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ESTABLISHED MARCH 1. 1853
Musings
By ,/. Troy Hickman
LIFE IS PARTLY PEELING
In the law of Mosec as
recorded in the Bible Hook of
Kxodus is a strange and little
known verse: "You shall not
seethe a kid in its own mother's
milk". A kid is a baby goat, and
to seethe is tocook. Why such a
verse in the same section with
the great Ten Commandments?
It is a great compliment to
Judaism that it is there. In this
life feelings are important. A
religion that is all practical, all
a matter of will power, would
not satisfy and hold us. We
have feelings. We need tender
ness.
This verse hints at decency
and a right feeling. If you must
kill a baby goat to eat, then at
least have the decency not to
cook it in the milk of its own
mother. Would the mother
know? Probably not, but you
would. And if you blunted the
keen edge of your tender
feelings, you would be the
worse for the loss.
Life is a great hassle some
times. It can be cruel and often
seems heartless. We need all
I he compassion, all the under
standing, all the "heart" we can
muster to make it bearable to
ourselves and our fellows. The
lesser creatures under man also
need to get in on it. The verse
by Coleridge in his "Rhyme Of
The Ancient Mariner" said it
best: "He prayeth best who
lovest best, all things both
great and small."
It was said of the world's
greatest person, "When he saw
the multitude he had compass-
ion on them." In my book, this
compassion was the greatest
thing about that magnificant
Life, as some of the disciples
one busy day tried to shun
some little children aside, Jesus
said, "Let them come to me, for
they too have a share in God's
kingdom, and from their child
natures we men can learn
something."
A woman who had been
trying to find happiness in a
series of short marriages gave
Jesus a drink at the town well
one day, and when he heard her
story and understood her need,
he said,"I have something a lot
better than t hat to offer you, a
'water' that abounds and lasts
forever."
Another woman who had
been taken in adultry and was
about to be stoned to death for
it, he defended (defended the
woman, not her wrong' and
said to the mob around iter,
"Let the one of you who is
perfect throw the first stone!"
His tenderness understood
everyone and his problem or
need. He understood the long
ing of Zaccheus, who had
climbed a tree to see Jesus pass
by, and invited himself to the
man's house for lunch. He
understood the plight of a
lonely and miserable demoniac,
who was living in chains in a
cave. He understood I he spirit
ual yearnings of the sisters
Mary and Martha, and tried to
satisfy their so-different needs.
This man was centuries a
head of I he most advanced
femlibbers in his tenderness
and vision for women. He know
of I heir plight, knew how they
must feel about it, and tried to
treat them as full human
beings.
An Indian tribe had a saying,
"You cannot sympathize with a
man until you have walked a
mile in his moccasins." Exner
ience is indeed a great teacher
of compassion, but no person
can taste all of life. A greater
teacher of tenderness is imag
ination. I will probably argue
with anyone who wants to
dispute the point that there
probably is no way to be a truly
compassionate person without
having a lively and tender
imagination.
As a matter of fact, I think
that tenderness may be the
first mark of a real Christian,
Maybe that is what the word
"gentleman" is all about, a
person who is gentle.
Here we are back to the baby
goat again. This is why the law
commanded that one must not
seethe a kid in its own mother's
milk.
BAST KOI' iTEXAS i ADVKRTISKR MAY 107-1
NUMBER 12
HARRY McELHANEY
New Exhibit of
Paintings At
The Museum
An exhibition of paintings by
Dennis Kilper of Houston is
being shown at the Bastrop
County Museum, according to
Mrs. Powell C. Maynard. They
will be there three months,
Mrs. Maynard said, and the
public is cordially invited to
come by and see them.
Mr. Kilper is an architect and
planner practicing in Houston.
He is a member of the faculty of
the School of Architecture at
Rice University, and Project
Director with the Rice Center
for Community Design and
Research.
The works exhibited include
drawings and paintings. The
drawings, in a variety of media,
are mostly figurative. He uses
drawing as a problem solving
tool, a language for developing
a special understanding of his
subjects. All of the drawings
are characterized by compe
tence with the media, and
display both a discipline and a
curiosity that enable him to
model the two dimensional
page into a rich and compre
hensible texture of space and
form.
The paintings, on the other
hand, except for two early
works, are non-figurative. They
are at first glance a free and
whimsical use of brush and
color and have the sparkle of a
spring garden. But they, too,
have the same underlying,
subtle, discipline of the draw
ings.
The difference is that they
are paintings which pretend to
be nothing but paintings, where
the reality of the brush stroke,
the texture and field of the
canvas, and carefully selected
colors respond one to another
with a congruence that makes a
whole that is much more than
paint on canvas.
Now Minister
For Church
Of Christ
Harry McElhaney is the new-
minister for the congregation of
the Church of Christ, meeting
at 602 Pecan Street here in
Bastrop. Mr. McElhaney, with
his wife Charlene, moved to
Bastrop on April 30th from
Archibald, Louisiana where he
served as minister of the
congregation of the Church of
Christ of that city. He has
served congregations through
out Texas and Louisiana as
local minister and in evange-
listic work, for a number of
years. For some twelve years
Mr. McElhaney served as an
elder in the church, having
spent a number of years in
Waco, Texas. He and his wife
are native Texans, both being
born and reared near Moody in
central Texas.
The McElhaneys have three
children, two daughters and a
son. The oldest daughter, Mrs.
Janet Koclar lives with her
family in Deer Park, Texas.
Her husband, Frank Koctar,
Jr., served as a deacon in
the Deer Park Church of Christ
for a number of years. The
youngest daughter of the Me
Elhaneys, Nancy, is married to
a gospel preacher, Darryl
Pringle, and they presently live
in Fort Smith, Arkansas where
Darryl is serving the College
Terrace Church of Christ as
minister. Larry McElhaney,
their son, and youngest of the
children lives in Houston,
Texas where he is employed, as
well as attending the Univer
si ty of Houston.
The McElhaneys are very
happy to he in Bastrop and to
engage in he local activities of
community and church. They
extend a /ordial welcome to
every citizen of the local
community to visit with them in
their home at 701 Hill Street, as
well as the services of the local
congregation of the Church of
Christ.
"We find Bastrop to be a very
friendly city," said Mr. Mc-
Elhaney, "And its citizens
interested in their community
and neighbors. We're grateful
(o be ii pari of it."
BHS Bands
To Present
Spring Concert
The public is invited to
attend the Annual Spring Con-
cert presented by the Bastrop
sixth grade and Junior High
School Bands Thursday May 23,
1974, at 7:30 P.M. at t he Junior
High Gymnasium.
Selections to be presented
are "Pacific Grandeus" by J.
Olivadoti, "Little English
Suite" by Leroy Jackson, "Cita
del" Concert March by Frank
Erickson and "Theme From
Shaft" by Hayes and Edmun
son.
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TCA's Dr. Anthony Rivares, left, presents mempership certificate
to Miss Gina Gambrell at Sigma Delta Pi initation.
Guest Speakers
At Calvary
Baptist Church
Dr. Jim Heath, professor of
religion at Mary Hardin Baylor
University, will be the guest
minister at the morning wor
ship service of the Calvary
Baptist Church this Sunday,
May 26th. Services are sched
ii led for 10:45 in the morning
and 7:00 in the evening.
Dr. Heath was the guest
lecturer of the Calvary Baptist
Church back in January, lead-
ing them in a detailed study of
the letter of Paul to the
Galatians. He was warmly
received by those who had the
privilege to hear him on that
occasion and the church voted
to have him back in January
1975 for a study in (he book of
Acts.
The public is cordially invited
to hear this dynamic young
professor as he relates the
gospel of Jesus Christ. The
Calvary Baptist Church, a
member of the Southern Bap
list Convention, meets in the
facilities of the Christian
Church at 1104 Church Street.
Dr. C. G. Goddard, local
physician, will be the guest
minister for the evening ser
vice. Dr. Goddard is an enthu
siastic supporter of the mission
program of the church and
through his leadership the
Calvary Baptist Church is act
ive, not only in the support of
t lie regular mission program of
the Southern Baptist Convent
ion, but in special programs
that include the Rio Grande
River area of I lie slate.
To Walk For
CROP Sunday
The Explorer Scouts of Bast
rop will sponsor the annual
walk for C.R.O.P. on May 28th.
C.R.O.P, is an organization
(Christian Rural Overseas Pro
gram) which has been fighting
world hunger singe 1947.
Persons wishing to walk for
C.R.O.P. should contact Mr.
Ben Welch or Stephanie Karrer
at Bastrop High School. Walk
forms can also be obtained from
Mrs. Winn Welch at the Junior
High.
The walk will begin at 1:00
p.m. at Bastrop High School.
The route is 10 miles long and
stations will be set up for
refreshments along the way.
Persons walking will need
sponsors who promise to pay so
much each mile for walking.
Afler walking, the sponsor
must pay the walkers and
money goes to C.R.O.P.
Contributed
Member Of
TCU Honor
Society
FORT WORTH Gina Re
becca Gambrell of Bastrop was
among 26 students initiated as
charter members into Texas
Christian University's Lambda
Alpha chapter of Sigma Delta
Pi, I he only honor society
devoted entirely to college and
university students of Spanish.
The initiation and installation
of I he TCU chapter as the 265th
in the nation took place during
formal ceremonies conducted
May 9. Installing officers were
Dr. John H. LaPrade of South
ern Methodist University,
Sigma Delta Pi vice president
for the Southwest, and Dr.
Bertie Acker of the University
of Texas at Arlington, the
national honor society's state
director for North Texas.
Sigma Delta Pi, largest of the
foreign language honor socie
ties, was founded in 1919 at the
University of California at
Berkeley. Its purpose included
honoring those who seek and
attain excellence in the study of
the Spanish language and in the
literature and culture of Span
ish speaking peoples an well as
those who strive to make the
Hispanic contributions to mod
ern culture better known.
Miss Gambrell, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Smith of
Bastrop is a junior at TCU,
where she is majoring in
education. Formerly a student
at Southwest Texas State Uni
versity. she is a graduate of
Bastrop High School.
Officers Named
In Republican
Youth Ciub
The Bastrop High School
Republican Youth Club recent
ly elected officers for the
1974 75 school year. Chosen as
president was Wyatt Stripling.
Other officers elected were
vice president, Tom Cheatham*
anil secretary treasurer. Bar
bara Nichols. Sponsor for the
group is Sam Reed.
Recently the club made a
donation of thirty hooks to the
Bastrop Public Library. Activi
ties planned for the summer
include several workshops plus
working in the campaigns of
several Republican candidates
in the November General
BlacUon.
Bastrop Breaks
Into News In
Boston
Ray Bin ron, president of a
Boston, Massachusetts, adver
tising agency and columnist for
the "New England Business
Journal", was the recipient of a
recent copy of the Bastrop
Advertiser, through Miss Lyn-
cttc Brannon of Boston, daughl
er of Mr. and Mrs. S. L.
Brannon Jr. of Bastrop.
Barron was stationed at
Camp Swift in 1941), and
according to Miss Brannon "he
loved Bastrop!"
Ouoting from one of his
columns:
"My favorite town, Bastrop,
Texas, is going to have a new
jail. According to Congressman
J J "Jake" Pickle, who official
' at the ground breaking
ceremonies, Bastrop jail is the
first in America to utilize the
modular concept, which allows
for faster construction and a
cheaper overall price tag.
Should you get "bagged" in
Bastrop, just remember you'll
be staying in the first jail that
utilized the modular construct-
ion concept. How snobbish can
you getl" ______
NOTICE
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Derickson and their two child
ren, Rusty 5 and Dawn 7, lost
everything they owned Satur
day evening in a fire which
destroyed their home. If you
have any household items or
clothes you can share with this
family, please bring them to908
Chestnut or call 321-3631.
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PAST MAYOR BENTON SIMS, left, is awarded « pi mpie in recognition of his
right years of service to the City of Rastrop as it's Mayor giving untiringly of
his time and efforts to the responsiliilities involved Mi Sims letired from
the office in April, and Mayor James I1 Sharp, tight, who followed him,
made the presentation Looking on in llic Background are, left lo light,
Councilmen Rudolph Wilkins, () I (ilenti. Hilly Maynanl. Ilenry Schuyler
and Adren Long.
Bastrop Makes Bid For
New LCRA Power Plant
A delegation of landowners
from Fayette County and their
attorney met at the Bastrop
City Hall Council Room lust
Wednesday with a group of
local citizens and Bastrop City
Council to review the possibil
ity of suggesting to the City of
Austin and the LCRA to
relocate the proposed new
power plant on unused former
Camp Swift lands. The Bastrop
Council with Mayor Sharp
presiding, in a special called
session voted unanimously in
favor of the idea.
Rockne Spring
Festival Is
Sunday
The Annual Sacred Heart
Parish, Rockne, Spring
Festival, will be held on the
parish grounds, Sunday, May
26.
The main attraction of the
Festival will be the supper of
homemade sausage, fried chick
en, potato salad, pinto beans,
cabbage slaw, green beans,
pickles, and coffee or tea. Pie
will also be available Supper
will be served cafeteria style in
the auditorium from 5 to 7:30
p.m. Tickets will sell for only
$2.00 for adults, and $1.25 for
children under twelve.
Activities will begin at I p.m.
Games and refreshments will
be available starting at I p.m.
and continue throughout the
afternoon and evening. Climax
ing the day will be a dance from
8 to 12 p.m. on the outdoor
terrace. Music will be furnished
by the O'Neal Brothers. Ad
mission to the dance will lie
$2.00 per person.
Piney Creek Philosopher Claims
There Is Such A Thing As Progress
And Cities Frog-Jumping As Proof
Editor's note: The Piney
Creek Philosopher on his John
son grass farm on Piney
discusses progress this week,
but we can't tell whether he's
for it or against it.
Dear editor:
It doesn't concern rne hut I
was interested in a brief news
item I read the other day
reporting that printers on the
New York Dailv News, the
country's largest newspaper,
were on strike against auto
mation.
As I understand it, some bird
who wasn't satisfied to leave
well enough alone has invented
a printing process that almost
eliminates printers, especially
linotype operators. It uses
some sort of photo process
which I'm not about to try to
comprehend. I haven't figured
out yet what makes a telephone
work, when it does.
Anyway, seeing a threat to
their jobs, the Linotype oper
ators struck, forgetting I guess
that when the Linotype was
first invented the hand set
printers struck for the same
reason, just as I suppose the
scroll writers did when handset
type was invented, or the
wandering minstrels did when
the scroll-writers appeared. If
they'd left the minstrels in
charge we wouldn't have had all
this trouble.
Some people contend that
progress is like the frog trying
to get out of a well by falling,
back five feet every time he
jumps four, but they've got (he
analogy wrong. Actually pro
gress consists of a frog's
proudly gaining a foot every
time he jumps hut just as he
nears the top somebody adds
two more feet to the well
curbing.
And even if by some Hercu
lean effort he someday actually
does clear the top and land in
the open, most likely he'll find
somebody waiting there hun
gry for frog legs.
However there is such a
thing as progress. Have you
ever stopped to think how few
frogs are now confronted with
(he task of jumping out of wells
because mosl people now get
(heir water through pipes?
Oh, there are some backward
countries still using open we
and I suppose from a theoreti
cal standpoint you can say no
frog is free till all frogs are free,
still I believe I'd rather have an
open well than go thirsty, even
if I have to get my frog legs at
the supermarket.
I'm not sure this makes sense
but I guess you could clear it up
by furnishing your readers an
edited transcript of it,
Yours faithfully.
J. A.
[•lis
Factors influencing the
movement are the strong in-
sistence of the group of Kay el to
County landowners lo I he idea
of their private lands being
bought or condemned for (his
purpose, plus the fact thai
many circumstances seem to
point lo the Bastrop location as
a better one. These include
nearby availability of river
water, the economy of using
lands now idle, the nearness of
railroad lines and highways to
ihe Camp Swift tract, plus the
utmndani lignite coal fuels
Services Held
For Theodore
Schneider
Theodore C. Schneider, 10
year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul E. Schneider, died sudden
ly early Sunday, May 10, 1974,
at Austin State School.
He was born in North High
lands, California, on February
29, 1964. At the age of 6
months, his family moved lo
Austin. For the past seven
years, he was a resident of the
Austin State School for the
Handicapped.
He is survived by his
parents, Paul E. Schneider,
and Anna- Mae (Wilhclm)
Schneider; three brothers, Paul
A. Schneider, James C. Sell
neider, and Ralph E. Schneider,
of 1006 Hill Street, Bastrop. His
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Philip Wilhelm, of Watterson.
Rosary was held in Newby
Chapel at 7:30 p.m. on Monday,
with funeral services held in
Ascension Catholic Church at
10:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 14.
Graveside services were con
ducted in Fairview Cemetery.
Rev. Edward Dokupil official
ed. Pallbearers were his
cousins: Maurice Wilhelm,
Dwight Schneider, Jerry Wink
ler and Bobb Winkler. Assist
ants were Henry Mouser and
Willie Samson.
First Baptist
Church Honors
Graduates
A special time of recognition
is planned on Sunday, May 26,
during the morning worship
hour which begins at 10:55 for
graduating seniors of (he local
high school who are members of
the First Baptist Church.
The honorees will be seated
in a designated section of the
sacntuary, as will be their
parents, also. The special music
and I he morning sermon are
planned especially with (he
young people in mind, and a gift
from (he church will he present
ed to each one of them during
(his service.
Graduates who will lie honor
ed are Stanley Bird, Edward
Boone, Stephen McNeely,
Jerry Neef, Daniel Orozco,
Veldon White, Brenda Cham
hers, Donna Johnson, Deborah
Mihura, and Sandra Schneider.
Friends and relatives of
these young people, as well as
visitors from thir area, are
cordially invited lo attend ihis
meaningful service.
NOTICE
The United Pentecostal
Church of Bastrop will begin a
Revival Wednesday evening at
7:3(1. Rev. Renford Norris will
lie I he evangelist. Rev. (1. R.
Gowin, Jr. is pastor.
nearby.
The next slop will lie lo
inform the LCRA and City of
Austin authorities of the Bast
rop offer of cooperation. This is
lo lie done immediately since
I he plans lor I lie plant siic must
lie settled within days.
It is believed thai the eco
noniic effects of such a unit near
Bastrop would lie considerable,
and with proper safeguards,
the possible ecological hazards
could lie reduced or eliminated.
J. Troy Hickman
Tennis Team
Wins First
Place Trophy
The Bastrop Junior High
tennis team won the first place,
eighth grade, team trophy with
47 points. Caldwell was second
with 26 points, and Giddiugs
third with 17 points There
were eighty two players that
participated in the tournament
which was held May I III) and
Mav I.'tlh here in Bastrop. Five
schools from the district were
represented: Elgin, Wesllake,
Giddings, Caldwell, and Bast
rop.
In 8th grade boys singles,
Francis Goertz defeated Wood
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Looking In
On The City
Council
By J. Troy Hickman
MEETING AT CITY HALL
This is a profile of a typical
meeting of the Bastrop City
Council, the one of List April
Hth. It was a transition
meeting, in I hat some old
members checked out and some
new ones checked in. Il was in a
sense a summary of the old
fiscal year (1973-74) and a look
at I he new.
Mayor Sims started in the
chair. Five Councilmen and
eight visitors were present. A
periodic tax collection report
showed $345 received since the
last report; and also $33
collected from delinquent tax
payers.
The City Police Department
reported collection of $676 in
fines in 41 cases. A (lily Library
Board report was submitted by
N. It. Simpson, and the council
approved an enlargement of the
board's membership.
A sheaf of due bills was
presented, examined, discussed
one by one. and payment of
correct sums authorized.
A year end report showed a
decrease in profit from electric
power sales of $15,760 since the
previous fiscal year. The water
department profit was reduced
by $5,760 for the same period.
The vote in the City Council
Election was canvassed and
certified. A total of 403 persons
voted. Two former councilmen,
Sims and Simpson, had not run
for reelection. Two new ones,
Sharp and Wilkins, had been
elected. On the City Manager
issue, 202 persons had voted
yes and 141 had said no.
In a closing statement to the
council, retiring Mayor Sims
expressed his appreciation for
the cooperation of the council-
men during the 8 years of his
tenure, and said that he was
proud that the city had been
able to accumulate some
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