Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1956 Page: 1 of 10
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the
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,t0rv about the
. - Coc«-Cola plan,
inK paraJf^aph, in-
, ;t.ferrmK to the Bas-
j .nplied to the Pa-
Bottling Company.
Ln reading several
relative to the plan,
■ ,,et the facts clear
before writing the
viou.-ly when we did
tory, oi" mind niust
flitting through space
!f" the Red N'ose
rate, the error occur-
,, wa< strictly our own
Lit and we offer our
ipol'oi;i«'* to Henry
the other officials
l^i-Cola Company.
ipion to our a polonies,
(i,. ::K■ I" offer them
congratulations for
j,,jon of such a fine
«mp!<!.vf participation
ent.
share the profits of
y according to their
-vice and their aver-
to! pay- The fund is
the increased profit.-
sun! interest, and the
m,! required to con-
■h money to it. A
will manage
(!■ : a retirement com
i.ti'Smne the method
St of retirement in
earn employe.
s employ, s reaching
tiyt in the past have
K«j varinu- amounts of
t, the company feels
MUblishment of the
rounds out the pro
employ. benefits--
bonus, group insur
li-avi and vacation
Choir
resent Xmas
ila Dec. If
la, \ Christinas Bles-
|C. Albert Seholin will
*d by the church choir
I? ■ Church,
. v, Di in, i
S^dock.
meal setting of the
text i- given a mo
The cantata i. di-
► three parts.
<■ concerns the Pro-
Itho Birth of the Sa-
itho Angd's Annuticia-
liry.
fives the Shepherds
I the Judean Hills, and
Chorus, and the
"J* the Shepherds to
•- a portrayal of the
Bethlehem, the com-
Wise Men, the Con
of King Herod, and
lip of the Wise Men
*£ the Christ Child,
f.e of Bastrop and sur-
I'ommunities are eor
to this presenta
a contribution to
|?'nt nf t(H Christina
I
One Hundred
Fourth
BASTROP
(TEXAS)
ADVKRTISER,
DECEMBER
Cents
NUMBER 42
Last Rites Held
For Mrs. Pete
Griesenbeck
BASTROI
i DOWN IN SANTA'S
DATE BOOK
..v.COO^
and he will arrive in Bastrop and lead the
BIG SANTA PARADE
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15. 3:15
Down Main Street
with the Bastrop School Band. Bastrop Merchants
are joining in the holiday atmosphere by cordially
inviting everyone to visit their store and enjoy their
gift displays, and take part in their
BIG CHRISTMAS TRADE DAY
875.00 CASH and many Merchandise
Certificates
will be awarded FREE at 4 p. m. on Main Street
DO N'T MISS IT
Sharp
etes Course
|Sill. Okla.
FORT SILL, OKLA.
£ Sharp, 21, son
'Irs. .lame.- p. Sharp
recently completed
•ehicie maintenance
!h,> Army's Artillery
Missile Center, Fort
trained him in the
maintenance of ar
*« vehicles.
I|<r,'"''l the Army last
">m|>leted basic train-
■thaffee. Ark. While
J1' altended Southern
tJHiverKity. i P"
"oT
Meeti
ting
"^holder- Of Citizens
Hastrop
®r annual meeting of
of the Citizens
Hastrop will he
'""king rooms of
iT', 'J1'' town of Bas-
sday, January 8,
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directors
f Smarting
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pur
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before the
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with a npe-
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First Division
Honors Awarded
School Band
By Betty Meyer
Last Saturday the Bastrop
High School Band went to Aus
tin to participate in a marching
contest, in which they won a
first division. That first divi-
sion was the result of the ef-
fort.- of fifteen week of prac-
tice by the band.
A first division is comparable
to a grade of t" 100. It is
not based on places won by com-
petition, since each band has a
possibility of winning a first
division.
In August of last summer
the Bastrop Bear Band started
rehearsals for this school year.
They practiced for two hours
every morning until September,
when school opened.
The new schedule presented a
problem to the band. The high
school band members and the
junior high school band members
held classes at a different hour.
The only solution to this difficul-
ty seemed to be in extra re-
hearsals. There were quite a few
of them. too. The band pn. ticed
after school and at night for a
total >>f about six or seven hours
a week. Anyone who saw the
band perform at the football
mes could see the rapid im
ovement that was being made.
Each of these rehearsals and
performances had a two fold pur
pose. First, they were prepar j
ing a show each week for the;
football games and. second, they j
were in preparation for the
marching contest which is held
early in December every year.
Two weeks before that contest
the hand started practicing the
routine that they were to per
form for it. They drilled on
that show day and night.
The band had never won a 1
first division at marching con
test, but each member was de
termined that tin would be the
year to do it.
The day finally arrived On
December 8th, the band left for
House Park in Austin, where
they were to perform.
They marched onto the field
doing all the required move
ments which included a forward
march, halt while playing and
continue tc >!ay, column left or
column right while p'nying,
(Continued on bark page)
FHA And FFA To
Hold Christmas
Party December 19
The Future Farmers and the
Future Homemakers of America
will hold their Christmas party
in the homemaking department
on W ednesday evening. December
19, at 7 o'clock
Following the party the group
will ;co caroling. All members
of the classes e.> ,,-d to at
tend.
Current Magazine Pictures Early
Denison Homestead In Connecticut
Local Boy Scouts
Register For Nat'l
Stout Jamboree
The Capitol Area Council,
Boy Scouts of America announc-
er recently the registration of
Richard Kesselus and Billy Don
Rice, both members of Post 1S7
of Bastrop, for the Fourth Na
tional Boy Scout Jamboree to be
held at historic Volley Forge,
Pennsylvania in July of 1957.
Jamhoi < > Committee Chair-
man. Mr. Car! Hobbs of Austin,
in announcing these Scouts' re-
gistration, said that a 1,500 acre
tent city will rise next July at
historic Valley Forge. It will
house 50,000 Boy Scouts, Explo-
rers. and their leaders from
every part of the nation, in ad-
dition to some Scouts from oth-
er lands.
This will be the Fourth Na-
| tional Jamboree of the Boy
Scouts of America. The organi-
sation has held similar great I
encampments in 1937, 1950 and
in 1953
Campers will exchange skills,
swap home town products and
learn about the customs and
traditions of many sections of
the world.
The Jamboree will be a self
sustaining venture. All 50,00(1
campers pay a fee covering the
cost of food, use of equipment,
and building the camp. It will
have its own water supply, elec-
tricity, police and fire depart-
ment, telephone and telegraph
facilities, in fact all e sentials
that will make for a safe ad
venture on this historic site.
Those who attend the jam
bore, will be better Americans
because of the greater apprecia
(ion of the country they will get
through seeing America as they
travel and camp together, stated
Mr. Hobbs
If you were to journey through
the north eastern part of the
United States, more specifically
through southeastern Connecti-
cut, you would no doubt be in-
terested in the number of old
homes that for many years have
represented our American Heri-
tage.
And you would be more spe-
cifically interested in one, Pe
quotsepos Manor, the old Deni
son Homestead, built in 1717 by
George Denison III, of whom
Frank W. Denison of Bastrop is
a descendant.
The story and background of
the Denison Homestead is told
in the December issue of the
Ladies Home Journal, illustrated
with fascinatingly interesting
pictures in color.
Located in the hills of Stoning
ton, Connecticut, the original
Denison home was built on the
same site in 1663, by the grand-
father of George Denison III,
and has never been out of the
family. Pequotsepos Manor,
which means "Little River of
the Pequot Indians", is not only
one of the oldest houses in south-
eastern Connecticut, but one of
the best preserved and most in
Mr. And Mrs. Dan
Baca Announce
Arrival Of Son
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Baca an
nounce the arrival of a son, I ad
John Baca, on November 24. He
is welcomed by his older bro
ther, Danny, and sister, Lisa.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
L. J. Baca of Smithville and Mr.
and Mrs. D. Rodgers of Bastrop.
Notice Of
Annual Meeting
Tin1 regular annual meeting
of the shareholders of the First
National Bank of Bastrop, Tex
as, will be heid in their bank-
ing room at 3 p. m. the second
Tuesday in January, 1957, be-
ing, January 8, 1957, for the
purpose of electing directors to
serve during the ensuing year,
and the transaction of any other
business that may p r o p e r l y
come before the meeting.
WALLACE H KPN EH, Cashier
42 1
teresting.
It has been authentically res-
tored and furnished with Deni-
son heirlooms, and it is main-
tained by the Denison Society,
Inc., as family headquarters and
a public museum of home life
in Connecticut since early colon-
ial days — a vivid record of 230
years of gentle living by a sin-
gle family.
The Denison geneoiogy is un-
broken as far back as William
Denison. who was born in Strat-
ford, Kngtand, in 1586. He came
to Roxbury, Massachusetts, in
1631, and his son, George, built
the original Denison home in
Stonington, Connecticut, in 1663.
His grandson. George III, re
built it in 1717.
In this same house Frank
Lodowick Denison, grandfather
of Frank W. Denison of Bastrop,
was born in 1831. He left the
family home, however, an«l even-
tually settled in Texas, where
the Texas branch of the Denison
family began.
Pvt. Milton Perkins
Completes Training
At Ft. Chaffee
Pvt. Milton M. Perkins Jr., 19,
whose parents live at 505 But
tonwood, Bastrop, completed six
months of active military tram
ing at Fort Chaffee, Ark., Dec.
2 under the Reserve Forces Act.
Perkins, trained as a supply
clerk, will be permitted to finish
his military service with the
N30th Fngineer Aviation Batta
lion's Company A at Camp
Swift, Texas.
He completed his basic train-
ing at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Correction
In the write up of the Louis
Bartsch wedding anniversary
which ran in the Advertiser re-
cently, the following paragraph
was omitted:
The couple have six children,
three sons, Patrich Bartsch. Bas
trop; Denis Bartsch and Ralph
Bartsch of Roekne; three (laugh
ters, Bernice Bartsch, Austin;
Ellen Bartsch an<i Adeline Bar
tsch of Roekne; three grand-
children, Patricia, Susan Eliza-
beth and Clifford Anthony Bar
tsch of Bastrop.
Museum To Display
Old Fashioned
Christmas Tree
An exhibit featuring an old
fashioned Christmas tree with
gifts and toys of long ago will
be on display at the Museum
during the holidays.
From Saturday, December 22,
to January 1, the Museum will
be open to the public each af-
ternoon from 2 till 5 o'clock.
District Teams
Honor Guests At
Banquet
The presentation of the Dis-
trict Championship Trophy to
the district-winning B astrop
Bears highlighted the banquet
honoring the team and members
of the first and second All-Dis-
trict Teams, at the high school
cafeteria Monday night.
Boys making the All-District
teams received certificates, and
Billy Townsend, Charles Perkins
and Bobby Dean Jones, tri-cap
tains of the Bears, received the
trophy.
Charles Crenshaw of Austin,
former assistant attorney gen
eral, was guest speaker for the
occasion, and Lincoln Farris ser-
ved as toastmaster.
Also honored at the banquet,
given by the Bastrop Athletic
Council, were the superinten-
dents, principals and coaches of
all District 26-A schools.
James B. Kershaw
Attends Short Course
In Austin
James B Kershaw, district
attorney elect, 21st Judicial Dis
trict of Bastrop, attended a Short
Course on Prosecution sponsor
ed by Attorney General John
Ben Shepperd's office with the
cooperation of the Kniversity of
Texas School of Law held in
Austi.i on December 10th and
11th.
The purpose of the course is
to acquaint newly elected prose
cuting attorneys with the duties
of their new office so that they
can more efficiently perform
their duties and render a more
valuable service to the citizens
of Texas.
Mrs. Pete Griesenbeck, 83,
passed away at her home here
at 8:20 o'clock Tuesday morning,
December 4 from the effects of
a heart condition which had im-
paired her health for the past
two years.
Funeral services were held at
3:00 o'clock Wednesday after-
noon, December fi from the Has-
ler Funeral Home with the Rev.
O. V\. Sumerlin, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial was in Fairview Ceme-
tery.
Pall bearers were her grand-
sons and grandsons in law, Ro-
bert Lynn Muzny, Johnny Muz-
ny. Jack A. Griesenbeck, Bobby
A. Griesenbeck, Donald Robinson,
J. A. Robinson, Freddie Edwards
and Ross Terry.
Honorary pall bearers were
Leslie D. Williams, I. R. Hoskins,
C. B. Maynard, W. J. Rogers,
M. I!. Perkins, Cecil Long, James
li. Kershaw, Buddy Jerrell and
E. F. Pearcy.
Survivors include three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Wilfred Baugh of
LaMarque; Mrs. Lula Nell Bays
and Mrs. Hall Tarver of Bas-
trop; two sons, Jack J. Grie-
senbeck of Alum Creek and T.
L. Griesenbeck of Corpus Chris-
ti; and a host of other relatives
and friends. Two sisters and a
brother preceded her in death.
Mrs. Griesenbeck was born on
July 22, 1873 ut Bretiham, the
daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. John
Theden.
Mrs. Griesenbeck came to Bas-
trop when she was only 15 years
old, to live with her sister, Mrs.
Sarah E. Lockett, who was in
business here. When she was 19
years of age, on January 10,
! 1893, she became the bride of
Pete Griesenbeck, and to this
union were born five children.
They reared their family here,
where they lived their entire
married life until eacli was
claimed by death.
Mrs. Griesenbeck was a mem-
ber of the Christian Church, a
devoted wife, mother and grand-
mother. With a heart full of
love for her children, she wove
a pattern of close family ties
and devotion. She had many,
many friends, because to know
her was to love her.
Relatives from out of town
attending the services were Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Baugh, Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Robinson, Mr. and
Mrs. Donuld Robinson and child-
ren, Donald and Gayle, all of
LaMarque; Mr. and Mrs. T. L.
Griesenbeck and daughter, Sher-
ry Lynn, of Corpus Christi; Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Terry and daugh-
ter, Cindy, Mr. and Mrs. Fred-
die Edwards and children, Carol,
Rusty and Mike, all of Austin;
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Muzny and
Robert Lynn Muzny of Fort
Worth; Mrs. Rose Brannan of
San Antonio, and relatives and
friends from many other places.
FHA Groups Make
Nominations For
Sweetheart
Billy Townsend, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. I!. Townsend, has
been elected to represent home
economics class IB and all ex-
homemaking students for FHA
sweetheart.
Each cla.-s has elected a no-
minee for FHA sweetheart which
will be determined on December
19. On December 21, at the an-
nual Christmas program in the
high school auditorium, the
sweetheart will be presented.
Cans will be distributed in
the various business places with
a penny as a vote. Everyone
is invited to participate.
J. B. Henneke was nominated
for FHA sweetheart at a meet-
ing of the fourth period home-
making II class on Tuesday of
this week.
Now officers elected were Pa
tricia Smith, president: Jamie
Anderson, vice president; Mar-
tha Parker, secretary treasurer;
(ieretha Hanna, public relations
official; Louise Weiss, parlia
mentarian; Elaine Baugh, de-
gree chairman: Vernell Seidell,
recreation chairman.
Hospital News
PATIENTS:
Mrs. John Hefner
Mack Perswell. Kingsbury
Mis. Lawrence Zimnierhanzel,
Smithville.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1956, newspaper, December 13, 1956; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237613/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.