Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1945 Page: 1 of 6
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Ninety-second Year
Bastrop Advertiser, Bastrop, Texas, September 20, 1945
Number 27
BASTROP BOY STARTS FOR AGGIES
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FROZEN FOOD LOCKER TO PROVIDE
ADVANTAGES FOR BASTROP PEOPLE
Starting back field for the I rxa* Aggies Left to right - Hob
Goode freshman from Bastrop, who will do the punting
chore from left back position; I om Daniel, letterman from
Kcrrville. quarterback and air forward Passer; Bob Butch-
ofsky, two-yrar letterman from Vale''*, tight half back and
work horse on offense and defense; I'eewrc Smith, freshman
fullback from Bryan who was all-state high school back
last season.
SPENDS LEAVE
WITH FAMILY
I,. Bn.nnon, Jr., Ph M 1-r,
United Status tyrvy, loft last
Thursday for Pallas after spend-
ing a twenty-day leave with his
father and mother. Mr. and Mrs.
S. L. Brannon, Sr.
Upon his arrival at the Naval
Receiving Station at Dallas, he
was ordered to New Orleans. His
wife returned to Sour Lake to be
with her parents.
LIQUID AIR TO BE
DEMONSTRATED
HERE OCT. 2ND
John Sloan will present a pro-
gram of liquid air deni'irutra-
tions the Bastrop High School
auditorium on Tuesday. Oct. 2, at ' '' n! r<fiw: "n> a,,(' a"
NOTICE
COUNTY TO
RECEIVE BIDS ON
MOTOR GRADERS
Bastrop County d< sires to pur-
chase frotr. one to three new tan-
di'n driver motor graders, consider
ations cm
on the 1st
10 A M Th<- county reserves the!
Grand Chapter will be held this
year at Amanllo, Texas, from
October 22 - 2f>. All interested
in going please contact Mrs. Gem
Simmons or Mrs. Margaret Pfeif-
f«r immediately as reservations
are absolutely necessary.
Ann Morris Is
Swift's Civilian
bids.
12:45 I' M , according to an an-
nouncement by P. .J Dim!-<>n. sup
erintendent of school*.
Probably no product of the lab-
oratory lends itself to more spec-
taeniae dem out rations than liquid
air. It ptqu«* the curiosity, not
only of the student, but < f the
technician a well, it definitely
suggests unexplored field in the
sciences.
J. J Sapp
County J.idi'e,
County, Texas
and will receive bid* . ■ v t .
yofOct dui, HO , at ()f VVeeK
Ann Morri . classification and
| wage administration analvsist at
Bastrop Camp Swift - the honored em-
ployee thK week . . . calls Bastrop
home, and is another of the natives
that gets up before day and goes
home after dark . . claims Mary
Hardin Baylor College at Helton,
T< > us. her alma mater, where she
majored in home economics . . .
NAVY MEN GET
DISCHARGES
l', S. Nasai Personnel Separa-
tion Center. < amp Wallace. T xos
Liquid air ha« a pale color,
w<ighs almost as much aw water
and ha* a low temperature of
312 degree* Fahrenheit below ste
ro! It is liquidified by subject-
ing air, such as we breathe, to a
high pressure and then lowering
it* temperature.
l! i* possible to perform many
Strange and fascinating experi-
ments with liquid air. a« ordinary
materials manifest peculiar pro-
perties when cooled at this low
temperature, For example, if a
rubber ball is immersed in li
—T. A. < harles Bri*ger, 44, Shipj^j,,, 0f college majors is
Fitter second <! I'SNR, of Ra« one of the family jokes . . . started
trop, Texas, ha* been honorably working for the War Department
discharged a! thi* center under the Real Kstnte Board of the I . S.
Navy's point release system. i Engineers four years ago this last
A member of the famed Sea-1 Labor Day ... was an employee in
bees, Briegcr ha;* served 22 months , the office that purchased land and
oversea* with Nava! Construction cleared titles for all ramps and
Battalion- in the Pacific theatre installations in the 8th Service
i of war. He entered the Naval; Command . . . traveled with office
j Service in August HM2. personnel for two years, transfer-
ling from camp to camp, just ahead
George C Hendrey, Sr., 31. Mo- of troops arriving for training
tor Machinist's Mate first class!. . . came to Camp Swift to work
USNR, of HaHrop. Texas, hasjjii June of '4,'i and started in I'er-
! been honorably discharged at this j Honnel Office ... is head of sec-
center under the Navy s point-re- Jtjon at the present time . . . sets
j lease system.
A former ,.mploye<
lor Motor Company
i Texas, Hendrej enter
Bastrop has been selected as
a location for one of the lor!: ;r
plants being built by Consolidat-
ed Frozen Food Lockers of Hous-
ton. The Houston plant is the
largest locker plant In Texas and
on*1 of the show place.- of the
country as to modern equipment
and arrangement, having over
20(10 individual lockers, Consoli-
dated's Beaumont plant is the
second largest in the state with
1800 lockers. They also have
plants at Palestine and Angleton
and are starting construction on
new plant- in the neighborhood
of Pal; stine, as well as at La-
Grange, Bastrop and Elgin.
The new plants proposed for
Bastrop, LaGrange and Elgin and
possibly in some intermediate
points are being planned for a
two point service. They are to
serve the towns in which they
are located with the main locker
-ervic' ",'hich is the preservation
of the | it i ons' individually owned
food- l.eef, pork, poultry, fame,
fruit-- and vegetables. The pa-
tron- will also be able to procure
many frozen specialties from the
local plant such as frozen shrimp,
frozen fish and selected frozen
fruits and vegetables. The plant
will also act as a buying agent—
wlun present OPA restrictions
have been lifted—for choice lo-
cally grown meat and poultry to
be taken to Houston and Beau-
mont fur salP to the locker pa-
trons at those points.
By building these plants as
one group, every town gets com-
plete service and the benefit of
the last word in modern mecha-
can't cook worth an all-get-out. so nical equipment, as well as sani-
tary slaughtering and processing
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Hiig. Gen. Doran, left is shown above awarding the Bronze Star-
Medal to Maj. C. B. Maynard. former Post Judge Advocate at Camp
Swift. The award we.- made for meritorious service with military
opi rations in the ETO.
faciiiti.s. Thus, Bastrop will have
th- advantages of the most mo-
dern plant in the country, al-
though slaughtering and other
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BASTROP* COUNTY
TURKEY GROWERS
TO MEET SEPT. 21
Sgt. Meyer Back
At Fort Sam
San Antonio District, AAFPDC
— T-Sirt. Albert ,T. Meyer of Bas-
trop, Texas, who served "2 months
in the African and European thea-
ter of operations as a radio oper-
ator has arrived at the San An-
tonio District, AAF Personnel
Distribution Command.
He is the son of Mr. Charles L.
Meyer, Sr.
T-Sgt. Meyer wears the Air
BASTROP LIONS
CLUB SPONSORS
USO CARNIVAL
The nifht of September 2" will
usher in a new program of fun
and festivity at thu fU>0 Club
in Bastrop. Spon.-ored by the
! Lions Club, a giant earmvjll with
, games, contests, fun, and prizes
will be held in the social hall of
Medal with eight clusters and the|thc IJHO Club, from 8 to 11 p
theater medal with two campaign
stars. He was a prisoner of war.
He will spend approximately two
All service men and women are
invited to attend.
C. A. Long, Chairman of the
weeks at the redistribution station • Carnival Committee for the Lion's
undergoing records and physical
processing in preparation for a
discharge or reassignment to duty
in this country.
During his stay here, this combat
veteran who was assigned to San
Antonio upon completion of a ;J0-
Club, announces that valuable
prizes will be awarded Cl's for
high «eore in the carnival games.
and for winners of the special
contests.
The 5#irtt of the evenintr will be
fur for everybody, with Junior
Hostesses and members of the
many
day leave at his home, will Ix1
duty-free and have at his command] Lion's Club mailing the
all of the many recreational a n. games planned to be set up in
|educational facilities made avail- booths around the social hall. Spec
able to returned airmen by the
Personnel Distribution Command,
of the Tay
Mrs. Otto Wamcl, Cedar Creek,
i was named one of the directors
salaries of civilians on post . . .'for the Texas Turkey Triangle,
has standards that govern jobs and Inc.. which meeting was held at
her duty to check on every 1 .uling on September 13. Mr
Former Bastrop
Boy on Way Home
Camp Blaading, Fla. Retime !
to the United States by Air Trans-
of I aylor, ,s ,juty to check on every Lulir<g on September 13, Mr*, j port Command Plane via the Army
the Nava! j,,|, , _ takes job sheets that civil-j Wamel is calling a meeting of all j Air Base at Miami. Fla.. Fred T..
Service in February l!M2. He |J|t| employees turn in and ascer- turkey growers in Bastrop County j Hoyt, son of Mrs. L. T. Barrow,
expect* to return to work for th« ! tain work and duties of each in- for Friday night. September 21 j whose home is at Smithvtlle, Tex-'
!dividual position . . . uses stand- at the Cedar Creek church for Bs, has passed through the "Green"
ards; set up by Act of Congress the purpose of discussing and or-j Project," Air Lift Disposition!]
1 known as the Classification ganizing a turkey growers organ- Center, at Camp Blanding. Fla.,'
Act. that governs grades and sal- ization for Bastrop < ounty. The on bis way homeward in the
ame
He i* the son of
drey of Bastrop.
\V. M. Men
Bastrop Man On
Army's redeployment program.
Pearl IlarlMir, T. II. C
O
Voigt, teaman, fit-t class. Route I,
Red Rock Texas, has
with the crew of a
figured prominently
been serving
received training at
Command in Dallas .
8th Service
. . has both
of the turkey growers in the coun-
ty as possible, but that it is im-
hip which!' """"""" • • • "«*• "L'1" | possible to meet all and she takes
•ringing' r an(' working at ( amPj t)v;s method of inciting and urging
. i , , , ,, I the war to an end, despite the factj8*'1? *; • fn,hor 18 ^arl '*• Morris . |he growers to attend the meeting
...i d air and droppe.1 to the floor ^ ^ ^ „ ,mUU> nron leh.ef clerk in production control Thl, organization has for its pur-
The Ship is the USB Moosehead, !0,Ti<!P of ,h° 0rdn nro M« "ten- j poN> the development of the tur-
a radar training ship of the Pa |"nC6' ' " ; misUken,k(.y hy nmkinK plans for better
ciftc Fleet Service Force, on which for 1 **>* Morns. who) production and marketing of Cne
thousands of men were trained u> w hT"*V'. °°P SuPP,y Products. The small turkey grow-
plans her leisure just like|pr WouId have the same interest
i! .<ienks into many pieces as if
made •ii glass. In the sams- way
a piece of meat, crapes, or any
substance containing water be-
comes sh hard as iron Binl very
brittle.
Liquid air will freese a banana'
so hard that it can he used to training program, the Mnoaehead |
take then places in Pacific sections.
Resides fulfilling her regular
used
drive nails into a plank. Even
alcohol, a lnpiid once thought im-
possible to congeal, freeze* solid
in liquid air. Many othet novel
experience* will be demon-rtated.
Liquid air expands approxi-
mately 850 times its volume when
it changes into a iras. Several
experiments serve to illustrate
it* expansive force, such as pout-
ing some lnpiid air into a steam
engine which then runs at a hinh
rate of speed.
The nitrogen in liquid air f*
is more volitile than the other ga
os and evaporates first, leaving
practically pure liiplid oxygen.
Many spectaculai combu'tion ex-
periment* can Ite performed. Steel
wire burn fiercely in liquid air
which means an operation required
ing .'100(1 degrees Fahrenheit ha
been accomplished In a liquid more
than 300 degrees below zero
towed targets and screened major
combat units. An overage ship,
fitted with salvage parts, she was
able to keep up her operating
schedule only bee,in e the full time
of every man aboard was devoted
to the hard, mon ; > ion job she
had to perform.
ialty features will hp guessing
contests, ducking for apples, pie-
eatinp contests, as well as 'jamra
of skill and specialty nets. Any
Gls having any particular talents
are invited to entertain at the
carnival.
P TABACKON
REGULAR MEETING
SCHEDULE
Members of the Bastrop Par-
ent-Tench r Association voted at
Speeding the homeward process, their meeting on Wednesday af-
the overseas returnees cpiickl" go ternoon, to resume regular molt-
by special "shuttle" train from the ing* of the organisation, and s >t
Miami Air Base to Camp Bland the meeting time for the third
ing's "Green Project," to be as Wednesday afternoon of each
sembled in groups for travel to month, at -I o'clock. Regular
the Reception Station nearest their meeting s of the P-TA had been
home. There are 2'J Reception Sta-! suspended for the duration.
lions scattered throughout the' Plans were made to originate
United States to handle returneee. a contest among the rooms in the
Only the difficulties involved in school, arranging to purchase an
assembling trains to carry the mon attractive picture and allow the
to their proper Reception Stations room who is represented with
holds the men at Camp Binding's j t,,(> largest number of mothers at
"Green Project" for more than a each meeting to keep the picture
few hours. In the maximum of ;ifiinuring that month. Mrs. Pap
Bastrop to class of IS and 14 year! Mr VV,llter f«"hyoll. Luling jhoura which thoy may spen<| herei. Perkins was appointed chairman
| arioH on Army Posts . . . considers meeting will be held following the
j, , , j work one of her main hobbies benefit social beginning at 8 P.M.
Itadar training oltlp and plans to include it in her post- ^,rs Wamel states that she
war plans . . . spends spare time Jg eontactinK personally as many
• studying for job for which she
: she
does work for Swift work- (hat large growers would have,
teaches Sunday School in i
likes people more j Foundation, and president of the
Texas Turkey Triangle has been
invited to the meeting to make
the principal address.
|ohl boys .
than she likes hobbies, and con-
siders it one of the reasons why
her work is so fascinating ... is
so friendly that she talks to prac-
tically everyone, whether she has
been introduced or not . . . got
into habit from her job, which in-
CEDAR CREEK
Ced."v Creek, September 19—
| Miss Laura Mae Turner spent the
Many uthi s erin * nts with
liquid air will i" performed in ad-
dition to those mentioned above.
John Sloan, demonstrator, is a
former science instructor. He
holds the degree o
from Duke University. He has
presented more than twenty-five
hundred demonstrations in more
than forty states. lie is both
scientist and showman. He sug
nests that the inquiring student
may be able to uncover many ad-
ditional use# for liquid air.
eludes personalities of workers injwwkend jn Austjn_ sht, )llso at.
connection with the job they do
. . . has to find out what people
are doing and why they are doing
it. in analyzing jobs . . . liecause
she is interested in what makes
tended the \ list in High and Texas
U. football games.
Miss .lanis Roberts of Bastrop
spent Friday night in Cedar 'Creek.
Mr-. H. C. Smith, Miss Mildred
the men receive summer uniforms j0^ ;l committee to purchase the
if they returned to this country j P|C*ure.
without one, get $10 pay advance x Mrs- Fro<1 G Ha>'nie' to lu> as
to pay immediate expenses, anH< "^ed by sevenil teache.s from the
are told the detnIN "f the Vedeploy-
f Ma ter of Arts people tick, because she is absorbed | SmOh. and Mrs. Arthur P. Smith
in seeing that other people, as j Thursday in Austin.
well as herself, make a success. Rev. and Mrs. John T. Allen and
of their life and their work. In-- j ,on. Johnny, and Mr. and Mrs.
cause she is friendly, capable and j.; \ Burnett visited in the home
helpful to all, ANN MORRIS ISjof Mi and Mrs, \rthur P. Smith
HONORED AS THE CIY1L1 \N Friday evening.
OF THE WEEK.
Karon.
Camp Swift
Miss Mildred Smith spent Sun-
day in Lockhart.
nient process.
At the Reception Stations the
men are classified for discharges
or redeployment for further duty.
Those beiiig discharged go to Sep-
aration Centers and return home as
civilians, while the men remain-
ing in service get ''temporary duty
at home" before going on to their
new assignment. The Reception
Station process is eonpleted in from
six to 24 hours.
Texas newest carbon black plant
will be located in llardin County
near Liberty. The output of this
plant will be used in making syn-
thetic rubber.
elementary grades, was appointed
to have the playground equip-
ment, which was purchased and
installed by the organization la-st
year, put in ttood condition for
the etutuing year.
Following tin- resignation of
Mrs. John Allen . > secretary tr> a
uper of tlie group, Mrs. Hugh Me
Phaul was elected to that office.
Possible projects of the Parent
Teachers during the coming year
will lik ly include the purchasing
of new uniforms for the Bastrop
IHigh School Drum and Bugle
Corps, the sponsoring of the hot
dog and soda water stands a'
tfoe local football (fame-, and plac-
ing additional equipment on the
elementary school playground
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1945, newspaper, September 20, 1945; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237028/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.