Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 14, 1945 Page: 1 of 8
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BASTROP ADVERTISER. JUNE 14. 1945
NUMBER 13
Germans Learn of Atrocities
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FUN CLUB, HIGH SCHOOL RECREATION
'^|| GROUP, TO RE-OPEN FOR SUMMER
I i\ ill. ..s of Him l-.um, < .i—n ■ it> . I«mk ,it dlspla' of p!' lures of atrorltic*
(nnimitlrd by their for; ■«. I .K is one of Mie v. !! (,erman popula-
tion is hi inc <•«!:!• .« <• I re, it<l : t« «• ir military ;• I pa ■< >1 or*.mixtion
t liilUits < < pt tlir photo t \ l« w . v. lllli pi in-. ' .i/i oflii ers s! ic that
tlic> think the phnt -.: i .ip is ,ir> f.iV
Local Boys In 36th Division Drive
From Salerno, Italy, To The Rhine
6th ARMY GROUP, GER-
M \ \Y Kir t riOth "Texan" Pi
visi*.' troops on tierman "it were
<J<.uir !.i oy of 'he 141st Infantry
Regiment who, in 10 tiny*, bat-
t«-• «tS t he Wehrmacht from strong
i hIhiik the Model River
tfi. vh the Si«irfiie<l Line.
Engaged in bitter house to.house
fighting i" the torn city of llaj;
emu, these I S. Seventh Army
infanti vnwn broke out from a
small bridgehead across the Mo
iler, clashed With German rear-
guards ami finally knocked out
SB pillboxes and forts in cutting
through the Siegfried Line.
The doughboys, commanded by
I it], Charle II Owen." of Wallace,
Idaho, have left landmark)! to a
defeated Reich from Salerno, Italy,
to the Rhine in Germany in
days of conflict with the enemy.
Among the most veteran infantry
men in General Jacob L. I level -
6th Army Group, they captured
more than 6,0(M) German# in
France alone Savaral Na7.i lead
erf have heen added to theit bag
in Austria.
They were the first Americans
to a -milt now crumbled Fort re;
Europe with the Salerno landing*
and later fought in the Rapido
River's famous "Rattle of <Jut«"
below ( a-sino The mountain ritv
of Velletri fell to them when they
took part in the spectacular '!6th
Division infiltration maneuver
that opened the irate* to Rome.
Spearheading a beach landing in
Southern Fiance, they -truck north
to aid in the destruction of the
German 10th Army at Monteli-
inar. Other battles included rug-
i;i>i| warfare in the Vosges Moun-
tains the defense of Colmai pas-
«' , and combat again: t liermitt^
emplaced in Marmot Line fort
•■•vises near Hilche.
Members of the regiment include
Fust S«-t. Martin L. Wiight and
t'pl. Thurman N. Rice of Bastrop.
BASTROP GETS
NEEDED RAIN
llAntrop had omp iiihI thro e~
right* intfhr* nf rainfall, according
to the rain (ratine belonging to l)r j
II B Combs, during the wind and
electrical storm experienced here
about 1 10 Tuesday morning.
The rain wa badly needed on
farm- and Hardens through this
section, ami thouffh it wa> nccom
panied by an extremely hu'h wind,
no appreciahl damage was done,
\\ ESI ^ \ N «. I 11 I > III MEET
M M IT i :SI \ %
The W'eilyan (iuild will meet al
the Met hod it Church on Tim day
night, June 10, at 8 o'clock.
Thi will be a regular meeting
and all members are urged to at-
tend.
Camp Swift To Be
Host To Athletic
Conference
( AMP SWIFT. Tex.—For the
third straight year. Camp Swift
wsll be host to the Eighth Service
Command Athletic ami Recreation
conference. June 25 and 20.
Approximately 60 Special Serv-
ice officers. Athletic officers, serv-
ice club directors and station li
binrians are expected to attend
the conferericee which embraces
the many morale building activi-
ties of Special Services. I<ocal ai
range ments for the conference are
in charge of Capt R. It Tate,
Special Service officer.
Plans to re-open th ■ Our ( ang'
Fun Club, teen-age recreation
group, for the ummer were made
J at a me ting of the Fun Club
1 Council on Friday of last week.
The exact date for the opening
has not been set, but complete
arrangements will be made within
the next few days.
Following the plan used last
-ummer, the club will be open
on Monday and Wednesday nights
from is to 10:30, and on Saturday
nights from X to 11 :<>0; Tuesday
and Thursday afternoon- from 4
to <5:00; and Sunday afternoon-
f; m 2 to 6:00. Sponsors will b
ent t thi club during all of
its opening hours.
Fast summer the club wa- or-
ganized to serve a- a "hang-out
place" for boys and irirls from
l.'t to 1* year- of are. Membership
cards wer ■ purchased and, through
the financial assistance of th<
Bastrop Parent-Teachers, the lias
trop Lion- Club, and the busines
and professional men of the towi
who were interested in the idea,
the dub became a success.
A pool table wa- purchased an<*
set up, furniture for a reading
and lounging corner was added,
and the Bastrop Coca Cola Com
pany set up a Snack Bar, where
candy, snacks, and cokes were
-old. Two ping pong tables, and
■ (microtis small games, including
darts, dominoes, checkers. bin*o,
etc . complete,! the game attrac-
tions.
Established now in its own
room, located over and to the rear
of the stage in the High School
Auditorium, where the walls are
painted appropiately with teen-
age sketches and pictures and
-igns, the Fun Club is ready to
start on its second year.
First on the list of plan? for
the summer program, however, is
an ot n house, to which the gen-
eral public will be invited to come
in and see. the accomplishments
of an interested and hard-working
bunch of young people.
'I e Fun (lub Council is cor
po. ' I. for the summer, of Joy
Comb . Jean Haynie, Shirley Dod-
son, Sara l.ee Insley, Lula Jo
Hod. -s, Jack Norment, John Owen
Murray. Tra.i- Fort. antl A. J.
Woe hi.
Fl-'N CLI'B NFEDS SPONSORS
W unien who are interested in
the development of the Fun Club,
and who are interested in seeing
the young | oplo have a super-
vise! 'hang-out" where they may
spei;,| many of their leisure hours
enjoying games or reading, danc-
ing and visiting, volunteered their
seni > a sponsors la-t year,
spct.li,)>- entail. hours on duty at
the club. I'he list of sponsors has
not been made out for the summer,
art' all worn n who are so inter-
est' I, and who will give even
as much a an evening or an af-
?er. on or two a month, are asked
ili"i • io call Mrs. R. E. Standi-
phone - 7 or 1 •' < .
TO RETIRE
I.T.
S PENCE
pK'ft
fr :
SGT. OREN ESKEW
ARRIVES HOME
. S.r'. Henry Oren F-l.t".', who
wa p .rtd by the German army
on January 6 of this year, arrived
hotn on Friday of last week.
He will be here for 60 days,
before being re-assicned for fur-
thii! duty.
USO TO HONOR
FATHERS SUNDAY
Honoring Fathers of Servicemen
and Servicemen who are fathers,
an informal program will be given
on Sunday afternoon at I o'clock,
at the I.'SO. There will be special
musical numbers, and old songs
will be featured in a Community
Sing. The words will be projected
on the screen.
\11 Fathers of Servicemen are
urged to attend and enjoy the
h -pitality of the USO.
AWARDED MEDAL
IN POSTHUMOUS
PRESENTATION
Capt. Diedrich H. Orts was a-
warded the Bronze Star Medal
posthumously in a ceremony held
on May 2;>, 1045, at Camp Robin-
son, Arkansas. The presentation
was made by Col. G. C. Graham,
camp commander, and Mrs. Ort-
rtceived th, medal.
Captain Orts was stationed at
Camp Robinson from January
10-42 until September, 1043. He
went overseas the last of January,
1944, and was stationed in Eng-
land until shortly after D-Day,
when he went into France. He
was fatally wounded near Luxem-
bourg, France, on November 5,
1044, and died on November 6.
Trade your folding money
for FIGHTING MONEY!
Dif! down (h'('f) back up the men who are fighting the
enemy fuec-to-facc! I.ct your farm dollars help send them tho
supplies they need!
l p to this time lust year there hud been ti\o war loans. This
time, the mighty 7th must dn the job of both loans. That's why
Uncle Sam asks you:
BUY TWICE AS MANY BONDS IN THE MIGHTY 7th
... THE BIGGEST, MOST URGENT WAR LOAN OF ALL
I'.'J-UMiV
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Orts of Paige, Texas. Captain Orts
was a graduate of the Bastrop
High School, and well known
through Bastrop County. His
wife is the former Miss Eleanor
Marie Mapes, Tlauuhter of Mrs.
I.eo Evert Mapes of Fort Smith
Arkansas, and Au-tin. Mrs. Orts
and her little daughter, Marilyn
Jeanne, are, living at present in
Little Rock, Arkansas.
The following is the citation ac-
companying the Bronze Star Me-
dal:
"For meritorious service in con-
nection with military operations
against the enemy as Combat Li-
aisori Officer, tilth Medical Group,
I from 1") September 1044 to 5
[November 1944. Through Capt-
tain Ort's personal courage and
efforts, liaison with till u nits
supported by his medical group
was efficiency maintained and sub
ordinate units were kept well in-
formed of tactical situations and
missions. On November 1044,
while engaged in securing vital
information in a forward battle
area. Captain Orts was fatally
injured by an enemy mine. By
his ability and de-otion to duty,
Captain Orts reflected credit on
himself and military service."
HOW TO CAN WITH
LIMITED SUGAR
SUPPUES
Sugar is not necessary to k.ep
fruit from spoiling in canning.
This is helpful at a time when
sugar supplies are very low.
Corn syrup or corn sugar may
be substituted for part or all of
sugar. One cup sugar and two
cups corn syrup to six cups water
makes a desirable syrup. This is
a thin syrup. If corn syrup is
to replace all of sugar, use 1-2
to n-4 cup syrup and one cup wa-
ter. Process unsweetened fruit
the same as sweetened.
Never use -aecharitt in canning.
Heat makes it bitter.
About 550 species of native
grasses are found in Texas, which
is approximately one half the
whole number of species found in
the I'nited States.
COLSPENCETO
RETURN TO CIVIL
ACTIVITIES
Camp Swift. Texa . June 7—Lt.
Col. Eugene V. Spence, post en-
gineer at Camp Cwift for more
than three year:-, is returning to
civil life to tak up hi duties as
a member of the Texas state board
of water engineers.
Following his return to inactive
status at Fort Bliss, he plans to
spend a few weeks vi iting with
West Texas friends at San Angelo
and Big Springs, Texas, citiow
where he formerly served as city
manager. He expects to begin his
duties with the state about July
1 and for the time being will main-
tain his home at Bastrop.
Colonel Spence became post en-
gineer at Camp Swift April 1042,
nearly a month before this ad-
vanced unit training center was
activated. Since that time, the
housing, utilities, training facili-
ties and roads under hi direction
have been used by more than
l.ri7,000 soldiers who have trained
at Swift.
On two recent occasions, his of-
fi e received honors and commen-
dations for its work. The post's
s. watre treatment plant was chos-
en by the State board of health
as that presenting the most at-
tractive appearance of any in Tex-
as. Just a few weeks later, the
U.S. Geological survey commended
the post for having the best wa-
ter level records of any army post
in Texas.
Colonel Spence, a graduate of
A&'M College, was commissioned a
second lieutenant in 1017 after
attending the second officer- train
ing camp at Camp Stanley. Texas.
He served as intelligence officer
at Fort Sam Houston and returned
to civilian life as a captain in
June 1019.
In World War II, he was called
to active duty as a major in Nov-
ember 1041, He served with the
Engineers at Chicago before he
was assigned to Camp Swift.
NOTICE
There is a vacancy for one clerk
in the Office of the Bastrop Coun-
ty War Price and Rationing B ard
at Bastrop. Texas.
Persons who wish to apply for
this position should apply in writ-
ing and send the application t>
the local office at P. O. Box 495,
Bastrop, Texas.
BASTROP'S
ROLL OF HONOR
S-Sgt.
Guadalupe Gutierrez
S-Sgt. Guadalupe Gutierrez, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Dcsidoria <• ut-
ierrez, has received 2 Bronze Stars
the Oak Leaf Cluster, Combat Inf-
fantry Badge, and Good Conduct
Medal for meritorious services rett
tiered in the United State- Army
in the North African and l*«lian
campaigns.
He entered the service on May
14, 1042, and received his training
at Camp Shelby, Mi si--ippi, Ue -
ort Tng. Center, California, and
Fort Uix, N. J.
) lie is stationed at present In
I Italy.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 14, 1945, newspaper, June 14, 1945; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237014/m1/1/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Bastrop+County%22: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.