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Musings
By J. Troy Hickman
A MAJOIUTY OF ONE
'•(We person and God,"
someone said, "are a majori-
ty." Jackie Robinson, who died
recently in his fifty-third year,
was a majority of one, though
he came from a minority group.
The first black man to break
through the color wall in pro-
fessional baseball, where he
became an all-timo great, he
opened a door through which
other blacks since him have
passed to serve and to excell.
It now appears that in boxing,
baseball, football, track, and
basketball, to name only some,
blacks are becoming majori-
ties.
Most big things begin with
a dream. Branch lUckey, a
professional baseball team
manager, decided in the 1940's
that the baseball color line
should go. He was ready to
take risks to help breach it,
for pioneering is seldom safe
or sure. I le had to have a man,
a right man. Jackie Uobinson,
then a young black rookie, was
his man.
What he and Jackie proposed
to do was presumed to be
impossible. One thing was
sure, it could never be done
in mass, nor by an act of
Congress. There is no such
thing in real life as picking
a group of people up by the
backs of their necks and
lifting them to better things.
Like most big things that are
slow and hard, this would have
to begin with one man, acting
in one place, at one point in
time.
That one man would liave
to be smart, have integrity,
be able and tough. He would
nave to be a winner, for in
competitive athletics, the win
is the only tiling that counts.
Such men do not come by the
bushel; but the few who are
around, seem to go a long way.
With patience and hard work,
Jackie developeda skill inbase-
ball that could not be denied
by the narrowest of minds,
and he forced respect from
black and white, enemy and
friend alike. There simply was
no way to downgrade this man's
capability and integrity.
For Jackie, it was a lonely
fight and a lone one. The first
years were the worst; for as
he went, he gained strength
ami help from friends both
white and black. Mainly, how-
ever, he had to do it, as most
men have to, on his own. As
the only black in a sea of
whites, he got hostile words
and some resentful actsagalnst
him. All this had to be carried
along with the (jther burdens
to which professional athletes
are heirs. Sometimes it seemed
just too much to take. Good
and bad days followed each
other.
A gate will swing on its
lunges ever so slowly, and may
reverse its swing almost
imperceptibly. The years went,
and Jackie popped up out of
every hard spot with his in-
tegrity and dignity intact. The
gate of public acceptance
opened, and crowds cheered
•lis better plays; he was ac-
cepted as an equal, or better,
in the locker rooms.
I suppose that deep in most
of us, deeper than our
priggishness, there is a layer
of sportsmanship that makes
us respond at last to merit
and courage. There was another
first-timer long ago in Athens,
who came off second best with
public opinion and a hemlock
cup. We honor him now, and
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BASTROP (TEXAS) ADVERTISER, NOVEMBER 9. 19T2
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FFA Quiz Team
Wins Second
In District
The Bastrop FFA Qui/ Team
consist inn uf Ronnie Goertz,
l/^slii llilbig, Howard Fiebrich
and Connie Goertz placed s cond
in the FFA Quiz at the District
Leadership contest, according
to Gordon Rosanky, FFA ad-
visor The conn st was held at
Taylor I huh School with nine
teams competing, which includ-
ed the Austin High Schools.
The Bastrop Quiz Team won
their second place with a team
score of 251, using the top three
scores of the contestants, not
using the fourth nu mber's low
score which is classified as an
alternate. Ronnie Goertz was
high individual of the entire
district contest with a score of
93.
The first two teams are eligi-
ble to participate in the area
VII contest which will hi- held
at Southwest Texas State Uni-
versity in San Marcos on No-
vember 16
FFA Sweetheart
Dance Set For
December 27
FFA Sweetheart Dance
will I).' held Wednesday, Decem-
ber 27, in the High School Cafe-
torium, according to plans made
at the Bastrop Chapter FFA
meeting on Tuesday, October
31. Music will be furnished by
the Velvets.
Nw membership cards and
citrus fruits sales books for the
eiturus fruit sale were passed
out The citrus fruit is on sale
now Tins is a yearly event
used to make money for the
ehapti r, which has set a goal
to sell .">00 boxes of fruit.
Michael Hilbig, president, en-
couraged new members to buy
FFA jackets and wear them
with pride
A special thanks was given to
Melanie Karrer for doing an
outstanding job on getting infor-
mation on the history of the
FFA Chapter She looked up
past presidents, honorary chap-
ter farmers, sweethearts, and
grand champion steer winners
in the local FFA shows and
gave a report on it during the
meeting.
A committee was appointed,
compos d of Karen llobhs, Patti
Trigg, Barbara Rathman, Me-
lanie Karrer and Patti Jacobs
to work with VOF on sending
letters and cards to disabled
veterans The deadline for show
hogs was also discussed.
Kenneth G o e r t z, treasurer,
gave a report on the Chapter
finances
The meeting was held in the
Ag building and was attended
by 10 FFA members and Gor-
don Rosanky, advisor and Ag
teacher, and W A Gordon. Ag
teacher.
Citizens State Bank
Plans New Building
The directors and stock-
holders of the Citizens State
Bank here have begun plans
for a new building to be con-
structed "as soon as is prac-
tical" one block south of the
Bank's present location.
A called session of the stock-
holders will be held at 5 p. m.
Thursday in order to vote for
an official change of address
in accordance with the Bank's
Articles of Association.
"The rapid growth of busi-
ness has been parallel with the
amazing growth of Bastrop in
recent years, and it has become
more evident every day that
tne Citizens State Bank needs
a much larger and more con-
venient building," said Presi-
dent N. R. Simpson.
"We have engaged the ar-
Menihers Hear
Historical
Program
Twenty - one members at-
tended an interesting meeting
of the Bastrop County Historical
Society Friday afternoon, Oc-
tober 27, in the Museum here.
Mrs. T.J. Breeding, president,
presided.
Among other reports, it was
stilted that memorial gifts had
been received honoring the late
Miloy McCarty, John II. Jenkins
Sr., and Robert M. Wiley Jr.
Mrs. Bruno I'.lzner Jr. pre-
sented a vase to the museum.
It was made in France in 1954
and formerly belonged to Mr.
and Mrs. B.A. Elzner Sr. The
archivist announced that she had
received the 1918 minutes of
the colored Red Cross Chapter
in Smithville, and a group pic-
ture of a Confederate celebra-
tion in Rockdale, at which
Governor Sayers was honored.
The picture was donated by
Miss Hazel L.vles of Midland.
Mrs. W. E. Maynard pre-
sented the program on Early
Bastrop. She gave an excellent
resume of historical events
occurring around and in what
is now the town of Bastrop,
beginning with the crossing of
the Colorado River in 1G91 by
representatives of the Spanish
Government in Mexico.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Orgain was
the subject of a paper read
by Mrs. E. M. Denman. Mrs.
Orgain came to Bastrop in I860
and with her husband, E.J.
Orgain, established a private
school known as the "Colorado
Institute" in which she was
principal for more than 40
years.
The next meeting of the
Historical Society will be held
in the Museum in January with
Smithville members in charge
of the program.
ehitectural firm of Barnes
Landes Goodman & Youngblood
for preliminary studies on a
new building," Simpson added.
"We also have a committee of
directors—our chairman Alex
Waugh, Curtis Sanders and
William Kesselus —who are
looking over new bank con-
struction in Central Texas so
that we can pool our ideas and
come up with an efficient and
handsome building the entire
community can be proud of."
Barnes landes Goodman &
Youngblood is the Austin firm
that handled the remodeling of
the Bank in the early 1960s.
The Citizens recently ac-
quired the Bastrop Freezerand
Smokehouse—better known as
the Locker Plant--lot in the
800 block of Main with an eye
toward building and moving. It
gave up its building at 924
Main--now Andy's — in the
transaction.
"We are particularly proud
of the Locker Plant site be-
cause of its possibilities,"said
Simpson. "It has lots of street
frontage and it also widens as
it extends down to the Colorado
River bank, which should enable
us to provide a huge parking
area and some imaginative
landscaping to compliment the
building."
The new Bank, said Simpson,
will highlight a spacious drive-
up facility, allow for more
window service space, and in-
clude more room for offices,
storage and electronic equip-
ment as well as have a com-
modious civic room.
Further announcements will
be forthcoming as they are
completed by the Bank's di-
rectors and the architects, said
Simpson.
Leases Sanders
Gulf Service
I would like to thank the
people of Bastrop and the sur-
rounding area for the patronage
they have extended to my Gulf
Service Station business in the
years that I operated it. I am
very appreciative of your sup-
port and thank you very much.
I have now leased my busi-
ness out and it is being
operated by Turner Shell, under
the name of Turner's Gulf
Service. He is a fine, com-
petent, hard working young man
and 1 urge you to continue to
give him the same support you
extended to me,
Curtis Sanders
SENIOR CITIZENS
CAFETERIA OPEN
The Senior Citizens Cafete-
ria is open daily. Chicken and
dumplings served on Wednes-
day. Homemade pies to go if
ordered one day in advance.
Receives Grant
Of S50.000
Governor Preston Smith re-
cently announced his approval
of a community action grant
of $50,000 in new federal funds
to Bastrop County Community
Action, Inc. in Smithville for
operation of an Emergency Food
and Medical Services program
to provide health and food
services to the area's elderly.
Funded under Title II t,o the
Economic opportunity Act, the
grant is effective retroactive
to Oct. 1, 1972, through Sept.
30, 1973.
Funds will be used to pro-
vide approximately 150 meals
daily to eligible participants 55
years of age or older; estab-
lish a senior citizens' cafe-
teria in Elgin; develop a senior
citizens' "skill bank" that will
provide part-time job oppor-
tunities; develop a senior citi-
zens' "hot line" service for
the elderly living alone to pro-
vide them with assistance when
needed; establish three multi-
purpose senior citizens'
centers; and provide transpor-
tation service for 150 senior
citizens to receive medical care
and meals.
The program also proposes
to mobilize local resources of
three local clinics to provide
health services for 100 poor
persons and to train some 75
area residents as nurses aids.
Also included in the program
will be a survey of some 5,000
elderly citizens to determine
their needs for future planning
and program services.
Senior citizen groups who will
be involved in the program
include Smithville Senior Citi-
zens Opportunities, Bastrop
Senior Citizen opportunities,
the Smithville Chapter of Senior
Citizens Association of Texas
and the Smithville Senior Citi-
zens Activity Center.
Other agencies and programs
that will be participating in the
administration of the Bastrop
County CA project for the
elderly include the Texas Agri-
cultural Extension Service, the
Commodity Distribution Pro-
gram of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Texas Depart-
ment of Public Welfare, Elgin
Public Schools, Operation
Mainstream of the Department
of labor and the Family Plan-
ning program of the Capital
Area Planning Council.
DINNER RKIIMiR CU'B
MEETS NOV. 14
The couples dinner bridge
club will meet at the Magic
Mill, Tuesday, November 14th,
at 7:00
For reservations, call 321-
2659.
Achievement
Day Scheduled
For Nov. 9
The Bastrop County Home
Demonstration Clubs will hold
their Annual Achievement Day
on November 9 in the base-
ment of the Methodist Church.
Each club will display
articles their members have
made within the past year.
These projects will be judged
by Home Demonstration mem-
bers from Gonzales and Fayette
Counties.
Each club will also display
an educational exhibit.
Members will sell baked
goods and canned goods that
tliey have made in the Country
Store that will be open to the
public at 9:30 a. m.
The afternoon activities will
consist of a skit by the McDade
ladies. A style show will follow.
At about 3:00 I "at Miller, home
economist for United Gas, will
give a program on holiday foods
for the upcoming season. She
will also give Ideas on how
foods can be prepared to give
as gifts.
The Home Demonstration
Clubs participating will lie from
Watterson, Bastrop, Smithville,
Elm Grove, McDade, Hills
Prairie, Rockne, and Salem.
There will be no addmission
charge and everyone is wel-
come to come.
Services Held
For Joe Henry
Schuyler
Services were held Tuesday
afternoon, October 24, at United
Methodist Church for Joe Henry
Schuyler, 22, with the Rev.
Ben Welch officiating, assisted
by the Rev. J.W. Griffin. Mr.
Schuyler died unexpectedly at
(lis home here early Monday
morning , < ictober 23, of an
apparent heart attack.
Burial was in Fairview
Cemetary, with Jim
liosborough, Floyd Kinley, C.Y.
Potts, Raymond Potts, James
0. Schuyler and Jim Shone
serving as pallbearers.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schuyler,
and two sisters, Betty Schuyler,
who is a student at Southwest
Texas University in San
Marcos, and Margie Schuyler
of Austin.
He was born at the Texas
Mission Home in San Antonio,
and was reared in Bastrop,
where he had many friends
who were shocked and grieved
to learn of his untimely death.
A veteran of the Vietnam War,
he had returned home to fill
a position as salesman for the
Bastrop Coca Cola Bottling
Company. He was a member
of United Methodist Church.
Judge Jack A Griesenbeek,
Bastrop County Judge, and
Mayor Albert Crawford of
Smithville participated in a
conference on regional issues
on October 25-26 in Wimberly
The confer* nee, sponsored by
Hit1 Capital Area Planning Coun-
cil, brought together local elect-
ed officials from throughout the
ten-county Capital State Plan-
ning Region, including Bastrop,
Burnet, Blanco, Caldwell. Fay-
ette, Hays, Lee, Llano, Travis,
and Williamson Counties
Crawford serves on the CAP
CO Executive Committee the
policy-making body for the re-
gional planning agency: Gries-
enbeek is the Chairman of the
group Topics under considera-
tion at the work conference
ranged from the impact of ur-
banism on the communities in
the ten counties surrounding
Austin, to land use regulations
in rural arias, and t.. "■ ,h.-.
sihle establishment of ;.il
growth policies
Fquipment is being checked
in the mammoth Clncmobile,
readying it for shooting in the
"Molly, Gid and Johnny" movie
production now under way In
and around Bastrop. The Cine-
mobile is a bus-like vehicle
and that opens on both sides
into compartments for the
" ■ e of lighting equipment,
cameras, film and other ne-
cessities incidental to filming
on location. It carries its own
powerful generator which fur-
nishes power for their use.
A camera dolly is also avail-
able for swinging the camera
into just the right angles for
shirts, and from the (inemobile
can be projected a platform 30
feet into the air with camera
and camera men. Film can be
loaded in its convenient, com-
pact little dark room.
The first shots for the movie
were made Monday on the
Steiner Ranch near \ustin with
Governor Preston Smith and
Senator I 'on a Id hennard in
prominent parts in the horse
auction scene. Al so in the scene
from Bastrop were Doyle Tuck,
Karl Baker. Chuck Bryson, Bill
Henderson, Bill Steiner, Bob
Greeness and Robert Anderson.
Shooting continued on the
Steiner Ranch through Tuesday,
then shifted to the Moore place
near B istrop Wednesday.
Members of the Bastrop
County Unit of the American
Cancer Society met on Mon-
day night, September 25, in
the Civic Room of the First
National Bank in Bastrop.
The meeting was opened with
a welcome from the president
Mr s. Jack Claiborne, who also
introduced Mr. and Mrs.
Michael F. Klesel from la
Grange.
In the absence of Mrs. V'allon
Hanna. who was ill, Mrs.
Claiborne reported on the Dis-
trict 7 Annual meeting held
in June in Austin. Thirteen
members from the Bastrop
Unit attended the meeting. Mrs.
Lucille McCullough, Crusade
Chairman, reported on the
crusade session that she and
Mrs. Theo Guyton, Sr. and
Mrs. Vernon Evans attended.
Paul Schneider reported on the
Public Education session.
Mrs. Paul Schneider, dele-
gate to the 27th Division
annual meeting in Dallas Au-
gust 23- 24, gave a very in-
teresting report on the session
that she attended. Mrs.
Claiborne gave a brief report
for Mrs. Hanna, who also
attended the meeting and will
continue her report at the No-
vember meeting.
As a member of the I)is-
TO SELL POPPIES
FRIDAY, NOV. 10TH
The American I-egion Aux-
iliary, Post 533, will sell
poppies on Main Street, Friday,
November 10th. in front of the
First National Bank and the
Citizens State Bank.
Places First
In Enduro In
Sweeny
Jimmie Joe Jones was the
recipient of the large first
place trophy, in the 350 cc
class, awarded in the Sweeny
Motorcycle Enduro held Oc-
tober 22. Kinki Koi won the
second place trophy in the 125
cc class.
Also entered in the race from
Bastrop were Tommy "Buzzy"
Potts, Melvin Childors, Steve
Weber, and Bob Kresge.
An enduro is scheduled to be
held in Rockne on December 3.
To Have Draw
A Turkey Contest
Andy's is going to have an-
other draw the turkey contest
this year.
The winner of the contest
will receive $10.00 and a free
turkey. All entries will re-
ceive a small gift certificate
or free gift.
'They ask that entrants fol-
low these simple rules;
1. Age limits: 2 to 15
2. Must be free land
3. Reg. 81/2 by 11 white
paper
4. Prefer color drawing
Judging will lie based on age
versus beauty, Bring turkeys
to Andy's 924 Main, Bastrop,
before November 21, 5 p. m.
LIONS TO HAVE
PANCAKE SUPPER
The Bastrop Lions Club will
hold a Benefit Pancake Supper,
Thursday, November 16th, at
the High School C afeteria.
trict leadership Development
Committee, Mrs. Hanna was
in Georgetown on September 12,
for the West Williamson County
Unit meeting and presented
their Certification of Author-
ization. She also presented the
East Williamson County Unit
their Certificate of Author-
ization on September 19 in
Taylor. She was accompanied
to Taylor by Mrs. Schneider
and Mrs. Claiborne.
Final totals for the 1972
Crusade ending August 31 was
given by Mrs. H. D. Patton,
County treasurer and Memo-
rials chairman as follows:
Bastrop, $3,000.34; Elgin,
$1,923.72; Smithville, $883.85,
totaling $5,807.24, plus
$1,029.50 in Memorials making
a grand total of $6,836.74, just
dollars short of the $7,000.00
goal.
Mrs. McCullough stated that
tills years estimated potential
for the 14 Unit district is
$203,000, and four milliun for
the state.
The new public education
chairman, Paul Schneider, an-
nounced plans for a comprehen-
sive education program in the
county, and stressed the need
for help in each community for
it to be a success.
Mr. Michael Klesel of Ij
Grange, who is a District
Director, presented the Unit
with their Certificate of Author-
ization, and also the Golden
Achievement Award for the
Crusade, and 10-year service
awards to Mrs . Jerry Stach
of Elgin and to Mr. and Mrs,
J.W, Barton,
A film, entitled "Cedar
Valley, Texas", was shown by
Doug McBride, field represen-
tative, and a new staff member,
Bob Evans.
Those attending the meeting
other than the above named
were Mrs. J. W. Meier, Mrs.
Raymond Ililler and Guy Carter
of Elgin; Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Gordon, Smithville; Mrs.
Elnora Bryant, Mrs. Tommy
Dean Hendrix, Mrs. Irene
Revetta, Mrs. W. A. DeShay,
and Mrs. Wilma Trigg of
Bastrop.
Pictures To Be
Made With
Santa Claus
Sunt a will be at the le -al
Sears Catalog Store on No-
vember 14, 15, and 16 from
6:00 to 9:00 p. m. Bring your
children to nee Santa and have
a Polaroid picture made of
your children with Santa. The
picture will cost $1.00.
Santa's visit is being spon-
sored by the Bastrop Young
Homemakers Club and the
money made from the pictures
will go into the civic projects
fund.
PTA TO MEET
NOVEMBER 15TH
The Bastrop PTA meeting is
scheduled for Wednesday eve-
ning, November 15, at 8 p.m.
in the high school cafetorium.
Everyone interested is urged
to attend.
Kverpreen trees lose a
crop of leaves each vear but
not all at once like the de-
i iduous tree-
Piney Creek Philosopher Claims
The Cost-Of-Living Experts Must
Have Over-Looked Him Last Month
Editor's note: The Piney
Creek Philosopher on his John-
son grass farm on Piney looks
into some statistics this week.
Dear editar:
Every once in a while you
pick up a paper and read that
the cost of living index for
such and such a month has
gone up 3 tenths of 1 per cent
or some such figure and the
experts then tell you whether
this is an improvement or not
and go into detail about what
caused the rise.
But what I haven't been able
to figure out is where they
get the figures.
It's sort of like a public
opinion poll. Nobody knows any-
body who has ever been polled.
What I mean is, are those
cost- of- living experts talking
to enough people'
Say they report tiiat it cost
3 tenths of 1 per cent more
to live in October than it did
in September. That may look
scientific on iwper but it sure
leaves out the blown gasket
on my ear on October 4, the
break-down on my television
set on October 6, the new tire
1 had to buy on October 10,
the extra company 1 had to
feed on October 14, the hole
that showed up in one of my
shoes on October 20, the dented
fender on October 25.
I dun't care what the index
shows, 3 tenths of 1 per cent
won't cover me for the month
of October, although to keep
the national figure in line I'd
be willing to settle for that.
If my cost of living jumped
50 per cent in October, but
the national rise was just
those 3 tenths of 1 per cent,
then clearly somebody some-
where must have had a 50
per cent drop to offset me.
I will give a set of worn-
out tires and a pair of run-
down shoes to anybody who
can locate that man.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
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