Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1954 Page: 2 of 10
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BASTROP (TEXAS) ADVERTISER, DECEMBER 23, 1954
25 YEARS AGO
Taken from the files of the Baatrop Advertiser in November. 1929
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According to the older citizen*
who have liveo in Rantrop all
or practically all of their lives,
Bastrop wan visited by one of
the most severe freezes during
the last week that it has wit- j
nenned in many years. The ther I
mometer went as low as 17,
and about 7 inches of snow cov-
ered the ground. The snow he
rfan falling Friday night and
continued through Saturday . j
Mr. and Mrs. J. 1). Goodjjame
and little daughter of Dallas ,
spent Christmas with their mo- j
ther, Mrs. J. S. Holme.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Denman j
and little daughter of Lufkin
are visiting in the home of their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Ransome during the holidays.
Miss Mattie Chapman, a stu-
dent of San Jacinto School in
Houston, is spending th« holi-
days with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. McNeil Chapman.
Charles Crysup, student of
Schreiner Institute of Kerrville,
is spending the holidays with
his mother, Mrs. J. T. Crysup.
Arthur Reynolds, Billy Town-
send, Coty and Dennis Lentz,
Karl Watterson and Robert E.
Jenkins of A&M College, arriv-
ed home Saturday to spend the
holidays with their parents.
Misses Perry Chamberlain, Ag-
nes Barrow, Mildred Miller and
Grace Wamel, students at the
College of Industrial Arts, Den-
ton, are at home with their pa
rents for the Christmas holidays.
Miss Agnes Barrow was a
guest at a dinner party and
dance given by Miss Mary Lu-
cy Rivers in Elgin Monday ev
eningf.
Monday afternoon at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Turner, Miss Mary Bell
Turner and Miss Mary Osborn
were joint hostesses to five ta-
bles of bridge, honoring Miss
Frances Wilkes, b'ide-elect of
this week.
We extend our aincerest wish that
your holiday be filled with spiritual
joys and all the happiness that express
(he deepest significance of the blessed
Yuletide....
Pete's Shoe Shop
Cedar Grove
News
MRS. W. E. BAII.KY. KIlITOR
(Delayed from last week)
Cedar Grove, Dec. 14—Mr. and
Mrs. Dick Heath and children,
Mr. and Mrs. B. Heath and son
of Austin visited Miss Wills
Green and Orland Green Sun-
day afternoon and got Christ
mas trees.
Mrs. W. E. Bailey and child
ren, Ailene, Carl and laie Eve-
lyn attended the Mason-Grape
land football game. Mrs. Bai-
ley worked in the concession
stand. Mr. Bailey visited Mr.
and Mrs. Ezra Farmer during
the game.
M iss Wills Green and Mrs.
W. E. Bailey attended the
Friendship HD Christmas par-
ty at Mrs. Louis Linenbergcr's
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Guy Cannon, Mrs. Mag-
gie Adrian and Mr. Rector's
niece, Cleo, of Austin, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Hartfield of
Hearne and Mrs. Owen Chal-
mers of Bastrop spent Sunday
with Lee Rector.
Miss Wills Green spent Mon-
day afternoon with Mrs. Vollie
Watterson and Mrs. Earl Whit-
worth of Bastrop.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Owen vi-
sited Miss Wills Green and Or
land Green Sunday afternoon.
Ailene, Carl and Isie Evelyn
Bailey spent one afternoon this
week with Miss Wills Green
and played canasta.
W. E. Bailey and childr
Ailene and Isie Evelyn, attend-
ed Trades Day in Bastrop Sat
urday afternoon.
W. E. Bailey made a business
visit in Bastrop, Austin and El-
gin Monday.
Miss Wills Green was Christ
mas shopping in Bastrop Mon-
day.
Ailene Bailey attended n 4-H
Council Committee meeting in
Hockne Monday afternoon. She
spent Monday night with Elaine
Krietz of Bastrop. Tuesday
night she attended the basket
ball game in Flatonia ami spent
the night with Merle Morgan
of Humble Camp.
Thursday night she attended
the basketball game in Bastrop
and spent the night with Mrs.
Nell Crosby of Bastrop.
L. D. Little visited Carl Bai
ley Saturday.
American Cancer Society re-
search grants operate in j
states and the District of Col- ;
i umbia.
Motor vehicle accidents in the
United States killed JiH.OOO per
>ons in 1952 while cancer killed
220,000 persona, the American
Cancer Society reports.
Selective Service
Listed below are the names of
hoys who recently registered
with Texas Local Board No. 85
upon reaching their eighteenth
birthday:
Curtis E. Froach, Lincoln
Thomas A. Payne, Caldwell
Louis E. Biar, Jr., Giddings
Charles B. Orsak, Jr., Snook
John H. Sandifer, Elgin
Herbert F. Ilosca, Giddings
Thomas F. Urbanosky, Caldwell
Gerald I). Bills, Caldwell
Louis C. Jones, Elgin
Lawrence N. McDuff, Elgin
Henry L. Vajdak, Somerville
Leroy E. Namken, Giddings
Leslie C. Fisher, Elgin
Wilson F. Lay, Lexington
Carl L. Morrison, Utley
Melvin H. Schatte, Giddings
Willie Meshack, Smithville
Charles W. Turner, Lexington
Ituel Menton, Caldwell
Leroy H. Schulz, Lexington
Rockne News
MIKH ADA 1.HUMAN*. KIHTOH
(Delayed from last week)
Rockne, Dec. 13—One inch of
rain fell here Saturday evening,
followed by a cold norther.
John Wendland and Albert
Lehman went to Lock hart Wed
nesday afternoon.
Most everyone attended an-
other Trades Day in Bastrop on
Saturday.
Miss Ada Lehman visited Mrs.
John Beck and children Wednes
day afternoon.
Mrs. Albert Wendland of Cor
pus Christi spent several days
in the homes of Katie and Ker-
nardine Wendland and Mr. ami
Mrs. John Wendland at Rock
nc, while her husband is in a
hospital in Houston.
Notice Of Annual
Meeting
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF
CITIZENS STATE BANK
OF BASTROP
The regular annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Citizens
State Bank of |ias7|
MJ at the bankuH
said bank tht. M
P on Tuesday, j,
-m.for J
of electing dire,-tor, of,
and trail.-acting SUch
ness as may come
meeting.
C. W. ESKlrw
Listed below are the names
of registrants of Texas Local
Board No. 85 who were recently j
inducted into the Army:
Willie C. Harrison, Chriesman
James R. Harriett, Caldwell
Charles E. Newman, Smithville
William T. Mitchell, Ix>xington
Willard E. Fischer, Elgin
Ira L. Jarmon, Jr., Ledbetter
Eamuel N. Scarlett, Somerville
Notice Of Annual
Meeting
The regular annual meeting
of the shareholders of the First
National Bank of Bastrop, Tex
as, will be held in their bank-
:"'g room at ;5 p. m. the second
i. " day in January. 1955, l>e-
nuary 11, 1955, for the
purpv-e of electing directors to
serve during the ensuing year,
and the tran-action of any oth
er business that may properly
come before the meeting.
WALLACE HEFNKR, Cashier
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Season's Greetings
to Our
Many Friends
Your patronage. pant, present
and future, is ifreatl)
Appreciated
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Vegetable Farm
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For Cod so loted the uorld that He
gave His only begotten son, that whoso•
ever believeth in Him should not f>ertsh,
but hat e everlasting life.
John 3-16
G.'ory to Him — Hope of mankind — Exemplar
of all we hold true and beautiful Let us seek for
His w.^otr and guidance as tht Wise Men did Let
us vow ro continue His good works and strive to
follow H:* way to inner happiness.
To everyone, everywhere, we offei the wish that the
spirit of Christmas be with you this year and for many
years to come.
J. V. Ash Motor Company
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At this happy Yuletido Season let us count
the many blessings that are ours Think
of the best things in this life of all the
finest things and then you will know the
wishes This Christmas message brings
And at this very Blessed time When the
(lay is done We will say again with Tiny
Tim "God Bless Us Every One".
The First National Bank
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1954, newspaper, December 23, 1954; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237510/m1/2/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.