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THE BASTROP COUNTY TIMES. SMITHYILLE, TEXAS 78957
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 28. 197h
Our^
jnions
Road Mess
Roads are a constant headache to those governmental
bodies that have to maintain them. and. once they're in
disrepair, to those who have to use them. And unfortunate-
ly. in Bastrop County there are a number of roads that fall
into that category. J
Some of these roads are in subdivisions whose developers
have promised big and delivered little. Others are within
city limits but don't lie in an area zoned residential, even
though they serve several homes. But regardless where
they are located, many at them serve as mail routes and bus
routes and need to be properly maintained to serve the
taxpayers who must use them.
I realize that the county cannot, and must not. accept
roads that are not up to county standard. But t' seems
to me that once it has been made clear that a d« eloper
intends to do little of nothing to bring those roads up to
county standard, the county is serving its citizens very
poorly indeed if it stands idly by and does nothing to
encourage, or coerce, that developer to improve the roads.
And what kind of service is a city providing its tax-
payers if. in addition to failing to provide electric or sewer
service in many cases, it also fails to keep the roads within
the city limits in passable shape, regardless of the zoning
of the area which they serve?
Good transportation is absolutely vital to our vay of life
in this county. The elected representatives of the tax-
payers in this county must face up to their responsibility
to maintain roads to ensure that good transportation.
Viewpoints eipitMcd in "Letter* to the Editor" are solely
tfcoae of the writer. To make this space available to as many
writers as possible, short aad to-the-point letters are given
preference. We reserve the -right to condense or refect
any letter. AH letters submitted to this column must have •
valid signature to be considered for publication. However,
the letter writer may stipulate that his signature not appear
In the paper.
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TIEWNIIT
HAVE THE PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE-
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES HELPED
MAKE THIS A BETTER CAMPAIGN?
1
Charles T. Rector, retired -
In a way it does and in a way
it don't. They contradict
each one so much it leaves
you undecided.
Loretta Jennings, student - No, if any-
thing it has hurt it because everyone is
being malicious.
Sue Shade, domestic engineer - Yes,
I think it has helped people to be better
informed on the candidate's opinions.
And I think everyone should be sure and
vote.
St. Pauls Cathedral
Jim McDaniel, salesman —
No, I think they just made
me dislike both of them.
[Only thing I got out of it
was they were attacking each other.
Freddy Buster, butcher ~
You hear one speak of one
thing, another speak of
another. It's leaving
a person hardly knowing which way to go.
They all say something, but will they stand
up to it.
Geneva Blackwell, domestic engineer --
No, I think it has left more doubt in people's
minds.
Smith Reflects On St. Paul's Glory
This letter is more to the
voters of Bastrop County
than to the Editor.
I am amazed at the
number of people who say
"1 don't like the candidate,
so I'm not even going to
vote."
Well, I say, have you ever
heard of "Freedom of
Choke". There is one
particular local race, if you
can call a lone candidate
a race, which I am particu-
larly dissatisfied with.
However, just because
there is only one man on die
ballot for this County office,
doesn't mean that I have to
that column.
The whole point I am
trying to make is, don't
neglect to vote just because
you "don't like the can-
didate", ask around, talk to
people, do whatever is
necessary to elect the right
man for the job, but vote.
Remember, there is always
that right hand column.
Name withheld by re-
quest. \
Supporter of Tommy
Moseley for write-in as
/I!"*'-:* * U..
Grand
vote for him. Fortunately. _
there is a column on the right \JTj fZTllJT/£
hand side of the ballot for *
"write-in" candidates and O r
believe me I plan to use kJ(Al/L(Z(J>
Suspect
Charged
With Rape
SMTTHVILLE -- Tuesday,
October 12, a nine year old
girl was allegedly raped.
The incident occurred on the
lower , footpath crossing
the MKt tracks.
Following alleged indent-
ification by the girl, a
14-year-old boy of Smith-
ville was charged in connec-
tion with the incident.
The youth was turned over
to probation offices* and
then was taken' before
District Judge Placke for a
hearing last Thursday.
October 21.
The youth is being held in
the Bastrop County jail.
According to Smithville
Police Chief Weldon Dixon,
the youth will be placed in
a foster home outside of
Bastrop County.
BASTROP -- Thursday,
October 28 marks the grand
opening of the new Sears
Catalog Store on Chestnut
Street in Bastrop.
Proprietors Ray and Diane
Long plan a ribbon-cutting
ceremony for 9 a.m., mark-
ing their official opening
in their new location.
The Longs extend an
invitation to customers old
and new to stop by and visit
their new location.
EDITOR'S NOTE:
Doug Smith. 35. is a
Gillette Fellow and is
studying for his masters
degree in architectural
history at Durham Univer-
sity in England, l
A graduate of Baylor
University, Smith is study-
ing under an internationally
recognized expert in his
field. Sir Alec Clifton-Taylor.
Smith offers the TIMES
readers his thoughts on
St. Paul's Cathedral in
London.
by Doug Smith
If one wanders around
London long enough one is
bound to climb Ludgate
Hill by way of The Strand
and Fleet Street - the street
of ink. At the top of Lud-
gate (the highest point in
London) stands Sir Chris-
topher Wren's masterpiece -
the parish church of London
and the Mother Church of
the English, more commonly
known as the Cathedral of
St. Paul's. This magni-
ficient structure soars to a
height of 380 feet and is
visible from most any point
in the city.
Wren, the master archi-
tect. laid the first stone of
the new St. Paul's in the
north-east corner in June
1675 and the final stone was
placed on the cupola by
Wren's son. Christopher,
in 1710. The intervening
thirty-five years had rested
so heavily on Sir Christopher
that his ill hea th prevented
him from making the long
hard climb to the cupola
and he was forced to watch
his son lay the last stone,
which completed his church,
from the street below.
In 1666 London was di*-
troyed by fire. The old as Michangelo's dome on
Gothic Cathedral of St. the Vatican, Brunelleschi's
" ~.'s and 7/8 of the city of dome on Florence (Italy)
London lay in ashes. Wren's Cathedral, and the Sanc:a
Cathedral, although smaller
than its original Gothic
counterpart, was the archi-
tectural expression of a new
faith. It is one of the few
great cathedrals of the world
to be designed as a protes-
tantchurch.
The first two designs that
Wren submitted were re-
jected. They were too radical
for the conservative English
clergy. In both of these de-
signs Wren had eliminated
the Gothic idea that ruled
that a church must consist
of a long nave and two side
aisles. Instead, he wanted
to create a long central
space that would enable
everyone to hear the prea-
cher. But this was not to
be. However, his third
design did consist of a nave
and aisles was immed-
iately accepted. The dome,
which Wren wanted to cover
his large central space, was
now relegated to covering
the crossing - where the
nave is bisected by the tran-
scripts, thus forming the
traditional Ladin cross
design.
Sophia in Constaninople.
but none surpass St. Paul's.
St. Paul's is a great
church for many reasons
other than its architecture
and it has very close rela-
tions with the American
people. Immediately be-
hind the high altar, in a
place normally reserved
for a chapel dedicated to
Our Lady, is a chapel de-
dicated to the memory of
the Americans who lost
their lives in the Second
World War. No higher
honor could be bestowed.
It was also at St. Paul's
that Dr. Martin Luther King
was invited to preach while
visiting London.
And it was from St. Paul's
that the world paid its last
to comprehend - regardless
of how long one stays.
Yet as one walks slowly
down Ludgate Hill, those
photographs - so familiar
to us all - of the German
bombing of London by
night and the dome of St.
Paul's rising as a Phoenix
from the ashes, standing
defiantly amidst the flames,
capitalizes one's thoughts.
Yes, this is the mother
church of the English, and
of the Americans, too, in
certain aspects. It is that
symbol of the freedom of
spirit so essential to the
human soul. It is St. Paul's.
Sir Christopher Wren is
burried in the crypt and as
one passes his parish church
of .St. Martin's - within -
Ludgate and journeys on to
Ludgate Circus - one sud-
denly stops and turns for
a last look at the great
West Front of St. Paul's.
Then the words come back
that were above that simple
grave in the
monumentum
crypt - "Si
requiris,
circumspice." "If you seek
his monument, look
around." And then one
smiles. "Ah, yes" that
typical British understate-
ment! "If you seek his
monument, look around."
One can leave now, smiling,
because there is certain to
be another time for a visit
to St. Paul's. After all, one
must come back - just "to
look around."
Approves Program
A new conservation
program, designed to pre-
serve and improve the
quality of lands administ-
ered by the Lower Colorado
River Authority along tlu
tribute to that great friend Highland Lakes and Lake
of the American people, Bastrop, has been approved
Sir Winston Churchill.
It was during this service,
in the presence of The Royal
Family, that Sir Winston's
request was fulfilled and
"The Battle Hymm of the
Republic" was sung. This
was one of Churchill's
favorite hymns, and as his
Yet it is in the design of body lay under the great
the dome of St. Paul's dome of St. Paul's, the en-
by! the LCRA's board of
directors.
The 21 tracts involved in
the conservation program
are among those leased by
the LCRA for grazing.
Most of the land was acquir-
ed as flooding easements
when the Highland Lakes
dams were built.
Under the new program,
stockmen interested in
leasing the lands for grazing
were asked to submit bids
and to agree to comply with
requirements designed to
prevent overgrazing and
promote improvement of
the land.
Jim Shepperd, Range
Conservationist with the
Authority's Parks Develop-
ment Department, develop-
ed plans unique to each
tract which specify the
number and type of livestock
that Wren reached the
height of his genuis. He
had undoubtly thought for
many years on the problem
of dome design and even
though his design contains
ideas from previous archi-
tects. such as Bramante.
Michaelangelo. and Brunel-
leschi. Wren created a
highly original work. It
is probably the finest dome
ever constructed. A few
domes come close to it. such
CITATION BY PUBLI-
CATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
TO: ROSIE LEE
GARCIA OLLIE,
Defendant. Greeting:
YOU ARE HEREBY
COMMANDED to
appear before the
21st District Court of
Bastrop County at the
Courthouse thereof,
in Bastrop. Texas.
by filing a written
answer before 10
o'clock a.m. on the first
Monday next after the
expiration of forty-two
days from the date of
the issuance of this
citation, same being the
14 day of October
A.D. 1976. to Plaintiff's
Petition filed in said
court, on the 29 day of
November A.D. 1976, in
this cause, numbered
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VOL. 85. NO. 44
The Bastrop Countv Times Is published even Thursday in Smithville. Texas.
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William K Todd. President. Second Class postage paid at Smithville. Texas 78957
PUBLISHER ; William K To<ld
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Sancv Catherman
MANAGING EDITOR Paul M Prentiss
NEWS EDITOR Demi Prentiss
ADVERTISING MANAGER s*M Angers
• * Norma Anderson
t............. Eriene Goertz
COMPOSITION...
STAFF WRITERS
Dkme Hucknhy
Mike Wallace
Sharon Goldston
Jane Hunt
CORRESPONDENTS
SUBSMIPTION MATES
In-Countv $6 00 per year $3.25 6 mos
Gertnule Pavlica
Martha Tuck
Mrs W ft Urner
Out-of-County $7 00 /. *r vear $3.75 ft mos
14.340 on the docket of
said court and styled
IN THE MATTER OF
THE MARRIAGE OF
SONNY J. OLLIE
PETITIONER, vs.
ROSIE LEE GARCIA
OLLIE RESPONDENT
AND IN THE INTEREST
OF LA VERNE OLLIE.
a child.
A brief statement of
the nature of this suit
is as follows, to wit:
This suit is a suit for
divorce in which the only
community property
of the parties, other
than personal clothing
and effects, is a 1960
Ford and a 1957 Chevro-
let Pickup. Petitioner is
asking the Court to
award the 1960 Ford.
1957 Chevrolet Pickup,
and his personal clothing
and effects to him.
If this citation is not
served within ninety
days after the date
of its issuance, it shall
be returned unserved.
The officer executing
this writ shall promptw^
serve the same accord-
ing to requirements of
law. and the mandates
hereof, and make due
return as the law directs.
Witness, Peeev
Walicek, Clem of The
District Court of Bastrop
County. Texas.
Issued and given
under my hand and the
seal of said court at
Bastrop. Texas, this the
14th day of October
A.D.1976.
Peggy Walicek. Clerk.
District Court
Bastrop County. Texas
tire congregation stood and
joyfully sang. "Mine eyes
have seen the glory of the
coming of the Lord "...If
there was a dry eye in the
house it was definitely not
an American one. Our friend
was gone. The man who
told us of blood and sweat
and of the willingness to
fight on the beaches in de-
fense of freedom was no
more. The Englishman with
the gruff voice who reminded
us that we were "one people
separated by a common
language" was not to be
heard from again - except
within our minds and hearts,
and our memories.
For an American it is
always painful to leave St.
Paul's. There is that nag-
ging fear that one might not
be able to return. And that
is sad. because this place
of beauty, this house of God,
is almost too magnificant
Pickle Honored
WASHINGTON. D.C.-
In a recent ceremony on
Capitol Hill. Rep. J.J.
Pickle, (D.), of the 10th
District of Texas received
the "Guardian of Small
Business" award presented
by the National Federation
of Independent Business
(NFIB).
NF1B president Wilson
S. Johnson, in conferring
the award on Rep. Pickle
noted, "We initiated our
NFIB evaluation system
to give special recognition
to those legislators who
support small business
and who have the courage
to stand up and vote against
the pressures of big labor
and big business: the
small businessman's great-
est competitors for the ear
of Congress."
Johnson continued,
"NFIB polls its 464,000
member firms nationwide
every six weeks to determine
the membership's opinions
on specific issues and
establish the organization's
legislative position. Too
many congressmen go back
which may be grazes, and
include a schedule of
improvements to be made to
each piece of land.
The improvements --
which will be credited
against the annual lease
payment — include brush
control, construction of
stock tanks, crossfencing,
and provisions for proper
grazing use and rotation
grazing. Rental from the
10-year leases will be
approximately $34,000 a
year.
Income from the leases
will be used in part to defray
expenses of maintaining;
public parks on other LCRA
land that is more accessible;
for recreational use.
Shepperd said the range,
improvements made for*
livestock will alwo benefit
wildlife in the lakes area.
Correction
The Times wishes to
correct a statement printed
in error in the October 21
home claiming to support article concerning the truck-
small business simply
because they voted for a
Small Business Administra-
tion appropriations bill.
We feel our membership
deserves to know how their
representatives voted on
train accident at the MKT
Highway 95 crossing.
Although the police report
filed on the accident did
state that the train's head-
light was off when the train
left the depot, it did not
County Sued. .
...from Page 1
Bennett is not owned by the
County of Bastrop nor a
"county road". Said road-
way may be used by the
Crash
Claims
Life
Shortly
Sunday,
BASTROP ~
before 10 p.m:
October 24, Adolph Camp-
bell's '66 Chevrolet sedan
slid in the rain on Chestnut
Street in Bastrop and
skidded into the bridge
abutment of the Gil's
Branch bridge.
The crash resulted in the
death of Campbell, 53. of
512 S. Avenue A in Elgin.
The passenger. James
Woody, of the same Elgin
address, was severely injur-
ed and was taken to Bracken-
ridge Hospital in Austin,
reportedly with a broken arm
and leg.
public, but is not maintained
by the County as a public
roadway. If dedicated to the
County of Bastrop, said
roadway has not been
accepted by the County.
In fact, said road was
constructed deficiently
and not in conformity with
the minimum standards
each of the issues which are state, as printed in the
of direct importance to Times, that the light was off
small business." at the time of the accident
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THE
BECOBD
MMMMMMmmMMirww BY Paul M Prentiss
I was doing some shopping the other day and as I was
trying to decide whether I wanted to display the image that
"D~"" would give me or whether I should take a chance
'Brut'
on Dial Extra Dry , I overheard a political conversation:
First Man: You had better vote for him, because if
acceptable to the County of y°u ^on * nex* ,'me I see you stealing my chickens,
Bastrop for acceptance of I'll put my dogs on ya'".
Second Man: "Well now that you put it that way "
Now that is down home politickin' if I've ever heard
it. But I would hope that when we go to the polls next
Tuesday to vote that we can do so on the basis of informa-
tion that we as individuals have taken the time to
explore.
Our right and, indeed our duty, to vote is the most
awesome responsibility we as Americans have. Not to vote
is irresponsible, but to vote in ignorance of the candidate
or the issue can be devastating.
acceptance
dedicated right of way by
said property owners'
p.edecessor in title. Bastrop
County does not have any
easement adjoining Plain-
tiff s property. Defendant
Bastrop County was not
negligent in placing a
bridge over said roadway,
or in maintaining any
easement adjacent to said
roadway, and the construc-
tion of such a bridge or
maintance of any easement,
was not the cause or proxi-
mate cause of any damage to
Plaintiffs property".
Our sympathy to Jimmy Lee Christensen of Elgin who.
while picking pears, fell fourteen feet from a tree limb.
I suggested that we send him a basket of fruit, but mv wife
thought that would be inappropriate since it was the desire
for a pear that sent him to the hospital. So I'll simplv say.
Get well soon Jimmv Lee. the school board needs vou".
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