The Traveler (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 24, 1959 Page: 3 of 4
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The Traveler
Page Three
PENT TOUR-
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ishes to comm The rea) -high point” of the trip
I of Giddings was our crossing of Grosslochner
thavior on H: Pass over the Alps. One has to ex-
ons! erience this majestic Alpine drive
ber 5 me. o believe it. We were fortunate in
e Caldwell rossing on a clear, sunshiney day
Council were ;o that we missed none of the
liter they breath-taking scenery (and none
1 to the 1
shown the
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Giddings
ports on
al proje ■
of the breath-taking hair-pin
jurves.) We stopped at the summit
or warm drinks and a snow fight.
> We came down into Lienz in East
Tyrol, where we spent the night in
1 very quaint old hotel. Again we
were fascinated by the hand-wov-
en items in the shops, and man-
aged a little time in the stores be-
ie Caldwe tore we left next morning for Cor-
ome oft pina. Italy, for lunch. Cortina is
he Olympic center in the Dolomite
Council c iMountains,
and we are su -
We continued through the Dolo-
11
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will recemites, arriving in Venice in the
this exchanevening. There we transferred to
gondolas which took us to our ho-
spon or ttel in St. Mark's Square.
rive again th This hotel, large and modern,
eld the eek was crowd I'd with other America
tour groups. The weather was ex-
ntramural codremely hot in Venice, and our
, the faculroom in the hotel was almost un-
candidates apbearable. The large dining room
(Council elect was air-conditioned, however.
om this' grou
ost Big
Party
Our sightseeing here included a
walk around in St. Mark’s Square,
a visit to St. Mark’s Cathedral and
the Doges’ Palace, and a motor
boat trip to another island where
this dance?‘we were shown through a glass
k you' Thesfactory.
| all-high scho On this water trip we saw an is-
rhursday, Deland used entirely as a cemetery.
11 by the Gi and we saw two funeral proces-
w. The partsions going toward the island. The
IHS Auditorium coffins were in gondolas with the
I 10 p. m. Thgondoliers dressed in costume, and
will be twent the family and friends were in one
Ion. There wior two motor boats alongside. We
I floor shov were told by our guide that these
I refreshment: Were second class funerals, that
chool boys an first class funerals required more
I Come to th elaborate gondolier costumes.
a good time. After another gondola ride next
lairmen are a morning to the bus parking area.
nan is Glori ing country—on clear nights even
airman, Jam we were soon on our way. riding the narrow streets, went into some
ion, all Homi along the Adriatic coast. We left of the tiny shops, and finally sat
ing chairman the coast line that a fter noon to go ' down at a side walk cafe. We la ter
decoratin inland to the little country of San 1 went down on the funicular to the
iscilla Schne Marino, the world's oldest and wharf where we were to meet
Hentschel; at smallest republic. The town itself' some of our group who had gone
gner; Franci is precipitously perched on top of up to Ana Capri by bus, and we
I committee t a mountain. From there you have [were soon on our boat, sailing back
m. The clean a wonderful view of the surround- to Sorrento.
Kieschnick i being able to see the lights in Yu- a surry ride over Sorrento,
aning up th -
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hairman; Ru
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ty chairman
Peggy Schnei
WAHRMUND
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Let us help you with your
Christmas Shopping
Jake’s Service
EFFICIENT WORK
Walthers Feed Store
Dittlinger and Purina Feeds
e Matthijetz
a Schneider
Iter Sandoz,
Emil Scelke
Farmers Supply Co.
General Merchandise
. ms Dry Goods, Hardware, Farm and
trey - m Garden Seeds
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Member F.D.I.C.
goslavia, across the Adriatic.
We stayed overnight at Cattoli-
ca and Piscara, two cities on the
Adriatic, before we crossed the
Appeninnes to the Mediterranean
shore. On our way toward Naples
we had lunch at Casino, where
fighting took place in World War
II, and where American soldiers
were stationed for a while.
We passed through Naples on
our way to Sorrento, where we
stayed in a new hotel on the Med-
iterranian Sea. We had a beauti-
ful view of the water from our bal-
cony. That night we went to a
night club and watched native dan-
cers performing the traditional
Tarantella. A ferry took us the
next morning to the Isle of Capri.
We went up by bus to the city of
Capri, which is on a mountain. Af-
ter lunch at a hotel where flowers,
especially bougainvilla, were grow-
ing in profusion, we strolled along
That evening several of us took
We
were amazed at the many attrac-
| tive tourist hotels we found in so
I small a city.
The next morning we enjoyed
one of the most beautiful drives
in Europe—the Amalfi drive. This
is a ridge or cliff drive along the
Mediterranean, and the beauty and
the thrills, as your bus goes a-
round narrow mountain curves
where you can't see ahead, are
both breath-taking.
Our bus climbed two or three
shelves still higher after we ar-
rived in the town of Amalfi to
take us to our hotel—a beautiful
new one again, surrounded by
flower gardens. Here we had a de-
licious lunch. (The spaghetti was
some of the best we'd had, and
we had it everyday in Italy, I be-
lieve.) Another feature of meals
in Italy that I enjoyed was the
fruit at our noon and evening
meals, which consisted of delicious
peaches, plums, figs, and pears..
We circled from Amalfi, com-
ing back on a different highway |
that was not especially noteworthy,
and stopped for a view of Pompey.
There we walked over the exca-
vated city that had been destroyed
by volcanic Mt. Vesuvius, which
we could see in the distance.
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ELKINS
5-10 & 25c Store
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
NOT HIS DAY!!
Introducing —
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He has black hair and brown eyes,
and he was out on the football
field playing hard every Friday
night.
When Lobo has finished a game
of his favorite sport, football, he
is ready for a big plate of food
which just has to include Bar-B-Q
chicken. "Poco Loco” is Lobo’s
number one song, and the Dia-
monds are the singers that rank
first with him.
Lobo surely hates to miss The
Millionaire, his favorite TV pro-
gram, and any movie that stars
that comical Lucille Ball.
When it comes to likes and dis-
likes. Lobo’s answers were those
of a typical boy. He likes pretty
girls (what boy doesn't) and dis-
likes being broke.
Lobo’s ambition is to graduate
from GHS. He would not tell who
his dreamboat is, but he gave us
this description: friendly, person-
ality. and good looking.
GEOFFREY NEWMANN HARMS
Geoffrey made his daring debut
in Milroy Hospital, Benham, Tex-
as on November 30, 1941. He was
born to Mr, and Mrs. Henry Carl
Harms nearly eighteen years ago.
We think you will all agree with
us that Geoff is one of the friend-
liest and most cooperative stud-
ents in GHS. Geoffrey is 5′1112",
with hazel eyes and brown hair. If
Geoff is not dragging Highway 290
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Faske Jewelry
Make FASKE’S Your
Christmas Gift Headquarters
E. M. Collier
Distributor
TEXACO PRODUCTS
Paul’s Food Store
Quality Foods at Low Prices
Jacob & Jaeger
John Deere Farm Implements
Giddings Motor Co.
Authorized Ford Sales & Service
See Us For Your New
and Used Cars
CLASS-ROOM
CHARACTERS
Twelve weeks of school have al-
ready flown by, so all of you book-
carriers. pencil pushers, and class-
room sitters have already been
hard at work. Those of you who
have been on the job for two or
three years should recognize many
of these personalities: Yes, there
are a few in our highschool....
ALIBI JIM — Throughout the
school year. Jim’s got an excuse
for everything except his existence.
Nearly every day he comes up
with some excuse like, “I didn’t
come to school yesterday because
I couldn’t find my left shoe”, etc.
But Mr. Schmidt will have the last
word at graduation. “I’m sorry,
Jim Bob. he’ll say. “I used your
diploma for scratch paper by mis-
take. Here, take this old lunch-
room ticket instead.”
EVA FLIRT — Little Eva can’t
answer a simple question in class
without making it look like some-
one has just proposed to her. She
will stand up, look around at all
the boys, bat her eye lashes until
the breeze blows papers off the
desk, swing her pony-tail around,
erasing the homework assignment
off the board, and then say sweet-
ly, "Why, I’m sorry, teacher, I
didn’t hear the question.”
LARRY COME LATELY - Just
as the bell rings for first period
class, you can look out the window
and see Larry Come Lately come
flying up the street. He has a
clothesline full of diapers around
his neck where he cut through a
back yard. There is usually a
splintering crash as he enters the
school. He is frequently carried
: into class on a stretcher. He hasn’t
| been on time for a date yet. He
was so late picking up one girl
| that by the time he got to her
house, she was married and had
two children. Larry's practice in
making a mad dash for school got
him a position on the track team,
but as yet he hasn't won a race.
He always waits five minutes af-
ter the starting gun goes off. Psy-
chiatrists can't explain it. 'How
do you expect me to explain it.”
Dr. Josef Brainthumper says; “I
haven't seen him yet. He’s three
weeks late for his appointment.”
SLEEPY STIEWART - The only
thing Stiewart brings to class is
himself and most of the time he's
only half there. Sleepy remem-
bers nothing about the past three
years expect that the ceiling once
fell on him in history class, dis-
turbing his sleep.. It taught Stie-
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Wilbert’s Phillips ‘66‘
FRIENDLY SERVICE
Time Changes Things
Can you ever imagine our school
when Miss Waddle (now Mrs,
Cherry) taught girls P. E. along
with typing, shorthand and book-
, keeping?
Mr. Cherry teaching boys P. E.
and chemistry?
Miss Fletcher taking care of the
study hall and teaching Latin 9
and 10 along with English?
Miss Bess Black, who was high
school principal at the time, teach-
ing Civics and American history?
The superintendent, Mr. R. C.
Donaho, teaching advanced arith-
| metic and history?
Two Spanish courses being taught
by a Miss Crisp?
Our band rehearsing under the
direction cf Mr. Urbanovsky at
10:00 o’clock in the morning?
The library being kept in order
by Miss Rubie Rousseau and only
in use from 2:45 till 3:45?
The lunch hour being a whole
hour long?
The periods lasting only 45 min-
utes (but there’s a catch to this
one; there were eight periods in a
day.)
There being only 11 grades to go
through.
All the information above took
place between 1937 and 1946, it is
believed. The schedule was found
by Miss Rubie Rousseau in her
yard, probably blown by a south
wind. Isn't it interesting to know
how things really have changed in
the past few years?
Musical Notes —
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entertain the Columbus' fans, the
band played “Blue Danube Blues.”
Being Dad’s night, we formed
"DAD” and played "My Buddy”
while the Dads of the football
team were introduced. The band
then dedicated the "GHS Fight
Song” to them. We then exited
playing "Anchors Aweigh.”
At Smithville on Oct. 30, the
band, in block formation, marched
down the field playing “Forecast-
er.” For the Giddings fans, we
played “Peter Gunn Theme.”
“Field of Color” was performed for
the Smithville fans. The band
then executed a formal salute. Our
last number was ’’Anchors
Aweigh.”
For the Schulenburg show, on
Nov. 6, the band marched down
the field in double company fronts
playing “Forecaster.” For the
Giddings fans the band performed
“Our Director” featuring a small
Dixieland band. Then the full band
did a dancing routine to “Tapp-
Dancer’s Nightmare.” “Here
Comes The Band” was the show
presented to the Schulenburg fans.
It introduced different parts of the
band. We concluded our part of
the show playing “Good Night,
Ladies.”
Our last half-time performance
of the 1959 football season was at
the La Grange game, on Nov. 13.
We marched down the field in dou-
ble company fronts playing “Fore-
caster.” "Blues On Parade” was
performed for the visitors. For the
GHS fans we did a show featuring
dances from around the world.
These were; “Put Your Little
Foot.” “Tango.” “Chop Sticks,"
"Tap Dancer’s Nightmare,” and
“Bunny Hop.” This being the
Senior's last show, they were rec-
ognized They are Allen Orts, Ma-
ry Basquez, Nyla Fischer, Bertha
Hill, Elizabeth Tonn, Carolyn Nit-
sche, Carolyn Christiansen, Selma-
rie Matthijetz, Betty Volkers, La
Verne Kasper. Shirlene Hannes,
and Marilyn Richter. “Good Night
Ladies” was our last number.
See you next issue!!
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The Traveler (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 24, 1959, newspaper, November 24, 1959; Giddings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1636797/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Giddings Public Library and Cultural Center.