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Volume 2
Bastrop, Texas THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1931
HI PERSONALS
Dorothy Compton
Captain Billy Ed wants, Jack Mon-
cure, Clyde Reynolds, Wood row
Smith. Goodman Schanhais, Victor
Misses Ida Mae Stone. With and Muyo Km>. Alton linger
Jear Miller were Austin shoppetft ,,an R|,ynold, Ziu Untti Joe Rob.
Friday even in*.
Mis> Mary Nell Jones visited San
Antonio the past week-end.
Miss Dorothy Compton was an
Austin \ isitor last Friday afternoon.
Messrs. /Victor l*fetff«fr, Jack
Wallace, Billy Edwards, Zac Lent*.
Vallon Voigt, Woodrow Smith, Ho-
ward Lock and William Richard kes-
selus. attended the Texas Relays
Friday.
M iss Adelle Pfannkuche and Mr.
Johnny Daily of San Antonio spent
the week-end in the home of Miss
Edith Smith of Cedar Creek.
Misses Vera Ferguson and Elaine
Ingram Wore Austin visitors Sun-
day.
Miss Perry Chamberlain return-
ed to her school at Muldoon, Sun-
day af'er spending the week end
at her home In Bastrop.
Mr. Woody Compton attended the
Texas Relays, Friday.
Mr Weldon Keith of Tyler is
visiting Woody Compton.
Miss Charley Bess Wilkes was a
Smithville visitor Sunday. '
Misses Lucille and la Rue Tem-
pleton, and Cleo Buck of Austin,
were Smithville visitors
ITening.
Missrct "Bonnie Vest and Lucille
Fisher were in Austin Saturday.
Mr Gatewood Newberry attended
ine Texas Relays Friday.
hins. Gray Price, William Kesselus,
and \ allon Voigt.
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VOLLEY BALL
l.ucille 1'empleton
Wednesday. March 2.">. 1931, the
volley hall team and its coach. Miss
Anderson, went to Texas Wesleyan
to play volley (•all. The score was:
Bastrop '2 games and Texas Wesleyan
one. We had a picnic after the
game, in which Texas Wesleyan
team joined us. Both teams enjoy-
ed the picnic. Those present from
Bastrop were: Mrs. W. B. Runsome.
?lr. H. M DeGlandon, Mr. Andrew
Lee Fiser, Miss Esther Anderson,
'Allelic Williams. Lucille Templeton,
I-i Rue Temnleton, Fdna Anderson,
Jessie Shelton and Delia Bell Queen.
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SCHOOL LIFE
J. Gordon Bryson
On your way William, on your way
can't you see that I've got to get
back \o my colymning?
Catherine Chalmers has been talk-
ing baby talk since her tonsil oper-
Sunday J ation. but sometimes you can't tell
arv the Juniors.
Somebody else says that William
kesselus is the smartest student in
Biology. Oh, yeah!
We havecollect some very good ma^full
in school. As far as that goes so is the only one that ever excites any -The Vicar^of W ]jeJjW- ^ ^ |0ur aquariums. In ine cold
ont; , „ work and plan to make posters soon.
Mayo king says they are a swell vv _ nr„ .tlMjvin* interest in our
We are studying interest in
bunch. Several agreed that it was Arithmetic.
the best Junior class in this High
Did you know that there are three School.
John Alexanders enrolled in school, A senior girl says thvy have the diff«
and two of them are named
In English we have been studying
fferent things. I^ast Friday we got
Riley.
Leslie Simmons killing time talk-
ing to Lcnnah Nite. It looks very
private.
And here it's time for recess agnin.
looking around I see several dis-
tinct groups. For instance we have
were tadpoles, water fpiders,
bugs, water snails, bees, button
cacti and water plants. So t.>"!
was a very profitable one.
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THOSE SENlOR>
Edith Smith
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cutest bunch of boys and girls in some pretty good theme*, on . he
high school, the boys being cute. Mr. County Meet.
Newberry says that the Junior class — o j To day is April Fools day-® u
has lots of pep. brains and energy. THE FRESHMEN CLASS sun is shining; and all is ifun- p.
He says as a group they ar« O. K Alton Ikdgener school. Lina Surge has t: **' 1
Thev aiv live w ires but they just I to murder me if I didn't m>-: • f, J
don't apply themselves. At first he The Freshmen Class met Wednes- jname in the paper
said they would have to improve ,jay and presented a program as fol-1 you are mentioned. Are y , .^^Hurs
■>11 our right the three musketeers, hundred per cent to be pitiful, lows:
Kay Milton, Amy Price and Rather- Then he changed his mind and told Poem—Bernice Griesenbeck.
ine' Planner. On our left are Robert me lhe compliments mentioned above. Song Freddie Hoyt.
Browning. Katie kauffman, Mary He niU8t have been afraid we would Story—Anna Pearl Alexander.
Sue Gibson. J. D. Cole and Clyde JumP him. Joke's—Jack Simmons.
Owens. You're wasting vour time Matthis said. "Frankly, I hard- Rosalie Morris came t>ack to school
• - -| ly
I cut ... .. „ ..
said. "Seriously speaking, the art. giad to have her back.
ified? )S^H(ira|
All the boys are trying t,, 1
some animal; and what a v JG-. \\]
does make. There are piy-, r-'
horses, cows, and donkey-. 'jlBR|i8Si
shouldn't have mentioned :• W|
Clyde. Then in the middle is that "> think of them. My mind is oc- this week; she has been absent for, ing, maybe that is natural '&£,id<J
gob of Junior boys panning some- CUpied w ith loftier thoughts." 'But more than a week, due to illness. We | Cathryn Chalmers had h>■.?£!•£ |
body. Then over by the west stove h« _ . __ — ^... _
is that Sophomore outfit. Oh. yes. Junior class has many individuals in Each member of the English class her. and we are glad she i.- tle[s(inl
and around the piano are grouped the 'l who have the qualities which make js to draw a map of "Treasure Island"! Wilma Eskew has malaria i. ay tin!
future prima donnas, all of them I1*11' leaders in later life." for his English assignment. *aul.i We hope she hurne.-. /*£ Mr.l
thinking they can sing, while five of! ° —■ \\'e are planning to act out one of I comes back 'cause we miss her
tr% but none of them do. SEVENTH GRADE the parts of "Treasure Island". {hair and grinning countenar. •• ^^HIrs.|
Wotta life.
La Verne Bryson
The honorable Miss Edith MW
JUNIOR CLASS
ida Mi.e Stone
Dorothy—Do you use 'oothpaste? has turned sto' keeper and
Our room looks quite nice and fresh Charley Bess— Gracious, no, none j revealed and
£
now. We have a fern loaned by of niy teeth are loose
Sam Edith Higgins and a flower
DISTRICT MEET
I have interviews! several people stand loaned by La Verne Bryson.
and asked them what they thouc Fred Paine made some book cases
of the Junior class. A Senior said to hold different books.
whether it's really caused by tonsils. ,they were nothing; a Sophomore said Miss Jones' desk has been straigh-
"How many invitations are you jthat she wouldn't give her opinion tened and cleaned.
going to get?" "Are you supposed about its members, because she was' A committee washed the boards,
to send them in town? "W hat kinda afraid they would jump on her; a removed some old desks, and dusted
cacds didja order." And so on. That , Freshman says they are pretty good, erasers.
Senior class meeting sounded like A Junior said if he told what he 1
Senior— Dor.'t you know who
am ?
Freshman—No, don't you?
BIOLOGY CLASS STUDIES
NATURE
und remembered th - ;
that sugar is seven . ' >'Dr.
Viva! Edith if y . JgF
ling fact
a pound. „ , „
I.aUut sixty more years % Jkff't'J
]know something.
The Biology class dissected
I sum the other day. One gir!
wouldn't take a science
" 'cause they treated the po •
som so cruel ' Don't worry fa
er it was merely for the sa-
The Biology class sp^nt Tuesday
afternoon of last week studying na-(science
the ladies sewing circle when some [thought of the Junior class the words' In History we are making scrap- ture. We had been instructed to The memory books are g-
gotxi g^^ssip is loose. (he used couldn't be found in a die- books consisting of the lives of every I study plants, insects and animals.
Bastrop is to be represented in Simile-As hopeless as Fdna Scott tionarv. While another, quite to my president of the United States. They And you should have seen the girls
the district track meet by the men trying to yodeL j surprise, said that she thought they (were due April the second. They are chasing butterflies or the boy« wash-
who placed in anv event. The meet Somebody says that one thing you j were a lovely and precious class and to be
is to he held at Georgetown, April can say about the freshman clasp is without them this school would be i I
11. The entrants from Rastrop are: that it is the best freshman class'like a grave yard because this class of
long in a grand manner. Mos' '■
look like they have been
re due April the second. They are chasing butterflies or the boys wash- dog-feed. S- many people ha
be put on exhibit. ing around in the p<>nd. trying to get e<] on the corners trying t • ,•
n reading we are studying a piece good specimens of the different I spitatiop« of nice things to •
literature by Oliver Goldsmith, plants, insects and animals! We did, thejr worst enemy. So loi.g
We vrill pay 20 rer cent above
market pnee for chickens or eggs,
on subscriptions.—Bring them to
the Adevrtiser Office.—THE BAS-j
TROP ADVERTISER.
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Read the Advertiser Want Ads
MIDf NEWS NOTES AND PERSONALS
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Special
Fresh Mutton
EVLRY THURSDAY
And may we suggest
Choice Meats
for your Faster dinner
Select them at
The City Market
McDADE. March 30.—
"Ask why God made the gem so
small,
And why so large the granits;
Because God meant mankind should
set
The higher value on it."
t memory of God.
Out. out brief candle
Life's but a walking shadow.—
Macbeth.
Mrs Will Condron and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. John Gest of Giddings moonlight
Miss Dorothy, cf Elgin, were McDade spent, last Sun<iay in the home of Or the dim dreamy dawn v.
visitors this week. their son and daughter, Mr and Mrs. cocks are crow-in?
Tom Mundine and Carrol Butler Frnst
were business visitors in Austin Mr j L A1ford sent us a mess of Ami in the rich store of O
h poke salad Saturday, the writer en-! soms glowing
Mrs G W. Southern. Mr. and Mrs. joying them hugely What's better T«r f, * i * « v •
Thet>dore Taylor ana Miss Mable than corn 'Tea<i and good old poke ' ' a 1
Southern were Sunday visitors in greens?
Taylor.
SAM.
Man ■
D " stroy
5 £
a;
Memory is the basis of all know
Medge of ourselves, knowledge of ture.
[others, knowledge of personal contin-
, uity. in fact, man is in a great de-
gree. memory. Destroy it, then
what would w< be. answer me that.
j
] A? tor news this week, we haven't
g--t much, if any. W* art fond t
f.iV.! g> tt.at g.adden and stir th< soul
r. a great degree, memorv. : ' : :.°r-. * ? 'lo ^'-ng h. awn-
,, , , ward instead ox he 11 ward. W c ar**
a'.id all personal
Mr and Mr.-. C. A Sanders and son
Dale, spent Sunday in the home of
M r. an i Mrs. Clir L.iwhon at St rue
"In politics if thou wouldst mix.
Ar : mean thy fortunes be;
Bear this in mind- "B< deaf and
blind,
I : i.Smart A'ecks • hear and see.
are very sorry
friend and r.erghbor.
Stong seri usly ill i
at Bastrop.
Mi - W T Stagver Jir
trick, were E'.g". * : - it r>
r> p- rt our
Mr. J. H
the hospital
• unday
Ei
red
-.■it r.t
and man wouldn't be a "whit" -v.
livng
this
v« tr.e brute creation
world in which we live. Th.e Psalm-
ist attributed memory to G<.>d when
he ..aid. "Ir. everlasting remembrance
shall the righteous be held", that is,
the gv^xi are to live forever in the
a neu g ing age.
v way we know
worthwhile is to sh
: r« . .i highway, accep
ami narrow way, got
t( it. and stay with it
Mr. and M-< Bt-j
Austin Sunday.
Our toniat promoter. Mr G
k o: Giddings. w . her- preceding the
highly elated over prospects
a bumper cr p. Winder what
•.t. stick thinks of it now"
Id Br\>th- Our special fripnds. Judg
friends, and
anything
un the devil's freeze
t the s'.ra.ght fOT
into ;
t.RF.EN THIN(,< r;R« W|NG
By Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
• r tiabrtel b. w his horn, "tho' the Mri c W Webb, were h- r* Sunday
and (i the i;reen thing- growing th«
ley re
stowing:
Oh. I should like to «ee, if i
it mav be.
Many, many a summer of
thing- gr- wing!
Lut if I mint b. gathered
ang> sowing.
Sleep out of sight awhil.
l*r* "hings growing.
' "".lgh du>* to ;>'turr
111 scarcely mourn.
;lf I may change into rr-
gr >w ing.
B\>TRn| XDVKRTISEK ':i
FERS ABOVE M\I!KF!
PRICE F< { PRftm ' I
and M
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Est In
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to ~ :1
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lat v.
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green things srr'wir.g.
• air.t * we. t smell f th< green
h«a\-ens tumble and crumble." t < pen dire the afternoon with the Xh* fi
its too .ate. writer and Mrs. Billingsley. "Pro- things growing'
Anctr.tr rigervus. blue whistler foundly" enjoyed their company, I should like f live, whether I sni le
Get Our Prices
I.(is!
The Bastrop
Advertiser
1
«-r>e<:
on this sect.on Friday C m> again, friend?.
:.:ght. causing Madam Mercury
grieve.
Mr and Mrs Alton Fields of Just t watch 'he happy life >f m\
1:rt around freeung point and lower. Sweeny, spent the week end v:-.ting green things growing
:amag:r.g men or less the tomato
ther delicate grownng crops, in
- :ne Uxalities from 10 to per
cert, the poke salad escaping without
'ever, the touch of frost.
Pi ke salad s- nature's remedy f<>r
th« ills f man. more particularly in
the early springtim*. when the whole
system ne -<:s a purgativ- in rder to
tack'.e the summer months. Atn>ut
thre-e mess*'. > all that's necessary,
r tw .th standing the > pinion of ur
wis- medical meau> s.
McDade is a ventabl* garden >f
tar cUver. and a few , f our neigh-
bors have lost from one to two heed
f their choice milkers. Cattle, like
some peopif. never know when to put
v r. the brake>. ere its too late.
Sorry to hear this (Monday • - •
r.g of the passing of one of Mcl'a •. «
ola '.andmarks. Mr. J H. Fort at his
home tw* mi.es west of McDade af-
ter a long liine-ss. Pro\iaed we are
able to the 11 k. will write a more
friends here and ir. Elgin.
BETTY BARCLAY'S
HELPFUL HINTS
O the fluttering and the patu-ring of
low
thinjr- ^rowinjr!
"ey talk each to each, when
Tie of us ar*- knowing-
, the wonderful wh'te of'the w-eir-1
I he Rastrop \dverti-, -
pay 20 p< r above rra'i-
price for chickens or cj;.
inscriptions to the Vdve-:
Past subscriptions and a- rnt-
4 ear-, in advance a« d<*sjre<j ~i
be paid in thi« manner, Mri':
nrrwlnre to the Adverts.-
fice.
Read the Adverti«er Want
extensive notice in our .etter
next
Here
is the WESTERN You have been
waiting for
"TIGER
By B M BOWLR
OUR BIG TAILORING
EXHIBIT
of
SPRING AND SUMMER
WOOLENS
ftom
Tuesday, April 7th
All of the new
week. Trueiy w« feel v"e ave lest
a friend indeed-
Mr and Mrs Tom bishop > f San
Antonio, after a visit with th- r
brother and sister. Mr. Lev ami M -
Annie Bishop, return* ,; home Fn lay
Glad to have greeted or. < ur streets
th- week. Juc.g* and Mrs J. P
Price a no Mrs Edna l-a\ * f !•!
Bastrop. t>ring.ng to mind the days
of "A.;id 1-ar.g Syne.'' "When > -* a-
1 trt yi-ur.g Maggi*
Mrs C. K F rt. after a i is:t tc
Austin, retar~.ee h m* Sundaj
Mr and Mrs. August (ir s*e a-",
mother were Rastn p visitors Tues-
day
Mr H C. Fleming of Minerva,
visited his parent*. Br ar.d Mrs
F M Fleming, this week
Mr. and Mrs C. H Creel wer*
business visitors ir. Bastrop ana ir
>- • h\ -lie Tue«.iay.
Mr and Mrs .'<«e Wessrn
El-
noveities. et<
Booth Dry Rrods Co
BASTROP. TEXAS
jr - spent Tuesday ir. lb* home of
th-i ir sister. M~s Willie Taylor
Mesdarres R L Williams a no J
F Metcalfe • er Elgir. visitors Tues-
dav
-ay
Nfr
Mrs
W
Today Betty Says:
OCNPKEDS o! :rt: :M.«t that
tier .'arEc: niake a good lesjon
pie—at :ee«t r. t so t>o<2 at otbers
sa^e taitei Proftitdy mors
re. -€•«*. for recipes for tfc! <3eM-
ciouj ie's«rt ar# ma.iKl to tf'.etV
l.xzt and food ex;-eru. 1U: for ai-
ts :s; a/, i o:v -r i &. Here is one
rt::pe :' " *e#i ran will p.eaee:
i_P e Sup^e'r*
1 c-p 4 teajpoot sax
;V| :.? &o;..ai J
Mi tT S enr i«aoa
J ublttpooai Js'-cs
ccrt.it* r:i Gratec rt ad 1
) u> cei S?ar .isios
5 ft dry :r.jr«*..«sta. Add water
ate cock it doit'.* bc.er tctil
thick (15 z.salts.) Add • 1git:▼
teai^t «si yo-ks ati oook ] it.b-
a:es otfer Tltz sdd lexoa }zice
atd grated r'd. Cool sad tars Si to
bsaea p • utlL Cot#t wUk
r;-c-e laae 5* wi: t{ tgg wSitu
ur ?*.-ir—additj * tafclaspooat
- v, •*««^r hak!tf pew-
• r,je *i" s* iilt it 5
. > f -« r !*v de
-l r tc
left brCL°mr a k,llfr h'niself. T.ger Eve Re«
t V i™' hr' dOW" "" B' ". in Tex •
to .Montana, look.ng for a ,ob as cowbov
i",™ fo,;:h:.i'°o1' r'n- wh° .
father a ne«*e- k . jK ^ me,rt!l N"p|'ie Murray He
dcoi by , Poo|,*.,d„ ' C°'d b'°"d f'°n' h"
i. >• -htn thai h. vow. war ,|| k.n,,,
h«.r.B^rk*rnd* ""r' ,h' ' «'■< «H>'^
r* oK ;,n.dc rMv,r>«■
f er to be a Killer himself!
RtAD HON\ HE V^ORKS HIMSFXF OLT OF THI5
terrible delimma
AT THE RISK OF HLS LIFE.
P-^INNING IN .HE ADVERTISER. APRIL 2
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Standifer, R. E. & Standifer, Amy S. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 2, 1931, newspaper, April 2, 1931; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth206734/m1/4/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.