Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 28, 1954 Page: 1 of 8
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OCTOBER |«>34
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HAST KOI' (TKX AS) ADVF-RTISKK, OCTOBKK 28, 1934
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NUMBER 35
off wi' find
oral merchant-
, «■ their stores
,i iv on Fridt)
a* many |M
ay attend the
ake football
lake Friday
ir-. arc. to d«t<\
#i<d ti-air in
h i« int* them
1 title.
.vorked I'ami
i«v >ral "up
i d arc well
if the support
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[WHipic have
Mtciitly, out
uk at home,
t h > gn im' Fn
<*vcry body
who jr . the
town it
them
he t thej
niii tak<
KH,H I i HI STY IllXit; BOWER CRiDKR, who
•pciit a tfioat deal of time and ewrjjy in careful
persoiwil upervisioii of the building of the courthouse
annex, detect! mod Uiitt the county should ttet the l« -t
p<> itile construction job for the money apent, and that
the detail- in the finishing wok, choice of color- and
othei deiorative i.teu be completed in attractive good
tllftte
HI-.l.oU I'll K COMMIHSIONERS' COI UT of Ha.-trop
County, left to riKht Vernon Harrison. Klain; Hartford
Karl Cullnhan, <'e«iai Creek K!
Tl« ii ca|Mib!e handling of the
m■ # a, *
iiiiA, Ha^tro|>.
tl-*, Smithviilc
budine
affair
Ba«trt)p
ounty it • new,
tn county lane-,
t • ••,! •<( office | a.
Ut resulted in obtaining foi
i ourthouae annex, with vi in-
kivii.k county uffi'ia! then
and additional eoi veinence-,,
>rta ble
Ba-tro|i County citizens a modem, com
iitnif ii v hicn ti> 11anx t their count> i u-1
Bears Remain
Undefeated In
The District
Tb Rear* edjreU the
I oilr (f F,a«:i''" 7 • Fri.lay nirtit
in I t,.il it t' remain U'.e tin
d. fe« i. d teas? in District "24 A
The ltear< f«ile,l tci score in
the fir i haif of the ifame and
th' I" astle* led the Keart by a
>> 0 t lf time arorr
I .iihng m wed i'. the first
quarter ot. u If7 yard pa#* from
Jtmmy H!a<kioai U> Jimmy
K«^ Try for point faiietl
Ha trup *ror«"d in the tbrnl
quarter on a Ml yaixi (m> - play
from iia>tai;<l Turner to Floyd
lUft-ch Turner ktek u < /i«>d
Th,' Iteai will trav>- 7? miles
!■ i i<ia i shen they no to
I ak< to tar^le with the Kaglea
in acothei IH-strict I A thriller
Benefit Fish Fry
At Legion Center
Tuesday, Nov. 2
Huy your ti< . et« now *< r the
i imh benefit fi h fey t ■> In-
held at ' he American i <1*1:1011
( enter, I (.Mtny mirht Novem
fwr '2, At H p. Ttl
Ticket" are on «alc at the
1 • ifton <'enter for the hit; feast,
v i . entirely a enefit af
!inr ith ul! >if t e procci'd -
to tfo Ui the elemental") Schtxil
fur tin pucchaj"' of piavtcrour>d
iH|tiipnM'i t which I hadly netnb'd
"I he M-hool is new and at
trai tivi , but the playgrounds
are iiiailequately «-cj u 1 t
The procoils from ttie fish
fry a ill tie used to purchase
tsjiilpment which will he placed
there for the children', enjoy
ment
Conv out an«l enjoy a ttood
n>«**t a ltd help support your
schools
County Citizens Enjoy Modern,
Attractive Courthouse Annex
Mrs. Gem Simmons Honored As The
Oldest County Treasurer in State
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Ila.strop
tt lii'i tli f'miily Treasurer*'
As'wrcmtion of Te*a« met for
theii convention r Corpus
I "h'i<t 1 i' ' in'i M item
Simmon*, treasuici' of Bastrop
< 'wiint \ for Is years, was .
1 laim«sl • • the oldcit woman
- erv mu untv treasure! in
Te*.as and i r< ec.teil with
Ii boUt'tuet 1 ' on! Hi e* a I d All
ho'tiimy HiciiitH'i .< 1* the \
s,M la 11 on
And to cap tin • lima*, her
children livint in t'orpiis Christi
insisted thai. At the end of her
visit, .-.he renin. h<nby plane,
and n h« had Iwtt first plaie
trip'
Tin following toi •, ci'iiiplete
with picture, up peat > d 1*1 'he
i iorpu • hi i.'-ii Time iltit 11 k 'he
cup vent i! n'
\t 11 youthfui . 1. drs (,em
Simmons of lm trop • ounty
hold the di t met inn of being
the oldest woman serving as
a ci*11111', 11 en urei in the Stute
of Tet.v
Her m It here this week end
ha a twofold piirpo e l.e^nh
Attending tin * mutiny I rciimitei •«
\ 1 k Hit ion ot I exa . .niveiit nm,
she hIho 1. visiting with her
• III lit* htei , Ml loin .Illume,:
Hi, t Met l-ndon, bet on. I' i ncut
Simmon , til. ICain e\ nn«l
their taiiiilie
Bellies III I lei etn bet
After holdmc th. publi. "f
flee fill IM yent -. Mi Simmon-'
owl ve tciday that he would
retire from her post in Decem-
ber, but will >tay on the job
throng) January to *how her
uci i* or t hi rope,
>he ha> run for the office
nine tim-'. since l;t>«> but her
• ampAit:i were never -trenuous
ones Only time, in her fir*t
race, did die have An opponei.t
it tt • • lections.
Be-fme Ciitei ing politics Mr
Sue- 0111 was a sehoo. tenrher,
te«< I inc m countr \ ^i*hiKlls And
it -.trie 1 ing math in th« Bu-.trop
High School.
"1 \e 4twa> s likisl math." she
ai l yesterday 'That one reu
nm | ve enjoyed my - ounty
treMMin'i jtih."
,\* 1 Simmons >a>d vestetdny
that tie dcfinitelv hi'hcve. that
W .Itnei! have a place 11 polit ic-i
"Th' \ have as much sense as
men have, arid Un v arc gover
lied ! the mnn people It's only
lORI' ; that they should take
pait in politic said Mr S1111
mot Sh* a (bled thai .si >• has
voted in every natiotiai, .Uitc,
, on'is and rity olectitu sim
WOIIK were Ifiveli i'if f rsitfi' 111
H< ' replacement tn the Bas-
t.roy 1 eoiiity 11 > a • uter -i offiee
a i n is a w oman
1 at her W as "sheriff
\ mtivc of liAstl op < OUnty.
Mi immon- Jit-t that she
and her father were tin only
member of her family to serve
in , ounty government Her
I'm tininsl in iij'- t
We n-ment be red watchinir the
1 iiliij.c e t viciously into the tvalls
land through the roof of the
a itifu! hntlding that had. been,
iuriiu' the wat years, many a
oldier' "home away from
hone", ami that had become,
aftc the WW. Bastrop County's
t 'nurthouse \rinex
U •• hail -htsi tears shameless-
ly ji> *e tl ought of the spacious
rooms the • lutiful auditorium,
and all of t e facilities ihat we
had inherited from Camp Swift
-0 mucii more than a town
or county tin r/.e ot ours could
hope to build i rdinArily— so
much more than the county hail
ever dreamed of owning
We rememliered the futile,
ick feeling that enveloped us
when we later -urveyed tli«* sfnl
den, blackened ruin.
The -1' thiritf came hack to us
the other day. as we stood in
the Commi:oi ers' Court Boom,
on the second floor of the new,
modern courthouse annex, and
looked out of the wide casement
windows at the site of the old
I'SO building the old court
house annex \nd suddenly, we
knew that th< fire that had
swept the In,: beautiful build
int; away from us had been a
blessing in diHpguise. At the
aine time it destroyed that
Ioiildint;. it ivl.eved the county
ot the 1 in mi ii • overhead neces
-try for k"i , nig it in opera-
tion. and fi>" maintaining it.
ticsiuneil fm ii- reation for <cv
• ml hi: dust p< oplc at one tunc,
the building attractive and use
ful as it was for that purpone,
was uitw icltly and ill arranged
fm An offn e building, and far
too cost I \ to be maintained for
community r> • reation.
I'"aceil wish immediate need of
more offiii -pAec for eoui.ty
offiitnl aftei the fire, Bastrop
County's ('i>miiiisi«ioner ' Court,
undei tin leaih-i hip of t ounty
Judge Bnwei 1-rider, went to
work to mi the problem and
solve it, they did. by working
and plAiining to achieve exactly
what the cot. iou c had ni'cil
ed in the fust place a leal
anin \. adj'ti, h c and fining in
tn the court i'c hulidllig, and
Upplyitig com 11 table, conveii
icntly arrungi t office space.
\t the same tunc, 111 ordci to
• In a thoniugi. job while they
were at it. tin old buildint; via
re mforced where it. was tieces-
iii v, and repainted outside. In
side, office and halls were
cleaned up, the walls were re
painted with the offices done in
oft pa tel toll's, and the halls
To Sponsor Annual Halloween
Carnival Saturday Night, Oct. 30
BASTROP TO
BACK BEARS IN
EAGLE LAKE
A number of local merchants
will close their stores on Friday
afternoon at f> o'clock* in order
that their employees, as well
as themselves, may follow the
Bastrop Bear- to Kagle I,ake
for the game Friday night.
Shoppers are urged to make
their purchases earlier in the
afternoon, so that as many peo-
ple a.- possible may 't>e able to
make the trip.
Bastrop County
Directors Attend
MOD Meeting
Smithville, Oct. 19—Mrs. Ver-
ge! Hill Jr. and Miss Margaret
Webster of Smithvilie, Bastrop
County directors for the l!>5ii
March of Dimes campaign, were
among the more than iiOo who
convened at the kick off meet
ing and luncheon of the 7>o
drive which was heid at the
Uriskill Hotel in Austin Monday,
October 1*
Voluntary March of Dimes
workers from all over the state
of Texas, including the panhan
die's remote town of I'ampa,
were on hand from 9:30 a. in.
until • p. m. to hear discus-
sions. statistics, and explana
lions from six the the top na
tionai MOD officials, anu some
ot the Texas personnel.
Included in the program was
tho new 19 o Hole . Hays movie
aoout polio care, which wiil be
shown in tho three cities in
Bastrop County sometime in
January.
ii ; ale trrny Asphalt tile floor-
ii g vva addttd throughout and
the woodwork cleaned and re
fmishul
Built of light colored brick
to blend with tho white stucco
buiidtng it is a part of. the
new annex is completely an
conditioned and ha- a central
heating system. The outer wails
are almost entirely composed of
the spacious metal casement
windows, making the offices
bright ami attractive. Running
ice water is another convenience
av miahie
Throughout the two buildings,
the soft colors used for finish-
ing the offices and rooms in-
clude eye-rest green, rose tan.
sun tone, stratosphere gray, warm
gray and blue.
The building was constructed
by James H Jones, contractor,
w ith I'age, Southcrland and
Page, architects, of Austin.
Alrout the middle of June,
the annex was completed, and
the various offices were moved
and re established in then new
locations
Filtering the courthouse now.
through the front, or north, en
trance, you will find the spa
clous office of the count} a
gents on the right. Mrs Claude
Sharp is secretary to County
Home Demonstration Agent Ma
rie \etf and t'ounty Agei.t .lm-
Bay 1 w0e s e
Turning down the right coi
ridor, t-i.e office ot Justice of
the Fence Flwood Moore Is the
first ooor, and in the suite of
office- adjoining is County S'te
riff 1 11 "Nis Ho ktns and
Deputy Sheriff Hail Tarver.
lo the left of the front en
tiarice is the Bastrop Abstract
i ouipany office, occupied uy
Mi Bculah tiiace Adams, vice
president of the company, and
All K \S Namken, ty pit
t urtliei down the left com
dot is the office of Mrs Cent
Simmons, county treasurer
Fo the left of the nail way
extending back to tin- new build
int is ttic entiar.ee to the of-
fice of County Clerk Tignal
Jones The vault and n* or I
storagt space I live been enlarg-
ed into the annex, giving much
reiiet to the extiemely • ramp
cd quarter' that formerly serv-
ed as torage for Ba*tro|; t.'oun
ty recoil' In the office with
Nil Jones are Mr- A'lllle i.ee
Alexander. Mr. I.illia- Man-hi
on aid Mr W .1 Hogeis, ail
deputy clerks,
The annex building may be
tC iFlueil in pivg • 41
Tony Zegub Leases
Major's Cafe In
Elgin
Tony Zegub. who for a nuni
aei ot years has operated Tony's
i afe on the highway here, has
leased the attractive, air-condi-
tioned Major s Cafe in Elgin,
and will oe open for business
on Monuay, November 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Zegub and fami
ly will continue to make their
."iome in Bastrop for the pre-
sent.
Mr. Zegub expresses his ap-
preciation to his friends for their
patronage during the years he
r.as been in Bastrop, and cor
Uiaily invites them to visit him
in htgm.
Methodists To Hear
Noted Author
Thurs., Nov. 11
t)n Thursday evening, Novem
bei 11, Kirby I'age, noted au
thor. lecturer and preacher, will
speak at the First Methodist
Church on behalf of the Ameri-
can Friends Service Committee
of the Quaker Church.
Dr. I'age is a member of the
Christian Church and has spoken
in more than a thousand
churches, 400 colleges, and has
bet..ted at \aie and Union Theo
logical Seminary.
nis books 01 devotional lit
era; are and applied Christian-
ity Slave sold more than a mil
lion i ipies. Recently his column
appeared in the Advertiser, the
vustm American and hundreds
ot otiier papers.
I'lai; no iv to hear this great
servant of Cod!
Junior Class Invites
Everyone To Cake
Walk Halloween
Sat'irda) tight. October 30,
sets the scene t'oi the annual
Haiiowecii tai nival at Bastrop's
primary , eleinentui y and higii
school AH grtuies, ranging
i'lom the first to the twelfth,
will iiave some sort of enter
tainnient for the population of
I .ast top.
Ine Jutiiot Cta s will hAve
one of tin- most populai of all
Halloween teatures, the lake
w alk.
I he Junior Class coidially in-
vites everyone to try ht.s luck
and try to win a mouth water-
ing i aKe'
tli Jutuoi mothers an asked
to cad Alts. I.ihk befote >atur
day rtiid receive all details on
the types of cages they are to
aki' lor Saturday
The annual Halloween Car-
nival will get underway Satur-
day night, October 30, at 6:30
p. m. with the serving of &
Mexican super in the school
cafeteria. Tlx* Latin American
mothers and the school lunch-
room staff will be in charge
Prices for tho supper have been
set at $1.00 per plate including
coffee, for adults, and CO cents
per plate for children. Pie, cake,
and milk will be on sale for 10
cents.
The menu will consist of en-
chilada-. tamales. tacos, Spanish
rice, beans, lettuce and tomato
salad and coffee.
The main attractions will be
held at the high school gym
immediately after the supper,
with each class or organization
sponsoring booth., which will
include a country store, pop
corn and home made candy
stand, picture show, soft drink
stand, otndwich stand, cake
walk, dart throw lag, bingo, etc
Come out- and join in the
celebration. Proceeds from the
concession stand- go to the
classes that sponsor them. There
v.id be plenty of spooks on hand
wearing fancy dress costumes
and masks, to create the Hallo
ween atmosphere.
1955 Chevrolets
To Be On Display
Here October 28
Allbnght Chevrolet Company
will have their showing of the
new 19.i5 Chevrolets on Thurs-
day. October 2s.
Pronounced mechanical a«i
vance? plus new riding comfort
and a complete re styling oe
! bodies give Chevrolet for 195-a
its most spectacular model an
lounceinent.
No major part of tile car has
been overlooked in the broad
scale improvement program
Driving ease and riding comfort,
benefit along with the creation
of fresh automotive design. The
accomplishment, says the com-
pany, has been possible only
oecausc of a thorough job of
product re-engineer ing and the
tremendous new plant facilities
Chevrolet adds this year.
From an extraordinarily long
list of new features the follow
ing are particularly outstand-
ing:
First automobiles in the low-
price field Ui reflect the "dream
car" influence of the General
Motors Motoramas. All roots
have been visibly lowered with
a corresponding reduction in
hood and oelt lines to accentuate
a longer, fleeter appearance
Overall, sedans have been low-
ered two ami one-half inches,
station wagons as much as six.
At the same time, passenger
room has been increased.
First engine offered on
a Cnevrolet in . ;> years. Profit-
ing by recent research in com
tntsttoii and maiiutaciuriiig tech-
niques, the \ .s is uuvcued as
"tar mote precisely Ouitt and
etiicieiit in perioi malice than
otiier in its class, aamed the
"luroo fire \ i>, the ue
livers li>J horsepower
liigiici norsepowc; latings and
new quietness aiui smoothness
in two 'Olue Flame" sixes, lvis-
giues art ot the traditional
\alvc ii; m ad design, which ill
the last lew years lias won
virtually 100 per cent acccp
latiei ny other makes. A lJo
horsepower engine is available
wun tin manual gcar.'iiilt. In •
six buut txclusiveiy loi u. *
roAe ;iiue auLoiiuitu trutisnus
s ion now develops I .,n noise
pow er.
Banks To Close On
Election Day Nov. 2
The Citizen.-- Stau- liauk aim
the hirst National i>anK will be
closed ail nay on 1 ues day, .Nov
entbet vv, icn is gem-ial e
lection nay.
Sgt. Clyde Helner
He turns To States
Sgt Clyde K, Hefner, son of
11 .1 Hefner of Bockne, is no*
serving tn the armed force a*
Camp Haiifnid. Wa-fiington
He leivwl the past thiei* year
ill ii rmany, an,i ieturni*t to u
't# • iii <iuly ot tma yoAr.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 28, 1954, newspaper, October 28, 1954; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237502/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.