Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [118], No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 22, 1971 Page: 1 of 8
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Summer Water Rates Impractical
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AND BASTROP COUNTY NEWS
ESTABLISHED MARCH i, 1883
"One Man's
Meat"
By,/. Troy Hickman
T II K l> RAFT
The war in Vietnam could foe
a turning pmnl in The American
Story. Thus far, il has been
easily our mast disastrous chap-
ter It has done the world no
good, and it has done us lots
of harm The only possible good
outcome ! can see, is that it
may make us so sick to our
stomachs that we will quit try-
inn to pi ay the role of God in
the world. For lie is much bet-
ter at il. when we Hive Him a
chance, than we are.
Wi have developed in our
"free" country a very dictatorial
thing, the draft. It is l d enough
to draft young men for a "just"
war (if there is one). Hut it is
intolerable to send men out to
•In for a futile mistake
Thi draft is a form of slavery.
We take on alxiut negro slavery
before the Civil War, and we
should be ashamed of it But the
draft enslaves black and white
alike Slavery in the Old South
did not necessarily shorten life;
but the slavery of the draft
maims Ixxlies, destroys minds
and nerves, and takes the very
lives of countless thousands.
Those who return often find that
their careers never quite r<--
cover. This we do to our yount;
men in an "enlightened" ago that
boasts of "liberty and the pursuit
of happiness."
The nation has the power, un-
der the law. to draft its men for
war Hut I hold that it does not
have the moral right, under God.
to do it
If this was a war to defend
our soil and lives, that would be
one thing- There would ! • a color
to it Hut in this war. which we
slid into sidewise, is a meddling
in the internal affairs of other
people. Our men are being called
out to die for that which is not
a cause, for a "duty" which we
do not "owe", no matter what
the President and the Congress
say As such, it is a sin against
Cod and a sin against humanity,
for which thousands have paid
and are paying, and for which
the last one of us, eventually
will pay.
If the Presidents who have been
so sure that we owe "A duty to
protect freedom everywhere" had
sons instead of daughters; or
were, along with hawkish Con-
gressmen, the first to he drafted,
we would see an end to war. It
is cheap and easy to send an-
other's son to war in the name
of some "ideal."
When one considers how many
people go into the supply busi-
ness in a war poor, and come
out rich: and when you consider
what a fine political platform
war makes for some politicians
to run on; and that many in
Imtti groups do very well, in-
deed in wars; then you can un-
derstand the popularity of war
The Congress, which under the
Constitution has the responsibility
of deciding for or against involve-
ment in war, in our time has
alxlicaled to the President In
the Tonkcn Hay Resolution, it
handed him a blank check, for
the longest war in tin- history of
(Ins country, and nothing to show
for it except disaster, failure,
and the loss of respect of other
nations
The American people have
never been allowed to vote for
or against this war. Some of our
sons are killed in it; our incomes
"re taxed to pay for it; but we
have no voice In it And yet, we
are the deseendents of the peo-
ple who in !77f> said, "No tax-
ation without representation!"
Moreover, there is said to he
good evidence to suggest that the
Hay Of Tonkcn incident never
did occur in the way alleged.
Since the war began, we have
not had reliable and balanced
data from our government and
military leaders about what is
actually happening in Vietnam.
We have been sold a bill of
goods
Just before and after the h<^
ginning of this century, many
good people came to this country
from Germany, some to escape
the military draft laws which,
under the Prussian Military Sys-
tem, snared every young man
(Continued on page 2)
Charlie Meyer
Dies Suddenly
Last Thursday
HASTROP (TKXASi ADVERTISER. APRIl. 22, 1971
Bastrop High Golf Team
Is Winner In District
NC.MHKR N
Charlie 1.. Meyer Jr., 59,
died unexpected!} at his home
here Thursday morning, April
15, at 7:55. lie had been in
ill health about four months.
Funeral services were heict
from the First United Metho-
dist Church Friday afternoon
at 4 o'clock , with the Uev,
J. W. Griffin officiating.Burial
was in Fairvlew Cemetery, with
pall bearers including Bryan
Sanders, Vernon Schaefer, Wal-
lace Hefner, Ralph Grimes, Max
Uidusch, Monroe Sanders, Nel-
son Garrett and Dr. R. W. Love-
less.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Muriel Meyer; two sons,
C. I.. Meyer III and James
Meyer, both of Bastrop; three
daughters, Mrs. Betty Vlnklarek
of Austin, Mrs. Ann Wilson of
Bastrop and Mrs. Deborah Wil-
liamson of New Port News,
Virginia; two brothers, 11. P.
Meyer of Columbus and James
Meyer of Houston, and one sis-
ter, Mrs. Ann Davis of Austin.
Charlie Lovis Meyer Jr. was
born in Bastrop on July 24,
1911, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. L, Meyer Sr. He was mar-
ried to Muriel Sanders on (X't-
ober G, 1934, in San Marcos.
They made their home in Bas-
trop. He was an electrician
by trade.
A member of the Methodist
Church, he was also a member
of Gamble Ixxtge No. 244. Ma-
sonic graveside rites were con-
ducted by Gamble Lodge.
Grassyville To
Have Homecoming
In Paige Church
The Grassyville Association
will hold their annual home-
coming on Sunday, April 25,
at the Paige Methodist Church
in Paige.
Church services will start
at 10.50 a.m. daylight saving
time. The noon meal will be
served in the Paige Community
House, since all the families
are bringing their own box
lunch. The Association business
session will begin at 1:30 p.m.
All members are expected to
be present, and ruiy visitors
are welcome to come. A. It.
Dalchau of Pasadena is pres-
ident of the Association.
The Bastrop High School Golf
Team are District 25AA Champ-
ions. They convincingly won the
District tournament Wednesday,
April 7th with a course record
for AA schools of 312, which
was 21 strokes under second
place Weimar who shot a 333.
In this team score, Bastrop
had first and second medalists.
First medalist was Doug Wilklns
with a 75 and second medalist
was James Sc hue Ike with 7f>.
To round out the team score,
Jim Wilkins had a score of
80, Jerry Nichols had 81. and
Lloyd Cooper liad 87.
Weimer was second with a
team score of 333, Smlthville
was third with 341. Bastrop
second team was fourth with
351, Luling was fifth 357, Yoa-
kum sixth with 302, Hallets-
ville seventh with 396, Giddings
Winners In UIL
District Meet
Bastrop High School students
dominated the District Univer-
sity Inter scholastic League
competlon last Saturday In Bren-
ham, in literary events, with
five first place winners, three
second place winners, and three
third places.
Those taking first place were
as follows:
Jackie Kuehler and Nadlne Fis-
cher. Girls Debate
Bobby Watson, Boys Prose Read-
ing
Dock Jackson, Boys I>ersuasive
Speaking
Mary oidfield, Girls Informa-
tive Speaking
Lloyd Cooper, Boys Informative
Speaking
Second place winners were:
Jolin Crawford, Boy s Poetry In-
terpretation
Jeanette Petter, Number Sense
Robert Goertz, Number Sense
In third place:
I'lonnie Thompson, Girls Per-
suasive Speaking
Dock Jackson, Ready Writing
Jeff Chambers and David Mar-
shall, Boys Debate
Results of shortliand, type-
writing and other events were
unavailable for this week's
paper. They will appear next
week.
First place winners will com-
pete in the Regional Meet which
will be held at Blinn College
in Brenham on Friday, April
23.
eighth with 422 and Yoakum
second team was ninth with
435. Playing as a single, lAiel
(irozco of Bastrop scored a
99.
Gn the fourth place second
team, Van Nlmrlck had 80, Rob-
bie Turner had 81, Mike French
had 93, Gary Hollmann had 97,
and William Urinkmeyer had 99.
hi the Elementary division
Bastrop was third with a team
score of 416. Weimar was first
with a fine team score of 369,
Yoakum was second with 390,
Luling was fourth with 427,
Smlthville was fifth with 455,
Luling no. 2 team was sixth
with 497, and Yoakum second
team was seventh with 528.
Greg Hollmann was first medal-
ist of the tournament with a
fine score of 85 and Jessee
Iteyna of Yoakum was second
medalist with 87.
Greg Hollmann led the Bas-
trop team In scoring witn 85,
Marc Evans had 107, Gary
Kessel had 109, Keith Evans
had 115, and Randy Boone had
119. Playing as singles Mike
Frlske had 128, and Johnny
lister had 144.
The High School Team tra-
vels to Brenham on April 23rd
and 24th for the Regional tour-
nament at the Brenham Country
(Tub. From this tournament only-
one team qualifies to the State
Meet which will be held In
Austin on May 7th and 8th.
Bateman Sets
Homecoming For
Sunday, April 25
TTie Bateman Homecoming will
be held Sunday, April 25 at the
Bateman Park on Highway 20.
for the benefit of the Bateman
Cemetery.
Attend the church of your
choice, then enjoy a good home
cooked meal.
Serving will begin at 12:30. The
public is invited. In case of rain
it will be held in the Bateman
School House.
Bateman Baptist Church Wor-
ship Service is at 10; .10. and visi-
tors are welcome.
COMMUNITY ACTION
ROAKI) TO MEET
TTie Board of Directors of Bas
trap County Community Action,
Inc. will meet Thursday, April 22,
at 8:00 p m. in the County Court-
house. Bastrop, Texas. The public
is cordially invited.
Calvary Church
To Observe 89th
Anniversary
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Communicants of Calvary
Episcopal Church will observe
the 89th anniversary of con-
secration of the church build-
ing Sunday, St. Mark's Day,
April 25, at the regular ser-
vice hour of 10 a. m.
Calvary Church is the oldest
unaltered church in the Epis-
copal Diocese of Texas and
was consecrated on St. Mark's
Day, April 25, 1882. Hie build-
ing, which is the oldest church
edifice in Bastrop County, was
the first building In the county
to receive a Texas State His-
torical Building Medallian.
The Rev. Dr. Floyd Medford
Is now prlest-in-charge at
Calvary.
Evans Heads
Bastrop Lions
Charlie Evans, superintendent
of Bastrop Schools, was elected
president of the Bastrop Lions
Club at their regular meeting
on Tuesday, April 13, at Cas-
sels Cafe. Billy Maynard is re-
tiring president.
other officers elected in-
cluded the following:J. P.."Sharp,
first vice president; A. H. Bohls,
second vice president; Ad ell
Powell, third vice president;
W. T. Gunn, secretary; Jerry
Ingram, treasurer; Lion Tamer,
Charles Rabensburg; Tail Twis-
ter, Doyle Tuck.
New Directors are O. E.
Glenn, Jim Shone and Ronald
Landrum, with hold-over di-
rectors Earl Baker, William
Simpson and Allen Me Murray.
Mike Griffith To
Be On Johnny
Carson's Show
Lt. Michael C. Griffith, son
of Mrs. Dorsie Griffith of Bas-
trop, will appear on the Johnny
Carson's Tonight Show on
Tuesday, April 27. The pro-
gram is carried by KHFI-TV,
channel 42, and Is scheduled
for 10:30.
Lt. Griffith is presently sta-
tioned at Long Branch, New
Jersey.
NOTICE
I will announce at a later date
the location and time for the
Fall opening of Playland Kinder-
garten.
MRS. RUBELLE McMILUAN
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The Bastrop County Museum
Visitors from Bastrop and the
surrounding area and from
Sequin, I.aGrange, Elgin, Smlth-
ville, Lockhart and Houston en-
joyed the open house at the
Bastrop County Museum Sunday
afternoon from 1 until 6 p. m.
The occasion was the opening
of the new addition to the
Museum building, almost doub-
ling its size, which wis the
gift of Mrs, Powell C. Maynard
to the Museum, to the mem-
bers of the Bastrop County
Historical Association, ami to
all of the people In Bastrop
and Bastrop County, Mrs. May-
nard, for many years active
in civic affairs of the town
and county, gave the room be-
cause she "loves Bastrop and
Bastrop County", and stated
that she hoped everyone would
feel that they have a share
in the gift, and that they will
use it and enjoy it.
Added on to the original
brick addition, the new part
blends so perfectly with the old
that it Is hard to determine
where they join. John Schuelke
was contractor for the build-
ing.
The original frame buildiry
on the banks of the Colorado
River, just north of the Old
Ferry Crossing, was built in
1850 by John tornelson, who
sold it to Christopher McGlnnis,
a lawyer and County Judge,
in 1853 for $400.00. in 1854
McGinnls sold it to Joe B. Fehr,
who had recently come to this
country from Germany. Fehr
built the brick addition to the
house from bricks made by
the Lottman's brick kilns In
the hills east of town. Fehr
owned the building until 1903.
During the Civil War this
place was turned Into a tan-
nery and made leather for shoes
and saddles for the army.
In 1952 the property was
bought by the Bastrop County
Historical Society, restored, and
converted into a museum.
This area, Including the Old
Ferry Crossing, has been de-
signated as an historical shrine
by the Texas State Legislature.
By Mayor Benton Sims
Numerous requests have been
made recently for tiie (ity to
jHft "Summer" water rates in-
to effect. At the regular
Council Meeting on Monday,
April 12th, this was discussed
by the City Council but a de-
cision could not be made until
the i ity's Bond Consultant was
contacted.
Mr. Curtis Ad rain of the First
Southwest Investment Bankers
who is the City's Bond Con-
sultant was contacted and he
informed the City Council tnat
under the City's Bond Inden-
ture that the water rates could
not be lowered because of the
large outstanding bonded in-
debtedness against the water
department.
If any rate reduction could
have been made, not more than
50 per 1,000 gallons reduction
could have been made due to
the operating costs, tin con-
sumption of 50,000 tills would
mean a reduction of $2.50, re-
presenting a very small saving
to the Individual customer but
making a terrific impact on
the City's profit picture as
a whole.
There seems to be some
forgetfulness among some of
the citizens regarding the a-
mount of outstanding bonds owed
by the City levied against the
Water System. In 1963, at the
time that the Camp Swift water
system was purchased, it was
necessary to vote a $210,000.00
bond issue to get the water
into town and replace some
of the old water lines in town
that would not stand the in-
creased pressure of the new
water system. At that time
the City still had an outstand-
ing bond issue in the amount
of $125,000.00, which was con-
solidated with the new $210,000
bond issue. In 1965 it was nec-
essary for the City to vote
another bond Issue In the amount
of $110,000 to make further
repairs and additions to the
water and sewer system. To
date the outstanding bonded in-
Cemetery Group To
Meet In Watterson
Next Sunday
The Watterson Cemetery Asso-
ciation will Ih>I<! its regular melt-
ing Sunday afternoon, April 25, at
2 o'clock in the Watterson Com-
munity Center,
All interested persons are cor-
dially urged to attend.
In Memoriam
Genevieve Rix Fitzwilliam
August 13, 1889 — April 9, 1971
And what is it to cease
breathing, but to free the
breath from its restless tides,
that it may rise and expand
and seek God unemcumbered ?
—Kahlil Gibran
A dear friend has crossed the
great divide between mortality
ami immortality and as she
passed she most surely must
have experienced the great ex-
hilaration of being freed from
earthly bounds and being gather-
ed into the boundless renlm of
God. She did not approach death
with fear, but rather with anti-
cipation and joy She met death
with dignity and serenity, which
is the way she would have want-
ed it. To her it was a blessed
release. We feel the loss, but we
do not grieve — we can only
rejoice with her.
Genevieve Rix Fitzwilliam was
born in Utica, New York, on
August 13th, 1889, of distinguish-
ed parentage. She was the sur-
vivor of twins born to her par-
ents and was what was called
a "blue baby", but she survived
her childhood and lived to th<
ripe age of eighty-one years.
She bore proudly her heritage
of culture and refinement through-
out her lifetime. Her father,
William Stone Rix. a graduate of
Dartmouth, was a teacher and
a true scholar, being able to read
Greek and Latin as easily as
English, and devoting his life to
study and teaching. He was own-
er ami headmaster of a private
academy for boys in Utica for
many years and doubtless played
a great part in molding the
character of many young lads
who were under his tutelage
Genevieve's mother, Sarah Mat-
thews Taylor, was the daughter
of Solomon Taylor, a sea cap-
tain of stern demeanor who ac-
cumulated a considerable fortune
ami built a stately mansion on
Cape Cod. which today is pre-
served as a showplace of histori-
cal significance in Massachu-
setts Sarah's mother was a mem-
ber of tin- Matthews family, well
known and distinguished in New
England. One of the buildings on
the campus of Harvard Univer-
sity was named for the Matthews
family, and the present day Mat
thews descendants are still prom-
inent in New England.
In addition to her deceased
twin. Genevieve had two broth-
ers. Malcolm and Burton, both of
whom attended Dartmouth, and
both of whom are now deceased
(Continued on back page)
debtedness against the water
depa rt me lit is $368,000.00, which
amount is being paid off at
a rate of $916.66 against the
principal and $1166.05 interest
each month.
There also seems to be some
misundstanding about the
tity's contract to sell water
to Die Aqua Water Corpora-
tion. This water is being '■old
to \qua for the same price
that customers in the City are
being charged HI T Aqua takes
delivery at the main pipe line
and makes distribution to their
customers thru a series of pump
stations and water tanks. The
City does not have to furnish
meters, maintenance, meter
readings or billing which re-
presents a big portion of the
operating cost. Aqua also re-
activated a water well and in-
stalled two more filters at no
cost to the City.
The water department at the
best is about a break-even oper-
Services Held
Here For Mrs.
A. J. Reynolds
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Funeral services were held for
Mrs. A. J. Reynolds of Corpus
Christi from the Cooper-Newby
Funeral Chapel Tuesday after-
noon, April 13, at 2 o'clock. A
native of Bastrop, Mrs. Reynolds
passed away at Spohn Hospital
in Corpus Christi Sunday morn-
ing. April 11. She was 82 years
old.
Tlie Rev. J. Troy Hickman,
pastor of United Methodist Church
here, officiated, and burial was
in Fairview Cemetery. Pallbear-
ers included Clyde Reynolds,
Curtis Sanders, Kleber Trigg,
A. N. Edwards, James B Ker-
shaw and Allen McMurrey.
She is survived by a son, A. J.
Reynolds of Corpus Christi: two
brothers, W. E. Maynard and
C, B. Maynard, both of Bastrop:
and two grandchildren, Mrs.
Roger Hawkins and Lawrence
Reynolds, both of Corpus Christi
Janette Maynard was born in
Bastrop on July 1, 1888. She was
the daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
W. E Maynard Sr. Reared in
Bastrop, she was married to
A. J. Reynolds here in July 1911,
and they made their home here.
After the death of her husband
in June, 1943, she accepted a
position as house director at South-
western University in George-
town, and later became house
director in Southwest Texas State
Teachers College in San Marcos,
where she stayed until her retire-
ment in 1959. Her winning per
sonality, coupled with gracious-
n< ss and charm, were the back-
ground for the success with which
she filled these positions, and
made for her many friends.
After her retirement, she made
her home in Corpus Christi.
where she was a member of St.
Luke's Methodist Church, and of
the Women's Society for Christian
Service there.
ation, usually always operating
at a loss during the winter
and wet months. The only pro-
fit shown is during the sum-
mer months and if above nor-
mal rainfall is experienced
during those months then very
little profit is made, t'nless
the water system can make
some profit the bonded in-
debtedness cannot be paid off
and the owners of the bonds
can come in and nake the city
raise the rates until the sys-
tem is showing i profit. Some
funds must be retained for
maintenance, improvements,and
general operation of the sy s-
tem. Just last year one entire
section of the pipe line from
the pump station to the over-
head storage tank broke and
could not be repaired due to
the fact that it was an 18 Inch
line and obsolete. I lie City
was forced to spend $30,000
replacing that one section of
line.
The never ending increases
in cost of supplies and other
operating costs narrows the
small gap between sales and
costs, squeezing the resulting
profit smaller and smaller,
making it extremely difficult
to maintain any sort of profit.
Notary Public
Applications Due
Before May 15
Secretary of State Martin Dies,
Jr announced that all qualified
Notaries I'ublic desiring appoint-
ment for the new term which
begins June 1, 1971 and ends
June I. 1973, must pay the re-
quirt d fee and file a new oath
with the County Clerk between
May 1. 1971 and May 15, 1971.
inclusive.
Secretary of State Dies further
stated that any person not now
a Notary Public who desires ap-
pointment for the beginning of
the new term on June 1, 1971,
should apply to the County Clerk
before May 14. 1971 Tile required
application forms may tie obtain-
ed from the County Clerk
Mr Dies emphasized that No-
taries Public should not send re-
quests for appointment or for
commissions directly to the Sec-
retary of State inasmuch as the
law specifically requires that the
County Clerk approve Notary
Bonds ami forward copies of the
application to the Secretary of
State.
Tower Theatre
Under New
Management
Starting this week and every
week the Tower Theatre will
list in their ad the running times
of each feature shown and a list
of the winners in the Tuesday
night Bank Night according to
Mrs. Leroy Cude. new manager
of the Tower Theatre.
Mrs. Cude assumed manage-
ment of the theatre following the
recent resignation of Ray Gillit.
Piney Creek Philosopher Wants
Ping-Pong Champion China To
Send Over A Basketball Team
Editor's note: The Piney Creek
Philosopher on his Johnjfi.i grass
farm on Piney gets into the ping
pong matches this week.
Dear editar:
According to most of the news-
papers I've read lately, the
celebrated ping-pong matches be-
tween the Americans and the
Chinese champions are opening
up a new era in international
relations and everybody hopes
it's true, but it won't hurt to
keep on the alert.
If you recall, we got invited, I
gives* that's the word, to a war
over in that part of the world
and whatever you want to say
about the results, they haven't
been happy. Nobody knows what
the score is or how much time
Is left, the officiating has been
terrible, very few people are left
in the cheering section, and
changing the coaching staff hasn't
warmed up the fans' enthusiasm
much.
You nwer can tell about these
Orientals. You notice it was a
ping-pong, not a football, team
they asked us to send over there
to play with.
However, it in discharging our
obhgnions to return the fnvor,
the Stale Department figures It
would be undiplomatic or indeli-
cate to ask the Chinese to send
a football team over here to take
on the Baltimore Colts or the
Dallas Cowboys, why not ask
them to send over a basketball
team ? We've got to even ip this
ping pong thing one v y or an-
other. You ever see ty seven-
foot Asiatics? Let's r em over
here before Wilt Chamberlain or
Hill Russell get too old
Seriously. s| >rts may be the
answer to world turmoil, and
I've got a plan There are now
nearly 300 million television sets
in the world and as everybody
knows, football, once a fan gets
hooked on it on television, leaves
no time for much of anything
else.
Since a football player can't
hold up to playing 12 months out
of the year, the world should
be divided Into three conferences,
one to play during the fall and
early winter, one in the spring,
and one in the summer, with all
games televised world-wide It
might tnke a little time for a
fan in Bastrop to get interested
in the Peking Bandits or the
Sidney Kangaroos, but it could
be done
You get an average of 3 people
to the set, and you'd have nearly
a billion people glued to their
screens watching football the
year round
Where's the leader who could
work in i .at under these cir-
cumstanced
Yours faithfully,
J A
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