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The
Bastrop Advertiser 1940s Bastrop
Advertiser, January 1942 Picture
of PFC Fred J. Kadura, son of Mrs. Mary Kadura of Red Rock, is a member of
Service Co. T. C, at Camp Miles Standish, Taunton, Massachusetts. Well
Baby Clinic to be Held Friday: The
Well Baby Clinic will be held on Friday of this week in the court house
annex, the white building in the back of the court house, beginning at 9
o'clock in the morning. White and Mexican babies will be taken care of in the
morning, and Negro babies are invited to come in the afternoon, beginning at
1:30, according to Miss Fay Lockhart, County Nurse. The
Clinic, sponsored this week by the Elsie Maynard Bible Class and the
Methodist Missionary Society, will be supervised by Dr. Elizabeth Gentry,
under the direction of Dr. Harold Wood. Mothers
are urged to take advantage of the opportunity to have their babies examined,
and to receive instructions for caring for them, free of charge, to help make
every baby in Bastrop County a well baby. Bastrop
Advertiser, January 1942 Picture
of 1st Sgt. Vernon C .Dyer, son of Wm. Dyer of Elgin and Mrs. Henry Sims of
Bastrop, is in a hospital in White Sulpher Springs W. VA where he will
undergo an operation in an effort to remedy injuries received recently in
England. He sustained serious injury to his eyes, several broken bones, and
other minor hurts. Picture
of SSgt. Ernest J Kadura serving with the United States Army in Iceland. He
is the son of Mrs. Mary Kadura of Red Rock. FIRST
NATIONAL BANK ELECTS OFFICERS W. B.
was re elected president of the First National Bank at the annual
stockholders meeting of that institution held Tuesday afternoon. Other
officers named at that time were Earl C. Erhard, vice president; H. G.
Griesenbeck, vice president; John R. Allen, Cashier. The
following directors were elected: W. B. Ransome, Earl C. Erhard, H. G.
Griesenbeck, John R. Allen, Sam J. C. Higgins. FEDERAL
INCOME TAX (The
following is one of the series of articles explaining the new income tax
laws, as sent out by the Treasury Department in Washington D. C.) Form
of Return Persons
subject to the Federal Income tax must report their income to the Government
on forms, or blanks, prescribed by regulations. These forms are obtainable
from any Collector of Internal Revenue, and generally from any bank. Special
forms are designated for corporations, for partnerships, for trusts and
fiduciaries, and for nonresident aliens. Farmers who keep no books of account
on the accrual method must attach a special schedule to their return (Form
1040F). For individuals, two forms are used, depending upon the amount and
source of income to be reported. Form
1040. This form is intended for general use of individuals who are citizens
of the United States, or residents in this country, whether citizens or not.
It contains spaces to show the amount of income from various sources,
deductions, allowable exemptions and credits, and computation of tax
liability. As most of the items require some explanation in order to be
allowable, the form also contains appropriate schedules to show in more
detail how the income or the deductions are determined. Form
1040A: This is a simplified report, which may, at the option of the taxpayer
who makes his return on the cash basis, be filed instead of form 1040 by
citizens and residents whose gross income was $3,000 or less during 1942,
provided all this income consists wholly of one or more of the following:
salary, wages, dividends, interest, or annuities. In using this form it is
necessary only to enter the amount of gross income as shown, deduct the
credit allowable for dependents and insert the approximate amount of tax in
accordance with one's personal exemption status, as shown on the table on the
reverse of the form. This form has no entries for..... USO
NEEDS DOUGHNUTS The
U.S.O. will furnish sugar and shortening to local women who are interested
enough to make doughnuts to be served with coffee at the U. S. O. on Sunday
mornings. The
doughnuts, about 500 of them, are served with cups of hot coffee to the
soldiers every Sunday morning at the U.S.O. Center, a practice that is
greatly enjoyed by the enlisted men. Women
who will help out are asked to cal at the U. S. O. Center for the sugar and
shortening. COUNTY
JUDGE RESIGNS TO ENTER SERVICE C. B.
Maynard took oath making him first lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General
Department of the United States Army at Post Headquarters in Camp Swift
Wednesday morning, according to Capt. B. A. Heidt, Post Public Relations
Officer. Lt. H. M. Page, Post Adjutant, administered the oath. Lt.
Maynard, who has served Bastrop County in the capacity of County Judge for
the past three years, tendered his resignation from that office to the
commissioners' court in Bastrop Monday. He reports for training at Ann Arbor,
Michigan, on February 2. A
successor to fill the unexpired term of County Judge will be named by the
commissioner's court next Monday. TEXAS
THEATRE JOINS IN UNITED NATIONS WEEK Starting
Thursday, January 14th, sixteen thousand theatres in the United States will
inaugurate a country wide celebration of United Nations Week. This
celebration is being sponsored by the War Activities Committee, Motion
Picture Industry, Theatres Division. Manager
Johnny R. Joseph of the Texas Theatre, acting as a unit of the War Activities
Committee in the Southwest, announced that local citizens will have the
opportunity to contribute towards the cause of United Nations Week, through
collections which will be made in the theatres of Bastrop during the week. By
contributing to the United Nations Week, you will eliminate individual drives
for relief funds for each nation, in the group. In other words, when you make
a contribution to United Nations Week all nations included benefit from it. The
motion picture theaters of..... *** Bastrop
Advertiser, April 1943 Picture
of Sgt. Sammie Petty, son of James Petty of Red Rock and sister of Mrs. Ray
Lee of near Red Rock, is stationed at Camp Edwards, Mass. Picture
of Pvt. Anton Goertz, son of Mr. And Mrs. Herman Goertz of Red Rock. Pvt. Anton
Goertz is somewhere overseas, serving with the United States Army. FARMERS
SELLING BUTTER OR RATIONED FOOD TO RETAIL OR WHOLESALE OUTLETS Farmers
who sell butter, dried beans, or other rationed products to merchants shall
follow the procedure outlined below: The
farmer or seller must obtain either a ration banking check or coupons in the
required amount covering the goods he delivered. The
farmer or seller must then report to his local War Price and Rationing Board
how much he sold and the date of the sale and surrender either ration banking
checks or coupons in the amount to cover the necessary points for the goods
sold. CANNING
SUGAR Pending
the completion of the new canning program, the Board will issue canning sugar
in limited quantities to take care of early strawberry crop and any other
small berries in the area which are in danger of being lost otherwise. The
Board will be strict in their interpretations of the limits placed on this
program. Available sugar supplies, which are critical at the moment make it imperative that none held be wasted. *** Bastrop
Advertiser, Thursday, June 3, 1943 PICKED
UP AT RANDOM SOMEWHERE
A BOY HAS A RENDEZVOUS WITH DEATH Somewhere
a boy has a rendezvous with death tonight. Whether
on a carrier's deck in the Pacific, amid the burning sands of North Africa,
or in the tropical forests of New Guinea... whether swift and perilous, or
terrible and slow his going... he is giving to his fellow men the greatest
gift a man can give. The
years unlived... the warmth and the laughter and the tears, and .. most precious gift of
all.. his sons that might have been. Al these he is
giving. No
effort of ours, now, can stay the speeding bullet that has his number on it.
What to him, how, are the bonds we buy or the guns we build. With
nothing that is bought or sold, with nothing that is made of human hands, can
we share his sacrifice. What
gift can we give to match his - what sacrifice can we make? The answer will
come from that still small voice within our own hearts. For no
one can tell us how many bonds to buy, how hard to work on the guns and
planes and tanks we build, to keep his gallant effort from having been in
vain. Yes, we must each decide the measure of our own obligation - the
gasoline we do not use, the pints of blood we donate, the food we do without,
and all the other appeals we answer - to make the precious gift he made
worthwhile. Not
for the boy who is dying tonight, but because he is dying, we can make our
sacrifice to the cause of freedom. - Reprinted from General Electric
Monogram, internal company publication We
read the above, and then, when we opened the daily paper, we read a Walkout
of 500,000 miners, a strike against the government!" Day
after day, night after night, boys are keeping their rendezvous with death.
And 500,000 men are helping them to keep it!" As far
as we're concerned - and as far as the majority of the straight thinking
American people are concerned - these strikes have gone far enough. American
people are tolerant, and take things with comparative case for just so long,
but when they get enough, they get enough and they've just about got enough
of this sort of thing! As
much as miners are privileged to lay down their picks and walk off their
jobs, our sons and brothers and husband are privileged to lay down their guns
and walk off the battle field! But they won't do it, even though they know
that every man who misses an hour of productive work, willfully, is willfully
sentencing a man to die. And the men who are dying,
are giving their lives for the very miners who are striking strange gratitude
that is. Even a... COUNTY
AGENT TO START FARM LABOR PROGRAM Local
needs will determine Bastrop County's participation in a new farm labor
program aimed at reducing the manpower shortage which threatens success of
the 1943 food production program, County Agricultural Agent L. M. Gandy said
following his return from a conference held May 17 at Houston, Texas.
Katherine Kelly, the county home demonstration agent also attended the
meeting. County
plans for registration and placement of farm labor will be worked out by
local farm men and women who are members of the County Agricultural Victory
Council, Mr. Gandy said. Members of the council's executive and labor
subcommittees were called I to discuss the new program May 29th. At the
Houston conference, county workers of the Texas A and
M College Extension Service learned that the college recently had agreed to
accept supervision of the program upon the request of Chester C. Davis, War
Food Administrator. Funds for conducting the program in Texas will be
apportioned to the college under legislation recently enacted by the 78th
Congress. The agreement between the Texas A and M College Extension Service
and the office of the National Food Administration relates only to the
recruiting and placement of farm labor within the State and the various
counties and does not apply to the movement of farm labor across
international boundaries or state lines. "We
realize that farmers and ranchers in Texas will not be able to maintain the
quantity of labor to which they are accustomed, but we hope to be able to
help them get enough workers to prevent the wasting of crops in the field and
the dispersal of livestock," the county agricultural agent said. In
some counties where the need justifies and it is desired by farmers, town and
city boys and girls known as Victory Farm Volunteers will be recruited and
trained for emergency work on the farms. Many rural schools already have
adjusted their schedules to free school children for work in the critical
periods. In a few counties in Texas where the farm labor situation is very
serious there may be organized local battalions of the Women's Land Army, the
agents learned. In the nation as a whole, recruiting of a U. S. Crops Corps
of 3,500,000 workers for full time, seasonal or temporary farm work is
contemplated. Mr.
Gandy quoted Lt. Col. Jay L. Taylor, Texas rancher and deputy War Food
Administrator, as saying that "Ninety-nine percent of this program will
be carried on in the country and one per cent in Washington." "The
long hours and hard work of families new on Texas farms and... NOTICE
TO PUBLIC In
order to cut down the number of errors in applications for War Ration Book
Three, OPA officials today urged consumers to check the following points
carefully before returning application forms: 1.
Print or type your name and return address on application form so it is easy
to read. 2.
List names and birth dates of all members of family unit on the same
application. 3.
Sign the application in your own handwriting. 4.
Tear off the identification stub and keep it carefully. It is your receipt. 5. Add
3 cents postage. 6.
Check form carefully to avoid mistakes. 7.
Mail application before June 10th. *** June
1943, Bastrop Advertiser Movies
showing at the Tower theatre: The
Young Mr. Pitts, Robert Donat Arizona
Stage Coach, 2nd Hit: The Range Busters, Virginia Gilmore, That other Woman Chetniks,
The Fighting Guerrillas, Philip Dorn, Anna Sten Hello,
Frisco, Hello, Alice Faye, John Payne, Jack Oakie, Lynn Bari How's
About it, Andrew Sister's LOCAL
BOY RECEIVES COMMISSION Fort
Sill, Okla.: June 8, William Albert Darling, has been commissioned a second
lieutenant in the Army of the United States at the Field Artillery Of
Candidate School here: Lt.
Darling is assigned to duty at Fort Sill. *** Bastrop
Advertiser, July 1943 LETTERS
FROM OUR SERVICE BOYS Dear
Mr. Standifer: May I
take this means of expressing my appreciation for your kindness in sending
the Advertiser. I must confess that I have failed to
write you, mostly through neglect but partially with the poor excuse that we
have been kept very busy lately. Nevertheless I owe you an apology and wish
to say that I enjoy the home news immensely. I eagerly await
the day that I may thank you personally and see the old home town again. My
very best regards to you and your staff. Sincerely, MASON CHALMERS COUNTY
AGENT RESIGNS POST TO MANAGE FARM L. M.
Gandy who has served as County Agent for Bastrop County..... *** July
1942 Picture
of T-Sgt. Mary Allie Dunbar. Picture
of Sgt. Andrew Dunbar. TSgt.
Mary Allie Dunbar and Sgt. Andrew Dunbar, daughter and son of Mr. And Mrs.
Will Dunbar, deceased of Paige and McDade, are both graduates of the Bastrop
High School. TSgt
Dunbar, who visited with relatives here recently, is a member of the WACs,
and is stationed at present at Fort Oglethorpe, GA. Sgt. Dunbar is serving
his country somewhere in North Africa. COUNTY
SLAUGHTERERS MUST SUBMIT REPORTS TO OBTAIN UNIFORM QUOTAS Butchers
and local slaughters in Bastrop County must submit to the County War Meat
Committee by July 15, evidence of the amount of livestock slaughtered during
the period upon which current permits are based, Lee L. Alexander, Chairman
of the Bastrop County USDA War Board announced today. Permits
may be cancelled if this evidence is not presented to the Meat Committee on
or before the deadline date, Mr. Alexander said. Evidence
may include books or records kept by the slaughterer records of persons from
whom he bought or to whom he sold meat. Other proof of amount of slaughtering
done during 1941 includes grading certificates or inspection records. If the
slaughterer was not operating during the corresponding period of 1941, he
must substantiate the amount of slaughtering done in 1942. Mr. Alexander said
in explaining the permit system. He emphasized that evidence should be
submitted only of livestock actually owned by him at the time of slaughter. Evidence
submitted to the County War Meat Committee will be used in establishing a
more uniform system of permits and quotas for livestock slaughters. Other
members of the Committee are: Judge John J. Sapp, Bastrop, Texas; Kleber M.
Trigg, Bastrop, Texas; W. J. Rogers; Bastrop, Texas; David Parks, County
Health Sanitarian, Bastrop, Texas; Mrs. Amy S. Standifer, Bastrop, Texas. PICKED
UP AT RANDOM WACS
HELPING TO KEEP FAMILIES INTACT Reorganization
of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps as the Woman's Army Corps and granting to
the women full rank and privilege as members of the army is merited
recognition of the magnificent work already done by the organization, and
should serve to make membership in its ranks even more attractive to the
women of America who wish to serve their country in the best manner of which
they are capable. There
were some who were skeptical when the first women of the W.A.A.C.'s donned
uniforms, but they have shown the skeptics that women, too, may be good
soldiers and that there is an astonishing variety of jobs in the army that
women can do as efficiently as men. They are doing them as volunteers,
inspired by patriotism and the desire to have a share in the winning of
victory. Already
they have added approximately five divisions to the strength of our army, yet
this is but small part of the number who are needed.
A statement by Col. Oveta Culp Hobby, director of the WAC, urges the
enlistment of 600,000 more. Sox hundred thousand women added to the army will
mean that 600,000 men will not be held in noncombat administrative, technical
and mechanical jobs. Every
woman who volunteers, Colonel Hobby pointed out, enables a father to remain
at home with his family. "There
are in this country," she added, "many women who still are working
in nonessential industries or who are not working at all. There are also
fathers of young children. The working quotas of our armed service must be
filled. Who shall fill them? The eligible, mobile women,
or the heads of families it is up to the American people to decide. "Women
as a group have always been the exponents the proponents of family life. They
may now preserve and protect this family life, the core of American
civilization and culture." We
think of a soldier as a man with a gun attacking the enemy, but a modern army
uses a large percentage of its soldiers in noncombat duties. These are the
duties the members of the Women's Army Corps have volunteered to do and which
they are doing so well in the army camps, air bases, administrative offices,
and laboratories here and overseas. It is
an entirely unselfish and patriotic thing they are doing. They are helping
win the victory. They are helping keep American homes intact. Six hundred
thousand strong, they will be a most potent force in the task ahead. -Houston
Post. CARD
OF THANKS We
wish to take this opportunity to express our appreciation to our friends for
their many acts of kindness and expressions of sympathy at the recent death
of our loved one. MRS J. T. PETERSON CARD
OF THANKS We
wish to express our appreciation for the many acts of kindness and
expressions of sympathy in our recent bereavement. The family of A. T. Morris *** The
Bastrop Advertiser, 10/29/1943 DESCENDANT
OF BASTROP FAMILY GAINS RECOGNITION The
following story reprinted from the Business Executives of America where it
appeared recently with his photograph, tells of the success of another who
Bastrop might call one of her "sons"! Harvey
Wilbarger Gilbert, Industrialist, was born February 18, 1884, in Beaumont,
Texas, the son of John Nathan and Annie (Wilbarger) Gilbert. His father was a
descendant of Sir Humphrey Gilbert of England, Texas pioneer industrialist in
oil and lumber, and landowner. His mother was the granddaughter of Col.
Josiah Wilbarger, Texas pioneer, one of the 300 members of Austin's Colony,
who wrote the first history of Texas (Indian Depredations of Texas), and was
scalped by Indians. Mr. Gilbert was educated at Bingham's Military Academy
(1897-1901), University of Virginia (1901-03), and Soule Business College,
New Orleans (1904). In 1914 he married Hortense Gibbons and they have two
children, John Nathan, 11, and Mrs. Marshall Muse, Jr. Mr. Gilbert began his
career as an oil and lumber man in 1904 selling lumber for the Nona Mills Co,
on of the South's oldest firms, founded (1867) and headed by his father. He
was later Director and Manager of land development for agriculture at Nona,
Texas, and served as Manager for the same firm (Texas and Louisiana) for oil
development. He was also co-worker in locating and selling rubber plant sites
in Neches Butans Rubber Co, the B. F. Goodrich Co, and the Firestone Tire
& Rubber Co, helping in the creation of the world rubber center. He is
now President of the Harvey W. Gilbert Petroleum Co, the Ona Oil Co, Gilbert
Oil Co, Cheltenham Import & Export, Ltd, Gilbert Lumber Co, Gilbert
Tidewater Industrial Sites, Gilbert Tidewater Industries, and the Harvey W.
Gilbert Co, real estate operations. He has served as Chairman of the Beaumont
Port Arthur Industrial Commission (world's oil refining center) since 1925. He
is co-builder of the Beaumont-Port Arthur Ship Channel, the Port Arthur
Bridge, the Beaumont-Port Arthur Boulevard paralleling Ship Channel
(boulevard is 200 feet wide and 12 miles long,) the Trans-Pan American
Airport, the Beaumont-Port Arthur fresh water Canal. He is also author and
coworker on Rockland Dam. He built the Kansas City Southern Industrial Belt
R. R., the new Jefferson County Court House, and located and sold plant sites
to the Pure Oil Co, Atlantic Refining Co, Pennsylvania Shipyards, Standard
Oil Co, etc. He .... Picture
of Pvt. Vernon D. Eskew, stationed at Buckley Field, Colorado, is with the
Aviation Ground Crew, United States Army. Former district clerk of Bastrop
County, Pvt. Eskew is the son of Mrs. H. J. Eskew. Picture
of Hartford Jenkins, Jr, S-1G, Seaman First Class, is with the United States
Navy, gunner on a supply ship somewhere in the Pacific. He is the son of
Judge and Mrs. Hartford Jenkins. Movies: Melody
Parade, Mary Beth Hughes, Eddie Guillan Lost
Canyon, William Boyd Here
Comes Kelly, Eddie Quillan First
Comes Courage, Merle Oberon and Brian Aherne, with Carl Esmond, Isobel Elsom,
Fritz Leiber The
Good Fellows, Cecil Kellaway, Helen Walker This
Land is Mine, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara *** February
1944, Bastrop Advertiser LIBERTY
SHIP TO CARRY THE NAME OF TEXAS PIONEER A host
of Bastrop Countians will learn with interest that the Maritime Commission
has recently assigned the name of Felip DeBastrop to a Liberty Ship now under
construction at Houston Shipbuilding Corporation. Felipe
DeBastrop was active in forwarding American colonization of Texas. He
interceded for Moses Austin with the Mexican government. Bastrop is named for
him as is a town in Louisiana. He was known in Louisiana for his connection
with the Bastrop and Maison Range Spanish Land Grants. The date and place of
his birth are unknown. He died in 1827. The launching date has not been
announced but the detail will be available soon. ELECTION
PROCLAMATION By
virtue of power vested in me as Mayor of the City of Bastrop, Texas, and in
accordance with the laws of this State governing City Elections, I Will
Rogers hereby order an Election to be held on Tuesday, April 4th, 1944, under
the direction of Hartford Jenkins Judge and Mrs. J. S. Milton, Associate
judge to elect (1) Mayor to succeed Will Rogers, (1) City Secretary to
succeed W. S. Craft, (1) City Attorney to succeed Bower Crider and (3)
Alderman to succeed Alex Vaugh, J. V. Ash, and R E. Jenkins to serve until
election and qualification of their successors. That said election will be
held in the City Hall in the City of Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas. Given
under my hand and seal of office this the 6th day of March, 1944. Att.
W. S. Craft, City Sec'y. Will Rogers, Mayor of City Bastrop, Texas. *** November
1944, Bastrop Advertiser Roll
of Honor Picture
of Sgt. Ardell R Kunschick. Word this week from Sgt. Arndel R. Kunschick
stated that he had arrived safely in Southern France. Sgt. Kunshick is the
son of Mr. And Mrs. Robert Kunschick. Picture
of Sgt. Anton J. Goertz, son of Mr. And Mrs. Herman Goertz of Red Rock,
Texas, has served for the almost two years in the air corps, and has been
stationed almost the entire period in Italy. *** Bastrop
Advertiser, 11/23/1944 COUNTY
HEALTH UNIT SCHEDULE FOR WEEK Recent
changes in the personnel of the Bastrop County Heath Department are as
follows: Mrs.
H. A. Paris of Elgin, formerly Lula Mae Norton, is again working in Bastrop
County replacing Miss Mildred Johnson. Mrs. Paris is a graduate of Baylor
University School of Nursing, and has had her graduate work in Public Health
Nursing at Columbia University, New York City. She works in the Northern half
of the county, with headquarters in Elgin and Bastrop. Mrs.
Josephine DeWitt has replaced Miss Mary Ellen Darrell, who has been
transferred to Austin. Mrs. DeWitt is a graduate of the University of
Tennessee School of Nursing in Memphis, and for the past two years has been
employed by the State of Tennessee, at the Sumner County Health Unit,
Gallatin, Tennessee. This is the Teaching Unit cooperating with Vanderbilt
Hospital. Mrs. DeWitt's experience with this Unit adds greatly to the value
of her service in Bastrop County. She lives in Bastrop and has headquarters
at Smithville and Bastrop. She is assigned to the Southern half of the
county. Oct.
1st, Mrs. Lilliam Murchison replaced Miss Patsy Morris as Clerk. Mrs.
Murchison, who has lived in Bastrop all her life, attended ion-Clay
Commercial College in Austin. She has formerly been employed in local law and
government offices at Bastrop. Mr.
James C. Lesikar, Sanitarian for Bastrop County, has replaced Mr. David Parks
who has been transferred to the State Office as Assistant State Health
Education Consultant. Mr. Lesikar has been transferred from Williamson
County. He has a B. A. and an M. A. from the University of Texas and has been
in Public Health work for several years. April
1, 1948 BASTROP'S
FIRST WAR II VETERAN TO BE ENTERED ON NATIONAL HONOR ROLL Washington,
DC- Bastrop's
first veteran of Works War II to be entered on the national Roll of Honor at
Washington Cathedral is Sergeant Bower Crider it was announced here today by
the Rev. Merritt F. Williams, cannon of the cathedral and chairman of the
national war memorial committee. He served with the 913th Field Artillery
Battalion and was awarded the Purple Heart. His name and war record will be
entered on the only permanent Roll of Honor known, now being established at
Washington Cathedral. Some
200 Texans are numbered in 11,000 and more names of servicemen and women
already submitted for the cathedral tribute. Every state in the union is
represented. National also in scope and purpose are the efforts of friends of
Washington Cathedral of all faiths to raise funds for its continued
construction. No
cost or consideration any kind is entailed, however, in enrolling veterans on
the Honor Roll. Canon Williams, himself a veteran of both World Wars and
former chaplain of the war-lost aircraft carrier WASP, explains: "The
privilege of enrolling is open to all veterans. All are welcome. The National
Roll of Honor will be enshrined in the proposed War Memorial Chapel, to be
the chief feature of the unfinished Patriots' Transept. Permanent books
preserving the honor roll, will be placed there in a
beautiful shrine, commemorating for generations to come and war-dead of this
Republic and paying tribute to the living veterans of our country. Enrollment
blanks may be obtained from Washington Cathedral, Washington, D. C. CARD
OF THANKS I
would like to express my appreciation to my friends for the many expressions
of kindness shown me during my recent stay in the hospital. JACK A
GRIESENBECK COLLEGE
STUDENTS HOME FOR EASTER HOLIDAYS The
following college students spent the Easter holidays with their respective
parents: Miss
Marguerite Haynie, Miss Laura Ann Jenkins, Miss Mary Ann Chalmers, dick
Chalmers, Gordon Taylor, Henry Sebesta, John Jennedy, Pat Webb, University of
Texas, Austin; Merl Arnold Prokop, Jr., Rob Goode, Maurice Smith, Don
Callahan, Ernest Simmons, Arthur Gurwitz, A & M College, Bryan; Miss
Polly Litton, Miss Betty Rose Litton, Miss Virginia Thomas, Miss Jane Allen,
Frank Smith, Billy Waugh, SWTC, San Marcos; Miss Lena Ruth Webb, Southwestern
University, Georgetown; Miss Shirley Dodson, Miss Dot Dodson, Bascom Hodges,
Charles Evans, Charles Allen Eskew, Hartford Jenkins Jr, Baylor University,
Waco; Billy Maynard, Schriener Institute, Kerville; Buford Catchings,
Weatherford College, Weatherford. ----- 1949
Bastrop Advertisor EARLY
INCIDENTS IN TEXAS HISTORY By
Mrs. Marcelle Hamer, Librarian, Texas Collection The University of Texas Pioneers
of Texas did their own fighting, their own legislating, and they had a
strength and honesty of purpose necessary to build a commonwealth. As to
their ability to do their own fighting, Captain George Erath, one of San
Jacinto's heroes, condensed the Texans' whole code of military tactics into
one word when, asked what military training he had, he replied,
"None." He said he knew but one work of command, and that was
"Charge, boys, charge!" One of
the salty characters, Henry Smith, Provisional Governor of Texas, 1835,
flatly refused to surrender his chair when the Executive Council tried to
depose him. The political opposition described him as being to illiterate,
poorly informed, and not of big enough caliber for the office. But stay he
did. Illustrative
of the character of men and events in Texas at that time is the story about
Thomas Jefferson Rusk, Secretary of War, who was energetic in thought and
action for Texas during the dark days of the Revolution. On the night of the
organization of the Government ad interim, President Burnet had called a
council, asking each member in turn for an opinion. As usual in Texas
politics no two opinions concurred. Secretary Rush, weary from working night
and day with no rest for three days while helping to frame the Constitution
of the new Republic, had dropped his head in his hands and, leaning his
elbows on his knees as if meditating, was actually sound asleep. When his
name was called and no answer, he was punched in the ribs by the man who sat
next to him, Rusk sat upright out of a fog of sleep and said,
"Gentlemen, my opinion is that we are in a hell of a fix. We're all
worked down. Let's go to the saloon; get a drink; then get on our horses and
go fight like the devil to get out of this mess". Needless to say, they
went. Sam
Houston's name and Texas history are inseparable. No story of Texas politics
is complete without him. His sympathy for men gave him power over them. His
friends were loyal; his enemies were bitter; but nobody neglected to talk
about him. The
disorganization and discontent of the Texas army is a well established fact
in Texas history. A man with less sympathy than Houston might have failed in
command of such an army. But when that army was retreating in haste before
Santa Anna's rapid advance toward what was to be the battleground of San
Jacinto and the artillery and baggage wagons mired down continually, no man
was more willing to put his shoulder to the wheel than Sam Houston himself.
And his "Come on, boys, let's help the poor critters," became a
byword among the men. Once
when the soldiers over whom his authority was not disputed objected because
they had not received a cent of pay for months, had no shoes, and no soap to
wash their clothes, Sam Houston gave them each $5.00 of his own money and
refused to take a voucher for the amount. No man
ever loved the American Union more than Sam Houston. In the Civil War era,
when feeling and vituperation were most intense against him for his
opposition to the succession of Texas, he was invited to assist in the
military review of the regiment of over one thousand young Texans being
drilled at Galveston for service in the Confederate army. The regiment was
drawn up for dress parade. Thousands of citizens were assembled. Sam
Houston's own son was in the regiment. In the minds of a majority of the
Texans present, whether of the military or civil population, were memories of
the bitter political fight General Houston had just gone through. Two of his
distinguished opponents, Judge Campbell and W. S. Oldham, had been following
him up and down and across the state tongue-lashing him on every occasion
during the canvass on sucession. Now, the old "hero of San
Jacinto," dressed in his uniform of 1836, at his side a sword, and on
his head a weather beaten light colored, broad brimmed planter's hat with the
left side buttoned up the crown, stood out in front of the regiment,
supported by the Colonel in full view of the great gathering of people. All
eyes were upon him soft eyes dime with tears of memory, men dark with the
premonition of the war about to come. Then came his
orders: "Shoulder arms. Right about face." The
regiment, now facing to the rear, General Houston cried out in torturous
tones of sarcasm "Do you see anything of Judge Campbell or W. S. Oldham
there?" "No"
reared the troops to reply. "Well,"
said the General, "they can not be found at the front or even at the
rear." "Right
about front face. Hold right. Do you see anything of Judge Campbell's son
here?" "No;
he has gone to Paris to school." Responded the regiment". "Eyes
left, Do you see anything of old Sam Houston
here?" That was the climax of excitement. Regiment and and citizens for
their old hero Houston then turned to the Colonel, and while handing him his
sword, said, "There Colonel, that is all; I leave you to manage the
rest," and with applause ringing in his ears he retired from dress
parade. Nimitz
To Speak at U. of T. Austin,
Texas, Oct. 3. The University of Texas will greet Admiral Chester Nimitz,
October 12, when he comes to Austin for the day. He will make an address to
the Naval ROTC unit at the University in a public lecture to be held in
Gregory Gym. 100
Years Ago This Week in Texas by A. Garland Adair. Curator of History, Texas
Memorial Museum. Impending
war with Mexico, Texas annexation, and the weather were chief topics
discussed in the very limited press a century ago in the Lone Star republic.
The few scattered newspapers did a swell job in 1845. August was hot and dry,
annexation and constitution convention which adjourned on the 28th of the
month. Cotton sold for fourteen cents. The
weeklies were printed on G. Wash presses one sheet at a time, which fact no
doubt originated the term "Sheet" as applied to the press. The La
Grange Intelligencer, dated August 26th, carried an article here quoted;
"Whilst we are printing this sheet, the United States Dragoons,
commanded by Col. Trigg, are passing through town, amid the roar of
artillery, God speed their march, and success attend their arms."
Publishers then were not without their humor and worries. "Short
Sayings" was a feature in the Intelligencer, from which this is taken:
"There are only three ways to get out of a scrap; write out, fight out,
or back out; but the best way is to keep out." S. B. Fields, its editor,
in the same issue indicated that he had to go out of business due to the many
failures to pay up for subs and advertising. He announced he had sold the
popular La Grange newspaper to Messrs. McClellan and Mimms who were to
conduct the press on a cash basis. The weekly also reported the opening of
the twelfth term of Rutersville College in Fayette County. Rev. Chauncey
Richardson, MA President, announced that orphans of deceased Texas soldiers
would be given two years of instruction in this first Texas college, tuition
free. He had also recently been elected President of the Fayette County
Temperance Society, with another famous old Texas, John Rabb as vice
president. The Star, a Houston daily, carried an advertisement on page one of
the remodeling of the Alabama House, with a spacious and airy stable
immediately attached. The Star had a special correspondent at the convention
who reported great excitement in Austin due to a rumor of a Mexican invasion
under Gen. Bustament. The report received by Col. Kinney, deputy to the
convention from San Patricio, said the Mexicans, 8,000 strong, were headed
for an attack on the 1800 U. S. Troops which had landed on St. Joseph's
Island commanded by General Taylor. The correspondent went on to say that Jim
Shaw, the Delaware Chief, and Stoat, Indian agent, had arrived in Austin from
the Comanche's. "They went up after the scoundrel that had killed
Hornsby." The Telegraph and Texas Register chronicled that "The
seat of government had been located" by the convention, "at Austin
until the year 1850". The Brazos Planter gave the same report. The Texas
National Register was due to start publication in December, 1845, at
Washington, Texas. "An abundant supply of paper" for that purpose
was reported by W. D. Miller, editor who declared in a Star ad that;
"Politics will not be regarded as the service of partisan jugglery...
but rather as a code of principles... and the maintenance of a firm,
efficient and beneficial government. From
Gonzales To San Jacinto To the
left of the west entrance of the Texas Memorial Museum appear the names of
the 59 members of the convention of March 1, 1836 at
Washington-on-the-Brazos. This group declared the independence of Texas from
Mexico and adopted the constitution of the Republic of Texas. Exhibits
on display in the Sam Houston case, and rare documents in the Howard case in
the Great Hall, together with several diaoramas in the Mission Room relate to
persons and incidents of the Texas Revolution during the 52 days from March
1, 1836 to the following April 21st, which include the period of memorable
retreat from Gonzales to San Jacinto as briefly recited in this HOUSTON'S
RETREAT BEFORE THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO: The quarrel between the Provisional
Governor, Henry Smith, and his Provisional Council proved very disastroud to
Texas and her cause during the early weeks of 1836. While this quarrel was
based on various disputes, it culminated in the controversy over the
leadership of the proposed Matamoros Expedition. January 16-17, 1836, General
Sam Houston, the legally elected commander-in-chief of the Texas army, was at
Goliad to check and to prevent, if possible, an illicit expedition to
Matamoros, headed by Francis W. Johnson and Dr. James Grant with soldiers led
away from the frontier post at San Antonio de Bexar. Houston made a speech to
the soldiers that convinced many of them that the undertaking in which they
were engaging was not properly authorized. This had the effect to check, but
not entirely to abolish the enterprise. At this same time Houston became
convinced that he had been superceded in the functions of his office of
commander-in-chief to the Texas army. The Council had commissioned James W.
Fannin as their Agent, an office that usurped the prerogatives, if not the
title of commander-in-chief. Finding himself thus supplanted, Houston left
the army, went to San Felipe, the seat of the Texas government, and, on
January 30, wrote a long letter to Governor Smith, detailing the situation, and
asked for a furlough in order to go to East Texas to treat with the Indians
for their neutrality during the Texas Revolution. This furlough was duly
granted by Governor Smith. In
whatever situation Houston might find himself, he was always the trained, the
experienced, the astute politician. Before leaving
Goliad he had succeeded in having himself elected a deleagete from that
district to the convention which had already been called at
Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 1. When that body convened on the day set,
Houston was there to take his seat. His presence and speech, the only one
made, were high spots in the convention. On March 4, 1836, this Convention
re-elected Houston Commander-in-Chief of the Texas army - the regulars, the
volunteers, and the militia. Two days later, accompanied by George W.
Hockley, Chief of Staff, and one or two other companions, Houston set out to
join the army whose headquarters were then at Gonzales. Yoakum and other
historians tell us that Houston intended to combine the forces of Fannin and
other Texas officers in order to to to the aid of Travis who, at this time,
was being besieged by the Mexican Army under President-General Santa Anna
himself. The history student of the present time, however, who has the
opportunity to compare the various sources, knows that Houston knew that the
Alamo was doomed before he had left the convention at Washington; he
understood thoroughly the greed for rank and power that existed amoung the
officers of the Texas army, as well as the spirit of independence and
insubordination among the soldiers. Whatever he may, or may not, have thought
or said about this matter, the fact remains that before he and his companions
had ridden away from Washington on Sunday morning, March 6, the Alamo had
fallen, and the bodies of its 187 defenders had been reduced to Mother Earth
on funeral pyres. (See Houston's last speech in the US Senate, February 28,
1859). There
has been much controversy concerning the number of soldiers at Gonzales.
Yoakum fixes the number at 374 - the number that Houston himself gives. Other
authorities, however, make it twice as large; but no one refutes the
statement that when Houston reached Gonzales on the 11th he found the
soldiers there thoroughly disorganized, for the night before two Mexicans had
arrived and had circulated the story of the fall of the Alamo. The grief and
excitement created by this report amounted almost to madness. In order to
calm the fears of the populace, Houston had the Mexicans arrested and
imprisoned as spies, although he himself was convinced that their story was
true. On that same day he sent an order to Fannin to retire from Goliad to
Victoria on the Guadalupe. On the morning of the 13th he sent out Deaf Smith,
Henry W Karnes and Robert E Handy to ascertain the facts concerning the
Alamo. They were ordered to return within three days, but they had hardly
gone twenty miles when they met Mrs. Dickerson and her infant daughter; Joe,
the Negro servant of Colonel Travis; and Ben, a free Negro man-servant of the
Mexican colonel, Juan N Almonte, all of whom had been sent by Santa Anna with
messages to Houston. There was now no hope left; the terrible story had to be
believed. It was a sad day for Gonzales for the fall of the Alamo had widowed
thirty-three women and had made orpahsn of more then a hundred children in
and about that little town. Mrs. Dickerson had brought from Santa Anna to
Houston and to the people of Texas an insolent challenge to surrender, or to
meet the same fate as the defenders of the Alamo. A terrible panic ensued. Houston
decided that a retreat was inevitable, so securing the women and children in
Gonzales and throughout the countryside, he took up
his long march about mid night on March 12. This was the beginning of the
famous retreat from Gonzales to San Jacinto. It was more thatn the retreat of
an army; it was the fleeing of an entire people before the murderous enemy.
As the rear guard left Gonzales, the town was fired. On the
next day the Texans reached Peach Creek and there received a reinforcement of
some 125 men; by the 14th they had reached the Vavidad, and on the 17th they
were encamped at Barnham's on the Colorado. There the army, now numbering
about 600 (this is Houston's statement) men crossed the river, descended the
stream and encamped on the west bank, opposite Columbus, till the 25th. By
the 26th the army had increased to more than 1200 men. In the meantime, the
Mexicans under General Sesma were in close pursuit and had reached the right
bank of the river, only a few miles distant from the Texas army. Satisfied
that Santa Anna and his main army would follow Sesma on the central line,
Houston fell back to the Brazos and encamped at Mill Creek, a short distance
above San Felipe. During
all this time Houston was being bitterly censured by his officers and many of
the soldiers for not taking a stand and meeting the enemy. From Mill Creek,
on March 29, he wrote to Thomas J. Rusk, the Secretary of War saying,
"On my arrival on the Braxos, had I consulted the wishes of all, I
should have been like the ass between two stacks of hay. Many wished me to go
below, others above, I consulted none- held no councils of war. If I err the
blame is mine. I find Col. George W Hockley of my staff a sage counselor and
a true friend; but my staff are all worthy and merit well of me. There was on
yesterday, I understand, much discontent in the lines, because I would not
fall down the river. If it should be wise for me to do so, I can cross the
river at any time and fall down to greater advantage, and with greater
safety." Again on March 31 he wrote Ruck; "The enemy could have
been beaten at the Colorado. My inception was to hae attacked him on the
second night after the day on which Fannin's destruction was reported by
Peter Kerr and would have done so but for that news and the march of strong
reinforcements, probably arriving that night to the enemy". Houston
remained at Mill Creek from March 29 to April 12. On April 12-13, by means of
the steamboat Yellowstone, he crossed his army from the west to the east side
of the Brazos and encamped at Grace's Retreat, near the present town of
Hempstead. This
Fabian policy of Houston at the time was not approved by the civilians, nor by many of the army. Moreover, the newly inaugurated
President and the Commander-in-chief of the army were not on cordial terms.
Nevertheless, with a mutinous army, over boggy prairies and across swollen
streams, Houston stubbornly pursued his policy. By this time Rusk, the
Secretary of War, had joined the army in the field, and in Rusk. Houston
found a true friend and a safe counselor, and for the remainder of the
campaign the two cooperated cordially. Today, history students have come to
recognize Houstons march from Gonzales to San Jacinto as one of the most
strategic retreats in the annals of American history. Military authorities
declare that its conception and its successful execution set Houston out as a
man of military genius. By
April 18, Houston and the Mexican army were on opposite sides of the river
near the town of Harrisburg. Houston rested his army until April 19, when he
learned from scouts that Santa Anna had burned Harrisburg and had gone down
the west side of the bayou and the San Jacinto river, into which it empties
to near New Washington, or Morgan's Point, on Galveston Bay. Houston now
realized that the stage was set for the longed for battle; his most ardent
wish could not have been more completely fulfilled. He saw clearly that Santa
Anna had matched into a trap of his own setting for in passing down below
Houston's camp the Mexican general had been compelled to cross Vince's
bridge, the only means of crossing Vince's bayou, and the maintenance of that
bridge was necessary to communication between the auxiliary army under
Edisola at Fort Bend. So in the event of possible defeat the bridge would
have to furnish the only avenue of escape for the Mexicans. On
April 12, Houston crossed the bayou to seek the enemy. In an eloquent speech
he addressed the army. He kept nothing back, but told his soldiers that the
Mexicans were and ? Santa Anna ?
of command. He ? of the Texans would have to do and that if any of them
broke from the ? they need not ? the
bayou. But he also pointed out that death in such a cause would be glorious,
and suggested as a battle cry, "Remember the Alamo. Remember
Goliad." As a motto, he said that none other would serve them except,
"Victory or Death!" for there would be no chance for retreat. All
were eager for action, and camp guards had to be drafted. The
main army crossed the bayou two miles below Harrisburg about noon on April
19. They marched all the afternoon and most of the night, going into camp in
the early morning of April 20, on the right bank of the bayou in a skirt of
timber. In a short time they captured a boatload of provisions that had been
sent by Santa Anna from Colonel James Morgan's warehouse at Morgan's Point
(Santa Anna had captured this plantation and shipping point) to Lynchburg. It
was evident that Santa Anna was planning to leave New Washington for Anahauc
via Lynchburg. On the
morning of April 21, Houston permitted the enemy to be reinforced by 500
troops under General Cos, thus increasing the strength of the Mexican army
considerably. This fact exasperated his own officers and soldiers and
surprised Santa Anna. In after days Santa Anna asked him why he permitted
this reinforcement to join his army Houston's reply was "I did not wish
to take two bites at the same cherty." But students of military strategy
see it as another reason. At half past three o'clock on the afternoon of
April 21, Houston ordered the Texas officers to parade their troops, having
in the meantime ordered Vince's bridge to be defer
you. But the ? ? was
quickly charged for the battle cry "Remember the Alamo. Remember
Goliad." The
victory was sudden and complete that the Texans were astonished at their own
suppress. In his official report to the President, Houston said "The
fight began at half past four and ? pur? The main army captured at twilight. A guard was then
left in charge of the army's injured and our army retreated with their
"killed and wounded in the battle but loss was two killed and twenty
three wounded. ? of ? fatally. The enemy loss was 630 killed, among whom were
one general, four colonels, two lieutenant colonels, five captains, and
twelve lieutenants. Wounded: 208, of whom there were five colonels, three
lieutenant colonels, two second lieutenant colonels, seven captains, and one
cadet. Prisoners: 730, President General Santa Anna, General Cos, four
colonels and the aides to Santa Anna. There were also taken about 600
muskets, 300 sabres, 200 pistols, 700 mules and horses and about $12,000 in
specie." Publications
Consulted: Yoakum, History of Texas; Kennedy, Texas and Texans; Chester
Newell, The History of the Texas Revolution; H. H. Brown, History of Texas. ------ 1948
Bastrop Advertisor OFFICERS
NAMED AT NATIONAL BANK MEETING The
following officers were named at the annual stockholders meeting of the First
National Bank held on Tuesday afternoon. W. B.
Ransome, president; E. C. Erhard, vice-president; H. G. Griesenbeck,
vice-president; Lloyd Ketha, cashier; Wallace Hefner, assistant cashier; Miss
Ione Hoffman, teller. Directors
of the bank include, besides the officers, Sam J. C/ Higgins, Cecil Long, A.
N. Edwards, C. B. Maynard. In a
distribution of the bank operating profits for the year 1947, according to
Mr. Griesenbeck, their surplus fund has been increased to $32,500.00, and the
undivided profits account has been increased approximately $4,000. Their
furniture and fixtures account has been reduced from one thousand dollars in
1946 to one dollar at this time, these improvements in the capital structure
of the bank accomplished in addition to the payment of a 10 percent dividend
to the shareholders amounting to $5,000. The
institution has also succeeded in improving the capital structure of the bank
approximately $7,000. Attributing
the success of the past year to the loyalty and support of their friends and
patrons, the bank personnel express their gratitude to them. LEGGIONNAIRS
HOLD REGULAR MEETING The
James H. Perkins Post, American Legion, met on Thursday night of last week at
the Bastrop State Park guest cabin, with Bower Crider, Commander, presiding. During
the business session, the Legionnaires agreed to wear their legionnaires
agreed to wear their legionnaire caps at their meetings, and an expression of
thanks from the Bastrop Lions Club for the Post's contribution to the
Christmas fund was expressed. Otto
Wolf was appointed chairman of a flower committee, to attend to the sending
of flowers on any appropriate occasion. Others on the committee are R E.
Jenkins, Tommy Davidson, Edgar Kridle, Frank Green and Joe Leath. The
Post is activating a drive for new members, and issue
a cordial welcome to visitors. A
barbecue dinner was enjoyed by a large number of members present. PEOPLE
URGED TOLIST VACANCIES AT C OF C OFFICE Anyone
with vacancies are urged to call Mrs. Addie Mae
Powell at the Chamber of Commerce and list rooms, apartments and houses with
her. Daily
calls are made there for apartments and houses, especially places where
children are taken. TO
ATTEND WESTERN AUTO MERCHANDISE SHOW IN HOUSTON C. A.
Long, owner of the Western Auto Associate Store, left Tuesday to attend the
Western Auto Spring Merchandise Show to be staged in Houston, Texas, 13th,
14th, 15th and 16th of January. Mr.
Long said the show will feature many new products, and improved 1948 versions
of present Western Auto merchandise. Emphasis will be on spring and summer
lines of home, automotive, and recreational items. Purpose of the exposition
is to enable Western Auto Associate Store Owners to make early, first-hand
selections, and place commitments for spring and summer stocks. "From
advice reports and present indications' Mr. Long said, "it is safe to
say that the 1900s merchandise picture is one of 'good news' for the
consumer. Improvements in familiar products, and a lot of exciting new things
for better living, are evident everywhere as
industry gains momentum in catching up with storages." Mr.
Long expects to return Saturday. HOSPITAL
NEWS The
following is a list of the patients who are in the hospital this week: ADMITTED H. O.
Leonard Mrs.
Frank Reed and son Mrs.
A. M. Hoffman and son Miss
Francis Weber Mrs.
Alice Guitierrez DISMISSED Mrs.
Floyd Robbins Mrs.
J. C. Glass Hazel
Thorne H. L.
Robinson Roger
Wright Miss
Betty Jean Cox Mrs.
DeFlay Martin and daughter Anna
Lee King Chester
MacDonald Mrs.
J. L. Fohn and son Mrs.
Margaret Qualls A.. P.
Schindler -------- Bastrop
Advertiser May 30, 1946 THE
STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF BASTROP TO:
Ernest Killough, Citizens State Bank of Bastrop, a corporation. Lorenzo
Wyatt, Maidie Johnson Burch, Caruthers Burch, Mary Killough, alberta Yancey,
Tannie Yancey, Theddo Shelton, Annie Brown, Atryzishus Broan, America
Killough Jordon, a widow, Lou Killough, Jeff Killough, mary jane Killough,
Pearlie Killough, Clara Killough, Maud Killough, Emma Anderson, a widow,
Modesta Killough, Early Killough, Rebecca Killough, Sam Killough, Albona
Killough, Tomie Killough, Lula Williams, Morris Williams, Larcelia Killough,
Florence Killough, Robert Trigg, Robert Trigg, Jr., Eva Trigg, Ethel Trigg,
Thelma Estill, Millus Estill, Addie Estill, Jessie Killough, Amanda Killough,
Taska Killough, Mose Killough, Emma Killough, Cora Johnson, John Johnson,
Gertrude Price, K. L. Price. Eliza
Killough, Daisy Franklin, Ruby Craney, Naomi Killough, Caroline Killough,
Gertrude Hodge, a widow, Estelle Killough, Effie Williams, Noah Williams,
Idella Killough, Mannie Killough, Mary Killough Green, a widow, Mattie
Killough, Raspberry Killough, Sidell Killough, mamie Morris, Walter Morris,
Viola Clark, Frank Clark, Lillie Sileen Killough, Alfred Killough, Daisy
Thompson, Arthur Thompson, Annie L. Payne, R. L. Payne, Pearl Ward, Uless
Ward, Clara Humphrey, Moses Humphrey, Maude O. Butler, Rufus Butler, Emma
Anderson, Connie Anderson, Virgie Lee Killough Campbell, George Campbell. Levada
M Killough Halley, Joseph Halley, Frank Walter, Annie Mae Walter, C. C.
Rrandle, Oma Killough, and the unknown heirs and legal representatives of
each of the following deceased persons: Ola Wyatt, Sam Wyatt, Minnie Brown,
Tom Brown, Mary Killough, Kate Yancey, Jim Yancey, America K. Jordon, Lou
Killough, Jeff Killough, Early Killough, Sam Killough, Albert Killough,
Willie Killough, Henry Killough, John Killough, Lige Killough, Griff
Killough: and all persons having or claiming any title or interest in the
land described in this suit under the will of Raspberry Killough, deceased,
which will was probated in Bastrop County, Texas: and is recorded oin Vol. L
at page 439 et seq of the Probate Minutes of Bastrop County, Texas. The
grantees (beneficiaries) named in said will are Jeff Killough, Alf Killough,
Griff Killough, Samuel Killough and his children, Leola, Bertha, Florence,
Daisy, Abnoe, Jessie, Ray, Willie, Thomas and Samuel Killough; and Lige
Killough, said will further providing owever that the portion of such estate
not specifically devised should be equally divided among the children of the
said Raspberry Killough, many of whom are not specifically mentioned in said
will; also complaining of the issue of each and all children of the said
Raspberry Killough, deceased, and the heirs and legal representatives of the
said Rapsberry Killough, deceased, if living, and if any or all of the
above-named persons be dead, the unknown heirs of each or all of said
above-named persons who may be dead, and the unknown owner or owners of the
herinafter described land, Defendants: You
are hereby commanded to be and appear before the Honorable 21st District
Court of Bastrop County, at the next regular term thereof said County, in the
City of Bastrop, on the third Monday in June, A. D. 1946, the same being the
17th day of June A. D. 1946, then and there to plead and answer plaintiffs
petition in a delinquent tax suit filed in said Court on the 27th day of may,
A. D. 1946, in a certain suit No. 3148, styled The State of Texas vs. Ernest
Killough, et al., in which said suit, The State of Texas, suing for itself
and the County of Bastrop and for the use and benefit of all political subdividions
and districts whose taxes are collected by the Assessor and Collector of
taxes for said County, is plaintiff, and the above named persons if living,
and if any or all of the above-named persons be dead, the unknown heirs of
each or all of said above-named persons who may be dead, and the unknown
owner or owners of the hereinafter described land, are Defendants, and said
Plaintiff has impleaded taxing units in said State, which said taxing units
shall appear in said cause for delinquent taxes against the property or any
part thereof described in the petition of said plaintiff, and the said
defendants shall appear and answer to the claims of said taxing units without
further citation or notice. Said suit is to collect taxes on the following
described real estate and or personal property assessed in the name of above
named defendants for the years 1919 to 1944, inclusive and in the amount of
$2729.09, said property being described as follows, to wit: 506
acres of land, more or less, a part of the Knight and White Survey, Abstract
42, more particularly described as follows: Tract 1, containing 60 acres,
described in deed recorded in Vol. 93, page 68; Tract 2, containing 346
acres, more or less, described in deed recorded in Vol. 98, page 449; Tract
3, containing 100 acres, more or less, descrived in deed recorded in Vol. 50,
page 192, all Volume and page references being to the Deed Records of Bastrop
County, Texas, to which reference is made for more particular description,
together with penalties, interest, costs and expenses which have accrued or
may legally accrue thereon. Plaintiff and or interveners also seek the
establishment and foreclosure of the lien securing payment of such taxes
provided by law. All interest, penalties, and costs allowed by law are included
in said suit. Each party to said suit shall take notice of and plead and
answer to, all claims and pleadings now on file or heresfter filed in said
cause by all other parties hereto. WITNESS
my hand and official seal at my office in Bastrop, Texas, this 27th day of
May, 1946. VERNON
ESKEW, Clerk District Court, Bastrop County, Texas. |
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