The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1941 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 1
1 i-
E GIDDINGS ST.
A PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER FCR A PROGRESSING CITY AND COMMUNITY
GIDDINGS, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1941
No. 49
MINTY M
TED HER
Registrants Can Be Deferred
Only by The Local Board
Debt Adjuster To
Hold Meeting For
Burdened Farmers
TO ADVERTISE TEXAS
E THIS WEEK
- Dime Box, Lexington and Giddings
Sgt. Ernest B. Long
Moved To Austin
Taylor Army Recruiting
Station Closed
Sgt. Ernest B. Long, in charge of
the Austin recruiting station announ-
ces that the Army recruiting station
at Taylor has been closed, Sgt. Long
formerly was in charge of the Taylor
office, he states that the Taylor office
was discontinued on March 6th.
Many new vacancies have just been
received at the Austin office, men are
wanted for the Army Air Corps at
Ellington Field, Texas near Houston,
Randolph Field, Texas, Lowry Field,
Colorado, near Denver. March Field,
California. Ordnance Corps at Ran-
dolph Field, and many other vacan-
cies. Men are especially wanted who
are interested in airplane photogra-
phy, all air corps men must have at
least a high school education.
Married men cannot be accepted for
Anny service, no man can be enlisted
in the regular army for less than three
years nor can any man who has ever
been convicted of a felony be accepted.
Seventy trades are taught in the
United States Army, schools are main-
tained throughout, the U. S. for the
training of enlisted personnel and no
finer training can be found.
Sgt. Long suggests that all young
men who have reported to the Taylor
recuiting office for enlistment or in-
formation regarding enlistment re-
port to the Army recruiting office in
the post office building in Austin.
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Five Men Will
Be Inducted
No request for deferment of a se-
lective service registrant from mili-
tary training will be considered until
his local board has sent a question-
naire to him. General J. Watt Page,
State Director of Selective Service,
declared today. He also emphasized
that a registrant can lie deferred only
by his local board nud that no group
or person in the Selective Service
System has jurisdiction until the lo-
cal board has classified him.
Employers and dependents of pro-
spective trainees who are submitting
pleas for deferments in advance of
the time when they come up for clas-
sification by their local boards, Direc-
tor Page said, “are merely complicat-
ing the work of the local board with-
out service to the interested parties."
Under Selective Service Regulations
local boards must classify registrants
according to their order numbrs, he
pointed out, and said that when the
time comes for the classification of
a registrant, lie, his employer, and
his dependents must lie given every
opportunity to substantiate deferment
claims. Any information submitted he-
fore a registrant receives his ques-
tionnaire from his local board, he nd-
ded, probably would become obsolete
and valueless.
Employers in doubt as to the likeli-
hood of their employees being called
for Selective Service training should
communicate with Col. Dwight Horf-
on or Major James B. Arthur,* State
Advisers on Oceupational Deferments,
at State Headquarters, Austin, who
will give them all possible informa-
tion, Director Page said.
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Fire Does $245
Damage At
FairmontCreamery
II. V. Hanover, who has charge of
farm debt adjustment work in Lee
County, will be in Giddings on March
19, at 10 n. m., for the annual meeting
of the Lee County Farm Adjustment
Committee. The meeting will be held
in the FSA office on the third floor of
the Giddings Courthouse and all farm-
ers who are burdened with more debts
than they can ever pay are invited.
“One of the best things a farmer
can do to withstand the schock of the
European war nud our defense effort,”
Mr. Hanover said, “is to get his finan-
cial house in order. Struggling along
under a top-heavy debt load these un-
certain times is like trying to cross a
swollen and flooded stream in an over-
loaded rowboat.”
He explained that the farm debt
adjustment committee, which is com-
posed of local men, helps farmers and
their creditors to work out an agree-
ment which brings the farmer’s debts
within his ability to pay.
Most creditors have found it more
to their advantage to grant adjust-
nients in the debts of over-burdened
farmers and permit them to continue
farming rather than foreclose on their
land or chattels, according to Mr. Han-
over. Services of the farm debt ad-
justment committee, which works j
under auspices of the Farm Security
Administration, are free and confi-
dent ial.
21 Ex Service Men
Receive Assistance
Mr. Miles Wasson was in Giddings
A few weeks ago the Star advocated
arltertising Texas in order to bring
more tourists and more new indus-
tries to Texas.
Senator Walter Woodul of Houston
submitted an amendment which was
introduced by Senator Houghton
Brownlee of Austin appropriating
$000 a year for 5 years to adver-
the Texas in order to bring more
tourists and industries to Texas.
While Mr. Woodul was lieutenant-
governor, he sponsored a similar
umentment asking for the appropria-
tion of $1,000,000 a year. It was how-
ever not submitted to the voters of
Texas.
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Gas Woelfel
Buried At Loebau
Wed nesd ay
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uneral services were conducted for
Woelfel of Loebau Wednesday
moon the Rev. 11. O. Hartfield
tang with Phillips and Luckey
harge of arrangements. Burial
made in the Lutheran cemetery
Loebau.
e deceased was in Giddings Sa-
ly transacting business. He had
itly recovered from the flu which
led to have affected his hearing,
passed away at his home in Loe-
Ton Monday, March 10th after a
t ilinens.
Later the family moved to Franken-
thieb, Ind. where he received his
Christian education and where he was
confirmed by Rev. J. G. Schaefer on
April 10. 1881.
He came to Lee County at the age
of 21 years and was married to Miss
on Wednesday, March 5th, and in co- Bertha Lehmann at Lincoln on No-
High Schools To Participate In
Literary and Athletic Contests
The County Meet scheduled for (11:00 A. M.
March 13 and 14 to be held, here open-
ed yesterday. The program for the
first day included tennis, debate and
extemporaneous speaking. The parti-
cipants are the three high schools of
Lee County: Dime Box, Lexington
and Giddings.
The local high school won the meet
last year and expects to dp the same
this year in spite of some tough com-
petition.
Program Friday March 14th
9:00 A. M.
Story Telling, Number Sense,
Shorthand, Picture Memory.
9:34 A. M.
Music Memory
10:00 A. M.
Choral Singing, Spelling—Grade
VIII
Declamation— High School Senior
Boys and Senior Girls, Spelling
Grades IV and V and Grades VI
and VII
11:80 A. M.
Ready Writers, Baseball—High
School.
, Lunch 12:00—12:30
12:30 P. M.
Declamation — Grade School Ju-
nior Boys and Junior Girls, Type
writing
1:30 P. M.
Declamation—High School Ju-
nior Boys and Girls, Baseball—•
Grade School
6:30 P. M.
Track
42,710 Lunches
Served During
Jan. And Feb.
Men Between 17 And
35 Admitted In Navy
Without Previous
Vocational Training
Miss Posey Waltman, supervisor of
WPA lunch rooms of Lee County, re
ports 42,710 lunches having been serv-
ed during the months of January and
As a result of the necessity for ra-
pid Naval expansion, opportunities
are being offered men according to
their ability. Single men between the
February. Each of thest lunch rooms
is sponsored by a, local group that t
world with the supersi-or an pinning regular ”*» without previous yoga
ages of 17 and 31 years may enter the
The Local Board has announced
that five Lee County men will be call-
ed for military service on March 14.
They are requested to report at Gid-
dings March 14 at 9 a. in. They will
be sent to Fort Sam Houston at San
Antonio Their names and order num"
bers are as follows
V Harold Elmo Owens
100 Winslow Lad Zwernemann
103 Max William Siegmund
V 136 Clinton WilforOwens
V 1035 Freddie Benjamin Pounders
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Help The Local
Fire Department
Truck Answering Alarm In
Collision With Automobile
The coffee campaign is still on so
let’s have another cup but ask for Ad-
miration or Bright and Early coffee.
The fire department is always ready
to respond to a fire call day or night
ruin or shine, hot or cold weather.
This time they are asking you to
respond to their call. They do not ask
for a contribution. They only ask you
when buying offee to specify Admira-
tion or Bright and Early. Simple, isn’t
it.
This campaign closes March 20th.
but before ft Is over you can buy se-
veral pounds of coffee ahead, so the
money raised In this manner will real,
ly amount lO something.
It doesn’t cost you a cent because
you always buy coffee, but it will help
the fire boys a lot.
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JUNIOR CHOIR ORGANIZED
A junior choir has been organized
by the Lutheran Bible Study Society
with Prof. L. Groth as director.
The main purpose of the choir, Prof.
Groth stated, is to get young people
interested in singing and prepare them
to join the regular mixed choir of the
congregation.
All members of the society present
expressed their willingness to join.
Small dues will be collected for mu-
sic, socials, and outings. The songs
to lie rendered wil be mainly for
church festivals and special occasions.
A fire at the Fairmont Creainery
Company and collision of n fire truck
with a car on the square provided Lar
Grange’s Saturday night crowds with
unexpected excitement.
The blaze broke out shortly after
closing time at the Fairmont building,
apparently in a stack of empty egg
crates. Damage to the building was
estimated at $120 and loss on feed
stock at $125, Chief C. V. Creuzbaur
said. Both losses are covered by in-
surance.
The building belongs to Morgan
Brothers of Plum.
The city’s new lire truck, answering
the alarm, struck a passenger car
driven by Cecil Worth a the Corner
Drug Store corner. The truck, driven
by Fireman M. T. Morris, was driv-
ing west and the passenger car south.
No one was injured in the crash
although both machines were consider,
ably damaged.
Garagemen made most essential re-
pairs on the truck the next day and
estimated that a complete repair job
would run between $75 and $100. No
collision insurance is carried on the
truck.
No estimate was available on the
damage to the Werth car.
The accident happened at a time
when the fire siren was on. City or-i-
nance requires that traffic cease dur-
ing an alarm and provides that fire
equipment has the right-of-way.
The fire caused no interruption
in business at Fairmont which opened
its doors as usual Monday morning.
Work is to start shortly on repair-
ing the damage and making other Im-
provements.
—Fayette County Record
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TWIN BOYS BORN AT LOEBAU
operation with York Post No. 276
American Legion, assisted twenty-one
ex-service men with problems pertain-
ing to compensation, hospitalization,
medical services, dental services and
other aids that ex-service men are
rightfully entitled to receive. This is
a service that the American Legion
has sponsored, and through its mem-
bership and united efforts through
this many years, has accomplished
much for the boys who came home
from the last war in a worse physi-
cal condition than when they enter-
ed the service of their country. It is
these boys, whether a member of the
American Legion or not, that we are
trying to help, by bringing a State
Service Officer to our community se- .
veral times a year, for consultation |
and advice. And during the time be 1
tween visits of a state service officer,
we have, for those who wish addi-
tional service that requires immediate
attention, a local service officer of our
Legion Post, Mr.. Ernest Schneider,
service officer for York Post No. 276
American Legion.
Let us also state that we have now
additional blanks for registering ex-
service men. This is entirely voluntary
and does not affect you liability for
military service.
York Post, American Legion
vember 12, 1805. He resided on his
present farm for over forty years.
He was a faithful member of the
Lutheran congregation for many years.
He attained the age of 73 years, 7
months and 10 days.
Surviving him are his wife Mrs.
Bertha Woelfel, five sons, Louis Woel-
Woelfel of Three Rivers, Ben Woelfel
of Kingsville, and Ger. Woelfel of
Lincoln; one daughter, Mrs. Emil C.
Knippa of Lincoln; two brothers, Nick
Woelfel of Woodland, Washington and
John Woelfel of Thorndale, and one
sister, Mrs. Oscar Umlang of Wilson,
besides a host of friends who extend
their heartfelt sympathies to the be-
reaved family.
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Home Economists Are
Requested To Register
somd of whom are undernourished
There are 55 workers employed in the
18 lunch rooms. There Is one matron
project.
She stated further that the payroll
for these two months amounted to
$3,742.85 and the surplus commodities
amounted to $1,789.22, making a total
of $5,532.07.
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Fire School Wednesday
Night Well Attended
888
Mr. and Mrs. Traugott Teinert of
Loebau are the happy parents of twin
boys, James Gerhard and Junior Bill
born on March 5th
Mother and babes are reported do-
ing nicely. Congratulations!
Home Economists in Lee County
who have not registered are request
cd to do so at once with the view of
being ready for any help which may
be needed in the National Defense
Program. "America s Health is Amerl.
ca’s Strength." Registration cards
may be obtained from the temporary
chairman, Mrs. Marie D. Waterman,
Lee County Home Economics Commit-
tee, Giddings, Texas.
State Fire Chief Frank Williams
of A & M College was here Wednes-
day night instructing the local fire-
boys in methods of fighting fires. He
showed pictures of the training school
at A & M College of which be is in-
structor, showing the latest methods
used in combatting fires.
■ These instructions are given in every
city and town that have fire depart-
ments.
The school here was well attended
according to fire chief H. C. Wiese.
Almost 100% of the firemen were pre-
sent at the meeting. Besides the fire-
men the following visitors were pre-
sent: Sheriff J. J. Burttschell, A. J.
have bad commercial train tag or ex-
perience may be enlisted in the U. S.
Naval reserve as yeomen, or clerks as
they are called in civil life. The are
accepted in the rating of chief yeo-
men. yeoman first, second or third
class, according to their training and
experience. Ex-navy men, up to 50
years of age mar reenlist in the Naval
Reserve in the rating held at dis-
charge, provided they are qualified.
Single men tietween 20 and 27 yearn
of age who bare earned half the cre-
dits required for a degree at an accre-
dited college, or those who have com-
pleted one-fourth the credits and sub-
sequently have been employed in a
responsible position for a period of
three years, may apply for aviation
training which leads to the designa-
tion as Naval Aviator and a commis-
sion as ensign in the Naval Reserve.
Men who are interested in any of
these opportunities may obtain de-
tailed information by writing to, or
applying at, the nearest Navy recruit"
ing station. Room 203 Old Post Office
Bldg., Austin, Texas.
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888988888888
I GIDDINGS PRINTING CO. TO
LOCATE IN BUSINESS SECTION
We have rented the Artmann building near Kriegel’s Cafe opposite
the street from Nump’s Cafe and according to present plans will
€ move our machinery' and equipment to the new location next week.
Taking down our machinery, moving it and erecting it will take
I considerable time and we will therefore not be able to print The
STAR next week, March 81. ‘On the following Friday, March 28 the
5 paper will again be issued.
The move from the residential to the business section is made in
I order to be of better service to the public.
I Come And See Us After We Get
Fixed Up In Our New Home
Bolsins, Ed Schuhmann, and
Harms, Sr.
After the show a luncheon
served at the Firemen’s Park.
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Hy.
was
Lee County
Welcomes Sunshine
Electric Light Bonds
To Be Sold March 19
Mayor Hy. Wiese announced today
that the electric light bonds will be
sold March 19th.
Bids will be accepted upto 2.30 p.
m. Wednesday.
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LOCAL BOARD HAS
ONE MAN CALL
Bethel Warren Rodgers No. 100 has
been called by the local board for
Tuesday March 18th for induction In-
to military service at Fort Sam Hous-
ton, San Antonio.
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The downpour of last week which
amounted to 1.95 inches was followed
by clear and colder weather. The sun-
shine was welcomed by the farmers
of Lee County who are anxious to pro-
ceed with their work in the field.
The fresh norther, which blew up
Wednesday night, again started off
the weather prognostigators. who now
boldly claim that we will have an-
other killing frost during the latter
part of April.
The way we had to hug the stove
Thursday morning almost led us to
believe that theey may be right. How-
ever we might change our opinion
about this la-fore we go to press.
P. S.: We have changed our opinion
in regards to their forecasts. They are
wrong.
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REMOVED TO HOSPITAL
J. D. MOORE
PURCHASES HOME
Betty Ann, 9 year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Daniela had to
be taken to the Milroy Hospital at
Brenham for treatment Tuesday.
According to last reports she was
Improving nicely.
The C. C. Graves home in the sou-
thern part of town was sold to J D.
Moore this week. Mr. and Mrs. Moore
and family are occupying their home
since Tuesday.
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Preusser, Theodore A. The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1941, newspaper, March 14, 1941; Giddings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1633780/m1/1/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Giddings Public Library and Cultural Center.