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1948-ELECTION YEAR-PAY YOUR POLL TAX
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main street
observations
WSt**'. Y PCTC SHADY
There is one person, around
whose neck we would enjoy plac-
ing a rought hemp noose, fashion-
ed after the hangman's technique.
Then to toss this rope over a
high limb with our own eager
Viands and pull him (it could he
her!) up till he (or she) danglen
in the ozone like a bazaar bunt-
ing. We would just love to sec
his (or her) feet wiggle, the
body convulse, then become still.
The time we would enjoy this
mncabar pleasure is when we are
bogged down in traffic, like when
the green go sign is given and
for some unknown reason up a-
head, we can't get going, then
this person that we would enjoy
a one-man lynching date with,
rolls up back of us ami before
his (or her) car has come to a
'.'urn plete stop, begins to blast
that damb horn. They may be
tooting at the fellow up ahead that
can't net his vehicle to jump, but
we always take it that they are
blowing at us; then this satanic
desire possesses us so completely
that some of these days you may
•ep a person doing a solo execu-
tion right on main street. If you
do, then you will know who Pete
Shady is!
There is another guy livit.,.
right here in this heavenly haloed
city of love and goodwill, that
we would enjoy giving a good
bath. We want to bathe him be-
cause he is a dirty disloyal bas-
tard. He is the guy that went
to a man who came to Hastrop
to purchase some lots to build
rent houses upon and told him
(the out of town man) that Has-
trop was about ready to hav
the dirt thrown in on it. And that
he (the guy we want to give the
hath to) would not invest mone>
here now because it would result
in financial ruin.
Yes, we would like to bathe him,
but we would want it to be with
an asbestos hose and we would
want the water to be at 212
Fahrenheit. If we could think of
anything hotter to say, we would
pour that on him now while this
old Corona is still smoking.
Any person that would knoc.-
the town he lives in, or even walks
around in, is a stinker and shoulo
be fumigated with cyanide iron.
Oh gosh! .lust now as we were
sitting her wit'#all of this pent
up vindictiveness in our hearts
even beginning to enjoy the fan-
tasy of having a sharp pointed
van dyke, two short stubby horns
and a long sleek tail with a spii.
on the end of it, we looked out
the window and saw Sue Hnynie
drive by, and now you couldn't
make us mad if you kicked our
shins and spat in our eye!
TO SPEAK TO PTA
MFMBERS HFRE
WEDNESDAY
Miss Sallie Beth M oore, assist-
ant professor of Home Economic:,
and director of the University
N'ursery School in Austin, will
speak on "Attitude of Parents,
Toward Their Children" at the
regular meeting of the Bastrop
Parent-Teacher Association which
will he held in the Hastrop High
School auditorium on Wednesday
afternoon of next week, at 4 o -
clock.
Miss Moore has been greatly
in demand as a speaker all over
the state, and the local organiza-
tion is fortunate to have her here.
Her talk will be of equal inter-
est to parents of pre-school child-
ren, nnd all parents are urged
to take advantage of the oppor-
tunity of hearing Miss Moore.
The nursery for children will
he kept as usual by the members
of the ^irl Scout Troops.
Austin" club to
present program
here saturday
Mrs. M. Heinatz, councellor of
the South Austin Junior Music
Club, will present the club mem-
bers in a program at the Firs'.
M"thodist Church on Saturday
afternoon, January 24, at 3:30.
The public is cordially invited to
attend and to enjoy this program
which is under the sponsorship of
the Hastrop Junior Music Club.
This is an exchange program,
and the Hastrop Club will in turn
present a program in Austin in
the near futuer.
PAY YOUR POM, TAX
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NINETY-FIFTH YEAR (Established 1853)
BASTROP ADVERTISER JANUARY 15. 1948
NUMBER 45
County Youth Fair To Be Here January 24
4-H GIRLS MAKE OUTSTANDING RECORDS
WITHTURKEYSWON AT YOUTH FAIR
"The two top winners in the
girls' division of the 11*47 Has-
trop County Youth Fair made a
good record with the turkeys tbe>
won as prizes", states Miss Lena
Sfturges, County Home Demon-
stration Agent.
The Janes Turkey farm at Aus-
tin presented 25 broad breasted
baby beef turkey poults to Lorene
Probst and 15 poults to Vondell
OFFICERS NAMED
AT NATIONAL
BANK MEETING
The following officers were
named at the annual stockholders
meeting of the First National Hank
hel<l on Tuesday afternoon.
W. R. llansome, president; E.
C. Erhard, vice-president; H. G.
Griesenbeck. vice-president; Lloyd
Kethn, cashier; Wallace Hefner,
assistant cashier; .Miss lone Hoff-
man, teller.
Directors of the bank include,
beside.- the officers, Sam J. C.
Higgins, Cec'l Long, A. X. Ed-
wards, C. H. Maynard.
In a distribution of the bank.,
operating profits for the year
1947, according to Mr. Griesen-
beck, their surplus fund has been
increased to $32,500.00, and the
undivided profits account has been
increased approximately $1,00u.
Their furniture and fixtures ac-
count has been reduced from on«
thousand dollars in 1946 to one
dollar at this time, these improve-
ment- in the capital structure of
the bank accomplished in addi-
tion to the payment of a 10 per-
cent dividend to the shareholders
amounting to $5,(>00.
The institution has also succeeo-
ed in improving the capital struc-
ture of the bank approximately
$7,000.
Attributing the success of the
past year to the loyalty and sip-
port of their friends and patrons,
the bank personnel express their
gratitude to them.
LEGIONNAIRES
HOLD REGULAR
MEETING
The James H. Perkins Post,
American Legion, met on Thurs-
day night of last week at the
Bastrop State Park guest rabin,
with Bower Crider, Commander,
presiding.
During the business session, the
Legionnaires agreed to wear their
legionnaire caps at their meetings,
nnd an expression of thanks from
the Hastrop Lions Club for the
Post's contribution to the Christ-
mas fund was expressed.
Otto Wolf was appointed chaii-
man of a flower committee, to
attend to the sending of flowers
on any appropriate occasion.
Others on the committee are R.
E. Jenkins, Tommy Davidson,
Edgar Kridle, Frank Green and
Joe J«eath.
The Post is activating a drive
for new members, and issue a
cordial welcome to visitors.
A barbecue dinner was enjoyed
by the Inrge number of members
present.
Probst as the two high-scoring
girls in the entire show.
Lorene lost three of the poults
in the second and third weeks of
her care. Vondell lost two of her
15 poults.
Lorene's expenses amounted to
$12'.35, which include feed and
vaccine for the poults. She sold
20 of the turkeys for $1(13.16 and
saved two of the turkeys to enter
in the Houston Fat Stock SHov,
in February. At. the Luling Tur-
key Show in Luling in November
<.,orene won a $10 prize for third
place on a live hen entered in
the Houston Fat Stock Show in
February.
Both girls received the nine day
old poults on February 2K, on
March 28 the turkeys were vac-
cinated for fowl pox an,! /iven
another shot on June 14. Worm
pills were given on July 25. In
the latter part of August and
first part of September the girls
started feeding fattner to pre-
pare the turkeys for market.
The success of the demonstra-
tion carried by these girls is a
result of following strict sanita-
tion measures, feeding proper feed
and keeping sufficient clean
drinking water before the birds
at all times.
$1300 PREMIUM LIST FOR YOUNG
WINNERS CF OUTSTANDING
WORK IN 1947
Over $lo00 in premium and a Cub Farmall Tractor will be
given away at the Bastrop County Youth Fair to be held in Hastrop
on Saturday, January 21, when Hastrop County 4-H Club, FFA
and Home Economics boys nnd girls place on display outstanding
work accomplished dining the past year, according to Gus Novasod
of Smithville, County Chairman.
The Girls' Division, premium list, includes cash premiums on ex-
hibits including canned products, home furnishings, art, baked
products, clothing, and educational exhibits, with the following
final premiums offered:
$15.(iO puis l iving cup to girl winning largest number of first
prizes; $10 00 to girl winning second highest number first prizes;
$7..">0 to girl winning third highest number first prizes; $5.00 to
girl winning fourth highest number first prizes.
The premium list for brys includes high cash awards for beef
c.ilves, dairy calves, with two first places to compete for Grand
Champion or Reserve; heifers, cows, swine, sheep, poultry, rabbits,
turkeys, crops.
A $10.00 prize will be awarded to best shown in livestock,
based on 5 points for grand champion, 4 points for reserve champ-
ion, 3 points for blue ribbon, 2 points for red ribbon and 1 point
for white ribbon.
Exhibits for the girls' work will be arranged in the Hastrop
High School Gymnasium, while the boys' displays will be in the
block across the street, whe e, through the courtesy of Mrs. S. D.
Reynolds, the stock will be stabled in the barns formerly used by
Reynolds' Dairy.
'I here is plenty of parking space available in that location, and
Hastrop County people are urged to visit the Fair and look over the
exhibits, lending their support and encouragement to the young
people in the county for the work they are doing.
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD FOR MRS.
MARTHA LEHMANN
Mrs. Martha Lehmann dieu
suddenly at her home in Rockne,
Monday, January at 12:15 A. M.
at the age of 80 years, four
months ami twelve days old.
Mrs. Lehmann was born in Ger-
many on August 24, 1867 and wa>
the daughter of August an I
Hettie Boer. She came to Texas
ill 1877 and settled in Bastrop
County in 1883.
On November 5, 1X^8 she was
married to Charle Lehmann i:i
St. Mary's Catholic Church in
Austin. They made their home
in Red Rock Community. To this
happy couple ten children were
born, nine of which survive.
Funeral services were held Jam,
ary 7, at ten o'clock in the Sncreo
Heart Church with Rev. Claude
Faust of Rockne officiating. Ro-
quim High Mass was celebrated
by Rev. I.eo Goertz of Schulen-
burg, a nephew of Mrs. l/chmann.
Survivors include her husband,
Charles lehmann, six daughters,
Mrs. Peter Goertz, Austin; Mrs.
Henry Seidel, Taylor; Mrs. Ger-
1 rude Dennis, San Antonio; Mrs.
Andy Steinbach, Pin Onk; Miss
Anna I^ehmann and Mrs. Mary
Wright, Rockne; three sons, Al-
bert and Zeno, Rockne; and Her-
man of San Antonio; one brother,
Joe M. Boer, Rockne and twenty-
eight grand children and seven
great grandchildren.
Pall bearers were grandsons,
Charles Goertz, Ellis Seidel. Verlin
Lehmann, Clr-ence lehmann, Mil
ton Steinbach, and Raymon I Ma
tocha.
people*urged to
list vacancies
at c of c office
Anyone with vacancies are urg
ed to call Mrs. Addie Mae Powell
at the Chamber of Commerce and
l'st rooms, apartments and houses
with her.
Daily calls are made there f >r
apartments and houses, especially
plact where children are taken.
To Attend Western
Auto Merchandise
Show In Houston
C. A. Long, owner of the
Western Auto Associate .'ftore,
left last Tuesday to attend the
Western Auto Spring Merchandise
Show to be staged in Houston,
j Texas, l"th, 11th, 15th and 16th
! of January.
Mr. Long said the show will
feature many new products, and
improved 1948 versions of present
Western Auto merchandise. Em-
phasis will be on spring and sum-
mer lines of home, automotive,
and recreational items. Purpose
of the exposition is to enable
Western Auto Associate Store
i Owners to make early, first-hand
selections, and place commitments
| for spring and summer stocks.
"From advance reports and pre-
sent indications" Mr. Long sain,
"it is safe to say that the 19
imerchandi.se picture is one of
j 'good news' for the consumer. Im-
provements in familiar products,
and a lot of exciting new thing,
for better living, are evident every-
where as industry gains momen-
tum in catching up with storages."
j Mr. Long expects to return
| Saturday.
HOSPITAL NEWS
The following is a list of the
patients who are in the hospital
this week:
ADMITTED
H. O. Leonard
Mrs. Frank Reed and son
M rs. A. M. Hoffman and son
Miss Francis Weber
Mrs. Alice Gutierrez
DISMISSED
Mrs. Floyd Bobbins
Mrs. J. C. Glass
Hazel Thome
H. L. Robinson
Roger Wright
Miss Betty Jean Cox
Mrs. DeFlav Martin and dnughter
Anna I,ee King
Chester MacDonald
Mrs. J. L. Fohn and son
Mrs. Margaret Quails
A. P. Fchindler
AN INSIGHT INTO
TEEN-AGERS OF
OTHER LANDS
(The following article was clip-
ped from the Reporter-Telegram at
Midland, where Miss Helene Miley
daughter of Mrs. W. .1, Miley of
Bastrop, is teaching. The story is
self explanatory.)
Have you ever wondered vvh< t
i the teen-agers in foreign countries,
i are like?
Miss Helene Miley's World His-
tory Classes have written fifty
letters to students in foreign coun-
tries.
Martha Scharbauer received the
first answer to the letter she wrote
to Rose Marie Aguis of Malta.
Rose Marie is seventeen years
old. There are nine in the family.
She has five brothers and two
sisters. Three of her brothers play
football on the only amateur club
in Malta.
It seems that people in Malta
aren't very interested in America's
game of football. Rose Marie states
that she is glad to know that
Martha likes football because
other girls in Malta don't like it.
She has many American tastes.
She especially likes to see Ameri-
can films. Some of her favorite
film stars are Rita Hayworth,
Hetty Grable, Joan Crawford,
John Lund and Cornel Wilde. Like
so many American girls, she likes
Frank Sinatra best of all.
Some of her hobbies are cycling,
reading love stories and other out-
door sports. She says she likes
modern music best. Last year in
school she took English, French,
Italian, math, history, geography,
and religion.
One of her favorite words, in-
stead of swell or nice, is "smash-
ing." In the light of these facts,
girls in foreign countries aren't
much different than American
girls, are they?
—Midland Reporter-Telegram.
banks to close
here monday
Both the Citizens State Bank
of Bastrop and the First National
Hank will be closed on Monday,
January 19, honoring the birth-
day of Robert E. Lee.
PAY YOUR POLl, TAX
LIONS SPREAD
CHRISTMAS CHEER
The Bastrop Lions Club Christ-
mas Committee wishes to extern!
to the public their heartfelt thanks
for the liberal donations made to
the ciub through organizations,
merchants and individuals and
through the bottles placed in the
stores during the weeks preced-
ing Christmas, Tommy Davidson,
chairman, said.
Especially does he wish to thank
his committee, composed of C. W.
Eskew, J. W. Griffin, P. J. Dod-
son, Henry Schuyler, and Earl
Corson, and the ladies who helped
with the selection of many of th._
gifts, Mrs. Fred G. Haynie, Mrs.
J. W. Griffin, Miss Mary Beikert
and Miss Stella Spooner.
Fifteen families, with 59 child-
ren, were helped materially through
this fund during Christmas week,
Mr. Davidson said. Each family
located by the committee wtu
thoroughly investigated and their
exact needs determined before
gifts were purchased for each
individual member of the family.
lEach gift was Christmas wrapped
and labeled, and the children re-
ceived Christmas candy in cello-
phane bags.
Much new clothing and gro-
ceries were also supplied, and
even in several extreme circum-
stances, a bed and liedding were
furnished. In all instances, Mr.
Davidson pointed out, the recipi-
ents were very grateful nnd the
receiving of friendly help at this
particular season of the yeai
meant a great deal to them.
The club inaugurated the plan
so that those less fortunate citi-
zens in the town and surrounding
communities might feel the good-
fellowship < r.d friendliness of
people and to hnve a little bit of
help and cheer at Christmas-time.
ESKEW RE-NAMED
HEAD OF CITIZENS
STATE BANK
! C. W. Eskew was re-elected
: president of the Citizens State
Hank at the regular stockholders
meeting on Tuesday, with the fol-
lowing named to other offices:
Earl Callahan, chairman of the
Board; Mrs. Bernecce Brooks, vice-
president and cashier; >N. R.
Simpson, assistant cashier; Mrs.
Juanita Sconci, assistant cashier.
.Employees in the bank are II. J.
Kesselus, Miss Laura Mae Turner
and Mrs. Marie McLeod.
The business of the past year
terminated with the paying of a
bonus to each of the employees,
and a 10 percent dividend paid
to stockholders.
The directors and personnel ex
press their appreciation to the
citizens of the town and sur-
rounding communities for their
contribution toward a successful
year.
Protect Your Dog
HOW? By Vaccination
WHEN? Friday lanuary 30, 1948
WHERE? Bastrop Co. Health Unit
WHY? A Couroulsorv Proaram
cub scouts
to organize
The date for the organization
of a Cub Pack in Bastrop has
been set for January 19, at 7:30
p.m. at the High School study
hall, according to Dr. R. W. love-
less of the organization and ex-
tension committee of the Hastrop
County District.
Cub Scouting is the younger boy
program which gives the entire
family, mother, dad and Jimmy
a chance to enjoy and do thinks
together.
This is another step in the or-
ganization of Sci uting in the Has
trop County District. A survey
has been taken in the Hastrop
Schools which show there nre 6'2
boys of cub- age —nine, ten and
eleven years eld, available for th?
Cub program.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1948, newspaper, January 15, 1948; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237149/m1/1/: accessed May 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.