Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [119], No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1972 Page: 1 of 8
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Musings
By J. Troy Hickman
AN OLD
LETTER REREAD
"UvakU, Tocis.
"June 1, 1 940.
"Dear Children:
"Your mother and I have been
married eleven years today.
Yesterday evening we celebrated
by goi'i; ! ■ i v together. We
are happier today tlian we were
eleven years ago, because now
we are more sure of each other.
"Marriage is an adventure.
At first there is newness and
wonderment. After a little while,
perhaps five yeu">, there may
be a period when the marriage
seems "in between"; the early
days are behind but the solid
satisfactions have not all arrived.
"Your mother and I feel that
we are comirig out on a plain,
one that is more level and high-
er. There are getting to be
fewer peaks, also fewer valleys.
W > ,n to feel that, whatever
comes, we have each other for
sure. We used to think of our
futures in term'; of ourselves;
now we think of our future as
something we shall liave to-
gether.
"We are also thinking of you
kids. Marjorie is nine, Patricia
six, and Scott five. There will
be another to join you late in
October. John Donald, had he
lived, would now be seven. Some-
times three children seem like
a heavy load; but the rewards
are far greater than the burdens.
Kadi "f ^ ■) i ; i like a little world,
and each of your worlds is dif-
ferent from the others.
"We liave heard it said, "Why
bring kids into a world like this?
War; uil utreds everywhere,
the future uncertain." Well, the
human race is pretty old and has
shown v.i.rJerful capacity to
abosrb punishment. Time after
time it has recovered from wlial
vis supposed to be knock-out
blows. Even after this big World
War II, we will find our way back
to i!io Ught again.
"Right now, the Allies seem
helpless to stop the Get-nan
armies in Belgium and France.
Some say that the Germans will
win with a few a .• ■, , iihers
say, not that soon, but ultimate-
ly! I believe that the Allies
will assuredly win this war.
"We don't know how long it
will take but Germany cannot
hold out forever under the strain
of this effort. 1'here is some-
thing artificial and frenzied in
ur programs. I believe that in
time the natural wins over the
artificial, and deliberation beats
frenzy. Hitler has the advantage
of the first ol .'iisive. He made
the plans and selected the battle-
grounds and the wei.wns. Ap-
propriate reaction takes a little
time, but as the struggle > ">
on each German victory will be
a little harder and more costly.
' In a war, guns and plans
are not everything. History is
an arena where the hoi: >r cause
wins in the end. I do not see
this as a holy war. No doubt
the peoples of both sides, know-
ingly or otherwise, have con-
tributed to its causes. Hut I
do believe that the balance of
the right is on the side of the
Allies, I do not believe that
either side is ever wholly in-
nocent or wholly vile; but I do
believe tliai the morality of his-
tory, while often delayed, is ul-
timately inviolable. Meanwhile,
all of us, victors and victims,
will have to suffer hardships and
losses; and it is something that
we have brought u|x)n ourselves.
I am sure that God has never
"willed" a war.
"So, on our eleventh anniver-
sary, children, we wish and pray
for each of you a useful life
and a satisfying life. Your mother
and I hope that when you are
married that you will find it
as meaningful as we now find
it to be. With love, Your Dad."
Some water has gone under
the bridge since I wrote this.
I turned it up in going through
some papers. There lias been
no occasion to change my mind
about our marriage, or about
war. The turning point in the
fortunes of World War 11 began
a few weeks after the letter was-
written.
John Jenkins
Buried Here
Graveside services were hold
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock in
Fairview Cemetery here for John
H, Jenkins Sr., 88, of Austin,
under the direction of Onoper-
Newby Funeral Home
Mr Jenkins, a retired ahstrar-
tor and a former resident of
Bastrop, died Thursday In an
Austin hospital
Survivors include one son, John
H Jenkins Jr of Austin; one
grandchild, John II Jenkins ill,
awl one great grandchild, John
II Jenkins IV
Registration Dates
For School Opening
AND BASTROP COUNTY NEWS
ESTABLISHED MARCH 1. 18...:
BASTRCI' I'IKXASI ADVERTISER. AUGUST 10, 1972
Nt MlthR JI
Bastrop Must Have
New Disposal Plant
Your City Council realized
some four >ears ago that Bas-
trop's sewage disposal plant was
becoming inadequate and obsol-
ete. When this plant was built,
in 1955, it was a second hand
plant and it was not designed to
accommodate the number of cus-
tomers it now serves nor to treat
the sewerage to the final clean-
liness that is now demanded by
the Texas Water Quality Board.
At that time, your City Coun-
cil began to make plans to build
a new sewage plant and to also
incorporate other needed im-
provements to the water and
sewer systems. The firm of
Bryant-Curington, Inc. made a
study of the improvements that
were needed and the approxi-
mate cost of such improvements.
Some two years ago an applica-
tion was made to the Dept. of
Housing and Urban Development
for aid in financing the cost
of tlie project.
Although the city has s|>ent
considerable money on improve-
ments to the present disposal
plant in an effort to meet the
requirements and standards of
the Texas Water Quality Board,
in April of this year that board
informed the city officials that
the present plant was not pro-
ducing the desired end results
and that we would have to build
a new plant at once. The order
of tills board cannot be taken
lightly', as it has the enforce-
ment power to carry out Its or-
ders.
Without further delay, your
City Council had Bryant-Curing-
ton, Inc. to update their engineer-
ing on the plant and to submit
an application to the Texas Wa-
ter Qualtity Board for financial
aid in constructing a new plant.
Hie section of the City of
Bastrop which is bounded by
Main St. on the west, by the
railroad on the south, by High-
way 95 on the Hast, and by
Mesquite St. on the north lies
in the shape of a saucer. Water
is turned from Highway 95 and
flows into this area and because
it is so low the water cannot
get out except by evaporation.
This causes an extreme health
hazard for the entire city. Not
only does the water stand for
long periods of time in this area,
but some of it gets into the
sewerage system, infiltrates the
sewer lines and makes our sew-
age disposal plant Inoperative for
a time.
The city receives its water
from Camp Swift which is eight
miles from town. The only stor-
age the city has is an old 200,000
gallon ground level tank located
on top of the hill on Highway
21 Fast by the suite Park. If
the line from Camp Swift were
to break, and since the lines
liave been in the ground for
eight years there is always a
possibility, the city would be
without water until repairs could
be made. Because of this pos-
sibility, it is necessary to in-
stall a storage tank on top of
the hill.
There is also a need for ad-
ditional water and sewer lines
to better serve the citizens in
Bastrop. Some of the water lines
have been in the ground so long
that no one can remember when
the> were installed.
So, in view of the fact that
the city has been issued an ulti-
matum to construct anew sewage
disposal plant, and knowing that
the drainage of the north section
of town affects our disposal plant
plus being an extreme health
hazard to the entire city, and
realizing that a storage tank
must be built to provide more
water supply in case of emer-
gencies, the City Council will
call a bond election on Septem-
ber 7, 1972 for the purpose of
financing our share of the cost
of these needed improvements.
There will be no pro|iert\ tax
involved in this bond election.
LADIES I.l IN CI IF. ON
MF.FTS AUGUST 15
The ladies luncheon will meet
on Tuesday, August 15, at 12:30
noon at the Magic Mill.
Reservations may be made b\
calling the hostesses, Mrs. Karl
Denman at 321 -3245, or Mrs.
Charles Brown, 321-2007,
These bonds will all be revenue
bonds and will be paid for from
the water and sewer revenue.
It will be necessary, however,
to adjust sewer and water rates
to place them in line with the
cost of furnishing these services.
Between now and the election
date of September 7, an article
will appear each week to elabor-
ate more extensively on the ab-
solute need of these projects and
a break down of the way these
bonds can be paid off at no great
sacrifice to anyone. It is also
planned that neighborhood meet-
ings will be held to answer any
and all questions that the citizens
might have. . .
-Contributed
IiK'lndcd Til
Outstanding
Men
son of
Jenkins
1 Ollll£
Robert K .1 nkins Jr.,
Mr. and M s Robert E
Si of Bastrop, has been selected
for inclusion in the 1972 edition of
"Outstanding Young Men of
America," according to Doug
Blankeivship. chairman of the
Board of Advisors for the na-
tional awards publication.
Now in its eighth year, "Out-
standing Young Men of America"
is an annual biographical com-
pilation sponsored by leading
men's civic ami service organiza-
tions Tli ■ awards volume fea-
tures the accomplishments of ap-
proximately 8,(XX) young men of
exceptional achievement f r o m
throughout the country
Criteria for inclusion in "Out-
standing Young Men of America"
are service to others, professional
excellence, business advancement,
charitable activities, and civic
professional recognition The men
chosen arc l>ctwocn the ages of
21 and 35.
President Richard M. Nixon has
said, of the publication. "Outstand-
ing Young Men of America" pre-
sents a fitting testimonial not
only (o the success of our young
people, but also to their aware-
ness of the debt which they owe
in our free society
Nominations for the awards
publication are made by civic
organizations, Jaycee chapters,
college alumni associations and
military commandants
In announcing their selection,
Blankcnship said those chosen for
"Outstanding Young Men of
America" have distinguished
themselves in one or more fields
of endeavor Thus, they truly de-
serve the title, "outstanding."
The 1972 edition, scheduled for
publication in November, will in
elude a special int"oduetory mes-
sage by The Honorable James
Hodgson, U S Secretary of
Labor,
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Homecoming
Parade One of
Bastrop's Best
Miss Debbie Potter of Columbus
was crowned Beauty Queen at the
Miss Bastrop Lost Pines Home-
coming Beauty Pageant Saturday
afternoon.
Bark To School
Sunday At First
Baptist Church
Special recognition will be
given to all children and young
people next Sunday, August 13,
as the First Baptist Church ob-
serves "Back-to-School Sun-
day". This is the first time in
the church's history for such an
emphasis to lie placed on the
school pupils as they enroll for
a new year of school.
The morning worship service
which begins at 10:55 a.m. will
include music by the youth and
adults of the church and the
message of the hour will be de-
livered by the pastor, liev.
Charles A. Young. A fellowship
for the youth of the church will
follow the evening worship ser-
vice.
Members of all Sunday School
classes for adults, young people,
and children of all ages are
urged to be present on tills day
when a special momento from
the church will be given to each
person present. Visitors areco-
cordially invited to attend the
the service and to particliiate in
all the activities of the day,
BAND STUDENTS TO
MEET AUGUST 14
All High School Band students
are urged to meet at the High
School Band Hall, Monday, Aug-
ust 14th, at 7:00 p.m. to begin
practice for the coming year.
J. D. Poynter
Bastrop's Silver Jubilee
Homecoming was climaxed Sat-
urday morning at 10 o'clock by
the grand parade, the longest
Bastrop has ever had. Replete
with VIP's, beautiful floats and
lovely girls, the entertaining en-
tries from the Ben Ilur Shrine
Temple in Austin and Ai Amln
Shrine Temple from Corpus
Christi, clowns, comedy floats,
and horses and riders from the
various riding groups In the
county, it all added up to more
than an hour's pleasure and en-
tertainment.
The judging results for the
entries were as follows, in the
order of their placing:
Best out of town entry: York-
town, Elgin, LaG range
Best decorated vehicle: Kx-
l nded Nutrition, Bastrop; Bas-
trop County Historical Society,
oldest couple from Elgin; Blue-
bonnet Acres Express
Best home town entry: Ixitig's
Food Market, Bastrop ( lumber
of Commerce, City of Bastrop
(LCRA)
Best junior entry: Elgin 4-11
Club, Bastrop 4-11 Club, 4-I.eaf-
ers from Elgin
Most Original: Fenskes Areo
Station, Elgin; Vernon Goodal
Smith, Republican, Elgin; Cas-
sels Grocery, Bastrop
Best dressed cowgirl on horse-
back: Kathy Smith, Karen Hobbs,
Jo Neta Pollard.
Best horse group: Bastrop
Family Hodeo Club, Thome Hid-
ing Club, Bastrop Saddle t lub.
Responsible in various capa-
cities for this highly successful
contribution to Homecoming were
Bob Pittman, parade chairman
v- 1th Honey Schacfer his able
assistant; L. 1., Turner, Carl
Spooner, 0. E. Glenn, Cecil Long,
Mrs. Margaret Pfelffer and
Doyle Tuck, with OUie Mundine,
general Homecoming chairman
and Chuck Bryson, co-chairman.
Registering the floats and num-
bering them were Mrs, Bob Pitt-
man, Mrs. Leland Fischer and
Mrs. Joe Lee Rathman.
Judges for the parade were
Mrs. Kenneth Blaschke ofSmlth-
ville, Mrs. W. E, Arbuckle of
Elgin, Mrs. Jimmy Christiansen
of Elgin and Mrs. Bernice Creel
of McDade. Mrs. Joe Lee Rath-
man served as escort for the
judges.
Notice To Junior
High Students
Due to an error in last week's
article on school registration,
concerning Junior High School
students, all junior high school
students are asked to check the
article in this week's paper care-
fully for accurate information
on registration.
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MISS MARY OLD FIELD
To Be Presented
As Princess At
Ball In Austin
Miss Mary Elizabeth Oldfield,
daughter of Mr and Mrs Mark
Ilhvard Oldfield, will be pre-
sented as a "Princess" represent-
ing out of town Royalty at the
Admirals Club Coronation Ball on
the evening of Saturday, August
12, in the City Auditorium in
Austin Her escort will be John
Crawford, son of Mr and Mi's.
Norman Crawford
Dr Frank Covert, Chief of
Naval Operations for the Admi-
rals Club, announced that 13
Central Texas cities will be re-
presented by Princesses in addi-
tion to Queen Trudy Yamell,
National Cherry Festival, Tra-
verse City, Michigan, and Queen
Cynthia Ann Ijike, St, Pctersberig
Festival of States, St. Petersburg,
Florida.
The Admirals BaP is the climax
of the Austin Aquri Festival where
a new Queen is crowned and
presently! with her court.
Miss Oldfield graduated in top
ten of her class at Bastrop High
School She is a member of the
National Thespians Society, Uni-
versity of Texas Young Demo-
cats; and has completed one and
on.-half years in the University
of Texas in Austin.
Old Timers To
Play Football In
Smithville
The annual Old Timers foot-
ball game between Bastrop and
Smithville will be played Frldaj
night at 8 o'clock at the high
school stadium in Smithville.
Bastrop won the trophy last year
when the game was played here,
and they hope to bring it back
with them Friday night.
Anyone wishing to join the Bas-
trop team is asked to contact
Jimmle Joe Jones at the First
National Bank. The only re-
quirement is that you liave been
out of high school for at least
10 years.
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Fhc 1 'Id Woman Who IJved in a Shoe was the winning
float in the Kiddie Homecoming Parade Thursday morn-
ing. Pictured on the huge shoe are the following children,
but not in the order In which they arc shown: Karen
Uiake, I "at liiake, It-avis (.rlffith, Tonya Griffith. Tracy
Griffith, Jimmy Banna, Gale Hanna, Howard Kbner Jr.,
Shanna Goertz and Kim Fohn. (Mrs. Jimmy Griffith was
the old Woman Who IJved In a Shoe!)
School will begin for some 1900
students of the Bastrop Public
Schools on August 24th School
will start on the 24th with a
regular schedule lieginnmg at
8 10 and dismissing at '! :u) 2 45
for grades K 2nd School buses
will run at regular times along
the same routes as last year
Most students are pre-registered
but some will need to register
previous to thi' 24th. The tlurd
grade will be housed this year
at the Elementary school on
Marion Street with the 4th and
5th grades The Kindergarten
will move to the Primary campus
with the 1st and 2nd grades
All new students should regis-
ter previous to the start of school
Any student who did not attend
the Bastrop Public Schools last
year aivl will enter the Primary,
grades K through 2, Elementary
School, grades 3 through 5;
Junior High School, grades G
through 8, should register on
Monday. August 14th between
9 00 a m. and 12:00 noon
All new High School Students,
grades 9 through 12, should re-
gister between 9:00 a m. and
12:00 noon on August 14th, 15th,
17th and 18th The afternoon
hours of these days arc reserved
for students who have mistakes
or need to change their sched-
ules. Schedules of all pre register-
ed High School Students will be
mailed out August 9th.
All Junior High .School Students
new to the Bastrop Schools should
register on August 14th. All re-
Kiddie Parade
Winners Named
The most outstanding ent"y in
the Ki<ldie Parade that op tied
Bastrop's Silver Jubilee Home
coming Tliursday morning was a
huge shoe, complete with win-
dows ami filled with children —
the Old Woman Who Lived in a
Shoo.
Although the threatening wea
ther caused the parade to b gin
a little earlier than scheduled
and the entries hurried along in
the falling rain, there were many
interesting and attractive inter-
pretations of Mother Goose, the
theme of the occasion.
Taking part in the winning
entry were the following young
sters: Travis, Tracy and Tonya
Griffith, children of Mr and Mrs
Jimmy Griffith; Howard Ebn r,
son of Mr and Mrs. Howard
Ebner; Jim and Gale Hanna, chil-
dren of Mr and Mrs. Jimmy
Hanna: Patrick and Karen Laakc,
children of Mr and Mrs. Perry
Laakc; Kim Fohn, son of Mr,
and Mrs Jerry Fohn, and Shan-
na Goertz, daughter of Mr, mid
Mrs Glen Goertz.
Best Horse and Rider was
Janet Bennighl, daughter of Mr
and Mrs Maurice Bennighl, with
Connie Frerich, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Ernest Frerich, second
Best float was Dianna, Timmy
and Grog Ficbrich, children of
Mr. and Mrs David Ficbrich;
second best float was Wessley,
Tina, Morty and Windy Beck,
children of Mr and -Mrs Leroy
Beck, and Jerry Davis, grandson
of Mrs Martha Wolf
In the best decorated wheels
were, first, KC Rabensbu'g,
daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles
Rabensbu.g, and David Allbright
son of Mr and Mrs John All
bright; second, Slaeey and Amy
Turner, children of Mr and Mi's
Gaylan Turner, and Shane and
Shanna Hill, children of Mr and
Mrs William Hill
Most Beautiful were, first, Jan-
na Hoffman, daughter of Mr and
Mrs Jimmy Hoffman second,
Teresa Thomas g andd'iughte
of Mr and Mrs Walter Moneurc
Most Comical, first, Fran-is
Nuse. son of Mr ami Mrs I>>uis
N'use, s cond Ronnie I wden
son of Mr and Mrs Maurice
Ivowden, Ted Osbom, son of Mr
and Mrs Curtis Osliom, and
Robert Frerich, son of Mr and
Mrs Ernest French
Best Couple first, Tina and Phil
Hcndrix, children of Mr and
Mrs Tommy llendrix, second,
Mickle and Bobby Mundine, chil-
dren of Mr and Mrs Larry
Mundine
Best Group, first. Cynthia and
M whelp Sanders children of Mr
and Mrs A A Sanders, and
Karen and Elliott Gurwitz, chil-
dren of Dr and Mrs Neil Gur-
wit/; secern!. Lance, Margaret
and K1 tier Trigg, children of
Mr and Mrs Klelx-r Trigg, and
Jamie, Rickie and Randy Ker-
shaw children of Mr and Mrs
James Kershaw
Most Original, first. Michael
Wade son of Mr and Mrs James
Wade, and Jeff Ballon, .son of
Mr and Mrs Victor Bat'on;
second. Jerry Towns.-nd. son of
Mr and Mrs G A Townsend
Most Outstanding Out of Town
entry was Jason. Jeffrey, Iwinny
and Pamela Hannusch, children
of Mr and Mrs Dale Hannusch
gular Junior High Students are
urgisl to pick up their schedules
and other papers on Thursday,
August 17th
A special reminder to all par-
ents The laws of the State
of Texas require immunization
against diphtheria, tetanus, polio,
for all students and rubella and
rubiola for children under 12
years of age New students should
bring their health records when
they register Immunization mast
I* started and must continue if
children are to attend the public
schools.
Students who were in attend-
ance this past year and have not
taken care of submitting their
records or been immunized will
not be admitted to register un-
til this is done Students will be
excused from immunization on
proper religious o r medical
grounds In order to excuse a
student an alfadivit mint be sub-
mittal from the doctor or the
church of the student.
The cafeterias will serve be-
ginning the first day of school
on the regular schedule The
free lunch program has t*>en
changi^d slightly since last year
and it will be necessary that
everyone on the free lunch pro-
gram submit a new application
and have it approved The appli-
cation from last year cannot be
accepted. Any parent wishing
to riH)uest free lunches for their
children should submit an appli-
cation for processing before the
opening o( school Parents should
not expect their ehilren to re-
ceive free meals without proper
application and failure to do this
may result in their children not
being admitted to the cafeteria
for free meals Students not
filing an application prior to Mon-
day, August 28th will not receive
free lunches Parents should take
can' of this immediately upon
receipt of forms, Free lunch ap-
plication forms will be mailed to
many students but will need to be
picked up for most Parents may
obtain the application forms from
Mrs Carolyn Pittman. or their
school principal
In order to facilitate the open-
ing of school, parents are asked
to be sure to 11) register new
students on the indicated days,
(2> I*- sure health records are up
to date and f.1) make proper ap-
plication for fife lunches if
needed.
Frate Barker
Dies In Austin
Thursday
Frate Barker, 87, died at his
home in Austin Thursday morn-
ing. He was a lifelong resident
of Austin ami Travis County, and
an uncle of R E Standifer of
Bastrop,
A retired meat market owner,
hi- was a member of Allandale
Baptist Church, and was presi-
dent of the Old Settlers Recnion
of Oak Hill-Cedar Valley
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Lottie Barker of Austin;' one
sister, Mrs J A Reid of Austin,
one niece and several other
nephews
Funeral services were held at
2 o'clock Saturday at Hyltin-
Manor Funeral Home, with the
Rev ll„ old E O'Chester officiat-
ing Burial was in Austin Mem-
orial Park.
To Hold Rummage
Sale On Saturdays
The Daughters of the Nile will
begin holding their fall rummage
sale on each Saturday in the
building next to the Citizen's
State Bank. Proceeds will go
to the children in the Crippled
Children's Hospital in Houston
and the Burns Hospital in Gal-
veston.
Anyone having anything to dun-
ate for the sale, please call Mrs.
I. I'. Sharp, 321 —2659 or Mrs.
J. I'. /Inn, 321-3815.
Winners In Contest
At Andy's During
Homecoming
Pete Black of Bastrop and
Yolanda Sinims of Elgin both
won a free LP \lbum at Nndy's
during their Homecoming Sale.
Kebecca Orozco*won two tickets
to the Hodeo Saturday evening.
We at Vndy's would like to
express our appreciation to the
many people who ixirticinated in
the contest, and toour customers.
We pledge to continue toimprove
our quality and selection of mer-
chandise and service.
\N m. ( Andy) Anderson
UDC To Meet In
Elgin August 16
The Williams Owens Oapter of
the UDC will meet in the home
of Mrs Paul Farms in Elgin
Main Street, on Wednesday, Au-
gust 16. at 10 a m
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