Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 27, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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ur> of M'vvral reckless
i of local cars on the road
J from the LaGrange-Bas-
Ifoctball game last Friday
; tings on a request for
k more safe-consciousness
football fans take out
EC after the Bears this
I Friday night.
fe so many cars on the road
lii.'U' time, darting in and
the traffic line can he
ny hazardous, and large
KcwJiry, too. With the
(traffic moving at a good
•peed, which it always
|<i;.:nK in your place wit]
to the game in plenty
— and getting there
rail, the important thing,
for the safety of the
kr;d:riK in the ear you are
and the car you are
be meeting, as well as
r you are driving, will be
|t«h appreciated by them,
uy be tjje saving of your
tt
frs who were noted along
•i included several young-
1 *ho should have been
i*tt«r, A N1) several
l *ho should know better!
pe Choir To
ie Practice
toy. Oct. 1
1 ijttlc Choir of the First
nt Church will resume
2:45 o'clock Monday
Wn. October I, according
■A. N\ Edwards, director.
Little Choir consists of
in the first and second
nan Meuth
N First In
[Show Here
r6n Meuth of Red Rock
J* place winner in a 4 II
I^unty - wide gilt show
I1 the American Legion
P here Friday morn
r wt week, according to
Noehnke, county agent
"Kg.
i. A'n,,i ; were Kenneth
| ^ar Creek, second place;
f "hn, Cedar Creek, third
F rrol Henry Rabel, Ros-
prth place; Rill Bumpers, !
P fifth place; Michael
I a"''op, sixth place.
J 'k'iftert><l gilts shown
I 1' received by the boys
I .' i' trough the Sears
| 'nam. Lcoi) Grohman.
Itrr '' 'mnr ^'e
I ' ns a part of the pro
1 ibited the hoar at the
J first place win
I • '"'longing to Norman
the hoar will be ex-
J| J|®* n,ea show to be
I 1< ity Coliseum in
r ^dnesday.
lC.n !K Spiv°y "r !'<•<• Co
I ? ««trop County
ftn ^r,,',°r of t h«-
L 1)(,pnrtment of To
E College, Seguin,
1" rea show in Aus-
tM, boitoh
are sweltering away
h,Tl ,l,y
*1the first norther and
|,B"mber election, we were
,o receive a card from
. Mr, Earl C. Erhard,
hriefly of thoir enviuble
, 'tin* vacation trip
!%th America! It has
r- 3re sure, a wonderful
tl.0 and we are equally
K \heir friends will, as
enjoy this brief inter-
Ititn the'"- .
13-day voyage on the
\L liner out of New Or-
^hey have visited Rio de
1 Bra/if. Montevedeo, U-
_ Buenos Aires, Argenti-
Jj Santiago, Chili, where
litre when their card was
Ion Saturday of last week.
tflight from Buenos Aires
, ag0 crossed the Andes
at an altitude of
| feet. . .
iUr the most awe-inspiring
Itfct we have ever beheld.
Lild but think of what
Lth wrought', and of the
„ty of man in over-coming
LfWs of mountains. The
j of the statue of 'Christ
Andes' was breath taking
[i, -hall never forget the
of the scene."
i Santiago, they planned to
to Lima, Peru, and
^ and after a short vi
It fe« days in each of
I jiaces, fly to New Or-
lHouston and Austin, and
there we always leave
l rt of our hearts!"
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One Hundred and Fourth Year
Bears Wallop
The Leopards
32-20 Fri. Night
The Bastrop Bears and the
La Grange Leopards played a
thrilling ball game Friday night
in La Grange, The Bears canie
out winners by a score of .'12 20.
The Bears scored in the first
quarter on a 21 yard pass from
Armando Gutierrez to Charles
Perkins. Perkins attempted try
for the extra point, but failed.
The Leopards scored later in
, the first quarter on a 14 yard
pass from Leslie Blume to John-
ny Kubena. Try for extra point
failed and the first quarter ended
in a (5-(! tie.
In the second quarter Bas
trop scored twice with Gutier-
rez making a 34 yard run and
Perkins going over from the one.
Perkins kicked the extra point.
In the third quarter the Bears
scored twice again. Perkins
from the three yard line but
failing to make the extra point
and Perkins .cored again on a
15 yard run making extra point
good, thus ending the Bears final
touchdown of the evening.
In the final period La Grange
scored twice. Lloyd Kolbe scored
for the Leopards from the six
and Earnest Kallus kick was
good. The Leopards made the
final score of the evening on
a pass from Blume to Wayne
Childers. The extra point was
good and the ball game ended
a few minutes later.
The Bears will go to Luling
Friday night where they will
tangle with the Kagles. Game
time will be at 8 p. m.
Arthur C. Smith Jr.
To Receive Degree
'Arthur flair Srr/.tVi son
of Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Smith,
will be one of the 748 summer
graduates of the University of
Illinois to receive a BS Degree
from the university when pre
paration of diplomas are com-
pleted.
Because there is no commence-
ment ceremony, preparation of
diplomas will be mailed as soon
as ready, and all will be out by
October 15.
BASTROP (TEXAS) ADVERTISER, SEPTEMBER 27, 1956
10 Cents Per Copy
NUMBER 31
Wins S10 Cash On
Dealer Display
Vernon Eskew, co-owner of the
Mast End Grocery, has been
awarded a cash prize of $10.00
on his recent entry in the Jewel
Shortening and Jewel Oil Dealer
Display ('onte.-t, sponsored by
Swift and Company.
The display was built and
shown in the Last End Grocery,
and a photograph of it. was sub-
mitted to the contest.
United Pentecostal
Conference To Be
Held Here Oct. 1
The Section 7 Conference of
the United Pentecostal Church
will be held here Monday, Octo-
ber 1, at the United Pentecostal
Church located on the Austin
hiway just outside the city limits,
according to the Rev. James L.
Cast leberry, pastor of the church.
The conference, which includes
35) counties from Bastrop to the
Rio Grande Valley, will start at
10:00 o'clock .Monday morning
and will be followed by a mass
youth rally at 7:-to in the even-
ing.
Conference Games
To Be Broadcast
Saturday, Sept, 29
The first Southwest Confer-
ence football telecast of the sea
son will be presented this week
by Humble Oil & Refining Com-
pany. In addition, there will be
four broadcasts of Southwest
Conference games.
The Baylor - Texn Tech gnme
will be televised from Waco.
Kern Tips and Alee Chesscr will
b<* there to describe all the ac-
tion and color. T\ time will be
1:45 p. in., over K I'B< I V, Aus-
tin.
Sacred Heart
School P-TA Holds
Meeting Sept. 20
The Sacred Heart School P-TA
held its first general meeting
of the school year September
20th, at 7:80 p. m.
The president, John J. Beck,
called the meeting to order and
Father Faust lead the opening
prayer. Minutes were read by
Mrs. Fred Fiebrich and a treas-
urer's report given.
The membership committee re-
ported three new members, Mrs.
Bill Meuth, Mrs. Sylvester
Goertz and Mrs. Anton Bartsch.
The program committee fea-
tured a discussion of the phamp-
let, "Rules for Schooling".
The committee for activities
called the attention of the pa-
rents to 4 II Club work, urging
them to cooperate more fully,
especially in helping the club
members to keep record books.
The county and home demon-
stration agents were invited to
come out to a later meeting and
explain how the records should
be kept.
The playground committee an-:
nouneed a work day on Septem-
; ber 2Uth.
The P-TA award went to the
first grade for having the most
parents present.
Sister Antoinette Marie, OSB,
explained the patrol system to
the parents.
The meeting was adjourned
with prayer, after which the
social life committee served re-
freshments to 47 members pre-
sent.
P-TA Holds First
Meeting Of Year
The first meeting of the year
of the Parent Teachers Associa-
tion was called to order by the
president, Mrs. J. V. Ash Jr.,
on Wednesday afternoon of last
week at 3:30 o'clock in the high
school gym.
Mrs. W. R. Kesselus, second
vice president, in eharge of mem-
j bership, reported on the mem
bership drive that has been un-
derway the past two weeks. A
report on the budget and finance
committee was given by Mrs. R.
E. Jenkins. Mrs. R. E. Myers,
chairman of the health and sani
tation committee, explained a
long range health program that
is being worked out, and stated
that forms will be mailed out
to parents in the near future
giving full details of the pro-
gram.
Superintendent P. J. Dodson
spoHe on the Fourth Amend-
ment, dealing with teachers re-
tirement plan, to be voted 011 at
the November (> election.
Mrs. Cecil Long, in charge of
programs, announced that a new
film on cancer will be shown at
the next P TA meeting. It was
also announced that the P-TA
will continue to sponsor the,
student dances at the American
I.egion Center on Friday nights
following the home football
games, and when football season
is over the dances will be held
each Friday night.
Officers of the P-TA this year
other than Mrs. Ash, the presi-
dent, are Mrs. Cecil Long, first
vice president, programs; Mrs.
W. R. Kesselus, second vice
president, membership; Mrs. S.
L. Brannon Jr., third vice presi-
dent, concessions; Mrs. Jack
Corbell, secretary; Mrs. Eugene
Wilkins, treasurer.
Committees appointed by the
president are as follows:
Budget and Finance, Mrs. G. ,
B. Mack, chairman, Mrs. R. E.
Jenkins and Mrs. M. E. Rabens- j
burg.
Health and Sanitation, Mrs.
R. E. Myers, chairman, Dr. S.
M. Hardt, Mrs. Leo Ott, Mrs.
S. L. Brannon Jr., Mrs. Lloyd
Kctha, Mrs. Rudolph Wilkins
and Mrs. Fred G. Haynie.
Telephone, Mrs. Albert Lock,
chairman, Mrs. John McNulta
and Mrs. Tom Townsend;
Parlimentarian, W. R. Gore;
Reporter, Mrs. Jack Claiborne.
It. was reported that an un-
usually large crowd was in at-
tendance at the meeting. Room
count went to Mrs. Virginia Par-
ry's class for exceptional stud
ents.
Bastrop People Can Save A Life-
Or Sacrifice It!
A blond, curley haired baby toddled into the path of a
car outside his home in Houston on Wednesday of last week,
and was dead on arrival a few minutes later at a Houston
hospital.
Accident investigator Joe Sullins said Michael A. Coch-
ran, 18 months old, received multiple skull and internal
injuries when struck by the passing car.
Sullins said the child's grandmother told him: "Michael
was always slipping out of the house. Today he must have
run out from behind the house after getting out of the
back door."
Suppose YOU dashed out into the street to gather YOUR
little curly haired baby, broken and crushed, up in your
arms—and watch him die?
Suppose YOU were driving the car tnat left a curly
haired baby lying smashed and dead in the middle of the
pavement?
And unless small children are kept in off of Bastrop
streets, and Bastrop drivers are persuaded to drive more
slowly, there will be a similiar tragedy right here at home.
A few parents seem to feel that the safety of their child-
ren is in the hands of the driver of any ear—which it is,
actually. But there is still the fact that even driving with-
in the speed limit, a driver may not see a small child. And
there is also the fact that small children should not be per-
mitted to be in the street. Who is right or wrong in an
accident of this sort is certainly the last thing to be con-
sidered—that will not bring back the laughter to a baby's
face, nor the light to his eyes, nor his privilege to live and
grow up and be happy.
HOW CAN YOU TAKE SUCH A CHANCE
ON SO PRECIOUS A LIFE?
The average Bastropian drives too fast for safety-
many of them ignore stop signs. Are we going to
down and observe traffic regulations—or wait until
of us has an accident that will break the hearts of
families—the family whose loved one is killed, and
familv whose loved one is the killer.
-and I
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one
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Baptist Sunday
School To Hold
Promotion Day
This Sunday is Promotion Day
in the Sunday School of the
First Baptist Church. According
to J. J. Hennesey, Sunday School
Superintendent, approximately
thirty are to be promoted to
Departments other that which
they are now in.
Each pupil promoted will re-
ceive a promotion certificate, and
attendance pins will also be a-
warded. In addition, each one
going from the Primary Depart-
ment into the Junior Department
will receive a Bible.
Sunday evening, at the Wor-
ship Hour, in conjunction with
the sermon, a film will be shown
called, "Take the Fourth Part."
Hound Dog Show,
Barbecue To Be
Held Here Sat.
A large entry and full pro-
gram is being planned for the
annual Hound Dog Show and
Barbecue which the Big Fox
Hunters' Association is staging
here Saturday at the American
Legion Rodeo arena.
Local committee members, Ce-
cil Long, Quinton Allen and
Sheriff I. R. Hoskins, are in
charge of arrangements for the
show. They are getting the
grounds in readiness and setting
up tables. The First National
Bank is contributing ice water,
barrels for the water and drink-
ing cups. H. N. Bell, manager
of tin- Bastrop Chamber of Com
meree, has volunteered his ser-
vices and that of the organi-
zation in helping put the show
on.
President of the Association
is W. F. Chapman of Austin,
who said that entertainment
would begin at 4:00 p. m. with
an ex-coon h *'ter, Chester Ayers
and His Hungry Mountain Boys,
performing during the two hour
show.
The barbecue sausage supper
is set for (5:00 p. m. and the
bench show at 8:00 p. m. Cash
awards established are $2"<,00 for
grand champi< .1 hound dog, $20,
00 for best opposite sex, $5.00
for best derby male and female
and also ribbons for all.
Jack Jenkins of Waco will
serve as show judge.
A crowd of approximately 2,-
000 is expected to attend.
Jack J. Lamb
Addresses Lodge
Family Night
Jack J. Umb, Past Master of
Austin Lodge No. 12, and a
member of The Grand Lodge
Committee on Work, gave an
interesting and timely talk about
the Blue lx)dge and its purposes,
when he addressed Master Mas-
ons and their families, Eastern
Star members and widows of
Master Masons who reside with-
in the jurisdiction of Gamble
Ixjdge who were honor guests,
011 Masonic family night obser-
ved by Gamble Lodge No. 244
A. F. & A. M. at the American
Legion Center on Monday even-
ing of last week.
Frank Green, Past Master of
Gamble Lodge, acted as master
of ceremonies, He introduced
Jas. T. Browning, Past Master
of Austin Lodge No. 12, who
presented the guest speaker.
Norman Crawford, Worshipful
Master of Gamble Lodge, was
introduced and welcomed the
Masons and their guests. Mrs.
Valesta Camp was introduced
as Associate Matron of The Or-
der of the Eastern Star, Bas-
trop Chapter, who graciously re-
responded in behalf of the Eas-
tern Satr as she expressed the
thanks of the organization.
At (i:30 o'clock the stewards
and a special committee appoin-
ted for the purpose, served a
delicious dinner consisting of
barbecue heef, beans, pickles,
ice cream, cold drinks and cof-
fee to 150 guests.
Members of Ben Hur Temple's
"The Troubadors" were intro-
duced and entertained with
numerous instrumental and vocal
selections which were greatly en-
joyed by all.
This occasion has been voted
by the Lodge an annual event.
A date in August or September
is decided upon by the Lodge
each year.
$1.00 SPECIAL
All of the college gang enjoy
the Bastrop Advertiser. It
brings them bits of news about
home and friends and people
they know that you don't always
remember to write to them a-
bout! Special subscription rates
for students, only $1.00 for the
entire school year.
Girls Report To Legion Auxiliary
On Trip To Bluebonnet Girls State
Miss Fay Jean Campbell and the county tax collector. One
Miss Billie Jo Moncure, who were
chosen by the American I>egion
to attend Girl's State in Austin
last June, reported on their trip
at the first fall meeting of the
organization held at the Ameri
can Legion Center recently.
Following are the reports as
the girls made them.
i
WHAT GIRL'S STATE
MEANS TO ME
By Billie Jo Moncure
What Gill's State means to
me will be very hard to explain.
One needs to experience the ac-
tivities of Girl's State before
one really understands the full
meaning of this wonderful or-
ganization. A girl who attends
will never forget or lose the
spirit of Girl's State.
When I registered I was given
a name tag which assigned me
to the Federalist Party and the
House of Representatives. My
opposing party was the Nation-
alist party. We were compelled
to wear name tags because they
fully identified us.
The dormitories were consid-
ered our cities. We had four
counties with to cities in each.
The name of my city was "Blue
Suede" in the county of "Sho"",
the other city in my county was
"Rubber Sole". City and county
government was set up the same
way real government is set up
in our own cities and counties.
We elected our officers and they
functioned the same as our or
dinary city and county officers.
The first three days were set
aside to study our city, county
and state government. After
diligent study and lectures, we
were ready to elect and carry
out the duties of the offices.
Trueman O'Quinn, former Aus-
tin city attorney, helped point
out interesting facts about our
city government. Another in-
teresting speaker was Travis
County's Judge Thurnian. Judge
Thurman told of his experiences
in holding a county position.
Mrs. Breaux, chairman of coun-
ty government program in the
Department of Texas and Nat-
ional Americanism Chairman of
American Legion Auxiliary, de-
scribed Girl's State as a Labor-
atory of Democracy. She ex-
plained that all over the country
Girl's State was conducted in
the same manner.
I was elected city attorney.
Attorney General John Ben
Sheppard spoke to us 011 demo-
cracy and how the future was
in the hands of today's youth.
Governor Allan Shivers was al-
so a guest speaker. We were
very fortunate to have such ex-
cellent speakers.
In our mythical state taxes
were levied by the county gov-
ernment. We had to pay I cent
tax for the use of our beds to
way streets were set up in our
cities (dorms) along with other
facetious laws. We were fined
1 cent for being late to meals
and flag raising, also for going
down the one way street the
wrong way. The fines collected
were used toward our party
planned for the night before the
close of girl's State session.
The first few days at Girl's
State I was lost and a little
homesick but I began to meet
and make new friends. At the
closing days of Girl's State
everyone became sad and misty
eyed because we realized w? had
to leave and part with our new
friends. I met some very won-
derful people. All the girls were
outstanding and from all parts
of Texas.
Sessions of our Senate and
House of Representatives caused
heated, though friendly, debate
between the pros and cons. We
convened our last session in the
j respective chambers at the capi-
toi which was very thrilling.
Before the election the Feder-
alist and Nationalist parties
divided and sat on separate sides
of the auditorium. Each party
would try to out yell the other.
We were bitter enemies in the
party rallies but as soon as they
(See GIRLS, bacK page)
Band
t
Notes
Walruses got their name from
Norse sailors, who called them
"hvalross," whale horse.
By Betty Meyer
The Bastrop High School Band
led by the drum major, Miss
Billie Jo Moncure, marched onto
the Leopard Field in LaGrange
Friday night to the "Victor's
March."
The band then did a dance step
as they played "Dance Step".
A football was formed by the
band and they played "On Wis-
consin." Next the band formed
a pennant for which they played
"Wave the Flag." As the band
stepped into the formation of
a trophy, they played "Notre
Dame Victory March."
They marched off the field in
regular band formation to the
tune of the "Queen City March".
The victory theme was a well
chosen one for the Bears came
home with a very fine victory.
For the fourth time in 50
years, Texns feed manufactur-
ers have sold in excess of 4
million tons of feed during the
past year.
To Talk On Early
Books At Chureh
Supper Oct. 3
Randolph Mocrke of Austin
will be guest speaker at the First
Methodist Church on Wednesday
night, October 3, immediately
following the usual monthly
church supper at 7 o'clock ac-
cording to Mrs. R. W. Loveless.
Mr. Moerke, who is advertis-
ing manager and public rela-
tions director of Von Boeck-
mann-Jones Company of Austin,
will use as his subject "The
Book Before Printing", discuss-
ing the production of books be-
fore the invention of printing,
most of which were used by the
church, and covering the mater-
ials used, methods of writing,
where the terms used come from,
and the effect the invention of
printing had on the decoration
of books and the people who had
been producing them. He will
tell about the earliest books pro-
duced in the Christian Era, "The
Four Gospels", how they came
to be written, etc.
To climax his talk, he will
show a book, "The Four Gos-
pels", which he lettered and il-
luminated in the same manner
as the monks of the Middle
Ages did them, lie will also
answer any questions concerning
his discussion following his talk.
Mr. Moerke has spent some
.'50 years in research on the Il-
luminated Manuscripts of the
Early Christian Era to the Mid-
dle Ages, and has an extensive
library 011 the subject. His hob-
bies includes fishing, chess, clas-
sical musk, good books and peo-
ple. A collector of chessmen, he
has also lettered and illustrated
a hook on chess problems.
Everyone is cordially invited
to bring a "covered dish" and
enjoy the supper. If it is not
possible to attend the supper,
guests will be welcome to come
in about 8 o'clock to hear Mr.
Moerke's talk.
DISTRICT 26-A
ROUND-UP
Scores from games played on
September 21 are as follows:
Bastrop !I2; La Grange 20
Granger 12; Smithville 7
Rogers 79; Moody 0
Thrall (Open)
Thorndale !!•; Rarlett 0
Games to be played 011 Friday
night September 28 are as fol-
lows:
Bastrop at Luling
Thrall at Giddings
1 candor at Granger
Bart let t at Rogers
Moody at Thorndale
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