The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1957 Page: 1 of 8
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Especially for You!
Lee County's Favorite Newspaper — More News About More Lee County People Than Any Other Newspaper — Anywhere!
GIDDINGS. LEE COUNTY. TEXAS. THURS. MARCH 14, 1957
VOLUME 16
Subscription: $2 per year
Single Copy: 5 Cents
NUMBER SO
exasU. Symphony Orchestra
CAN IT HAPPEN HERE?
Giddings Gets Little Rain
NEARING $18,000
Fund Growing
Recreation
Recreation Program Important to Industry
LEAVING MONDAY FOR NO. CAROLINA
2.20 IT PAYS!
New Store Opens
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COUNTY AGENTS COLUMN
By BROWN O. SPIVEY, Lee County Agricultural Agent
April 6:
Trustee Election.
of the Riga Symphony Orchestra
in Latvia.
Total contributions to the Gidd-
ings Recreation Fund had reach-
ed $17,925.60 Wednesday at 1:30
p. m. Kenneth E. Hoover Jr., man-
NEW AUTOMATIC gas furnace
recently installed at the Giddings
Post Office is admired by Post-
master Maggie Bobo. The new gas
fired boiler for providing steam
as active and alive as the people
themselves in it.
Giddings can grow and prosper,
but it needs your help -each and
every one of you. Offer your help
to your Chamber of Commerce
(yes, farmers, too, can help)—
the organization designated to pro-
mote growth of a town and its
trade area and economy.
Fourth annual Giddings High
School invitational track and field
meet to be held at McClellan Field
theran Church will sponsor a bake be narrowed to two candidates
sale Saturday, March 16 at the from each school. From those re-
HOUSTON1ANS VISIT
Mrs. W. T. Barnes and Mrs. F.
M. Perry of Houston were recent
visitors with* their sister, Mrs. W.
A. Preuss.
dust struck Giddings about 12:45
Thursday afternoon. The norther
was predicted to be short-lived.
DUST STORM HITS AREA
A dry norther blowing tons
Mary Kay Simmang
Is Entered in S. A.
“Miss Fiesta" Contest
Miss Mary Kay Simmang, sop-
homore student at Our Lady of the
Lake College in San Antonio, is
one of the four contestants from
that college in the city-wide con-
test for Miss Fiesta and her Maid
of Honor. She will attend a formal
tea March 14 at the Menger Hotel
for the final selection of candidates.
Each of the four colleges in San
Antonio is sending four represent-
atives, chosen by the Fiesta San
REV. ROBERT STUDTMANN
Farewell Sermon Sunday
The Community Newspaper
With Community News •
Written and Edited
MEMBERSHIP in your Chamber ,
of Commerce does not cost .. . .
your move. Lets all move together
-for a better Giddings, a better
Chamber of Commerce, a good
recreation center.
If you are one of those who sits
back and just expects Johnny to
do it, then please at least pick up
your telephone-call 243. Your Cha-
mber of Commerce has a big job
to do; make it easier by offering
your help.
’ Somethihg to think about-In 1930
there were 432 more towns in Tex-
By M. C. GRUETZNER
President, Chamber of Commerce
Do we need a swimming pool
and other recreation in Giddings?
By all means-Yes! Look around
you and you will see how far
ahead the other small cities in our
area are concerning recreation.
Put yourself in the place of a
man looking .over .a town for a
location of his plant. He is not
The store is located in the for-
mer Melody Dress Shop building
and is operated by Mr.- and Mrs.
Leonard Kriegel assisted by Mrs.
Don B. Slocomb and Mrs. John G.
Teinert.
ALEXANDER VON KREISLER
Conducts UT Symphony
The Giddings Market
Wednesday, March 13. 1957
Eggs, candled, doz 25—23—18c
An Independent, Progressive
Hometown Newspaper
For ■ Progressing
City and Community -
City Meat Market beginning at 10
a. m.—
Cakes, pies, coffee cakes, home-
made breads, etc. will be offered
for sale.
Game Ward. Bogusch
Dies in Brenham •—
Game Warden Paul Walter Bo-
gusch, 61, of Brenham, died at a
Brenham hospital Saturday, at
12:50 p. m. after suffering a heart
attack at his home about 10:30
a. m. — \
At the time of his death, Mr.
Bogusch was serving, Washington,
Lee, and Burleson Counties as
game warden.
Born at Mason, Aug. 4, 1895,
son of the late Mr.and Mrs. Carl
Bogusch, he received his education
in the Mason schools.
Following service in World War
I, Mr. Bogusch settled in Bren-
ham where he has lived since 1920.
He had been connected with the
State Game and Fish Commission
since October 1936.
Funeral services were held in
Brenham Monday.
114 miles northwest of Austin, early
Monday.
Hail and rainstorm warnings with
| possibility of tornadoes were issu-
ed Monday evening for a wide
area . including Lee County area.
Total rainfall this week at the
post office gauge amounted to
.07 inch Monday morning and .11
inch Wednesday morning.
From Giddings residents who
traveled to Austin Monday after-
noon by plane were unable to re-
turn by air Monday night- and
chose, instead, to travel back by
car. The four-Rubin Schneider,
Kenneth E. Hoover Jr., Otto Faske,
and Dick Boswell were marooned
in Austin when a heavy hail and
rainstorm struck that area, mak-
ght very close to home only
last month to some of us who had
the pleasure of having two very
fine gentlemen here to look Gidd-
ings over for plant location. Do we
have »chance of getting these pl-
। ants here,? I wish I knew.
I do know one thing for sure--
questions asked. What is your la-
bor potential? WHAT FORM OF
RECREATION CAN YOU OFFER
OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR
FAMILIES? How are your chur-
ches and schools, Etc.
' maining in the contest Miss Fiesta
| and her Maid of Honor will be
elected at the Miss Fiesta Pres-
entation and Ball at the Munic-
ipal Auditorium March 27. Miss
Fiesta, her Maid of Honor, and
the six finalists will star in the
Fiesta Flambeau, San Antonio’s
illuminated night parade.
Mary Kay, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Simmang, is a 1955
graduate of Giddings High School.
on Friday, March 22 will attract
hundreds of high school athletes
and fans to Giddings.
Coach Boone Jackson said Wed-
nesday that 26 teams had accept-
ed invitations to the meet. These
include Marlin, Brenham, Nava-
sota, Buda, and Sealy in addition
to the following listed earlier: Sm-
ithville, Luling, Rockdale, Caldwell,
Taylor, Bellville, Schulenburg, Col-
umbus, Lockhart, San Marcos, Ll-
ano, Gonzales, Somerville, Holl-
and, Iola, Lexington, Thorndale,
Manor Elgin, St. Edwards of Aus-
tin, and Del Valle in addition to
host Giddings.
ing flying impossible. They return-! towns said "It can’t happen here”,
ed later by car and Mr. £chnei-1 but did nothing to assure it and
der brought his plane back Tues. ' they were lost. A town is only
Calendar of Events
March 15:
University of Texas Symphony
’ Concert a GHS.
March 21:
Garden Club Meets
March 22:
Track Meet at GHS. <
GOVERNMENT TRAPPER will
be in Lee County soon.
Lee County Judge M. F. Kleke
said that several people in the
Prospect Community were having
losses due to wolves. If others
in Lee County are having trouble
of this nature they should notify
Judge Kieke.
Star Want Ads Get Results! ,
Hens ....................... -
Roosters, per pound...........
Sweet Cream ........................
Hides, per pound .............
Corn, per cwt.....................
Mioo. per cwt....................
1213c
..... 6€
....47c
.... 7
.2.60
On what do you think we struck. , . As: „ ., —.
out? I do know this-ir we haastore in Giddings—Margaret s Fine
conductor of the University Sym-
phony Orchestra, the University
Singers, and the Student Opera
Workshop at the University of Tex-
as.
Several members of the music
faculty will be soloists with the
orchestra in the concert Friday
The orchestra is brought to Gid-
dings under the auspices of the
Giddings High School Band. Ad-
mission price will be 50 cents for
adults and 25 cents for students.
The* public Is cordially invited
to attend.
Upon coming to the United Sta-
tes,. von Kreisler was appointed
conductor of the CBS Network Or-
chestra, later guest conductor of
the Cincinnati Symphony Orches-
tra, and before coming to the Uni-
versity of Texas was associated
with the Cincinnati Conservatory
of Music where he was both, or-
chestra and opera conductor.
Mr. von Kreisler is currently
heat for the building* is complete-
ly automatic, requiring very little
attention and also is very effic-
ient. according to Mrs. Bobo.
—Photo by Brown O. Spivey
The University of Texas Sym-
phony Orchestra will perform in
the Giddings High School gym-
nasium Friday, March 15 at 8 p.
m.
The orchestra, one of the na-
tion’s foremost university music
groups, is under the direction of
Alexander von Kreisler.
Mr. von Kreisler is the distin-
guished professor of conducting at
the Music Department of the Col-
While wind-whipped hail and
rain in pelted parts of Central and
South Texas early this week, caus-
ing damage tn some areas to sm-
all grain crops, Giddings received
only .18 inch of moisture.
Last week Wednesday Giddings
received .08 inch of rainfall, which,
added to .05 inch recorded oh Mar-
ch 3, brings the total for March
to .31 inch. 1
Other parts of Lee County re-
ported considerable more rainfall
this week. Lexington had about
2 inches and Dime Box reported
nearly 2 inches.
Hail the size of golf balls and
larger piled up in drifts at Austin
New Braunfels, and San Antonio
Monday evening, it was reported.
A twister which roared like a
“thundering express train” was re-
ported to have hit at Jolleyville,
26 Teams Entered in Giddings
Track, Field Meet March 22
Apparel for Women: will have its
formal opening Friday morning.
The new ladies’ ready-to-wear
only interested in having a good
place for his employees to spend
their working hours, but also he
is interested in having some place
where his employees can spend
their off-duty hours.
The employees of a plant also
are very much interested where
their families can spend their lei-
sure hours. Now you just stop
and figure for your-self where and
how do we stand? ,
The above are* facts--facts brou-,
lege of Fine Arts, the University
of Texas. He was already estab-
lished in Europe before coming to
this country, as a top ranking
orchestra and opera conductor.
Mr. von Kreisler received an
LL.B, degree from St. Petersburg
University and Master of Music
degree from St. Petersburg Con-
servatory. He studied with such
great artists, composers, and con-
ductors as Liadov, Glazounov, and
as than in 1957. I am wondering
how many people in these 432
towns were self-satisfied and th-
ought they just did not need it? *
Why not help raise that red line
on the swimming poolthermom-
eter at the „First National Bank I
corner by purchasing a share to-
day?
It has been ‘a pleasure, and
thanks.
★
IT IS WITH a great deal of
sadness that we note the passing
of so fine an institution as the
Lee County Fair-not the biggest |
in the area but comparatively]
speaking for size of the county-
r one of the best of its kind. This
annual high spot of fall entertain-
ment again will be sadly missed
in the county, forcing county fair
devotees to go to neighboring coun-
ties for such entertainment.
" 2 OF COURSE, this brings up the
question of whether County Fairs
generally are on the way out of
existence. Many neighboring coun-
ties still put on the annual ex-
position, some of them getting big-
* ger and better, others growing
, weaker. ■
A County Fair is a gigantic pro-
motion that takes a terrific amount
of work and cooperation as well
- as money to put on each year.
But then, nothing that is really
worthwhile is ever secured or
completed just by sitting around
and- "letting George do it.”
*
WHAT WITH THE DROUGHT
and low prices and acreage allot-
ments for farmers (agriculture
. still is the major factor in the
economy of Lee County) business
generally in this* area is at a low
ebb. has been for some .time and
probably will continue yet awhile.
Our Chamber of Commerce is
attempting to do something about
this through promotion of the area
for industries other than agricul-
a ture, making the area attractive
for such industries, assisting in
the promotion of business as a
whole, something in which Lee
County in the past has been far
from out in front.
\ *
* BUT THIS, TOO, will take time,
and recreation facilities like good
streets and ample” water and po-
wer facilities, also will take mon-
ey. Perhaps all of this, working
together, will pay off very soon
in some new industries which will
help the economy and the popula-
tion, possibly also creating re-
newed interest in the Lee County
Fair which might then be revived
again, or some similar type of an-
nual homecoming. ..
Red Poll Breeders
To: Hold Auction At
McGregor March 14
1 Cattle buyers will have an op-
portunity to buy gain-tested Reg-
istered Red Poll bulls at an auc-
tion to be held at Bluebonnet
Farms at McGregor on Thursday,
March 14.
_ ) The, auction, which begins about
2 p. m., will be preceded by a
tour of the Bluebonnet Farms and
a barbecue dinner.
The following Red Poll breeders
are participating in the present
weight gain per day testing progr-
am: Hy Lee Fuchs of Carmine,
R. A Fuchs & Son of Brenham,
J. C. Fuchs of Burton, Dr. Bruce
Warwick of Bluebonnet Farms,
Mrs. E. W. Boldt of Sugar Land,
Calvin and Margie Hodde of Hous-
—ton, and D. R. Kolie of Jewett.
This testing program is one of
the several promotional plans that
are now being carried out by
. the Texas Red Poll Breeders’ Assn.
HUMBLE OIL COMPANY will
sponsor the 1957 4-H Club tractor
maintenance program for Texas.
In Lee County,O. W. Symmank
Humble Distributer has already In-
dicated his interest. Any 4-H Club
boy interested in this program this
year should so notify Mr. Symmank
or the County Agent.
There are several prizes in the
District for the winners. The Dis-
trict Contest will be held in San
Marcos, May 4.
o Be in Giddings Friday Night
Tscherepnine, and was conductor
Thad Knittet, Shirley Lerche, E.
O. Maxey, Alma E. Mutschink,
Alton Mutschink, Everett Schmidt,
and Woodrow Weidemann.
The. following names were omit-
ted from the previous list through
an oversight of the Chamber office:
Mrs. Annie Dunk, Harry Nam-
ken, and Arnold Smith.
ager of the Giddings Chamber of
Commerce, reported.
Mr. Hoover submitted the fol-
lowing additional listings of con-
tributors to the Giddings Recrea-
tion-Fund:
Otto Aschenbeck, C. W. Briggs,
Carl A. Falke, A. J. Foerster,
Garwood Gerdes, Malcolm Hill,
The Rev. Mr. Studtmann will
preach his farewell sermon Sunday
Details will be found in the Imman-
uel Church announcements else-
where in this issue of The Star.
Pastor Studtmann and family
plan to leave on Monday morn-
ing March 18 for their new charge
at Greensboro, North Carolina. :
a good recreation center, we
would at least have an equal ch-
ance with our neighboring towns.”
I cannot mention names of these
two companies we interviewed but
can assure you of one thing-any
town any where would be more
than happy to welcome both of
these to locate in their commun-
ity. -
Cities or towns cannot stand
still; they are going either for-
ward or backward. Which way do
you want Giddings to go? It is
Open House Farewell Planned
For Pastor Studtmann, Family
An open house farewell will be
held for Pastor Robert Studtmann
and his family in the parish house
of Immanuel Lutheran Church
Sunday night, March 17. from .6
to 8:30 p. m.--------------=-------------
a -4
Not only the members of- Im-
manuel congregation are invited
to come, but all in the community
who might be interested also may
attend. Light refreshments will be
served to all.
By KENNETH E. HOOVER
Giddings Chamber of Commerce
Manager
An article was recently publish-
ed by Doane Agriculture Digest
stating that if the trend of the
past five years continues, some
one in every 40—will pack up
and leave the farm this year and
seek a job in town.__.
This is especially important to
us in that we have been basically
agricultural and now must in some
way make a change.
We must find the jobs to offer
these people if our economy is to
remain the same or improve,
This is not a luxury, this is a
necessity for our livelihood.
If we are not to become a for-
gotten town and die we must be
ready to meet this problem.
In the last ten years some 423
Texas towns have been removed
from the maps and state rolls. Is
this what you want to happen to
Giddings? Many people in these
Bake Sale Saturday / Jacinto committee, to the tea
The Ladies Aid of Immanuel Lu- where the field of contestants will
Lions Club Has
Outstanding Visitors
Members of the Giddings Lions
Club heard an enlightening dis-
cussion of Lionism at the regular
semi-monthly luncheon meeting of
the Club Tuesday noon.
Lion Charlie Young of Kyle, past
district governor of District 2-S-3,
was the guest speaker on the pro-
gram.
Other guests at the meeting were
Lion Mel Miller of Austin, who
has a record of perfect atten-
tendance since becoming a Lion
in 1934, and Wayne Taylor of the
University of Texas Extension
Teaching Department.
The club voted to extend its
boys' baseball program this year
and sponsor a Pony League travel-
ing team in addition to the local
boys’ baseball program, subject
to availability of funds.
JERREL DUNK won first place
in the 4-H Club rifle elemination
contest held Saturday.-
The other three to make the
team are Charles Racket Jr., Jam-
es Knippa, and Elder Frosch.
The first alternate is Dennis
Foerster.
These four boys will represent
Lee County in the District elimin-
ation contest on May 4 in San
Marcos. A total of 22 counties will'
take part in the District contests.
The team and the first alternate
will be on the County Agent's tele-
vision program March22, at 12:15
p. m. Coach Otto Fick will be on
the program and possible Assist-
ant Coach Randolph Woelfel. The
subject will be rifle safety.
The four boys that made the
team in the Saturday's elimination
contest each were awarded 4-H
cups and a box of .22 calibre am-
munition .
C/bs erva lions
By OURWOOD L. FUCHS
Publisher
ANNUAL LEE COUNTY FAIR
appears to be a thing of the past.
Directors of the Fair Associa-
tion have decided unanimously
not to have a fair in 1957. The
fair was not held last year due
- to drought conditions and "lack of
interest."
This same "lack of interest" ap-
pears to have been the reason for
cancelling the fair again this year.
*
IT HAS BEEN suggested that
a one-or two-day junior livestock
show be held to replace the fair.
Parents of sons and daughters
in 4-H Clubs and FFA Chapters, ■
it is suggested, could give both
financial aid. and a few hours of
labor to improve the fairgrounds
in preparation for such a junior
show.
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