Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [124], No. 66, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1978 Page: 4 of 12
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Pa#? 4, THt BASTROP ADVI RTISI R, Thursday, January 19, 1978
Bullock Mid thai the
latest batch of rebate checks
tncludc two in nce« «>f
$2 million (or the cities of
Dallas arid Houston
Houston. the state's
most populous city, will
get a check for S4 million
and Dallas will receive
*2 2 million.
San Antonio will receive
S 9*4,16.1, Kort Worth.
$761„)7S. Austin X>00J46
and I I Paso. 4S07.05I
The lor Hi-option on<-
Cities to receive
sales tax checks
Slate Camptorller Bob
Hulloc k saul Friday his oftiiT
has mailed cheiks totaling
SIMS million to H94 Tenas
cities as their January
share of the one percent
cily sales ta
I he total for the three
major cities of Bastrop ( oun
{y topped $10 thousand,
with Smithville receiving the
largest amount of sales
ta* taking a $5,WW) 40
share.
Bastrop was mailed a
S UMO. 15 check and I Ik1'1
will receive $2,U2.II in
one percent sales ta*
receipts.
Mullock also reminded the
2S0.000 Texas retail mer
chant* who remit their sales
las collections on a
quarterly basis thai January
II is the deadline for their
next reports.
"If they haven't done so
already. I'd suggest they put
a big red circle around that
dale on their calendars be
cause late reports <an mean
cosily and time consuming
problems for our mer
chants," he said.
percent city sales ta* is
collected by merchants and
other sales lax permit hold
ers and remitted monthly to
I he cities bv the Comp-
troller's Office.
Bulloi k urged merchants
who have questions or prob-
lems with preparing Their
*ales tax reports to contact
the nearest Comptroller's
Field Office or call toll-free
I 800 252-5555 for assis
lance.
Texas definitely home of
Hughes says attorney general
Bastrop Bears to play
LaGrange Friday
Joe Shirley
SOUTHLAND LIFE
LIFE
HOSPITALIZATION
DISABILITY INCOME
CALL FOR PRICING
BASTROP
321-2214
AUSTIN
472-2477
The Bastrop Beam will
play the LaGrange Leopards
Friday in the Bastrop High
School gymnasium al 8:00
p.m. This game will mark
the end of the first half of
district play. The ftears are
rurrenlly tied with I~i
(irange and [,tiling whom the
Bears defeated in over time
last Friday for the district
lead.
Come early, get a good
seal and enjoy the action.
Games start at 5:00,6:30 and
M IX) with the Freshmen and
Junior Varsity playing first.
The .Junior Varsity teams
are coached by James
Gurka. The Varsity team is
coached bv Cliff Wilkins.
Good Shepherd to
hold potluck supper
SMITHVILLE MEDICAL CLINIC
OPTICAL DEPT.
EYES EXAMINED-
GLASSES FITTED
PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED
GLASSES DUPLICATED
& REPAIRED
HOURS:
MON.-FRI. 8:30-5:00
SAT. 8:30-12:00
PHONE 237-2443
WILLIAM WILKINSON-OPTICIAN
CERTIFIED BY
AMERICAN
BOARD OF OPTICIANRY
Dr. D R. Morris D.O. Dr. | .W. Morris D.O.
Smithville Medit al Clinic
701 E. 9th
Smithville. Texas
Another important day in
the life of Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church comes up
on next Sunday, Jan. 22.
In addition to the regular
Sunday morning schedule ■
worship al Ht.10 a.m. and
Sunday School and Bible
Class afterwards, the people
will gather for a potluck
supper at 5 p.m. After the
supper, at 6 p.m.. the annual
business meeting of the con
gregation will be held.
Mrs. N. Dyal will preside.
Reports by the Pastor, Kev.
Bohls, by the treasurer,
Mrs. G. Hanna. and others
will be given.
An election of officers
will be held. Nominees
include Ben Devereaux,
chairman; Fdgar Dreidel,
vice chairman; Mrs. N. Dyal.
secretary; Mrs. N. Williams,
treasurer; Robert Buscha,
SS superintendent; Mrs.
R. Namken, trustee; and
Robert Krcsge, deacon.
A budget in the amount
of S12.000 plus will be
presented. Projected plans
w ill also be given considera-
tion for the ocntinued growth
and development of Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church.
Defensive driving
to be offered
The Bastrop IT A an
nounees plans for a Defen
Hive Driving Course to be
held February 7 and H at
p.m. al the High School
Cafeteria. There will be a
charge of $2.2f> per person
and this fee will cover the
NOTICE OF ANNUAL
STOCKHOLDERS
MF.KTING
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of First Na
tional Bank will be held
Tuesday, January 24 at 3:30
p.m. at the Banking House of
First National Bank of
Bastrop.
cost of the workbook. There
will be two classes from 6:00
p.m. to 10:00 p.m. each night
with a break after each hour
session. Refreshments will
be served by the PTA.
This course entitles you to
a ten percent discount on
your car liability insurance.
If you have any questions
about this class or would like
to pre register you may
contact Mrs. Kellar at
321 5919 or Mrs. Cottle at
.'<213911. You may register
at the door prior to the first
Howard Hughes' death
last year left Attorney Gen-
eral John Hill with an un-
precedented challenge
In order to reap the largest
inheritance tax collection in
the state's history, he would
have to penetrate one of the
modern world's most suc-
cessful conspiracies of se-
crecy .
The amount at stake is
anywhere from S25 million
to SI50 million in inheri-
tance taxes.
The issue at stake is
whether Texas was Hughes'
legal residence.
A jury in Houston has
been hearing evidence
in the case since early De-
cember. Estimates of the
duration of the trial before
Probate Judge Pat Gregory-
range up to several months.
The legal manuevering
in the courtroom gives
little hint of the maze of
criss-crossing, disappearing
and usually roadblocked
trails followed by Hill's
staff in 18 months of accumu-
lating evidence for the trial.
"Hughes spent the last
30 years of his life dedicated
to obscuring the footprints
a person in his position
would normally leave in
his business and private
activities," Hill said. "When
he died, we faced a blank
wall."
Hill's investigation of the
Hughes case began shortly
after Hughes died April
5, 1976. Information received
by Hill's office indicated
Hughes had annually paid
his personal income taxes
to an IRS office in Texas
and had paid poll taxes in
Texas while he was living in
other states.
Those reports were quickly
confirmed, and Hill placed
an assistant on the case
full-time. He gave notice to
Judge Gregory in June. I97t>
that he would seek to prove
Texas was Hughes' legal
residence and that Texas'
16 percent inheritance tax
could be applied to the
Hughes estate.
"Our staff akscd them-
selves who Hughes was,
where had he gone, and
what he had done. Once
they answered these ques-
tions--and the answers were
not always available
they could look at his tax
returns, his draft board
W.J
Colorado County Federal
Savings & Loan Association
PAID OUT
6,000,000.00
Interest
Dividends
In 1977
Did You Earn Your Share?
In
And
Current
Interest Rates
Type of
Account
Rat*
Annual Yitld
Compounded
DaU
)aily'
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C«rt*CalM
Now Is The
Time To Start!
Home Office:
408 Walnut,
Columbus, Texas
i sue
el ass.
j: Luther W. Ross, DDS, wishes to
ij announce the opening of his office
at 1107 Church Street for the
| practice of General Dentistry.
J
Hours by Appointment
321-2188
£ Mon., Tucs., Thurs., Fri.
Morning
•'.v.v.v.'.v.
Sat.
CLOSED WEDNESDAY
THE STYLE SHOP
A MERLE NORMAN
C06METIC STUDIO
Mrs. Susie Maxhimer
Jewelry - Gifts - Cosmetics
913 Main St.
321-5801
Bastrop Riverwood
Bargain Shed
Continuous
Garage Sale
Main Street
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registration, his passport
applications. his pilot's
licenses, and his radio li
censes from the FC'C for evi-
dence of Hughes' bond with
Texas. The list of possible
sources mushroomed,"
Hill said.
Despite his staff's success
in tying Hughes to Texas
through numerous docu-
ments, Hill knew his case
could be weakened by un-
favorable testimony from
Hughes' former aides.
With Nevada's tax laws
providing no inheritance
tax, it was obvious the
Hughes family and aides
would prefer a finding that
his legal residence was
Nevada instead of Texas.
"Hughes had employed
dozens of lawyers during the
last 30 years to fend off
law-suits. Every lawyer who
had ever sued Hughes had
come away empty handed
because they didn't know
enough about Hughes'
operations to ask the right
question. We were about
to find ourselves in the same
boat," Hill said.
However, an unexpected
key to the Hughes inner
sanctum surfaced shortly
after he died. It was learned
that Mexican government
officers had raided Hughes'
apartment in Acapulco the
day he died. They walked
in on Hughes aides busily
shredding Hughes' personal
papers which had been
carted with him for 10 years
from California to Boston,
Las Vegas, the Bahamas,
Nicaragua. Canada, back
to Nicaragua, Florida.
England, back to the Baha-
mas, and finally to Mexico.
The Mexicans allowed the
IKS to microfilm the 10,000
documents confiscated in
the Hughes raid, and Hill
turned to the IRS for access.
With the help of U. S. Treas-
ury Secretary William Si-
mon. the IRS' reluctance was
overcome in December 1976
after months of touch-and-
go negotiations. "The
Local people
attend ICA
meeting
By Erlene Goertz
Warren Higgins, chairman
of the Bastrop County
Independent Cattlemen's
Association, and Mrs. Hig-
gins, Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Watterson, Roy Rivers,
Gene McVay, Clyde Dund
gren, Earl Rosanky, Tom
Long, and T.W. Buck,
attended the State ICA
meeting, held January 9, at
the Howard Johnson's Motor
Hotel, Austin, beginning at
9:30 a.m., held for all county
officers of the state.
T.A. Cunningham, state
president, presided at the
meeting. Among the topics
discussed were specific
iHHHrty problems, and how
these problems can be
eliminated, what direction
the association will take in
1978, and the fact that
agriculture is in deep trouble
in the LInited States, and if
producers don't unite this
could be a disastrous year
for all concerned.
information in that micro
film was d>namite. It broke
the dam for us." Hill said.
The bottom line on the
state's case. Hill said, is
that Hughes' trail of evi-
dence leaves little doubt
what state he considered his
legal domicile.
"If Howard Hughes
were alive today, it is clear
that if he were asked 'What
is your legal residence?'
he would answer 'Houston,
Texas." That's where he
was born and raised, that's
where he made his fortune,
that's where he paid his
federal taxes, that's where
he registered for the draft,
and that's where he died
and is buried. He made
movies in California, he
bought hotels in Las Vegas,
and he lived in a number
of different places, but Texas
was always his legal resi-
dence," Hill said.
Sanders to head
Briscoe campaign
Governor Dolph Briscoe
announced the appointment
of John A. Sanders as
Bastrop County coordinator
for his 1978 gubernational
campaign in Texas.
Sanders will be in charge
of all facets of the reelection
effort in Bastrop County.
'Tm extremely pleased to
have John heading my
campaign in Bastrop Coun-
ty," Briscoe said in a
statement issued from his
state campaign head-
quarters.
"His presence in this
important project assures
me that the campaign in
Bastrop County is in capable
and experienced hands," he
added.
A resident of Bastrop,
Sanders is a Bastrop clothing
merchant.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. A.A. (Sugar) Sanders.
According to Sanders
anyone interested in know
ing more about the Cover
nor's campaign and wants to
participate, should contact
the county headquarters at
3213865.
Arbor Day is
January 20
January 20 is Arbor Day,
a day dedicated to the
recognition and appreciation
of the contributions trees
make to our environment
and our daily lives.
Trees are important to us
in many ways. They enhance
our world by adding natural
beauty and texture to our
environment. No matter
what the condition of a home
or building, some well-placed
and carefully chosen trees
can make the entire environ-
ment much more attractive.
Trees cleanse and condi
tion the air. Adequate
numbers of trees can reduce
smog, noise and other air
pollution problems. Trees
cool the air by evaporating
water through their leaves.
According to John Stine,
district forester with the
Texas Forest Service in
LaGrange, a large shade tree
has a cooling capacity equal
to four or five room-size air
conditioners.
Windbreaks lower wind
velocities. Wind protection
can reduce soil and soil
moisture losses from crop-
lands and help save on
heating costs for homes and
offices.
Green paints are neces-
sary for life. They use an
animal waste product
carbon dioxide - and convert
it, through the process of
photosynthesis, into an
absolutely essential product
-- oxygen. An acre of
healthy, fast-growing pine
trees produces enough
oxygen in a year to meet the
annual needs of eighteen
people.
Trees provide us with
many types of food, includ
ing nuts, berries, apples, and
oranges, to name but a few.
Birds and other animals eat
these and other parts of the
tree, such as seeds, leaves,
and bark.
Public Notice
Lower Colorado River Authority, in ac-
cordance with provisions of the Public
Utility Regulatory Act of Texas, hereby gives
notice of the Authority s intent to imple-
ment new schedules of electric service rates
in areas served bv the Authority, effective
lanuarv 25, 1978, or as soon thereafter as
permitted by law
The rate changes are expected to increase
the gross revenue of Lower Colorado
River Authority by 14 4 percent
•\ complete copy ot the new rate schedules
t> or tile with the Public Utility Commission
at Aiustm Texas ahd with each affected
wholesale customer and retail municipality.
and is available for inspection in each of
the Authority ' public business offices
I (JVM K C OlOWADO
HIM M AUTHORITY
P I) Hm 2Jtii
AuMlfl "H7ti7
Ml h
l>4 14)
Trees supply the raw
material for a wide variety of
products and industries.
Lumber, plywood, furniture,
pencils, paper, synthetic
fibers, chemicals - all are
products derived from trees.
Hundreds of thousands of
persons in the United States
depend, either directly or
indirectly, upon trees for
their livelihood.
Given our dependence on
trees, it is comforting to
realize that trees, unlike
other raw materials, are a
renewable resource. The
Texas Forest Services hopes
that this Arbor Day you will
take a few moments to
reflect on what this nation's
trees and forrests mean to
you.
Students
selected to
region band
Submitted by Charles Ealey
January 14 the region
XVIII held their district
band Junior High tryouts.
The competition was keen
with the students im-
mediately thrown into
competition with surround
ing schools in the region.
The students selected
from the Bastrop Junior
High Band were Candee
Jean (first chair piccolo),
Rebecca Oliver (fifth chair
trumpet), Vickie Seidle
(second chair tenor saxo-
phone), Debra Nauert
(trombone), Janet Bennight
(bass clarinet) and Lisa
Goertz (trumpet).
Candee Jean, Vickie
Seidle and Rebecca Oliver
move into further competi-
tion to find out who is chosen
for the better of two region
bands. These three students
are already selected to
participate in the Region
Band concert to be held
February 4.
"The new tax
forms. A good
reason to let
us help with
your taxes."
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Hanry W Block
At H4R Block, we under
stand these new funis, we
know the law> Well do every
thing we can to save y«*i n**-
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Pannell, Leland R. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [124], No. 66, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1978, newspaper, January 19, 1978; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth335072/m1/4/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.