The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1988 Page: 6 of 36
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Page *, Section 1 the BASTROP ADVERTISER AND COUNTY NEWS Thursday, May 12, IMS
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Pageant workers thanked
Dear Editor:
Dale and I want to extend a gi-
ant thank you to everyone who so
graciously and ably assisted us with
the 1988 Chamber of Commerce
Homecoming Pageant.
This was our first attempt at an
undertaking of this magnitude, and
we know we couldn't have done it
without each and every one of you.
To Margaret, Pat, Robin, Marilyn,
Tina, Sue, Barbra, Patty, Kay, Re-
gina, Jeff, Dock and Jerry our spe-
cial thanks.
We're proud of have had the op-
portunity to work with everyone!
Dale and Maureen Burke
Co-Chairmen, 1988 Chamber
of Commerce
Homecoming Pageant
Olive family seeks heirs
Dear Editor:
A group of Olive descendants are
working on the publiction of an
Olive Family History, and we are
searching for descendants of James
Berry Olive and his wife, Nancy
Utley. James Berry died in Bastrop
County in 1880, and Nancy died
in 1882.
Their children were: Sidney
Crawford, who married America
B. Carter; Dorothy Hill, who mar-
ried John Harvey Wilbarger; James
Elbert, who married Belinda
Chambers; and L. Winfield, who
married Maggie Dresdale.
In the event there are still
descendants of this couple residing
in Bastrop County, will you please
Birds a visual feast at High Island
By Melissa Bishop
Brilliant flocks of yellow, tour-
quoise, indigo, emerald, orange
and crimson birds raced across the
sea from Central to North Ameri-
can on (he upper Texas coast.
For six or eight weeks each
spring the shores of Central Ameri-
ca are crowded with millions of
small birds preparing to fly across
the Gulf of Mexico.
During the night of April 29 the
flocks of warblers, thrushes, cuck-
oos, tanagers and buntings became
tired and flew lower and lower.
Nearing the Texas coast, a north-
er hit them full in the face. They
had to fight for their lives in the
wind and rain. Some could not go
on, but the storm lessened, and the
birds searched the horizon for the
coast.
Many made their way to the
High Island across the bay from
Galveston.
From the opposite direction, 10
people from Bastrop Audubon So-
ciety were nearly as motivated to
reach the warbler trees of High Is-
land as the birds. Margrctt Cam-
bell, field trip chief, had rented the
Society a beach house for the
weekend.
Saturday morning the storm was
over and warblers were every-
where, we went to groves called
oak motts.
In the woods Catbirds, Chats,
Grobeaks and Buntings gobbled
mulberries. Thrushes and cuckoos
bathed in the pools. Warblers of i
kinds flitted like butterflies through
the trees.
Tanagers and oriols sizzled with
color in the forest gloom.
We saw birds of incandescent
yellow, blazing orange and satin
black, greens from olive to emer-
ald, blues from sky to electric, and
reds of such fire it burned the eyes.
We saw the rasberry chests, rose
colored chests, grey and rust and
speckles and bars.
The hungry birds ate insect af-
ter insect then sat still to rest. They
had to replenish their tiny bodies
for the trip further north. Some
would fly into Canada.
All had nesting on their minds.
Each warbler posed and flitted to
show off it's most colorful parts as
a signal to hen birds of his kind.
They sang their songs.
We drove along the coastal high-
way where warblers were flying
along the dunes. Their bodies lit-
tered the roadside, hit by thought-
less drivers.
At Bolivar Flats we saw long-
legged, long-bodied sand pickers
of many sizes and kinds, including
Sanders
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Dear Editor:
1 would like to express my ap-
preciation and thanks for you that
voted for me in the past election.
I will try my best to prove your
confidence by directing my ener-
gy for the best interest of all the
citizens of Bastrop and for the im-
provement of the quality of life and
to enhance the beauty, environ-
ment, and services of the city.
Those of you that could not vote
for me due to family ties, previous
commitments, or any other reason,
I am your councilman and will
[epresent you and all the people of
4£trop to the best of my ability.
I solicit your counselor grievances
any time. I am looking forward to
serving you.
Sincerely,
Curtis Sanders
Bastrop
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40 American avocets sweeping
their beaks back and forth in the
tidepools. We saw five kinds of he-
rons, pelicans, plovers, stilts and
oyster catchers. Later we were to
see a flying pink dream, a roseate
spoonbill.
We stood in a field in a cloud of
swallows, where indigo buntings
were scattered like jewels on the
grass. We saw a grey marsh hawk
drop on a cotton rat and fly off with
it. At sunset we enjoyed dozens of
yellow warblers and indigo bunt-
ings, sitting together on a wire
fence like beads on a necklace.
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Prothonotary Warbler, one of
wrablers seen at High Island on
Water wells
Continued from Page 1, Section I
week to study the recommenda-
tions before seeking council ap-
proval for new measures.
Recently the city manager has
suggested the city might be wise to
abandon the well field on the hill
and seek other water sources if a
permanent solution cannot be
found.
Wilkinson said an old city well
field near Fisherman's Park could
possibly be revived.
He warned, however, that be-
cause the area floods periodically
the water would likely require
more expensive treatment to insure
against infiltration of coloform
a Bastrop County Audubon So-
ciety trip.
bacteria.
In effect the city should expect
the state health department to re-
quire water from a river bottom
well field to be treated as if it were
surface water, he said.
The river well field was aban-
doned after wells at Camp Swift
were purchased in 1957, Sanders
said.
After the Camp Swift wells were
sold to Aqua, the city tested_well
sites near Tahitian Village in 1983
and 1984, but those test wells
showed a variety of problems in-
cluding methane gas and high so-
dium content.
QUILTS ★ QUILTS ★ QUILTSI
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Quilt Supplies
Antique & New Quilts
(full size)
Wreaths
Hall Hangings
Handmade Baskets
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Pillows
Country Jumpers
Quilt Patterns
Appliqued Shirts
Smocked Baby
Clothes & Gowns
Quilt Classes Being Organized. CaH 321-4441 For Details
Open Daily
9 to 6
Open Dally
9 to 6
M7 Main St. Bastrop
get in touch with Mildred Olive,
2518 Aibrook, Big Spring, Texas
79720.
Mildred Olive
Big Spring
Ascension
sends thanks
Dear Editor:
A successful Spring Festival!
Blessed with a perfect day again
and wonderful people coming from
many places made for an enjoya-
ble day. We served 1,460 plates of
barbecue along with other food
items.
AIJ the booths were enjoyed by
all.
Fr. Edward J. Dokupil, Pastor
and all Ascension Parishoners ex-
press their thanks and appreciation
to all who came and shared the day
with us and supported us.
Ascension Church, Fall Festival
is scheduled for Sunday October 2,
1988.
Ascension Catholic Church
Bastrop
Alexander's
expertise
to be missed
Dear Editor:
The run-off elections of April 12
in Bastrop County is now history!
So let us press on.
It is serious business running
county government or any govern-
ing affairs. We the taxpayers pay
the price for inexperienced un-
qualified public officials.
Jerry Alexander is a knowledga-
ble, qualified person with ex-
perience of county government.
One visit during a commissioners
court session (meeting) will help to
understand and appreciate Jerry's
willingness to serve the public with
respsct for taxpayers dollars.
End result of April 12, 1988:
Jerry Alexander did not lose, Bas-
trop County did!
Taxpayers
Jim and Grace Rosenkranz
Red Rock
Rabies clinic
next week
Local 4-H clubs in conjunction
with the Bastrop Veterinary Hospi-
tal staff, will sponsor Rabies vac-
cination clinics on Tuesday, May
17, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Cost for a rabies vaccination will
be $5 per animal. The vaccination
clinics will be conducted at the
Rockne Grocery, Cedar Creek
Store, and on Main' Street in
McDade. For more information
contact the Agriculture Extension
Service at 321-2184.
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McAuley, Davis. The Bastrop Advertiser and County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1988, newspaper, May 12, 1988; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth391041/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.