The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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THE GIDDIN
STAR
Lee County’s Favorite Newspaper — More News About More Lee County People Than Any Other Newspaper — Anywhere!
GIDDINGS, LEE COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY. OCT. 15. 1964
VOLUME 25
NUMBER 29
AD
Adding to the excitement of the
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PLEDGER B. CATE
Walk-In Coffee and Bazaar start-
day, October 18th, and 'concluding
Offerings will be received for |
The City Council, at their reg-
Sunday School and Bible classes ular meeting Monday night, ap-
uncil; giving their successful busi-
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ness knowledge and experience in
Grange Leopards in Giddings on
Friday night
Probable starters for LaGrange:
the possibility that two
ing crew of over one hundred per-
TV program A stew will be ser-
OCTOBER 20
built and modernized to make pos-
at
ion’s annual broom and mop ing the Circus on its busy sche-
lull-
sale
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The Freedom To Vote Makes All Other Freedoms Possible!
will sing the hymn, ‘I Love to Tell |
: the Story”,
from the many things offered for
sale by these ladies.
There will be no German service
on this Sunday.
FARM BUREAU
BARBECUE PROGRAM
ed to carry out a rally of this size:
Stew, John Simmang; Tables,
Milton Archer, Music, Meredith G.
York; Tickets, Monroe Hannes;
This Sunday, October 18th, the
the Mission Festival Service be-
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for Chamber of Commerce Execu-
tives. He graduated from Advanc-
ed Management Studies Institute
for Organizational Management
and taught courses in bulletins and
publications at Institute for Or-
ganizational Management.
Mr. Cate, enlisted in the U. S.
Air Force in 1950 where he edited
Base newspapers at March A.F.B.,
California, and Lake Charles A.F.
B., Louisiana. He attended O.C.S.
and served as a group Public In-
formation Officer. Cate was com-
missioned in March, 1953. He at-
tended the Armed Force Informa-
ding
axine
oore.
meet at 10:15 a. in 1
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3-Ring Circus Comes
To Giddings Saturday
mas so why not avoid the rush
and choose gifts for that “hard
| to buy for" person on your list
an, has said that he wants to do
all he can for President Johnson
and the Democratic ticket accord-
ing to Bill Pieratt, State Coordina-
tor for Rural Texans for LBJ and
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Trade and Market Development
Topic at Chamber Commerce Stew
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Advisory Board Made Permanent
Part Of City Government
Important!
Reserve a rd general admission
tickets for the Giddings-La Gr-
ange football game will be on
sale at both banks until 2:00
1 p. m. Friday. -
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Contrary to popular belief, the
Circus never splits up or divides
support of the World Mission of
1 the American Lutheran Church.
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paign to get Texans to support the
Johnson - Humphrey ticket over-
4 whelmingly. will be Congressman
for the 10th District, J J Pickle,
State Senators Culp Krueger, El
Campo; William T Moore, Bryan;
Bill Patman, Ganada; Walter Ri-
sible the handling of such a huge
project' which exhibits seven days
a week, in seven DIFFERENT
towns each week, during the en-
tire forty week circus season. How.
ever, all the true elements'of the
genuine old-fashioned tented cir-
cus have been preserved. The Big
Top is all new this year and lar-
ger than any canvas arena to go
on tour in recent years, and mod-
ern devices such as hydraulic stake
This Week's Chuckle
Old Hen: Let me give you a piece
of good advice.
Young Hen, What is it?
Old Hen: An egg a day keeps
the axe away.
Tradition And
Future Mix With
Circus Here Saturday
Giddings Jaycees will sponsor
j the true American Circus, com-
plete with Big Top, flying ban-
n« r.s. sawdust and pink cotton can-
dy when Birnam Bros, great 3-
Ring Circus makes its appearance
for one day only in Giddings on
October 17th at Giddings Fair Gro-
Punt, Pass and Kick Winners
To Receive Awards Friday Night
ved for which tickets will be sold sons, in addition to scores of per-
formers.
Don't forget that there are only on Sunday, October 25th.
| 60 more days to shop for Christ-
aiding the City Officials to make
the best decisions in meeting the
many complex and varied prob-
lems of operating and maintaining
a city the size of Giddings.
The Advisory Board, formerly
appointed in January of this year
on a temporary basis, has now
The show travels in a convoy of ge with
giant trucks and trailers, and car- key men will be on the side-lines
ries an administrative and work-
Expectations are that the crowd
Both teams enter will be reminiscent of 1951
Ray Gonzales will be a doubtful
I starter, due to an injury and
Wayne Knippa has been out all
week nursing a bout with the flu.
However, the rest of the team is
rarin' to go and perhaps will be
even more determined to win be-
cause of this break in their stre-
ngth Coach Buck says that the
-___- The first all-modern circus, the
8:00 p. m. Annual Lee CountyL big show has been completely re-
Farm Bureau Barbecue at the
Giddings Gym. !
METHODISTS WALK-IN COFFEE
AND BAZAAR THIS FRIDAY |
The Women’s Society of Christ-1
ian Service of the First Methidist |
Church in Giddings will have at
Ronald Rohan
Kenneth Luttge
Allen Kimbell
Tommy Rambrick
Larry Jaster.
Donald Brandt
Bruce Frenzel
Ronald Voss
Malcolm Voelkel
Tommy Kubena
David Fritsch
NOVEMBER 3—
Publicity, Bill Pieratt; Parking, ing at 9:00 a. m. Friday, Octob-
Hub Mueller; Grounds, "Red"
i of Paige and St. John’s Lutheran
'Church of Dime Box will be the
guest speaker. His sermon text
will be "A Step in the Right Di-
rection", based on Romans 10:
11-15.
The Junior Choir, under direc-
tion of Mrs. William Droemer,
gins at 9 00 a. m. The Rev. Char-
les Brinkmeyer, pastor of the dual
parish St John's' Lutheran Church
er 16th, in the Fellowship Hall at
Liberty; Traffic and Safety, Ver-I the church.
Among the dignitaries who will | non Goodson; Clean-up, W. O.
be on hand in behalf of the cam-] Keaghey; Lighting, Henry Ums-
cheid; Speakers, J. R. Cobb and
Come One, Come All
Pep Rally on the Courthouse
Lawn, Thursday 6.30 p. m. GHS
Band will play. Support those
Buffs! ! ! !
Chili Supper At
Manheim Sunday
The Manheim Men's Club In-
vites the public to attend their
Chili Supper on October 18 begin-
ning at 5 30 p. m
Ebenezer Parish Hall at Man-
heim will be the place and the
price will be 60c for adults and
35c for children
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OCTOBER 18— ,
4:00 p m. (tentative) Democra-
tic Political Rally at Airline Fair-
grounds. Featured attraction will
. be Hoss Cartwright of the Baanza.
Peebles, and Milton Archer; and joy withsteaming hot cup of • P- . c
M M w Jo with a steaming hot CUP of sion Festival beginning this Sun-
Drinks, M. Y. Tate, M. F. Kieke, fragrant coffee 1
and M T. Seale.
Tickets may be secured from
and County Democratic Commit-
the game with a 5-1 record and
unds with performances at 2:30 will be anxous to make it 6-1.
and 6 00 pm- the Buffs will face this challen-
Ed Whittington To
Present Program To
Young Farmers
The Giddings Young Farmer
Chapter will hold their next reg-
ular meeting October 20th, at 8:00
p. m. in the Vo-Ag Class Room at
the Giddings High School.
Mr. Ed Whittington of the SCS
office will give a program on win-
ter cover crops. All farmers and
ranchers are urged to attend.
COMMUNITY
we CALENDAR
chter, Gonzales and Representa- tee headquarters for $1 or they
tives Gene Fondren, Taylor; Gus may be purchased at the entrance
Mucher, Brenham, Charles Jung- to Airline Park at the time of the
michel, LaGrange: Henry’ Flet-Rally.
Huge Crowd To
Greet "Hoss" In
Giddings Sunday
Judging from the number of cher, Lockhart, and David Hain-
tickets already sold and the esti-es, Bryan.
drivers and mechanical canvas
loaders are utilized to make pos-
sible the prompt "putting up" and
" ten ring down’’ essential to keep-
held for the entire congregation,
beginning at 9 00' a m. The Rev.
G. Wolf, of Fredericksburg, will
be the guest speaker, and will il-
lustrate his sermon for the bene-
fit of the children. The Senior
Choir will sing in this service.
The German Mission Festival
Service, on Sunday, October 25th,
will begin at 10:15 a. m., and the
sermon will be by the Rev. G.
Wolf, of Fredericksburg.
The offerings on October 25th,
will also be given for support of
the World Mission of the Ameri-
can Lutheran Church.
The Sunday School will meet at
10:15 a. m.
Bill Pieratt; Platform, Robert
Methodist Church
To Dedicate
New Paraments
As a part of the morning wor-
at 10:50 a. m. First Methodist
Church, Giddings, Tex., will dedi-
cate new Paraments which are
given to the church by Mr. and
Mrs. Paul H. Meyer of New Or-
leans, Louisiana. The Paraments
include an Altar Frontal and Sca-
rfs for the Pulpit and Lectern.
They were made to measure to
fit the Chancel furniture and arc
made of Maroon Faille with gold
symbols and gold fringes. Sym-
bols on the Pulpit a nd Lectern
Scarf are the Trefoil Latin Cross
and the Altar Frontal has the IHS
symbol (the Greek for Jesus) fla-
nked by a Greek Cross at each
end.
The paraments further enhance
the beauty of the First Methodist
Sanctuary and are appreciated by
grounds Blocker, a native Tex-
Eighteen deserving boys of ages
8 through 13, winners of the Punt,
Pass and Kick competition held
at the GHS Stadium last Satur-
day, sponsored by t h e Giddings
Motor Company, will receive their
awards during special pre-game
ceremonies at 7:30 p. m. Friday
night.
C. W. Fields, owner or the local
Ford Motor Company, announced
the names of the three place win-
ners in each age group as fol-
lows: 8-Year-Olds: First Place—
James Placke; Second Place—
Gaylon Michalk, and Third Place—
Bill Young. 9-Year-Plds: Gregory
Stewart, First Place—Dennis Dube,
second place, and Jeffrey Blume
of Ledbetter, third place; 10 year
olds: Jeffrey Falke, first, Kim
Mission Festival Service Sunday At
Plan now to take your coffee , Martin Luther Lutheran Church
break with the ladies and why not i The local Martin Luther Luth-
invite a friend There will be eran Church, the Rev. Fred Mge-
plenty of delicious goodies to en-I broff pastor, will observe it's Mis.
mated number yet to be sold,
HALLOWEEN CANDY SALE 1
TO BENEFIT COMMUNITY
Giddings Lions Club members
are selling candy especially wrap-
ped and packaged for Halloween
) Everyone buys candy for the
little “goblins" who appear on
Halloween so why not help your
community when you buy yours?
The candy is individually wrap-
ped and selling at a most reason-
abe $1 for 145 pieces.
Every Lion will have the large
bags of delicious fruit-fla vored
hard candies and chewy taffy for
sale or you may buy them at ei-
| ther bank.
Monroe Krause and Ralph Bam-
sch. In addition, someone from
Giddings High School is scheduled
to be on the program.
All people interested in pro-
moting agriculture are urged to
come out and join the Le County
Farm Bureau and get two free
barbeque suppers. ,
been made permanent after the
City Council realized the value of
having men of their caliber avail-
able for consultation and advise.
The Advisory Board appointees
were: Albert Schkade, Hershel
Doyle, Monroe Hannes, Walter
Kasper and William Pratho. These
men will serve on the Board for
the same terms as other appoint-
ed officials in the city administra-
tion. ,
The Council discussed the doub-
le parking on Main and Austin
Streets and enforcement of the or-
dinance as agreed to and reques-
ted by the State of Texas in keep-
ing the traffic lanes open through
Giddings.
The delivery of the garbage col-
lection unit was reported to be
later than originally scheduled as
a result of the automobile strike.
and is always exhibited intact.
Many smaller communities that
OCTOBER 20-
7 30-‘till 9 30 p m.
The annual Games Party spon-
sored by the Giddings Study Club
will be held at the Elementary
Cafetorium Refreshments will be
served and door prizes will be
awarded. ,
have never had a major, circus |
are included on the big show's ro-
ute this season, and the show will
be I exhibited here exactly as it may
be seen earlier or later this year,
at such giant metropolitan areas,
as New York or Chicago.
More then 30 feature acts will
be presented in all 3 rings, with a
full 90 minutes of arenic and aer-
ial entertainment; plus Birnam
Bros all new super-spectacles for
1964, "America the Beautiful",
"Cinderealla in Spangleland”,
"Oriental Fantasy”, and "Circus
Climax Colossal" which far out-
shine anything ever attempted by
any travelling show and rival the
productions of Broadway or Holly-
wood.
The circus exhibits as advertised
rain or shine, and tickets are ava-
ilable on the circus grounds before
each performance at new low
prices,
OCTOBER 22— 2
Annual Chamber of Commerce
Stew.
BUFFS READY FOR TOUGH
FIGHT WITH LEOPARDS
Giddings Buffaloes will face, happen when two reasonably’ev-
probably the toughest fight of the enly matched teams who are tra-
season when they take on the La- ditional rivals meet.
boys know that they have a real
tough team to beat, but he is con-
fident that they are ready. The
boys really want to win this one!
LaGrange is a very rast team,
boasting three backs with excep-
tional speed. To add to the Leo-
pards strength, they have an ex-
cellent passing record and the
Buffs will need a better pass de-
fense than they have needed in
previous games
To add to the expectations of an
outstanding game these two teams
are long-time rivals and any sports
fan can tell you that anything can
Pledger B. Cate, Jr., Executive
Vice-President, South Texas Cha-
mber of Commerce will be the
speaker at the Annual Chamber
of Commerce Membership Stew.
Mr. Cate, will speak on "Trade
and Market Development and In-
dustrial Development".
The annual membership stew
will be Thursday, October 22nd,
at 7:00 p. m. at the American Le-
gion Hall. This occasion is free
to all Chamber of Commerce mem-
bers and their employees and to
non-member merchants and their
employees.
Mr. Cate, is a graduate of the
Mexia High School and a graduate
of Texas A&I College, Kingsville,
Texas He edited monthly col-
lege newspaper and conducted col-
lege radio programs. Cate attend-
ed the University of Texas Law
School for one semester and grad-
uated from Southwestern Institute
Moerbe, second, and Ricky Kov-
ar, third; 11 year' olds: Michael
Maxey, first, Billy Kunkel, sec-
ond, and Vincent Stewart, third;
12 year olds, Steve Schkade, first,
Charles Vahrenkamp, second, and
Danny Jatzlau, third; 13 year
olds, Gary Jenke, first,. Devid
Grimm, second, and Daniel Re-
der, third.
John J. Socha, Competition di-
rector said, highest total point
winners were Steve Schkade with
233 points, Charles Vahrenkamp.
with 224 points and Michael Max-
ey with 214 points. He explained
that all boys earned points in the
three activities, punting, passing
and place-kicking, the boys hav-
ing the highest number of points
in each age division being declar-
ed the local winners.
Names of all first place winners
have been sent to Detroit, Michi-
gan where the results of all local
competitions in this area will be
compared via electronic compu-
ters and District competition win-
ners will be announced.
A large number of spectators
enjoyed the warm sunshiny day in
the stands at the stadium rooting
for their favorite contestant. As-
sisting with the event were Junior
High Coach, Melvin Pate, Herbert
Michalk, Arthur Mitschke, Dr.
John Stewart, Leroy Foyt, Robert
Placke, and George Pohorelsky.
Sixty-nine boys participated in
the competition. There were 7
thirteen year olds, 9 twelve year
olds. 13 eleven year olds, 15 ten
year olds, 17 nine year olds, and
8 eight year olds.__—
GHS to Observe
Homecoming
Friday Night
The Giddings High School will
observe Homecoming Friday ni-
ght. To begin the festivities will 1
be the all important game between
the Giddings Buffaloes and the
LaGrange Leopards to be played
8:00 p. m. Preceding the game
8:00 p. . Preceding the game
at 7 30 p. m. will be the award-
ing of the prizes in the Punt, Pass
and Kick contest.
Half-time performance will in-
clude the crowning of the 1964 ]
Homecoming Queen. Contestants I
are Maureen Wagner, Linda Kap- |
pler, Nancy Tonn and Karen Spit-1
zenberger. Following the game ai
dance will be held in the gym for I
all Giddings High School students. '
A reception will be held in the aud- i
itorium for all ex-students after .
the game.
The Annual Lee County Farm
Bureau family barbeque will be
held Tuesday night October 20th.
The annual event will be held in
the Giddings High School Gym.
Serving will start at 6:00 p. m.
Each member and his wife will
be served a free meal each. This
includes those that renew or be-
come new members at the door by
paying their dues. Children o f
Farm Bureau families may get a
meal ticket for only $ .25 per child.
Visitors may purchase tickets for
$1.00 at the door.
The program will include songs
by Kathy Harrison of Lexington.
Songs by the Lexington Trio com-
posed of Mrs. Conrad Brown, Mrs.
J. R. Jordan, and Mrs. Alph Per-
ry, Jr. In addition, the Sunshine
Melody Playboys will supply some
music. The Sunshine Melody
Playboys are Ludwig, Gilbert and
tion School and served as an In-
formation Officer and Base Train-
ing Aids Officer at Reese A.F.B.,
Texas.
Since being with the Chamber
of Commerce work Mr. Cate, has
Managed Willacy County Cham-
ber of Commerce, Raymondville,
Texas, Edinburg Chamber of
Commerce and Harlingen Cham-
ber of Commerce. He has headed
various improvement programs
throughout the South. He has
written and edited a 50-page In-
dustrial Survey and directed sur-
veying and compiling of data.
OCTOBER 16-
Methodist Walk-in Coffee and
Bazaar.
pointed a group of citizens to act
as an Advisory Board and serve
a6 . the City in an advisory capacity-
On Sunday, October 25th, a Sun- . • „ , . 1 + c
, „ , . . „ 1 „ . whenever called upon by the Co-
day School Mission Rally will be , . . 6
C of C Trades
Promotion Prize
Winners Listed
Mrs. G. L. Kelly, Jr., $50; Box
56. Giddings, Texas
Leroy Bieberstein, $40; Box 163,
Giddings, Texas
Erwin W. Schulze, $30, Route
3, Giddings, Texas
Lum Joiner, $20; Lexington,
Texas
Mrs. Frank Goerlitz, $20; 116
N. Main, Giddings, Texas
Mac Gaines, $20; Box 473, Gid-
dings, Texas
Irma Avrett, $20, Box 424, Gid-
dings, Texas
Mrs. Elo Proske, $10; Route 3,
Box 164, Giddings, Texas
Daisy Estes, $10; Route 1, Box
5, Giddings, Texas
Mrs. William F. Welch, $5; Gen-
eral Delivery, Giddings, Texas
Wouldn’t you like to find your
name on the list on October 27?
Trade in Giddings where you will
find everything you might need
at competitive prices and where
services is always "planned to
please.”
crowd of over 5 000 will be on truly “Texas-size" rally will be
hand to welcome Dan Blocker the appearance of Doug’s Swing
("Hoss" Cartwright of Bonanza Band, a six-piele organization
fame) when he comes to Giddings which appears regularly on KTBC
Rodeo Arena at the Democratic in Austin. The band will be en-
Rally on Sunday, October 18th. tertaining from 3:30 until the
Blocker is making appearances in speaking begins at approximately
Texas as a part of the Rural Tex- 5:30 p. m.
ans for Johnson and Humphrey In charge of this gigantic under-
campaign taking which promises to be’the
Blocker’s appearance at 5:00 p largest rally ever to take place in
m will highlight the festivities this area is Garwood Gerdes. The
which will include a real old fash- following men will act as chairm-
ioned Cowboy Stew served on the en of the various committees' need-
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