Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [118], No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 1, 1971 Page: 1 of 8
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Dulles, Texas
inc.
75835
"ONE MAN'S
MEAT"
By ./. Troy Hickman
MOW THE INDIAN
LOOT TIIK HOCK
When Hie federal prison at
Alcatrez was discontinued, the
famous Htx'k was occupied by a
group of Indians Although their
legal Mains was that of trea
passers, the government did not
evict them Many persons in
sympathy with them supported
them with words and material
donations Despite all this, about a
few months of declining forluiv s,
their numbers decreased lo about
a dozen and a half, all of whom
were women or children. These
were recently transported by an
agency of government to the
mainland.
The Issue of this story is, why
did the Indians lose the Rock?
The larger question is, why do
minority groups with emotional-
ly attractive causes so often lose
the flock ?
The problem is older than writ
ten history Groups of people
have always moved about upon
the face of the earth, and have
taken what they wanted from
other groups who were unable to
defend against them. It may be
thai way for a long time to
come.
Although the Whites look this
country from the Indians, there
is no doubt that if a group
stronger than we ever try to take
this country from us, they will
succeed Then we will be '"Die
Indians ."
When the patriarch Abraham
and his tribe and herds wandered
from populated Ur in ancient
Chaldea onto the grassy uplands
of Hebron and pitched their tents
under the big oaks there, they
were taking some of the country
from the llittites who were al-
ready there. It was such a gentle
and gradual takeover that the
llittites remained friendly and
probably did not know what was
happening When later the whole
Hebrew liation went to live in
Kgvpt, they multiplied so fast
in numbers and potential power
that Pharoah. who was no sleeper,
saw tin danger and cxpulsed them
from the country.
Still later, this people grew
greater under Moses Now there
were twelve tribes sprung from
Father Abraham's one tribe. Un
iter Joshua and Gideon they were
able to storm the walls of every
Caananite city and take the coun-
try over The fact that the
Gnananites were already there
merely increased the challenge
The important thing was that it
was "A land of milk and honey."
If you read this story only
from the standpoint of a Biblical
iK'liever, you might excuse all
this on the ground that those
people saw themselves as a
chosen people, acting under God's
command But if you read it also
a.s a student of human history
and nature, it appears to be
merely one of the many take-
overs which have occurred in
time. In other words, the van-
quished Caananite* were the
"Indians" of their day
It is interesting that today this
same territory is again the object
of conflict, Both groups, Israelis
and Arabs, have displaced and
been displaced, and each seeks
now to displace the other once
again If prior possession is cited
a.s the main claim for ownership
of any land on earth, the ques-
tion becomes, where do you start
in recognizing possession ? The
Indian was displaced No doubt
he displaced sotwonc before him.
We Whites displaced the Indian
We doubtless shall some day be
displaced by someone else.
Displacement is often accom-
plished by acts of invasion or
war, hut not always There is
a fable about the fox and the
rabbit The rabbit started one
day to leave his hole in the
ground, Iml jus! in time noticed
a fox sitting clone by and watch-
ing 'Hie fox drooled and glared
at him The rabbit thought the
situation through, then came lo
the edge of the hole and said
this "O Is . Mr Fox. You win,
Hut my wife and I plan to re-
main in our den until we out-
number you enough that we can
come out and take you." This
type of takeover, while not as
dramatic as invasion with war,
is going on today everywhere,
quietly but irresistibly.
Hie practical question is, what
can the former occupant do after
lie has been displaced ? For one
thing, it doesn't help him much
to be sorry for himself History
is simply played that way. Next
time, maybe the loser will hi'
on the winning side Everyone
is a victim of something, some-
where, or sometime If he is
sorry for himself, it only drains
(Continued on back ixtgc)
4,"> if**',
AND BASTROP COUNTY NEWS
ESTABLISHED MARCH 1, 1X5.'I
BASTROP (TEXASI ADVERTISER, JULY 1, 1971
NUMBER IX
Homecoming To Feature Parades,
Dances And Rodeo Performances
ttfiTII BIRTHDAY PARTY — A private joke brought smiles to the faces of Judge E. E.
Mooiv, left, and S. L. Brannon Sr. at a birthday party honoring Mr. Brannon at the
Wednesday morning coffee hour last week in the civic room of the First National Bank.
The party was complete with a beautiful birthday cake bearing a big "96", and friends
dropped in during the morning to express their congratulations. Mr. Brannon was 96
years old on Thursday. June 24. and Judge Moore will | ss his 96th birthday on August 26.
Local Lions Club Contributes Much
To The Welfare of the Community
"The Lions Club never does
anything" is n remark heard
altogether too often in Bastrop,
and the remark is seldom chal-
lenged, even when it is heard
by a loyal member of the club.
The Lions Club year draws to a
close on June lift, with a new
.soar starting July 1, and the
year's end is a good time to re-
view I hi' work done and the
accomplishments of any organi-
zation
During the past year, the club
has raised money by selling liot
sausage sandwiches and soda
water during the annual Home-
coming festival last summer;
staging a pancake supper in Bas-
trop residents and any others
who bought tickets: selling
brooms, brushes and other house-
hold implements, and selling
light bulbs These efforts raised
money to help finance community
betterment projects thai helped
people directly and contributed
to llu' welfare of the town and
ils people
Among other things that the
(lull accomplished during the
Beauty Contests
Planned For
Homecoming
You can prove what you've
always said—that the prettiest
and sweetest youngsters come
from Bastrop--when a Tiny Tot
Beauty Parade is unreeled on
the first day of this year's Home-
coming. July 29.
Two other boauty contests, one
for Junior Misses and another
for the title of Miss Ixir* Pines,
will follow on Friday. July 30,
ami Saturday, July 31, respect-
ively.
Mrs. C, A. I skew and Mrs.
Louis Wright are co-chairmen
for the Tin> Tot revue that will
include entries four to seven
years old. I'he two are asking
for (virents to enroll their mini-
Misses with Mrs. Fskew at
229-2501 (after 5:30 at 229-
2192) or Mrs. Wright at 229-
3388 no later than July 27.
Uniform for the contest will
be hot pants.
lite master of ceremonies and
judges for the program will be
announced at a later date.
past year, the following are the
main activities of interest to
many citizens.
More than $200.00 were spent
to provide shoes and other cloth-
ing to school children who need-
ed them.
Eye glasses were purchased for
seven school children who would
not have been able to keep up
with their studies otherwise.
The insignia "Bastrop Public
Library" which adorns the new
library building was furnished by
the Lions Club.
A gift of $50 00 for the purchase
of Ixxtks or other equipment has
been awarded to the new library.
This is in addition to the regular
annual gift of $60.00 that has
been made regularly to the Li-
brary for years,
A contribution of $60.00 was
given to the local troop of Boy
Scouts of America which is spon-
sored by the Lions Club. This
has been a regular item in the
Lions program for several years.
A gift of $25.00 was given to
the l/>st Pines Garden Club in
recognition of that organization's
work in connection with the
Christmas Lighting Program.
Tile Lions Club financed the
Bastrop 1/isl Pines Beauty Pa-
geant This pageant is sponsored
by another organization and is
a feature of the annual Homecom-
ing Festival.
The club purchased a pig at
the annual FFA Livestock Show.
The price paid for the pig was
more than twice market value.
This sort of tiling is done to en-
courage boys to engage in such
study and enterprise.
A gift of $50.00 was made to
the Bastrop Historical Society.
Funds in the amount of $100 00
were provided for the sponsor-
ship ol a Little League Bascltall
Team.
Three Lions cooperated in the
building of shelves for the new
Library One of the three Lions.
Earl W Baker, furnished the
hardware, nails and paint for
this project at wholesale price.
Most of Lions' work is done
in the local community The hx'al
Lions contribute also to the larger
eommunit> During the year just
dosing, a gift of money was sent
to the District Governor for use
in the relief uf victims of Hurri-
cane Colin,
I'acli sear some $!t(10 (HI ol the
club's money goes to the District
organization where most of it is
contributed towards the main-
tenance ol the Lions Camp for
crippled children, which is locat-
ed in the Texas Hill Country
where a crippled child can enjoy
a program of recreation and
therapy during the Summer.
Billy E. Maynard is retiring
president of the Lions Club.
The annual Bastrop Home-
coining, usually held in August,
has been scheduled for July
29-31 this time around.
It was moved to the earlier
date to avoid conflict with other
celebrations in Central Texas,
according to Doyle Tuck, the gen-
eral chairman.
Among the Homecoming chair-
men named, to date, are Jim
Pittman, grand parade; Bill Hen-
derson, rodeo; Calvin llunnicutt
and Bill Olsen, dance, and Mar-
garet Pfeiffer, downtown events.
The grand parade, for many
years a Thursday feature of the
program, wu s switched to Satur-
day in 1970 and drew more en-
tries and spectators than any
other parade in several years.
It will again be slated for Sat-
urday, kicking off at the high
school at 10 a. m.
Like last year, the kiddie i«r-
ade which is always popular and
eye-catching will serve for the
official opening with a 10 a.m.
Thursday start.
The plans for dancing and
rodeotng, always the staples of
Homecoming, are nearing com-
pletion. Western bands will be
on hand for the hops, according
to llunnicutt.
Plan Patriotic*
Program For
Thursday Night
The young people's choir of the
First Baptist Church of Bustrop
will present a program of patrio-
tic music in the Bastrop State
Park at 8:00 p. m. on Thursday
evening. July 1. The program
"will be staged on the terrace of
the park refectory near the
swimming pool.
Tills special musical program
is an endeavor by the young
people to show respect for the
flag, honor their native land, and
arouse a spirit of patriotism and
national pride within the hearts
of those who svill be visiting the
park at this time, as well as
the local citizens of this area.
Everyone is cordially invited
to attend this patriotic musical
program.
It is a jireat day . . . the l>irthda>
of our Country's Independcnct
Vi • art*, like our fellow Americans,
proud to commemorate it.
Henderson has signed L. I.
Huffman of Waco to produce this
year's rodeo in Will Kugers
Arena.
It was from Huffman's stock
that a bull escaped the arena,
fled onto the dance floor and
into the Legion's meeting room
two Homecomings ago, scatter-
ing dancers and bandsmen as
it roamed.
"That was old V-91, the danc-
ing bull," stated Henderson, "and
he's going to be back again."
Three beauty contests are on
tap, one for each day. (>n open-
ing day it'll be the Tiny Pots
on parade, Friday the Junior
Misses, and Saturday the annual
Miss Lost Pines contest.
Several other events will be
run off during Homecoming, in-
cluding a blind bogey golf tourn-
ament on the Lost Pines course,
kid games and perhaps boat
racing, Tuck said.
Local Girls Are
Named Officers
At Girl's State
Jo McCall and Donna Milium
were each elected to an office
at the American Legion Auxiliary
Bluebonnct Girls State, held in
Seguin last week.
Jo was named commissioner,
place 2, Mud County, and Donna
was elected commissioner, place
1, Dei1 County. They are the
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Deati
McCall and Mr. and Mrs. Frank-
lin S. Mihura. and were spon-
sored to Girls State by the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Girls Stale was organized as a
National Americanism activity in
1937 by the American Legion
Auxiliary. Non-partisan and non-
political, the purposes of the
Girls State program are to pro
vide citizenship training for girls
of High School age, lo afford
them an opportunity to live to-
gether as a self-governing group
an to inform them of the duties,
privileges, rights, and responsi-
bilities which they will assume
when they become adults. They
learn the problems of Govern-
ment by simulating the duties of
City, County, and State officials.
Each year citizens are selected at
local levels from students svho
have just completed their Junior
year in high school. The selection
is based principally on character,
leadership, and scholarship.
The 1971 session of the Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary Bluebonnct
Girls State has grown from an
experimental conference of nine-
ty-four girls, held at Baylor Uni-
s'ersity in 1941, to become the
largest single extracurricular ed-
ucational program for high school
girls in Texas This year 484 girls
were in attendance, plus two girls
from Mexico making n total of
more than 9,250 girls in Texas
who have participated in this top-
level citizenship program.
Retired Associate Justice Meade
Griffin of the Texas Supreme
Court administered the oath of
office to the elected State offi-
cials of Bluebonnct Girls State
Monday. June 21 in the Rotunda
of the Stale Capitol.
One of the highlights of the
session svhich began June 15 and
ended June 25 was the selection
of two outstanding citizens of
1971 svho svill be sent to Girls
Nation in Washington, D. C by
the American l«egion Auxiliary.
There the two young represen-
tatives svill continue their study
in responsibilities of the Republic,
COMMODITIES TO BE
DISTRIBUTED JULY 6-7
Distribution and issuance of
commodities to all eligible per-
sons in Bastrop will be on July
6th and 7th.
All eligible people are asked
to come to the office at this
time, at the corner of Water and
Chestnut Streets.
NOTICE
The Bluebonnct Beauty Salon
will he closed fixmi July 12
July 24
MRS MABFI, WALIJVCE
STEEPI.E TOPS NEW Cilt'ltC'll — It look a giant crane and
experienced hands lo raise the steeple of the ni ss First Baptist
Church building into its position atop the church recently. The
placing of the steeple marked a symbolic step in the progress of
the new building, svhich svill be ready lor occupancy in the early
fall.
Regular Hours
Set For Library
Because the opening of services
by the City Library did not fol-
low closely upon the formal Open
House, but was set for June 14,
some prospective library users
do not yet know that the City
Library is open for business.
Mrs Katie Brosvning, the li-
brarian, says that library hours
have been scheduled as Tuesday
through Friday from 10 a. m. to
5 p m.; and on Saturdays from
9 a. m. to 2 p. m
Please note that there is no
open time on Sunday or Monday.
We should have a book deposit
box somewhere near the entrance,
so that persons wanting to re-
turn due books may return them
even when the library is not
open Perhaps some person or
group in town svill make such
equipment |x>ssible
The people of Bastrop have
been quite responsive lo the calls
for financial help. Many gifts of
money and equipment have been
made. Others are needed, if our
library is to be completely ade-
quate for the job it has to do.
Many person have also made
generous gifts of time and skill
to get the books labeled and
catalogued, so they can be found
promptly on the shels'es,
Sometime in the near future a
list of contributors of money,
skill, time and materials svill be
published Meanwhile, keep the
gifts coming and interest high
The whole point of a library is
books, enough books, good books,
used by lots of people.
And remember that the City
Library is nosv open for business.
A. G. Wiseman Dies
Here Saturday
Allen von Gellhorn Wiseman,
89, died Saturday in the local
hospital. Funeral services were
held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from the C'ooper-Newby Funeral
Chapel, with the Hev. J. Troy
Hickman officiating. Burial was
in lalrview Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Myrtle II, Wiseman ofBas-
trop; two daughters, Mi's. Alfred
C. Grossc of Dallas and Mrs.
Klva K. Hull of Bastrop; a son,
Fred C. Wiseman of Cocoa
Beach , Florida; a sister, Mrs.
P. E. Cooper of Lithonia, and
six grandchildren and threegreat
grandchild ren.
A more extended obituary will
appear In the Advertiser next
week.
NOTICE
The Citizens State Bank and
The First National Bank will be
closed Monday. July 5, in obser-
vance of Independence Day.
18-1
BUSINESSES TO
CLOSE MONDAY
Bastrop business houses will
be closed Monday, July 5th in
observance of Independence Day
according to Mrs. Margaret
Pfeiffer, Chamber of Commerce
Secretary.
DINNER BRIDGE CU B
TO MEET Jl!LY fi
The couples Dinner Bridge Club
svill meet Tuesday evening, July
6, at 7 o'chx'k at the Magic Mill
For reservations, please call
Mrs. J. P. Sharp, 229-2659.
Piney Creek Philosopher Wants
The Right To Stamp Classified
On Things Given To Everybody
Editor's note: The Piney Creek
Philosopher on his Johnson grass
farm on Piney takes a look at
a current controversy this week
with his osvn brand of insight.
Dear editar:
I had always thought that
"Classified" was something you
paid for in a newspaper's Want-
Ad section and wanted people to
read, but like everybody else in
the country svho has seen a nesvs
paper or watched television re-
cently I've learned that Classi-
fied mean something the Penta
gon considers secret and doesn't
want anybody else to read
However in tin- uproar over
the publication of the Vietnam
classified documents from 47 vol-
umes (some people svonder what
the Pentagon needs with 50 or
60 billion dollars a year but they
don't understand the details;
have you ever figured up how
many rubber stamps it takes to
stamp 15 sets of 17 volumes con-
taining 7.000 pages svith the
words Top Secret—Classified?)
there's one point it looks like
everybody is missing
Tlie point is, how come the
Pentagon is the only outfit with
the right to stamp something
Classified and thereby make it
against the law for outsiders to
see it ?
Personally I'd like to .see this
right extended, even if a man
has to bus' his own rubber stamp.
Pmkthls could -et one at a gov-
emment surplus sale.
For example take a man's
en ilit rating If anything ought
lo Im classified., that should.
When i mail order house wants
you to bu.s something on credit
and you'd like to too but it first
ins,sis on seeing your credit rat-
ing you ought to have the right
to say you're sorry but the infor-
mation is i assified but go ahead
and fill tin order
If there was some ssay I could
stamp m> bunk balance Classi-
fied and keep some bookkeeper
or computer from looking at it,
I wouldn't care how high taxes
g. i or how far inflation went.
Boxed in svith a hard question
alxHjt where you were Saturday
night" Mark it Classified ami re-
store peaci in the family.
Die pentagon is on to a good
thing and I'm in favor of pass-
ing it around.
Yours faithfully,
J A.
Bastrop's 24th Annual Homecoming July 29-30-31,1971
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