Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 24, 1948 Page: 4 of 8
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BASTROP ADVERTISER JUNE .?4, 1948
Attention
We have recently installed a complete new lubri-
cating system. We also continue to give first class
wash jobs and every car is throughly vacuum clean-
ed at no extra charge.
WE WILL APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SERVE VOU. SO PLEASE CALL US AND
WE WILL COME GET YOUR CAR ANYTIME.
AUbright Chevrolet Co.
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VOIGT—CARROLL __
M i?-;- Wyvonne ( arroll and Odell
Voigt were united in marriage at
4:30 P. M. .June 10, at the home of
Rev. Nixon of Lockhart. Mr. and
Mrs. Hilly Shirley attended the
couple.
The bride wore a white crepe
dress with gold trimmings and
gold and white accessories. Her
corsage was of white carnations
tied with gold.
Mrs. Voigt is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carroll and
the grandaughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Bowen of Red Rock. She is
a graduate of the Bastrop High
'School and attended SWTC at San
Marcos. Later she was employed
at the local hospital.
Mr. Voigt is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Afton Voigt and is a grand-
son of Geo. F. Voigt of Red Rock.
He attended the Bastrop High
School until he was called into
the Navy, where he served 26
months in the Pacific Theater of
War.
Adults Go to Sunday School,"
after which she closed the pro
gram with a prayer.
The delicious menu consisted of
chicken salad. sliced pineapple with
cream cheese, olives, potato chips,
hot rolls, ice cream and cookies.
ATHLETTSFOOT
COMMON AILMENT
AUSTIN, June 21.—"Few, if
any, people have escaped the in-
convenience and the annoyance of
athlete's foot. It is said to be the
third most common skin disease
of the -ummer, and, contrary to
popular opinion, the fifth most
prevalent disorder in the winter."
So says I)r. George W. Cox,
State Health Officer, in a recent
press release. Dr. Cox explains
that athlelte's foot is due to a
small, mold-like growth or fungus
which thrives on moist, warm parts
The couple will he at home Injof the body such as the feet
Red Rock. "The infection of athlete's foot
J is usually gotten directly or in-
directly from someone else," Dr.
Cox says, cautioning that the most
ELSIE MAYNARD
BIBLE CLASS
HAS LUNCHEON
The Elsie Maynard Bible Class
of the First Methodist Church
entertained with a luncheon last
week, for both old members and
prospective new mmbers, at the
church.
Mrs. L. J. Schewe opened the
program with a prayer after which
the group joined in singing a
hymn. Mrs. Henry Schuyler ac-
companied by Miss Betty Maynard
sang "Above The Hills". Mrs. W.
E. Maynard discussed why "Should
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likely places to contact the in-
fection are around bath houses,
locker rooms, and other public
places where people go barefoot.
"It is probable that at least
one-half of all adults suffer from
the infection at some time."
In suggesting some effective
measures to be taken to prevent
initial cases and avoid recurrent
attacks of the disease, Dr. Cox
emphasized drying carefully be-
tween the toes; use of a mild al-
coholic solution on these areas
after dryiny; liberal application of
talcum powder in the socks and
the shoes and wearing socks that
are absorbent but not coarse.
"Ill fitting shoes are often the
source of athlete's foot, Dr. Ox
warns. "Shoes that rub and chafe
should be corrected or discarded."
William T. (Bill)
MOORE
For
State Senator
(ftiVIUO* HOUltU>< fctl
SOUTHERN
DISTRIBUTING
COMPANY
4th ft TRINITY STS.
Now sening a- a member of the
*
H< um' of Representatives, former
member of faculty of A & M
< ollege, Veteran of World War II
foreign er\ice, lawyer, married
and the father of one son.
Phone 2-3188
Austin, Texan
SADDLE SOAP
by Bill Shomette
It's an easy step from fighting
plant pests to warring against
insect pests. Cutworms and grass-
hoppers are claiming top attention
these days, and control methods
are fairly simple. New insecticides
now on the market are working
wonders.
Our old friend, Harry Henhouse,
tells u. he likes to market his
hens after they've passed their
prime as good egg producers. He
has found it's more profitable
tt> sell them for meat than to keep
them on as poor layers. Harry
says frequent culling is the bes:
way to keep up with the game,
especially at this time of year,
because hens generally are in bet-
ter shape for marketing just as
they go out of production. If you
wait a few years, they begin to
lose flesh and grow more pin
feathers. The market value of
non-layers sometimes drops from
40 to SO cents in three or four
weeks. Besides the advantage of
marketing at heavier weights,
sharp culling practices can mean
a big saving in feed.
Cotton farmers following the
7-step Cotton Program are con-
centrating on step no. 5, con-
trolling the cotton insects. The
entire program 1s described in
Extension leaflet C-1R2, available
at the county agent's office.
Come to us for
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BASTROP ADVERTISER
To waste 50 million pounds of
meat during ;i year of meat scarc-
ity sounds lake extravagance of
the worst sort; and yet, that's what
we Americans did last year. This
loss came through the bruising of
animals in transit, by rail and in
truck, and was measured in terms
of meat that bad to be trimmed
from .slaughtered carcasses ami
discarded. Add to that figure the
loss and waste from stock that
arrived at the stockyards dead or
crippled, and the total runs around
70 million pounds. In dollars and
cents, it's just short of 25 million.
Directly or indirectly, the producer
bears most of this loss.
Not all of the loss of meat due
to handling of live animals can
be avoided. Accidents will hap|>en;
but, it can In- reduced greatly
through intelligence and care. It
is estimated that about half the
bruising occurs on farms : nd
ranches an<" in loading for ship-
ment. Nails -harp corners, poor
chutes and loading runways are
important in causing wounds and
bruises. Good partitions to separate
animals in mixed ioads; plenty of
space for each animal; slow load-
ing; use of canvas slappers instead
of clubs and canes to drive animals,
are some of the ways recom-
mended for reducing waste. Care-
ful driving of trucks on curves,
corners and hills, and frt-quent
inspection of the loads will con-
serve meat that is needed and save
dollars for the producer.
The State Fair of Texa- has
announced another egg-laying con-
teat as a feature of this year's
show. The egg-laying comf etition
will i>egin Oct. 8 and Oct. 23.
Prize for the winning pen of eight
hens will be $25. Last year's con-
test was won by eight White
Leghorns entered by George M
Haberer of San Antonio, with 10f
egK-" during the 11 days of the
f a i r.
In dealing out information about
insecticides, the entomologists,, or
"bug men", repeatedly warn of
the danger to our insert friend-
particularly bees. Perhaps we re
inclined to understimate the value
of bees until we stop to considet
that about 85 per cent of the
crops which require cross-polli-
nation are pollinated by our little
honey making friend- Without
bees we'd have corn and wheat,
and a few other wind-pollinated
grains, a few vegetables like
pinach and potatoes, fish and
limited amounts and kinds of meat,
and that's all. Cur national diet
would be pretty sad. With 'hat
in mind, it's a pretty good idea
to follow the recommendations ami
use insecticides in such a way as
to kill a minimum number of our
insect friends.
The Department of Agriculture
is predicting that there'll be fewer
turkeys this year . . . fewer than
we've had for any Thanksgiving
and Christmas in the past ten
years. The prediction says retafl
prices are likely to set h new re-
ord. The crop is expected to be
about 20 per cent less than a year
ago. This cutback is flue largely
to high feed prices last fall.
Ati object lesson in the value
of establishing a proper rate of
pasture stocking is offered by
Clayton Puckett, president of the
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers*
Association. In HMO his 4700 ewes
produced 251,000 pound of lamb
Puckett ha' since cut down the
herd on his Ft. Stockton ranch.
During the pa-t four yours 'PI,(MO
ewes averaged an annual product
ion of 277.0(H) pounds of lamb
The lamb crop rose from 88 per
cent to 100 per cent and the aver-
age lamb weight, jumped from
to 77 pounds at selling time.
One of the most-talked about
pasture grasses the>«e days is
yellow bluestem. How this grass
came to this country is not known
for sure. It is native to Asia or
qtew
premium payments go into a
trust fund maintained by the
Treasury Department. This money
is invested in Government, inter
e*t-be*ring securities. The inter
est accrues to the fund. The fu' !
is known as the National Ser\I
Life Insurance Fund.
The Veterans Administration
has revised rts contract require-
ment.- to provide .i firmer control
over tuition rates charged by many
private schools for training veter-
ans under the GI Bill.
The changes, effotive July
15(48, are being made in an at-
tempt to correct and eliminate
abuses in tuition charges that have
been uncovered in recent months.
With the new contract standard*.
VA hopes to make certain that
the federal government is not
paying more than the veteran act-
ually receives during his training
VA emphasised that the new
contract requirements affect onl>
the following institutions whose
enrollments consist mostly of vet
erans: lit schools established since
the passage of the GI Bill, anc.
(2) schools whose charges increas-
ed materially since the GI Bid
programs began.
No change was made in Va #
policy of accepting charges made
by other private profit schools not
affected by the new ruling
Veteran* Administration has
eliminated nearly two-thirds of
the number of forms used to pro-
ess veteians' benefit* in the pa*t
21 months.
Since the VA forms reduction
program went into effect on June
30, the number in use drop,
ped from 19,*4! to 77,60.1 by April
I. I!'4K—an average decrease of
about .">Hii forms a months
VA estimate* that the minirmi.!
number of form* required for ef- f
fective operations will be between
$3,500 and $4,000.
In addition to form* reduction,
the VA program has l>een de-
signed to (1) improve admimstra
tive procedures through .-tandard
ization, consolidation and revision
of forms, and, (21 reduce print
ing and bnding coist* by careful i
layout and design specifications, j
l^. Have I any recourse to civil
courts if I do not like VA'# de-
cision on my claim for disability
compensation ?
A. No. 'Hie law specifically pro-
vides that the decision of the
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
in such matters is final and con-
clusive.
Q. I am an ex-G-I of World
War II and receive disability com-
pensation. If I take a three hour
n day job, will my compensation
be discontinued ?
A. So long as your disability
remains compensable, it will be
continued. The fact that you are
employed doe* not bai payment
of compensation if you are dis-
abled as result of a service-con-
nected condition,
Q. I lost the use of my legs in
line of duty during World War
I, and would like to know if I
can get a car from the CJovern-
ment ?
A. Under existing law. the ait
thority to furnish automobile- i,
limited to World Wai II veterans.
Q. What kind of insurance i*
National Service Life Insurance*
A. NSLI i- mutual insurance. All
Australia. Yellow bluestem was
first found in thi country on
King Ranch in I! •'(!) Most credit
for its spread i1- given Nick Diaz,
forrnei soil const rvation techni-
cian who s now agronomist for the
King Ranch.
Dihz harvested 75 pounds of the
King Ranch yellow bluestem in
November of 1 !MSf. Planting from
this seed were made at the Soil
Con ervation Service nurseries at
San Anto;,.o, Miden, Loui-ana arid
Woodward, Oklahoma A- need be
came available, they were parceled
out to experiment stations and
i farmers.
Polio Insurance
$5., Per Family
Husband, Wife and Children $5000.00 coverage
for each member of the family.
CALL
G. B. MACK
OFFICE 8ft
RESIDENCE Jfoft J
announcing
the re-opening
of the
Drive'n Grocery
'I NDf R \l \l MAN AG I Ml .NT)
dandling a complete line of staple groceries and
nationally advertised brands.
STORE I JOURS— 7 JO A M to 7 JO P M
Mis. Bessie Chalmers Warren
Proprietor
NORTH MAIN S'J
PI ION! 90
Hill Country
CREAM
Take home a package, Pint 20c
One half Gallon 75c
M. B. COPPIC'S
TRUCKERS STOP
GOOD COFFEE
GOOD FOOD
SCRRY SERVICE
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 24, 1948, newspaper, June 24, 1948; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237172/m1/4/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.