Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [116], No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1970 Page: 2 of 8
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Mrs. Fay DeGlanclon Lei
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For Farmers. Itnnr
ANI) RASTROP COI \TV NEWS
EST Mtl.lSHICD MAIU'M I. IK.VI
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT BASTROP, 'IPXAS 7 i02
AMY S. STANDTFER, EDITOR
R. E. STANDI h'KR and SON, PUBLISHERS
Entered as Second Class Matter at thf Post Office at Bastrop, Texns
Under Act of March 3, 1879.
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Sen. Herring Reports
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AUSTIN January 7. 1 • >7f). - The
holiday have slipped into history;
turkey mil font ball hnv hid their
f?reat days, and it lime lo i;et
a I'Out the business of living tins
new ye.ir, 1(170.
First, though, let me extend In
yo i my sineere wishes for your
health, happiness and rood fortune.
I hope your Christmas was as rich
in the spirit of the sea ;on as you
anticipated. Our fainily Christinas
meant much lo ail of s. A special
part of it w.t a visit with my
father, who is well and vi \orous at
the a;;e of s.« and takiim pride in
the operation i i hi: farm in Cen-
tral T. \as
Our attention now turns to this
new year—a new decaili1—>tretell
in.' before us. We're likely lo shrug
off llHili as falling shorl of our on
pi nations, but while it undoubted-
ly had ii failures and disappoint
merits, ii was also a year of
achievement far us in Austin and
this Senatorial district, and I
Would like lo review some of the
legislative highlights as they per-
tain lo our district.
I.OOKINK Back. One reason
for such a review is the plain fad
that I wa kept much loo busy to
have all the personal contacts with
my constituents I would have liked.
Count inn the Ion ■ Regular Session
and two Special Sc • ions, the l.eeis
111uie met nearly • oven months,
almost two-thirds of |!X>9, More-
we were faced with a dif-
problem from the first be-
ll, e cost of government bad
for the state (as it lias for
and national eovcrnm nl as
and new inonev had lo be
JAW. 30-FEB. 8, 1970
IN PERSON!
david
CANARY
CAM
ON TVS
which in tin
eicticy and
As I have j
workers are
.j
TOP COWBOYS VIE FOR
$80,000
CUTTING HORSES
SHOW HORSES • CI OWNS
THICK HIDING AND ROPING
BARREL RACING
ARTHUB AM Mi
rrnrormtnc border coiurs
;
RODEO TICKETS BY MAIL
20 GREAT PERFORMANCES in Wilt
Rugers Coliseum. Starling 8 I'M Friday,
January 30. Morning Snow 10 AM SaUir-
ttoy. J.inuary 31; then ? PM and 8 PM
Daily through Sunday, f ebruary 8. Or-
der Tickets Now For Br t C hoite.
TICKETS $3. All Scnts Reserved. Prirc
Inrludps .idrnK-on to Stock Show
Grounds. Send check or money order.
Specify exact performances. Address
niiiil orders to Southwestern Exposition
and Fat Slock Show, P. 0. Bo* Ha, fort
Worth, Texas 76101.
COMMERCIAL EUHTBTTS
SHOWING NrW THINGS MR BtUtB UVINti
FREE
DRAWING
Rep 'ter for Chevrolet Blazer given by.
Bill Mr Kay Chevy ('enter nnd Prize Beat
Riven by Piggly WiRRly Food Stores.
CARNIVAL MIDWAY
74KLIVEST0CK CXPOSITION
*, 10,000 HEAD FINE IIVFSTOCK
1 ficuli
CM'I I
I risen
I local
i Weill
I found.
j TAXI'S. In the Kcmilar Session,
a niie\ear approprialioas bill was
I passed in an effort lo allocate
i funds for thai time without new
laxes. The Governor, feelitiK il was
I he intent of llie Ciinstil "lion to en-
i act biennial appropriations, vetoed
that bill, you will remember, and
jit we. not until the Second Called
I Ses.'ion II.at i biennial money bill
j and the required new laves were
' passed, The sales tax was raised
! one half of one per cent, but the
I,ei:islatnre did not extend the sales
lax lo Ki'ocerio.s. I realize it is
! small consolation lo all of us. but
) Texas, with all of our stale ami
1 local tn\es, ranks l!Hh in such
laxes per capita arnoni; I he all
dales of the union. The largest in
creases iu appropriation* were in
the area of junior colleges, higher
i education eenerally and public
j welfare.
| COST OF I.IVINt! INCREASE Of
particular interest to our district
j wa the cost-of-living increase tor
: stale employees. Many of them
were hein).: paid below the recov
I nized poverty level; some slate in-
stitutions were experiencing em
ployee turnover rales as high as
ill pci cent a year. The salary in
I creases are showing results in a
I more i ihli personnel situation
i is reflected in efl'i
ervico to the public,
lid before, our stale
dedicated people go
in many limes beyond I lie bounds
i if limit to render «ood service. In
this connection, il is significant that
Texas state government operates
| with fewer slate employee.'; per
population than most of the other
slates do. Texas is lath in the
; ratio of non-academic employees
to population.
NEW FACILITIES, Appropria
lions are bringing much needed
improvements to the Austin Slate
Hospital and Austin Stale School.
At the hospital, eight obsolete build-
in sonic dating back over KM
i veal's, arc coining down to be re
j placed willi four new 100-bed ward
buildings of modern design and ef-
[ lieiency In addition, the hospital is
j 'telling a 100 bed children's hiiild-
S a"..'. Counting renovation work ai-
■o. improvements :il the hospital
total nearly SI million. A new
sitn.nno unit is to be connstrucled
it the Austin State School. The
itale Commission for the Blind will
construct a new rehabilitation ecu
i tcr for the blind at an estimated
•osl of $1..101 .IKK).
NEW STATE SCHOOLS. To
i meet long waiting lists. Texas is
j in the process of opening three new
i schools for the mentally retarded.
< \ new $5.4 million institution for
the Texas Youth Council is to be
i built al Giddings, primarily for
I delinquents committed as first of-
| fenders, il will accommodate ISO
j Ixiys who otherwise would lie sent
i to Gatesvllle.
STATE P A R K S IM PR( )VE-
M1\'TS. Bastivp County's Hue-
| seller State Park received $3H5,000
for Improvements In connection
; villi the science park being de-
! veloped there by M. D. Anderson
Ilosoital of Houston in cooperation
! with tin' University of Texas. Lock-
! hart State Park received 560,001)
I to carry out the program under
Farmers, I a nolle IN and fishermen
must tile an income lax return and
pay a sell-employment lax, If net
earnini'.s from self-employment were
^ Mx or more However, only farm-1
11and ranchers who haw actual j
net earnings from the operations of
their farms of less than $100 may,
under certain circumstance#, elect j
to pay a self-employment tax and
may i[ inllfy to receive benefits un- j
ik r the Hoeial Security system.
Many farmers and ranchers can
complete their own lax returns by
using the helpful free booklet j
"Fanner's Tax Guide," Publication
No ')r>, which can be obtained
from IRS offices and county agents
Farmers, ranchers nnd fishermen
were reminded today that Tliurs- !
day January 15, is the last day
for filing their estimated Federal
income lax returns for 1980, unless
they plan filing their final return
on or before Monday, February lf>
R I, Pliiiini \ District Director
of Irili nial Revenue Service in Aus-
tin, Tt \ is, explained that those
iarmors, ranchers and fishermen
who file an estimated return on
January l."> and pay the tax due
way there with federal funds.
FINANCE BUILDING NEARS
COMPLETION. The new Stale Fi-
nance Building which is changing
the ■ kvline north of the Capitol is i
- r'hodulcd fot eomnli'lion late this
year or early in 15J71 The Legisla- |
tare allocated $,'{00,000 lo convert j
pi*ijeeled storage space to office I
use in this building Another state j
hiiildinc. for use as a third state
office building, wa authorized at
a cost of $K million.
HIGIII'R EDUCATION. Al least
a dozen bills were passed for the j
University of Texas System to help
make il more nearly serve its pur
pose. Appiopriaiionwise, the Uni-
versity of Texas at Austin came
out heller in many respects than
most
Southwest Texas Slate University
received $'>1fi.l7fl to renovate and
improve campus buildings. This
followed an emergency appropria
Hon of SliiS,It'll in tlx Regular .Ses-
sion to replace the old gymnasium
destroyed by fire.
HISTORIC SITES. The legisla-
ture provided additional funds to
oresorve historic ites in Austin—
$5.'!,000, lo restore Gelhsemane
Lutheran Church, $80,000 for site
development and n slnralioii of the
0 n in1.'ton-Covert House, and $M,- j
500 to landscape the grounds and
demolish Un Sunday School Annex;,
behind Oolhsoniane Church A
small park is planner I for the area |
between (he two buddings,
MEANWHILE. BACK AT MY
LAW OFICE Wlv n the l^egisla-
lurc finally adjourned in Septem
her, I relui'tied to my law practice
in downtown Austin and have been
attempting lo ealeh up on long-de-
ferred legal mailers. The business
of representing this district as
Senator, however, does not come lo
1 hall just because the Ler;is|a
lure is not in session. It's almost
a year round lob, and with ap-
proximately 17 i IM Ml people ill otll
district. I find thai alioul half of
my time is devoted to constituents
and their problems.
INTERIM COMMITTEES. The
interim between sessions is also
devoted to working on legislative
committees studying various as-
pects of our slate's problems, with
a view to I icing used as a basis
for future lege lotion. One com-
mittee, the Agricultural and Indus
trial Study Committee, of which
I am chairman, has as ils main
function to find ways of expand-
ing Texas' economy, both domes-
lie and foreign. I also serve on the
Tort Claims Committee which is
studying the effects of the new
Tort Claims Act.
I am a member of the Environ-
mental Study and Land Use Com
miltee which i- concerned with
water and ail |hiII lion and serve
as chairman ot the Texas Agi'icul
tural Products Advisory Board
which works in the area of Texas
food ami fiber marketing.
These interim legislative com-
mittees will report their findings
to the 02nd Legislature when it
convenes in January, 1971.
LOOKING AHEAD, Meanwhile,
the Legislative Budget Board is
working on the proposed budget to
go to the nexl legislature. That is
a whole year off, but this is the
time to he thinking ahead and plan-
ning legislation you have in mind.
I will be glad, to discuss any as-
pects of legislation you think might
be of value and will welcome your
ideas.
REGISTER AND VOTE. And
one last reminder for the New
Year: January .'11 is the deadline
for registering to vole. If you
haven t registered, don't p t it off
If you "think'' you're registered,
cheek to lie .sure. This is a slat<>-
wide election year and your vote
should count.
CHARLES HERRING
I « < *« 11111*4 *11K ' 111
IUTS. Fishermen
thereon have rntil April 15 t<> file
their final return and pay any
balance of lax duo Otherwise, the
law requires that they file their
final return and pay the full amount
ot the lax due by February It!
It was cautioned, limvever, thai
this option is available lo farmers,
ranehei and fishermen only. Tax
law defines these taxpayers as
those who earn Iwo-tbirds or more
of their gros income from ranch-
ing, farming or fishing If these
taxpayers filed a Federal income
lax return last year, the necessary
forms for Ibis year will be mailed
to them. For those who did not file,
or for some other reason did not
receive their forms in the mail,
blank forms are available Titan
any Internal Revenue office or
from post office:, or banks.
SltiH'Vchiclt' Emblems To Serve
\s Warning To Approeliin^ Trnffie
Garnished ice cube add a gay
note to many fruit drinks Fill an
ict> cube tray about two-thirds full
of water. Boiled water lends lo
make |he cubes clear. After the
water freezes .slightly, add an
orange, lemon or lime wedge, or
a pineapple lirlbil, fresh lierry,
cherry or grape. Finish filling with
water and freeze again.
AUSTIN — Bright orangi and
red triangles visible more than a
I fifth of a mile away tell drivers
they are approaching the rear of
a slow-moving vehicle, according
j lo a traffic law that lieeamc effec-
t live January 1.
The Texas Safely Association ad-
vises mobile machine owners and
| operators thai the new law states
all vehicles designed to travel at
speeds of 25 miles an hour or less
must have approved emblems af-
fixed on the back three
aliove the road when
| streets ami highways, ff the em-
! blem on a towing vehicle is visible
al all times, the law exempts the
machine being lowed.
Farm and Ranch Vice President
.Toe L. Smctana of TSA wants Tex-
ans to know the new law is at-
tacking rear-end collisions by speci-
fying a standard emblem easy to
ee at a safe distance Ixith day
and night on slow vehicles, which
include farm machinery as well as
construction equipment and all
other mobile objects. Machinery
lieing pulled by animals must also
display the slow-moving vehicle
emblem.
The standard size for emblems
is II! inches wide by 1-1 inches
high. In daylight, approaching driv-
ers will see a solid bright-orange
luminous triangle. Al night, only
the shiny red border will glow
around the invsible sunlight reflec-
tor The emblems are weather-
proof and very effective wet or
dry when kept clean.
"These signs are required In ad-
dition to any other lighting or re-
flective devices specified in traffic
regulations," Mr. Smctana said.
"Two mil of three crashes in-
volving slow-moving vehicles are
to five feet rear-end collisions, which account
on public for Iwo-thiivis of fatalities and in-
juries and 70 percent of property
damage value. Nine out of 10
smashups occurred during daylight
hours on dry highways.
"We are sure Ihut use of SMV
emblems will reduce the numlx'r
of this kind of crush and have
significant benefits for highway
safety," said the TSA vice presi-
dent.
Vehicles and mobile machines
used on the job and within the
limits of a marked construction
or maintenance area may operate
emblems, but once on the public
road they must display the SMV
emblem.
Twenty other stales have laws
providing for the use of the SMV
emblem.
Bastrop Feed Store
190? < III :S TM I'
James Doty & Sons
IK El) INK I KI;TIII/F.I<
!>;islrop limine l\Iiv
$31°
'Kli I III) I IIS.
Purina Range Cliow
$33°
I'RIt I (HI I US.
Range Cubes
one 6
Horse Feed
Hog Feed Breeder Cubes
Range Mixes
Complete Line of Veterinary Supplies
Wolverine Boots
i:.' wh
We Give Texas Gold Stamps
Double Stamps On Wednesday
FOOD QUAliTy^ SAVINGS!
at.... SMI7 H S
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, January 15, 16 & 17
Gladiola
FLOUR
5 lb. bag 49c
Produce
LETTUC E large head 15c
Market
Star lite
AM, MEAT
HAMBURGER
I , S. GOOD
SEVEN STEAK
MAItkKT MAKK
PAN SAUSAGE
BOSTON s n I.I'.
PORK ROAST
tilt ' K WAGON
BACON
III I K lot S — I \ I K V I'AM'Y
APPLES
LEMONS
ORANGES
lb. 29c
dozen 45c
5 lb. bag 39c
ism: s imh.tow
HAM
lb. 55c
lb. 79c
lb. 69c
lb. 54c
lb. 77c
lb. $1.39
COFFEE
New Per£ect Blend Coffee
pound 75'
Frozen
SITERIOI? DA I l{l ICS — Ml. I I,WOKS 8
"LES" 2 for 89c
riiOSTY \< 'itICS — SM('KI> — iii OZ.
Strawberries 10 oz. 29c
Ii \l\IIO — IIO'I (> M{l l( Oil I S
PICKLES 16 oz. 39c
5 TO I! i it. avkium:
CHICKEN HENS lb. 47c
Housewares
MOKTO.VS — III 07.
DONUTS
3 for $1.00
.MORTON'S STKMVHI UI!V Ot{ I'INKAI'I'IK
Cheese Cake 18 oz. 89c
STXM'.V'S \\ Al IT I'.
SYRUP
quart 64c
znst \ smtim:
CRACKERS 2 lb. box 39c
N MUSI O I'KCAM SIIORTRIti: Ml
COOKIES 44c
tVIIITK ( I Ot ll
TISSUES 2 roll pack 29c
46 oz. 29c
M l. COTTON
Wash Cloths
COATS K CI.AUK SEWING
THREAD
2 for 19c
:mn yards
spool 29c
St I'KKIOR DAI It IKS
MILK
This De|msit
gal. $1.03
I.OOSIC I K m '
Filler Paper
TYPEWRITER
PAPER
300 ct. 59c
200 ct. 59C
STAKMTE I'lM MTI E
JUICE
i'arkay diet
O L E O
lb. 39c
Mrs. Tucker's
Shortening
3 lb. can 59
Drugs
stari.ite — smced — no. 2 can
PINEAPPLE 2 for 49c
renown ( i i green — no. .101 can
BEANS 2 for 29c
stari.ite gdi.den cream styi.e — ho.'i can
CORN 2 for 39c
mi'ton's chicken noodi.e
SOUP 4 oz. pkg. 29c
iii cream\
Peanut Butter 12 oz. 44c
Starlite
gil i.ette foamy s|tRF simtxy
Shaving Cream ea. 69c
crest — te off
Toothpaste
tube 57c
coi.g vi e — reg. .tile
Tooth Brushes
ea. 31c
Detergent
giant size 59<
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, January 15, 16 <5. 17
SMITH'S
We Reserve The Right To Limit
Food Store
F. J. SMITH, Owner
telephone ca 9 2273
Its Easy To Shop and Save — We Give Texas Gold Stamps
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [116], No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1970, newspaper, January 15, 1970; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth238239/m1/2/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.