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BASTROP (TEXAS) ADVERTISER. APRIL 26. 1973
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Rockne News I
BY MRS.. ARTHUR GOERTZ |
Children Take
First Sacrament
The Sacrament of First
Penance, also known as First
Confession, was held at Sacred
Heart Parish, Rockne, Satur-
day, April 14, at 5 p.m.
Father Victor Goertz, pastor,
administered the sacrament to
nine youngsters from Sacred
Heart Parish.
Receiving the sacrament for
the first time were Grace
Bartsch, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Pat Bartsch; Jerry
Bartsch, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Bartsch; Kenneth
Bauer, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Bauer; Daniel Beck, son
of Mrs. Lena Beck; Melinda
Davila, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Manuel Davila; Jimmie
G<iertz, son of Leon Goertz, and
Mrs. Charlene Goertz; Phil
Hilbig, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Hilbig; Alan Klaus, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Klaus, and
Audrey Klaus, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Klaus.
The children were instructed
for the sacrament by Mrs.
Jerry Hilbig, a CCD teacher for
Sacred Heart Parish, Rockne.
Sunrise Service
Committee Thanks
Helpers
The Easter Sunrise Service
Committee wishes to thank the
Bastrop Advertiser, C. H.
Evans, superintendent of
schools, and Adell Powell, chief
of police, and his men for their
help and cooperation in making
the Sunrise Service a success.
Due to the rainy weather, the
service was held at the High
School Cafetorium. An esti-
mated 300 people attended the
service and enjoyed thj^singing
of the Bastrop High School
Chorus, a Folk Song group, and
Frank Smith. The message was
given by the Rev. Ben Welch,
pastor of First United Metho-
dist Church.
For their help with parking
and traffic control, the com-
mittee wishes to thank Chief
Powell and his men for a job
well done. For all the men who
helped with the seating ar-
rangements, a big thank you
from all of the Easter Sunrise
Service Committee.
WORKABLE PLAN
Start today—find the weak
spot in your character and then
begin work on the levee.
PARTY GOERS
There's no way success can
come to the people who try to
make both weekends meet.
To Sec Films
On Cancer
Four educational films on
Cancer will be shown to in
terested persons in the Rockne
area, Tuesday evening, May 1.
at 7:30 p.m.
"Time and Two Women",
concerning cancer of the
uterus; "Breast Self Examina-
tion", explaining examination of
breasts for cancer; "The Lyn
Helton Story", concerning bone
cancer, and an "In Service" film
will be shown by Mrs Jack
Claiborne, president of the
Bastrop County Unit of the
American Cancer Society.
Mrs. Vallon Hanna. service
chairman for Bastrop County,
will talk about the services of
the Unit available to cancer
patients.
Mrs. Tommy Dean Hendrix
will accompany the ladies and
operate the projector.
The program will be spon-
sored by the Rockne St. Anne's
Society.
All interested persons from
surrounding towns and com-
munities are invited to attend.
Attend Last Lenten
Religious Course
The last in a series of seven
Lenten Adult Religious Educa
tion courses was held at Sacred
Heart Parish, Rockne, Tuesday
evening, April 17, with Father
Victor Goertz leading the
discussion.'
Jesus in the gospels, the
parables of Jesus was the topic
discussed. Father pointed out
that generally a parable is
presented in some puzzling
form precisely to provoke
deeper thought. There is a
mysteriousness about the par
ables that eludes total under
standing.
Several parables in the Bible
in their original form stress that
the kingdom of God is already
present in the message and
person of Jesus Himself. In the
parable of the sower and the
seed, the emphasis is on the
harvest which is present and
which produces its extraordin-
ary yield. The parable of the
wedding feast, which is already
prepared and needs only
guests, also announces the
presence of the kingdom.
Even though we cannot
conceive of the kingdom as
Jesus did, we can still believe in
its shadowy presence in our
midst because of Him.
Approximately 40 persons
from Bastrop, String Prairie,
and Rockne made the series ol
seven adult religious courses.
A Weekly Report Of Agn Business News
armcast
Compiled From Sources
Of The Texas Department of Agriculture
John C. White. Commissioner
Texas Number Nine ... Commercial Vegetable
Outlook ... Citrus Crop Up Again.
Texas continues in the top 10 states in dairy
production and number of milk cows, according to a report
titled "1972 Texas Dairy Statistics". The major dairy
s:ction of Texas is located in the eastern half of the state.
Total receipts to dairymen during 1972 amounted to
about $250 million.
The top 10 counties in milk production in Texas are
Hopkins, Erath, Wise, Grimes, Johnson, Tarrant, El Paso,
Parker, Bexar, and McLennan. The top 10 counties in cow
numbers are Hopkins, Erath, Wise, Grimes, Johnson,
McLennan, Parker, Tarrant, Harris, and Comanche.
Texas' dairy producers-about 4,000 of thorn-are
included in 10 federal milk marketing orders.
And as costs of production continue for the dairyman
this year, he is expected to be caught in a cost-price squeeze
which may force some dairymen to liquidate their herds.
Complete facts and figures on the Texas dairy
industry for 1972 may be obtained free by writing to Texas
Agriculture Commissioner John C. White, Texas
Department of Agriculture, Box 12847, Austin, Texas
78711. Ask for 1972 Texas Dairy Statistics.
Production of milk in Texas during March, the Texas
Crop and Livestock Reporting Service notes, is up four per
cent from a year ago.
Milk production in Texas per cow averaged 860
pounds, which is 30 pounds above a year earlier.
WEATHER conditions have curtailed commercial
vegetable plantings in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and are
also delaying harvesting.
Cabbage harvest has been slowed due to rains. Acres
for harvest during the spring quarter will be above previous
years because of some carryover acreage from the winter
quarter.
Excessive rains and freezing weather have reduced
acreage planted to canteloupes. Crop progress is two to
three weeks behind schedule. Harvest is expected to begin
about mid-May. The crop at Laredo is making good
progress with harvest to start in May.
Carrot harvest has been delayed, and the supplies of
carrots during April-May are expected to be above normal.
The spring tomato crop is later than normal. No
volume is expected from the Valley until May. In East and
Central Texas, rains have delayed transplanting and as a
result the crop will be later than normal.
Increased acreage of sweet corn is expected in the
Winter Garden area and the High Plains. Heavy rains in the
Valley prevented growers from planting a normal acreage.
Replanting of the watermelon crop was necessary in
the Valley and coastal bend areas of Texas. The crop is two
to three weeks behind normal. The Winter Garden crop is
making good progress.
CITRUS producers are enjoying a good season. Based
on April 1 conditions, the 1972-73 citrus crop is estimated
at 18400,000 boxes; this is 23 per cent above the
production of the previous season.
Citrus trees remain in good condition, although some
erratic blooming has been noted in some groves.
Harvesting of grapefruit and Valencia oranges is
slowing, but supplies will be available throughout May as
harvest lags behind schedule.
The Famous D.Q. Banana Split Sale
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cherries, chocolate, strawberry, and pineapple
topping. Not to mention delicious Dairy Queen freeze.
All in a big boat.
Sail over and get one.
This Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, only
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Bastrop, Texas
Phone 321-3945
On The Courthouse
Roof With The Judge
(The following column by
Leon Hale appeared in the
Houston Post on April 6.
describing an interview Hale
had with Judge Jack Griesen
beck on the historical old
courthouse.)
At Bastrop I went by to see
County Judge Jack Griensen
beck and we crawled up on the
clock tower of tbe courthouse.
Then we went onto the roof,
and for a while we stayed up
there with the pigeons and
looked out over the town.
It's not really unusual for
Griesenbeck to go on top of the
courthouse. He enjoys showing
people that old building. He
grew up right there on the
square and played in the
courthouse when he was a boy
and you can tell he has a great
affection for that building.
It's one of our older county
courthouses, built in 1883. A
few are older but not by much.
Something Texas doesn't have
yet, as far as I know, is a
100-year-old county courthouse.
The ones we've begun to
appreciate now, and to stick
historical plaques on, were built
in the 1880's and '90s. It's not
likely any more old courthouses
will be torn down, because the
State Historical Survey Com-
mission now has the power to
prevent public buildings from
being razed.
I think the time has now
passed in this state that you can
wreck an old building or cut
down a tall tree without
somebody hollering at you to
stop.
When we were up on the roof
at Bastrop Judge Griesenbeck
talked about four big sycamore
trees on the courthouse lawn.
Tops of them are about even
with the clock faces in the
tower, four floors high.
"We're going to have to cut
two ol these sycamores down,"
he said. "These two nearest the
building shed leaves onto the
roof, and you know how big a
sycamore leaf gets. They stop
up these drains, and clog the
downspouts and when it rains,
water backs up and pours
inside these offices and it's
ruining furniture and equip
ment.
"So the trees have got to go.
I've talked with my local
Historical Survey Committee
actually I'm a part of it • and
they don't want to lose the
trees but they understand the
problem. I h&te to cut the trees
too. I climbed in them, when I
was a boy."
We watched a portable
drilling rig, working down on
the lawn. "They're taking
cores," the judge said, "for soil
tests. We're about to start
construction on a district court
complex, with a new jail. We're
going to have one of these
round courtrooms you may
have seen. It'll be small, but
round."
We stood under the clock
faces a minute. "Look at that
dome," Griesenbeck said. "Solid
copper. I'd sure hate to buy
that now."
Back inside the tower, the
judge paused by the big bell -
looked to me like it's twice the
size of a washtub - that tolls on
the hour. The clock is electri-
fied and it automatically trig
gers the bell. Griesenbeck
looked at his watch and
grinned.
"It's not really a good idea,"
he said, "to be standing here by
this bell when it Hngs. Hard on
the ears. First time it happened
to me I was just a boy. We used
to play up in here. It wasn't
kept locked.
"Old Sheriff Woody Town-
send was in office when I was
growing up. He was a big, tall
fellow and we wore all afraid of
him. He could just clear his
throat and we'd scatter like
rats. But he was pretty good to
us.
"This apparatus," indicating
the mechanism that controls
the ringing of the great bell,
"got out of whack not long ago.
and the bell would keep ringing
when it got started. lt d ring
200 times or more. Got on my
nerves. Finally I got enough
sense to take a fuse out of this
box and stop it."
We went back down the
tower ladder to the third floor.
And into the jury room that has
a dozen big rocking chairs, so
that 12 good men and true can
be comfortable while deliber
ating. Before I left, the judge
took me into the Bastrop
County Jail to see the big metal
eye in the ceiling. Men were
once hanged from that hook.
"My father," Griesenbeck said,
"tells me he saw the last
hanging in this jail when he was
10 years old. Strange, that they
would let children watch."
That jail, separate but
might) close to the courthouse,
is pretiy much of an antique
itself. Griesenbeck said he was
personally in favor of tearing
down the old jail and building a
CAR TO BE
GIVEN AWAY IN
SAN MARCOS
having a benefit performance in
San Marcos on May 5 at 12 noon
in Evans Auditorium. The
program will include several
pop selections.
The door prize for the
concert is a 1973 Dalsun 1800
Sports Coupe. The car is
loaded with the following
features: air conditioner, re
dining bucket seats, AM/FM
stereo radio, stereo tape
player, white wall tires, door to
door carpeting, and several
other features. Anyone in the
Bastrop area interested in
owning this car is asked to
write Dock Jackson, c/o
SWTSU Music Dept., San
Marcos. Texas 78666.
new district court complex
where it stands. He's not
grieving about it. but he
thought getting rid of the old
jail would have been more
practical.
Did I hear vou ask whv the
jail wasn't razed?
Because it's got one of those
state historical markers on it.
that's why.
CALVARY BAPTIST Clll'RCII
1104 church street
Bastrop. Texas 78602
SUNDAY. APRIL ). 19 73
Sunday School 9:30
Morning Worship 10:45
sermon: Let's Talk About The Church
Evening Worship 7:00
sermon: The Believer And God's
Promises Concerning Trials
Mid-week Service Wednesday 7:00
Buddy Wilcoxen, minister
"You are invited to worship Christ, urith us."
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [120], No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1973, newspaper, April 26, 1973; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth238410/m1/3/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.