Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 4, 1965 Page: 1 of 8
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BASTROP (TEXAS) ADVERTISER NOVEMBER 4. 196T.
NUMBER 36
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Steam Plant Progress
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B6fcX BY JEANNE W1LK1NS
Oh. she is a lovely thin,;. And. ful splendor at the south foot of
she knew it on this Open House the soaring blue block of the
weekend in the champagnc air of plant itself. There the invariably
late October as she graciously ac- attractive and always friendly
cepted tin ohs and ahs of hund- wives of the Sim Gideon Steam
reds of people admiring her blue Plant staff greeted guests and
and cream dress, her meticulous directed them through the buiid-
grooming, her sparkling lake dot- ing from the water-testing lab to
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outside the
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people from Bastrop. Austin and
: • \.i tiiwn* H.iw the inner workings of
illfl rut < 1 (, (jllll <!()!) |.(KA >1111 Cjlt.1
■ t dun: _■ its ( )prn House here Sunday
; H. g h Hand under the capable
t t.iod'' W in ->r\ furnished tnusu just
enirame and I •< tl I .hii,'. chairman of the
. trrtrd the visitors and presented (hern
to Sim Gideon. General Manager of LCRA. for whom
the plant was natr.'-ci ()ther !o< al and LC RA officials,
assisted by members of (he Bastrop C hamber of Com-
merce. served as hosts, and plant employees were
ready guides to th visiting crowds.
In ful! operation, the monstrous, but spotless and
shininK- plant was < «,pe<aaliy fascinating to local peo-
ple who have wat' :ied it grow, piece by piece, through
the sear- to i(s prcse: t amazing proportions.
buddy preuss
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his be'helor of
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' I'nited State, and
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1 >*"ti in California
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Until the |Itst week
'lr Kifts and greeting.
*y*tem would !«• lit
,TlP"*l in a sea of mail
■•inrtnnt
sI *<-ial messages
*"ia *'*lld iwit be de
, 1 """ Pithlie i-oopera
. ' • < • faM and
w ttailvi
\e. uriliiiu til I* r II t tVMlHon,
I>1 itii11tiu r e urn*s i its e«s\ its
"(altlni: oft it t"U Ml > « have
to il<i l< lirnuiliast it o\er *mir
|iren> nl truss IVii wash It iliiwn
tn where It makos i ontiu t with
the soil — iiimI wateh It unm
Oil Ihre is a not her Ihing >ou
have to do Oi l vi m11 lawn nviwet
tuned up Bee a • ll wont base
in idle moment thi wmtei Hie
profes^a has to mow lie lawn
unce i week after it comes up.
And it otil> t ikes i week or two
School Kleclion
Saturday. Nov. 6
V in t!'' Bastrop Indepen
I' ll! -v t.o.1. I >istrict k{o lo the
[►nis Saturilav to east then ballot
f... i.ssiimin>: the IyoivIs and pre
seni tax i.ite o\ i the new con
sohdaled district
•Then« will l e no changes in
the lax ' lie "sujit I' .1 INkIsoii
assuieii voters 1'he same
tax i it'' will still l in effect
But if it il'««sn t pass s<iid
pi-,)( l s'so' the entire scliool '
district would In1 without o|>eiat
inn fuiiit-
lb viiil • ie main reason for the
election is to oka> the enlarge
melit if thi present Bastrop (lis
ti ei to include liistriris .1) ;i and
Mrs. Maynard Gets
Yard of the Month
The November Y.i~d if the
Month went to Mrs p <" Mav
naril wlsi liv es at ! Pecan
Tin vartl at this time features
beds of purple Au'ei.itum till, st
neatlv trimme<l shrubs
Rainfall Report
Rainfall in Bastrop >n Tu- s lav
ind Wednesday measured si) inch
accordinK to the iruige it the
Bastrop ('<untv Ohir!bouse
M ut JO inch f' i'Ues '.iv if
ii nvxin and the oth 'So inch
rami- Wi dnesdiiv
IMC. .V MIIS 4.1 |{W 11'/. \KI.
l'\ia\TS OK It\ll\ BO%
I r and Mrs Neil i{. Gunvit/
of Basil ,|) lie till [>• ud parents
of a liabv Imv Ixirt; Mondav af
ti nil-in at St I .t\ i> 1 s Haspital
m Austin
Hu bahv weighed 7 pounds and
I ounces and is wel.Mined bv t\x. -
sisters Anita. t> and Karen. 1
(irandparents are Mi. and Mrs
Phil S^'gal of Dallas and Sam
(iurvvit/ of San Anlon o
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glarized
Items
■s were solved
••a' -' t: ■ Basil'' [)
r.ff.s Department.
\ Mire Ne-'. adii N h i v •
is nfi s>,vi t i the huruiar-
ccorduu %) Slier:ff Jimmv
H> s.i. : he . is reason to
■ fair or five ithers may
ic involvi d
hur_;. ii e« included Hefner
> Store it Rockne last
Junes ljrive Inn on High-
n vv (i.eh was Imrglaruod
tnd i pickup truck bur
>f t rifle and tottery,
taken from tne stores
mcludt
imst
The cast
the grand ju
next J.uiu.ua
mov.e'. c^arettes and
w:
be referred to
which c.wivenes
IKhImw ik- s ihtm |*mmls
l>riiss will on the nolf
*1*
on
v,,r> dunnu tin
Week* preeedihK-
''
in ' 'nd. let's all plan
' "«riler this yeai
'•iirlier, and use ZIP
attic
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ytHir
W i irk —
mall <;i
f' llly
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|. 'l* 1 atuni wiih
p you do rv)| biive the
. ,w "• it(1(1 re<i
■filing. <an
l'ro(
of r> e
course everv tall Itm aw tnrW
would It I.N k lo K<> KotfliiK on a
rhs'ii Ilial Isn't K^sti'
All jokes aside If it wouldn't
be for Prof l>.*Noti s great love
foi mii golf i oni■ il would pro
Imblv have been nonexistant
to which
tile IN^il
I >ffiis We'll be gald I'
for you /.IP code all
be especially important
mas. when
look it up
going lo
il Christ
onuniimcatiiHi pn l>
lenis Is'come most acute
\.1 iti/ens of the district can
vote at Bastrop 1'ity Hall ln'tween
the hours of S a m tnd 7 p m
Salurd iv
vi rs a.-o lie s been managing
it foi .Ml years under the auspi
ees of thi l< st Pines (iolf (Tub,
which b e \i niemliers
Not only does the beautiful
eo ii se offer a place for the en
(ovahli sport of golf for its lllem
ln'is who ire loeatisl in Bastn>p,
Smithvil'e (Jiddings and Austin,
but it also attracts alxnil ti.oim
visitors annually And that's the
kind of "green stuff" it takes to
defray o|s ratine expenses >n the
ti mrst1
HK.AI TIKH'\no\ III IIOMK-S
I'l.ANNKII H\ «,\KI>KN tl.l B
l/ost Pines (ianlen Club will
undertake i heautiftcalion pn>-
gr.iin in .lanuary Plans are to
distribute ret linn 1 trees, crepe
myrtle and mimosa trees to
hollies III the areas along the
'highways entering town
If you hiiv any of these young
trees you do not want to keep,
please save them thlMUgll the
winter and give them to this pro
jcet. The public will lie notified
al a later date of a central place
and date to take tb" plants in
.lanuary Mis R (' Williams,
civic chairman, will be in charge
of Ibis project.
WANTKP Voting lady interest
ed in learning I.tnotyi*' operation
No previous ex|*Tience netvs
sar> Apply in person liistnip
Advertiser, Bastrop, Texas
NOTKK
'Hie Citizens State Bank and
the First National B.uik will be
c 1->si t all day on Thursday Nov
11 m observance of Veteran's
I >av
I'KOK \BIA KROM BOAT
(lallle Shot In
Maliciousness
A numln'r of cases of cattle
being sliot along the Colorado
River vvtirt> reported to the B;is-
trop County Sheriff's Department
• Iihiiil: tht1 past few weeks
Sheriff Jimmy Nutt said the
cattle were maliciously shot to
death t>> rifles probably done
bv target shooters. He reasoned
tl. it it could h.tve lieen accom
plished from l>>ats on the river.
"This is a felony offense." said
tiie sheriff, " and is punishable
bv a prison senteroo."
"We're keeping 'he bullets from
the destroyed cattle. 'he said, "so
that the ballistics reports can be
used for comparisons whenever
a suspivt is bnnight to light
Sheriff Nutt asked that local
citizens report any wild shooting
seen along the liver
One of the ranchers lost one of
bis liest cows due to the target
shisitmg "Such a loss takes sev
eral offsprings to overcome."
commented the sheriff, "and is
i great finanical loss to the own
town to remain otkn on
vktkkan s i>av. nov. ii
With the exception of both Uv-
eal iKinks uitl the | ost office, the
town of Bastrop will remain open
on Veteran's Day lliursilay.
Nov. 11
ted with fishermen in their bright
boats, her magnificent roar of
progress achieved
And this is what the Lower Co 1
lor ido Riv er Authority was proud-
ly acclaiming in showing off its
beautiful new baby, the Sim Gid-
eon Steam Plant, to its directors
and personnel, to its cooperative
customers to municipal authori-
ties in Central Texas and to the
general public in .i series of Open
House showings beginning Thurs-
day. Oct 2s. and culminating
Halloween evening.
The Bear band played festively
Sunday afternoon as members of
thi Bast:■ ip City Council ushered
folks from their cars in the north
parking area toward the "back
door" entrance. Rather a kick get-
ting a pamphlet in the left hand
from County Commissioner, Pre-
cinct One. Will Rogers, and got-
t.ng a map in the right hand from
Jack Grit senbeck. mayor. City of
Bastrop and promptly being
blown right through the door face
to 'ace with one of LCRA's Bas-
trop direc* >rs, Cecil Long, and
LCRA- genera manager. Sim
Gideon.
Charming Mrs. Gideon vv a s
there wuh her sister and over
across the terazzo floor was Con-
gressman Jake Pickle with his
lovely wife. Beryl, a lady of rare
warmth. We saw G E Schmitt.
general counsel for L/TtA. most
ail of tin permanent staff of the
plant and. no doubt many other
dignitaries were present thnnigh-
>ut the enormous building among-
st tin- gazing eiowd serpentining
their way atound roped sections
of ma.ss.vi1 machinery.
Wending toward the second
level, at sonic danger to spike
heels from the grill of the iron
stairways, the sustained scream
of the giant generator still higher
up began to press upon the ears
of the sensitive A dark-haired
young man tended the blinking
banks of lights in the glassed-off
second-level control room, rather
like a captive mad scientist un-
der the stares of the touring
crowds
The soaring ceiling with its
whirling exhaust fans above the
vast floor of the third level was
a sufficiently awe-inspiring set-
ting for the throbbing heart of,
tin- steam plant, the 12.V<XX) kilo
watt turbogenerator Many of the
poiple nulling about remembered
i the moving of the "heaviest load"
> from the railroad siding at the
LCRA warelKHise on Highway ilfi
to its concrete pad in the plant
as the high point of the two-year
process of creation of the lake
and steam plant. Dressed now in
metal sheathing of soft green, the
vhirhng blades of the turbine
hidden, the giant has lost none
■ if its impressive impact upon the
senses
Flowing with the crowd, now
down the frightening stairway
i which is perfectly safe for tliose
with no vertigo' out the south
door past a rack of wrenches
graduated ill size from that of a
tall man to that of a wee boy —
all big. as is everything about
this electricity producing ma-
chine — into the short passage
along textured aggregate vv ilk in
the fresh air to the back door of
the office building presented the
first opportunity to take a dtvp
breath and marvel at the won-
ders just seen
With everything neat and clean
and covered, gleaming in top ef-
ficiency condition, the personali-
ty of the place has changed from
its wild and woolly confusion dur-
ing construction to something
v> Inch can only l>e called quiet —
in spite of the ivnstant, numbing
noise of fuU prtxluction, the sound
of progress
the electric equipment room,
through the engineering office to
peep into the gold carpeted, wal-
nut paneled office of plant man-
ager. Ernest Jones, with its ar-
i angements of lovely fall flowers
presented in tribute to the oc-
casion. Rcc ptionist Mrs. Harold
Farley — the efficient and bright-
eyed Jerry who is the plant's only
woman mployee — and Mrs.
Jones guided tin- tour past the
attractive brick solar screen in
the reception hall and out the
glass front doors with an invita-
tion to accept a Cok from LCRA
at the wagon outsule.
Most of those passing through
the doors into the sunshine must
have noticed the plaque in tribute
to LCRA's general manager. Sim
Gideon, for whom the S16.010.000
installation was named. It is set
into the west wall of the recept-
ion hall alongside a plate bearing
the dates March 15. 1962 and
May It!. 1965.
Whatever those dates may have
meant to all others, for one who
had followed with lively interest
the development of this project in
Bastrop they triggered a flow of
m e m o r i e s, a kalaidoscope of
times and places, of events and
faces
riHMiKKXH: A I'LI SH SKT
O* OKKH K.H. A
PKItMANENT STAFK
rile guest tour led next into the
low. single story office building
which nestles in plush and taste
progress: pitting the
bits ani) pieces together
By definition, in order to pro-
gress there must be a starting
point of need, momentum toward
the filling of that need and a
final pain! of reaching the objec-
tive.
The first recognition of a need
for mor- available electric pow-
er in thi 10-county LCRA area
was m ide public by a small story,
published ti the Advertiser Feb.
15. 1962, which mentioned that a
new steam generating plant was
being planned by LCRA with a
probable location in Bastrop, Fa-
yette or Colorado County It was
not until June 2S that the Adver-
tiser ran a memorable picture of
Bastrop directors Jim Trigg and
Cecil Long grinning delightedly as
they shook hands over the news
that the site selected after months
of checking and testing by con-
sulting engineers. Brown and
Root, was three miles east of
Bastrop in a natural horseshoe
shaped basin less than a mile
from the Colorado River Then
the following fall, the names
"Lake Bastrop" and "Sim Gid-
eon were announced as official.
In January of 196;? an appeal
was made to the people of Bas-
trop to list rental property with
the Chamber of Commerce office
to meet the "certain demands of
the near future on local housing."
And in February Mr. Gideon was
speaker of the evening at the
annua! Chamber of Commerce
banquet, at which time he de-
tailed the plans for construction
of Lake Bastrop, dam and appur-
tenances and the building of a
steam plant to l>e completed in
196a H B. Zaehry Company pr->-
sented the low bid in early April
and the S2.8S6.662 contract for the
dirt work was let And here is
when the excitement t>egan here-
abouts.
Equipment began [xniring in,
men began to search for places to
live, trailer slabs were laid on
vacant lots throughout the city,
and the non productive Ll*) acres
purchased during the past year
by LCRA began to bo bull dozed
and scraped into a wild melee of
dusty confusion.
On this recent Sunday after-
noon. with the lake quiet in the
sun and the well-groomed build-
ings showing already the begin-
ning of landscaping, it was diffi
cult to conceive of all the bits and
pieces that are now invisible and
so well-covered
This column was begun in May
of li*v?, an effort to keep abreast
of each development. No one now
can see the first diversion C
Spicy and Shorty Allen creeks,
see PROGRESS Ivick page
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