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DRY GOODS - CLOTHING
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JOHN O. TURNER
"(Quality at a Fair Price"
Holt Coiner Bastrop, Texas
eighty-ninth yeAr
BASTROP ADVERTISER, BASTROP, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY HO, 1942
NUMBER la
MAiN STREET
OBSERVATIONS
BT PBT1 SHADY
Mae West's ex-cellmate gets out-
vote, nomination and election for be-
ing the most complete heel in the en-
tire universe. Marrying Mae as a
child, deserting her when he thought
the was a dead albatross hanging
about his precious neck, then instead
of blazing a starry path to fame ami
fortune, he became a ham v I the most
rancid type. In the meanwhile Mae
reaches the summit in her own right
(her left also looks good to us), and
now the wife-deserter, ham, heel, and
something we are not allowed to print
comes in with a shyster lawyer and
sues Mae for a thousund-dollar-u-
month maintenance. Oh boy, don't we
envy that judge who tries this case
We Would award him one of Mae'?
high-heeled boots (with Mae in it)
right north of his lap when he was
going south.
We saw our old favorite comedian,
Charley Chaplin, the other night a*
he played the role of "The Great Dic-
tator." Charley's old pantomine hu-
mor always got a rise from us, but
this new role really had a kick to it.
It is very evident why Hitler flashed
a red light for this show in his own
enslaved lands. If Charley could
broadcast that last oration to all ths
people of Europe, the war would be
over. The re*=t of the fighting would
be done with stovewood and pitch-
forks.
Well, at last Powell and Mary Per-
kins know what it is like to have a
railroad dump run through their front
yard with an extra gan>? of track
layers. Anyhow, one good thing about
that pile of dirt, if it snows this win-
ter and Belle Eskew gets after Hot,
she can catch him before he makes
■the summit of the hill.
Haven't found out yet why these
Minnesota miners put off disrupting
traffic up and down silk stocking
lane as lonp as they did, but believe
me, they really ripped her up when
they started. We think about the fun-
niest thing we have seen recently was
Earl Erhard climbing over his back-
yard fence when he was forced to
l?o get liver for breakfast. And Titf
Jones came nearer to wiping that
perpetual candidate smile off of his
face than he has since the Spanish-
American war when those t>oys made
Miss Nell's spacious yaid lock like
a miniature jrolf course full of mole
hills. And Mary Hrieger just calls
in to inform us that just because all
of her menfolks are in the army is
no reason why the Yankees should
build a dump for a rifle range in her
scenic drive.
Cecil I.ong says that if this deep
ditch gets as far as his house, he's
going to shove Ida Lou in it and
then holler "accident!" but Ida Ixtu
tells us very confidentially that if
there is any shoving down around
there on that sacred corner, that all
Cecil will be hollering for will he a
set of skid chains.
Robert Trigg is spreading the pro-
paganda that even though the gut-
ter in front of his bastile is deeper
than Dave Kauffman's trench silo, it
makes things doubly hazardous for a
fellow who's riding the water wagon.
Well, anyhow, if that canal ever
gets full of water, we are going to
get us a gondalier and a harp, and
from the time we leave Alfred Goertz'
at the old Baron place until we get
to Alligator Chalmers' beauty farm,
we are expecting to serenade more
lovely lonely ladies than if we made
Broadway in Venice.
PIETE SHADY
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO
MOVE AUGUST 1
Th<> Chamber of Commerce is mov-
ing its offices from the present loca-
tion into the Prokop building, oc-
cupied until recently by Ncuman
Bros. Store.
Plenty of space and a more com-
fortable and convenient arrangement
is possible in the new location, ac.
cording to S. L. P. Pigott, secretary,
and chairman of the Bastrop Coun-
ty Chapter, American Red C'ros3,
whose headquarters will also be in
the building.
TAKE ALL THE
COAT HANGERS
You can to the
STRAND-TOWER
THEATRES
"SPECIAL COAT HANGER
MATINEES"
1 ;45 to 7 So P. M.6£ach Day
SEE STORY ON THIS PAGE
(ISO SWINGS INTO ACTION FOR
CAMP SWIFT SOLDIERS IN BASTROP
The Bastrop USO Center, located
in the building formally occupied as
office space by the J. L. Wilbarger
Lumber Company on Highway 71 just
off of Main Street, will be open for
the pleasure and recreation of the
soldiers of Camp Swift in about an-
other month, according to Miss
Omega Barfield, program director in
charge of recreation, who has been in
Bastrop several weeks supervising the
arrangements for the building and
making plans for the program over
which she will have charge when the
center is in operation.
E. L. Corson, who has been with
the community center in Lufkin and
who has had considerable experience
in the YMCA field, will airivc here
Sunday, to serve as director of th?
USO-YMCA. He, assisted by a lo-
cal committee of Management con-
sisting of Judge C. B. Maynard, Ce-
cil Long, J. L. Goode, P. J. Dodson,
and Judge Paul D. Page, will be in
charge of the USO building, its re-
modeling and maintenance.
The building, when completed, will
be composed of two rooms, one a
game room and the other a lounge.
Concrete floors will be used, and rest
rooms and showers will be available
for the boys. Current daily news-
papers and magazines will be on hand
in the lounge for their pleasure, and
second hand books and magazines
will be available to loan the boys.
A Women's Auxiliary Committee
bus been appointed to assist Miss
Barfield as an advisory board for the
recreational program. This commit-
tee includes, Mrs. E. C. Erhard, chair-
man; Mrs. L. A. Kurtz, Mrs. C. B.
Maynard, Mrs. P C. Maynard, Mrs.
S. L. Brannon, Jr., and Mrs. Homei
Thompson.
TO HAVE DANCE
SATURDAY NIGHT
The USO will sponsor a dance for
the boys Saturday evening in the
(Continued on page2 )
CEM ETERY ASSOCIATION
MEET MONDAY
TO
The Cemetery Association will meet
Monday, August 3rd at 5 o'clock in>
the home of Mrs. Hugo Kesselus. The
president requests that all members
be present.
CAMP SWIFT MEN
NEED YOUR SPARE
COAT HANGERS
The management of the local Long
Theatres announced today a series of
special Coat Hanger Matinees at
their Strand and Tower Theatres for
four big days beginning, August 4th.
These matinees are being held in
cooperation with the request from
Officers of Camp Swift for coat hang-
gers for the enlisted men of our arm-
ed forces. Of course, you know duo
to our National War Effort you can
not buy coat hangers. Our soldie's
stationed at Camp Swift will need it
least four coat hangers to the man.
(Continued on page2 )
JOHNSON SPEAKS AT PRESENTION OF
PICTURE OF GEN. SWIFT TO CAMP
Braving a sultry heat, more than
six hundred soldiers and army of-
ficials, and over 300 townspeople re-
presenting Smithvillo, Elgin, and
Bastrop filled the camp stadium to
witness the presentation to the camp
by the Smithville Chamber of Com-
merce and Lions Club of a framed poi-
trait of Major General Eben Swift, for
whom the camp is named. The af-
ternoon's activities were highlighted
by a brief concluding speech by Con-
gressman Lyndon Johnson, who has
recently returned from overseas duty.
Homer D. Wade of Smithville pre-
sided over the ceremonies which be-
gan with the national anthem played
by the Smithville High School Bnnd.
Lieutenant George L. Youman, Camp
Chaplain performed the invocation
asking that the camp be blessed and
that the country be equal to the task
of preserving its freedom and way
of life. Colonel I* A. Kurtz then
welcomed visitors and county officials
and stressed the fact that Camp
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Total Vote* Polled
United States Senator:
Moody
O' Daniel
Allred
Ryan
Governor:
Wheeler
SomerviMe
Collins
Ferguson -
Lieutenant Governor:
Beck
Smith
Lemens
Arnold
Hardin.
Mead
Smith
House
Miller.
Compt. of Public Accounts:
Sheppard
Butler
State Treasurer:
Smith
James
Mills
McKee
Hatcher
Comm. General Land Office:
Giles
Day
Attorney General:
Mann
Hair
Supt. of Public Instruction:
Woods
Tergerson
Comm. of Agriculture:
Corry
King
McDonald
Kagsdale
Railroad Commissioner:
R. R. Comm. (Unexpired Term)
Patterson 73
Moore. 13
Lovelady 8
Humphrey 6
Brooks 145
Pace 4
Kilday 54
Armstrong 1
Fain 2
McCormick 17
Jester ,121
Judge Court Crim. Appeals:
Graves 404
Strength 50
Chief Justice Civil Appeals:
Smith 97
McClendon 3ri2
Commissioner, Prec. 1:
Fuchs 60
Jenkins 332
Wunneburger 21
Young 58
476
323
256
27
72
54
68
19
334
54
63
32
191
73
138
223
23
48
85
79
460
3098
157
66
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Swift was the people's camp, that thej
were always welcome there, and that
"we want your advice and help in the
greatest undertaking America has
ever had before it." County Judge C.
B. Maynard responded, expressing on
the part of the citizens of Bastrop
their pleasure in having Colonel Kurt*
in their midst. "I know of no better
commander or better place to train
these boys than has been provided, ana
the people of Bastrop County appre-
ciate the invitation to be guests here
today."
The presentation of the picture wag
mpHe by J. B. Mitchell of Smithville
after he expressed the pride of the
people of the county in the camp, pro-
mising that "we with our love of peace
and freedom and because of out
Christian life stand ready to wipe out
the forces of evil and annihilate them
from the face of the earth. That job
will be done w'th the aid of this
camp. We are proud of the camp
because of the part it Will play in win-
ning the war, and of the pait it will
play in the future as a great military
center." He gave a biographical sketch
of Maj. Gen Swift stressing his car-
eer as a soidier, his place of birth,
family background, 'education, ian<T
military exploits, after which Mrs.
Delia Maris and Mrs. Gordon Trous-
dale of Smithville unveiled the pic-
ture. Colonel Kurtz accepted the pic-
ture, after which all rose and sang
"America" being led in the singing
by Sergeant E. K. Switzer.
At this point Congressman Lyn-
don Johnson, who has just returned
from Australia, serving as Lieuten-
(Continued on ^<age2 >
.^Ba strap's
of\J~(onor
This space will be used each
week in tribute to one or more of
the boys from Bastrop and vicinity
who are in our fighting forces.
R. H. BRIEGER
Richard H. Brieger is a mem-
ber of the 346th Engineers Medi-
cal Detachment, United States
Army, and is located at present
in New York City.
ta
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WALTER E. DICKENS '
Walter E. Dickens, who has
been stationed at Camp Blanding,
Florida, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Dickens of Utley.
ELKINS 5-10-25 cent STORE
Cecil Long, Manager
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