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INFLATION
When our money buys less,
we call it inflation. Even the
professional economists do not
seem to agree about what in-
flation is, or what can be dune
about it. So why should you or
I understand it?
It helps mc to comprehend a
little about it to say that infla-
tion is not just high prices, but
cheap money.
Remember when people used
to trade things? I .spent some
boyhood years in a farming
community where most of our
friends were share croppers.
They had money only once a
year at harvest time. Between
harvests the people bartered.
A load of hay for a load of
wood. An axe for a pitchfork.
A mule for a milk cow. Only
a little money was needed.
If we were bartering today,
inflation would be a lot less
than it is. The value of pro-
ducts in relation to other pro-
ducts has changed a lot less
than the value of things in
terms of money. If you don't
believe that, select any ten
typical products and remember
or ask about their prices twenty
or thirty years ago, as com-
pared to each other, and now.
True, some things have gone
up more than others, but a few
have actually gone down. I am
speaking in money terms again.
A 1973 Ford costs more than
a 1925 Model T. but you get a
lot more car. A house may cost
three or four iimes as much as
one did then, but then you
could not have bought many
of the features in today's house.
Some of the price rise is be-
cause we buy more and get
more than we did.
Some of our inflation is for
extra processing. Cloth has to
be d"ip dry. Foods are hauled
long distances to be sold every-
where in all seasons. Once we
had them only in season and
near where they were produced.
Foods are packaged. Some are
cooked and ready to warm and
serve. Plain flour and raw
spuds are still bargains, but if
the flour comes as wrapped
bread and the spuds as potato
chips, of course they cost more.
Some truck farmers in Florida
are now letting shoppers pick
produce in the fields, and they
sell it for half of the store price.
Those who raise food stuffs
and fiber do not get much more.
In fact, a few are getting less,
when the cost of production is
considered. Beef seems high,
but calves, feed and ranch hands
also come high. A major piece
of farm or ranch equipment to-
day can cost as much as the
entire value of a farmer's equip
ment in the twenties or thirties.
The Depa'-tment of Agricul-
ture says that the average citi-
zen pays a smaller percent of
his total income today for food,
as measured agaiast the forties.
Food has gone up; so have in-
comes, for all except those who
live on fixed incomes, such as
pensioners and coupon clippers.
The number of hours or (Says
of work required to pay for an
item, say a car or suit of
clothes, may be no greater than
it was. In some cases it might
be less. Some items which cost
in money two or three times
what they used to cost have
actually gone down, when meas-
ured in terms of hours or days
of work required to buy them.
Inflation is one of the trickier
parts of a difficult topic: eco-
nomies. For someone as simple
as I am it is best just to think
of money as cheaper than it
used to be and other things as
about the same.
In spite of «>tir talk about how
hard inflation is on us, I doubt
that as many people have ever
been as well off materially as
they are now Many young peo-
ple are able to begin financially
where their parents left off In
their financial prime. We buy
more optional things and more
luxuries than we ever did.
There is more travel, some of
it abroad. In every city new
saving banks buildings are go-
ing up. Not only <V> we spend
more, but we also save more
and give away more than we
did.
We have on the whole a better
diet, a more adequate medical
care, and many of our people
are living longer Not only do
we handle a lot more money,
hut in spite of Inflation we man-
age to have more of the goods
and services that money can
buv.
We are not necessarily all
happier or better people, how-
ever, for that's quite another
thing. "Man does not live by
bread alone "
Bastrop Golf
Team Wins
Elgin Church
Damaged By
Tournament Fire Sunday
AND BASTROP COUNTY NEWS
ESTABLISHED MARCH 1, 1853
BASTROP (TEXAS) ADVERTISER, APRIL 1973
NUMBER 6
Incumbent
Seeks Support
Of Voters
Incumbent Joe Lee Rathman
would like to encourage all the
voters in the Bastrop Indepen-
dent School District to vote
in the trustee election Satur-
day, April 7.
He would deeply appreciate
your consideration and support
In this election.
To Group Of
Bastrop Citizens
I received your personal
letter requesting my reactions
concerning your interest.
Thank you.
The issues raised were very
interesting. I am reacting to
your request by replying that
I will be most happy to dis-
cuss and elaborate on these
issues in an open forum com-
posed of representatives of the
total population in the Bastrop
community or county.
An Interested Candidate,
W. L. Greene
Rev. Faust Dies
In San Antonio
Rev. Msgr. Claude A. Faust
of San Antonio, a former pas-
tor of Sacred Heart Parish,
Rockne, died Monday, April 2
in San Antonio. Funeral ser-
vices were held Wednesday,
April 4 at 10:00 a.m. in St.
Cecilia Church, San Antonio.
Rosary was recited Tuesday
evening, April 3rd, at 7:30
p.m. In the Zizik-Keams-
Downing - McClaugherty Fun-
eral Home.
A more extended obituary
will appear in next weeks Ad-
vertiser.
Bluebonnet
Acres Fire
Dep't To Meet
The next regular meeting of
the Bluebonnet Acres Volunteer
Fire Department, Inc., will be
Saturday, April 7, at 4:00 p.m.,
at the picnic area by the lake.
Paul Ferguson, president
stated "I want to make it clear
that membership is not l'.mited
to residents of Bluebonnet
Acres. All persons in the area
are invited to attend and be-
come members.
"In fact," he continued,
"Future plans call for a county-
wide mutual aid program, al-
though specific details are still
in the planning stage."
He also announced that
through the cooperation of the
City of Bastrop, the Fire De-
partment is the recipient oftwo
used fire trucks.
Mrs. Tarver Has
Yard of The
Month
Elgin Church
Has Services
After Fire
The first arrivals for church
school at Elgin United Metho-
dist Church on the early morn-
ing of Sunday, April 1,
saw smoke pouring from the
roof and windows. A fire, pre-
sumed to have started in a de-
fective floor furnace, had been
noticed by a neighbor, and now
fire departments from the
towns of Elgin, Bastrop and
Taylor were at work.
Church people had laid aside
Bibles and coats and towns-
people of ail faiths hadgathered
and were carrying pews and
other equipment to the lawn
to dry. The District Superin-
tendent, Bill Harris of Austin,
had been notified and was on the
scene. The Pastor, Robert
Biackwell, was out of town at-
tending a pastor's meeting, and
I had been scheduled to preach
in his stead.
A hasty conference of lay
persons and clergy decided that
a brief service could be held
on the church lawn. Chairs
were placed and at eleven
o'clock, with smoke still rising
from the ruins and with dozens
of persons working at the other
end of the lawn salvaging equip-
ment from the water and smoke,
about 75 of us had worship.
The law leader, still in his
coveralls, led us in an act of
rededication. Mingled with the
shock of the disaster was an
evident authentic faith, and I
could sense that it was strong
enough to see these people
through the ordeal of rebuild-
ing. Before the fire hoses had
all been rolled up, a friendly
Baptist congregation had of-
fered the use of their facilities.
The damage, estimated to
be about $200,000, was con-
fined to the sanctuary and ed-
ucational buildings, while the
fellowship hall and parsonage
were unaffected. The combined
sanctuary - education building,
constructed in 1905, was an
attractive example of the style
popular at that time.
Most of the damage was to
the roof, wooden parts of the
interiors and the furnishings,
although most of the valuable
picture windows were intact,
as were the brick walls.
I came away from the service
and the scene Impressed that
here we had seen the church
and community at their best,
a group of people In action
under stress, drawing more
closely together in response
to each other's needs.
-J. Troy Hickman
(Bastrop)
CORRECTION
The article last week con-
cerning the Board of Trustee
Election coming up April 7
erroneously listed Mr. W. L.
Greene as a retired minister.
Mr. Green is active in his pro-
fession and not retired.
The yard of Mrs. H. E. BAND PARENTS
Tarver, 805 Pecan has been
chosen Yard of The Month by
the Lost Pines Garden Club.
The lovely azaleas are a sight
to behold.
TO MEET APRIL 10
The Bastrop Bear Band Par-
ents will have a meeting at 7:30
Tuesday, April 10, in the Band
hall.
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the President of
the United States by direction
of an Act of Congress has pro-
claimed April as Cancer Con-
trol Month and
W HE: RE AS, the Governor of
Texas declared April as Texas
Cancer Control Month and
WHEREAS, Cancer will
strike more than 50 million
Americans now living if pre-
sent rates prevail, and
WHEREAS, it is known that
at least one out of two of every
cancer patients could be saved
if more people saw their physi-
cians for early detection, dia-
gnosis, and treatment and
WHEREAS, results of re-
search alone can save in the
future all cancer patients, and
WHEREAS, to win the final
victory over cancer the Amer-
ican Cancer Society must in-
tensify its efforts to bring life-
saving facts to the public to
improve the care of the cancer
patients and to accelerate its
research program
THEREFORE, I, as Mayor
of Bastrop, do hereby design-
ate the month of April 1973 as
CANCER CONTROL MONTH
and the days of April 2-19 as
Cancer Control Days in Bas-
trop and urge all citizens to
observe and participate through
increased support of the Am-
erican Cancer Society and by
learning the facta about cancer
that are vital to personal pro-
tection from this disease.
In official recognition where-
of, I hereby affix my signature
this 2nd day of April, 1973.
D. B. Sims
158 Rattlers
Killed In VFW
Snake Hunt
One hundred and fifty-eight
rattlesnakes were killed in the
1973 Annual VFW Post 2527
Rattlesnake Hunt. The hunt ex-
tended over a seven week period
ending Sunday, April 1.
Olan Voigt of Red Rock killed
the most snakes during the hunt,
a total of 75, and was awarded
$34.11 for his efforts.
Bill Kadura of Rockne was
the winner of $17.05 for killing
54 snakes, the second largest
amount. Adolph Hoffman of
Rockne also received $17.05
for killing the largest snake,
63 inches in length.
Thirteen of the 158 snakes
were five feet long or over.
The VFW Post would like to
thank the First National Bank
for their contribution of $25.00
to the Jackpot, Long and Mack
for a $10.00 contribution, and
the Bastrop Insurance Agency
for $5.00. A Jackpot of $68.32
was collected and one half of
this amount given to the person
killing the most snakes, one
fourth to the killer of the sec-
ond largest amount, and one
fourth to the person killing
the biggest snake.
The post also paid 25 cents
per snake killed, and would like
to thank each person who par-
ticipated in their thirteenth
Annual Hunt.
Vernon Bartsch of Rockne,
quartermaster, was in charge
of the hunt.
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SAMPLE BALLOT
BASTIlOr INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
DISTRICT TRI'STEE ELECTION
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Bastrop Independent School
District Trustee Election
APRIL 7, 1973
note voter s signature to >
arrixeo on the reverse side
Vote tor the candidates of your choice by placing an "X" in
the squares besides the names of candidates of your choice.
FOR TRUSTEE: (Two to be elected)
□ Jerry W. Neef
□ Valentino Orozco
□ Joe Lee Rathman
O W. L. Greene
Cancer Crusade
Starts This
Week
The 1973 American Cancer
Crusade for funds got under-
way in Bastrop this week, ac-
cording to Mrs. Tommy Dean
Hendrix and Mrs. Robert Nau-
ert, chairmen representing the
Young Homemakers Club.
Downtown business collec-
tions started Monday morning
with Ruth and Red Long, R. H.
Brieger, Mrs. Frank Liake,
Mrs. Gerald Hanna, Mrs. Quin-
tan Geltmeier, W. T. Higgins,
Mrs. Ilendrix and Mrs. Nauert
as collectors. David Lock and
Robert Anderson are serving
as business chairmen.
"The house-to-house collec-
tions start today, Thursday,
with more than 100 interested
men and women putting their
efforts and volunteer time to
this worthwhile annual event."
the chairmen said.
The workers will not only
be asking for your help and
they will be leaving at each
house an educational pamphlet
urging people to heed the seven
danger warning signals, and to
go to their doctor for an annual
check-up. They also have in-
formation as to how every cent
of a dollar collected is spent.
The names of all the block
workers were not available at
this time, but will be published
in next week's issue of the
Advertiser.
Pan Cake Supper
For LBA Fire
Dep't Benefit
The Ladies Auxiliary of LBA
Volunteer Fire Department are
having a pan cake supper on
Saturday night, April 7, from
6 until 8 p.m. You are
cordially invited to come out
and eat pan cakes and help
the Fire Department to buy
equipment Adults, $1.00,
children 50(5.
Come out Highway 95 to the
LBA entrance, then follow the
signs to the fire station where
the supper will be served.
Winners In
Literary Contest
The Bastrop High School
Speech Department participated
in an all district speech and
literary meet in Round Rock,
on Saturday, March 31, with
four local students placing first
in their respective categories,
while three placed second, and
two placed third.
The students placing first
were Dennis Heliums, Infor-
mative Speaking - boys; Deena
Fallwell, Informative Speaking,
girls; Kim Fallwell, Persua-
sive Speaking, girls, and Jim
McDonnald, Persuasive Speak-
ing, boys.
In second place were Becky
McEvoy and Ken Karrer in
Prose, and Kathy Ma ring in
Poetry.
The third place winners were
David Goertz in Poetry, and
David Marshall in Informative
Speaking, boys.
Susan Bartsch and Grant
Uptmore went in Informative
and Persuasive as alternates
but did not place. Debbie Hoff-
man and Glenna Sterling went
as alternates and did not get
to participate because of even
representation among the 23 A A
schools in their categories.
Other students participating
in the contest were Wyatt
Stripling, Tena lister, and
Julie Snead in Typing, and
Monica Goertz and Kathy
Koenig in Shorthand.
Pecan Graf tin*;
Field Dav
April 14
The annual pecan grafting
field day will be held Saturday,
April 14, from 9:00 a.m. to
11:00 a.m. at the Courthouse
in Bastrop.
Sponsored by the Bastrop
County Pecan Growers As-
sociation, members will show
various techniques of grafting
and assist interested persons
on trying a gi-aft of their own.
To Group Of
Bastrop Citizens
In response to your open
letter to all school board con-
didates, may I say that I, too,
share your concern for the
young people of Bastrop. The
question, as stated in your
letter, arc of such a nature that
any answer without a full ex-
planation could be misleading;
therefore, I must decline to
answer them in a newspaper
article. I would be most happy
to meet with you individually
or as a group so that we could
discuss them fully.
I would like to take this op-
portunity to express my views
concerning what I feel is the
course of action our school
board should take;
1. The regular school board
meeting should be moved from
Wednesday night to some other
night of the week. This would
enable those people who attend
church on Wednesday evening to
be present at the board meet-
ings.
2. Because of the crowded
and routine nature of the regu-
lar school boacd meetings,
special meetings concerning
specflc problems should be held
and interested citizens could
be present and participating
in these special meetings.
3. The school board, through
its administrative staff of the
school system, should encour-
age more student activities
sponsored by the school. Also
students should be encouraged
to take a more active role in
an enlarged student council
program.
4. The school board should
make a study of the long-range
facility needs of the school sys-
tems to devise a master plan
that will provide for an orderly
development in the most
economical manner.
Jerry W. Neef
Services Held
For Mrs. Ida
Catchings
Funeral services for Mrs.
Ida Catchings, 73, were held
Saturday, March 31, at 2 p.m.
at Newby Funeral Home with
Rev. James E. Carey officiat-
ing. Burial was in Bateman
Cemetery.
Mrs. Catchings, a native of
Bastrop County and a mem-
ber of Bateman Baptist Church,
died Thursday in an Austin
hospital.
Survivors include her hus-
band, Buck Catchings of Red
Rock; three sons, B. C. Catch-
ings of Luling, Buford Catch-
ings of Bastrop, Lloyd Catch-
ings of Columbus; a sister,
Mrs. Annie Reeves of Smith-
ville; a brother, W. A. Donnell
of Smlthville; seven grand-
children and four great grand-
children.
Honored On
90th Birthday
Mrs. H. C, Goebel was hon-
ored by her children and
friends on her 90th birthday
Sunday, April 1, at her home
in Bastrop.
Honoring her on this occasion
were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Goe-
bel and family of Ijl Marque
and Houston, Mrs. Lillie
Schroeder and family of Bas-
trop, Mrs. Bernice Froehlich
and family of Bastrop, Mr. and
Mrs. I>eonard Ooebel and fam-
ily of 'a Marque, Mr. and Mrs.
Benno ISrau and family of Bas-
trop and Bellaire, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Goebel and family of Port
Arthur, Mr. Edward Goebel
and family of Port .Arthur and
San Antonio, Mr. and Mrs.
Royal Goebel and family of
I .a Marque, Mrs. JeanetteGoe-
bel of Port Arthur, Mrs. Freda
Rehling of Port Arthur, Mike
Rehling of Groves, Mrs. Martha
Goebel of Winchester and Mr.
and Mrs. Alvln MorbeofSmith-
ville.
Mrs. Goebel has 17 grand-
children and 12 great grand-
children.
TO HAVE GARAGE
AND BAKE SALE
The Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church will hold a garage and
bake sale at 980 Pecan on Sat-
urday, April 7th. from 9:00
a.m. till ?
Saturday, March 24, the Bas-
trop High School Teams par-
ticipated i>, the Yoakum invi-
tational. The Bastrop "A"
team won first place with a
score of 333. They were fol-
lowed by Lockhart with 335,
Kenedy 336, Edna 337, Yoakum
338, Wharton 341, Cuero 343,
Gonzales 370 and the Bastrop
"B" team with 387.
Tournament medalist was
Greg Hollmann with 78. Greg
won a playoff with Jack Speake
of Kenedy who also had a 78.
Ciher team scores were Van
Nlmrick 82, Danny Orozco 86,
Gary Hollmann 87 and Marcus
Evans 87. "B" Team scores
were Greg Claiborne 92, Jimmy
DeBaun 96, Mike French 97,
Howard Fiebrich 102, andCrant
Uptmor 106.
On Monday, March 26 the
"A" Team participated in the
Westlake tournament at the
Perdenales Country Club and
won second place with a score
of 349, First placc was Luling
with 341 followed by third place
Randolph with 350, Round Rock
352 and Caldwell 353.
Team Medalist was Greg
Hollmann with 82, followed by
Van Nimrick with 84, Danny
Orozco 88, Gary Hollmann 95
and Marcus Evans 98. Mike
French playing as a single
scored 96.
The first half of District
is to be played at Balcones,
the second half at Bastrop.
The first two teams in District
are eligible to participate in
Regional at Brenham. The
winner there will be eligible
to participate in Regional at
to participate at State.
Vaccination
For Rabies Set
For April 6
The Annual Rabies Vaccina-
tion drive for Bastrop area
pets will be held Friday, April
6, 1-6 p.m. at the Sheriff's
Garage behind the courthouse.
Dr. W. J. Clampit, Veterinar-
ian, will be assisted by Bas-
trop 4-K boys. Cost will be
$2.00 per animal.
The Bastrop area rabies
vaccination drive held annually
the first week in April does
much to keep rabies incidence
at a low level. All parents are
urged to take advantage of this
day and have their children's
pets vaccinated along with all
others.
To ease the traffic conges-
tion, all cars with pets should
drive into the Sheriffs Office
parking lot from Water Street
and exit on Walnut. Signs will
be posted. 5-2
SENIOR CITIZENS
TO MEET THURSDAY
The Senior Citizens will hold
their regular monthly meeting
Thursday, April 5, at 1 p.m.
at the Senior Citizens Cafe-
teria, 923 Main Street.
All senior Citizens are in-
vited to be present.
ELGIN - The First United
Methodist Church in Elgin was
gutted by a fire Sunday morn-
ing which caused an estimated
$200,000 damage to the sanc-
tuary and Sunday School annex.
Kenneth Kisamore, a church
member who rushed to the fire,
said no one was at the church
when the fire began around 8
a.m. A neighbor who noticed
the smoke called the Elgin Vol-
unteer Fire Department. Three
fireflghting units from Elgin,
one from Bastrop and one from
Taylor extinguished the blaze,
Kisamore said.
He said no cause of the fire
had been determined, but it was
believed to have started in a
floor furnace in the annex.
"There was no arson or van-
dalism," he said, and no one
was injured.
The pipe organ, three pianos,
Bibles, hymnals, the church
library and tables and chairs
in the annex were destroyed,
but pews, cushions, choir robes
and a grand piano were removed
before they could be damaged,
Kizamore said, adding that
none of the approximately 20
stained glass windows in the
sanctuary were broken.
He said the parsonage and
fellowship hall, separate
buildings in the same block,
were not damaged. About 150
members of the congregation
gathered for services on the
grounds at 11 a.m. while work-
ers continued clearing articles
from the burned-out church.
The outside walls were "in
pretty good shape" and the
church will be rebuilt, with ser-
vices being held in the fellow-
ship hall using old copies of
hymnals until the sanctuary is
restored, he said.
Pastor Robert Biackwell was
out of town at the time of the
fire.
The Gothic style brick sanc-
tuary, which was built in 1905,
contained new carpet and air
conditioning, according to Mrs.
Lawson Rivers, another church
member.
She said members dragged
the carpet outside to dry, but
the air conditioning was de-
stroyed. The wooden altar rail
was destroyed but the metal
cross was saved, she said.
Workers at the church spent
the day sweeping up debris,
hanging up choir robes and
drying out salvaged articles,
Mrs. Rivers said.
She said the First Baptist
Church in Elgin has offered the
use of its building for meetings.
Methodist Church members met
there Monday at 7:30 p.m. and
made plans for rebuilding.
"It was a beautiful church-
one of the pioneer churches in
the area," Mrs. Rivers said.
CHURCH TO HOLD
BAKE SALE
The ladie& of the Ascension
Catholic Church will hold a
Bake Sale on Saturday, April 14.
beginning at 10:00 a.m. in front
of Bartsch's Beauty Salon.
Kolaches, pics, cake, etc. will
be sold.
Piney Creek Philosopher Says
The Meat Boycotting Housewives
Aren't Going Nearly Far Enough
Editor's note: The Piney
Creek Philosopher on his John-
son grass farm on Piney may
have some housewives mad at
him this week, but that's his
outlook, not ours.
Dear editar:
Excusing the New York
woman who wants to control
the price of meat by freezing
the p ice of cattle < n the hoof,
n job ranchers will be glad to
turn over to her, considering
the fact that on any given day
at any cattle auction prices
range from ma>he 15 cents a
pcund to 80 cents, depending on
various classes of animals,
their size, age1, condition, and
the shrewdness of the buyers
and the willingness of the sell-
ers with or without the prodding
of the banker who holds the
mortgage, as I say, to pick up
this sentence again, excusing
that woman, the rest of the
housewives who are demanding
a boycott on meat till the price
comes down arc on the right
track but they don't go far
enough.
For example, the price of
lumber has shot up and I'd like
to set- the women picketing
lumber yards and urging every-
body to go without 2x4's.
Or take gasoline and oil. You
know they've gone up and the
only answer is to walk to your
next boycott assignment, or if
you do drive to refuse to change
your oil.
And of course with some of
the big city banks raising in-
terest rates, everybody ought
to stop borrowing money. Farm-
ers aren't the only ones who
ought to he taught a lesson.
This will put a bun!cn on some
people because, with the price
of meat as high as it is, it's
all they can do to keep up the
payments on their campers and
speed boats.
In fact, if you think about it,
there's nothing whose price has-
n't gone up recently, from hos-
pitals to colleges to tractor* to
cow feed to eggs to bread to
cars to telephones to taxes, and
if the housewives of this nation
really want to whip inflation
they ought to form a line around
the entire outer boundaries of
the country and declare a na-
tional boycott of everything.
Ynur* faithfully,
J. A.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [120], No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1973, newspaper, April 5, 1973; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth238407/m1/1/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.