The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 6, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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Lee County’s Favorite Newspaper — More News About More Lee County People Than Any Other Newspaper — Anywhere!
NUMBER 36
VOLUME 16
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IN FOOTBALL PLA YOFFS
Buffs in Quarter-Finals
Brady at Killeen Fri. Nigh
The Buffaloes are scheduled to
The Giddings Buffaloes and Bra-ioffs the Buffs went ‘all-the-way’’
Both are quite versatile, Giddings for the trip to Killeen.
having polished its passing offense
ard Roche (31), far tight, runs Rattler 1-yard line to score the game at Navasota which the Buffs
Buffs' third and deciding touch- won 19 to 13.
- Star Photo.
Local Merchants Offer $400
the Trades Day scheduled for Sat- said.
-Star Photo
Lee County's cotton acreage al-
Harper will present the prizes to away at 3
the winners, Spivey said.
Giddings.
cent) in that the reserve factor
ro
to 13. Brady sidelined 1955 state and passing defense the past two
finalist Hillsboro, 14 to 7 last week. 1 weeks.
Merchants also may be identified cond. and numerous smaller prizes
by the Trades Day placard in their ranging from $25 on down,
window or on their door. ।--—
Members of the Immanuel Lad-
ies Aid, under the direction of Mrs.
John Lerche and Mrs. Ben Vahren-
was figured at six per cent.
Here's the way Lee County’s al-
lotment was figured:
Lee County's computed county
allotment is 8,844 acres; alloca-
tion from national reserve is 87.2
acres; allocation from state reser-
ve for minimum allotments is 136
acres; state reserve for small farm
is 2,442 acres; and state reserve
for inequities and hardship cases
is 194.8 acres; making a total cou-
nty allotment o 11,704 acres.
Mr. Glenn Wednesday reported
that Lee County's 1957 peanut al-
lotment would be 9,472.2 acres.
Fed. 8 is the closing date for filing
of new growers, Mr. Glenn added.
Giddings stores are scheduled to
close early to permit fans time
to make the 100-mile trek.
Citizens are asked to check with
their merchants in Giddings to see
whether they are participating in
lotment for 1957 is 11,704 acres, it
was announced this week by Ro-
bert H. Glenn, office manager for
the Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation committee, following
receipt of official figures from the
state ASC office.
The 1956 allotment was 11,822
acres, Mr. Glenn said.
Farmers have been advised this
week of their planting quotas for
next year. All will have this in-
formation prior to the National re
ferendum set for Dec. 11.
Mr. Glenn said that all cotton
farmers who planted at least 90
per cent of their 1956 allotment
will receive the same allotment
for 1957. Only those farmers who
did not plant at least 90 per cent
of their 1956 allotment will receive
a reduction in allotment this year.
Although the planting quota for
the ensuring year is slightly under
the 1956 figure, the deficit might
have been considerably greater had
it not been for the efforts of the
Old Cotton Belt Association of Tex-
as. This organization has long fou-
Court House Repair
Bids Due Monday
Bids are scheduled to be opened
Monday, Dec. 10 for repair of the
Lee County 4-11 Club boys won
first, second, and third and a Lee
County adult fifth in Area Four
corn growing contest. County Agent
Brown O. Spivey said.
These four places were won in
the dry land contest by Jimmie
Knippa of Fedor, Billie Wieder-
bold of Dime Box, Roland Sch-
ulze of Fedor, and Rudy Knippa
of Fedor, in that order.
The four will be awarded prize.
County’s Cotton Allotment Is
Cut Slightly to 11,704 Acres
The Community Newspaper
With Community News
Written and Edited
Especially for You!
Ushers Staff, under the direction
of Ben Symmank, puts the gym-
nasium in readiness for the crowd;
the Choirs work hard to present the
musical portions of the pageant;
the characters contribute their ser-
vices to make the scenes "live
again" in the hearts and minds
of people.
In addition to these groups the
Pageant is dependent upon many
66% of County Taxes
Have Been Collected
Taxpayers still have through the
month of December to earn a one
per cent discount on their county
taxes.
All taxes must be paid by Jan.
31, 1957, to avoid paying penalty
and interest.
About 66 per cent of the taxes
for the current year had been col-
lected as of Dec. 1, Miss Shirley
Christiansen, deputy tax collector,
said Wednesday.
Lee Countians Place High
In Area Four Corn Contest
SUBSCRIBE TO THE STAR
FOR MORE NEWS!
Band Try-Outs
District Band Try-outs will be
held at Giddings High School on
Saturday, Dec. 15, Everett Sch-
midt announced.
Brady has a slightly heavier
team than Giddings but otherwise leave Giddings Friday about 1
the two teams are quite similar. p. m. probably by chartered bus
Dec. 12 - „
Rotary Club Christmas Party
Dec. 13-
GHS Band Concert
Cub Scout Pack 143 Christmas
Party
Garden Club Meeting
Dec. 15—
Giddings Trades Day
District Band Try-Outs at GHS
Dec. 16-
Martin Luther Christmas Pag-
eant
GHS A Cappella Choir presents
"The Messiah"
Christmas Cantata at Baptist
Church
Dec. 18-
Study Club Meeting and Christ-
mas Party
Dec. 18 or 20-
GHS Choir Concert
Dec. 19 —
Youth Christmas Program at
Baptist Church
SANTA CLAUS is scheduled to
be in Giddings on Saturday, Dec.
15 in connection with the Trades
Day being sponsored on that day
by the trade promotion committee
of the Giddings Chamber of Com-
merce. Residents of the area are
urged to bring their kiddos to
Giddings on that day to see Santa
and to register between now and
1 p. m. on Dec. 15 at participating
in Class A in 1951.
Giddings earned its regional title
and chance in the quarterfinals by
defeating Navasota last Friday, 19
The Giddings Market
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 1956
Eggs, candled, doz. — 42c-30c22c
ght to defeat the two per cent
merchants for one of the numer-state reserve as recommended by
Many Business Firms
Close Early Friday
Majority of Giddings merch-
ants and business places have
agreed to close their stores by
4:30 p. m. Friday in order to
allow all interested fans suffici-
ent time to travel to the quar-
ter-final football game between
Giddings and Brady at Ki.'leen
Friday night.
Hens --------------.................
Roosters, per pound .....
Butterfat, per pound —
No. 1 sour ..................
No. 2 sour ..................
Sweet Cream .............
Hides, per pound .........
Corn, per cwt______________
Milo, per cwt.............
Pecans .............................
Calendar of Events
Dec. 6—
American Legion Meeting
Legion Auxiliary Meeting and
Game Party
Dec. 7—
Area Corn Contest Awards
Quarter-Final football game,
Giddings vs Brady at Killeen
Dec. 9 and 10—
Immanuel Lutheran Christmas
Pageant
Dec. 11-
Martin Luther WMS-Brotherhood
Pot Luck Supper
.. 12c-13c
......... 6c,
.........43c
.........33c
.. 47c-50c
............ 7c
......... 2.80
....... 2.40
......... 15c
An Independent, Progressive
Hometown Newspaper
For a Progressing
City and Community
Prizes on Trades Day, Dec. 15
Giddings merchants are now giv- Kenneth E. Hoover Jr., manager by contacting the Chamber of Com-
ing away registration tickets for of the Chamber of Commerce, merce office
Student Killed
When Auto Hits
Tree at Dime Box
An A & M College student was
killed when the car he was driving
ran into a tree near Dime Box
on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday,
Nov. 29.
The body of Jose Arnaldo Torres,
17, a freshman student at A & >1,
was being flown to his native Pu-
erto Rico for burial.
The car in which Torres was
found belonged to Frederich Brick
Staples of Wichita Falls, also an
A & M student, who said he r. port-
ed the auto stolen Wednesd. / ev-
ening.
Staples was in Giddings M day
afternoon and said he had passed
by the wrecked car Thursday morn-
ing enroute to the football ame
at Austin, not realizing it was his,
only hoping whoever had stolen his
car was taking better care of it.
The automobile was wrar ped
completely around the tree f one
the force of the impact, the m tor
thrown away from the wreck ge.
The car had to be pried away
from the tree to recover Torres’
body. The accident was reported
to Deputy Sheriff Charles E. Rost
by Eldie Whitsel of Dime Box.
Rost notified the state highway,
patrol who investigated.
This was the second traffic
fatality in Lee County this year.
Torres was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Pedro Jose Torres of Hato
Rey, Puerto Rico.
prizes to be given West Texas areas, and achieved
p. m. on that day in a great part of its goal (10 per
this Trades Day operation, and
Lee County Court House at Gidd- if not, advise them they may do so
ings. County Judge M. F. Kieke — _________
dy Bulldogs will meet in the state
Class AA football quarter-finals at
Killeen's Kangaroo Stadium Fri-
day night, Dec. 7. Game time is
8 p. m.
Victor in Friday night’s game
will meet the winner of the Deer
PUT GIDDINGS AHEAD Rich- around his own left end from the down in Friday night’s regional) Park-Sinton contest in the semi-
Box on Thanksgiving Day. The
KEY PLAY— Jimmy Hill took
a lateral from Maury Crow and
carried for a 43-yard gain to the
Navasota 7-yard line to set up the
finals the following week.
Officials of the two schools met
Saturday at Killeen and selected
the site. The meeting of the two
teams will be their first in history.
Brady enters the quarter-finals
with an 11-1 season record; Gidd
ings has a 9-3 record for the sea-
son.
This marks the second time in
six years that Giddings has a team
in the state schoolboy football play
ous cash
of December as unseasonably
warm weather blanketed the area.
A slight shower of moisture fell
in Giddings Thursday morning and
prospects looked fair for more.
in the neighborhood of $400.
ant, scheduled to be presented Sun-1 tributed to the farming and produc-
, , tion of the pageant.
day and Monday nights, Dec. 9 and -
10 at 7:30 at the Giddings High
School Gymnasium, has reached
the final stages of planning and
is ready for the 1956 presentation.
kamp, made the costumes; the
STUDENT KILLED— A 17-year- motor was torn from the car by
. A f v. the impact and the car had to be
old Texas A & M student was ...
pried loose from the tree to re-
killed when this car which he was move the body of the student, Jose
driving struck a tree near Dime Arnoldo Torres of Puerto Rico.
of $50, $35, $25, and $5. respecitively
at an awards program to be held
in Giddings Friday. Dec. 7. The
contest covered three counties.
Harold Galipp, Manheim 4-H
Club boy, won fourth place and $10
in the state irrigated corn contest.
Spivey said. Jimmie Knippa of
Fedor, who placed first in the area,
was second in the state in the
dry land contest and will revolve
a plaque.
The awards program will be held
at the Court House in Giddings
at 2 p. m. Friday. The public is
invited to the program which will
be short. Emmet Harper, presi-
dent of the Texas Certified Hybrid
Seed Corn Association will explain
briefly why the association sup-
plies the prize money. J D. Prewitt,
associate director of the Texas Ex-
tension Service will have a few
remarks to make, and then Mr.
Immanuel Luth. Pageant
Sunday and Monday Nights
The Immanuel Lutheran Page- Over two hundred people con-
with a waterproof spray.
Judge Kieke said that it is hoped
that the costs will not exceed
$10,000 but in no case would it
exceed $15,000.
GIDDINGS. LEE COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DEC. 6. 1956
. .Merchants will give away the
urday, Dec. 15. Names of participating mere- i tickets unitil 1 p. m. on Dec. 15.
Several business places have join- hants and businessmen who are Drawing will be held at 3 p. m.
ed in the promotion since last giving away Trades Day tickets on the Court House square in Gidd-
week, and total amount of cash are listed in an advertisment on ings.
prizes to be given away will be
Brady-Giddings
Game Tickets on Sale
Tickets to the Giddings-Brady
Class AA quarter-final football
game to be played at Killeen
Friday night are on sale at the
Citizens State Bank, the First
National Bank, and the Gidd-
ings Drug Store in Giddings at
$1.50 for adults (reserved seats
only) and 50 cents for students
(grades 1 to 12, advance sale
only).
All tickets will be $1.50 at the
gate at Killeen Friday night
Tickets will be on sale until
noon Friday.
The stadium in Killeen will
seat 4,100 with extra bleachers
to be set up if necessary.
Numerous fans are expected
to travel to the game via char-
ter bus, leaving Giddings at
5 p. m. Fare for the round
trip is $4. Several seats on the
bus still were available Wed-
nesday.
individuals. Gus Vahrenkamp
makes the lighting arrangements;
Miss Cara Lynn Vahrenkamp and
Leonard Kriegel are in charge
of scenery; Fred Wenke looks af-
ter the speaker system and re-
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Pep Rally Thursday
Buffalo fans will have a
chance to whoop it up before
this week’s big game at a pep
rally scheduled for 7 p. m.
Thursday at the gym.
CbS erva lions
By DURWOOD L. FUCHS
Publisher
KILLEEN is expected to go all-
out to play the generous host for
the Giddings-Brady quarter-final
football game Friday night. The
Killeen Chamber of Commerce,
through George Cates, manager,
has made arrangements for having
tickets printed, furnishing stadium
lights, officials, tootbulls, and us-
hers, at no expense to cither team.
Giddings and Brady will divide the
gross proceeds equally. The city
has given permission to the schools
to have a parade and pep rally
there if they so desire.
€ The Giddings Chamber of Com-
merce urges Giddings fans who
do not wish to eat at home before
leaving for the game, to patronize
Killeen restaurants as an express-
ion of appreciation for their cour-
fesies
Killeen restaurants have been ad-
. vised to expect a large number of
Giddings fans between 6 and 7:30
p. m. Friday.
★
GIDDINGS BUFFALOES are ra-
ted by many people to be capable
of "going all the way" to the State
Class AA football championship.
The Buffs have been truly a
"Cinderella" team this season,
starting out with three losses in a
row, then switching to the win col-
umn, taking the District 21-AA
championship without even letting
their district opponents score on
them, then taking the bi-district
game and then the regional title.
★
COACH BOONE JACKSON and
his assistants, Truett Mobley, Wil-
liam J. Michalka, and Henry Law-
rence, as well as school officials,
faculty, student body, and the team
members themselves are to be
commended for the fine display of
enthusiasm, sportsmanship, and
spirit shown during the past weeks.
The Buffs have matured well this
season, each week having come up
against stronger and better teams,
each week showing that they have
gained in knowledge and experien-
ce from the previous week's
game.
The Buffs have the ability, the
courage, and the determination to
continue their drive in the play-
offs. Competition will continue to
get tougher, but if improvement
continues at the present pace the
Buffs have an excellent chance to
duplicate the 1951 record.
★
THE BUFFS have developed
Among other things, a fine passing
attack as well as a pass offense.
This was shown exceptionally well
in the regional game at Navasota
las' Friday night.
And this should pay off again
. in the quarter-final game this
week when the local gridsters come
up against a team that is known
for Its passing attack.
Here's wishing the 1956 Buffs
continued good luck. Of them it
can be said, that, win or lose,
they have played the game well!
said. ALT 1
Repair work on the 60-year-old Hot * or December
building is to include painting' This week Wednesday probably
joints, sandblasting of rock work, was the first time that Giddings
repairing of gutters, painting of banks operated their air condi-
roof, and scaling of the building tioning systems during the month
page 8 of this issue of The Star.; Prizes will be $100 first, $50 se-
Buffs' third and deciding touch-
down in Friday night’s regional
game at Navasota.
—Star Photo
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