The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1953 Page: 1 of 8
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NUMBER 20
Another Test Well For Lee County
Duchess
as soon as he completes his drilling land within the last three years.
The winners of the semi-finals Lexington
necessary.
EDWIN BIAR
He rotates his pasture by leaving
agement will also include weed and they can.
Young Men Register
church’s work if tire church is to
For M ilitary Service
throughout the day..
eran Church intothe life of Ante- Ervin W. Barnett, Bastrop
Francisco Gaona, Elgin,
Duke E, Heslep, Lincoln, Texas.
Regards,
* John Bohol.
FOUR TOP LEE COUNTY LEAGUE
TEAMS GO INTO PLAYOFF SUNDAY
Revival Meeting
At Ledbetter
winning two out of three will then
go into the finals for 3 games, if
21 days and resting it 14 days. The
buffelguass isn’t overgrazed and
the cattle are rolling in fat
| Ledbetter
| Manheim.
fans are depending on him to help
the South win this football elassie.
Team
Giddings
Warda..
To See Local Star
In All - Star Game
CC SECRETARY LISTS CHAMBERS’
1952 - ’53 MAIN ACCOMPLISHMENTS
party that was filed on here some the Texas District department of
three months ago and skipped out. Parish Education at this conference
At the noon hour, a basket lunch
will be spread under the shade of
the old oak trees on the church
yard.
A hearty welcome is given to
each and everyone to come enjoy
this grand gathering with us.
Also, our revival will begin Sun-
day night. August 16, with Rev.
Bert Smith of Rockdale doing the
preaching, assisted by our pastar,
the Rev. Verlon Feller of Lexing-
ton.
A welcome is extended to all.
VOLUME TWELVE
| he decided to find out more about
it. He visited several buffelgrass
pastures in and out of the county
Marjorie Kasper, daughterof
Mr and Mr Walter Kasper and
Homecoming at Blue
Sunday, August 16, is Home-
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coming Day at Blue,
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We are listing below the names
Mr. J. B. Ferguson, Independent
Oil Operator of Wharton, Texas,
made his location for a test well
on the Seymour Sacks 1110 acre
tract of land about eight miles
North East of Giddings. Location
for well has been cleared and slush
pits have been dug.
He will start drilling operations
Money will buy a fine dog, but uus, macnine win become the pro-
only love will make him wag his perty, of a farmer in the Dime Box
tall. - community.
The Lee County League having |
finished their regular schedule and |
postponed games Sunday will now
go into the semi-finals of the play-
off games next Sunday.
Entitled to the playoff games
are the four top teams of the leag-
ue, Giddings, Warda, Lexington
and Ledbetter.
Giddings will be hosts to Ledbet-
I ter at the Airline Park Sunday and
| Warda will be host to Lexington
in Warda.
Pct.
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500
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THE GIDDINGS S
A PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER FOR A PROGRESSING CITY AND COMMUNITY
Other farmers of this area may * । D *
be interested in this grass as well July Kai
of boys who recently registered
with Texas Local Board No. 85 up-
on reaching their eighteenth birth-
day.
Rogers E. Travinia. Gause, Tex
Joe L. Jones, Cedar Creek, Tex
Earl Williams, Caldwell, Texas
Marvin M. Schulze, Lexington,
Edward M. Steglich, Giddings,
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___The conference which Pastor
Studtmann attended was deemed
as other grasses and legumes. Your
1 Soil Conservation District with its
Soil Conservation Service techni-
cans are here to help you any way
Terry H. Davis, Giddings
Collis Gates, Jr. Giddings
Floyd L. Williams, Lincoln
Winston B. Miller, Bastrop
William E. Stolle, Rosanky,
Sherman Johnson, Cedar Creek
Ernest C. Johnson Jr. Somerville
Douglas F. Null, Smithville—•---•
Calvin II. Smith, Lexington
Henry Arzola, Elgin, Texas
Wilton J. Marek, Caldwell
- John W. King, Elgin, Texas
Pancho J. Sparso, Caldwell
Horace H. Williams, Bastrop
George Hyder, Jr., Bastrop
Domingo C. Pacheco, Bastrop
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MARJORIE KASPER
Escort
man stated. It is understood that
this, machine will become the
Brings First
Cotton Picker
To Lee County
Dick Kissmann, owner of the
Kissman Tractor Co., was in Dal-
las Monday and brought with him
the First Cotton Picking Machine
for Lee County -----------—=-,
The machine will pick as high as
six bales per day, if the yield Is
at least one half bale to the acre.
"There were "Cotton Strippers”
brought to Lee County," Mr. Kiss-
mam stated, "but this is the first
cotton picking machine for the
County, as it actually picks the Eat
out of the bolls.’'
"The machine is an Allis-Ch il-
mor and should be pulled by an
Allis ■ Chalmer Tractor," Ir. Kiss-
out of 3 will win the Champion- ■ Lincoln
July 1 — Trip to Lexington
July 2 — Office routine
july 3 — Party charged with
speeding
Jujy 4 — Disturbance in Gid
dings, two charges filed, also call
to Post Oak, one charge filed
July 5 — One charged with
speer, and the tire that was cut at
the old barn has been replaced and
proper charges filed.
July 6 _ Trip to Dime Box and
Globe Hill with civil matters.
July 7 — Trip to San Saba, one
charge filed and the vehicle recov-
ered,
July X — Office routine.
July 9 — Call to disturbance in
Giddings, one charge filed.
July 10 — Call to wreck in Gid-
dings, one car involved, no one in-
jured, also wreck at the traffic
light, two vehicles involved, no one
injured.
July 12 — Office routin?.
July 13 — Trip to Austin and
Knobbs for investigation.
July 14 — Investigation of hot
check artist, also one misdemeanor
charge filed here.
uly 15 — Trip to Bre nham and
Hempstead on burglary investiga-
tion. —
July 16 — County Court, also
call to Lexington one charge filed)
and trip to Post Oak,
July 17 — Trip to Austin for
court service, and call to wreck
in Giddings, party charged with
D W I
July 18 — Trip to Lexington,
also all to wreck in Giddings, two
vehicles involved, no one injured.
Party detained in jail, too much
sweet Lucy.
J July 20 — Office routine.
July 21 —- One traffic violation
filed, trip to Knox Lake Communi-
ty, party detained in jail, also two
parties held for investigation of
burglary, both checked out O K
and were released. -====-
July 22 Official trip to Austin,
also another w reck here, no one in-
jured.
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Stop - Look - Listen!
A careful driver approached the
railroad crossing. He stopped,
looked, and listened. All he heard
was the car behind him crashing
into his gas tank._____________
————— ----.--— back for the South, has thrilled
Burleson - I Sol Concanon Hon D:F: * the Giddings fans many a time with
Dueson - Lee DOI Conservation District his splendid passing, and the local
District Supervisors
---------------John-C. Seibert, Ernest Kiesehniek, James R. Stanley,
Wilton Chaloupka, Edwin Janac
2.43 Inches
Rain during July amounted to
2.43 inches according to the Post
Office guage. This brings the to-
tal for the year up to 26.63 inches.
Weather during the day is hot,
but nights are always cool. Indi-
cations point to a good cotton crop.
Edwin Biar Jr, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin Biar will repr sent the
Giddings Chamber of Commerce
at the Elgin Yamboree scheduled
Thursday, August 13.
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— SEND IN YOUR NEWS
contract on another location here
in Lee County. Well location is
2000 feet Northwest of the Sey-
mour Sacks No. 1 wildcat well
drilled by the Nails Creek Co. sev-
eral years ago.
This is the third well that will
be drilled on the Sacks tract of
July 23 - Disturbance here, par. Rar Max Studtmann
ty detained in jail ev. Max 2
July 24 - One charged with Attends Bible
reckless driving, and one speeding Institute Workhop
charge filed, also disturbance in
Giddings; two charges filets Forty-five leaders in the field of
July 25 — Party charged with parish education from all areas of
disturbing the peace and detained the Lutheran Church Missouri
in jail. Call to Lincoln, party gets Synod conducted a six-day work-,
two charges, one in Justice Court, shop, on Bible Institutes at Corr-
and one in County Court. Also one | cordia T achers College, River For-
traffic violation filed - est. Illinois July 27 August 1
July 27 Trip to Cleburne after Pastor Max Studtmann represented
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gospel singing----:-------------------*.---
Truckers Go On Strike
At the Community Church at
Ledbetter a Revival Meeting has
been scheduled August 9 through
16, 1953.________=
Rev. H. L. McLerran of the First
Baptist Church in Giddings will be
the revival speaker.
Services will be held every night
beginning at 8 p. m. with special
- music.
You are invited to each and. ev-
eryone of these services.
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The team winning 2 Dime Box
—be the- same, and do drivear -ful-Lfulfill hacs mission in this age
Remember we can have an acci-
dent the same as any one else, ev-
GIDDINGS, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1953
Here were 100 acres of taxable land
that weren't giving any returns.
Sixty days after planting this
buffelgrass it was ready to be
grazed. Allen, on 30 acres, turned
in 78 cows, 58 calves and 3 bulls/
erosion control. Allen plans to ir-
rigate his buffelgrass pastures if
he doesn't get enough rain. Enough
rain has fallen this year and irriga-
tion has not been used.
Allen said, “I like this buffel-
grass better than any grass I have
ever planted." Why does he like
this grass? ? Because it gives him
the returns he wants. This is the
thinking of many farmers and ran-
chers who have deep sandy soils
that are too drouthy to grow other
grasses. Buffelgrass isn't a cureall,
but it will provide good forage and
may compare with sweet sudan
grass. There would be an advan-
tage of buffel grass over sudan in
that buffelgrass will reseed as well
as grow again on the old root stock.
The following district cooperat-
ors are but a few who have planted
buffelgrass in this area: John New-
mann, Post Oak; Bill Pieratt, Ho-
ward Dodd, Willie Urbanovsky,
Dime Box; Howard Wright, Tan-
glewood; Henry Seeman, Robert
Grimm, Giddings; Harvey Cara-
way, Lexington; Odis Atkins, Bill
Watterman, Good Hope; and Hoff-
man & Host's Service Station
thought enough of buffelgrass to
plant it around their place of busi-
ness. -
en though we may escape injury,
......they are still expensive .... J
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Letters From Our
Readers
LITTLEFIELD, TEXAS
August 3,- 19.53
Giddings Star,
Giddings, Texas .
Dear - Friends:
Want to let you know that it is
still dry on the Plains. The rains
last month were by ho means gen
oral and in many parts of West
Texas it is still too dry to even
plant..
We are asking the gracious God
: to send us good rains. If It does
not rain our future does not look
good.
School Board
Sets Meeting
August 20
The Giddings Independent School
Board will meet in regular session
at 8:00 p. m. August 20, in the Sup-
erintendent’s Office. At this meet-
ing the budget of expenses for the
1953 54 school year will be ad-
opted. Any taxpayer of District
may be present and participate in
the hearing" (Art. 689a.. Public
.School Law).
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This party committed a felony inThe workshop was conducted to the cattle on the buffelgrass for
Cleburne also, prepare a program of adult lay ed.-
July 28 and 29 — Office routine: ucation which is to be based upon
ship of the Lee County League,
Games Last Sunday
In the last games of the regular
schedule, the victors routed the
losers with high scores. Warda
beat Ledbetter 12 to 3, Lexington
trounced Lincoln 19 to 3 and Gid-
dings trounced Dime Box 18 - 2.
League Standing .
Ernest Allen of the Lexington
Community is another firm believ-
er in buffelgrass pastures. This
spring Allen took his two row cot-
ton planter and planted about 109
acres of buffel grass.
J At first, Allen was not too im-
pressed with this new grass and
before he got the information he
got the information he wanted. He
found that his sandy land was just
right for growing buffelgra
Allen bought 100 pounds of buf-
felgrass and mixed it with cotton-
seed hulls, two double hands full to
one double handful buffelgrass.
Using a two-row cotton planter he
seeded this mixture into 38 inch
rows. No fertilizer was used be-
cause tins was newly cleared land.
Nothing but thistle and sage weeds
were growing on this soil before
getting the seed bed prepared.
necessary because • the Lutheran
Chnr.il Missouri Synod has dou-
bled its membership in the last 25
year The expansion brought cer-
tain problems. The method of the
Bible in titute education for the
development of a leadership is
thought to be, the solution of in-
tegrating the program of the Luth-
This particular buffelgrass
wasn’t fertilized, but will be fer-
tilized with 100 pounds of 16-20-0
per acre next spring. Pasture man-
SHERIFF GOODSON REPORTS
ACTIVITIES IN THE LEE
COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
The men hauling the gravel for
highway 77 north of Walther’s
Feed Store have gone on a strike
Tuesday afternoon.
The gravel has to be hauled from
the Oscar Schulz place and the
truckers contend that the dist-
ance is too great and they demand
more money.
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GIDDINGS CEMETERY
ASSOCIATION MEETING SET
Aspecial meeting of thhe asso-
ciation will be held Wednesday
August 12 th. at 3:30 P. M. in the
-Citizens State Bank for the pur-
pose of electing a president for the
association and to transact other
important business.________.
, - Paul Nerger, Secretary.
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JACKIE PLACKE
Many Giodings football fans will
go to Houston Friday night to see
their local star Jackie Placke per-
form in the North - Soutth All
Star game Friday Night.
Jackie, who will play quarter-
rica. Every church member needs
to be geared and ready to serve.
Pastor Max, Studtmann will at-
tend a two-day conference of Pa-
rish Education District leaders on
August 2nd and 3rd He and his
family will then return to Giddings
on either Friday or Saturday of
this week.
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, Mr. and Mrs II H. Froehlich of
Hous in yere in Giddings on bu- ,
siness Saturday. They are read-
ers of the Star a d enjoy reading
it. Hey say, fever want to miss a
copy. .1
Spitzenberger, Emmett Hannes,
Theo Osthoff.
MEMBERSHIP — H A Nerger,
chairman; P H. Luecke, W. H. Joi-
ner.
PROPERTY COMMITTEE —
H. C. Harms, chairman, Thos. G.
Cherry, Aug. Wolff.
AUDIT COMMITTEE — Dan
Durow, chairman; W E. Schneider,
Ernest Moerbe.
SCREENING COMMITTEE —
Emil G. Richter, chairman; J.
W. Dixon, M. F. Placke.
HEALTH — Dr. A. F. Vickers,
chairman; Dr D. T. Childress, Don
Slocomb. — -
ACTIVITIES:
Sponsored Duchess to McDade
Watermelon Festival )
Sponsored Duchess to Elgin >
Yamboree -
Prizes for 1st, and 2nd. bale of
cotton. ’---—
Prizes for 1, 2, and 3rd load of
castor beans. %
Reported Primary election re-
turns over Public Address System
Sponsored Cleanup-Campaignt
Had M. E C. Nelson of State
Board of Health to lecture in con-
nection with clean-up.
Assumed light bills for park at
Lincoln.
Sent Industrial committee mem-
bers to Industrial Development
Conference at A & M
Appropriated funds for Christ
mas Street Decorations—--—
Sponsored stew for, mer bers.
Sponsored Castor Bean Open
House.
Served refreshments at "A
Convention and at Castor Bean
Area Meeting
Sponsored Lee County 4 H and
Giddings FFA Livestock Sh ow.
(Continued on last Page)
July 30, — Trip to Lincoln and advanced Bible study and will pre-
Loebau community, party detained pure men and women for larger
in jail service to the K ingdom. The work-
July 31 One traffic violation, shop is based upon the realization
We have one set of keys in brown that the Christian Church cannot
leather case, owner may drop by carry out its func ion in the World
■ and get the mat any time. | through the clergy alone. More
’ his just about takes care of Ju- | men and women must be enlisted
- ly which was a very quite month, to serve in many areas of the
Hoping the following months will
Walter A. Kasper, secretary-
treasurer of the Giddings Chamber
of Commerce has compiled the
main activities of the organization
during the past fiscal year July 1,
1952 through June 30, 1953. Alb-
ert E. Schkade was president dur-
ing this time.
Report shows that the Giddings
C of C is a very alert organization
always having in mind the improve
ment of the City and the trade ter-
ritory of Giddings.
xOFFICERS — Paul H. Knippa,
Jr., president; Emil G. Richter,
vice-president; W. E. Kasper, treas.
1 DIRECTORS — Hershel Doyle,
I Leslie Emmrich, Durwood Fuchs,
Monroe Hannes, E G. Jaeger, W. O.
: Keaghey, Paul Knippa Jr, Rob-
| ert Lorenz, H. A. Nerger, M. F.
Placke, W L. Pratho, Emil G. Rich-
ter, Ben Symmank, M Y. Tate, and
Herbert Walther.
CIVIC- IMPROVEHENT COM-
MITTEE — W L. Pratho, chairman;
Monroe Hannes, Albert Schkade,
Dr. A. R. Hazzard.
| INDUSTRIAL — M. F. Kieke,
i chairman; Paul Nerger, Monroe
Hannes, D. E. Wilkes, J. W. Dixon.
HIGHWAY COMMITTEE — R.
A. Toler. Chairman, Paul Nerger,
Monroe Hannes, J. S. Simmang.
AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE-
H. A. Nerger, E. G. Jaeger, Brown
O. Spivey.
PUBLIC RELATIONS — Paul
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Preusser, Theodore A. The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1953, newspaper, August 6, 1953; Giddings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1615460/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Giddings Public Library and Cultural Center.