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Ninety ncrond Year
Bastrop Advertiser, Bastrop I exas, July 12, 1945
Number I 7
FAMOUS SECOND DIVISION SHOULDER
PATCH TO BECOME FAMILIAR HERE
< A MI' SWIFT, Texas It was
in Fiance in World War I. A
truck driver win fooling around
with Mirue paint, something to
identify his vehicle. He painted
a blu. k shield, superimposed on
it a white star with an Indian-
head in the center.
Thus it was that the striking
shoulder patch \V"'n by the Sec-
ond Division came into existance.
It won't he long before residents
of Central Texa will be seeing
many of these patches for the
famed Second Division is coming
hack to Texas, its peacetime home,
for redeployment at Camp Swift.
The Germans will have cause
to remember fur a long time the
Indian head outfit, whose slogan
is: "Second to None"
How well the Second ha." lived
up -o that motto you have only
to look at its record in two wars
and th« interval of peace between
In W >rld Wat 1, it won more A-
merican and French decoration-,
f"r bravery than any ot.ier U.S.
It is the only U.S. divi-
Inch wery #• r. ..i.,-
is entitled to wear the
ere of the Croix de Guerre
I )>;. Fs- f"i World War
--*• f——r
divini
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Lt. Kunschick Is
Graduate Army
Nurse From Swift
CAMP SWIFT, Tex.—The third
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Kunschick of Bastrop to join the
Army Kuise Corps graduated
from the Arhiy Nurses Training
Center at the Regional Hospital
! last Saturday.
She is Second Lieutenant Grace
i A. Kunschick. One sister, 1st Lt.
< Millie Kunschick has been in
Knglaud for more than a year,
while the other one, 2nd Lt. Nina
• U x
| Mae was graduated from the cen- ' r< "
ter here last month. She has been
assigned to the Station Hospital
at Camp Hood.
The Kunschick sisters also have
a brother in the Army, Sgt. Rob-
ert Kun-;chick. Jr. who also was
Hull Signs United Charter
SHOULDER PATCH OF
DIVISION
__ . in the European theater.
*\D ' l'ie ')ast wt'e^,s Lieu
j tenant Kunschick has been taking
a course which is designed to ac-
quaint the nurses with the army
Second crossed the paths it had j atu| ,,t the same time, prepare
taken in World War 1, when the j them physically for any type of
Itidianhead unit participated in, duty with medical corps installa-
tions.
The fourth class to be trained
' ■ ■ at tht A iiny Nurses Train-
ing Center entered the final week
of their course with a nine-mile
Former S errtarv of State Cordcll Hull, a delegate to the I'nlted Na-
tion* conference at s'.in Francisco, who was unable to attend because of
Illness, is shown sixain;; the United Nations charter at the state depart-
ment in Washington. Hull, although ill, was eonsulted by other delegates
before and during Uie conference. Charter met with Ills active support.
trued further glory in the
War II by capturing the
defended Normandy town
five major battles, Chatteau Thicr-j
St. Mihiel. MeiSf Art'"!''
Hiunr Mont and Soisflons. in co -i
tra«t to the Second of 1945. there;
was no immediate homecoming for
, , , .. .(hike carrying .10 pounds of equip-
he S -cond of P.'lx It remained! _ , ,, ,
wnh iht Army of Occupation until
July IMF.i.
( ame the years of peace, but
km.-, an-l speeding through the Second remained in existan *e.
and into Czechoslovakia, \ Fort Sam Houston it was used
it was pushing ahead on to conduct field t «t* which sup-
V-K Day. J jdied fche War Department with
I ier command of Maj. Gen. j factual data on which to base the
Walter M. Robertson, the Second| conversion of Infantry divisions
wtMit a«'t>.- n >n H plus l--,fune from rumbei ■ me square units to
7, 1.14-1. at St I aurent *ur Met. th< hard striking triangular for
After liberating Trevieres, the u-j ren.
nit had its fir't encounter with j
the hi 1 Parachute division of Twhe in his army carwr. Gener-
al Robertson has been stationed in
Texas. From September 1917 to
. April 1918, he was at Leon
.11• : t followed by an overnight
bivouac. The '.'1 members of the
class who graduated Saturday,
July 7, will lie assigned to duty.
WINS RECOGNITION
AND PROMOTION
the Wehrmacht. the tieginning of
a grudge fight which was renewed
many times ii the day* to follow.
After th« battle of the hedgerows,
the unit began a HOO-nile journey
to battle f«>r the stronghold of
Br«Hitler had demanded that
the Karri son hold out for !Ml days.
But r fell to the Second in 39
day*. Thai was in September.
|j fen beiran biting into the
Seigfritd line, from Vlliwllll. Mel
irium to St. \'oth. It battled snow
and ire an will a* German* during
the breakthrough, but by February
the tide turned and the Second was
inching it way into Germany it-
self It raptured Monschau and
Ahrv.. '< i. key enemy t-iwn*. and
by th< end of April wa« at Pilsen,
( zeehosSovukla where it was fight-
ing when the Furnpean conflict
ended
It it- trek across France, the
Participates In
Front Line Scrap
WITH TilK 24TH INFANTRY
(VICTORY! DIVISION ON MIN-
DANAO.—The mess crew of any
company Kitchen is referred to in
the states as a rear echelon group,
but Private First Class Hugo E.
Stelter (son of Mrs. E. Stelter
of Paige. Texa- i. had ample proof
that they participated in the front
line activities.
Five large puts lay riddled in
the road. The "food chasers" from
Baker Company of this famed -1st
Infantry Regiment lay huddled in
a nearby ditch they had occupied
when a .lap machinegun opened
up on , 3 "Chow" lino.
"That concentration of Nip mor-
tar and machinegun fire was ter-
rific." said McCain, "We suffered
Springs, first as an instructor at
the Officer's Training Camp and;
later a a unit commander.
In April 1940 he returned to
Texas, this time to Fort Sam
Houston, where he was assigned
to the Second division. lr De
WITH THE .12nd INFANTRY
DIVISION ON NORTHERN LUZ-
ON'— The Ba-trop, Texas, medic
who crawled through no-man'sionly one casualty and I'm sure
land at night to deliver blood plas- j glad it happened after those rifle-
ma to a forward aid station andjmen had been fed. It was the first
won the Bronze Star Medal, Ern-' chance in twenty-four hours that
est G. Simmons, has recently been1 we had had to feed them hot
promoted from Private First < la s, "Chow". We lay there thirty niin-
to Technician 5th Grade. ! utes before we were able to leave.
Snipers banged away as our Jeep
tpl. Mnunons, son of Mrs. Gem ,, . . .
flew down the road.
Simmons, B' x I I ', Bastrop, I exas,: m , , ,
addt,j an oak leaf cluster to his,
•ar when he and his buddy medics
U'-Us training day
operations, winter maneuvers in
l/ouisiana before it sailed for the
Furop an theater.
BASTROP BOY AIDS
"".m. <to«> w Wm ch FIGHTER FORCE
hi unit, leading it through siren- ' r, , i iwiiun a
nun fire. One litterbeaier was FIFTH AIR FORCE. PHIL P-
training days of airborne , , . , , , , , 1 r ..
wounded and the squad hah to! pfsgg—pvt William Hendrey,
evacuate their patients under cov-'j,. g4 whose wife, Margie L., a'de to sweeten the fruit at the
! er of smoke grenades thrown by ]jVt,
the infantry.
BAPTIST CHURCH
John Allen, Pastor
SPECIAL SERVICES
SUNDAY NIGHT
The First Baptist Church will
pres 'lit a si rmon in song Sunday
evening at 8:30. In addition to
this service, moving pictures that
were taken during the revival
meeting will be shown.
John T. Allen, pastor of the
church, who has been absent from
the pulpit for several Sundays
will preach a: the 11 o'clock ser-
vice Sunday morning.
The public is cordially invited to
attend these services.
PEACHES MAY BE
CANNED WITHOUT
SUGAR
According to Miss Lena Sturgis,
county home demonstration agent
for Texas A & M College Exten-
sion Service, there is no need for
any peaches to go to waste be-
cause of lack of sugar for canning.
Peaches can be preserved without
sugar. Maybe sugar will be avail-
Navy Hour Is
Launched On Air
Waves Tuesday
Bastrop, Texas, holds one
>f I lie vital jobs which have made
Besides hi* newly earned rank,'1 pilot* of the Fifth
and hi* medals, ( pi. Simmons has
another claim to distinction among
his friends in the 107th Med. Bn.,
part of the ,')2nd (Red Arrow)
Division. The medics jokingly su,:
irest that the Government close
Air Force Fighter Command to
s.hi t down more than 2">00 enemy
planes in aerial combat. His
time tha: it is eaten, but it should
be saved now for the possible
shortage that will develop as the
war continues.
Sugar helps canned fruits to
hold its shape, color and flavor
mother, Mrs. Viola Hendrey, also but it is noe necessary to keep
BASTROP'S
ROLL OF HONOR
| ,\cw Orleans, June "NAVY
HOI R , a new HO-minute pro- down one or two war plants and
vrram, will hit the air waves for
resides in Bastrop.
Hendrey is a technician in a
• mnal aircraft warning unit. It
just turn Ernest loose in the field is his responsibility to assist in
to do salvage work. I detecting the approach of enemy
; planes. His attentiveiress and con-
After the infantry had 'distn- ( slant vigilance enable the Anier-
fected' one of the deep Jap caves ican interceptors to be up there
in the Carahallos mountains with
about 2(1 pounds of TNT tied on
a bamboo pole, the Texan and two
waiting when the Japs pay their
vi-its.
Before he entered the army in
August, 1942, Hendrey attended
Bastrop grammer school and later
work d as a truck driver.
the first time Tuesday, July 10,
11145, at 8:00 p. m. Central War
Time, over the National Broad-
en ting Company facilities. The
program will originate in Wash-
|Iington, D. C.
NAVY HOl'R, the first network
.'o radio series to be written and ,,f hi>> buddies probed around 1n-
produced by the Navy Department,! si,ir n"d emerged with the follow-
'I j will feature a ! 0 piece U. S. Navy i "'K li-t of ordnance and equip-
, Symphony Orchestra, a high-' fnent: 1 Browning Automatic Rifle
I ranking Navy officer in a report) IU-S .). 2 liarand rifles (U.S.), 1
of the current war news, a pick ,lnP km'«' mortar. 40 rounds of am- j qi i . p
Up from a -hip of the Pacific i munition for said mortar, Jap- oiaU^ntererS lO
i Fleet, and an
I dramatic tribute
I rine Corps and Const Guard with! ,Vs"> ,,aP "tvasion currency, 300
a name guest star and especially j founds Nip rifle ammunition, sun-
arranged music. Lieut. Robert Tay | dry toilet articles, shoes, blankets,
lor, USNIl, will be helmsman for Rising Sun flags.
the firt three programs
Deadline For
i
Slaughterers
especially written I «' rifles, complete and detailed p ■ a A.i
«• to the Navy, Ma-| n,l,l,s of Northern Luzon, 2,000 *• v/LL 14
Spotlighting the Pacific War,
'NAVY HOUR" is scheduled to
run for 13 weeks.
The deadline for farm slaughter-
er.- to register with the local War
Price and Rationing Board under
the livestock slaughter control
, program has been changed from
P *■' ' " * in thc,Julv , to October 14. Hugh B.
Army two years now. Almost
one year of that time has been
fVT MILBURN J. FHERICH
Pv. Milburn J Frericb, son of
Mi John A French. Jr. of Red
Rock, went oversea on April 31,
F.'F', to land in Hawaii.
\ member of the Anti-AIr-
ri aft Vrtillery, he received his
trail ing at Cam|
forma.
\ \l \ I ION BIBI.E S( IIOOL
A Vacation Bible
Lesesne, food rationing officer of
the San Antonio district Office of
Price Administration, said last
week.
spent overseas. When demobil-
ization reaches the point where he
himself walks lip the gangplank
School will '"imeward bound, he plans to re-
bc"hel'd™ in the Methodist Church' \"n\U) M\stu,li,,,i ftl by""f rniers" who
during the week beginning July ,h" U'**< A f
Kith. Children between the ages
of three and twelve are invited REGULAR MEKI'ING OF TIIF.
to attend, the school being open \\ KSI,K> \N (JUIFD NEXT
( Milan, Call-; to children of all denomination*-. | TUICHI).\> NHJHT
I lie Vacation School will begin The Wesh-yan Guild of
foods from spoiling.
To can without sugar, use boil-
ing water or strained fruit juice
made from the softer peaches.
Wash, peel, and remove seed from
firm peaches. Complete the can-
ning operation by packing the raw-
peaches into a jar or can. Bring
fruit juice or water to boil and
pour over the packed fruit. Leave
1-2 inch headspaee. Steam before
sealing pints, 10 minutes; quarts,
15 minutes. Press down and refill
if necessary. Wipe off rim of jar
and seal according to type of con-
tainer used. Process in water
bath after water starts boiling:
pints and quarts, IS minutes; half
gallons, 25 minutes.
Another method to can without
sugar is to drop the firm fruit into
the fruit juic®. Bring to a boil.
Pack into hot sterilized jars. Seal
and process in boiling water bath,
15 minutes for pints and quarts,
and 25 minutes for half gallons.
Corn syrup and corn sugar may
be substituted for part or all of the
sugar. One cup of sugar an,| two
cups corn syrup to ti cups water
He
School
ga gtil
into t
P.M:i
in tin
Sacred Heart
the
ach morning at nine o'clock atldj Methodist Church will hold its
regular meeting at the home of
Mi «. A. N. Edwards on Tuesday
evening, July 17, at S o'clock.
attended 111
at Roekne, and was en- continue until eleven o'clock.
hi farmin when he went Parents of all children are a-k
he service on January 12. «*d to make plans to allow their
He was recently stationed children to have this opportunity|
Marshall I lands. to share in a Christian adventure.!
\ll members are cordially invit-
ed to h,> present.
This extension of the filing makes a desirable syrup. If corn
deadline will permit registration syrup is to replace all of the
do not begin sugar, use 1 -2 to 3-4 cup syrup and
slaughtering until the fall, Mr.! '. cup water.
Lesesne explained. Peaches may be dried. Methods
A "farm slaughterer" is a "tesi- are available from the office of
dent operator of a farm who, in hbe home demonstration agent
l'. 44, sold not more than tS.000 for drying.
pounds of meat produced from the " "
slaughter of bis own livestock. ROASTER HEATS
There is no restriction on the BOND RALLY
slaughter of livestock by a fanner \tl unused, pre-war Westinvr-
to obtain meat for his own family, house electric roaster brought
and farmers need not register with $|,s<)0 in war bonds at a recent,
lot al boards for llii purpose. auction in N'ognles, Arizona.
CAMP SWIFT GOES
OVER THE TOP FOR
7TH WAR LOAN
Camp Swift, Texas—Camp
Swift civilian employees over-sub-
scribed their quoUi in the Seventh
War Loan drive by more than
$3,000.
Final figures, released by Capt.
Ivan Robinson, war bond officer,
showed that the workers pur-
chased bonds totalling $138,006.75-
The quota was $135,079.
Another boost in the payroll
reservation plan was recorded dur-
ing June, the deductions in the
total payroll increasing from 14.4
per cent to 14.8 per cent. Leading
the list of the sections with 23
per cent was the Clothing Equip-
ment shop. Personnel was second
with 17.8 and the post office third
with 16.3.
BASTROP
u s o
NEWS
(;s() GIRLS CELEBRATE
FIRST ANNIVERSARY
Thirty of our La Grange girls
celebrated their first anniversary
of the service in the Bastrop USO
club with a big party and dance
on Thursday night. Large silver
letters on the stage curtains which
were drawn for background,
spelled the words La Grange GSO.
A band from the Army Service
Forces furnished music for the
evening, complying with the girls'
request for soft music, slow num-
bers with jitterbug taboo for the
evening. Bastrop girls and some
Camp Swift Civilian employees
were also present. A table attrac-
tively decorated held four laree
birthday cakes, geometrically ar-
ranged *nd centered with a tall
lighted taper. Fruit punch was
served with the cake by the Junior
hostesses and their chaperon, Mrs.
Frank Rcichert. These girls have
served one year as social hostess-
es. On the first Thursday of each
month they have sponsored a
dance in the Bastrop USO, plan-
ning the program and furnishing
refreshments and decorations.
They meet in regular monthly
business sessions in La Grange
and keep accurate reports of their
meetings and send these reports
and minutes to Mrs. Fuller in the
Bastrop USO club. They have not
only entertained as a GSO unit
small groups of soldiers in their
own town, but have also attended
Camp Swift dances and programs
at the Recreation Building at the
Hospital, and picnics for ambula-
tory cases.
Many of the boys are showing
renewed interest in t'he making
of voice recordings. Virginia Hod-
son, program secretary, has set
aside Friday evening of every
week, 7:30 to 9:00, as a new vol-
unteer project.
A watermelon party on the lawn
is being planned for Thursday
night at 8:30 and all local girls
are urged to be present. It's much
more enjoyable eating watermelon
with a pretty girl. The evening
will be spent in games and danc-
ing. The regular Thursday fea-
ture movie will be presented on
Friday night.
The regular army wives picnic
was held on Tuesday morning.
Transportation was furnished with
the use of station wagons from the
local Taxi company. Because of
an Area Staff Meeting, the kit-
chen was not availible for use by
the army wives, and rather than
a committee preparing the food,
each wife brought an individual
lunch for that particular day.
The grand prize winner of the
Bingo phone call for Wedne-day
night, July 4, was Sgt. Norman
Drazen, Medical Del. Regional Hos
pital, Camp Swift. Sgt Drazen
called his Father, Robert Drazen,
Jl Leavenworth St., Waterhury,
Conn.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 12, 1945, newspaper, July 12, 1945; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237018/m1/1/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.