Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), No. 55, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1977 Page: 1 of 14
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Thursday Edition
Two sections, 30 Pages
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For some of the best buys in
"™ the county, see Section II :
The Christmas Shopper
Oil activity escalates
in Smithville vicinity
Oil activity in the Smith-
ville area is still escalating at
a substantial rate with two
more drilling permits issued
in the last two weeks.
Clayton Williams Co. of
Midland has drilled one well
on the Yerger Hill Estate
one mile East of Smithville
just South of Colorado Road.
Although the well had not
been brought in Monday,
drilling at the site was
completed about two weeks
ago and a workover rig is at
the site.
Bill Hientz, a geologist
with Clayton Williams told
the ADVERTISER Tuesday
that they had attempted to
bring in the well in the
deeper Buda formation and
when the well was being
drilled they had some show
of oil in the Buda but efforts
to make a well in that
formation had been futile.
Hientz went on to say that
they moved back up into the
Austin Chalk at the same
depth as the Cobra well 1/2
mile north.
The Cobra well has been
flowing about 400 barrels of
oil per day for two months
now and Hientz explained
that they have been using
the same completion efforts
to try to bring in their
wildcat.
The completion attempts
involved perforating at the
same depth (about 7,000
feet) and pumping in 6,000
gallons of fifteen per cent
hydrochloric acid. The geol-
ogist explained they had a
little show of oil but felt they
would have to "frac" to bring
in the well.
Other permits issued by
the Texas Railroad Commis-
sion include two more wells
to be drilled by Clayton
Williams on the Yerger Hill
estate in the vicinitv of their
wildcat and a third permit
was issued to Martin Oil and
Gas of Houston for a 3,000
foot well located two miles
West of Rockne.
Hientz went on to say he
expects the Clayton Wil-
liams wildcat to come in
after it is fracced and
explained he expects drilling
to begin on the other two
wells after a completion is
effected on the #1 well.
Area Oil Activity
Map & Legend
Page 8
Henry Mouser, Richard Hernandez and Cruz Galvan survey the damage on a
beer-hauling semi. Lone Star Brewing Driver David Semlinger, on his way to
Trinity from San Antonio lost control (and some beer) at 12:30 a.m. Monday
morning on Highway 21 near Highway 71, eight miles West of Bastrop.
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Photo by Jim Tisdale—
VA officer announces
upcoming retirement
TEXAS' OLDEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Rumaging through the
mass of papers, books and
notes, Henry Bell said, "I
have sixteen or seventeen
years worth of stuff to go
through here." That is about
how long Bell has been in his
small office on the second
floor of the county court-
house. The place will soon
miss its 76-year-old occu
pant, the County Veteran
Service Officer plans to
retire January 1.
"I've enjoyed working
here," Bell told the AD-
VERTISER, "and feel that
everything is looking up."
Bell said he will leave the
office in the hands of
Smithville resident Albert
Crawford. Crawford, who
was mayor of Smithville
1970-76, is an active local
VFW post service officer. He
claims, "The job is not a new
thing for me, I have been
active in the local post here."
County Judge Jack Grie-
senbeck told the ADVERTI
SER, "It is understood that
Crawford will fill the
position. He is very well
qualified." Commissioners
will make the decision final
at this month's council
meeting.
Henry Bell Jr. was born
January 11, 1902 at the
house he still lives in at 1408
Church St., Bastrop. He
attended Allen Academy and
after graduation worked
about fifteen years for the
government around Bren-
ham.
Bell joined the army and
traveled to various places for
two to three years as a
captain. He then decided to
move back to this area and
worked on the Bastrop
Chamber of Commerce one
year, before taking the job of
VA Service Officer.
Bell has one son, Henry
III, who is a lawyer in Austin
and Bastrop. Henry III lives
in Bastrop with his wife and
their two children, Regina
and Henry IV. Smiling, the
stalky, gray-haired Henry
Jr. claims, "We sometimes
call him Quatro'."
Bell will be leaving the
office to another native of
Bastrop. Crawford was born
in Bastrop before moving to
Georgetown where he went
to school as a young boy,
some 64 years ago. Crawford
was pilot in the Air Force
from 1942-46. Crawford has
lived in Smithville "a long,
long time," and was in
business for himself until
1969.
Since March 1,1853
Bastrop (Texas) Advertiser, Thursday, December 8, 1977
Number 55
District Court working on
lengthy December docket
Henry Bell, Jr.
WANTED
Robert Lois Crawford,
who was arrested for an
August 12 burglary, plead
guilty November 16 and was
sentenced to five years with
the Texas Department of
Corrections.
Incidents leading to the
arrest and conviction began
when Mrs. Herman Wilhelm
of Route 1, Red Rock called
the Sheriffs office after
noticing a strange pickup
across the street at her
daughter's home.
Officers Willie Dabney
and Rusty Edwards shortly
thereafter spotted a vehicle
fitting the description and
stopped the vehicle after
giving chase. Crawford was
the sole occupant and
officers found, inside the
pickup, a color television and
a stereo.
Crawford not only ad-
mitted to the August 12
burglary of Leslie Camp-
bell's residence but to eight
other such burglaries in
Bastrop County and to at
least five in Caldwell
County.
Another burglar tried last
month was committed by
Leonard E. Crippen. He
pleaded guilty to an August
crime and was sentenced to
eighteen years with the
Texas Department of Cor-
rection at Huntsville. Dis-
trict Judge John Placke
convicted Crippen of illegally
entering a building owned by
Kindle Thomas.
Two other cases of
burglary were tried and
convicted on November 22.
Ernest Ray Bellfield of
Smithville was sentenced to
three years for the May 25
robbery of Annie White.
Ronald Wayne Caffey of
Elgin was also sentenced to
three years, for theft of
cattle owned by Curtis
Parker, on March 23. The
seventeen-year-old man had
broken a five year probation
before receiving this sen-
tence.
District Court also met on
For the second time in as many weeks a Smithville storefront was smashed.
This time, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cook of Alum Creek crashed into the Yerger
Hill & Son Dry Good and Hardware storefront.
Photo by Jim Tisdale —
Tuesday, December 6 to
decide three more cases, all
of whose defendants pleaded
guilty.
One case involved an
incident dating back to
September 11, 1976 in which
Richard Tijermia seriously
injured Santiago Espinaza,
cutting him with a knife.
Tijermia was fined $500 and
given a five year probated
sentence.
The other cases involved a
theft committed by Joe
Sconci and Kenneth Paul
Wisniewski August 22 in
which the accused stole a
value of $200 from C.B.
Maynard. Both were fined
$200 and sentenced to two
years probation.
A jury hearing has been
set for December l3 in which
cases involving a marijuana
bust October 17 are sched-
uled for hearing. Alejandro
Gutierrez, Antonio Ramirez,
Oscar Garza, Jimmy Jean
Pollard, and Gilbert Garza
have been charged with
engaging in organized
criminal activity and face a
penalty of two to twenty
years confinement.
Also scheduled for hearing
is a murder case involving
Lillie May Parker.
The Bastrop Advertiser is in
search of pictures, letters, and
information dealing with coal
mining activities in Bastrop
County from 1845 to 1945. Any
pictures, letters, or newspaper
clippings can be reproduced in a
matter of minutes and returned
immediately.
Any information will be
greatly appreciated
Pleat>e call 321*2557 or come
by our office .it 1 CXK> Main Street,
Bfttrop
Politician passes
away, Smithville
E.H. Meadows, twice
Congressional Representa
tive candidate for District
10, died of a heart attack
Saturday morning, Decem-
ber 3, in Smithville. Mead-
ows was the owner of
Meadow's Fashion Stores of
LaGrange, and formerly of
Elgin and Austin. Also, he
has owned and operated a
cattle ranch in Smithville for
21 years.
Meadows, a veteran of
World War II, graduated
I mm Decatur Baptist Col
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and Decrees in
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Public Schools for 23 years,
and has been a member of
the John H. Reagan High
School faculty since the
school's origin.
Meadows was well-known
and loved by his numerous
friends and fine students
throughout the Central
Texas area. His concern and
consideration for others was
the dominant force in his life,
next to the love he had for
his family.
Meadows is survived by
his wife, Ernestine Meadows
of Aualin; I wo daughter*,
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