The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 7, 1957 Page: 2 of 8
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2-THE GIDDINGS STAR- THURSDAY, NOV. 7, 1957
Eoitozials--Teatuhes
ROCKETS
ROCKETS
_Owner and Publisher
AL’S CLEANERS
book of American Churches, re-
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% mated 1.7 per cent population in-
wiw
Phone 442
A. E. Falke
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RABBS CREEK PHILOSOPHER
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When flood waters of several |
However. I’d like to suggest to
Philosopher on his Johnson grass
catching situation isn't as bad as they im-
up hardly seems the right phrase.1 agine.
Try Our Want Ads for Results!
ORSAG’S RADIO & TV
Home of Television Sales & Service
PHONE 187W
GIDOINGS, TEXAS
wait
PHONE 57
GIDDINGS, TEXAS
CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM
Business and Professional Directory
Giddings, Texas
Phone 173
Giddings
Phone 428
Dr. D. R. Taylor
Schroeder Bldg.
Phone 352
LA GRANGE, TEXAS
Crayton Studios
Eyes Examined - Glasses Fitter
acres, Lee
Professional Building
TUESDAY — FRIDAY —
Soazet
1 a (
Giddings
Phone 345
Fun is like life insurance the
. older you get the more it costs.
LETTERS AT EDITO
UNITEE GAS
The business in Giddings is your business—make it a practice
to buy what you need from your local merchant!
atschk. Renewal,
County.
IF IT'S DEPENDABLE AND REI.(ABLE SERVICE
YOU WANT, SEE us.. .
Dear editar:
I know a
ported recently.
The figure, based on compila-
tions for the council's 1958 Year-
Entered as second class matter April 5, 1940, at the Post Office presents a 3 per cent gain during
at Giddings, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 1956, nearly twice that of the esti-
sored to a new high of 103,224,954 million the same as reported for
in the United States last year, the the previous year and Eastern Or-
National Council of Churches re-thodox communicants 2,598,055, up
making the most of a bad situa-
tion. Sit down right now and run
up in your mind the number of
people you know who aren't both-
last spring, including hundreds in
Texas, railroads quickly provided
box cars as temporary living quar
ters.
would like to point out that in ered by a shortage of capital. One |
of
fin
hel
dre
cd
A. J. Foerster
REAL ESTATE DEALER
NEWS FROM THE
COURT HOUSE
DEEDS, RELEASES, OIL
around picking up after other peo-
ple, I made an exception in this
case, for all I knew, the Russians
had changed dictators again and
I thought I ought to keep posted,
although which dictator is dictat-
ing in Russia is about as import-
ant to me as which tire went flat
first when all four are down- as
I say, I was reading in this paper
where some of the heavier think-
M. F. Kieke
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Any erroneous reflection upon the
character, standing, or reputation
of any firm, corporation, for indi-
vidual published in the columns
of this paper will be cheerfully cor-
rested when brought to our atten-
tion. We do not hold ourselves
responsible for the views of our
correspondents. In case of error or
omission in advertisements, we do
sur
and
me
ins
N
the
wy
picked up in Giddings the other man in town or a big corporation,
day somebody had dropped it Everybody needs a little more cap-
PHOTOGRAPHS
Portrait — Commercial
some respects I'm ahead of my
time.
For example, I was reading in
a newspaper last night which 1
Claims World Has Caught up With
Him, It’s Now Short of Capital Too
Editor's note: The Rabbs Creek stage: it's been years behind me.
.......—...........Society Editor
Mechanical Superintendent
much about this. I know- people
who have lived very satisfactory
lives and been short of capital 99
per cent of the time. In fact, if
Washington is gonna worry because
me and the rest of the world are
short on capital, it's got an ever-
lasting job.
Yours faithfully.
J. A.
Patronize the Merchant Who Displays This Sign.
He Is Working for Your Future.
The Giddings Star
Can Supply Your Needs in
Printing—Advertising
Photography — Office Supplies
See "Playhouse 90" on
CBS TV. Co-sponsored by
the natural gas industry.
on the street and while I can’t coital______-
But the world needn't worry too
State of Texas, to Lee County,
Deed, 0.39 acres, 1.47 acres and
0.13 acres Jesse Barker Survey.
212,000.
Sunday school enrollment was re-
ported at 39.904,033 a 2% per cent
increase. Local congregations rose
by 3,198 to 308,647, and there were
235,100 pastors with charges, up
13 000 -
New church construction topped
the previous year by $40 Million
for a total of $775 Million.
The Methodist Church is the lar-
gest single protestant church body,
reporting 9.4 million members and
nearly 40,000 local churches. It was
followed by the Southern Baptist
convention. 8.7 million members
and some 31,000 local churches, and
the National Baptist Convention,
U.S.A, with 4.55 million and more
than 25,000 congregations.
| of the hardest things on earth to
do is to find somebody who isn't
a little short on the stuff, whether
it’s your neighbor or a business
Durwood L. Fuche ...
Mrs. Woodrow G. Weidemann
Albert B. Miertschin ............
Gididngs, Texas AND GAS LEASES, ETC.
- Edmund A. Nachlinger, et ux.
Phillips & Luckey
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
GIDDINGS, TEXAS
Phone: Day & Night 57
PHONE 225 —
mmomciiniamaco.
Radio and Television
Sales & Service
‘ U. S. Church Memberships Grow
~ | church membership of all faiths | 34.563.851, up 1,167.204. Jews 5%
Life. Accident & Health
Hospitalization
THE GIDDINGS STAR
Published every Thursday by the Giddings Printing Company, 223
West Austin Street, Giddings, Texas. Address all communications te
The Giddings Star, Giddings, Texas ‘
farm claims the world is catch- the thinkers in Washington that the rivers drove many families from
their homes in -numerous states
See The New 1958 Rocket Oldsmobile
NOV. 8 & NOV. 9
FREE COFFEE — REFRESHMENTS & PRIZES
Schneider Oldsmobile Co.
GIDDINGS
WE AIM TO PLEASE YOU WITH
PROMPT SERVICE
M. G. KURIO
INSURANCE
Life, Fire, Tornado, Casualty
and Polio
NOTARY PUBLIC
Dr. James L. Ashley
OPTOMETRIST.
Bill Brademan
INSURANCE
Phone 341W
for
Unger Plumbing & i
Sheet Metal j
Addition, City of Lexington.
Bryan Building and Loan Assoc-
iation. to Carroll McElwrath, et
ux, Release, Lot 9, Block 2, North-
side Addition, City of Lexington.
Alvin Dube to Robert Wieder-
hold, Jr., Warranty Deed, 660 sq.
ft.. Town of Dime Box.
The Federal Land Bank of Hous-
ton. to John N. Carmean. Release.
——— I mean, a shortage of capital
* isn't the worst thing on earth, and
lot of people think if it is, a lot of people are sure
MEMBER
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Giddings, Texas
1957-58
***********---------
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In Lee and adjoining counties, $2 per year;
elsewhere in the U.S.A., $2.50 per year. Foreign postage extra.
NEXT TO DREWS HATCHERY IN GIDDINGS
Cleaning — Pressing Alterations
PICKUP AND DELIVERY SERVICE
LAUNDRY SERVICE
If you re building a new home, or concerned with the
heating system in your present home, consider the
advantages of a CENTRAL Gas Heating System.
You get fresh filtered air, uniform heat throughout your
home, with no hot spots, cold spots or drafts...
plus the economy and dependability of natural gas.
You have your choice, too, of a single, compact
GAS unit for both winter heating and summer cooling.
Or a heating unit alone. Ask your heating dealer
about your particular heating problem, or talk to
a heating engineer at your gas company office, now.
MONUMENTS and MARKERS
z — BY —
Rockdale Memorials
FOR INFORMATION SEE GLYNN HILL
at Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home
tag up with him, but
They Go Together - - -
Our CARE and Your CAR
SEE US FOR
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PHILLIPS 66 & FLITE FUEL GASOLINES
TROP-ARTIC OILS A GREASE
TIRES AND ACCESSORIES ’
WASHING and LUBRICATION
CARL’S SERVICE STATION
heat every room uniformly
wh GAS
not bind ourselves liable for
Member: Texas Press Association, South Texas Press Association, crease for the year.
Texas Gulf Coast Press Association, National Editorial Association It means, the council said, that
K^.-^-^--\..^.-s..^.^.-^. ------------62 per cent of Americans of all
damages further than the amount | ages are members of a church or
ers in Washington are worried
|because they've discovered there’s
+ a world-wide shortage of capital
now afflicting mankind.
They said this is a serious sit-
uation and something ought to be
done about it.
What this means is that the
world has finally caught up with
me. I've had a shortage of cap-
ital out here on this farm ever
since I can remember. If the
world ig just now reaching that
Optometrist
Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted
Complete Laboratory
Open Monday through Saturday
Except Thursday Afternoon
I’m backward, either opposed to
progress or unable to achieve any,
but I can't be held responsible for
(other people' s i gnorance. and
UNITED GAS CORPORATION . UNITED GAS PIPE LINE COMPANY • UNION PRODUCING COMPANY
---------acres. (
Jerry Guyton, et ux, to O. H.
Martin, Royalty Deed, 50 acres,
B. M. Hatfield Survey.
John A. Ender, et ux, to Lone
Star Peat Company, Lease, it
acres, John D. Rankin Survey.
Martin G. Kappler, Jr., et ux.
to Union Producing Company, Ra-
tification of Lease, 300 acres, Wm.
Gibson and John H. Sneed Surveys.
Annie Baker, to Roy J. Moore,
Warranty Deed, South % of Lot
7. Block 6, Baker Addition. City
of Giddings.
H. J. Matthijetz, to Elden Matt-
hijetz. Release, 120 acres, John
Voshery and N. Goacher Surveys.
R. E. Smith, to Ben Pietsch, et
ux. Release of Oil and Gas Lease.
239.8 acres, J. F. Mancha Lea-
gue. I
John Dalrymple, et ux, to Jon-1
anme Gerschick, Gift Deed. /—
acres, Lee County.
Lee Andrew Green, to Ben Syn-
Write or call
Phone 31J Box 151
GIDPINGS, TEXAS
Dear Sir:
We would like to express our
sincere appreciation to you for
your invaluable assistance in pub-
licizing the Texas Prison Rodeo.
The last of the four performan-
ces was held on Sunday, Oct. 27.
While the attendance this year did
not equal that of last year, enough
net profit was derived to carry on
the rehabilitation program this fis-
cal year.
All the money will be spent for
worth-while services to deserving
inmates such as false teeth, eye
glasses, artificial limbs, hearing
aids. Bibles, hymn books, school
supplies, vocational education mat-
erials, recreational equipment,
etc.
You have been most co-operative
through the years, and we would
like to take this opportunity of ex-
pressing our gratitude.
H. H. Coffield, Chairman
Board of Corrections
Richard C. Jones
Director of Rodeo Publicity
. Donald E. Reid Jr.
— Supervisor of Publications
Charles E. Taylor
Inmate Editor. THE ECHO
Huntsville, Texas
Closed on Thursday
* ---------—..............
Phone 380 La Grange, Texas
received by as for such advertising synagogue. A century ago, the per-
We also appreciate the giving of centage was only 20.
any news items, the names of In the last 30 years, NCC said,
visitors at your home or the names U. S. church membership has dou-
of any members of your family bled while the population increased
going away on a visit. This will by 40 per cent.
help to increase the value of your According to the new yearbook,
local newspaper and should be there were 60,148,980 Protestants in
given with the thought that it i> the nation, 1,700,000 more than in
a debt you owe to the progress 1955. Roman Catholics numbered
of your city and community. --------------------------:-------
to J. A. Carter, Warranty Deed,
1-------acres, Thomas Morrow
League. ..
Woodson Lumber Company, to .
, Carroll McElwrath, et ux. Re-
lease, Lot 9. Block 2. Northside
For Moving or Hauling
LONG OR SHORT
DISTANCE
CALL....
Central
Forwarding Inc.
Jerry Throckmorton
Tel. 3893 Giddings, Texas
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