The Giddings News (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1959 Page: 2 of 20
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V
RABBS CREEK PHILOSOPHER
EDITORIAL . .
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Cars and Education
An interesting answer to the vey should make parents think.
As a result of the survey, the
three senators to work with.
dents who drive cars to school District 57 have
a
Dead editar:
at Madison
the broad-based tax.
not elaborate.
I feel, as of this date,
Protecting Responsible Motorists
George Hinson, that he can get
Hout)
prevent the use of county road with them Congratulations’
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different
Senator
when he was growing up, but
I if he handled him like he's sug-
The entire community in Rex_
burg is supporting the School
Board, and hundreds of citizens
Ike has drawn up a ballanced
budget for the next, twelve
months and has informed Con-
Adolph Grossman
Rites in Houston
“Look here son, a new pair of
shoes at this stage of the year
wasn't included in the budget,
COURSES
400 FIELDS
Orsag’s Radio & TV
Home of Television Sales & Service
Mrs. Ida Bloh Bloom
Publisher-Manager
acts.
Since most
have signed a pledge
the drive.
drove cars to school.
While the averages might be
different, and while the situ-
ations at various schools would
vary’, this is an amazing corre-
lation of automobile driving as
opposed to scholarship. Young-
sters these days cannot be ex-
pected to giv eup driving-au-
tomobiles, but as far as taking
automobiles to school, this sur-
getary problems of his own his
letter this week indicates.
find that we are all in agree-
ment on basic problems.
Combatants in the tax strug-
3
Install New Roof for as Little as
$6.72 per month
duction followed Farm Bureau
endorsement of it, and a pre-
in a newspaper last night.
Yours faithfully,
J A
Only fifteen percent of the B
students drove a car to school.
Of C students, forty-one per
, —
%
I don’t know how President
Eisenhower handled his son
seem so
moment.
don’t know of anybody who has
suceeded in making it work.
Say you have a couple of kids
and-yeu-draw up a budget, care
fully including so many pairs
of shoes, so many pairs of pants
so many dresses, coats, jackets,
etc , and for the first month or
two everything is in balance un
legislatures do not wish to pass
laws requiring ALL motorists
to carry insurance, then they
should pass some sost of law
which would protect the victim
of the irresponsible motorists.
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Jealousy, like"cancer, is often
1 am very fortunate in be-
ing one of the few represen_
ARMY GREEN
, Liquor Regulations, and Live-
: stock and Stock Raising'.
Allen Marburger’
With A&M Volunteers
VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN OVER
CHOOSE MODERN
TRAIN ING SUPR EM E.
not, in most of the states in the
Union irresponsible motorists
are still causing heavy human
and physical damage, without
having to compensate for their
motorists drive
High, W. G. Nelson, says: “We
believe that restriction on au-
tomobile use will make for bet-
ter attention on studies."
least six weeks before they i
through a number of states
over a period of time, the pro-
blem is almost a national one.
Although the effort to require
motorists to carry’ insurance is
supported by a large and grow-
on the spur of the fatal, and never productive of
(•good.
The principal
Despite the number of differ-
et laws, in the various states,
that require motorists to carry
insurance or providing stiff
penalties against those who do
question whether automobiles
-4v-Varn - d2 , A
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Board showing the reason or
need to drive cars to school.
(2) Required students driv-
ing cars to park them in desig-
nated areas.
। The rural leaders' support
of the tax on natural gas pro-
House members will vote a-
gainst the sales tax. Rep. See.
ligson of San Antonio, sponsor
of a sales tax bill is touring
the state’talking to civic groups
seeking support for his mea-
to make application to
(son of Mr and Mrs Arthur II.
: Marburger of Paige
Herring, Bastrop; Sen. Moore,
Burleson and Senator Krueger,
Lee.
I would like to assure the
' folks of these three counties
Page 2 — THE GIDDINGS, TEXAS, NEWS,—Thursday, February 12, 1959
but did families — I don’t know about
Congress, what Congress does
to back gle, which is expected tp soon gress if it wants to spend more
become a war, are lining up. money than the budget allows,
Speaker Carr came out-hpenly it ought to add enough taxes to
Editor's note: The Rabbs
Creek Philosopher on his John-
son grass farm must have bud- i
diction of its sponsor.
vided in a survey made of the adopted a resolution, which (1)
four-year grade averages of the! required Junior and Senior stu- Each of the three counties of
typical high school class re-
cently. The Senior class involv
ed is that at Madison High
Shool, in Rexburg, Idaho.
No straight A student had
the use of a car in Madison
High School’s Senior class.
equipment on projects for in-
dividuals. an old-time practice
all over the state.
I feel that I have been very
fortunate in Committee assign-
ments being appointed to the
following: Aeronautics, Agri-
culture, Game and Fisheries,
opposed to either a sales or cover the extra cost
income tax. He said he favored This is a splendid idea for
and throw my budget hrad
- - over heels. And.....I think Con-
til your son comes in with the gress found the triple have gas
toe busted out of his shoes at kets too. . \
(3) Required studant per- that they are receiving the best
mits, under the above rules, of representation in the Senate. . _ ,
and provided for expulsion of I have met and discussed Legis gesting ongres e h ane 1 •
cent brought cars to school. Of students who did not comply lature problems pretaining to take m- hat ° to ini
D'students, seventy-one percent with the established regula- ' mv district with Senators Herr- ' As I understand an article I
tions.
, .85 votes in the House for it.
.ng number of people, the vari- Bur no hearing has been set as
ojus states have not yet come of today
up with this solution and,; A flurry of hearings is set
therefore the highways are for this week in the House The
filled with irresponsible drivers Livestock and Stock Raising
who do not have the financial I Committee having 9 bills for
means to compensate for the hearing, 8 of them Animal
destruction they may at anyHealth Proposals by the Animal
time cause.• ; Health Council.
This is a problem which
most, is already limited to reason on
account of the people — but I
TECHNICAL SCHOOL? IN ELECTRONICS MEDI-
CINE. MECHANICS. OVER 127 । DIFFERENT
comply lature problems pretaining to I
regula- ! my district with Senators Herr- 1
ing, Moore and Krueger, and read
We know a man who says he
doesn't have a n y money to
spare.
4 IF ITS DEPENDABLE AND RELIABLE SERVICE
tives called last Wednesday and
through the week on Mrs Hy.
Juergens for her birthday, and
,, ■ , , , "... Lee County’ eldest hueinean inatt-
Saturday her daughter. Mrs/tuten Vetahiiahed In inaa Entered •«
Denver Eichler and sons of omad cam" ma:
A group of 25 Hale taxpayers Alice, and her sister Mrs Her- •» Conere- Mareh *. 1870 Mepber
should be solved because it can । IS seeking an injunction against the Franke and Mrs R H 1”"
be solved. If the various state the commissioners court to Franke of Austin came to be ana Kat Texn Pre Aneriatien. -and
- 1 -—** "— Aenociation-
BiU Says... Says Balancing U. S. Budget is -
•..."" Like Balaning The Family Budget
the senator as -follows:
sure. I have found that his
speeches have been met very
coldly with the general public.
Subscription Rates
(Payable in Advance)
In Lee and adjoining coun-
ties: 1 year $2 00. 6 mos. $1 25
Elsewhere: 1 year $2.5,0, 6 mos
$1.50. Foreign postage extra.
Anv err enrowe refteetlon uvon eha-
rneter. etandinz. the repwtntion ot any
pereen. firm or rerverntlen that may
npper in the columne ef thia pepev
«inelv win he rorrected ir bruzwt te
‘hg ‘tentien ef the nubli-herw 17• de
not hold ovreelves re -po aihle for the
vlewe ef err rorreenondenta In ease o0
Rep. were supposed to play out
Maybe Ike could do if, but all;
Dime Box 4-H Club
Has January Meet
; • The Dime •Box 4-H Club
held its regular meeting on
| Jan. 16. The president, Lee Roy
, Eichler, called the meeting to
j order, and opened with the
1 4_H prayer and pledge
The secretary, Georgette
i Eichler, did not have the min-
utes of the previous meeting,
Mr. Spivey gave a' talk on
how to manage a flock of chic-
kens. Other subjects were also
discussed.
ronALL YOUR FLOOR COVERING NEEDS.
Lineleum — Vinyl — Tiles — Carpets
SEE YOUR ARMY RECRUITER TODAY
- ^S/SGT, GRADY E Gi.innES------------------
Poll of: ice, Thursdays W 3rynn . TA 3-2677
and scholarships mix was pro- Rexburg Board of Education
College Station, Tex—Sev-
enty-five members of Texas
A&M's Ross Volunteers, includ
ing one cadet from this city,
left Saturday, Feb 7, for New
[Orleans, La where they will
;serve as honor guard for King '
! Rex in the internationally af-1
I omus Mardi Gras parade.
Aggies making the trip in.
I dude Allen Arthur Marburger,
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SHOW-OFF
Foreman — Why is it that
you carry -only one plank at a
time when all the other men
on the job carry two?
Worker — I suppose they ate
just too lazy to make the extra
trips like I do
GIDDINGS, TEXAS
tatives to have as many as
the parents I know who say, _ “ ... _ __
------------- The Giddings News
MRS HENRY JUERGENS j Th
ENJOYS BIRTHDAY Drewe to. “adin«* I* Coumt
Neighbors, friends and rela_------——
error er ommiaslen in net ver i laemente,
the ouhiiaher- dn not hole themheives
lleble for damase» further than I he a-
enewnt eceetvea hy them for sueh ad.
Funeral services for Adolph
Grossman, 88, who died at his
home in Houston, Sunday, Feb.
1, were held at Heights Funer-
al Home on Tuesday, Feb. 3
with burial in Hollywood Cem-
etery.
Mr. Grossman was a mem-
ber of the North Side Lutheran
Church. P
’ He is survived by his widow,
a son, A. F. Grossman Sr., and
stepson, Wm. Hoffman; a bro-
ther, Julius Grossman Sr., and
a grandson, A. F. Grossman Jr.
Mr. Grossman was a brother
to the late Mrs. R. E. Hill and
Albert Grossman.
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Fishing solves a surprising
number of probelms. "
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Pretty girls are not more de-
serving necessarily; they just
if you want another pair you’ll
have to find the money for
them" — well, most parents
just can't bring this,off •
And it doesn’t have to be
something a neet .' as a
pan of shoe: Say youi d ugh:
ter comes in with the announc
ment she’s been nominated as"
a candidate for class queen and
has to have a new fancy dress
for the campaign, the average
father would be run out of the
house if he suggested it wasn’t
included in the budget and
she'll have jo find the money
herself for the new.outlay
That's the problem Ike is up
against "with Congress And the
problem Congress is up against
isn't that Congress just likes tn
spend money, it’s just that the
people like to have these
things
I guess that's the way it
works. In my case, I don't have
any trouble balancing my bud-
get on paper, but my 10-year-
old tractor hasn't got any apr-
preclation for figures and is
liable to blow a gasket any day
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