Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 23, 1944 Page: 1 of 8
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' 1'RCP ADVERTISER, NOVEMBER 23, 1944
I BOY IS
IN ACTION
Difdrith II. Orts was born
" 0(i nil Paige, Texas to
■ r -j|.s \ , : ! Or . tile fourth
f'jimily Of six. He. was
5 on the fir-* *' >' "f March,
t Pastor I>- (;. 1Iardt ()f lh(',
"viii, M • ' Church, and
firmed •>' ih'r,it on '
.twentifth of June, 19-6. j
I> ■ . bos K ** ahvil>'s tkought- i
I ^ \i- parent®, >
■ • , and nil wko knew |
1/ ■ • •- y°un* mAn«
_fcifh lived a i'H life, clean, up- (
Ivoid Of off«M toward,
|i!Mj hi- fellowman.
igraduated from the Paige Pub-
Ifrhool and Ilr.nrop High School
"JO) and received a Master
irts Derive from the University
£«a? in June, 1940. He was of
jious nature and tnade ex-
^ grades in all the schools that
ittended. He was on the Honor-
it the University. His educa-
was acquired even though it
for considerable sacrifice and
Chip, but he was determined to
ed. He overcame all his ob-
and prepared for a future full
[opportunity. He taught school
years in the Manheim Public
from 1932 until the Spring
|193P. During this time he con-
itd his studies toward a Bachelor
lirts Decree through the Exten-
Service of the University of
He went back to the Univer-j
in the Summer of 1939 and re-J
a Master of Arts Degree in j
k. 1940.
le lived with his parents at Paine |
j:! he enlisted in the Army of the
States November 23, 1940. I
first assignment was to Third
By Headquarters in San Antonio, i
where he whs ordered to < >ffi- ,
Candidate School, Carlisle Bar-
iPennsylvania. He received his
m-sion a a second lieutenant'
Itemt-er 24, 11 • 41. after having one
p. "ne month and one day of
as an enlisted man.
then spent a brief leave with
parents at Paige after which he
wted to hi- i:- u tation in Camp
Ibirr-ion, Arkansas, He was pr• -
pi to a fii -1 lieutenant in the
nmer of l! 42 and to a Captaincy j
tember 11, 1 '.♦-12. He was marrieO
Eleanor Marie Mapes, daughter
| Mrs. Leo Kvert Mapes of Fort
wh, Arkansas and Austin. Tex:is,
the seventh of March, 11)42. He
his wife during his student days
tile University of Texas where
j*** *l*o a student. They made
Fkome in Little Rock, Arkansas,
pen is near Camp Robinson. The>
P blessed vs;th the birth of a
PPiter. Marilyn Jeanne, Novem-
UM.'i.
Orto wan stationed at Camp
pnson until September, 1043, a>
h«- wa< mt to Louisiana
f maneuvers in preparation for ovei
Li sp< nt a short leave
F hl* wife and baby several day-
j]/'1' hirth of his (laughter aim
anksgivinir Dinner with them.
[, | only time that lit- taw hit
p a.ii| th(- ia~t time he wa- with i
L ' apt. (lit was t ransfei red i
r.wtiiBiaiia to Camp Bowie, Texas I
Kir.i! °i" December. 1913.
. > "tore his tran-fer to Eng-
' ' Pent a week-end leave with
Parents, several of his sister-
1944 r :it I,;"V on January
liavniov' '' 'o France soon after
ftvciv,; ' "I Wa" mortally wounded
pa nf".'','1. m ''u' Luxembourg
FATALLY WOUNDED
ON BATTLE FRONT
NUMBER 36
BASTROP COUNTY RED CROSS ELECTS
NEW DIRECTORS AT MEETING HERE
( AIT. DIEDRICH H. ORTS
' apt. Diedrii'h, who died on Nov.
6 of wounds received in the Luxem-
bourg area < f the European theatre
of war, was the first man in Bastrop
County to enter the Army of the
United States under the Selective
Service plan.
SERVICES ARE
SCHEDULED FOR
Cn Thursday, Nova mber 30, at 10
O'clock, a ( omnrnity Tha.nk.sj ivitv;
Service will h> held by Hm ("•■urchc
of Bastrop at the Methodist Church.
Joining in the service will be the
Calvary Epis >pa! Church, Tlu First
Baptt Cl inch, an I Th" Mchodist
Chur h. Peoj 1 > of all faiths aiv
cordiallv invited to attend.
The sermon during the \V rshio
Service will !> • delivered by Rtv. L.
Trvi; !r 1 v of :!:«• Episcopal C urc'i.
The music will 1 e under the direc-
tion of Mrs. \V. J. Rogers, director
of Church Music of the Methodi+t
i hurch. The pa tf>rs ( f al! t'.iree
churches are , xpe 'tin'" tvcir :on"r-
Bears Sink
Columbus 19-6
Baslrop Comes From Behind
lo Win District Championship
From Cardinals in Sea of Mud
The Bastrop Bears defeated the
Columbus Cardinals 19-fi here, on
Erhard field, Friday, November 17,
to become undisputed champions of
District 21-B.
It was a thrilling game played in
the rain and mud most of the time.
It was a game which featured power
and fumbles. The powerful Bears
held a decided edge in statistics.
The Columbus team kicked off to
the Bears. After two plays, a costly
fumble gave the ball to the Cardinals
on their own 48 yard line. On the
first play from scrimmage, Evans'
of Columbus ran 52 yards for a
touchdown. A pass for the extra i
point was no good.
The Bears received the kick-off,
and after marching 80 yards, Goode
plunged through the line for a touch-
down. Point was missed.
There was no scoring during the
second quarter.
The first half ended in a 6-6 dead-
lock.
fn the second half the Bears were | is just about over." They know bet-
in position to score twice, but bog- ter, and tell an authentic story that
ged down inside the Columbus 10, graphically proves their point.
yard line.
In the middle of the fourth quarter! When the "Texas Division' went
the Bears marched 80 yards for the *n Salerno, the men were told
winning tally, with Webb plunging that Nttle opposition was expected
over from the 4 yard line. Point was an(l that they would be able to con-
missed. quer all Italy in less than three
Near the end of the game, Goode months.
added the clincher with a 71 yard But at Salerno beach they were
touchdown gallop over his own right met by a withering fire of rifles,
tackle. Baca drove through the line machine guns, mortal's and artillery,
for the extra point. and many Texas boys made the su-
The game ended five plays later, preme sacrifice. The predictions of
The Bastrop County Chapter ot
the Red Cross held its meeting on
Nov. 15 at 8 P. M. in the District
Court room with Rev. Robert S. Tate
Jr., in charge. In addition to sev-
eral talks oi Red Cross work, and tne
adoption of revised by-laws, an elec-
tion was held to choose a Board o;
Directors.
The nominating committee report-
ed on the nominations and the direc-
tors were elected as follows: G. W.
Kunath of Smithville; Mrs. O. F.
Foerster of Smithville; and Rev. Ro-
bert S. Tate, Jr., of Bastrop. The new
directors are W. E. Beal of Smith-
ville, Alex Wauifh of Bastrop; Hen-
ry Sebasta of Bastrop, Dr. Joe V. |
Fleming of Elgin, B. Christian of
Elgin, Mrs. Wr. P. Culp, Jr., of El-
gin, Rev. J. Wood Parker of Smith-
ville, Mrs. Dewey Turner of Cedar
Creek, Jind A. J. Rankin of Eluin.
The talks on the Red Cross includ-
ed one on Red Cross Organization and
Responsibilities by Miss Lorraine
Jacquemin, General Field Repr sen-
tative from Area Office, St. Louis,
('apt. Collier, po t chaplain at Camp
Swift, talked on Red Cross with the
Military and Henry Sebesta discuss-
ed Red Cross in the Community.
The business section of the meet-
ing introduced, discussed and adopted
revised chapter by-laws. These by-
law> of the Red Cross constitute
public records and are open to the
public should anyone be interested
in stopping in at the Red Cross of-
fice to see them.
Men Of Famed 36th Division Know
That The War Is Not Won Yet!
Texas fighting men of the famed a crucial moment, with Nazis dead
36th division grow furious when | ahead. He grabbed a grenade and
they hear predictions that "the war hurled it. Just as the grenade left
his hand, a German 88 shell exploded,
the blast hurling Castro into the
air and wounding three of his com-
rades.
When Castro came down, he land-
ed on a German "S" mine, which
bounced him up into the air again.
Despite all this, and despite many
wounds, he refused aid of litter-
bearers and insisted upon helpin,;
other wounded men.
All of which proves that Texan.;
really are tough.
(Berlin papers please copy.)
rations to < o pern!'
Thanksrivintr.
ii the hour of
operation*.
He was an ad-
riwal with the 64th
Noun.. ,rnuP' Headquarters and
fct,| u"ri ""iMhmont, ,,f the
^ Although he was bos
for V 'h(1 supreme sncrl-
' Pm'n,vry °n th" sixth of
ty) ' '• the day after he wie
^apt, <
wa.s the first
mty . ",l LfH' MI-sl B i tr< I
(-'n,('r tbe Army of
etivp 'y 1 under the present
ing bee*
vid 1940. He is
111 wife and vear «>bl
FOOTBALL CAKES
TO BE BROADCAST
This Saturday, Humble brings two
games to the footb-Il far.s of Tcras,
tine of which will undoubtedly have
an important hearing on ihe Confer-
ence Chamnionship.
Rice, who was toppled from its
lofty perch atop the Conference heap
a couple of week's aj.ro by Arka"sa>'
brilliant win will ;<'ay the '1.(^.11.
I lorn"d I' ro; s. Phe broadest -1 :vrts
at 2:20 p.m. over stations KPRC,
Houston: W'OAI. San Antonio; WF-
AA. Dall:is-Ft. Worth. An-ouncersJ
will be those two Humble veteran-.
Kern Ti| s and Charlie Jordan.
2:20 ah > is starting time for the
S.M.I'.-Texas Tech broadcast. Yes
Box will be play by-play announcer
and Dave Ru ell color man. Sta-
tion carrying the rani" will be KF-
Y(i, I ubhock; W RR, |i."ll;i ; KI'.l/i,
Ft.' Worth; KRBC, Abilene; KB>T,
Bi nr Spring; KGKL, niii Atigelo;
KRI.II, Midland; KFRO, Longvi w;
KTHT, Hon ton and KW'Bl , Corpus
('hri i i.
Bears' starting line-up:
LE—II. Hemphill
LT—Adell Powell
LG—T. C. Hoffman
C—Spud Smith (Capt.)
RG—Melvin Hoffman
RT—Bascom Hodges
RE—Merle Arnold Prokop
QB—Danny Baca
LH—Pat Webb
RH—Toby Wolf
FB—Rob Goode (Capt.)
Statistics of the game:
Bastrop
First Downs
Passes Attempted
1 Passes Completed
lo Yards Passing
3 Passes Intercepted By
328 Yards Rushing
19 FINAL SCORE
15
o
, a quick victory just made the whole
! thing more pitiful.
Incidentally, that prediction that
Italy could be conquered in three
months was made exactly 14 months
ago, and Americans still are dying
there. So the men of the 36th get
■ fighting mad when they hear pre-
dictions that "the war is just about
over."
When Capt. Faraon J. Moss, pub-
! lie relations officer of McCloskey
! General Hospital, spoke before the
Columbus . j\ustjn Lions club recently as guest.
of State War Chest Manager Way-
14
land D. Towner, he took with him
INJURIES FATAL
TO MRS. BATTS
Austin friends were grieved Tues-
day to learn of the death of Mrs.
R. E. L. Batts, Jr., 55, of Fort Worth,
formerly of Austin, who was acci-
dently shot 16 days ago when she
was mistaken for a prowl?r at their
Fort Worth home.
Mrsi. Batts died Monday.
The accident occurred when she
returned home unexpectantly fiom a
vi it with her daughter, Mrs. Don-
ald C. Duncan of Burnet.
Mrs. Batts, the former Minette
Long, was well known in Austin,
46
,f* two Texas heroes of the 36th, Corp. j moving here from San Benito to
II
Richard Reno and M-Sgt. Bill Wasko.
Reno and Wasko were more than
frank in letting the Lions know what
wounded service men think of those
On Friday, November 24, the Bears! who encourage "let down" rumors
travel to Smithville where they take on .,the ho™e front. t They don't like
on the Smithville Tigers.
This game is a very important one
for the Bears because if they win
it they will have gone through their
regular season undefeated and un-
tied. They also will be county cham-
pions if they defeat the Tigers, hav-
ing already defeated the Elgin Wild-
cats.
<laughter, Marilyn Jeanne, of Little
Rock, Arkan-as; In parents Mr. and
\f , s. Albert Orts of Paii'e. Texas;
four sisters Mrs. E. E. Matti/.a and
Bernice Ann Orts of Houston, Mrs.
E. F. Herklotz and Mrs. Adren Loim
of Pake; and one brother Leon A.
Orts of Houston and many other
relatives.
i apt. Orts wa :• in mber of J. D.
Ghlding Lodge No. 280, A. I*. and
A. M.
Contributed
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RATION REMINDER
I
j
MEATS. FATS Red stamps AS
through Z8 and A5 through good
indefinitely. The four red stamps
validated October 29 totaling 1 u red
points will have to last for at least
a 5-week period. No new red stamps
until December
PROCESSED FOOD Blue stamps
AS through ZS and A5 through \\ " ,
good indefinitely. No new stamps
until December I.
SUGAR Sugar stamps 30, 21, 32
and each good for five pounds
indefinitely. Sugar stamp 34 became
good November l<> and remabis good
indefinitely Sugar stamp 40, good
for five pounds of canning sugar
through February 28, 1945.
GASOLINE A 13 coupons in new
ration book good for four gallons
through December 21.
SHOES Airplane stamps 1, 2 and
io book three, good indefinitely.
attend the University of Texas where
she was a member of Pi Beta Phi
sorority.
Her husband, Fort Worth attorney,
is the son of the late Judge R. E. L.
Batts of Austin, and nephew of the
late Mrs. H. N. Bell and cousin of
H. N. Bell, Jr., of Bastrop.
baby born to s-sgt. and
mrs. k. v. davis
Constance Sue is the new arrival
in the Davis family, ('instance Sue.
born Nov. 18th at the local hospit*
is the daughter of Staff Sergeai
and Mrs. Kenneth V. Davis, and
granddaughter of Mrs. George Da-
vis. She weighed 6 pounds and
ounces at birth.
Constance Sue's daddy has bee
statione ! in England since Septemb
of this year, and he was informed <
the birth of his daughter by a cab!
erim which his family hopes
civilians who sell their war bonds,
either!
"Home was never like this!" That
is probably what Willie Muzny of
Galveston is thinking these days, as
he lives in a sandbagged foxhole in
France. The army recently released
a photograph showing Willie's bat-
tlefront home, with the Texan in
the "doorway."
Kenneth Bennett of 1'ampa, Texas.
who has seen much fighting in
France, took time out to write a new
military march, "Here Comes the
Nineteenth!" Wick Fowler. Dallas
News war correspondent, liked it.
sent it back and soon it will be, rvavhoA him by this tinus although
published and played on radio pro- to daU, they HaVl,^ot ha(| a repiy.
When I t. Dan Gilmore's Flying I TO OCR FRIENDS
Fortress exploded during a mission J fo thank you for your kindness
over Europe, the Luling bombardier ;,"d sympathy at a time when it was
experienced one of the war's most deeply appreciated.
unusual escapes from death. He had J ' 'R' family ol Mrs. Lou Powell
just picked up his parachute when
the blast came, and was hurled from
the plane with the 'chute in his
hands. He fell 10,000 feet before be;
was able to slip into the harness j
and pull the rip-cord, but be finally!
landed safely only three miles from'
the German lines.
Another Texan who marked up aj
new sort of record was Pvt. Dan;
Castro of New Braunfels. Dan was
advancing near Chateau Salins. I
France, when his rifle jammed nt
NOTICE
In answer to the number of in-
quiries we have had relative to
a special edition, published for the
Ex-Service Men's Aid Associa-
tion, we wish to state that we are
in no way responsible for such
an edition, that we have no con-
nection with it and are not pub-
lishing it.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 23, 1944, newspaper, November 23, 1944; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth236985/m1/1/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.