The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 26, 1957 Page: 3 of 8
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 1957-THE GIDDINGS STAR-3
public with the Texas law requir-
2308 Donalee St.
FT. WORTH, TEXAS
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Home of Television Sales & Service
The bride is the daughter of Mr. taffeta. It was created with a sa-
PHONE 137W
GIDDINGS, TEXAS
and Mrs. Walter Patschke and the
brina neckline, traditional long bri-
groom is the son of Mrs. Nettie (lal sleeves coming to points over
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her hands and a fitted bodice fast-
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The church was decorated with ened with covered buttons She
wore a fingertip veil which fell
white gladioli and asters.
DR. E. E. WHITESIDE
Optometrist
GIDDINGS, TEXAS
PHONE 57
GIDDINGS, TEXAS
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lives were lost during the school
year in collisions involving school
buses. There is a continuing need
for a program of safety education.”
There were two more fatalities
during 1956-57 than were reported
The St. James Lutheran Church
of Lexington was the scene of a
candlelight wedding August 18, in
which Miss Jeanette Patschke be-
came the bride of Shelby Stence. |
Rev. Paul Stengel, Jr., performed
the double-ring ceremony.
r. E. H
1 2. Block
(Held over from last week)
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mathis of Den-
They are equipped with flasher
lights usually mounted high on the
front and rear of the bus. These
flashing lights are used only when
the bus is in the process of stopp-
ing or is stopped to receive or
discharge children.
/aid time
•s are op-
harvest ■
lly warns
gricultur-
eep down
past year the Highway Department
ereetd signs on all major roads
warning motorists of the safety
measure. The law says in effect
that upon meeting or overtaking
a school bus which has stopped on
the highway for the purpose of re-
ceiving or discharging children,
the driver of any vehicle shall
stop immediately before passing.
After coming to a stop the driver
of the vehicle can proceed with
due caution at a speed which is
prudent and does not exceed ten
miles per hour. The law does not
apply within city limits.
Vehicles are not required to stop
on highways with separate road
ways when the bus is on a differ-
ent roadway from that of a pass-
ing vehicle. Vehicles are not re-
quired to stop if the school bus
is stopped, in a loading zone wh-
ich is a part of or adjacent to a
It takes a totally rugged truck with
tremendous pulling power to climb
Pikes Peak to the top without using
the road. Yet that’s what a Chev-
' rolet pickup did ... kept on going
up towering grades, over miles-long
boulder fields and through the thin
Chassis parts took the pounding.
The run showed how rugged Chevy
frame, springs, axles really are.
Power never faltered all the way.
Standard Thriftmaster 6 ran perfectly,
mile after mile!
I ennessee
any. Ass'
is Lease,
xk John
tulze Sur-
risch of Houston spent Thursday
with relatives and friends in Win-
chester.
Melita Riewe of Austin spent
last weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
A. O. Waiser and Alma.
Dr. and Mrs. Bill Best and son,
Billy of St. Petersburg, Florida
It climbed
a mountain
the hard way,
off the road!
Smith recently moved from Hous-
ton to Corpus Christi.
Mr. and Mrs. Elton Karisch and
family of Freeport, Mr. and Mrs.
Hugo Koenning and son, Ray Al-
len. of Houston, and Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Schulenburg and family of
Freeport were recent visitors of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Karisch and
family.
Elton and Delores Noack of Aus-
tin spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Noack and Evelyn.
school bus law. .
___“Superintendents and news edi
ver, Colorado and Mrs. Lydia Ka- tors performed an outstanding pub
The Texas Education Agency,
the Texas Highway Department,
and the Texas Department of Pub-
lic Safety are making a joint re-
quest that school superintendents,
newspapers, radio stations, and tel-
evision stations participate in ef-
forts to acquaint drivers with the
Public Must Respect School Buses
Three state agencies joined today ing all vehicles to stop when ap-
in urging the. continuation of a proaching a school bus loading or
state-wide program to acquaint the | unloading- children.
Eyes Examined - Glasses Prescribed
Contact Lens — Visual Training
Telescopic Lenses for Subnormal Vision
Lenses and Frames Duplicated
air of altitudes up to 14,110 feet. • -
It fought through a “no man’s land"
that appeared too difficult for.any CHEVROLET
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truck. This truck was equipped _
with the same sturdy components TASK • FORCE 57
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Giddings, Texas
1957-58
THE GIDDINGS STAR
PHONE 242 — 223 West Austin Street
Giddings, Texas
MONUMENTS and MARKERS
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Rockdale Memorials
FOR INFORMATION SEE GLYNN HILL
at Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home
visited with Mrs. A. M. Karisch on
Wednesday, Dr. Best is a flight to the Department of Public Saf-
surgeon in the air corps. The Bests ety in 1955-56. The total number
are enroute to San Diego, Calif-of accidents reported declined, how-
ornia, where Dr. Best will assume ever, from 379 to 335. During the
his new duties.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Paysse and
son, Tempel, of Galveston visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith
Saturday.
Mrs. Eva Bohannon of Houston
is visiting Miss Bert Hart.
Mrs. Lee Plagens and Mrs. Os-
wald Schmidt of Houston. Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Froehlich of Bastrop,
and Mr. and Mrs. Roland Froeh-
lich of La Grange spent the week-
end in Winchester. They also visit-
ed W. C. Froehlich in the hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Loessin of
Yoakum visited with Mr. and Mrs.
F. A. Smith Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Matthijetz of
Houston spent the weekend with
NEWS FROM ...
WINCHESTER
By HELGA STREICHER
Mrs. Ruth Gould of Giddings,
served as organist and Mrs. Mil-
ton Schroeder, soloist, sang ‘-The
Lord's Prayer."
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride wore a floor-length dress
of chantilly lace and tulle over
I from a pearl tiara and carried a
white Bible overlaid with lilies of
the valley, centered with an or-
chid. Her only jewelry was a pearl
necklace, a gift of the groom.
Mrs. Harry Young attended the!
bride as matron of honor Miss Pat-
ricia White of Pasadena and Miss
I Marilyn Patschke served as brid-
! esmaids. They wore dresses of net
| and taffeta in shaded colors of
blue. They all carried identical
bouquets of white carnations and
net.
I Harry Young attended the groom
as best man. Charles Patschke and
R. C. Patschke served as groom-
smen. W. E. White of Pasadena
served as usher. , .__—
Mrs. Patschke, mother of the
1 bride, wore a toast brown lace
dress with dark brown® accessories |
and wore a yellow corsage.
Mrs McVoy, the groom's mother
wore a navy blue dress with black
accessories and wore a white cor-
sage.
An outdoor reception followed the
ceremony at the bride’s home.
The three-tiered wedding cake,
decorated with a minature bride
and groom, surrounded with flow-
ers and love birds, was placed on
a net and taffeta covered table.
■ Hurricane lamps were placed a-
round the table.
Miss Nancy Patschke Of Austin
was in charge of the guest book.
Members of the house party were
Mrs. Jean Rathers of Houston,
and Mrs. Ruth White of Pasadena.
Later in the evening the newly-
weds left for a short wedding trip.
For traveling Mrs. Stence chose
a beige suit with brown accessor-1
ies and an orchid corsage.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Stence are,
graduates of Lexington High Sch-
ool. Mr. Stence is employed by |
the Industrial Generating Com-
pany.
Mr. and Mrs. Stence have made'
their home in Lexington.
Schoolwork
is just the beginning
for this wonderfu
“job-get
Tennessee
any, As-
Lease, 237
d Thomas
lie service in this safety campaign
last year,” said J. W. Edgar, Com-
missioner of Education. “Yet 7
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any. As-
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controlled-access highway and
where pedestrians are not per-
mitted to cross the roadway.
All public school buses are paint-
ed yellow and have “SCHOOL
BUS" painted in large letters on
the front and rear of each bus.
Giddings Phone 436W
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Matthijetz.
Alice Ruth Bohot, of Austin
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Bohot.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Tiede and
family of Houston and Connie Get-
schman of Weimar were recent
visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Schuetze.
Elfrieda K i sper of Austin spent
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
August Kasper.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hempel
and family of Pasadena spent
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Rudolph Kasper and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pietsch
of Austin spent the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Pietsch.
Pvt. Edgar Mitschke of Fort Car-
son, Colorado is spending his leave
with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Mit-
schke and family.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Sheffy and
family of San Antonio spent the
weekend with Edwin Unger
and Ruth.
Mr. and Mrs. Helmuth Zoch and
family of Austin spent the week-
end with Mr. and Mrs. Emil Zoch
and Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Zoch and
family.
Freddie Mitschke of Austin
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Mitschke and family.
Mrs. Jimmy Smith and son
spent the week with Mr. and Mrs.
F. A. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Smith accompanied Mrs. Jimmy
Smith and son to Corpus Christi
on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy
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MR. AND MRS. SHELBY STENCE ' Photo by Crayton
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The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 26, 1957, newspaper, September 26, 1957; Giddings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1615686/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Giddings Public Library and Cultural Center.