The Traveler (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 28, 1954 Page: 3 of 4
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The Traveler
Page Three
' H A lattin’ With Willie’’
e
Hill
By Bill Drocmer
ar or schello Cats!
we 11 all his is a column about those
vet phillies, young jerks, all
a good st ones who dig that crazy
mendly ager” music, and other real
new face stuff
? Let’s sh. 5.
are to h ave you noticed the im-
"vement since last year at
. H S., could it be all the
the sun ??? Say for instance—Ray-
, we neaid Bethke with his sharp
reek or Pat Flynn has a pink
sat could black outfit that is a step-
s go deal. There is a new bop
& , to Sing sensation around these
he Travels. If you would like to see
e heat ann perform just cruise out to
patio at Parkway and check
how Kenneth Cowan and Joann
dling" wie. 1 hear Carmen Wilson is
tening thety good too. Becky Joiner
ist anythi the best “nigger” records
tion to thown. (The only ones.)
ntially noave you heard all the Cat-
u had oiles with that long gone
every dad around G. H. S., such as
rans Chivvy, Schatte’s Ply-
, and I ith and Melcher’s hot rod
turn to d? — Real gone.
S. footba as everyone noticed that
ex n t’thing around these days?
cool room with the real
DP MI " tetacher. Miss Bess.
lescase you are wondering
, Cionzak she does it, she has a fan.)
ar even id you dig those crazy
thowed-up uniforms the football
le team has this year. Real hep
Giddings High Enjoys Face-Lifting
Received by New Improvements
With the beginning of school
each year the students of
G. H. S. usually find that some-
thing “new” has been added to
their surroundings.
This year is no exception.
There are several improve-
ments to be noted — mirrors
in the boys’ and girls’ dressing
rooms and the new coke ma-
chine.
The two mirrors, given by
the Senior Class of ’54, are a
welcome change from the old
one. Now the girls, especially,
can see what they really look
like. In the past they have
sometimes wondered.
Because of the hot weather,
everyone is glad that a new
and larger coke machine has
been installed in the breezeway
between the High School and
the gym. It will hold fourteen
cases of cokes — none too many
for the thirsty G. H. S. stu-
dents.
Also new and Just as im-
portant are the Handbook of
Information and the Insurance
Policies.
The Handbook of Informa-
tion provides a source of infor-
mation for both faculty and
students regarding the Gid-
dings Public Schools. It was
begun last spring by a com-
mittee of teachers, and was
finished during the summer by
Supt. Don B. Slocomb and his
secretary, Miss Eunice Kasper.
It is in mimeographed form, and
students and teachers should
be able to find most of the
“answers” in it.
The Insurance Policies, form-
ally offered only to football
players, have now been offered
to the entire student body for
the low price of only a dollar a
year.
In this humble reporter’s
opinion, things are “looking
up” at G. H. S.
Candidates Make Library Receives
bduudu Idse Twelve New Books
Campaign Vows
Miss Grace Drake, librarian,
states that the library has re-
“I promise to do my duties cently received
to the best of my ability if you
will elect me to this office.”
the following
new books:
Fiction: The Case of the Cau-
ehind
n going hop in my cat-mo-
- . and cruise down the road
e yearn. E ,
, frechr. See you around.
Ireshie %
his rig
i are t
mes Highlight
to be exaev ***9ASSA
ubt, her g ■ cm
11 in crening of F iin
be “sin Yes 9 - * 1411
been seen "Jeans Party, with Sue
are nine ard, Elaine Hoffman, and
this yeitta Mantzel in charge of
all games, was held in the gym,
ay, September 3 by a group
Burns re’HA’ers and their friends.
moving events consisting
This and other campaign .Jus J. ueu.e anu .. Jace
promises filled the air in four the Fugitive Nurse,byErle
class rooms last Monday morn- Stanley Gardner; Too Late the
ing during first period when Phalarope, by Alan Paton; The
the four high school classes met Silver Chalice, by Thomas B.
in separate session to hear ! Costain; Green Treasure, by M.
from their candidates for class j Ross; Riders of the Purple
offices. ‘ - p
tious Coquette and The Case of
by Erle
ve time ames and stunts were cli-
>ut 2 ored by the serving of re-
she usediments. The evening ended
rs a wee everyone dancing.
t she finmmittees were: Poster—
v Kieschnick, Clean Up—
H. S. sury Beyer, Fancita Beyer,
ar in theles Rudy Weigelt and
ouses anld Pieratt. Refreshments—
irt dressdeen Schultz and Barbara
in theers.
ty shirt
Civics W
r hard (
were sue
at is th;
id Adds Bass and
mbol This Year
w instruments in the GHS
this year are a string
one musection by playing the new
orge Witte, freshman, is
the smected to add color to the
mistry lasection by playing the new
lon’t eveed instrument.
year. ) Ana Mae Frosch, freshman,
hold oplay the new cymbols.
tes mo_____________________
Whereas students were once
shy about being nominated for
office, they now file for posi-
tion and campaign for same by
the new system at GHS.
In few cases was there only
one candidate running for an
office, while as many as four
or five sought some of the jobs.
Mr. Everett Schmidt, princi-
pal, had told the students how
when, and where to file in an
assembly in the auditorium the
week before.
The actual voting was done
the following Wednesday during
first period.
Department Gets IBM
“May I Use It?” “It Surely
is Different!” “I’ll Never Be
Able to Use It!” If you happen-
ed to pass the typing room and
heard these remarks last
Thursday, it was because the
commercial department has just
received a new electric IBM
typewriter.
A new feature of this type-
writer is a wider carriage for
the paper.
The commercial department
now has two electric typewrit-
ers for use by the students.
Sage, by Zane Gray; Time and
Time Again, by James Hilton;
Beyond This Place, by A. J.
Cronin; Mrs. Mike, by Benedict
& Nancy Freedman; Tired Feet,
by Kathryn Morgan.
Non-fiction: Angel Unaware,
by Dale Evans Rogers; Leader
by Destiny, by Jeanette Eaton.
With all of this new litera-
ture in the library, everyone
should read more this year, in
our humble opinion.
and -an
[class; iI and II ELECT UNIT OFFICERS
k!”
sat an
cold an
1 g •
y, Joy
e Charl
but a hes
out h
usy an
It heads I
. The
vrong,
drew!
officers were recently parliamentarian, Viola Medack;
■ in all of Miss Fay Hat- historian, Jane Moerbe; degree
homemaking classes. They chairman, Alice Wenke.
follows:
I. pres., Lerra Mae
v. pres., Joyce Beisert;
is Kissman; treas., Mari-
egert; reporter, Geneva
; parliamentarian, Irene
; historian, Janeene Ko-
; degree ch., Cynthia
pres., Bernice Mitschke;
Schmidt Welcomes Students Sing ‘Ah’
Students, Faculty For Mr. Harrison
Giddings High School stud-
ents were welcomed back to
school in a high school assembly
on September 7, by Everett
Schmidt, high school principal.
Mr. Schmidt introduced the
high school faculty, the student
council officers, and the head
cheerleader to the student body.
He also explained how the new
cheerleaders were to be elect-
ed.
Houston Girl Joins
Class of Fifty-Five
La Rayne Laake, Houston,
who attended Milby High
School in Houston last year is
now a member of G. H. S.
senior class.
La Rayne is spending this
school term here in Giddings,
with her aunt, Mrs. Paul Baa-
sen.
La Rayne said of Giddings
High School, “It is quite dif-
ferent from Milby in that it is
so much smaller, but I like it
just as much, if not better. The
people are very friendly and
make you feel as if you are one
of them. I was surprised to
find everyone so likeable.”
La Rayne’s hobby is playing
the piano and collecting salt
and pepper shakers.
She likes friendly people and
dislikes conceited people.
Homemakers Receive
Gift from Faske’s
Faske’s Jewelry Store recent-
ly presented the Future Home-
makers of America a silver
water pitcher for use in the
Homemaking Department.
The pitcher is engraved with
the words Future Homemakers
of America, Giddings Chapter,
Faske’s Jewelry Store, 1954. It
has been on display in the show
case in the hall together with
the FHA colors.
If you should walk by the
auditorium any time during the
day and hear someone singing
“Ah—h, O-o-o-, E-e-e,” its
probably some student having
his voice tested.
Mr. Paul Harrison, choir di-
rector, says this testing is ne-
cessary in order that the stu-
dents can be placed in his
proper section of the choir.
Ninety-five students are en-
rolled in the choir this year,
fifty-five being in the first
period and forty in the third.
Of this number there are forty-
nine girls and forty-six boys.
Twenty-five of the boys are
football players.
The choir is working on a
number of pieces at present.
They include Fred Waring’s
arrangement of “Give Me Your
Tired, Your Poor,” “Grant
Them Rest Eternal” by Verdi,
and “Praise Be to Thee” by G.
P. da Palestrina.
FHA Honors
Freshmen Girls
An F. H. A. party honoring
the Freshmen who pre-register-
ed for homemaking was held
in the living room of the home-
making department on August
31.
The F. H. A. song led by La-
vonne Hill was sung by the
entire group. The creed was
given by Sue Willard. Carolyn
Bohot read and explained the
purposes of F. H. A. Miss Fay
Hattox, homemaking teacher,
told of some of the courses to
be offered in G. H. S.
Refreshments of punch and
cookies were served by the re-
freshment committee.
The group toured the home-
making department before
leaving for home.
G. H. S. Students Report Places
Of Their Vacations This Summer
HM II, pres., Ruby Redkey;
vice pres., Teddy Vanderworth;
sec’y. Bernice Goerlitz; treas.
Karen Fricke; parliamentarian,
Joyce Jurk; historian, Alice
Wagner; degree chairman, Ro-
sario Gonzales; song leader,
Giddings students report in-
teresting summer vacations. A
few who were contacted were
eager to tell where they went.
Gloria Schlosshan spent July
4-10 in Navasota during Nava-
sota’s Centennial celebration.
Mary Kay Simmang went to
St. Louis, Mo. in July and spent
about a month there.
Waldean Schultz and Sadie
Mitschke went to cheerleader
school at Sam Houston State
Teacher’s College on July 19-
23.
Santos Gonzales spent June
14-15-16 in Biloxi, Miss, with
his brother.
Iris Henderson and Dorothy
Schroeder worked at Camp
Lone Star in La Grange.
Carmen Wilson spent a week
in Galveston and a weekend in
the Shamrock Hotel in Houston,
with her aunt and uncle.
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Ardyne Domaschke spent
June, July, and August in
Hempstead.
Eleen Kalmbach went to Dal-
las over the weekend of June
18-20 attending the Walther
League Convention.
Gloria Sommer spent one
week in Houston with her sis-
ter.
Joann Riffe worked in Dallas.
Shirley Lerche worked in
Austin taking care of some
children.
Wilbert Mutschink worked in
Austin.
Joyce Fick worked at Kirsch-
ner’s Cafe in Austin and lived
with her sister, Mrs. Morris
Kitchens.
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FHA Plans Three
Booths for Coming
Lee County Fair
Plans for fair booths were
discussed when the Executive
Council of the Future Home-
makers of America met Mon-
day, September 13, in the liv-
ing room of the homemaking
department.
Patsy Hurst, F. H. A. presi-
dent, presided over the meet-
ing.
The F. H. A. expects to have
an educational booth, a fund
raising booth, and a booth for
individual entries in the fair.
Marlene Sanders.
HM II, pres., Sadie Mae Mit-
schke; vice pres., Margie
Fairmont Foods Co.
Citizens State Bank
all GO0,, A ocune, vice pico., aw a 5 -
to a closepres., Adeline i dt, sec. | Kruemcke; sec’y., Lavine Jen-
Be goo
OO har
hies
ued
Jarrel
Davgr. Enina l •
Beyer, treas. Eunice ke; treas., Loretta Mantzel; re-
song leader. Delta Kos- porter, Nancy Joiner: song lead-
porter, Nancy Jaehne, er, Carolyn Zschech; historian,
F(4)H(-9*HrV)R(AIHC)HCW)HKW)HCHT47 Twila Kieke; parliamentarian,
I Helen Medack; degree chair-
| man, Elaine Hoffman; pianist,
Dorothy Schroeder.
PRATHO’S
‘re Behind You, Buffs!
Jane
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tual Lumber Co.
p with
es, green
nches tal
For Building Needs
Feed, Seed,
and Fertilizer
The Bank of Service
High school girls and boys
who have had homemaking are
eligible for FHA membership.
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CENTRAL
FREIGHT LINES
Local and Long Distance
Moving
Phone 31-W
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E. M. Collier
City Meat Market
Choice Meats
Let’s Go, Buffs
Texaco Products
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O. K. Sales Company
Goodyear Tires & Batteries
If it’s sold at O. K.
It has to be O. K.
ELPEMHOETOEOHOLOHOEOHEE
Blue Bonnet
Pharmacy
SODA — GIFTS
School Supplies
Commercial Club
Organizes, Elects
The Commercial Club, with a
total of 11 members, was or-
ganized under the supervision
of Mrs. Tom Cherry September
13 in room 304.
New officers were elected
and committees appointed at
this meeting.
Shirley Lercke will reign as
president during the 1954-1955
session. Sue Willard is vice pre-
sident; Rosie Saegert, secretary;
Marjorie Kasper, treasurer;
and Iris Henderson, reporter.
MHDOELOIROIEIHLOROIEDMIEOFIEVEN
Giddings Drug Store
The Best of Luck to our
coach and boys
PHOHHHPOHHEWHWED
Heck’s
Come in and see our fine
array of men’s wear
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