Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 15, 1945 Page: 1 of 8
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Ninety-first Year
BASTROP ADVERTISER. BA-TROP, TEXAS, MARCH 13, ll't
NUMBER 52
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PICKED UP AT
RANDOM
Elmer Wheeler, author of eight
books on salesmanship, has warned
merchants that 'wartime discourtesy'
will not be forgotten by customers
whet present shortages no longer
exist.
W heeler -ays businessmen are only
•'slitting their own throats" by rude-
ness to customers who request a
hard-to-get item He recommends
these sales techniques to insure con-
tinued patronage after tin- war:
1. Be patient in explaining stock
shortages and try to provide sul>-
titutes for unobtainable commoditi-
es, instead of shouting: "Nope, I'm
all out of that."
2. Don't ration courtesy, patience
or politeness.
3. Cater to regular customers —
"they will probably («• :h ■ only ones
around after the war."
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The following little poem was
written by G. VV. Smtih, young son of
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Smith, of Ha*,
trop. G. W. i- attending the Bastrop
Schools and is in the 8th grade.
VICTORY GARDEN ODK
Seed and soil and sunshine
And a little elbow grease
Ami there'll be food to win the war
And food to write the peace—
A just and lasting peace!
So hand me down my rake nad hoe
Wind me up mid lit ir.e go,
To my garden, there to sow
>ee<fe that soon will sprout and grow
into food for victory.
I much would rather go afar
And help Old I'ncle fight Che war
Hut I'm loo young for *uch a thing
Still tied to mother' apron string.
8<> while in years I'm not a man
I'll help Old Uncle ail 1 fan.
A fight front I'm gonna start
Right in my own bark yard,
W !h piiiarh, bean-. and kale a no
chard,
1 -urt- am gonna do my part!
There's otH1 thing everyone ran do
Knbst in th< (iarden Ct>w
H lp win VV orb) War Number Two!
—G. VV Smith
SERVICES HELD FOR
H E. ANDERSON
Funeral services were held Thurs-
day afternoon, March 8, a; I! o'clock,
for Herbert K. Anderson, who died
at his home here about H o'clock Wed-
nesday evening. His (bath, the result
of a stroke, followed an illness of
only five days.
Services were conducted by Rev
RotKtt S. Tate, Jr., pastor of the
local Metlhodist Church, arul inter-
ment was in Fairview Cemetery. Fall
bearers were Knox Kimbrough, .)ale
Turner, Otto Wolf, Henry Sims, Alex
W augh and Hartford Jenkins.
Herbert Ed war,] Anderson was
born in Bastrop on September 26,
1883, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. E.
Anderson. Reared in Bastrop, he be-
came a painter by trade, and married
to M ins • Kffie Spooner on January
27, 1914. He was a member of the
Methodist Church.
Surviving him are his widow, one
sister, Miss Belle Jenkins; one bro-
ther, K. L. Anderson; two nieces.
Mrs. Jack Sapp and Mrs. D. L. Lane,
both of Austin; two nephews, Mat
Anderson of Houston and Bobby An-
derson of Austin.
Among those from out of town
attending the funeral were Mrs. J.
R. Nichols. Jack Sapp, and Mrs. C. F.
Brown of Austin. Mi-s Stella Spooner
of Gonzales, an,) Mrs Mat Anderson
of Houston.
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ARMY NURSE GIVEN
RANK OF MAJOR
CAMP SWIFT, Mar. IS (Spl.)
It u now Major Margaret M Brandt
when yon address the chief nurse at j
' amp Swift R *g rial Ho*pital.
The promotion win the first of that 1
•u*h rank among the \rmy Nurse
('<>rp personnel since the opening of
the hospital
The chief nur*<\ veteran of 1?
yarn of Army Nurse Corps service,!
hail the honor of having Col. W l.eej
Hart, medical director of the Eighth)
Servii'i- Command, Dallas. remove the
twin bar- from hi r collar and replace'
t'hem with a gold leaf. The ceremony t
t<M k place in t* e office of Col. A. K
Brown, commanding officer of the
hospital.
Among the first to congratulate
the new major wa-- Lt. Col. Ctie I
Kleibwhidel, chief of nur-^-s of the
l.iyhth Strvici Command,
Major Brand-, a nativ. of Wahalla,
S. r arrived at Camp Swift in July
1042, shortly after the hospital's ac-
i "ation, and was assigned chief of
nurses by Colonel Brown. She was
promoted to Captain in Septemhei
1043.
She entered 'he corps upon r«
ceiving her pap from the Roper Hos
pital, Charleston, S. C. and has -ci
ved at many hospitals in thi
oni
S-SGT. COMBS IS
WOUNDED IN ACTION
Mr. and Mrs. George Combs re-
eeived notic • Tuesday that their son,
S-Sgt. Jack Combs, had been wound-
ed in action on March 1
S-Sjct Combs, who is a gunner on
a bomber plane, sustained flak
wounds in the right leg- and thigh,
the notice said.
He has !>< n tatiotud in England.
Recuperating From
Recent Illness
Fred (I. Haynie, County Superin-
tendent of Schools, returned home
Tuesday from Austin, where for the
past two weeks he was seriously ill
in a hospital there.
Mr. Haynie'* many friends in Bas-
trop and Bastrop County will be
elad fca know t«hat b i* recuperating
rapidly, and expects to be able to
resume his duties in hi* office in
the verv near future.
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ted (State". At one time sh,
stnt mned Tripler General Hospital
11 oll<)1111II.
Former Bastrop
Man Presents Beef
To Hospital
CAM!' SWIFT, Mar. 14. (Spl.)—
A 000-pound baby beef presented to
the Camp Swift Regional Hospital by
T. K. Dixon, Houston, Texas, provid-
ed tender, juicy steaks for the pa-
tients Tuesday.
Mr. Dixon, prominent Houston busi-
ness man, purchased the prize animal
at the Houston Fat Stock Show held
last month. He is a former resident
of Bastrop County, site of Camp
Swift.
The dressed beef, weighing 727
pounds, was on display in one of the
hospital mess halls last week. There
it was seen by many of the patients,
who sat down to a steak dinner Tues-
day.
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SGT. OSBORN LISTED
KILLED IN GERMANY
Mrs. Willie Inez Osborn vva- noti-
fied recently by the War Department
that her husband, Sgt. Frank M. Os-
born, was killed in action somewhere
in Germany on February 22.
Sgt. Osborn wen: into service on
April 2S, 1!>44, receiving his train-
ing at Camp Robinson, Arkansas,
and was sent overseas on October
21, 1011.
He is survived by his wife, one
on, Vernon Eugene, hi- parents, Mr.
and Mrs. M. C. Osborn; four broth-
ers and three sisters, Carl, Woodrow,
Marvin, and Kenneth, Mrs. Uyless
Duran of Bastrop, Mrs. A. C. Bryan
of Austin, and Mi-s Ivy Osborn.
BASTROP GIRL'S
HUSBAND DEAD
Official word has been received by
Mrs. Robert A. Beaty that her hus-
band, Sgt. Robert A. Beaty was killed
in action in Belgium on Dec. 17.
Sgt Beaty was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Allie Beaty of Nashville, Tenn.,
and was married to Miss Ella Wright
of Battrop, Texas, on Oct. 10, 11)42.
in liastrop.
Sgt. Beaty entered the service it*
1042 and for a time was
at Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells.
Texas. Eater he was transferred to
Camp Bowie, and then to Camp
Swift, Bastrop.
Sgt. Beaty's company was award-
ed a citation in the battle of Brest
in France in August, It'll.
Before entering the service, Sgt.
Beaty \va* a roofing contractor in
Na-hville. Tenn.
He i also survived by several -is*
t> rs and brothers, all of whom live in
Tennessee,
FIRST BABY BORN AT
SWIFT HOSPITAL
The first baby to be born in the
Regional Hospital at Camp Swift ar-
rived Friday, Mardh t>. He is the
young m of Major and Mrs. M. I).
Hcatly.
DANCING CLASS TO
GIVE USO PROGRAM
At the dance that is being given
this Saturday night, March 17, at the
Bastrop USO. the dancing class of
Mrs. Perry Smith is going to pre-
sent the entertainment for the ev-
ening. There will be a variety of
entertainment which is being direct-
ed by Mrs. Smith and her assistant,
Bonnie Erhard.
The program will consist of toe
dancing, ballet numbers, tap num-
bers, creative dancing. Piano solos
and special vocal numbers given by
stationed some the talented young people
of Bastrop will also be a part of the
program, a- well as several other
types of entertainment.
After th program, there will be a
dance thai is held regularly by the
local USO. The public i< cordially
invited to attend.
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Calvary Episcopal
Church
Passion Sunda)
We bi seech the. . Almig! ty Cod. to
look c.pon Thy people; that by Thy
great goodne** tney may be govern
ed and preserved evermore, Hot h in j
body and soul; through Jesus Christ,
our I/ord. Amen.
Sunday Services:
8:00 A. M., Holy Communion
'< 4ft A. M.. Church School
11:00 A M, Holy Communion anu
Sermon. Subject. "Prayer, the K j
to the Bible."
Wednesday, 10;00 A.M., Holy Com
m union
Thursday. 8:00 P. M., Lenten Ev-J
ening Service; preacher, the Rev,
C: arb Simmers of Austin
Friday, I I' M., Lita y Service
Prayer for the Lenten Season:
Almighty and evvrln-ting God. who
hatent nothing Chat thou ha t made,
and dost forgive the sins of all those
wl.ti are penitent; create and make
in us now 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 for-
I'iveness: through Jesus Christ, our
I ah d. Amen.
Recently Appointed
Flgiht Officer
MOODY FIELD, GA., MAR. 11-
Appointed a Flight Officer with the
rating of Army Pilot here today was
former Avaition Cadet Joseph Ver-
lon Hemphill, of Cedar Creek. Texas.
A member of Class tft-A, the new
Flight Officer will be assigned to
piloting multi-engine aircraft, sue.
as light, medieum or heavy bombers;
transport or cargo planes.
Promoted To
Rank of Major
The rank of Major
been attained
Brannon, son
Brannon Sr.,
has
recently
by Captain Jack G.
if Mr. and Mrs. S. L.
if Bastrop.
Major Brannon is stationed at pre-
sent with the I nited States Army
at a General Hospital somewhere in
England.
Card of Thanks
We wirth to take this method of
expressing our deep appreciation ami
grateful thanks for their many acts
of kindness, and for the beautiful
floral offerings, during the recent
illntv-s and at the death of Mr. An-
derson.
Mrs. Herhirt Anderson
Mrs. Belle Jenkins
The R. L. Anderson tamily
The Spooiu'r Family
Recently Promoted
In France
Albert A. Shafer has recently been
promoted from the grade of Private
First Class to Technician Fifth grade
while serving with a tank destroyer
battalion of the .'With Division on
the front of the American Seventh
Army in France. He is the son of
Mrs. Mary M. Shafer, Rt. No. 2,
Bastrop, Texas.
The local soldier's division was the
first to land on the mainland of
Europe in World War II. On the
morning of September 9, 1!)43, the
36th Division, commanded at the
time by Major General Fred L. Walk-
er of Columbus, Ohio, stormed ashore
at Salerno and in 13 days bad estab-
lished a firm foothold that was to
lead to the bloody but successful
Battle of Italy.
Later they saw action at Migrano,
St. I Met i a, Mt. Maggore, Mt. Lungo,
Mt. Trocchio, Cerva, St. Flia and
Castellone Ridge, all forerunners to
the Battle of Cassino.
The unit's most brilliant chapter
was reached at Velletri, Italy. On a
surprise maneuver they captured 5,-
j 000 prisoners with a minimum of
| casualties.
On the 15th of August, 1014 the
Division made its second amphibious
assault when they were one of the
'first units ashore on the French Ri-
' viera under the command of Major
General J. E. Dahlquist. They par-
ticipated in the drive up the Rhone
Valley and played an important part
m the encirclement of the German
Nineteenth Army with other units of
Lt. General Alexander M. Patch's
American Seventh Army.
Election Proclamation
By virtue of the power vested in
me as Mayor of the City of Bastrop,
Texas ami in accordance with the
Laws of this State governing City
Elections, I, Will Rogers, hereby or-
der an election to be held on Tuesday,
April 3rd, 1945, under the direction
of Hartford Jenkins, Presiding Judge,
and Mrs. J. S. Milton, Associate
Judge. Said election to be held for
the purpose of electing (2) Aldermen
to succeed J. T. Hasler and J. J.
Schaefer and <1> City Marshal to
succeed J. S. Milton to serve until
the election and qualification of their
successors.
That said election will be held in
the City Hall in the City of Bastrop,
Bastrop County, Texas.
Given under my hand and seal of
said office, this the 5th day of March,
A. D. 1945.
WILL ROGERS,
Mayor.
Attest:
W. S. CRAFT,
City Secretary.
(SEAL)
RECEIVES^ CITATION
IN BELGIUM
A NINTH AIR FORCE FIGHTER
BOMBER BASE, Belgium—A Presi-
dential Unit Citation has been awar
ded the 36th Fighter Group, a Ninth
Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt group in
which Staff Sergeant Woody B.
Compton, Jr., Bastrop, is an airplane
crew chief.
The group originally commanded
by Colonel William L. Curry, Raleigh
N. C. and now led by Lieutenant
Colonel Van H. Slayden, Waverly,
Tenn., received the battle honor for
outstanding performance against the
enemy September 1, 1044, When more
than 500 German vehicles endeavor-
ing to withdraw through a gap near
Poitiers, France, were destroyed by
strafing an(| bombing.
In part the citation reads: "The
extraordinary heroism and exemplary
devotion to duty displayed by the
pilots of t'h^ 36th Fighter Group
was instrumental in striking a deci-
sive blow at the enemy transporta-
tion and personnel at an important
juncture in the campaign in Northern
France, and reflects great credit upon
the entire organization."
The son of Mr, W. B. Compton,
Bastrop, Sgt. Compton entered the
service in September 11*4" at Austin
He ha- been in the European theatre
of operations since April 194*1.
His wife, Mrs. Woody B. Compton,
lives at 1700 Virginia Avenue, Austin
Public Invited To
Flower Show
Everyone is invited to be guests
at an open house Flower Show at
the home
Hollaway,
March IS.
of
in
Mr. and
Wander.
Mrs. H. K.
on Sunday,
BASTROP'S
ROLL OF HONOR
SGT. ELBERT II. JENKINS
Sgt. Elbert Hubbard Jenkins,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Jen-
kins, is stationed at present at
Camp Sibert, Alabama.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 15, 1945, newspaper, March 15, 1945; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237001/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.