The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 11, 1961 Page: 1 of 8
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NUMBER 6
VOLUME22
FRED TONN WINS SCHOLARSHIP
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FRED TONN
scientific interest and ability.
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Clues
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Both arejeate that death was not instantan-
the driver proceeded back to-
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with an elaborate "Court of the of Fairbanks and the Arnold Jun-
FRED SCHK ADE
ior High School Band of Cypress.
The members
er of Lexington, was used in trans-
- Loebau School Picnic Is Sunday
“A
der. The junior coronation will
men's Park
week and was making the second which made the operation
Bohot’s Serv. Station
Open House Has
School newspaper, won award of
The award of achievement is the
On KVLG Sunday
area’ Loebau will oppose Paige in
Humble Oil Changes Name to ENCO
the swimming pool after weekend
when rains stopped the tying of
BRIDE OF THE YEAR was the - gel. Attending the "bride" as maid
be seen other
ALE
Grounds,
bet
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#em
Romantic South."
Reigning as king and queen of,’
MEN
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Texas Co-op.
The truck had just been put in-
to operation on the route last
In the meantime another truck
was making pick-ups of milk from
! eous with the accident which must
have occurred shortly after noon
since he had made a milk pick-
INDAY
Hamff and
her father,
unday.
the second day’s festivities will be “Court of Childhood Treasures"
Bill Rabb and Miss Myra Kunkel will ride in the Friday parade a-
begin at 2 00 p m under the di-
| reaction of Mrs 11 Marburger, Jr.
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Studtmann, pastor of Immanuel
Lutheran Church of Giddings, and
the choirs of the church and school
under the direction of John J. So-
cha
ung Father Suffers Tragic Death
Milk Transport Accident Friday
The annual school picnic of
Christ Lutheran Church in Loebau
leading up to | Rodeo-time. The
good men of the York Post Ameri-
from Madagascar, will be the fea-
tured speaker at the afternoon ses-
sion of The American Lutheran
Church Women’s Conference con-
vention on Friday, May 12, at Mar-
tin Luther Church in Giddings.
The convention will open at 9.30
a. m. with Mrs Lawrence Leh-
mann, the local president, welcom-
ing the delegates.. . ..
Lily--M. Gyldenvand of Minnea-
polis, editor of the ALCW Scope,
, addition to the beef, pork, and
mutton, -sausage will also be made
riage to the “handsome and de- members of the party. Best that
bonaire" Lois Slocomb on Friday can be said for this union is that it
night in the school gymnasium by boosted the funds for the swim-
the “Preacher" Margaret Krie- ming pool. ---
to the transport truck's load that
night for the next day’s trip to
Houston.
According to Mr." Brewer,.J all
of his drivers had been instructed
to avoid using the road on which
the accident occurred, because of
several sharp’turns on that road
top honors in this division for
printed newspapers.
The Traveler is printed for Gid-
dings High School by The Giddings
Star and the staff of The Star is
happy to have helped the students
in this way.
Congratulations to editor Barba-
ra Kruemcke, assistant editor Syl-
via Schmidt, the fest of the staff
of The Traveler, and Miss Eleanor
Fletcher, the sponsor of The Trav-
eler, upon this achievement.
ing worship service on the picnic
ground'- The time of the service
provided for the convenience of
many who would like to spend the
day in Loebau; but are concerned
Giddings High School junior class,
was chosen as one of 30 male stu-
dents over the state and nation,
who will attend a special program
in astronomy and astronautics on
the campus of A & M College and
Traveler Wins U.I.L. Award
The Traveler, Giddings High terscholastic League last week.
Fred Tonn, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Rudolph Tonn was the recipient of
the PTA $100 00 scholarship, given
this year in honor of Mrs. Ira Dip-
pel, deceased.
The PTA Scholarship Commit-
tee, consisting of Chairman Mr.
Everett Schmidt, Principal of High
School; Mr. Hubert Windel, School
Counselor; and Mrs. C. A Hamff,
PTA Representative: was guided
in its selection-by three PTA re-
quirements.
1 The desire for a career in
the field of education;
2 High scholastic rating; and
3 Need foi a: istance.
Congratulations, Fred!
Vacation Bible School
The annual Vacation Bible School
of Martin Luther Church will be
conducted from June 5 through
June 16. _.
The sessions will begin at 8:30
a. m. and continue until 11 a. m.
All children of Sunday School
age up to those who are confirm-
ed are invited to attend.
Martin Luther’s Bible School is
free to all pupils.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Charles Kelley of Lexington; one
son Lloyd Kelley; his mother,
Mrs. Clara* Kelley of Lexington,
one brother,. Barnett Kelley of
Lexington; one half-brother, H. R.
Kelley of Hearne; and his parents-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bo-
riack of Lincoln.
Pallbearers were Franklin Her-
klotz, John Taylor, Franklin Shel-
ton, Clyde Bexley Jr., George
L. Preuss, and M. C. Sorenson.
new brand name beginning Friday.
Leonard Symmank of Giddings
is the distributor of Humble pro-
ducts in Lee County.
Madagascar Missionary To Speak
. The Rev. Johnson, a missionary will be the speaker at the moring
about missing the opportunity to
worship Rev. Rathgeber will de-
liver a sermon- dealing with Chris-
tian Family Life suggested by the
Mother’s Day date of the picnic.
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LB. CAN
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Immanuel Presents “Tom Sawyer”
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Koslan, will play the leading roles
an operetta in three acts and a of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry
varied May Frolic’program will be Finn. Suzanne Socha will be Mark
presented Tuesday night at 8 00 Twain’s Aunt Polly, Maurine Wag-
o'clock by the entire student body ner will be Becky Thatcher, Carol
Swimming Pool Work Progresses
Progress is being continued on Fairgrounds Park
On Friday, May 12, Humble Oil ( that are being offered under the
and Refining Co. will change the
Immanuel Pupils
Take Achiem’t Tests
All pupils of Immanuel. Lutheran
School have just completed the
standardized tests administered
throughout the eight grades. The
test used to test the children’s a-
chievement is theStanford A-
chievement Complete Battery, and
is used for - diagnosing pupil
strengths and deficiencies, and in
adjusting the ongoing curriculum
of the school.' The tests were ad-
ministered during the past week
by the teachers of the respective
grades: Mrs Frieda Krempin, Mrs
Norval Skov, Mrs. Robert A. Fal-
ke, Mr. Norval-Skov, and Princi-
pal John J. Socha.
REINHARDT RITES SET
Funeral services for Ben Rein-
hardt, 77,-were held at La Grange
Wednesday, May 10. A complete
obituary will follow next week,
Achievement in Division I at die second highest award given in the--------
State Meet of the University In-1 Journalism Contest of the UIL.
— ---------------------——. The Rockdale Tiger Tales received
Maifest on May 13th. They will daughter of Mr, and Mrs. C. W. lonto his face where he was pin-
ride a float in the parade Saturday Fields of Giddings. James is the ned underneath the tank,
morning and participate in the Se- son of Mr. and- Mrs. W. E. Hoff- ‘around the body seemed to indi-
nior Coronation that evening The man also of Giddings.
| Maifest is entitled “Court of the seniors at Giddings High School.
He was a graduate of Lexington
High School and was noted for
. . , . ,his industriousness and willing-
so the truck was partially loaded wo+l
at the time of the accident.
Charles Kelley was born at Lex-
ington on Dec, 4, 1940, the son of
Mrs. Clara Eller Kelley and the
late Harney Kelley.
He was baptized and received in-
to membership at Immanuel "Luth-
ran Church, in Giddings on May
17,1960, and has been a faithful
member of that-congregation.
On Mar. 19, 1960, he-was u-
nited in marriage with Miss Jean-
nette L. Boriack of Lincoln at Im-
manuel Lutheran Church in Gid-
dings. This union was blessed
with one son.
Fred Schkade Gets Science Spot
evidence of high 1 scholarship.
session
At noon luncheon will be served
in the educational building with
Shubert's Restaurant serving Re-
freshments also will be served af-
ter the afternoon session by the
ladies of Martin Luther Church.
The local convention committee
composed of Mrs. Carl Dagerath,
Mrs. Lawrence Lehman and Mrs.
Aug. L. Wolff, are in charge of
arrangements for the convention.
The Conference vice-president,
Mrs. Floyd Sommer, will preside
at the morning session, and the
Conference' president, Mrs. Del-
vin Janssen.
Pastors who will assist in the
program .are the Rev, Theo: Sager
of Greenvine, the Rev. Albert
Holck of Berlin, the Rev Elias Ro-
de of Paige, The Rev. Wayne
Landgrebe of Eagle Lake, and the
Rev. Theo. Strong of Brenham.
wards Lexington, making pick-
ups of milk from Co-op members.
Ed Eckert Resigns;
Takes Coast Position
Ed L. Eckert, manager of the
Giddings Chamber of Commerce
for the past two years, has resign-
rd effective in June this year in
order to accept the position of ma-
nager of the Chamber of Com-
merce at Port Lavaca.
His resignation has been accep-
ted by the Chamber of Commerce.
No steps to replace'Mr. Eckert as
manager of the local Chamber
have been taken at this time.
can Legion will be in charge of Frect —e Dp a.
the barbecue with proceeds being I The public is invited to attend,
devoted toworthy causes of the (Tickets will be available from stu-
Legion. Plan to eat. your supper dents or at the door for fifty cents
after the parade at the
of a
ivisiting the station throughout the
day.-
Door prizes were awarded by
drawings from the registrations
(and can be picked up at Bohot’s
“at any time up to May 15.
! The following won atankful of
Golden Esso Extra Gasoline: Mrs
lOswald Marburger of Dime Box,
IM. C Schroeder of Giddings, Gil-
bert Schimank of Paige, Arvel
Foerster of Giddings, and Charles
W. Young of Giddings.
congregation will continue the
practice of conducting the morn-
Fair for adults and twenty-five cents
, for children.-
J loaded milk truck hazardous.
■ It can only be assumed that
9 the victim did take the road, since
9 he was operating the new truck
9 at a speed that was much slower
1 than: the time schedule called for
A and, he was trying to save time
9 by taking the short'cut the road
would provide.
Charles Kelley’s tragic death
■ comes only a few, months after
tithe tragic drowning of Miss Dor-
dtry Marburger last October near
A. Lincoln. Miss Marburger was a
9 fellow-member of the same gra-
9 duating class at Lexington High
School in 1960. .
is 10.00 a. m. -
Sale of barbecue will begin im-
mediately after the service. In
CHARLES KELLEY
trip on the route on the day of
the accident. *
The trip usually started each
morning at about 3 a. m. with
the truck fully loaded for Hous-
ton. After unloading in Houston,
“lovely and demure*' Emmett of honor was Milton Tate. In the
Hannes who was united in mar- background can
' ■ other locations from June 19 to
July 29. 1
In addition to attending lectures .
of astronomy, physics, mathema-
tics, arid celestial mechanics, .and
becoming acquainted with IBM
Computors, students will also par-
ticipate in field trips to McDonald
Observatory, the Air Medical-Cen-
ter of Brooks Air Force Base, to
a planetarium, to the Harvard
Radio Telescope, and by special
airlift to Cape Canaveral or Van-
denbe rg Air Force Base for a
Missile or Satellite launching.
Fred was selected upon nomi-
nation by his high school upon
Brenham Maifest Opens Friday up shortly before noon and was
Brenham- (Spl)— In observance rades are the "Huntsville High due to make the next pick-up short
I of the-100th anniversary of the School Hornet Band, the Burbank, y after noon. ——-
Civil War, the 1961 Brenham Mai- Eaglets Drill Team from Houston,I Since there were no eye-witnes-
fest: May 12-13, will be climaxed the Dean Junior High School Band ises to the accident, much of what
happened must be left to conjec-
ture. . other Co-op members to be added
The truck, owned by W. W Brew-
Aln Domaschk will be Amy. All
pupils of grades five, six and sev-
en will play active roles as actors
or as singers. The operetta has
many lovable tunes which the au-
dience will enjoy.
The Primary grades under the
direction of the three teachers,
Mrs.’ Frieda Krempin, Mrs. Norval
Skov, and Mrs, Robert A. Falke’,
will stage a May Frolic. "Looby
Loo’" a favorite of the little tots,
will be performed by the first gra-
ders. "Mrs. Skov’s second graders
will perform an old-fashioned May
Pole Dance, using a nine-foot pole
and many colored ribbons. Mrs.
Falke’s pupils will sing a series of
Negro spirituals. Rev. Max Studt-
mann will be in charge of the
makeup. Many mothers of pupils
are busily engaged with the mak-
ing of attractive costumes.
Teachet Norval Skov will be
in charge of the scenery while
Principal John J.* Socha will di-
porting milk to Houston from
. Lexington and the area East of
who will be crowned in coronation long with the junior royalty Sue Lexington for the South Central
ceremonies at 8 p. in at Fire- Tomachefsky and Skipper Schroe-
vities throughout the day. The
name of its gasolines to ENCO,
replacing the Esso brand that has
made the company nationally fa-
mous.
The new brand name ENCO is
derived from the Humble slogan
"America’s Leading Energy’ Com-
pany."
In Texas the oval Humble sign
will continue to identify Humble
service stations. But in other
states 12 different brand names
will be replaced with the ENCO
sign. This change is expected to
eliminate confusion among motor-
ists about the brands offered by
Humble since the merger with
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey
last year.
Humble is planning an intensive
campaign to familiarize the pub-
lic with the new brand name, of-
fering prizes to those who test
drive the new premium gasolines
rains halted construction .for a
short time. -
The M & M Construction Com-
pany has had a constant battle
with the weather in their job of
building the swimming pool at the
The following won a "Happy
Motoring" oil change: Robert W.
Stevenson, Ray McDowell, Mrs.
Willard Albrecht, Roy+O. Allen,
and A. W , Pratho, all of Giddings
The following won a miniature
Humble No. 1 Oil Well: Thad Knit-
tel, Mrs. C. W. Krauss, Mrs. Wil-
lie Kappler, Mrs. R. H Temple,
and Sylvan Mersiovsky. /
If any of these winners have not
yet received their award they are
cautioned that must be claimed on
or .before May 15. After that
date another name will be drawn
to receive the vacated prize.
of Immanuel Lutheran School.
Jonathan Harms, son of Mr and
Mrs. H. C. Harms, and Jerry Kos-
lan. stin of Mr. and Mrs. Elferd
Trail Riders Will
Get Refreshments
In order to show the many riders
in the Trail Rides that they are
really welcomed to Giddings for
the big rodeo and other Western
Week activities a Chuck Wagon
will be set up near the starting
point of the parade on north high-
way 77 at the Witte Gin and the
Lynn Jones Giddings Welding Shop
Free coffee and doughnuts will
be served between 11:00 and 1.00
o’clock. .
.Following the parade a barbecue
plate will be available at the Fair-
grounds to all who wish to take in
the activities at the Fairgrounds
Softball League
Needs One Team
The Men’s Softball League spon-
sored by the Giddings Jaycees
needs an additional team in or-
der to b« able to operate this
summer.
Three teams have been entered,
sponsored by the Jaycees, the
LCRA, and the Fire Department.
A fourth team is needed in order
to be able to play two games each
night games are scheduled.
Teams can be entered compos-
ed of boys of high school age or
older.
This additional team must be en-
tered by May 20, or plans for a
sortball league this summer will
have to be abandoned.
Anyone interested should contact
Curtis Frosch at the First Nation-
al Bank. r
of the junior
I Charles Dennis Kelley, 20, of 1
1 Lexington was killed Friday af-T
ternoon, May 5, m an accident in- 1
volving the milk transport truck 1
he was driving. •.
His body was found pinned un- !
der the cab of the truck on a lone- 1
ly country road near Sand- 1
Htown- in Washington County about 1
8 miles northeast of Carmine a- 1
bout 5 p, m. by a farmer who 1
was inspecting his fences in an ad- 1
joining pasture.
| Judge Will Schwartz of Burton, /
who conducted the inquest,
gave a verdict of accidental death. 1
Although no autopsy was ‘ per- |
formed, it is believed that Kelley |
| had died some two hours prior to 1
the discovery of his body. The ex- 1
tent of .his injuries was so small 1 1
that it is believed by many that1 1
Work was hindered Monday
THE GIDDINGS STAR
Lee County’s Favorite Newspaper — More Newt About More Lee County People Than Any Other Newspaper — Anywhere!
GIDDINGS, LEE COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1961
Fred Schkade, a member of the
■ teacher. For the enjoyment of
Immanuel Lutheran foftbat fans in the area, at 330
■ p m a game will be played on
the diamond joining the picnic
Doak Springs Wins
Post Oak Softball —
Tourney Thursday
The Softball Tournament held at
Post Oak High "School on Thurs-
day May 4, was entered by teams
from Fairview High School at
Dime Box, Doak Springs High
School at Lincoln G. W. Carver
. High School at Burton. Due to the
unsettled weather several other
schools were unable to attend.
Trophies were awarded to the
first and second place winners.
The first place, trophies for both
boys and girls were awarded to
Doak Springs High School.
The second place trophy for
girls was awarded to Fairview
High School. - *
The second place trophy for
boys, was awarded" to Post Oak
High School,
The entire series of games
was interesting, but the climax
came in the final game between
the Doak Springs boys and the
Post Oak boys, which Doak
Springs won by one score.
Post Oak had two on and two.
out in the ninth when a pop-up
by Burrel Huff was snagged by the
■Doak Springs fielder for the fi-
nal out.
■ After the games were over a
social was held for all of the parti-
cipating members of the visiting
schools.
Lutheran Vespers, a weekly Sun-the ball game,
day afternoon program from 4:00 The outdoor worship service is
to 4 30 over Radio Station KVLG
- in La Grange, 1570 on the radio I
dial. - will feature the Rev Max
Lions Club Elects
Pratho President %
The Giddings Lions Club elected %
William L. Pratho president for
the coming year.
Leonard Symmank was elected
first vice president and Dr. D. C.
Rose as second vice president.
A. W. Siegmund was elected se-
cretary-treasurer and C. C. Creigh-. .
ton as director at large.
Paul Spitzenberger will be the
new tail twister and Emil G. Rich-
ter the assistant tail twister.
James Dixon was elected Lion
tamer and H. C. Harms as assist-
ant Lion tamer.
Several of these newly elected
officers will attend the Lions Club.
Convention at the Villa Capri in
Austin on Sunday and Monday,
May 28-29.
MAIFEST ROYALTY Patricia Romantic South." The parade will he died of internal injuries or pos-
Fields and James Hoffman will start at 10:30 a. m. and the coro- ! sibly from suffocation by the
represent Giddings as Duchess nation will begin at 8:00 o'clock at fumes of the gasoline that was
and Duke al theannual Brenham “Firemen’s Park. Patricia' is the | dripping from the truck’s tank
for ms for the pool
The 100 foot wide road at the
of Fairground Park is under con-
I struction at the present time. This
road will be the new entrance for
the Rodeo Arena, and also for the
park and pool area.
By the time readers receive this
paper, the "Big Push" will have
been completed. On 'Thursday
morning, May 11, all area cap-
tains will turn in the money they
have received.
Area captains who have can-
vassed the town were Mrs Robt.
Placke, Clarence Schkade, Mrs.
E O. Maxey, Mrs. Delbert Gersch,
Mrs M. Y. Tate, and ‘Mrs. John
Jackson. * -
Everyone is invited to visit the
park area and swimming pool
site at any time
will be marked by numerous-aeti-lavailable this year. Throughout
the day music will be provided by - Both the Friday and Saturday take place Friday night. . =
the Western All Stars of Houston, parades begin at 10 30 a. m and The junior monarchs are both
The sale of delicious pies, cakes, will be two of the largest ever-held10 years old and are the children
and other baked goods will also in the 71-year history of the Mai-N of County Judge and Mrs. Odis
include free coffee, fest. A total of 33 beautifully de- Tomachefsky and Mr. and Mrs.
A children’s program by the pu-corated floats, 19 bands and four Robert L. Schroeder. “The senior
pils of Christ Lutheran School will drill teams are scheduled to trav- rulers are both 17 and their par- ,
cl down the parade route, The 1 ents are Mr. and Mrs. Elro Kun- I Large Attendance
most recent additions to the pa- 1 kel and Mr and Mrs W. J. Rabb. I Bohot’s Service Station’s big
-------------Open House last Saturday was a
'huge success with large crowds
Beat Five Church
Sets Special Services
Rev. Jack Hetzel, of Bryan, Tex
as will be preaching at the. 11
o’clock service Sunday morning
May 14th in the Beat Five As-
sembly of God Church.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this special service.
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