The Traveler (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 23, 1958 Page: 2 of 4
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Giddings Area Newspaper Collection and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Giddings Public Library and Cultural Center.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Page Two
THE TRAVELER
HIGH SCHOOL DAYS
Did you ever stop to think about the memories your high school
days will hold for you ten or twenty years from now? If you haven’t
then don’t you think that right now, while you are still in school, would
be the prefect time to do so?
Mos of you will look back on these years as the happiest and most
hilarious of all. Some will recall all the time they spent in aggravat-
ing the teachers, going on noisy class trips, the experiments they made
in chemistry class which "odorized" the whole school, and you will
feel good inside, remembering all the fun and good times.
Then there comes the big question — "When thinking back, will
you be able to recall your school days with a feeling of pride and satis-
faction?” Give yourself a quiz .... Will you recall very many ways
in which you helped your school? Did you work hard enough at some-
thing to acquire a blue ribbon or a trophy? Did you participate in ma-
ny extra curricular activities? Did you save your report cards, or did
you burn them?
If your answer is “Yes”, to most of these, then keep up the good
work — but, if you have to say, “Well, uh, no,” then there is no time
better than the present to start changing that “no” to a proud “yes.”
Join in on school activities; keep busy studying hard and doing things
for your school.
Be proud of your school and let it be proud of you, and 20 years
from now, you will have nothing but delightful memories of these won-
derful years.
Eg
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Mutschink
’56 (nee Nancy Joiner '57) are now
the owners of the Phillips 66 Ser-
vice Station in Giddings.
Frieda Kilian '47 has recently
passed the registry given by the
American Society of Clinical Path-
ologists for histology technologists.
Virgil Mutschink ’54 is home from
Brackenridge Hospital, recovering
from surgery on his knee.
Kenneth Cowan. ’56 is working
at the Western Union Telegraph
Office in Fort Worth, Texas.
Iris Henderson ’55 is teaching the
2nd and 3rd grade at Immanuel
Lutheran School in Giddings.
Teddy Vanderwerth ’56 is a sen-
ior at Texas University, where she
will receive her B. A. Degree this
spring. She is majoring in history,
minors in government and Eng-
lish. She is a member of the Al-
pha Gamma Delta Sorority.
Harold Faske ’56 is in the Nation-
al Guard and is employed as Com-
pany Clerk at Camp Mabry.
Mr. and Hrs. Leroy Lorenz ’55
• nee Shirley Mersiovsky ‘56) are
the proud parents of a baby boy
born Sept. 16, 1958 at the Lee Me-
morial Hospital.
Robert Glenn ’57 is in the U. S.
Navy.
Joe and Santos Gonzales ’55 are
both stationed at U.S.N.A.F. in
Monterey, California.
James McPhaul ’57 and Paulette
Saegert will be united in marriage
Sept. 27 at the First Methodist
Church in Paige. The groom elect
is employed at the Armstrong-
Johnson Ford Co., in Austin.
Walter and William Arldt ’58
are stationed at Sheppard Air
Force Base in Wichita Falls, Tex-
as.
Myron Schneider '55 started at
the end position for Texas Luther-
an College, Saturday, Sept. 13 when
they opened their season at Pen-
sacola, Florida against Pensaco-
la Naval Air Station.
Neal Namken ‘51 will assume his
position at Velasco, Texas, where CLASS OF ‘59
he will be with the Agricultural PEAYRITLY DINre
Research Service, a branch of the ILUTl > L’ IlIVuD
U.S.D.A.
Walter Ponfick '58 and Sue Dell
Wood were united in marriage on
Aug. 9, 1958. They are making
their home in Boling, Texas. Sue
Dell has registered in the Senior
Class there.
Richard Roche ’57 received a
four year scholarship at Peabody
College in Nashville, Tenn. He is
preparing for the Presbyterian
ministry. He preached his first
sermon on Aug. 31, 1958 at the
Presbyterian Church in Nashville,
Tenn.
Joe Dell Orts '58 is employed at
the Steck Co., in Austin.
David Riffe '58 is employed as a
stockboy at Scarboroughs’ in Aus-
tin.
Rosario Gonzales ’57 is now em-
ployed at the City Hall in Gid-
dings.
Carol Riske and William Jurk
will be united in marriage on Nov.
1, 1958.
Roy Lee Boling '58 is now in the
service with the U. S. Marines. He
is in San Diego, California.
Glen Eichler, Wayne Hurst, and
• Continued on page 3)
Rites Held For
Early School Head,
Mr. T. P. Walker
Mr. T. P. Walker, superintend-
ent of Giddings Public School from
1906-1912, died Thursday Sept. 3 in
an Austin hospital at the age of 82.
Mr. Walker was instigator of the
first athletic activities in Giddings
High School. He still managed to
see the Buffs in ond gridiron tilt
a season. He has also attended
all three Alumni Homecomings.
Mr. Walker, who lived in Austin
at the time of his death, was con-
nected with the State Department
of Education for many years after
leaving Giddings.
He was interred at Lexington,
Texas on Saturday Sept. 5. 1958.
The GHS Ex-Students Association
sent a floral offering.
Some Kids “Pop Off"
Gee! Only two weeks of school
have passed, and I wish you could
have heard some of the remarks
made by students. Why just the
other day in the lunch line a group
of seniors were making remarks
such as. "School? Its' for the
birds! "I’m bored with it all!”
Oh! But there were a few girls
who said, "I'll be sorry to leave
school." "School is swell; I enjoy
it no end:”
It is typical for us teenagers to
have such mixed feelings about
school. We all know it is more
fashionable to “gripe" about school
than to praise it. Oh!! Yes, let's
be sure not to admit to our class-
mates that we would like good
marks. Then, too, we must not
forget to accuse the teacher who
gives us poor grades of being un-
fair and hard. How dreadful it
would be if one were known as a
bookworm or “apple polisher.”
Well, after all, this is the way
a few of us feel. Truly, we have
a wonderful school and a hard
working student body. What do
you say we all work hard to make
this year great.
Excited seniors jammed into the
office Wednesday September 10.
It had been announced, the day
before, that they could receive
their rings, on payment.
The harrassed school secretary,
Mrs. Donna Mitschke, was sur-
rounded by anxious seniors as
they pushed and rushed around
trying to get those lovely rings,
that are all alike.
In the mad scramble Billy Plac-
ke was heard to say, “Cost a heck
of a lot!”
Another voice, belonging to Ruth
Henderson, cried, “Give me my
receipt.” Janis Cowan said ad-
miringly, “It’s blue to match his
eyes." So naturally Diane couldn’t
help but comment, "Mine is red to
match his eyes!??” (Oh well).
Violet Miertschin said disappoint-
edly, "It don’t fit." All Charles
Goodson could utter was, "Dahh!”
Cecil Walthers remarked, "I’ll
never tell!” Never tell WHAT Ce-
cil?
Proudly Becky Willard exclaim-
ed, "Now I have two!” Robert
Droemer gazed at his ring and said,
"I’m taking it home!”
NG
ROSE MARIE BAACH
Age: 17
Birthday: March 7, 1941
Birthplace: Giddings, Texas
Height: 5’7”
Eyes: Gray
Hair: Brown
Favorite Song: "If Dreams Come
True."
Favorite food: Barbecued Chicken sponsoring of an Intramural Pro-
gram; holding elections; conduct-
ing assembly programs; and the
Favorite sport: Volleyball
Favorite movie star: Sal Mineo
Favorite singer: Ricky Nelson
Favorite TV show: American
Bandstand
Likes: To watch TV
Dislikes: Unfriendly people
Hobby: Collecting recipes
Ambition: Secretary
Dreamboat: Guess Who! ! ! ! !
GOAR WILLIAM BAIRD
Age: 17
Birthday: January 19, 1941
Birthplace: Houston, Texas
Height: 5’9"
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Favorite song: "Treasure of Love"
Favorite food: Steak dinner
Favorite sport: Football
Favorite Movie Star: Jayne Mans-
field
Favorite singer: Connie Francis
Favorite TV Show: Howdy Doody
Show
Likes: Most everything
Dislikes: Doesn’t like to be yelled
at!!!
Hobby: Doesn’t have one
Ambition: Pilot
Dreamboat: Don’t know
ROBYN BARE
Age: 15
Birthday: September 28. 1942
Birthplace: Houston, Texas
Height: 5'4”
Eyes: Green
Hair: Blonde
Favorite song: “What Am I Living
For"
Favorite food: Boiled lobster
Favorite sport: Swimming
Favorite movie star: Tarzan
Favorite singer: Fats Domino
Favorite TV show: Mickey Mouse
Club
Likes: Boys
Dislikes: Civics
Hobby: Sewing
Ambition: ? ? ? ?
Drcamboat: Leroy:
JANIS ELLEN COWAN
Age: 17
Birthday: February 24, 1941
Birthplace: Giddings, Texas
Height: 5’5”
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Favorite song: "Intermezzo"
Favorite food: Chicken fried steak
Favorite sport: Swimming
Favorite movie star: Marlon Bran-
do
Favorite TV show: Saturday
Night Theater
Favorite Singer: Gordon MacRae
Ambition: To be successful in
things that count most in life
Likes: Weekends
Dislikes: Marching in the rain
Hobby: Listening to records
Dreamboat: "Bobby”
LEAH MILDRED DABBS
Age: 19
Birthday: July 3, 1939
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee
Height: 5’
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Dark brown
Favorite song: "If Dreams Came
True”
Favorite food: Fried chicken
Favorite sport: Skating
Favorite movie star: Desi Arnaz
Favorite singer: Dean Martin
Favorite TV show: Sea Hunt
Likes: Being engaged
Dislikes: Tests ! ! !
Hobby: Skating
Ambition: Telephone operator
Dreamboat: Bobby
ROYCE DON DEAVER
Age: 17
Birthday: August 5, 1941
Birthplace: Elgin, Texas
Height: 6'
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Favorite song: Ram Rod
Favorite food: Hamburger steak
with onions
Favorite sport: Baseball
Favorite movie star: Sal Mino
THE STUDENT
COUNCIL SPEAKS
Well, another school year is un-
derway, and the Student Council
wishes to extend a sincere welcome
to the student body.
To those of you who are new-
comers to our school, we would like
to say that the purpose of the
Council is to assist you and the ad-
ministrations in making this a suc-
cessful school year. We do this by
having certain projects through-
out the year. These include: the
givng of Courtesy Awards.
You can help us in carrying out
our duties by making suggestions
to our representatives, as to new
intramural events, subjects for as-
semblys, or other things that might
help the shcool in any way.
We would like to express our
thanks for the fine co-operation
and school spirit shown by the
number of students that filed for
class officers. If this spirit is
kept up we can look forward to a
fine year.
Favorite TV show: American
Bandstand
Favorite singer: Little Richard
Likes: Real good music
Dislikes: Stuck-up people
Hobby: Fishing and hunting
Ambition: Rock and Roll singer
Dreamboat: "Brains and Beauty”
ROBERT GEORGE DROEMER
Age: 17
Birthday: February 7, 1941
Birthplace: Giddings, Texas
Height: 5’10”
Eyes: Green
Hair: Brown
Favorite song: "Just a Dream”
Favorite food: Fried shrimp
Favorite sport: Track and football
Favorite movie star: Brigitte Bar-
dot
Favorite TV show: "26 Men”
Favorite singer: Little Richard
Likes: Cars
Dislikes: Griping teachers
Hobby: Driving past Ruth’s house
Ambition: Hot Rod Racer
Dreamboat: Brown hair and eyes,
5′412", 24 waist, and 118 pounds.
RAYMOND ERVIN DUBE
Age: 17
Birthday: September 26, 1940
Birthplace: Giddings, Texas
Favorite song: "Don’t Be Cruie”
Favorite singer: Elvis Presley
Favorite movie star: Marilyn
Monroe
Favorite sport: Baseball
Favorite TV show: Westerns
Favorite food. Chicken
Ambition: Oil refiner
Hobby: Hunting
Dreamboat: None
Eyes: Green
Hair: Brown
Height: 5’8"
Likes: Girls!!
Dislikes: Smart people
• Continued on page 3)
THE TRAVELER
Published every 4 weeks by the students of
the Senior English Class of Giddings High
School, Giddings, Texas.
Price $1.00 per School Year
THE TRAVELER STAFF
Editor .........
Assistant Editor
Sports .........
Features
Ikie Goodson, Billy Baird . Ser
Pearl Melcher, Judy Vahrenkamp, Joe Marl
Betty Ruth Schroeder, Peggy Pieratt, Dolores V. c
HIVUT UOO
Senior Personalities ..................Robyn Bare, Carolyn K
Alumni Column
Consepcion Gonzales, Carolyn Wachs
Music Column
Student Council
Kat Column .,.
Typist .........
Reporters .....
Mildred Dabbs
Circulation
BUSINESS STAFF
........Curtis Riske, Becky Willard, ity Me
Lehmann, Carolyn Hilton
Advertising .. Kenneth Stevenson, Henry Saegert, George Poh ality Meat
Marvin Zoch, Billy Teinert, Jesse Perez, Bobby 1
Mutschink, Robert Escalante, Nellie Kieke, M
Musical Notes — SALL
With many weeks of —
during the month of August .
band was ready at the Re dS C
game to present an inter
half-time show to some 15end
ple but was unable to per for C
cause of a hard rain that sree of th
just before the half, led Sam
During the summer on College
ettes also were planning veek of
for the coming football use Wagne
attending Twirling Scho as Jenke
Houston State Teacher c learned
in Huntsville. They c ne olyn Hilt
with many new twirlir round Dotti
for the band shows. At p are the
game they looked very stu The othe
in their new majorette unia Jatzlau
when the band present* a en they 1
entitled "A Trip To Calif ning schoo
In addition to football musi a day, N
band has also been reading th until sch
several concert numbei LAY appea
the year, the band will devo rallies
most entirely all of the tis and wh
concert playing. 3 ■ —
The choir is off to a finedlent
after a series of vocal testACICaat
sec tion grouping. Tuesday W £ t 1
has been set for the weekly" u
rehearsal, and the boys andve you 1
will meet separately at set ons at (
during the week, ner and t
Among the numbers thavonder wl
choir will be performing this style of
are "Come Thou Now ”, "Mynt feature
herd Will Supply My Need” It seem
"Cantate Domino", which wee to be 1
used in the vocal tests, rs now.
Election of choir officers ves, usuall
held some time after the elick shoes
of class officers. rom wear
With additional members i we hop
the band and in choir from don thr
schools and with all our new , poxst
men, we sincerely believe trapere
these two organizations wis wearine
more successful this year that,
er before. ally got s
s even beg
THE WAY-OUTSaineEes
rouble? A
By
Robert Droemer and Alvin ght red he
Tuesday, September 2, ring the I
8:24 with a loud rumbleib period
screeching of tires the GHSOot with
wheeled up to the old institud-up drest
ter the smoke had cleared to behole
they all dragged up to the bisome of
get the inside dope. Afterleaders’ (
had dragged the halls a couep ralley.
times and had checked ou and gol
chics, they finally settled de They tr
becoming squares again, but the c
the siren blew they all reporleaders
get their cell blocks andhem for 1
numbers. And so another y twirlers
the grind begins. in their pr
Here's some of the latest nade
some of the cool one’s rods."nitorms.
you noticed Gerald’s rod wi men call
inward look or how about changin
Teinert’s trying to run overmen
diesel truck. Robert's Purpl 818 then
plc eater sure looks fine.
We would like to extend aroduci
welcome to the laziest tn
freshmen that this school ha,
seen. Its time to blast; kee 17
dig ya later. 4
P. S. It’s Otto’s checkinid : G
time again, ite song:
-ite singer
•ite movie
ite sport
TV sh
rite Food:
tion: Nurs
: Collect
nboat: "I
Green
Brown
t: 5‘2%2"
: To goof
e . Snobs
.............................Ruth Hen-
.............................Barbara 1
Eric Winkler, Donnie Deaver, Gerald ■
WI
Diane Tate, Janis toy’s 1
. Billy 1
ST,
Robert Droemer, Alvin
..................Patsy Lel DURAr
Judy Knobloch, Violet Miel P
Patsy Young, Cecil Walther
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View three places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Traveler (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 23, 1958, newspaper, September 23, 1958; Giddings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1636786/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: 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.