Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1952 Page: 3 of 8
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BASTROP ADVERTISER APRIL 24. 1952
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Society news
BASTROP-FAYETTE SOIL CONSERVATION
ANNUM. SII.VKK TKA
HKI,1J IN JKNKIN'S HOMK
The Annual Silver Tea given
by the members of St. Margaret'.-
(!uil<l of th< Episcopal Church
was held Tuesday afternoon oft
last week from 4 to <i o'clock in
the lovely home of .Mrs. K. E. i
Jenkins .
Mrs. Jenkins greeted the guests
at the doar, and Mr-. R. II Krieg-1
er, Mrs. O. I'. Jones, Mia. Etta
Ringgold, Mr. and Mrs. Scott)
("opeland and Mrs. I> I'. Hoi- j
land formed th< receiving line.
Others m the houseparty In-
cluded Mrs. Kinggold and Mrs.
B. A. Kl/.ner, Jr., nerving the first
hour, assisted by Mrs. Louis
Wright and Mrs. Carl llahcns-
burg, in the dining room; Mrs.
A. A. Sanders and Mrs. M. E.
MRS. JACK CLAIBORNR Editor
Uabensburg in the living room
with M rs. W. R. K esse I us and
Mrs. Hurris Schaefer in the bed
room,
The second hour Mrs. W. B.
Towns etui and Mrs. Bower Crider
served and were assisted in the
dining room by Mrs. Vernon
Schaefer and Mrs. < . If Mack;
Mrs. Harvard McLeod and Mrs.
J V. Ash, Jr., were in th< living
room and Mrs. Lloyd Ketha and
Mrs. S. Uranium, Jr., were in
the bed room.
Arrangements of i^nk tulips
in the living room were things of
beauty. Pink Larkspur arrange-
ment- were used in the bedroom.
The highly polished tea table
in the dining room held a beau-
tifii 1 centerpiece of pink sweet-
heart roses, interspersed with
lighted pink tapers in a huge
crystal candelabrum. Sweetheart
hoses were also used on the buf-
fet.
The pink color scheme was fur-
ther carried out in the strawberry
punch and pink and white cake
squares which were served to ap-
proximately 100 people.
SI S ME \ MS MEET
VI BAPTIST CHURCH
The SunlMiam Hand members
enjoyed a story yon Hawaii at
their meeting on Thursday af-
ternoon at the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Glenn Hartrick served ice
a letter written about the Sufi-
Isf-am.- and their work in Hawaii.
Work was completed in their
color books, following the Rally
Cry, repeating of the watch word
and a number of songs.
Mrs. (Jlenn Hatrick served ice
cream bars to William and Rich-
ard Simpson. Patsy Camp, Wayne
Schuelke, Ronnie and Marilyn
Wilkins, Lionel, N'orwin and T^1-
dv Hansard, Buddy Russell, Dana
Smith, Meade Roberts, Geary
and Tommy Townsend, Tommy
Corbell, Linda Sue Claiborne,
Connie I>avis, Ann Adams and
James Kemp.
The district supervisors of the
Bastrop-Fayette Soil Conserva-
tion District recently purchased
a drill for planting of trashy
EPISCOPAL SUNDAY
SCHOOL HAS EASTER
BUG HUNT
PAST MVTRONS
PVIRONs CLUB
ENTERT MS EH
AND
The Sunday School Depart-
ment of the Episcopal Church
entertained with an Easter iKgg
hunt on the lawn at the river
house of Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Townsend on Saturday afternoon
before Easter.
Assisting Mrs. Townsend wen-
Mr. and Mrs Scott Copeland, Mrs.
J. V. Ash, Jr., Mrs. M. E. Ra-
bensburg, Mrs. Lloyd Ketha and
Mrs. L. E. Hampton of Smith-
ville.
After the hunt, cold drinks and
cookies were served to approxi-
mately 50 children.
TRIGG HOME SCENE OF
\l XILIARV MEETING
Mrs. R. M. Trigg and Mrs. j
Paul D. Page were hostesses to
members of th< Woman's Aux-
iliary of the Episcopal Church
recently at the home of Mrs.
Trigg. They were assisted by
Mrs. Bower Crider, daughter of
Mrs. Trigg.
Miss Nell Fitzwilliam conduct-
ed the study course on the Poeti-
cal and Wisdom Books of the
Bible.
Following the business meet-
ing and program, a social hour
was enjoyed.
Miss Fitzwilliam and Mrs. Et-
ta Ringgold served punch anl
cake squares from the attrac-
tively appointed vea table.
A color scheme of pink was
carried out in the lighted tapers
and flowers in a crystal epern-
ne, Spring flowers were used
throughout the reception rooms.
Guests were Mrs. S. (J. Lee,
Mrs. Paul Jacobsen and Mrs. J.
W. McLeod of Elgin; members
were Mrs. E F. Ilasler' Mrs. .I
T Ilasler, Mrs. Tignal Jones, Mr>.
Sam .1 C. Higgins. Mrs. Mary
Long. Mrs. E. J. Prokop, Mrs. R
M Waugh. Mrs. Etta Ringgold
and Miss Nell Fitzwilliam.
Mrs. Ringgold will be hostess
at her home for the next meet-
ing on May 12. at 3:30 P. M.
Cool Tricks
for
"Sevens to
Four teeners"
Bewitching frocks! Beguiling
ploytogil With the becoming
ways so unmistakably Kate
Greenaway. And the wonder-
ful, washable, las'<ng qualify
that's so Kate G'eenaway, too
In thrilling ne«v fobnCS and
colors All with the beloved,
ever-present pocket
if,-. I I.. Ii, S( 'is
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$4 98
P S The Kote Greenaway $iza
label now indu heigh' and
weight measurement insuring
perfect fit
Mrs Etta Ringgold and Mrs.
Joe Pfetffer, Pr., entertained the
Past Matrons and Patrons Club
with a "42" party on Thursday
evening at the home of Mrs.
Ringgold
Mr< R. M Waugh received the
traveling prize for the evening;
O. B, WiJ.Mtti, high scon.' prize,
and W B. Dawson, booby prize.
Refreshments of ice cream and
rake were served to the follow-
ing:
Mr. and Mrs. (' W Eskew,
grass seed such as buffet grass
and King's Ranch blutstem grass.
This drill was purchased for use
by farmers in the Bastrop work
unit area. Paul Carlson, district
supervisor at Elgin, is custodian
for this drill. Anyone desiring
to use this drill for planting of
pasture gras.- should either con-
tact Mr. Carlson or the Soil Con-
servation office in Bastrop.
The following farmers cooper-
ating with the Bastrop-Fayette
Soil Conservation District have
recently planted gras for pas-
ture development and seed pro-
duction:
Joe llaisli r in Elgin planted
7 acres of King Ranch biuestem
including one waterway for ter-
race outlet protection; Paul
Brown in the Utley community,
planted 25 acres of King Ranch
biuestem and 1 acres of buffi 1
grass; Leonard Kastner of Mc-
Dade planted 2 acres of buffel
grass; Dave Kauffman planted
20 acres of buffel grass; J. V.
Ash of Bastrop planted 2 acres
of buffel grass and K acres of
blue panic grass; T, C. Watts In
the Cedar Creek community
planted 50 acres of King Ranch
biuestem; I.. S. Parker of Mc-
Dade planted 0 acres of buffel
grass; Norman Novosad of Has-
trop planted 5 acres of buffel
grass on Charlie Hribek's farm,
his father-in-law's place south of
Smithville. Present indications
are that there will be approxi-
mately 200 acres of buffel grass
and 180 acres of King Ranch
bluesttm planted in the Bastrop
work unit area this spring.
Since the first of the year, 27
farm ponds have been completed
in the Bastrop work unit area.
These ponds wert constructed to
provide adequate livestock water
on the farm and in some cases
to provide for better distribution
of grazing in large pastures.
Soil Conservation Service tech-
nician." from the Bastrop work
unit office located and layed out
these ponds, supervised construc-
tion and cheeked them for pro-
per construction. The Bastrop
County PMA made financial as-
sistance available to the farm-
er- for the construction of these
ponds.
LiGHT, STURDY
Eany to MBu*h!
• 5 hardened tteel bladet—16" cut
• Silent, temi-pneumatit rubber
fires
• Tubular steel construction,
bandit gript
$19.95
$1.50 wk.
lltiAlM.Mi LAWS MOWFJt
B. A. ELZNER
BASTROP _ PHONE 146
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Texas, Under Act Of March 3, 1879
R. E. STANDIFER, Publish^ AMY S. STAND1FER, Editor
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Tomrttie Claiborne was surpris-
ed with a party on his t<nth
birthday at the regular meeting
of < 'ub Scut D«ii II on Thursday
afternoon at th« home of Mrs.
W R Kesselus, co-den mother
with Mrs, Albert lock,
After the usual Inisirn s* and
several games of soft ball had
lw en played, the gifts were
brought out. much to Tommie's
-urj ri<«e.
Refn hnnnts of
cake and ice cream
by Mrs. .In
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L' <k.
Cubs attending were David
Lock. Richard Kesselus, Tommy
Templeton, Mike Creel, Forrest
Adams, l.loyd Camp, Guy Smith,
and Tommie Claiborne.
TAKES FIRST PLACE IN CLASS "A"
IN THE 1952
Mobilgas
Economy
Run
New Ford Mileage Maker SIX Thriftiest in its Field!
angel food
were served
k Claiborne, assi-t
Kesselus and Mrs.
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Dr. Neil R. Gurwitz
OITOMETRIST
Office Hours — 8:30 to 5:30
(Evenings by Appointment)
Office:
Lion Music & Jewelry Co.
Phone: 1 I
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Economy Hun. In this toughest test, a stock model Ford Six e<|uip[>ed
with Overdrive (optional at extra ctwt averaged 63.855 ton-miles i>er
gallon anil 25.463 actual miles per gallon.
This was a very special triumph for Ford's AII-S'i'W Mileage Maker
high-compression Six. For now, with its new design providing 101-
horsepower and free turning overhead valves. Ford is definitely
pound-for-pound the most etxtnomifvl /ou-prim/ air tn run' \ es . .
Ford's thrift was clearlv proved by the I,'115-mile grind troni l.os
Angeles to Sun Viillov And a very important factor contributing to
this victory is Ford's Automatic Power Pilot which squeezes the lust
ounce of power out of every drop of gas.
AAA Beard the winner by a "Ion mrb net yo//oi" formula
fo minr* q, chance far all cart m each clati rmgardfett of « w and weight
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J. V. ASH MOTOR COMPANY
Phones 440 & 441
Bastrop. Texas
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1952, newspaper, April 24, 1952; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237372/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.