The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 11, 1955 Page: 1 of 8
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GIDDINGS, LEE COUNTY, TEXAS THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1955
NUMBER 19
VOLUME 15
To Begin Monday
must do something towards re-
to him at 1 p.. m. on Aug. 16 and
nce
COACH BILL BRADEMAN
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“A" Team Schedule
Rabbs Creek Philosopher
ed the attractiveness of this part
Ballots are to be returned to
proved. City officials are to be
Ballots may be mailed
back to the office, and special
envelopes are provided for this.
provements.
.Jim Kriegel
Lehmann
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the course was
six weeks work being
with
Try a Want Ad for Resultal
crowded into three weeks.
and Geoffrey Harms pitched cre-
ditable ball. Ralph Vahrenkamp
led the Cub hitters.
leisure they want, something is
bound to result.
I believe he is absolutely right.
Clarence Hamff ....
O'Barr Rost ..........
Endorses Big Industrialists Idea of
Taking Off, Doing Nothing but Loafing
night about a big industrialist
who has turned his resort home
over to a bunch of big brains for
seniors are to report to them on
Aug. 19 at 3:30 p. m. for their
examination.
Boys who want to be exam-
Subscribe to The Star
Only $1.50 per year
i All boys should have a physi-
cal examination There will be
no charge for this examination
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Dear editar:
When a man has his own opin-
ions confirmed, it makes him
feel good.
I read in a newspaper last
GETS PLUMBING CONTRACT
Drews Plumbing Co. of Gid-
dings has been awarded the con-
tract for plumbing work on the
renovation of Kilian Hall, boy’s
dormitory at Concordia Luther-
an College, Austin.
NEW STREET LIGHTS have
been placed into service at Lee
Memorial Hospital and the new
mercury vapor lights do much
to enhance the appearance of the
hospital area at night.
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growth in scholastics since the
new building was completed and
put into use two years ago and
the,necessity of doing something
about educational facilities for
the Negro population.
On the census rolls at Lexing-
ton for the coming year are en-
ough children to require an ad-
ditional three classrooms for the
elementary grades, according to
Supt. A. P. Kleinschmidt.
Both the Dime Box and the
Lott Schools have received war-'
nings from the accreditation di-
vision of the State Department
of Education because their faci-
GHS Band to Beyin
Rehearsals Aug. 23
The Giddings High School
Band will have its first in a
series of rehearsals in prepa-
ration of the coming season on
Tuesday, Aug. 23 at 7:15 p. m.,
according to Director Everett
Schmidt.
This year the band will sport
a new type of cap—one pat-
terned after that of the Air
Force, Mr. Schmidt said.
Lee County farmers will re-
ceive ballots for the forthcom-
ing ASC elections next week.
Warren D Moody, ASC county
.office manager said this week.
Ballots will be mailed to each
farmer voter on Monday, Aug.
15 to select Community Commit-
teemen and Alternates for 1956.
Elected chairman and vice-chair-
man of each community com-
mittee will be declared elected
as delegate and alternate dele-
paign, is being held all over the -
United States.
It will be sponsored by the dif-
■ Jr.
Pel-
James Friebe, 30, of Pin Oak
Is Area’s First Polio Fatality
will be in their respective class-
rooms from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
All boys and girls taking con-
firmation instruction are asked
to register on Aug. 31.
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Lee County ASC Elections
Scheduled for Next Week
MISSION RALLY
AT PAIGE AUG. 21
St. John's Lutheran Church
Monroe Hannes to Receive
Honorary FFA Degree
Aid Association for
Lutherans Donates
$100 to Pool Fund
The Giddings branch of the
Aid Association for Lutherans
insurance organization decided
in a meeting last Friday night to
donate $100 to the Swimming
Pool Fund in Giddings and $100
to the International Lutheran
Hour.
E. C. Knippa represents the
Aid Association for Lutherans in
this area and Paul Knippa Jr. is
the secretary of the organization.
The donation is one of the first
of this size to be designated for
the swimming pool in Giddings.
The insurance branch is made
up of people holding insurance
in AAL. The membership is
comprised of people belonging
to the Lutheran Church-Missouri
Synod.
COUNTY AGENT BACK
FROM COURSE AT A & M
County Agent Brown O. Spivy
Laundry Sold
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Zoch have
sold their Help-U-Self Laundry
in Giddings.
Mrs. Henry Bauerle of Route
medying the situation within
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week graduate course in gov-
ernsjent and agriculture at Tex-
Ed Kissman ..............
Geoffrey Harms .......
Fred Schkade ............
Howard Weigelt .......
Sherwood Mantzel ...
R. J. Nitsche ...............
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Giddings Schools Expect
No Integration Problem
Guest speaker will be the
Rev. W. A. Flachmeier of Aus-
tin who is Parish Director of
Education, the Rev. Benedict
Reck, Pastor, announces.
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Immanuel School to Open
Sept. 6, Registration Aug. 31
Grass Fire Tuesday
Giddings firemen answered
a call to East Giddings Tuesday
afternoon about 4:15 p. m. to a
grass fire at the Herbert Kurio
residence.
Standings
Indians .............w..
Cubs .....................
Giants....................
Cards ................
Braves ...................
Pirates ................
Yankees ........
Leading Hitters
Rotary Club Will
Sponsor Safety Drive
A Safety Campaign is to be
held in Giddings beginning Aug.
23 and lasting through the long
Labor Day weekend. This cam-
paign, The National Safety Cam-
As A & M College. He reports 1, Paige, will continue to operate sue their own course with all the
quite difficult the laundry. ______
When the paving of the two
streets at the hospital, which is gate respectively to the County
now underway, will be complet- Convention.
Elferd Berger, Henry Dunk Jr., _____
Leonard Kappler, A. H. Kuehn, Tommy Droemer
Award Night to Cap
Boys’ Baseball Play
One of the biggest nights of Lynn Lehmann, Alan Lindner,
the year in the Boy's Baseball . Fred Schkade, Howard Schulze,
League is coming on the night 'Jack Newsom..
IT IS EXPECTED that law en-
forcement officers will start is-
suing warnings to motorists who
do not parallel park within the
next few days. It will take some
time to get drivers accustomed
to the new regulation.
As a result of the City's com-
pliance with the request of the
Highway Commission that paral-
lel parking, specified by law on
federal aid highways through ci-
ties, be instituted and enforced,
the City of Giddings will receive
full-width paving of East Austin
Street to the city limits.
i - Curbing on this street is now
being laid by Benno Ahlschlae-
ger’s crew.
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of the City will be greatly im- the, Lee County ASC office after
proved. City officials are to be the farmer has indicated his
cessity of a construction program lities
to care for the tremendous
commended that they finally choice,
were able to make these im-
Liepke, Bradley Moody, and
Wesley Hamff were the Brave
hitters.
In the second game of the
week the Cardinals edged the
Cubs in one of the best games of
the year by a 2 to 1 count. The
telling blow was a home run
with one on by Jim Bob Krie-
Pitchers ... Strikeouts
and the preferred schedule is lis-
ted as follows:
Boys who want to be exam-
ined by Dr. S W. Mantzel report
to him on Thursday, Aug. 18 at 1
p. m.
Freshmen and sophomores
who want to be examined by Dr.
A. F. Vickers or Dr A. R. Haz-
zard, report to their clinic at 3:30
p. m. on Aug 16 Juniors and
. Observa lions
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BY THE PUBLISHER
PARALLEL PARKING is now
in effect on the two main streets
of Giddings, but the first two
days saw few citizens complying
.with the new ordinance.
* The ordinance, passed by the
s City Commission on July 28,
i provides for parallel parking
1 through Giddings on Austin and
Main Streets.
Crews for the Texas Highway
Department erected signs along
these streets in downtown Gid-
dings Monday and Tuesday.
school plants for whites and Ne-
groes. at different locations. Both
plants are in good condition. If
the schools were integrated, still
the same number of teachers
would be required, based on the
average daily attendance.
Mr. Slocomb said that the
School Board had taken no def-
inite action on the matter of in-
tegration since the State Board
of Education had left the matter
up to local boards and since no
problem had arisen in the local
Giddings district. He said that
both Negro students and teach-
ers as well as the Negro popula-
tion appeared pleased and satis-
fied with the present set-up and
saw no reason why it should not
be continued.
Lexington Independent School
District on the other hand is fac-
ed with a dual problem—the ne-
Hall, C. L. Ruthven.
Nominees for the community
committees are as follows:
Giddings
Erwin E Arldt, Gustav Bamsch,
First polio death of the year
in this area occurred this week
when James Friebe, 30, of Pin
Oak Community succumbed to
the disease in an Austin Hospital.
Friebe was placed in an iron
lung at Breckenridge Hospital
in Austin early. Monday morning
and died sometime Tuesday.
Funeral services for Friebe
will be held at 10 a. m. Thurs-
day, Aug. 11 at the Catholic
Church at Pin Oak with the Rev.
Albin Trublowski of Giddings
Lawrence A. Loewe, Walter
Marburger, Joe Murski, Dalvin Clarence Hamff
Spacek, Walter Spitzenberger, Lynn
and J. P. Stanley Jr. i Leading w .
Lexington Howard Weigelt.
Ernest C. Bauer, Dewell Brewer, i Ralph Vahrenkamp -
Geoffrey Harms ........
Ballots must be postmarked not bounced back to make the game
later than 5 p. m. Aug. 19 and a nip and tuck affair. Butch
those returned in person must , Kissman and Howard Weigelt
be returned to the county ASC led the Indian hitters. James
office not later than 5 p. m.,
Aug. 19.
Election boards for the elec-
tion are as follows (first person
named is chairman, second is
vice-chairman):
Giddings—Andrew Schatte, Her-
bert Koehler, Willard Burg-
dorf.I4
Dime Box—Andrew Smith, Ho-
mer Hibler, Joe J. Mikulin Jr.
Lexington — Woodrow Brewer,
Anton Seifert, Herman Otto.
Lincoln — Herman Kieschnick
Jr., Bill Galipp, Otto E. Fick.
Knobbs—Leo Dismukes, Jasper
Giddings Independent School
District expects no integration
problem this year.
Supt. Don B. Slocomb said the
Giddings schools will operate as
they have iri the past. He made
this statement as he announced
s that the Giddings Public Schools
will open on Tuesday, Sept. 6,
the day after Labor Day, for the
1955-56 term.
Details about registration will
be announced, Supt. Slocomb
said.
Mr. Slocomb said that the Gid-
dings District enjoys the advan-
tage of having comparatively
equal facilities for white and
Negro school children, the Negro
school offering courses and ex-
tra-curricular activities similar
I to the white school. He added
that football this year will be ad-
ded at the Negro school, this
having been lackihg in the past.
Giddings has two separate
Sept. 9—La Grange — Here
Sept. 16—Elgin — There
Sept. 23—Fredericksburg—Here
Sept 30—Taylor — There
Oct. 7—Open
Oct 14— * Bastrop — Here
Oct 21— • Smithville — There
Oct. 28— * Hallettsville — Here
Nov. 4— * Weimar — There
Nov: 11— • Eagle Lake — There
Nov. 18— • Luling — Here
_____:______—* District Games
Game time is 8 p. m..
“B" Team Schedule
Sept. 29 — Thrall — Here
Oct. 6 — Taylor — There
Oct. 13 — Columbus — There
Oct. 20 — Sealy — Here
Oct. 27 — Thrall — There
Nov. 3 — Elgin — There
Nov. 10 — Elgin — Here
One of Six Texans to be
awarded honorary Lone Star
Farrier degrees at a State Fu-
ture Farme rs of America confer-
enoe at Eagle Lake on Aug. 24
is Monroe Hannes, president of
the First National Bank of Gid-
dings.
Mr. Hannes, a farm boy from
- Dime Box and a long-time ban-
ker at Lexington, Hearne, and
Giddings, will be the Central
Texas representative on the hon- |
or roll.
Mr. H ones, an ex-student of
the University of Texas, is cre-
dited by Tom Cherry, Giddings
FFA instructor, as an "outstand-
ing and progressive agricultural
! leader.
The Giddings banker has been
active in civic affairs and is a di-
rector and treasurer of the Lee
County Fair Association. He has
supported the junior division
awards program, and his bank
has donated considerable funds
for prizes each year.
Mr. Hannes is chairman of the
board of directors of Lee Memo-
rial Hospital, past-president of
the Giddings Lions Club, the
Chamber of Commerce, and the
Loe County School Board. He is
currently a member of the voca-
tional agriculture board for the
Lee County Veterans school, of
the Farm Bureau, and of the Lee
County Cattlemen’s Asociation.
One of his projects, a special
brush clearance program in Lee
County, has been included in the
Agricultural Conservation Prac-
tices Handbook, developed by
the county ASC committee.
Mr. Hanne# is a prime mover
in the new Cummins Creek Wa-
tershed Association and the Ye-
gua Creek Watershed Associa-
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low. This schedule is besides
the Senior, and Junior High
sched ule. — ined by Dr. R. B. Burns, repo rt
officiating. A Rosary was to be
recited for Friebe at 8 p. m.
Wednesday at the Marrs Funeral
Home in Smithville.
at Paige will have its annual
Mission Rally on Sunday, returned last Friday from a three
Aug. 21.
gel. Both Ralph Vahrenkamp
Editor’s note: The Rabbs
Creek Philosopher on his
Johnson grass farm thinks he
has found a man who thinks
like he does, his letter this
week reveals. _
—National All-Stars
Thomas Droemer, R. J. Nit-
sche, Clarence Hamff, Ralph
Vahrenkamp, Wayne Kiesch-
nick, Marcus Dixon, Gene Wolf,
Sherwood Mantzel, Tuffy Nelson
Zoch, Sidney Kasper, Pat Leh-
mann, Paul Bohot.
The first of the All-Star games
will be played on Monday at 9
a. m. The second All-Star game
will be played Tuesday night at
7 p. m. Immediately following
that game awards will be given.
If an additional game is needed
to decide the series it will follow
the awarding of honors.
In the past week of play the
Indians, now resting firmly in
first place, beat the Braves 10
to 7. The Indians went into a
lead early in the game as walks
plagued the Brave pitcher. How-
ever, little by little the Braves
two weeks of meditation and
loafing, and right now they’re up
at his place, taking things easy
and thinking.
The news papers seemed to
thing this was unusual and news
worthy, but I’d like to point out
it’s the system I’ve been using
for years out here on my John-
son grass farm.
As I understand the deal, this
industrialist invites a bunch of
scientists, business men, profes-
sors, etc. to come out to his place
and just loaf. He doesn’t assign
them anything to think about,
just lets it develop.. His conten-
tion is that if you turn some good
minds loose and let them pur-
Immanuel Lutheran’s Christ-
ian Day School will open Tues-
day, Sept. 6, the day after Labor
Day, for the 1955-56 session.
The Board of Education has
set Wednesday, Aug,. 31 as reg-
istration day from 9 a. m. to
4 p. m.
The teachers need several days
to organize the pupils and class-
es for proper class work. Thus,
for the sake of better order and
more effective organization, the
children are registered for
school on the Wednesday before
school begins. All of the teachers
ferent civic organizations
throughout the nation with the
aim that safety will be brought
to the attention of all automobile
drivers to save life as well as
prevent injury to our peoples
who use our highways.
The campaign in this commu-
nity is to be sponsored by the
Giddings Rotary Club, and it is
their wish that the merchants
and people will join in this cam-
paign.
are inadequate. They
Randolph Lehmann, Herbert
Mittasch, Erwin Namken, and
Richard Unger
Dime Box
Dan Blaha, Walter S. Dube,
Gerhard Kissman, Joe Krenek,
of Tuesday, Aug- 16 ■
On this particular evening the !
1955 season comes to an official
close as awards are given and
the best players of the league
form All-Star teams. Awards
will be given by the Giddings
Lions Club to the Championship
team, the leading pitcher, and
the leading batsman. Those who
will play on the All-Star team
are as follows:
American All-Stars
Jim Bob Kriegel, Howard
Weigelt, Edwin Kissman. Geof-
frey Harms, Walter Sandoz,
James Hoffman, O’Barr Rost,
1 Coach Bill Brademan this
week announced that football
bractice would begin Monday
morning Aug. 22 and that all
boys who did not receive a letter
from him and who want to come
out for football, report at 9 a.m.
I Any boy, regardless' of size,
will be issued a uniform. Coach
expects between 50 and 60 boys
and so that everyone will get to
play, has arranged a 7 game "B"
team schedule which appears be-
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and I have clipped the article
out of the paper and have pasted
it on the wall, to explain my ab-
sence during plowing weather
to my wife.
However, there is one flaw in
his system. He invites the brains
to come out and think for a cou-
ple of weeks. It's not long
enough.
It takes a lifetime. Thinking •
is not something a man can de-
cide he will do between 10 and
10:30 each morning, or for two
weeks in the summer, it’s some-
thing he has to stay with pretty
close, day and night, week after
week, right through one crop
season and in to another. A man
who lets his work get in the way
of his thinking ain’t thinking
hard enough. i
But this industrialist has the
right idea, he doesn't expect any-
thing definite and positive to
come from the thinking session.
That's the way it ought to be.
Lots of times I've spent the
whole day thinking and when
my wife asks, well, what came
of it, what conclusions have you
arrived at, I have no answer.
There are some thoughts so pro- -
found they can’t be expressed,
and they're the safest kind to
deal in. .
Your faithfully, $
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