Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1955 Page: 1 of 8
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ildren ""<1 ,u their
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.kfw, t ecil Long and
Mm- Powell are
, 1 ifu-<i Coastal Her-
on their' r«spe t
aiui this week,
which i- wntpua
tin- it tea, is pur
,, ointiH-'Mdud because
... to tami drought,
ih n> poor 01 rocky
,.Miliary gra-- will
It may al o he har
k it jjiow* to a
, ,,-rnl feet. ami it is.
■i«itl for grating.
t4. u that, iri their
, ,,, to get a payroll
,,lu. tfjr for Bastrop,
i«« • are overlook
, ,.f steady, dependa
■n tW farming and
area. in Bastrop'
There i* always
t« k about agriculture
, town, hut it always
get ihov«t into the
favor of the
ir as industry, They
[org it that farming i*
idujtry, and that many
communities the . i?.e
are flourishing in
,f *>-li-planned ag-
to# mm*
f! vr !*n our *teor tep,
{.•■ ■ l'i«tt«iji ha* lived
rs If local bun.
'.I (!ww ntr*t on
*:-ti setping fmtw>r
p"t iitarW • •
• ntifir, *p*>eiaSu. -d
i pr-gram* that are
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. . tr« vns-
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One Hundred and Third Year
I1ASTKOJ' (T' \AS) ADVKKTISKR, Al'HIL 21, l'.C,5
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t irroun of pro
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th< iin < of n
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;ir< vei I waoteful
f' t would naturally
■irbet tali'*, not only
a n e. but lo indi
« a w.dl.
• "'ititut.e n ilru a
1 iiKliireinentM we
'•' iniluntry not to
r#.*e in our pernonal
month!
!'!ii ht do well to con
[ • • tativeo i on, . i ii
['"UMcr, both l " horno
Wni eommerrial users.
|cal Society
et Fri. Apri. 22
f 11 ! 'ot ii ||| ;MM !,,( ,(
' "lay afternoon, A|i-
«' the Muxeum
" Itelle Kennedy
Mcliuill aerv
•"e
" '"i" for the nftor
'I'M ■ lUld Pllbli
hi' eondueted by
1 "ii'i'in. \t ?hi
' "im < ommittee
' ""iy ma^« of
™ 1 tfOp I'ounty.
REMINDER
On I i nla>. \ pril 2'£. I rom
l-"> p. in. will he rat and
(Iok van illation day in l(a -
Irop.
I r. \\. II. t aril welt ot Kl
Kill will be at the ice plant
on I riday afternoon to vac
ciiiate >our pel- again t ra
bie«, I he fee this year in
$1.25 lor each annual, which
will include a tan and cer
tifkatc. \ to w ami longer
lainu vaccine, chick- em-
bryo orjjin. will Ih' u-ed.
Local (lancer
Drive To Open
IVlondav. IVlav 2
J J
"Strike l<ai k at cancer—man'*
• ruei«#t enemy (Jive!"
Thii militant slogan keynote
the Anx-rican Caiiavr Hoctety'*
l"V r-dueationai and fund raid-
ing cru*ade, o trernenduoui'ly
im|k rtant to the htnlth of mil
hot of Alio ri- an\ Mr- ti I!.
VV ! on, rfiMirman of the A<
I iiit.« i.ert 4id today.
"That watchword," <>he said,
"#pit< mi*e■ the spirit which «e
hope will inspire th«- whoU- coin
m unity when the local dr;\ ■
t s on Monday, May
1* | tt<- irt• at advancement- i
the cancer co'itrol ptojjrun; i
the pant five year*., nearly
;;.UOO i>xan die rw*dle*>;y of
< as . * i ia-; yttaar.
( .'OM- to y.(KM.i Texan< die of
> ., «■! ea- *• year At least or i
tftird «f ti.o •«• d«"ath wcr< dm
mar ly t« delay iu detection miij
II ej t. me i ll
i i e iet) ■< nation w iU< n
* *ri . p, >>tf ran- iiotria '.Mr- pro-
«i(m> of • ore* for more arid
more • arwer victim.*, hat only
i, « ger\. v ray ami radioiu are
(or -tact' d •!«( -iaoi c i«•- for
tf.i di-' a K*er those methods
fail w • aneer :c rk't.ofed -o
i onj: iha' tt -pr> a>i.-> through
out the ixwiy,
J-or that tendon, th« Society
urife # \. iyonc to prate* t his
own l.jf« by n >i i; t< k'uiar phy-
k ai i xamttiatior. - and by learn
iojf the t*evt l)wg«f .Signals;
1. At > aore that do- • not heal
2, A iuitiji or tr.ii Mi in the
breaot or efs*«wher«
a. llnunual bleed.r,K or dis
chat
4, Any change in a .\ rt or
mo ic
h. i'<' r«n; indife'tsioR or
uiflisolt*. in laoow ui«
it tin ai
iUid be
' - make
can Catu-er iioc t> arai tta le-
xa.h iiniMon us to get those
•ignai;- and othev >. atu. er tacts
a< m - to peepte •« t;i*t tliey
sum- the.i c vn live;
Another M i|M rt rit phnse of
the i am -i .Soc;et> ptwciam i*
l.< .ping *f exas physK lari# keep
infoiritei.1 mi the i ll> develop
merit (U cancel ■ ol t >-i t.ltrougn
piofeA-tonal journal , ftl ■ 'an
cot * ttnit < a' i otf < r titi ->n -
Through it.n vwiuni't i . ivtce
program, the Americati ' ancer
Society attempt t«> make the
livi*.s of cancet pai < ! • asier
and more con-tortahlc So<iety
volunteera u.-e reclaimed ma-
terial to provid* It'- die irigt<,
which might cost a can "r pa-
tient an avi-iiiK' ui ^ '' monthly
if he had to puti'ha • them.
In many coutitn . tie voointt'era
set up loan and irrft cloself
and provide mm other ervice#
to aid «ancei patient.-
Thn e two program public
and ptofe tonal >(| •atoi. -ei-
va e tt> cancet jta - t t plu*
the natio! vvnlt a • >"'!•:■ I"'°
v ram, arc th< tta> the Cancet
.Society IS fighting rle'cet.
The program t p«y>" "rf;
more peoph ai< fi> ,IUI
from cancer than evet
Hut the 8oc tet:,v (WMttts out
that railing the ,am-i • 'ate
depends on each indi1- iduai and
whether o, not In "
physician in tune
INilin (In Way Out As First And
Second Graders Receive Long
Awaited Salk Shots Here Tuesday
Immui.iistttioi* against polio be
uan m the Ha.-trop Public
Schools Tuesday mornit (t, when
fust and -econd graders of the
t-.leinentarj School bravely lined
up to take their fit >t shu U for
p:evet turn of the di«au di-eane
whleii ha claimed so many
your.K lise and na- crippled
thousands of other -
Mrs. .v. I, Bran now, .Jr„ ec-
•'i.nt panied hj Mr I' ted Klx'ling
went to Austin Saturday after-
noon to pick up the vaccine,
tin f11 -1 distribution alioted to
rexas, flown to Au.-titi in two
plane.-, which < atueii more than
a ton of the vaccine, tither di-
tribwtioiis from \u-tn, to vil-
lous points of the state were j
main during the week end.
Admin storing thi -hot- were
l*r ' GcKidard ami Dr.
Stanley (daxener and nurses,
Mi Ira fn< da. Mr Hugh Mc
T au ai>«l r Eioise MtMul-
fen. The shot-s were given in
the Hotio making department of
the liastrop HiKn Scno d, where
Mis- Heitie Sfi.ith and her
Homerniiking students a-si tt<d!
by heintng to keen record-.
Approximately l.r D out of the
ltMi first and second graders en-
rolled here received the shots,
plu L,,; first and second gruder-
from the Sacred Heart School
at Rockne.
Three shots will be given in
all, with the second shot to be
given within two to four weeks,
and the third or booster shot
to follow in about seven months.
The fn.-t two .-hot.- will be fin-
anced by the National Polio
I ouridation, and the financing of
the third shot will be atmouned
at a later date.
The children, who were well
prepared in advance of the pro
cedure. showed little fear of
the shots. General'y speaking
they all see mod happy to get
them, knowing that after many
year, of work and scientific re
search, they at last could grow
up happily and normally, with
the dreaded feai of polio
stamped out. Many of them felt
that it was a privile." to tie the
first in the world to be immu-
nized against polio, a medical
achievement that w.i. be record
ed in history as one of the
great* st of modem times.
Hook Re\iew And Tea Proceeds To
Go To liaslroji (onnt\ Quota
01 (.ancer (.rusade
lit v Robert L. Harg-s, pastor
d the First « hristian Church
it;. >nvithvilk«, will give a review
d V d Yet They Were Rrott.
>t V, th< popnlat new novel b\
\ ic >' Hrogme/.. at th< VFW
Halt at Stnithvil.lv on Uedt.e--
<lay, April 27, at 8 p, m.
The review and tea, which i-
undei the ausp ' , s of th< Lade
\ ...xihary to 1 h George M
Jones 'v h W I'ost 1309 at Smith
tale* i- the major event of the
liriifi American t ancet Crusade
which began in SmithviUe or.
April 1* and ends April ;{0. The
ei t.re proceeds will go tov.ard
th< Ha-.trop County quota of
the Cancer ' n. ade. Miss Halt *
M< Kinticy. preof the Aux
tbury -aid Ticket* aie pnt ed
jj> cents and are availably at.
the Ba-trop Chamber of l oin
merecc
Mr Hrogrues, author of the
lx« k. Is a piomierht resident
of Houston, Texas, and is the
Mr. Titsworth
Accepts Position
Bud's Barber Shop
t , < . Titsworth of l.ubbivk.
who wa formerly a->ociated
with Hud llaibei Shop from
1 '42-4<i, i < -ack at Hud's again,
where he will bi permanently
en,ployed, lb is a courteous,
efiHKiit liarl>ei. itaviitg been
in tl*e profession most of hi
life.
Mi, 1 leGianiion operates one
of the most modern Oartrei
shop- in the county. The shop is
an conditioned, has flourescent
lighting a n d is m u d e l u 1 y
equipped In ail le-poct He
has replaced the old time neck
duster u ed m barber shops,
with a modern electric duster
which iias just recently come
on the market.
Mr. DeGiandon and Mr. lit
wort 11 invite their many friend-
and en -i omet t■ > taki advantage
of tin e modern eoiivaniences
that have been m tailed to ron
der them quick efficient set'
vice and com. ■ *11.
moth' r of F. J. Hiogniez of
Smit'-vi.il- -it and drs. F. J.
hiogio'-x are metnh,,rs of the
Kp - "pal Church in lta-trop.
A linguist, and outstanding
club woman in Hou-tor., Mrs.
Alice Mrogt icz reiently won an
award front the publishers of
her book for its good merits,
a cording to Ms -.- Margaret
Webst<■ i, chairman of th Cancer
< ru-ade in Smithville. She will
be guest of honor at the tea and
review of her book.
Rev Hargi i- one of the fore-
most story teller- in this area,
.aving given reviews extensiv
eiy in llallar- and San Antonio
lot several year.-. He was pre-
01 tiii -tuff of the Kan
a- <':t% Stiii, often referred to
a th> Backbot-i of American
Journalism, where he did the
r< view foi the M Millian Com
pat y. cm of the largest psxl>-
li.-htng house- in the United
States.
Parade Ol Homes
To Be Featured At
San Marcos April 21
A l'aiade ol Homes will be
heid in San Marcos on Thur-
day. April 21. from 2 7 p. tn.
under the sponsorship of the
W oninan's So. u-tv of Christian
Service of the Meinodist Church,
according to Mi Vernon t ook.
v.r Moq prices will be fi.ou
fnt aiiuit and cents fot stiul-
e. is. Ii.i- tiop people are coi
tliaiiv invited to attend.
Annual Flower
Show Scheduled
For May 9
Garden Club
Cub Scout Leaders
Workshop To Be
Held Here April 21
.iuck Hni ires, CupitoJ Area
Ih trni . i out Kepre -eniativ ,
Will conduct a cub sCoul leadci
workshop here on Ihurxlay.
April "21, at 2 p. m. at the
Vociitional \i?rieultine building
Ml cub scOUt I e ii t! e r a I e
urged to attend.
Annual Aggie
Muster To Be Held
Here Thurs., April 21 Cast. (,c ii I lii i lexas, lleep South
Reduced Cotton Acreage Threat To
The annual Ai-gie Muster of
former students of the A. ^
M. College of Texa- who live
m Ha.-trop County will rje held
\pril 21 in Hastrop to carry on
a tradition that, i.- 52 year.- old
this. year.
Scheduled to tiegin at 7 p. m.
Thursday the 11*55 Muster pro-
gram will be heid in '.he Bas-
trop State I'atk Refectory.
A Muster is neid each year
by -tudents and former stu-
dents of Texa- A. A. M. to pay
their respect- to fellow Ag-
gie.- who have passed or and
a- a humble tribute to tiie Tex-
an- who won the freedom of
the ,-tate at the battle of San
Jacinto near Houston 11U years
ago.
The Ha.-trop County A. & M.
Club Muster wili be one of more
than 100 -imilar ceremonies held
by thousands of former stu-
dents and friends of A. A: M.
over the world.
Karl < Frhard, President of
the County A. \ M. Club, will
serve a- Master of Ceremonies
foi the evening'.- event.-. Others
-cheduled to appeal on the pro-
gram arc Joel R. Reese, Col. C.
L. Gilbert, Clyde Reynolds and
Alvin Camp.
Club president Karl C. Kr
hard invites all A. & M. men
in the area and friends of the
College to join in one of the
greale.-t tradit.ons to be found
in American • > lieges and uni-
versities.
The I <Ost I'lllc
of Ba-trop will sponsor their
1 annual Flower Show this year
on May
I'he theme of the show will
be Harmony With Flowers''.
To Organize
Sheriff's Posse
For Bastrop County
On I t ulav, April 2ti. nt 8
p. m. a meeting will be held
at tee Hh -Itop County < out t
housi to organif.e ilie Lost I'it e
Sheriff- Posse.
(illicit- will be elected at
the meeting.
All who are interested in join
tug the posse ai< asked to meet
at the courthouse in the District
Court Hoom on April 2i . at S
p. m.
I. R. 11 OS KIN'S, Sheriff
Bastrop County. 8-2
in < ■ • al and Kii.-t Texas and
it t Deep South." Written
at the request of central Texas
citizen by J. P. Hart of La
Grange, the articles were pub-
ii-hod i February in the Aus-
C Of C Endorses
Old (lotton Belt
Association
The board of directors of the
Bastrop Chamber of Commerce
unanimously endorsed the ef
forts of the Old Cotton Belt
Association at a called meeting
in the Chamber of Com mere
office Saturday morning. The
organization, of which Karl Den-
man i> a member of the B'a-
trop i iiunty board of directors,
i- working toward changing the
"trend" of the cotton acreage
reduction • to bring the product-
ion of cotton hack to Central
ami Ka-t Texas. A resolution
to that effect was drafted and
Willi >•* presented to the officers
and directors of that association.
"Phi group also voted to en-
d o r s e the Wilbarger C r e e k
Watershed, which is asking the
CSD.A to provide assistance in
developing a work plan under
the Watershed Protection and
Flood Prevention Act.
Plans were made for the
ChamlMf of Commerce to spon-
sor the Bathing Beauty Con-
test for the Eighth Annual
Homecoming and Rodeo to be
held on May 27 2S 2'.'.
Warranty Deeds for 1 square
foot of land with frontage on
the i oiorado River were pur-
hnsed for the purpose of pub
liei ittg the town and its rec
teatiomii facilities. Fife huiul
red o«' these unique deeds will
be mailed or otherwise distri
but ed. and merchants or other
individual.- desiring to mail
then to friends or enclose them
in com pondence may purchase
them from the Chamber of
Commerce office. They are valid
deeds which may be recorded
it" desired in the county clerk's
office They give holders ease
nieiit to the river for camping,
minting, fishing or boating.
\tte ding the meeting were
Ireland Allbright, .1 V. Ash,
Si . t'i i ! ong, K M Ilenmiin.
(Iret I.skew, C. \\ KskeW,
Hems Schuyler, W. B. Town
-i ml, . tubers of tin Board of
director . and J. Ash, Jr. and
Mr , K K Stnndifer.
Recently organize*! and in-
cluding 2-J central Texa- Coun-
ties. t e Old Cotton Beit A.-.-o
ciation ha- set 100,000 members
a- it.- goal in an effort to bring
the production of cotton back j tin American.
to this area. These articles have a two-
Tbe true significance of the f°'(l purpose: first, to bring to
reducing of cotton quota.- each th(' attention of the people of
year n .-ntral Texas is not too Central Texas and Ka-t Texas
easy to grasp, according to Earl j th«' fa( t that they have, in the
Denman, member of the Bastrop l,us' A years, lost their prin-
Countv Board of directors of ^'pai ca.-h crop, namely cotton,
the a-soeiation, unless one knows
the absolute facts. "I thought,"
Mr. Denman said, "That cut-
ting the cotton acreage would
be of benefit to the entire co-
untry. and that being so, 1 wa-
glad to do my part. But when
1 discovered that our acreage
was being cut only so that more
acreage could be allowed in .-ec-
tiotis of the country who had
never raised it before, I decided
we'd better do something about
it."
It, ordet that the facts may-
be brought to trie people, the
Advertise: will publish, in the
next three issues, three ar
anil that unless definite steps
are taken to amend the present
law. th y will, in a lelatively
snort time, be out of the busi-
nes- of producing cotton; second,
to urge every interested citiien
in thin area to join the Old
Cotton Belt Association of Te-
xas. which have as its principal
objectives the following:
1. To reverse the "Trend" and
bring back to Central Texas
and East Texas its rightful
share of cotton acreage.
2. To fight for a State A. S.
C. Committee to be elected by
the people of Texas.
3. To fight for an over-all
tide, from a pamphlet entitled! |on« ra,1*e P-ogram of Legis-
"King Cotton. A Dvmg Industr> ! laUon wh'ch wlU jrotect the
cotton product*rs and restore the
8100.000 Bond
Election Set
For May 14
J
Plans were made to call a
bond election in the amount of
$1110,000 at the regular meeting
of tiie Bastrop City Council held
Monday night at the city hall,
according > Mayor J. Ash.
Sr., for the purpose of purchas-
ing right of way for the pro-
posed highway 71.
The election is scheduled for
Saturday, May 14.
Tax increases on the bond
nsue will not exceed 2-"> cents,
Mr. Ash said, and the proposed
route will be on College Street
instead of Government Street,
as formerly planned. College
Street i.- one block south of
Government Street, and the
changing of the route is saving
thi' city a>. estimated $75,000,
since there is considerably less
residential property along Col-
lege Street.
world market.
Former Bastrop
Resident Dies
Unlit illls been I evened ill
Ba irop of the death of Hal
.lone- of Temple, who passed
avva\ lust week.
Mi. Jones, a former resident
of Ba-trop, was a half brother
to the late O. P Jones.
Band To Present
Spring Concert
I ridav Evenin<r
j r
The Bastrop High School
Band, under the supervision of
W endell Ragsdale, director, will
present their annual Spring Con-
cert on Friday evening of thi.-
woek at * o'clock at the High
School Auditorium. Admission
prices will be 50 cent for adults
and 2o cents fot children.
Volunteers Are
Needed For Cancer
Fund Drive
More volunteers are needed
to help with the local cancer
fund drive, which will begin
here on Monday, May 2. Mrs.
O. 11 Wilson, chairman, said.
She asked that anyone who is
willing to contribute a little
time and effort to this cause
contact her at '.i!)."i W any even-
ing between ti and 7 o'clock.
She, as Weil as those whose
lives you niay be helping to
save, will greatly appreciate
your help.
Mrs. Wi! on will be at the
Chamber of Commerce office on
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs
day nights of next week, from
8 to p o'clock, and she ask-
all volunteer worker- to call
on any one of the three night-
ie pu K up their work kit and
instructions for the drive.
She also issues a special word
of thanks to the Boy Scout.- and
their leader • for the help they
have given in distributing the
posters preliminary to the drive
KIM, COTTON, A DYING
INDI STin IN CENTRAL
WD KAST TEXAS, AND IN
THE DEEP SOUTH
By J. P. HART
PART 1
A -tudv of cotton legislation
and statistics covering a period
of some twenty two years indi-
cates that Central and East
, Texas, and to a great extent
the Historical Cotton Beit States
of the Deep South, are on the
way out of the cotton business.
I To ..larifv this statement, it is
necessary first to review the
early history of the cotton bu-
siness in the years preceding
Federal Legislation, beginning in
1934. From 11)09 to l'J33 the
United States planted from thir-
ty five to forty five million a-
cres in cotton. As this produc-
tion far exceeded the supply
necessary for national consum-
ption ami sale on the foreign
market, it wa- deemed neces-
sary that Federal Legislation be
enacted to equitably regulate
1 this particular field of agricul-
tural endeavor. Beginning in
1934, and continuing to the pre-
sent date, except for the year
103*!. whet the first "Triple A '
ait was held unconstitutional,
Federal Legislation has been in
effect, regulating the produc-
tion of cotton.
Thi- legislation ".a- had as its
underlying philosophy the prin-
iple that cotton producers have
the responsibility of using the
machinery of (Sowrnment to
keep supplies in line with de-
mand iti return foi reasonable
; price supports.
In 1933, the year before cot-
ton adjustment controls went in-
to effect, 40,24s,000 acres were
planted in cotton in the Unit-
ed States. By 194 1. following
ten tlUi years of the control
program, cotton acreage was re-
duced to 1 !>,.'i4s,00ti acres. It
should be noted here that all
states reduced their cotton a-
j ciettge, by a national average
of approximately Pi pet cent,
j with the exception of California
and Arizona, which two .-tatea,
; during this period of time, in-
creased their cottoi acreage by
30.4 pet cent and _n.7 per cent,
respectively. I he -tate of Tex-
as reduced its acreage from 15,-
ri2 i.OtiO acres in 193-.; to 7,708,000
acres in 194 - Be. ause of the
National Emetifeney, and the
fact that the I tilted States was
call- d upon to produce cotton
fot the entire world, r.o controls
Were imposed for t ■ years 1944
through 194", 10M, 1962 and
t. .• '. 1 Ivcr |>l e.| , ; no, of cot-
ton in rum allotment years re
quired that Nat.con \ I lot merit.*
oe imposed lot iht years 1900,
l'i.">4, and 19-
fhi-s ove production of cot
ton, pai'ticulai ly since the year
J 1947, was brought about, to at
'great degree, y the fact that
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