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THE BASTROP ADVERTISER
The Lost Pines
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Monday, February 11,1980
V Oaks apartment
project. The expansion
should be announced within
30 days.
Ray Best of Bluebonnet
Acres said, “I knew I was in
trouble when the plumber
drove up in a new Cadillac."
Talk-around-town: Backers
of John Wilson, the La
Grange Democrat who hopes
to step into Bill Patman’s
State Senate seat, are
watching this week to see if
Rep. Dan Kubiak of Rockdale
files to oppose him. Filing has
been extended past the Feb.
4 deadline because Patman
vacated the seat to run for
Congress.... Montgomery
Ward’s catalog store in
Smithville has been closed by
the L.D. Snells who are
keeping their Ward's store in
Giddings. It proved too much
trouble to move the merchan
dise to and from the Giddings
operation, according to store
sources. Watch for Wal-Mart,
the phenomenally successful
discount chain out of Benton-
ville. Ark., to take renewed
interest in a Bastrop location
with the opening this spring
of its new Lockhart store... A
bluegrass festival is possible
for Bastrop's 1889 Opera
House this spring, one of
many events under consider-
ation.....Nobody has filed yet
for seats on the Bastrop City
Council but behind the scenes
jostling is feverish. Look for
at least one brave lady to try
to break the all-male barrier
this time....Creditors of bank-
rupt Dr. Dareld R. Morris
and his wife get to hear the
chances of collecting at least
part of what they’re owed
when an application for a
“compromise claim” comes
before Bankruptcy Judge
Bert Thompson in Austin
Feb. 27 at 2 p.m.....Watch for
contractordeveloper Stanley
Smith to add 48 units to his
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Enrolled To Practice
Before The IRS
INCOME TAX
RETURNS
For
Individuals, Partnerships,
& Corporations
Call For Appointment
710 Chestnut 321-6413J
Dining
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CHAR BROILED STEAKS
FM Road 1441
N. Shore Lake Bastrop
Phone 321 3814
★Frog Legs ★Cat Fish
it Quail it Steaks
it Shrimp it Rabbit
5 p.m. to 11 p.m. weekdays and Sundays
Saturday 5 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Cal for reservations Closed Thursday
Dining room available for private use Thursdays
OPEN FOR
LUNCH AND DINNER
llto 2 5:30 to 8:30
Closed Mondays
Enjoy our New Menu
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Golf G Racquet Chib
CATFISH CORNER
CAFE '
Rockne, Texas
Specializing in
2 Dining Rooms Open
CATFISH FILLETS
Available for Special Parties
CHAR-BROILED STEAKS
CHICKEN FRIED STEAK
Only 15 minutes from
Bastrop
Call 321-5265
Open
Thurs., Fri. & Sat.
Thurs., Fri. and Sat.
5:30 p.m. to 10 pjn.
Dr. Ron Thomas up in
Alba. Tex., is doing some-
thing we thought had died in
the 1940s. At his Fatted Calf
restaurant, there are no
prices on the menu. Patrons
deposit what they think the
meal was worth - or nothing
at all - in a Mason jar on their
table.
“It pretty well evens out"
says Thomas who got into the
restaurant business in 1977
via a career that traveled
from engineering to medicine
and the ministry.
“All the people working for
us are volunteers, so there
are no labor costs. There are
a lot of people who like to
come and eat and a few who
underwrite the program for
us. But, by and large, it's
pretty reassuring that people
generally pay their way,” Dr.
Ron says.
The purpose behind the
Fatted Calf is to reach
persons who aren’t regular
Sunday churchgoers.
“In the late 60s, coffee
houses were pretty popular
but they aren't too popular
now, so we opened a steak
house instead,” he said.
The restaurant, not too far
from Dallas, serves up a mix
of thick steaks grilled over a
mesquite fire and low-keyed
religious touches such as live
entertainment each night
featuring Christian contem-
porary music and the
chance to talk with folks who
are deeply committed to a life
of serving God. As many as
1,500d iners may show up in a
week and the New York
Times recently carried a
restaurant review on the
establishment.
Since giving away 10 and
24 ounce steaks is not quite
as economical as dishing out
soup, Dr. Thomas partly
subsidizes the Fatted Calf
from his medical practice.
He's an engineering graduate
of Arizona State and a
medical graduate of Stanford,
which is the college of Byron
Kibby and other loealites. Dr.
Thomas also runs a ranch-
house for troubled young
people. Who says busy
persons don’t accomplish a
lot?
♦ **
Before you go down to
Space City USA next time,
heed Julius Carrio who runs
the Drivers License Prepa-
ratory School in Texas’
largest metropolis. “Hous-
ton traffic is probably the
worst in the nation,” he says.
“People don't pay attention
to signs or red lights. They
just want to get where
they're going and they’ll do
just about anything to get
there as fast as they can.”
Native Texans who move
to Houston or grow up there
are bad enough drivers, he
said. But now the situation
is going from dangerous to
frantic with the influx of
immigrants from nations
where a drivers license is
bought without a test or
from New York City where
the newly arrived didn’t
previously have a car.
***
Passing Parade: Judge
C.B. Maynard thanked
Sheriff I.R. Hoskins the
other day for keeping a
restive jury entertained
while it waited to hear a
case. Sheriff Nig was
campaigning and he's hard to
beat with his intimate
knowledge of who’s related
to whom and where they all
live out on the backroad of
old Bastrop County. Edward
Castillo, one of the two
candidates running against
Hoskins at the May 3
Democratic Primary, called
to say he has one son, Eddie,
not a daughter as reported in
last Thursday’s edition.
Eddie is eight.... We knew
with the long list of
candidates filing that we’d
FIGHT
INFLATION
Try our All-you-can-eat
Noon Buffet $2.49
11:30 to 1:30
Children under 12 are charged
only 15* times their age
leave somebody out by
mistake and that's just what
happened. Frank X.
Calabrese, Precinct 2 Con-
stable candidate in Smith-
ville, Walter (Jelly)
Steymann, the ex-Bastrop
football great, now running
for Precinct 3 Commissioner,
were ommitted from the list
and Robert Bridges, was not
mentioned in the accompany-
ing story as an entrant in the
Precinct 1 Commissioners
race. Our apologies.
•••
Heard at Ray’s Place
Friday evening: “I had to get
out of the house. I was
getting a headache listening
to the TV aspirin com-
mercials.”
It was a typical act of
friendship and graciousness
for Claudia Ladybird John
son, who will always be the
First Lady in our book, when
she traveled to Giddings last
Tuesday with her daughter
Lucy NugenCHo attend the
funeral of the longtime LBJ
Ranch butler, Mr. Doris G.
Wade. The Johnsons went
to the home of Wade’s
mother, Ora Lee Wade, to
visit for around half an hour,
then attended services at
Bethel Union Church. Wade
had worked for the Johnsons
at the famed ranch in
Gillispie County for 11
years....Meanwhile in Gid
dings, the oil boom is far
from over. Clayton Williams
Co. has plans to drill “at
least" 90 wells in the
Giddings Field during 1980.
«*•
Things you never knew
till now and don’t care
about anyway: Most
moviegoers are between
the ages of 16 and 20 but
most book buyers are 18
to 34.... The drop out rate
for piano students is
terrific: Music publishers
sell 100 first-year books
for every 10 second year
books... Bury an old tire in
the ground and eventually
it will work its way to the
surface.
***
With Valentine’s Day
only 1 day away, it's
nice to recall the Belfast
man who wanted a good
looking girt “I’d like to
marry a girl that is the full
o’ me eye," he said. And
Bernard Shaw, that end-
less repository of wit, said
‘‘‘The more a man knows,
and the farther he travels,
.the more likely he is to
marry a country girl
afterwards."
Sealing off two or three
chimneys in a large house
with a damper or permanent
seal may result in as much as 10
percent savings in fuel costs.
HUNTING FOR
SOMETHING!
Most likely, you'll
find it in Classified.
If you want to drink
that’s your business, if
you don’t, call 321-5827.
Change of Address?
Write:
Bastrop Advertiser
Box 459
Bastrop. Texas 78602
Cfje Jtotrop gtotoertister
Published Monday and Thursday at the Bastrop Advertiser office, 1006 Main Street,
Bastrop, Texas 78602. Second Class Postage paid at the Bastrop, Texas Post Office
78602. An hdependent, home-owned newspaper, non-sectarian, non-partisan, devoted
to the welfare of the people of Bastrop County. Subscription rates $850 per year,
payable in advance.
Jack Fraser - Publisher
Jerry Appel - Business Manager
Davis McAuley - News Editor
Rob Riggs - Director of Marketing and Sales
Katherine Reynolds, Kathleen Claps, Jai Dev Kanr Khalsa - Production
Chris Cke - Photography, Production
Bob Standifer, Fay Panhel,
Richard Cochran, Jan hie Peters - Circulation
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MONDAY
Tlie Bastrop City Coun-
cil meets the second
Mooday of each month at
7:30 p.m. at Bastrop City
Hall.
Hie Smithville School
Board meets at 7 p.m. the
third Monday of every
month in the Board Room
of the Administrative
Building in Smithviile.
The Elgin School Board
meets the first and third
Monday of every month
at 7:30 p.m. at the School
Administrative Building
in Elgin.
Hie Bastrop County
Commissioners' Court
meets the second and
fourth Monday of each
month at 9 a.m. in the
Commissioners’ Court-
room, Bastrop County
Coirthouse.
Hie Smithville City
Council has their regular
meeting at 7 p.m. the
second Monday of each
month at Smithville City
Hal. The Smithville
Light and Water Board
meets at 7 p.m. the third
Monday of each month at
SmithviDe City Hall.
Missionary Fellowship
Circle of U.M.W. meets
the second Monday of
each month at First
United Methodist Church
Hie Bastrop Chamber
of Commerce meets at 12
noon the fourth Monday
of each month.
TUESDAY
The National Associa-
tion of Retired Federal
Employees meets the
fourth Tuesday at 2 p.m.
at Citizens State Bank.
Hie Bear Backers meet
every Tuesday night
during football season.
The meetings are held in
the high school cafeteria
at 7:30 p.m.
The Bastrop Lions Club
meets the second and
fourth Tuesday at noon at
The Castle Restaurant.
The Smithville Hospital
Board meets the fourth
Tuesday of each month at
7:30 pjn. at Smith
Hospital.
The Bastrop Volunteer
Fire Dept, meets the
first, third, and last
Tuesday of every month
at 7<30 p.m. at the Fire
Station in Bastrop.
The PTA meets every
third Tuesday at the
High School auditorium
at 7:30 p.m.
Hie Elgin City Council
meets the first Tuesday
of each month at 7:30
p.m. at Elgin City Hall.
The Elgin Volunteer Fire
Dept, meets the fourth
Tuesday of each month at
7:30 p-iti. at Elgin Fire
Dept.
Band Boosters Club
meets the second Tues-
day of cash month at 8
p.m. in the High School
Band Hall.
Hie Bastrop School
Board meets at 8 p.m. the
Second and fourth Tues-
day of each month in the
Administrative BodUUng
Board Room in Bastrop.
WEDNESDAY
The Hospitality House
Senior Citizens Center,
100 Vilia View Drive,
Smithville, has meetings
the first and third
Wednesday of each
month. Covered dish
lunch; 42 begins at 10
a.m. On alternate Wed-
nesdays there are crafts,.
42, and a pot-luck lunch.
The Smith vflle Cham
her of Commerce meets
the third Wednesday of
each month at 7:30 p.m.
at Smithville City Hall.
The Improved Order oi
Redmen meets the third
Wednesday of each
month, at 8 p.m. at the
Redmen Lodge.
The Improved Order of
Redmen Auxiliary meets
the fourth Wednesday oi
each month at 8 p.m. at
805 Main Street.
Conway Diet Class
meets each Wednesday at
7:30 p.m. in the Baron
Room, Citizens State
Bank. For more informa-
tion, call 321 2608.
THURSDAY
Smithviile UAV Chap-
ter 207 and Ladies
Auxiliary meet the third
Thursday each month at
7:30 pjn. at Smithville
Hospitality House.
Calvary Baptist Ladies
Bible Class meets the
first Thursday of every
month at 2:30 p.m.
Union Aid Bible Class
meets the second Thurs-
day of every month at 3
p.m. at the home of Mrs.
Bryson, 1302 Hill St.
Hie Bastrop Hospital
Board meets the second
Thursday of each month
at 4 p.m. at Bastrop City
Hall.
Hie Elgin Hospital
Board meets the second
Thursday of each month
at 7:30 p.m. at the'Elgin
Bank Conference Room.
The Smithville Volun-
teer Fire Dept, meets the
second and fourth Thurs-
day oi each month at 7:30
p.m. at Smithville Fire
Station.
Hie Elgin Chamber oi
Commerce meets the
first Thursday of each
month at 7:30 p.m. at
Texas Power and Light
Civic Room.
Bastrop American Le-
gion Post 533 Ladies
Auxiliary meets the
second Thursday of each
month at 7:30 p.m. at the
Post Home.
Bastrop American Le-
gion Post 533 meets the
first Thursday of each
month at 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Hie Bastrop County
Historical Society meets
every fourth Friday at
the Bastrop Museum.
Hie Senior Citizens of
Bastrop meet the second
and fourth Friday of each
muBih » 2 p.m. s! the
Combined Community
Action Agency Center,
703Spring Street.
Citizens Bank Ladies
Coffee is held the first
Friday of each month in
the Baron's Room from
9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
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Another Bank ...
Come In and
Find Out Why.
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