Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1977 Page: 1 of 20
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Incumbents ushered back into office
With four boxes of the
Bastrop LS.D. polling some
623 votes, three incumbents
of the Board of Trustees were
returned to office.
In position #5 Verlin
Callahan was tops with a
total of 332 votes against
Barbara Turner wit h 184 and
B. L. Parker with 91.
In Position #6 running
unopposed. Hubert Linen
berger polled -193 votes.
Write in votes polled one for
E. J. Schaefer, two for H. S.
Kutlenberg, one for Donnie
Hibbs, and two for Jeanette
Graham.
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In position #7 Clyde Clardy
received a total of 370 votes
against Donnie Hibbs with
152, and Bonnie Fisher with
91.
Ail three positions are for
three year terms, and the
results of the election will be
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canvassed at the regular
meeting of the Board on
Monday, April 11. At this
meeting these elected mem
bers will be insulted for the
beginning of their terms
which will expire in 1960.
Of the total of 623 votes
some 443 of them w ere cast in
Bastrop. 84 in Cedar Creek.
58 in Red Rock, and 35 in
Watterson.
In Bastrop, Callahan re-
ceived 195. Turner received
150 and Parker received 83
for place #5. Hubert Linen
berger received 350 for place
#6 and in place #7 Clyde
Clardy received 229 against
Hibbs with 130 and Fisher
with 74.
In Cedar Creek. Callahan
received 60 votes against
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Established March 1, 1853
Bastrop (Texas) Advertiser, April 7, 1976
Number 6
Turner with 22 and Parker
with five. Linenberger re
ceived 67 for place and for
place *7 Clardy received 68,
Fisher thirteen and Hibba
six.
In Red Rock Callahan
received 50 against Turner
with five and Parker with
three votes for place #5.
Linenberger received 45
votes for place #6. Clardy
received 51 votes against
Hibbs with six and Fisher
with one for place #7.
In Watterson, Callahan
received 27 votea against
seven for Turner and xero for
Parker for place #5. Linen
berger polled 31 votes for
place #6. For place #7 Clardy
received 22 votes against ten
for Hibbs and three for
Fisher.
In the Bastrop City races
L. C. Smith and Henry
Schyler were elected alder
men for the only two
positions open. Schyler long
time veteran of alderman
ran for re elect inn and Smith
ran for the seal vacated by 0.
E. "Happy" Glenn when he
choee not to run for another
term.
Students
participate
in U.I.L.
Sixteen Bastrop High
School students participated
in the District 25A A U.I.L.
Literary meet at Brenham
last Saturday.
Winners from Bastrop
High were: Sandra Duarte,
first place, spelling; Aileen
GoerU, second place, spell
See "Students" Page I 2
In bar room fight
Bastrop man killed
Saturday night
A Bastrop man was killed
here Saturday night after
being struck at least by three
gunshots in the Yellowstone
Bar and Grill in southeast
Bastrop.
The shooting reportedly
occurred about 8:45 p.m. and
witnesses indicated a dis-
agreement had been brew-
ing.
Killed instantly was Exell
Brown. Brown had been an
employee of the City of
Bastrop for sometime.
Justice of the Peace Pet 1,
Herman Bartsch, held an
inquest at the scene and
of
U.S.D.A. resumes
fire ant fight
Investigating officers included sheriffs deputies and Bastrop Police
WI'j /j/jf 1 ti (T 1 x'" # j f"*~t olficers John Corbett and Edward Castillo. Justice of the Peace Herman
Ljjliuwillg UllslUIV Bartsch held an inquest at the scene and issued a ruling of murder in
the shooting death.
Emil Mogonye selected
Commissioner Pet. 4
Emil Mogonye of Elgin was
sworn in Monday as County
Commissioner, Pet. IV, by
County Judge Jack Griesen-
beck after a preferential poll
was conducted beginning
Wednesday, March 30 at
noon and ending at 5 p.m.
April 1.
Tabulations were made on
the number of votes received
for first, second, and third
preference and on a point
system in which five points
were given for each first
choice vote, three points for
each second choice vote, and
one point for each third
choice vote.
Mogonye received 202 first
choice, 82 second choice, and
32 third choice from the Elgin
voters. He received one first
choice, 28 second choice, and
49 third choice votes from
McDade. In the first day mail
in votes he received 302 first
choice votes, ten second
choice, and two third choice.
In the second day mail in
votes he received 36 first
choice, ten second choice, and
eleven third choice votes.
The vote totals were 541 first
choice, 130 second choice, and
94 third choice. Mogonye
received 1,623 first choice
points, 260 second choice
points, and 94 third choice
votes for a total of 1,977
points.
Emil Mogonye has been a
resident of Precinct IV all of
his life. His wife is the former
Janelle Nelson. They have
three children, Roger and his
wife, Suzanne, and Tracy of
Elgin; and a daughter, Judy
Walker and her husband,
Mike, of Stephenville.
He is currently engaged in
ranching, is vice-president of
Elgin Fertilizer Inc., is on the
board of directors of Elgin
Bank of Texas, is serving as
Fire Cheif of Elgin Volunteer
Department of which he has
been a member for 28 years,
and is vice-president of the
S.P.J.S.T. Lodge.
The other candidates in the
race included Henry Grimes
of McDade, V.P. Murphy of
Elgin, and Marvin Markert of
Elgin.
Henry F. Grimes received
29 first choice votes, 63
second choice, and 92 third
choice votes from the Elgin
voters. From McDade he
received 280 first choice
votes, fourteen second
choice, and four third choice.
In the first day mail in
tabulations he received five
first choice votes, twenty
second choice and 34 third
choice. In the second day mail
in votes he received nineteen
first choice, twelve second
choice, and fourteen third
City Imll
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choice votes. Totals included
333 first choice votes, 109
.second choice, and 144 third
choice. Grimes received 999
first choice points, 218 second
choice points, and 144 third
choice points, with a total of
1361 points.
From the Elgin voters
Marvin Markert received 47
first choice, 158 second
choice, and 147 third choice
votes. Markert's tabulations
from McDade included fifteen
first choice, 182 second
choice, and 72 third choice.
First day mail in votes
included ten first choice, 185
second choice, and 98 third
choice. In the second day mail
in votes he received six first
choice, 36 second choice, and
seventeen third choice votes.
Markert received a total of 78
first preference votes, 561
second, and 334 third. Points
equalled 234 first, 1122
second, and 334 third, with a
total of 1690 points.
V. P. Murphy got 127 first
choice votes from Elgin with
103 second, and 134 third
preference votes. Six Mc-
Dade voters chose Murphy as
their preference with 77
second, and 177 third. In the
first day mail in votes
Murphy received ten first,
112 second, and 193 third. On
the second day. mail in
tabulations came to sixteen
first, nineteen second, and 35
third. Murphy received a
total of 159 first preference
votes, 311 second, and 539
third. In first preference he
received 477 points, 622
points second, and 530 points
third. Total points were
1,838.
The votes were counted
Friday night and the results
were announced Kaiulday
morning
Counting the voles were
A)t«ri Crawford, tabu
Utn Margaret Mi<k, Hiaii
ley hinilh. A A. Handera,
hull Well >1, # mM I! M<• «•>
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) and
cooperating states will re-
jume control efforts against
the imported fire ant, it was
announced Tuesday (March
29). A spring treatment
program will be conducted
this year in five southeastern
infested states.
Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia, Arkansas and Louis-
iana have expressed interest
in treating about 6.5 million
acres in a control program o
begin in late March, accord-
ing to officials of USDA's
Animals and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS).
About 11 million acres will be
scheduled for fall treatment
and will involve Texas and
possibly South Carolina.
Acutal acres to be included in
the aerial treatment program
will be determined jointly by
APHIS, the states and
private landowners based on
infestation levels.
All treatments will be
carried out under the
provisions allowed by the
Environment Protection
Agency (EPA). Under a
recently signed agreement,
EPA is allowing aerial
application of mirex until
December 31,1977.
Under the restrictions,
only a modified formulation
of the mirex bait- called
10-5- will be used, Formerly,
a somewhat stronger formu-
laUon was applied at the rate
of 1.7 grams per acre. The
new 10-5 bait is applied at the
rate of 0.454 grams of mirex
per acre.
USDA and the cooperating
states will operate under
EPA restrictions including
(1) exclusive use of single
engine aircraft or helicopter.
(2) the same piece of ground
can be aerially treated only
once between now and
December 31, 1977, (3) no
treatments within 12 miles of
the coast or near major tidal
rivers, and (4) no treatments
of ponds or running water.
As the program is conduct-
ed. APHIS will also under-
take additioanl activities
including (1) a specifically
designed monitoring pro-
gram to further evaluate the
effects of mirex on the
environment, and (2) an
accelerated methods develop
ment program to search for
alternative treatment*.
The sermon at The
Methodist Church on Easter
bunday, April 10 at the 10:80
a m, service will be brought
by J Troy Hickman Mr
f ib'kin an a fopir is r A Life
I llMl f 11s ft N'*l fr hil
USDA and the cooperating
states were unable to conduct
a fire ant control program
during the fall of 1976 duo to
the unavailability of mirex
for the formulation of bait.
Technical mirex is again
available to the formulator -
the Mississippi Authority for
the Control of Fire Anta,
Prairie, Mississippi. Bait
formulation-combining tech-
nical mirex, soybean oil and
corncob grits- has already
resumed at the Mississippi
plant.
determined the cause
death to be murder.
Bartsch ordered an
autopsy In the killing and told
the advertiser Brown had
apparently been shot at least
three times.
Charged with the murder
before J. P. Bartsch was
Melvln C. McMerion of
Bastrop. Monday McMerion
was free on $10,000 bond in
the shooting but authorities
indicated additkmal charges
would be filed for unlawfully
carrying a firearm and
probation violation.
McMerion waa arrested
about 9:16 p.m. by Depart-
ment of Public Safety
Troopers Johnny Whitley
and William P. Isbell. The
troopers reportedly made the-
arrest on Loop ISO on the
Colorado River Bridge.
McMerion ia an employee
of Sims Chevrolet in Bastrop.
Slick
streets
Several days of slow rain and drizzle caused numer-
ous accidents. This truck belonging to L.T. Paterick
Company was typical of minor accidents.
Violent crime down
6% in Texas
Violent crime in Texas
dropped six per cent in 1976
while crimes against pro-
perty rose by four per cent,
according to preliminary
figures released today by the
Texas Department of Public
Safety (DPS).
Colonel Wilson E. Speir,
DPS director, said the
preliminary Texas crime
report was compiled from
uniform crime reporting data
submitted monthly by Texas
sheriffs and chiefs of police.
The DPS ccordinates eoliee
tion of crime date in Texas in
cooperation with the FBI's
nationwide uniform crime
reporting program.
Reports of actual offenses
were collected from law
enforcement agencies repre
senting 93 per cent of the
state's total population. The
statewide figures show these
trends:
Murder and homicide,
down six per cent;
lUipe, up seven per < will,
Robbery, down 14 per
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4*mn I tinHi t
-Burglary, down five per
cent;
Theft, up 10 per cent;
-Vehicle theft, down eight
per cent.
Speir said the atatistics
revealed that there was at
least one major crime every
45 seconds in Texas during
1976. A total of 665.051 major
criminal offenses were re-
ported, of which 152,660 or 23
per cent were cleared by
arrests.
Law enforcement agenciea,
however, cleared 86 per cent
of the 1.468 known murders.
Clearance rates for other
crimes were aggravated
assault. 70 per cent; rape. 59
per cent; robbery. 41 per
cent; motor vehicle theft. 22
per cent; larceny theft. 21
See "Crime" Page 1 2
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