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GREETINGS
May the New Year bring to
each one of you atrenffth,
courage, and a freedom safe
from tryanny and injustice,
that we may face the future
unafraid.
JOHN O. TURNER
"Quality at a Fair Price"
EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR
BASTROP ADVERTISER, BASTROP, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY I, 1942
NUMBER 41
MAIN STREET
OBSERVATIONS
BY PfTI SHADY
Adolph promised his folks that he
would eat tfiristmas dinner in War-
saw, but he didn't. We dont believe
Joe's boys will reach Berlin in time
for the New Year celebration, but wo
are fervently praying that they will
be there to spend our Easter Sunday.
We have never been over-enthus-
iaatically in favor of foreign mission-
aries, but if the Russian army should
be in Berlin on Easter Sunday 1942,
we would favo- all the Christians go-
ing over and having a real old-faah-
ioned Abe Mulkey union revival.
Would be a happy sight to see Joe
Stalin being immersed into the hard-
shell Baptist Churc*h.
It is indeed a little old world when
the Prime Minister of England flies,
over for a Christmas chat. What we
are hoping right now is that the
world doesn't get so little that those
damb Japs fly over here for a little
New Year bombing.
Our selection for number one com-
mentary phrase of recent date got;*
U> H. V. Kialtenborn when he refer-
red to those German generals who
flew to Ireland and interned them-
pelves voluntarily as "just some mo'e
rats fleeing- a sinking ship."
We never did like oven to envision
anyone abusing a dog, but when we
consider Hitler a mad dog, it puts
altogether a different picture in our
over-developed imagination. As for
instance Jack Benny caused us to al-
most explode with mirth when lit
impersonated our most detested mad
dog being chased by a bear.
Then 1ho best parlor joke we have
heard recently has to do with that
business man over in the islands ad-
vertising for a 'hundred new custom-
ers and specifying that ninety -nine
of them must lie Japs. Didn't seem
funny until he said be was a morti-
••ian.
This thing now reminds us of th«
old joke about the fellow who went
fishing, and the wild ducks swarmed
all over him. Then he went duck
bunting, and the goggle-eyes kept
getting in bis wading boots. We want
to kill t'he Japs, and are quite sur--
ultimately that we will kill all of
them, but right now we are duck-
hunting with a can of worms and a
Georgia cane.
PETE 'SHADY
BOY SCOUTS TO
COLLECT OLD
"REMEMBER
PEARL HARBOR"
MRS. W. E. MAYINARD, editor
(Under this head each week will
appear concise statement* of the
major war developments from day
to day. This information may lw
clipped and filed as a resume of
World War II.)
Wednesday, Dec. 24—Labor and
management have agreed to ban
strikes and lockouts and settle dis-
putes peacefully for the duration . . .
The commission to inveatage the
failure to be alert at Pearl Harbor
arrived in Honolulu to begin investi-
gation . . . Federal control of the pe-
troleum production was initiated to
be continued for the duration . . . The
fate of the Marine garrison on Wake
Island still uncertain . . . Dutch Naval
aircraft reported attacking Japanese
invaders of the Davao Harbor of the
Philippine. Sharp fightig continues on
northern Luzon. Attacks by Japanese
on the eastern shore of the Gulf of
lingayen increasing in intensity . . .
A unified allied drive in the Pacific
being mapped by Roosevelt and Chur-
chill . . . The Japanese made three
more attacks on U. S. shipping . . .
The British line still holding firm a-
bout 30o miles north of Sinapore .
The defenders of Hong Kong still
fighting valiently destroyed two Jap-
anese transports and a tanker re-
ported sung by Dutch . . . The Red
Army have forced the Nazi back ove1*
the Volkhov river about fifty miles
southeast cf Leningrad.
PAPERS
The Hoy (Scouts will collect waste]
!<aper and old newspapers and mag-1
azines each Monday afternr on from!
4 to 6 o'clock.
They request that all waste paper
i>e placed in boxes, and the otihoi
papers tied in bundles and placed in
view <>n the front porches or in the i
yards, so that the boys can see them j
Ufl the truck parses.
The Scouts will sell {.be paper, and
with the income, expect to finance j
badly needed equipment for the re-
cently organized and chartered group,:
REGISTRATION OF CIVIL
DEFENSE WORKERS
The office of the County Judg",
• * tinn as County Defense C ordin.i-
t r, is delivering to the three in-
corporated towns in llastrop Count'.-
Volunteer Enrollment Card's for the
registration of all civil defense work-
rs in the county.
iKVery person regardless of occupa-
tion has k me time which can. be rte,
voted to ' ssisting our Government in
this the time of it<- greatest need.
Tiaining will be offered in the fol-
lowing fields: First Aid, Auxiliary
Nursing, Motor Transport, Office
Work. Communications. Diet and Can-
teen, Emergency Services, Fire Do-
furwe, Air Raid Warden, Fire Wat-
chers, and Rescue Squad.
Other fields will be offered at a l i-
ter date.
Bach person who registers will
have the choice of being assigned to
•he training they desire.
In registering you are requested to
rive your mnrilnl status, /lumber of
•hildren. education, anre, vision, hear-
ng, skill, special interest and hob-
hies, time most convenient to work,
etc.
It is the duty of every person to of-
fer his or her rervices and each per-
son should register at once at the
places designated in each town.
There is an immediate need fo.
volunteer workers who can assist, in
:.he registration and nil who cm as-
' ,,;t are renuestert to immediately get
n touch with your Mayor or f'ham-
•m r of Commerce Secretary and hi
ssicned.
Kverv patriotic persov i n->w !>«?-
iig called t> the colors every person
c called to volunteer.
Thursday, Dec. 25—Roosevelt and
Churchill stressed in their Christma.;
Eve speeches the brotherhood of man
and the fact that it would be preserv
ed . . . A J'ap submarine torpedoed but
did not sink a freighter off California
coast . . . The documents, tfhc Constitu-
tion, the Declaration of Independence,
the reproduction of the Magna Car-
ter, and the Gutenberg Bible have
been placed in a secure place for the
duration . . . The marines on Wake
Island finally have succumbed aftei
fourteen days of defense that will
long be remembered in U. S. history
. . . Another freighter sunk off Wes-
tern Coast . . . Bitter fighting is in
progress in the Lingayen and Atimon-
an sectors about 125 miles north ar.d
west of Manila the fight is definitely
on for Manila • . . The Japanese have
launched three new drives against
China, but were pushed back on two
fronts. American airmen shot down (?
Japanese planes over the Burma road
. . . The Dutch sunk three Japane.se
transports and a tanker off Borneo
and had destroyed the entire fleet
which had attacked Miri . . . The Brit-
ish were still fighting on at Hong
Kong in spite of the hopelessness of
their situation . . . The British have
apparently fought the Japs to a
standstill in 'heir advance or. to <Sina-
port . . Goebbels the propaganda
minister of Germany have appealed
openly to Germans in other countries
to stay at their posts and do all they
can in secret for Germany.
Friday, Dec. 27—The Japanese ar.j
pressing on toward Manila. Th«i
port of Baguio criven up . . . Chur-
chill addressed the Congiess of the
U. S. today piven the American peo-
ple a glimpse of what he sees in the
future—f r us as a united people
fighti: jr for freed >m and our ultim-
ate victory . . . The vital port of Ben-
gasi in I ibya taken by the British . .
Honft Kong has fallen to the Japan,
ese . . . The barefoot Sarawak troops
nre fighting desnerately for their
capital city of Kuchinjr 47f> miles
from Sinapore. . . The British are r?-
p rted to have stopped thp. Japanese
drive southward on the Malayan Pen.
insula in the Green Hell jungle . . .
An American army bomber sunk an
enemy submarine off the western
coast . . . The Red Army of Russia
is reported to have recaptured 50
villages in the Knilnin.
Sunday, Dec. 28—War ?rtratef:y
conference were held in Washington
with all countries fighting the Axis
and also with the German occupied
nations of Norway, Denmark and Hel-
gium . . . Bombs were rained down
on Manila after it hnd been declared
an open city . . . The report from tho
U. S. and Dutch army, Navy and air
is that 26 Japanese merchant vessels
have been sunk or heavily damaged.
Japan boasted that she had control
of four ocean;.
A VICTORIOUS NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL
The nation will welcome in the New Year in quiet medita-
tion, following the President's proclamation designating
New Year's Day as a day of prayer for the nation during
the coming year. Services will be held during the day at
the local churches and every man, woman and child in
Bastrop is urged to set a few minutes aside on this day for
meditation and to ask God for guidance and strength in
the days to come.
V
T. P. HAYNIE TAKES AGENCY
FOR BURRUS FEEDS
Tom Powell Haynie has taken over
the agency for Burrus Feeds in Bas-
trop. He will handle a complete line
of Burrus feeds and products of all
kinds.
P.T.A. TO MEET MONDAY
The Bastrop Parent-Teacher Assoc-
iation will hold its regular montJh'y
meeting on Monday afternoon at 1
o'clock, at the home of the presiden ,
Mrs. C. B. Maynard.
Everyone is cordially urged to be
present.
Monday, December 29—-Stalin and
Anthony Fden have finished a two
week conference. Their talks coincid-
ed with those of Roosevelt and Chur-
chill. The four statesmen kept in con-
'ant touch with each other, produc-
ing an effect of i preat unity of
policy, directing nt the final defeat
of Hitlerism and lookinp toward re-
construction of the post war world . .j
Manila again underwent a terrifii ;
lx>r>hinrr. The .Tnpitneto are 03 milt s ;
U. the east, of Manila and a 100 miles,
r.wny on the nort.h The Japanese are
landing reinforcements in large num-
bers near Damortis on Lingayen Gulf
. . . The Japanese began their first
attempted invasion of the Nether-
lands East Indies. They landed para-
chute troops attempting to seize the
strategic Mcdan airport . . . Malay's
spirits were lightened by return of
the R.A.F. to the offensive. The R.A.
F. destroyed at least ten enemy plan-
es as they blasted the Patani air-
drome in northwest Malaya- They al
so beat off the Japanese at a ferry
crossing over the Perak River about
fifteen miles southwest of Ipoh . . .
Units of the R. A. P. and Free French
bombers attacked Tripoli and Zuara.
The Rritish are constantly assaulting
the Germans at Agedabia . . . The
Russians assaulted German divisio'i
composed of youths, 17 and 18 years
of age. They dropped their arms and
fled from the Kalinin sector 95 miles
nforth west of Moscow.
PLANS FOR SOLDIER
RECREATION TO
BE FORMED
There will be a county-wide meet-
ing under the direction of the state
recreational director of the WPA
held at the court house here on Wed-
nesday afternoon, January 7, at 3
o'clock, for the purp se of unifying
and making county-wide plains for the
entertainment and recreation of the
soldiers, according to County Judge
C. B. Maynard.
All school superintendents, repre-
sentatives of I'.T.A. groups and social
clubs, preachers, and others interested
from Bastrop, Smithville and Elgin
are urged t*> be present, so that this
work may be started immediately,
and the necessary funds, obtainable
partly through federal aid, may be
applied for.
Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1941—The last
report from the 400 marines on Wake
Island was: "Dec. 22, The Issue is in
doubt. The Japanese are apparent-
ly trying to out flank U. S. troops
'holding the Luzon battle lines R.">
miles north and 50 miles south oi
Manila in their attack on the Island
of Correpridor. This island guards
the entrance to Manila Bay . . . Ne-
therlands East Indies bombs hit an-
other Jap transport off Miri, Sara-
wak. The Japanese tombed Mednn on
Sumatra across the Malacca straits
from British Malaya . . . The official
Chinese sources reported that U. S
flyers h d downed 26 Japanese plane,
at Rangoon, Burma . . . The Japanesv-
'•ave penetrated south of Ipoh in wes-
tern Malaya. Kuching capital of Sara-
wak on the island of Borneo ha*
fnlten to the Japanese. This is 47">
miles east of Singapore ... On the
Malayan pen nsula the fighting is
heaviest in Perak state above the
Perak river. This is about 290 miles
north of Sineapore. The R. A. F
bombed the Japanese air base nt
Sungei Pa tan t an left files burnintr
in t'heir wake . . , The British mobi'.'
columns drawing tthe noose around
the Axis forces at Acodabia This is
^0 miles south of Bengali in L'bva.
This is preparatory to the knockout
b'ow at Cirenacia . . . The Russians
declared that Moscow and Tula 100
-;lr>s S'lith have been freed of the
d"n«'cr ( f Germs.™ capture. New
> ai s 'n 'he Kalinin sector also re-
ported by Red Armp.
NOTICE TO ANNUAL MEETING
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of The Fir*t National
Hank of Bastrop, Texas wiil be held
in their banking rooms in the town
of Bastrop on Tuesday afteraoton,
Ji-nuary 13th. 1912 at 3 o'clock P.M.
for the purpose of electing a board
• f directors for tJi•> ensuing year and
the transaction <*f atfiy other business
thrt may properly come before said
meeting.
H. G. GRIESENBECK, Cashier
39-4
WORDS COME FROM "AT HOLTS
IN AUSTRALIA
A cable to Dr. and Mrs. J. Gordon
Bryson Wednesday morning from Pat
:i rvl 141 Verne Holt, stated that all was
well, and that they would likely tc
home in January. The cable came
from Brisbane, Australia.
Pat and LaVerne Bryson, wh> have
been editing the column in the Ad-
vertiser on Australia, have been in
(Melbourne, Australia, where Mr. Ilo!t
held a position cm the Melboumo He. •
aid, since last summer. This is the
first message receive! from thorn
since the outbreak of the war on
December 7th.
NOTICE TO ANNUAL MEETING
To the stockholders of Citisens
Sta'te Bank of Bastrop.
The regular annual meeting of th«
stockho'ders of Citizens State Bank
f Bastrop will be held at the bank-
ing rooms of said bank in the town
of Bastrop on Tuesday. Jantv.ry 13.
1942. at 3 p. m. for the nurnose of
electing Directors of said bvtk and
transacting such o'.her business as
may come before the m <ti"g.
PAUL D. PAGF, President
40-3
RAPID CHANGES
TAKING PUCE
ON MAIN STREET
Rapid changes along Main Street
ore taking place this week, both by
local merchants ui.d newcomers, in
anticipation of the construction of the
Army Camp.
Among them is the rebuilding of
the old Olive building, to be occupied
by Joseph's Man Shop in the near fu-
ture.
iNcuman Bros, firm is rebuilding
the interior of the store recently pur-
chased from M. A. Prokop and Sun.
They are also putting in a dry goods
store across the street, in the building
adjoining the IGA Grocery.
Harrp Erhard is enlarging the in-
terior of the C. Erhard and Son Drug
Store.
A parking lot on the vacant lot just
north of Elaner Corner is under con-
struction by Alex Waugh.
Mrs. Lizzie Owens has sold the lot
just east of her Hamburger Stand on
Highway 71, near the Tailroad.
Lautelutein's is planning on an ex-
tension of their present location to'
include a floor space forty feet long-
er than the space they occupy now, |
to accommodate the extensive add: j
tional stock they plan to add.
BASTROP STORES TO
CLOSE THURSDAY
The Bastrop stores will be
closed all day on Thursday.
January I, as has been the
custom for many years, ac-
cording to the holiday com
mittee of the Bastrop Cham- j
ber of Commerce.
DRIVER OF AUSTIN LAUNDRY
TRUCK DIES SUNDAY
Funeral services were held at the j
Thurlow Weed Funeral Homo at 31
o'clock Monday afternoon for Melvin j
L. Hewatt, 47, whose death occurred
suddenly at a hospital in Austin Sun-
day. Rev. S. G. Posey, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, officiated, and
burial was in Austin Memorial Park.
Mr. Hewatt had lived in Austin for
the past ten years, and been associat-
ed with the Austin I-aundry for eight
years. He visited Bastrop twice week-
ly. for the Austin Laundry, and had
made many friends here.
Survivors nre his widow, three sis-
ters, Mrs. Rose Evans and Mi-s Birdie
Hewatt, both of Smithville, and Mrs.
Ruby Mahan of San Antonio; three
brothers, J. II. and L. E. Hewatt, both
of Smithville, and W. A. Hewatt of
Eagle Pass.
COUNTY FEDERATION OF
WOMEN'S CLUBS TO MEET
JANUARY 10TII
The Bastrop County Federation of
Women's Clubs will hold their an-
nual mid-winter meeting in Bastrop
on Saturday afternoon, January 10,
at 2 o'clock, according to Mrs. B. H.
Smith of Cedar Creek, president.
The program will appear next
week.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR
MRS. FOWLER
Funeral services are being held
this, Wednesda afternoon, at 2 o'clock
from the Methodist Church for Mri.
N. G. Fowler, who died Monday night
in Houston.
The body was brought to Bastrop at
t o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Fowler was a resident of Bas-
j trop for many years preceding the
j death of her husband, Dr. N. G. Fow-
ler. She was a sister of Mrs. W. J.
Miley of Bastrop.
A more extended obituary will ap
pear next week.
EDWIN ITTZWILLIAM UNDER.
GOES OPERATION
Edwin Fitzwilliam underwent a
; serious operation this, Wednesday,
i morning at the John Sealy Hospital
; in Galvost n. Latest reports obtained
I stated the operation to be an appar-
ent success.
Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Miss Nell Fitz-
, william and Mrs Emmett Carter are
I with him.
W F. TRIRHLE PASSES AWAY IN
SAN MARCOS
W. F. 'fribble, long-time resident
of Bastrop, passed away at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. R. M. Petitt, !u
San Marcos about noon Tuesdny.
Funeral service* were held this af-
ternoon, Wednofxiay, from the Baptist
Church at 2:30 o'clock.
A more extended obituary will ap-
pear next week.
i CALVARY I'PISCOPAL CHURCH
i Services for January 1:
9 30 a. m.. Holy Communion anu
(Vapors for the nation !n response to
the President's Prod m.ation.
I Servi es for Senday, Jan. I:
!>:!" a. m.. Church School
11:00 a. m.. Service and Sermon
7:30 p. m., Evening Prayer an i
Sermon
PICKED UP
One of the most interesting and
appropriate outdoor decorations that
came to our attention during the holi-
days was the miniature Calvary
Church located on the lawn of tho
Joe Brooks' home.
Complete in every detail, the lit-
tle church, topped with its tiny bel-
frey and cross, was painted to sim-
ulate the brick walls of its modeL
the Calvary Episcopal Church, and
its windows made like the original'*
stained glass windows.
To further typify the spirit of the
season, Christmas carols and other
bits of appropriate music were pla>-
ed inside the tiny church during ths
twilight hour.
Bastrop Advertiser,
Bastrop, Texas.
Gentlemen:
I am taking the privilege of en-
closing to you herewith a New Year's
resolution written by my friend,
Samuel Rosingrer, of Beaumont, which
appeared in -the local Rotarian some
years ago. I think it contains some
fine thoughts and suggestions and
oupht to be a koo,| basis for some re-
solutions that need to be made this
coming New Year.
I thought perhaps you would like
to carry it in your papers.
With every good wish and the com-
pliments of the season, I am
Very sincerely yours,
WILL E. ORG A IN
MY NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
By Samuel Hosinger)
I resolve to grow during the com-
ing year. Growth is life and stand-
still is death. Nothing undergoes a
f.pcedier deterioration and decay than
unusued functions and unexercised
facilities. Rails over which heavy
trains roll daily are bright like fur-
bished silver, while the derail, being
seldom used, is covered with the rust
of corrosion. Therefore, 1 will labor
and keep myself fit and trim. Idle-
ness is the deadliest disease. It kills
more men than the must dreaded
scourge wr plague.
I resolve to grow in appreciation
of the richness of life. Life has as
many facets as a polished diamond. A
well-developed personality is many-
sided. Man is endowed with intellect,
emotions, artistic skill, practical apti-
tudes and cravings for the ideal. I
will try to gain a knowledge and on
appreciation for the manifold aspects
of life, so that I may grow harmon-
iously. To develop the material side
of life at the expense of the spiritual,
is like building a foundation strong
enough to sustain a skyscraper, and
erecting on that solid mass a flimsy
shack. The beauty of life co nsists of
symmetry ,-v-d harmony. Therefore, '
will try to prow in a well-balanced,
and not a lop-sided way.
I resolve to grow stronger in my
faith and broader in my charity dur-
ing the coming year. 1 know that life
is not tile result of blind chance, but
that there is a divinity that shapes
our ends. Therefore, I will try tk>
free myself of all the oppressive fears
and worries about the future, into
which I cannot peer, and about events
over which I have no contiol. I will
do my best to order my life according
to my knowledge and ability and
trust for protection where I am helc
less, and for guidance where my path
leads through darkness, to a benign
Providenre who holds my destiny in
the hollow of his hands. Also, 1 will
try to judge my fellowmen in th;
'•oale of merit, and meet them with a
heart free of suspici n and jealousy
and full of sympathy and charity. I
know that life is barren and bleak
without the suns.line of friendship,
and that the greatest source of earth
ly satisfaction and happiness lies in
the loving relationship of man to
man. Therefore, I will endeavor t >
live in peace with my neighbor, show
myself worthy of the continued con-
fidence of my old friends, and enrich
my life with the acquisition of th *
goodwill of a few new choice souls,
whom 1 hope to attract and hold dur-
ing th cominp year.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE POST-
PONES MEWING
Because the regular meeting date
of the Chamber of Commerce falls
this month on January 1, the mec*
ing will not be held until the follow
ing Thursday. January 8th, according
to S. L. P. Pigott, secretary.
THE METHODIST CHURCH
Next Sunday is Communion Sundaj
with us and we invite all that desire
to come and worship with us and join
us in the holy communion. The even
ing wor-hip will betrin promptly at
7 p. m The Sunday School under
the directic'Ti of Mrs. J. P. Sharp be
gins at !):4"> ju m. Y u are invited to
all of these services.
CHRIST I \N CHURCH
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m.
Evening Serv'ce nt t> o'clock with
Rev Wi i. C. Wright at F rt Worth
in Charge. Kv"-y body i« cordially in
vited to attend.
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