The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, May 28, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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Bw U.S.WAR BONDI
VOLUME 4
THE GIDDINGS STAR
A PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER FOR A PROGRESSING CITY AND COMMUNITY
sw U.S.WAR BONDS
GIDDINGS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 28. 1943
NUMBER 9
M. F. KIEKE ELECTED PRESIDENT
GIDDINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Commencement Marks Giddings Fire Dept.
Closing Of 1942-1943 To Stage Fourth
G H S School Term
Of July Celebration
TWO LEE CO. CHIEF OBSERVERS
AWARDED CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
DIRECTORS FOR NEXT TWO
YEARS ALSO CHOSEN
At the regular monthly meeting
of the Giddings C of C M. F. Kieke
was elected president, Monroe
Hannes was chosen vice-president
and W. A. Huddleston was re-elec-
ted secretary.
The directors elected for the
coming two years are: Dr. H. G.
Hertel, W. A. Huddleston, R. A.
Toler, H. C. Wiese, M. F. Kieke,
John S. Simmang, O. W. Symmank
and J. R. Folkes. The hold-over
directors include: E. F. Schkade,
M. F. Placke, Monroe Hannes, E.
M. Collier, R. W. Namken, Tom
Cherry, and Wm. Pratho.
The body decided to hold its an-
nual banquet probably some time
in June.
Most of the activities of the C
of C at the present time revolve
around war efforts and post war
activities. The C of C with its
varied committees is mainly look-
ing forward in seeing Giddings,
including its surrounding trade
territory, continue to grow and
prosper.
Committees for the coming year
will shortly be announced.
The ‘Star’ congratulates the new-
ly elected officers of the C of C.
and pledges to them the support of
this paper whose motto is:
A Progressing Newspaper For A
Progressing City And Community.
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Expiration Date Of
Food Stamps Extended
’’Random Harvest" To
Be Shown At Dixie
Thursday And Friday
“Random Harvest” a thrilling
drama of human interest will be
shown here Thursday and Friday.
A lost memory and a woman’s
Another successful term of the t At its regular meeting Thursday
Giddings High School was brought night, the Giddings Fire Depart-
to its close with the commencement ment decided to stage its custom- * .
exercises Wednesday night as 41‛ary patriotic celebration at their
students of the senior class were park on July 4th, according to R.
awarded their diplomas by Supt W. Namken, secretary of the fire-
R. C. Donaho, boys. The celebration will be held
Both the baccalaureate service
and the commencement exercises
I were well attended. Dr. S. G.
Posey of the First Baptist Church
devotion form the basis for the of Austin delivered a very inspir-
haunting romance and the drama-
tic story of dove, starring Ronald
Colman and Greer Garson,
Adapted from the best - selling
novel by James Hilton, “Random
Harvest” was directed by Mervyn
LeRoy, who directed “Blossoms in
the Dust", and produced by Sid-
ney Franklin, who gave the screen
“Mrs. Miniver.” Among the play-
ers are Susan Peters, Edmund
Gwenn, Phillip Dorn, Una O’Con-
nor and others.
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Hogs Sales 49,605 Lbs;
13.75 Paid For Tops
Hogs weighed in by Aug. Hold,
Jr. and sold to C. C. Parker of
Lexington this week amounted to
49,605 pounds.
The honor of bringing in the
heaviest load went to Oswald Mil-
burn, 19 hogs weighing 3340 lbs.
Victor Umlang, Lincoln R. 1, sold
the heaviest hog weighing 605 lbs.
13.75 was the price paid for tops
this week.
MOVES UP . .
GROUND OBSERVER TRAINING
UNIT FINDS POST IN EX-
ELI.ENT CONDITION
ing sermon to the grads Sunday
night, appealing to them to be con-
cerned with the spiritual rather
than with the material values of
life.
Eugene Karcher, a member of
the senior class, who enlisted in
the Navy several months ago, hap- <
pened to be home on furlough and
attended the closing exercises in
uniform. Waldemar Durow, the
other senior, who entered the Ar- '
my, could not be present for the ■
graduation.
At the promotional exercises
Tuesday night, a class of 18 mem-
bers received their diplomas to be
admitted into high school for the
next term.
Sunday, July 4th.
According to Mr. Namken, it
will be the regular barbecue as in
former years. Special permission
to have the celebration, including
barbecue, was granted by the OPA.
The celebration will be held on
Sunday in order to give the sol-
diers at Camp Swift an opportuni-
to take part in the celebration
as they have no holiday on Mon-
day. Mr. Namken also stated that
efforts are being made to secure
the Camp Swift military band to
furnish the music for this occasion.
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War Bond Pledges
Amount To $95,905.10
Two of Lee County’s chief ob-
servers of the eleven posts were
awarded Certificates of Meritori-
ous Service for the Houston C of
C by Lt. John W. Hanley who head
ed the Ground Observer Training
Unit of the 3rd Fighter Command
which visited the county observa-
1 tion posts Tuesday, Wednesday,
! and Thursday of last week..
| Assisting Lt. Hanley were Sgt.
I Levi L. De La Houssaye and Pfe.
| Joseph L. Hauman
Reporting his visit to the ‘Star’,
Lt. Henley stated, that he found
all Lee County posts well observ-
ed and in excellent condition. The
posts are now kept up for train-
ling purposes only, but, in case of
|an emergency, it will be necessary
|to go on full day and night sche-
dules every day of the week .
More Observers Needed
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Applications For War
Ration Book No. 3
To avert an end-of-the-month
buying rush, the office of price ad-
ministration Friday extended for
one week the expiration date of
blue stamps G, H and J in war ra-
tion book No. 2.
Previously scheduled to expire
May 31, the three processed food
stamps will be good through June
7.
OPA at the same time made the
next three sets of blue stamps—
K. L and M — good beginning
Monday, May 24, and extended
their expiration date from the end
of June to July 7.
Blue stamps G. H and J which
have been valid through May, and
K, L and M therefore will all be
valid during a two-week overlap
period from May 24 to June 7.
OPA pointed out, however, that
sugar and coffee stamps will ex-
pire May 30 and 31, respectively.
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Winchester Resident
Laid To Rest Friday
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Keep The Victory
Garden Producing
Applications Tor war ration
book 3 are being mailed out now.
These cards must be filled out by
the head of the family giving the
address in which persons included
in the group live.
Application cards should be
mailed between June 1st, and
June 10th. 1048 Applications will
not be accepted before August I.
Be sure to affix a 3 cent postage
stamp before mailing the card and
keep the stub until ration book
No. 3 has been received.
Now that we have had several
good rains we can plant heat resis-
ting varieties of vegetables. Mr.
J. F. Rosborough, Horticulturist
for the A & M College Extension
Service, says that English peas,
head lettuce, mustard greens, bush
beans and radishes are not suitable
for a hot weather garden.
Plant blackeyed peas or cream
peas after you have dug your po-
tatoes. If your mustard greens or
other greens are gone, plant swiss | beginning at three o’clock. Leroy
chard okra and green pepper Kappler, valedictorian, will base
Plant leaf lettuce where you had . . tit, mcc___4. ,
V.
Promotional Exercises
At Serbin Sunday P M
Graduation and school closing
will be held in the Serbin Luther-
an School next Sundaay afternoon.
Capt. R. P. McElroy
Among the many Lee County
men in military service improving! Although all posts jn Lee Coun-
their ranks is Capt. R. P. McElroy ity have done fine work in training
wy .of Giddings, now stationed in Mis- large numbers of observers more
A survey recently completed in . . , 5 • .
Lee County, gives us an approxi- sissippi.trained personel 18 needed as soon
mate figure of how many War Capt. McElroy, who received his las an emergency arises Lt. Han.
Bonds will be bought in Lee Coun initial training at A & M College, ley also called attention to the
ty this year entered the service in Aug. 1941 fact that especially at this time,
- ... as a reserve officer. He was re- when everyone is busy in the field.
Our government wants to know cently advanced to the rank of the care of the post is often left
how mud money i can epen on Captain and is helping in training to a few persons. Alerts are only
rowing from ' in ividual ci- the men for actual combat service, kept up 3 hours a day each week,
Stmuch SUNY ex or In civil life as manager of the but it must be remembered that
% to lend their government for local Fairmont hatchery, his hob- this work is very vital in the war
the prosecution of the war It al- by was baby chicks, but now he effort and should therefore not be
turns out tougher birds, and the neglected
4 their loyalty to their coun way our boys mopped up in North The two chief observers to be
now their loyalty to their coun- Africa is ample proof that they awarded the Certificate of Merito-
to to pledge are plenty toush i Paige,
results of this survey.
Individual Pledges
in Giddings ................
Individual Pledges
In Lexington .............
Individual Pledges
their children" live at Natchez.
: Mississippi.
144,885.25
7,627.65
in rest of the county 43,390.20
Aviation Cadets Now
Inducted Without Delay
Total
$95,905.10
Funeral services were conducted
at Winchester Friday afternoon
for Mrs. Anna Zimmermann, 84,
nee Ulmann, who passed away
Wednesday evening, May 19th.
Rev. E. R.Rathgeber officiated and
burial was in the St. Michael’s ce-
metery. Phillips and Luckey Fu-
neral Home was in charge of ar-
rangements.
Deceased was born in Germany
May 4, 1859 and was married to
Bernhard Zimmermann in 1880.
The couple came to this country in
1886 and lived at Winchester for
many years. Her husband and 4
of her children preceded her in
death.
Survivors include 2 sons, Otto
of Port Arthur and Willie of Win-
chester; 6 daughters, Mrs. Herm.
Mitschke, Winchester, Mrs. Alma
Jakobeit, La Grange, Mrs. Emma
Hepner, Hamilton, Mrs. Chas.
Michalk of Fayetteville, Mrs. Her-
bert Schultz, Pottsville, and Mrs.
Lena Jakobeit, San Antonio; 44
grandchildren, 46 great-grandchil-
dren, and 2 great-great-grandchil-
dren.
radishes but not the head lettuce
varietw because of the on-coming
heat. Mr. Rosborough suggests
Grand Rapids or Black Seeded
Simpson varieties.
Eggplant grows well in hot
weather and Florida Highbush or
Purple Beauty are best for Texas.
Allow three feet per plant, but
watch for potato bugs, as they will
move over from the potatoes and
eat them up in a few days. Dust
plants, with calcium arsenate as
soon as they appear.
Mr. Rosborough also says not
to dig your potatoes in the morn-
ing and allow them to lie in the
sun all day. Dig in evening. Place
in cool spot and let dry for several
days. Next spread on straw and
not more than two layers deep.
Lets have summer gardens as
well as spring and fall gardens.
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RESIDENCE BURNS
AT LINCOLN
his valedictory remarks on the to-
pic: “The Kind of Education We
Received In Our School.” Pastor
Schmidt will award diplomas to
the following ten Graduates.
John Schmidt, Elmo Schulze,
Ben Kessel, Andrew Schatte,
Leroy Kappler, Albert Kurio,
Milton Schulze, Edna Mertink,
Lillian Kasper, Esther Becker
The highest general averages
were made by the following boys:
Leroy Kappler 98 66, Elmo Schulz
97.33, Andrew Schatte 97.04. —
The choir of the congregation will
also sing a few patriotic and oth-
er appropriate songs.
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AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY
TO SPONSOR POPPY SALE
We want to thank the Victory
Council Leaders, and those who
made the survey in the cities, for
their effort and time spent in get-
ting these pledges. You have done
a good job, and this is one way of
doing your bit on the home front
towards winning this war.
When we look at the figures
above, and know that it will be ex
A ruling making possible the
immediate induction of each indi-
vidual qualified Aviation Cadet,
instead of awaiting periodic In-
duction dates, was announced to-
day in a letter from Col. John R.
Banister, Deputy State Director
of Selective Service, to Major Vin-
cent D. Philips, President of the
San Antonio Aviation Cadet Board
I Aviation Cadets who have pas-
ran 40 B of Lexington. These posts
have done special fine work in
training a large number of obser-
vers according to Lt. Hanley.
Persons interested in this work
should contact county judge John
S. Simmang, who is the director
of the Lee County aircraft warn-
ing service or any of the chief ob-
servers.
The names of the eleven chief
observers and the location of the
posts are as follows:
Chief Observer Post
John Hillsman ..............Lexington
W. E. Becker ....... Fedor
Ernest Kieschnick ..............Paige
Anton Seifert ...............Lexington
peeled of us, to buy more bonds sed the mental and physical exam-
than this amount next September, inations will be given a letter to
and about $20,000.00 in each of
the other months of this year, we
readily see that we need to buy
more than twice as much as was
pledged.
The boys that are fighting for us
expect us to do our part. They
are doing their part in buying war
bonds, but they also are putting
their life at stake for our protec-
tion. We must not let them down.
Paul Nerger, Chairman.
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Lee Co. Bankers Attend
Wartime Conference
the applicant's draft board, and in
turn the board will facilitate
prompt induction of the appointed
cadet. Major Philips said.
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NEW BUS LINE BETWEEN
GIDDINGS AND CAMERON
No definite word has been re-
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Mrs. M. E. Peters, Mrs. George
Krenek and son Douglas spent the
week end in Austin.
The Giddings Fire Department
answered a call to Lincoln late
Wednesday afternoon where the
residence of Mrs. Aug. Simmank
near the Lutheran Church was
burning.
The firemen, however, arrived
too late and the house and most
of the furniture was a total loss.
It seems to have been a flue fire
as it started on the roof. It was
a two-story house and her son
Herbert and family lived with her.
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Mrs. Clarence Peters of La
Grange visited with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Kurio last
Thursday evening and Sunday.
A poppy sale sponsored by the
American Legion Auxiliary under
the supervision of Miss Bess Black
will be conducted in Giddings Sa-
turday May 29.
The money raised is for the care
of disabled veterans of the first
World War. —
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CONGRESSMAN LYNDON B.
JOHNSON TO ADDRESS GRADS
AT SOUTHMWESTERN U.
The Hon. Lyndon B. Johnson,
Congressman of the 10th Congress
ional District, will be the principal
speaker at the 103rd Commence-
ment of Southwestern University
at Georgetown, Texas Monday
May 31.
The Commencement Exercises
will be broadcast through the Tex
as Quality Network between 12:30
and 1:00 p. m.
Noah Albers ........
H. A. Woodward ..
Charles Kasper .....
C. A. Hamff ........
M. F. Placke ........
Harry Christiansen
E. A. Dunk ..........
Dime Box
.. Lexington
.......Lincoln
...........Hills
... Giddings
......Concord
... Northrup
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FORMER MAYOR HONORED
The city council of Plainview
conducted a memorial service for
ceived in regard to the new bus two of its former mayors, the late
line between Giddings and Camer- Tom Shelton and the late J. F.
on.
F. E. Jackson made application
and buses will begin to operate as
soon as the franchise is granted
to him.
Monroe Hannes, president of the |
First National Bank, W. E. Kasper
cashier of the Citizens State Bank
of Giddings, and A. D. Jenkins, vice
president of the Lexington State I
Bank attended the annual tonven- I
tion of the Texas Bankers Associa- ■
tion which was held at Fort Worth
May 36—27.
The program was streamlined
and cut from 2% to 1% days due
to wartime conditions. Social ac-
tivities were reduced to a mini-
mum in order to gain more time
for business discussion.
There were about 800 delegates
present at the convention, accord-
ing to Mr. Hannes which was state
wide. The sessions were held in
the crystal ball room of the Texas
Hotel, with P. B. Doty, president
of the First National Bank of Beau
mont presiding. Wartime problems
common to the banking business
formed the basis of discussions.
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LEE COUNTY GETS
PLENTY OF RAIN
Dorsett.
Mr. Dorsett, a former Lee Coun-
ty resident, was Plainview's sec-
ond mayor and served from 1912
to 1915. He recently passed away
and was laid to rest at Giddings.
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Buy War Bonds and Stamps
Total rainfall for Saturday,
Sunday and Monday amounted to
4.41 inches.
Farmers now have plenty of
moisture and are hoping for a let-
up so they can work their crops.
Present indications point to an-
other bumper crop for Lee County.
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BANDED PIGEON PICKED UP
Prof. L. O. Kasper of Serbin
picked up in his yard a very tame
pigeon, carrying around its left
leg a silver or aluminum-like band
showing the marks W 467 An 42.
Around its right leg the pigeon had
a little rubber band of green color.
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Buy War Bonds and Stamps
MARKET REPORT
Thursday May N7 1943
Middling ............................19:00
Cotton Seed, per ton ........20.00
Hogs, tops .........................: 13.75
Stags ..................................13.10
Packer Sows ....................13.35
Hens, per pound ........20e—22c
Fryers, per pound ................25c
Eggs, per dozen ........
Cocks, per pound ......
Turkeys, No. 1 ..........
Hides ...........................
Cream, sweet ............
Cream, sour No. 1 .....
........33c
........10c
22c—28c
Cream, sour No. 2 -----.......
Sweet Milk, butter fat lb.
10c
48c
45c
41c
12c
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