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Captains Are Named For
Cancer Crusade April 1-9
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Musings
By J. Troy Hickman
SOME NIXON
PARADOXES
The Nixon lifestyle and of
ficial administration presents
various paradoxes, rontradic
lions and inconsistencies. Each
of us has some; he seems to
have more; or his are better
publicized.
The Presidency has been his
lifelong goal, and now that he
has arrived, it has a bitter
taste.
One of his earliest successes
was as a debator. His debate
style shows up in his public
speeches and sometimes be
trays him into an oversale,
which often turns out a no-sale.
He was elected by a majority
vote of the people to a term of
office, yet he sees himself as a
monarch, a concept which this
nation has rejected since its
birth. Even some of his co
workers have had trouble gain
ing access to the royal pres
ence, and enemies have no luck
at all.
Even though his political
career has depended largely
upon the support of his party,
since he got io the top he has
shown little gratitude to the
party. He doesn't need it now;
and since recent outcomes over
Watergate, the party doesn't
need him.
He tried to escape the hard
knocks of reality by living in a
world apart; but reality caught
up with him and found him five
years behind in realizing what
it was like.
He very much wants and
needs credibility and esteem
now, but some efforts to get it
only push it farther away. From
dwelling apart in lonely splen-
dor, he is now making like our
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Dance To Benefit
Bastrop County
Cancer Crusade
The Square Dance Clubs of
Bastrop County and visiting
clubs will dance for the Cancer
Crusade at a round-up in the
American Legion Hall in Smith
ville on Friday night, April 5.
There will be eight or nine
callers for the occasion, and the
hours will be from 8 to 12
o'clock.
Watch for further announce
ment in next week's Adver-
tiser.
To Have Parade
Of Historical
Homes
At the stated meeting of the
Bastrop County Historical
Society held on Friday, March
22, committee chairman, Mrs.
Mattie Claiborne, reported that
plans were underway to pre
sent a parade of historical
points of interest in the town
with five open houses. Tenta-
tive date, May 19, from 2-5 p.m.
Tickets will he $2.50.
BHS Golf Team
Places Third
In Tournament
The Bastrop High School Golf
Team participated in the
Yoakum tournament Saturday
and shot a score of 313 to take
third behind first place Yoakum
and second place Cuero.
Yoakum won with a 304,
Cuero was second with 310 and
Bastrop was third with 313.
They were followed by Lock
hart with 317. Medalist for the
tournament was Mark Ehlers of
Yoakum with an even par score
of 72. A three way tie between
Greg Hollman of Bastrop, Pat
Matusek of Yoakum, and the
medalist of the Lockhart team
was won by Greg Hollmann on
the third hole of a sudden death
playoff. Greg Hollmann was
declared second medalist with a
score of one over par 73.
Individual team scores were
Greg Hollmann, 73; Danny
Orozco, 76; Bob Runkle, 80;
Jimmy DeBaun, 83; Marcus
Evans, 84; Greg Claiborne, 84.
The entire team, including
"B" team members, journeyed
to Westlake Monday, March
25th to participate on the Lost
Creek course in the Wesllake
invitational.
BASTROP (TKXASi ADVERTISER. MARC II 28. 1971
NUMBER I
Services Held
For Mrs. M. M.
Perkins
Mrs. Milton M. Perkins, Sr.,
of 505 Buttonwood Street,
Bastrop, passed away at 3:45
p.m. Wednesday, March 13,
1974, after a lengthy illness.
Funeral services were held at
10:00 a.m., March 15, at the
Newby Funeral Home, with
Rev. J. Troy Hickman and Rev.
Ben Welch officiating. She was
interred in Fairview Cemetery.
In addition to her husband
and aons, the pallbearers were
M. B. Perkins, David Perkins,
M. E. Rabensburg, Robert W.
Nauert. and Rev. Ben T. Welch.
Honorary pallbearers were
Jack Coffey, Alex Waugh and
Bob Standifer.
Born Mamie Clara Pringle at
Kosse, Texas, in 1905, she was
the daughter of George Albert
Pringle and Mamie Bratton.
With her family, she lived in
Marlin and later in Victoria in
her early life. She and her
husband, Milton (Pap) Perkins,
were married in Victoria in
1936.
After their marriage, follow
ing her husband's coaching
career, the couple lived in Port
Arthur from 1936 to 1938; in
Victoria, 1938 to 1941; in
Corpus Christi, 1942 to 1944;
and have lived in Bastrop since
December 1944.
Mrs. Perkins belonged to the
United Methodist Church of
Bastrop and was a faithful and
devoted member of the Moth
odist choir for many years.
She was a graduate of Texas
Wesleyan University at Ft.
Worth and some years later,
earned a Master of Education
degree at Southwest Texas
State University. She had been
a teacher in the schools of
Victoria, Crescent Valley, and
Corpus Christi before coming to
Bastrop, where she was a
teacher and librarian in Bastrop
High School from January,
1944, until the time of her
retirement in June, 1967.
Mrs. Perkins is survived by
her husband, M. M. Perkins,
Sr.; two sons, Milton Perkins,
Jr., of Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
and Charles Perkins of Hous-
ton, Texas; one brother, G. A.
Pringle, of New Orleans, Lou-
isiana; and seven grand
children.
— Contributed
Make Your
Own Cleaning
Products
Thursday, March 28, at 7:00
p.m. in the Activity Room of
the County Courthouse will be
the last in a series of Home
Care Meetings.
Mrs. Clara Curtis and Mrs.
Elnora Bryant will discuss and
demonstrate several home care
products you can make yourself
as well as discuss special
cleaning problems. Some of the
products discussed will be
carpet and upholstery sham
poos, rust removers, cleansers,
mildew removal, and window
cleaners.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this mooting.
Garden Center Bear Band Wins
PATRICK M. GORDON
Gordon Asks
Support In
City Election
As election time grows near,
decisions of who would be the
best candidate to vote for arise.
Experience, common sense, a
willingness to work, and of
course the ability to make .1
decision, si,,nd by it, and follow
through with that decision are
qualities that must be consid
ered. but the most important
quality is that of being a
businessman. The city of Bas
trop is a business and a council
member must be a busin< -snian
in order to serve efficiently.
My thoughts of what 1 can do
for the city by becoming a
member of the city council are
few, but as 1 have talked with
citizens of Bastrop, ideas of
what I would like to present to
the council have taken shape.
Although the business before
the council is unfamiliar to me, I
would become knowledgeable
of it in a very short time.
When the April sixth election
day arrives 1 hope that every-
one who is eligible to vote will
use that vote to help me
become one of the members of
the city council of Bastrop.
Patrick M. Gordon
(The above political adver-
tising was paid for by Patrick
M. Gordon to the Bastrop
Advertiser.)
Two Screwworm
Cases Confirmed
In County
Bastrop County Extension
Office received word on March
16th that two cases of screw
worm were confirmed in Bas-
trop County in the following
locations: Walter Cook, Jr.,
Route 2, Smithvillo, and W. S.
Sandifer, Box 51, Manor (12
miles west of Bastrop).
Both cases were dehorned
cattle.
Please check your herd.
YOUNG HOMEMAKERS
TO MEET TUESDAY
The Bastrop Young Home
makers will meet on Tuesday,
April 2nd, at 7:30 p.m. in the
High School Home Economics
Department. Baby sitters aie
available and everyone is cor
dially invited to attend.
Again t his year, t hi' Young
Homemakers will sponsor the
Cancer Crusade in the Bastrop
area, April 2-9.
To Open Here
This Weekend
Sailors Yard & Garden Con
ter, 1113 N. Main Street, will
hold their Grand Opening on
Friday and Saturday, March 29
& 30.
Owned and operated by
Goraldiuc and Jack Sailors, the
Center will be open six days a
week.
Mr. Sailors retired from the
lumber and building business in
Corpus Christi in 1970, and the
Sailors moved to Houston. For
the past two years they have
made their homo in the Lost
Pines Addition and have de
cided to turn their favorite
hobby and pastime into a full
time project.
Sailors Yard & Garden Con
ter will carry flower seeds,
vegetable seeds, trees, decora
tive shrubs, plants, plant food,
peat moss, fertilizer, gardening
tools and supplies.
They cordially invite every
one to come by and "talk
gardening" with them.
Why A Black
Candidate For
School Board?
A Black candidate for the
Bastrop Independent School
District. We need representa
tion of all three ethnic groups in
Bastrop who are taxed for the
support of our school system
now.
Many years ago it was said
loud and clear, "Taxation with
out representation" is very
unfair. So the three groups In
races who support the Bastrop
Independent School District
are past, due at least one
representative. There is no
realistic alternative.
The citizens of Bastrop make
up a sort of miniature replica or
microcosm of the diverse opin-
ions that make up America.
If the children of today are to
grow up in a world of peace,
happiness and security, many
changes must take place in the
adults who now control it.
You have to be concerned if
you have a sense of social
responsibility because the pub-
lic school is an establishment
for the increase and diffusion of
knowledge among future
Americans of all ethnic groups.
The real heart of America is
here, the Bastrop Public
Schools. They are developing
minds, young people of all
ethnic groups, whose attitudi
nal adjustment is taking place
now today.
In an attempt to bo fair, the
Black voters of Bastrop are
guilty of apathy in the use of
the ballot in previous school
elections.
We support the Rev. Fer-
guson because it is a true and
evidential fact that a good look
at his qualifications says he will
make a good board member for
all.
Charles H. Sanders
(The above political adver-
tising was paid for by Charles
H. Sanders to the Bastrop
Advertiser.)
Two Firsts In
Regional Meet
The Bastrop Bear Band,
under the direction of Jack
Woidemann, received a first
division in concert and a first
division in sight reading com
petition in the Region XVIII.
University Intorscholastic
League Concert and Sight
Heading Contest in Taylor,
March 20. The first divisions
were unanimous decisions from
all three judges on both panels.
This was the first time since
1961 that the band has won a
first division in both concert
and sight reading. The band did
win a first division in sight
reading in 1970.
Judging the band in concert
were Al English of San An
tonio, Richard Cole of Del Mar
College in Corpus Christi, and
Bill Woods of Seagraves.
The panel of judges for sight
reading was James Shaver of
Alta Loma, Humberto Gonzales
of Mice, and Charles Salyer of
Corpus Christi.
For the three prepared selec-
tions the Boar Band played the
march Sodermanland by James
Ployhar, The Black Knight by
Clare Grundman, and Overture
for Winds by Charles Carter.
Accompanying the band to
Taylor were E. L. Biggers,
assistant band director and
junior high band director; Mrs.
Herman Wusterhausen; Mrs.
Jack Woidemann, and Jon
athan, Jason, and Jessica
Woidemann.
Withdraws As
School Board
Candidate
My filing as a candidate for
Place 6 on the Bastrop In
dependent School District
School Board was an effort to
bring about a change in some of
the School Board policies and to
give the voters a choice of
candidates. The issues have
now become bettor identified
and I feel one of the other
candidates for Place 6, Ray
Barron, best represents the
interests of the total school
district and can responsibly
represent the interests of the
taxpayers and students.
Because of my mother's
illness, I hereby wish to with
draw as a candidate for Place 6
and request that all of the
voters supporting me declare
their support for Ray Barron
and actively work toward his
election.
Eva Marie Klockmann
(The above political adver
Using was paid for by Eva
Marie Klockmann to the Bas
trop Advertiser.)
II & P W TO HOLD
BAKE SALE APRIL 6
The Business and Profes
sional Women's Club will hold a
Bane Sale on Saturday, April 6
in front of Bartsch Beauty
Salon. Proceeds will go to the
Scholarship Fund.
Raffle tickets are now being
sold lor a smoked turkey to he
given away on that date.
e
vrvsrerwr-w
Plans for the American Can
cor Society's 1971 residential
fund raising Crusade in Bastrop
and surrounding communities
are complete and captains have
been named, according to Mrs
Robert Nauert. Mrs Toiniv,)
Dean Hondrix and Mrs. Monroe
Wilholm, co chairmen, repre
sonting the Bastrop Young
Homemakers Club of America.
Dates for the drive are from
Tuesday, April 2 through Tuos
day, April 9. The peak of each
year's activities comes in the
April Cancer Crusade, which is
the climax of public education,
when life saving facts are given
out house to house and person
to person; when thousands of
showings of cancer education
films are scheduled; when
posters are put up; when
neighborhood volunteers begin
ringing doorbells and telephone
bells. The Crusade is also the
annual fund raising drive of the
society.
"The goal for Bastrop County
is $7,500.00 and Bastrop must
Bastrop Saddle
Club To Have
Play Day
• •
The Bastrop Saddle Club will
have a Spring Playday Satur
day, April 6, al 2:00 p.m. at the
('lull's arena on the corner of
Pecan and Mosquito Streets in
Bastrop.
This will lie an all trophy
show, featuring two ago groups
and an open division for all
ages. There will be events such
as cloverloaf barrels, straight
away barrels, polo bending,
potato race, ring race, and
stake race.
An added attraction will be
an English Pleasure Class,
which will be open to all ages. A
trophy will be given to the first
place winner in this class, and
ribbons to second through sixth
places. All the timed events will
receive trophies in first
through sixth places.
Entry fees will be $1.50 per
class if paid in advance, $2.00
post entry. Advanced entries
must, be in by Thursday night,
April 4.
The refreshment stand will
be open. An electric eye will be
used to clock the lime in all
timed events. For further in
formation, call 321 2219.
meet their portion of I his goal,
and t hat means giving just a
little bit more'," the chairman
stressed
Mrs. Lucille McCullough is
County Crusade Chairman and
Mrs, Jack Claiborne is serving
as local co ordinator
V/s. William Caniroll, pres
idont ot the N'oung Home
makers Club, is chairman for
the business houses and has
named Mrs. Adron (Red) Long,
Mrs. Frank Laake, Mrs. Gerald
tlanna, W. T. Higgins, Richard
Briegor, Mrs. Tommy Dean
Hondrix, and herself as down
town business volunteer work
ers, with Monday, April I. as
their collection date. Mrs. Ouin
ton Geltmeier and Mrs. Dennis
(Linda) Parker will collect from
businesses on the west side of
the river.
Section and area captains are
as follows:
Section I, Mrs. Jack (Mai
borne.
Section II, Mrs. K mix Kim
hrough.
Section III, Mrs. Jimmy Joe
Jones and Mrs. Jimmy Wright.
Section IV, Mrs. Wilbert
Schneider.
Section V, Mrs. Robert
Nauert.
Section VI, Mrs. Charles
Rabensburg.
Section VII, Mrs. J. P. Zinn.
Section VINA, Mrs. Tommy
Higgins.
Section VIIIH, Mrs. H. S.
Kullonberg.
Section IX, Mrs. Bruce May
field-
Section X, Mrs. Michael
Complon.
Section XI, Mrs. Larry
llurst
Section XII, Mrs. Monroe
Wilhelm
Section XIII, Mrs. Edna
Bacon.
Section XIV, Mrs. Pedro
Gonzales and Mrs. Louias Cos
tello.
Section XV, Mrs. Marlin
Hanna and Mrs. Julia Gonzales.
Section XVI. Mrs. J. W.
Mayfield.
Section XVII, Mrs. B. J.
Mayes.
Section XVIII, Mrs. Jack
Claiborne.
Section XIX, Mrs. Inez
Staples and Mrs. Ida Mae Hill.
Section XX, Mrs. Glenn
Odom.
Bluebonnet Acres, Mrs. Joe
Ouinn.
Cedar Creek, Mrs. R. ().
Gilbert and Mrs. T. A. Gilley.
Austin Highway, first part,
Mrs James Sommorfieldi sec
ond part. Mrs Cm I Klut Is.
third part. Mrs Johnnie Plum
lev. fourth part to county line,
Mrs Clarence Vinklarek.
River Oaks, Mrs Ray Barron
and Mrs. II F. Painter.
High Grove, Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Purcell.
Watterson, Mrs. Charles
1,01".
Batoman, Mrs. Herman
Wusterhausen.
Red Rock. Mrs. Melvin Jones
and Mrs, David Boron.
San Marcos Road, Mrs. W. A.
DeShay and Mrs. Irene
Revet la.
Utley Road, Mrs. Alma
Schaefer.
Hill's Prairie, Mrs. Klobor
Trigg and Mrs. James Wade.
Pope Bond Road, Andy
I tavidson.
Lost Pines Ave. and Pino
Ridge, Mrs. Gary ('rain.
Bastrop Hills and Lost Pino
Development, Mrs Bill Gruhe.
See Captnin I'age 2
Kiwanis To
Organize Men's
Club Here
A group of Bastrop business
and professional men gathered
lor noon lunch al The Magic
Mill Cafe recently to begin the
organization of a Kiwanis Club
for our town.
Present also as visitors were
Kiwanians from the Elgin,
Taylor and Smithvillo clubs. An
address on the aims of Kiwanis
was made by a district official
from Kansas.
A minimum of 20 men must
lie signed as members in order
to obtain a charter. The next
meeting will be this Thursday,.
March 28 al 12 o'clock noon al
The Magic Mill Cafe on High
way 71 opposite the hospital. It
is expected that al this time the
club organization will be com
plotod.
Any interested business or
professional man, farmer,
ranchman, mechanic or crafts
man may contact Ron ('room at
telephone number 321 2596,
Jim Odiorne at 321 5329, or J.
Troy Hickman at 321-5270; or
else attend the Thursday
meeting.
Bastrop By-Passed; La Grange
Gets $400 Million Plant
A 6,400 acre tract ol grazing
land near La Grange will be the
site of the joint (lily of Austin
Lower Colorado River Author
ify electric power plant, in spite
of the efforts of Cecil B. Long,
LCRA board member, to locate
the plant either on the old
Camp Swift site or on Wil
barger Creek. Location of the
plant on either place would
have saved a considerable
amount of money, Mr. Long
said, dui- to the existing facil
ities in the Camp Swift area
that could have boon used, plus
the prospects of having lignite
coal so near the plant.
Meeting in executive session
for almost, t wo hours Thursday,
Piney Creek Philosopher Claims
Panic Over Oil Embargo Showed
Ignorance of Human Nature
CONGRATULATIONS to the General Mechanic V.O.C.T.
boys for their outstanding performance in the first
Vocational Opportunities Clubs of Texas competition hold on
February 9. Mark Paramore, a Sophmore mechanics
student, participated in the Public Speaking Contest and
placed second out of six competitors. Paul Gonzales. Carl
Bradford, James Whited, Michael Shelton, Dale Bonner,
Richard Willenberg, William Wickins, and John Monk
participated in the Opening and Closing Ceremony Contest.
Of the seven teams entered, Bastrop placed second. Mr,
Eskow was on hand for the picture and says that he is proud
of the students for their achievement in club work.
Pictured standing at loft end, P. M. Gordon; standing at
right end, C. A. Eskew; standing LR. Paul Gonzales, Carl
Bradford, James Whited, Mark Paramore, and Michael
Shelton; sitting LR, Dale Bonner. Richard Willenberg,
William Wickins, and John Monk.
Editor's note: The Piney
Creek Philosopher on his
Johnson grass farm on Piney
thinks he knows why the oil
embargo was lifted, his letter
this week claims.
Dear editor:
I used to think that getting
elected and sent to Washington
meant you must have a fairly
good knowledge of human
nature, but I have begun to
doubt it.
Take the Arab oil embargo.
When the Arab nations decided
to exert their power and teach
the United States and a bunch
of other countries a lesson, I
guess that was the reason,
everybody in Washington
gnashed his teeth and said what
are we going to do this
country doesn't produce
enough oil for its own use and
without imports we're in for
years and years of shortages.
Washington even printed up 12
million dollars worth of gas
rationing coupons and got set
for the worst.
Five months later the Arab
nations lift the embargo, and oil
will flow again, as long as it
lasts. You want to know why:
You can at t ribute it to high
level diplomacy if you want to.
but I have a notion there's a
hi'ttor reason. MONEY.
When the Arab nations
launched the embargo, thev
stopped selling .'I million barrels
of oil a day. At $12 a barrel.
F.O.B. the sheik's tent, that's
36 million dollars a day. How
long do you think any group of
people is going to give up 36
million dollars a day? That's
over a billion dollars a month,
including February. In five
months they lost over five
billion dollars, and for countries
needing rain as bad as they do,
that's a lot of money. In fact, it's
a lot of money, rain or shine.
Anybody with a fair knowl
edge of human natlire should
have known the embargo
wouldn't last. Nobody for long
is going to turn away a cash
customer when there's nobody
else to take his place. The
market for oil in the U.S.
with our 100 million cars, not in
Russia or China where only a
few top politicians get to ride.
I don't know if the Arabs
taught us a lesson in world
politics but I figure they
learned one themselves about
recognizing a good thing when
they sec it.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
Austin city councilmen voted
unanimously for the La Grange
location, but of the LCRA
Board members, Mr. Long
abstained his vote.
Known as the Cedar Creek
site, the proposed $400 million
plant location is about 8.5 miles
east of La Grange. It is situated
in the drainage areas of the
adjacent Cedar and Baylor
creeks, just north of the MK&T
Railroad.
Approval of (ho site means
city and LCRA officials can now
begin negotiations with land
owners in the area for purchase
of the acreage, said Austin
Electric Utilities Director R. L.
Hancock. The report did not
speculate on how much the land
might cost and Hancock and
other officials said that it will
not be known until negotiations
begin.
Water will be pumped from
the Colorado River to cool the
plant, Hancock said.
The plant will bo the first
coal plant ever built by Austin
or the LCRA. Present plants
use natural gas and fuel.
But with the increasing diffi-
culty in obtaining natural gas
and oil because of dwindling
supplies and increasing prices,
Austin and the LCRA decided
to build a coal or lignite fired
plant.
Hancock said the council and
the LCRA hoard decided
Thursday to use western coal in
the plant initially because a
supply is readily available and
coal does not have as high a
sulphur content as lignite.
Exact price of the coal and
how it will bo transported to
the plant site is still being
studied, he said, adding that
final results probably will not
be ready for six to nine months.
Hancock said selection of coal
as a primary fuel for the plant
will not affect the testing of
lignite deposits in Bastrop
County that began last week,
lie said the lignite could be
used in power plants to be built
by Austin and the LCRA in the
1980s.
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