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AND BASTROP COUNTY NEWS
STABLLSHED MARCH 1. 1853
BASTROP I TEXAS i ADVERTISER, MARCH 15, 1973
NUMBER 3
Musings
3y J. Troy Hickman
"WHERR THERE'S
A WILLIE"
Not often do I enjoy watching
s on TV, but I saw one of
man in a katy straw and wild
d blazer, making like a circus
rker as he stood amidst piles
new appliances and furniture
d proclaimed, "We are mov-
l the store to a new address,
d I'd rather move the money
in this stuff. So, come on
wn and buy it! You don't
ed much money, just a little
ch month. And remember,
lertver there's a Willie, there's
way!"
rhis was Willie Kocurek
>sur-ek). Nearly everyone in
istin knows him, and so do
s of other people in Central
xas, because his ads are
jally better than the pro-
ims on TV. His appliance,
•niture and tire business is
the 4100 block of Guadalupe
w, and was formerly at 19th
di Trinity.
Millie Kocurek first saw the
ht of day at Dime Box, Tex-
a little place peopled mostly
persons of Czech ancestry.
• married Maurine Gustafson
Austin. Their children, Wil-
m Neal and Kay, are grown
w.
following high school in San
itonio and a degree in busi-
ss administration from Texas
plus some law and other
ngs, Willie tackled the busi-
ss world, retail merchandis-
;, where he has been ever
ice, some 44 years now.
life and people are his real
ncerns; but a man has to do
-nething to pay expenses. Be-
use he like* living and peo-
people like Him. The Ko-
reks are longtime members
University Methodist Church.
Ilie is one of the earlier mem-
rs of the Lions Club, the
iwntown group, which is older
in Lions International. He
s held practically all the ma-
• Lion offices available locally,
d also has been the District
•vernor.
\s you would guess, he is a
st vice-president of the Cham-
r of Commerce. He was also ■
esident of both the Texas and
? National Associations of
hool Boards and, of course,
the Austin Public School
■ard.
■Vhen Educational Channel 9
s its annual auction, Willie is
fore the mike as often and as
ig as anyone. He can make
u spend money for a good
use and enjoy it.
'Have you had training In
vertising?" I asked him. "No,
t I got a good basis for it
•m a high school English
icher who sparked us to put
■rds together well, and later
college a course in letter
iting gave me another boost,
d from there on I just learned
doing.''
Villie Kocurek has the light
ich and still comes through
an honest man. He combines
rds and humor well in his
siness of selling.
felt foolish asking a man
e this whether he had hob-
's. He admitted to a garden
home. "In fact," he said,
was working my garden
en a neighbor, Dr. Walter
berts, asked how come mine
s doing better than his. That
s when I came up with the
?, "Where there's a Willie,
•re's a way." The Kocureks
? in Tarryiown and Willie is
nember of The Men's Garden
ib.
Art. Kocurek keeps store
en Willie is out doing com-
inity work, and he says, "We
h follow the motto, 'Live and
e in Austin'. We think this
a great city. Both back up
lr praise of their town with
i of time and strength given
civic and church projects,
taking a living and coping
h the ups and downs can
netimes be grim business
t Is why I like to remem-
nnd teP the story of Willie
curek. He is like the rest of
except that he goes about
all with an unusual zest,
aring his worries like a loose
lona. He is warm, friendly,
I laughs a lot, and wherever
l Willie is there will be a
le fun, too.
Announces For
Re-etaction To
School Board
Joe Lee Rathman has author-
ized the Advertiser to announce
his candidacy for re-election
as trustee for the Bastrop In-
dependent School District in the
April 7 election.
For those of you who are not
acquainted with Joe Lee, he
has for a number of years been
part owner of the Lockhart
Livestock Auction, represent-
ing them in Bastrop County and
the surrounding area which the
auction company serves. He
is also engaged in farming and
ranching in Bastrop County, and
he feels that this background of
experience qualifies him to
serve competently on a board
that handles the affairs of wiiat
is actually the biggest business
in Bastrop—the Bastrop Public
Schools.
He is a graduate of Bastrop
High School, which makes him
more interested in its welfare.
He holds a Bachelor of Science
degree from Southwest Texas
State University in San Marcos
and has had three years of
teaching experience. He is
consequently familiar with all
pluses of education and his
primary interest for re-elec-
tion to the board is to repre-
sent all of the people in the
entire School District, both
rural and in town, as fairly and
effectively as possible.
A native of Bastrop, he has
lived here all of his life. Joe
Lee and his wife, Adlinie, who
make their home at 1815 Gar-
field Street, have one daughter,
Gayle, who is in the sixthgrade
in Bastrop Junior High School.
Serving on the school board
since 1967, he has gained
valuable experience in the op-
eration of the school system.
His association with families
from the many communities
in the school district gives
him an added insight into the
educational needs and problems
of the children.
He feels that he has served
the system well as a member,
and would enjoy being a part
of it for another three years.
He would greatly appreciate
your support in the election on
April 7.
County Historical
Society To Meet
In Elgin
The next meeting of the Bas-
trop County Historical Society
will be held March 30 in Elgin
in the home of Mrs. Paul
Farrls, 804 North Main, with
Elgin members as hostesses.
This will take the place of
the meeting originally sche-
duled for March 9, which was
cancelled.
DEBRA CRONIN
Debra Cronin
4-H Princess
In Austin
Bastrop County 4-H'er Debra
Cronin was selected as the
Austin Livestock Show 4-H
Princess on Saturday Night.
Miss Cronin will reign during
the 1973 Austip Livestock Show,
March 16 - 25th.
Miss Cronin was among 9
4-H contestants from various
counties surrounding Travis
County who were interviewed
and modeled at Town Hall in
Hancock Center In Austin.
As the 4-H Princess, Miss
Cronin won a $200 scholarship
from the Austin Livestock Show,
a complete western outfit, cour-
tesy of Frontier Western, and
meals and lodging during the
actual show and rodeo. In addi-
tion to show activities, she will
make various TV and civic
club appearances.
Miss Cronin has been a Bas-
trop County 4-H'er for eight
years and was selected by the
4-H'ers of Bastrop County
to represent them in the contest.
Miss Cronin is the daughter of
Mrs. Ivy Ann Cronin of McDade.
Debra is a Senior at Elgin High
School.
LADIES LUNCHEON
MEETS MARCH 20th
The ladies luncheon group
will meet Tuesday, March20th,
at the Magic Mill, with Mrs.
A. E. Jonas and Mrs. Warren
Higgins as hostesses.
Reservations may be made
by calling 321-2005 or 321-
2828.
Mayors Unite To Resist
LCRA Rate Raise Effort
W. L. GREENE
Announces For
School Trustee
I would like to be elected as
one of the Trustees to serve
you. I feel it is a duty of
mine that I owe to my county
and city and this is a way I
can express my feelings in ac-
tion to the public. I feel it is
the duty and privilege of any
citizen to run and serve as a
school board trustee member.
I would like the people to know
my feelings In action.
1 assure you if I am elected
you will never regret you cast
your vote for me.
I thank everyone for your
vote, and your support in this
election.
W. L. Greene
Mayors from most of 30
Central Texas cities served by
the Lower Colorado River
Authority have joined together
to resist efforts by the LCRA
to raise electrical rates to the
cities it serves.
LCRA officials contend that
an Increase is necessary Jan-
uarv 1, 1974, to build addi-
tional generating plants to meet
the growing needs of the mun-
icipalities and electrical co-
operatives it serves.
Mayor D. B. Sims of Bas-
trop, a member of the group,
met in Austin Thursday with
other mayors, calling them-
selves "30 Mayors for Econom-
ical Electric Rates," and rep-
resentatives of 11 cooperatives.
The group expressed doubts
whether the suggested in-
crease — estimated by LCRA
officials to be about 50 per
cent — is actually needed.
Many of the group's mem-
bers are referring to them-
selves as the "Thrifty 30."
"The LCRA has suggested
an average cost of one cent
per kilowatt hour, or what they
figure is a 50 per cent across-
the-board Increase," Sims
said. "Our experts tell us that
applying that rate to our last
years' usage would result in
an actual Increase of between
66 and 70 per cent It appears
that LCRA's 50 per cent figure
was arrived at as a fishing
expedition."
"What we're doing now is
trying to dig out all the facts,"
he continued. "Naturally we
are determined to have suffici-
ent electricity for our cities
and towns but we are also very
concerned about keeping the
rates and charges for this ser-
vice at the very minimum level
to our citizens."
"The LCRA has agreed to
meet with us during this fact-
finding phase, and we are cer-
tainly willing to sit down with
them and work this thing out"
said Sims. "At this time we
don't think they arc going about
it in the right way; there are
just too many unanswered
questions."
"For one thing, we believi
the LCRA doesn't even have
scientific projections of their
capital requirements to know
what they actually need. With-
out these solid facts and re-
search how will they know what
their future needs are?"
"We also know that the
LCRA's own 1972 audit showed
a net retained earnings of over
six million dollars. It's highly
possible that with retained
earnings of that amount they
really would not need an in-
crease as great as they say
they do."
"It Is also common know-
ledge that the LCRA rates have
not been consistent in the past,
are not consistent at this time
and we can assume they won't
be in the future. In fact, right
now their retail buyers are
being charged less than cities
who are wholesale buyers," he
said.
"So what It all boils down to
is that we will not accept their
arbitrary increase at face
value. We are going to want all
the information."
During the meeting, the group
agreed to hire expert analyti-
cal rate and power engineering
consultants to do their own
study of LCRA's rate needs,
power requirements and future
capabilities.
Cities who are wholesale
consumers that would be af-
fected by the Increase are:
Memorial Fund
Announced By
Local Church
The Emma Taylor Memorial
Fund was set up last week by
the pastor and official board of
The Paul Quinn A.M.E Church
in Bastrop, according to the
Rev. S. V. Ferguson, pastor.
Mrs Taylor, a lifelong citizen
of Bastiop and member of the
church, was buried February
25. The suggestion for a fund in
her memory was made by J.
Troy Hickman, former pastor of
First United Methodist Church
in Bastrop, who made the first
contribution.
Friends or acquaintances of
Mrs. Taylor who wish to make
giti's to the fund should send
them to the Rev S. V. Fergu-
son, Box 303, Bastrop, If this
is not convenient, the gift may
be left at The Advertiser office
to be forwarded to the church
by Mr. Hickman.
Resources of the fund will be
used by the Paul Quinn Church
for special features of its pro-
gram and mission.
—J. Troy Hickman
Members of the Bastrop
Chapter, Future Farmers of
America, are making final
plans for the 15th .Annual Live-,
stock Show and Sale which will
open Saturday morning. Match
17, with judging at 9a.m. Four-
teen fat steer calves, four bulls,
13 fat barrows and 11 heifers
will be on exhibit at the show
which will be held on the Sims
Chevrolet New Car Lot on High-
way 71 West, according toGor-
don Hosanky, FFA Advisor.
Judges will be the Texas
A&M livestock Judging Team.
Showmanship judge will be
Bastrop, Bellville, Boerne,
Brenham, Burnet, Cuero, Fla-
tonia, Fredericksburg, George-
town, Glddlngs, Goldthwaite,
Gonzales, Hallettsville, Hemp-
stead and LaGrange.
Also, Lampasas, Lexington,
Llano, Lockhart, Luiing. Ma-
son, Moulton, New Braunfels,
Schulenburg, Seguin, Shiner,
Smithville, Waelder, Weimar
and Yoakum.
Electrical cooperatives
served by the LCRA are: Ham-
ilton, Pedemales, Blue bonnet,
San Bernard, Fayette, DeWitt
County, Guadalupe Valley, Ban-
dera, Central Texas, Kimble
and McCullock.
To The People
Of Bastrop
Due to unforseen circum-
stances, it has become nec-
essary for me not to seek re-
election to the School Board
this year. I feel fortunate to
have worked with such a dedi-
cated group of board ;nembers
and administrators for more
than seven years, including the
past four years as board presi-
dent.
With our fine faculty and the
continued cooperation of our
citizens, we can look foward
to further progress in our ed-
ucational system.
May I take this opportunity
to thank my friends again for
allowing me to have served
our youth in this way.
Neil R. Curwltz, O.D.
Candidate For
Re-election To
City Council
It has been my privilege to
serve on the City Council for
the last six years. I have en-
joyed these years of working
with the other members of the
council and being a part of the
challenge of planning for the
needs of our town as it grows.
We have tried to meet these
needs as best we could, with
the money available, In a way
that would best serve all the
citizens.
I am announcing my candidacy
for another term as your coun-
cilman and I will appreciate
your vote In the April 7th elec-
tion. Thank you for the confi-
dence you have shown In me
in the past. If re-elected, I
will continue to serve you to
the best of my ability.
Henry Schuyler
46 Rattlesnakes
Killed In Hunt
Last Week
Olan Volgt of Red Rock and
Bill Kadura of Rockne this past
week again killed the largest
number of rattlesnakes, in the
VFW Post 2527, annual rattle-
snake hunt.
Mr. Volgt killed 24 and Mr.
Kadura, 17 snakes. Harry Wll-
helm killed three, and Charles
W right two.
The total number killed was
46. The longest snake was 60
1/4 inches long.
Piney Creek Philosopher Uncovers
An Odd Consequence of The Great
Grain Failure In The Soviet Union
Editor's note: The Piney
Creek Philosopher on his John-
songrass farm on Piney dis-
cusses the weather this week,
we guess.
Dear oditar:
As everybody knows, Russia
had a crop failure last year
and consequently had to buy
over a billion dollars worth of
grain from the United States,
and I have now found out an-
other result of that failure.
Despite the fact the failure
was caused by the weather, the
Russian leaders took what for
them was the logical step. They
fired the Minister of Agricul-
ture
I don't know how such things
work over there, but I have an
idea the next candidate for the
job. before he accepts, will be
giving close study to the long-
range weather forecasts.
And even then his future may
be shaky. I was listening to a
weather forecast out here the
other day and the forecaster,
in explaining why a cold front
with rain didn't show up as he
had predicted the day before,
said "it didn't move in accord-
ing to schedule."
That's one way of putting it.
Whose schedule? Under that
system no forecaster can ever
be blamed for being wrong. All
he has to do is set up a sched-
ule and tf the weather goes the
other direction it's the weather's
fault, not his.
But back to Russia. When
she decided to buy all that grain
from the U. S. she sent her
buyers over here and they
quietly and cannilv bought up
all they needed at modest prioes
before the world found out how-
bad the weather had been over
there and how short their grain
crop was and how much U. S.
grain farmers could have gotten
for it if they'd known about it.
This year, reports are that
the weather acain is off sched-
ule in Russia and the grain
crop again may he short.
But nobody knows, and this
is what gets me You mean to
say that with our far-flung and
expensive CI A spy system we
CHn't find nut what the weath-
er's like in a country that big'
You mean the C I A. can tell
us how many missile-firing sub-
marines Russia has but can't
tell us if she needs a rain?
What have our men been do-
ing, listening to Russian weath-
er forecasters instead of look-
ing out the window?
Yours faithfully.
J A
Wayne Bridges of Del Valle.
Special awards will Include
the l>ong and Mack trophies
for grand champion in each of
the four classes; showmanship
trophies for each of the four
classes by the Austin Savings
and lx an Association, and
trophy from the Clipson Ranch
for the top gaining steer.
The auction sale at 1:30
o'clock will follow a luncheon
for buyers to be held during the
noon hour.
Entries in the show are listed
below, giving the FFA member,
breed of animal, and breeder:
FAT STEER CALVES;
Kevin Hilbig, Limousin- X,
Clipson Ranch
Charles Klaus, Charolais-X,
Clipson Ranch
Van Cook, Hereford, Cook
and Synnott
Nathan Morkosksy, Hereford,
A. J. Morkosksy
Kenneth Goertz, Hereford-X,
J. Queen
I^eslie Hilbig, Charolais-X,
G. Rosanky
Pati Jacobs, Charolais-X,
H. R. Stephens
Michael Goertz, Charolals-
X, Townsend Brothers
David Goertz, Shorthorn-X,
J. Trigg
Merle Beck, Shorthorn-X, K.
Trigg
Roderick Emanuel, Short-
horn-X, K. Trigg
Karen Hobbs, Shorthorn-X,
K. Trigg
Barbara Rathman, Char-
olais-X, C. Watterson
Michael Hilbig, Hereford-X,
A Young
4-H Members
Place In Stock
Shows
Bastrop County 4-H mem-
bers participating In the San
Antonio and Houston Livestock
Shows include Chris McDonald,
whose Santa Gertrudls heifer
placed ninth at San Antonio and
tenth In the scramble show at
Houston; David Tedford's
Brown Swiss heifer was tenth
with a white ribbon In Junior
Show at San Antonio, eighth in
San Antonio open show and red
ribbon at Houston; Mark
Bartsch's Brown Swiss cow
was white ribbon at San Antonio
and fourth In class with a white
ribbon at Houston; Bernard
Probst's Brown Swiss cow was
fifth In class with a white rib-
bon at Houston. I. G. Janca
III showed a Limousin steer
In the live carcass contest at
San Antonio, and another Lim-
ousin steer of his was seventh
in San Antonio and thirteenth In
Houston. Michael Harris ex-
hibited a red ribbon Jersey In
Houston.
Four Bastrop County 4-H
members were calf scramble
winners. Ronnie Behrend,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin
Behrend of String Prairie, won
a $225.00 Dairy Calf Scramble
certificate at Houston, his spon-
sor being Houston Endowment,
inc.; Alan Seidel, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Gilbert Seldel
of String Prairie was also a
$225.00 Dairy Calf Scramble
certificate winner at Houston,
his sponsor being Lybrand,
Ross Bros, and Montgomery.
Ronnie Tucker, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Tucker of Rockne
placed third in the San Antonio
calf scramble and received$80,
while Robert Frerich, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Frerich
placed tenth In the San Antonio
Calf Scramble and received
$30.
Two Elections
Scheduled For
April 7th
At Uie close of the filing
period on March 7th, four per-
sons had filed for two seats on
the Bastrop School District
Board of Trustees while City
Council candidates were un-
opposed.
Candidates for the school
board are Joe Lee Rathman,
an incumbent and cattleman;
Rev. W. L. Green; Jerry W.
Neff, an accountant; and Val-
entine Orozco, an insurance
man.
I nopposed for re-election to
the Bastrop City Council are
Councilmen Henry Schuylerand
O. E. (Happy) Glenn.
The city election will take
place April 7th at the Bastrop
City Hall. Polling places for
the school election, also set
for April 7, will be at the
Bastrop High School Cafeteria,
Watterson School, Cedar Creek
School, and the Red Rock School.
BULLS:
Jeffery Goertz, Santa Ger-
trudls, Sandlln Ranch
Doyle Klaus, Hereford, Al-
fred Klaus
Connie Goertz, Charolais,
Dr. C. J. Fkman
Van Cook, Hereford, Cook
and Synnott
FAT BARROWS:
James Bartsch, Duroc, Earl
Wolf
Stephen Beck, Duroc, Stephen
Beck
Charles Edwards, Cross
Breed (three way), James Mof-
fltt
Howard Fiebrich, Berkshire,
Chuck Real
Ronald Goertz, Duroc,
Melanie Karrer
John Green, Duroc, Edgar
Schneider
Robert Henderson, Duroc, A.
J. Long
Russell Klaus, Cross Breed,
Albert Klaus
David Smith, Duroc, Melanie
Karrer
Larry Smith, Duroc, Edgar
Schneider
Lawrence Thorn, Duroc, Earl
Wol/
Dale Weiss, Duroc, Metanle
Karrer
Earl Wolf, Duroc, Earl Wolf
HEIFERS:
Ricky Alexander, Charolais-
X, Sonny Taylor
Mark Bartsch, Angus-X,
Vernon Bartsch
Richard Gewin, Brahma-X,
J. E. Gewln
Kevin Hilbig, Charolals-X,
Gordon Rosanky
Elizabeth Jones, Charolais,
M. R. Jones
Roger Klnsey, Santa Gertru-
dls, Richard Johnston
William McCord, Angus-X,
Nell Fitzwllllam
William Nauert, Brahma-X,
J. E. Gewin
Gary Smith, Shorthorn- X,
Jim Trigg
Larry Smith, Charolais-X,
Clifton Thames
Patti Trigg, Shorthorn, Trigg
Brothers
ATTEND DEDICATION
OF CENTER
Mrs. Bonnie Wiley and Mrs.
Tommy Hendrix were in Aus-
tin on Sunday, March 11 to
attend the dedication and open-
ing of The Capital Area Radi-
ation and Research Center.
To Organize
Drill Team
Mr. "Nig" Hoskins Is going
to try one more time to organ-
ize a drill team for this area.
Mr. Hoskins tried to get this
started last fall but the weather
got so bad that we had to post-
pone it
We have about eleven
members and we need eight
more to complete the team.
Women, men, boys and girls
14 years and over are invited
to join us. You don't have to
belong to any club to belong to
this drill team.
We will start practicing next
Sunday afternoon about 4:00 at
tlte Bastrop Saddle Club Arena.
However, be there a little early
because we will start practice
as soon as the riding activities
are over for the Saddle Club.
If anyone is interested in join-
ing this drill team please get In
touch with Mr. Hoskins at 321-
3225 or Mrs. Jolly at 321-221 9.
-Contributed
Thanks All
Contributors
To Piano Fund
The Bastrop Harmony Club is
so pleased to announce that the
piano purchased last fall for
Manor House is completely paid
for! The members want to
thank all who contributed to
this fund — individuals, banks,
clubs, churches, and the memo-
rial gifts.
The club is changing the
name from "Piano Fund" to
"Memorial Fund." This will be
used to keep the piano in tune,
for buying the Bandman of the
Year Award which is presented
annually to a graduating senior
member of the band, and other
projects which are useful to the
community and musical atmos-
phere of the city of Bastrop.
Contributions may be made
either to Mrs. W S. Millington
or Mrs R W. Loveless. A card
will be sent to the family of the
person in whose memory the
contribution is being made.
Again, thanks to all who made
this piano available to users of
Manor House, as it shall be
iwrd lor years to come.
—Contributed
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