Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 1939 Page: 4 of 6
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. Jeanne.
That that u «h* Senior Athletic,
I |>< part men t-
! Thi- • exam week and of all tin*
wi k- 'i it to fall on, it had t«> he
Thank-giving week. I wonder if w
can i> Thuisday that we are "Thank
I ful" ; ?li giade- we made 1 hope
you iuw a good Thanksgiving din-
ner; t'u- -enioi class like* dinners with
tuikey. (That wa> a hint, in ca-c you
didn't catch.)
I BKSH M \N It KIM Mi I
I Fish «.\ mis started with ah explos-
ion rather than a hang when Mr.
Lano gave us our pop exam in math,
j Then were a lot of survivors left,
'even a few A's, so perhaps we're
learning aftei all.
Of couis'- the freshmen can't com-
plain hut we can wish and we wish
the gum-chewing sophs would change
their habits.
Seen at the game Friday night:
Plenty of iitange color.
Bobby S. giving a double order for
hot dogs and sodas.
The Bastrop Band playing away.
Betty Jean punching (ieraldine with
a question of "Who's got the ball?"
Betty looking for a certain some
jont
j Bobby Dodson finally getting a
I break and going in the game,
i B.>ntni and Virginia freezing with
an ice cold drink.
} Till next week this is you fresh-
man reporter signing off.
SOPHOMORE REPORT
Friday night saw u nunbei ol
heartbroken people leaving Erhard
Field. And it wasn't Snuthville. It
was Bastrop. But in spile of the fact
that we lost the game we're still
proud >f our boys. We won district,
j Smithville didn't.
Lovis, something very good mu t
have happened to you over the week-
end. You couldn't be that happy,
otherwise.
Jimmie is such a good littl boy
in hi- study halls that the study
hall keepers never have to say any-
thing to him. Wait— am I saying
that right' Oh, dear, I havt it in re-
verse. It's just the other way 'round.'
Gordon has a haul job getting
Dorothy Nell to go to Band Practici
What's the mattt r, Dot? Don't you
ikt your escort or th practice"'
i'em Talb<>t should tome out foi
debating. I've never seen anyone who
could out argue him yet.
Thursday is Thanksgiving and al-
so the IVxas \ \ M football iranu
1 wonder how many sophs will be
there to see that game'.' It promise-
to be v tod. We (I) hop,- Texas v\ ins
l.loyd Otiom has th. habit of coin
ing into English class just as every.!
one else has finished a t< st. Th n
the test is given all ovei again. We
then diseovci we've a question wrong
We lean ovei to see how our neigh-
bor is getting along just in time to
get caught. Dear, dear, all the trou-,
hie for nothing We had thi- question
right iM the fiist place. When the
papeis art graded we find that the
next one was wrong. If we'd been
just a little more careful we'd have j
gotten it nght. 1 can't understand'
why we didn't see it. That's light.
Out neighboi had it the same as we
tliti. Oh, well, here's one consolation.
They got it wrong, t«>o. After all, it-
all in a day's work.
Please, (iotl, give m< a haunted
house, complete with a ghost in every
loom, ideal in which to puik my
guests before the next vacation boom.
Now, within my thre« room flat my
guests infest its every nook, except.'
pi rhapt, the kitchenette, and. that.j
they leave, so I can cook.
"I'm soiry I haven't a dime." said
the lady a- she handed the corulu- j
tor a ten dollui bill
"Don't worry, madam." he replied
polit< ly. "You're going to have l'1." of
them in a couple of minutes."
"And now," asked th< teacher,
"will anyone givi me an example of
an indirect tax, please?"
"The dog tax." announced a pu.
pil.
"Why do y.,u term that an indiiec
tax ?"
"Because thi dog doesn't pa\ it
— Effie Davis
B WD. OKI M \ND Bl t.LE l'OKP<
SHOW I P \\ ELI- \ I \NNl \l
SMITHN 11.1.I B \STRoP
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Even though oui Bears lost ta
th" ir attempt to beat the Smithville ,
Tigers, our Band, Drum and Bugle
Corps made up for th< loss by playing ,
and matching unusually well On tin
field I' t ween halves, Smithville'-
Band and Pip Squad performed. Ot
coin se they received a big hantl fro l
the crowd there 6it as many
Smithville people present as then*
were Bastrop but you should hav
heard thi hand given out Drum an 1
Bugle Corps when tin > mau ln ti out
on the field, led by Dium Ma.iot \ >
liitiia Dodson and OUI three twiilers
Mary Sue Murchi-on, Barbara I .
I'ompkins, and Virginia Ray lltri
bard, all three of whom wen twirl
ing. not one. but two batons. D 1
they look grand'
thi \ will si i tht new musn also. L
have .-ecu m tin music to ht
worked on,
and tiu i i are some v^ry
g"Ot(
ueces in it.
Our twirlcs have bei
practicin;
on two-baton twirling foi quite i
time and you can tell by tin it | -i
fo< man, e that they hav, been wo k
ing hard In a hoi t while "-c h"i>e
have tlv best twirlcrs in this pai
of the state, and personally. I u
lieve we will have.
Out Band, though it didn't man
Friday night, played ex <■ il«-n11>
And now that football -a-on i-- ov« .
they will piay even betii-r, becaus*
now there won't be ucii a ru h t
work up new piece- and play them
for the football games Aftei --ix-
weeks tests this week, we a* settling
down t<> a smoother pace and we real
ly intend to "go place-" this yea
Out football boy- won themselvi - Un-
title of "District Champs" and 1>u:
Band is out fo. a title ju-' .t- lug'
They will get it, too wait and • '
Our Band and Bugle Corp- base
again been un ited to atti nd th, an
nual "Santa Claus Parade" in Austin
this yea It will take p|a< e >n T;t
day night, Devvmliei 12th and w<- will
attend it in full force
Next week we will -tart * k, - k*
on new music. Mr Hart -ta ted ttslay
sorting out and putting away "tir
"football music" and the next tiro
the band members s,.t. then foklvr-,
- igni ig off and 1 i. hoping you
parsed that Baiui test'
SPOKIS
.1 V\ tBiuksall and liinniie I rijfg
Well, the football season' « v^i
;,nd eveiyohi i.- -ad, especially tho
Beat Squad foi we 1"M t. Smithville,
,! game wanted to win. Our
• I.u q,1111 teI .a. k, William <Ch«ngo)
l oinpton. who led the Bt-ai to a dis
n n t championship w as unable to
plav alt tin gam- because of a leg
iniu v Wt at> all - 'iiy we i ouhln't
w fi tin game for hi- akt l.airy
Wright led the game whet Chong
wa- out Well, w« can't make a
niend- and we did havi a successful
easoit by tying fo the di 11 li t II-.
t' amp o!i-i'..| Hei e t ■ Bear
cpmo i •niptoi i.) B . Wugitl, B;
M ,r> B. < iiai B X Smith, B;
"i ui>r' I 111". B. Dod-m, B;
liandy. Billy < halnnis, Hughes, and
May nartl. I . H Smith, D So'th,
Stagne: and lander. Ta> k.es; «
I igg. .1. 1'iigg and Quicksall, guard*
and Tracy Chalmers, center.
We'ii looking forward to track
OF
' Saturday, Dec. 2 |l
♦ At i
Elkins S-I0-2S Store I
EDITORIAL
Sixteen bundled and twenty-one
marked the year of our first Tha'.i-. -
giving Day. Tnt autumn ciops had
been gathered and over the New-
England hills the coming of winter
ended a year of successful work for
the Pilgrims in the New World. They
had seen their share of periols and
hardships but still they found many-
things to be thankful for, so to show
their thankfulness to God for his
goodness, they prepared to have a
special time for their Thanksgiving.
The young men of the colony kill-
ed a number of wild turkeys in the
colorful land and their Indian friends
furnished them with an abundance
of venison. Other good food was pre-
pared by the wives and maidens •>{
the colony. Then for several days, in
their meeting house the Pilgrims held
their Thanksgiving services, which
were followed by feasting, games,
and k'H trials at shooting at a mark,
entered hy both the Whites and the
Indians.
Thus thi< liist Thanksgiving held
one year after the landing of the Pil-
grims in a land with bleak winds
blowing snow over the barren sands
was the beginning of our custom of
a yearly Thanksgiving.
Most of u.- are happily anticipat-
ing holiday with friends and loved
ones, but let us lemember why we
are celebrating Thanksgiving Day.
Do not foi get to be appreciative of
the many blessings which have been
bestowed upon you during the last
year. It would impress us more de-
finitely if we could relive the first
Thanksgiving but we can not, so let
u. remember it. Let us recall those
brave Pilgrims who were the foun-
dations of our great nation. Then
with these thoughts in our minds we
tan not help but lie thankful!
LITERARY COLUMN
MARY SUE MURCHTSON
NOVEMBER
William Cnllen Bryant
Yet one more smile, departing, distant
sun!
One mellowed smile through the
soft vapory air,
Ere, o'er the frozen earth, the loud
winds run,
Or snows are sifted o'er the
meadows bare.
One smile on the brown hills and
naked trees,
And the dark rocks whose summer
wreaths are cast,
And the blue gentian-flower, that, in
the breesc,
Nods lonely, of her beauteous race
the last.
Yet a few sunny days, in which the
bee
Shall murmur by the hedge that
skirts the way,
The ci icket chirp upon the ■ us set lea,
And man delight to lingei in th«
ray.
Yet one rich smile, and we will try
to bear
The piercing winter frost, and
winds and darkened air.
SENIOR INTERVIEW
B> Ann Morris
David Crawford was born in Bas-
trop on April 28, 11>23. He attended
school in Georgetown two years but
returned to join our class in the third
grade and since that time ha,- prov-
ed himself valuable to the class.
Those of us who ramcmbti David's
stamp collection can well understand
that his favorite hobby is -tamp-col.
lecting. He hasn't discovered a fav-
orite authoi and book yet but he i-
very definite in hi- foods, which are
lemon pie and fried spare ribs. He
likes dark hair and eyes and any-
thing that is royal blue. Although
David is good in all his subjects hi
thinks he likes commercial arithmetic
and Mr. Melton just a little better
than the others. David likes "An
Eighteenth Century Drawing Room"
better than any other piece of mu-
sic, especially when played by Guy
Lbmbardo.
David has served his school well.
When he was a freshman he wa.- our
Junior High School declaimer, and a
very good one, too. When a sopho-
more he played on the play ground
ball team. This year David is one ot
te lay-out men on the annual staff.
David makes good grades and is a
probable contestant for highest boy
in the senior class.
David is interested m Elect! ica)
Engineering and usually has a Mod-
ern Mechanics or some other -uc'n
magazine on his desk. (He enjoys
leading and makes generous use of
the library.)
Although David's favorite school
is A. &■ M. he hopes to study Electri-
cal Engineering at the University of
Texas. David is always busy and ha-
the characteristic of keeping on until
he gets what he wants so we know'
he will attain his goal in life.
THE SENIOR CLASS AS
ATHLETES
You are not discouraged about the
football game, are you? Well, we are
not. Those boys Jieally played a
grand game, it just happened that the
odds were against them. We are real-
ly pioud of our "star" senior play-
ers, William and Tracy. That was the
tenth and last game this season for
the seniors of 1939-40
Volley Ball players of Senior Class
—Girls: Joyce, Katherinc Dunkin,
Lois Fogle, Gertrude, Hazel Lee,
Inez Linder, Naomi Parten, Dorothy
Mae Schaefer, Maureen Wot-hl and
Loyce Kskew. Boys: WooUey Bar-
ron, Tracy Chalmors, William Comp-
ton, David Crawford, Eugene Wil-
kins and "Monkey" Owens.
Tennis—GirD: Jeanne, Ixiyce, Mar-
garet, Ann, and Mary Sue. Boys.
Eugene and William.
The Seniors are too old to piay on
the play ground ball team but a few
of them play soft ball in the sum-
mer.
I think that I may call band a
sport, In cause if you had to blow a
horn like we do you would tinder-
stand it take a- much wind for them
as it does to play a game. Those that
•tie in tht band are Woolsey, lyiyce,
Dorothy Mae, Ann, Gertrude, and
Margaret.
Drum and Bugle r'orps: Effie, Vir-
ginia Itay, Mnry Sue, Ann, Loyce, and
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 1939, newspaper, November 30, 1939; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth236731/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.