Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 1938 Page: 3 of 4
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bastrop ADVERTISER. BASTROP, TEXA TIM KShAV, MARCH !:• -
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BASTROP'S NEXT TRADE DAY
SATURDAY April 2, 1938
BIGGER AND BETTER EVERY MONTH
FREE
S50.OO
In Cash
APPLF EATING CONTEST
Open to boys and girls up to 14 year*
of age; separate- contests for white colored, ami
mexicans. Winners will receive prizes.
PLENTY OF FUN IN STORE FOR ALL
COLORED DANCE CONTEST
.Any c olored person may entri. men, wo
men, Iniys, and girls, regardless of aye Anv
-I'l )s will be acceptable. Winners will receive
prize:..
I I DDI I. ML SIC FURMSHI D FOR DAM V
CON I I .ST.
FREE
$50.00
In Cash
FREE
We Are Looking Forward To Seeing YOU In Bastrop On That Day
Trade with the Members of the Bastrop Trade Day Association listed below
B. A. F.LZNI R
RED & Wl I ITU STORE
BOOTH DRV GOODS CO.
MISS ROSALIE PERRY
WOIJ-S BARBER SHOP
I LAUTERSTEIN & SON
1. G. A. STORE
BUD DeCLANDON
ESKEW SERVICE STATION
BASTROP ADVERT 1SER
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
STRAND Tl IEATRE
FRANK GREEN
SCHAEFER'S MARKET
R. P. PERKINS
BASTROP OIL CO.
TEXAS POWER & LIGHT
B ASTROP MOTOR CO.
C. ERHARD & SON
COCA-COLA BOTE. CO.
BASTROP CAFE
CITIZENS STATE BANK
JOHN O. TURNER
S. J. ( IIIGGINS MA11KEI
A. N. WILLIS
BASS HODGES
ELK INS 5 -10-2 5c STORE
COCI IRAN GROCERY
BASTROP FURNITURE ( O.
! I IIASLER
FAIRMONT CREAMERY
J AS. P. WOOD
ROSANKY PERKINS
NX A. MAR I IN
Bastrop Hi-Life
EDITORAL
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tn« :ins
COl \H MKKT
i> county meet week. Thai
plenty 'if working over titm
on county meet event..*
Let'.- make county meet thi.* yea.
an enjoyalil' ev.nl of friendly rival-
ry. let'- not be -ports and blame
our lo.-- on urifnirnes:. Let'.- really
lave a gomi time heating everyone
• l-i , but if we lose, let's be good he
ers.
County meet mi ails a lot to this
-tu.bnt body Afte working hard
ill year op. some special event, wo
want badly to win. Outsiders can not
understand its meaning to every stu-
dent in school.
This year we will be off our home
gi outul. We will be visitor- in hlgoi
and Smithville l.et's be the right
mil .>f vi-itors, but let's «l" our be.-t
11 r
>i:\l( |{ BKI'OBT
The t.'ivies ela>s -eenieil to hav •
had a good time thi- morning vise,
in." the public water works, though
'hey <I||| get ia< k school a litt'e
,n early to please ni>st ot them.
\ ,,r iI I' tol l-'.ditioti • t the II
| i),. s( fin I" l>e taking i g eat ileal
f time It!i
v
my life at home remembering,'
{many similar statements have been
known to conn from Texan-.
| Why loam to tin four corners of th<*
I earth in search of splendor, beauty,
land fascinating sport'.' Right here in
j dear old Texas we have everything
that any other place can offer an I
more besides. What can be found a-
David: Ali Baba means being some- m""P the ruins "f R"mt' ,ha' (,ne
. * I . . r:. i il .1 ...n|| .4'
when { !>«• when the rrimc wa> c«>ti>
mitted.
|\KNTORS preceding them.
Catherine I).: Livingston was 1'oun i
missing for several years.
Nellie l.ee: A passive verb is one iti
which the subject is the sufferer,
such as, "He married her."
I.ewis C: The Australians are ve-y
fond of the boomerang which earn.**'
its young in a bag outside its stom-
ach.
Iiick: The diffeicnce between a
King and a President is that a Kinirjbodv cold at
is the -tin of his father while the |that were la
President isn't.
Mr On ; Jazz is a fashionable mu-
sic todjtv but -non, peopli say, we wi'l
11 t il' n to composer-.
not find within the battered walls • 1'
the Alamo? True those ancient pi'
w >1
Kenneth: Dialect is a languagi
• peal- just among fi lend -.
John Bennett: Qnartx is a numbi
"f pints.
Kthel: \ comma i-
falls ;nto.
what
lars and crumbling ruins could tell
man;, ai) interesting tale of <!•*• ds o)
bravery and valor. However the (Had.
in tors of Home now asleep four een-
tiii ies wen no braver, no truer, and
no more patriotic than were those
men who sacrificied their livse f ir
liberty on the blood-drenched fields
of the Alamo. What true Texan would
think of traveling hundreds, or even
thousands of miles to see foreign
beauty when he has never stood, and !
i'i silence felt a tremor leave his
the thought of the lives
luirn <-n- 1,1 nl down, to purchase hi
I freedom, in the Alamo. JTe Alamo
'has been called "The Shrine of Texas
Liberty" will does it deserve that
name.
it your one desire i to scale moun-
tain peaks, don't go to Kurope to do j
it. We have mountain', beautiful on..",'
right lu re at homi We alv have large '
t it ies in which you an find shon-
i .--filing exact reprodiie: ion of Pa1 i
, , inc.dels, and the pri • are almost a-
i medium !, , ,
ilugh. I'o your -Tipping at home Se
Mr Zinn: Sinister mean.-
who ha n't married.
woman go e
Texas has
we hope it will be be-
"el than ever III tore (tl e wish of
> vt i \ Sr nioi cla.-s i
vip! \ Ip' II ioray! County meet|
Friday. The old school is going •• j
round in a liu//' l ake, for instanc •; j
Mildred Stagnet I mil exteniporan
• mi ipetkVT', I'ranees William-.
.--av write ; ind the Smith "broth
eis", lb bale, our - pel b i and oni
wonderful volley ball 'earn. We won.
der if they will have any haii lett
.• ft r county rtieet i ovei ?
\ hint t<! ti e wis. is nffi- iellt. I
\ou -' e s,,m. one siai ing around v
the tudy hall, acting a it he iliiln
know which way was up. hewn;'
he's a victim of sp: ing (and maybe
the ilipsii doodle alsoi. But Wfl (61
lot's love pring. It's ju t 'hat vv
M Perkills; A s.-uiptoi is a pe;
mi a ho make face and bust s.
Mary p.-arl (The great artist)
Ktchiug i— a ticklish feeling.
Paradise i what happens
' youi arm titf, to .|Uote
i Smit h.
I
i 'oacli I !■ N il (i. n'i -ave.
country likt Join of Arc saved
Inn 11 > '1:,VI n't burned him
A lie* : Belle is the feminine
gong,
IN THE~RANKS
h
''rati'
el.
'II).- cool ni rning breezes il'scovi
aM> special reason f..i a' mi band reheat sing on the -eho
ing in li e gloamy old building when Ihouse lawn. The soft (oh. yeah!)
we had much rather be where w • •ain of "Morning Prayer" are waft
, 11Id cent all fra::ranee of th< owly upward to the unfor'unati
-]()VVf,,s who must remain in study hall frot.i
•prmg
And thus we clos
lauv to all onlookers
.vh< n you will hear
I>eloVed elli'e s.
■ the
unl il
Senior v;i
next we.-k
again ftoin "o-i.
Hl-LAFFS
I he to
:'l "II .III
owing
rent li
In History I o,
Who held up
Slu : rmany,
\! • m I-
I llis
"i y
w a
em;, rk • wen
II I elpap.
I .oni Wri-'ht
tak.
s .,, S
But the live - lures are smootlii-i"
■ ill the mart !i. s ai e pepping up
( iikI all g " comparatively well, Kvcn
\Ir. 1'i i has stopped fussing. I ■ Hi
th. p i : i i i''
Van should h< ar oui drummei .
Since t' • ii t >: P 'I 'ci.liart ! hey ha e
i ..!Iy been pi act icinn t but ha ■
in ;i1 '..'.Mid. i I wondi
M . 11 r • ha taken a v. ay all > >• 11 n
n . v ■ pt what we are going to ii -e
ll the i o||ti t. lie -s; y it - be. ail- "
in w we'll practic. th. contest mil -1-,
,i we practice at all.
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LITERARY COLUMN
what Texas has t" off. i before y
elsewhere.
beautiful forests, p> i
hap- not infested with savage bea-' .
but just a- beautiful as tl os. of oth.--
lands.
(io to visit our state capital n
\ list in and see the most beautiful
the houses of staie gov. t'liniell! I'
when is the only stale capital built f •
aim live stum. T.-xans should
I proud of it.
If you have a passion for or li.i' '
and beautiful blooming trees of at.
kinds, don't board a train or p'm
foi ("alifornia. go to the Bio <ii.-11• • • •
nf valley. Tie citrus orchard- of r■ i
fornia have nothi „ on those of T. •<.
1 a.'.
I T drift nllv in the gondolas < t
Venice, is, 'o some, entirely i|i -1 la I
If that i- the case why im; tak- i
|canoe and sail down one of the |'e\ 1
• iver . In neat I t h.< mo e..v« i
branches of tow. ring, gigantic
and elms. The dreamei may id
paradise along the flown ■■dr«mri
ver iianks. or the rolling, elm-, i !
eil hills of Texas.
Can you think of any typ. of b. <■
t" or s'i|eii(|i r that any other pla
l as that Texas has not. We find I ■
artistic temples in Texas mi.-Ii i - ill • •
of ('hii a and Japan, but what f
eld, desetted missions. Th. v I' • 1
as much to patriotic Ti xav
those temples to the peopb of tin I .
I.a ', I h 11 i,.^ stone wai-
II ■ red lexas pioneers from mwii
dia■ i att. ek and from >mc • y a-
j M. \;, ' Many of !hi m hav • •
.d deaths, tragic death of in hi
What of our parks, and ph i "
at " \ • they not Mist •, i,|,
eituipp. d as are the pla' gr n .l
I "reign land- and of «>t 1 r -'a'
Ksk< \s and Mary Sue Murchis<>u
playing Junior.
We would like to know what Wilma
did over the week end, and we wnndci
if -he is still spoiling that lovely
watch B. F. gave lur.
I'M Martin c rlainly is .piiet today
Wa- the last day or two too much for
you, Kd?
By the way. wl •> was the cute little
Me I bide girl with vou Sa'iunlav. Mon-
key ?
Kvelyn (^ottle is still wearing i*
ring with J. B. B. for the initials.
The ball team is glad to have Dor-
othy Mae Schaefer and I.oyce Kske\>
practicing with them again.
V irginia Ray Hubbard's looks and
actions tell us something unpleasant
has happened. What can it be Vir-
ginia ?
What's fhe matter, John. Did yo\
eat too much at the 1 ion's l Tub nice -
ing in Smithville Friday?
If you are bored with th.is report,
ask the regular reporter to write it.
TEN MS COl'XTY MKKT
On Saturday, Marcl' IS, the first
. vent of our annual county meet io.ik
place in Smithville. Elgin, Smithvilh-,
Paigi and Bastrop each entered eight
teams in tins c'litest. These diffe .
nt teams played from nine o'clo 'k
until it was no longer possible t >
s e. the balls.
In this pint of tin county meet HI
gin ranked fiist, having seven out >t
tl eir light entric- in the finals. Ba-
trop ranked second with fivi out of
their eight entries n the finals
Smithville and Paige had two entries
each in the finals. Two matches have
not been completed. Senior boys sin-
gles between Ba trop and Klgin, and
Junior boys singles between Smitr
\;lh ..nd Klgin will lie completed din-
ing this week.
First place winners for Bastrop
we:c Mary Sue Murchison and Mary
Ann Chalmers at Junior doubles an I
l.oyce Kskew at Junior singles. Wil-
liam Compton is still in a battle for
senior -ingles.
Second place winners for Bastrop
were Jelly Steymatin and Billy Mur
chison senior doubles and ,largaret
Powell at senior singles.
Play, rs who were loyal to Bastrop
in their fight for victory were Billy
Mhvnanl and Bobby I)odson at Jun-
ior doubles, I arry Wright at Juni..,'
"""■)• s and Vup AI- rri • id Mary
I'illen Peterson at senior doubles.
A'l participants in these even';
fought loyally for Bastrop High and
j -u. . ceded in makinit the school proud
I ..f them.
candid \ rat
We can supply you with all types
of Campaign Printing, with Union
Seal on same. See us first.
THK BASTKOP AI'VKHTISKR
Don't Neglect Them 1
Knturft I the k dnryt to do ft
marv l<Mia job Th< lr taiK • to k**«p tbft
flowing bldoH tttr«*trn (re# of in firm of
t( xlr impuriton The net of living—lift
itttlj it coriitantly prorlurirg waati
matter thn h l III m ovft from
th* Mood if $,•' <! health 1^ *o endurt.
When the ktdne>4 fa-1 to funrtlon Ml
Nature Intended, Uteri* n retention of
waate th*t may «auae hody-wide di*-
treaa One may wufTer nafKing harUaeba.
peraiatent lioudat-hr, attark«< of dUsmaoa,
retting up mghtn, awrlling, pu^naai
undar th^ ey«t—feel tired, otrvoiM. ai/
worn out.
Frequent, aranty or i. jrntng rawagaft
may be further evidence of Kidney or
Madder dlaturhane**
The rerogf.i/.i d and prnn r trr atmenl
!■ a diuretic n «dicirie to help • h« •(* Irieys
uet rid of e.\c< ««n potnonoi.a b« !
I'w Ucin'i /' 11$. They hav • h > more
than forty yeara of public appf- Ar«
er.UorM'd tre country I aiat oft
PiHtn'f Sold «t nil tlrug iito«ia.
Dinner is in . . .
'I tirw P M ml moilict has |u*t [ila<nt
iki ilinm-f in h. t tledrii cool n Sh.
h * t four pound ro.iM and ihrcc vcgi-
mhU-s in iht- cooker Slit- started the
tiMikrr pre-htatin^ at nvcniy minutes
<i( three, she- svill now leave n on hi^li
hem twenty minutes lungrr The-rc svas
re-ally little work to ^rtiing ihis nie.it
in thr cookrr
Mother is free ...
MotlurS uwirig dub mnt\ ^t > M>, so
the dieiscs and prepares it# Itavt iht
houv with .1 free mint! Then in not
tin slightest dati| tr of lu< front tin
t Itttrie tookir C.tit to low lu-.o it will
not burn her foot!, e\cn if slie wire
an hour r so l.oer than In r usual din
tut bout Antl, sin knows her meal will
' < delicious!) pleasing to her f.innl)
I Ins, she litis, s rial freedom Iruin
itilun t.ifts
Dinner is
Ready to Serve .. .
\t .i ftw mintiits r, utnthir uturns
borne Sbt is unhurritd \\ itboul ihan^;
nig tlofhes (slipping on ni apron) sin
Mis ibe tabh unl at I s Dinrnr is
rvnl1 Anil what a tleluions dinner
I asty All tlu food i.tbit • t on us and
>t) t(ablis tttaiiud ft ullboilu <| flavor
* fiat bfought exclamaiiom «if delight
from the f.imiK Motlu i ss.is h.i|-| ■, Su
is esrry moiliei «ho uK.ks ele-ii.ieilly
thr c-.onoiiiie >1 <-!*..ttis. i«">ki.r \v.,,
li losts approximately one .. i r
' 1 to I.iok in a.- cleurie looke-r
111 Bio|o';\
i ;«t a I I'll I -
oeeiallv i"
Mary Sia
a musical
•spain.
-av
in-
tim<"r
In Civic - 11 a n piles t •
K t|i.. Pre in ii ■ i ilii'-i wl". if I'ii iat.'
II. : I I . un.lertalsi i
In F.ngli-h I Horothj I -ays:
letter- in -loping type are in
tot ies."
'In
.in.- lion
•ril
iy
ilii with. I
and
\ not li. r 11 istory
Sihiige'- answer:
Socrati ilietl f on an .vennim
\\ 1'illock. i Phibabl> vcr\ fnriiv if ym
know what he realh
I,, lien, ral Science Coehmn replie-
The Tiopic "l* Comer i- a vt ry ran
ili-ea-e
From \ai ion da come tl . fo"
lowing with the mum f treir IN
'I I I IA \> I IB
M iIII11 il Slagnei
>'e| why .1
ot her laii'l
f
"I li. I'm . thi ille.I'",
I'.le say, "I'm going
anil -ee all thr itit< i • ting sight
there. Then I'm noing ori to New
'l oak \lv greate-t ambition i to loo'
the Statu, of Liberty full in th.
fin i
• >thi i - a1, bent on seeing the
leaning tower of Pi n, "-kiiiig in t
\11 ~. oi buying smart hat- in t'n
,|-ops of Paris. The fogs of Lomloii,
ami the splendor of Kome tascinat ■
• .me, while many long to tramp
through the dark, rlamp, jungles whi. 'i
harbor tin man i atei-.
"When I I ave ~i en the "Hall of M ii
iti s" at Vei'iaillts. anil have ga/.e i
upon the Totom Pole- of Inilia, !
tile, il tin y are
st in g. ing to
|our vacat ion-.
I In fait what can be
:where else that cannot be
I '• \a- ' I. \ a . tai ■ own <!e,r
I n'l ha e'ervthiliL1 ' ;r 4
\\ a liing: >" want The only iliffi'.
II at every!hiiur in Ti \a- i■ V.r
better than the ame thinu.--. '
othe.- place.
tio""' to abroa I for yotp •,].
See T( xa fir<t'
mill
Si IPIICMOI.'K in P( I|{ I
If this i-n't a blue Montla-
to -ee one becau-e thu one-
ai'Pti t half iisleen are ilr. ami'
another week etui tha' ha- pa
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II1HI hints silling ele.ltii.il lllinus,
.mil .ii < leiliK.il ilc.ilers .uul eonirae-
lens Priei's an- low ami their
sersiiv is IhvoiiiI measure.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 1938, newspaper, March 24, 1938; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth206949/m1/3/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.