Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1968 Page: 3 of 14
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AND BASTROP COUNTY NEWS
ONI- HUNDRED AND FIl-TKENTH YEAR (Established March 1, 1853)
Sen. John Tower Predicts Wins For
Nixon And (,abler At Rally Sunday
EGYPT—U. S Scuator John To-
wer predicted Sunday thai Ray
(wilder would be |xtrl of the Re-
publican Congress that will help
Ra hard Nixon bring needed change
to the nation.
Taking time out from hi* cam-
paign travels in behalf of the GOP
standard-hearer, Tower spoke at a
four-county, old fashioned rally
and barbecue honoring Gabler at
the Northingtoni U>
More than I 000
eo from Fayette,
do, and Wha t
as many GahlJ|
the Austin airiu'
"Dick Nixon W
and lie will nm
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first vote wil be
BASTROP (TEXAS) ADVERTISER, OCTOBER 17, l'.KiH
NUMBER 33
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City Raises State Park Water Rate; t'ounty 4-HVrs
Regulates School Parking For Safely AiTsta^FWr"
Of Younger Pupils And Drivers
Guaranteed Renewable
adult rates cannot
be raised ever OR
benefits reduced
for any reason
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thai among farmers tin- weather
is a rtelientc mihjret and it s con-
sidercd highlv unneighhorly, not to
sa\ rude, to liopc for a ruin out-
loiid wiien some people around you
haven't yot their crops out yet
Speak not of r un in the house of
thosf who Mill have ha.v on the
ground
M s not that anybody thinks hop-
ing hav an\ effect, hut if's as risky
as denouncing Baptists or Metho-
dius oi Catholics when you re in
a i ate and don't know w hat de-
nomination the people at the next
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LEGAL RESERVE
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sleeted. Team
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Mrs. Jim Bird
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life insurance
company
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The city of Bastrop raised the
water rate for the Bastrop State
Park from what was almost a give-
away rale of 12 cents per 1,000 gal-
lons to 2fi cents, at the regular
meeting of the city council in the
city hall Monday night.
The council also voted a $23.00
a month charge for the Park's u-ie
of the city garbage disposal ground,
where their garbage is deposited
in large quantities, making it nec-
essary for city workers to dispose
of it. This has been handled here-
tofore by the city without charge.
For years the city has supplied
the Park with water at cost and be-
low, and the 5-year contract for the
1 12-cent rate was made in I960.
This has been done primarily for
the U>st Pines Golf Club, and be-
cause of the low water rate, the
club has been able to keep one of
the greenest and most attractive
courses in the state.
All of the original acreage for
the Bastrop Stale Park was eontri-
utcd for the creating of a recrea-
tion sjKit for Bastrop and the sur-
rounding area, and several years
ago, the city deeded the state an
additional 1200 acres. 'Hie utili-
ties Department has contributed
much in the way of maintenance
and power for operation of the
Park, which has been promoted
consistently by Bastrop and Bas-
trop people since its opening in
1835.
In view of these and other perti-
nent facts. Mayor Benton Sims and
city councilman liaVe voiced their
disapproval of the II.(X) gate fee
placed on the Park entrance this
month by the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department. A petition to
the Department for reconsideration
has so far gone unheeded, and an
appeal for a hearing before the
Ihuiid was rejected.
A city ordinance, previously pass-
ed regarding the regulation of traf-
fic near the Bastrop Schools was
pointed out at the meeting in res-
ponse to a petition presented by
Mrs. Jack Rucker and signed by
a number of interested citizens.
Tile petition asked thai, for the
safely of smaller children anil the
convenience of drivers, the cily
consider making Farm Street be-
tween llaysel ami Pecan, a one-way
street.
The Mayor slated that the ordi-
nance, calling for restricted park-
ing In certain areas, was already
In the hands of Superintendent
Charlie Evans and would be an-
nounced to school students.
It reads as follows:
"Restricted Parking Near Schools—
No person, except the owners or oc-
cupants of the property abutting
thereon, shall park in any of Ihc
following areas near schools:
(It Jefferson Street from Farm
to Spring Streets.
(21 Mill Street, from Farm to
Springs Streets.
(.'It Farm Street, from Jefferson
to llaysel Streets.
"Exception— Notwithstanding Ihc
Bastrop County 4-H members
exhibiting animals at the State
Fair in Dallas this week Include
Billy Tcdford of Elgin, who is
showing a Brown Swiss heifer and
a Brown Swiss two year old cow;
Michael Ililbig and Ricky Tucker
of Rockne who is each showing
Brown Swiss heifers.
Judging will be Thursday. Octo-
lier 17. Each of the boys is showing
a Houston Dairy Scramble Heifer
and the animals are transported
to and from Dallas courtesy of
Billy McMilltan of Bastrop.
VIMITOItN IN BASTROI"
Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Billins o(
Austin were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Dardrn in Bastrop Tuesday,
October 15.
(old wrsttwr Is coming! Sre
tary, Quinton Allen and Adell Po- j Kl/,n«r Hardware for an Amer-
well. 1 (ilaa (liter for jour furnace.
S.ipt. Evans has agreed to give
the matter his full cooperation and
support, and agreed with council
members that as soon as the new
school is completed and the move
is made, the traffic congestion in
lliat area will lie considerably re-
lieved.
The Bastrop Hospital Board mem-
bers made an appeal to the city
for some financial assistance on
the utilities bill for the new Mem-
orial Hospital, but no action was
taken at this time.
Mayor Benton Sims presided ov-
er the meeting which was attend-
ed by Councilmcn Koy Kragh, A-
drcn Ixwg. Henry Schuyler, M. B.
Funderburk and Sully Simpson,
and Mrs. JoAnn Turner, city secre-
Smithville Pioneers New Plan To
Help The Handicapped In Business
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? whole store could
;ot my lx>lt and
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home I opened up
tile mwsfiapci I h.HI hauled off
and bought when I «as in town.
11 tiit pace 01 newspapers «<ii at
I WOI SIIIh,
control of tJic elements Sonic day,
it claimed, n'.an will be able to 1
decide when it'II rain, when the 1
sun will shine, where we need 1
snow and how much: will ho able
to eliminate tornadoes and hurrl- !
canes and will never have a Iwll j
game called off on accojtit of rain.
fn fact, it said, the whole world
uill lie air-conditioned, winter and
summer.
This will be fine until ^onir day 1
in the dead of winter when every-
body has thrown hts blankets away, i
has his windows open and is run-
ning around In his shirtsleeves . .
the electricity goes off
Personally I intend t" keep a
supply of firewood on hand, if 1
can get somebody to saw it for
mc
Yours iaiihiuJIy,
J. A.
above provisions, teachers at the
adjacent scliools may park on the
south side of Farm Street between
Hill Street and llaysel Street, pro-
vided such parking dries not block j
imitiei of Thi Sal- I an-V driveway on adjacent proper-
ipresscs its thanks : '-v
b
ces in all of the
firms and there
irmrn selected for
of Reil Rock-Bate-
ek, t ties
Opportunity Enterprises, the first
venture of its kind ill Texas, and
possibly the first in the nation,
will have its beginning in Smith-
vllle.
Remodeling work was started
this week on one of the town's old-
est buildings that wil! liou.se a
new project which is a philanthro-
pic effort by a private citizen on
behalf of handicapped adults in
cuiperutioii with the Vocational
Rehabilitation Division of the Tex-
a.s Education Agency. The old
building, built by the late Dr. J.
II. E. Powell in the early 1890's,
Is one of the first permanent struc-
tures to go up in the local business
area, before the city of Smithville
was incorporated. Made of red
brick, the one-story building con-
tained a dry-good* business known
as The Green Flag. It is one of
the only three remaining build-
ings— all in a row—on Main Street
which still have their original
fronts with display windows pro-
tected by barbed iron plate ledges
to prevent loiterers from sitting or
propping their feet against the
glass.
The purpose of the new owner
is to provide a facility in which
handicapped individuals can oper-
ate their own small manufacturing
businesses on a basis they can
afford during the difficult period
of heiximing established.
The plan for the program intro-
duces the following format:
11) The owner will provide the
building space needed for the
workshops: the utilities for the
operations; and the services of a
director and business manager for
the project.
<2i Vocational Rehabilitation will
provide the tools, equipment, etc.
essential to their client's business
operation: training of their clients
| in the operation of their equip-
' mcnt; counseling and guidance to
assist clients in the production of
i marketable items
Cti Workshop owner will provide
the labor to set up and operate
their businesses; their own raw
materials: maintenance and insur-
ance of their products, the market-
ing of their products with VRC
guidance: a record of operational
costs and income to the project
director: twenty-five per cent ol
their profits to the owner of the
facilities for space lease and utili-
ties.
til The community, hopefully,
will provide assistance to Ihe han-
dicapped individuals in setting up
their workshops, volunteer labor,
advice, and such inexpensive raw
materials as may be possible;
marketing surest ions and assis-
tance; publicity both locally and
beyond the community; and moral
supixjrt and encouragement.
O. C. Robinson, Rehabilitation
Counselor for the Smithville area,
who originated Ihe idea for Op-
portunity Enterprises, said that the
endeavor will place tliese small
business owners in a central busi-
ness location whereby they can
operate on a competitive basis in
tlie midst of the town's commercial
district, rather than attempt to
build a profitable operation in the
outlying reaches of their homes.
Miss Margaret Webster, already
established in her own business
office — Community Business Ser-
vices — and well-known in Smith-
ville and in Bastrop County will
be the Director of Opportunity En-
terprises. Two of the individual
shop owners already assigned to
the new program arc William Hei-
fer, wlio will maintain a wood-
working business; and Abel Car-
denas, who will operate a plastic
engraving business. Both men aru
from Smithville.
When contracted, "Opportunity
Enterprises" become "Op-En," sig-
nifying an OPEN door to a busi-
ness future for handicapped peo-
ple who can make a contribution
to American commerce.
Iping on the I
:rges all of the el 11-
coitiimic then generous
10 i| 1 Salvation Army a-
III VM HI \ S It \tl
(•I I sis I III! Ml I M Ml
Wi ek' nd Visitors in the
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sons,
y a i*l
I Mrs
Da It lleni
1, and Mi
•y and children ol
A Ramse> visited
Sund.n afternoon.
(1IUPFITH8 VISITIM.
IN PARENTS' HOME
Mr. and Mrs Jimmy Griffith |
and children. Travis and Tonya, of i
Burns, Uiutsiana an guests In the
iKime of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. 1
Jim Griffith. Mr. Griffith was a
patient in Btackenndge Hospital
last week, and Is recuperating bi 1
home presently. Mr. Griffith's con-
dition in better.
Card ol Thanks
MHS II I II ^11 MCI' uhh hiHtif II "IMI ran ) II ( It l MhiiIim at iJj<
At mini III \< hi< \ rim tit Xwafttfc l'n i;iniii and tltniH-r. a tribute to
Ii«t milirUiK efforts ami thm (ti'Mitttl l« hHplitu I II ( liih in« Milx-n* in
tmtt! fl «'lr « ri* ami their MH'ial aetlxltles. .Mrs. Sharp has Iw^-n r#-
eeptlmilst ami s«erelar\ m the ll.ivfrop County \u«*nls Ofltee l« r a
nuiutxi ot M «ub. Hv piuqut \vti6 prtbeuled to her b> Juhuu.- Ud\v-
lord, J U Club member.
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I would like to lake this oppor-
tunity t'< express my thanks to sll
Hit ill. vi'v hum 1 I my friends who sent flowers, cards. I
I till ml I hi mi i and gifts, also those who visited tnr j j
l ui' SeiKiefei son of Mr ami during my slay in the hospital Spc-
Mrs (iene sct.aeier was lionv cial thanks goes to Ihe doctors and I
1 I ., n. 1 -iii hospital stall lor their ex.. lent 1" NI?"iN _K K' ^'T' hls trw" Hl>" Thllllp 4.
lent at Southwest State College in
I San .Marcus.
c<uc. May God bless you all
Mrs. Albert Goeru
Farlei >i|«>n eofiipli<tl<m ol s vlRoroos It rourw of instruction at
the Nil* a) A via t)uu Vtioot Coiunuuid at N Ah, Pcnuimis. Florida,
hocti* U Uk mo ul Mr. Mrs. 1 raldlc K. q|
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1968, newspaper, October 17, 1968; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth238174/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.