Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 14, 1957 Page: 1 of 8
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It A -TROP 1TEXAS1 ADVERTISER. NOVEMBER 14. 1957
10 Cents Per Copy
N'l'MBEK ;U
ier (lamp Swift \m Returns To
ri)p To Decorate Grave of Buddy
J folio* I "if
I *'
Vu '
itory w *
!. llian Waugh
Xmerican on
,j( nisi (*nir back
a prisoner of war, the dignity
and f! i-er and promise of tin*
America? way. He talked about
hi happy day* at Camp Swift
and hit friend*, the soldier- and
civilian* who IimI done <> much
f t r ' >i> told ..f In- triumph.
F -V •' ' HUVm ' ! '• tt. a.' of I-.- t ra h , a
■I"' ;t ' a"d " ^ ' bake,
., t \ " "i «d
"I,. {.„ I'm ted State Mi • Fl u« g nodded and
,. «ft< i two year -imiled tearfully They loved
**', a prisoner of j America :tnd everybody in it
r'„ "s,v;ft near Bastrop 'd ju-t didn't care who knew
•etuf «fd t< his* home- - '
,., 1 • 4 In I Vhi-r Frit/ 1 .n g.'e learned
' < nn<ida. where he ' the hodi< . of hi- fellow
v, .,r 1* 'ore enter j" «* had been removed from
te- H tayed '',|r burial place to a national
i, , f] a >d *ent ! when f'atitp Swift wa
- i where he h « been ibamlwned. he *«■ till deter-
. , • , jffeui and hut s
w |l«l"
laugh
la where t
(outui. a
nuns; A
.* a; ■
lip Meet
|At Assembly
Church
af «*f the A *M*n bljr
mst* wa* held Tu >t>
im h, at the A ■«.<<mb- j
I • • f B t i«
? cfcur* h< • are in the
dn.rrhw frr m John
Lata*. Taylomviiie.
\Kf ' e, T >
• , I zander. Heir
\t*h it its
■af M * • . Bryan
i Rortd*!*-
? m ;■-<s ■
• twaker f-t U •
>v :■ «■ At a
! jw he wa *. *er-
T-iX'jfi M r*iff wa* .
t ttnmf Mi
.. " Mr J
charge of the meet
i , • at SI
held with #p *riai
a f "i l jho er for j
Ki*r, M'ime in H t
.Vfkai u>
t • *i i w a* -(n .
s Youth Rally" Th*
L M of Ta>lor. -
6 loader, and Jim M«r
> Vt' J. x*~ Di--tn- •
were pre ent
► kr for the even tr.jf
Mvi« Darw*n. a
1 Ju ■' ret \ i ■ .« ) fr«<rn
* fferir,i{ was taken,
1 ■" for th. m. in
--as. !>■ 20® people at
k f itfht terriee
Christmas Seal Sale
To Open Friday
November 15
lonsrei
y t ht
0th
MMk Senior
I o I'n'srnl
Sun. Ni^lil
'or fia*. of .Harred
; Kockn >, if. apon<ior
'' Aram (hit Ajain"
\'i\. rnSier J .
|
fienta of ehili dou«
r* '*11 1m« nerved
!f< even inn. Ticket *
"W for n rnffh- ali><>
by the wnior*, in
1 'He i- will he
their homework on
'"lay. The first winner
i>> f.oir Kill-.
ferer* t,y their choice
:^r' * irirla or three
k't f .r the raffle ur<>
''•i i or five for ii
•Irawinir will he held
announced dur
'verutiff,
f„r (he play will
for Adult and Ifi -
1 kildren. Proceeds will
,)r!,| r the senior activi
Ihiiij* the school year
'* invited to attend
*■' enjoyable evening
__ itamment
Luncheon
[or Nov. 20
l^uliu luncht'on of
*5 I'llNcheon Clllb
h November 20 at
'•"•room. For reser
- "II Mrs Kred
iLV ' •' •' Bayer be
* '*>. November Is. |
th* fi«ht
a> M
< « U t i \
mu
• if our prop
enein\ in thi
nvr.nl)*'
Lloyd K
% , «>al Sah r
liKik forward
ffort to proti
of II! can !.«
jolt tin <'hr i
the
will
tin
a. Ba
i i i it We
i d inneanr
t the health
atfa-n"' the wily
ommnnit\ Spread
checked if We all
,i St ii I pa t ade
Two thousand ("!,ri tmas Seal
letter* will be m the mail for
ItnHt rop ' .lurst > r> ident-
\'oiir prompt ii spon e to the
I II appeal in the form of your
remittance foi sour share of
th. Seal* will trrea'.y *implif>
th. tremeiidou in k of yotit
nei|<hhoi who are anions the
Vollint. e ' «olk'-l
IM'DKM \ HON U \ N I III
Mr*. Karl Ilenman would
like er> much to have the
aiiHM er> to III. follow in>: nile*
lion* If there is am one who
m a y ha*e I hi* information
she would litealh appreciate
our contacting her b> tele
phonina 24'. VN « r wrilim; «o
her al llnslrop. I< \a«.
I The date of the first Kra e
in I air iew e< nietet>. She has
da lew as earl) a* Inl7. IHPl
and ! sI.
Where i«
iioii in
the line
aside b>
in |s"«2.
I odI'e No.
,1. Where wa*
llolel locate*!""
Who were Uohert (. (.reen
and John Tanner durinn I he
I line of iiihoiI ih4h?
1
Exhibits To Be
Shown Nov. 23-24
At Museum
The Museum committee of the
Bastrop Historical Society cor
dially invites the public to a
mi.-iellttneou.s Exhibit at the Mu-
-cum on Saturday and Sunday
afternoon^, November 23 and 24.
Anyone havnp old, historic, or
rare article.- that he would like
to display, is asked to bring
them to the Museum on Thui
day, November 21. o 'hat. they
.1 ay he arranged in the exhibit.
The Museum will be open to
the public from 2 to 5 p. m.
«• i th< afternoon.- of Noveiniier
2-'i and 24. There is no admis-
sion charge.
Holding a pot of flowers that he brought to liastrop to plan on
th. Kfaw ol hi- tuidil^ who died whil. he was interned al I amp
«i|i I r 11 y i li>. :■ former prisoner of war from t.ermany, tell-
of plan- to In i in thi 1 nititl >iates w hi re he and his wife and
daughter. \n;o ,. • < ookine forward to hi.omini: nii/en
Mother Of Mrs.
I lijljlins Dies Urn
'■It Als . (>r htaian. f>0, mo
" f Mr VSi!Ut\m H i-pins,!
I '■ • d away at the n h< <
p-t*- • *rl) Tue«da> M f.; f'
!on in(f a litif^rinf 111 ne
I .an a « ere ht J
• -M "*'• •" Ul Ch*t .
«• 'a W-d' < in, N.
*• " '■< r 1 at thr«*<- • k Bu
r . w in t' '■ R•. , k\ t • me
>urv voi • are two daughter -
M • IIKg • of lia<t rop and
Mr M H Whit, of \usJit
three graieUof.., f..-ir -i..t«-r-.
Mi Ju i < i 1 K 1 k• • ri . Mr
Ca.vin l.jiich of (>eorgetown,
Mr Adoiph K a- s\ of Smith
v ■ t tsrer t • 'it • . V be 11 M U!
p . Si tf vii:. . Ma .. Murphy,
Mu " ■ (• ni .i \J ;rph> Au
Villi
In the ijuiel -erliision of .1 wiMwIed area in what u>.ii| (o be I amp
■-•wifi a w iMtden cro** ■.urmounls a rustic shine of brick and
nail* i stone, a memorial to the prisoner* of war who died while
the* «.t. interned il i imp ^witt diirini; Wotld \N ar II ituriinl
then- l.mp.ir.iril>, their ImkIics were mineil to a national ceme
ler\ at the i lose of the wai I he shnne and cro - *>l ill maintained
amid the rustic heaul* ot the native pines, in on land which now
Im lony to \ V (Suisur) smider*.
Hears Bow I o
Thrall In A
19-14 ( ame
I lie enacf lorn
I ail iew cemetery of
acre of v: round set
Mayor and \ldermnii
for the I hid Pel low s
25?
the Midland
Th. Bastrop Iteai lost their
final conference game Frida\ |
night when they • .iveled to
1 Thru I and were ,p . t •> a I14
loas.
In the f r t quartei the Tigers
j scored hut failed to make the ,
i extra point Bastrop came back |
nnd .scored later ii. 'he -nine
! period to take a 7 li lead
The He hi i didn't last long i
hei au e Thrall came back in the
j second quarter to score oil all
IK yard run by Itohhv 1 ■ chper,
'and then «coied later >n a Hear
| pits lliteieeptiou bj Pltoli Mai
i ish. .
Bastrop scored again in the
| third period when Jimmy llefnei
went ovei from the two Kuckct
I lloskin- kicked both extra points
! for the Ilea I >
Thei• w ei e t;o cot on' play
| iii the fourth quarter.
P-TA Night Meet
Set For Nov. 20
Ihe til \t leiular meeting of
tin Ma it rop I 1 \ will be held in
thi HikIi Set ol Auditorium on
We,in lay. November J0. at
S (10 p. iii. I he program will con-
|s( .if the film "Secure the Ble
sings". This film i> produced
h\ the National Kducatior A-
ociation in. cooperation with
• tate assik lations as one of a
>erie~ of fivi films which por
ttas the role of our public
diools in a democracy. This
particular film deal with the
place the puhdc school has in
a local community 111 teaching
children to become leaders of to-
morrow in a democracy.
lit the la -t night meeting of
the I' I'A all fathers will count
two points in the regular room
count. \t tin > lose of the pro
cram refreshments of Cokes will
be ervtsl, coin to. y of Mr lletirj
Schuy ler.
NOTICE
If you want your pe*-an tret's
ihrashtd and gathered call J.
\sh Jr. Phone 440. 37-2
Bears-Tigers To
Meet In Annual
Till Frida\ Ni^lil
• c
The Bastrop Bears will be
■ .it- to tii Sn ithv Iii Tigers
I-• r.ight on Kriiard Field at
• P. M. for their annual battle
Ii will Im' the la-t foottiai
fame of the regular seasot: for
buth team.-.
The Tigei who have not won
a game so far this -eason will
be fired up for this one and who
know- the> just might go off
tin field Friday night w th tr.eir
fiist win of the sea.-on.
The games which tarted b >-
twi-ei Bastrop and Smithville
in 1911 were played twice ir
thi ame year until U 22 when
the games were played only
once a year.
on from Bastrop Smith
games from I'.Hi to li'oij
i- follows:
-Smithville ti; Bastrop (>
Smithville 14: Bastrop r>
Mast rop 6, Srn thville 0
-Bastrop 7; Smithville t)
Smithville 14; Bastrop ii
.-•miih viIie 20} Bastrop 0
No Record
No Record
Smithville :s: Bastrop 0
—Ma strop •'(; Smithville 0
Bastrop 0: Smithville 0
Smithville 12; Bastrop 0
No Recrd
No Record
Smithville 52; Bastrop 0
Bastrop 14; Smithville 0
Smithville 41; Bastrop 0
Bastrop 7; Smithville
Bastrop 20; Smithville 19
Sv ithville 14; Bastrop 0
Smithville 25, Bastrop i>
Smithville 7; Bastrop fi
Smithville 7; Bastrop (I
Ba-trop ii; Smithville 0
Hastiop 13;. Smithville 0
Smithville IS; Bastrop 12
Smtthvilie 27; Bastrop 7
Smithville 4i!; Bastrop 0
Smithville 12; Bastrop 7
Smithville I; Bastrop 0
Bastrop IP; Smithvil'e i
Smit' ville i.'i; Bastrop t)
Smithville 40; Ba-trop 13
Smithville 21; Bastrop 7
Smithville 14: Bastrop it
ISa-tTop 52; Smithhville 0
Ba-trop 3<i; Smithville t
Ba-trop 31; Smithville 0
Ba-trop 21; Smithville 0
Ka trop 20; Smithville 0
Smithville 19; Bastrop 0
Smithville 19; Bastrop (>
Bastrop 12; Smithville t
Smithville 41; Bastrop 0
•mitl ille :S4; Bastrop 1!
Smithville 27; Bastrop t! '
Bastrop 33; Smithville 7
195.'i Bastrop 2(i; Smithville 0
lil.'ii'i Ba-trop 14; Smithville 0
Since 1911 the teams have
pia\ed Is games with Bastrop
winning IS and Smithville win
mg 24. The team- tied two
games.
With the exception of 1915,
19H . 1920, and 1921 ><f which
no record.- were kept, the records
are complete.
lim ing the years 'these schools
have met on the gridiron, Bas-
trop has made 429 point- while
Smithville I as accounted for titil
points.
Dickinson Baby
Born Last Week
l.ittle Cynthia l.ynne Dick-
inson wa born at Memorial Hos-
pital in San Marcos. Wednesday,
November (>, at two o'clock. She
weighed eight pounds and three
ounces.
Cynthia l.ynne s the baby
daughter of Mr. and Mrs R. 1^
Dickinson, tier mother is the
former Miss Margaret Ann
Pfeiffer. Iler grandparents are
Mr and Mrs. Joe Pfeiffer ami
her great grandmother is Mrs.
,1 R Pfeiffer, Sr
Made \ ice President of CRIDA
Al Annual Meeting Here List Week
Co 1 Long of Bastrop was el-
ected vice president of the Colo-
rado Rivet Industrial Develop-
ment A-.-ociation at the annual
meeting held in Ba-trop on Mon-
day night nf la.-t week.
Sam Harbert, Jr., of Colum-
bus was named president. John
K Babcotl of Austin, -e.-retary
and Harold iioerner of Smith-
ville, treasurer.
The newly created association
of c-oninui' ;' u s. located in the
ten lower counties through which
flow the Colorado River, was
formed to provide a mean- fot
joint effort in the industrial and
economic development of the lo-
wei Colorado River valley area.
Communities presently making
.:(i the organization are \u-tin.
Bastrop, Bay City, Biur et, Col-
ii"bus. I.a (irange. Llano, Smit
villi- and Whartor.. Invitations
to become member- have been
extended to other cities of the
area.
The A -ociation voted to im-
mediate)) ;' dertake detailed ,-tu
die- of the 10-county area in-
cluding a minerals and raw
teiials study to
by the Bureau of Kconom.c Geo-
iogy of the University of Te-
a , comprehensive .-tudies to b<-
be handled by participating com- |
n .nines, and an economic eval
tint ion and analysis study by
the Bureau of Busine-s Research ;
of the University.
The.-i -tudies were adopted up
ot; the ■ ecommendation.- of at.
Ldustr.i. Advisory Commit te>>
comp<i-id of Hudson Biery, M.
K T. Railroad; Otis Sale.
Southern Pacifi : Frank A Rot
well, United (las Pipe Line Com
p.my; W. C. Price. Centra! Po-
w. Colorado River Authority.
R. Steele, Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company : H W. Cros-
lir,, Southei • ' -ion lias Com-
pany. and Ji K. Babcock. Lo-
he'd in December and January
to provide everyone full infor-
mation concerning the program.
HOSKINS
n i. k iNisi
JAIL,
HOUSE
NEWS
f|o%kin«. ShrHff
NOV. 4 Two paiel fine- today
for getting elrunk yesterday, an-
other made Bond for child deser-
t.i ' and more Flection boxes
delivered today. The-n here comes
1 e City Police from Klgin with
a Net o to lav a fine out in
Jail.
NOV. A trip to Smithville
and Upton la-t night with Elec-
tion boxes. A trip to Alum Creek
to -ervi paper- on two different
and today is Election
onducted ! ^rlU" „
lay again.
NOV. n A calf las' night about
a Negl woman here in a Beer
Joint t.-.at no one- knew. The
report came to me thi- way,
"I don't believe she's a woman,
I : • l."ve that's a man, come on
;p here please, Sir " So here I
go not k..owing what I am going
to do about this or what will be
next. Then a call at 12:30 A. M.
fnthe Hospital, a man had
bee', j hot in the' leg, this I wor-
ked on until 3:30 A. M. The
injure.! party was Mike Bruno
from Beaumont. Ti e gun man
wa Johnnie Davi- from San
A i ■ i. Today I checked out all
of the machinery that is to be
-o i M r,day, November 18th at
2:• *• 1 M. at McFauli's Machine
wer C oiatio River Authority Shop
Harbert announced M inlay,
that the organization of com
mittee.- t- dir. t the various
phases of CRIDA's program was
in progre.-- a'd that a ene.- of
community meeting- wouid be
Ylrs. Barnhill
Dies SuddenK
Tuesdav
Mrs. F. R Bainhtii, '>2. died
from a heart attack, very quietly
and -udder > while ,-itting at the
elir.ii.g table with her husband
about one '.lock Tuesday af
ternoon, November 12.
Funeral -service.- w re h e 1 d
Wednesday afternoon at three o'
lock from ' h First Methodist
Church with Rev Fred P Bish-
op official itig. Burial was in
Fairview C r.eti r>
Mrs. Barehill is survived by
l-.i-i -u.-batid; on. dang- ter. Mrs.
Lincoln Fan.- "tie -on, Wayne
Barnhill of S< adrift ; two grand
daughter.-. Linda and Sandra
Farri.s; one b' other. M W Pat-
terson of Dallas; step mother,
Mrs. Evelyn Patterson, Denton;
three half -ist.-is, Mrs. Bob Mc
Spadett, Di'titon; Mrs. Charles
Lane, Midland: Mrs. C. Cole
mares, Brownsville; two half bro-
thers, Jack Patter-on. Houston
and Waltei Pattrson, Corpus
Christi.
A more extended obituary will
appear in next week's issue of
the Advertise!.
Girl Scouts Have
Salted Nuts For Sale
The (Jill Scout- Troop No.5 I
now have a supply of delicious ■
vacuum packed salteel peanut-
and -alted mixed nuts. The pro
cecds of these -ales will be
used for equipment and .summer
camps. Contact anj girl scout for
orders. Salted Peanuts 50c per
can, Salteel Mixed Nuts M)e pe-r
can, and combination of the two
$1.0(1 per can.
Calvary Episcopal
Church
The Re*. A. E. Hart well. Rector
SUNDAY SERVICES
h:ih) a, m Holy Eucharist
10.00 a. m Family Worship—
follow eel by Church School and
Adult Ola-s
Saints and Holy Days as an-
; tiounced.
PECAN TREES I'llRASHED
Call Clifford Cody at 7. aft. r
!::!() p M
A burglary case in EI-
git. last right. A trip to Smith-
ville on a little trouble there
and al>o a big funeral down
there, helped them out of town
to go to Pen Oak Cemetery.
NOV. s-_.Not much today.
Everybody waiting for the week-
end I gues> but here's hoping
there won't be any trouble or
wrecks or anybody getting kil-
led. 1 have . n so much of this.
NOW 1 Not to much today. A
call about 7:30 A. M. to a wreck
here in town, a Mexican boy
ran a stop sign and hit another
car. No one was hurt. Then ano-
thei ..all about 2:00 P. M.. a
w reck East of Ba.-t rop on High-
wax 71. All pa.-sirigei - were ear-
ned to the Hospital it Smith-
ville. From where the car left
th-- Highway until it turned over
wa- ;21 feet and the speedome-
toi hand was hung or. 103 miles.
A driver like this should slow
down or ri.-t higher, don't you
think ?
NOV. 10 Well it happened last
night, the Liquor Board man
working on the-e kids drinking
Beei caught two last ight out
at Annies Dane. Hail. One of
the boy- said in brought the
Beer with him from his home.
DISTRICT 26-A
ROUND-UP
Scores from games played on
November 8 are a- follows
Thrall 19; Bastrop 11
Georgetown 30; Granger ti
Thorndale ti, Rogers t>
Games to be played oil Friday
night Novemtbei I "i are as fol-
lows:
(Final game- of the tegular
season.>
Smithville at Bastrop
Rogers at Granger
Thrall at Thorndale
! The Bear- w ' o lost to Thrall Fri-
| day night 19-14 will represent
I District 2 > \, and will hare the
honors with the Granger Lions
i as co champions of the district.
The Bears will represent the
district in th.- play-offs sine*-
they defeated the Lions 12 7.
Details on the Bi-District
| Kami will appear m tn xt week's
> i-sue of the Advertiser.
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