The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1931 Page: 4 of 8
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THE BASTROP ADVERTISER, BASTROP. TEXAS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1931
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BASTROP II141II SCHOOL
The Bastrop Hi-Life
Volume 3
BASTROP, TEXAS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 11*31
NOTHING
BI T THE
BEST
Number 13
BASTROP WINS REGIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP FOR FIRST TIME
The Bastrop football team finished j
the foot ball season last Friday with
a 16.6 victory over El Campo, win-
ning for the first tini" in the history
of Bastrop, a regiur.M t han pi< nship.
Friday's game marked the climax of
what has been termed by many, the
moat successful season Bastrop has
ever had. The Bears started slug-
gishly, tying two games and winning
Others by small margins, but due to
bard work on the part of the play-
ers, each game was an improvement
over the proceeding one.
'ter of the field for a touch down,
Wright kicked the extra point. The
remainder of the first half was un-
eventful. The Rice Birds came back
into the second half of the game with
renewed strength. Their power was
so great that taking £the kick-off
they pushed a touchdown over the
Bastrop goal line wihout loosing the
ball. They failed to make the extra
point on a buck. Bastrop received
and after being held for down and
_ ... . (exchanging punts, a flat-zone pass
Tre El Campo game was without , 1 ,, ...
,, . , \\a- compklud (from Watson %Uo
a doubt, the best game Bastrop pla>-| 1 ^
, , ... 'Wright who carried the ball to th#
ed thy entire season, 1 hi hi Campo
, . i three yard line on a beautiful run,
team w as the most powerful team i •
, . . , . .. . „ evading several tacklers and breaK-
Bastrop has played and had they not , , ,
, , . , inif loose from several others. An
played their best game the results l * . *
, . . . , , ■ . „ official penalty prevented Bastrop s
would probably have been disaster- ' • '
|pushing the ball over. r>l Campo got
, the ball and attempted two line plays
A large crowd ... the Be.r. ^ fa|w (<> g<|n
feat the El C ampo Rice Birds, and
The Spanish Christmas is a more
typical representative of the birth
of Jesus than the American Christ-
mas.
Along with the time when the
Americans are enjoying their gifts
the Spanish are enjoying their beau-
tiful nacimiento.
The )iacimenito is composed of
cows, sheep, burros, Mary, Joseph
and the Christ Child.
Jesus is in the trough upon some
hay and is surrounded by Mary, his
mother, Joseph, the cows, the burro
and the sheep.
Everything is a true representative
of the birth of Christ.
On the Gth of January when the
like to have a date for the banquet.
And you can remember a bunch
of seniors who make 3Ty remarks
about freshmen—but let the presents
be term themes, hard assignments,
reprimands from teachers, unsigned
diplomas and no dates.
An obedient child,
Ruth Lee Laake.
Dear Santa:
You might remember my poor lit-
tle girl friends who have been going
without hose a pair of woolen stock-
ings will do. And don't forget to
bring Freddie Hoyt a fountain pen
Theo Ferlet some notebook paper,
Bill Watson a bottle of ink, Taylor
Love a pencil and L. M. Ferlet a
private secretary.
If you have any of that stuff call-
ed love, you may send it to a certain
football player from me.
An Ideal Freshman,
Esther Peterson
tight hair oil."
A little pal,
cessful year both financially and
otherwise. Don't lorget th-.* banquetP
Gene Schaefer is Friduy ni«ht'
FACTS
Dear Santa:
Bring us patience to endure the
upper classmen's sneers, to outgrow
our freshness, to pass our courts the
first term, to enter school activities ,
ought to mob the committee that iw
with our whole heart (not as some | v nat kot
seniors do) and remember all the j ul' *he Pr°gram lor yell meeting.
poor little boys and girls who do not Bernice Price fussed a bit but seem-1
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1 think that the freshmen girls I
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have t7ie opportunity to be a mem-
ber of Freshmen '32.
The Freshman class
THE PEP SQI AD
The pep squad has cooperated won-
derfully this year. They have showed
a spirit that is hard to beat. The Pep
Squad Leaders have worked hard.
They have begged and pleaded and
fussed and did every thing else they
ed mighty glad that all came around j
so well. They were going to have
her make a talk.
Buss, pardon, Mr. Russ, is still
going around with that cute little!
bandage on his head. He is trying |
to look heroic 1 think.
We found Otillie Kunshick peering I
around the room-
Clinton Claiborne.
-to the stove
Their punt was w'8e men were supposed to have ar-
blocked by Woodrow Smith. The ball ' lived to see Christ the children put
had it not been wet and misting, r( Ue(j ^ q{ houn(]s gMng Bastrop ' colored boxes out in some place where
there would have been the largest
crowd tha has ever seen a football ?ouch,^M
game iun Bastrop.
safety and two points, Bastrop's
"waf* made [by
Wright on a spin play following a
the wise men are supposed to pass
and drop presents.
These wise men are the Spanish
The game was a thriller. Though ](>ng runs and scores ami thus got a j children s Santa C laus.
kick-off gave Bastrop the Ixill in , extra point
mid-field and the \first scrimmage j Fn d bright
made most of the
LIBRARY REPORT
In onr high school library we have
looked like a touchdown for Bastrop. I ,ong rung ftd scores an(, thus gyt a
several plays found the ball within rejU ^ of pra)ie flom th„ gitk. ! H yariety of hooks whjch are p]aml
a yard or two of the Bastrop goa | jineg Xoo many nice things could into sections designating their type,
line in the possession of El Campo.be ,akl about him. He is the best ()„,. 0f these types which is needed a
Bastrop held and punted out of dan- Lj, CBrriep jn thi> parl of the C0UIU I lot is the biographie8 aml autobrio.
ger. After an exchange of Pun,sltry. There were other men, however | graphics. Biographies are accounts.
Bastrop got off a pass fiom ^oe J who did not make such a bright show- of one's life and character. Autobio-
Watson to Fred Wright down the cen- jn tbe eyes 0f tbe onlookers, but i graphics are memories of a person
i———————who made it possible for Wright to | written by himself. The following are
make his runs. Sclmnhals always got ] the new books that have been bought
Dear Santa:
I'm badly in need of attention—
just drop a hint to all the girls—that
will be sufficient. 7 want a safety
razor instead of the toy air-plane and
you may bring me a bottle of "stick
could do to get us to yell and they j So Brownie rated a date for the I
succeeded. They missed some <>f the banquet, ain't dat* suinpin'.
best plays of the season because they | Lemma Callahan and Verda Hohi.i*
had their backs turned to the game still wonders how Verlin Ingram
and were trying to get us to yell. As drives his car with that foot of hi
a result of the wonderful work of j Lucille Fisher drove these street 1
the leaders antl of the pep squad roads? highways? Ah, dumps— blue
as a whole this had been a most sue- Sunday. •
from Headaches/
Colds and Sore Throat
Neuritis, Neuralgia
Don't be a chronic sufferer from head-
em,., or any other pain. There is
hardly an ache or pain Bayer Aspirin
tablets cannot relieve; and they arc
a jMvit comfi rt t. women who suffer
periodically. They are always to be relied
U[« n f*>r breaking up colds.
it may be only a simple headachc,
or it may Ik." neuralgia or neuritis.
Rheumatism. Lumbago. Bayer Aspirin
is ftiil the sensible tiling t>> take. Just
t* certain it's Mayer y >u're taking: it
does not hurt the heart. (>et thi genuine
ta; Vlb, in this <umili.;r package.
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IMITATIONS
Br'7 ARE
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his man. He is the best blocker and
one of the best defensive men this
j district has ever seen. Joe Watson
I is the hardest hitting little man of
I the season and is always good for a
few yards at least. Gray Price is a
good blocker and his punts saved the
day several times. The end positions
were held down almost to perfection
by Dolgener and Smith. The tackles
Red Watson and Lent/, performed in
er"at style, showing themselves clear-
ly to be the
rop had the only pair of guards in
the dist riet which were able to get
out and in the interference. Clyde
Owens had been in the hospital for a
week preceeding the game with an
infected foot, bvt from his appear-
ance on the field no one could tell
it. In addition to bis offensive work
flan Reynolds made a great job of
backing up the line on defense. Bill
Lock's consistency in passing the ball
back from center played a big part
in the success of the offence against
El Campo,
The Bastrop team is made up of
eleven men. It- is a team, however,
and not just eleven men fighting for
individual glory. The success against
El Campo was due largely to this
t< am work.
on this subject: "Skyward" by Byrd,
"We", by Lindbergh, "Napoleon" by
Ludwig, "Queen Elizabeth" by An-
thony, "Rear Admiral Byrd and the
Polar Expedition" by Foster, "Abra-
ham Lincoln" by Sandburg, "Emi-
nent Victorians" by Strackey. These
are the list of biographies and auto-
biographies that were already in the
library: Three copies of the "Life of
Xelson" hv Southey, three copies of
the "Life of Johnson," by Macaulay, j
•est' in the K< gion. Bas- j "Francis Mood D. I)." by Cody, "Boy-
hood <>f Great Men" by Edirar, "The
Life uf Stephen F. Austin" by Bolton,
"The story of My L>fe" by Helen
Willis, "Memorial Addresses on the
Life and Character of Hugos, "Ma-
bel Clement" by Salles, "World Pat- ,
riots," by Johnston, "Famous Living
Americans' l>v Webb, "Heroes of the
Nation" hv Hah-, "Memoir of Ro-
bert E. Lee" by Long, "The story of
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La Fayette" by Codd, "New Biogra-
phical Dictionary" by Cassell, "True
stories and antidotes of Great Amer-
icans" by Everett, "Authentic Life
• >f William McKinley" by McClure A-
Morris, four books of "Plutarch's
Lives". "Theodore Roosevelt, the boy
and the man", by Morgan, "The
Rough Riders" by Roosevelt, and
Seventeen volumes by Abbot on the
"Lives of different men and women".
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Freshnvn boys have the advantage
on Christmas eve. Their socks are
strong enough usually to stand up
unaided in front of the fireplace.
HEADLIGHT
Testing Station
HAYNIE "SERVICE
STATION
Have your headlights tested and
adjusted [now and save time and
confusion when you get your new
license number
NOTICE: Be sure to bring your last year's
papers
ELMER'S ILLUSIONS
LETTERS FROM FRESHMEN
Dear Santa Claus:
1 am a little girl th~ The eighth
grade. I have been good and made
good grades so please don't forget
me. You may leave off the doll this
year and bring me a date book like
one
Lucille Fisher has.
Love,
La Verne
Bryson,
Dear Santa Claus:
1 won't ask for many things be-
cause the depression is on, but I do
want a red wagon to carry my books
to and from school. I also wish you
would remember my dear teachers.
Bring Miss Brannon a whistle, so
[| she can get a little attention in P.
E. class. Bring Mr. Dodson a hat so
I' he won't catch any more cold. Bring
Mr. Fowler a sporty red tie and a
pair of new socks and something to
hold them up. Bring Miss Jones a
|| green coloi pencil mistakes look
better marked in "green." Bring Mb •
II Anderson an extra supply Tif A'i and
B's we need more of them.
Your good boy,
Woody Conipton
Bear Santa Claus:
11 11. ar (lie Saint N ick :
I really want my present a bit
■nrly, but I've lwen hearing about n
football banquet. So if you icould
please make an emergency call I'd
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Standifer, R. E. & Standifer, Amy S. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1931, newspaper, December 17, 1931; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth206770/m1/4/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.