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BASTROP
FFA LIVES
Champion Steer Brings $900.26
H\\ll> KOI ST shows tirand Chimipion Steer ;il 13th Annual
S;11ur<I«i> The 883 pound Chnroluis ('kiss was bred by Dr
liought the .sti'i r mi Auction for $9(111.66. Pictured svith Dr
Foust is Jci Met'a 11 FFA Sssoethonrl
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Photo by Steve Rosanky
Livestock Show and Sale held
and Mrs. (' J Kkman, who
and Mrs Kkman and David
David Foust showed the Grand
Oiampion steer at the 13th An-
nual FFA Livestock Show held
Saturday on Sims Chevrolet New
Car I/it The steer was a Charo-
lais Cross sveighing WW pounds,
bred by Dr and Mrs. C J Eto-
nian and was purchased by Dr
and Mrs Kkman for a record
price of $1 02 per pound, totaling
$900 66.
The Reserve Champion was
shown by Jo McCall, a Charolais
Cross hrixl by the Clipson Ranch
and purchased by the First Na-
tional and Citizens State Ranks
The steer weighed 960 pounds,
selling for 7fi 1-2 cents per pound,
bringing $734.-10.
The Grand Champion Barrow
was shown by Claude Grohman,
a Duroc weighing 193 pounds,
bred by H. C. Snyder and pur-
chased by Alexander Feed Store
for $2.35 per pound, totaling
$158.25
The Reserve Champion Bar-
row was shown by Doug Wilkins,
a Hampshire, bred by Johnie
Hoffman, weighing 190 pounds
and bought by the Citizens State
Bank for $176 per pound, total-
ing $334.40.
Charles Middleton exhibited the
Grand Champion Bull, a Hereford
bred by Sawyer Hereford Ranch,
weighing 1070.
The Reserve Champion Bull, a
Charolais bred by Dr. and Mrs.
C. J. Kkman, was shown by Mor-
ns II' nnckc The bull weighed
1020
In the Heifer Division, the
Oiampion ssas shown by Jim-
my Kmanuel It was a Charolais
The Reserve Champion was
shown h\ Ken Karrcr. a Santa
Gertrudis Cross
Trophies for the livestock will
be awarded at the Parent-Son
Banquet Listed below are the
categories, winners and doners:
Grand Champion Steer Trophy,
won by David Foust and donated
by G. B Mack and Cecil l>>ng
Grand Oiampion Bull Trophy,
won in Charlie Middleton. donated
by G B Mack and Cecil lying
Grand Champion Barrow Tro-
phy won by Claude Grohman,
donated by G B Mack and Cecil
I>ong
Grand Champion Heifer Tro-
pin won by Jimmy Kmanuel. do-
nated by G. B Mack and Cecil
Long.
The FFA Chapter's Trophy for
Showmanship in the Steer Class
went to Barbara Rathman; in the
Barrow Class, to David Smith,
and in the Bull Oass to Charles
Middleton.
Thi' H Linenberger Trophies
for the top Hereford Steer went
to Barbara Rathman: for top
Hereford Bull, to Charles Middle-
ton, and for top Brahman Here-
ford Cross, to Michael Hilbig
The Higgins Jones Trophy for
top gaining steer went to Jo Mc-
Call, with an average daily gain
U N T Y
KSTABL S KD
MARCH
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MARCH
NUMBER
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Meat
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8 P It I N O T I M E
I realized it several days ago.
1 w.t« in the back yard, putting
seed in the bird feeder I felt it
again, just at dawn, when 1
stepped outside to pick up my
mot ning paper Spring had come!
In fact it had been around for
some time; but I was just see-
ing it Why does it always seem
to take us by surprise?
After all, it happens every
year But never the same way.
Seldom at the same time. Each
Spring is an original.
The amazing thing is that mil-
lions of tiny faintlsh-green buds
(nip out on tree limbs which only
last week were naked gray And
early varieties of young weeds,
the ground-hugging kinds, spread
soft carpets where only bare dirt
was the day before yesterday.
Yes, and the birds, too! They
are awake and twittering before
the first light dawns, a sort of
restless stirring to anticipate the
day Worms, who gain no ad-
vantage by being out early, wait
until the sun warms a hit.
Funny, — no one makes maxims
about them
Just as the day breaks in the
early Spring, you feel a moist
balmy hree/.e gently caress your
cheek on the Southeast side You
fancy almost that von can taste
the salt from the gulf.
On those rare occasions when
I finally bestir myself to take
up some long neglected chore in
the yard, and go forth like a ball
of fire to do battle with weeds
or lop off a few unwanted limbs
from the shrubbery —a sure sign
of Spring' I find that the small
creatures are there before nic
A dignified tortoise, moving at
deliberate pace, parks his hard
shell under a friendly weed A
lizard, still half asleep from his
winter snooze, barely makes it
out from under niy fool. I figure
he is fated to be caught by the
cat before the day ends
Here and there an insect, who
has spent the winter in a cocoon
shroud in some hidden place,
squirms, wrestles and bursts his
way to freedom, to take up a
career in the big world as a
worm or butterfly.
People driving by in the street
bring me back to the |ierson
world again, and I begin to re-
member that we, too, turn on
in the Spring A kind of restless-
ness will hit a fellow, with an
undertone of discontent. All Win-
ter long, we were satisfied with
our warm shelters. But now that
.Spring has come, we are irnpa
tlent with schedules and Indoor
confinement. Out come the rond-
maps. Some of us hitch up the
boat trailers and make for a
lake Others follow wildflower
trails, and take color pictures of
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6934 Register
To Vote In
County
A total of 695-1 prospective
voters registered in Bastrop
County during the time allotted
for voter registration, according
to Oyde Reynolds, county tax
assessor-collector Two hundred
and six 18-year olds registered
in the county.
The totals for each precinct are
as follows:
Bastrop, 525: West Klgin, 1018;
West Smlthville. 926; Rosanky.
165; Cedar Creek. 329; Kast El-
gin. 875; Pin Oak. 117; McDade,
320; Watterson, 102; Red Rock,
308; Paige, 171; Kast Smithville,
900; Bastrop. 1195.
Asks Support In
School Trustee
Election
As a candidate for a position
on the Bastrop School Board, I
would like to ask for your vote
on April 3. During the past three
years as your school board re-
presentative we have seen enroll-
ment increase considerably, the
State government has by law
greatly increased the school
budget expenditures, the Federal
government has by law increased
tin school expenditures while at
the same time cutting back on
their part of the revenue for
same, and HEW has come up
with sonic of the most impossi-
ble demands imaginabli
As a parent, a taxpayer, and a
citizen, we should all tie interest
ed in the best education possible
for our children, but we should
also lie cautious and inquiring
in the many approaches to the
goal we are seeking. To bankrupt
our already over-taxed citizenship
will serve no good end Your
representative to the school hoard
should be interested ill both the
school and the fate of the lax
payers who el< eti d him to this
important position
In asking for your vote on
April 3. I pledge my best in look-
ing after the inletests of the
parents, the taxpayers, and all
citizens of this school district
Please vote on April 3
hi m u r l. li.ni nhi lit.i:n
Dog Vaccination
Set For April 2
The annual Bastrop Area Rabies
Vaccination Drive for pets will
lie held Friday. April 2. from
1 • 5 p in at I/tng's Food Mar-
ket Parking Lot.
Dr. W II. Caldwell, Klgin
Veterinarian, will lie assisted by
Bastrop Ml Boys All pet owners
are urged to lake advantage of
this program as it has done much
to hold down the threat of a
rabies epidemic in the pnst. This
once a year drive is done at a
reduced price of $1 50 to en-
courage pet owners to partici-
pate
William Howard Taft was the
first U. S. president to receive a
salary of $75,000 a year.
Cancer Crusade
To Open April 1
Mrs. Tommy Dean Hendrix,
chairman, and Mrs. Robert Nau-
en, co-chairman, for the Bastrop
American Cancer Society's 1971
educational and fund raising
Crusade, have announced dates
for the business solicitations as
April 1, 2 and 3.
Named to collect in various
business sections of town are
W. T. Higgins, Texaco, Inc., con-
signee, will work Chestnut Street
to the American Legion: down-
town, Ray Long, of Long's Food
Market: Mrs. Frank Laake of
Laake's Hardware and Appli-
ance: Mrs Gerald Hanna of
Sears; R H. Brieger, Mrs Jim-
mie D Robinson and Mrs. Ro-
bert Nauert: Tommy Claiborne,
Highway 71, east of the river,
and Mrs. Jim Griffith, owner of
Griffith's Resturant, west of the
river
Tlii Bastrop Young Homemak-
ers Club is sponsoring the Crusade
Club is sponsoring the Crusade
again this year as one of their
annual civic projects, according
to Mrs William Cantrell, presi-
dent of the organization.
Dates for the residential house-
to-house drive have been set for
April 7 17, i,-cording to Mrs.
Hendrix. "Section captains have
been assigned and many of them
already have tliier block work-
ers." she said.
Names of all captains and
block workers will be used just
as soon as they are available,
so that citizens will know which
one of their neighhors will be
calling on them for their contri-
bution and to leave the life saving
educational pamphlets telling how
you can protect yourself against
cancer
"We want to wipe out cancer
in your lifetime" is the theme
for this year's American Cancer
Society's April Crusade.
To Present One
Act Play at BHS
Thursday Night
The Bastrop High School Drama
Department will present the one
act play which will be their entry
in the district contest this year
on Thursday evening, March 25,
at 7:30 p 111 in the Bastrop High
School auditorium
The price of admission is 50
cents for adults and 25 cents for
students.
The one act play cast this year
includes Johnny Crawford. Julie
Roberts, Bobby Watson. Theresa
Koenig. Carey Goodwill and Kim
Shirley. Crew members are
Jackie Kuehler. Daniel Boone
and Dock Jackson Mrs. Jerry
Wilhelm is the director
The district one act play con-
test will be held in Bastrop on
Monday. March 29. in the Bas-
trop High School Auditorium. Six
schools, including Bastrop, will
participate
INDICTED INTO TIIK ARMY
The following registrants of
Texas IxKal Board No. 85 were
recently inducted into the Army:
David K Payne. Klgin
Har\< y G. Sehnell, Giddings
Lavon Thompson. Caldwell
Refugio R Tamez, Klgin
ALBERT LOCK JR.
Joins Real Estate
Firm As Salesman
Billy K, Maynard is pleased
to announce the association of
Albert Lock, Jr. as a real es-
tate salesman with the Maynard
Real K.state brokerage firm.
Mr. Lock, a lifetime resident
of Bastrop, Is throughly famil-
iar with the properties and
characteristics of the Bastrop
County area. He lias engaged
in farming, has been a health
and life Insurance salesman,
and has recently obtained his
real estate salesman's license.
Mr. Lock Invites you to call
him for your real estate needs.
Golf Team Wins
Tournament
Tuesday
The Bastrop High School golf
team won first place in the
Navasota tournament last Tues-
day in a strong field Bastrop
had a team score of 306 while
second place Crockett had a 309
The winning score of 306 was n
• eeorr' low score for Bastrop
Medalist for Bastrop and for
the tournament was Jim Wilkins
with a 72 Jerry Nichols was
third medalist with a 74 Other
scores for Bastrop sve-e James
S liuelke at 79 Van Nimrick at
81 and Doug Wilkins at 85.
On Saturday the team parti-
cipated in the Yoakum tourna-
ment and won third place with
a team score o( 313 First was
Oi'timbus with a .303. second
W' imar with .309, and Luling was
fou tli with a 317 This is the
first 2A school to defeat Bastrop
this veat Medalist for Bastrop
was Jerry Nichols with a 75,
followed by Jim Wlikins with r.
78. Lloyd Coot>cr with a 79. Van
Nunrick with 81 and James
Sehuelke with 86
The team will participate in
two tournaments this weekend
F iday they are entered in the
A AM Consolidated tournament
against 3A and lower classifiea
tion competition. Saturday they
are entered in the Weimar tour
nament
The district 25.AA tournament
is scheduled for April 7th in
Bastrop
of J 7K pounds per das
The Clipson Ranch Trophy foi
the t. p gaining bull went to
Karren Bennight with an aver
age daily gain of 3.71 pounds per
day
Othe winners in the steer divi
sion and buyers were Michael
Hilbig. placing first in a Brahman
Hereford Cross Oass with a steel
bred by the Barfield Ranch,
wi ighing *25 and sold to the
Smithville Livestock Commission
Company for 51 1-2 cents per
|iound, totaling $449.62.
Doug Whitworth placed third
with a Shorthorn Cruss bred by
Kleber Trigg Jr.. weighing 776
pounds and bought by Swiftex for
54 1-2 cents per pound, totaling
$422.92
Fourth place steer was snown
by Barbara Rathman, and pur-
chased by Uing's Food Market
at 51 1-2 cents, for a total of
$375 50 The steer weighed 689
pounds and was bred by Harold
Ilenke
Fifth place steer was shown by
Jerry Wilhelm and purchased by
Dean McCall for 51 1-2 cents per
pound, totaling $412.36. The steer
weighed 757.
Larry Flash showed the sixth
place steer, a Charolais Cross,
bred by the Clipson Ranch, weigh-
ing 941 and purchased by Chris
Lentz of the Smithville Livestock
Commission Company for 52 cents
per pound, totaling $489.32.
Rusts Voigt showed the seventh
place steer, a Hereford bred In
Mis Fo> Petty, weighing 728
pounds ,uid sold to Bradley Card-
well and David Graham for 19 1-2
cents per pound, totaling $.'Vi.i 72
Ricks l'u. ker showed the eighth
place steer, i Hereford bred by
the He. p Ranch, w ighing 737
and purchased by Sanders Gulf
Station for 19 1-2 cents per pound,
totaling $361 81
Hobby Moors showed the ninth
place steer a lb refold Angus
Cross bred by J G Moors Jr.
weighing 723 and purchased by
Jax Distributing Company for
19 1-2 cents per pound, totaling
$357 88
Gary Klaus showed the tenth
placi steer, a Hereford bred by
Sawyer Hereford Ranch, weigh-
ing 766 and purchased by Lock
Drug Store and Lester's Auto Sup-
pis for 19 12 cents per pound,
totaling $379 17.
A summary of the Barrow
Show is given below, listing the
placing, FFA boy, breeder, pur-
chaser, weight and amount
First, Claude Grohman, H C.
Snyder. Alexander Feed Store,
195 pounds, $2.35 per pound, to-
taling $122 18
Second, Doug Wilkins, Johnie
Hoffman, Citizens State Bank,
190 pounds, $176 per pound, to-
taling $334.10.
Third, Maurice Wilhelm. 11. C.
Snyder, Bastrop Feed Store, 215
pounds. 48 1-2 cents per pound,
Bastrop Post, American Legion,
To Be Honored At Convention
Inter Agency
Council Is
Organized
Forin.uion of a Bastrop County
Inter-agency Council was effect-
ed at a meeting in the Comm-
issioners Courtroom of the
courthouse Monday, March 15,
at 10 a.m. The Council Is
an outgrowth of two previous
informal gatherings by repre-
sentatives of various Bastrop
County public agencies to share
Information and to correlate
plans. Concensus on the value
to the people of Bastrop County
In better and more effective
services rendered through co-
operative effort by the agencies
Indicated the necessity for for-
malizing such meetings and pro-
viding a regular time for Inter-
agency planning.
Those present for the organ-
izational meeting Included County
Judge Jack A. C.riesenbeck;
Richard Dickenson, Frances
Hornsbj, Mildred Martin and
Audrey Koi, representing Bas-
trop County Community Action;
Viola S. Martinez and Alan
Morgan, Texas Department of
Public Welfare; Harold Goer-
ner, Mainstream Program, CAP:
Lincoln Farrls, Commodity Dis-
tribution Program;
Agnes Griesenbeck, Smith-
ville, Marian (ioddard, Bastrop,
and Carol Danklefs, Klgin, all
school nurses; Jeanne C. Wilkins,
Bastrop Outreach Center, MH-
MR; Lois I. Hopper and Kinora
Bryant, Count)' Home Demon-
stration Agents.
Acting as temporary clialr-
man, Mrs. Martinez opened the
floor for nominations of officers.
Mrs. Martinez wis elected
chairman; vice-chairman, Lin-
coln Karris; secretary Mrs.
Wilkins. A by-laws committee
was appointed, headed bs Mr.
Morgan with Mr. Dickenson
and Mr. Ooerner. Mr. Farrls
will chair a program committee
whose members include Mrs.
Hornsby, Mrs. Griesenbeck and
Georgia James, CAP, Klgin. The
group decided to meet regular-
ly once every three months
on a Monday morning with the
date and place to be stilted
b> the By-laws committee. Let-
ters will be mailed b\ the sec-
retary to every public age.icy
In Bastrop County.
A presentation by Mrs. Hopper
and Mrs. Bryant of USDA's Kx-
panded Nutrition Program now
operating in Bastrop County with
nine staff members under the
direction of the (mints ll-D
\gents followed the business
session.
MRS. BARTON IMPROVES
IN AUSTIN HOSPITAL
Friends of Mrs. John Barton
will be happy to know that
she is improving, following a
12-weeks Illness in St. David's
Hospital In Austin.
For those who would like to
drop her a note or a card,
her address is Room 411, St.
David's Hospital, Austin, Texas
78705.
Smithville - Nineteen Amer-
ican Legion Posts will be hon-
ored at the annual Tenth Dis-
trict Spring Convention of The
American Legion, to be held
here Sunday , March 28, W. R.
Davison, local post commander,
lias announced. These posts will
be presented citations for out-
standing membership achieve-
ments.
Posts and their Commanders
are: Austin 83, A. T. Mulllns;
Austin 851, Rudolph Campbell;
Bartlett 183, Frank J. Schles-
inger; Bastrop 533, David Nic-
hols; Brenham 48, Nathan L.
Byrd; Burton 242, Oliver II.
Huebner; Caldwell 451, B. M.
Kocurek; Klgin 295, Erwln Roe-
mer; Florence 354, Kay M. Rich-
mond; Georgetown 174, Marvin
D, Henderson; Gtddings 276, Ar-
thur Wlssel; Granger 282, Alb-
ert F. Brana, Sr.; Jarrell 317,
Joe J. Janosec; Lexington 6,
Robert W. Perry; Luling 177,
Edwin Slatter; Marble Falls 545,
George A. Kemper, Jr.; Round
rock 447, Rudolph Petterson;
Smithville 180, W. R. Davison;
Somervllle 455, Alton R. Pack.
Registration for the one day
convention will be open at 9 a.m.
at the Robert L, Steffens Post
No. 180 Home. Coffee and do-
nuts will be served from 9 to
10 a. m.
The joint session for The
American Legion and Auxiliary
will convene at 10 a.m. with
Commander Davison calling the
meeting to order. Austin Post
83 Color Guard will have charge
of colors and Post No, 180
Chaplain, Herman Raeke, will
give the invocation. Mayor .Al-
bert Crawford will give the
address of welcome and response
will be by Clem Kubacak of
Jarrell. Department Vice Com-
mander Mrs. Patsy Palmquist
of Pharr will bring greetings.
Dept. Judge Advocate Waggoner
of Austin will be the guest
speaker. The Memorial Service
will be at 11 a.m. with Dis-
trict Chaplain Mary K. Rem-
niert in charge.
At l.p.m. the Legion and
Auxiliary will hold their sep-
arate business sessions with
District Commander John W.J.
Richter of Brenham presiding
over the Legion meeting. Del-
egates and alternates to the
National Convention to be held
in Houston, Texas in August
will be elected and provisions
will be made for the prin-
cipal and alternate members
of the Department Convention
Committees.
Bastrop HD
Clubs To Host
Distriet Group
Mrs. Loona Allman, Consumer
Specialist of the Dallas Branch
of Food anil Drug Administration
of the Department of Health.
Education and Welfare will bring
the principle message to the
Mooting of Texas Home Demon-
stration Association District 10
in Smithville March 30
Her subject will lie "Consumer
Protection — A Two Way Street".
Her address ties in with T1IDA
Theme "T1IDA Stairwas to Suc-
cess " Some three hundred home
Demonstration women and Kx-
tension Personnel are expected
to attend the meeting at the VFW
Hall in Smithville March 30
Bastrop Home Demonstration
Club Women are hostesses for
the meeting and Mrs J 11 An-
derson of Luling. District 10 Di
rector will preside Mis Lloyd
Kirkpatrick of Uvalde. T1IDA
Treasurer will represent the
State Home Demonstration Hoard
WAOOONKR CARIt. guest speak-
er at the 10th District Convention
of the American Legion to bo
held in Smithville Sunday.
To The Voters Of
The Bastrop Area
1 wish to announce my can-
didacy for a second term of
three years on the Bastrop
Indepentont School District
School Board.
I feel that my record of
the past three years on the
board lias been a goal one. I
have tried with the utmost of
sincerity to give our children
the best possible education for
the amount of money that the
district could afford without the
extra taxes. As a matter of fact,
I believe the entire board has
been a good one.
I am a lifelong resident of
Bastrop, having graduated from
Bastrop High School and Texas
A&M University. I am a land-
owner and rancher, having been
in this business all of m.s life.
I am also manager of Aqua
Water Corporation, our rural
water system serving the peo-
ple in five counties.
Your vote will be appreciated
in the April 3 election.
JIM TRIGG
totaling $104.27
Fourth. Andy Wilhelm. Johnie
Hoffman. Cooper-Newhy Funeral
Home. 200 pounds, 48 1-2 cents
per |Miund, totaling $97.00
Fifth, Stanley Wilhelm, Carroll
Rabel, Rusty Reynolds and Dai-
ry Konc, 205 pounds, 43 1-2 cents
per pound, totaling $89 17.
Sixth. Bernard Probst, Leon
I Inert/ Uiek Drug Store, 190
pounds. 43 1-2 cents per pound,
totaling $82 65
Seventh, l^irry Klaus, Albert
Klaus. I/H'khart Livestock Com-
mission Company, 195 pounds,
13 1 2 cents per pound, totaling
SSI 82.
Kighth. David Smith, Donny
Meinardus. Bastrop Feed Store,
200 pounds, 38 1-2 cents per pound
totaling $77 00
Ninth, Atilann Guerra, Johnie
Hoffman, Bastrop Lions Oub, 190
pounds. 38 1-2 cents per pound,
totaling $73.15.
Tenth, Mike Smith, Eldon
Ijingc, Calvin Hunnicutt. 200
ixiunds 38 1-2 cents per pound, to-
taling $77 00
Other hoys showing in the Bar-
i o%s' Division, but not selling, were
Clifford Bartseh, Victor Goertz,
Stephen Beck. David Bolding and
Mike French.
In the Steer Division, the boys
showing, but not selling, were
Grady Kastland, Merle Beck,
Delber Sparks and Danny Berry.
Others shossing in the Bull Di-
vision: Karen Bennight placed
third with her Oiarolais bred by
Dr. Cardssell. which was the bull
that svon the gaining contest.
Merle Beck placed fourth svith
his Hereford bred by Sawyer
Hereford Ranch.
Bubha Posvell placed fifth svith
his Hereford bred by H C. Wil-
kins and Son.
Grady Eastland placed sixth
svith his Oiarolais bred by C J.
Ekman.
Mark Bartseh placed seventh
with his Oiarolais bred by C. J.
Kkman.
Placing in the Heifer Disision
svas Johnny Johnston in third
place svith his Santa Gertrudis
heifer.
Melanie Karrcr placed fourth
with her Angus-Hereford Cross
bred heifer.
Judging the livestock svas
Frank Craddoek of the Texas
A&M Livestock Judging Team,
and the Showmanship judge was
Wayne Bridges, the vocational ag-
riculture teacher of Del Valle.
'Die show and sale were under
the direction of Gordon Rosanky,
FFA advisor, who voiced his ap-
preciation to all or those who in
any way contributed toward mak-
ing it the success that it was.
He especially thanked Sims Chev-
rolet for the use of their car lot,
and Phil lister, who supplied
the sound system.
Buyers were guests of the FFA
Chapter at a luncheon held in
Cassels Cafe at noon, prior to the
sale which started at 1:30 p. m.
Budding-Grafting
Field Day April 3
Annual pecan budding and
grafting field day sponsored by
the Bastrop County Pecan Grow-
ers Association will be Saturday,
April 3, Bastrop County Court-
house, 9:00 a. m. Pecan Asso-
ciation members will demonstrate
various budding and grafting
techniques as well as assist in-
dividuals trying their osvn.
TO HAVE BAKE
SALE SATURDAY
The Bastrop Chapter of the
Future Homemakers of Amer-
ica will liave a Pake Sale on
Saturday, March 27, beginning
at 8:30 a. m. In front of
Bartseh's Beauty Salon.
Piney Creek Philosopher Comes
I p With Some Odd Statisties On
World's Telephone Conversations
Editor's note: The Piney Creek
Philosopher on his Johnson grass
farm on Pine> wanders around
through some statistics this week.
Dear editar:
It's not very important, but 1
was reading in a newspaper last
night that there are noss 255,-
200.000 telephones in the svorld
Furthermore, as you might
guess, nearly half of those, or
II 1.798.000, arc in the United
States. We've got one phone for
every two people
Hut what interested me ssas a
further breakdown in the statis-
tics. reporting that people in the
United States last year made
156.150,000,0(111 phone calls If you
lost track of the zeroes, that's
over 156 billion calls
Moreover, that comes out to
an average of 745 telephone con-
versations for each man. woman
and child, the report said
Now considering the fact a lot
of people don't talk on the phones
for long hours at a time, like
farmers and laborers and bus
drivers, etc . plus the fact a lot
of people don't even have phones,
sou can see that some segments
of the society are making a
whole lot more than 745 phone
calls a year To get up to that
156 billion calls, somebody has
to talk at least 10,000 times a
year, or an average of about 30
times a day.
I can believe it I'm not calling
any names, but I can believe it
Just to be doing. I figured up
how much the svorld is paying
for Its 255,200.000 telephones,
more or less. Just say the aver-
age plKine costs g flat $5 a month.
That's $1,266,000,000 a month, or
$15,192,000,000 a year, not count-
ing long distance calls. When
you add long distance charges,
I'd say it's costing the world
something around 30 billion dol-
lars a yeai to talk.
I started to figure up how much
truth is transmitted in those 30
billion dollars worth of calls a
year but I never was any good
at small fractions.
Yours faithfully.
J A
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