Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1979 Page: 3 of 32
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Japanese oil men attend meeting here
with Caltex Petroleum Corp. officers
Thursday, March 29, 1979
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Chamber fete on Friday
Bastrop has hosted its
first international oil meet-
ing with executives from
Caltex Petroleum Corp. of
New York and several
Japanese companies gather
ing recently at Pine Forest
Golf & Hacqget Club.
The Japanese oil execu-
tives got a taste of barbeque,
rodeo and pine forests.
Mr. and Mrs. James M.
Voss were hosts for the
group. Voss is board
chairman of Caltex and has
homes in New York and
Cedar Creek.
The overseas guests in
eluded H. Takiguchi, Chair
man, Nippon Oil Co., K.
Okada, President of the firm,
and H. Yamada, a (iirector,
all from Tokyo. T. Noguchi,
President of Koa Oil Co-
Tokyo, H. Shimamura, Presi
dent of Nippon Petroleum
Refining Co., and S.E. Van
Norstrand, President of
Caltex Oil Japan, also were
in the group.
The visitors from Japan
outfitted themselves "head
to toe," according to
spectators, "in western gear
Plants eye city
Bastrop could be getting
an electronic or electrical
parts factory if current
negotiations are successful.
At least three industrial
firms have plans to visit the
city, to inspect sites and to
meet with local bankers and
others active in the Bastrop
industrial foundation and
Chamber of Commerce.
Chamber Directors Mon-
day authorized Cecil Long to
negotiate a possible location
on Chamber land along
Highway 95 near Pathfinder
Oil Tooi, Inc. The Chamber
owns some 35 to 40 acres
although an exact land size
has not been settled. The
land has been designated for
industrial use.
Long told the directors the
out-of-town firms are inter-
ested enough in Bastrop to
be asking questions about
land prices, utilities and in
one case, whether Bastrop
financial institutions would
loan money for a plant or
provide one that could be
leased.
It was pointed out at the
Chamber meeting that elec-
tronic firms in particular
tend to migrate to the same
locations - once one locates
in a community, others
follow.
According to sources close
to the negotiations, a
furniture manufacturer has
also been scouting a Bastrop
location.
One of the interested
firms would employ around
100 persons, including a
sizeable number of women,
to assemble parts for a
printed circuit board.
Horse Hospital
Continued from Page 1
active. His father, recenny
retired as an Austin auto
dealer, kept horses at their
home. Now 26, Kaatz says he
has few hobbies outside his
work.
Horses are actually prolif-
erating in a time of
urbanization, he noted. "In
1978, The American Quar-
terhorse Association regis-
tered its millionth horse," he
said. "People enjoy their
horses. They want their
children to learn how to ride
and take care of them. It's a
link with the past, good
exercise and good fun."
Kaatz himself doesn't own
a horse. "I've always been
fortunate to be able to ride
horses that others owned.
Maybe someday I'll have a
place of my own."
And come summer his
thoughts may move west to
New Mexico. "I still think
about it (the racing season). I
might get to Ruidoso this
Mattie Claiborne, secretary-treasurer of the Bastrop
County Historical Commission, presents a $500 check to
Bily May nard, administrator of the fund to restore Bastrop
County's Old Jail. ,
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at (Callahan's General Store
for the round-up and auction
at Lulingand the barbeque.
Music was provided by
Mike Davis and the Heart of
Texas Rhythm Boys. Carla
Micklethwait catered.
Attending from Caltex
Petroleum Corp., New York,
in addition to Voss, were:
W.E. Tucker, President;
H.E. Lewis, Senior Vice-
President; R.F. Johnson,
Vice-President; P.J. Ward,
Regional Director and M.W.
Saunders, Executive Assist-
ant to the Chairman.
Other guests included:
Ms. Susan Voss and daugh
ters Mary-Claire and SjmwIi
from Atlanta, Ms. Laura
Voss, Mr.and Mrs. Richard
Templin (he is the architect
working on the restoration
of Bastrop's 1889 Opera
House), Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Bommer and Ms. Rose
Mabry of Austin. Also Mr.
and Mrs. Cleon Bommer and
son, David, of San Antonio,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Goertz
of Rockne. From Cedar
Creek were Mr. and Mrs.
Leon Grohman, Mr. and Mrs.
J.A. Martin and Mr. and
Mrs. Sammy Turner.
A Mexican party was held
poolside at -the Voss' home
Friday evening and a tour of
the Lyndon B. Johnson
Library was conducted en
route to the airport for the
Japanese group's chartered
flight to Los Angeles,
connecting to a flight to
Tokyo.
As far as can be
determined, the Japanese
visitors did not buy ranch
land or resort homes while
here.
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More than '200 person* are
expected for Friday night's
Bastrop Chamber of Com
merce banquet but tickets
are still available at the
Chamber office in the Old
County Jail and from
Chamber directors.
Frank Hildebrand, execu
tive director of the Texas
Development Agency, is the
speaker. A social hour will
Officer
joins force
Allen Corporon, 21, has
joined the Smithville police
force as a patrolman,
announced police chief
Tommy K. Simon.
A native of College Port,
Corporon holds an associate
degree in law enforcement
from Wharton County Jun
ior College. He has been
employed previously as a
security officer, he said.
Simon expressed the hope
that Corporon would make
"a fine young officer" on the
force.
be held from 6 to 7 p.m. at
fine Forest Golf & Racquet
Club. The banquet itself
starts at 7:30 p.m. at Bastrop
High School's cafeteria.
According to Mrs. Mar
garet Pfeiffer, Chamber
Secretary, out of town digni
taries are expected at the
event which is open to the
public. Tickets are $5 and $1
for the social hour. Tickets,
can ^e obtained at Fi&t
National and Citizens Staff*
Ranks, from Postmaster
A.A. Sanders, at Sanders
Texas Threads, Long's Food
Mart, from Chamber Presi
dent Ruby Griesenbeck, at
the Sears Catalog Store,
Standifer Office Supplies
and other locations.
Dun Tennon, Sr., 67, was found dead on a couch near the bark wall of his house at 1312
Cedar Street in Bastrop after firemen brought a 2:40 a.m. blaze under control Monday.
Staff Photo by Davis McAuley
Cable TV
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also go underground" in
places.
The company's agreement
with the city gives the
company a 15-year franchise
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Still, Cottle said the
steering committee would
"try to feel the pulse of the
community as best we can"
and "get together to see
what the next step is."
Tuesday Cottle said h(^
was trying to meet with
Robinson and Munden late
Tuesday or Wednesday.
Owen warned that if the
hospital actually does close,
it may make it more difficult
in the future to open a
hospital in Elgin, even if
voters approve a hospital
district with taxing powers.
Once the present hospital
closes, any future facility
will have to secure a
"certificate of need" before a
new hospital could get a
license from regulatory
agencies. The board would
have to demonstrate the
"need" for a hospital in the
community, he said.
That could be difficult "in
the face of proof positive
that the community has not
and will not support the
hospital" it presently has,
said Owen.
Commissioners say
roads deteriorating
Bastrop County's roads
are getting smashed by
heavy oil equipment and
construction trucks, Com-
missioners Billy Davis and
Jerry Alexander said at
Monday's meeting of the
Commissioner's Court.
Alexander said he'll post
load limits on bridges to try
to deter some of the
overloaded vehicles. At least
if the bridges collapse, the
county will have an easier
time collecting damages once
the signs are up, he said,
following the meeting of the
court.
"Basements in many of the
roads are good for passenger
vehicles but not for trucks
with 60,000 to 80,000 pounds
weight," said Alexander.
"It's just another example^
of our road problems," he
said.
"When those oil rig trucks:
get through with those roads;
up around Paige and nealS
Winchester, there won't bM
anything left," said Davis. N
"In Bastrop County, we'vfefc
been getting all dry wells
and road holes," he added.
Davis said the same road
destruction has been occur-
ing in adjoining Lee County
but heavy oil finds and
resulting taxes have pro-
bably influenced residents
there not to object.
Alexander said damage to
roads in his precinct is
particularly noticeable on
the Old Elgin road where
there has also been oil
exploration activity.
Dr. J E Flipse, Chiropractor,
announces that his office is now
open for the practice of chiropractic
at
113 West 7th Street,
Elgin.
Hours: Weekdays
9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Saturdays
10a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Telephone 285-4343
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if it begins operation by
April 21. The company will
also pay a 3 per cent
"franchise tax" and rent on
city utility poles, said Patek.
Considering the short time
left to complete installation,
Patek said "I want to see
how they do it."
The franchise agreement
also allows the company to
use city streets, alleys and
poles for its lines.
Cable TV Company cur-
rently operates in La
Grange, Weimar, Schulen-
berg and Halletsville plus
localities in Oklahoma and
other states.
You
Will Find
Candy, cards and
everything for Easter
at the
Old Dime
Bastrop
811 Chestnut
321 5334
The Chuckwagon
Call 321-5334 for take-out orders
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2 Family Size French Fries
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Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1979, newspaper, March 29, 1979; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth602063/m1/3/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.