Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1955 Page: 3 of 24
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BASTROP'S EIGHTH ANNUAL HOMECOMING EDITION
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•live Fire Necessitates The
Of New (lourt House Annex
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direction of
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have completely !
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mid federal em-
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lit.-rally with-
. their head ,
,ry ..ffnex were
■ j.klmg north of
,i Main Street,
, . f the county
f,,. w hich wa* re
• tM. . <>urt house.
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tiic government
n in*ur-
H ... t)i'- build-
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rn . ! K< -t file
km! experienced in a j
)• r- I'rartirally j
f ■ town wa* thi-r<
• hour* or more .
[Ming
h kin and V>«•
'■ J,m m.e Nutt *er<
the job of direct
<i handling the
people.
r, t h rtm if prompt or-
ar.-i < wiprmtion on '
f t « < :unty Judge,
ft ■ •: •five*, th<
k, mit hw
Te. pnCompany
• -.*« individual*. *!l
Hfc n
•.nr i jitio'i of the
f<nt, «t up in the
•Jir-sf on Mam fitreet
| Bad iturhfr Shop, b\
r ' la «"• t ':*■
Ji-riMhs contributed
truck am) th<
fir It .i.-k* and load
" *if) .n the moving
B \ • * employee* ]
■ ■ jj f tot he* and <*•!
i Ust -.tguy, (iter-
>r, digging remain
tv and file* out of
-" >t> and dirty, they
'•>■ >"d through
Hcorchtd, sniokt d reords to sal
vane all that could po.-sibly be
u*ed. and made many trips buck
and forth, getting their Midi
vidual office- set up. The huge
metal filing cabinet* were for
the mo#t part undamaged, and
were arranged in the temporary
building so as to serve a pai-
tition* to divide the offices.
The Chamber of Commerce
and Bud's Marlier Shop offered
temporary test room fai ilitie.-.
Fire damages were heaviest
in the County Vgent'.s and the
Red Ciu-- offices; however, the
I'M \ office lo-t more file- and
records.
The Veteran's Vocational
.s|, hool office was practically
untouched.
ft • *
Defective Wiring I'ootible
• au e of Fire
Technically the cause of the
fire, damage* from which were
estimated in excess of |50,(MM).
wa* undetermined. Inspectors
from the gas ompany found no
evidence of a gas leak. Fire in*
spectoi found nothing to m
dicatc an explosion, and found
no indication of the presence of
any inflamable mateiial
Their opinion finally *n- that
the actual fir< originated from
the wiring of a small hot plate
tn th> inack bar. The only pox
Mble explanation they could of
far for the rapid apread of the
flames v. a* that perhaps in
tiii' construction of the building,
when *o many war time stilisli-
tute«t were iiiw-.ary, the var-
nish or paint used tn<'1 wo®d
work ' •< paneling i
iisr*-' 'tamable i "t
.M-v directly wr; to
the f la mas, burned in «. w. n.
i'iam were made at a railed
meeting of the Comwissiotu-rs
Court to ronsult engineer*. con-
tractor*. anh:te t and intur
ance peopie as to the most ft ,>
iWe and economical dispo it un
to make of th« building.
Faced with immediate need
of more office «pac« for county
off;. Ulis aftei the fire, Bastrop
County's Commissioners' Court,
under the leadership of County
Judge Bower C rider, went to
work to solve the problem
and solve it, they did. by work
ing atai p.am ing to achieve ex-
actly % hat the court house had
needed in the firtU place a
re*l annex, adjoining and fit
ting into the courthouse build
iftg, and upplymg comfortable,
conveniently arranged office
*{ at c
A! the arm tim* . m order to
do a Ho trough job, while they
were at it, the old building was
re inforced where it was neces~
>ary, and repainted outside. In-
side, offices and IuiIIh were
cleaned up, the wall, were re
paint.sl with the offices done
in soft, pastel tones, and the
hall.- in pale gray. Asphalt tile
flooring wa added throughout
and the woodwork cleaned and
refill ished.
Huilt of light colored brick to
blend with the white stucco
building it i- a part of, the
new annex is completely air
conditioned and has a central
Matins: ystein. The outer walls
are aiin« st entirely composed of
spn> ious m e t a I a s e m e u t
windows, making the offices
bright and attractive. Running
ice water is another conven-
ience available.
throughout the two buildings,
the oft color- used for finish
inn the offices and rooms in-
clude eye-rest green, rose tan,
suntone, stratosphere gray,
warm gray and blue.
Jin building wa- constructed
by Jame H. J one*, contractor,
'with Page, Southerland and
I'ane, architects, of Austin.
About the middle of June, the
annex was completed, and the
various office- were moved and
r> established in their new lo
cations.
Entering the couri.Kouae now.
t1 rough the front, or north, en
trance, you will find the apac-
iou ■ office nf the county agents
on the ritfht Mr- Claude Sharp
i set m tar\ to County Home
I if monst ration Agent Marie
Neff ami County Agent Joel
Hay Ueese
Turning down the right cor
iidor. the office of Justice of
the peace Elwood Moore is the
firs! d<H>r, and in the suite of
offsets adjoining is County
Sheriff I R, "Nig" Ho-kins and
Htputy Sheriff Hall Tarver.
To tit left of the front en-
train t is the Ba-trop Abstract
Company office occupied by
Mr Heuiah (irace Adams, vice
president of the company, and
Mi K Namken, typist.
Further down the left corri-
dor is the office of Mrs. Jeff
oshorn, county treasurer.
To the left of the hali way
extending back to the new
building is the entrance to the
office of County Clerk Tignal
Jones. The vault and record
storage space has been enlarg
ed into the annex, g.ung much
relief to the extremely cramp-
ed quart* t that formerly *erv
iil a storage for Bastrop Coun-
ty records. In the office with
Mr Jon#'* are Mrs Annie Lee
Alt xander, Mrs. Lillian Mur
ehisiiii and Mrs. VV J Rogers,
all deputy cleiks.
The annex building may be
entered through double doors
from the court house hallway.
Bastrop Kx-Stu<|< iits Reunion
An invitation to every person anywhere who has ever
been a student in the Bastrop Schools.
Your old home town will ie .lly be jumping on Sat-
urday, .May 2H, during the Annual Homecoming and Rodeo.
Won't you please try to la present to .shake hands
and exchange experiences with your old friend.- and class-
mates ? ,
The Ex-Student- Reunion will be held in two parts:
11 o'clock Saturday morning, business meeting at the
Bastrop High School, for the purpose of setting up a per-
manent organization arid election of officers.
5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, barbecue supper in the
picnic area of the park. All you can eat and light refresh-
ments a- a nominal charge.
Those of you wno have been to one of those reunions
know how much fun they are.
Heretofore, we have sent personal invitation to those
whom we could locate, but personal invitations are not
possible this time, so won't you please contact any Ba.s
trop ex student and encourage him to come, too.
REMEMBER YOU lit) NOT HAVE TO BE A GRAD-
UATE. Any person who attended Bastrop school for as
much as one day i- eligible and cordially invited, along
with members of hi- family, to attend.
PHIZES will be awarded the person coming the great-
est distance, the person from the oldest graduating class,
and to the class largest in attendance.
Looking forwatJ to seeing you on May 28th, I remain
Sincerely,
DICK CHALMERS '38
Temporary President
or from the out-ide south en-
trance. On the first floor is the
office tif the county tax assess-
or collector, with a comfort-
ably wide corridor ami four
windows for the convenience of
people who are paying taxe.- or
othei wise transacting business
with that department. Clyde
Reynolds, Bastrop County tax
assessor collector, is assisted
bv Mis Marv Peterson, Miss
Lillie Mae Schaefer and J. D.
Cannon.
On the second floor of the
annex are the offices of County
Judge Tom (iriffln, with Miss;
Burnell Rathman, secretary;
County Attorney James Ker-
shaw. and the office of the
county superintendent of schools
shared with the county super-
visors. County Superintendent
Fred G. Haynie and County
Supervisors John H. Wieting
and Robert F. Wilkin, with Miss
Fa \ Chalmers, secretary, are
located here.
Across the hall on the south-
west corner is the Commission-
ers' Court Room. Large enough
for approximately 30 people to
meet comfortably, with seats
arranged for their convenience,
the room is occasionally u.-cd by-
civic and county organizations.
A huge, beautifully finished
table, primarily for use in trans-
acting the business of the court,
may be used by smaller groups
for meetings and diseusions.
Double doors lead from the >
second floor of the annex into
the second floor hallway of the
courthouse proper, where the
office of District Clerk M. B.
Perkins i- located, as is the of
fice of the Department of Wel-
fare, with Miss Mella Spooner
and Charles Miller, field workers
and Miss Frances Bennight,
stenographer; and the Veter-
ans School ami office of Ve-
teran- Service Officer Lloyd
Hood.
The District Court Room, lo-
cated on this floor, has been
entirely refinished and rear-
ranged so that it will accommo-
date a larger number of people.
Even the Juror.- Room on
the third floor has been com
pietely refinished and made
more comfortable for jurors who
are sometimes forced to remain
in ses-ion overnight.
In the shifting about of of-
fice space, the two small tile
buildings on the southwest cor
ner of the courthouse iot, orig
inally built to house the Bas-
trop Travis County Health
Unit, have become office space
for the Bastrop County ASC
(Agricultural Stabilization Con-
servation), the Soil Conserva-
tion Service. County Health
Sanitation, and A. C. Clemmons,
Negro county agent.
Kleber Trigg Jr., is county
manager of the ASC, with the
following clerks: Hilda M. Sapp,
Mary E. Stagner, Peggy J.
Creel and Ruth Garcia. Royce
W. Namken is field officer. In
the Soil Conservation office are
Alvin Camp, Baker Davis and
Cecil Rodenburg.
Over all, from the courthouse
Clock which has, under the pre-
sent county administration, been
put back in operation for the
first time in years, to the mod-
ern, roomy basement of the new-
annex, Bastrop County people
have a courthouse of which they
may be very proud, and which
Texas Rendering
Co., Ltd., Is Bastrop
County Industry
The Texas Rendering Co.
Ltd. i- a limited partnership
owned by Louis J. Linenberger
and -on, Hubert Linenberger of
Bastrop, Paul J. Linenberger
and Simon Jacobs of Kansas,
and Wesley Mulhollan of Aus-
tin. It was established here in
HM*.
Loui J. Linenberger and
Hubert L. Linenberger, general
partnei-, have lived in Bastrop
for the past seven years and
are formerly from Hays, Kan-
sas. They have complete charge
of the business and its man-
agement.
Locate'! in the Camp Swift
area, the incinerator buildings
and .'iri.88 acres of land were
purchased from the government
in 1H48, after the disbanding
of Camp Swift. The first cook-
er load of meat and bone scraps
was handled on August 4, 1948.
Fifty peicent protein meat and
bone scraps are used in the
production of turkey, chicken
and hog feed, as well as in the
canning of dog food. The tallow
is sold to soap manufacturers
and the hides go to leather tan-
ner-. The company covers an
area from Granger to the Gulf
coast, and from Austin to Hemp-
stead.
The firm employs 25 j ersons,
possibly affording the largest
payroll of any business in Bas-
trop. The town is fortunate in
having such a firm located here,
a- it gives people a profitable
opportunity to dispose of their
dead animals, and employs
people who spent! the largest
part of their salary in Bas-
trop, They otherwise would pos-
sibly have to seek employment
elsewhere.
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they can enjoy using for many
years to come.
Plan Now To Vltend
ASTROP'S EIGHTH AHHUAL
OMECOMIHG and RODEO
ON MAI 27-2«-2<>
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Optimized ( p<mi|> ( amp. Suiiii-
niitpr. |'iniirkinit and C.aiiiiHiilI.
fm I
( olfin<£. Hiking. Dam iiiii
KID'S FISHING TOURNAMENT
Let your Homecoming pl^ns include
at least one outing in the Park!
Bastrop
State
Park
MR. \ MR>.
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We Suggest-
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BASTROP'S
EIGHTH ANNUAL
HOMECOMING
AND
RODEO
WE CORDIALLY INVITE
YOU
To Spend Three Big Days—
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
with us
MAY 27-28-29
Knjoyinjf the program of events espec-
ial 1 > arranged for your pleasure and
entertainment. Nigger and better than
ever, Bastrop's Ki«hth Vnnual Home
comitiK <md Rodeo are loaded with
GLAMOUR and FUN
and FESTIVITY
Bathing Beauty Revue
Annual FUIiepinen*s Boat Raee
BUS Kx-SludenU Association
Three Bij* Rodeo Shows
v
Bi«s Opening Parade
Three Bij; Danees
Please drop in and visit with us while you are here. A cordial welcome awaits you
J. Fox Department Store
HXRItIS M KOC H, Manager
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1955, newspaper, May 19, 1955; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237531/m1/3/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.