The Bastrop County Times (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 4, 1978 Page: 1 of 42
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VOL. 87. NO. 18
FIVE SECT IONS. 42 PAGES
THURSDAY. MAY 4. 1978
Judge Race Brings Interest
Primary Voting
Nears
FADED EMBLEM — The MKT Railroad's famous
herald still hangs from the old freight depot in Elgin,
a town built by the construction of two railroads. Times
reporter Lisa Johnson tells the storv of Elgin and the
and
railroads in this week's edition. See the story
more photos on Page One of the second section.
—Times Photo
All of the campaigning and prom-
ising will come to a climax Saturday
as Bastrop County voters join the
rest of Texas in the Democratic
and Republican party elections.
Locally, the hottest race figures
to be between incumbent Jack
Griesenbeck and challenger James
T. Odiorne for county judge on the
Democratic ballot.
"It's been a very good campaign.
We'll probably have a lot of people
coming out and voting because of
it." said Bastrop County Demo-
cratic chairman Allen L. McMurrey.
"It will be as close as we've had
with a two man race in a long time."
Interesting races have also de-
veloped for two county commission-
ers posts.
In Precinct 2. incumbent Howard
Burns will be seeking to win his
sixth term against newcomers Billy
Davis and Robert Seidel.
In Precinct 4, Emil Mogonye,
the commissioner by appointment,
will be running against challeng-
ers V. P. Murphy and Marvin
Markert.
Precincts 2 and 4 will also feature
justice of the peace contests. O.B.
Warnke will be trying to unseat
incumbent A. W. (Buck) Bonorden
in Precinct 2, while Howard Mc-
Gee, Sr.. and Beth L. Hall are
Sunday
Special
As a special service to the peo-
ple of Bastrop County, the Bastrop
County limes will publish a free
election special with complete
voting results from the May 6
primary election.
Sponsored by Citizens State
Bank of Bastrop, the special will
include the linal vote counts
in all county elections, plus the
latest in area news.
Copies of the free election spec-
ial will be available at local stores
beginning Sunday evening.
SISD Hires Hestand As Superintendent
SM1THVILLE — By a unanimous
vote of the board of trustees, Dr.
Donald L. Hestand was hired as
superintendent of the Smithville
Independent School District.
The vote, which came a at a called
meeting of the board Monday
evening ended an intensive search
by board members to fill the pos-
ition.
Dr. Hestand will begin his duties
as superintendent on May 16.
Assisting him through the month
of May will be Jimmie Stacy, who
has been seving as interim super-
intendent since March 1. Hestand
was hired at an annual salary of
$29,392. In addition he will receive
auto expenses on school related
business.
Dr. Hestand comes to Smith-
ville from Wallis, Texas. Since
1976 he has been employed by
In Picky Robbery
Prairie View A&M University as
chairman of the Department of
Administration and Supervision.
Prior to that he served for 10 vears
as superintendent of schools for the
Wallis-Orchard School District.
Dr. Hestand received his Bachel-
or of Science and master's degrees
from Texas A&I University in
Kingsville, and his doctorate
from the University of Houston in
1973.
He taught junior high school in
Robstown and Corpus Christi,
and served as an elementary
principal and assistant superinten-
dent for curriculum in Calallen.
Texas, before going on to the Wallis
school district.
In his resume to the trustees,
Dr. Hestand stated, "It is my belief
that schools should be organized
to benefit the students. 1 feel it is
the superintendent's responsibility
to lead the faculty and the commun-
ity and to involve all of them in
the school in some way. Input from
all is important because everyone
must feel that he/she is a part of
the school if we are to have the unity
and pride necessary in a good
school district."
Hestand went on to state, "1
believe very strongly in a total
program and not one oriented in
only a few directions. We must pro-
vide for the interests, abilities, and
needs of all students and this must
Burglar Hits Lock's
PICK SUPERINTENDENT — Dr. Donald L. Hestand (far right) was select-
ed by the SISD trustees Monday night to become the new superintendent
of the district. —Times Photo
be done effectively but economical-
ly. When the school has effectively
provided for the interests and needs
of a child, that child will be motivat-
ed to learn."
Communication is a key word
in Dr. Hestand's philosophy of
school administration. He feels,
"Good effective communication to
ihe faculty, students, and parents
is essential for a mutual under-
standing of efforts toward the
accomplishment of district goals
and objectives."
Residents of the area will have an
opportunity to meet Dr, Hestand
and his wife Jean, who will be
escorted by board members to the
Smithville Volunteer Firemen's
Barbecue on May 21. The couple
will also be present for the SHS
baccalaureate service that evening
but will miss graduation, May 26,
as the Hestands' daughter will be
graduating from high school that
same day.
Dr. and Mrs. Hestand have two
children, Gina. a graduating high
school senior, and Howard, a sopho-
more at SWTSU. They are members
of the Church of Christ.
BASTROP — A burglar who
apparently wasn't quite sure what
he was looking for broke into the
Lock Drugstore, 1003 Main St.,
sometime Sunday night or Monday
morning, stole a few small items
and left the place in a considerable
state of disarray.
According to druggist David
Lock, the burglar broke in through
the ceiling in the back of the store.
Lock said that the person was
apparently looking for some kind of
drugs without being quite sure what
he wanted, because there was a
drug reference book open and
about S50 worth of drugs were
taken.
The burglar also took a pistol
valued at about $100 and approx-
imately $40 in cash from the regist-
er while doing about $75 worth of
damage to the register.
He also tried to break into the
100-year old safe in the store, but
he had to give up on that since all
he could get off of the safe were
some decorative knobs.
While he was doing all this and
completely ransacking the drug
area, the burglar took time to drink
a Coke.
Amigos Riders Collect $2500
Pledges of more than $2,500
were earned by 11 Amigos cyclists
who completed the 50-mile Bike
Marathon last Saturday.
This support by Bastrop County
residents and businesses will allow
the Lost Pines Chapter of Amigos
de las Americas to send two Amigo
medical volunteers to Latin America
this summer and puts the chapter
closer to its goal of four field vol-
unteers this year.
The cyclists included Michael
Dominguez, Janet Rinehart, Donna
Schubert, Deidre Gantt. David
Mohr, Marge Walborg, Carl Wal-
borg, Jimmy Troublefield, Philip
Lester. John Goerner, and Dr.
Earl Walborg.
The cyclists left Smithville at
9:15 a.m. after hearing some en-
Wi
t
on the ballot in Precinct 4.
Precinct 1 Justice Herman
Bartsch and Precinct 3 Justice How-
ard Gould are unopposed.
Others running unopposed in
Saturday's election are Criminal
District Attorney Neal Pfeiffer,
District Clerk Peggy Walicek,
County Clerk Lucille Fraim, County
Treasurer Mrs. Lemma Osborn,
County Surveyor Dale L. Olson
and Democratic Party Chairman
McMurrey.
The only local position on the
Republican ballot has Nan E. Olsen
of Bastrop running unopposed for
county chairman.
McMurrey predicted a good turn-
out Saturday, mainly because of the
county judge's race. There are ap-
proximately 11,700 voters regist-
ered in the county, at least
3000 more than were registered
during the last primary, according
to McMurrey.
Saturday will also mark the
first election in the county since
the voting precincts were redrawn
following a U.S. District Court or-
der.
McMurrey said he had anticipat-
ed a lot of questions about the
precinct changes, but had not
received them. He credited wide-
spread use of maps in the area
newspapers with helping, but add-
ed that many questions might also
come up only after the voter arrives
to cast his or her ballot Saturday.
"It's hard on the election peo-
ple." said McMurrey. "Everytime
something like this happens, the
blame falls on them."
Republican party spokesperson
Nan Olsen, mother of the county
candidate for county chairman,
did not predict a very high turnout
for her party's primary. Reflecting
that opinion, the Republican
voting boxes for several precincts
have been combined.
Voting will last from 7 a.m. until
7 p.m. After that, the counting will
start. Final tabulations will probab-
ly come between midnight and 6
a.m.Sunday.
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MIDI HS — Member* of the Amigo* de la* America*
roll slung Highway M>4 ouih of Haklrop during the
ikt marathon Saturday The ride* covered 50 utile* be
fore the day over and rai*ed l2MWto *ertd volunteer worker* to I aim
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couraging words from Mayor
Bill Davison. They followed the Up-
ton Road to Hills Prairie and then
to Bastrop.
The cyclists stopped at the Troub-
lefield's home for lunch and were
met by County Judge Jack Griesen-
beck. who validated their mileage.
The cyclists returned to Smithville
via Hills Prairie and Rosanky,
arriving in downtown Smithville
at 4:30 p.m.
Bastrop County Sheriff "Nig"
Hoskins, Bastrop City Police Chief
Adell Powell and Captain Parker
Lenders of the University of Texas
police escorted the cyclists during
all or part of the marathon.
Amigo volunteers will also be
collecting pledges during the next
weeks. For further information
concerning Amigos de las Ameri-
cas. contact Dr. Earl F. Walborg,
Jr.. 237-2410.
Absentee
Voting
Concludes
Absentee voting in this Satur-
day's Democratic and Republic-
an primaries ended at 5 p.m. Tue*-
dav.
According t" Basltop County
( lerk Lucille Fraim. there had been
|?9 ballot* ca*l m the Democrat U
primary and three ballot* ca*f on
gcpuhliian hide t* of 4 40 p m,
I ur*day nifirnmon.
Hugh Yantis
Yantis
To Speak
May 5
SMITHVILLE — Hugh Yantis.
Chairman of the State Board of
Insurance will be in Smithville Fri-
day. May 5, at City Hall between
2 and 4 p.m. to answer any ques-
tions pertaining to insurance or
actions of the State Board.
Yantis was appointed to the State
insurance Board in 1977 by Gov.
Dolph Briscoe, and took on the
duties of chairman following the
resignation of Joe C hristie.
Yantis came to the State Board
with 20 years of administrative
experience in state government,
most of which was in the water qual-
ity field.
He served as executive
director of the Texas Water Ouality
Board from the time of its creation
until its merger info another agen-
cy. and was responsible for imple-
menting a new *y*lem of slate
regulation dc*igned to bring a hel-
ler balance to the need* of
industry and flic protection of the
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