Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 27, 1964 Page: 2 of 8
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BASTROP <TEXAS> ADVERTISER. FEBRUARY 27. 1961
FI-ATON'IA UFA TO HOI.II
FAT STOCK SHOW MARCH 5
A livestoek show w^ll h**lr!
by the members of the Flatonia
High Setiool Chapter of Future'
Farmers of America at the Fla-
tonia Livestock Commission C •
auction liarns on March All
livestock will remain on exhibit
throut;liout Thursday. March ■>
Judging will start immediately af
ter the 1:30 p m parade, to bo
followed by the premium sale at
8:00 p. m There will also be a
horse show at 9.00 a. in., sp>n-
sored by the Friendly Trail It.-
ders.
Sf I e For llaby Oil
Shotgun shells sometimes
stiek in the gun barrel or mag-
azine ut the most inopportune
time.
You i'un prevent this, and
a - add more waterproofing to
your shells, if you put a thin
coat of baby oil on eaeh .-ht*ll
bef> re leaving home.
J. L Nutt -
committed most always
She is the wife of Joe Ailphin who offense c
is employed as tn agent for MKT will govern the punishment
Juices for this year's show will
be two members of the Texas
A&M Senior Livestock Judging
team The poultry jiif'ge will be
Wiley True of M G. Inc of Wei
mar.
„v... railroad. Although she is part
from I'AGE j lmu. salaried, she ,«ts in a full
clay s work Her responsibilities
are the keeping of several sets of
ixHtks. answering the phone, etc.
Deputy A Y MeWilliams of
the Elgin area receives a part
time salary ot SlHt> I.' per month
He furnish.* his own ear and is
reimbursed b> the county at a
flat rate of $-10 00 per month His
rcs|K)nsibilities are that ol any
Patrol- officer, that is to catch emergen
the c\ calls, and to aid in criminal
round 1") prisoners per day the
year around Ont of my main
jobs is to head criminal investi-
gation and bring to justice those
who have committed the crime.
Through the aid of good coordina-
tion between all law enforcement
agencies, such as your Chiefs of
Police, their auvs, the Constables,
the Ranger Department, two lo-
cally stationed Highway
men. the Fingerprint Division
James
E. Hardy
Accounting
- Inconic Tax
905 MAIN
BASTROP
Heavier heads
of wheat and
other small
grains pay you
$3.00*
for
every dollar
invested in
HntMIWHf HUBS
agricultural progress from natural gas
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cost. To improve the milling quality, in-
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'This is an average return, based on Expert
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and Southwest A given area or farm may pro
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dollar
LONE STAR PRODUCING COMPANY
Chemical Division Dallas, Texas
FcrMi/cr Sales Service Centers at Cameron, Gainesville,
Pittsburg, Vernon, Teias, Crowley, Louisiana, Clarendon,
Femes! City, Arkansas, and Tonkawa, Oklahoma
cy
investigation, etc lbs main in-
come comes from cattle ranch
activities, but lie also (Hits in an
average of a U) hour week fot
the count>
IVputy A M Hoffman of the
Smithville area receives a part
! time salary of $12ti.6J per month
He also furnishes Iils own car and
years, ranging from petty thiev- is reimbursed by t> e county at a
ery to murder, ail have been clear- flat rate of SW00 per month lli>
ed except about four burglaries mam sour < f income is from
employment with MKT
His respon-lb /ties ,11V till
Polygraph and laboratory Divi-
sion of the Texas Department of
Public Safety, and all adjoining
county law enforcement agencies,
we have netted a record of al-
most 100 per cent for crimes com
mil ted, criminals caught Of the
many dozens of crimes that have
been committed in the past three
Second in charge, Chief Deputy
H. K. Tarver draws a salary of
$294.25 a month. He also fur-
nishes his own car and is reimbur-
sed by the county at a flat rate of
$115.00 a month His duties are
about the same as mine, and in
my absence, he takes on my res
ponsibility. He and I are the on-
ly full-time salaried officers, the
rest are part-time
Mr A. S. Wertzner is our radio-
dispatcher. He draws a part-time
salary of Sa-laO per month Mr
Wertzner is semi-retired, but |>uts
in a full-time work week with us
In fact, he has spem U'tter than
2,000 man-hours on the
weekends only, besides his regu-
lar day's work, so that we may
have constant radio contact to
catch any calls that may come in-
to the office by telephone
also acts as court bailiff and helps
out some in the jail.
Mrs Sue Ailphin is th< office
secretary and she receives a part
time salary of $123.05 per month.
p1" Locals
Guests in the home >f Mrs Tho-
mas Fisher recently were Mrs.
Harry C. Meyers and daughter
Marilyn. Mrs Gordon H Lloyd
and little Terry Lyn Meyers of
Austin Terry Lyn is Mrs. F sli-
er s «reat grandchild
| Mr and Mrs. Maurice Kim-
brough and Mrs Krna Simmons
of Victoria spent the weekend with
their uncle and aunt, Mr and
Kimb rough
H. Brieger returned
week after a seven-
with her son H G.
and Mrs Murchison,
Mrs. T H
Mrs R.
home this
week visit
Murchison,
in Corpus Qinsti
Friends of Ronnie Carpenter,
son of Mrs M A Prokop of Bas-
trop. will Ik- interested to know
of his recent transfer by Standard
Oil Company from Fort Stockton
to their Houston office.
Mr and Mrs I R Ijiufibman
and Mrs Jewell N. Bergstrom of
Dallas were weekend guests of
Mrs Louise Orgain and Mr and
Mrs Tracy Chalmers Joining
the family group at the Tracy
Chalmers home Sunday was Po-
well N. Nichols of Smithville.
Visiting in the H C Wilkins
home Sunday were Mrs F D
| Rodgers. Kathleen and Jimmy of
; Brenharn.
Mrs Kenihaw of Brenham is
presently a house guest of her vm.
J. B Kershaw, and Mrs Ker-
shaw, enjoying the antics of her
grandchildren, Jamie
Ricky
Mr and Mrs. David Sapp, Mr
and Mrs A J. Zlionek and Mr
railroad,
same
as those of Deputy MeWilliams
The reason for the difference in
-alary is that Deputy McWilhams
can answer calls during the day
whereas Dep ty Hoffman may
not be abl to net off He spends
many an hour at night ;u> on
weekends helping with Iils dutu -
of the Slu riffs IVpartment
Just to use you some ideas as
to the work we liave done during
the past three years we hive
Iwoked in M i a total of 11 T pri-
soners, urvi> nnunal complaints
This does not include all com-
plaints, as some were taken di-
radio on in 'n>nt P"1"1 th4"ir
fines ,u d w* :«• released. We have
served *:• ivil papers and this
in itself is a big job First, you
have to firvi people and then they
must be served by a county offi-
cer in per- Mi We have ser\ • d in
connecfit>n -nth criminal cast's
906 papers n« s not awlude
any warrant of arrest or sub-
pi -na fr- an-.utof- mnty • ■ur
This is a common c.iurt -sy that
all officer- in all oounties extend
each other and it ts not a part
of the .jff,. ; tl reoints No offi
rer or eo- nty receives any com-
pensation for service of tnes.
criminal pr esM-s Th< r>- is the
juvenile situation which we a too
have t«- handle This is not a pirt
of our reetirrls, as this is kept by
the County Juvenile Judge This
is one of th< nvist important puts
of law enforcement Thes"' young
people between the ages of 1J and
17 can create quite a problem
There have l>i-n a few that
wouldn t listen, nor let anyone
help th'm They hive gtsie to the
reformatory Ix^-n disrfmrgtxl.
then sent back a*:ain if they were
still under the of 17 Once
they are .sent tner.- it seems thrtt
they roine out worv' tf.an be\
were to start with Die refor
mator. 1 supjmse m as neces
sary as the State Prtvm is for .■
dults Tii >re has to In- a place
confine one who will not listen
to anyone and insiM.s • m violating
the rui •• an<l regulations set f..rih
for all of us to live by The last
time I took a t>oy to Gatesville
5v"l>*>1 for Boys there were -ome
thing over l.V)0 lioys thr-re 'Dus
us a big waste of childhood When
I see this, It reminds me of the
several that I had given a second
chance to and who today are good
citizens It is easy to k:< k one
on down hill but it takes work
to bring him back p and I am
not afraid of work To me, this
is justice,
I am also the adult probation
officer foi Bastrop County There
have tw-en quite a numlx-r of peo
put on probation the past three
years Only one has violated the
Jimmy and ru'f" arvl ,(> s,'nl "n I'n
.M ri \s itv s( of you krviw the
only one eligible fr r probation is
a first offender with ryi prior con
Since I have U'en elect «<l to this
office in 1961, I have l>een con-
stantly aware that to keep up with
modern day law enforcement
practices changes in ways iuid
methods were important Im-
provements were a musi. L*t me
tell y • i,i of ti few things that have
Iw-en done to liiipiwe the depart- (
ment In the Civil Defense pro-
gram. 1 have In -11 elected to take ,
over all law enforcement in cane ,
of an emergency, and was advis-
ed by the head of Civil Defense to
organize a t*xh of men to .tssist
me if such an emergency -should ,
arisi I ha\e organizes! a Ixwly
of men. with a memberelup of a
round -K> 'IIicm men arc sworn
to aid law enforcement and to
protect you and your families if
and when needed Tltts gi up luis
U-en put together with a dual put
pose in mind The first I juM
mentioned, and tlie s hmik1 is to
take part m civic affairs such as
rodeos, (sirades and to nd the
officers of Bastrop County in
search ><{ lost pe«>pl«'. aikl to as-
sist us if civil commotion was m
dangei of getting out >f hand
Steps have been taken to j ut ci
vil defense radios among this
group iUkI some of them have
already beer, installed Spi-cial
training programs ire in the mak
ing We have M'veral thousand
nrtiivls of ammunitior arvl a few
guns on hand furnished by the
Civil Defense pn>v:ram I think
we have a real little club. I wrote
the by-laws for tin* posse and I
think one of the most important
laws iri it reads like this regard
' less of w t>o is eiecte'l m w or
j in the future this club will remain
intact with the Sheriff being only
n h-xx>rary meniber without tlve
power to distviind or i.se the or
gamzation for a se;fLsJi i* ht«'al
| machine It is orgamwd free
from politics with only one ttiouglit
m mind to serve you when n«N>«l
e>t and have fun >n tl meanttmr
1 have m-t up u fi >nv systcrr. in
the offict whn*h lias heipc I us
> and many investigation offioers
such as the FBI N->w when ►
5>ie who live<l m the <~oun!y «"
I eis4'wh -re to «*<ek etnpioy ment
y are investignti-d by some a
gen<-y to s e just iw Kiel they
were when living sn this osinty
i We d>:g hack in the big h> avy
t<* ki-t«s and to.-.- ^ we ha\ e to
i • ep. and put all tins information
jon an alplia order caH filing *y>
tem which makes it po«s.ble to
p«it \'«it fmgei on anyone ; r *
j cord in a matter of wksmxI*
We hav«- impr^o! fKir j«>.n-e
i radio system ,«f> that we have
' constant contact around the enm
ty as well as outside the county
I ha%e imtailisi contr .is m my li%
ing quarters .iff the haw shtvm
so that when tin- off is rk*
ed I still hav. ontai t with Flg'in
Smithville or any<«w> elv wi*.
rtv,ty tie in a pr>h< > ■ ar in Uh
county We have constant rant«>*i
with D P S in Aw tin which
helps as m many way* For in
stance you may lw driving (town
the highway and s -- a U d an
i dent You stop at the nearest
phone and call me and in a mat-
ter of seconds 1 can get in touch
with an officer wlio may lie near
the scene, going in the opposite
direction, or wherever he may be
I can locate hint, then call an am-
bulance if needed All of these
combined efforts are needed to
give you good service If there
is no officer available nearby I
jean always get one out of Au#
tin This accident pioblem is one
that is going to In- here or al
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 27, 1964, newspaper, February 27, 1964; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237989/m1/2/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.