Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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"THE WAR TIME ADVERTISER"
CUT TO CONSERVE MATERIAL - LABOR - TIME
So good
with food
_
OLLXOiL^
NINETIETH YEAR
BASTROP ADVERTISER, THCRSDAY. APRIL 1. l'.'ll
NEMBER 2
MK< KINS Kin NEW M < 1(1
I \IO 111 ( n| C
Mt \S 1111 «■ 11< K< nnedv h « be,.,
named by the Board -f Dire* tor nf
the H.i -11 >|> < luimbct if < ..miner. , i
-i«creU ry, ■ > fill th«- position left v.i
rant by tb> <l« t^ of S L I' pigott.
Mr* K ■ ■ in ily, m h )■ -> t h f* t
HIGH SCHOOL RAISES FUNDS ENOUGH
TO PURCHASE TFN ARMY JEEPS
Tt it;i-trop High Si'limil total. <I. through Apil 21, 1
fiVm September I'.'IJ up through la^t To date, and ti<>t counting receipt
week, $.k,XK'.« 45, {• i war bond: an.I f r thi- week, the Bastrop Sch • >1
-tamps -old through the M-boo|, ac-
• rding to I' J I>■.iJs■ in, iporiniei,
dent
DIES FRIDAY
has purchased almost 1ft jeeps, and
will exceed that in the next few
weeks.
knack of
meeting p< <>p
It i aeiouslv
and cordially, an<l wh . is thoroughly
efficient and dependable. i Well fi
ted for th position
h \ 1*1 is r ( in i(< ii
Bonnie Grime • Pastor
- ui d«\ :• h i i' i 4
M >rning W 'f *1111 at 11
B T I' a' 7 15
Vight -erviri at • 15
Sunday )• the d \ for the Monthly
< ••Hitch < olifele re
April will be given to the drive
for fundi bo Apply on th< Church
dob? Mi IJ.irtf rd ,Ien«, • >. ;|i . .. •.
• luct the (I ive I et >ur pe iple not
f • rir• t to bnnir their offi rirur
The Federal Government ha- offe
ed a certificate of hoisu to ever;
chool in the I'nited State- who rai
a much as the price of one army this ant inisbing record ha
jeep, I'.mHi oil, from September I'.'J'J, in hieved.
Through the efforts of the teach.
• •t'- and the res|H>nse and cooperation
of the students and their parent,!,
been
■ iui
f'rif>t to bring -hotr of ft! i r\gr
Fvi ryhini invited to atter.il
rvi. t t th• liupti ' < 'h,. h.
all
NEW MANAGER OF
CITY UTILITIES
T M Stoke*, formerly with the
T« xii I'■ v*< i■ and l.iicbt Co., and the
1,-wer Colorado Kiver Authority, a-
-umed the position of manager of the
it', of Ba-tnp 1'tilities Department
t >dav Ml Stoki - succeeded I ieorg
< -nibs, who has been manager of the
, I IIK Mi l HolUST < 111 R< II
Robert S. late, Jr., Minister
j The public t- cordially invited to
| the following services to be held in
the Methoili-' Church, Sunday. April
I 4, lit43.
The Church School at ten o'clock
uncbr the direction of Mrs. ,1 P.
Sharp, church school -uperintenden'..
•Wtistmtp >
. Vv o// of jionor
T'r • 1 i • ;!ll be ;<el each
week ,n tt ite to one or more nf
t .> l-o\ • f- m |t ,«tr p .«• .( vicinity
who arc n a fighting f rce*.
P\ I 1 <H'IS ( Tl PTON
Pvt 1 ,•>
I-fe.1 Tip
and at pr
*' a t i •' f i * '< 1
Kit B i
C Tipton. mm vt Mm
1 rmei I;, of Ma -t rop
f i Hi runt. t >k la , i *
" • (it -vnvilb \ i my
Greenville, S C
i'i c .! \ M \ i; rI \
IT. .I A Martin i with the
I nilei| Slat i \ 'ins • tatn'tied it
I'ciidlcton. Oiei'on ||, i ■
of Mr iind Mr*. .1 A. Murtin -f
( i dm Cm el.
The Worship Hour at eleven o'clock
' with mu-ic under the direction t
Mr* .1 Roger and Mr> F. F.
, , , I'eari v, organist. The following mil-
department the past year, and wh., wlU in used "Consider th. Lillie/
hn ! • i pte<| a position in the |>ost j,y Sen molin, "Spring Matins" by
offio at Camp Swift. Waghorne. and "Recessional" by N"o|-
Mr Stokw. with hi* wife and son. «'■ >1™. Robert Uvall ,f M •vauk.'oPMMBBBP
\S i-i'onmn will sing a -oprano sol i, j when S I,. I I igott, secretary ,t 'h• ■
I he icrrnon will be delivered by the Bastrop Chamber of Commerce and
paster. " A n Ixamirmtion -m 0 ir Secretary of the Bastrop Lions Club
pas ed away at the local hospital foi-
wa.H a re nient < f liastnip for two
years, when 'he citv power was sup
plii d by 'he Texa- Power and Light
( "Hip.'ny, and mad, many friends
bete wV. , will greet their return with
pie i lie He «'< me* Oai k from Aus
wh> fi he ha be, n with the 1«<
RA f r the past fevv years Mr-
LOCAL BOYS TO
ENTER TEXAS
RELAYS SATURDAY
Austin, Texas. March 29 - Five
hundred individual entries for the
lot f running of the Texas Relays at
the Cnivet.ity of Texas Memorial
St adi'itu i'i Austin Saturday. April :l,
are forecast by Clyde Littlefield, di-
t vKttor of the event.
Athletes from six states will com-
pete ki the college and University di-
visi-n- f the meet, and over thirty
Texas high schools have entries, Lit-
tlefield indicated.
The Relays proeram begins Satur-
day at 8:t(i a. m. and will continue
until 5:.'!0 p. m., with the university
class mile relay being the conclud-
ing event on the program.
Bastrop High school entries, certi-
fied by Supt. P. J. Dodson are Dan-
iel Baca, Waiter Baldwin, Jimmie I>.
Dcarmon, Bobby I>>d on, Gordon El-
li-. Charles Allen Fskew, Robert
F.vans, Rob Goode, Hurston Hallmark,
T. C. Hoffman, Catroll Layton. Bui-
Lear. ,J if Linder, Bob Lunday, Rob-
ert Lynn Muzney, Gene Nelson, Adell
Bastrop lott a valua lie citisan, tndj Merle Arnold Prokop, OkulM
Bastiop pi -pie lost a >yal frie i i Ross Roberts. Richard Schroeder, Pat
Webb, Maurice Smith and Maurice
S. L. I'. PIGOTT
SERVICES HELD FOR
S. L. P. PIGOH
Faith."
The evening Worship ervice will
begin a- ■ i v,*n - forty five with fifteen
minute- of organ recital by Mis. F.
! F IVa'cy, followed by the service
pr per at eight o'clock.
\\ '.lianis.
lowing a w 'ek's illness,
night, March
on Friday
d
IN MIM<HM Hi MIC
I I / MR
I Hit
ttur
• it
• rv
An-' in
u.
ng worsh
cd for tb
■ Bcginn,
ho'i
chi
r>«
"(;rnl touched her and *be dept' j
V, pt to awaken where there i
no ikkmt**, no *in. no «>rn w. «-• j
d«vath, no warn, a plac, where love
felgtis up eme
s'lin w.t- my dear friend when thej
t,lu*h of youth wa
and a* the year
ed my friend, arwi I loved her dearly
She was a level, character, alway
cheerful. unnelfUh. kind. h<
and home open
on t
went by
r fair fac«\
be remain
Funeral service.- were held Sunday
afterii" n at 1 o'clock from the Cal-
vary F: is. opal Church, with the rec-
tor, Rev. Leo S. Cook, in charge, and
interment was in Fairview Cemetery.
Pall bi.iier- we e G. R Mack, Cecil
l/ ng. O. B. Wolf Burris Schaefer.
\ i i non Schoefer and Dale Turner.
Beautiful flowers banked about his
grav«. spoke silent tribute to a man
wh came, a stranger, to Bastrop
ilmo-t t 'ii >•: !- ago, and who made t
pl«i e foi himself in the hearts 'f
Bastrop people. Always a lover oi
the beautiful, flowers were a source
f much pleasure to him.
Skipwith L. P. Pigott was I* rn in
hi Ml WH* M I'HF.-F PRFSFN'TS Bellfo',1, Ireland, and spent most of
mrtmenr before the service.
'"oim and worship with us Servic,
tie' ar< given a cordial welcome t
PROCLAMATION
UN I H I (.(>\ F.KNMR ( | I II I
>i \ 11 hi rEX \-
NO. (>271
SUM! co.MF
is lift m Ireland, Fngland, Carad.it were as f
WINS TROPHY IN
SCHOOL ELECTION
Charles Allen Fskew, senior in the
Bastrop High School, was awarded a
t: iphy presented by Johnnie Joseph,
m.-itiaif'- of Joseph's Man Shop, for
the be-t all-around athlete in the
;i,-'i -i In■ i| f r 1P42-4.'!. t'harle Al-
len, see d' Mr. and Mrs. C. W, Fskew.
wa- elected by the student body to
fill the position.
He was also elected, at the same
time, as the best all-round boy in th>*
Senior Cla s, and Bonnie Smith was
named the best all-round girl in tb ■
Senb r Class.
Be-t all-round boys and girls elect-
ed in the other classes in high school
w its deal
and thosi
b
an<
\S
V\
To
\\
he
llo
WIIFRFAS. America stand- ;■ t the
heart ' erossi ads in the most critical h oir
, those that needert, history, engagi-d in a supreni •
efforts to maintain lugh standards
fundamental to a free people; and
WIIFRFAS, . very |os- <>f food, sup
pbe production facilities, property
and life weakens the resources , f this
naii n; ami
HI' RFAS. t' ■ pie e vat ion of the
health of our citizen- and the prcser
\ at ion of property from destruction by
fiiv is of vital importance to the up
pert of our men engaged in the bat
tie* of a global war; and
W HFITKAS. the r.-xa St: te Ilea
th Depaitment and t'ii -tat • Fire In-
turaiice Department have, for a num-
ber of years, sponsored an annual
• 'lent, op campaign in the inter, ' '
bcVer health and fire prevention;
How beautiful w i tlv church the
ftern-on a «he lay i*o peaceful in
her casket, the church thi
to her heart, next to h< ni
she loved.
A^ they laid her to rest by the snl
of hei beloved companion who ha
>, I prayed that Go
the enU " '
int
in
lav m,
moment
>et her in
in God s
net* then ;
dt .ii one I
toiiows:
and Louisiana, before he came ' -| Junior Class:
Bastrop in IW. Since the organi/.i- i and Max in Allen.
tion of the Bastt4 p Chamber of Com- Sophomore Class:
me rce. he has served as its secre-
tary. efficient and dependable, and j
working wholeheartedly toward the;
beMi nont of the town. He served
also the pa-t year as secretary of the
Ba Crop I ions Club.
II was w life tinu member of the
Fpiseopjtl ( "hurch f England and.
served as secretary of the Calvary
Episcopal Church here after coming recently( untler t)u. management f
iop. Aft,-, retiring as county | Wr an() Prank Pnrsons.
Mr. Parsons i a graduate of the
Chapter of the American Red ( ross. | Wrican Foundation of Grapho-A"-
Hii'sten Hallmark
Maurice Smith
and Evelyn Hoffman.
Freshman Class: Merle Arnold
Pr kop. Jr., and Polly Lytton.
CI I B ( \I F I NDKR MAN
M \N MiFMENT
Th, t'hili Cpfe, which has been do-
<1 f-
-eVeial weeks, has reopene
lb
tirmat
After r,
of th, Bastrop Countv
f the American Red Cr
Inch positf n he filled for two years. j a,>^is. and hfls been a handwriting
" 1 expert and advisor over a period of
of the
< or
\ h
Kee
The
K no
«'ii rt n
niL'ht
,1 frl
fct J eace I
, so we
tm v n\: % 1
' • i
I
ng watch ,
are our'
i Heave
VOW. T
e\ I'llMlll, ' •
I i \ a-, desiir
1-111, U 48, ii-
rp \\ El K
jjectfully cal
ials, public
depnrt rnent ,
schools, dub
the press. Hi
:RFF< RF
i
St:
I* the Weel, ■ t ipri
II \ I I'll at I I l.F \\
Texas, and momt res
upon municipal offic
•tilth authorities, fi-.
he was named ehairmii
chapter.
He i survived by two daughti i s.
fifins Eileen Pigott. a nurse in Cov-
en! y, Fngland. and the former Violet
Pigott, who is ow 'In wife of a i
ml in the British army. The oir
break of the war has made it diffi-
cult for him to hear from them in
veill ■
Mi
end Mrs,
home hen
Par-
will niak
III" Ml ill FI KINS STORES Ml >
IN V O \ h I M
past
any p
■veral years, and destr
silnlity of his ewer retii 'i
beloved Fngland. There i
sadness in the fact that hi
his native land • mucli
so far away and with n
his family neai But Mi
Pigott ehove Bastrop to spend h
last year* beeause he loved it. art
lie loved the many people here wh
j were his friends. When he first cam
Me i lie took a loom in the I .1 Sehac
for home, and since that time, the
i home was "h me" to him, and the
, were his "family."
lie lived a full life, enjoying pi
I pie, and his activities ill his chur
I Hill in t he town, lie leaves ,\ vacant!
. in Bast i' p t hat w ill not b< en i!
i filled.
Hi
dii
tak.
•low
: vei
II.
(lid ci11
act ivo
iltli am
(lividuall)
I the cbsei
' Up \\ e.-k,
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOI
I have hereunto signed my name
a touch of
wlv. ove.
■ hould di.
member o
per!
pea
us. till we may j
nd i ,od's in ' ! I
dwell with Him
F. H B.
y and caused
be affixed hotel
this tile (Went
D . I <14
le Seal f St a ti-
lt Austin, Te*
lb dav of Mar I
S!I N|:\
" i c f'tarx
CXXCI TEVEN80N
t iov, i llor of Tev a-
\TII VM
• f State.
J. K 1 kin-. S'2, bead of the chai
f Flkttis :> 10-2f> Cen' Stores thriuir
entral Texas, passed away at hi
.■in. m Yoakum Thursday mornini
trvhliv him art Mn eon. F. A. E
is of V akum, who will assume th
. I active management of the Flkir
. Stores; one daugMe'-. Mr- W.
! Drowning f Yoakum, a grandsot I
William Browning of Wrightw Pieli
vton, Ohio, and one (Tranddaugl
te Mr- Ti'. y Stokes of Plouaton. 1
wife also -urvive- him.
Mr. and Mrs. Flkins celebrate
'heir (HMh wedding aittniversary a
year. Th,*\ have lived in Yoakum s1
,'e P.107, when the I'lkin-- Store or
inated.
Cecil Lon,' is manager of th- loci
Elk ins stoi
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1943, newspaper, April 1, 1943; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth236900/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.