Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 1947 Page: 1 of 8
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Marguerite Hay. AUCTION SALE
Eulalia Claiborne - Corinno DECLARED MOST
SUCCESSFUL YET
main street
observations
(frV'V. •* > «T« •HAD* '/W>
Orchids To —
people whom# ever-ieady smilv
make# your heart jump with hap
piness whenever you meet them,
like Mr#. Roy Wiege — Clara
Peikins — Maybelle Higgins —
sirF«x Sm-" Mr™" Hctv NINETY-FIFTH YEAR (E.,abl„h.d 185})
Sebeeta — Lena SturgM — Mattie
gchanhals
nie
Powell.
Dwight Alverson for coming to
town and picking up a bunch of With three 4-H Club hogs bring-
]...ise ends ami tying ther.i to- each and the top calf
gether in the smoothest, pretties: demanding $21.*>0, the weekly P-as-
bow you ever saw! jtrop Auction sale Monday was tit*
The Powers Allbrights, for mov 1 clared the most successful in the
ing to Bastrop from a big city nine months of its operation.
with their two fine youngsters, Hall E. (Harry) Tarver, opera-
fleeting to settle down to com- tor 0f the auction, reported that
fi.rtable living among the choicest more than 250 head of stock went
of (iod's people, in and up-and- under the hammer with a goou
coming town. steady market collaborating to
Oradell Cochran Nash for tying make Monday's sale the year's
her husband to the old home town
with their newly opened Washa- However, Mr. Tarver's efforts
teJa. to acquit the Bastrop sale as the
Perry L >omer, Jr., for combin, most successful in Central Texas
ing his profound knowledge of continues and he is emphasizing
the science of law with C. B. the importance of livestock being
Maynard's jovial g< od humor. sold here, both for sellers and
W. K. Smith who sweeps the buyers.
floors and keeps the fires burning *ph,. Auction is attracting more
and the grass mowed at the Ban- out-of-town talent, Mr. Tarver
trop School, and who always has said, and tha' is a good sign of
a gang of kids around him because the auction's success being adver-
they love him for his patience and tised beyond Bastrop's city limit*
understanding. "We still need more cattle to
Pr. R. W. loveless for con-; increase our sales," Mr. Tarver
tnbuting hi* time to teaching first pointed out "And we need more
ai l to those people who are • buyers to buy more cattle."
terested in being prepared to save ■ ■ m <
a human life if the need should c«« /""M
develop, in the First Aid Classes wUHQCiy oCDOOl vsiOSS
that the American Red Croas is Elects Officers
sponsoring
I>ocal Merchants who pay their
part of the town's civic expenses
in the way of Chamber of Com
merce dues, Lion* Club dues, or
the due* of any group whose
primary interest lies in making „
,, . . , , , . Sharp: Reporter, Marv Maynanl;
the old avenue into a bee hive of * ' ' ' i,
BASTROP ADVERTISER OCTOBER 23, 1947
NUMBER 33
The Intermediate Department of
the First Meth« dist Church elected
the following officers: President,
C !. Meyer; Vice-President, Billie
Frank Ijiake; Secretary, Hill ie
Jean Murchison; Treasurer. John
- i / .t. Sergeant at arms, Winston Miller;
activity instead of riding on the * ,
Torres pond i tip Secretary, Joyce
TO PRESENT OLD
TIME MINSTREL
SHOW NOVEMBER 6
The ladies of the Methodist
Church are presenting "Maude's
Minstrels," with an all-star cast
of local people in an old-time
minstrel setting, at the Tower
Theatre on Thursday evening, N'o.
vember fi, at 9 o'clock.
Admission prices will be 40 and
00 cents, tax included, and all
proceeds go to the benefit of the
Methodist Church.
Bastrop citizens are cordially in-
vited to make their plans now to
enjoy a program of real hilarity
and fun.
FIRES BURN 12,000
ACRES IN SWIFT
Five fires, breaking out at the
same time at about quarter mile
intervals in the eastern side oi
Camp Swift led officials to believe
that the fires had been deliberate-
ly set, according to R O. Miller,
facility manager. Rudy Prins &
Co., Protection and Maintenance
Contractors at the camp.
COMMITTEES
ELECTED TO
POLIO CHAPTER
The Bastrop County Chapter oi
the National Foundation for In-1
fantile Paralysis, met in a called
session at the County Court House
October 1.
The following committees were
named for the year 1947-48:
Medical advisory committee: Dr. |
COUNTY MASS MEETING SET FOR
OCTOBER 28 FOR PARTICIPATION
IN PROSPECTIVE PURCHASE OF CAMP
Drive *N To Handle
Fresh Meats
n r. , . r I The Drive 'N Grocery has re-
R W Loveless. Mary Burkett R. 1^, a complete refri.
N., Bastrop; Dr. Stevens, Smith-;,.. „ tll Mr
ville; Dr. Joe B. Fleming, Elgin,
geration unit, according to Mr.
e i . ,,,,, D t j and Mrs. R. W. Young, owners,
Sedelia WiUon, R N. County an(J they an? nQw Jn a |t|on to
health nurse for colored; finance fregh mefita of a„ kind.
committee: C. B. Maynard, C. A
The Drive 'N, located on North
Ixmg, Bastrop; womens commute, Majn g js conveniently situa.
Mrs. Arthur P. Smith chairman,, wjth , of A1 space
Mrs. Otto Wamel, Cedar Creek; 18vai!ab)e Thev handle a complete
Mrs. Karl Callahan, Rockne; Mrs. ,jne of
Claude W atterson, W atterson; I m m ,
Mrs. D. F. Kauffman, Hills Prairie a f J O*
Mrs. Geo. Voigt, Red R<>ck; Mrs Carpenter reea store
L. R. Hoskins, McDade; Mrs. Loma OpeilS Here Monday
Murchison. Bastrop; Miss Lena Carpenter's Feed and Supply
Sturges, Bastrop; Mrs. Grovei gtore opened for business here
Shade, Smithville; Mrs. J a c k ; Monday, October 20, in the build-
Webb, Elgin; Mrs. Harry Kuhn,^^ formerly occupied by the Bas-
Paige; Mrs. Henry Rebel, String trop coca c0ja Bottling Company,
Prairie; Mrs. Erwin Wiest, Ro-1 wjth jj. A. Carpenter owner. They
sanky; Mrs. Charlie Sowell, Pleas-!wjjj carry a complete line of
ant <iiove; Mrs. Geo. Burns, featuring "TJncle Johnny's
ithville; Mrs. Louis Beck, Pin Oak, fee(j
Mrs. V. II. Barino, Kovar; Mrs Before coming to Bastrop Mr.
Preston Johnson. Jeddo; Mrs. M.I Carpenter owned and operated a
A. Prokop, Utley; Mrs. Jimmie trucking business in Houston.
Origin*!,rir *t Mid «Drin«ri Kaslner• McDade; Mrs. Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter and
ilginating at .!■ -p g Q,ilum, Elgin; Mrs. Glen Anthony, j -hildren Ronnie and Marv are
about f, o'clock Sunday afternoon c * children, Ronnie and Mary are
other fellow's money and efforts
(iRA?FBI'RS to the people who
till in i4t on letting their dog*
have the run of the town, who
:«t on driving wi fast that they
<• danger life ami limb of pede*
t alls, y >uthful bkycle rider* and
:erate driver*, and wh<> insist
Marie Templeton
The cla s has an enrollment of
- levers member*. They are C L.
Meyer, John Sharp, Bruce All-
hr;ght, Gordon Hefner, Winston
Miller Joyce Marie Templeton,
Beth Griffin, Billie Jvan Murchi
son, Willie Mae Young and Mary
a? Kastr<<p i* dead as a doornail .. ,
,, , , . t . i Maynard Mrs. Davis is the tea
d past all hofH of arttfinal • " ,
her of the class.
P* ration.
PKTF
H. R. Pierce, Smithville; C. E.
Brown, Elgin.
Joe Ebner of Smithville was
and burning through the Griffin
pasture, approximately 12,000
acres were burned off
Volunteers from McDade, Bas-
trop, and the National Guard unit
were called in to help the Camp
Fire Department on Tuesday
where fire lanes were cut and
. . . . . : -ru named to the executive committee
back-burning started. This. Thurs . _ .
day morning, all except one small
spot had burned itself out.
Fire did nM reach any of the
buildings in Camp Swiff, Mr Mil-
ler said. The nearest fire was ap-
proximately five miles from any Morning Prayer at 11:00 A. M.
building. by Rev. Balfour Patterson.
Smithville. i making their homes at Swiftex for
Publicity committee: Mrs. R. E. the present. They are members
Standifer, Bastrop; Mrs. J. O., of the Methodist Church.
Smith, Elgin; Mrs. C. K. Mick, • • • • •
Smithville; P. J. Dodson, Bastrop, fiCTRCO OpeilS Pi CHI O
Calvary Episcopal
Church
Church School at 9:45 A. M.
BAPTIST REVIVAL
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CLOSES SUNDAY
TV, k , . .. .. I At (xdumbie Baptist
There have Iteen te>, I - , 1
ik.. i!-..,,,. i v,.... i. ,j........ ti... .,t*' _
the Baptist Church during thr
revival meeting which i* under
way there thi* week, as a ,>art of
*innultaneoii revival services ,
t-i-mg conducted in ail Baptist
f'hurche* in the Austin area, ac
cording to Rev. Paul Vercher. |t.<ai
t>a*tor, who is conducting the re- ;
vival here.
There is an opportunity for
' t; ree ttries a many, Rev Verchei
•-aid, before tlie meeting closes
Sunday night.
Rev Vidal Jones of Palestine,
« has in en conducting the sins
' g. will leave following the clo*
tng service, alter having done an
'■nellent job of directing music
dunr.g the meeting.
'"RMKR BASTROP RESIDENT
IHKs RKCKNTI.Y
W ord has Iteen reeeive<l of th
'!«*th of Mrs. Sam R. Buchanan.
' rtner resident of Bastrop, who
• d Monday in Palestine. Funeral
< tvtees were held in Palestine on
Tuesday.
She is survived by her husband,
•ni |{ Buchanan of Palestine
BEARSmf ~ \
FIRST CONFERENCE
GAME 27-0
I he Bastrop Bears won their i
f"' ' '"onferetice game of thi
eason, Friday night when they
•I' fiated the Somerville Yeguas ih
•v merville by score of 27-0.
\ J. W'oehl and Austin Stuhbs
wade two touchdowns during the
r" < quarter. Dan Janice'., kicked
poitits, svitb only «M
being goml,
During the third quarter Dai
• -inieek made a touchdown and
*'"o kicked the extra point mak
ing the score 20-0.
In the final quarter the last
touchdown was made by Austin j
Mubbs and Janieek again kicked
"«■ P' int making the score 27 0
The Bears will p|ay ,|1P Srhulen
wirg Shorthorns in Schulenbur*
rriday night.
N | to those who would like
•' ; supper there.
-* - "' Vv'.;■ '■ •: ■ • ■- In the way of enterti
Y v«c\fl I . there will be the usual r
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Store In Bastrop
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Rasco, ow
tiers of the Rasco Piano Sales and
Service opened for business here
October 8, in the Olive building
located at 108 South Main Street.
Mr. Rasco has been fn the piano
tuning and repairing business for
the past six years in Houston,
connected with Brook Mays Piano
Company. He has been in th.
upholstering business for some-
time also.
The store is open for business
from 8:80 A. M. until 5:30 P. M.
each week day.
ITS HALLOWE'EN
CARNIVAL TIME
AGAIN!
The Bastrop Parent-Teacher As-
! sociation will sponsor its annual
Hallowe'en Carnival on Wednesday
evening. October 29, at the school,
beginning at 6 o'clock.
A mexican supper will be serveo
and sandwiches, cake and coffee
and cold drinks will be available
to eat
rtainmont,
ound of
excitement—cake walk, bingo, a
fish pond, fortune telling, apple
bobbing, side shows and other at-
tractions.
The Parent-Teachers urge you to
make your plans now to attend 1 • '
their carnival.
A mass meeting will be held
Tuesday, October 28, at 8 p. m.
in the District Court room of the
county courthouse here where
every interested citizen will be
given nn opportunity to particip-
ate in the recently-launched move-
ment to industrialize the commer-
cial area at Camp Swift, north
of Bastrop.
At a meeting of citizens Tues-
day afternoon, Oct. 21, in the
Court room, directors of the Bas-
trop County Industrial Corp-
oration, which was organized last
Monday, were elected and plans
were made as nearly complete as
possible to give the green light to
the corporation to bid on the in-
dustrial property offered at Camp
Swift.
The property consists of 122
buildings and the land on which
they sit, the buildings comprising
more than 600,000 square feet of
floor space and spacious enough
to house industries which would
revitalize and revolutionize the
entire county.
Directors chosen at Monday's
meeting of the group of enter-
prising citizens were Mayor W.
J. Rogers, J. V. Ash, Earl Calla-
han, Sam Gurwitz, Mrs. Myrtle
Denison, C. B. Maynard, B. A.
Elzner, Jr., and R. P. Perkins of
Bastrop, and Alfred Buescher of
Smithville. Officers will be elec-
ted soon by the directors to servv
for the fiscal year.
It is the intention of the group,
according to a spokesman, to pui-
chase the property ear-marked by
the WAA as industrial property,
to be sold ''on site" and to be
utilized for industries to operate
"as is," with, of course, repairs
and remodeling to be done as
necessary to make the property
fit for the particular industry de-
siring the particular location.
At the Tuesday night meet-
ing of the Bastrop Lions club
the club went on record by a
unanimous vote to lend moral
support and backing to the pro-
ject and do all possible to raise
funds for the corporation.
Interest in the project was a-
roused several weeks ago when
it was learned that county
citizens could purchase the prop-
erty for industrialization if they
so desired. Movement towards the
eventual goal began slowly and
after several meetings of interest-
ed citizens and after delegation?,
visited Brownwood, Houston, Dal-
las and Austin, the group became
determined to possess the property
if possible to establish industries
in Bastrop county, with an eye
toward bringing profit to business
and professional men of the area
I because of the increase in in-
I dust rial activity.
I Within the past few days that
i interest, kindled at low flame and
approach cautiously and stttil-
ha.s suddenly blazed into
prominence and the former group
of a few has increased three-fold
NOTICE TO Hl'NTERS or more with the presentation
Hunters are hereby warned that a plan of action. Attorneys
no hunting will be allowed within ' Maynard,Henry Sebesta and Perry
the bounds of Camp Swift. 1 Loomer. Jr.. have worked tire-
Rudy Prins & Co.. P & M Contract u'ssl.v with thp K^oup in shaping
R. 0. MILLER, Fac. Mgr. I a" b'gal phases to be explored
S and exploited in the process of
' eventual procurement.
Bid for the property must be
zO.,
0. MILLER, Fac.
Rudy Prins & Co.,
P iV: M Contractors
'
(10NDUCTINC! REVIVAL: Rev. Paul Vercher, pastor of the First Baptist Church here since Decem-
ber 21st of last year, is conducting a revival service in the Church this week. Rev. Vercher came
to Bastrop from Phoenix, Arizona, where he served a* pastot of the North Phoenix Baptist Church for
four years. He has been in the ministry for l"r years.
card of thanks
We wish to thank the people ol
Bastrop for the beautiful flowers
and other things that have been
done for ur> since we came to Bas-
trop.
MR. & MRS L. J. RASCO
Rasco Piano Sales & Service
chosenTo" bow
and arrow club
The University of Texi Sports
Association for girl students has and charitable organizations are
selected l">t> sports-minded co-eds sit the Camp Swift site making
as new members of its 10 clubs. bids for or ear-marking build-
Miss Marguerite Haynie was ings for procurement. Sale of the
selected as a member of the Bow buildings was announced by WA V
and Arrow Club. a week ago and during the first
Miss Haynie is the daughter of 10 days of the sale those org-
Mr. and Mrs. Fred (J. Haynie. anizations are given full consider
' • 1 • at ion. Thereafter, corporations and
<let your Hallowe'en candy and other profit making organizations
novelties at are allowed 20 days in which to
ELKINS 5-10 & 2fv STORE file bids for Camp Swift buildings
in the hands of the WAA before
Nov. 15 and accelerated speed
has been the motif for the past
several days, in a determined ef-
fort to beat the deadline. After
organization work had been
accomplished, the charter shaped,
and other items of incorporation
given their consideration, the
matter of raising funds for the
actual capitalization of the org-
anization is now in full swing.
At the present time non-profit
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 1947, newspaper, October 23, 1947; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237137/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.