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liASTROI' ADVERTISER, .JULY 5, 1945
NUMBER 16
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PFC SIMMONS GETS ^:£STI^ECIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR STUDENTS OF
BASTROP COUNTY PRESENTED TO US
Ceorg town, Juik' 30 - The Or-j of La trop shall r< "innu'nd to the
vain Memorial Scholarship hae University the holder of the Scho-
larship. It is the intention of the
BRONZE STAR FOR
HEROIC ACTION
i'F< ERNT>T G. SIMM \S
WITH THE 3J\'l) INFANTRY
ON 1 I'ZON, P.I. A coll in- boy
from Texas A. M., Pfe Ernest
G. (Jig.si Simmons, son of Mrs.
Gem Simmons, Ba-trop, T< xa*.
crept through the dark of no-
mun'n land to make a mile long
trip through th<- Carahallos Mount
tu111.•< of Northern Luzon f■ r the
purpose of bringing back a supply
of Mood plazrna that was sorely
needed at a forward station. For
his heroic action he has been
awarded the Bronze Star Medal
by order of Maj. (Jen. William
H. Gill, Commander of the 32nd
(Red Arrow) Division. Hi- holds
in addition, one Bronze Star and
two citations.
Pfc Simmon* left the forward i
Comrnan Post at 2:00 o'clock in j
the m rnintf. Mountain nu«s bad
mad' thi night - Mat I at. in \n/ai* PriSOnGT
th. «■■■• of hi idd>, " Returns Home
couldn't see <iur hands on the' . ...
e , I Sgt Albert J. (J:mmiei Meyer,
ground in front of us. i
To appreciate the heroism of who pent almost two year# as a
these two medic- one must und<>r-j prisoner of wai firft in Italy and
the Ger-
a (50-day
I n " iven to Southwestern I - ni-
vrsity by the surviving children! dono, : t0" havclhc scholarships
of the late Captain and Mrs. Ren-1 aWar^,,(1 lo a b, v . irl „f hi(rh
jarnin B. Orgain for the purpose mora; characlll.f whs) wouW not
of agisting in the education of be aM t<J a,ten<1 thfJ Univcrsity
h.ys and girU from Bastrop Coun- j wjthout oul,idt, a,,i>tance.
ty, Texas, according to an an-'
notion ment made by President J. In presenting the scholarship to
N. R. Score to the llth session of the University Mr. Will E, Oruain.
t4.• Southwestern Pastor's School, speaking for the donors, .said. "We
which closed in Georgetown Satur-, have limited th • benefits of this
day. ! scholarship to a boy or a girl of
Donors of the securities, which Basti ip County, Texas, for the
will provide the income for the reason that our mother and father
<>r.-am Memorial Scholarship, in- both went to that community in
dude Mrs. Kate Orgain McCul- early lifi ; and it was there that
lough of Dallas. Mrs. Cruscilla our father nut and courted our
ream Ransome of Bastrop, Mr. mother; there they were married,
•J. C. Orgain of El Paso, and Will raised their family, and did much
K. Orgain of Beaumont. The for th' advancement of the local
terms of the grant which will be chur< ie and the ommunity, as
available to a selected student be- the churches and community did
ginning th - fall of I'.U7, provide much f'<r them; and there, after
that a committee composed of a lonr honorable and well-sp nt
ministers of the Methodist Church- life, died and were buried. If
. in Bastrop County and the sujv living, we know they would ap-
er intendent of the Public Schools prove."
mans, is
furlough.
# aml the tactics, both ours ami |H;,.r
Jap, in this mountain warfare
Our troops smash forward, cai
tur<- a hill or n commanding point
Then th« y in and hold against j Son of
the counter-attack which is *urei trop, Sgt.
to come at night. J ber
The '12nd Division ha foughtj""
a prisoner
at home
i bailie Meyer of Ba -
Meyer served as a mem-
of a bombing crew on numer-
flight' over lialy and Ger-
MID-SUMMER COOKING SCHOOL TO
FEATURE "HIT THE SPOT" FOOD
thi kind of war all the way from many.
Australia to the Philippines, time-
Thr ugh more than lt.OfHi hours j wears
of cmbat time the Red Arrow hat; j 't*'
repeatedly attack''"). ronrjtn t'-d.' clur.t« i. repi eseoting five addition-
and set up perimeter defen«
Officially recognized nine
for meritorious service, he
the following medals: air
with one silver oak leaf
Th*r«* is no continuous line in
this kind of warfare. The 'front*
eon i«ts of a staggered aeries of
telf."upporting liUtposts In the«e
perimeters con tantly wakeful in 1
fantrymen *ti n into the lurkn ^
foxhole*. alert every
al oak-leaf clusters to the air med-
al and indicating a sixth award
of this decoration; together with
three bronze oak leaf clusters
which indicate seventh, eighth, and
ninth awards of the air medal.
These awards were presented to
land
from their
attat k.
The area between and
the e outposts is n no man's
of brush covered trails, gulleys,
canyons. Even the rear clement*
are «• If defending with their own
perimeter*. The space in between
belong* to anybody and our sold-,
iers have orders to shoot or gren-
ade anything that moves out there
in the night.
One the two men heard sounds
of movement nearby in the brush.
They shouted into the darkness
so our own troops wouldn't fire.l
No answer J«p«, "We got the
hell out of there - fast," says Sim-i
mons.
When they reached the rear
they had to infiltrate through our
own perimeter. Then the repeat-
ed the entire performance in their
return to the forward aid station
with the supply of life saving
plasma,
ll'iw many livi these two med-
ics snv d nobody knows, Simmons
and his pal, who also received a
medal, were doing nothing more
than following the tradition of nil
32nd Divi-ion medics through four
major campaigns,-New Guinea,
Papua. Lryte, and Luzon. For
it-1 exceptional work in caring for
the wounded in the swamps of
Hiii a and on the starvation trek
over the Owen Stanly Range, the
entire 10?*h Med Bn, received a
Presidential Distinguished I 'nit
Citation.
American men from al! walks of
life are rendering superb medic
servic with the 32nd Division.
It is not at all unusual that a
I'exa College student should be
teamed with a Minnesota chemi-
cal worker lo perform this heroic
night' work. Pfc Simmons and
all oth r Red Arrow men are tak-
ing a well earned rest at present
" omewhere in the Philippines".
VISITS FAMILY
IN AUSTIN
Henry O. Watterson, Jr., re-
ported Tuesday to Galve toii fm
further naval training; following
n I "-day furlough | nt with his
Wat-
Mr. Mever in a coremony held in
| the district court room on Novem-
behind|b«r 5. 194.1, by officers from
Bei gstrom Field, shortly after he
had been notified that his son wai
held prisoner by the Italians.
Baby Son Arrives
June 25th
Robert Warren Higgins, Jr. ba-
by son of S2-C and Mrs. Warren
Higgins of ( orpus Christi, arrivi-.i
on Mon<lay, June 2">. at the Base
Hospital m Corpus Christi.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam J. C. Higgins
and Sheriff and Mrs E. D. Cart
Wright are the young man's grand-
parents.
o
Calvary Episcopal
Church
!(«•*. L. Irving Inslev
Pr«vcr
Wh.
lov<
pass
into
I hce
Miss Lena Sturgis. county home
demonstration agent for the Texas
\ & M College Extension Service,
has announced that a mid-summer
cooking school will be held at th
high school lunch room in the Ba -
trop High School on Thursday,
July 12. from 10—4 ;.'40 and those
interested are invited to attend
—rural or townspeople. This
school will be held bv Miss Jennie
Camp. Specialist in the Home
Production Planning and Mfss
Martha Bnttrill. Emergency War
Food Assistant.
The purpose of the school will
be to train women to help reach
other homemakers in the county
with practical everyday helps on
problem: in meal planning, and
i food preparation with some co-
relative work on summer jobs in
food production.
The program will !>e about as
follows:
10-10:30—A ssembly, introduc-
tion and opening remarks-CHDA
10:30-1^:30—Preparation of
"Hit the Spot" foods
12:30-1:30 Picnic lunch from
covered dishes brought by those,
attending
1;30-2:30—Summer reminders
on Food Production.
2:30-3:30—Meal Planning and I
Preparation
3:30-4:80—Round Table Dis-
cussion on Future Plans.
Women from Bastrop, Fayette,
Lee, and Colorado counties will at-
tend.
Urge your neighbors who are
intei "ted in food preparation and
meal planning to attend this meet-
ing. All homemakers are invited
to attend.
Receives Bronze
Star Medal
T Sgt. Milton 0. Behrens has
been awarded the Bronze Stai
Medal for meritorious service in
the line of duty. He served in
the campaigns in Normandy,
Northern France, Belgium, and
Germany.
Sgt. Behrens is the son of Mr.
and Mrs, Kuril Behrens of Paige,
Texas.
TIRES FOR TRUCKS
MUST BE ASKED FOR
BY EXACT SIZE
for the Week: O (I >'l,1
I •!«( . n pared for tho. e who)
Thee such good thi.igs as
nan's undersli nding: I " n
our hearts su i !ove Ovvard
uiat v e, loving Thee uhovi
all lings, may obtain Thy prov-i
i which exceed all that wc car
di>ii- through Jesus C iris o'li
I 'id. Amen.
Sunday Services
7 1> A M. Holy ( ommunion
9:4'> A.M. Church School
11:00 A.M. Morning Prayer MeCloskey General Hospital, Tem-
and Sermon ! Texas, from battle wounds.
Thought for the Season: ! Mo XVfts wounded April 23 near the
First in war First in peace-- P°* River, Italy when hit by shrap-
and first in the hearts of his coun- ,,el- whi,e wrving with the First
trymen I hear falling from his Armored Division.
venerable lip> these deep- inking
words
Becaus? the trurk tire situation
still is critical it has become nec-
I essary to issue these tires by spe-
cific sizes, so that production
I needs of the immediate future
may be determined, Eugene Kurtz,
| tire rationing officer of the San
i Antonio district Office of Price
\ '.ministration, said recently.
Mr. Kurtz explained that all
users of truck tires now must
| furnish their local War Price and
' Rationing Board the exact sizes of
the tires they need. Formerly,
many large users of truck tires,
such as motor freight lines, or-
dcred by size groups -- for exam-
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BASTROP
u s o
Convalescing At
McCloskey's
T f> Maurice W. Kimbrough,
son nf Mis. Elizabeth Richardson,
I Bastrop, Texas, is convalescing at
MeCloskey General Hospital,
I one of the Army's largest general
Cease sons of America, lament-; hospitals, is outstanding as an
ing our separation: go on and i orthopedic center, amputation cen-
confirm by your wisdom the fruits "! neuro surgical center and,
of our joint councils, joint efforts!'" addition, provides expert care
and common dangers; reverence "d treatment for all military per
[religion, diffuse k n o w I e d g e 1 sonnel. Many of the best medical
throughout the land, patgonize \ specialists in the Cnited States are
the art and sciences: let I iberty staff Its 3500 be<!s and 100
buiidings are conveniently situ
parents, Mr. ami Mr
termn, and wife, in
A formi r resident
lie ha ■ iieoti in nine <
in the I'd' ifi
Henry
Austin.
i f Bust rop
nmbat zones
and Old r lie inseperahle com-
panions, Control party spirit, the
l ane of free governments, observe
good faith to and cultivate peace
with all nations."
From Henry Lee's oration on
Washington.
Prayer for Ourselves: In all
things help me to remember
"Thou God sccsi me." Amen.
atecl on 216 beaut it <ill> landscaped
acres. A modernistic swimming
pool, tennis courts, gymnasium,
golf course, and othei recreation
al facilities are available to the
patients and hospital personnel
Battle casualties from every then
tie of war arrive by plane and
train convoys daily.
pie, "a dozen tires sized
20 or larger." Now, every certifi-
cate must state the specific size
required* rather than the size
group.
"While the quota of truck tires
f.n the San Antonio OPA district
was increased slightly for June,
it still will not take care of inciva-
i"g hot-weather demands," Mr.
Kurtz said. "The backlog of ap-
pli< ations from eligible users now
totals approximately 1,300 units,
wl sch amounts to 30 per cent more
than the backlog for the monthly
NEWS
Over 100 soldiers were enter-
tained with a spaghetti supper
on Thursday night, June 28. and
the boys declared is to be a mem-
orable occasion. Many of the
group have been regular attend-
ants at the club. Others expected
to leave soon for overseas and this
was a farewell party for them.
A number of the boy* recently
returned from combat were in-
cluded among the guests. Ar-
rangements of the small tables
about the social hall, and dim
lighting by candles gave a night'
club effect. The spaghetti and]
green salad were prepared by two!
Italian boys, Sgt. Pecora and Sgt. j
Esposito, Co. C, 1G84 Eng. Bn.
'Camp Swift. Thanks are due to j
Chaplain Hearn, who contacted)
these boys for us, and Ca| t Payne,
Company Commander, who grant-
ed permission for the enterprize.
A group of girls from Smithville
joined with our Bastrop girl- in
entertaining the group. The even-
in? was spent in games and in-
formal dancing.
The Hospitality chairman, Mrs.
Frhard. reported a little bedside
party given for two patients in
the Regional Hospital, The occa-
sion—birthdays. The committee
furnished a big birthday cake orn-
amented with candles, and the af-
t.rnoon was spent in entertaining
the honorees. She further report-
ed a chicken barbeque given at
the State Park with 25 soldiers,
ambulatory case« from the Re-
gional Hospital, guests.
The Bastrop USO was the host
club for the Area Staff Meeting
on Tuesday, July 3. Staff mem-
bers of Austin, San Marcos, Elgin,
and Bastrop wert present.
On Saturday evening, June 30,
members of the 148th AGE furn-
ished the music for the dance. The
girls from La Grange GSO unit
will serve as Junior hostesses for
a dance on Thursday, July 5. The
occasion will be the celebration
of the first birthday of this GSO
group. The girls are planning a
big time. The ASF Band will
furnish music.
Mrs. Beulah Newell has left for
a month's vacation. She has gone
to Ohio and will return to take up
her duties on August 1.
The regular Tuesday Army
Wives Picnic was held as usual on
June 26. A record crowd was in
attendance and a good time was
had by all. All are anxiously a-
waiting the arrival of new army
wives to join the group as Camp
Swift increases in personnel.
The bingo phone call was won
by PFC Robert Spotts, Medical
Dot., Regional Hospital Camp
Swift, on June 27. PFC Spotts
called bis wife Mrs. Robert Spotts,
0011 Ogontz Ave., Philadelphia.
Pa.
FORD DISCUSSES
PLANS FOR NEW
CARS AT MEETING
"Dearborn, Mich.—Plans for the
I'.flO Ford, M rcury, and Lincoln
car and truck production and dis-
tribution program were discussed
here this week by Ford Motor Co.
Executives, Regional and Branch
Managers and Assistants and
Branch Plant Superintendents.
The meetings opened Monday in
the Ford Rotunda with a talk by
Mr. J. R. Davis, Director of sales
and advertising. Mr. Davis indi-
cated that the post war line of
Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln auto-
mobiles wou'd be greatly expanded
to provide models and body styles
to cover every price field from
the lowest to the finest style and
performance in the automotive in-
dustry.
The meeting was highlighted
Wednesday by a luncheon address
from Mr. Henry Ford, II. Mr.
Ford spoke to the entire ford
supervisory family of approxi-
mately 200 executives and depart-
ment head. Mr. Ford covered the
trend of the automobile business
for the past 10 years and projected
in detail the engineering, manu-
facturing and distribution plans
of the company that eventually
will provide thousands of addition-
al jobs. He outlined the com-
panys proposed 1 0 million dollar
expansion program, designed to
step up Fords share in the auto-
motive busine-s. Emphasizing,
hiwever, that fhe company still
has a war job to ^o.
Mr. Ford explained that "Many
of our war contracts have
already been terminated, and more
of them will be soon, because we
were principally engaged in man-
ufacturing material for the Euro-
pean Theater. As our services be-
come less and less necessary to
the direct war effort," he said,
"we will complete the shift from
war work to mass assembly of au-
tomobiles just as rapidly as gov-
ernment restrictions are removed.
We will do everything in our pow-
er to shorten the transition period,
and to prevent a serious slump
in employment which would re-
sult fron a prolonged postpone-
ment of passenger car production
for civilian use."
Lt. Leddy Trains
As Bomber Pilot
LIBERAL, Kansas. — Second
Lieutenant Dennis A. Leddy has
been specially selected for four-
engine bomber pilot training and
as been transferred to Liberal
Army Air Field for instructions
in* flying Liberator bombers. He
is the son cf Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
B. Leddy of Bastrop, Texas.
Lt. Heddy will receive fifteen
weeks of intensive training at this
measure possible, in order to carry Southwcst Ka„SRS instal|ation of
transportation facilities thfi Centrft, FIyinjf Tl.aini|)jf Com_
■ maud, and upon graduation will
eceive the rating of "airplane
of May. Users of truck tires
should recognize the danger of
tin failure due to excessive road
temperatures, and during the com-
ing months, should take every pre-
caution and everv conservation
the
facilities!
ummer months a-
v it al
through
head".
Mr, Kurtz added that even
though military demands may be
r duced, there still remains a man-
ufacturing problem based upon la-
bor, also shortages of cotton and
rayon fabric and bead wire.
\grieultural cash income in Tex-
as for May totaled $!M ,000,000,
thi- University of Texa Bureau of
Business Res aivlt reports. The
income was It' per cent higher
■an in May, BUI
commander."
A member of the Texas A & M
College, Station, Texas, Lt. Heddy
was an aircraft assembler prior
to entering the service. He receiv-
ed his flying training at Chickashu
Army Air Field, Chickasha, Okla-
homa; Garden City Army Air
Field, Garden City. Kansas; and
Vitus Army Air Field, Altus, Okla-
homa. He received his rating as
second lieutenant November 20,
1014.
BEEF PRODUCTION
PAYMENTS TO BE
MADE BY AAA
The Bastrop County AAA has.
received authorization to begin
making beef production payments.
Lie L. Alexander, Chairman of the
AAA Committee announced today.
To l>e eligible for payment a
feeder must present sales receipts,
invoices, scales tickets, or other
written evidence from the buyer
to verify (1) date of sale, (2) the
name of the buyer, (3) the point
of sale. (-4) the number of head,
(5) the total liveweight, (fi) the
price received, and (7) the name
of the legal authorized slaughterer
to whom sold.
For futher information contact
the County AAA committeemen or
county AAA office.
Lack Of Rain In
West Texas Hard
On Cattle
AUSTIN, Tex.—Lack of rain-
fall in the western half of the
state will affect the condition of
cattle on feed in pastures, Dr. E.
A. Buechel, economic analyst for
the Bureau of Business Research
at the University of Texas, says.
Pasture and range conditions
continue to be good in central and
eastern districts, he said.
—o
Seventy-seven dome tie corpor-
ations were .bartered in Texas
in May, capitalized at an ritimat
ed value of $1,220,000. Twenty-
five foreign corporation received
permits to operate in the -tate
the University of Texa Bureau
Research reports.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1945, newspaper, July 5, 1945; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237017/m1/1/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.