Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1942 Page: 1 of 12
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so new lines of Lingerie,
Blouses, Skirts, and Wash
Dresses.
JOHN O. TURNER
Dry Goods
' Quality at a Fair Price"
EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR
BASTROP ADVLKl 1SER, BASTROP, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 1: 42
NUMBER 1
Sewerage And Housing Project In Sight For Bastrop
MAIN STREET
OBSERVATIONS
BY PETE SHADY
Every time some fool hears down
upon us with uncontrollable death,
crushing speed, we become a little
more complacent to the all-out tir"
control.
BASTROP'S NEW $110,000. BUILDING
Unless our eyes played a prank
upon us, we saw Prank and Anni.>
Mae Birmingham t'other day. Your
hair is white and lovely, Annie Mae
but you will always be just a pretty
debutante to us.
111IS 9 R
n
EXTERIOR VIEW OF NEW SCHOOL
The Greeks and Jews from many
conquered land- have cast their lot
upon our sacred premises of recent
date, but to now there hasn't been
a Dago or Jap shown up. There have
been hints that some people here-
abouts have sympathies for Hitler
and his unfathered land. Well, may
God have mercy upon their souls if|
we ever know it.
'
I,ike all the other hiir brutes of our J
vicious sex, we are iust putty in 'he
hands of a lovely blonde, but rha
doesn't keep us from wandering in! i
Leon WertznerVs soda ■ innemge just |
to feast our eye.- upon the lovelines
of those brunette Meuch sifters.
We would have a 1 >t more money
and friend too if our feelings were !
as numb t ■ slurring remarks about
Bastrop as a Bra in bull's neck i«
to nvsouit •-•••. for example, w •
had been go< d friend- for many
years, and it had been profitable t
)>oth of He he'd his head hiv'1
and sorted like blue-nosed mule
on a f ty morning ■ f!er he had i
failed to find a parking place <>n tbr
avenue. Then he an :at > wir. enta.u ;
gloment when he sought out his fa - j
oi'ite let. He swi , ■ loud and vigor-
ously. Ai.e«ng the rene?> table thin'
he said was, "I'll do my trading in'
Lockhnrt herep ;':er. The mi reliant' ;
there see that a farmer vet -• a pla<
(-• | *t'k in f >nt of their store " My !
sensitive membrane had already b" j
gun to tingle, and 1 attempted t > tell
him that the e were • ■ xt -■ i> • 1 in: y
times in !' strop, and that every©!?'.'
was (I ing t"'.e very -t he c.>u!d. bo;
he was adamantine an:! b >rked b:ua.
RECREATIONAL
PLANS GROW
IN MEETING
CITY OFFICIALS TRIP TO CAPITAL
BRINGS PROMPT ACTION
ON EMERGENCIES
Word was received by city offic-
ials in Bastrop yesterday that Bas-
trop has been placed on the confi-
dential list of priority localities and
projects followed the visit last week
I of Mayor Will Rogers and City At-
torney Bower Crlder to Washinff-
! ton.
quotas for seventy five housing un- The Housing Project is of espee-
its, according to information from ial interest to Bastrop at the prea-
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, who is fill- out time, and the seventy five build-
ing the office of Congressman John- i ings, each to house from one to
son during his absence in service five or six families, will aid greatly
in the United States Navy.
for
P. J. Dodson, chairman of Bas-
trop County Recreational Commit-
tee, presided at the combined meet-
ing of the county and local cmn-
mittees, at which representatives of
the USO and other interested or-
jr,ni:'.a ions were present, held in
l! Bastrop County Court House
Saturday morning.
Highlighting the meeting was the
; Invii of plans for the Recreation-
[ .".I building which will be construct-!1 ",n
j "d o: the Courthouse lawn, for the ; '°ft
ii ldiers and community re-
The Bastrop project asking
$370,000.00 to be used in the pur-
chasing of the water system, and
the building of a sewerage system
for the city also passed the Inter-
departmental Board of Federal
Works Agency on Friday of last I
week, and is in the White House a-
waiting the President's signature.
Instant action on the
in the housing problem, which is
acute one just now.
emergency
CITY PLACES STOP
SIGNS AT DANGEROUS
i POINTS
Stop signs are being placed by
i the city at dangerous street inter-
sections, and people are urged to
observe them carefully. Strict coat-
pliance with these signs may avoid
serious accidents.
SEVERING OF GAS MAIN EX- NKV.S ''OVES OF LOC\L
CUSE FOR ADVERTISER'S LOST AT SKA
L \TE APPEARANCE
BOY
Heading
schools; Paid I
Dr. J. Gordon
Bowt r Cri <*r.
UPER1N : INDENT'S OFFICE
■ ;'t to right: P. J. Dodson, superintendent of
I'jge, pre ident Bastrop Chamber of Commerce;
i-' - in, president, Ba-trop Board of Education;
■Att rney ; V\ i 1 Rogers, Mayor of Bastrop.
I ere
tb it, "when it's over
going 'I • ekh art." I
his affairs v. rv well
many times he h?d
the business p< op .
that they Irnd been
freer than h ha r< '
we let i flv when v e
sure that his credit
Lockhart before he
long ;i sojourn over
got hi ttei
louder at'1
I'll k<
km
on
iv him and
knew t h a'
t.-ked favors < I'
f Bast: op, and
granted a l'H
urned them, s >
told him to ho
was good in i
ant' ei pa ted t« > ;
there. Well, he j
nd louder. an<l we got J
hot to'. and the fir-t thin.'
3*<
foam
SiPSIPiP
i
Beautiful, well
new building.
equipped stage in auditorium and gymnasium
lost a friend. It
in anv sort of div'i-
sensitive about any-
i thing as sacred ta
Main Street is to
we knew, we had
doesn't, pay off
dends to be too
thing, net even
you as Ba tr< p
us.
Hem s lv. we do ti •( believe therr
is a town in all the nation that ap-
preciates its farm trade any mot'1,
than I'.-istr p doe . And we know w ■ a|)(j Iu,w
are telling the tru b when we sav
that never hefo did the farmer'
face 1' k -o i «i.l to th 1) strop bus-
iness man as it (iocs now. We at 1
jut«t : ; sure tliat the Bastrop busi-
ni' s man is willing and anxi< us .
do what he can for the f rmiv, an I
believe it or not the huisne man r
Ba ti'ou now i- in a p iti' ii to do
more for he farmei ban he ever d d
befot e.
The proximity of the irmy camp
has placed an over supply of cus-
tomers in Bastrop, Klgin, and Smith
ville. Even MeDade, Paige, and Bed
Rix'k are feeling the effect of this
over-industrinus activity. Any hu-
man with as much reas ning as a
balky jackass 'that has any friend-
ship for any of these towns should
out of the goodne « of hi. heart and
generosity of his oul feel proud of
these old st'inping grounds. If h'
really has friends in these towns who
have accommodated him when he
i#*eded it, he should l e very happv
with the knowledge that his friends
are reapinir a nice reward for th*?
long .and faithful servi.a they have
rendered.
So we
me mad,
lust a friend but he man.
dad gum him!
PETE SHADY
ELKINS 5-10-25 cent STORE
"We Have Everything"
Cecil Long, Manager
*3 A i <J
nnan
JjXnus.
By a stroke of supreme good for-
tune. the Bastrop Public Schools
moved into their new $110,000.00
building about February 1. just its
the influx of construction workers
comers hit town for the be-
ginning of work at Camp Swift,
$23,000,000.00 army camp under
construction five miles from Bas-
trop. With the old building, which
was partially remodeled and part-
ially torn completely down, crowded
past its capacity with the average
enrollment of a small school, the
new building has proven a blessing
in every respect to the community.
The following are the enrollments
of the school system, including the
colored and mexican schools, as
they were on January 1, 1942, com-
i pared with the present enrollment
|of each:
On January 1. 1942: all three
schools, 059; White elementary
school, 233; white high school, 134;
colored elementary school, 1R2;
colored high school, til ; Mexican
school. 70.
Present enrollment: all three sch-
ools, 1145; white elementary school
555; white high school, 173; colored
| elementary school, lSii; colored
I high school, 07; Mexican school,
; 104.
i The entire teaching system for
! the white schools include the follow-
ing personnel, at present: high sch-
ool, P. J. Dodson, superintendent:
J. P. Zinn, Mrs. Beulah Grace Adams
Delbert Davis, Miss Dorothy Nell
Sourest, Mrs. Lucille Perkins,
Floyd Rodgers; grammar school,
Mrs. K. F. I'earcy, principal, Mrs.
| Cecil Long, Mrs. J. II. Powell, Mrs.
IK. I". Jenkins. Mr-. Arthur Edwards
I Mr . O. P. Jones, Mrs. Wilma Ar
I buckle, Mrs. T. P. Haynic, Jr., Mrs.
F. (,
Mrs.
Haynie, Mrs.
James Perkins,
Loy
Mi-
Brewer,
Edwin
Filzwilliani, Miss Dorothy Lee Per-
kins, and .Mi.-s Ruth Peterson.
I Since March 1. the State Depart-
ment of Education have permitted
tli" Bastrop schools to take a sup-
plementary census, and as a result,
.'593 additional children were found.
with an allowance from the tate
oi" s50 each, giving the Bastrop
schools $8842.50. In addition, ap-
plication has been placed with the
Defense Public Works, and will prob-
ably be granted within the next tw i
weeks, a project asking for $5531.00
for maintainance and operation of
school up till August 31. It is
ikely, since Bastrop is in a defense
housing area, that additional build-
ing- will be obtainable in the near
. future, supplying room to take care
of the additional overflow.
Up to the present time, by care-
ful planning in the space available
in the new building, eight new cla-s
rooms have been arranged for, and
! eight new teachers added.
The new building is one of the
most complete plants in this section
'of the state. The school radio sys-
tem, the only one of its size and
kind in this section of the state, is
| the most complete system of inter- ~
communication within the btiil ling student
possible. It is installed in the sup-
erintendent's office, from where he
ma . talk to any one room or group
'of rooms in the building, and ;er-
sons in each room may talk back to
him. It i- equipped with a loud sp-
. aking system connected with all
rooms so that radio program.* may
be turned on, through it. for any
one room, or combination of rooms
in the building. It is also u-ed in
public speaking, accustoming the
lion. Talks were heard by Itar-
i- n G. Otfs, Field Recreation re-
| i entative. F. S. A., E. J. Keyes,
j 1'. S. (). Regional repre-entative,
| and others woo discussed at length
tli. problems for recreation, and the
p . sible solutions.
Final arrangements were made
j for applications to be placed for re-
j creation centers or buildings to be
I !o. : ed, one in each of the three
t wns, Elgin, Bastrop, and Smith-
ville, and a concentrated negro re-
| creation center to be located in one
i of these towns.
j More definite plans as to the ex-
| act location and the operation of
j these cent rs will be made public in
it he near future.
Follow'ny the business meeting,
the \i 'tors Jeft to tour the Hues-
her and Bastrop State Parks, to j
look over recreational possibilities!
in Smith', ille and Bastrop, and to j
visit Kiyn. Luncheon was servad
it hem in the State Park Refectory, j
! I he I' d wing were present: Har
r'.soi. (i. O; is, I ;eld Ui creation Re
' present:.ti\e, Federal Security Agen-
cy; E. J. Keyes 1". S. (>. Regional
! . present 't ve; Lucile O'Reilly, ..
■ 'end Supervisor, National Travc.
its Aid; Goldie Carter, Regional Su-
pervis ir. Young Women's Chri.-tian
A-siivia! ion; John ' A. Zimmermanr,
Regi rial Supervision. National Ca h-
oli Community Service; H. (i. Trou-
sdale, Sm'thville, Texas; Mrs, Cir
r i| Ros. , ky. Smithville, Texas; H.
B. Rogers, I'.S.O. Regional Siiper-
vi- r, Young Men's Ch istian Assoc
iation; Harry L. Emigh. Regional Re
eieiti"n Rep;esi-ntative l''ederal Se-
nility A en y; Mona Ian ell. Dis-
trict Direct >r S< rvice Pr grams, W
P. A.; Mirgi.'ei Kirkner, Asst. Dir..
Director Serviei Programs, W.P.A.; '
George W. Edward", Jr., Supervisor
County Recreation, Bastrop County;
J. V. Ash. Chairman Texas Stat -
Parks Board; A. J. Rankin, Elgin
Re reationnl C uncil, Mrs. Cha .
Poth, Elgin, County Recreation Cour
cil; S. L. P. Pigott, Secretary Cham
her of Commerce, Bastrop; Amy S.
Stan lifer. Bastrop Advertiser, Bas-
trop; Mrs. W. E. Maynard, Basttop
Advertiser, Bastrop; Mrs. J. H. l^er
kins, Bastrop, Recreational C uncil;
William Alte . Regional Supervisor
Jewish Welfare Board; Anne I. '
Corrigan, Regional Supeivisor, Na-
tional Catholic Community Service,
Beverly S. Sheffield, Reeriational
Department, Austin; John A. Pen-
Besides throwing the town into
a mild uproar, the severing of a gas
main by a road contracting com-
pany on the Camp Swift Construc-
area shortly after noon today
the Vdvertiser's linotype ma-
chine without heat under the me-
tal pot, forcing us temporarily to
it continue operation, and thereby
delaying publication until Friday
morning.
However Bastrop, by this time, is
rapid! \ becoming accu-tomed to
emergencies, and a few hours were
aved the Advertiser by the coop-
eration of ttie Elgin Courier, who
lent us the u«e of their Linotype
machine and operator Thursday af-
ternoon.
The broken main, which cut off
the gas supply for the entire town,
caused a little inconvenience to
housewives find to cafes, whose
fuel for cooking was abruptly stop-
ped. but the Gas Company work-
men set out at once to disconnect
all meters, there by di posing of any
danger from appliances in the
homes which might still be turned
on. Every effort was made by the
company to ;et the line fixed just
as rapidly as possible.
NEWCOMERS URGED TO CALL
ADVERTISER WHEN THEY
HAVE NEWS
The Ba-trop Advertiser would
like to become acquainted with all
the newcomers in our town. We
have a very definite curiosity about
what you do and where you iro and
who comes to see you.
Our phone number is 57, so when
you have had any of these various
things happen to you, give us a ring.
Then we in turn will make a note
of them so all the people of Bastrop
who are just as curious as we are
(but maybe won't admit it) will
learn of these activities and will en-
joy very much reading them.
Now ■ f the second casualty of the
I- iys ,v in Bastrop and v icinity in the
service- c
week ti
berg of the 1'iney (
ing that their son,
berg, was aboard th
a tie with a wire, received last
ar. ed Mr*. Robert Willen-
nimunity, stat-
V."filter Willenu
ill-f'ited S. ?.
Hou -ton, 1 <,
The wire
I e iarlnicnt.
Hi SIX F
Cl.O-
at sea oil
ame from
HOl'SES
ON (iOOD
Feb uury 28.
the Naval
WILL NOT
FRIDAY
Bu an . It- use- will • t close on
the alte ic'ii ef Good Friday in l>as-
t op, ■- i.a ■ been the ; .- 'om for the
p: St few e rs. -k cording t S. L. P.
Pig"tt. secretary of In (" amber of
t 'ommerce.
i i -i li y. ar t' , I u ;!ni h uses have
all been very conperative, but be-
e■ 11c i* of tb ■ unusi' 1 ainoun: of bus-
n ii i.w , es- -ially n F'ri.Iay,
pay d y of the camp cow
companies, they will not be
is
which
t ucti n
asked to
Howev
usunl in
thi
rs are on
Is m. Thv r
permi t!
ff to at ton
cure if.
-ei vi - \ iI! be held as
1 h nil newcom-
'nv:t"d to attend
e i"it re < ked, to ,
i r lei'l; a hour or two
i'li-se -i'. vices, if they
Bastrop's Mayor
rr
nlger, Defense Recta att
A a' tin; A. T. Kine . De1' a -
creati n: 1 Council, Austin;
•Everett H. Givens, Austin
racial Cummi tee; Mrs. U. C.
tion. Pre-. Negro Women's
i.ted liihs, Aa tin; Dr. I!. E. <
Negro Chamber of Commerce,
tin; Geo. Mahson, Recreation
Council
-e Re
Intel-
< 'hr s
Fede -
auner,
Aus-
Dc-
partment, Austin; Homer D. Wade,
Secretary, Chamber of Commerce, ''
Smithville.
t y .y-
MAYOR WILL ROGERS
to using the microphone.
The school, through the WPA.,
aiaintain- and operates a cafeteria,
where hot lunchi are served daily,
costing the students only Id cents
a week, each.
All scholastic departments tire
complete, with thoroughly efficient
instructors, giving the new students
full advantage of attending one of
the best organized, efficient, and
scbolast ic ally splendid school sys-
tems in the country.
GREETINGS TO THE NEWCOMERS!
Bastrop extends a hatul of welcome to the many people
who have recently moved here. We are glad to h ive you,
and we are making every effort to adjust our town .is rapidly
as pos ible to meet your needs and for your comfort.
For ore hundred and eleven years Bastrop has been a
little town; almost overnight it has begun to grow, and in
leaps and bounds, it is fast becoming a big town! ! he pro-
cess of its growth, because we were unprepared, has been
very erratic, and we know, for many of y<>u, unpleasant, be
r use we have not been able to supply all of you with com-
fortable place- in which to live.
Hut we are rapidly adjusting ourselves, ai\d the town is
developing, and in the meantime, we want you to m ke your-
seli a t art of us. C oqie to the (. hamber < t ( onirnerce meet-
ings, thi I ions Club meetings, and to our ehur. he *1 ou will
find r> real welcome awaiting you. We w ;nt you, and we
are , nxious to meet you
Will ROGERS.
Mayor
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1942, newspaper, March 26, 1942; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth236847/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.