Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [121], No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1975 Page: 1 of 10
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Musings
THK EMPTY CANTEEN
A man told a friend that he
had discovered a fluid which
would instantly dissolve any
thing it touched. The response
was. "What do you keep it in?"
Every essence must have
container if it is to be useful.
Education takes the form of
schools. Orderly society oper
ates through governments.
Religious insights and impulses
depend upon the church to give
them form and substance.
The other side of this truth is
that form means little without
its substance. A hiker in the
desert carried * canteen of
water. What he did not know
was that the canteen leaked so
slowly that he could not see the
taak Presently, being thirsty,
he was disappointed to discover
that he had been carrying a
partly empty canteen. Institu
tions can lose their meanings
without our recognizing the
loss.
Now and again in the story of
man, new essences break in
upon us from beyond. They
must find acceptance and
readiness within us, but ws are
not the source of them. An
example is the Renaissance
which appeared at the close of
The Middle Ages.
A new movement of culture,
politics, economics, or religion
faces two dangers in its infancy.
The first is that it may expire
or be distorted before it finds a
suitable structure or institu
tion. lake a light shower of
summer rain falling upon dry
desert sand, it may just
disappear
During the decade from 1960
to 197U in our own country,
several new ethical impulses
broke in upon us: the civil
rights movement, a strong
anti was' movement focused on
ih<- Vietnam tragedy, an
unprecedented youth sub cut
lure with endless variations,
and a virile woman's rights
group, Each of these had its
own aspirations and suffered its
own distortions. Would each or
all of them have developed into
useful social instruments with
adequate leadership and struc
lure; in other words, had they
developed institutions to con-
tain. discipline and nurture
their potentials?
The other danger which
threatens a new movement
with its fresh essences is that
its institutions and forms may
smother or distort it fatally.
Like the water in the man's
canteen, meaning may slowly
l ak out of a form without our
realizing it. We must be
continually asking, "What is the
real purpose of this govern
ment, this tradition, or this
church?"
Some of us who are old
enough to remember World
War I will recall chuckling over
the cartoons of Rube Goldberg.
He drew funny machines. They
Stnoked, spun wheels, worked
pistons back and forth, and
rang bells. To the question,
"What does this machine
produce?" the cartoonist
answered. "Nothing, It just
School Boar<l
Election Callc<l
Positions No. 3 and No. 4 on
the Board of Trustees of the
Bastrop Independent School
District come up for election in
1975. The Regular election will
be held on April 5th with voting
places at Bastrop High School.
Cedar Creek School. Waterson
School, and Red Rock School.
Absentee voting will be held at
the administrative offices of the
District in the Office of the
Superintendent.
Positions No. 3 and No. 4 are
currently occupied by Oscar
Cassel, B<*ard President, and
Robert E. Jenkins Jr. a newly
appointed member of the
Board.
Persons wishing to lie
candidates for the Board must
file 30 days prior to the
election, no later than 5:00 p.m.
on March 5th, 1975. They may
file with the secretary of the
Board of Trustees, Jerry Neef,
or at the office of the
superintendent of schools.
BASTROP COUNTY
Bastrop (Texas) Advertiser, February 20. 1975
NEWS
Number 5 I
By J. Troy Hickman
runs for the sake of the
running."
In a materialistic age like
ours, it is easy and pleasant to
substitute form for substance,
numbers and motion for
meaning. If an institution can
show a printed agenda, have
committees busy attending
meetings, raise and spend large
budgets, and submit impressive
reports of all this motion, we
assume that it must be doing
great things for God and man.
The church is no exception; in
fact, it may be a major
illustration of this point.
What is the purpose of all the
sound and movement of our
institutional machines? Should
we say what Goldberg said of
his contraption, "This thing has
no product, nor performs any
real service. It just runs for the
sake of running."
So the form gets accepted
and replaces the essence it was
created to express. The
structure makes us forget the
substance The means doubles
back upon itself and becomes
the ends. The institution may-
get to be the sufficient reason
for its own existence.
This paradox has been a part
of our group life for a long time.
It is likely to be with us for
much time to come. We may
just have to live with it; but we
ought to know that it exists,
and be alert to its effects. The
paradox is that whiie we cannot
live without our institutions,
we cannot depend upon them to
hold the essence of their
meanings.
INamed Deputy
Potentate For
Ben llur Shrine
AUSTIN- Bernie 1). Cham
bers of Route 2, Bastrop, has
been appointed 1975 deputy
potentate for lien Hur Shrine
Temple in the Bastrop area. He
succeeds 0. E- (Happy) Glenn
to the position.
Chambers, with his wife,
Betty, was among the officers
presented at the Temple's
annual Potentate's Ball here
Saturday, Feb. 15. The Ben Hur
divan introduced included
Walter Orr, potentate; Birch
Biggerstaff. chief rabban; Hans
Biangger, assistant rabban;
Dave Curry, high priest and
prophet, and Horace Ivy,
oriental guide. All are from
Austin.
The international Shrine, one
of the world's largest philan
thropical organizations, spon
sors 22 hospitals dedicated to
crippled and burned children.
The membership of Ben Hur,
Texas' oldest temple, has
placed many Bastrop County
youths in the hospitals at
Galveston and Houston where
treatment is free of charge to
needy persons.
Chambers, assisted by some
35 active local Shriners, will
host numerous Ben Hur
activities in Bastrop this year,
including the participation of
200 paraders in the annual
Homecoming parade.
Boy Scouts
To Celebrate
Anniversaries
Boy Scout Troop 187 will hold
a double celebration on
Tuesday evening, February 25,
at 7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship
Hall of First United Methodist
Church, when Scouts, their
families and friends, and Scout
headers will gather to cele-
brate the 25th anniversary of
Troop 187 in Bastrop and the
65th anniversary of the Boy
Scouts of America.
The program will consist of
games, songs, and a Court of
Honor to give awards to fscouts
for achievements of merit. An
induction ceremony for new
Scouts is to be featured.
The banquet will be served
"covered dish style" with each
family bringing their dinner
The Troop will furnish bread
and drinks.
Citizens State Has Grand
Opening Saturday - Sunday
Over 400 persons from
Bastrop and across Texas
helped the Citizens State Bank
family settle in to their spacious
new home over the past
weekend.
The occasion was the official
grand opening of the Bank
facility at 808 Main Street,
overlooking the river.
One of the highlights of the
program was the lucky drawing
in which Mrs. l<ee Ray Hubbard
received first prize, a $100
savings account.
1975 Easter
Seal Appeal
To Open
The 1975 Easter Seal Appeal
will officially open in Bastrop
County on Monday, February
24, according to N. R. Simpson,
who serves as Easter Seal
Representative for the county.
Easter Seal Appeal letters will
arrive at homes in the county
between February 15 and
March 15.
The Easter Seal Represents
live is the person to contact to
request services from the
Easter Seal Society for
Crippled Children and Adults of
Texas. These services include
physical and occupational ther
apy. speech and hearing
programs and special mfornia
tion services to help solve the
many problems faced by the
families of handicapped child
ren and adults.
Last year 20.152 handicapped
people received help from the
Texas Easter Seal Society.
With the costs of providtng
expert professional care rising,
more money than ever will be
needed to assist more disabled
Texans and remain ahead of
inflation.
Funds help support profes
sional treatment centers in
Texas, where services are
provided to those crippled
children and adults who cannot
provide for themselves ami who
do not qualify for help from any
other source.
"The people of Texas have
always responded generously
to helping the handicapped, and
I feel certain they will make it
possible to increase Easter Seal
services to crippled Texans
throughout the coming year."
Simpson said.
Rep. Wilson
To Speak To
Baptist Men
State Representative John
Wilson wili be guest speaker at
a meeting of the Baptist Men of
the First Baptist Church on
Tuesday evening. March 4. at
7:30.
Cruz Galvan has charge of
the program for the evening,
and will take pleasure in
presenting Mr. Wilson. The
Baptist Men extend an invita
tion to all men and women in
the area to attend this meeting
and hear him. Charles (Chuck)
Grysees is president of the
organization and hopes to have
a large group at this meeting.
Each month during their
regular meeting a member of
the group is responsible for the
program, and they have had
doctors, lawyers, judges, high
way troopers, narcotic agents
and the local city manager as
speakers.
Daylight Saving
Time To Come
Back Sunday
According to the bill signed
by President Ford for a
four month period standard
time, daylight saving time will
be restored this weekend,
Sunday, February 23,
Clocks and watches should be
set ahead an hour Sunday.
February 23, or perhaps you'd
better move them up an hour
before you go to bed Saturday
night!
Timothy Fiebrich, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. David Fiebrich,
was the winner of a 150
account. And Mrs. Hattie
Hegwood won another for $25.
The Citizens family conduct-
ed visitors on tour throughout
the completely refurbished
facility, served refreshments
and awarded a number of
mementos of the occasions-
fountain pens, pencil caddies
and red, white and blue
balloons commemorating the
nation's Bicentennial.
The Bank's brightly colored
interior was further enlivened
by a near forest of flowers and
plants presented by Bastrop
business friends and firms and
from many banking concerns
across the state.
There was a reunion air to
the party, both for the public
gathering on Saturday and also
when the Citizen stockholders
met with out-of town bankers,
suppliers and builders on
Sunday.
One former Bastropian who
returned for the celebration
was Blanche Page Kelly of
Houston, the granddaughter of
the late Paul D. Page. Citizens
president until the mid 1940'g.
Another was Alex Waugh Jr., a
Liberty. Texas, banker who is
the son of Citizens board
chairman, Alex Waugh Sr.
A large contingent of visitors
from Smithville and Elgin were
on hand to help make the
Saturday party a county-wide
celebration.
Historical
Sub-Committees
Are Named
The following sub-commit-
tees for the Bastrop County
Historical Survey Committee
have been named by Mrs. G. P.
Herndon, Committee Chair
man:
Historical Preservation: Miss
Jewel Hudier of McDade, Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Foehner and Miss
Fairbanks Westbrook of Elgin,
Miss Alma Bayer of Paige, and
Judge Jack Griesenbeck, Mrs.
Clara Breeding and Allen
McMurrey of Bastrop.
Historical Markers: Mrs. Sid
Davis and Mrs. Arthur
Schroeder Jr. of Elgin, W. H.
Graeter of Paige. Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Robbins of Smithville,
and Mrs. Kleber Trigg Jr. of
Bastrop.
Historical Appreciation: Mrs.
W. S. Millington, Mrs. R. E.
Standifer, T. C. Franklin and
Mrs. R. E. Jenkins Jr., of
Bastrop, Mrs. C. W. Webb of
Elgin.
Advisory: F. P. Loughridge,
Col. C. L. Gilbert and Jacob
Simonson of Smit hville.
Budget and Finance: Mrs.
Wilma Wiley. Miss Mary Jane
Davis and Richard Hawkins of
Bastrop.
The next meeting of the
Survey Committee will be the
latter part of March,
1CA To Meet
At Elgin VFW
March 4
Dr. Wallace Cardwell, veter
anarian in Elgin, will be the
guest speaker at the Bastrop
County Independent Cattle
men's Association meeting, to
be held Tuesday evening.
March 4. at 7:30 p.m., at the
Elgin V.F.W. Hall.
Arrangements for the pro-
gram and meeting were made
by Roy Rivers of Elgin.
The meeting time for the
Bastrop County ICA for the
present months has been
changed from 7 p.m. to 7:30
p.m. Also the meeting place has
been changed for the next
several meetings. The April
meeting is planned for Smith
ville.
More members are still
needed in the Association.
Claude Watterson, chairman
stated he hoped the number
would total 1200.
All members and interested
persons are invited to attend
the meeting.
On Sunday it was like a
bankers convention, with rep
resentatives from most Central
Texas banks and also officials
from the state's largest
financial institutions and the
banking department. In atten
dance, too, were personnel
from the architectural firm of
Barnes, Landes. Goodman and
Youngblood, the Louis Gaeke
construction company and
furnishers Abel Stationers.
The occasion received full
cooperation from the weather,
with bright sunshine Sunday,
and the Colorado -the view of it
was a main conversation
piece- was at its fullest.
Like the floral pieces on
display, the paintings of six
Bastrop artists drew special
praise. There were the Baron
de Bastrop portait by Lucille
Ash. the old Citizens State
Bank (at 920 Main) by
Catherine Hickman, a land-
scape by Phil Metzger and two
modernist paintings by
Charlotte Sanders.
Power Failure
Affects Elgin
And Bastrop
Bastrop City Officials compli-
mented the job done by LCRA
Saturday evening in limiting
"our blackout period to around
10 minutes".
The problem was caused by a
burned-out cross-arm owned by
Texas Power & Light at the
location where the two systems
meet, in the area between
Justin and Elgin.
l he City of Elgin experienc-
ed a power failure at the same
time that the City of Bastrop
was out.
Dedication
Ceremonies
Reset For May
City Manager Bill Cox
notified the press today that
the dedication ceremonies of
the newly completed Waste-
water Treatment Plant will be
rescheduled for sometime dur-
ing the month of May.
"We had originally scheduled
the program for March 20th,
but due to several conflicts and
other problems, we need to
postpone it for a few weeks,"
the manager stated.
The public will be invited to
attend the program and will be
notified when the date is reset,
according to Cox.
■P"A<
ASSISTING IN RECEIVING guests at the Citizens State Bank's Grand Open-
ing Saturday afternoon were Mrs. Marjorie Simpson, vice president; W B
Townsend. executive vice president; J. R. Wilkins, vice president, and Aiex
Waugh, chairman of the Board of Directors. They joined other Bank Offi-
cers and Directors and their wives in hosting the glamorous event.
(Photo by Ron Croom)
N. R. (Sully) SIMPSON, president of the Citizens State Bank, checks with
Mrs. Doris Oldfield on the drawing for the prizes given away at the Bank's
Grand Opening in their new building Saturday afternoon. In the background
is the portrait of the late Charles W. Eskew, former president of the Bank,
which hangs in the spacious lobby. (Photo by Ron Croom)
BUS Tennis
Tournament
This Weekend
The Bastrop High School
Invitational Tennis Tourna
ment wili be held on Friday and
Saturday, February 28 and
March 1. Play will begin at 9:00
a.m. at the Junior High Tennis
Courts, the Elementary School
Courts, and on the courts at the
Lake Bastrop Club subdivision.
There will be two divisions,
junior and senior, and trophies
will be awarded to the first,
second, and third place winners
in each event.
BCFA Elects Officers And
Accepts New Equipment
The Bastrop County Fire
fighters' Association. Inc. held
its annual membership meeting
in the Bastrop City Hali on
February 11, with represents
tives from all the county's fire
departments. Bastrop, Elgin,
Smithville, McDade, Bluebon-
net Acres, and Lake Bastrop
Acres present. The purpose of
the meeting was to elect
directors and officers for the
upcoming term.
Directors were elected first.
The new directors then drew
lots to determine who would
serve one. two, or three year
terms. This was done to create
a continuity of the board
whereby two new directors will
be elected each year to serve
three years. The Board of
Directors, and their terms are
Carl B. Spooner of Bastrop and
Henry Grimes of McDade.
three years; Leon Miller of
Bluebonnet Acres and Emil
Mogonye of Elgin, two years;
Carroll Burns of Lake Bastrop
Acres and Pat Vacek of
Smithville, one year.
Officers elected to serve for
the coming year were: presi
dent, Ray Barron of Bluebonnet
Acres; vice president, Hubert
L. Linenberger of take Bastrop
Acres; secretary, Jimmic W,
Cottle of Bastrop; treasurer,
Carl B. Spooner of Bastrop and
Sgt. at Arms. Wilfred Alexan
der of Elgin.
The regular business meet
ing which followed the elections
was highlighted by the explana
tion of a Texas Forestry
Service co-operative program.
John Stein of the Texas
Forestry Service outlined the
program to the group. Under
this program, fire departments
engaged in combating rural
range, grass, and brush fires
may obtain certain equipment
from the Texas Forestry
Service at a minimal cost.
Specifically discussed at this
meeting was a crawler type
tractor with plow and a truck
designed to transport the
tractor "cross country". The
BCFA voted unanimously to
accept the proposal of the
Forestry Service to place such
a truck/tractor unit in Bastrop
County. Under the terms of the
agreement, the BCFA will pay
the cost of putting the
equipment in first class
working order, house, operate,
and maintain the equipment.
The Forestry Service will turn
the equipment over to the local
group and instruct them in the
mechanical operation of the
equipment as well as firefight
ing techniques most effective
when using such a machine. If
all goes well. Bastrop County
citizens can expect the unit to
be "on the job" in a few weeks,
ready to render assistance
anywhere it is needed in the
county.
Community
Action Program
Funded For '75
Eighty children from low
income families are being
served through an Office of
Human Development grant
that Governor Dolph Briscoe
announced Friday.
The grant is to Bastrop
County Community Action,
Inc.. in Smithville for $71,074 in
new federal funds and $6,557 in
carryover funds for part-day
Head Start programs. Funded
under Title II of the Economic
Oportunity Act, the grant is
effective retroactively from
Feb. 1, 1975, through Jan. 31,
1976.
According to Steve Quitta.
Jr., executive director of
Bastrop County Community
Action, Inc., the part day Head
Start program serves the 80
children through three centers.
The center in Smithville serves
40 children in three classes. The
Shiloh center serves 26 children
in two classes, and the Elgin
center serves 14 children in one
class. Classes are held in one
session lasting five hours a day,
five days a week.
Objectives of the program
involve constantly strengthen
ing the level of performance in
order to better serve the broad
needs of the children and their
families as well as the
community. Health needs are
provided for with medical and
dental examinations, speech
evaluations, vision and hearing
screening, immunizations and
psychological screening. All
health services include follow
up.
Grant processing for the
state was performed by the
Texas Department of Commun
ity Affair's Texas Office of
Economic Opportunity,
EXECUTIVE MEETING
OF HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
There will be an executive
meeting of the Bastrop County
Historical Society on Friday
afternoon. February 21, at 3
o'clock at the Museum.
Every man has noble aims,
but it's the hits that count.
Old Pictures
Needed For
Display
A display of high school
groups or graduation pictures
from Bastrop High School or
Emile High School is being
planned for the Bastrop County
Museum, and anyone having
such pictures that they would
like to have included in the
display is asked to call Mrs. A,
J. Garrett, Jr., 321-3836 or
321-2327. or they may be left at
the Advertiser Office.
This is a Bicentennial project,
and. while the old pictures are
most valuable, pictures up to
the present time will be
included, and new ones added
as the years go by.
Cub Scouts Set
Blue And Gold
Banquet
Cub Pack 187 will hold its
annual Blue and Gold Banquet
On Monday evening, February
24, in the Fellowship Hall of
First United Methodist Church
at 7:00 p.m. to celebrate the
65th Anniversary of the Boy
Scouts of America.
Induction
presentation
den stunts
program.
of
of
will
new cubs,
awards, and
fill out the
The banquet will be 'covered
dish style'' with each family
bringing its food and creating a
buffet dinner.
All cubs and their families
are to attend.
Reading Circle
Members Hear
Mrs. Hickman
The Bastrop Ladies Reading
Circle met for their February
meeting the home of Mrs. W. T.
Gunn.
There were seventeen mem
bers present to enjoy a very
enlightmng program by Mrs.
J Troy Hickman on Voltaire
Members are reminded that
the March meeting will be at
the home of Mrs. Fred Haynie.
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