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NEWS
ESTABLISHED MARCH 1, I KTiH
"ONE MAN'S
MEAT"
By J. Troy Hickman
TOO MICH OOVKKNMKNT?
Government, like aspirin, can-
nrd tomatoes anil indoor plumb-
ii'K, is a mightly go<xl thing
I wouldn't want to live anywhere
without it. When the first tribe
of primitives learned how to get
together, work for a common
gixxl, and appoint one of their
number to act for them all, the
human race took a big step for-
ward.
But can there l>e loo much
government? Can it begin for a
reason, ami come to Ik- a fad
beyond reason? Can it start out
as a servant of the people anil
end ap as their master? Can it
change from the peoples' friend
to their enemy? I say that it
can, and that we can find in-
stances where this has happened.
Moreover, we are on a course
and in a mixxl to have more
of it
Where too much government
exists, one cause is inertia. A
program or agency is set up to
meet a problem. Time passes
and the problem changes. Hut
the program does not It is al-
most impossible to reduce or
reform an agency or program
of a government, once it is
established. A list of such sur-
plus facilities which exist today
at various levels of government
from precinct to federal would
make up a Ixiok as thick as a
Sears catalogue.
Another cause of too much
government is our unitary and
simplistic approach to all of our
problems, group or personal We
have practically abandoned the
concept nf personal responsibility
for the welfare of a citizen and
his dependents We have learned
to look to the government to
meet all of our needs, protect
us from all dangers and risks,
and fulfill all of our dreams.
If it fails to do all these things,
we feel wronged It will sound
like heresy, hut I'll say it: There
are some burdens, some dangers,
some risks ami some responsi-
bilities against which the govern-
ment cannot and should not try
to insure us.
The legitimate purpose of a
government is to do for the peo-
ple what the individual citizen
cannot reasonably be expected to
do for himself. This includes such
things as protecting the nation
against war waged against us
from without (but not the wag-
ing of meddlesome or aggressive
wars in other countries), the
keeping of law and order here at
home (hut not the protection of
people against mere enticements
a n d business advertisements
which do not use force), and the
providing of common facilities
such as schools, highways, etc
(but not underwriting farm prices,
big business corporation profits,
postal rate subsidies, etc.
Since the country crossed the
great divide in political philosiv
phy, hack in the IMO's and early
•40's, we have added to the state
ami federal governments a new
burden which may prove to tie
the heaviest of all. — the redis-
tribution of the national wealth
This is (tone under the idea that
the government owes it to the
people to make everyone as
equal as possible, regardless of
relative productivity. It is ac-
eomplishi-d under a welfare ban-
ner, is supported by a system of
taxation which has passed the
confivatory point at some levels
and is creeping upward at a
fearful rate, and it is creating
whole new masses of helpless
people, who in another genera-
tion or two will rait even attempt
to breath for themselves
A public official in Washington
D. C. said at the end of the
Johnson Administration's first two
years, when the Congress poured
forth hundreds of new programs
to solve private problems with
public funds, "There is not to-
day in Washington one single
official who can remember all
the programs set up in the past
two years, — not even the mem-
bers of Congress who passed
them into law; and in many
rases, not even the officials re-
sponsible (or their administration.
It is like a vast underground
cave, and everyone is wandering
around lout."
Yes, there can be too much
BASTROP COUNTY
BASTROP (TEXAS) ADVERTISER SEPTEMBER 9, 1971
NUMBER 28
Dates Set In
Wage-Price
Freeze
Miss Burleson
Dies In Austin
Saturday Night
Miss Mattie Burleson passed
away Saturday night, September
4, in an Austin nursing home.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the Cooper-Newby Funeral
Cluipcl, with the Rev. J. Troy
Hickman, pastor of United
Methodist Church, officiating.
Burial was In Kalrview Ceme-
tery.
A more extended obituary will
be used next week.
government. And when it hap-
pens, we can't blame the Cbm-
munists for it. We iiave to blame
ourselves; because all tax-levy-
ing and program making officials
are ultimately responsible to the
people, or would tie if the people
wanted to bother with it.
What we have is a country
which once was proud ami strong,
hut which in the process of be-
ing a global meddler abroad and
a guarantor of dreams at home,
has become an angry, divided and
fearful country.
It is a bit like being nibbled
to death by a duck.
Lions Club To Assist In KVUE-TV
24-1 lour Cerebral Palsy Telethon
The President's Office of Emer-
gency Preparedness has spelled
out effective dates pertaining to
the wage-price freeze, IRS Dis-
trict Director R. L. Phinney said
today.
It has been determined that the
price-wage-rent freeze began at
12:01 a m. on August 16. The
freeze is therefore deemed to
expire at midnight of Novem-
ber 13.
By the Executive Order, the
'wise period is the thirty days
prior to midnight August 14.
Hie day of August 15 is a day
not subject to the freeze, hence,
any action completed on that day
to include delivery was not sub-
ject to the freeze. However, an
action started on August 15 and
extending beyond it (such as a
rent or wage increase) is subject
to the freeze except that the
110 it ion of the payment for the
day itself is exempt.
Allan R. Bacon
Dies August 20
Allan It. Bacon died unex-
pectedly at his home here Fri-
day, August 20, after a brief
illness. He was 70 years old.
Services were held at First
United Methodist Church Satur-
day afternoon, August 21, at
3:30 o'clock. The Itev. J. Troy
Hickman officiated, and pall-
bearers were W. B. Hosklns
and Gene Massey of Austin;
N. It. Hosklns and A. G. (Jake)
Iloskins of Mathls; N.H.Simpson
and W. K. Simpson of Bastrop.
Mr. Bacon was taken overland
to San Antonio, where services
were held from Alamo Chapels
Monday, August 23, at 2:30 with
Itev. Robert Stover of San Mar-
cos officiating. Concluding ser-
vices were held in Koselawn
Memorial Park under the
auspices of Alamo l.odge No. 44,
AF& AM, Alzafar Shrine ami
Alzafar Temple, Prospect Hill
Chapter No. 817, OFS.
Pall bearers in San Antonio
were Edward Uger, James S.
Fielder, James W. Keith, Felix
E. Brown, W, N, Tate. Jr. and
J. L. Harnett, all of San Antonio.
Survivors arc his wife, Mrs.
Edna H. Bacon; two sons, Allan
It. Bacon Jr. and William H.
Bacon, both of San Marcos; two
sisters, Mrs. Marvel Anderson
of Kerrvllle and Mrs. J. F.
Jane a of San Antonio; four
brothers, Hoy Bacon of New
Braunfels, George H. Bacon Jr.
of Sugarland; Jerry G. Bacon
of f'oteet and Hobert E. Bacon
of Comfort; three stepsons, W.
B. Iloskins of Austin and Norland
It. Iloskins and Alvis (Jake)Ilos-
kins, both of Mathls; a step-
daughter. Mrs, Olivia Alexander.
Mr. Bacon was born In San
Antonio on December 8, 1900,
and had lived tliere most of his
life. He came to Bastrop In
I96H and was employed with the
City Police Department at the
time of his death.
The Bastrop l.ions Club will
assist the Austin Jaycees, who
are sponsoring the 24-hour tele-
vision telethon for the United
Cerebral Palsy of the Capital
Area. Bastrop Headquarters will
be at Sims Chevrolet where
phones will be staffed by volun-
teers working four-hour shifts.
The event will be telecast live
and in color from the new studio
of KVUE Television on Saturday,
September 11, beginning at 6:00
p.m. on Channel 24.
Featured in the event will be
the best talent in the Central
Texas Area, liadio disc jockeys
from KNOW, KVET, KOKF,
KHFI, KUT-I'M and KRMH-FM
will be the anchormen for the
shows along with other talented
emcees.
A variety of talent will be fea-
tured in the telecast, ranging
from top bands in the Battle of
the Banc's to magicians,
musicians and dancers. Music
lovers will hear a variety of
P-TA To Meet
New Teachers
The Pa rent-Teac tier Associa-
tion will meet at 8 P.M. on Wed-
nesday, September 15, in the
high school cafeteria, diaries
Evans, schools supt., will give
a short talk and introduce the
new teachers. A reception for
the teachers will be held
following adjournment. Every-
one is invited to attend.
Re ceives Awards
For Hazardous
Service In AF
Capt. Don Odom U, grandson
of Mrs. Frank Birmingham of
Bastrop, recent ly returned from
a tour of duty in Vietnam, and
has been stationed at Dyess AI B
in Abilene.
Capt. (idom has been awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross
for his hazardous flights during
the Cambodian push In 1970. He
was the pilot in command of
a C-130 transport during his
duty overseas. He was also a-
warded the Air Medal and Oak
l,eaf Clusters one through four
to the Air Medal for his service
overseas.
Capt. Odom has now left the
Mr Force to take a position as
a manufacturer's representative
with Hayburn, lteamy, Kee. He
will continue his flying with the
Air Force Reserve.
Capt. and Mrs. Odom are ex-
pecting the arrival of their first
child early in Septemu;r, after
which they will move to Dallas
to nuke their home.
Capt. Odom Is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Don Odom of Houston.
His mother is the former Miss
Mary Anne Birmingham of
Bastrop.
their favorite tunes ranging from
country-western and soul to jazz
and liard rock. The telethon will
also include religious features on
Sunday morning, September 12.
During the fund-raising pro-
gram, persons interested will
phone in pledges. Volunteers will
then pick up the funds and the
dollars' names will be listed on
television.
Bell Telephone
Systems Spend
$491 Million
In spite of a generally dull
I>erformance of the economy dur-
ing 1970, four Bell System com-
panies posted a record $718
million contribution to the
economy of Texas.
leading contributor among the
four companies operating in the
state was Southwe ste r n Bell
Telephone Company with ex-
penditures of more than $491
million. The company serves
about 80 per cent of the state's
telephones. Other associated
companies operating in Texas
arc We stem Electric, manufac-
turing and supply unit of the Bell
System; Mountain Bell Telephone
Company, providing telephone
service in four El Paso ex-
changes; and AT&T Long Lines
Department which maintains
much of the system's long dis-
tance network.
Payroll for the four companies
accounted for the largest single
expenditure « nearly $232
million of the $718 million total,
according to II. D. Schodde, vice
president of Southwestern Bell's
Texas operations. The four com-
panies employ more than 40,700
Texan s.
Commenting on the increasing
amount of construction being un-
dertaken by the Bell System,
Schodde said that construction
expenditures in Texas for build-
ings and outside plant hit a
record $157 million. He pointed
out that this represented six
per cent of the total non-
residential construction in the
state.
Schodde also noted that the
Bell System's Texas payroll and
construction program, when
coupled with a state and local
tax bill of more than $75 million,
had substantial Impact on nearly
every community served by the
System. Tills local Impact was
typified by Western Electric
which alone made purchases from
1,740 suppliers in 112 towns and
cities throughout the state
amounting to more than $103
million.
At year's end, Bell System
telephones in Texas totaled more
than 5,243,000.
Yets To Get Free License Plates
Bears Open
Season With
Caldwell
By Frank Nlihura
Tomorrow night the Bastrop
Bears open their 1971 football
season with a nondistrict game in
Caldwell. Everyone is invited to
travel to Caldwell and give the
Hears the needed support for
victory, for unless they win to-
morrow night, they can't have
an undefeated season.
Following is the 1971 Bastrop
Bears roster:
Seniors:
Garwood Williams - OB
Terry Itunkie - QB
Charles Haywood - I IB
Donnle Colter - FB
Jerry Reese - RB
Anthony Robinson - RB
Dan Boone - TE
John Martinez - T-LB
Forrest Chalmers - C
Sidney Klaus - G
Frank Juarez - G
Joe Habensburg - C
Morris demons - G
Les Lester - G
Doug Wilklns - K
Juniors:
Kim Shirley - C
Willie De La Rosa - T
Sophomores:
Charley Itunkie - OB
Larry Alexander - RB
Jimmy Emanuel - TE
Andrew Washington - SE
Mike Zalingski - T
Charles Hunter - T
The Bears Football Schedule
for 1971 Is as follows:
Sept. 10 - Caldwell In Caldwell
Sept 17 - Elgin in Bastrop
Sept. 24 - Manor in Manor
Oct. 1 - I.uling in Bastrop
Oct. 8 - Weimar in Weimar
Oct. 15 - Glddlngs In Bastrop
Oct. 22 - Yoakum in Yoakum
Oct. 29 - Hallettsville in Bastrop
Nov. 5 - Smithville inSmithville.
The first three game only are
non-district.
NOTICE
The Bastrop Lions Club will
staff the Bastrop area Cerebral
Palsy Telethon from Sims Chev-
rolet.
Lions or other interested per-
sons, are needed to staff phones
on four hour shifts on Saturday,
September 11. Shifts will be
Saturday, 6:00 a.m. to 10:00a.m.;
10:00 a.m. to 2:00p.m.; 2:00p.m.
to 6:00 p.m.; 6:00 p.m. to 10:00
p.m.; 10:00 to 2 a.m. on Sunday.
Bastrop will have a four hour
break in shifts during the early
hours on Sunday but will pick
up again with shifts starting at
6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.; 10:00
a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.
to 6:00 p.m.
Anyone interested in volun-
teering for this telethon should
contact C. H. Evans, Lions Club
president.
Details of a new program
which will provide free 1972
automobile license plates to
•iome disabled veterans were re-
vealed recently by the Texas
lllghwa; Department, according
to Henry X. Bell, Veterans Ser-
vice Officer of Bastrop Cour.ty,
Application blanks and instruc-
tions may 1a obtained from Mr.
Hell or from Clyde Reynolds.
Bastrop County Tax Assessor-
Collector.
The program was set up by an
act of the 62nd Legislature.
To qualify, an applicant must:
Be a Texas resident;
Be a veteran of the armed
forces ot the United Suites;
Have a disability rating of 70
per cent or more;
Be drawing compensation from
the federal government as the re-
sult of service-connected dis-
ability.
A qualified veteran is entitled
to register one passenger car
or light commercial vehicle with
a manufacturer's rated carrying
capacity of one ton or less for
his own use without i ying the
prescribed registration fee.
There is a statutory fee of $1
which must accompany each
application.
Specially designed license
YH Group Will
Hear Program
On Macrame
The Young Ilomeniakers will
hold their first meeting of the
year at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday,
September 14, at the Bastrop
High School,
Mrs. Ellen Schneider of
Giddings will present a program
on Macrame.
Each month the meetings are
open to everyone. You do not
have to be a member of the
organization to attend but
membership is desirable. There
are some special programs and
parties that are for members
only.
Everyone Is invited to attend.
Babysitters will be available.
Among tb more than .'too volunteers attending the Texas Division 26th Annual Meeting of
the American Cancer Society held in Houston recently were these 14 people representing
five of the 14 County Units comprising District 7. Left to right are Jess J Whatley of
Austin, Travis County legacy .'Memorial Chairman awarded with a plaque tnscribed "The
Best in the State" for his outstanding devotion and efforts; Mrs. Edmund. R N.. Taylor,
Chairman District Leader Development Committee; Mrs. Whatley; Dr John Dale Weaver,
Austin; I>r Glover Bynum, Austin. Texas Division out-going president and Medical Director-
at-Urgc elect; Mrs Jack Claiborne, Bastrop; Dr. Lynn W McCraw, Austin, Travis County
Unit President elect and Chairman Department of Physical and Health Education Depart
ment, University; Mrs Vallon Hanna, Bastrop; Mrs McCraw; Mrs Malcolm Sherill. San
Marcos Ken Wcatherford, San Marcus, Dr diaries F. Pelphrey, Austin. Outirman Service
and Rehabilitation Committee; Mrs Ross Arnold. San Marcos. Dr Weaver, Mrs Sherrill
and Mrs Arnold were honor guests and awarded 25-year volunteer service pins during the
Annual Dinner meeting.
plates will be issued with the
letters "DV" apixsaringaseither
a prefix or suffix to the license
number. The words "Disabled
Vet" also will appear on the
plates.
Vehicles with Disabled Vet
plai.es will be exempt from pay-
ing parking fees chained by any
governmental authority other
than the federal government,
I'his includes parking meters.
The license plates will not be
available until the beginning of
the 1972 registration year. The
law provides that the disabled
veteran must make application by
October 1 preceding the registra-
tion year for which the plates are
requested.
4-H Records In
State Judging
Bastrop County 4-11 boys re-
cords instate 4-H Record Judging
at A&M this week include Bruce
and Allan Schroeder in Wildlife
and Jim McDonald in Citizen-
ship. County Agricultural Agent
Ed Migura is serving on the
State 4-H Record Judging Com-
mittee.
Their records previously had
been judged first in District 10.
Held Sharp received a red ribbon
in the Junior Division of the
District 10 contest.
SPEND LABOR DAY HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Petter
of Lubbock and Miss Jeanette
Petter, a student at Texas A & L,
Kingsville, were Labor Day
guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Rudolph Petter.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Petter
were also guests in the home
of her family, the Milburn
F re rich's.
All Disabled Vet plates will be
issued directly from the Motor
Vehicle Division of the Teas
Highway Department In Austin.
Asa prerequisite, the veteran's
disability rating must be verified
by the Veteran's Administration
or the branch of thearmedforces
from which he draws his dis-
ability compensation.
Also, the Texas title to the ve-
hicle must Ik? Issued in the name
of the veteran.
COMMODITIES TO BE
DISTRIBUTED SEPT. 16
Distribution and issuance of
commodities to all families of
fcxir or more in Bastrop will
lie on Thursday, September 16th.
All families of four or more
are asked to come to the office
at this time at the corner of
Water and ( hestnut Streets.
To List College
Students For The
Fall Semester
The Bastrop Advertiser will
again publish a list of students
attending colleges, universities,
or other schools of higher
learning.
For the list to be as com-
plete and accurate as possible,
assistance of students and
parents is requested.
Please mail or bring in to
The Advertiser office, give the
name of the student and the
school he will be attending, and
whether or not this is the stu-
dent's first year, often students
transfer and The Advertiser has
no knowledge of the changes.
Also include the student's mail-
ing address.
Cooperation of students and
parents will be greatly
appreciated.
Volunteers To Collect
For Muscular Dystrophy
Annual Shrine
Circus Set For
October 26-31
AUSTIN—One of the largest
selling forces In Central Texas--
the Ben Bur Temple member-
ship—hit the road this week to
promote their annual Shrine
Circus, scheduled for Austin's
City Coliseum Oct. 26-31.
Just about every town from
Heame to Bastrop and LaGrange
to Uampasas is represented
In the group of 2350 Ben Hur
members who have both general
admission and under-privileged-
children's tickets available for
your purchase.
The circus, which will play
Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and
San Antonio also, Is always pop-
ular In Austin, drawing between
25,000 and 30,000 to 13 perfor-
mances.
And almost every act will be
new this year, with one of them,
aeriallst Roberto Campa ofSouth
America, showing for the first
time In this country.
Directing the groundwork for
the circus* Austin appearance
are Ben Hur Potentate Leonard
Hicks; Chief Rabban, Cecil
Nobles, the show's director gen-
eral, and Alfred Tramp, the
producer.
Hob Hammonds' carnival will
again accompany the circus into
Austin this year.
Some 160 volunteers will con-
duct a House-to-i louse march to
collect funds to support research
on progressive muscular dystro-
phy in Bastrop, September 14.
Coach Larry Turner is serving
as Campaign and Canister Chair-
man, and N. R. Simpson of the
Citizens State Bank of Bastrop
is serving as Campaign Treas-
urer.
Muscular Dystrophy is present-
ly an incurable, slowly progres-
sive and usually fatal disease
which afflicts about 200,000 in
the nation, About two thirds of
these nre children. In their case
average life expectancy is about
twelve years after the onset of
the disease.
A research breakthrough by
scientists at the Muscular Dys-
trophy Association of America
Research Center. The Institute
for Muscle Disease, has provided,
for the first time, a successful
treatment of hereditary muscular
dystrophy in experimental ani-
mals. The Bastrop House-to-
1 louse march is one of a number
of special campaigns being con-
ducted throughout the nation to
provide fumis tor making within
the shortest possible time, the
sometimes difficult transition
from successful treatment of ex-
perimental animals to a both safe
and successful treatment for
human patients. T h e timely
achievement of this goal is of
particularly urgency from the
standpoint of Texas muscular
dystrophy patients, in the later
stages of the disease1.
Funds are also urgently needpd
for special medical attention di-
rected at maintaining patients in
the best possible general physical
condition in hope that effective
treatment will soon be a reality.
Recent research advances in the
very early detection of muscular
dystrophy provide hope that treat-
ment during incipient stages may
considerably prolong the period
during which the human dystro-
phy patient may be responsive
to beneficial thernpy, if and when
it is developed.
Special campaigns in Texas are
being organized under the direc-
tion of a committee of which
Dan Reeves of Dallas (and the
Dallas Cowboys) is chairman
Other members of the committee1
are Joel Austin of Alice; Jim
Carlen, Texas Tech, Lubbock;
Henry Frnka, San Antonio; Floyd
Gish, Dallas; Charles Kvinta,
Y'oakum; Henry Schuhmacher,
Houston; James W, Walters. San
Antonio: and Thomas S. West,
Sr., San Antonio
Piney Creek Philosopher Is
Aghast At The Viet Nam Rule
Against Political Handshaking
Editor's note: The Piney Creek
Philosopher on his John song rass
farm on Piney discovers a
peculiar custom in use in Viet
Nam.
Dear editor:
I was reading along In a news-
paper last night not thinking much
about wliat I was reading, you
know, like a man listening to
his wife carrying on a conver-
sation with him while his mind
is on tomorrow, when I hit a
paragraph that made me sit bolt
upright.
According to it, when you're
campaigning for office In V'let
Nam you cant shake hands with
more than five people in one
place without risking getting ar-
rested for disturbing the peace.
That's exactly what It said,
and I believe It's worse than
the other practice they have over
there, you know, looking up your
opponent If you win the election.
After all, It's sort of a univer-
sal habit not to care much what
happens toa defeated candldidate,
regardless of what country he
gets beat In. How man.* defeated
candidates for Vice President
can you name'.'
But can you imagine what would
happen to a candidate in
the United States if he was
limited to five handshakes In one
place'.'
I have never understood It,
but It's pretty well established
that the candidate who shakes
the most hands gets the most
votes, makes no difference what
office he's running for or what-
ever other qualifications the of-
fice demands. An American
running In Viet Nam, left hand-
clasp-less, would collapse In
frustration from sheer lack of
a platform.
Has Congress looked Into the
matter of how many returning
Viet Nam veterans have picked
up this no-hand shaking habit?
in fact, the handshake is such
an effective medium for getting
elected, even more effective than
television which charges big for
its services, that I don't see
why the voters dont catch on
and c.'sh It on it. Charge say
15 cents per handshake, and
double If he gets to you twice
at the same rally.
Why should the most effective
medium for getting elected,
owned entirely by the people,
allow candidates to use Its
services scott free.'
Yours falthflilly,
J. A.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [118], No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 9, 1971, newspaper, September 9, 1971; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth238325/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.