Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [124], No. 66, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1978 Page: 2 of 12
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PaRt-2, THI BASTROP ADVtRTISI R, Thursday, January 19, 1978
Musings
By J. Troy Hickman
Happy warrior
passes on
Hubert Humphrey. nome
Iwie* railed 'The Happy
Warrior" ha* from
• he American political arena
where he apent mmt of hi*
adult lil«' There *
ftomrthin# about him that
•vtmprlled many people to
tru t and like him Arid there
wa* also norm-thing which
seemed always to keep him
from the offiri* of the
PrnudfAl to which h« w>
long aspired
To most of u«> hi- came
a* an honorable man,
am) to nearly everyone he
apfieared •« he a big talker
Humphrey would never un-
just a few words to <u y
something. Hi- always took
the long way around It
might ( ■ that some would
have liked him t>etter had
thev ever seen him with his
mouth cimted.
• His record as a liberal was
yilrnost uninterrupted for
•more than three decade*. He
is going l" he missed in the
•front rank* of those who
•have encouraged the welfare
•state and the battlers for
■SMITH'S INCOME"
TAX SI RVICE
Reasonable Rales
C onfidentia!
( all lor Appointment
321-5258
If no answer
call alter 5 p.m.
waPope Bend Road^
civtl rights
Humphrey was a hard
fighter for the causes in
which hi- t elieved After
each fight, he wa* a for giver.
He could hit an adversary
hard, than hut? him tight. Old
grudges did not clog up hi*
life
The Happy Warrior had a
lot of compassion in his
nature. He felt the wounds
and wrongs of the little
people and believed that the
strong arm of the federal
government nhould serve
their needs
The Humphrey political
doctrine, like every liberal
ideal. seemed to many to
lack something in realism. It
ha* yet to be proven
whether a nation can long
endure living at the outer
edges of that political and
economic liberalism so
prominent since the time of
The New Deal. It seems that
unless the opposing forces of
conservatism and liberalism
are balanced against each
other, so that now one and
then the other is in the
saddle, the country run* off
the road into a ditch.
Perhaps the ultimate
mea*ure of any man i* not
the work he does, great a* it
might t e, but the #um of hi*
relations with other person*.
On this level, Humphrey was
a strong and good man.
Among his personal friends
were many political enemies
who disagreed with hi*
views but respected and
loved him as a per Hon.
One of the tests of moral
strength is the courage
which a per*oe is able to
sh«m in the far* of pending
death, especially when the
crisis comes before he has
liVMt) out hi* useful years.
The old warrior, ..anding
before his feliow senators
and member* of the presa
thia guant. and with the
mark of death on him. was
radiant with good cheer arid
confidence, In appreciation
for that he had been and all
that he now showed himself
to h«\ his colleagues did him
the honor of creating a
special plac for him in the
Congre**.
A bill which he coauthored
and which seeks to cure the
nation'* unemployment
problem, i* now in the hand*
of one of the committee* of
the Congress. Many opposed
to it think that it would be
Inexpensive to be practical.
Nevertheless, he gave some
of his last small waning
strength to promoting it.
Humphrey's relations with
hi* beloved wife and family
have always been inspira
tional He and hi* Muriel
were nearly always to
geiher, always devoted and
loyal, always in love. He
often spoke tenderly of a
little grandchild who is
retarded.
The Happy Warrior
worked hard, believed
strongly, lived with a gusto,
and died well. He will not be
soon forgotten on the
American political scene,
and I imagine that the laird
just might find it not too
hard to forgive him for the
many wrong words he
uttered while on the
pathw ay oi his life.
Griesenbeck pleas for state support
for off-systems roads and bridges
Bastrop County Judge
Jack Griesenbeck recently
returned from a National
Association of Counties
meetings in Kansas City.
Missouri. January II where
he mel with other members
of a national steering
committee on transportation
as the only representative
from Texas.
In a January 12 report
from the County Judge,
Griesenbeck staled that
"Off systems money has
thoroughly analyzed and
discussed, and I prepared a
paper which speaks for itself
in regard to federal aid in
replacing and repairing
county bridges and county
roads in the rural areas of
Texas."
_ The following is a re
production of the remarks
Griesenbeck made to the
assembly:
"NACO has taken the lead
in focusing National and
Congressional attention on
the critical problem that we
have in this country with our
bridges. The resolution on
the bridge crisis passed at
the 42nd Annual Conference
in July, I believe, highlights
the problems and establishes
the major steps needed to
correct these problems. I
would like to make a
suggestion regarding this
association's priorities in
attempting to carry out this
County employee
holiday schedule
MOIJSER FLORIST
Cut Flowers • Pot Plants
Corsages - Weddings
Wire Service
Delivery Made
1603 CARTER
%
Tlorafiix
PHONE 321-2424
County employees will
enjoy twelve holidays during
197H following action by
Bastrop County Commis-
sioners court during their
first meeting of the new year
January 9.
Members of the court
Monday. February 20
Thursday. March 2
Friday, March 24
Friday, April 21
Monday, May 2*)
Tuesday, July 4
Monday, September 4
Monday. October 9
Thursday A Friday.
November 23 &. 24
Friday «s< Monday
December 22 & 25
adopted the holiday schedule
as presented by County
Judge Jack Griesenbeck,
with no changes.
The 1978 holiday schedule
will allow county employees
six three day weekends and
two four day weekends.
Washington's Birthday
Texas Independence Day
Good Friday
San Jacinto Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day j
Thanksgiving :
Christmas
Your Time is Worth Money at
of Bastrop
Are ycu interested in earning
extra money on your savings account?
At
itizons
banlt
of llo-tmp
we give you a Day In and Day Out
savings plan that earns you money daily.
For example:
You ha ve $500 extra. put it in a Citizens Ban k
sa vings account then from the 1st day you
deposit until you withdraw you recieve 5%
interest compounded daily
5% interest compounded and paid daily.
Receive interest from the day you put the money into the account
until the day you take it out, whether it's for 3 days, 6 months
or 5 years.
itizensgjjjjE
of Ha*tron
f* O HOX 4ST
BAHtBOP TEXAS 7860.?
Serving you Day In and Day Out is our u>ay of doing busmen*,
resolution and the other
highway related aspects of
the county platform.
I believe that obtaining
usable funding for off system
bridges should be our
number one priority. Notice
that I said "usable funding."
1 think that this means 90
percent federal funding and
that it means funding which
may be used far rehabilita
lion as well as replacement.
We touched on these pemts
in our Bridge Crisis Resolu
tion. We need a 90 percent
Federal Share because of the
urgency of the problem and
the difficulty we have in
raising local funding to meet
a need of this magnitude -
my county, Bastrop, has 65
bridges in need of repair or
replacement, We need to
have the most flexible
possible use of these funds in
order to make the most
efficient use of them. It
would be ridiculous to
completely replace a bridge
that could be rehabilitated
simply because the only
funds available must be used
for replacement.
"I would go even further
than the conference did in
July with this resolution and
argue that f<r dangerously
deteriorated or outdated but
important bridges (there
would have to be an
appropriate certification
system for this) the Federal
Share should be increased to
100 percent.
"Another approach or
perhaps a parallel approach
we might wish to take on
this would be to try to get
these features incorporated
into the safer off-system
roads program and seek
additional funding there. I
know that association has
taken the position that
Off-System Funding should
be transferable to the
Secondary System, but I
don't think that I am being
inconsistent.
"I think that the safer
Off Systems Program would
be better utilized if we were
to get the Federal Share
changed from 7o percent to
80 percent as we are seeking
to do. If the Federal Share
were increased to 90 percent
for bridges it would be even
better. In some states,
counties might still wish to
see this money spent on
Secondary Roads, but others
could really use it to
advantage on Off System
Roads.
Texas recognized the
importance of the Off
System Roads early on and
created the Pioneering
FarmToMarket Road Sys
tern. Although Secondary
System money does go to
some FarmToMarket
Roads, the State of Texas
has set aside a lot of money
ar.d has really taken the
initiative in developing this
fine system. Some of the
Off System money I'm talk
ing about goes to our
Farm -To-Market Roads that
are not on the Secondary
System.
"Off-System money not
used on the Farm To-Market
Roads goes to solve
problems identified by the
local governments. Texas
counties are responsible for
many roads that are critical
to the state: roads which
carry children to school,
carry agricultural goods to
market, provide arteries for
energy development, and
carry the new population.
We need more help to handle
this load. County roads
amount ot 53.4 percent of the
total roads in Texas. City
streets amount to another
19.4 percent. Part of the
Farm To-Market System is.
considered Off-System but I
don't know how much. This
means that somewhere
between 72.8 percent and
87.5 percent of the total
nileage in Texas is Off-Sys-
tem mileage. According to
the July 25. 1977 COUNTY
NEWS, only $200 million
was authorized for fiscal
1978 for safer Off-Svstem
fundng. That is not very
much out of the $7.8 billion
that was authorized for the
County servants'
salaries told
By Clyde Griffin
'Ever wonder how much
Jack Griesenbeck receives
for serving as Bastrop
County Judge or how much
Nig Hoskins is paid? If
you've ever contemplated
running for a public office
but hesitated to dosobecause
you were not sure the job
paid enough, wonder no
more as those figures are a
matter of public record and
with the recent approval of
the 1978 Salary Schedule for
county employees the
ADVERTISER brings those
figures to you.
In an August 8, 1977
budget hearing, Bastrop
County Commissioners
Co urt authorized a five per
cent across the board salary
increase for the elected
officials and courthouse
employees, effective this
month. This increase is
reflected in the following
figures ordered filed with
the State Comptroller of
Public Accounts before
January 31:
Alexander, Jerry
Alexander, Opal
Barnes, Melvin
Barton, John William
Bartsch, Herman
Beggs, Orville
Blisard. Pearl
Blisard, Vernon
Bonorden, A.W.
Burns, Howard S.
Buscha, Evelyn
Calabrese, Francis
Capps. Maurice
Crawford. Albert
Curtis. Clarabelle
Dabney. Willie
Daniel. Mark
Dickinson, Margaret Ann
Fraim. Lucille
Fritiz, Charlotte
Gibson. Daniel
Gould. Harold O.
Griesenbeck. Jack A.
Grooms, Linda
Harmon, Gracie
Hernandez. Richard
Higgins, Mary Jo
Hoskins. l.R.
Jiminez. Margie
Johnson. Wyonda Jo
Jones. Lula Jo
Lindsey, Ronald L.
McClendon. Gladys
McGec. How ard
Meduna. August
Mogonve. Emil
Osborn. Lemma
Para more. Joyce
Reynolds. Clyde
Schaefer. Joyce
Schumann. Dons
Sharp, Effie
Small. James
Tedford. Charles Richard
Villarreal. Guadalupe
Wiley. Wilms
WilheliR. Shtrie\
Wue. M L
TO 81 PAID FROM JURY FUND
Molltda). Kathv
Mullins Janet I
Tarv <. I ifu i
W «li. ft||i
$12,810.00
$4,888.80
$6,600.00
$9,543.60
$6,073.00
$3,024.00
$5,191.20
$6,600.00
$3,240.00
$12,810.00
$7,938.00
$8,820.00
$6,148.80
$3,900.00
$1,488.00
$8,820.00
$1,344.00
$7,938.00
$12,810.00
$5,040.00
$6,148.80
$3,240.00
$12,810.00
$7,938.00
$7,938.00
$8,820.00
$8.178.00
$12,810.00
$".200.00
$8,178.00
$5,040.00
$3,192.00
$7,938.00
$6,073.00
$3,000.00
$12,810.00
$12,810.00
$4,200.00
$12,810.00
$8.1-8.00
$^.434.00
$?,938.00
$6,600.00
$8,820.00
$6,148.80
$12.810 00
lT.9J8.00
$0 600 00
•7,414 00
t| <k 40
IS,?tj 0U
IDJtout)
year. Even if you add in $75
million for Off System Rail
road Crossings, you only
come to 3.5 percent of total
authorizations. If that isn't
bad enough. I understand tht
the 1978 Appropriation for
the Safer Off System Pro
grams was $90 million, not
eve.i half of the amount
authorized While I recog
nize that some money
becomes available through
other programs such as
Pavement Marking, I believe
that Off System Roads and
Bridges especially are not
receiving the attention they
should.
"I am not arguing for this
as some sort of County Aid
Program I don't know how
Federal money for roads is
handle in other states, but in
Texas all Federal Funds are
administered by the Texas
Highway Department. This
money does not get into our
county treasuries. Each
year, the District Engineer
critical. They are the key to
economic health, and it
seems to me that a national
priority should be and is
economic health in all parts
of our Nation.
To co-chair
Bastrop
cancer drive
The January meeting of
the Bastrop chapter of the
American Cancer Society
was held Monday, January 9
at the Castle Restaurant.
Linda Hendrix, Minifred
Trigg and Pinky Smith
agreed to co-chair the
crusade in April.
The mobile blood bank
was discussed and the group
voted to sponsor it in
Bastrop soon. More informa-
tion on this will be coming
soon.
The next meeting will be
from the Texas Highway. February 13 at noon at the
Department comes to us and pastje Restaurant.
asks what our priorities are
in terms of Farm ToMarket
Roads. We work with the
Department to establish a
set of priorities for the
county, but these have to be
weighed against priorities
in other counties, so we don't
have a free hand at all. This
program is, however, the
most flexible federal pro
gram that can be used to
meet local road and bridges
problems.
"Why should Off-System
Bridges be a National
priority? Well, we recognize
a very long time ago in
Texas that roads and bridges
are essential -• in fact, they
are the first step to
economic development. So
even if your county is not an
important agricultural or
energy-producing area, your
roads and bridges are
To host
riders
The Bastrop Family Rodeo
Club will host the Mesquite
Trail Riders of San Antonio
again this year with a big
Barbecue at the American
Legion up on the hill.'
Everyone is welcome. There
will be barbecued chicken
and all the trimmings. A
small for $2.00 and a large
plate for $2.50 if the tickets
are bought in advance.
However, you can purchase
tickets at the door February
4 at 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. for
$2.25 small plate and $3.00
for large plate. Advance
tickets can be bought by
calling 321-2219 or 321-2396.
State Bank No. 389
Federal Reserve District No. 11
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF
Citizens State Bank
OF BASTROP, BASTROP, TEXAS 78602, AND
DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARIES AT THE CLOSE OF
BUSINESS ON DECEMBER 31, 1977
760.000.00
730,000.00
1,767,000.00
687.000.00
28.000.00
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks
U.S. Treasury securities
Obligations of other U. S. Government
agencies and corporations
Obligations of States and political
subdivisions
Other bonds, notes, and debentures
Federal funds sold and securities purchased
under agreements to resell 200.000.00
Loans, Total (excluding
unearned income) 4.960,000.00
Loans, Net 4.960.000.00
Bank premises, furniture and fixtures, and other
assets representing bank premises 378,000.00
Other Assets 55.000.00
TOTAL ASSETS 9,565,000.00
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships,
and corporations 2,575,000.00
Time and savings deposits of individuals,
partnerships, and corporations 5.184,000.00
Deposits of United States Government 44.000.00
Deposits of States and political subdivisions 860.000.00
Certified and officers'checks 56 000 00
TOTAL DEPOSITS 8,7\9.000.00
a. Total demand deposits 2.761,000.00
b. Total time and savings deposits 5,958.000.00
Other liabilities 6 000 00
TOTAL LIABILITIES 8.725!000!00
EQUITY CAPITAL
Common Stock par value 200.000.00
No. shares authorized 10.000
No. shares outstanding 10,000
Surplus 450,000.00
Undivided profits 50.000.00
Reserve for contingencies and other
capital reserves 140.000.00
TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL 840.000.00
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
EQUITY CAPITAL 9,565,000.00
MEMORANDA
1. Average for 30 calendar days ending with call date:
a. Cash and due from banks 787.000.00
b. Federal funds sold and securities purchased
443.000.00
5.300,000.00
~46.000.00
8.843.000.00
None
None
under agreements to resell
c. Total loans
d. Time depostis of $100,000 or more
TOTAL DEPOSITS
2. Standby letters of credit outstanding
3. Time deposits of $100,000 or more
a. Time certificates of deposit in denominations
of $100,000 or more 601.000.00
b. Other time deposits in amounts of $100,000
or more 145.000.00
I W. B Townsend. Ex. Vice Pres. & Cashier, of the
above-named bank, do solemnly swear that this report
of condition is true and correct, to the best of mv
knowledge and belief.
W B TOWNSEND
Con-ect - Attest:
C. A ESKEW
STEVE RIV ERS
N K SIMPSON
Stale of Tetas. Count) of Bastrop. **
Sworn to and subscribed bef re me ibis 9ih da* o<
January |"i*B and I hereby cert if 1 that I 4111 not 411
officer or dtmior ,4 itn bank
|M MhO| I1HHD s < .n PuiMi.
M t**pi * Janwar* II, I**'1*
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Pannell, Leland R. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [124], No. 66, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1978, newspaper, January 19, 1978; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth335072/m1/2/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.