Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 2, 1945 Page: 1 of 8
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Ninety-second Year
Bastrop Advertiser, Bastrop, Texas, August 2, 1945
Number 20
Clean-Up Week Scheduled For
August 6th Through 11 th
HOUSING SPACE
NEEDED FOR MEN
COMING TO SWIFT
Within .i short time now great
numbers of men who have recent
up returned from the Europvjj*
Theatre nf War will come into our
town seeking living quarters for
themselves and their families. Wr
(!«•■ th« -men who arc bark from
hard won battles more than wp
ran ewr repay. They have played
jin important role in overthrowing
the Hitler regime.
Let us all do all wi can to furn-
i*'f pine. f «r th« !-e men and their
live even though wr
ourselves a little
';avt- In-en tirrn •, dur-
. ying ciay of fighting
felt that they would
their familie- a.-ain.
back w<?h their loved
families *
incoBV
Ther
ing w
when th<*>
never *ee
They arc
one« IF they succeed in findingj
piar. • to It v. during the time they j
are training for more fighting j
.American*, who are grateful i
to tht < bravt men, let u- make j
every effort to make their stay
with u.« a pleasant one.
Your f naming of ( ommtrcr,
I'SO and th POST PUBLIC Tt F
1«AT1')NS Offuer a! ' amp Swift
are n«kiiiK for your foil ro ojifm-
tion n housing a* many « . wr pi is
-ibly can. So list with th«\«« ag«*n-
ei«>« ANY and AI I. \acancie-
Juit a* we have done our |.art In
buying War B <nd,«, giving to War
Fund Drive* ami these other duties
tha"! have been our* during these
days of war, Jet u# do a better j
job than we have ever done in
furnishing living quarters to thes*;
men back from combat, to whom
we owe so much After all what I
we have !>een a«ked to do in so*
VACATION BIBLE
SCHOOL TO OPEN
A I >mi 1 y Vacation Bible School
will open Monday, ! A.M., at the
First Baptist <"hurch, to extend
through Friday. Thi school will
be under the direction of Olin
Miles, missionary of the Austin
Baptist Association, who is lead-
ing the association to conduct fifty
such scliools this summer.
Including all d e part m e n t s
through the intermediate age, the
school will meet two hours lach
morning for Bible study, hand-
work. and recreation. Children
from Hills Praivie and Swiftex
will betram ported to the school.
Workers in the school who have
volunteered will be Mi dames I-
renc Wa'.son. Fred Dunbar, Bonni -
Grimes, R, ('. Williams. Albert!
I/ock, William Keid, anil John Al- J
len.
Send your child to the Bible
school. All an invited to attend.
Citizens Urged To Cooperate Toward
Making Bastrop Clean and Attractive
Bastrop's Clean-Up Week will
open on Monday. August. 6, to
last through Saturday, August 11,
according to a proclamation made
by Mayor Will Rogers recently.
During this time, local people
are urged to make every effort
to get their yards and premises
dean, and to assist in every way
in clearing vacant lots, and tret-
ting unsightly and unhealthy
weeds down.
The city truck will pick up
all trash during this time, and in
the event any person has trasfi
that is no called fo«. that, per-
son is asked to call the City Hall,
and the truck will be sent out
immediately.
(Special requests have come m
asking that people who have trees
bordering the sidewalks to please
trim back the limbs. Low-hang-
ing limbs crowd pedestrians off
the sidewalks, as well as create
a minor hazard in Knocking off
ha! and striking walkers un-
pleasantly in the faces.
The cooperation of all civle-
minded citizens will do much to
make Bastrop a clean, attractive
pla e in which to live.
Local People Urged To Open Homes
To Veterans Coming To Camp Swift
BUYS REGISTERED
JERSEY COW
A registered Jersey, Pogis .Jennie
Rose l'JM 14:40 ##> recently pur-
chased by K. 11. Smith of Ba*trop.
The American Jersey <'attle|
Club records each change of own-
ership, each production record and
each type classification of Jerseys
in the forty-eight states of Ameri-
ca. More than thirty-six thousand
Jersey* ound new hum' n last year
CARD <>l I II WHS
Mi - Edwin Fitzwilliam wishes
to convey to all of her husband's
friends and her own, her heart-
felt gratitude for the manifold
expressions of condolence sent her
in her bereavement.
small in comparison to what they
have sacrificed.
Mrs Willi* ll.-lle Kennedy, Sec't.
Bastrop Chamiser of Commerce
CAMP SWIFT, Tex.—With re-
deployment here of thousands of
troops from overseas a great de-
mand is foreseen for rooms, apart-
ment s and houses in Bastrop and
vicinity fot families of these bat-
tle-weary veterans.
Arriving at intervals during
August will be more than t>,000
troops, members of separate bat-
talions and companies which will
train under Fifth Headquarters,
Special Troops, Fourth Army.
Near the end of the m. uth, mem-
bers of the famed Second i >ivision
will have completed their 30-day
furloughs and will be coming to
l amp Swift foi then redeploy-
ment training.
Already advance parties from
many of the units have reported
in. Their first question is:
"Where can I find a place for
my family to live?"
Many of these men have been
absent from their families for
more than two years. Some are
Returns Home From
Pacific Area
Sgt. Robert K. Jenkir returned
home on Thursday of last week,
after having served in the Pa-
cific area on Ne.v Guinea and
in the Philippines.
Sgt. Jenkins was sent to Ash-
burn General Hospital at Mc-
Kinney, Texas, to recuperate from
a recent illness, and was given
his furlough from there.
t iffy
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iftj
seeing their sons and daughters
for the first time. Others will be
getting acquainted with children
they left behind. So during their
six weeks to two months of train-
ing here it is only natural that
they will want to spend as much
of their time with their families
as possible.
Persons having accommodations
available or expected to be vacant
soon are urged to list them with
the Chamber of Commerce or the
USD agencies which have been
very helpful in the past three years
in assisting soldiers with their
housing problems.
While the training schedule of
the returnees will be intensive,
there will be plenty of off-duty
time. The 44-hour week schedule
will be so arranged so as to give
soldiers a half a day off during
the week.
U. S. EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE EXPANDED
Mr. R. L. Rothe. Area Director
of the War Manpower Commission
has announced that the facilities
of the United States F.mploynient
Service office at Bastrop. Texas,
will be expanded to include the
towns of Elgin and Smithville.
THI I .ON K STAR S,X FROM PUBLICATION
WOJG Hugh F. Sheldon. | <>st adjutant who direct
nctivitie of the post Publications, ha a hard time
pulling the horns of the Ix ne Star State around his
staff, who all boast of being Texans from 'way
hack there. Here they are shown looking at the
map o Texas left to right, Nancy Waugh and Ivy
l.ayton from Bastrop, M-Sgt. Everett A. Martin
r
m
mJMzma
from Beat mont, Clp. Ijiwrence B. Carpenter from
Piano, Mrs Fiances Franz from Dallas, and Mar-
jorie (ilenn from Smithville. Two other members
of the All-Texas staff are Gladies ltunyon front
Harlingcn and "Sniper" Oeltzendiers from I .a
Grange, not in the picture. (U. S. Army Signal
Corp photo. Cut courtesy of Camp Swift Baron.)
This program is being inaug-
urated due to the increasing nuni-
| ber of Veteran - returning to Bas-
trop County who will be in need
of job assistance and other aid
that can be rendered by the USES.
Howard S. Jenkins, Manager of
the Bastrop Office of the United
States Employment Service an-
nounces the following dates on
which a representative of the
USES will be available in Elgin
and Smithville:
Elgin on Tuesday of each week,
'J:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. at Cham-
ber of Commerce Office.
Smithville on Friday of each
week. 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. at
Chamber of Commerce Office.
Bastrop Officv is open five and
one half days per week serving
this immediate section.
SERVICES HELD FOR
E. D. FITZWILLIAM
The sudden death of Edwin Fitz-
william, well known stockman Of
Bastrop County, shocked all who
knew him.
About 10:15 p. m., July 24th, he
was seized with an attack of acute
indigestion and passed away at
his home within ten minutes of
the seizure. His wife, who was
by his side when he was stricken,
immediately summoned his sister,
Miss Nell Fitzwilliam, and a cou-
sin, Mr, John McPhaul. Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Moore, also cousins,
came to the home at once upon
receiving word.
Funeral arrangements were in
charge of the Hasler-Jenkins Fun-
eral Home. The gray casket was
placed in front of the old fashioned!
fireplace in the old homestead
where, less than twelve months
ago, his father had lain so peace-
fully sleeping, now .,nited with hi-
beloved, only son.
Funeral services were delayed
to wait the arrival of Miss Grace
Fitzwilliam, his sister, who was
in Colorado at the time.
On Friday morning, at half past
ten, at the Fitzwilliam homestead,
the service was conducted by the
Reverend Mr. L. Irving Insley,
rector of Calvary Episcopal
Church, the church attended by
the Fitzwilliam family.
At intervals during the beauti-
ful service there was singing of
two selections chosen by hi- wife:
a duet, "Hold Thou My Hand."
sung by Mrs. Fiank Denison and
Mrs. R. J, Griesenbeck; a hymn,
the favorite of the deceased, "A-
bide With Me," sung by the Epis-
copal Choir, accompanied by Mrs.
Arthur Edwards. The profusion
of lovely flowers contributed a liv-
ing beauty, whose fragrance,
mingling with the muted notes of
instrument and voice, produced a
transient metamorphosis, conven-
ing the quaint old room, mellowed
by the passing years, into a clois-
tral retreat.
At the ctmetary an impressive
service vas conducted by the Ma-
sonic Lodge, of which Mr. Fitz-
william was a member of long
standing. Thv' pall bearers, all
close personal friends of the de-
ceased. included the following: Joe
Hasler, Fred Moore. Henry Scbes-
ta, J, V. Ash, Fred Ilaynie, and
Paul D. Page. Those serving as
honorary pall bearers were James
P. Fitzwilliam, Hiram Griesen-
beck. and Dr. J. Gordon Bryson.
Friends and relatives from out
out .if town comprised the follow-
ing: Mr. and Mrs. James P. Fitz-
william. Miss Naomi Parrott, Mrs.
Joe Mazola, of Smithville; Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Puckett, Miss Nell
Puckett, Mr and Mrs. Emmet Car-
ter. of Elgin; Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam Beyers of Sinton; Mr. John
McPhaul of Washington, D. C.;
C OF C TO MEET
NEXT WEDNESDAY;
LADIES INVITED
The Chamber of Commerce meet
ing regularly scheduled to meet
at three o'clock on the first
Wednesday of each month has
been postponed to Wednesday Aug
8th, due to the fact that the very
first day finds merchants too
busy to attend. All members are
urged to be present at this meet-
ing to be held at three o'clock
on Wednesday Aug. 8th, and not
only members, but the ladies of
the town who are interested in
our crusade for cleaning our town
up. It behooves all of us to get
together to clear our town of un-
sightliness, and in its stead plant
flowering shrubs.
There is a state-wide civic im-
provement contest, which was re-
cently announced by the Texas
Federation of Women's Clubs.
Towns all over Texas are organ-
izing and preparing for the fall
entry, beginning October 15. The
writer does not have it in mind
for Bastrop to enter the contest,
but I certainly do have it in mind
for us to clean up a little bit be-
fore the l>oys from overseas como
into town. We have shown the
worst we have long enough; now
let us show how our town can look
with alleys, streets and back of
store buildings as well as vacant
lots cleaned up.
Mrs. Willie Belle Kennedy, Sec't.
Bastrop Chamber of Commerce
"card"of* thanks
1 should like to thank all of my
friends in Bastrop who have sent
me cards and packages, and who
have written to me, since 1 have
been a patient in Fitzsimons Gen-
eral Hospital in Denver. Colorado.
Just being remembered means a
lot to a fellow, and as soon as T
am physically able to answer all
of them, I will thank each of
them personally.
JACK B. STANDIFER
and Mr. and Mrs. Burton Rix of
Dallas.
Mr. Fitzwilliam was born In
Bastrop, the son of J. D. Fitzwil-
ilam, prominent cattleman and
landowner and one of the ''old
settlers," whose death occurcd last
October. He attended the Bas-
trop High School, taking an active
part in the atheletic life of the
school. Later, he entered the Ajr-
ricultural and Mechanical College,
remaining until poor health caused
him to discontinue his studies.
In 1933, he married Miss Gene-
vieve Stone Rix, his sweetheart
of his early youth, to whom he
became engaged before entering
the service of his country by en-
listing in the Marine Corps at the
beginning cf World War One. Mr.
and Mrs. Fitzwilliam lived in San
Antonio for four years following
their marriage, later returning to
Bastroj where, in l'.l.'Ul, they built
their little white cottage near the
river, within sight of the big
homestead on the hill. Here, amid
the surroundings that he loved, i>e
died, relinquishing life as gently
as he lived it, an inspiration to
all whose lives touched his.
'Surviving him are his wife and
two sisters, Mrs. E. D. Fitzwil-
liam, Miss Nell Fitzwilliam, and
Miss Grace Fitzwilliam, all res-
idents of Bastrop,
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 2, 1945, newspaper, August 2, 1945; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237021/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.