Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [122], No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1976 Page: 1 of 9
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Bastrop (Texas) Advertiser, January 22, 1976
AND BASTROP COI NTY NEWS
'*• ESTABLISH ED MARCH 1. 1M3
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT BASTROP. TEXAS 78602
AMY S STANDIFER, EDITOR
It" E. STANDIFER and SON. PUBLISHERS
Emered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Bastrop,
Under Act of March 3. 1897
□
MEMBER |976 ASSOCIATION
Piney Creek Philosopher Comes
lip With A Wild Scheme To Put
A Stop To All These Crises
Editor's note: The Piney
Creek Philosopher on his
Johnson Grass farm on Piney
seems to be hack in standard
form, his letter this week
indicates.
Dear Editor
As some of you may know, I
was suddenly carted off to the
hospital a few weeks ago. but I
can now report that I'm back in
fairly good working order.
Thought I'd tell you about a
dream I had. I dreamed that for
some strange reason the three
TV and radio network editors
and the leading newspaper and
wire service editors all gather
ed at my Johnson grass farm
out here one day. There was
Walter Cronkite. John Chan
cellor, David Brinkley. James
Res ton. and too many others to
mention. "Look," the president
of CBS said. "We're getting
5 tired of having to chase all over
the world with our cameras and
reporters every time a world
crisis breaks out in some
country we never heard of
before."
"That's right," John Chan
cellor chimed in. "I've been in
the news business all my life
and it was only a month ago I
heard of Angola. Took two
secretaries half the morning to
find it on the map."
"Yeah," Walter Cronkite put
in. "Beirut, Zaire, Zanzibar,
J Belfast - every one of them has
«been in a world crisis at one
•time or another. Everybody.,
"geta excited, world leaders
confer and wring their hands,
we report it all, then the crisis
fades away and we get set for
another one. It's getting
monotonous. There ought to be
some way to stop it."
This dream is pretty wild
because at that point I spoke
Tve got an idea," I said.
"Let's teach the world a little
* lesson. Let's make up a
/ mythical country, manufacture
, a crisis there, put it on TV and
* radio and in the newspapers.
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BOY'S BASKETBALL
1975 _ 1976
Opponent Place Time Teams
23 La Grange' Here 5-6:30-8 9th, JV. A Var.
;77 Hays There 3-6:30-8 9th, JV, A Var.
Jan. 30 Weimar* Here 5-6:30-8 9th, JV. A Var.
Feb. 3 Smithville* There 5^:30-8 9th, JV, & Var.
Feb. 6 Hallettsvillfc* Here te.30-8 9th, JV, & Var.
Feb. 10 Luiing* There >6:30-8 9th, JV, & Var.
Feb 13 Giddmgs* Here 5-6:30-8 9th, JV, & Var.
Feb. 17 La Grange* There 5-6:30-8 9th. JV. & Var.
•Denotes District Games
GIRLS BASKETBALL
1975 — 1976
Date
Jan.
Jan
Date
Opponent
Teams
Time
Place
Jan.
22
La Grange*
A & B
6:30
There
Jan.
26
Hays*
A & B
6:30
There
Jan.
29
Weimar*
A & B
6.30
There
Feb.
2
Smithville*
A & B
6:30
Here
Feb.
5
Hallettsville*
A & B
6:30
There
Feb
9
Luiing*
A & B
6:30
Here
READ AND USE THE CLASSIFIED ADS
and then sit back and see how
the world leaders perform."
"Great," James Reston of the
New'York Time^ said.
yThey all agreed and that
Evening the news was filled
with the new world crisis
developing in far off Hypo
dermia. "Internal strife is
boiling over in the towns and
throughout the countryside,"
the reports went. "Two Soviet
ships loaded with supplies have
been sighted off the east coast
of Hypodermia."
Lights burned late at the
U.S. State Department that
night and by next morning
Washington was seething with
excitement.
"Where is Hypodermia?" one
State Department expert
asked.
"What difference does that
make?" another put in. "Let's
get our aid on the way and we'll
find out later where it is."
"Should we tell Congress
about this'.'" another asks.
"No," another answers.
"You tell Congress and it won't
be 24 hours before the whole
country knows."
Unfortunately, a nurse came
by to give me a pill before I
finished this dream, but you've
got to admit it has some
side splitting possibilities,
especially when you think of all
those cargo planes loaded with
U.S. aid circling the globe
trying to locate Hypodermia so
they can land and protect our
interests.
Yours faithfully,
J^A.
NOT REALISTIC
Most parents are optimists—
they expect more from their
children than they can deliver.
PASSING OF A LANDMARK - Many old - timers felt a pang
or two when they saw the little white bo use that has stood since
1870 on the northwest corner of Main and Farm Streets, jacked
up and ready to be moved away last Saturday. This was the
first home of the late Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Kesselus when they
first married in 1896, and was the property of their son, W. R.
Kesselus. A residence for many years, it became a
home - atmosphere restaurant, specializing in Mexican food,
several years ago. It later became a nursery, and more recently
an antique shop, operated by Mr. and Mrs. David Gholson as
"My Great Aunt's Attic". Mr. Gholson bought the house and it
was moved last Sunday morning to their property beside their
home at 509 Spring Street near the river.
— Photo by Reid Sharp
Roger Snider
elated president
of Rockne Center
Roger Snider was elected the
new president of the Rockne
Community Recreation Center
at a meeting held in the Rockne
VFW Hall recently.
Other officers elected were
J. D. Moffett, vice president,
and Mrs. Albert Klaus,
secretary - treasurer. Trustees
are Valon Meuth, Jerry Hilbig
and Carroll Voight.
Outgoing president Valon
Meuth presided at the meeting.
Plans discussed included
completing of the concession
stand before the start of Little
League baseball season.
\lbert Bauer, Arthur Wil
helm and Tommy Osborn were
appointed to contact teams
from other areas to play the
Rockne Little League team.
Mrs. Klaus informed the
members that the Little
League had received $100 from
the Bastrop County Community
Action Program to purchase
baseball equipment.
More adults interested in
baseball and youth activities
are needed to help Little
League players. An annual $1
fee is required for membership.
Persons interested can contact
Mrs. Klaus, Meuth, Roger
Snider or any trustee or
member.
Leaves From A Preacher's
Notebook Bp J. Troy Hickman
THE PLUS FACTOR
The Dallas Cowboys could the cellar,
have beat the Pittsburg
Steelers with five more points.
For a while it seemed as though
they might. In terms of
experience and according to the
dope, the Steelers should have
won. They did, but by the skin
of their teeth.
During the last part of the
season, especially in the league
play off games toward the
end, the cowboys played over
their heads. Some sport writers
called them The Cinderella
Team, and others said their
playing in two of their last
games was miraculous.
There seems to be a factor in
life which is beyond calculation.
Its nature and sources are a
mystery to us. I suppose that
we will never understand it.
For the purposes of this piece,
I'll call it The Plus Factor.
Because it cannot be under-
stood, it cannot be predicted. If
it can't be predicted, it can't be
counted on for a steady thing.
The plus factor cannot take
the place of other things. In
football, for instance, it can't
replace talent, coaching, and
hard work. It is what the title
suggests: something extra,
something added to the
ordinary, a plus factor.
I saw it at work a couple of
years ago in an early season
football game between Texas
Tech and Texas University.
The Raiders were not supposed
to have much of a chance. But
they walloped the daylights out
of the Longhorns. They seemed
to be as surprised as were the
Longhorns.
The word went out over the
conference, "Watch Texas Tech
this year for conference
champs!" It was a bad season as
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Sunday Evening __ __ __ __ __ 7:30 P. M.
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The word went out over the
conference, "Watch Texas Tech
this year for conference
champs!" Well, The Raiders did
not win many other games that
year. It was a bad season as a
whole. The lightning of The
Plus Factor struck for them in
that one game, but not again.
The Plus Factor cannot often
be produced by trying. I know a
college football team in this
conference, which I will not
name for fear of offending some
fans, who spent a long term in
They got a new coach, who
was apparently a very ambi-
tious and able man. Under his
leadership the team won some
startling victories. He had
apparently psyched them up to
a very high tension, like the E
string on a fiddle. Suddenly,
they began to fumble the ball,
and every opportunity they
won was fumbled away. Their
victory balloon collapsed and
they have not been able to get
it inflated very well again.
I don't know what the
requirements are for the Plus
Factor to appear. I don't think
that it represents a case of The
Divine Favor. I think its nature
is human. Yet, it is also a
spiritual thing. It does not come
out of statistics. It cannot be
produced just by good coach
ing, big talent, and other purely
human factors. It is sort of like
a halo which arches over the
human scene, as a rainbow
sometimes appears in the sky.
It is seen elsewhere than in
competitive sports. In fact, the
Plus Factor can crop up
anywhere, anytime; sometimes
when one is least expecting it.
Usually it appears when a good
human groundwork has been
laid. For instance, when the
person or the group involved
has done its very best.
It appears now and then in
the business or professional
world, when someone will
function beyond himself and his
normal abilities. It shows up in
the world of personal relations:
between sweethearts, hus-
bands and wives, parents and
children, and between friends
and acquaintances.
It would be fine if we could
produce it at will, or especially
when desperately needed. It
would have been wonderful for
us Cowboy fans if a receiver
could have snagged one of
those long passes which
Stauback heaved down to the
goal in the last minute of the
game. But it wasn't there. And
it couldn't be produced.
Some think it helps to pray. I
don't know about that. There is
a spiritual element in The Plus
Factor, but I don't know
whether it is subject to control
by prayer or anything else.
What do you think?
Calvary Baptist Church
I I 04 Church Street
Bastrop, Texas
Sunday School 9:30
Morning Worship 10:45
Evening Worship 6:00
Mid-week service Wednesday 7:0C
(The Sunday evening and Wednesday evening
services are conducted in the Calvary House.
1 106 Church Street)- • * , . ,.
Nursery available at all services
Buddy WQcoxen, Minister
You are invited to worship Christ with us.
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DANCING PERMITTED
LeBlanc awarded
Silver Wings
Air National Guard Second
Lieutenant Michael LeBlanc,
son of Mr. and 'Mrs. Benedict
LeBlanc of Rt. 1, Cedar Creek,
has been awarded silver wings
upon graduation from U.S. Air
Force pilot training at Vance
AFB, Okla.
Lieutenant LeBlanc is being
assigned to Kelly AFB, Tex.,
for flying duty on the F - 100
aircraft.
A 1970 graduate of David
Crockett High School, Austin,
he received his B.S. degree in
1973 from Southwest Texas
State University. The lieuten-
ant is a member of Delta
Upsilon.
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Refinish Work
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UPHOLSTERY SHOP
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After 5 p. m. and on Saturday
We also repair Venetian blinds
J A BICENTENNIAL FEATURE
*
This Week In
Our History
JANUARY 22:
President Jefferson reports the Burr Conspiracy to Congress (1807) . . .
The first Masonic Lodge here, Bastrop 58, is chartered, with Texas
revolutionary T. J. Hardeman as the master (1850) . . . Our GI's pile
onto the beach at Anzjo, just 25 miles from Romt (1944) . . .
JANUARY 23:
Santa Anna, after a week in Washington as Houston's agent for an-
nexation. leaves town owing $2000 for Texas to pay. Hram! Lost the
war and won the celebration (1837) . . . North Korea seizes the
USS Pueblo, impounds the crew as spies ( 1968) . . .
JANUARY 24:
James Marshall finds gold near Sutter's Fort, Caloma, Calif.; now,
stand back for the rush (1848) . . . FDR and Winnie conclude their
Casablanca talks, agreeing to invade Sicily, undertake a cross-channel
invasion and stand firm for unconditional surrender (1943) . . .
JANUARY 25:
The "Maine"' steams into Havana on a mission of friendship (1898)
A. G. Bell rings up Thomas Watson on the New York to San Fran-
lsro line. America s first ntercontinental telephone call (1915) . . .
ilson violates Rule No. I on what-not-to-do at a business meeting as
he proposes a League of Nations to the peace conference. They follow
form and name him to draw up an agreement for the same (1919)
JANUARY 26:
The men who know label Daniel Webster's nationalistic explanation of
the C onstitution — Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and in-
separable — as America's greatest oration (1830) . . . Teddy Roose-
velt today advised a friend. Speak softly and carry a big stick; you'll
jo far' Bu< see LD'S NOTF. below (1900) . . Food administrator H
Hoover suggests we observe wheatless Monday, meatless Tuesday and
porkless Thursdays and Saturdays — and keep gnawing Victory Bread
all the time (1918) . . .
JANUARY 27:
The first all U S air raid of WWII plasters Wilhelmshaven (1943)
I he Mundt Act Authorizes an overseas information program, including
the Voice of America (1948) . . . Astronauts Grissom. White and
Chaffee perish in a flash fire during a spacecraft drill (1967)
JANUARY 28:
Our troops end the second occupation of Cuba, leaving the administra-
te a butterfly, sting like a bee; nobody's greater than Muhammed
Ali!""
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [122], No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1976, newspaper, January 22, 1976; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth390936/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.