The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 3 GIDDINGS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1943 NUMBER 52
FOUNDER OF GIDDINGS 'VOLKSBLATT' DIES
FARM SUREAU NOTIN FAVOR OF
REMOVING MARKETING QUOTAS
VETERAN EDITOR AND CIVIC
WORKER SUCCUMBS AT
HIS HOME TUESDAY
EVENING.
VETERAN PUBLISHER
LIFTING RESTRICTIONS WOULD
DISRUPT FOOD PRODUC-
TION PROGRAM
Waco, Texas, March — Pointing
out the necessity for maintaining
a balanced program to insure pro-
duction of grain feeds as well as
proteins, directors of the Texas
Farm Bureau Federation at a mee-
ting in Waco this week adopted re-
solutions asking Congress and the
Department of Agriculture not to
remove marketing quotas on cot-
ton.
Cottonseed +crushers, compres-
sors, and the allied cotton trade,
who want more lint and seed for
processing regardless of the effect
upon farmers and the war program
are behind the move to abolish ac-
reage restrictions, the Farm Bu-
reau directors charged.
“Texas cotton farmers expressed
their views on the question in De-
Civilian Tests To
Be Given At The
Giddings High School
ALL MEN ACCEPTED WILL BE
ORDERED TO COLLEGE
Qualifying Civilian tests for the
Navy and Army will be given at
the Giddings High School Friday,
April 2, under the supervision of
Supt. R. C. Donaho. All schools and
colleges are being requested to co-
operate by administering the test
to thir students.
The following civilians will be
eligible to take the April tests:
(1) High School or preparatory
school graduates who will have
attained their seventeenth and not
their twentieth birthdays by July
1, 1943, regardless of whether they
cember with an 86.2 percent vote are Presently attending college: or
in favor of continuing the quotas” ^2( High school
Lifting restrictions on cotton school seniors who will be gradua-
planting would unbalance the ted by July 1, 1943.
J. A. Proske, founder and for
39 years publisher of the Giddings
Volksblatt, passed away late Tues-
day evening at his home where he
had spent his declining years af- I
ter having sold his business in
December 1938. His age was 85
years, 2 months and 24 days.
Mr. Proske was born in Germa-
ny on December 29, 1857 where
he was baptized and attended the
Christian Day School. In 1870 he
came to Texas with his parents, '
who first settled in Austin County I
and later moved to Serbin, Lee
County, where the rites of confir-
mation were administered to him
by the sainted Rev. John Killan. |
On the 25. of November 1884 he
was married to Miss Martha Frit-
sche, the sainted Rev. H. T. Kiliart
performing the ceremony. In 1934
this couple celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary and they
woudl have celebrated their C
wedding anniversary, had he lived
or preparatory
John A. Proske
« For 39 years Mr. Proske kept up
his work in the printing business,
not to perpetuate the German lan-
60 guage, but to furnish the news to
‘ his readers, most of whom had
until November next year. His
end came quietly as he fell asleep,
Surviving him besides his wi-
dow are his seven daughters: Mrs
whole food production program in
the South, the resolutions declared
In addition to qualifyinf schol-
astically for tests, a civilian can-
It would be equivalent to telling didate must also meet the follow-
each factory in the nation to pro- ling requirements:
duce airplanes, tanks, washing ma-
chines, or whatever else it pleased
without regard to need in the war
effort.
Program Insures Maximum
• 4 Production
The present farm program has
been carefully planned to insure
maximum production of vital
foods, and to disrupt this for the
benefit of a commercial group in-
terested only in processing one of
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Soldiers Honored At
Solemn Church Service
A solemn service remembering
those in the services of our coun-
try was held last Sunday morning
at the Martin Luther church. Af-
ter the singing of the beautiful
hymn: “I Love To Tell The Story"
by the Junior choir, the members
of the Senior and Junior Luther
Leagues read for each soldier boy
a suitable Bible passage and the
pastor pointed out the stars on the
Service Flag.
The stars stand for the follow-
ing members of Martin Luther
Church: Adolph G. Volkers, Albert
G. Kuehn, Henry H. Witte, Otto
W. Schmidt, Jr., Willie R. Albers,
Edmund Treude, Johnnie H. Wit-
te, Albert H. Karcher, Jr., Elton
(1) Be a male citizen of the Uni-
ted States.
(2) Be morally and physically qua-
lified for this program, includ-
ing a minimum visual acuity of
18/20.
(3) Be unmarried and agree to re-
main unmarried until commiss-
ioned.
(4) Evidence potential officer qua-
lifications, including appearance
and scholarship records.
Preliminary application forms
for the V-12 program are being
distributed through local high
schools and colleges. Each appli-
cant will be required to submit
this form, properly filled out and
certified by a high school adminis-
trator or college administrator,
who will be directed to refuse to
certify and thereby to eliminate
candidates who obviously are be-
low physical standards or who
show evidence of inadequate edu-
cational preparation.
Students to be trained under the
Navy’s College Training Program
for general duties will receive one
and one-third years of study at
colleges and universities under
contract to the Navy and Army.
This training will consist of four
terms of college work of 16 weeks
duration each.
All men accepted for the V-12
program will be ordered ta college
and go on active duty in uniform
under military discipline.
Any one who is interested and
can qualify, and who has not sig-
E. Maass, Roland H. Namken, Ed-
die R. Laake, Edwin W. Grimm,
Albert E. Werner, Julius E. Urech ned the admission and identifica-
Jack Christiansen, Wm. O. Kar-'tion form, see Supt. R. C. Donaho
before Friday,* April 2.
cher, Leonard W. Harms, E. J.
Christiansen, Elwood Harry Jas-
ter, Edwin G. Albers, Jr., Louis F.
Baack, Rudolph Carl Witte, Her-
bert W, Mueller, Albert H. Namken
Charles R. Jaehne, Robert J. Sieg-
mund, Jr., Carl H. Witte, Herbert
G. Koehler, Clyde Bellows, Alvin
C. Grimm, August E. Namken, Cur-
tis H. Bage, Robert A. Artmann,
August E. Baasen, Eugene Karcher
and John Namken, The sermon
was based on Gen. 31: 49: “The
Lord watch between me and you,
when we are absent one from an-
other.” Then prayers were offer-
ed for every soldier.
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INFANT IS BURIED
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Wm. Bloh New Editor
Of The Giddings News
CITY COUNCIL REDUCES WATER
RATES IN RESIDENTIAL SECTIONS
Second War Loan
Drive To Get Under
Way April 12th
NEW RATES TO BECOME
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
QUOTA FOR 49 EAST TEXAS
COUNTIES INCLUDING LEE
$500,000,000
come over from the old country.
Ehe Volksblatt has just completed
Its 43 year, but a number of the
first subscribers of 1899 are still
faithful readers of the paper.
■ Besides his newspaper work he
W. C. Vogel of Longview, .Mrs
Martin Wagner, Mrs. P. J. Pratho.
Mrs. Theo. Kilian, Mrs. Herman was active in civic matters. -
Moerbe, Mrs. Herman Gruetzner, was a member of the Giddings C
and Mrs. Emil Hilsberg, 16 grand-
children, 10 greatgrandchildren,
and other relatives.
He
Funeral services were condu
ted Thursday afternoon at 1
of C for many years and took an
•active part in every progressive
undertaking. For 35 years he was
a member of the Texas Press As-
He may not be literally "A tall
man in a high hat,” as the song
described him, that fellow who
will be around to see you with
bonds for sale on April 12 or short-
ly thereafter, but tall or short, fat
or thin, be-hatted or bareheaded,
he’ll be Uncle Sam’s personal
messenger on a most important
mission.
That’s the word sent out today
by Mr. Paul Nerger and Mr. Mon-
roe Hannes, chairmen respectively
of the Victory Fund Committee
and the War Savings Committee
of Lee County, in announcing the
start of the Thriteen Billion Dol-
lars, Second War Loan Drive,
which gets under way throughou'
the nation on April 12.
One feature of the new drive
’•ociation, regularly attending the
- . . - r . conventions, no matter in which
home and at Immanuel Lutheran thiu stat, them were held:
Church. Rev. Max Studimandt, sprart of the state IE MCE ned.
sisted by Rev. Geo. W. Fischer of
La Grange, officiating. Services
will be personal calls made to as
1 many investors as possible by vo-
lunteer salesmen, who are now
, being enlisted for the work. In the
were in charge of Lehmann’s Fune-
ral Home and interment was in
the City Cemetery.
Founder And Publisher Of
Giddings Volksblatt
J1 Store known S the proske
Variety Store which was later sold
to P. J. Pratho, his son-in-law.
In the last issue of the Volksblatt
which he published in December
1938, he stated as he bid farewell
to his readers: “The pen is at rest.
While living
Giddings, he founded the Volks-
on a farm near Soon the writer will be asleep.”
Mr. Proske was also a faithful
blatt, a weekly publication in the member of the
Immanuel Luth.
German language. This was dur- Church for many years. He was
ing September 1899. Soon after
its organization, the business was
moved to the residential section
of Giddings. On account of advan-
ced age, the paper was sold to the
Giddings Printing Company, who
kept up the publication, besides
founding the Giddings ‘Star' in
April 1940.
a devout Christian, a loving and
providing head of his family. By
his passing, Giddings and Lee
County has lost one of its outstan-
ding citizens.
The ’Star’ expresses its heartfelt
sympathy to the family and rela-
tives of the departed. May he rest
in peace!
County Nears Quota
In Red Cross Drive
Incomplete reports of community
chairman received by Mr. M. F.
Placke, county chairman of the
American Red Cross shows that the
quota of $2700 has nearly been
reached.
Up to this time $2450 has been
reported. Lexington, Tanglewood,
Lincoln, Fedor and Good Hope
have gone over the top.
Mr. Placke complaints of the
lack of interest shown by the col-
ored people in the county. Many
of them receive allotments from
the Government and service from
the Red Cross and are urged to
contribute to the fund.
Giddings Has Good
Rain Wednesday Night
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
M. A. Kasper, who died at his birth
was laid to rest Monday morning.
Mrs Kasper who was a patient
at the Milroy hospital since Sunday
returned home Thursday.
Her friends wish for her a spee-
dy recovery.
Wm. Bloh has overtaken the
Giddings News and is its new edi-
tor.
In the newspaper field Mi. Bloh
is no newcomer having been em-
ployed there as printer and type-
setter for nearly 30 years.
The ‘Star' congratulates the new
editor of the 'News' and extends to
him best wishes for success in his
new endeavor,
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HAVE BABY BOY
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Goerlitz are
the proud parents of a nice 7 pound
baby boy born Friday morning,
March 19. Mother and babe doing
fine and Frank is all smiles both
up and down and sideways.
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“G. w.” Jr. MEETS “M. G.” Jr.
The City Council met with the
City Advisory Board, Monday,
night. March 22. 1943, and instal-
led a new lower residential water
rate for the summer months, ac-
cording to R. A. Toler, city mana-
ger.
As water meters are read on the
22 and 23 of each month it wag
decided to place the new rate into
effect immediately. The bill you
receive on April 1 will be the last
bill on the old rate, and the bills
you receive on May 1 will be the
first bill on the new rate. This
means that water you are now us-
ing is on the new rate, as the wa-
ter your are now using is the ser-
vice that will appear on the May
1 bill.
Many problems had to be wor-
ked out before the city could ex-
pect to receive lower prices on wa-
ter and the City Council with the
able aid of their Advisory Board
started this work 18 months ago.
At that time it was impossible to
lower rates as the revenue would
not afford, a reduction, and if the
revenue could have stood the loss,
the water was not available. Since
drilling the new well water is now
available, and various economies
have been placed into effect to en-
Feedral Reserve District, composed table us to receive this reduction.
Houston Region of the Eleventh
have at least 3000 volunteer sales-
men, according to F. M. Law and
C. C. McClung, regional co-chair-
men of the Victory Fund Commit-
tee.
"Please remember,” Mr. Han-
nes and Mr. Nerger urged, “that
the bond salesman who calls on
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Hog Sales Exceed All
Previous Records Tues.
Hogs weighed in by Aug. Hold,
Jr., and sold to C. C. Parker Tues-
day established a new record for
Giddings, the total amounting to
45,650 pounds.
The biggest load was brought in
by Edgar Wagner, which weighed
3,898 pounds. Alfred Brown of
Carmine brought in the heaviest
hog weighing 530 pounds.
These hogs netted the farmers
County were pepped up by a fine over $6,000.00
rain Wednesday night, when a -v
Elgin Swept By Large
Blaze Sunday Afternoon
Farmers and stockmen of Lee
slow drizzle, which lasted all day,
turned into a heavy downpour Wed
nesday night. The precipitation
until 7 o’clock Thursday morning
was 2.19 inches.
The rain was of unsurpassed val-
ue to farmers and stockmen and
Fire which caused a loss of over
$26,000 swept the Elgin business
for raising another bumper crop. {district Sunday afternoon destroy-
i for ing the two-story Moerbe building
money each year. This plant has
been praised by the fire insurance
and health inspectors and many
visitors come to see it from other
cities.
In addition to the water reduc-
tion this city received a very large
reduction in insurance rates by
the modernization of their plant
and fire department This city
saves several thousand dollars
yearly due to the progress that has
been made. In addition to the sav-
ings made, everything installed
has been paid for on a cash basis
and the city is on a cash basis. Tax
rates have not increased as so ma-
ny other towns can testify and col-
lections have been followed up so
that all persons who receive ser-
vice pay each month.
The City Council and Advisory
Board keep working on new pro-
gress and on still lower rates in
various services, and the new sys4
tern used by this city has paid large
dividends to all of us. The City
Council consists of Mayor H. C.
Wiese and commissioners Ed. C.
Hamff and R. W. Namken. The
Advisory Board consists of Johrt
Schneider, Dr. H. G. Hertel, J. S.
Simmang, M. F Placke and Mon-
roe Hannes.
increased Lee County’s chances
There are good indications
more rain to fallow.
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Deadline For Auto
Registration Nears
All caars must be registered for
car licenses until April 1. accord-
ing to W. E. Schneider, Lee Coun-
ty tax assessor - collector.
Everyone must bring the Certi
and the Simon building
The Moerbe building was owned
by Eric Moerbe of Brenham, who
formerly lived here in Giddings
It was a double-front structure
housing Pete Vega’s cafe and the
Rex Hotel where the fire broke
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Herbert Liberty, who is in the
naval training station at Corpus
Christi spent the week end with
his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ben Li-
berty.
The Star is in receipt of a letter
from Mrs. Ray M. Ealy of Gates-
ville stating that she had been in-
formed by her brother G. W Black ficate of Title and the 1942 license
Jr., that he met M. G. Heck, Jr. receipt when registering their cars
on an island in the Pacific.
Both Giddings boys are in the
Navy. It was a great reunion ac-
cording to G. W. and it made both
of them very happy. It seems M.
G. Jr. had stopped on the island
where G. W. Jr. is stationed. The
reunion however only lasted for
a few hours.
in order to avoid the last minute
rush, motorists are asked to ‘buy
their auto licenses early.
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Mrs. Sam N. Heyser and two
daughters were in Austin Saturday
and were accompanied home by 1
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out. Damages to the building in-
t sactinitee er+toone andil
CAuGl * 1
equipment amount to $14,400. Oc-
cupants of the 20-room hotel lost
all personal effects. Sweet pota-i
toes, baled cane and baskets stored
in the building and belonging to
Jack Gillum amounting to $1,000
also burned*
The owner of the Simon build-
ing lives in Houston. It was occu-
pied by Uvaldino Santos restaur-
ant and the total loss to that build-
ing is $11,000.
Camp Swift fire department as-
sisted the Elgin fireboys to control
Mr. Heyser who is stationed in
San Antonio. They were accom- and extinguish the flames. It was
panied on their trip by Mrs. H. H.
Jones.
the largest fire ever to strike the
business district of Elgin.
MARKET REPORT
Thursday, March 25, 1943
Middling
19:00
Cotton Seed, per ton ........20.00
Hogs, tops ........................14.50
Stags ..................................12.00
Packer Sows ....................12.75
Hens, per pound ........20c—23e
Fryers, per pound .... 22c—25c
Eggs, per dozen ................ 33c
Turkeys, No. 1 ..........22c—25c
Cocks, per pound ..........6c—8c
Hides ......................................10c
Cream, sweet ............ 53c
Cream, sour No. 1 ..............50c
Cream, sour. No. 2 ............48c
Sweet Milk, butter fat 1b. 65c
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Preusser, Theodore A. The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1943, newspaper, March 26, 1943; Giddings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1633885/m1/1/: 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.