The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [125], No. 28, Ed. 1 Monday, June 5, 1978 Page: 1 of 8
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The Bastrop (Texas) Advertiser
Monday, june 5, 1978
Number 28
One dead in
Friday fire
Sarah Klinger is formerly
of a San Antonio address,
and authorities withheld
her name until notification
of her family in that city.
Judge Gould said the find-
ings of the medical examiner
are expected to be complete
by Wednesday.
A 31-year-old Austin
woman was found burned
to death by area volun-
teer firemen who answered
a Friday evening house-
fire call near the Bluebon-
net Acres subdivision.
West of the city.
Firemen had to cut a lock
from a gate and cross
nearly a half-mile of rugged
road to get to the small
cabin which was situated
North of Highway 71.
The chaned remains ot
Sarah Klinger were removed
from the cabin by local
authorities, and transport-
ed to Austin where the
Travis County medical ex-
aminer's staff will perform
an autopsy ordered by
Justice of the Peace How-
ard Gould. Gould said the au-
topsy will determine the ac-
tual cause of death, but
refused to state that foul
play is suspected.
Bastrop County Sheriff
I.R. Hoskins told the AD-
VERTISER he has learned
that the woman had come to
the remote cottage with
Fred Lemburger 111. Hos-
kins said Lemburger told
authorities he and Ms.
Klinger came to the cot-
tage Thursday, and stayed
the night. On Friday, Lem-
burger said Ms. Klinger
chose to stay at the cot-
tage while he went to Aus-
tin. where the two have
lived together for over
four years.
Lemburger's father is
alleged to lease the Bas-
trop County land where the
cabin is located, according
to Sheriff Hoskins.
And two make seven in May_
Burglars still at it
Kirkland
will head
council on
alcoholism
George Kirkland will be
the first Executive Director
of the Tri-County Council on
Alcoholism of Fayette, Bas
trop and Lee Counties.
Kirkland served as the
Director of the San Antonio
Council on Alcoholism from
1968 to 1975 and as the San
Antonio Area Consultant to
La Hacienda, Inc. from 1975
to 1978. He began work
at the Council in May.
Lab dedication
called Thursday
Dr. Arthur C. Upton,
recently chosen by President
Carter to head the National
Cancer Institute, will deliver
the keynote address June 8
at the dedication of the
Carcinogenesis Research
Laboratories of The L'niver
sity of Texas Science Park
near Smithville.
Upton, 54, a pathologist
and radiation biologist, Ls
generally considered the
world's leading experimental
pathologist in radiation
damage and radiation car-
cinogenesis.
It is estimated that from
60 to 80 percent of human
cancers are caused by
various environmental fac-
tors. These hazardous
agents, or carcinogens, can
be indentified and removed
from the environment.
The idea of the Science
Park was originated in 1963
by Dr. R. Lee Clark,
president of The University
of Texas System Cancer
Center. The Texas Legisla-
ture established the Science
Park in 1971 as an
educational and research
facility for the cooperative
study of the interaction
between man and his
environment.
The Science Park is
specifically concerned with
the study of biohazards as
they relate to the health and
well being of man, plants and
animals.
The new laboratories
house a research program
devoted to understanding
the mechanisms of carcin-
ogenesis and to developing
new and improved tech-
niques to test the carcino-
genic potential of chemicals.
Both natural and man-made
chemicals infringe upon
man through the food he
eats, the air he breathes or
the particular hazards of the
workplace.
Dr. Upton is quite
concerned with environmen-
tal carcinogenesis. He sup
ports additional research
into how cigarettes cause
lung cancer -and an end to
government tobacco subsi-
dies. Several years ago, he
helped get two widely used
pesticides, aldrin and diel-
drin, restricted as possible
carcinogens.
Dr. Ronald M. Humphrey,
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associate director of the
Research Division, said the
public will be invited to
attend the dedication and
tour the new facility. More
details will be available soon,
he said.
Area burglaries Tuesday
and Wednesday of last w eek
brings to seven the total
residence burglaries com-
mitted during the month of
May.
For the second time in ten
days the Lee Grant res-
idence near Alum Creek was
hit by thieves who, accord-
ing to informed sources, took
everything they left behind
when the house was burgla
rized May 21.
Grant was away from his
home that Sunday until 8:30
p.m. When he reported the
first burglary, he told
investigating officers he
entered his living room to
find a television set, a pellet
gun, a stereo, portable rado
and his microwave oven
lying in the middle of the
front room. Officers deter
mined that the thieves were
in a hurry and may have
been frightened away before
they could load the loot.
The thieves returned last
Tuesday and finished the
job, according to Chief
Deputy J udy Wickman.
Wickman noted the
similarity between the May
21 Grant burglary and the
latest burglary of the home
of the Lloyd Greers, near
Bluebonnet Acres, "When
they hit Grant's house the
first time, they took lots of
personal papers, and they
took personal papers from
the Greer residence," which
was reported to have been
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Heavy smoke billowing into the passenger compartment caused Venezue-
lan Rene Vargas and several friends to make an unscheduled stop in Bastrop
Thursday morning. Firemen were called to the Dairy Queen on Highway 71 to
assist in locating and extinguishing the slight blaze. The fire was apparently
caused by an overload on the electrical wiring in the auto, possibly from the
trailer light hook-ups. c. «r>u . u . . . .
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Burns nixed;
Mogonye victor
The anticipated light
voter turnout for the June
3 run-off elections proved
true in one of tw'o county
commissioner's races
in Bastrop County Satur-
day.
Emil Mogonye was re-
seated at Precinct Four Com-
missioner by out balloting
challenger Marvin Markert
by only nine votes. Mogonye
totaled 378 votes to Mar-
kert's 369.
Nearly 900 voters had
participated in the May 6
primary. On Saturday,
slightly more than 700 vot-
ers turned out in voter pre-
cincts 1, 6, and 8, which
comprise commissioner
Precinct Four.
The balloting was some-
what better in voter pre-
cincts 3, 7, 11, 12, and
17 on Saturday, when
nearly 1.500 voters turned
out. Smithville service sta-
tion operator Billy Davis
defeated the incumbent
Precinct Two Commissioner,
Howard S. Burns bv 27
Portrait of Bastrop
Citizens of the year
Cecil I/ong and Agues
Haaler were recently named
Bastrop Senior Citizen* of
the Year in a h penal
conducted Thurs
day, May 25, in a local
restaurant
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continue a prospering buai
nesa concern until she sold
the agency 25 years later.
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hit by thieves May 31.
Greer told officers that he
and his wife left for work in
Austin last Wednesday
morning and discovered
their home had been broken
into when they returned
home around 6:30 p.m.
Investigating officers
determined that thieves
entered the Greer home
through the South bedroom
votes. Davis totaled 736
votes to Burns' 709 votes.
May 6, Burns tallied
584 votes and was forced
to face the June 3 run-off
when challenger Davis pol-
led 12 votes less in that
primary race.
Voter Participation
"Good" Overall
While voters in only eight
of 17 Bastrop County voter
precincts returned to the
decorator for many headline
occasions. Organizations
throughout the county knew
of Agnes' exceptional talent
for flower arrangements and
she was called upon con
stantly to lend a hand with
some important project. And
she always complied with
creativity and tender loving
care. Because of her willing
ness to assume such obliga
lions far and beyond the call
of duty her husband had long
ago given her the fitting
name of Bastrop's Yes Girl. *
Agnes is a past Worthy
Matron of the Eastern Star.
Khe received her tit) year pin
several year* ago after
hiving held ever)- utile* of
Um Ha*<rop Chapter of
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Among the items listed as
missing after the initial
inventory were a Colt .45
caliber pistol, six 8 track
tapes, a cedar jewelry box, a
diamond wedding ring and a
diamond engagement ring, a
turquoise bracelet, valuable
errings, a white-gold watch,
a gold necklace, two silver
bracelets, a gold ring, a
second watch and personal
papers.
It was noted that while
burglars took two shotguns
and an assortment of pistols
from the Grant residence
May 21, thieves passed up
many guns in the Greer
home.
Bastrop County Sheriff
I.R "Nig" Hoskins reports
one man in custody facing
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Hal Wallace confers with Bastrop County Sheriff I.R. Hoskins Saturday
morning after he was called on by the Sheriff to investigate a house-fire in
the body of a 31-year old Austin woman was found by local volunteer fire-
fighters. Wallace, a licensed arson investigator will determine the cause of
the death-blaze. The results of Wallace's investigation are expected to be com-
plete sometime this week.
' ■ Statf Photo by Jim Tisdale
Refectory ordered
open in Buescher
The findings of a private
engineering firm released
Tuesday countered claims by
polls June 3 for local races,
(County Commissioners)
some 2,578 voters across
the county returned to re-
solve the run-off situations
in the State Railroad Com-
missioner and State Board
of Education races on the
Democratic ticket.
Bastrop County went
with the statewide trend to
give John H. Poerner the
right-of-way to the rail-
road commission seat.
Poerner received 1,685
Bastrop County votes to
Jerry Sadler's total of 795
votes here. Statewide
Poerner carried by nearly
75 percent of the vote.
Rex Reddell carried in
Bastrop County for the Dis-
trict Ten seat on the State
Board of Education. Gus
Garcia received only 815
votes from Bastrop County,
and lost the race to Red-
dell throughout the multi-
county district.
Voter Participation
Breakdown in County
The following is a break-
down of overall voter par-
ticipation in the June 3
run-off elections for the
17 voter precincts in Bas-
trop County:
Precinct 1, 99 votes; Pre-
cinct 2, 311 votes; Precinct
3, 563 votes; Precinct 4.
27 votes; Precinct 5. 56
votes; Precinct 6, 269 votes;
Precinct 7, 95 votes; Precinct
8, 166 votes; Precinct 9.
15 votes; Precinct 10. 31
votes; Precinct 11, 89 votes;
Precinct 12. 572 votes;
Precinct 13. 41 votes; Pre-
cinct 14, 31 votes; Precinct
15. 26 votes; Precinct 16.
55 votes; Precinct 17, 106
votes.
Twenty-six voters cast
absentee ballots in the June
3 run-off elections in Bas-
Parks and Wildlife officials
released last January when
P&W officials closed the
refectory at Buescher State
Park near Smithville Janu
ary 1.
Early this year Parks and
Wildlife decided to close the
popular refectory to public-
use until data could be
gathered that could help
them determine if the
structure could be repaired
or if it should be closed
permanently.
Local citizens banded
together and formed an
organization dedicated to
saving the building and it
was through the work of
these individuals that Parks
and Wildlife appointed the
outside engineering group
April 25.
A spokesman for Trinity
engineering explained that
there are no major struc-
tural problems at the
refectory as Parks and
Wildlife officials had stated
earlier this year, but rather
a problem that requires
periodic maintenance.
When Parks and Wildlife
closed the refectory rumors
possibly being closed echoed
all the way to Congressman
Jake Pickle's office in
Washington.
At that time Parks and
Wildlife denied the rumors
stating that the 48 year old
building was simply unsafe
for large groups.
Suggestions for periodic
maintenance as outlined by
burglary charges in three of
the seven May burglaries.
Last week officers brought
in 25 year old Dean Kevis
from a Texarkana jail after
his arrest there.
"Total recovery" was
claimed by the local Sheriffs
department when the loot
found in Kevis' possession
anil the loot recovered front
a Lake Bastrop Acres house
Kevis was living in was
identified by two Tahitian
Village residents and local
home builder Mike Fisher.
The two break ins at the
Grant home, the Greer
burglary and the burglary
over the May 19 weekend of
Bastrop Mayor James
Sharp's residence are yet to
be cleared. Officers are still
investigating these bur-
glaries.
Home Ituilders Hit, Too
Only adding to the
confusion are the three
as yet unsolved thefts of
lumber and hardware from a
Bluebonnet Acres homesite
and a homesite in Elgin.
According to informed
sources, there are no new
developments in the invest-
igations of the thefts April
24 and May 22 of a Jim
Walters home under con-
struction near Elgin.
Thieves took approximate-
ly $450 in windows, lumber
and nails from the Bluebon-
net Acres site April 24, and
returned May 22 for over
$500 in plywood.
The theft from the Elgin
construction site listed only
about $160 in lumber as
having been taken.
Trinity are as follows:
•clean and repaint cracks
in mortar joints of the
masonry
♦seal gaps in the masonry
by the windows
♦improve water drainage
at and near the front of the
building
♦re-align and secure
diagonal members of timber
trusses
♦treat the timber with
wcxkI preservative
♦regular observation of
the sandstone walls, veneer
and fireplace
Lucas installed
as TCA treasurer
Charles M. Lucas, Chief
Probation Officer of Bastrop,
Lee, Burleson and Washing
ton Counties, was installed
as Treasurer of the Texas
Corrections Association at
its Eighth Annual Con
ference which was held in El
Paso from May 21 24.
Lucas, who has seventeen
years experience in the field
of corrections, has been
Regional Coordinator of the
Texas Probation Master
Plan for the State Bar of
Texas, member and first
Vice-President of the
Criminal Justice System
Committee of the Capitol
Area Planning Council and
Annual Conference on
Volunteers in Probation in
Detroit, Michigan.
In addition to his newly
elected position in the Texas
Corrections Association,
Lucas has been Chairman of
the Adult Probation Divi-
sion, Election Code Commit-
tee and Finance Committee.
The Texas Corrections
Assoication is a statewide
organization of over 1,500
individuals, agencies and
institutions who are involved
in the Adult and Juvenile
Justice System. The purpose
of the Association is to
promote pride and profes-
sionalism in the field of
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Griffin, Clyde. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [125], No. 28, Ed. 1 Monday, June 5, 1978, newspaper, June 5, 1978; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth334995/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.