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Musings
By J. Troy Hickman
"FRUIT BASKET
TURN OVER"
Many think that the fuel
shortage is a stunt pulled off by
the big oil companies to squeeze
the little competitors out of
business and get a big price
hike for their product. I think
this is true in part, but not the
whole story.
There are two sides to
everything. Oil production is
private business, carried on for
profit, like most other things
under the private enterprise
system. No one has to go out
and find oil, refine it, and sell it
to someone else. Without hope
of profit, no one would.
Everything is going higher
now, and oil can be no excep
tion. Those who drill holes
looking for it, find it, transport
it, refine it, and offer it for sale
at the pumps are entitled to a
fair profit; and this is true no
matter how much it may cost
the customer.
But a fair profit is a different
thing from a windfall or a
killing. It looks now to me like
the big oil boys are aimed at a
killing. Oil is such a big cog in
the economy machine that we
cannot operate our present
systems without it. The pro-
ducers of fuel have a strangle
hold on the rest of the country.
They cannot be allowed to
exploit this power at the
expense of the larger group
interest.
The individual customer get
ting his tank filled at the pump
is no match for the big oil boys,
especially when they act in
concert. No one is big enough to
stand up against them except
the federal government. Being
human, oil men are subject to
the irresistable corrupting ef-
fect of greed for wealth and
power. To this rule there are
few human exceptions.
We always face a dilemma.
Private enterprise for the prof-
it motive is always the best way
to get things done. It has all
socialistic systems beat by a
country mile. But always at a
certain point greed and power
take over, and the government
has to intervene. When it does,
we have bureaucratic bungling
and delay. For witness, consid-
er any of the following: the post
office, the welfare system, the
armed services, the jammed
courts system, any state legis-
lature, the Congress, or the
White House.
The trouble with such a
dilemma is that no matter
which horn we are on, we wish
we were on the other one.
Today the oil industry is in
effect, but not yet law, a public
utility,. I think it is only a
matter of a few years before it
will become a public utility in
law. It will come about perhaps
in stages, taken defensively
against arbitrary power and
mindless greed for profits by
big oil. What a pity that people
are made this way. But we are.
Do you remember when
country young people at parties
used to play a game called
"Fruit Basket Turn Over"? We
sat in chairs arranged in a
circle. There was one less chair
than there were players. When
the leader said, "Fruit Basket
Turn Over!" each player left his
chair and tried to gel another.
Someone, of course, was always
left chairless.
This is pretty much a parable
of the iiuman story. The quick,
the strong, and the smart
always gain when the fruit
basket turns over, but every-
one else loses. War is an
example. The smart become
munitions makers and get rich,
others go to the front and risk
death. It was the same in
Pussia after the Revolution.
The Czar and his court lost
t heir chairs; a not her crew of
smart and strong men took
over; but the mass of the
Russian people were no better
off than before.
In a social turnover, be it
epidemic, storm, flood, revolt,
or whatever, a few win and
most lose. This is a permanent
and universal aspect of the
human story. It seems to be
irreversible. Circumstances
and events may come and go,
dynasties rise and fall, but the
strong get stronger and the
weak weaker, the rich get
richer and the poor poorer.
The fruit basket is turning
over again in this country. Can
you guess who will get the
chairs?
PTA EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE TO MEET
The PTA Executive Com
mittee will meet today,
Wednesday, March 6, in the
High School Board Room at
8:00 p.m. Anyone wishing to
visit may do so - always with
speaking privileges. This is a
totally open meeting.
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AND BASTROP COUNTY NEWS
ESTABLISHED MARCH 1. 1853
FFA Stock Show
To Be Held On
March 16
The 16th Annual Livestock
Show of the Bastrop Chapter.
Future Famersof America, will
be held March 16 on Sims
Chevrolet new car lot, Loop 150
and Highway 71 West.
Judging will begin at 9 a.m.
and the auction sale will be held
at 1:30 p.m. All stock shown is
raised by members of the FFA
Chapter, of which Gordon
Rosanky is advisor. Mr.
Rosanky and William Gordon
are ag instructors.
Fourteen fat steer calves will
be shown, with 27 fat barrows,
11 Heifers, and six bulls.
Ira Lee, a Hereford breeder
of Willow City, will be livestock
judge, and showmanship judge
will be Ricky Johnson, voca
tional agriculture teacher of
Del Valle.
The promotional committee
of the Show makes arrange-
ments for contacting and pro
curing buyers for the stock, and
attends to other necessary
business relative to putting on
a successful show.
Members of that committee
are N. R. "Sully" Simpson, Ray
Long, Verlin Callahan, Cecil B.
Long, Hubert Linenberger,
Billy Maynard, David Lock,
Chris Lentz, Phil Lester, Joe
Lee Rathman, Mrs. R. E.
Standifer, Adren Long, Jimmy
Jones, A. J. Long, Jimmy Reed,
James Doty, C. H. Evans, G.
Garcia, DeWitt Alexander,
Oscar Cassel and Jerry Ingram.
Bears Place 4
On All-District
BASTROP (TEXAS) ADVERTISER, MARCH 7, 1374
NUMBER I
Team
NOTICE
The County Tax Collector's
Office will be open each Satur
day during the month of March
from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon
for the convenience of those
wishing to register automo
biles. L4
Circus Comes
To Town On
Friday
The Bastrop Jaycee s arc
sponsoring the Dailey Bros.
Circus in Bastrop on Friday,
March 9th. The big tent will be
located on the football field
parking lot area. There will be
two performances, at 2:30 p.m.
and 8:00 p.m.
Wild animal shows, clowns,
aerialists, tight rope perform
ers and many other acts will be
featured by the Dailey Bros.
Circus which is one of Amer
ica's largest three ring
circuses.
Tickets are now on sale,
$1.50 per person, and may be
purchased from any Jaycee
member, or are available at
the Exxon Service Station on
Chestnut Street.
Members of the Jaycees are
Toby Diaz, James McDonald,
Edward Aguliar, Don Wilker
son, and Abel Andrade.
Come one, come all to the
Circus and have the best time
of your life.
Is Candidate
For Alderman
J. R. Wilkins is hereby
announcing his candidacy for
city councilman subject to
action of the city election to be
held April 0.
Mr. Wilkins, vice president of
the Citizens State Bank of
Bastrop, is a lifelong resident of
this city. He feels strongly that
he has a stake in the future of
Bastrop. With three sons who
are graduates of Bastrop High
School, one of whom is now
teaching and coaching here, Mr.
Wilkins is vitally interested In
the continuing progress and
unique advantages of Bastrop
as a fine place to rear a family,
run a business, work and live.
Promising every citizen a fair
hearing of any problem, a
careful examination of every
issue to come before the city
council and full recognition of
the responsibility to represent
with integrity the interests of
the people, Mr. Wilkins woultl
appreciate your vote and your
confidence in the upcoming
election.
(The above political an
nouncement was paid for by J.
R. Wilkins to the Bastrop
Advertiser.)
LBA Fire
t. To Meet
Dept.
The Bastrop Bears, who
made it to the Class AA state
semifinals last week, dominated
the All-District selections with
four players on the elite team
from District 23AA.
Andrew Washington, a 6-0
senior forward, joined repeat-
ers from last year's All-District
selections from Bastrop, Win
fred Wright, Clark Jackson and
Charlie Runkle. All four were
senior starters on the Bear
team.
The fifth, junior Aaron
Limuel, made honorable men-
tion. Alfred Jackson of Cald
well, who has signed a football
letter of intent with the
University of Texas, was the
only unanimous choice on the
team.
His teammate, Albert Ben
son, is another repeater on the
team from last year. Round
Rock placed two players on the
squad and Elgin, Westlake and
Giddings, one each.
Cliff Wilkins is coach of the
Bastrop team.
Candidates
In Raee For
School Board
Three more candidates had
filed Tuesday for the Board of
Trustee election which will be
held April 6, bringing the total
number of candidates to eight,
according to C. H. Evans,
Superintendent of the Bastrop
schools. Wednesday, March 6,
was the last day for filing.
This makes the ballot to date
as follows:
Place 5, Valentino Orozco,
Paul E. Schneider, Verlin Cal-
lahan (incumbent); Place 6, Ray
Barron, Eva M. Klockmann,
Hubert Linenberger (incum
bent); Place 7: James T.
Odiorne, Rev. S. V. Ferguson.
Congratulations!
The Board of Trustees and
Administration of the Bastrop
Independent School District
wish to express their congrat
ulations to the members of the
Bastrop High School basketball
team and their coaching staff
for the excellent job they have
done this season.
To advance and participate in
the State Meet is certainly
worthy of commendation. We
hope that the citizens of the
Bastrop Independent School
District will also lend their
support and appreciation to the
students and coaches of Bas
trop High School.
Connally Book
Review To Aid
Library Fund
John B. Connally, so some
say, is probably the most
colorful Texas politician of our
time. He is a complex man
who has been connected with
both main political parties, and
has filled various roles as
Governor of Texas, Cabinet
member in the U. S. Govern-
ment, special advisor to the
current President, rancher,
and business man, to name
only a few. A South Texas
native and married to a Texas
girl, Connally has been influ
ential in the public affairs of
this state and nation for al
most a generation.
The most recent story of his
life, "A Portrait In Power",
will be reviewed by Mrs. A.
Frank (Beulah Grace) Adams
on Monday evening, March 18,
at 7:30 p.m. in the Library
Building. There will be no
charge for admission, but free
will donations in any amount
will be welcome for the Public
Library Fund which provides
a free reading service for the
community.
- J. T. H.
The Lake Bastrop Acres
Volunteer Fire Department
will hold their annual general
meeting March 16, at 7:30 p.m.,
at the Lake Bastrop Acres fire
station located at the water
tower.
Residents in all areas served
by the fire department are
encouraged to attend. There
will be an election of members
to the Board of Directors. The
department's fire fighting
equipment will be on display,
including the recently added
tanker. Dues for 1974 may be
paid at this meeting. It has
been necessary to increase the
annual dues to $10 because of
our increased costs for supplies,
equipment, and maintenance.
The Fire Department asks
for your support, for it is
impossible to give adequate
protection without proper
equipment. The only way it will
be possible to acquire and
maintain this equipment is
through dues and contributions
of money, time and effort. They
would like to have everyone
under their protection, but
unfortunately, without cooper-
ation and support, they cannot
guarantee their services. A
spark in this tall dry grass,
aided by the existing dry
weather and frequent, high
winds, would be disasterous
without fire fighting capabil-
ities.
Piney Creek Philosopher Gets
Off On Dangerous Grounds But
Hurriedly Changes The Subject
Editor's note: The Piney
Creek Philosopher on his
Johnson grass farm on Piney
reports on several things this
week which we have no com-
ment on.
Dear editor:
I've got this neighbor out
here who came busting in my
house the other day and said,
"Talk about shortages. I tell
you, when they start kidnap-
ping newspaper editors there's
bound to be a shortage of
kidnap victims."
"Now wait a minute," I said.
"What editors are you talking
about?"
"And talk about inflation," he
went on. "Seven hundred
thousand dollars for one
editor?"
"What's wrong with that?" I
asked. "I mean, how much do
you think the average editor is
worth? No, skip it. Let's not get
into that."
In fact, I'd better change the
subject in a hurry. Lately f've
been bringing some old sayings
up to date, like "Early to bed
and early to rise, in these
daylight saving times makes a
man go to sleep with the sun in
his eyes."
Or, A penny saved wor. t
even meet yesterday's rise in
the price of a gallon of gas.
Some of them don't need
changing, like Honesty is the
best policy. Can't you just hear
all the people being indicted in
the Watergate mess saying,
"Doggone, why didn't we think
of that?"
And there are still great
morals to he drawn from some
of the older sayings. Take the
one about the lack of a
horseshoe nail. You know: For
want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe (he
General's horse went lame. For
want of a horse the battle was
lost.
The moral to this is simple:
End war. Stop making horse
shoe nails.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
New Crafts
Exhibit At
Museum
Enunett Carter of Elgin has
on exhibit in the Clara Maynard
Room of the Bastrop County
Museum, located in Bastrop on
South Main Street, pieces of
hand crafted copper and wood
etchings on redwood. This is his
first exhibit and will be in the
museum for approximately two
months.
Mr. Carter is the brother of
Mrs. Ida Maude Sharp of
Bastrop.
This exhibit marks the first
time that the museum has
shown anything other than
paintings.
The museum is open each
Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to
12:00 and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m., and
from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
Sundays.
Everyone is cordially invited
to visit the museum and view
this interesting and unusual
exhibit.
To Be Ordained
At Baptist
Church Here
On Sunday, March 10, the
First Baptist Church of Bastrop
will observe another historic
event, in the life of their church
family. Al 2:30 in the afternoon,
Albert Lock, Jr., now residing
in Richardson, Texas, will be
ordained to the gospel ministry.
Mr. Lock is a former member
of the Bastrop congregation
where he served as a deacon
and Sunday School superin
tendent until he left in the fall
of 1973 to enter Criswell Bible
Institute in Dallas to prepare
for the ministry. In recent
weeks he has been called to the
First Baptist Church of Renner,
a neighboring suburb of Rich
ardson, and upon such a call has
requested ordination from his
home church.
The Lock family includes his
wife, Susan, and sons, Kent and
Paul. They, too, will be present
at the time of this special
service.
The membership of the local
church is urged to attend and
witness this historic event. - the
first of this nature in the
history of the church and
friends of this couple and family
are cordially invited to be
present for this memorable
occasion.
A reception honoring Mr. and
Mrs. Lock and their family will
be held in the church fellowship
hall following the ordination
service.
TO HAVE BENEFIT
SPAGHETTI DINNER
Ladies of the United Pente
costal Church will sponsor a
benefit spaghetti dinner Satur
day, March 9, from 11 a.m. to 2
p.m. at the Senior Citizens
Cafeteria.
They will be serving spa
ghedi with meat sauce, salad
and homemade yeast bread.
Tickets will be $2.00 for adults
and $1.50 for children under 12
for all you can eat.
College Courses
To Be Offered Here
Plans are being made to offer
college courses from Austin
Community College in Bastrop,
for which college credits will be
given. At present the two
courses being considered are
English I and Basic Accounting.
A minimum of 12 in a class is
needed to begin a summer or
fall program.
If interested, or additional
information is needed, contact
Mrs. Mildred Martin at
321 3885 between 8 a.m. and 5
p.m. daily, or 321 5228 evenings
after 7:30 p.m., or call Mrs.
Ruth Spooner after 4 p.m. at
321 2829.
NOTICE
The South Shore Park of
Lake Bastrop Parks will be
opened on March 8th.
BASTROP MINISTERS
TO MEET MARCH 7
The ministers of Bastrop
have been railed to meet at the
United Pentecostal Church on
Thursday. March 7, at 1:30 p.m.
The Rev. G. R. Gowin, Jr., will
be the host.
Announces For
Place 5 On
School Board
I am taking this opportunity
to announce to the voters of the
Bastrop Independent School
District my intention to seek
election to Place 5 on the School
Board.
I was born near Kennedy,
Texas, and moved to Austin
when I was 15. I entered the
Military Service and remained
there for over 21 years. While
in the military service, I
obtained (he equivalent of two
years college credits in both
Business Management and Per
sonnet Management. 1 am pres
ently a member of the Parent/
Staff Board of the Austin State
School, member of the Bastrop
County Cancer Society, Dis
'ibled American Veterans, Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, Bas
trop, and treasurer of Troop
182, Boy Scouts of America,
Bastrop.
Mrs. Schneider is the former
Anna Mae Wilhelm of Walter
son Community. We have four
boys, Paul A. in High School,
James and Ralph in Junior
High. We reside at 1006 Hill
Street, whore we had our home
built almost five years ago,
after retiring from the service.
I feel that my sincere desire
to help the community, and
past experience, will be an
asset to the Bastrop School
Board if I am elected.
Paul E. Schneider
(The above political an
nouncement was paid for by
Paul E. Schneider to the
Bastrop Advertiser.)
NOTICE
The L.H.A. meets March 14,
10:00 a.m., Civic Room. Open
meeting.
BASTROP OFFICER GETS CERTIFICATE Officer Paul C.
Alexander of Bastrop was among 28 area law enforcement
officers who received certificates of completion after finishing a
six week Southwest Texas Law Enforcement Academy class.
Presenting the certificate is SWTNU's Associate Vice President
for Academic Affairs, Dr. W. E. Norris.
Dr. Woods To
Preaeh Here
Sunday
Dr. Prenza Woods. Associate
Executive of the Southwest
Texas Conference Council on
Ministries of the United Meth
odist Church, will preach at
First United Methodist Church
in Bastrop on Sunday, March 10
at the 10:50 a.m. Worship
Service.
At 2:00 p.m. Dr. Woods will
lead the local Council on
Ministries in a workshop. Ron
('room, local Council Chairman,
will coordinate the workshop.
Dr. Woods is in his sixt h year
on the Conference Staff, having
served as a district superin
tendent in Austin in the former
West Texas Conference prior to
coming to his present position.
Museum Receives
Memorials
Memorials have been do
nated to the Bastrop County
Museum in memory of the
following:
llass Hodges, Bastrop; Capt.
M, S. Fitzwilliani, U.S.N., Tex
arkana; Mrs. '/oe Hampton,
Smithville; Mrs. Jim Gillium,
Austin; and Leroy "Cricket"
Smith, Bastrop.
HANI) PARENTS TO
MEET MARCH 12
The Bastrop Band Parents
will meet al 8 p.m. on Tuesday,
March 12, in the band hall. All
Band boosters are cordially
urged to attend.
VISIT TIIE SCHOOLS
THIS WEEK
March 4-8 is Texan Public
School Week. II you have not
visited your schools, all class-
rooms are open for visitors this
week.
Mayor's Appeal Appears
In Congressional Record
Mayor Benton Sims recently
wrote a lengthy letter to
Congressman J. J. Pickle, giv
ing him a detailed account of
the efforts of the City of
Bastrop to obtain financial
assistance from the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), a tangle
of red tape that has gone on for
five years.
He protested the "unfair
treatment" the city has re-
ceived from HUD, in view of
the fact that surrounding towns
have received federal grants
for various reasons.
Congressman Pickle intro
duced the letter in Congress,
pointing to the many problems
and frustrations that have been
encountered in trying to imple-
ment the water pollution
programs.
"No one is comfortable about
the delays and the confusion
caused by the administration's
policies of impoundments and
withholdings," he said. "This is
not just a policy that is debated
in theory, for it reaches down to
the communities of America
and affects the people.
"This month I have received
a letter from a community in
my district that has been
caught and frustrated in this
policy. This city has been
dealing with the Department of
Housing and Urban Develop
merit for water and sewer
improvement. Proper sewage
handling and water systems are
so much a solution to our water
pollution problems. That is why
I speak up today to high
point what delays and confusion
can mean to a community.
"The letter I received I want
to insert in the Congressional
Record. It tells the story of
days and weeks and years of
frustration. HUD wants to
help. The fir.e people who work
at HUD want to help. But help
is not forthcoming, as there
always seems to be a new policy
or a new lack of direction from
Washington. I personally in
tend todoliver this letter to the
Secretary of Housing and Ur
ban Development. It the City of
Bastrop in my district is typical
of the frustrations and disap
pointments of communities try
ing to improve I he qualify of
their life, then the Lord help us.
"I insert the letter from the
mayor of Bastrop. Texas, Hon.
Denton Sims, in the "Record" al
this time:
Hon. J. J. Pickle,
The House of Representatives,
Washington, I). C.
DEAR CONGRESSMAN: I
feel that the City of Bastrop has
received unfair treatment from
the Department of Housing and
Urban Development, as well as
from other government agen
cies, and in this letter I will set
forth some reasons why I feel
this way.
To my knowledge, t he only
grant money the City of Bas
trop has ever received was the
grant received recently from
the Environmental Protection
Agency for aid in constructing a
new sewerage disposal plant.
All the surrounding towns have
receive federal grants for
many and various projects, but
not Bastrop. H.U.D. did help
the Bastrop Hospital Authority
build a new hospital; but there
was no grant money involved in
this as H,U.I). purchased the
Authority's bonds.
Bastrop is in need of aid to
repair, replace, and improve
the water system and is also in
need of help to drain the town.
The poor drainage affects our
sewerage system and could
very well someday cause an
epidemic in our town. Bastrop
filed an application with H.U.I),
for assistance on such a project
but. because of the impound
ment of funds by the Bureau of
the Budget at the instruction of
the President, the application
has been returned to us. I want
to say at this time that the Area
Director of H.U.D. in San
Antonio, Mr. Finnis E. Jolly,
and his staff have always been
most interested and helpful to
us and would have funded our
project hail the money been
available.
Now I would like to sunt
marize for you our efforts for
assistance over the period of
the last five vears.
In February, 1969, the City of
Bastrop made application to
H.U.D. for a loan to finance the
preliminary and final engineer
ing planning for the drainage
projects and some water im
provements that were most
pressing at that time.
In August, 1969, we contact
ed the H.U.D. Regional Office
in Fort Worth telling them our
needs, and two weeks later we
received an application packet
from them,
On October 27, 1969, we
received a letter from Mr.
Travis Miller, Assistant Re-
gional Director of H.U.D.,
approving our application for
$12,000 for the preliminary
planning and engineering. As
this program was being phased
out, there were no funds
approved for the final plans.
On November 17, 1969, we
advised our engineers, Bryant-
Curington, Inc. of Austin. Tex-
as, to proceed with the planning
and on May 5. 1970, they
completed the plans.
On April 29, 1970, we hand
delivered to H.U.D. Regional
Office in Fort Worth the
complete application packet we
had received the previous
August and had a review of the
application with Mr. Larry
Brown and others.
In July, 1970, after several
phone conversations with
H.U.D. representatives, we re-
ceived a check list of correc-
tions to be made on the
application These corrections
were made and the application
was returned to II,U.I), in Fort
Worth on August 8, 1970.
In March, 1971, having re-
ceived no further word from
H.U.D. concerning the applica-
tion, we called th< Fort Worth
office and were referred to the
new area office in San Antonio.
Phone calls were made to
various department heads in
the San Antonio office and we
were told that some of the files
hail not yet been unpacked and
that still others had not arrived
in San Antonio from the Fort
Worth office.
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