Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 23, 1944 Page: 2 of 8
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BASTROP ADVERTISER, BASTROP, TEXAS
Farm Security Administration
Services Available To Veterans
The Farm Security Administration
in an agency of the I'nited States
Department of Agriculture. Its job
w to help farm families help them-
selves through a program of super-
vised credit.
During the past nine years this
service has been supplied to n mil-
lion worthy farm families who were
unable to obtain necessary credit
from any othei source. Supervised
credit services of FSA are available,
in accordance with legislative au-
thorizations, to eligible and qualified
wfr-nervicemen interested in farming.
Farm Security Administration op-
erates in all states. It maintains
local offices through which services
are made available in all counties
where farming is carried on. More
than .'5/i,ooo veterans of World War
f have used the supervised credit
facilities of FSA, and since 1942,
wore than 1.000 veterans of World
War II have received FSA loans
and are now farming.
Most FSA loans are of two types:
1. Short term loans for operating
purposes—buying seed, feed, ferti-
lizer, tools, farm machinery, live-'
stock. These loans usually range i
from amounts as small as $100 toj
a general maximum of $1,500, but'
aever in excess of $2,500. Loans J
are repayable in one to five years:
depending upon the anticipated farm'
income developed through a farm1
and home plan that is worked out
with the ramily. The interest rate
is 5 percent. This type loan is at
present limited to those unable to
obtain adequate credit at reasonable
rates and terms from other sources.
2. Forty-year loans for the out-
right purchase of family-type farms.
The amount of a farm-purchase loan
is limited to the average value of all
farms of 30 acres or larger in the
county, and cannot be more than
$12,000. Interest is 3 percent. Loans
of this kind were started to give
tenant farmers, share-croppers and
farm laborers opportunities to be-
come owners; only experienced farm-
ers, known to be diligent are chosen.
Practical on-the-farm supervision
as provided along with loans of either
type. FSA supervisors will assist
the family to plan and carry out a
sound farm and home operation.
They offer advice on good methods
and wise management; help farmers
organize group services for shari .g
Machinery and high-grade sires; ;.s-
aist in obtaining fair renting a id
leasing arrangements; help borrower-
families, physicians and hospitals
establish group health services. The
.FSA county committee composed of
three farmers who reside in the
'community, cooperates with the su-
pervisor in providing advisory as-
sistance to the borrowers and ap-
proves all loans.
Every consideration is given to
the problems of veterans who meet
the basic requirements for FSA help,
and have no other source of credit
on reasonable terms to make a start
ar agriculture, or who in the judg-
ment of a committee «>f experienced
local farmers would require FSA su-
pervision and credit in urdei to e
successful in farming operations.
Within the limits of its loan /; d
and its lending and servicing au-
thorizations, the FSA will make
loans to eligible veterans, and pro-
vide all possible aid in helping M <m
jet soundly established on the If
The GI Hill of Rights provi "es
that World War II veterans are
eligible for farm-purchase loa.is, tne
same as though they were farm
tenants. This does not mean that
all the ordinary requirements for
getting the loan are set aside for
veteians—one of the eligibility re-
quirements undei the GI Hill is that
the veteran who applies for a farm
•wnership loan be likely to carry
•ut successfully the undertakings re-
quired of him under the loan. Two
factors are of utmost importance:
(1) Can the veteran locate a desir-
able farm, and (2) Can the farm
be bought at a price so it can be
made to pay for itself over a period
•f years.
In general, loans for the purchase
•f farms are limited to applicants
arable to obtain satisfactory credit
from sources other than hSA. 'I his
will hold true also for veterans, ex-
cept in cases where a veteran is un-
likely to succeed in farming without
supervision of the type provided by
FSA. In such case he will not be
denied an FSA loan, even though
he might be able to obtain an un-
supervised loan from another source.
The veteran who believes that FSA
services provide the type of assist-
ance he will require, should apply to
the county FSA office nearest the
place where he has been farming,
or intends to farm.
Count v Health
Dept. Schedule
The following is the schedule for
the health department of Bastrop
county for the week of November 27:
Monday—Nov. 27th
Smithville— Home Visits A.M.
Upton, Clearview, Sweet Hill —
School Immunization in P.M.—Mrs.
DeWitt.
Cedar Creek—Home Visits—Mrs.
Paris.
Tuesday—Nov. 2Hth
Bastrop—Home Visits; White U.S.
0., 2:00-3:00 P.M.—Mrs. DeWitt.
Elgin—General Clinic, 9:30-12:30
P.M.—Mrs. Paris.
Elgin—Home Visits—Mrs. Paris.
Wednesday—Nov. 29th
Smithville General Clinic, 9:30
A.M.-12:30 P.M.—Mrs. Saunders and
Mrs. DeWitt.
Home Visits in P.M.—Mrs. DeWitt.
Paige, McDade, Ramsey, Elgin—
School Immunization—Mrs. Paris.
Thursday—Nov. 30th
Holiday—Thanksgiving.
Friday—December 1st
Bastrop General Clinic, 9:00-12:00
A.M.— Mrs. Saunders, Mrs. DeWitt,
Mrs. Dodd.
Elgin—Home Visits—Mrs. Paris.
Saturday—Dec. 2nd
Bastrop—Immunization Clinic 8:00-
12:00 Noon—Mrs. DeWitt.
Elgin—Immunization Clinic, 8:00-
12:00 Noon—Mrs. Paris.
Mrs. W. E. Maynard hail as her
guests last weekend, Mrs. A. J. Co-
burn of Beaumont and Miss Lucy
Heard of Orange.
Mr. and Mrs.. Jack Wright are
enjoying a visit from their son, I/irry,
who is a Naval Air Corps cadet.
Larry is home on furlough.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Leddy have gone
to Oklahoma this week to see tln-ii
son receive his pilot's wings at Altus,
Ok la.
Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Smith have the
pleasure of a visit from their son,
Arthur, who has just received his
pilot's wings. He is at present home
on leave.
Mr. and Mrs." Robert Curtis of
Houston have announc-d the birth
of a baby daughter, Evelyn Ann,
born Nov. 17. Mrs. Curtis is th>
former Miss Rosalie Morris of
Bastrop.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Schaefer of
Amite, La., spent the weekend in
Bastrop with relatives and friends.
A-C Larry Wright left Tuesday
for Norman, Oklahoma, where he
has been stationed, after a furlough
spent with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Wright.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Kleinert and
Mrs. J. D. Gibson of Austin spent
Sunday in the hone of Mrs. Rosa
Woehl.
Mrs. Frank Denison left on Tues-
day of this week for New York where
she is planning to stay about two
weeks visiting her son, Lieut, Frank
W. Denison. who is stationed at Fort
Hamilton, N. V.
Miss Dorothy Lee Middle'on oi
Austin was the guest last weekend
of Miss Linelle Turner.
Gordon G. Waugh, of the United
States Navy, spent a recent furlough
with his mother, Mrs. Julia Waugh,
here, and with his sister. Mrs. Helen
Lane, in Austin. He has just return-
ed from active duty in the Pacific.
Do your Christmas shopping early
while stocks are still complete. We
have a large assortment of gift sug-
gestions for the Chistmas shopper.
Elkins 5-10-25 Cent Store.
DISPLAY ATTRACTS
MUCH ATTENTION AT
CAMP SWIFT
CAMP SWIFT—One of the most
interesting displays ever placed be-
fore the personnel of Camp Swift
is attracting wide attention at Ser-
vice Club No. 2, where the Regional
Hospital's Reconditioning Annex ex-
hibit has been set up. This exhibit,
which stretches over twenty-four
feet of space, shows the principal
steps and practices in reconditioning
men for doty or discharge after they
have entered the convalescent stage
in the hospital. The display is fea-
tured by figures of soldiers approx-
imately fourteen inches in heigh:.
who are shown engaged in th
ous activities of the repot?'"*'
center. It begins with th,
Vaf
in bed in the hospital taking
physical exercise as he ifr
undergo, and carries him th'n
the various stages of recon<|j
including orientation, recreation
isthenics, drill, class room nuk- '
other activities until he i. j,'" 1
dition to return to full dutv C
be discharged and returned t ,
ian lif '. 1V
This display, which is present^!
authority of Col. A. K. Brown. H
fornj
pital commandant, recently r
an important unit of the Army sd
vice Forces show at Shreveport, h
and is soon to be taken to Ch'ic-i
and New York, wthere it uil
viewed by Army hospital autliori-,
as visual evidence of the excelb
reconditioning program of the Car
Swift Regional Hospital.
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LONG DISTANCE CALLS
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Long Distance calls are at an all-time high.
It happens sometimes that there's a bigger
rush than usual on certain circuits. Then the
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Long Distance operator w!l! help to keep
inings moving by sav'- --"Please limit your
call to 5 minutes/' ; ••#'* gtaveful when you
say "O.K."
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In your town and in any town you yourself arc likely to be a part of a scene
like this. People are on the move. Across the land, familiar red coolers for
Coca*Cola invite them—and you—to pause and be refreshed with ice-cold
"Coke". Yes, at home and abroad Coca-Cola has become a high-sign of
friendly refreshment.
• OTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY IY
BASTROP COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
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It's natural for popular names
to acquire friendly abbrevia*
lions. That's why you hear
Coca-Cola called "Coke".
.O 1944 TIm C-C Co^
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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/m1/2/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.