Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1943 Page: 2 of 8
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BASTROP ADVERTISER. THURSDAY, APRIl. 1. IMS
MRS. JAMES MADISON BASS, KNOWN
AS "UNIVERSAL MOTHER," PASSES
AT NEW YORK MARCH 12
With the pr-sing of Mr .lamt |-peare Annivt-r.-ary in New Yorl
n Ba of New York City and ; City, 11 14; -• cntary and direct r of
Sarasota, Florida sister of Mr. J. <> the May rC inmittee of ".no foi |
Smith of Elgin, and aunt >f Mrs. B. the annual eelobratl n of S.akes-|
and | peace's Birthday in New York ity
one C ganizer and director voluntary -> •
the 1 rial depart "it nt of W ar Camp Cm . j
and munity S.r\ice, Fo-d'ck «
I (.'{."too h«'-te<st- nn.i girls)
K. S'.andifer of Ba.str p. a full
colorful life ha.- been closed foi
of ihe best known w "ien in
cast, for her outstanding work
worvirc during ^ >rltl \\ ir 1.
A native t>f Georgia. Mrs. lla-
hnd lived •" Texas from 11)00 to
1!« . . i-■ 'inn t h-. ti x • New "N «• i iv Cit> ,
where, as a writer, publisher. a'id
club organizer a) ng with much civic
work she became a prominent figure,
serving as leader and presiding of-
ficer of many important committees,
clubs, chief among which was her
■work as organizer and director ol
the voluntary -x ial department < f
War Camp Community Service. Fo
dick Commission, t nte taining tb-oiis
and- of soldiers 1SH7-1919 as th'-y
came t- New York enr< utt .-versea-
Then, as th" injured, mentally und^ polis and the wintt
physically ill. began to p ur back t >. frequently sojourning
•the homeland she saw the need of ti |
thriven where these service men might(
gather for recreation, a bit of horn"
atmosphere and cordial hospitality
as they convalesced, -o she organized
-tn<l diectcd Pershing Housi where
*he wh- the ct nnecting link bewee.i
fhe men and their nr thers, wives or
•sweethearts, writing letters or send-
ing other messages, performing per-
is nal services of various nature fat
1hem. She wa- adored by the boy-,
■who frequented Pershing House. Thf-y
fonfided in her. s ught her advice,
fnd in loving tribute called her
M >thei Bass. On both -ide of the
ocean she was known as the "univer-
sal mother." a tribute she treasured
down through the years with great
wide. Starting a- a very small pro
ject the Pershing Hous- flourished
arid «xpandt-d nt • t.« of th- large-1.
finest and mo't popular a- -I promin-
ent clubs in the nation, at interna-
tional meeting place for men. ful-
•fillinir her greatest anticipation and
fondest hope-.
She wa also well known in F i-
rope, having been sent there as a
special repn-entative of the Wilso n
administration in 1D10 to gather i'
formation in Europe relative to mun-
icipalities for a plan ->f the federal
government at that time to build a
model city, which, however, was
abandoned when the W rid War I
t roke out. She then I--aim one of
Wilson's dollar-?-year worker« in th<
*ale of Liberty Bonds and did great
service to her country in that cap-
acity.
Mrs. Bas- wa- a --- ar author f
note and contributed to a number of
•nationally known magazines. She w i
« brilliant scholar, a deep thinker,
«nd an engaging and f'uent conver-
aationalist. She posse--ed a maume-
1 ic personality which drew people !•
her and her natural f■ iendlin< -s won
them to her cause and a- personal
admin i The latter year of life
-he delved into pure -•'aphvsic i>•
philosophy and was well vei ed and
devoted to philosophy, interpret i tt v
the Bible and teaching her theory
"th- " \ b II T>«)fit I. f.
f*he had the v no! of being list- -i
Who's Who In Am-tii a" -ire
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ROBERT I HOI.I.K. \ \
Funeral service were held at Wa'
terson for Robert I.e. H<>lligan. Mon
day afternoon at J 'eloek with R. .
Robert S Tate, Jr . pastor of the
Bii 'r p Methodi-1 Church, ->ffie a
ing. interment wa in Fa view r(.-. .
etery,
Mr. Holligan wa bor' ->i O. tot.-
4 I **.'>, spt-ndi t g h. ii . ,f.
Ba-trop County, until death c aimed
in
HMO ami until
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shor'
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when he withdrew frori ac
A'-irk. Of I■ • • r many activitit
from I'.'o". ) volum- of "V'h
the following:
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of Atlanta F--rrial< In ituti
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him ri Mar h 2&, l'.M !. He was
member <-f the Methodi t cfuirr!
Surviving him are one son. Bai
Il 'llignn of Ba-trop; -r-tie .
F'. Holligan; two K|.-er-. Mr M
Rick- and Mi Annie MoHigan.
<.f Amarill
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In keeping with t!>«•
Policy of f pen Hou e.
<'!ub held open hou .
wo a grarwi uece-
low ship h' ar a very
gram was pon -.red.
band cornpo ••<! of Mil
married
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Fran. .I
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to Jamt
Texas.
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■. the t>« al I
■ Sunday, wl
iMjiing the
enjoyahl;. |
The feat i
(try pel'--.i
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attend)
ement
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whr;
v-ociate editor liail'
Texas. Iiidii-O"); firi
man' Pr< \ cia1i-n. !!
mo", id t N"ew York, !(ir.-an./.•
ami pie-idc t C|ub \ffe f 1'iOf,
00; founded arid edited ' 1111 I,if
HUM OH; manat'ing -*!it -i Mind, In
magazine. Methodist. Pr< ident of
\merii an Playg -ei ; men '•-• I nit
I) Ughtei- f Confedera v, Pen
mi-1 of Amen a. National Ai ' I>i ■;
!•> pie ident Shaki jieart ' lw N't
York and national Federal i n ->t
Shakt-pi af Clubs; oilm /-o d.i t
to, of Celeb'at ion of .'loOth Shal- •
for theii I
donation^ t<
rc'kii I. «Jg'
i d Maaon
Ro-i Bapti
S h ol, pan
and the A
of Mm
■ to thank tie !
bt ral a tti whol
wa.'d- refre-hme
No .'10, Free and
Women' Auxili.
t ' hui'e'-i. Fms <
Quinn \ \I I
F. and A M. h l
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ty dollar-
Tin (', y I), girl- ae ompanietl I>\
Senior ll -.t.--. m,. \| w Mctfbau*.
t'>n-ored a >rogt;-r:i for the inieatt
f ? a' io,| H-'-pital a Camp Sw j •' •
Wednt -tlay.
I S.O.i- i' .1 in' to |,t f: vole I i'h
a musieal p o/r: rn conducted t y -er
vice men from Camp Swift Wat
for tin announcement Iion't mi-
this treat.
AT STRAND — SUNDAY AND MONDAY
mmtssio!)
entertain-
ed ">87,9-11 men iti serv e, 1917-101
or 'anizer and directt>r Pershing
H use, (rendered service to ,'!5,0uA
verseas woundtnl canvale-cents I;
ganizer ami incorporator of Shake*-
p. aie Asst>ciation of Ameri a l'.'L1'!.
Member English Spe iki ig I'nion.
Club: Nation:'! Arts. Research -tu-
dent and author --f articles on pun
metaphysical philos phy. Home: R- i
Gables, Philips.- Manor on Hudson,
N. w York."
Mrs. Bass divided her tine between
the east and the -outh, generally
spending the summers in th« met ru-
in Florida but
there for long-
er periods, when she was interested
in tne particular photo- of her writ,
ing or work as Florida, where he
husband parsed on somt 13 year-
at-o, was her favorite abiding place
The prt -ent year she had not made
her annual pilgrimage -outh but ha.
been packing ft r several days, in
preparation of going, when sht. -uf-
fe ed a sudden stroke at the h me "
her daughter in Philip - Manor, N
Y.. on Thursday. March 11 19 S t, and
pa-s.-ti on the following day I>esnst-
her advanced age of 74. -he enjoy, d
splendid health, was unusually active,
kept in a happy spirit of mind and
young in heart, until tht hour of ntr i
final illness.
In July, 1936. Mrs Ba-- cam. to
Elgin f«>r a visit with her hr -t ve
Mr Smith, Mr- Smith and family,
which was the fir*-? reitnion of 'h
sister and hrot'aer in I! ye;.-
w.-s introduced t > Flgin so, iety at a
large tea ar the Smith home and im-
mediately endeared her -If to those
who met her with her charm and
grso iousness, mrkirig many warm
f'iend- who are deeply grieved '
learn -f her demise
Survivors other than Mr. Smith
an- anothci brother, H I P Sri..tri.
of Washington, I). C.; an«l three
children, Mr-. Frank J. Cur. i.-r. '
Nokomis, Florida; Mt R .fiert ("
lier. of Philip-. Manor- nOn Hut-
N Y.; and Jame- Gord >n Ba- N• -w
York City Elgin Couriet
CEDAR ( REEK l ( Y ENTERS
N \\ Ai. I B \ISIS(i
GREAT I.AKES, 11,1 StM>n to i .
one of Ameroa's "men of the >ea"
I'an C Sim' i. on of Sit- Sophia I
Smith. Cellar Creek, Texas, re|H>rted
to tin I S Naval I'raining Station
here last week to begin recruit traili-
ng II will It- five 1. W eek if i "■
tmction in thi fundamental t.f nea-
tnanship. miiita \ drill an«i Naval
iu-toni- and procetlnre, and partici-
p;<.11 in the Navy'- vigorous physi. tl
.tfderng program. I'pon complet
it.g h'* "b>t" training here the new-
Blue jacket will t -rrante-l a nine-May
\N hili her. he w ill al
series of aptitude tests
what type of wo k he
f:, .1 to ;|o in th. Navy
an aptitude for one
u-ed iti t o N Vy In
a .-ervice school ft-r
upon returnit g ft -m
erwi -e h will be a-
du'V with the fleet
be given
• to de'ermirn
e best t|U«lll
,y If b. -bow
f the 51 grad
will bt t
s|M>cial training
hi- leave <>th
Ignetl to active
or at a short
Accutcd! a pultc-pound ing, hrart-iubbing drama. C'tv SS ithout Men,
with I.inda Darnell. Fdgar but,hinjn. Muhjcl Duaac and Cilcnda FarrclL
v ill PI E l «> M \K E HUM I IN
BASTRnp
(AMP SW1 FT. M a rch -'s s >•_-
Jess S. Thompson, of tin Military
Police Detachment -f thi- Po*'. is th-
latest soldier t join the rank- of the
benedicts here. His bride is the
formei Texa- M Couch, of Abilene,
Texas, a contestant in the re ei t
Camp Swift beauty contest.
Sergeant Thompson is pre-ently
acting as traffic -erg. r fo thi \i
P. Detachment
nat i
Strang. Okla . and hi parents. S|i
and Mr- Henry l b 'inp on till re
side there
Mi Thompson the da ugh* .-r of
Mr • nd SI r I >elb." t C-•:*•-! <-f \'>i!
one, Texas.
The ceremony was performed Sal
ur.iav, March 1 I94'l, at the h ur
of \J r . Howard .lenkm , in Ha ' r >(,
( Vlebt at; t ' tht t>>'. a -i -n w a t b •
Rev John Hall of the Church <t
Chri-". of Au-tin, Texa- Tot- coup!
wnl make thei home in Bastrop.
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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/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.