community Calen- ^
^ dar. Just call 321-2557 by 5p.m. Thursday.
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Editor'* note: The 1'iney
Creek Philosopher on h«
Johnson grass farm on Piney
take* a look at Arabian oil
money thi* week.
Strauss of Dallas: Koy
Hutler. Frank W. Deniu*,
Charle* D. Nash and Dr.
Charles A LeMaiatre of
Auxtin; Jack 8. Josey and
Warren G. Woodward of
Houston; John Hen Shep
perd of Odessa; Glenn Bigg*
of San Antonio; Sam K.
Seymour of Columbus; and
J.K. Thorton of San Marcos.
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Swift City
ident Johnson's paper* and a
muM'um recording hi* Pre*
idency are privately funded.
The Friend* of the LHJ
Library help* support public
conferences, symposia arid
lectures, guided tour* for
*chuol children and other
groups, and special exhibits.
The Tribute was chaired
nationally by Henry Ford II
of Detroit and Mrs. Albert
I). Lasker of New York.
Texas committee members,
in addition to Clark and
I'ickle, were John I).
Murchison and Hobert S.
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Evcryl*«ly love* a predic
tion. It * fun to look into-
the futur«- even in specula
tion. for the truth is,
speculation is all you can do
about it, utiles* you're
psychic. So, for the mental
exercise of it, we've decided
lo look into our respective
erytal balls and see what the
future holds for Swift City in
the year ahead.
First we naked the elder
citizen of Swift City, the
Sage Henry lteid as to hLs
prognostication, "well, Joe,"
he said, "How many places
have you built out here last
year? Fifteen or twenty?"
I admitted 23 rental units.
"See," he said, a twinkle in
his eye. "And they're all
rented, aren't they?"
I admitted they were.
Henry sees a great
escalation of growth in the
next year.
Another cagey comenta
tor, Vic Hurrow of The
Store, likened the growth to
a snowball: "It's a gradual
thing," Vic said. "Kight now
it's a little snowball, gaining
momentum going down the
hill.growing as it goes. We
opened our store at the tail
end of the year, but we've
seen an increase every
month we've been in
business." Vic predicted
steady growth, but we
couldn't pin hini down as to
the size of the snowball a
year from now.
Other indicators: Last
Sunday, in spite of the
weather, no less than twelve
hardy golfers teed it up on
the Lake Hastrop Club
course. Maybe that's just a
harbinger of spring. People
are getting tired of being
weathered in.
A glimpse of the past may
well give some indicators as
to the future. Kight years
ago, you couldn't find the
swimming pool for the rattle
weed growing around it.
Today it's fenced, functional,
complete with bath house.
Then, the Pro Shop was a
small, 12 x 25 ft. building
o[H-n only on weekends.
Today, it's a complete
recreation center open every-
day of the year. Eight years
ago, not one person lived in
the development. Today,
over 30 families reside
permanently here and many
others are coming.
What about tomorrow?
Well, the Federal Correc-
tional Center is expected to
employ near 200 permanent
employees, not to mention
the around 400 guests at the
Center. The UT Environ*
mental Science Vet Division
in Swift City is increasing its
payroll almost weekly.
And the exceptional oil
activity at Giddings and
Dear Editor:
Every once in a while you
run into an article in a paper
or a magazine that throws
you for a loop. I found thi*
one in a magazine.
According to it, the
average oil well in Saudi
Arabia produces 12,000
barrels of oil a day,
compared to eighteen bar
rela in the U.S. It costs the
Saudis 30 cents a barrel to
get it out of the ground and
they sell it for $12 a barrel,
liy Jov
Smithville have stimulated
the growth of Swift City. Oil
field workers renting places
in our area tell of exploration
and development in oil and
gas to greatly increase in the
next dozen years.
'Til bet you." Vic Burrow
said "that you'll see a blinker
light on the corner in ten
years." He was referring to
the junction of Pershing
Drive and Avenue "E," a
particularly bad crossing
where several bad wrecks
have occurred. Incidentally,
the County would do a good
service to at least put up a
"Yield" sign at this location.
Rumors of new business in
the area: Plans are afoot for
a plant to produce solid
paneling of cedar and
hardwoods. The promoter Is
not ready as yet to reveal his
identity.
This has been an excellent
week for predictions of the
future, for the present has
come almost to a standstill in
Swift City. With the weather
all but eliminating any
outdoor activity and many
people down with the flu
(including yours truly), the
most exciting thing to
happen might have been the
3 1/2 hour power blackout
last Thursday night.
Most painful event of the
week: Lorenzo Juarez's
"for a gros* of $144,000 or a
net of $141,000 per well per
day.
Putting all it* wells
together, Saudi Arabia is
now netting $100 million
dollars a day. or a billion
dollars every ten days. As
the magazine (Harper's)
points out. that much money
stacking up would be enough
to buy General Motors in
four months, nineteen days.
Or ail the taxable real estate
in Manhattan in five months,
27 days. Or CBS in seven
days, five hours. Or the New
York Times in four days, one
hour. Or this Johnson grass
farm out here in .. . uh, don't
blink your eyes.
Now none of the foregoing
outfits is for sale, so what
are the Saudis doing with
their money? Well for one
thing they're buying U.S.
Treasury notes. For another,
they're buying stock in some
of the biggest banks in the
country.
Nobody knows how long
Saudi Arabia's oil is going to
last, but the magazine article
reported that of 37 fields,
only fifteen are being
worked, with the rest held in
reserve because they've got
no place to put the stuff. So
you can see that if the money
keeps pouring in for many
more years, the Saudis will
have just about enough
money to buy everything in
the world.
I don't believe this would
be a good thing. I prefer to
have my debts in Washing
ton.
The only answer I can
figure out is to talk with the
Saudis into going into
American farming. That way
things would balance out. As
they pull their money out of
a hole in the ground over
there, it goes into a hole in
the ground over here.
Yours faithfully,
J.A.
seven-year-old son "Lencho"
slipped on a wheeled toy and
falling bottom first into a
five^gallon can that had a fire
built in it. He was stuck.
Screams brought mother
Manuela to the rescue in
seconds, but not before the
youngster received severe
burns on rear and legs. He's
slowly recuperating at
Memorial Hospital, where he
may stay for several weeks.
Prediction of the week:
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PRESENTED BY THE
STATE BAR OF TEXAS
Q: My late aunt died three
year* ago and left several
hundred dollar* in a safety
deposit box. She left no will,
and her *i*ter asked me to
help her get acces* to the
*afety deposit box because
*he'* too ill to travel. A law-
yer told me we'd have to go
to court, even though there
is no other relative who
want* the mone>. 1 can't
understand why we have to
go to court to get the money.
A: State laws concerning
the etates of persons who
die without a will provide
very strict requirements de-
signed to protect the inter-
est of all relatives and other
persons involved. Before the
bank can release the funds,
you must submit proof of
death, an affidavit of heir
ship, and an order of the
probate court.
Q: My mother doesn't
have a will. If she dies,
would I, as her only living
child, inherit all of her prop-
erty, or would my sister's
children inherit half of the
property?
A: In a case where a per
son dies without a will and
leaves no husband or wife,
state law provides that the
property passes to their
living children and descen-
dants of deceased childreV
In a case where one of the
children has died before the
parent, but is survived by
children, then the deceased
child's share is inherited by
his or her descendants. In
the example used in the
question, the living child
would inherit one-half of the
estate and the nieces and
nephews of that child would
receive the other half. These
provisions are a part of the
law of descent and distribu-
tion which sets out the per-
sons who are entitled to
receive portions of an es-
tate, and the amount of the
estate to which they are en-
titled, when a person dies
without a will.
Q: When buying a new
mobile home, am 1 entitled
to receive a warranty from
the seller?
A: Yes. A new state law
requires that new mobile
homes and all appliances in
the home must be covered
by a one year warranty de-
livered to you in writing by
the seller at the time you
sign the contract of sale. The
warranty also requires the
seller to correct any defects
within a reasonable time
after notification by you. If
you have a consumer com-
plaint concerning mobile
homes or their warranties,
you may contact the Labor
Division of the Texas Attor-
ney General's office, in Aus-
tin, (Atty. Gen. Richards).
Q: I'm considering buying
a used car. How can I
determine whether the mile-
age shown on the car's
odometer is the actual mile-
age the car has been driven?
A: You are entitled to re-
ceive written disclosure
from the seller of an auto-
mobile stating the actual
mileagfe as shown on the
car's odometer represents
the actual mileage. The
seller must provide this in-
formation to the buyer un-
der federal law. The seller
may be liable for damages if
he deliberately gives a false
statement.
Send your questions to "You and the
Law," State Bar of Texas, P.O. Bo*
12487, Austin, 78711. Answers may
appear in columns in hypothetical
terms; personal answers not possible.
Byline
Byline
Byline
Clyde Griffin
I was really ihrilled to
hear that one time convicted
murderer Robert Elmer
Kleason was being held right
here in Bastrop while
making occasional trips to
court in Austin.
The first thing that
entered my mind was "Boy,
wouldn't it be great to go
over and interview this man
for our readers!"
It would be the story of
the year, to say the least,
and I actually broke out in a
cold sweat dreaming of the
Pulitzer Prize — or of being
hunted down by the C.I.A
should I blow the case by
printing too much.
I drove by the County Jail
early Friday and I noticed a
mottly crew bearing camera
equipment, recorders and
pads, and I guessed I had
waited too long, some other
paper had beaten me to the
punch.
But. I decided to try
anyway after the shaggy-
looking characters exited
the building as quickly as
they had entered, this time
with their chins dragging the
ground. I figured Kleason
had refused to see them.
Well I sidled up to Sheriff
Nig Hoskins and told him
how great it would be if he'd
just let me see Kleason for a
little while to ask him a few
questions. Now I reckoned
that since this paper at least
treats Nig with the respect
he's worthy of. and knowing
he prefers our style of
relating the news to the
public, he'd let me right in.
Then he began to unwind
with the tale about the
"shaggy looking" reporters
who came all the way from
their Houston Chronicle
offices demanding an
audience with the man who
was convicted of murdering
a young mormon missionary
and sawing his body up into
tiny shreads, only to have his
conviction overturned be-
cause of an improper search
warrant.
Anyway, I was told "Only
with the approval of the
Federal Marshall could I talk
with Kleason. That glow in
my soul that was like a
beacon at first began to
flicker more like a flashlight.
.. with dying batteries.
Neal Pfeiffer referred me
to Marshall Joe Atkinson in
Austin, so I called his office
and was referred to the
Federal Marshall's office in
San Antonio. By now my
little glow was no stronger
than a single candle — a
birthday cake size candle.
When I reached the San
Antonio office of Federal
Marshall Rudy A. Garza —
he was gone, and my candle
turned into a match as his
deputy told me to call back
Monday morning when
Marshall Garza would be
"glad" to talk tome.
When I told the deputy fed
why I was calling, he
suggested I call the U.S.
Attorney's office in Wash-
ington, D.C. and my match
went out.
Tonight I'll go to bed and
dream of better things, me
thinks.
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Pannell, Leland R. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [124], No. 73, Ed. 1 Monday, February 13, 1978, newspaper, February 13, 1978; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth335002/m1/2/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.