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Page 8, Section 1 THE BASTROP ADVERTISER
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BY ELLEN MOORE
Seasons Greetings
make all the effort worthwhile*
Seen enjoying themselves at
the Plctsch “do” were Barbara
Parham sans Joe who was 1)
home sick or 2) watching football
on TV. Barbara had a fine old
time without him and stayed on
into the evening. Then there was
Brenda Wagner Null, looking chic
as could be in a trend-setting hat,
Minitred Trigg, who won the best
dancer trophy and looked sensa-
tional in her frock. Pinky and
Stanley Smith, Victoria Bank &
Trust’s Gary and Robin Workman,
Kay and Ben Wesson, Ben Long,
Gary Rassner, Rob and Jane Hunt,
Susan and Steve Cartelli, Chris
Dixon and his mother, who seem-
ed to enjoy herself thoroughly,
Davis McAuley and Patty Green,
Robert Hoover, Harry and Cheryl
Green, Marcia and Steve Logan,
Longhorn Ford’s Wilfred and Mrs.
Navarro, Joe Townsend, Cliff and
Nancy Kirk, John and Kimbrough
Shirley, Chris Klink, Kay and Greg
Shaw, Don and Chris Cartwright,
Becky and Steve Rivers and more
and more. Everyone enjoyed see-
ing Kay and Greg. She’s working
for an insurance company in
Austin and loves it, she reports,
and Greg’s working for UPS.
Then there was Cheryl Dussuet,
David and Christy Nance, Virginia
Grief, Ken and Toni Kesselus and
June Pape “telling dog stories”
and more and more.
While there were parties, there
were also weddings this weekend.
Val Stubbs became Mrs. Clay
Whites in a lovely ceremony per-
formed by John Villarreal at the
gazebo in Old Ferry Park in
Bastrop Friday. Max Butler per-
formed The Wedding March on
his saw. Val had all kinds of fami-
ly in for the occasion and
representing the Advertiser were
Dave Smith, Erlene Goertz and
Janice Butler.
Also on Friday, Don Fries and
Martha Gamble were wed in a
beautiful candlelight service at
Bastrop’s Christian Church. At
the reception following at the
refectory in Bastrop’s State Park,
Oh
Holy
Night
Have a Joyous
Holiday!
Marrs - Jones
Funeral Homes
321-1101
She brought forth her firstborn son, and
wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid
him in a manger; because there was no
room at the inn. -Luke 2:7
At this special time of year, we offer
our thanks and join with you in
celebrating the birth of our Savior.
“I heard the bells on Christmas
Day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to
men.”-Longfellow's Christmas
Bells
What a season. Parties, wed-
dings, shopping, decorating,
screaming at one's children and
spouse, whoops.... Feelings of
good cheer. Peace of Earth. Good
will toward men and women.
Well, that's the way it’s supposed
to be, anyway, though we hear as
much grumbling as we hear
‘Merry Christmas to You!’ sung
out cheerfully.
As our distinguished mayor
David Lock commented early this
week, “It seems like everything
was much more exciting when 1
was a child.” We know how in
yesteryear we wished desperate-
ly for dawn to come so we could
see what Santa brought and we
remember the smell of food cook-
ing and a house filled with voices,
young and old, enjoying the occa-
sion. Seems like we even
remember a little snow, instead of
record-breaking heat. But the
greenhouse effect is most ap-
parent as we sweat to put up the
evergreen tree If this sounds like
bah-humbug, nonsense. We just
struggle to keep the true meaning
of Christmas with us during the
sometimes trying times.
Some folks we know' in the
Christmas spirit are .our
neighbors Bill and Shawn Pletsch
and one could never say they do
anything halfway. They gave their
annual Christmas Party last
Saturday and Mr. Bill really out-
did himself with the food, while
Shawn decorated everything in
sight, including Scooter the
Magnificent. There were
numerous Christmas trees, ex-
cellent libations and exquisite
cuisine. The crystal was sparkl-
ing and the china gleaming. After
everyone is sitting around full of
food and good-wall, it seems to
Thursday, December 20,1990
Happy Holidays from the Taylors
Gary Grief was in attendance, as
was Gladys DuBois who wished to
point out the brown sticks she
smokes are NOT cigars. A rose by
any other name.
Then there was the Christmas
parade Friday, whew.... We hear
there was a big crowd, and a good
time was had by all. We hear
Robert Hoover was called upon to
rev up his ancient convertible to
drive “Little Miss Texas” down
Main. Hope everyone waved to
Santa.
Also on Friday, Andy Blaschke
reports the stew supper and San-
ta’s visit in McDade was a big
success. “The whole town was
there,” Andy said. “1 don’t want
to start naming people because
I’ll leave someone out.” He did
say Shorty Calhoun of the Texas
Trail Drivers, was helping out.
Seems it was Shorty’s rig which
brought Santa to McDade.
Also at this time of year we
have been most pleased to receive
some lovely Christmas cards. It
always embarrasses us, since we
don’t send them ourselves. (So
consider yourself wished a Merry
Christmas or Happy Holiday and
a Happy New Year.) Gladys
DuBois sent one in which she
shared reports on a recent trip to
Lampasas and Oakalla (our hus-
band's childhood home). She ask-
ed, “Could it be we are made of
whole cloth because we were born
and raised in God’s country®” she
asked Robert. Christy, David,
Christiane and Adam Nance grac-
ed us with a card from their
wooded retreat near Smithville.
And also from the Smithville area
came a card from Ray Shelton of
Texas Kiln Products. He’s the
fascinating guy who hikes natural
Texas woods, dries the wood in
special kilns, and turns it into
lumber for real Texas furniture.
One of our favorite cards came
from Janice Jo and Terry Taylor
and children all on horseback.
Good looking family and good
looking horses.
It wouldn’t be Christmas if
Dock Jackson wasn’t up to some
good deed. He called Tuesday to
say that the Optimist Club of
Bastrop, Gerald Evans at Wal-
Mart and Winell Alexander of
HEB are all donating trees to the
Pink Santa office here on the cor-
ner of Spring and Water streets.
“They can be picked up from to-
day on until they ran out,” Dock
said. “And they’re really not just
for needy families. They’re for
any family who needs a tree.”
Well, Okay! And, by the by, the
Optimists sold nearly 300 trees
this month.
NOW we must thank Chester
Eitze for his expertise and good,
solid judgment. We were asked by
Roxie Davis, the Bastrop Middle
School student council sponsor, to
be one of the judges for their door
decorating contest--Most
Creative, Most Religious and
Most Humorous. We went over
and promptly got lost trying to
find our way through the maize of
halls. Lo and behold, there ap-
peared Chester, also a judge-. So
easily he found the room numbers
and so suavely he navigated the
halls and grounds. The other
judges were reported to be Wiley
Alexander and Robin Workman. I
bet they didn’t have as much fun
as we had but we all wish to thank
the student council for the nice
surprise present they gave each
judge.
Retired medical photographer
Louie Vasquez came by the paper
Tuesday and shared an article
with us we’d have missed other-
wise. It’s about bass fishing and
black bass who are blinded from
being in a boat live well. It raises
the interesting point as to why use
“live releases and live wells” if
we’re putting blind fish back in
our lakes. Bet you hadn’t thought
about that problem today.
Next we got a poem, written by
the Omaha Zoo head Hubert L.
Moore, who came to the Deep in
the Heart Art Foundry in Bastrop
and fell in love with the gargoyles
out front. (Jeff Gillam, one of the
Foundry’s owners, points out
they’re not gargoyles, they’re
grotesques. Gargoyles have the
water spouts and aren’t purely or-
namental.) Here goes: “The Eye
of the Beholder”-“Today I saw a
ever seen. It fascinated me. Its
eyes seemed to penetrate to my
soul... Long fingernails, for
slashing the flesh, Horns atop a
hideous face, Telling me it was of
the Devil. The more I studied it,
the more I became aware of its
beauty. The face--that only a few
minutes ago seemed to be
hideous, Now took on the look of
sorrow. The mouth-that I feared
so-Now seemed to cry out to me:
“Don’t judge me only on ap-
pearance.” The spiny growth on
its back, that made it stoop In the
most uncomfortable way. All
these things made me come to
realize Beauty is in the eye of the
beholder.”
Bobbie Terrell called us to tell us
she’d seen a couple of people en-
joying Fisherman’s Park in a uni-
que way. Seems it was Terry
Meadows and wife, training their
German Shepherds. He trains
police dogs and works for the
Austin Police Department. Bob-
bie said the dogs were most im-
pressive. She also invited
everyone to check out our parks-
-the renovation and improvement
is ongoing.
We were sorry to miss Ken
Kesselus’s Book Signing on Mon-
day at Bastrop Stationers. The
book on Edward Burleson, Texas
Frontier Leader, was written by
Ken and his late cousin John
Jenkins. We saw John Prager
toting a copy of the book and it
looks most interesting.
We had another interesting
phone call this week, from Jeanne
Krell. She was laughing at her im-
age here and remarked that so-
meone told her she “was meaner
than a junk yard dog.” Jeanne
laughed and added, “I must be
doing something right.”
in his place. Seems A.J. Foyt, the
race driver, came in with Jimmy
and Sharron Finger of the North
Lamar Body Shop and with Ray-
mond and Julia Potts of the
Bastrop Potts. They ate rib eye
steaks and enjoyed die ambiance.
THE LATEST on the cookie
caper comes to us from Ruth
Langston. She reports the Food
Pantry thanks everyone for bak-
ing the myriad of cookies which
were bagged Tuesday. Any not us-
ed by the Pantry will go to Pink
Santa and other charitable
organizations, added Brenda
Sellers, a Pink Santa staple. She
says the idea caught on so much
they might try to organize it
again, not just at Christmas. Vi-
vian Kreitner’s class even got into
the act, Brenda reported, “and we
have cookies up to here.”
Lastly, from the Colorado River
Walkers Ripples, we read, “We
discovered Marble Falls and blue
skin. We rediscovered old Bastrop
in the summer and the Lost Pines
in the fall.” Anyone who hasn’t
caught up with the River Walkers
and their fine walks is missing a
sure bet. They walk, they talk,
they bike, they hike. And at the
end, despite the blisters, you look
ahead to the next.
Until next week, look alive, be
of good cheer, do a good deed and
keep those cards and letters
coming.
J.D. MICAN
3Hay % joy of djriet’a
bird] brigl]tcn your
spirits anti lrab you to
rurrlasting peace.
CERTIFIED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANT
Bastrop 321-3951
115 West Loop 150
gargoyle in bronze. It was--at first
sight the most hideous thing I had
Then Steve Cartwright of
Bastrop BBQ and Meat Market,
called to say he’d had a celebrity
It’s the season of His birth! *
^Here’s hoping your holiday is filled
with peace, love, laughter & joy.
We thank you tor your loyalty & support. R has been • pleasure serving you.
Messages
of Love
We are sending our
very best wishes for a
letter perfect
Christmas holiday.
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Bastrop, TX
321-3382
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