Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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lts „f Homecoming
^ul,i publica-
f \dveriis«*i- last week
|:r'1 ' • Mailed from
Lute i1 111!
■*,. Enterprise in Seguin
Z August 14, they ar-
,; Bastrop on Friday, Au-
gust two duys , :
J,ho delay hasn't lei-
£ enjoyment of them!
| nort n,a'*'' to
Y t,v Wade, Barton &
Jpublie accountants of
lit the conclusion of their
Kudit of thf city's gen-
Lmment and utilities de-
L «as handed us recent
J for the -tatements
[W>
L this
rprt, interested, in "nos-
Loujrh the report on the
E department, to find the
EL. paragraph written by
Lountants to the mayor
L ,jty council:
| wish to express our ap-
. t0 the city officials
. „yees for the splendid
|j. accorded as during
; nation. We ha*- ex
. accounts of mimer-
litilitie- and are
I an pleased to inform you
jj0 utility reports main
Mrs. Addie Mae Sun
aniont' the finest we
In Cash
5S Given Away
|Trade Day
hilars in cash prizes
I;,, ff«} on Main Street,
v to th> -c holding the
Trade Day tickets. *
w. were Bill Johnson
|!iu $2" <M>: ami Mrs. 1.
wa awarded both
K#> and flO.OO prises.
" pot of $55.00 was
away.
It-, if Homecoming on
Saturday in August
r:h!\ Ti.ule l ay was held
I"-: Saturday.
Day will be held the
Saturday in every month
Saturday, September
p. m. . ,
will he a grand total
given away on that
Fish Fry To
Seld At VFW
Night
be fish fry will he held
[VKW near Roekne on Fri
!«' A ,.;ust 'J I.
of K'f«id fish and re-
will he available. All
|ir>- invited to attend.
ENTION BAND
3ERS
[' • • liie hand and
v..-1. to join the hand
asked to meet with
** '; 1' d (iirector. John
I1' ' 'i.'itul hall at S;(M)
Monday morning, Aug
fthia Elaine
Born Sunday
it
and Mrs. Harris Koch
Parent of a baby girl
r' the local hospital at
l^ck Sunday night, Aug
u!l.v weiuhed 7 pounds,
• "nil has been named
Klaine. 8fa# is wel
r- 1111 older sister, Laurie
'e Church To
iQr Barbecue
August 26
Methodist Church
I 1 barbecue supper
r ay> A ugust 26, nt the
school, according to
':i Light, secretary
r-r.
I ' '; i" L'in at 1in
Pernoon. Adult plates will
| ' children 50 cents.
arp ii vite«l to attend,
Pj®r frit.n(|,
P||owahip.
and enjoy
notice
Tww)iy niRhl
,r"ke
(ill..,!
someone s
into my quail pen
■' half jrrown quail
. *'1ft one.,. Keep your
" *> — there Mill be pois
ar"und I he pens here-
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One Hundred and Fourth Year
BASTROP (TEXAS) ADVERTISER, AUGUST 23, i956
10 Cents Per Copy
NUMBER 26
PICTURES HIGHLIGHT HOMECOMING
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Vacation Comes To End When School
Bells Ring In Bastrop September 5th
On Wednesday morning, Sep- tie, vocational agriculture; Mrs.
tember 5, at 8:45 o'clock will
mark the end of vacation for
Bastrop school students, both
white and colored, when they re-
turn to classes for the 1956-
1957 school term.
The schedule of registration is
as follows: Thursday, August
30, freshmen, 9:00 a. m.; sopho-
mores, 10:80 a. m.; juniors, 1:00
p. m.; seniors, 2:30 p. m. Late
registrants and bus pupils, Tues-
day, September 4, 1:00 p. in.;
teachers meeting, 9:00 a. m.,
Tuesday, September 4.
Members of the faculty are
as follows: P. J. Dodson, sup
erintendent; C. 1>. Campbell,
high school principal; W. R.
Core, elementary principal; Mrs.
Lucile Perkins, primary princi-
pal.
High school teachers: D. O.
Blaisdell, spanish; Ellis Chris-
Bastrop Utilities
Consumption Hits
AH- Time High
Bastrop utilities, both power
and water, reached an all-time
consumption record during the
month of July, according to Mrs.
Addie .Mae Sanders, bookkeeper
at the city utilities office, and
I if the number of utilities cus-
tomer.- is any indication of lo-
i cal progress, Bastrop has grown
since 1941 and 1942.
The electric department, in
July 1941, showed a total of
liiO customers, with a total use
of 53,349 killowatt hours and a
revenue total of §'2,018.14. With
a total now of 1,036 electric
customers, Bastrop used 430,205
1 kwh during July of this year,
showing ?7,722.35 revenue, an in-
crease of 576 customers, 376,916
kwh used, and $5,705.21 in re-
venue.
The water department, based
on a comparison of June, 1942,
with June, 1956, showed an in-
crease of 577 customers, an ad-
ditional 13,161,300 gallons of
water used, with $2,201.15 more
revenue. Water customers in
June of 1942 numbered 3 00,
lining 3,052,500 gallons of water
with a revenue of $911.65. There j - nrj q x i
were in June of this year. 937 "Ug Zt) o6pt. 1
Helen Douglas, homemaking;
Mrs. Alma Lee Jones, English;
Mrs. Clara Perkins, librarian;
M. M. (Pap) Perkins, coach and
boys' physical education; Mrs.
Roberta Terry, mathematics;
Larry Turner, assistant coach
and science; Mrs. Betty Wieting,
commercial; Mrs. Esther Wright,
girls' physical education; John
Horn, band director.
Elementary, Johnny Mercer
and A. E. Grimes, 7th grades;
Mrs. Bernice Jenkins and Mrs.
Ruth Moncure, 6th grades; Mrs.
Ida Lou Long, 5th grade; W. R.
(iore, 8th grade.
Primary, Mrs. Otha Rathman
and Mrs. Stella Corbell, 4th
grades; Mrs. Lucile Perkins and
Mrs. Ruby Pearcy, 3rd grades;
Miss Julia Moncure and Mrs.
Mabel LeSueur, 2nd grades; Mrs.
Wilma Arbuckle, Mrs. W. R.
(iore and Mrs. Tiny Grimes,. 1st
grades; Miss Virginia Parry, ex-
ceptional students.
Colored school, Riley Jackson,
principal; high school teachers,
Mrs, Eugenia Fair, Riley Jack-
son, Noami Johnson, E. E. Wil-
son, Thomas Moore and Sallye
Hritlon.
Elementary teachers, Cleophus
Bailey, Eulene Handle, Mamie
Lee, Birdie Lee, Bernice Hunter
and Annie Hyder.
The school cafeteria will be
opened on Thursday, September
6.
Holidays set for the 1956-1957
school year are Thanksgiving,
November 22 23; Christmas, De-
cember 21-January 2; district
teachers convention, March 22;
Good Friday, April 19.
School will close on May 24,
with Baccalaureate services on
Sunday, May 26, and Commence-
ment on Monday, May 27.
With the opening of school
comes football season. The first
game of the season is scheduled
here on Erhard Field at 8:00
p. m. Friday night, September
Revival At Hills
Prairie To Begin
year.
water customers using 16,213,800
gallons with $3,112.80 revenue.
HOMECOMING for 1956 has
come and gone, but it left some
outstanding events in our minds
that are going to bo worth re
inembering for a long time!
Pictured above, top left, is De
puty United States Marshal John
R. Alexander of San Antonio,
who, as ft tall, lanky, red-headed
youngster, lived here and gradu-
ated from the Bastrop High
School in the middle 1930's. He,
in company with General Land
Commissioner Earl Rudder of
Austin, led the opening Home
coming Parade on Friday after-
noon. August 10, and he and
Curtis Sanders, Homecoming ro
deo chairman, led the Saturday
afternoon parade.
Top. right, i John A. Erhard,
prominent Dallas attorney, who
i* a former resident of Bastrop.
Mr. Erhard. presented bV Dr.
J. Gordon Bryson, paid tribute
to Bastrop's pioneer citizens im
mediately following the parade
on Friday afternoon.
Middle, left, is Charles Her
rim' of Austin, senator-elect of
District It. who was guest, speak
er on Saturday afternoon fol-
lowing the parade. He was al
Baptist Revival To
Continue Through
Sunday
The Revival Services at the
first Baptist Church continue
through Sunday with the Rev.
Joel Thielepape of Kinney Ave-
nue Baptist Church, Austin,
doing the preaching, and Walter
Davis of East Avenue Baptist
Church, Austin, leading the
singing.
Friday evening at the Revival
Service, the Juniors will pre-
sent special music. On Thurs-
day evening, the Young People
of the Intermediates will meet
for a Fellowship Hour at the
I'astorium following the
vice at the Church.
The 7:30 Morning Service
proved of special interest
ing the week, with an avt
attendance of around fifty
morning. Tin
are at 7:30.
diallv invited
Ser-
■ has
dur-
age
ach
Evening Services
The public is cor-
so introduced by Dr. Bryson,
who was in charge of the l'io ;
neer arrangements.
Middle, right. Mrs. Volly Wat-
son, 90-year old native of Has I
trop, was the oldest pioneer citi |
•/en attending, and was honored as j
such. She was one of the near 1
ly 50 Bastrop County pioneer
citizens who rode in special cars
m the Friday afternoon parade.
With her is Mrs. R. M. Wiley.
Bottom is Sam J. C. Iliggins
and Will Rogers, parade mar-
shals, whose organization and
easy, competent handling of pa-
rade entries kept the procession
moving smooth!) and 'egularly
on both Friday and Saturday af
ternoons. There are none bet
tor for this particular job than
they are!
The Rev. O. W. Summerlin,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church here, will conduct revival
services at the Hills Prairie
Baptist Church beginning on
August 2<i through September 1.
The Rev. James Gayle, pas-
tor of the church, will be music
director.
Services will begin each night
at 7::'0 o'clock. The public is
extended a cordial invitation to
attend.
Flatonia To Meet
Bears Here Sept. 7
To Open Season
The Bastrop Bears will open
their 1956 football season on
September 7 when they meet
Flatonia Bulldogs on Erhard
Field at 8 p. m.
The Bears who were in Dis-
trict 24-A last year will be in
District 26 A this year.
The Bears are coached by M.
M. (Pap) Perkins and assisted
by Larry Turner.
Norris Baby Born
At Bergstrom AFB
Hospital
Denise Rem Norris, daughter
of Mr. ami Mrs. George Norris,
arrived at 5:1.5 o'clock Monday
morning, August 6, at Bergstrom
Air Force Ha-e Hospital.
I The little miss weighed eight
pounds, 12 ounces at birth.
VRT1CLES OMITTED
THIS WEEK
Because of the unusually
crowded condition of the Ad-
vertiser this week, a number of
news items were omitted. They
will appear next week.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1956, newspaper, August 23, 1956; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237597/m1/1/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.