Lee County News (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 7, 1967 Page: 1 of 16
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DON’T FORGET!
DIME BOX
YOUTH RODEO
JUNE 10
Volume 18, Number 28
St. Joseph's Catholic
Rectory To Be Dedicated
FOUNDED IN 1888
Giddings, Lee County, Texas 78942 Wednesday, June 1, 1967 z
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New St. Joseph’s Catholic Rectory
Dedication services for the new
St. Joseph’s Catholic Rectory,
which was recently completed, will
be held Sunday, June 11. His Ex-
cellency, the Most Reverend Louis
J. Reicher, Bishop of the Diocese
of Austin, will administer the sac-
rament of Confirmation at 3 o’clock
in St. Joseph’s Church. Follow-
ing Confirmation, the new rectory
will be blessed, after which it
will be open till six o’clock to
visitors and members of the
parish.
St. Joseph’s Church, located
mid-way between Giddings and
Caldwell in the small community
of Dime Box, has a membership
of about eighty families. Its his-
tory goes back to 1909 when the
first Church was built. In 1929,
Father L. A. Sampson became the
first resident pastor, but the
parish, being small, was unable to
support a priest, and thus it has
been a mission, served by priests
from Caldwell and Frenstat.
In 1951, Father George Tydlacka
was appointed to serve Holy Ro-
sary Church in Frenstat and the
mission of St. Joseph’s in Dime
Box. Seeing the growing need for
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FATHER FRANK MILLER
Annexation Election
Set For June 24
An election has been set for
June 24, 1967, at which time the
voters in the Dime Box and Gid-
dings School Districts win vote on
the proposition of annexing Dime
Box to the Giddings district. If
this annexation is to come to pass,
both districts must vote yes on
the proposition, as either can de-
feat it, regardless of how the
other votes.
The Lee County School Board,
on May 30,1967, passed a resolu-
tion which annexed the Post Oak
School District to the Giddings Dis-
trict. The annexation is effective
immediately and Post Oak scholas-
tics will attend school in Giddings
beginning with school opening in
September, 1967 and forward.
The Post Oak District has an
area of 51 square miles and more
than 70 scholastics will find their
way to Giddings classrooms come
school opening in September, 1967.
Drivers Education
Begins At
Giddings High
A course in Drivers Education
began Monday June 5, at Giddings
High School. Students must be
from age of 14 years and older.
There are presently 33 students
enrolled. Each student must have
three weeks of classroom work
plus 6 hours of driving to complete 1
the course.
The Drivers Education course is
being taught by Mr. Bob Holick of
Giddings.
Winston Hold lo Prea
At Martin Lutheran Sun
Winston—Hold,son of Mr. and—im
Mrs. August Hold, of Giddings, and |
ministerial student at Wartburg Ranees men
Many people wait in Uns to prepare their plates with delicious
fried chicken with all the trimmings. This event attracted one of
the largest crowds, serving approximately 911 people from all
churches and areas of the county.
Martin Luther Church Chicken Fry
Breaks All Time Attendance Record
1002 chicken-fry dinner tickets Anniversary Singspiration Ser-
were sold by the local Martin vice” held in the church at 11:15
Luther Lutheran Church Men for a.m., with the history of the men’s
their Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Brotherhood presented in five
Dinner held on the church grounds phases, Historical Introduction,
last Sunday, at 11:00 a.m., with The Men’s Objectives, Serving the
911 plates served. Church, and Forward in Faith,
celebration began with X-su ‘" **. 27150***4
Af Dime Box Next Sunday ’
Rev. Calvin E. Namken, pastor I newspaper.—Also he would like
- letters of interest sent to him
of the Faith baptist Church of
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, will
preach at the First Baptist Church
(Farmers Insurance
Group Appoints
• New Agent Here
Siri Jimmie D. Siegeler has
been appointed an agent for Far-
mers insurance Group serving the
Giddings and surrounding area, it
is announced by Eugene Sulak, dis-
trie* manager.
Mr. Siegeler will have his offices
at home for the present time.
Mr. Siegeler said that Farmers
Insurance Group is a multiple line
insurer offering auto, business,
fire, life and virtually all other
types of insurance.
The company, which was founded
in 1928, is one of the nation’s
largest insurance organization and
operates in 25 western states, ft
has 3,000,000 policyholders.
Companies making up Farmers
Insurance Group are Farmers in-
surance Exchange, Truck In-
surance Exchange, Fire Insurance
Exchange, Mid-Century Insurance
Company, Farmers New World
Life insurance Company, Ohio
State Life Insurance Company,and
Farmers Texas County Mutual In-
surance Company.
Theological Seminary, Dubuque, |
Iowa, will preach the sermon at 1
the local Martin Luther Lutheran | ,
Church this Sunday, June 11, in the s ’
9:00 a.m. Worship Service.
Winston is a 1960 graduate of the a
Giddings High School, received his 1
bachelor’s degree from Texas Lu- ]
theran College, Seguin, in 1965, and
has completed two years of theo- "
logical study at Wartburg Theolo-
gical Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, in
his preparation for the Gospel
Ministry in The American Lu-
theran Church,
Winston has accepted to serve
one year as ministerial interne
in Good Shepherd Lutheran Church,
Olympia, Washington, beginning
with September, after which he will
return to the Dubuque Seminary
for his last year of theological
studies.
Winston will serve as chaplain
at the Red River Valley Boy Scout
Camp, in Minnesota, during this
summer.
Winston to married to Darlene
Teichelmann, of Sagerton, Texas,
and they are members of the local
Martin Luther Lutheran Church.
Everyone to cordially invited to
attend the 9:00 a.m. Worship Ser-
vice at the local Martin Luther
Lutheran Church this Sunday, June
11th, and hear theological student
Winston Hold preach the sermon
in his home church.
of Dime Box, Texas, on Sunday,
June 11th, at 11:00 p.m. The
church opens its doors to all.
friends and relatives of the Nam-
kens to hear of their missionary
work in Canada, the great Do-
minion to the North and now cele-
brating 100 years of confedera-
tion.
Rev. Namken, his wife, Emily
and two children, Robin, age 6,
and David, age 1 1/2, are visit-
ing with his moher, Mrs. R. W.
Namken in Giddings and other
relatives and friends. Last Sun-
day, June 4th, he preached at the
morning service at the First
Baptist Church in Giddings.
In an interview with him, Rev.
Namken stated that he appreciated
the Lee County News printing his
newsletters of Canada and the in-
terest shown by the readers of Lee
County in this missionary news.
He also expressed a desire that
the readers express their interest
to the Lee County News in the form
of a letter to be printed in the
personally at: 31 Brown Cressent,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
The Namkens expect to return
to Canada on June 12th.
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Scavenger Hunt
A scavenger hunt sponsored by
the Methodist Youth Fellowship,
was held Thursday night at
7 o’clock. Those attending were
Nicky Moore, Kay Killen, Pam
Foehr, Linda Foehr, Linda Mit-
schke, Evelyn Kipp, Melanie Dub-
cak, Elizabeth Moore, Christine
Droemer, Mary McKeown, Janis
Fritscher, Rebecca Moore, Fran-
ces Schimank, Gary Fritscher,
James Krause, Andy Snow, Ken-
neth Gersch, James Dubcak, Scott
Killen, Dan Reder, and sponsor
Eleanor Hempel.
After the scavenger hunt, the
teenagers met back at the Metho-
dist Church for refreshments.
There were twenty in attendance
and all seemed to enjoy the party.
WINSTON HOLD %
NOTICES -
“The fifth annual Dime Box Youth
Rodeo will be held Saturday night,
June 10, beginning at 8 p.m. There
will be much excitement and fun,
so plan to attend.
The American Legion and Auxi-
liary, York post #276 Giddings, will
hold their regular monthly meeting
on Monday, June 12, 1967, at 8:00
p.m. at the Legion Hall. We ask
that every member be present for
this meeting.
Thank Your
—my rst act as your new publisher, to to thank all the fine people
of this area who have so cordially welcomed us into your community.
Your warm reception was most gratifying. Our most fervent
prayer to we will prove worthy of it. I will serve your community
to the best of my ability and in the highest ideals of good journalism.
The welfare of the community will always be uppermost in my mind
as well as in these columns.
It will not be easy to uphold the tradition built through the nearly
four score years during which this paper has served this community.
But your ready welcome of us into the community family, which to
certainly no less an act of charity than opening your own home to a
stranger, to most greatly appreciated.
We look forward to the day when we have completed our move to
Giddings and Lee County, and can, with all honesty, say, “This to
our home, our town and our people.”
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Strauss
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Strauss, Henry J. Lee County News (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 7, 1967, newspaper, June 7, 1967; Giddings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1634226/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Giddings Public Library and Cultural Center.