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Sample ballots for the Novem-
Imt ."). perietal election. are avail-
able Hi llic Advertiser Office, free
In anyone who wants one, and we
will he glad to explain the new vot-
ing procedure to anyone who wants
the information. 14aHols that are
not correctly marked in the elec-
tion will not lie counted.
Also appearing elsewhere in this
issue ol the Advertiser is informa-
tion headed "How to Vole a
Straight Ticket or a Split Ticket"
with complete instructions on each
Another new law enacted last
year makes it |K>ssiblc (or a now-
iv. .t who luis moved into the
county on or before May 5 of this
year to vole in this election. How-
ever, instead of voting at a regu-
pollitig place on election day,
must vote before November 1
in the office ol the county clerk In
court house.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEENTH YEAR (Established March 1, 18531
Newcomers Must
Vote At Court
House By Nov. 1
Voters in the coming general
election who moved into the
county on or after May 5, i!#>8,
must vote in the county clerk's
office by November 1, according
to information received from Coun-
ty Clerk William T. McCullough.
Formerly, persons who moved
from one county to another could
not vote during the first six months
after the change of residence, but
i a new law enacted last year now
permit them to vote on all stale-
wide offices, including President
and Vice President, and on pro-
1 posed constitutional amendments,
! but not on local offices and issues.
AND BASTROP COUNTY NEWS
BASTROP~(TEXAS> ADVERTISER, OCTOBER 24, 1968
NUMBER 34
SEN CHARLES HERRING
In
tin
A copy of the complete ballot
will In used in the Advertiser next
week, so that voters may be tho-
roughly familiar with it before go-
tu^ to the |tolls.
Tin; \ Al l h Ol vol It VOTE
The greatest democracy in the
world has one of the worst voling
records among clvili/cd nations.
This year, there are iui estimated
119,980,000 Americans who ait' of
voting age. Of this number only
75,(XX),(100 (62f'r i are expected to
make it lo the poll.- on November
5. In 19(i(), only -12% of the eligible
Texas voters actually voted.
Why don't more Americans vote?
Principally (lecause they don't care
who runs the government, or don't
think that their single vole is of
any consequence.
How important is one vote?
In Killl, one vole caused Charles
I of England lo he executed. In
177K, one vole gave America the
English language instead ol (Jet-
man. In 1845, one vote brought
Texas into the Union. In 187f>, one
voir gave Rutherford B. Hayes the
Presidency of the United States.
In 1923, one vote gave Adolph Hit-
ler leadership of the Nazi Party,
in HKKi, less than one vote per
precinct nationwide could have
changed the Kennedy-Nixon race.
And two years ago twenty U. S.
Congressmen won election by a
margin of loss than five voles per
precinct.
Ili>w important Is
wise man once
means responsibility
most men dread it "
Do you dread it Or do you
consider liberty your rcsopnsibili-
ly — to l>e preserved where it
counts most, at the ballot box.
How important is your vote?
—Contributed
Jackson S. Webb
Lay Speaker At
Methodist Church
Jackson S Webb ol Elgin was
guest lay speaker at the First U-
nttcri Methodist Church here Sun-
day. His interesting and inspiring
talk was based on the scripture
"He that hath cars, let him hear
what the Spirit has to say In the
churches."
! However, instead of voting at
I a regular polling place on election
i day, they must vote during a
special time period in Ihe county
| clerk's office in the county of their
! now residence. This period, which
is the same as the period for ab-
sentee voting, began on October 16
and will end on November 1.
If Ihe voter has lived in (he
same congressional, legislative, or
judicial district for six months, he
may also vote on that district office.
In order lo vote, the person must
i Ik' registered as a Texas voter
for the 196H voling year, and he
>hould have his registration certifi-
cate with him when he applies for
his ImiIIoI at the county clerk's
| office. However, if lie has lost bis
certificate, he may vole after muk-
! ing an affidavit of its loss.
Cemetery Assoc.
To Meet Oct. 27
In Watterson
| The Watterson Cemetery Assoc-
! lation will hold its fall meeting this
| Sunday afternoon, October 27, at
p.m. in the Watterson Community
! Center. All members are urged to
attend and lake part in the meeting.
Visitors are alway s welcome. Mein-
j bcrship dues for Ihe year are
j $5.00.
I III I'l.KS OIN.VKK HKIIX.K
TO >IKKT Ot.TORKK > T I
J The couples dinner bridge club
will moot Tuesday, October .'!• at
7 p. in. at the Magic Mill. For
, reservations please call Mrs. James
P. Sharp, 229-2859.
Mrs. Maynard To
Give Program For
Historical Society
Mrs. Powell C. Maynard will
present the program at the first
: fall meeting of the Bastrop County
Historical Society Friday afternoon
j at the Bastrop Museum.
! Mrs. Earl Dcnman, Miss Nell
Fitz.wilham, Miss Julia Moncure
and Miss Leah Moncure will be
lioslesses for the occasion
All interested citizens are in-
vited lo be members, ami to al-
tend this and other meetings during
Ihe year. Dues an- $2.00 a year.
Help Santa To
Visit Children
In Vietnam
Christmas boxes will s<x>n be u<>-
ing lo Ihe children in war-torn
South Vietnam from Operation
II. O P. E. from the Cedar Creek
ladies who are sponsoring the pro-
ject, according lo Mrs. Lee Alex-
ander.
Small toys that do not take up
loo much room, and bits of dis-
carded costume jewelry will go a
long way Inward brightening Christ-
mas for hoys and girls who will
have no other holiday gifts.
Mrs. Alexander is asking for do-
nations of such articles, and othel
j things that you may think of that
are not too bulky, since the size
I and weight of the boxes is limited.
| A Vietnam Santa Clans box is
j being set up in the Advertiser of-
| (ice lo receive Ihese contributions,
.uid you are cordially urged to bring
| them in any time.
IIOItNKS Tit AVE I. I Olt XVKKK
Mr. ami Mrs. C. O. Home spent
| last week visiting Kl Paso, across
Hie border, places in New Mexico,
i and oilier points of interest,
Herring Urges
Care And Study
In Voting Nov. 5
Senator Charles Herring, veteran
lawmaker anil one of Ihe most
able members of the Texas Senate,
visited in the county this week in
behalf of his candidacy for re-elec-
tion. Democratic nominee Herring
won an overwhelming victory m
the Primary last May. and this is
the first time during the 12 year*
be lias represented District 14 thai
lie has had an opponent in the
General Election
In discussing the November T>th
General Eeleciion, Herring remind-
ed voters thai 111 addition to the
candidates, there will be on the
ballot fourteen proposed amend-
ments lo Ihe Stale Constitution
"These proposed amendments,'*
he said, "are an important pari
of our election process. The legis-
lature was asked to submit each
of these to the voters at this elec-
tion, and each of them received in
excess of two-thirds ol the votes
of both IIk- House and the Senate
The complete language ol the
amendments will n l appear on Ihe
ballot, but the (ull text of each
has been published In various news-
papers and e .. ryone should read
and study them before voling. Any-
one who has not had an oppor-
tunity lo read an analysis ol those
amendments can secure one by
writing me at Ihe Perry-Brook*
Building in Austin."
Herring also cautioned voters to
study their ballots carefully when
they go lo the polls to make eer-
tain their choice of candidates is
understood by the election judges.
He pointed out that Ihe instructions
at the top i>l the ballot provide foi
voling by placing an "X" in the
tiox by the name of Ihe candidate
This is Ihe safest way to vote, bill
the old "scratch" mo I hod is still
a legal vole.
Herring is a senior-ranking mem-
ber of the Texas Senate and has
represented District 11 — Travis,
Baslrop, Williamson. Hays. Blanco
and Caldwell counties — since l!i,' ti.
sibomsmcth
through unity
your vote? A
said, "Liberty
— Ibis is why
Piney Creek Philosopher ^ants
One Spol In World Used Over And
Over As International Trouble Area
and
"ollowii
hb wa
daughI
and M
friend
Ihe church seivicc, Mr.
joined here by Ins wife
Linda Sue of El-
Patricia Webb and
Miss Susan Engle. I mill
students of Southwestern Universi-
ty, Georgetown, awl Mrs. C. W.
Webb of Klgin. all ol whom were
uests in Hie home of Mr.
Mrs Clyde Reynolds. Also
in the Reynolds home were
Reynolds' grandchildren. Mii.c
Debbie Prokop of Austin
dinne
and
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Mrs
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VISITOR!* IN MATT
Mi KIT'S HO Ml'
Visitors in the home of Mr and
Mrs Malt Kietlz were Mr. and
Mrs David Puuaa and Jean Ann
C4 Dalian.
I Editor s nolo: The Pincy Creek
Philosopher on his Johnson grass
i farm on Pincy apparently has a
lol of problems on his rr'nd, his
{letter this week indicates.
Dear edltar:
There are loo many things to
think about in this world and it's
getting worse all Ihe lime.
] For example, I woke up this
morning and the first thing I read
in today's newspaper ws a head-
line: Trouble Breaks Out In
Panama.
Now up lo then I hadn't given a
moment's thought to Panama, out-
'side of knowing there's a canal
1 down there, being occupied with
: liie Presidential election, slate and
i local elections, the Supreme Court.
I Vie! Nam, Paris peace lalks,
Czechoslovakia, the Isreal-Jordan
problem for October. Biafra, the
astiv.iauts, law and order, a weak
hnltery ami winter coming on,
high hospital costs in case I get
sick, football, in-laws, etc.. al-
though these aren'i necessarily
listed in Ihe order of importance,
j There are some global problems
| thai can't liold a candle to some
| in-laws.
| The point is, with all the do-
I meslic and national problems a
I man has to deal with, it's unfair
to load him down with constantly
i changing international problems,
and once more I call on ihe world
to establish an International l'rou-
i Me Spot.
Just pick out one place, stock
it with reporters and television
cameras, and let all (he i-rlses oc
cur there This practice of lotting
trouble break out helter-skelter
around the world, lots of lime in
countries 1 never heard of before,
is worse than having four different
telephone systems in one town. It's
gotten so a newspaper can toi-p
one headline set up in type- Trou-
ble Breaks Out In and all It has
lo do is fill in the blank from day
to day.
If a man's going lo have time to
take care of his own business
we've got lo simplify We need
one country for crises, one univer-
sity for riols. one city for crime,
so a man could go to sleep with
not over three major problems on
his mind outside of the hundreds of
minor ones he has to fend off in
his own neck of the woods.
Here comes a neighbor now
probably fixing to tell me my cows
arc out again.
Yours lalfhfully,
J. A.
Fun And Games
Scheduled For
Hallow een Night
A Hallowe'en Carnival, sponsor-
ed by the Parent-Teacher Associa
tion. will bo hold October .'11 at
Mina High School. Everyone is in-
vited to attend.
The sophomore class will have
a I\)l Lack Supper in Ihe cafeteria
beginning at 5:39 p. m Admission
!:i $1.25 for adults and ."ill cents for
children under 12.
Other activities will begin at 6 10
p ni and continue throughout ihe
evening. Entertainment and eon-
eessions which will bo offered in-
clude:
Country Store and Homemade
Candy—Primary School
Grab Bag—Grade (j. Sections A,
B. and C
Penny Toss—Grade 7 Section A
Coke Stand—Grade H Si*-lion A
Biiiko. Popcorn Machine Band
Fishing BooLli—Young llomemak-
ers
llayride—FFA
Shotgun Wedding. Pickpocket,
Raffle, (Big Bear I—F r e s h m a n
Class
Cake Walk—Junior Class
Sandwiches, Coffee— Sophomore
Class
Tram Ride, Bottle llirow—Vtca
Club
Fortune Telling—Student Council
White Elephant Sale— FIIA
Cancer Society
Group To Meet
Monday Night
The Bastrop Cone:., Unit ol the
American Cancer So'-t' ty will meet
next Monday night. October 28. at
7:30 in (he Civic Room of the
First National Bank
A public education film entitled
"Past and Present" will lie shown,
and public education literature and
pamphlets will be available.
Everyone interested is cordially
umtad to be present.
Restaurant
Owner Dies
Unexpectedly
The many Bastrop and Central
Texas friends of James E. (Jim)
Griffith Sr., 54, owner of Griffith's
Restaurant, were shocked and sad-
dened to learn of his unexpected
death.
He suffered a stroke on Thurs-
day night of last week, ami was
rushed to McClosky Veteran's Hos-
pital in Temple, where he passed
away Saturday.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Dorstc Griffith: two sons
James E. Griffith Jr., of Buras,
La., and Mike Griffith of Houston;
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Bears To Play
Smithville Here
Friday Night
After three weeks of traveling
on the road the BatUrop Bears re-
turn home Friday night to meet
the Smithville Tigers on Erhard
Field at 8 p. m.
This will be the Rears' second
districth game. They were defeat-
ed last week in their opening dis.
trlct game by Giddings, 19-13.
Hie Bears scoring record so fat
this season is as follows:
Bastrop 14. Caldwell 7
Bastrop 0, Bishop Forest 26
' Bastrop 15, Manor 0
j Bastrop 13, Navasota 26
I Bastmp 14, Elgin 16
Griffith: four sisters, Mrs. Nelda Bastrop 13. Giddings 1!)
Ewing, Mrs. Dot Watson and Mrs. Having won Iwo games and lost
Jeanette Walker, all of Smithville, fn,lr, the Bears scored 69 points (7
and Mrs. Anna ljou Hand of Hous- ' tjrt-if opponents 94.
ton: two grantichildrcn. Travis and
Tonya (jail Griffith of Boras.
Funeral services were held Mon-
day afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the Cooper Funeral Chapel. Burial
was in Fairview Cemetery.
A more extended obituary will be
used next week.
PROCLAMATION
r —-
Whereas October 24th marks the 23rd anniversary
of the signing of the U. N. Charter in San Francisco,
arid whereas it provides a common meeting place
for discussions of common problems and solutions,
I, D. B. Sims. Mayor of Bastrop, do hereby proclaim
October 24th, I 9(i8, as United Nations Day in
Bastrop, I cxas.
SEAI
D. B. Sims, Mayor
City of Bastrop
McDade School To
Have Hallowe'en
Carnival Oct. 31
There will be a Hallowe'en Car-
nival at the McDade School on
Thursday, October 31,
Beginning at 6 p. m., I lie chil-
dren will [larade downtown dressed
In their Hallowe'en costumes. Fol-
lowing Ihe parade, tliere will be
a chili supper. Entertainment for
the evening will consist of bingo,
a cake walk, fortune telling, spook
liousc and a fish pond.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Help UCP Help
The Handicapped
"Give Ihe liandlcapped a better
chance," said Mrs. Robert J, Kuch-
ler, local chairman of Ihe United
Cerebral Palsy Fund Drive, as she
The Tigers scoring record so fa>
this season is as follows:
Smithville 6. Weimar 7
Smithville 18, Lexington fi
Smithville 6, Yoakum 27
Smithville 14, Del Valle 48
Smlthvile 12, LaGrange 0
Smithville lj, Uiling 14
The Tigers liavc won three games
and lost three, scoring 71 | 1rIs to
(heir opponents 102.
Next on the agenda, after Fri-
day night, the Bears will play Eagle
l.ake, Columbus and Luling, while
the Tigers will meet Giddings, Ea-
gle Lake and Columbus.
Loeal PTA Hear
Student Talks On
Bluehonnet State
Margie Schuyler, Frankie Goertz
and Danny Goortz presented the
program for the meeting of the
Parent-Teacher Association held
October 16 at Mina High School.
Each of the students gave a talk
concerning their participation at
Boys and Girls State.
Tlx- meeting was called to older
by Mrs. Pittman, president. Mrs.
Leland Fischer read the minutes
and the communications. Mrs. Dec
pointed out that UCP offers exten- Chambers gave Ihe treasurer's re-
slve i•<immunity services lo help j port.
( abler-Kor-(Congress tins To lie
In liaMro|> Wednesday, Oetober 29
Congressional candidate R a y
Gabler will lead a colorful cani-
paign Mites-wagon tour throughout
the 10th District on Tuesday and
! Wednesday, October 29-30.
Gabler, accompanied by his wife,
Sue, will make JO slops during the
two days us pari of his continuing
' person-lo-person campaign effort.
Ills brother Arthur, a native Texan
now lmng in Tulsa, Okla., also
! will help him on Ihe tour.
The Gahlor-for-Congivss bus is
i scheduled to arrive In downtown
Bastrop at approximately 1():.'I0
la. m. Wednesday, aud will he palk-
|<d in front of the Bastrop Adver-
tiser Office on Main Street.
Gabler. who is waging his vigor-
j our campaign on the need for a
change In Washing tun, will make
| brief remarks at each slop Volun-
teer Gabler Girl supimrlers, wear-
ing the blue-and-white campaign
attire, will assist the candidate by
distributing brochures, buttons and
bumper stickers.
The bus will he traveling across
t the 10th District beginning at K
Attend District
Conference In
San Antonio
I Attending the Eighth Annual
■ Conference of the Ninth District
Texas Federal! .11 of M isle Clubs,
were Mrs. Carl Cooper, president.
, and Mrs R W Loveless, district
' treasurer.
| The meeting was held in San
Antonio at the Arden Grove Party
' House.
i The Bastrop llatmony Club re-
j ceived second place in Ihe year-
hook judging, and an award from
the National Federation of Music
iCuubt tor last year s y ubook.
a. m. October 29 from Austin into
Bastrop, Burleson, Caldwell, Colo-
rado, Fayette, Hays, Jackson,
Wharton, and Williamson counties.
The Tuesday morning lour includes
stops in San Marcos, Lockhart,
Luling, Flatoma, and Schulenberg.
In the afternoon, Gabler and his
parly will visit Weimar. Columbus,
Kanlc Ijike, Wharton, El Campo.
Ganado and Edna. Hie Wednes-
day itinerary calls for morning
visits lo Li Grange, Smithville,
Baslrop. Giddings. Caldwell and
afternoon stops In Taylor. George-
town and Round Rock.
"I've been through Ihe 10th D's-
triet several times," said Gabler.
"And I'm sure this final swing
will confirm what everyone tells
me — thai it's time for a change
In Congress."
j the (XX).(KX) children and adults af-
flicted with cerebral palsy.
! These services include pre-nur- j
sery training, treatment, special
education classes, job preparation,
family counseling, sheltered work- !
shop employment and many other j
essential services.
Further information may be oh- ;
i lained from Mrs. Kuehler. or by 1
writing to UCP of Texas. Inc., 1010
Lavaca, Room 30T>, Austin. Texas !
| 78701.
Plans for llv> annual fund drive ;
will be made in lis" near future,
' Mrs. Kuehler said, and will prolwi- 1
hly be scheduled for the latter part
of November. Coin collectors have
already been placed in local husl- ;
ncss establishments over town.
1 where some of them will remain
during the coming year. The small
change drop in them amounts lo
a sizeable contribution to llus most
' worthwhile cause.
Reports ami announcements were
as follows:
Mrs. Virginia Geltmeler gave it
report about the Hallowe'en Carni-
val which is scheduled for Octo-
Ihm' 31 at tlio high school.
Mrs. C. G. Gtxidard, school nurse,
announced that tuberculin tests will
bo given October 27 to grades one,
seven and eleven, and to all new
students.
Mrs. Pittman announced that the
P-TA Stale Convention will be held
November 20 and 21 in Houston.
The group voted to send two P-TA
members from Bastrop and to |siy
their expenses.
John Zinn, Junior high principal,
announced the winners of the room
count awaids as Mrs. E tgene Wll-
klns' fifth guide, Mrs. Floyd Kcl-
ley's sixth grade, and the junior
class
A playpen for the P-TA nursery
was donated by Mrs. Neil GurwiU.
Ruby Inc. Issued
Highway Contract
Contracts for highway construc-
tion in the Austin district have
been awarded by the Texas High-
way Commission.
Ilie work will lie under the si-
pii-v isH*i of District Engineer Tom
Wood, and will is- in Travis,Ma-
vin and Baslrop counties.
In Bastiiip County, M. E. Ruby.
Jl Inc. of Austin was awarded a
contract for the widening of gra-
ding. the Southern Pacific Railroad
overfMss structures base surface
treatment and not nux asphajtic
conciote pavement on 1.2 miles of
US Low bid was $405,129.19.
The project extends from SI! 96
west of Elgin to 1.2 miles southeast
Edward S. Raiser of Bastrop is
the Highway Department engineer
111 charge of tlw project which will
take an esLmatwl ljO working
days.
Decorated For
Service With U. S.
Army In Vietnam
At Firebase Stephanie, Vietnam,
; five miles west of Saigon, and for-
| ward base of ihe 1th Battalion, 12th
! Infantry If«l>ih Infantry Brigade,
an awards ceremony was held for
Lt. Arlan W. Smith, when Lt. Col.
l--oh Liohtenwalter, Battalion Com-
mander. presented to Lt. Smith ihe
Silver Slar, Bronze Star for Valor.
, Purple Heart, Army Commenda-
tion Medal and the All Medal
Lt. Smith served his entirr lour
I in Vietnam with Delta Company,
i Ith Battalion. 12th Infantry, serv-
! ing as platoon leader, executive of-
ficer. and commanding officer. Hie 1
| son of Mr and Mrs. J. A. Smith of I
Bastrop, lie , a graduate of Ba.v
LT. ARLAN W SMITH
LI. Smith visited recently in the
home of his parents before going
trap I Ugh School and uf Souliiwcs- to San Anturno, where he is present*
tern Texas Sute College. > ly stationed.
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