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Liorofiiia Cancer, Inc.
Box 45436
Dulles, Texas 75235
A RANDOM
By J. Troy Hickman
SIMMER BAYS IN A
SMALL TOW N
It seemed to us kids (hut the
last day of school wouki nrvi
iiimr. School was a loi duller
then than it is now. Sitting at a
desk when Spring had exploded out-
side and the siren summer called
with every breeze and birdsong,
seemed a cruel lot.
At last the final day did come.
We boys in the sixth grade raced
downtown and got our hair clipped.
I mean, down to the skin with the
old hand clipper. Then to the store
for a straw hat, the field hat style
with a shoe string to go under the
chin and hold it un.
Now, for those wIk> could afford
it, a brand new pair of blue denim
overalls, all stiff and smelly. Noth-
ing but new denim smells that
way. The overalls had to tie loose
and floppy at first, because their
cloth shrinks with washing. More-
over, when you sweat, while your
floppy overalls are good and wet
the breeze keeps you nice and cool.
Lean forward, and it feels good on
the tummy.
Next stop was the creek. Small,
muddy, almost hidden in big trees
and vines, our old swimming place
got a real workout, once each morn-
ing, again in the afternoon. A big
oak tree had a limb hanging over
the deep part. From a rope tied
there, we swung way out and turned
loose, sometimes head first, more
often otherwise.
After the first hour, the water
would lie about half mud,, but no
one cared. It was tun to throw a
log in. let it float, and ride it. Bet-
ter still, a watermelon, which after
the floating, which we thought
"cooled" it, could be eaten.
A farmer had a melon patch war
the creek. One day we ate one of
melons and left the rinds under a
tree at the edge of the field. Some
of us had trouble at home about
this.
The creek was also full of small
perch and little mud catfish which
would, bite worms or grasshopi>ers.
For the hoppers, which were plen-
tiful in the grass of the creek
banks, you made a switch of a
small tree branch. Then you picked
up an empty Prince Albert tobacco
can to keep the insects in. Fifteen
minutes later, with a cane |*>le,
hook and line, you were ill the fish-
ing business.
The creek was full of snakes,
mostly moccasins. Some -were the
Cottonmouth kind and dangerous,
but most were a harmless sort. An
old fellow who had recently moved
down from the north, bought snakes
at forty cents a |K>und for non-
poisonous, and forty-five for poison-
ous onc^s.
This was easy money, for we
kids earned some of our spending
money that time of the year, chop-
ping cotton by the row. A long row
•would be three cents and a short
one two cents. In a day you could
make a dollar. But a sizeable snake
weighs several pounds, and several
that I caught weighed four pounds.
We pretty well de-snaked the creek
each summer.
The earliest harvest each year in
our little South Texas town was
broomcorn, usually ready by late
June. It needs to be a quick har-
vest. for fear of rain, so the farm-
er got up a crew in town. It was
fun to lie one of several field hands
in a little place where not much
happened. Pay was good. You could
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ESTABIJSilKD MARCH 1. 1853
NEWS
BASTROP iTKXASi ADVERTISER, MAY 21, 1970
Historical Society
To Install New
Officers Friday-
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Miller
tvill be installed at joint presidents
nf the Bastrop County Historical
Society at the last meeting of the
club year to be held Friday after-
noon. May 22, at 3 o'clock in the
Museum.
Other officers to be installed at
this time will be Mrs. Powell C.
Maynard. first vice president: Mrs.
W. T. Gunn, second vice president;
Mrs. Karl Dcnman, recording sec-
retary; Mrs. W. K. Maynard, cor-
responding secretary; Miss Nell
Fitzwilliam. archivist; Miss Julia
Moncure, historian; Mrs. R. E.
Slandifer, publicity director; trus-
tees, M- .1, (I Bryson, Mrs. Sid
Davis of Klgin. Mrs. Earl Dcnman,
Mrs. P. C. Maynard. Mrs. W. E.
Maynard and Miss Neil Fitzwilliam
AH members are urged to be
present at this business meeting
of the Society. There will be no
additional program.
Ninety-eight graduates Republicans
Meet, Adopt
Resolutions
To receive diplomas
Ninety-eight Bastrop High School
graduates, the largest graduating
class in the history of the school,
will receive their diplomas at
Commencement Exercises Monday
night, June 1, at K o'clock in the
lhgh School auditorium. Baccalau-
reate services will be held Sunday
night, May 21, at 8 o'clock in the
auditorium.
Congressman J. J. Pickle will
deliver the Commencement address
and the Rev. Charles A. Young,
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
will deliver the Baccalaureate ser-
mon. .
Members of the graduating class
include the following:
Ramon Galvan Andrade, Denise
Baker, Larry Paul Bartsch, Rita
Frances Beck, Cora Jean Benford,
Darrell Dave Benford, Pearl Ella
Blaylock, James Ray Clark, Donald
Wayne Cody, Curley Colter,
Jackie Lucille Cook, Steven Lynn
Coo|*t, Deborah Ann Gouvillon,
Andrew J. Coy, Jr., Wilma J. Coy,
Larry J. Davis, Evelyn Louise De-
Shay, Deborah Ann DeWitty, Tori-
bio Diaz, Jr., Vicki Lynn Dyal.
Etta Faye Evans, 0. D. Flem-
ings, Christa Fohn, Willie J. Foster,
Terry Eugene Frerich, Ann Marisa
Funderburk, Bruce D. Gambrell,
Arthur James Goertz, Margaret
Ann Goertz, Janet Marie Goertz,
Rose Mary Goertz, Doris Lynn
Goodwill, Ronald Keith Greeness,
Shannon Lea Harris, Mary Kath-
erine Hemphill, Candice Adams
Hennosey, Carmen Delia Hernan-
dez Joe Roy Hipp, Larry Hoodye,
Vernon Hunt, Jr.,
Donald Hyder, Cuss W. Hyder,
Jr., Gloria D. Jackson. Blanche
Marie Johnson, Mary Marcel King,
Gail Marie Klaus, John C. Klaus,
Jcrre Ellen Kragh, Carolyn Jane
Lappert, James E. McDonald,
Reuben Arthur McDonald, Mark
Vinson McLaurin, John David Mc-
Mahan, Christine McMarion, Steph-
anie Martin, Barbara Sue Metcalfe,
Mary Kay Mcuth, Deborah Lynn
Meyer, Verdetta Lee Moore, Wil-
liam Walter "Bill'' Moore,
Tommie Leo Moore, Kathy Gayle
Moorehcad, Helen Marie Morrison.
Richard Datus Myers, Patsy Ann
Namkcn, Roger Oshorn, Robert
Wayne Patterson, Lossic Lee Peter-
son, Robert Allman Pittman, Jr.,
James Maurice Rathmann,
Regina Irene Rcspess, Belinda
Cheryl Robinson. Debm Kay Robin-
son, Barbara Ann Runkle, Cheryl
Renec Saegert, Edward C. Sanders,
Elizalieth Belle Sanders, Roberto
C. Saucedo, Larry E. Schaefer,
Marie A. Shelton,
Jimmie Ray Shimek. Sharon Sir-
les, Betty Florence Thompson,
James E. Thorne, Linda Diane
Trigg, Wes Trigg. Varneal Lee
Veal. Mary Jane Wallace, Betty
V o n Washington, Ritha Marie
Whitehead,
James Elroy Whitworth, John
Wicling, Jeanette Marie Wilhclm,
Ronald Dean Wilkinson, Earl Leroy
Marie Wilson, Ruth Ellen Wilson.
Williams, Larry C. Williams, Gladys
Dance Recital
Set For Saturday
"This Is It" will be the theme
for the 1!I70 recital of the Becky
Callahan Dance and Baton Students
to be held Saturday evening at 8
p. in., in the Bastrop High School
gymnasium. Everyone is cordially
invited to attend. There will be no
admission charge.
Those from Bastrop taking part
are Kathy Bartsch, Tina Bartsch,
Brenda Hollmann, Gay Hollmann,
Aya Linenberger, Gayle Rathman,
Barbie Nichols, Debbie Odiorne,
Elizabeth Florcs, Mary Allen Me-
Murrcy,
Malynn Garner, Jean Ann Woeltl,
l/>ri Bartsch, I^acey Casias, Janet
Bennight, Amy Callahan, Tina Hen-
drix, Millette Ix-wis, Betsy Moore
and Chris Crawford.
From Smithvillc are Becky In-
gram, Vicki Miller, Nikki Miller,
Connie Walicek, Cheryl Blackmann
and Tylene Stacy.
Dr. and Mrs. Gurwitz Prominent
In Stale Convention Activities
linjs
ACS To Hold
Annual Met
Monday Niglit
The Bastrop County Unit of the
American Cancer Society will hold
their annual meeting Monday, May
25, in the civic room of the First
National Bank in Bastrop at 8 p. m.
Officers, board menvliers and
delegates responsible for Bastrop
County Cancer Control program will
l>e elected. Committee chairmen
will rejHirt on the pant year's acti-
vities and make recommendations
for 11)70-71 objectives. The public is
invitwl.
John Dale Wcavrr of Austin will
lie guest speaker, and Dick Bahr
from the District Seven office in
Austin, and Mrs. Edmund Arning
R N. of Taylor, will be present.
Mrs. Arning. who is District Seven
Director, has long been recognized
for her leadership in the Cancer
fight She serve* as volunteer on
the State Board.
Dr. and Mis. Neil R. Gurwitz
have returned from Dallas where
they were attending the seventieth
annual convention of the Texas
Optometric Association.
Dr. Gurwitz was a delgate from
his local society to the state meet-
ing held May 9-12 at the Marriott
Motor Hotel. He attended educa-
tional sessions on ocular pathology,
pharmacology, and contact lens ad-
vancements.
In addition to the guest speakers
from Oklahoma, Illinois, and Wis-
consin who presented the education-
al program, special guests attending
the convention were the President
of the Woman's Auxiliary to the
American Optometric Association,
Mrs, B. S. Sullivan of Wichita, Kan-
sas, and Mrs. Patrick Nugent of
Austin. Mrs Nugent is president of
the Austin Chapter of Volunteers
for Vision and on the national board
of directors of the organization. She
participated in a workshop to fur-
ther the V for V program which
is designed to provide lay visual
screening to detect the visually dis-
advantaged child.
At the convention Mrs. Nugent
was presented a plaque by Mrs.
Gurwitz naming her ari honorary
member of the Woman's Auxiliary
to the Texas Optometric Associa-
tion "in appreciation of her signi-
ficant contribution to the visual wel-
fare of the public."
As President of the Texas Auxil-
iary, Mrs. Gurwitz presided over
the Auxiliary business session and
served in various other official
capacities. She was elected dele-
gate from the Texas Auxiliary to
the national congress to be held
this summer in Honolulu, Hawaii.
She will continue to serve the sec-
ond year of her term of office as
president.
According to law and the call ol
the chairman, Vernon G. Smith, the
Bastrop County Republican Exceu
I live Committee convened at 7
o'clock Saturday evening, May 9,
in the Texas Power and Light Co.
Building in Elgin.
The invocation was given by Mrs.
Ardetli Cardwcll, and Mrs Karlin
Hicks, secretary ol the executive
committee, called the roll and re-
I Kir ted a quorum present.
The chairman called for the re-
port of the credentials committee,
which was made as follows:
McDade: Mrs. Richard Neidig
Jr.
Bastrop: Mr. and Mrs. Alliert
I ck Jr., David Lock. Mr. and Mrs.
William L. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Light, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
J. Jlennosey.
Elgin: Mrs. Ray Arbuckle Jr.,
Mrs. Karlin F. I licks, Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon G, Smith, Mrs. W. II.
Cardwcll, Arnold Retzlaff.
Delegates and alternates to the
State Convention were nominated
and elected as follows:
Mrs. C. J. McCormick; C. J.
McCormick, alternate; Bobby Hcn-
nesey; Richard Neidig, alternate:
Vernon Smith; Mrs. Ardeth Card-
well, alternate; Albert l/ick; Mrs.
Bobby llennesey, alternate.
The following resolutions were
made and adopted:
Resolve to support President Nix-
on's policy in Vietnam. Motion
made to send wire to President
Nixon advising him of this support.
Resolve for abolition of daylight
savings time.
Resolve to oppose the distribution
of surplus food commodities under
the present program.
Resolve that there be no upper
limits on earning abilities under
Social Security Act.
Resolve to make it illegal for
any government employees to go
on strike.
Resolve to make it mandatory
thai the owner of a car have proof
of liability before the vehicle can
be licensed.
Resolve to go on formal record
of opposing legalization of Mara-
juana.
NOTICE
Mrs. J. K. Young cordially invites
the public to her pupils' recital on
Friday evening. May 22, at 8 p. m.
In the high school cafetorium.
Interesting Study
Set At Methodist
Church Tuesday
What is meant by the inner life'.'
What docs it mean to Vie a
Christian? How can a |>eisoii keep
a meaningful faith and live in to-
days complex world? What arc reli-
gious ways ol responding to the
world? What are some new styles
of Christian discipleship?
These are some questions to be
discussed in the study, "Being a
Christian in a New Day," to lie
held at the First United Methodist
Church of Bastrop The study is
sponsored by the W.S.C.S. and will
begin at 10:00 a. in on Tuesday,
May Jtitli. A covered dish lunch
will be served and a Imby siller
provided.
Everyone interested in participat-
ing is urged to attend.
Hill Pierson Is
Nominated Top
Texas Ranger
Among the hundreds of letters
received this |>asl week by Bill
Pierson of San Diego, California,
was one from Mrs. S. L. Brannon
Jr., Bastrop, who nominated him
as the No. 1 Texas Ranger!
Pierson, a native Texan, is the
husky footliall star who stood be-
tween the United Slates Flag and
1T>0 campus demonstrators for three
hours on Monday of last week. A
senioi marketing student, he was
walking from class when he spotted
militants lowering the flag at Sun
Diego State (illlege to hall staff in
support of rhcii stand.
The six fool three, ZiO pound ex
sailor raised it back to the lop and
stood his ground while !>cing threat-
end with fire hoses and chemical
sprays.
"I was horn under that flag,"
Pierson told the demonstrators
"I fought for that flag, and I am
going to college because of what
it stands for."
Although he was never attacked,
he said later: "I wouldn't have
moved if they had."
I'ierson, 23, of Arlington, Texas,
an all-West Coast center, joins the
New York Jets professional football
camp July 14. He has a wife and
a 3-year-old daughter.
The American legion, in a "Cita
lion for Meritorious Service," said
Picrson's comments in defense of
his flag "should forever lie the
watch-word of every red-blooded
American."
"This community, yes, the nation,
owes Bill Pierson a debt of deep
gratitude," the citation said.
NUMBER 12
Attend Crime And
Drug Education
Conference
C II Evans, Mi|xTinlcndcnt ol
Bastrop Public Schools and Jim
Wilkins, Bastrop High School slu
dent, participated in a crime and
drug education conference held in
Austin on Thursday of last week
Jim is the son of Mr and Mrs
Rudolph Wilkins.
The 22;"i delegates to the con-
ference included student, teacher
and administrative representatives
Sponsored by the Education Ser
vice Center and the Texas Educa
lion Agency, the Crime and Drug
Education Awareness Conference
was held to discuss ideas for mi
plementing drug and crime educa
lion in the schools.
House Bill l<)7. passed by the litst
State legislature, authorizes the
Central Education Agency to d<
velop a program of study on the
dangers of crime and narcotics, and
to include this program in the cur
riculum in September 11170 Study
units will begin in the fifth grade
and continue through grade twelve.
The Bill also authorized the erca
lion of an advisory commission to
advise and assist the Central Edu
cation Agency in developing curri-
cula and teaching methods
During the morning session of the
conference, Senator Charles F. I lei
ring, District 14, explained the
I louse Bill and answered questions
Mrs. Mrytle Boyce, KLRN lnstrur
tional Coordinator, described a pro-
gram which Includes in-service
training for teachers and lessons
for students. This program will lie
gin in SeptcnilHT.
Group discussions were held to
discuss chief concerns and prob
lems facing individual schools.
Uiura Williams, Consultant foi
Education Service Center, Region
XIII, responded to questions about
programming and in-service train
Ing for teachers.
In the afternoon session, four stu-
dents from Reagan High in Austin
discussed drug education in general
and answered questions alxml a
drug education session held at that
school. The conference concluded
with each school discussing goals
and plans for implementing a crime
and drug education program In
September.
Additional conferences will lie
held during the 1970-71 acadi mic
year to improve and expand indi-
vidual school programs.
F
i
Near tragedy results as
Youth send aid to Lubbock
Six youth organizations met last
Wednesday and put together a drive
to collect money, food and clothing
articles for the victims of the dis-
astrous tornado that struck Lubbock
on Monday night of last week
'Hie FFA, FIIA, VOE, VK'A,
BETA and Student Council all work-
ing together as one well organized
unit set up a table in the high
school lobby with members from
each organization taking turns at
attending it to collect money for
the drive.
Some went down town to the
businesses and were well greeted
Timewealth adds new development
Hie Timewealth Corporation has
contracted to purchase in excess
of 5,000 acres in Freestone County
as its first move into the Dallas-
Fort Worth resort development mar-
ket. The Houston-based develop-
ment company now owns and op-
erates six resort subdivisions in
the Gulf of Mexico- Galveston Is-
land area and one n.OOO acre Coun-
try Estates community near Bas-
trop, Texas.
Timewealth's senior vice presi-
dent, Sherwood Crane, described
the new tract as, "Ideally suited
to a country acres development pro-
gram, although we have no plans
to develop at this time. It is heavily
wooded with deer abounding in
some areas. Many creeks and ponds
and rolling hills make it most at-
tractive for leisure-time develop-
ment
Sellers are listed as L. R. and
Harriette Whatley. Acreage gene-
rally in the area sells for $175 to
$250 per acre, indicating the Time-
wealth purchase is in the $1 million
bracket.
The property is located just off
Interstate Highway 10, about one
hour south of Dallas. Waco is fifty
miles west and Corsieana is thirty-
three miles north of the property
which adjoins the town of Fair-
field.
Representing the purchaser in the
transaction were Thano Damcris,
Attorney, Houston; Dave Clark.
Morrison A Morrison, Realtors,
Conroc; Sucl Hill, Hill Real Etsate,
Fairchild.
Timewealth's country acreage
program in Bastrop is called the
Qrcle-D Ranch. Paved streets and
city utilities are brought to each
4-IO-30 acre homesite, and a num-
ber of recreational facilities are
mutually owned by purchasers. Re-
cently the Timewealth Corporation
and the Time-Use Corporation an-
nounced plans to I mi Id a VVOO.OOO
sports academy on the Bastrop site
Catering to youthful students of
tennis, golf and horseback riding,
the Academy includes accommoda-
tions for 100 persons, in a series
of courses.
Johnny (joyen, Timewealth P. R.
Executive said, "The concept we
have developed In Bastrop has met
wtih great success. We are con-
vinced that a similar development
will appeal to Da Man and Fort
Worth folks as strongly as the
Cirele-D has attracted Houston-
ians." The Timewealth Corporation
opened offices in Dallas earlier this
year.
No tradename has yet been
selected for the 5,000 acre Fairfield
tract, but early development plans
include construction of a .TOO acre
lake. A srcowl lake of approximate-
ly the same size is also ijn the
drawing boards.
The Timewealth Corporation has
been in continuous o|*>ration under
the same ownership and manage
ment for some l.'l years. In addi-
tion to Cram, principals are Wel-
come Wilson. Chairman; Jack Wil-
son, President; and Johnny Goycn,
Vice President The Wilsims entered
the development lie Id after high-
level service with the federal gov-
ernment. Goyon, a seven-term
Councilman for the City of Houston,
is director for public relations with
the firm.
Other interests of the Timewealth
groip include apartment complexes
in Houston awl in Galveston, a
large shopping mall in Galveston,
and extensive real estate holdings
in Houston'! Domed Stadium area.
Ijtsl year Timewealth purchased
Mr. R, E. "Bob" Smith's stock in
the Houston Sports Association,
owners of the Domed Stadium lease,
and the Houston Astros major lea-
gue baseball team.
I'T POLK, i.a Private First Class Carroll M Roheils receives
the Outstanding Basic Combat Training iBCTi trainee award from
Brigadier General Kind I' Kschenburg. commanding general of
Ft. folk, in graduation ceremonies Ma> S. lie graduated from
Compau) D. In I Battalion, 2nd IttT Brigade Private Roberts
is the son ol Mrs Mildred Grace Roberts of Bastrop, and his wife,
the former Miss l.ynnc Uiveless, also lives in Bastrop
Named To Phi
Beta Kappa At
Scripps College
Miss Susan Roby, daughter of
Mr and Mrs Richard W. Roby of
Austin, has liccu named to I'hi
Beta Ku|>|ni at Scripps College in
Clarcmcnt, California. Miss Roby
has n I tended Scripps tor four years,
and will receive her degree at grad-
uation ceremonies there on June 7.
Site will return to Texas Univer-
sity to enter the Graduate School
of Library Science this summer.
Miss Roby is also a graduate of
I'unahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii.
While at Scripps, she lias received
many honors including being chosen
for a special assignment as an in-
tern in the Serria Library System,
Sun Diego, California, last summer,
where she worked with the San
I Diego Children's Library for eight
i weeks.
Mi and Mrs. Roby and son, ibi-
j bell, will he in Clareiiionl, Califor-
, nia, tin' first week In June to join
Susan for the many planned gradua-
| lion festivities.
Miss Roby is the granddaughter
I ol the late Mr. and Mrs. R. D.
Richards of Bastrop.
Nephew Killed In
Vietnam May 12
Mr and Mrs Otis Brinkmau and
I Mr Adrlc Dannelly received word
|<.ii Friday, May 15 that their
nephew, Charles Darnell MeMuhan
ol l,a Rose, IxMilKinnu, had been
killed in action in Vietnam on
May 12.
Funeral arrangements are pend-
ing in Monroe, l uisiana.
Other survivors include his wi-
dow, Mis Beverly MeMahan of
Monroe, La.; parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Gus II MeMahan; two sisters, Mim,
I .ester Rodtiquc and Mrs Douglas
Mudil. all ol La Rose, l«a ; a broth-
er. James Wesley MeMahan of
Austin, and his grandmother, Mrs.
Mattle MeMahan ol Dale.
MISS M S\\ Id tin
Summer Hours
To Begin At Theatre
Effective Monday, June 1, the
Tower Theatre will change its
starting time for the Hummci
months.
The I mix office will i ijien at 7; 15
p in. and the show will start at
7: :Ml p m.
This Iiiin change does not elfect
the Saturday and Sunday matinee
12-2
NOTICE
the
Effective Monday, June
Tower Theatre will have new ad
mission prices, according to Ray
Glllit, manage!
Adulls, 111 00: Children Mle and
Balcony (adulisi 75e 12-2
Oak Hill Picnic-
Set For May 30
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend the annual Oak Hill picnic
on Saturday, May 'Ml, for the belli
(it of the Oak Hill Cemetery.
I'lan Jo luing a basket lunch and
spread it with friends and relatives
for a real, old fashioned gel-to-
gelhcr. 12 2
Piney Creek Philosopher Takes
A Look At The Students, In As
Serious A Vein As Possible
Editor's note The Piney Creek
Philosopher on hit Johnson grass
farm on Piney gels into i isky tei
ritory this week, but that's his
worry.
Dear editar:
Wfien you open up i lug daily
newspaper you ncvci know what
you're going to lind, excusing the
front page, and I was flipping
with cheeks, food, and clothing
articles.
At the end of two days collecting,
the organizations were able to mail
a cashier's check for $20.'! 'id to Hie
Lubbock Tornado Disaster Relict
Fund at Luhiiock, and started to
the International Airport at San
Antonio with a station wagon load
of canned fwsl and clothing 'o send
them.
'Oils journey was started by
Iviirry Bartsch awl Rols rl liftman, | through one which tumid up out
on Friday morning of last week
Near Camp Gary, they found (hern-
selves in the midst of the disas-
trous San Marcos flood, and the
trip almost ended in tragedy when
their car was washed off the road.
Leaving the car nearly completely
submerged, the two boys walked
to Camp Gary where they were
given dry clothing awl food
Bob Pittman went for the l*>ys
awl pulled Rolicrt's station wagon
back to Bastrop. All of the fowl was
saved and the clothes were cleaned
awl made usable.
Since conditions had developed to
such a state in San Marcos, it was
decided to send the food and cloth-
ing there.
The group of organizations ex-
pressly) their thanks to everyone
for their contributions and help in
the drive, and especially the two
boys nearly risked their lives in
their effort to help.
here yesterday when I ran across
a picture of a turtle, lie head stick
ing out as he Inched up a lull, hang-
ing on the wall behind some offi-
cll's desk with the motto under it:
"You ncvci git anywhere without
slicking your neck out."
I got to thinking about this and
you know what, how far in thi
last million years have turtles got
ti n?
On another page I found a report
nf a speech made by a student
leader who said the purpose (if all
the college demonstrations is te
"turn this country around "
I guess if the Atlantic and the
Pacific seaboards swapped posi-
tions it'd lie all right, but you hci
I've got tins fireplace o it here
in this Johnson grass farm with
a chimney that works fine when
the wind is out of the north but
smokes when It's out of the south,
which is ull rigid because with a
south wind blowing I don't need a
lire, hut il tin students arc going
to make the wind blow souto in the
winter ....
Of course, what they mean I
guess is that they're going to turn
people around, but I'm not sure
about that either. What I mean is,
from an esthetic standpoint, most
of us don't look any iletter coming
than going.
Soy. speaking of students, I'm all
for their drive to clean up the en-
vironment everywhere except where
they've been demonstrating; when
they run out of litter in the cities
I've got some out here ready to l e
picked up, but I was just thinking,
have you noticed that in their drivo
to eliminate the causes of litter,
such as lluow-away cans and bot-
tles, they've been picketing sixia-
water plants, not breweries? Them
kids ain't so dumb.
Yours faithfully,
J- A- l!
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [117], No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 21, 1970, newspaper, May 21, 1970; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth238257/m1/1/: accessed May 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.