The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [125], No. 2, Ed. 1 Monday, March 6, 1978 Page: 2 of 10
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Page 2, THt BASTROP ADVI HUM R, Monday, March 6. 1978
Swift City
Ity J<n- Hrliolr
Homrlinifi ll immii hojM'
It*ma to wolvr (he problem* of
hurtuin tx in«* throuKh com
munriation and negotiation.
I k1*'** that'll why through
out hwtory the ultimate
kolution ha* bMtl through
ihi- dean, though viriou*
reaoi t to romhat, leaving on«-
M<lr virtorioua, but thi- other
*ide abjert
Yet violence i* no solution,
either, (or the vamiunthwl
have a way of rtfting again to
confront the victor* Per
hap the world i« aolving
more of its problems by
peaceful means, although it
i no sure thin# that this is
so. Neighbors still squabble
about that fence between
their properties. Most di
putes, however, are settled
without violence. The coal
miner* and producers can't
see eye to eye, but there's a
heap more talkin' than
fightin'. Kven IIk- Jews and
Aral* nowaday* are doing
more talking (ban fixhtinif,
and that's raying about a*
much as one can for the cane
of communication and
negotiation.
Hut still it seems hopeless,
Kven a happily married
couple of many years
occasionally have their
spats. And If the truth were
known, each of us individuals
has moments of disagree
ment within ourselves. So
how can ureal world bodies
cm| «cI to agreo? Perhaps the
only reason they agree as
much as they do Is that the
alternative is so frightening.
'llie tiest that we call hojie
for ia to communicate with
each other in the best way
povuble, ami whll' disagree
ing. continue to press
forward in • lie small areas of
accord We need to express
ourselves to each other iri
the best way possible.
An old public speaking
friend of mine used to say
You can get attention with
a shout. Hut more people will
listen to a normal tone of
voice. Still more attention
will be (and to a whisper. Hut
the most profound of all is . .
." and he would pause in his
lecture for a full half a
minute "Yes." he said.
"Silence w the most deafen
ing of all."
At any rate, many of us in
Swilt City are attempting to
communicate more effective
ly with each other. There's
evidence everywhere of
people talking Linda Kvaris
at Kountry Corner reports
this week how folks should
get along She reports that
Dwain Myers cooked a
rnenudo supper for the gang
last week in with Hulon
Roberta assisting by mon
keying with the lid on
ltwain's (nit and Joe Falco
acting as babysitter for two
year old I.yn Smith of
Mcl)ade, who adopted Jim- as
"Grandpa." tAt his young
age?)
1 Jnda also reports that her
customers are so nice they
entertain themselves. One of
the highlight* was a shirt
swapping contest between
Yvonne Williams and Marvin
Swofford. It's also reported
Yvonne was doing an
impersonation of Mohamed
Ah.
"Union Roberts reports
after coming from his
doctor." says Linda, "that
he's been released for light
duty. Wat/'h out girls! He
can only lift skirts and 1/2
can of Hudweiser."
Among other highlights at
Linda's was Melvin asking if
anybody got the license
numlier of the diesel truck
that must have run over him
Saturday night!
live entertainment thts
corning Saturday at the
Pioneer: The Western
Gentlemen.
New grandpa w of the
week Huxley Cayton, a boy,
his second.
ItirlInlay boy of the week:
Konald Baker, who's looking
youngerevery day.
Swift City plans of the
week: Vic Burrow already
deciding to increase the size
of The Store arid Garland
Cost! hustling bids on an
addition to Mimi G's.
Optimistic thought of the
week: Spring will get here
yet. Oh Yeah!
Blood unit
to be in
Bastrop
Another opportunity will
Im- given to citizens of
Bastrop for blood donations
March 10 from 2:30 to l p.m.
The unit will lw stationed in
front of Bastrop Memorial
Hospital. Let's help to "take
up I he slack."
Rodeo sponsors
playday March 11
The Bastrop Youth Rodeo Will Rogers Arena starting
Club will sponsor a Jackpot at 2 p m. Everyone is invited
playday March 11, at the to come and have fun.
For prompt, dependable and
courteous service, consult the
business directory
in the
ADVERTISER!
Heavy equipment scars the earth in preparation (or still another apartment
complex in Bastrop. According to informed sources, at least 30 units are plan-
ned for this Linden Street complex. The scheduled completion date will coin-
cide with the completion date told for the Stanley Smith apartments now going
up in the same area of the city.
Staff Photo hy Clyde Griffin —.
Piney Creek
Philosopher digs
into pothole problem
Byline
Byline
Byline
Clyde Griffin
Ms. Lane hospitalized
Editor's note: The Piney
Creek Philosopher on his
Johnson grass farm on
Piney comes to the rescue of
city streets this week, we
think.
I )ear Editor:
According to government
figures, the terrific ice and
snow storms this winter
have left llfl million pot
holes in city streets around
the country.
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Bastrop
1 didn't know the govern-
ment had a Bureau in charge
of counting pot holes but I
guess it has, and why not? It
counts lots of things Thomas
Jefferson never dreamed of,
like the number of wild
horses still left and how
many high school graduates
chew tobacco.
In response to the crisis
Congress is rushing through
an appropriate of 250 million
dollars to fill up the holes. 1
know there are far more
voters n cities than the
country but still it seems like
Congress is forgetting itself.
I mean, sui"\ the pot holes
ou jht to be filled up and
v here else but Washington
can a busted city get money
from, but where are the
guidelines for filling up pot
holes? You mean Congress is
going to turn the money over
and say, here, fill 'em up the
best way you can? With no
government inspectors and
four commission members
standing around to see if the
job meets all specifications
and doesn't violate National
Pot Hole Regulations? And
who ever heard of the
government's filling up pot
holes without keeping four
carbon copies? Washington
has gone crazy.
However I will say this in
DOUG WILKIN'S
Federal Tax Return
Preparation
Cat
For appointment
321 2434
defense of Congress. It's
estimated that filling the
things will cost an average of
$5 per pot hole, but if there
are 116 million holes, the 250
million dollar appropriation
won't be half enough. So
what? It's like funding a big
darn or big bomber at 50
million dollars, getting con
struction underway, and
then announcing the cost
overruns huve raised the
figure to 125 million and
everybody knows it'd be an
unforgivable waste to quit
with half a dam or half a
bomber. Congress is back in
the saddle.
Now you may think I'm
poking fun at the idea of
Federal money for filling up
city pot holes. Not at all. The
things are hazardous to
people driving to work. But
the program ought to be
expanded. For example, if
there's money to fill pot
holes in cities, there ought to
be money to dig post holes in
the country. I've got this
rickety fence out here that
leans to the south in a north
wind and to the north in a
south wind and it's
hazardous to my health
when my cows step over it
and into my neighbor's
garden, so what's Congress
hung on?
Yours faithfully.
Douglas Baker, editor of
the TIMES in Smithville,
was bv the office Wednesday
morning with the news of
family illness we were sad-
dened at hearing. Doug's
wife, Patricia Lane had to
be hospitalized last Tuesday.
A St. David's floor nurse
told this writer Pat had lost
their baby, but reported Ms.
Lane to be "doing well"
in room 502 of the Austin
hospital. Although the nurse
could supply no absolute
information, Pat was to have
been released bv the week-
end.
Best wishes for a speedy
recovery, Pat.
Readers Comment
Almost daily now our read-
ers are taking the time to
stop in or telephone and
visit. With the many well-
wishers' urging to "Keep up
the good work", we must
answer, we will! We will!
And thank you for helping to
keep the ADVERTISER on
top of the readership lists.
We're still number ONE in
Bastrop County!
Cops and Robbers
REWARD
$100
00
for the return of a
set of keys lost in
the lobby of the
First National
Bank, Bastrop.
Thank you
Phone 321-2561
It was interesting to hear
a recent recount of some
police activity here over the
passed weekend. It seems a
red Ford chased a pickup
all the way from Austin
to a mile or so West of Bas-
trop Friday night and Sat-
urday morning According
to CB radio reports from
other motorists, the red
Ford sideswiped the pickup
in several attempts to run
the truck off of the road.
In a final attempt, the red
Ford swerved too much,
running across the median
stalling out in a precarious
position in a ditch.
The driver of the pickup
called the local constabu-
lary from a Highway 71
service station, and upon
their arrival at the station
the officers noted the dents
in the truck's flank and heard
one side of the story of how
some fellow in a red Ford had
been trying to run him off the
highway ever since leaving
the Austin city limit.
Meanwhile, the critter
with the red Ford had es-
caped from his entrapped
vehicle and fled through
a pasture before exiting
in the area of the roadside
park on the hill. The man
first approached a semi
parked alongside the road.
The driver, who was outside
thumping his tires, as truck
drivers often do, saw this
fellow running down the
highway toward the semi
so he jumped in the cab
and as he was closing the
door, the critter tried to
jump through his window.
But. his attempt to get a
ride was foiled when the
semi driver shoved the cold
barrel of his sidearm into
the would-be hitchhiker's
face.
Next the man tried flag-
ging down several motor-
ists, and when he finally
succeeded in stopping a
pickup truck, he was ordered
into the rear of the truck.
When he arrived at the
same service station, cut
and scratched from his jaunt
through the toolie bushes,
he entered the station and
was about to sit down and
relax when the law pulled
up.
Upon questioning the
strange looking fellow
another story began to un-
wind. He told them he had
been trying to stop some fel-
low in a pickup all the way
from Austin. He said he
had been in constant contact
with the Austin Police De-
partment by "talkie-walkie"
stating he had their okay
on running the pickup down
and making a citizen's ar-
rest because, he offered, the
pickup driver was a danger-
ous drug dealer.
The scarred man told
the officers he had yelled
at the pickup driver to pull
over and stop so he could
make his citizen's arrest,
but upon a thorough search
of the man and his red
Ford, officers could find
no CB radio and no "talkie-
walkie". The man was in-
carcerated though we're
not sure what the charges
were. We do know he will
be paying for the damage
to the pickup truck, at least.
$150 REWARD
For information leading to the
conviction of persons using B-B
gun to shoot out the windshield
of motor grader over the week
end of Feb. 17 to Feb. 19
321-2059
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Pannell, Leland R. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [125], No. 2, Ed. 1 Monday, March 6, 1978, newspaper, March 6, 1978; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth334979/m1/2/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.