Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1977 Page: 1 of 14
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Beer ordinance to be revised
City Council to consider Civic Center
G. P. Herndon appeared
before the Bastrop City
Council Monday representing
several organizations.
The first order of business
Herndon presented was a
proposal that the City
consider providing camping
facilities for tourists on City
property across from the
Park entrance on city
property. Herndon indicated
the project if implemented
would be managed by an
organization other than the
city, and would handle soipe
of the overflow from the
park.
The Council appointed L.
C. Smith as representative of
the Council to meet with a
representative of the
Chamber of Commerce to
discuss and research the
feasibility of installing
hook up stalls.
In behalf of the Citiiens
Advisory Committee. Hern-
don suggested the council
look into the possibility of
building a civic center at the
site where the City Garage is
now located. The council
agreed the matter should be
exploited and appointed City
manager Bill Co* to work
with the Chamber of Com
merce and Citiarns Advisor)
Committee.
Herndon also had City
Secretary. Artie McLaurtn,
read the ordinance which
created the planning and
toning committee and point
ed out that t he council at that
time nude one of the
objectives of the committee
long range planning. Hern
don asked this council to
BASTROP
AND
NEWS
Bastrop, (Texas) Advertiser,
20,1977
Established March 1, 1853
Number 11
Commissioners approve
sub-division revision
Bastrop County Commis-
sioners Monday approved a
revision in the sub-division
requirements for Bastrop
County to include a new item
which reads as follows:
"Before the Commissioners
Court accepts a plat for
record the commissioner of
the precinct in which the
sub-division is located will
make an on site inspection
before acceptance by the
court.
A bond may be required to
Flipped Toyota
Former Band director John Poynter es-
caped injury when his camper flipped over
and skidded across Highway 71 Monday.
Cedar Creek man escaped
insure compliance with
sub-division requirements.
The Court authorized
County Judge Jack Griesen-
beck to sign the C.E.T.A.
Manpower agreement as
requested. They also agreed
that some of the Title VI
money be allocated to the
cities. Harold Garner
C.E.T.A. represenative will
work with the Commission-
ers in attempting to find
qualified persons to be
employed under Title I act.
Judge Griesenbeck read a
letter from Governor Dolph
Briscoe declaring Bastrop
County a disaster area to
assist farmers and ranchers
with emergency loans to
cover physical and produc-
tion losses.
The Court granted a'
permit to Aqua Water Corp'
to place water lines in County
roadways where necessary.
In granting the permit the
county will assume no
liability for damages, for
repair or relocating the lines
if the roads need to be
repaired or expanded. All
paved roads in the county are
to be included.
The County was requested
to list all heavy equipment
owned by the county for
development of crisis reloca-
tion proposed for the County
civil defense.
Surveyor
A very-Mays surveyor Dale Kokenes of Austin
out foundation lines for Bastrop Youth Center
"Downtown area".
lays
Prison construction
finally underway
Long awaited construction
began recently on the
"downtown" area of the
Bastrop Youth Center.
General contractor Avery-
Mays Company of Dallas has
set up an office in one of the
old warehouses at the site
destined to be used for
Vocational training.
Construction foreman A1
Stephenson of Litton
Springs, said the buildings
will be built on slabs and be a
primarily concrete block
construction.
A representative of McKee
Company, construction man
agers, said although work
just began last week good
progress is being made. The
representative did indicate
however weather was a
factor and the site is slow to
drain. Some of the site where
dormitories are to be built
still has water standing.
Government estimates
now place completion in 394
calendar days or July of 1978.
serious injury
A Cedar Creek man
narrowly escaped serious
injury Monday afternoon
when the pick up he was
driving rolled over in the
Westbound lane of Highway
71 at Bastrop.
The driver identified as
former Bastrop High School
band director, John Poynter
was alone in the vehicle at
the time of the accident.
Apparently the '76 Toyota
camper hit the railing at the
end of the Westbound bridge
approach, flipped over on its
roof and skidded about 150
feet and rolled upright when
it hit the median between the
divided lanes.
County
selected
disaster
area
Governor Briscoe has
asked for the designation of
Bastrop and Ward counties
as disaster areas due to
weather conditions.
The damage occured in the
fall of 1976 mainly to late
crops such as peanuts and
sorghum. The damage was
the result of excessive
rainfall at that time.
Aid available if the request
is granted would be addition
al financing by the F.H.A.
The County Emergency
Hoard constating of the
county agriculture agency
heads in their request
for tht* id January *. IW77 to
In "UiMaU fuIn I"
A witness at the scene Poynter was described as
could give no apparent "shaken up" and was taken to
reason for the mishap. Bastrop Memorial Hospital
by Bastrop Ambulance.
P.U.C. grants
Bluebonnet hike
Bastrop County oil well
success rate low
The Texas Public Utility
Commission granted Blue-
bonnet Electric Coop a 4.7
per cent increase in reve-
nues. The increase is
expected to generate
$407,534 for Bluebonnet.
The Commission also is-
sued a final order approving
one year flat rate $4.50 per
bale for Cotton gins.
Cotton gins were to be
included in the proposed rate
structure as large users.
According to cotton pro-
ducers and gin operators the
higher rates would have
forced many gins out of
business and created a
hardship for cotton farmers
in the Bluebonnet area.
Floyd Sommer was one of
several men in the cotton
business to speak before the
P.U.C. Sommer owner of
Sommer Gin in Brehnam said
operating under the large
consumer rate would amount
to about $1,700 per month
and force him out of business
Also speaking in favor of
the $4 50 rale was Blue
fo*jftti#t General Manager
Henry Umachted Umachied
said the rate* would rfippte
cotton production in the
Bluebonnet awviw are*
Omartiied also aald Blue
agriculturally based indus-
tries.
The P.U.C. agreed with
Blu^bonnet's position but
only approved the $4.50
increase for one year.
In addition to issuing the
final order for the 4.7 per
cent increase in revenues also
approved a six dollar
minimum rate.
Virginia Law of Caldwell
appeared at the Austin
meeting with a committee of
Bluebonnet consumer to file a
protest against the proposed
rates.
Tisdale
joins
Advertiser
staff
Jim Tisdale of Austin
joined the staff of the
Advertiser this week. Tisdale
was formally general manag
tr of Plana Publishing
Company, Incorporated
A University of Tessa
gradual#, Ti*d*l* will work
pruosrilly in new* reporting,
plioiogiaphy and assisting
wistth#fits wHh «<fytiusing
Austin Chalk oil wells in
Bastrop County have not
proved too profitable so far
with five dry holes out of six
wells drilled.
The award for the most
costly dry hole could very
well go to Prairie Producing
Company of Houston for their
Bernhardt well near Paige. A
spokesman for Prairie Pro-
ducing told the Advertiser
Friday the initial goal was
the Giddings Austin Chalk, a
dense limestone formation
full of cracks formed by
pressure and heat. The oil
and gas slowly seeps through
the semi-porus rock, collect
ingin the cracks.
They found the site to be
out of the prolific Giddings
chalk howevever and in hard
rock with no fracture zones at
all.
With a quarter of a million
dollars sunk in this hole so far
rather than give up they
choae to drill deeper into the
Buda formation and with no
detection of oil or gas at that
depth they drilled deeper
into the Georgetown Strata.
Prairie bottomed out drill
ing at 8,010 feel and aet pip*
7,560 to the Austin Chalk and
attempted completion by
mechanically cracking the
rock. Thia procedure called
"fraccing" proved unsuccass
ful.
Similar attempts war*
mad* in the Bud* formation
and in th* Georgetown
limestone with lit* sain*
reavIt Tli* wail waa plugged
Willi * UriMf
The Paige well was drilled
in an effort to help establish
the outer perimeter of the
Giddings oil field and the
spokesman for Praric ex
plained they have a produc
inRwell about 6 miles East, of
that location and have leased
a "good bit" of property
between Paige and Giddings.
On the other hand a well
near Smithville has shown
signa of a potential producer.
Bob Osborn of Cobra Oil
and Gas of Wichita Palls
explained "The log on the
Veenstra well looks good".
"We have a workovcr rig
scheduled t« move onto the
site and attempt completion
of the well."
What makes the Smithville
well look promising are the
fracture lines in the chalk.
The log made of the well is
essentially a picture of the
fracture lines. An absense of
these indicates what will
probably be a dry hole.
Cobra also drilled two
other wells in the Smithville
area both dry holes. Comple-
tion was attempted on one
well and the other well was
plugged.
Also looking for a strike in
the Rosanky area was the
Elmer Perkins Company of
Wichita Falls. They drilled
two wells near Rosanky;
plugged one and unsuccess
fully attempted to bring the
other one in.
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*- tffirm that as one of th*
objectives for planning and
zoning.
City Attorney Bobby Jen-
kins presented a revised beer
ordinance to the council. The
revised ordinance is designed
primarily to replace the
existing ordinance and would
in time eliminate beer joints
from Main Street. Th*
Council decided before any
action was taken mare public
input should be sampled
perhaps even a public
hearing held.
In further business the
council voted to renew the
insurance policy covering
firemen, and decided to table
the decision concerning pur
chasing the property behind
the Fire Station.
Court
hears
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lawsuit
arguments
An Eastland Court of Civil
Appeals Judge heard argu
ments Wednesday, April 20
in the case of Willie Schindler
et. al. vs. Jack Griesenbeck,
et al.
The case resulted from
Bastrop County School
Trustees and County Judge
Jack Griesenbeck's refusal to
call an election in the Paige
Independent School District
to decide in consolidation of
Paige ISD with Giddings
ISD.
The plaintiffs are seeking
to force Griesenbeck to call
the election and when the
case was first heard in
Bastrop's 21st District Court
visiting Judge Wilmer Hunt
decided in the plaintiff*
favor. Attorneys immediate
ly appealed the case to the
Court of Civil Appeals.
Arguments before the
three Eastland Justices in-
cluded Austin Attorney J. C.
Hinsley pointing out a
number of Judicial errors he
felt had been made int he
first iriaL
Justice Raleigh Brown
indicated the decision of the
court would be rendered in
about six weeks.
Apartment
erection
underway
Wendell Walton of Walton
Construction Company of
Bastrop announced to day he
is beginning conatruction on a
sixteen unit apartment com-
plex to be built at the corner
of Government and Jefferaon
Streets in Bastrop. Walton
said the apartmenta will all
be two bedroom unit*
constructed in a one atory U
configuration.
All bills except electricity
will be paid and Walton
explained the brick apart-
ments will be very well
insulated.
The apartmenta will be
bordered by a 6 foot tall
privacy fence and all unita
will have a refrigerator and a
stove furnished.
Walton also said Walton
Construction would own and
operate the complex and
when asked about the ratea
Walton indicated the project-
ed rent is to be $160 per
month.
4-Hto
sponsor
rabies
clinic
Each year as a public
service the Bastrop County
4 H Clubs cooperating with
Dr. W. L. Clampit sponsor a
rabies vaccination drive. Thia
annual event will be held this
year on Friday. May 13th at
the Bastrop County Court-
house.
The vaccinations will be
given from 2:00 p.m. until
7 00 p.m. All dog and cat
owners art* urged to mark
their calendars for thia
Important event, and re
member lo have your pet
vaccinated
The Co*i for lite vaccina
l Mm will again lie $4 U0
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Pannell, Leland R. Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1977, newspaper, May 12, 1977; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth395182/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.