The Giddings News (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. [70], No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1959 Page: 2 of 8
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TRAILERS ALL KINDS — BUILT NEW
AND REPAIRED
Giddings Welding Service
The Giddings News
Co..
Giddings, Texas
Phone 380R
County
77 Nortb
Attention Farmers!
We Again Have - - -
-cutle
RECORD BOOKS
FOR YOIR USE
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Be Sure to Ask for Yours
-rror
next
take anything
The First National Bank
down
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Coffee
75c
Admiration
Placke’s Blacksmith Shop
1b.
GIDDINGS. TEXAS
PHONE 312
17c
lb. can 45c
USED CAR BARGAINS
INSPECTED
PRICED LOW
APPROVED
79c
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2 lbs. 69c
€-
19c
27c
7
lb.
pound 35C
Fryers
Margarine
ib. 19c
Sunglo
Phone 29
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RABBS CREEK PHILOSOPHER
Looks Forward io 1959. Prepared To
Withstand Any Form of Progress i
Mrs., Ida Bloh Bloom
Pwblisher-Manager
the
can
those who worry
hydrogen bomb,
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ELLIOTT
Salmon
a rublishine
Giddinga, 1.
SUNSHINE
Crackers
Dear editar.
A lot of people,
PATIO
Tamales...
PATIO — 1% Can
Chili with Beans...! 39c
TUXEDO
TUNA
Subscriptiom Batea
(Payable in Advance)
. In Lee and adjoining coun-
"*5: 1 year $2.00, C mos. $1.25.
) Ela ew he re: 1 year $2 50, 6 mos
1$152. Foreign postage extra
SPECIALS
. (.ATES, CATTLE GUARDS, ETC
— Also Portable Welding Equipment —
No Job too Big or too Small
WALDORF AW
TISSUE 4 rolls 27c
Tbe
p. a
We have a good supply of Pipe
Fer Cattle Guards and Gates
We build Ornamental Post Steprailings
and Porch Railings
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CLOVER BLOOM
Cheese ...
Placke & Son
Blacksmith & Welding Shop
ELECTRIC & ACETLYNE WELDING
WE BUILD AND REPAIR ALL THINGS POSSIBLE
WE BUY ALL KINDS OF SCRAP STEEL A IRON
OLD CARS & MACHINERY
Happy New Year
Special prices for Friday & Saturday, Jan. 2 and 3
WE GIVE EXCHANGE STAMPS
'58 Impala Spt. cpc., air-con.
Less than 3500 miles
'57 Chev. V-8 B.A.
convertible, overdrive
'56 CHEV. 6, 4-dr. P. G.
'56 CHEV. V-8 Sport Sedan
Air Conditioned
55 CHEV. 6-cyl. Sport Kaz
Coupe, Power Glide •h
55 CHEV. 210 4-dr. 6-cyl.
54 MERCURY 4-dr.
’54 CHEV. 2-dr. P. G.
'54 CHEV. 2-dr, std. shift
54 CHEV. 4-dr. std shift
’53 CHEV. club cpc.
50 CHEV. ’-dr. std shift
F LO U RRobin Heo,
■ 25 lb. bag
owerselven responsible far che
our correapondents. In case of
ommienten tn nd vertisemente.
Giddings, Texas
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THE GIDDINGS, TEXAS, NEWS — THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1959
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rror Aanadation.
mot Hold
! 1959.
[ for-1
twelve
feet when he’s sitting
anyway, - •
Yours faithfully.
Xmas Special: '58 Ampala V-8 ( pe. - Air Condifioned
Less than 3500 miles - Snowcrest White - a real bargain
FOR SALE: Modern style bungalow on paved street, $5,200
0. K. SALES COMPANY
“Your Chevrolet Dealer Since 1020”
Thuradav by
PAUL'S Food Store
is
were afraid
saying I will get up on the
Washington level in regard to
ward to
months. I
Pubtahrd
t ildding- N
Lre s er t9
especially
about the
Personally. I’m looking
get, and in proportion to size,
I'll bet I don’t miss much fur-
I ther than Washington
i At any rate, I’d like to aay
I have enjoyed writing for
readers of The Giddings News
during 1958, and am lobking
Editor’s note: The Rabbs
Creek Philosopher on his John-
son grasS farm has found out
a new year has arrived Ob-
viously somebody gave him a
calendar
science has to offer, without
being swept off my feet It’s
hard to sweep a man off his
"he pubiiahers do not hold themeelve
liable for damages further than the a-
mount received hy them far such nd-
51 FORD V-8 4-dr.,
Std. Shift
'50 MERCURY 4-dr.
50 FORD 2-dr. O. D.
49 FORD 4-dr., std. shift
41 CHEV. 4 -door
’57 CHEV. -ton
56 FORD V-8 1-ton
— overdrive—-----
’52 CHEV. 4 ton
'52 GMC -ton long w.b.
'52 CHEV. 9-pass. Carryall
'52 CHEV. 2-ton cab & chassis
'50 DODGE 12 ton
'46 CHEV. 4-door
39 CHEV. '2 ton pickup
FARM
GOLD MEDAL
Spaghetti or
Macaroni.:.....
Y—
SNOWDRIFT — 3 LB. CAN
Shortening .....
forward to getting their minds '
1959 Wasnit going to get here, । off of serious things again in '
but if sou ll look outside you 11 1959 it beats working,
notice it’s here, and I have an, ,
, v , .. . . I don t know any nun#'
idea New Years will keep on,. 1,—r—o---
... . P ' about what the future holds
coming, there s not a thing .. . . ,
. . . । than anybody else, but I m
man can do to stop it 1 1 . . .
1 banking .on human natures
And as usual, most peoplestanding up against anything.-
are making resolutions and that turns up Human nature
mapping plans for the next has stood up unchanged against ’
twelve months, except me I the airplane, the radio, televi-
don’t intend to change much. slon automobiles, central heat-
hs nut that I couldn t, 1 just jng air conditioning, public
don t want to, and private debt. time pay- l!
I will go so far as to say ments, progressive education,
though that I will match Wash cake mixes the bydrogen 1
ington when it comes to finan- bomb, etc, and 1 believe it can
cial planning. According to an do the same against guided
arucle I lead last night, Wash- missies, space travel, foreign I
ington officials, in looking over cars, inflation, Russians. and
the prospects for the new year, rain or drouth
have taken a confident atti- „
, , . . .1 Human nature has a habit of
tude and have announced the ,, ,,
Federal government czwiu.swallowing uP all progress and
. . . coming out about the same I
come as close as possible to ,
. . .. ..... don t see any reason why it
balancing the budget. . ... , •
K. .7 1 j . should change much in
Now that s the kind of plan-
ning I admire, and I don't mind
Au’ erroneous reflectjon apon cha-
r' •' ‘ « nz the reputation of any
nornom firm, or corporntion that anay
urper vhm he columns of thie puper
«ladhy he correoted if brought to
rbe attentien nf the publishers. Wa de
Lee County'a oldest business Insti-
tatie • Establlbed in 1888. Entered as
ecend claaw ma4l matter at the Poss
riee at (ibidinz. Texas, under the net
of ( onunena of March 3. 1879. Member
of the Texau Prens As socintion. Texaa
(ulf < —ef Pinss Asaociation, North
nod Eant Texas Preas Assoclation. and
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1 my own financial affairs in Mr and Mrs Alfred Jenke, Jenke had dinner with Mr an
1959. I too will come as close Mrs Melvin Jenkins of Houston Mrs Erhardt Sander Saturda;
। as possible to balancing my bud and their mother, Mrs. Pauline ' Dec. 27.
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The Giddings News (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. [70], No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1959, newspaper, January 1, 1959; Giddings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1611634/m1/2/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Giddings Public Library and Cultural Center.