The Bastrop County Times (Smithville, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 31, 1975 Page: 1 of 10
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VOL. 84, NUMBER 31
THE BASTROP COUNTY TIMES, SMITHVILLE, TEXAS 78957
THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1975
Shapley Named Times Editor
William K Todd, Publisher,
Bastrop County Times, today
announced appointment of
Tbomas R Shapley, 26, as
editor of The Times effective
August I.
Shapley is a 1975 graduate of
Central Washington State
College in Ellensburg, Wash-
ington. He received his B A. in
Journalism with emphasis on
both print and electronic media.
Shapley was involved with
student news production on all
levels at the college In his
junior and senior years he held
positions of Advertising
Manager and Managing Editor of
the college newspaper, News
Director of the college radio
station, and Producer and
Anchorman of the local tele-
vision news
Shapley resumed his college
Hospital Expansion Plan Reviewed
TOM SHAPLF.Y
Times Photo
County Budget Work Begins
A {Mirliminarjr work session
on the proposed 1976 budget was
held at the Bastrop County
Commissioners Court meeting
Monday The commissioners
expect to give final approval to
the budget at their August third
meetitifi
Also on the agenda was an
appearance by Buford Price
from the l,ak<- Bastrop Acres
area Price was asking the com-
missioners that this area be
represented on the court and
that a road problem in the area
be connected
. He was informed that the
nunit.un.inc >f road* i#
area were the responsibility of
the developer However. Com-
missioner Wiley said she would
do what is possible, within her
means to help the situation with
the limited funds available. It
was suggested thai Price has
been mislead by the seller of
the property.
Mrs Wiley estimated thatthe
cost of repairs is about $4,000
per mtie and at the present time
all that could be done was to
pull the dirt off the ditches and
fill in the holes.
The commissioners took
another look at a dala process
Ing system for the county A
representative of Data Pro-
cessing reviewed the system he
proposed for the county and of
fered the commissioners a
months free service of the
system The commissioners
agreed lo evaluate the system
via the free month trial offer A
decision on whether the county
will convert to the automated
system is expected at the end of
the trial when the com-
missioners have had a chance to
study the system in action.
Plans for construction of new
clinic and treatment room
facilities requested by Dr.
Morris and discussed in several
executive sessions of the Board
-- were reviewed by Smithville
Hospital Board members at
Tuesday night's meeting The
new construction, and El-
sUdj-etl addition on the north-
west end of the existing clinic,
would provide eleven treatment
rooms, three offices, a surgery
clinic and associated facilities
The existing clinic would be in-
tegrated into the hospital A
new emergency room facility
and 10 additional beds would be
provided by this additional
hospital space and some
construction changes within the
existing complex
Since the Hospital Authority
does not have funds to finance
this construction. Administra-
tor Nyc has been sending out
letters of inquiry to many
private foundations vhich fund
civic health projects. To date
he has not received substantia!
encouragement in any of his
requests Total cost of the pro -
ject is estimated to be
$105,000 00
Sine# the Board ha$l consider-
ed borrowing funds for the pro-
ject should a lendingagent will-
ing to finance it be found, Nyc
presented figures showing the
additional monthly cost to the
Authority should such financing
be secured The figures,
including additional cost of
insurance, utilities, wages and
monthly payments on the loan,
totaled about $4,500 per month
Financial statement of
monthly earnings, usually pre-
sented at boards meetings, was
not prepared in time for Tues-
day night's meeting However,
it was noted that the average
patient load for the month
numbered 10, far below
break-eyen figure.
the
Albert Courtemanche, In-
hailation Therapist who brought
his equipment to the Smithville
Hospital at the request of Dr
Morris, was reported to have
informed Administrator Nyc
that the slack in treatments re-
quired by the facility's patients
has caused his income to de-
crease to the point where he
found it necessary to withdraw
his services. Nyc informed the
board that the hospital had, at
the request of Morris, advanced
$1,600 to Courtemanche to meet
operating expenses, and that the
therapist had an outstanding bill
of $1,200 with the company which
supplied his oxygen. In order to
meet both these obligations,
Courtemanche offered to sell
his inhallation therapy equip-
ment to the hospital for the sum
total of both bills - $2,800
Nyc recommended that the
board accept the offer, as the
equipment, less than one year
old, was worth more than that
amount. He felt that the hospital
should have such equipment
available for patients, and
Courtemanche had trained an
assistant who, under the super-
vision of a Registered Nurse,
could administer the therapy.
Nyc termed the buy a bargain
Board members, however,
felt that the hospital should not
be held responsible for the
$1,200 debt incurred by Court-
emanche with the oxygen
company, and that they could
legally put a lein on the equip
ment for the $1,600 amount that
was owed the hospital. There-
fore, it was recommended that
the hospital take over the equip
ment for the $1,600 owed, rather
than paying Courtemanche an
additional $1,200 for it.
B.I.S.D. Sells Bonds
The Bastrop Independent
School District Board met in
special sessionThursdafy, July
24th to receive bids on the dis-
trict's $18 million bond issue
The firm of Underwood Neuhaus
& Co Inc & Associates submit-
te<: the lowest bid and thf board
accepted that bid
in all, five organizations bid
on the bonds, each by way of a
sealed envelope and a $36,000
good faith'" check
The bids were opened one at
a time and read to the board.
Curtis B Adrian of First South-
west Co.. representing the
board, read and examined the
bids Adrian confirmed that all
bids were in order
Earlier this year voters had
decided to let the school district
borrow $1,800,00 and agreed to
pay off the loan through taxes.
The purpose of the Thursday bid
hearing was to see how cheaply
the district could borrow the
money In other words, how According to Adrian, it was
much interest the lender of the projected that the interest rate
$18 million would charge the
cilstri(t Continued on Page 2
career at Central Washington
State after serving three years
with the U.S. Army, including a
two-year tour in Germany. Be-
fore his military service
Shapley attended the University
of Kansas, majoring in Political
Science
He is what he likes to call a
"semi-pro'' photographer be-
cause he has "somehow
managed to sell six pictures
Shapley studied advertising
photography with a studio in El
Paso, Tesas.
He has been married for six
years. His wife, Diana, is study-
ing Special Education. She plans
to teach physically handicapped
children after completing post-
graduate work at U.T.
Looking ahead, Shapley says
that be plans no major changes
for the paper." We must continue,
to develop what we have We
shall continually strive to im-
prove both the volume and
quality of our county-wide
coverage Appearance of The
Times will also be very im-
portant to me We will continue
to produce an attractive and
readable newspaper that will
present news objectively and
accurately," Shapley said
One addition Shapley will
bring to The Times is a
series of editorial cartoons
drawn by Rik Dalvit, an artist
and journalist friend of
Shapiey's from the state of
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2 Acre Marijuana Field Discovered
A 42 year old McDade man
was taken into custody Thursday
night, July 24th,and charged with
possession cf 490 lbs of mart
JttMtt, a felony
Robert Wesley Rhoades, Rt 1
Box 45A in McDade, was arrest-
ed in connection with a 2 acre
field of marijuana plants behind
his mobile home on Hwy 290, ac-
cording to law enforcement
officials Police said that there
were 605 plants on the property
that ranged from Ho9fl tall.
Officers reported finding
marijuana in a green garbage
bag in the closet of the south
bedroom and smoked marijuana
butts in a can under the bed in
the room Police said they also
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found marijuana in a white
plastic bag in a kitchen cabinet
above the refrigerator
Behind the mobile home po-
lice reportedly discovered a
shack that was apparently used
for drying and processing mari-
luana to be bagged . Officers also
reported finding smoked butts in
the north bedroom and four
pipes with marijuana residue in
the mobile home
The raid was the result of co-
operation between Bastrop
County Sheriff's office and the
Department of Public Safety
Bastrop County officers in-
volved wereCheif Deputy Verlin
Hemphill. Deputy "Sonny "
Brookshire, and Deputy Don
Azzell.DPS officers were John-
ny Ripps. Tommy Mosloy and a
narcotics officer
Rhoades is being held in Bas-
trop under$15,000bond The490
pounds of marijuana has been
confiscated by police and is
being held as evidence at an un-
disclosed location
MRS. ARTHUR GOERTZ
Times Photo
Goertz Joins Times Staff
The Bastrop County Times is
happy to announce thai Mrs Ar
thur Goertz, of Rockne. has
joined the Times staff as an
exclusive correspondent for the
paper
Erlene Goertz was 'born and
raised in the suburbs of
Rockne" and has been writing
stories for area newspapers for
over twenty years Hernewsfia
per career began when she was
asked to write about Saint Anne
Society meetings for the Bas-
trop Advertiser This soon de-
veloped to the point where she
supplied the newspaper with
news of all kinds from Rockne
Her contributions have come to
be known simply as "Rockne
News."
Several years ago, Mrs
Goertz began writing news stor-
ies for what was then the Smith-
ville Times In addition to her
many other activities, writing
for both papers. Mrs. Goertz
said, was simply too much l'he
Staff and management at The
Bastrop County Times feel for-
tunate that Mrs. Goertz selected
this newspaper
In addition to contributing her
familiar Rockne news. Mrs
New Name Worth $25
PREMATURE HARVEST
I,aw officers load part ol a 490 lb haul of Marijuana gathered in a ratd near McDade
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Times Photo
A t venty-five dollar ($25 00)
savings bond will be offered as
the winning prize in a contest
to determine the best name for
the new Bastrop- FayetteCountv
Community Action Agency, ac-
cording to director Steve Quilta,
Jr.
The local governments of
Bastrop and Fayette Counties
have consented to a merger of
the Bastrop County Community
Action Agency into the two-
county community services
agency Since the present
agency name would hardly be
representative or acceptable to
Fayette County officials, a new
name is being sought which
would represent the services
provided by the agency.
A community service agency
is an organisation established
at the community level to
direct and coordinate the attack
on poverty problems found in a
county It is directed by a
Board of Directors that is nude
up of public officials,
community interest groups ami
representatives of the poot
This board of directors strives'
to aim community action pro-
grams toward bringing about
change and reducing the social
ills facing many of the nation's
communities It is a non-profit
corporation which allows local
control and local decision mak
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Goertz will also report on Bas-
trop County Commissioners
Court meetings and will provide
Times readers with news from
Red Rock and Waterson
Mrs. Goertz is not only in-
volved with newspaper work She
is Secretary and Public Re
lations Director for the Bastrop
County Independent Cattlemen's
Association, Public Relations
Director for the Austin Diocese
Council of Catholic Women,
Family Affairs Chairman of
St Anne Society, memberofthe
Rockne Home Demonstration
Club, a 4-H leader, and a mem-
ber of VFW Auxiliary 2527 On
Wednesdays Mrs Goertz
works in the office .it the Smith
ville Livestock Sales
Arthur Goertz. her husband,
is a cattleman ami works the
box at the Smithville Auction
They have five children, A J
Goertz amlhi-wife Mary Joe
live in Bastrop. Kerry is 19 and
a sophomore at BltnnCollege.16
year old Marilyn is a |unior at
Basti op High School. Lester is
in the eighth grade, and Julaine
is a third grader
We are pleased to have Mrs
Goertz on out staff ami hope that
her many readers will look for
ward to seeing her stories in the
Times
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Catherman, Nancy Todd. The Bastrop County Times (Smithville, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 31, 1975, newspaper, July 31, 1975; Smithville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth290793/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.