The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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IE GIDDINGS STAR
MWSPA
Lee County's Favorite' Newspaper — More News About More Lee County People Than Any Other Newspaper — Anywhere!
VOLUME 25
GIDDINGS, LEE COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1964
NUMBER 4
Prisoners Back In The
Jail They Escaped From
OPENING WHERE PRISONERS ESCAPED
i Thomas Baker, 21, all of Angle-
ly used in Mexico in the making
Ti
The beautiful float which was as beauty to the float was Gwen
mis ionaries in the Valley and in to, 9 00 o’clock. when
an Open
Mexico
House will be conducted through
The Mission Fair journey comes I the Fair
Proceeds From School
NOTICE!
ber of Commerce and the City of
Saturday, April 18.
Adding grace and charm as well I Giddings.
Bond Issue Expended
$350,000 00
550.00
in September, 1961, has been ex
1,500.00
4.306.50
| served parishes in Alice and San
$347,743 50
a m respectively.
58
Lexington.
Pastor and Mrs. Mickan have five
Cattlemen to Meet
MAY 13:
Lagging
The Lee County Cattlemen's As-
MAY 14:
m.
meeting and barbecue on Tues-Rodeo at 8.00 p. m.
MAY 15:
MAY 16:
Races at LaGrange Downs
but there is still so much to be ac-
This Week’s Chuckle
.}
)
Giddings as Duchess at the Queen's
Coronation on Friday.
The float which will be seen in
Giddings Lutherans To Celebrate"
Mission Festival Sunday, April 26
beautiful over all" division of the) the Western Week Parade in Gid-
Smithville Jamboree Parade on [ dings is sponsored by the Cham-
Mrs. Frankie Mueller, with the
assistants of Elner Hempel and
Robert L Placke and several vol-
unteers placed third in the “most
Mrs. Robert Vance,
(Chairman Republican
Party of Lee County)
will be: "Be His Witnesses Unto
All Men," based on Acts 22, 15.
Rev. Mickan, who has many rel-
* $908 no current funds used.
‘ $176.39 current funds used.
day, p m. May 12th, 1964, at the
American Legion Hall on Highway
77 South, Giddings, Texas/ Mr.
Dooley Dawson will again be the
speaker.
The Northwest School was al-
lotted $89,044.54 of these funds,
with $76,365 00 going for new con-
struction’ and repairs. . Various
fees amounted to $5,667.45, and
$7,012 09 was apportioned to furni-
ture and equipment. The new con-
struction on this campus consists
of an attractive cluster of a sev-
en classroom building and a mod-
ern agricultural shop building
The high school campus was
prorated $77,501.00, of which $57,-
COIN SHOW SET FOR
APRIL 26TH IN BRYAN
The Ri-City Coin Club of Bryan.
College Station will sponsor their
first annual coin show and auc-
tion at the American Legion Hall
Senior Class
To Present Play
April 23 - 24
ear-
Rio
and return them to Giddings.
- They had been taken into cus-
tody Sunday, April 19, after sur-
rendering meekly to Highway Pa-
trolman, Dick Grand on Farm
Mission Fair Open To
General Public This Week
MAY 17:
Downs.
flies being dispersed by airplane
near the place where the infesta-
tion is detected. Livestock in the
immediate area are also sprayed
at program expense.
Livestock producers, are being
urged to watch their animals very
closely and treat all cuts, scratches
and wounds that could (become in-
fested with screwworms. The co-
unty agricultural agent also rec-
ommends that animals, be spray-
ed following shearing,, castrating
or other routine farm surgery.
If a wound is found to be infes-
ted, a. dozen or more larvae, col-
lected from deep within the center
of the wound should be collected
and placed in water or alcohol.
This sample should be sent to Box
969,. Mission, Texas, or taken to
the local county agent. Wounds
should be treated and all remain-
ing larvae killed, including those
that may have dropped to the
Races at LaGrange
lovely daughters.
The Rev. L Boriack, pastor of
the Loebau-Dime Box ■ parish, a
is lagging far behind our best of
1963, which amounted to $1,525 00
To date only $333 78 has been col-
lected in this years "Better Your
Best" campaign
Much has been done in the field
lots of coins will be offered for
sale
There is no admittance charge
and everyone is invited to come
out and see the display of rare
and beautiful coins. Door prizes
will be given, each half-hour and
a drawing for three different sets
of coins will conclude the show
at 5:00 p. m.
atives in Giddings and Lee County,
is a native of Copperas Cove, Tex-
Grande and in South Texas.
Failure to detect all screwworm
cases that might occur in this area
could endanger not only local live-
stock industry, but could permit
screwworms to spread rapidly in-
to central. North and East Texas,
the county agricultural agent has
stated.
i to an end on the Island of the
Philippines, a project of the Lad-
Ties’ Aid, directed by Mrs. Martha
| Leubner, Mrs August Zoch, and
of the church being d ne in Span- tends a welcome to the public to
ish missions Mrs Vahrenkamp has attend the Mission Fair exhibits
collected a large variety of pic-at any time until Sunday, but es-
tures and materials used by the pecially Thursday night from 7:00
Mexico, a plaster of paris relief |
map shows the geography and eco- |
nomics of the country, and a min- |
iature village scene, gives one the 1
feeling of being there, south of the
border).
To draw attention to the work
Rodeo at 8:00 p. m.
Rodeo at 8:00 p m.
combined in one polling place.
(See Art. 2 02 (g) in the Texas
Election Laws, 1963-64 edition.)
There will be two or three! poll-
ing places and all interested vot-
ers are asked to watch next weeks—
papers for a list of which pre-
cincts will vote where. .
Absentee voting, which began
April 13, will Continue through Ap-
nl 28 until 5:00 p. m. Republican •
ballots are on hand in the County
Clerk's Office, so if you are going
to be out of the county on May -
2nd we urge you to go by his of-
fice and cast your ballot.
943.00 represents the construction The 1964 Cancer Crusade drive soeiation will have their annual
cost of the agricultural shop build
Screwworm eradication officials
have placed this county on a "sc-
rewworm alert” and all farmers
and ranchers are being asked to
be on the lookout for infestations
so that emergency measures can
be taken.
The action was prompted by dis-
covery of a screwworm infestation
east of Seguin in Guadalupe Co-
prepared under the direction of j Zoch, lovely daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Elton Zoch, who represented
mentary school, as tangible evi- 1
dence that the taxpayers’ money 2
wa well spent. ’ I site and Ur improvement
993.39, 4i sidewalks and paving
$3,307 16, and 5) furniture and
Each case receives prompt at-
tention. with sterile screwworm ground.
r /The Republican Party of Lee
County will hold May 2nd primar-
ies, with a number of precincts
First class mail will be moved
by any available transportation
that will deliver it the fastest, the
postmaster general said.
For any information concerning
your mailing, in event of the strike,
ask at your post office.
Maggie Bobo,
Postmaster
in Bryan, Texas, on Sunday, April
26th. *—- ................. .
Display of the coins will begin 2nd, 3rd and 4th class mail which Other cases had been detected
at 1:30 p. m. to be followed by an will go beyond the 2nd zone, which lier in counties along the
auction at 3:00 p. m About 100 is 150 miles from the local post
office. 9 V.
ture and equipmentof c ancer research in recent years
New laboratory furniture for the
The total outgo from ‘ b nded ; quest. You may secure this sch-
funds for our building program edule from the superintendent or
from November 1961 through Aprilindividual board members
high school sc ience classes, the
cost of which is represented as a
part of the $11,206.50 listed above,
has been installed on a dollar
matching basis with federal Na-
tional Defense Education Act
(NDEA) funds The school board
put up $4,512 00, and NDEA match-
ed this amount dollar for dollar,
which gives 118 a **$9,824 00 out-
lay of new laboratory furniture.
~ (Northwest was allotted two bio-
logy tables, which completes their
laboratory setup commenced sev-
eral years ago.)
The Giddings Elementary School,
lot ated at Industry and Williams,
is completely air-conditioned and
is one of the first such schools in
Central Texas. Brenham and Aus-
tin have since followed the Gid-
unty last week Authorities said
wide this marked the deepest penetra-
mail strike1 goes into effect, we tion into the interior of Texas made
. will not be permitted to accept I by the screwworm fly this year.
Cove, Kev Mickan followed the. lish service.
Livestockmen Alerted to Screwworms
proved by the tax paying voters brary, a cafetorium and ample Add 6 mo .time de-
office pace It is beautifully sit-posit interest
________________m _____
TYPICAL OF THE EXHIBITS TO BE SEEN AT THE FAIR
On Tuesday, April 22, Billy Roe,Jim Riddle went to Artgleton to
18, Bobby’ Phelp, 17, and Henry take the prisoners into custody
It's Fair time. Be sure to at-
tend the Mission Fair now in prog-
ress at Immanuel Lutheran Church
Archie, Elwood Domaschk; Jug-
head, Reuben Coleman; Dad, Dan-
ny Wright: Mom, Jane Moody;
Mrs. Jenkins, Judy Heinemeier;
Genevieve, Linda Hannes; Betty,
Judy Schkade: Veronica, Jeannet-
te Richter; Boy, Grady Stueber;
Pinky, Jim Stueber; Uncle Oscar,
James Tate; Martha, Carolyn Ga-
lipp: Agatha, Eva Jo Vahrenkamp;
Mayor Higgins, Charles Willis.
Admission is 50c for students
and 75c for adults.
Mrs., Leonard Symmank, Here,
amidst a heavily vegetated "set-
ting, are many many items show-
ing life on the island, and the work
being done by the Christian mis-
sionaries there
Immanuel Lutheran Church ex-
former missionary in India, will
, . be the speaker during the German
^ where he attended the Christ- | worship service at 10:45 a. m.
ian Day School, Upon completion I The Mixed Choir and the Chil-
of high school work at Copperas dren's Choir will sing in the Eng-
Road 521 near Angleton. They
were placed in the Brazoria Co-
unty. Jail in Angleton while re-
pairs were being made at the jail
here.
The youths had made their es-
cape by making a small opening
in the bars of their cell and get-
ting into the run-a-round from
which they attacked Sheriff Good-
son as he entered the jail with
their breakfast. The sheriff, ex-
pecting the boys to be locked in
their cell, was caught off guard
and was struck by a piece of
shower pipe before he could de-
• fend himself. As he became a- (
ware of what was taking place he
put up a battle, but the boys were
Trail Rides.
Parade at 3:00 p.
pended The school board ca n.juated on 1 10 acre campus Subtract architects
point with pride to improvements | The overall disbursements for for Master Plan-
at the Northwest School, the high this new plant amounted to $181,- ning
Paige Methodist
Homecoming Sunday
Homecoming day at the Paige
Methodist Church will be observed
on Sunday, April 26, 1964. Every-
one is invited and welcome to come
spend the day. Services will be-
gin at 11.00 a. rn with Rev Al-
bert Peterson delivering the ser-,
mon. Rev. Ben Behrens will of-
ficiate at the same hour.
At noon the ladies of the Paige
and Giddings Methodist Churches
will serve a turkey dinner. From
noon until 4 00 p. m. you will have
time for lunch, visiting the ceme-
tery, the business meeting, and
for fellowship. At 4:00 p. m. all
will gather at the church for ser-
vices officiated by the Rev. Billy
Browning, pastor of the Giddings
Methodist Church. The Rev. R.
K. Heacock will be speaker at this
hour.
Refreshments will be served af-
ter the afternoon meeting.
1964 amounted to/$347,743.50 This
amount is reconciled with the
$350,000 00 bond issue as follows: I
Cancer Drive
ing and a band hall building Var-
ious fees amounted to $4,351.50;
$4,000.00 was used for sidewalk
and street improvement, while
$11,206 50 was outlayed for furni-
ton, were returned to the Lee Co-
The Senior Class of 1964 will pre-unty jail from which they had
sent the senior play, ARCHIE AN-escaped on Friday, April 17th.
DREWS. Thursday, April 23 and Deputy Sheriff Rost and Ranger
Friday, April 24 at 8 00 p. m. in---------------------——
the. high school gym. ' , „ .11. , A ,
The play is a pot City 0 Giddings And Chamber
lar comic strip, Archie Andrews. I Cm " _ \ 1
The following are the characters. Share Honors At Smithville Saturday
in the play: •
A transformation has taken place
at the Fellowship Hall of Imman-
uel Lutheran Church Instead of
entering the gymnasium, the‘vis-
itor feels he has suddenly been (
transported to the far-off island"
of Japan The teen-agers of Im-
manuel. members of the Walther
League, under the direction of Mr.
Kenneth Schkade, have decorated
the entrance-way of the Hall with
lanterns, landscaping, a Japanese-
dressed manikin, and numerous
Japanese effects, which introduce
one to the Mission Fair sponsored
by the Missouri Synod Lutheran
congregation ,
A jungle scene of Africa, pre-
pared under the direction of Leon-
ard Kriegel, Sunday School Sup-
erintendent, and sponsored by the
Sunday School, welcomes the vis-
itor to the Mission Field at Nig-
eria, Africa. A thatched-roof mud
hut, depicting the kind found by
missionaries in native villages, a
camel-hair blanket, a giant ele-
phant and snake infe ted jungles,
a native girl, and numerous other
African tricketsthelp to give the
feeling of presence in that far-
away mission field.
An Owl Club project, a native
straw hut in New Guinea, direct-
ed by Mr Kenneth Schkade, is
centered on the stage below a gi-
-gantic symbol of the world giving
the words of the great missionary
commission, “Go Ye Into All the
World."
The onjon-domed spires >so fa-
miliar in India attracts the atten-1
tion to ’he exhibit of the Mixed
Choir, directed by Marilyn Spence ,
and Frieda Weernecke. Here are
found miniatures and many native
items depicting life in India where of pottery and souremr trinkets A
the Lutheran Church conducts a
number of mission stations; balcony scene so very familiar in
able to overcome him after strik-
ing him several severe blows over
the body with pipes which they
had managed to break loose.
In spite of his injuries, Goodson
remained with fellow officers who
came to his assistance within min-
utes after the boys had escaped
in the sheriff’s car, throughout
I the day Friday and until 5:30 Sat-
1 urday morning. He still had not
seen a doctor on Tuesday, be-
cause he felt that he was needed.
He is recovering as well as could
be expected with the exception of
an injury to his right forearm
which is bothering him consider-
ably.
Necessary repairs have been
made to the jail and added pre-
; cautions have been added to pre-
vent a recurrence of the escape.
One important stop has been tak-
en by altering the structure to
make it possible to see inside the
jail and be able to see every pris-
oner from outside every entrance.
In the future no key will be put
into a lock until all prisoners are
accounted for.
Sheriff Goodson wishes to thank
everyone who has ‘called, either
in person or by phone, to express
their concern or to offer assist-
ance. He is especially grateful f ?
to his fellow officers who came
from Austin, Houston, Bryan, and
many others who went to work
to recapture the prisoners immed-
iately. He expressed a special
thanks to Sheriff Schute of Bren-
ham who organized the posse and
directed the search as well, put-
ting the bloodhounds belonging to
his department at the disposal of
the officers.
complished. Accomplishments in
this field will be impossible with-
out your contributions. Cancer
can strike anyone at anytime.
If you have not been contacted
for a donation please notify the
county chairman, Mrs S. W. Man-
tzel by April 28th
In addition to the workers listed
last week the following were o-
milled: Mis Margurite Schultz,
chairman of the house to house
campaign. Miss Gladys Thomas
and Mrs Herbert Michalk.
Give to be rid of cancer, "Bet-
ter Your Best."--
WESTERN WBEK HIGHLIGHTS
MAY 9 & 10. Races at La-
Grange Downs
•
MAY 12: Cattlemen's Associa-
tion Barbecue (Tentative).
"People in Washington s e e m
overly concerned with the Far
Right and the Far Left," said the —
minister. "What they seem to
forget is the High Above and the -
Way Below."
Calendar of
Coming Events
APRIL 23 A 21: Senior Class
play at high school gym at 8 p. m.
•
APRIL 25: 2nd annual Chicken
Barbecue and Get Together on the
McDade school grounds, beginning
at 5 p m., sponsored by the Mc-
Dade Historical Society.
APRIL 26: Chicken stew and
bake sale from 5 30 p. m. through
the evening at Manheim Parish
Hall, sponsored by, the Lutheran,
Laymen's League and the Women’s
League.
Parade Of
Homes Successful
The Parade of Homes sponsored J
by the Young Homemakers Asso-)
ciation of Giddings held on Sunday, J
April 19, 1964 was very success-
ful. People from many near by
towns attended as well as many
local people.
The Yoong Homemakers would
like to thank the Melton Sieg-1
mund's, the Garwood Gerdes’, the
Ewald (Schubert) Hannes, the S.
W. Mantzel’s, the Alfred Wolf's)
and the D. C. Rose’s, who opened |
their homes for the tour. They)
also would like to thank Don Law-
rence for an exhibit of his arrow-j
I head collection.
Also, thanks go to the Future1
Homemakers who assisted the)
Young Homemakers Association, I
to the First National Bank for the
name badges and to the general
public who so graciously attended.
The proceeds from this will be
used for community and school
projects.
school, and the beautiful new ele- A9 96, broken down a - follows:
Construction cost $139,434.00, Net amount available
various fees 910,983.51, 3) and expended
A former missionary in Arsen- 1 Antonio, and is presently serving
41 LATE LiLE Y 414 5U
tina. the Rev. Eldor Mickan of San | Mount Olive Lutheran Church.
Antonio, will preach the sermon Rev. Mickan’s wife, Maria, was
in the English service. His topic born in Argentina, South America.
- attends a Lee County school is eli-
Interested taxpayers may ob- gible to enter the contest by con-
tain a detailed accounting of the tacting Mrs Werner Hartfield in
bond issue expenditures upon re-
•
APRIL 27: Meeting at the Lex-
ington City Office at 8 p. m. to
make plans for the trail ride.
•
MAY 1: Lions Club Variety
Musicale at 8 pc m. at the Gid-
dings High School Gym. Benefit
of Swimming Pool.
• 1
MAY 4: Rodeo Queen contest-
ant will perform before the judges
at the rodeo arena after the fam-
ily night supper Any girl who
— Latin America, including Mex-
teo.Brazil, and Argentina, is the )
large exhibit produced by the pu-
pils of Immanuel Lutheran School
under the direction of Mrs Lois
Vahrenkamp and Mrs Lorine Fal-
ke Mexico is the main topic of
attention. Included in the exhibit
i a beautiful full-walt Mexican
ilh wette of a youthful donkey rid-
er A Mexican market place
shows the many handicrafts pro-
jects created by the I upils, done
in terra cotta, a product common
The proceeds from the $350,000, dings pattern. This building has Amount of issue
00 Giddings Independent School a footage of over 15,000 square Add barracks build-
District bond issue, which was ap feet, contains 10 classrooms, a li-ing sale (Northwest’
NOTICE!
If the threatened nation
quipment $18,479 00
The Rev. Max Studtmann, pas- Lord’s call to prepare for the
tor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, preaching ministry. He attended
has announced that Sunday, April, the Concordia Theological Semi-
26 will be observed as the Spring nary at Springfield. Illinois.
Mission Festival Day at Imman- The first eight years of his min-
uel Lutheran Guest speakers, he istry were spent in the mission
said, will occupy the pulpit in the fields of the Lutheran Church —
English and German worship ser-Missouri Synod at Argentina. So-
vices, starting at 8:30 and 10 45 uth America Since then he has
Mexican Seniorita appears in a
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