Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1941 Page: 3 of 4
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BASTROP ADVERTISER, BASTROP, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 5. 1941
BOAD AHEAD
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Old Man Texas is today
looking ahead and planning.
Beside the great farming and
ranching country which Tex-
ans have built, he sees a new
industrial empire here.
Already the start has been
made. Some industries, such
as petroleum, are now show-
ing what can be done to
utilize Texas' vast natural
resources. Today this indus-
try refines with Texas labor
over four-fifths as much oil
as the State produces. Its
\
products make up nearly one-
half of all Texas manufactur-
ing. Altogether petroleum
provides the living for al-
most one-sixth of our people.
But this is only a beginning.
Texas has many other raw
materials, uncxceeded by
any oth / State. Texas has in
oil and gas the cheap and de-
pendable fuel supply essen-
tial to industry. Texas is the
gateway to Latin America,
our new foreign market.
Each new industry means
more jobs. It makes added
SELECTIVE SERVICE
TO REPORT FOR Dl'T\ j
ON JI NE 11
'Hit' following named men have
been delected fo: induction by this
board.
They shall report to this Local
Board at Bastrop, Texas at 9:30 a.!
n>. on June 11, 1941; whereupon they
shall be sent to an induction station
of the I'nited States At my at Ft.
Sam Houston, Texas.
Clifford Hatch
Elmo Hawkins
McKinley Rector
Virgi! Ray Mclntyre
Herman Ma so Hill
Ralph Lee John-on
tax values for our State and
local governments, bigger
payrolls for our workers,
and greater prosperity for
\ou and every other Texan.
At ^ %
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Th,i Advert,iemrnl Paid toi by Variant Vnit% of Ifc* tnduitry +nd Sponsored by
TEXAS MID-CONTINENT OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION
CALLED FOR SERVICE
ON JUNE 16
The following named men havt
been selected for induction by this
board.
They shall report to this Local
Board at Bastrop. Texas, at 9:30 a
m. on June 16, 1941; whereupon they
shall be sent t an induction station
of tile I'nited States Army at Fort
Sam Houston, Texas.
James Oliver .Mitchell
Adwin Charles Penson
Robert Tarver
J. W. Washington
Dorother Kliott Matthews
Allie Lee Mitchell
General Page said that Texas leads
the Nation in numbtr and men furn-
ished the armed forces. It. addition to
the 29,704 men called under Selective
Service, Text's has more than 80,000
men—all volunteers—esiving in the
Army, Navy, Marine Corps. National
Guard and Coast Guard.
LONG-TERM LOANS
TO BUY FARMS TO
BE MADE BY FSA
Loans with which worthy tenant
farmers may buy family.size farms j
are again t<> be made in Bastr. p
County, according to an announce-1
men: received today from Phylom H.
Cox, Farm Security Administration j
supervisor.
For the third year. Bastrop Coun-
ty has been designated by Secretary
of Agriculture Claude R Wickard as ;
one in which this prog:am will oper-
ate. Loans which be:>r three percent
interest *'.nd are repayable over a
40-year period are to be made to
worthy tenants, sharecroppers, and
farm laborers to establish themsel-
ves on their own land.
"This program is very important
now that we are engaged in this de-
PAGE & CRIDER
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Cititens State Bank Building
BASTROP, TEXAS
fense work," Mr. Cox said "Owner-
ship of hind by people who farm it ta
a good defense against 'oreitrn "isnu'
p-s well as possible invading armies."
Loan applications may be had frott
the Farm Security office ioii'ted on
the set .'I'd floor of the Bastrop Coun-
ty Courthouse, Both white and ne-
£ro farmers are eligible for the*
loans.
iTEXAS LEADS IN M'.MBER
OF ME\ IN SERVICE
Stah Selc tive Service Headquar-
i ters today announced the Army's six-
' teenth and seventeenth calls on Tex-
j as* 3f>l local boards for 2,319 trainees
to be delivered for induction during
'the perio,{ June 11 through June I'l.
General .1. Watt Page, State Dir-
! ector, ::id that 214 negroes have been
• selected to mee the sivteenth call on
1 June 1!. and on the seventeenth call
] 2,105 white men will be inducted be-
' tween June 12 and June 19.
When these two calls have been
1 completed, Texas will have 29,704
J men in training under the Selective
Service Act. Texas is credited with
825,429 men registered last October,
' and the quota assigned by the War
Department for the first year of the
! program ending June 30 is approx.
imateiy 33,213 trainees.
FOR QUICK SALE!
AND MUST SELL!
In your vicinity—I" will sac-
rifice all, or any part of. 7-
piece living room group —
one refrigerator — dining
room suite—radio— wash-
ing machine—
And one nearly new sniali
size Spinet piano only 4
months old
Can arrange VERY easy
terms to responsible party.
In writing, please state which
article you are interested in.
MRS. R. T. JACKSON
Box 1940
San Antonio. 1 exas
ELITE BEAUTY SHOP
Soon to move to new location
Watch for opening date
Free Gifts will be Awarded
Installing water softener, new Permanent Wave machine, air
conditioning, Venetian bhnds.
"Our shop will be as new as our hair do«"
MRS. CLEO BR1GGS. Prop.
Phone 11
CEDAR CREEK NEWS
CEDAR CRKFK. June Mr. and
Mr- Vernon Scha« t'er and daughter
spent Sunday with Mrs. Schaefe/s
parents, Mr. n(j Mrs. O. F. Wumel.
Jake Voss a d daughter. Virginia
Merl of San Antonio >peiu Saturday
in Cedar Creek.
Mrs. Will V. Simmons arid daugh-
ter, Mary Margaret, Mrs. Glass and
Mrs. Mitchell of Si n Antonio spent
Sunday with their sister, Mrs H ''
Smith.
Miss Mary Frtncis Simmon* spent
Saturday in Bastrop.
Mr. and Mrs. Curli Nelson of
Palackts have returned t<> Cedar
Creek for a brief stay
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Wilson and
children. Annie Lee antj Henry of
Conroe are spending a few days in
Cedar Creek.
Guests in the home of Mr. a.id
Mrs. l ee Alexander during the week
were Mr. and Mrs Frank Alexan-
der of Talpa, Mr. and Mrs. Irie Wil-
liams and wins, Jimmy ami Morris
of Brady and Mrs. J. D. Hendrix of
Watterson.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Wallace of
Garfield were recent guests of Mr.
Mrs. C. B. .Speck.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy McConnell left
Monday for a visit in Houston. They
were accompanied by Mr*. Wallace
Wilson and daughter, Annie Lee.
Mr*. H. C Smith and Mrs. Arthur
P. Smith were Bastrop visitors Mon-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. <\ L. H.ndrix went
to Austin Friday.
Mr>. Lee Alexander went to Waf-
ternon Sunday.
Dan Smith went to Lockhart Sun-
day.
Mr. and Mr-. Dewey Turner went
to Bastrop Sat urday.
"IN THE CAR"
BATTERY RECHARGING
Fatri! Modern!
Saves You Time
foT any car
J. V. ASH MOTOR
COMPANY
Bantrop, TcaaP
Mrs. 0. F. Wamel went to Austin
Monday.
Mrs. Car! Nipps, Mr*. Will Nipps
and Miss F.ula Kir< of Austin spent
Monday with Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Litton.
RADIO St. HEdTTeTiF LYNDON
B. JOHNSON
Texas Quality
Over stations WFA
A P. P.. Worth; WO A
KPRC, Houston.
Date
Friday, June
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Satin day. June 21 ...
Monday, June 23
Tuesday, June 24
Wedne day, June 25 ..
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Fridry, June 27
Network
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Time
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M'DADE NEWS
McDade Cattleman Close*
$20,000 Deal With Oklahoma
Buyers
McDADE, June 5—Mr. W. H.
Joiner shipped a special train load o,'
400 cattle the fi st of the week which
he had sold to Chapman and Barn-
ard of Tulsa. Oklahoma at $50.(Ml a
heed. They were shipped to l-a Pryor,
Texas, and put v.n grass. A twenty
thousand dollar cattle dec I is some-
thing unusual for our little town
Mr. J. S. Kelton. who is in the
Memorial Hospital in Bastrop, is re-
reported improving. Several of bis
children have been with him during
the week. S. M. Kelton, of Ingram,
was here for several dayr, Mrs. G.
H Miller and Gus Jr., of Columbus,
were also with them.
Tim Bent Harris of South Texas,
was recently visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Harris.
Mrs. H.tta Rutherford Hfusler, of
Houston, was the (rues*, of her moth-
• r, Mrs. Tom Milton, during the
week. Sh. had been up in the pan-
handle at McLean to visit her grand,
mother, Mr-. Jt^ie Rl'/. her ford. and
aunts. Mr-. Jessie Fry and Mis
Julia Scarborough. Mi.-s Tornmie Lee
Milton returned home with htr for
a visit.
Mr. and Mr- Emery Dnngan an
annourw <ng the I irth c ' a wi-t. Emery
Darrell, Jr., on Saturday morning.
May 31. in Fleming h.< pital at El-1
gin. They are doing nicely.
Mr. an<j Mrs. Orvil Nix. of Fred-
ericksburg, were guests during t'nc
pest week of Mrs. Nix's mother, Mrs. j
W. J. K .we.
Mr. ar;d Mrs. C. A. Sanders are in j
Paris, T« xas, visiting their daugii- j
er. Mi-. John Burke and Mr. Burke
Mr and Mrs. Charleston Taylor,!
of Austin, returned home Sunday af-
ternoon, following a several -days vi-
-it with their patents, Mr. and Mrs. j
W. C. Taylor, Jr.
Terrell Hillman of Camp Bowie,
spent the week with Mr. and Mrs. S.
T. Hillman.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wolf and
children were in McDade Sunday,
visiting relatives.
Miss Olive Williams, of Palestine,
is heme for the summer vacation,
also Miss Florence Atkinson of Jas-,
per. is home with her mother, Mrs.
Yanke.
Mrs. Don Keeble and daughter of
Rogstown, are guests of her sister,
Mrs. Dee Barker, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Freeman and
daughters Returned home 'Saturday
afternoon from Blue, where they
were with Mr. and Mrs. Turner.
Mrs. Ix'iko and granddaughter,
Miss Wilimina Peters, of San An-
tonio, are here visiting friends. Mrc.
Leike will be remembered as Mrs.
Barbee.
There will be a dinner here on
June 28, election day. for the bent-
fit of the cemetery, the place to be
announced later. Keep the date in
mind and be sure to come out and
eat with the association.
Berniee Dungan was in Houston
, during the past week on business in-
terest of the McDade Pottery.
Mrs. Matt Hillman is in iSan Mar
cos for the first semester of SWTS
TC. M rs. Horace Stogner js in
Georgetown, attending Southwestern
University,
Mr. Richard Mundine of Taylor,
was a recent guest of his aunt, Mr-.
Lydia Mundine.
Mrs. Magdak.ia Sanders of Hous-
ton is here visiting her father, M .
Julius Kastner an<j her brothers and
sisters and families.
Mr. and Mr. A P. Williams and
son and Miss Jewell Hudler were in
Austin Friday.
Sam Allen of Agua Dulee. who has
been visiting hi* mother, Mrs. Ihn. v
Taylor and Mr, Tayli r, left for V>
h-. tne Friday
BREWED TO
TYPICAL TEXANS
p i
GOOD SPORTS
Good sportsman-
shi(> is their caril-
mjl rule, u hi ther
in the midst of a
flame or relaxing
between rounds.
Texaus I l.iy hard
and enjoy it
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&
THE t^eward OF
SVCCESSFIH. ACHIEVEMENT
Ke«« for iWc contest, assured of his sViW, a Te *n
plays his gtmc with wholeeoiwe vi^or — and relaaes
wH4i eoual •*•«. And, if he seelis My reward for hi«
Miccessful achievement, you'll prob«toty find him pot
t* g it in four familiar words: "Bottle of Pearl, please!"
ZJLS an ton io d^reivinu ^
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PHONE 4 3 b^STROP. TEXAS
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1941, newspaper, June 5, 1941; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth236809/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.