The Giddings News (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 15, 1956 Page: 1 of 16
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NUMBER 49
GIDPINGS, LEE COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1956
VOLUME 67
Lions Club Plans
By Brown O. Spivey
The pins were presented
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Buffaloes Blast Elgin Wildcats, 34-0;
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Johnnie Proske Hurt
In Pickup Wreck
Johnnie Proske sustained
Two Lee County Youths Receive
4-H Gold Star Awards Saturday
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Watershed Agreements Signed;
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Securing of Easements to Begin
Cummins Creek Water Con- the Soil Conservation Service
CALENDAR
OF COMING EVENTS
Dec. 4, Leonard’s Style Show-
Dec. 7, GHS Choir Concert
Dec. 6, 7, 8, Basketball Tourna-
ment at Blinn College
Dec. 9-10, Immanuel Lutheran
Walther League Pageant
Dec. 12, Rotary Xmas Party
Dec. 13, High School Band
concert
Dec. 17, Boy Scout Troop 144
Pot Luck Supper at MLC
ming pool and recreation fund
drive being conducted in Gid-
dings in November and urged
club members to participate.
broken rib and colar bone when
n ifiSfi Mercury ran into the
back of a 1950 Ford pickup
truck belonging to A. L. Matus.
The pickup truck which was
driven by Robert Kovar Jr.,
caught fire and burned com-
pletely, including an air com-
pressor on the pickup.
The accident happened Sa-
turday at 6 p. m. near Dime
Box on F-M Road 141.
The owner and driver of the
1956 Mercury was Emil Pam-
pell of Houston. Charges for
reckless driving were filed by
the sheriff’s department.
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loner O. W. Urban.
Special Safety Certificates
were presented to the 4-H
Safety team composed of Wil-
liam Riske and Floyd Kiesch-
nick. These were presented by
leacher Arthur Moebus.
Honorary 4-H membership
certificates were presented to
All ex-students of Lexington
should make a special effort
to be present Friday night,
November 16.
Herbert Kieschnick of
dings, and Otto Fick of
GIRLS TO HAVE
FOOTBALL GAME
The annual girls’ football
game has been sef for Monday,
Nov. 19. The game will be
played between the Junior and
Senior High School girls. This
promises to be the best ever.
The boys will perform dur-
ing the half.
The game will start at 7 p.m.
Admission, .adults 50c, students
25c. Don’t miss this!
for engineering purposes.
Cost of the structures—the
highest being $80,990—is esti-
mated at $1,592,831, while the
engineering services are esti-
mated at $289,606, and getting
land easements and right-of-
way needed were figured by
the SCS at $198,571.
The agreement was signed by
representatives of the Burle-
crucial game to decide the dis-
trict championship. The tussle
will be played on Leopard
Field in La Grange.
The Buffs romped on oyer
the Wildcats rather unmerci-
fully here Friday night. It was
bitingly cold too, the weather
we mean.
With the crushing up-the-
middle blasts of Bobby Mut-
schink, the speed of Richard
Roche, and the agility of Ed-
gar Richter and Jimmie Hill,
the Buffs unleashed a ground
game which the Wildcats were
unable to stop.
In fact the Wildcats never
got started. The only thing
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Following the football game,
a homecoming dance will be
reld for everyone who wishes
to attend in the gym.
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Coach Boone Jackson’s romp-
ing Buffaloes raced past Elgin
Friday night by the score of
34-0.
The, victory, being Die third
straight conference win, put
the Buffs face to face with the
La Grange Leopards who have
the same conference wins to
their credit. So the game com-
ing up Friday night will be the
Light Bulb Sale
The Giddings Lions Club is
planning a light bulb sale for
early in December, Lions Pre-
sident Don B. Slocomb anoun-
ced.
Profits of the sale will be
used for the. Lions’ various
charity programs. Every mem-
ber of the club will be called
on to participate in the sale
with each member being re-
sponsible for a specified num-
ber of bulbs
It is expected that the sale
will be held on Dec. 4, 5, or 6
with specific date and details
to be announced by a commit-
tee in charge. Named to the
committee were Brown O. Spi-
vey, chairman, Robert Pieratt,
Paul Spitzenberger and the
Rev. Robert Studtmann.
The Lions, in their regular
semi-monthly luncheon meet-
ing Tuesday accepted Giddings
High School Coach Boone Jack-
son as a new member on trans-
fer from the Hempstead club
where he formerly was a mem-
ber. Coach Jackson showed
films of the Giddings-Elgin
football game to the club.
Chamber of Commerce Man-
ager Kenneth E. Hoover Jr. was
a guest of the club. The Rev.
Robert Studtmann called the
coin. Comm Woodrow Spacek
made these presentations.
Commissioner C. E. Keng
presented the awards to the
different project winners. Then
Comm. Woodrow Spacek pre-
sented the beautiful gold star
awards to Allen Gene Birn-
baum and Janet Dunk.
hour comic films were shown,
alter which refreshments were
served to all.
trol and Improvement District
directors, meeting with state
Soil Conservation Service offi-
cials in La Grange Wednesday
afternoAn, Nov. 7, signed a
supplemental work plan agree-
ment which gave the "go
ahead” signal to construction
of 31 water control structures
in Fayette and Lee Counties at
an estimated total cost of $2,-
081,000.
The agreement is supplemen-
tal to the origanl executed on
Dec. 27, 1955, and eliminates
the cost-share phase of the
original program according to
Public Law 1018, which amends
the originala flood prevention
plan as contained in Public Law
566.
The board, which agreed to
install the structures within
a five-year period, engaged its
president, Fred Placke of Gid-
dings, as contracting agent for
the first three structures, and
orado and Austin-Washington
Soil Conservation Districts,
Fayette and Lee county Cum-
mins Creek Water Control and
Improvement District.
It now goes to Washington,
D. C. for the signature of Don
Williams, National SCS ad-
ministrator.
Mr. Placke is to begin the
job of secuing easements im-
mediately. Requests for bids on
the construction of the first
three structures—locations to
be determined—would be next
in order.
It is the board’s hope that
the initial contract can be let
by the first of the year and that
the first dams can be com-
pleted by July 1, 1957.
K & Z MAN’S SHOP
HAS 8TH ANNIVERSARY
K & Z Man’s Shop at La
Grange announces that it is
celebrating its 8th anniversary.
The owners of this store are
Ernest Kallus and Louis D.
Zapalac, and they invite you to
attend their anniversary sale
to be held during Nov. 16 to
Nov. 24.
MOON ECLIPSE
SATURDAY NIGHT
The moon next Saturday
night will go into a1 total
eclipse, the only one this year.
There won’t be another like it
visible in this country until
1960.
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ALLEN GENE BIRNBAUM
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AND BAZAAR
A fund-raising ‘‘Walk in”’
coffee and bazaar for the bene-
fit of the church will be held
at the Methodist Church on
Nov. 19, 1956 starting at 9 a.m.
This bazaar will be sponsor-
ed by the ladies of the Metho-
dist Church of Giddings.
Everyone is cordially invited..
County Farm Bureau present- 5
ed these year pins.
In addition, each of the 32 1
members w ere presented cer -
tiiicates of completion. Comm. 79g
O. W. Urban made the presen- 9
tation of these certificates. I FP.
Club certificates were pre-
sen ted to Lincoln 4-H Club, ..
Fedor and Immanuel Lutheran j'
on Recreation, and to Manheim, 6 L
Serbin, Lexington and Dime E-4
Box on Safety. These awards I
were presented by Commiss- ----
Paul's Food Store
Has Anniversary
Paul Spitzenberger, owner
of Paul’s Food Store, announ-
ces that he is offering a big
Dollar Sale as he is celebrating
the eighth year of business
operation in.Giddings,
Besides offering big reduc-
tion on many items, Mr. Spit-
zenberger states that he is
inviting his friends and cus-
tomers to come in and register
fftr ±. drawing at which time
free baskets of groceries will
be given away.
He also states that he is very
thankful to the fine people of
Lee County for the splendid
patronage that has been given
him.
Mr. Spitzenberger is one of
the many of our progressive
merchants who believe in mak-
ing it economical and practical
to trade in our own community,
and to serve our needs, there-
by helping to build our own
community and make it a bet-
ter place to live.
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Allen Gene Birnbaum, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Birnbaum
of Manheim, and Janet Dutik,
daughter of Mr .and Mrs. Henry
Dunk Jr. of Northrup, were
awarded the Gold Star, highest
county 4-H award for boys and
girls. The awards were made
Saturday night at the Giddings
High School gym.
Other awards went to the
following: Achievement, Clar-
ence Schimank; Boy’s Agricul-
tural, Frederick Carl Tonn and
Jerrel Dunk; Electric, Eugene
— Knobloch and James Arldt;
Field Crops, William Riske and
Floyd Kieschnick; Health, Wil-
bert Teinert, Alvina Schubert,
Delbert Iselt, and Delbert Prel-
lop; Leadership, Milton Noack,
and Dorothy ' Schwartz; Poul-
try. Alien Gene Birnbaum,
Melvin Matthijetz, Janet Dunk,
" and Edgar Arldt; Public speak-
ing, John Alexander and Jim-
mie Knippa; Safety, Floyd
Kieschnick and Harvey Arldt;
Meat Animal, William Kappler.
4-H Year Pins were pre-
sented to all of the above num-
- es plus Randolph Woelfel, Ro-
bert Riske, Billie Wiederhold,
Roland Schulze, Harold Galipp,
Victor Schubert, Leonard Mit-
schkc, Eldor Frosch, Raymond
Patschke, Donald Menzel, Ja-
nice Kappler, Royce Herzog,
and Ellen Woelfel.
Friday night at 7:30, the Lex-
ington Eagles will play the
Milano Eagles at Eagle Stadi-
um in the last game of the
season. The half time events
will honor the band sweetheart,
Miss Martha Byrne; the foot-
ball hero, Darvin Nettles; and
the football sweetheart, Miss
Charlotte Ann Ricketson.
As a special event, the first
graduating class of the Lexing-
ton High SchoOl, the class of
1899, and each fifth graduat-
ing class thereafter will be
honored. This wil linclude the
class of 1954. Representatives
of these classes who are pre-
sent will be recognized.
Lexington High School is
planning one of its biggest and
best Homecoming Celebrations
-willi__nen.......rallies. fl parade,
football game, special events
and climaxed by a homecom-
ing dance following the game.
Most of Friday, Nov. 16 will
be devoted to preparing for the
homecoming parade at 2:30
p. m. Each class and several
organizations are sponsoring a
float. The band will march
and all school children will
participate. A pep rally will be
held on the city square after
the parade with everybody
joining together to boost the
Eagles.
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The Giddings News (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 15, 1956, newspaper, November 15, 1956; Giddings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1598305/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.