Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 8, 1945 Page: 4 of 8
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THE BASTROP ADVERTISER, BASTROP, TEXAS
36th Division Go Into "Rest Camp
City" Following 135 Days Of Combat
, SIXTH ARMY GROUP, France.—
Men of the 36th "Texas" Division,
! observing a six-day rest period be-
I hind the U. S 7th Army front,
' the fitst break in 185 consecutive
days of combat, have not forgotten
i their former doughboy buddy, Tech.
i Sgt. James Logan of Luling, Texas.
' While most of the division is fight-
ing on the Western Front, small
groups of men are granted short
leave to go to a Rest Camp.
The Texan Medal of Honor win-
ner, Sgt. Ixtgan, is honored by the
naming of a hotel, "Logan Hotel,"
one of the five that make up the
division's little Rest Camp city. His
old battle companions sleep in "Lo-
gan Hotel" after a full day of movies,
recreation activities and other diver-
mother
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sions.
Four other hotels are named after
other .'ifith Division men who won the
nation's highest battle award. "Kelly
Hotel' for Tech. Sgt. Charles (Com-
mando) Kelly of Pittsburgh, Pcnna.;
"Crawford Hotel," Pvt. William Craw-
ford of Chicago, 111.; "Bjorklund Ho-
tel," 1st Lt. Arnold Bjorklund of Se-
attle. Wash., and "Wise Hotel", Tech.
Sgt. Homer Wise of Raton Rouge,
La. All are now returned to the States
with the exception of Pvt. Crawford,
a prisoner of war in Germany.
Various combat men attending the
Rest Camp expressed their admira-
tion for these division heroes.
"I think Logan would be right
proud of the hotel named after him,"
said Pvt. Milledan Ramsey, Nash-
ville. N. C., who served in Sgt. Lo-
gan's rifle platoon. "I^jgan was a
good guy. He was always thinking
of the other fellow and now we're
thinking of him. The whole division
is proud of him."
Pfc. Fred V. Davis, Scottsburg. Ya.,
who also fought beside Sgt. Logan,
.-aid, "Logan would feel good to see
his name on the hotel. He was an
all riirht. guy and it's good he's re-
membered in this way."
"1 know that Kelly received n lot
of publicity in the States," said Sgt.
Joseph S. Balsamo, Bloomfield, N. J.,
who served in Sgt. Kelly's regiment.
"But probably he would prize some-
thing like the naming of Kelly Ho-
WE REPAIR ELECTRIC IRONS
AND ALL OTHER ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
ALSO WILL BUY ELECTRIC IRONS
IN ANY CONDITION
MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION
ELLIS PLUMBING & ELECTRIC CO.
CAMP SWIFT HAS
BEST APPEARING
SEWERAGE PLANT
CAMP SWIFT. Feb. (Fpl.> —
Camp Swift's sewage treatment plant
has been chosen by the State Hoard
of Health as that presenting the most
attractive appearance of any such
systems in the state.
The post's installation was select-
ed for the annual Texas Honor Roll
for Sewage systems from nomina-
tions submitted by regional engineers
at various points in the state.
Dr. George W. Cox. State Health
Officer, in a letter notifying Lt. Col.
Eugene V. Spencc, Post Engineer, of
the selection, said in part:
"We are pleased to advise you that
Camp Swift was chosen to be given
the honor of having:
" 'The sewage treatment plant pre-
senting the most attractive appear-
ance."
Statintr that the selection was made
on the basis of "actual accomplish-
ments at the close of the year," Dr.
Cox added; "We want you to know-
that this distinct compliment has been
paid your water system as the re-
sult of a definite achievement in com-
petition with ail of the other systems
and plants in the state. This is a
record of which you may be justly
proud."
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Price Control And
Rationing Work
Against Inflation
According to information received
from C. T. Gieson, San Antonio dis-
trict OPA director, price control and
rationing cost the American people
fper person up to June .'to, 194 J.
And these two programs bad saved
an estimated $.H00 per person which
inflation might have cost.
The first World War cost $32 bil
lion dollars, Mr. Gieson explained,
and it has been estimated that fully
$13.r> billion of that amount was add-
ed to necessary costs by inflationary
price increases.
Phone 165
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Attention Car Owners
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recorvd-tion and service this vital machine for you—A
complete line of essential parts—Expert mechanics.
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itel' more, coming from his old di-
! vision and buddies." '
| Pfc. Lester L. Shipley, 316 Ave-
| nue C. Garland. Texas, a tank de-
I stroyer man, *aid, "1 don't know any
of the five Medal of Honor men per
j sonally, but 1 did know 'Mar,' He was
n Texan and made of the same fitfht
ing guts. 'Mac' was killed recently
by a mortar shell after outstanding
action in many hot battle-. He'i been
recommended for the Medal of Hon-
or, I understand. It's what these
hotel* represent that makes it im
portat.*. A remembrance of thr sort
is very good for any man like 'Mac'."
"This means a lot to our division
pride," said Pfc. William Flisr.ar,
Hillside, N. J. "When 1 saw the hotel
signs I thought of another here, (Jon
zales who served in my company.
(Sgt Manuel (Jonzales of Fort Davis,
Texas, who wears the Distinguished
Service Cross and is now stationed
in Georgia.) He was a good fighter
and hated to leave us, even to go
bar!, to the States. It's good to re
member what these five men, and
others like them, did for us."
A rotation system enables small
croups to leave theii front-line tin.is
every week for six days at the Rest
' amp. Fhe rejuvenation program in-
cludes (he best of food, complete ex-
cnange of old battle-torn gear for
new clothes from head to foot, hot
j showers at a famous French spa,
| American movies, orchestra jam
sions and dances. The men are com
pletely free to roam where they may
or sleep as long as they desire.
On her first assignment with her
favorite division, American Red Cross
j Clubmohile Worker Miss Jerry Wilkie
of Austin, Texas, recently joined the
Rest Camp staff.
NOTICE TO
APPLICANTS FOR
FURLOUGH GAS
Applicants for furlough gasoline
rations must present the mileage ra-
tioning record issued for the car
they intend to use. according to itv-
formation issued by the WPB,
Since the new mileage form was
issued to holders of basic "A" ra-
tions last fall, the board has requir-
ed that all applicants for renewals
of supplemental gasoline rations, ot
for special rations, present their mi-
leage rationing record.
If this form has been lost or mis-
placed, the board suggests that a dup-
Hcate copy be obtained.
YOUR 1945 HOME
FOOD PROGRAM
The newest bulletin from the Tex-
as A and M College Extension Ser-
vice, according to Mis# Lena Sturges,
county home demonstration agent, is
the one entitled "Your 11*15 11 tin
Food Program." It is available t<>
anyone who plans to help in the pro-
duction of food for 1945.
The following suggestions are ty
pical of others found in the bulletin
and relate to the production of mor
and better fruits, vegetables, anil
poultry:
Help your hearing fruit trees and
vine- by: Cleaning off weed-, bro
ken limbs, old eed; prune before the
-at> n«i (from bearish tree • one
third of last - a oil's growth) from
berry plants all old growth and all
but three new sprouts: In winter
fight diseases and in-e. t , San Jose
scale with oil emuMon spray; Sar>
Jose cale and leaf curl with liquid
lime sulphur; worms and brown rot,
spray often according to s< hedule in
bulletin on "Orchard Management.
Get thi bug* and worms before
they get the vegetables Start ear
ly- t'et material and equipment r>n •
dy, rotenone has been retraced for
use and other ii.j oct.icid<•« nre nv •
plentiful. (r« t your now and '•< rtadv
l\«e the poison best suited Spray1
or dust top m il underside of !<«%.-
Spray nr dust again every to •
days.
Save baby chicks. Get quality
chicks 1 S approved and pullorum
teste.! or betti r; piiv <!e re • rsi% warm
brooders use a thermometer Pro-
vide .1 to f> quart of water doily for
100 chick (• >'(sl bat.;, chick mash,
green feed, oyster sh II. grit. Clean
premises daily.
ODT "FREEZES" MILK
TANK TRUCKS
To conserve equipment during the
war the Office of Defense Transpor-
tation has frozen all fluid tank trucks,
I trailers and tractors used in trans-
portation of milk and other fluid
foods. E. P. McCallum, Jr., regional
director of the Highway Transport
Department, ODT. Dallas, announces
this means such equipment may not
be transferred, converted or diverted
to other uses without an ODT per-
mit after consideration in Washing
ton.
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Keeps Longer
Poultry keeps longer if stored whole
rather than cut in small pieces, say
\\ estinghouse home economists, ad-
vising also that it should be washed
thoroughly before being stored in the
i efrigerator.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 8, 1945, newspaper, February 8, 1945; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth236996/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.