Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [125], No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 1978 Page: 1 of 14
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4ft <>r considering four tern eases
Jury returns seven indictments
b\ ciadfgriffin
The January term Grand
Jury came into open court
last Friday. March 10 and
after considering evidence in
fourteen cases, returned
seven true bills of indictment
for prosecution in the 21st
Judicial District Court «>t
Bastrop County.
The seven indictments
returned prefer charges
ranging from theft by check
to aggravated assault use
of a deadly v. eapon.
A 23-vearold Smithville
man, Philip Ray Carver was
indicted for one of three
burglaries he is alleged to
have committed in the
Smithville area. The indict
ment charges that Carver
burglarized the Luther
Walden home February 28.
Carver was transferred
hen- from Comal County-
earlier thiN month. Comal
County had picked up
Carver from Hayes County
authorities. Moth Comal and
Hayes Counties have
harged Carver with burg
aries in their areas, and
'arver will have to stand
alleged
s tried
trial for those
burglaries after he
.itni sentenced here
district court in
Countv.
by the
Ha strop
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Bastrop (Texas) Advertiser, Thursday, March 16, 1978
Number 5
According to informed
sources, (iuadelupe County
has a hold on Carver for
alleged burglaries in the
Seguin area and, when all is
said and done Carver must
face the federal charge of
possession of firearms by a
convicted felon.
Philip Hay Carver, ac
cording to sources close to
the case, is on parole from
the Texas Department of
Corrections, where lie was
serving a sentence on a
conviction for burglary in
Travis County.
Ii is noted that Carver
recovered all merchandise
he had allegedly stolen.
Sidney Lester Crawford,
38. of Elgin was indicted for
aggravated assault use of
a deadly weajnm charges
stemming from a February
19 incident in the Elgin area.
Board praises
"Bear Facts"
Lady Bird
Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson, wife of former President Lyndon B. Johnson,
appeared in Elgin Tuesday night at a benefit slated to help pull
Elgin's Fleming Hospital "out of the red."
Mrs. Emma S. Webb, well known Elgin resident, presented Lady
Bird with an Elgin history book.
Pictured with Mrs. Johnson (second from left) are (I to r) Mrs.
Emma S. Webb, Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Mark Sheffield and Liz
Carpenter.
.Staff Photo by James Tisdale
Landfill site draws opposition
from Lake Bastrop residents
The newly proposed land
fill site, at Hwy. 95 and the
old McDade Road, has met
opposition from several
sources. According to a
Commissioners Court re-
port, Jack Carmichael and
Tom Tiner with the State
Health Department ap
peared before the Court to
report on the proposed new
site for the sanitary landfill.
The proposed site is adjacent
to and shares a common
fence with the U.T. Environ-
mental Science Park and the
department has been
notified that an objection
will be filed by the Science
Park.
The site has also met
opposition with residents in
the Lake Bastrop Acres and
Estates area. The ADVER-
TISER was informed by a
local citizen that Friday,
March 10, residents of the
Lake Bastrop Acres area
held a meeting and ap
pointed Frank Sawyer to
lead' in opposing the
proposed site.
At the Commissioners
Court meeting, Monday,
Carmichael stated that the
department is ready to
re-hear an application for the
original site. Judge Griesen-
beck stated that he would
like to further explore
another alternative site.
Other items of business at
the court meeting included:
Briscoe
barbecue
planned
Members of the Ba«trop
Briscoe Committee are hold
ing a barbecue blast for
Briscoe Tuesday. March 21.
Governor Dolph Briscoe
and wife Janev will be
present for the event. The
barbecue is slated to last
from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the
American I^egion hall in
Ha>«r p
Ticket* are five dollars
1. The Commissioners
Court passed a motion
requiring that Bastrop Coun-
ty pay all legitimate personal
authorized expenses, only
when the expenses are
supported by daily expense
vouchers. This motion is to
replace the blanket expense
paid in the past salary
supplements.
2. Harvey Smith appeared
before the Court °'=1'
approval of
to ask
subdivision
plat for Vista West in the
City of Bastrop. A motion
was made and passed to
accept the plat as presented.
3. The Court reconvened
from Executive Session.
Commissioner Burns made a
motion to allow a part-time
deputy for the Sheriffs
Department. Commissioner
Mogonye seconded the
motion which carried.
4. Lt. Bobby Simpson and
Sgt. James Beck, with the
Greater Austin Area Or-
ganized Crime Control Unit,
appeared before the Court to
explain their operation
which is federally funded.
The Court voted to adopt the
resolution.
5. Neal Pfeiffer, District
Attorney, appeared before
the Court to speak to the
priority and needs in law
enforcement in Bastrop
County. He also emphasized
the need for help in
prosecution of cases.
by clyde griffin and
SHARON $CHOMAKER
When the County Times
failed to keep an appoint-
ment with Bastrop school
board members Tuesday
night, tlic trustees took the
opportunity to praise
teacher sponsor Ms. Jane
Wright, the Bear Facts
staff and technical advisor
Sharon Schomaker for
forming the school journal-
ism club and for producing
the school newspaper "we
are all proud of," it was
stated.
A representative of the
Smithville based newspaper,
Doug Baker requested
February 14 that his paper
be given a slot on the March
meeting agenda for the
purpose of presenting alter-
natives for producing an
"in plant" school newspaper.
Raker made the request
after waving comment when
"tfie school board okayed the
Hear Facts publication
making school news avail
able to both newspapers.
After the reading and
approval of minutes of the
February 14 meeting, and
when the bills were paid, the
item concerning the school
publication was floored.
ity may get
cable T.V.
Houston man arrested
in Elgin residence
by clyde griffin
A man arrested Friday
night inside an Elgin-area
residence has been identified
as a 27-year-old Houston
school teacher.
Joseph McDonald was
jailed after midnight Friday
I
when he was arrested by
Sheriffs Deputy Richard
Tedford in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. A.O. Gonzales.
McDonald could give no
information about himself
and his speech was
incoherent. According to the
officer's report, the man had
over $2(X) in his possession,
along with a valid bus ticket.
He was identified as a black
school teacher, still working
on his masters degree, by
members of his family
Tuesday.
The charge has been
reduced to criminal tres
passing and according to
Tedford. McDonald is to be
returned to Houston for
psychiatric evaluation.
A.O. Gonzales reported
the chain of events leading to
the arrest of his intruder
See "Arrest,"
Page 9
by sharon
schomaker
Members of a committee
to improve downtown city
parking and traffic condi
tions went before the
Bastrop City Council Mon-
day, March 13. Steve Rivers,
president of Citizens State
Bank, represented the group
and asked that they be
placed on the next council
agenda. The committee has
drawn up and wishes to
discuss the following four
proposals: 1. to change from
45 degree parking to 22 1/2
city
code updated
by clyde griffin
After thirty years of
operating out of the same
city code, Smithville City
Fathers took action enacting
the recodified city code
presented by a Government
Service Agency representa-
tive Monday night.
Jack Russell, who headed
the Smithville recodification
project in his Dallas office
told the city council that the
new code "will make it easier
to operate your city."Russell
explained the recodifying
Ai -ording to reports on
file. Crawford was reported
to have fired several shots at
a car owned by James
Justice Jr The residence on
Route I, and it was reported
that Mrs Justice w;iv inside
the vehicle when she was
fired on.
Five slugs were reported
to have been removed from
the Justice vehicic and upon
his arrest, Crawford alleged
ly reported the Justice's had
slit the tires on his vehicle
while it was parked at
Famhart's Arena on FM
1704.
Crawford was indicted
September 13, 1977 for theft
by exercising control a
'felony case filed in this
county. The Elgin man is out
on $5,000 bond.
Roy Dell Hammau. Albert
Rasper and Tommy Preston
It was explained that the
TIMES management had
had a "change of mind" about
the Bastrop school news, and
though placed on the
evening's agenda, they failed
to appear with their alter-
natives.
Ms. Jane Wright, teacher
sponsor of the newly formed
journalism club said she had
not been contacted by the
TIMES for school news since
the Bear Facts publication
was added to the ADVER
T1SER Monday edition,
seven publications ago.
It was stated that the
TIMES has now had two
opportunities to speak for
themselves and they have
done nothing. And after it
was suggested that the other
county publication not be
allowed another audience,
the board called on Ms.
Wright who presented
trustees with sets of the
seven school publications
produced to date.
Ms. Wright reviewed the
Hear Facts publications,
citing the "improved" ap
See "School Board,"
Page 3
degree parking; 2. to set up
two hour parking limits, six
days a week; 3. to eliminate
all semi-truck traffic on Main
Street; and 4. to designate
parking for employees and
customers.
"We will try to work with
you," Mayor James Sharp
told the committee.
The City council then
considered bids for certifi-
cates of deposits from both
See "Bastrop Council,"
Page 9
process, telling the council
that obsolete ordinances in
the 1948 city code and those
changed and appealed had
been omitted. *
At the same time, Russell
explained, the recodified city
code is both easier to
understand and much more
Before the aldermen voted
to approve the "adopting
ordinance" enacting the
See "Smithville Council,"
Page 9
MMblv before the election , (,.,^1 made it
d I would appreciate your 4ifflrU|t u> deal with each
Lunday were charged with
driving while intoxicated in
three separate indictments
handed dow n last Friday . All
three individuals have prior
convictions for DWl in
county courts. The first
charge of I >\VI constituting a
misdemeanor, all three will
file their pleas in District
Court this time.
John I'nderwood will face
the charge of aggravated
assault use of a deadly
wea|K n stemming from a
shooting incident during a
family squabble with his
father in law, James C.
Hampton. The assault al
legedly took place in
Hampton's Elgin area home
November 8 last year.
The seventh indictment
was for theft by check. No
name available.
Flames glare as Elgin firemen try to contain a
burning '69 Buick on Hwy. 290 just west of Elgin
Friday night.
There were no injuries in the accident however
James Earl Roberson of an Austin address was
charged with d.w.i.
The driver of the other vehicle involved was
identifiedas Leon Herman Neidig of Elgin.
——————. staff Photo by James Tisdale —
Land Bank holds
annual meet
Woodrow W. Brewer of
Lexington, Texas, has just
returned from Houston
where lie represented the
Federal Land Hank Associa
lion of LaGrange at the
annual stockholders meeting
of The Federal Land Bank of
Houston. The meeting, held
at the Hyatt Regency
Houston, was attended by
members of 65 Federal Land
Hank Association in Texas.
There were about 550
persons in attendance.
George W. Cunningham,
President, in his report to
the stockholders, stated that
there was an increasing
demand for new loans in
1977 and four of the last five
years' loan closings have
exceeded $200 million.
Speakers for the meeting
included Donald E. Wilkin
son, Governor of the Farm
Credit Administration,
Washington, D.C., and Dr.
CarlG. Anderson, Extension
Economist in Marketing,
Texas A&M University.
Gordon announces for
re-election to city post
Pill (fonlon
* «'
News briefs ...
The Texas Railroad Commission set a hearing
on (he Ixi-Vaca settlement plan for April 3. Major
customers of the Ixi-Vaca Gathering Co., which In-
cludes the I.CRA, submitted signed copies of the pro-
posed settlement plan lo the commission.
Charles Herring, general manager of the I.CRA,
told the Advertiser, "I think they'll (the commis-
sion) probably okay the proposal. I don't know if they'll
make any changes or not," he said, adding, "It cost
us a lot of money, hut I believe it will pay off."
Amy Standifer, who edited The Bastrop Advertiser
for 47 years, received the thrill of her life Sunday. Tom
Nethcrton. of the Lawrence Welk family, gave her a
kiss and long embrace. Chosen as a dance partner,
Amy responded by gently resting her head upon his
chest.
With nothing handy except a check book, Amy had
the heart throb sign "Tom" on one of her checks.
Kay Powers, staff reporter for the Austin Ameri-
can Statesman, was in the county Wednesday, investi-
gating the closing of Bucschcr State Park refectory.
Several citizens in the county believe the refectory
is of historical value, and are "up in arms" about
the possibility of destroying the building, though
State Parks and Wildlife Department officials have not
as yet made the decision.
Circle D residents will he glad to learn that the new
water tank near the intersection of SH 21 and FM 1441
is being installed for their benefit.
City Manager Charles Patek told the ADVHRTISKR
Tuesday that the new water tank will act as a lift station
to generate more water pressure for Circle 1) residents
on the City of Bastrop water systcrm.
Patek said the lift lank should be finished in about
.10 da\s but stressed bad weather could slow the
project.
Residents of lake Bastrop Acres and representatives
of the Knvironmcntal Science Park have come out
against the new alternative site for the Countv Landfill
on I arm Road 21.16 near the rendering plant.
Count) Judge Jack Cricscnbeck said lucsdav (he
ni'M site Is proltablv dead due lo environmenlai fac-
tors (fir ifr amHRr.
Grlesenhcck also said If the site were located I he re
the Fntironmenlai Science Hark Mould stand the
possltiitllv of losing an VUHi.lNMI priinale gianl.
Ih. 21 Xh AiommI H A hvcst.Hk Mio* and Sal. will
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