Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1945 Page: 1 of 8
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Unhrtwity Library. K|
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Ninety-first Year
BASTROP ADVERTISER. BASTROP, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 15, 194f>
NUMBER 4*
pvt. bailey is
reported missing
Pvt. Joe W, Bailey, who • vrved
with th«> 7t h Armored Division in
France, Holland. Belgium and Ger-
many, wan reported missing in action
on December 24. according to a wire
received by his wife. Mrs. Levie Bai-
ley, recently.
Pvt. Bailey is the son of T. V\
Bailey of the Cedar Grove Communi-
ty. His wife lives near Bastrop.
it eradication
Program proving
tsuccessful
Ninny of the local people in th
ti.wri haw taken advantage of pur-
ng rat-poison at the Chamber of
Commerce to bait their homes on co-
njugation with the Bastrop rat-exter-
mination program There art .-till
..■ver.il package# available
Km* package will make about *>i
(>#!'«, and contain* complete diree-
] tie for cx|K> in|{ the poison Thi
1,1 relatively harmless to hu
j i beings and domi«tic animal-
MISSING ON DEC. 24
BASTROP'S
ROLL OF HONOR
!®p^
PVT DGCGLAS SMITH
Pvt. 1 'ouifia* Stn th i* ervwg
• " ' • Ft .! d >•••«'< • \ r 11 '■ \ \ I
f rp«. and Dan C Smith, y .iir'er
Mn-'cr. NKStmd Cl s*, v,i?h tH« 1'
> j - '.(iu Nsvy
DAN C. MITII. gM 2 C
Both l>oy* mi' the ion* of Mr<.
H ' . Smith of Cedar '"reek, and
both ar<- located in the South Pa-
cific battle area.
PVT JOE W. BAILEY
silk scarf worn
over tokyo to
be on display
The silk scarf worn by It. To
!>sv.«on on his raid over Tokyo will
!>e on exhibition in the Tower Thea-
tre h"n the picture, "Thirty Seconds
Over Tokyo" come* to th-- To.. .1 thw
weekend.
Lt Dawson, wli participated in
the famnu. fir«,t-t mbing of Tokyo
nearly three yearn ago. spent weeks
at th y. - M S urfio* « ip<-rvi>fintr the
transcription of hi* thrilling story to
thi- *cri'en. Thoutrh all the bomber*
i>-d crews who trained find partici-
pated are shown in the picture, the
•twy ts essentially the tory of I.t.
i iu on « ami their plane, "The
Ruptured Duck "
"Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo",
•«ore than any other picture, exem-
p 'ie he raw courage and intrepid
daring of the youth of America who
are carrying the nar to the enemy
•>n land, at s> a. and i~ the air.
The picture p'ays at the Tower for
th< midnight show, •viturdsv. Feb
r-.siiry J4. and >*n Sunday and Monday
1 I . • 1 uary 2ft-8fl.
TO REVIEW*" THE
ROBE' FEB. 18
Mi— Margaret Schmidt of Austin
"ill review "The Robe," a r.Tcnt
' lit r by Floyd Douglas, at the
Methodi«t Church 011 Sunday after-
noon. February is, at o'clock,
A free will offering will be taken.
< HKISTI*\T~CMI Kt II
Sunday School and Holy Commu
• on every Sunday a! 10 O'clock \.
M
loses life on
european front
Pvt. Joe J. Barton was killed in
action somewhere in France on Dec-
ember 2. according to a mesago re-
ceived by his wife.
Pvt. Barton, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Barton of Red Rock, was
born there on January 17, 1915. lb-
attended school at Sacred Heart in
Hoektie, and was a member of the
Catholic Church.
He was married on October 1m,
19.14, at Rockne, and his wife, Mrs.
(Elizabeth Barton, and three children,
Herman, Joe liee. and Matthew James
survive him. Other survivors include
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Barton, and five sisters, Lucy, Ella
Nora, Evaloin, Ellin, and Alma, ami
three brothers, Willie, Adolph, and
Max.
He was employed at Camp Swift
as a mechanic before he entered the
service on March 17, 1944. He went
into the Infantry, and received hit
training at Camp Robinson, Arkan-
sas. He went overseas on October
9, 1944.
mad dog warning
issued to all dog
owners
KILLED IN FRANCE
Mayor Will Rogers states that al'
dogs found running loose in the soul,
end of the city of Bastrop without)
1941 or FT- rubies vaccination ta * •
will be destroyed immediately.
This action is necessary been use
the Travis-Bastrop Health Depart-
ment reported that a rabid don bad
been found running amuck in this
, section of the town.
"T*iere 1 • no definite length of time
for the development of rabie- in a
dog. The disease usually develops,
within from twenty-one to sixty day?-
after the innoculation, although thi
time of incubation may vary from
fourteen day- t<> a year depending
upon the location and severity of thi
bite If thi' tlog has been severely
lacerated or if the bite is near th
i>rain. the r <*ui<ation period is short-
1 cried." When a rabid dog enters at
j town and bites a number of dogs.j
' rabies w ill continue to crop up for
■ practically the entire following year.)
1 unless thi dogs that have been bit-1
ten are i mm untied or killed. Val-
uable dog- -hould be vaccinated, and
dogs of no value should be destroy-
i Ml immediately.
Loral health authorities urge thai
all dog not vaccinated within a year
be Incarcerated until they can lie im-
munized,
I><g vacciiiatem day in Bastrop will
be announced ir. the near future
PVT. JOE J. BARTON
METHODISTS TO
OBSERVE WORLD
WEEK OF PRAYER
The World Day of Prayer will be
observed at the Methodist Church
Friday, Feburary 18, at 3:00 P. M.
and 8:00 P. M.
The members are asking all Chri-1-
tians of all faiths to meet with them
f,> - « dav of 1 raver and it-dedication,
i* that God will hear and ar.-
all prayers for a world peace
and praying for the 111-n in the
serv. s.
Bears Fall To
Second Place In
Dist, Standings
The Bastrop High School Bears
were defeated by the I .a Grange
1 <eopards in La Grange Tuesday. Feb-
ruary 6, in a thrilling basketball game
which saw the Bears go down fight-
ing 26-2f>.
This loss hns revised the District
standings in this order:
La Grange
Bastrop
(iiddings
Smithville
Won Lost Pet.
5 0 1.000
4 1 .800
2 '1 .400
0 5 .000
Calves Purchased From Bastrop
County Boys At Houston Stock Show
BaMrop County I 11 Club boy Gene
Hattox of Elgin gets sixty cents perl
pound for his 840-pound calf at the
Houston Fat Stock Shaw, according
to W G. Anthony, County Agent of j
the A and M College FxtciiMon Serv
ice.
Gene's calf was auctioned by the
famous baseball player "Dizzy" Dean.!
Dizzy wanted to auction this calf be
cause Gene was the smallest t II j
dub hoy in the entile show The calf
old at the third highest price of any
calf at the show. The calf wa do-
nated to Faith Home of Houston.
\ four yeai old girl. Arleen Dixon,
• f Houston bought Bobby Voting's
KNft pound calf nt thirty five cents
pci pound. Vilcen was the youngest
buyer in the show. Hei grandfather,
F J. Dixon, moved to Houston from
Bastrop County fifty years ago.
Vernon Smith, i ll clubber from
Cedar Creek, owner of the scramble
calf sponsored by Cecil R. Haden.
president of the Haden Company,
Houston, sold the 1020-pound calf
back to Mr. Haden at thirty three
and one half cents pet pound. The
calf was then donated to the Mc-
Closkey General Hospital, Temple,
Texas,
The 4-H club boys from Bastrop
County are well pleased with the
prices received for their calves, said
Mr. Anthony. The three calves
brought a total of $1,1'12.00 from the
sale and prizes received at the show.
Fach boy was awarded five dollars
foi entering a calf.
Last week on Feb. 9 the Bears play-
ed the (iiddings Buffaloes in the
BUS gym arid defeated them sound-
ly 38-15. Hob Goode and Hollice
Hemphill were high scorers for the
Bears.
On last Tuesday. Feb. 13, the Bears
traveled to Smithville and won easily
over the Tigers. Goode, Hemphill.
Prokop, Smith and Titsworth all hail
a share in the victory. Hodges and
Lewis also showed up very well in
this one sided game.
On Friday. Feb. 16, the Bears will
engage La Grange in what promises
to be the climax of this half of the
District's play. It will be played in
the Bastrop high school gymnasiun
and will begin promptly at 8:00 p.m.
The Bears have an excellent chance
for u win over the Leopards. In this
case it would throw the District
Championship into a tie between these
two teams.
Regardless of the outcome. La
Grange and Bastrop will represent
this district in the district tourna-
ment which will be held in the latter
part of February.
The Bears will be playing their
best game Friday night. They will
rely 011 a tight zone defense and a
fast attack to stop the fast-breaking,
sharp shooting Leopards.
bastrop girls are
nominees for camp
swift's queen
Camp Swift. Feb. II—Nominations
for Camp Swift's "Queen of Hearts"
contest ends today, witth 22 blondes
brunettes and red heads front neigh-
boring communities vieing for the
Valentine crown.
Sponsored by Service Club No. 2,
the beauty and personality contest
comes to grande finale Wednesday
night with the selection of the Queen
of Queens.
Mrs. Ruth Tener, social hostess
has outlined the manner of determin-
ing the winner;
The nominees will parade before
the three judges—identities a close-
ly guarded secret—who will make a
primary selection of five girls. The
guests will then take over choosing
by written ballot for the Valentine
Queen.
For the winner there will be a
week-end of entertaining befitting
royalty. Escorts will be members
of the organization sponsoring the
victor.
Each unit on the post was inviten
to submit the name of one nominee
and the rush was on. Some organi-
zations made up their minds in a
hurry, while others took their time.
For instance, the 389th Ordnance
Company had mx candidates over for
-upper and then put them to work
serving chow. The winner in this
novel contest was Miss Leona Canu
dy, 316 Lamar Street, Austin, who
works on the post.
The other queens:
Ann Penny, F1 Paso; Lucille Ash,
Bastrop: Doris Wilkins, .Bastrop;
June Morrison, Smithville; Mary
Mays. Smithville; Nancy Lee Waugh,
Bastrop; Frances Lanier Smith, Univ.
-lty of Texas, Austin; Arolee Al-
brecht. LaGrange; Janice Long, Aus
tin; Katherine Larson, Elgin; Fran-
ces Miller. University of Texas, Aus-
in; Betty Bomharger, Smithville;
I'heda Booth, Austin; Grace Hejt-
niancik. Giddings; Helen Blackmon,
Manor; Jo Ann Davidson, Smithville;
Kay Hunter. University of Texas,
Austin; Micky Prescott, University
of Texas, Austin; Georgia Barns, Un-
iversity of Texas, Austin; Nell Ep-
person, University of Texas, Austin;
| Marie Seaholm. Austin.
Calvary Episcopal
Church
Prayer for the Week: 0 lx>ra,
who for our sake didst fast forty
"days and forty night-: Give us
grace to use such abstinence, that
our flesh being subdued to the spi-
r:;, we may evei obey Thy godly mo-
tions in righteousness, and true holi-
ness. to Thy honor and glory, who
liv st and reignest with the Fathi r
and the Holy Ghost. One God, worl'*
without end. Amen.
Services. Friday, February 16. Lit-
any Service, 4:00 P. M.
Sunday Services:
8:00 A. M., Holy Communion
9:45 A. M.. Church School
11:00 A. M.. Holy Communion and
Sc rmon, "In What Way Was Christ
Tempted?"
Wednesday. 10:00 A. M., Holy
Communion
Prayer for the Lenten Season:
Almighty and Everlasting God, who
hate-t nothing that Thou hast made,
and dost forgive the sins of all thos •
who are penitent, create and make
in us new and contrite hearts, that
we, worthily lamenting our sins and
acknowledging our wretchedness, may
obtain of Thee, the God of all mercy,
perfect remission and forgiveness:
through Jesus Christ Our Lord,
Amen.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1945, newspaper, February 15, 1945; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth236997/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.