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THE G
DINGS
VOLUME 19
GIDDINGS, LEE COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOV. 6, 1958
NUMBER 32
STAR today.
Lions Club To Feature
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Krossroads Kapers Value Day
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participation
These riding nights begin at 7 p
television viewers for his weekly
$3.59
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Price
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Quiet Giddings
alloween
Credit to Student Council
Giddings has one victory and one
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TV’S WELLS FARGO STAR SIGNED
FOR SAN ANTONIO FAT STOCK SHOW
Eggs, cand doz.
Hens, per lb.
Roosters, per lb.
Sweet Cream
Pecans, per lb.
$6.95
$4.95
$4 49
$3.95
eludes Dime Box, Fedor, Giddings,
Greens Creek, La Grange, Lexing-
ton, Schulenburg, Serbin, Smith-
ville, Loebau, Warda, Winchester,
and Manheim with an active mem-
zership of over 300 members.
star of the tenth annual San An-
tonio Stock Show Rodeo, Feb. 13-
22. according to E W .Bickett. Ex-
position President.
Voters in Lee County went along
with the rest of Texas in the vot-
ing trends on the nine amendments
to the Constitution in early returns
Tuesday night.
The amendment for annual ses-
sions and a salary raise for the
legislature was defeated by a vote
of nearly three to one, while vot-
ing on three others was very close
elected to their respective offices
in a light vote that may not reach
1000 votes out of a possible 2800.
The complete vote on the amend-
ments by precincts will be given
next week.
Hall
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BAPTISTS TO ORDAIN DEACONS
IN SUNDAY AFTERNOON SERVICE
i Combat Engineers Battalion with
' General Patton’s Third Army.
After the war, Dale came to Hol-
I lywood and enrolled in night class- |
es at ULCA to study film editing,
and his
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$18.45 ea.
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COUNTY AGENT’S COLUMN
By BROWN 0. SPIVEY, Lee County Agricultural Agent
Lee County Sheriff’s Posse Elects;
Changes Riding Nights to Monday
Amendment One Lags
In Light Lee County Vote
CIAL
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Giddings Skins Smithville, 18 to 2;
Meets Schulenburg Here Friday Night
Walther League Zone Rally Set
Sunday At Trinity Lutheran, Fedor-
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legs, hips, arms, and head, but
was not hospitalized.
Mrs. Gilbert Rau received a
broken leg and was still in the lo-
cal hospital but could not be in-
terviewed. Her husband and child
were uninjured.
- The Cotton plow-up deadline for
Lee County has been extended
from Nov. 1 to Nov. 15, according
to W. H. (Bill) Pieratt, president
of the Lee County Farm Bureau.
The extension was made by John
C. White of the Texas Department
of Agriculture at the request of
succeed Matt Walton as drill mas-
ter
The posse voted to change the
weekly riding back to Monday
night The attendance at these rid-
ing nights on Saturday nights has
not been good and it was the con-
census of opinion of the group
that Monday nights would be con-
year
while Schulenburg has two victor-
sored by the Giddings Lions Club
for the benefit of the Boys Base-
ball league is to be held at the
High School gymnasium on Nov.
18 at 8 p. m.
There will be a big parade start-
ing at 4 p. m. featuring Dude Fel-
lows and his gang.
They will be at the Value Day
Drawing also which starts im-
mediately after the parade, to
Cecil Walther, fleet Giddings
halfback, scored two of the mar-
kers on runs of 39 and 70 yards,
the latter a punt return. For the
other marker, Bobby Mutschink
took the handoff and went over
from the 1 after a 24-yard pass
from Gerald Zoch to Loborio Gon-
zales put the ball on the Tiger 4.
Two tries to run for extra points
and one pass try failed for Gid-
dings.
Late in the fourth period Quar-
terback Alvin Hirsch was caught
behind the goal line by Smithville
tackle Ernest Vasek for a safety
and two points for the Tigers.
The victory enabled Giddings,
defending district champions, to
remain in the race for the crown
this year, but the Buffs will have
to beat Schulenburg this Friday
Highway 77 Wreck Costs 3 Cars
And Hospitalizes Four Passengers
ies.
The Giddings Buffaloes will play
doubly hard to win this one, since
it will be Dad’s Night at McClel-
Ian Field
ted as treasurer to succeed Joe
Milburn; Carl Spence was elected
to the newly created office of se-m. at the arena at Airline Park on is known to more than 40 million
$1.49*
$1.25 Now
& 79c*
I Plus Tax
Reg. $7.95
5.95 ea.
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$7.98 Pair
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from $1.98
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■Pink Haze.
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Richters Attend
San Antonio Market
Mr. and Mrs. Emil G. Richter
and Kathy, accompanied by Mrs.
F. G. Meuth, attended the San
Antonio Spring Apparel and Holi-
day Market from. Saturday through
Tuesday of this week.
They also visited relatives in San
Antonio during their stay there.
Mr. and Mrs. Richter bought a
stock holiday gift items and spring
apparel for the after-Christmas
market.
Having made some advantage-
ous purchases of gift items, Rich-
ter’s 5 and 10 will offer a host of
bargains for the Christmas shop-
The Giddings Market
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1958
Industr’l Foundation
To Meet on Nov. 13
An important meeting of the
Giddings Industrial Foundation,
Inc., will be held at 10:00 a. m.
Thursday, Nov. 13, at the Lee
County Court House.
Members of the Foundation and
the directors are urged to attend
this meeting.
Events Calendar
Nov. 7:
Giddings vs Schulenburg
at Giddings
Nov. 11:
Veteran’s Day
Nov. 15.
Delta Kappa Gamma Regional
Meeting at Conroe
Nov. 18:
PT-A Meeting at 3 p. m
Nov. 18:
Study Club Meets
KrossBoard Kapers at 8 p. m.,
at the Giddings High School Gym
Nov, 27:
Thanksgiving
Mr. Pieratt because of the excess-
ive rains in Lee County making it
impossible for the farmers to get
into their fields.
The plow-up of cotton in the
early fall is provided for by state
law as a pink bollworm control
measure.
broken hip and severe lacerations
on head and face. Arrangements
were being made to transfer her
to a Corpus Christi-hospital. Mr Stalk Plow-Un Deadline Extended
Price received severe bruises on Seen * AUYY CP 1 uIC CtoncO
The Giddings Buffaloes, awak- night on McClellan Field to do it.
ened from a slow start, scored ______________.
three touchdowns in the second pe- defeat in district play this
riod Friday night to skin the
Smithville Tigers, 18 to 2 on Mc-
Clellan Field.
SITTING PRETTY — A quartet
of corral beauties have no desire
to be “fenced-in” during the all
western, fun-packed activities of
Round-Up Week in Bandera, Tex-
In September 1942, Dale joined
the Army as a private. He rose
to the first lieutenant with the 332.
Giddings enjoyed one of the.
quietest Halloween nights last Fri-
day night in the memory of local
citizens.
No pranks of any kind, even soap
on show windows, were pulled and
even trick or treat was limited to
the CROP drive.
Credit for this sane Halloween
goes to three events, the football
game, the appeal for a sane Hal-
loween by Sheriff Vernon Goodson,
and to the student council of Gid-
dings High School.
The interest in the football game
between Giddings and Smithville
was so great that no one let his
attention be drawn to anything else
until after the game. When the
Buffs came off victorious every-
one was so happy that even then
no one could think of doing any-
thing to spoil this general state of
bliss.
The appeal by Sheriff Goodson
fell on fertile ground, considering
that the memory of last Halloween
was still so fresh in everyone’s
mind.
But a very healthy move was
made by the Student Council of
Giddings High School who drew
Dime Box Church
Plans Parsonage
The voters assembly of Trinity
Lutheran Church in Dime Box has
decided to erect a parsonage in
Dime Box. The pastor of the Loe-
bau-Dime Box Parish (Missouri
Synod) is to reside in the new
parsonage.
A bulding committee consisting
of the following persons was also
appointed: Albert Nimtz, Dalvin
Spacek, Joe Mikulin, Monroe Mar-
kert, and Walter Dube.
At the present time, Dime Box
has no resident pastor, though
several churches are represented
there. The pastor of the Loebau-
Dime Box parish is Rev. Benja-
min Rathgeber who now lives in
the parsonage at Loebau.
Work on the new parsonage is
due to begin as soon as possible.
NOVE. IBER 15 is an important
day for . 11 of Lee County 4-H club
members. This is the day of the
annual 4-H achievement program
at which time 65 Lee County 4-H
members and 14 adults in Lee
County will he honored- Tim uru-
gram will be held in the Giddings
High School Gym. This is the 50th
birthday of 4-H club work in Tex-
as Six adults now living in Lee
County and members of the 1908
Lee County 4-H club will be hon-
ored at this achievement program.
pers in the near future. Watch
The Star for these bargains.
CANNIBALISM can be a prob-
lem in the poultry house. Even in
the best of poultry families, a bad
actor may develop. And once the
cannibalistic habit is acquired,
there’s trouble ahead unless the
delinquent is given immediate at-
tention.
There are several things which
may cause feather-picking or can-
nibalism in a poultry flock. Limit-
ed feeding and watering space,
as, Nov. 8 to 16. Among the wel-
coming delegates for Bandera’s
winter version of their Stampede
are (left to right) Barbara Scheele,
Margaret Mezurek, Sandy Mott,
and Gracie Richards. _________
Dale Robertson, hero of TV's |
Wells Fargo .has been signed as
crowding, lack of proper ventila-
tion, irritation caused by lice or
mites or the energy level of the
diet and the form in which it is
fed, may all be factors in causing
the trouble
At this season when pullets are
being housed, a careful watch for
feather-pickers or for those being
attacked should be kept, advises
the specialist. There are some
management practices which will
tend to keep the trouble at a mini-
mum and these are as a comfort-
able, well-ventilated house; plenty
of well distributed feed and water
space; no external parasites; feed-
ing diets higher in fiber, and the
feeding of mash instead of an all-
pellet ration.
The surest way to combat the
trouble is to debeak the birds.
A rugged six-footer, Robertson
The Willing Workers Zone of the
Lone Star District of the Walther
League will hold its rally Sunday
afternoon, Nov. 9, at Trinity Luth-
eran Church in Fedor.
Registration will be from 1:30
to 3 p. m., according to Teacher
Erhard W. Wolf of Lincoln, Zone
Counselor, who was recently reap-
pointed to this position which he
has held for over two years.
The opening devotion will be
conducted by the Rev. Daryl D.
Johnson of St. John's Lutheran
Church of Lincoln
The discussion topic "What and
Why Do Lutherans Believe?" will
be led by Erhard Wolf, principal
of St. John’s Lutheran School at
Lincoln.
The business meeting will be pre-
sided over by the president, Ewald
Winkler of Fedor.
Ray Epps of Houston, vice-pres-
ident of the Lone Star District, will
be present for the rally
During the recreational period
of the rally, games of volley ball
will be played if weather permits.
In case of rain there will be held
a talent quest — musical ‘numbers,
readings, and short plays.
The Willing Workers Zone in-
The program for the afternoon
is:
Organization of the Council 2:15
Song Service — Rev. Q. C. Dieter-
ing
Scripture and Prayer — Rev.
Luther Dillard
Testimonies by the candidates.
Ordination Prayer — H. L. Snow
Laying on the hands by the Coun-
cil.
Ordination Sermon — Rev. R. B.
Baker.
Presentation of Certificates —
Oscar Placke.
Reception in Honor of: Robert
Placke, Donald Moore, Herbert
Michalk.
stage designing and writing.
In June of 1949, Robertson land-
ed a part in "The Fighting Man of
the Plains", which was being pro-
duced by Nat Holt it was the
movie-goers who discovered Dale
Robertson, for during the preview-
ing of the picture, the applause
was heavy when he first appeared
on the screen. He was mobbed as
he left the theater.
Darryl K. Zanuck called Dale to
20th Century for a screen test and
signed him to a 7-year contract
where he appeared in such pic-
tures as; “Two Flags West,”
"Call Me Mister”, "The Farmer
Takes A Wife”, "Lydia Bailey”,
"Take Care of my Little Girl,”
and many more.
Dale has appeared on practically
every top dramatic television pro-
gram, although “Tales of Wells
Fargo" is his first try at a series.
A three car collision about three
miles south of Lexington on High-
way 77 hospitalized four people
and demolished all three automo-
biles. One other person was in-
jured and three escaped with mi-
nor bruises and scratches.
The accident occurred about 5
p. m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, when Mrs.
Charles Hairston of San Antonio,
driving a 1957 Pontiac Station Wa-
gon, attempted to pass a slow
moving pickup truck, heading north
on Highway 77.
As she pulled out she saw a 1958
Chrysler sedan approaching from
the north and attempted to get
back behind the pickup. As she
slammed on her brakes, her car
went into a skidding spin on the
pavement wet with the slow rain
that had been falling nearly all
day.
The Chrysler, driven by J. M.
Price of Corpus Christi, collided
with the spinning Pontiac. A 1951
Chevrolet Tudor, driven by Gilbert
Rau of Bellville, which was trail-
ing the Price vehicle, attempted
portrayal as Jim Hardie, in the
“Tales of Wells Fargo."
In commenting on the signing of |
Robertson to appear at the 1959
Rodeo at San Antonio's Joe Free-
man Coliseum, Bickett said:
"To celebrate the tenth anniver-
sary of the San Antonio Livestock
Exposition, the stock show is
proud to have a real cowboy star.
Dale Robertson, as the featured
attraction during the 14 perfor-
mances of the Everett Colborn
World Championship Rodeo.”
Robertson was born in Oklaho-
ma City and was an outstanding
athlete at Oklahoma Military Col-
lege, participating in football, bas-
ketball, boxing, tennis, golf,
swimming and polo. He was voted
the college’s "outstanding athlete”
and in his spare time he studied
law.
Rev. Peter Braner
Dies at Algona, Iowa
The Rev. Peter Braner of Algo-
na, Iowa, died on Oct. 28, 1958,
and was buried on Oct. 31.
He died at the home of his
adopted son where he had made
his home since his retirement from
the congregation at Trosoky, Minn.
The Rev. Braner was assistant
pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church
in Fedor in 1918 when the sainted
Rev. G. Birkmann was pastor
there.
cretary, Elton (Bubby) Wren will Mondays
EXTENSION of 15 days given
to cotton farmers. John C. White,
State Agriculture Commissioner
granted an extension of cotton
plow-up to November 15 What
does this mean? This means that
every cotton producer should, as
soon as they possibly can, shred
their cotton stalks and then plow
out the roots. First, because the
shredding of cotton stalks helps
destroy the nesting place of many
insects that spend the winter in
cotton bolls and trash. Then
shredding will pulverize the tough
cotton sulks and make good fer-
tilizer for the soil. Now if none of
the above sounds good, let’s look
at the third reason why cotton
stalks should be destroyed soon.
The third reason is what the law
says must be done by November
15.
to stop, but the slick pavement
kept its brakes from holding and
it skidded into the piled up vehicle
ahead of him.
Admitted to Lee Memorial Hos-
pital were Mrs. Hairston, Mrs.
Price, Mrs. Rau, and Mrs. Hairs-
ton’s little daughter.
Mrs. Hairston’s injuries could not
be ascertained, but she is reported
to have a serious knee injury. Her
little daughter received a broken
leg, which was set and the child
then released to a sister. Another
daughter in the car with Mrs. Hair-
ston was not injured.
Mrs. J. M. Price received a
Rev. Paul Stengel
Receives Del Rio Call
The Rev. Paul Stengel Jr., pas-
tor of St James Lutheran Church
'Missouri Synod) of Lexington and
of Grace Lutheran 'Missouri Sy-
nod' of Rockdale, received a call
to become pastor of Grace Luth-
eran Church 'Missouri Synod) of
Del Rio, Texas-.
Pastor Stengel made this an-
nouncement to his congregations in
Lexington and Rockdale after the
service last Sunday, November 2.
The congregation in Del Rio ex-
tended this call to the pastor in
collaboration with the Mission
Board of the Texas District. Del
Rio is a subsidized congregation.
The voting members of Lexing-
ton and Rockdale will meet Sun-
day, November 9 at 3 p m. at the
Lexington church to consider this
matter.
There will be an Ordination Ser-
vice at the First Baptist Church
in Giddings Sunday, Nov. 9. 1958 at
2:30 p. m.
New deacons to be ordained are
Robert Placke, Donald Moore, and
Herbert Michalk. The public is
invited to attend.
[our personal influence on others
toward this end.
2. We should recognize that the
mere existence of such an occasion
as Halloween does NOT give any-
one the right to lessen to ANY de-
gree their respect for the rights,
property, and privacy of others.
3. Halloween should be fun —
clean fun, but not at the expense
of others. We believe behavior in
public places is reflective. When
we call attention to ourselves in
public, we are behaving in an un-
mannerly way. We do not at-
tempt to define or outline the
"do’s” and "don’t’s" for our Hal-
loween behavior, but we suggest
that this be our guide: Ask our-
selves the question, "Would I want
this trick played on me, my pro-
perty, or my privacy?”
In the best interest of our com-
munity and in the interest of the
good will between the community
and us, we urgently request that
each student agree- to and abide
by this CODE OF CONDUCT
Respectfully submitted,
THE GIDDINGS HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT COUNCIL
— The Lee County Sheriff's Posse
met at Dime Box Monday night to
elect officers for the coming year.
Dr. Horace Willard was elected
president to succeed Hershell
Doyle; Clarence Becker was elec-
ted vice-president to succeed Rufe
Woodward: Hub Mueller was elec-
More than 5,000 people in six
towns saw the KROSSROAD KA-
PERS show in the last week, and
it’s coming here to Giddings, on
November 18. Its planned for
your entertainment by the Lions
Club.
Dude Fellows, the noted coun-
try music star, will appear as the
headliner of KROSSROAD KAP-
ERS, The stage show being spon-
ducive to more
although the vote seemed to be
in favor of them.
These three amendments Ran-
ger Pensions, state advertising,
and giving city officials four year
terms.
Only in one case did Lee County
go against the state trend. The
amendment to permit certain ci-
ties and counties to form hospital
district seemed headed for defeat
in Lee County.
With 11 out of 16 boxes report-
ing Tuesday night the vote for and
against each of the amendments
stood as follows:
No. 1 Annual Sessions, 127 to 404;
No. 2, County Pensions, 193 to 322;
No. 3, Filling Vacancies, 339 to 181;
No. 4, Candidate Eligibility, 313 to
216; No. 5 City Elections, 241 to
275; No. 6. Ranger Pensions, 262
to 260; No. 7, State Advertising,
262 to 251; No. 8 Medical Pay-
ments, 294 to 228; and No. 9, Hos-
pital Districts, 238 to 281.
"All Democratic candidates were
it 59c
$1.29
.. 89c
PRETTY MISS ROSALIND
PRIESMEYER, 17 year old blue
eyed, honey-haired University of
Texas student from Taylor, will
leave Monday, Nov. 10, to repre-
sent Texas dairy farmers in a na-
tional contest to select the Ameri-
can Dairy Princess at Baton
Rouge, La. Miss Priesmeyer, as
the Dairy Princess of Texas, will
compete against dairy princesses,
from other states for the crown.
She won the Texas title recently
in statewide finals in Austin.
up a Code of Conduct for Hallow-
een.
This Code of Conduct was sub-
mitted in mimeograph form to all
students of the public school and
parochial school in Giddings.
Since this Code of Conduct could
be made a code for all times and
for adults as well as children, The
Star prints this Code of Conduct
in full.
CODE OF CONDUCT
We, the Student Council of the
Giddings High School, realizing
that we reflect the views of the
vast majority of the students and
realizing our responsibilities as
members of the Council, do hereby
submit this CODE OF CONDUCT
concerning Halloween.
1. We should understand that
improper conduct in the communi-
ty by a few students easts a bad
reflection on our schools and on
the entire school-age youth in gen-
eral. On the other hand, the young
people of the Giddings area can
cast a favorable reflection upon
themselves and can be envy of
other communities if our actions
are exemplary We should pledge
Lee County's Favorite Newspaper — More News About More Lee County People Than Any Other Newspaper __Anywhere!
give everyone a sample of the a-
mazing ability of these nationally
famous entertainers who will head-
line the two-hour show that even-
ing.
Everyone is invited to “make
a day of it” and see this Value
Day show. It’ll be right at the
Court House where you can meet
and talk to these Television Stars
and come to know them. They are
really neighbors whom you’ll like.
At the full two-hour show at
night, there are laughs, thrills and
yes, a few tears, for the whole fa-
mily at this round-up of country
music.
And religious tunes are featured
too. So—clear your throat—be
ready to join in the singing and
the fun.
Tickets can be obtained from
any Lions Club member or the
boys of the Baseball League, or
they may be purchased at the box
office beginning one hour before
curtain time.
Proceeds from the show will be
used for the benefit of the Gid-
dings Boys Baseball League.
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