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VOLUME 69
GIDDINGS, LEE COUNTY, TEXAS,
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1958
NUMBER 11
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March of Dimes Drive In Full Swing
Mothers to March on Polio
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Local activities will end Sa-
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POLL TAXES PAID
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Martin Luther Church to Begin
Construction of New Buildings
Brademan Reports
Insurance Record
Sheriff's Posse To
Meet at Lexington
Herschel Doyle, President
the Lee County Sheriff’s Posse,
has announced that the next
gained
They
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Oil Industries Life Insurance
Co., represented locally by Bill
Brademann, has just set a new
world record by reaching $100,-
000,000.00 ordinary life insur-
ance in force in three and one
half-years. The previous record
was five years and was held by
Iowa Life.
On Dec. 31, 1954, Oil Indus-
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Pop’s Corner
by Pop Aschenbeck
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DERAILED— Four railroad freight cars were derailed Mon-
day near Country Corner north of Giddings in a freak ac- —
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PIERATT: Word around
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the worshippers i’> summer
and winter. It will be built on
the south-east corner of the
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iounced final plans for the com ..........................
pletion of the 1958.. March of turday with a street collection
Limes campaign following a under the direction of Mrs. Ben
---------- Vahrenkamp, committee mem-
The new church
will be of buck, will seat 500
people, and will be weather,
conditioned ■ " comfort of
has it that with just a • little
more coaxing, Bill Pieratt may
throw his hat into the race for
member of the House of Re-
February 3 at Lexington. A de-
— i finite meeting place was not
disclosed. However, members
I are assured that it will be either
at the Lexington high school or
at the Lexington City Hall.
gineless freight cars
Mrs. Herbert Walther, Sunrise
Addition; Mrs. Ben Vahren-
kamp, and Mrs. A. R. Hazzard,
members-at-large.
Round About Town - - ber at large. Teen-agers of the
- -- -- local Junior high schools will ’
town ! man the downtown streets Sa-
turday afternoon from" 1 to 4
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building, parsonage, and edu-
cational building A tlide-pic-
ture story, helped to
these needs
ought to all give it to him. We
need men of his calibre to re-
present us at the capital in
Austin. The News wants to cast
its vote fo rthe genial gentle-
man from the Giddings Drug,
Bill Pieratt, for member of the
House!
WAGNER: Elmo E. Wagner,
a member of the class of 1948
of Giddings High School, was
recently appointed to represent
the Lutheran Brotherhood on a
fulltime basis in the Austin
area, which includes Giddings
and Lee County. He and his
wife, Pat, are active members
of Christ Lutheran Church in
Austin.
REV. FLACHMEIER of La
Grange will be honored Sunday
on the 25th anniversary of his
ordination into the holy minis-
try. He is pastor of St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church of La Grange.
LEGION TO MEET
The American "Legion will
meet Thursday. Feb 6 at 7:30
p.m. at the Firemen’s Hall.
All • embers are urged to
pay 1958 dues before Feb. 1 if
they have not done so as yet.
at Farrar, Mo.
OSTHOFF: Ted Osthoff, pro-
minent young Giddings mer-
chant is recuperating nicely.
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WILL THE GROUND HOG
see his shadow next Sunday,
Feb. 2? It is an old custom that
if the day is bright and he is
able to see his shadow, we are
due for—six weeks more bad
weather.
Of course there is no guar-
an tee that this custom is. cor-
rect but we hope that if the
weather is fine and the sun
shining while you are out driv-
ing, you will take time to visit
your family lot at the cemetery
and while there, determine
• what should be done to make it
attractive, and then see that it
is done next week.
presentatives . . It it’s
couragement Bill wants,
<church property where the par-
sonage is presently located.
The educational building ex-
tension will be added onto the
present building where the
church is now located. It will
include additional auditorium
space, classrooms, and church
offices. A covered walkway
will connect the educational
building and the new church.
The new parsonage will be
built on the southwest corner
of the church property, and
will be a three bedroom resi-
dence.
Otto Woestmeyer AIA, of
Houston was engaged As the
architect. • ; .
Southern Pacific Railroad
officials continued their silence
about a freak accident on the
SP.line 3 miles north of Gid-
dings at the community called
Country Corner during the
night on Monday.
The Posse has ambitious
plans for the near future which
will be of interest to the resi-
dents of Lee County.
Immediate projects include
the building of bleachers at the
Rodeo Arena and the sponsoring
of a Rodeo this spring.
Widespread interest on the
part of .Lee Countians indicates
that they are eager for a Rodeo
to be held.
Readers wil’ recall that
heavy rains last fall caused the
postponement of the stock
show and rodeo.
In the meantime, the brake-
men, having become aware of
the absence of the cars, started
to head northward with the
diesel switch engine. As they
hurried northward, the en-
o’clock.
Special Gifts Co-Chairmen,
Mrs. C. C. Bobo and Herbert
Walther, will have workers col-
lecting gifts from the numer-
ous Giddings business estab-
lishments.
Giddings Schools have al-
ready completed their cam-
paigns, according to Supt. Don
Slocomb and Mrs. Milton
Schroeder, chairmen for the
Giddings Public and Immanu-
el Lutheran Schools, respec-
tively. The public school con-
tributed $69.14 and the Luth-
eran School pupils gave $86.48.
Mrs. W. E. Hoffman is chair-
man in charge of colored soli-
citors. Boone Jackson, chair-
man of Sports Activities earlier
had arranged fora special Dim-
es collection at the Smithville
basketball game. The proceeds
from the Bellville game were
also given for the MDD.
.Mrs. Milton Y. Tate heads up
a group of mothers who will
serve as chairmen in the resi-
dential areas. These are Mrs.
meal, indicated that during the
night switchmen humped the.
fifteen cars northward without;
setting the brakes. The dis-
tance traveled by the fifteen
cars — over five miles —
1 brought the cars to a high in-
cline from which spot the cars
JAMES DIXON, chairman of
of the trades-promotion com-
mi t tec of the Chamber of Com-
j merce has been sending out
thank you notes to those of us
who made contributions to the
Christmas Trades promotion.
He and his committee are to
be congratulated on the .good
will created, and the results of
their labors were gratifying and
paid a good dividend consider-
ing the fact that we just dame
out of about a seven year
drought and our bright pros-
pec: for a peanut crop was be-
ing dulled at that time by con-
tinut us wet weather.
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We feel that this is a worthy
project and should be continued
and a better chairman than
James will be hard to find
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A special service will be held Ruth Koslan, Mrs. Alfred Tonn,
Sunday night at 7. Mrs." Walter Droemer, and Mrs.
REV. WALTER STREICHER, Emil Richter, Southwest;- Mrs.
pastor of St. Michael’s Lutheran Eddie Witte, Northwest; Mrs.
Church, Winchester, last week Max Wahrmund, Southeast;
declined the call extended him Mrs. Milton Tate, Northeast;
by the Lutheran congregation Mrs. Clarence Schkade, and
Meeting last Sunday night
for the annual session of the
voters assembly, the members
authorized to proceed imme-
diately with the construction
of a new ‘church, a new parr
sonage, and an extension to
the present educational build-
ing
_L in a pre-meeting canvass,
over 85 of the families of
Martin Luther congregation ex-
pressed their approval and
support of the building pro-
gram.
Herschel Doyle, president of
the Chart! Council; conducted
the busim mieeting during
which the pa tor, the Rev.
—Eced Mgekttnresrnted the
building proposals for the vot-
en. The building needs of the,
g “congregation were reviewed.
J These included the church
John J. Socha, Giddings meeting with committee heads
March of Dimes director, an- Monday evening.
Lions Make Important
Decisions at Meeting
The Giddings Lions Club
Tuesday did things in a hurry
and in a big way. Within the
few minutes alloted to business
। matters during the lunch hour
the group made some important
decisions.
The Lions resolved to spon-
sor Scout Troop No. 141 which
I has recently been inactive. It
is said to be the oldest troop in
Lee County. Unlike most troops
in the area which are church-
sponsored, Troop 141 will have
no church affiliation. Lions
President, Dr. Albert Vickers,
will appoint a Troop Commit-
tee, which in turn will select a
scoutmaster.
Lions Club Fund Raising
Chairman, Monroe Hannes,
presented two projects which
were accepted., A Light Bulb
Sale will be held in the im-
mediate future, while a Broom
and Mop Sale will be conducted
later in the spring season.
"With the baseball season fast
approaching, Giddings residents
( will probably be happy to hear'
( that the Lions Club has re-
, solved to continue the sponsor-
ship of the Little League and
Pony League programs. Boone
Jackson, head coach of GHS, is
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Up to noon Wednesday
1572 Poll Taxes were paid in
Lee County, according to r
report made by Deputy col-
lector, Shirley Christiansen
There are also 11 exemptions
for those who have become
twenty-one years . of- age
since Jan. 31, 1957.
The total number of eligi-
ble. voters now is just 1583
Let's rush down to the
County Courthouse and pay
the $1.75 before Feb. 1.-
Friday is the deadline!
volved in the wreck which collided near Country Corner,
badly damaged four of the There was no report of in-
steel freight cars. jury' to any of the crew’ mem-
information gathered piece- bers.
Truck-Pedestrian
Accident Monday
Julia Francis, Route 2, Gid-
dings, suffered- slight injuries
in a pedestrian-pickup truck
accident which occ.ured Monday
morning at the intersection of
Leon and Austin Streets, right
at the post office.
Rudi Simon, City Marshall,
reported that the pickup truck
was driven by Leroy Dagerath,
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