The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [124], No. 75, Ed. 1 Monday, February 20, 1978 Page: 2 of 8
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Page 2, THI BASTROP ADVI RTISt R, Monday, > ebruary 20, 1978
Swift City
Hy Joe h.rhnln
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Not cvrrybudy • golfer
Nim golfer* can't sec why
anyone * mikl k* - " ■*
white lull urmmil in .i • ow
past rue trying to get in •
hole. ItuI golfi r art' a
dedicated I<■ 'In ir |'.ifin .i
fishermen are to theirs, («o|f
can become a ic!ii pel ling
habit, as any golf widow will
(••II you
Most rh lik" to |>luy
different K lf course* It'*
the challenge Haslrop C«un
(y is f<>rtunat<• in having two
H'm«I nine hole layout * to
choose from. The l,o*t Pine*
< i.umr hi Haatrop Stale Park
ha* been a drawing card l'<f
years, with probably a
nrraiitr play coming from
the Au*(m area than
anywhere else
Our l.akc Haslrop Club
golf courn- also draw* more
from out of town than from
Haslrop County. The tight
little par !lf> layout ih
extremely difficult to score
on in spite of (In relatively
shirt par 4V The par If* art'
tough. And in spite of its
relative shortness, the par f>
ninth hole with the green
tucked in behind a small lake
enngivea golfer fits.
Thinking of golf during the
winter doldrums, and wish
ing for Spring! ime brings U
mind other times and other
i/oll course* I grew up
plaving <* home course in
known as
I knew every
every rock in
meandering
ay out and in
ayed several
ind all day on
Fori Worth
Mctidowbrotk.
blade of gra**,
thi creeks
through I.
• hose da vs pi
times a week
Saturday and Sunday, some
tlines is many its a hundred
holes in one day. starling at
first light of a summer
morning and playing until
dark,
'J*hcre were 20 or .'Ml of us in
!hi*>c ilays, all dedicated to
skinning each other, The
In' is were ferocious and
complicat eil The rompeti
lion keen. We had It all: the
assistant |iro, a former
professional hockey player,
who had such a temper that
in times of stress would
explode to such a decree
that he'd practically eat his
golf ball, or bend a club
around a tree in frustration.
Once he throw his entire set
in a creek and stalked off to
the club house (only later to
send caddy back to retrieve
I hem.)
We even used to paint golf
| Citizens Bank
of Bastrop
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| Monday
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I 'Htr IU*(rop City Coun
S rll meeta (he second Monay
X of each. mon(h at 7:.'Ml p.in
>:■ at llastofi Cltv llall.
I
•> iiif Smithvflle t it y
X Council has (heir regular
:• meeting a( 7:00 p.m. (he
I;! it ecu nil Monday of each
§ month at Smilhvllle City
llall. The SmKKville Light
£ and \Va(er Hoard meet* at
5 7:00 p.m (lie third Monday
Sj of each month a( Smithville
| City llall.
6
Itie Smithville School
£ Hoard meets at 7:00 p.m.
;£j the third Monday of even
X mirnth in the Hoard Koom
Tuesday
the Administrative
Ǥ It tabling in Smithville
!<•: The Clgin SrhiMil Hoard
S meets the firnt and third
^ Monday of evert month at
X 7:30 p.m at the School
ij> Adminlatrative Building in
§ Klgln.
Tuesday
\ olunt eer
5 Ihe Bastrop
6 Fire l>ept meets the first,
third, anil last Tuesday of
•a every month at 7 .10 p.m.
$ at the Cit> Warehouse in
^ Baatrop.
>\ The Bastrop School
§ Board meets at 8:00 p m
^ th ? second Tuesday ol each
^ month In the Administra
^ tlve Building Board Room
in Bastrop.
The Smithville Hospital
Hoard meets (he fourth
Tuesday of each month at x
7;.'* p.m. at Smithville
Hospital. ¥
'Ihe F.lgin Volunteer iv
Fire Dept. meets the
fourth Tuesday ol each j;j:
month at 7:30 p.m. at F.lgin
Fire llept.
X
Wednesday |
Ihe Smithville Chamber:;/
of Commerce meet* the X
(hud Wednesday ol each
miaiOt a( 7:30 p.m. at X
Smithy illr City Hall.
§
Thursday |
Ihe Baatrop Chamber ol ,v
Commerce meet* at 12 >>
noon the fourth Thursday ^
of each month. K;
Ihe Bastrop Hospital
Hoard meets the *econd 5
Thursday ol each month at
4:00 p.m. at Bastrop City X
Hail. -:i
Ihe Fl^in Hospital ;i;
Hoaid meets the second X
Thursday ol each month at
7 :* p m at the F.lgin Bank jjw
Conference Hottm. §
lite Smithville Volun-
(eer Fire l>ept. meets the ?
seivnd and fourth Thura- X
day ol each month at 7:30 ^
p.m. at Smithville fire
*tation. ,\'
.■I
H e Flgin City Council Ihe F.lgin Chamber
mfwta the first Tuesday ol Commerce meets the first 8
each month at 7:30 p.m. *t
Flgin City Hall
Thursday ol each month at ^
7:30 p.m. at Texas l*ower «
and l.tght Civic Koom. ^
I
Br sure to list your club meeting lime and
place in Ihe Ciliiens Bank Community Calen-
Just call 321-2557 b\ 5 p.m. Thursday.
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balls red and play when (he
■ ourse was covered with
snots awl ice I don't believe
many golfers these days
were as dedicated.
I've been fortunate in
having been able to play
many golf courses in many
places One exritiri« ex peri
ence rarne in IU45 and early
19V> when I was stationed in
India A tournament was
orxani/ed between British
and American service per
s innel at a golf course in
New Itelhi. My American
partner and I were pilled
against salty old one eyed
i.ord Archibald Wavell, the
last Viceroy of India under
Itritish rule.
'Ihe course was a veritable
jungle, or hacked out of oia-.
It was a dry region. If you
got off the fairway, you were
lost, and wilh golf balls in
extremely short supply,
you'd Is-tter see the ball
straight down the middle if
you intended to last the 1M
hole*.
We not only had caddies to
carry our clubs but also had
ball boys called "goalie
wallahs" who stationed
I hem selves in t he edge of the
fairway to spot the ball as it
came down. Playing that
course in practice rounds,
late in the afternoon, I've
actually seen wild tigers
running through the brush.
Incidentally, I recall that
the Viceroy and his partner
beat the devil out of us. They
usisl the smaller Hritish ball
and outdrove us 50 yards on
every hold.
That New Delhi course
was a rough one. Hut as the
war had come to an end, we
were transferred to the
subtropical Calcutta and I
(rust my hand at the Hoy a I
Calcutta Golf Club. There
were two 18 hole courses,
immaculately tailored by
several hundred grounds
keeping personnel. One
course was designated as an
enlisted man's and the other
was for officers. I had played
the dogface's course several
times and had enjoyed it
immensely, but I yearned to
try the other IH that only
officers could play on.
Military discipline had
relaxed considerably, since
the war was over and we
were only waiting for
transportation home. So I
talked our first lieutenant
out of his field jacket and
signed up to play that other
18 holes I sat around the
clubhouse for a while,
waiting for someone to play
with and drinking rum and
Coke when a bird colonel
came along and invited me to
join him.
It was a hot day. About
the third hoie. when it
became apparent the fieUl
jacket with the Lt's bars on
it were restricting my swing,
the colonel suggi'-tetl I take
it off,
Well, it was confession
time. That Colonel wasn't
stupid. I think he already
knew the score before I
peeled off the outer layer,
revealing the sergeant
stripes on my shirt. We
finished the round in good
style, talking golf. At the
end, he warned me not to try
the subterfuge again. Hut
this time, the comraderic ol
golf outweighed military
discipline. Of course, it
wouldn't have worked if we
weren't both practically
civilians again.
So much for golf. Hack to
Swift City briefs: Everybody
was taking aim at telephone
poles List week. lialph
Shumake smacked one caus
ing a better than three hour
power bleckout. Then Clay
ton Taylor hit a light pole
causing a one and one hall
hour power failure. Fortun
ately Kalph wasn't hurt, but
Clayton was seriously in
jured and is in Ihe VA
Hospital m Temple.
Celebrating his birthday
on Valentine's Day: Olan
Hart, who softened up and
bought his stepson "Rug"
lilies a lieer.
Kill l.uriday's Ford doesn't
want toquit. lie shuts off Ihe
engine, takes out the key.
ste|>s out the door and still
hears a motor running. He
looks around for other cars
before realizing the engine
running is his. It just
wouldn't quit. Someone
suggested he beat it with a
stick.
Complications for I.orenzo
Juarez's seven year old son
Lent*ho, a burn victim in a
freak accident reported last
wis-k. The youngster has
been transferred to an
Austin hospital for repair on
a damaged nerve.
A fumiliar face now in a
new spot: Ada Mae Key Ion
now holding down the fort at
Jimmy Nutt's liquor store.
^ Public Meeting
From page
1
one-way wiuth from Farm
Street at Long's super"
market to Pine Street at
City Hall. He said the meas-
ure was defeated by a seven
Dte of the directors
it the h p.m. meet-
?la'>ning the final
remained in the
>f those present
public meeting.
to five v
present i
ing. ex|
decision
hands i
at this
Perk Herndon, Chairman
of the Community Develop-
ment Advisory Committee
was recognized and he made
no bones about his feelings
of support of the "complete
package" formulated by
the Chamber special com-
mittee. Herndon explained
that the Main Street com-
mittee had done a good job,
"They put in a lot of hours
and a lot of hard work." he
said, "and they ought to be
commended for their ef-
fort."
Herndon continued. "The
committee, after their own
conclusions were drawn
and without taking personal
opinion into consideration
recommends a one-way
traffic pattern ...and the
professionals from the traffic
safety council came in here
and lix>kcd us over and they
recommended one-way
traffic. Now, this is the
ad vice of disinterested and
professional people, how can
you say no?" he queried.
Herndon repeatedly
reminded those present that
one-way traffic for Main
Street was the recommenda-
tion of "experts", warning
that to vote the measure
down, as the directors did.
would not solve the traf-
fic problem. He stated, "I
strongly recommend you
adopt the committee recom-
mendation," including the
one-way traffic proposal.
Bastrop Mayor James
Sharp spoke once recog-
nized. stating the City will
accept the Chamber's re-
commendation, whatever.
Republican candidate for Congress Rex Repass
passed through Bastrop on a campaign tour last
week. Repass is vying for Democrat J.J. "Jake"
Pickle's position.
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And when asked if the City
could enforce two hour park
inu on Main Street. Sharp
gave an enthusiastic positive
reply.
Point by point, the pro-
posal was discussed, and
a few alternate solutions
were offered including
parallel parking. Hut the dis
cussion seemed to return to
employees and Austin work-
ers leaving their cars on
the street.
Clyde Clardy explained
that two customers per hour
are lost when one employee
parks in a Main Street
parking space where poten-
tial customers might have
parked.
Gary Schiff, new owner-
operator of Bastrop Hard-
ware addressed the group
on the same issue, stating
that "only through proper
development of off-street
parking lots.... to include
proper lighting, paving and
signs telling where the park-
ing is," can the problem
be solved. First National
Bank President Cecil Long
drew the same conclusion
and offered the use of
the vacant area behind
the Old Dime Store and the
Public Library for parking.
Long said, "There are about
25 cars parked in the area
now, and we can probably
park 50 cars there." But,
it will be up to the City Coun-
cil to provide funding for
paving, marking and light-
ing the area.
The first move toward put-
ting anything to a vote came
when Clyde Clardy present-
ed a motion to approve
the complete proposal
But when 60 percent voted
no. Don Gregory presented
a second motion which mere-
ly eliminated one-way
traffic, and thirty hands in
the air reflected a consensus
of opinion and the motion
carried.
A Perk Herndon motion
carried authorizing John
Sanders and his committee to
represent the Chamber of
Commerce in working with
city officials to carry out
the measures of the pro-
posal.
The meeting adjourned
and as the throng left the
courtroom with smiles and
the shaking of hands, it
appeared that everyone was
satisfied with the progress
made in the course of the
evening.
Taxes
From [Hi#*' I
One breaks down gross sales
by county and the other by
Standard Metropolitan
Statistical Area iSMSA).
Totals for the 25 SMSA's
are further divided into 21
different classes of sales,
such as agriculture, mining,
manufacturing and retail.
Harris County led the
state in gross sales for the
third quarter with a total of
$10.3 billion, up 20.2 percent
over the same period of 1976.
Gross sales in Dallas
County for the third quarter
totalled $6-4. billion, while
Tarant County recorded $2.5
billion and Bexar County
$1.9 billion.
Wmndmll t, Wmhon
Byline
Byline
Byline
Clyde Griffin
While Bastrop may be
enjoying certain benefits
due to our proximity to
Austin and due to the
convergence of three ma-
jor Texas arteries. High-
ways 95, 21 and 71. But.
at the same time we are
suffering certain "thorns"
which can be directly at-
tributed to "the Austin
affect."
I relish the idea of being
a bedroom city for Austin-
employed Texans and it
is stirring, indeed, to learn
of progress in Bastrop--
new apartment complexes,
housing additions, shopping
centers, airports and river
walks.
What I don't particular-
ly enjoy about Austin being
so close at our back door
is those gosh-awful street
vendors! They come in a
variety of shapes, sizes
and colors; male, female
and some I couldn't figure
which: but most of them
are young.
And they come offering
the strangest deals on
flowers, trinkets, gadgets,
cards and all sorts of doodads
in exchange for cash and
never providing any re-
ceipt for tax deductions!
This past week a swarm
of young ladies hovered
over Bastrop looking for
the victims of their ploy.
I was at a local conven-
ience store and had com-
pleted my transaction
when I noticed a young
lovely working over a cow-
boy as he attempted to oil
his pickup truck. When
I saw that she had her back
to the door. 1 bolted for
my car and as 1 rammed
the key into the ignition
switch a hand was on my
shoulder and I knew I had
been caught! The pert lass
gave at least a three-minute
speel about how she was
going into nurses training
and needed desperately to
sell so many subscriptions
to magazines before she
would win enough cash
and I could help pay her
tuition by subscribing
to a few at a reduced rate.
1 slid the checkbook
under my right leg and
began telling the little
sweetheart how I don't
handle the money affairs
and (ha( she'd have to see
my w ife as I had no money
anyway. She was quite po-
lite about the whole matter
yet I couldn't help think-
ing a* I drove away. "Til
have to watch out for that
gall"
One day late laat nuwth
• v«mih(| man cnicn d out
new i iiffur and convtmcd
donation would help keep
an Austin half-way house
operating. For three dol-
lars the man offered one
peppermint stick, which
didn't go very far among
our nine employees. Mo-
ments later, the young
man's confederate came
with the same "help an
alcoholic and drug addict"
line, and he left apologizing
when we showed him the
pitiful remains of the single
peppermint stick, licked to
near nothingness.
About a month ago a ven-
dor came in off the street
with lots of pretty flowers
w hich he offered for a dollar
apiece. I never thought in-
flation would effect the
flower market like that!
But, it was a donation
request for his church, he
said. I thought he looked
familiar and, later I'd swear
I saw the same fellow
peddling peddles on an
Austin street corner. Oh.
yes. this fellow offered no
receipt, either.
It's for sure that a deaf-
mute will come around
every six to eight weeks.
The last one I can recall
offered a tiny plastic monkey
in exchange for a dollar,
"or more." How do I know
if he is really deaf and
dumb as the card he handed
me indicated? Again, no
receipt.
And twice last year
youthful salespersons
representing an Austin mis-
sionary school offered gi-
gantic sticks of bubble-gum
for donations, for what 1
cannot recall. No receipt.
I don't mind giving when
I can be sure my donation
is going to do some good:
we help the annual staff, the
FFA, the FHA. the FTA.
the 4-H and other area
organizations all year round.
And we've grown to ex-
pect and accept these to
the point of altering annual
budgets to reflect such do-
nations. Though many of
the street vendors obtain
permits from the City to
operate here. I'd really ra-
ther they milk their dona-
tions from the citizens and
businesses from the area
where their missions,
churches and half-way
houses are. We will not
benefit from helping these
Austin concerns
On the positive side, one
must realize (hev ((he ven-
dors) wi>uld not be here d
(hey didn't believe there's
piHenital in them lhar pine
bills' Ma* be (hat U H> all
a nan • « «nmt«u oams
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