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Vines &
GEORGE SICON N°
52057082,702 594
‘ Texas 78912
213
SERVING LEXINGTON, DIME BOX, LINCOLN, SERBIN, NORTHRUP, PAIGE, LEDBETTER, FEDOR & GIDDINGS
PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY A NATIVE LEE COUNTIAN -- PREUSS PRINTING CO. INC.
VOLUME 78
GIDDINGS, LEE COUNTY, TEXAS 78942
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1967
NUMBER 7
RE
61
VIEWPOINT
By B. P.
FALL WEATHER -- The
cooler weather and almost
dreary-like days (not so dreary
to those who heed rain) remind
us that fall is about here and
winter weather may not be too
awfully far off.
Football season is here again.
There have already been a num-
ber of grid games on TV. And
high school football starts Fri-
day night.
And even though people don’t
usually like to be reminded of
it, storm season is here again.
It was just late last September
when those destructive tornadic
winds swept through the Gid-
dings and Manheim com-
munities, doing thousands of
dollars in damage to property.
And no one around these parts
will soon forget about Hurricane
Carla back in 1961 when she
blew through these parts.
See VIEWPOINT, page 28
3 Businesses Burglarized
Cash, TV’s, Other Merchandise Taken
1.00
33c
£
25C
31C
Burglars broke into Orsag’s
Radio & TV In Giddings and
Edgewood Grill in Lexington
over the Labor Day weekend,
getting away with thousands of
dollars in merchandise and
cash.
The burglars broke in through
the back door of Orsags and
stole five black and white TV’s,
according to Alvin Orsag, owner
Martin Luther Sets
Family Supper
The men of the local Martin
Luther Lutheran Church are
sponsoring the biggest family
night supper ever held at this
church this Thursday, Septem-
ber 7th., with serving beginning
at 7:30 p.m.
This ‘Appreciation Chicken-
Stew Supper’ is sponsored by the
Martin Luther Lutheran Church
Men in appreciation of the won-
derful cooperation received
with their Twenty-Fifth An-
niversary Chicken-Fry Dinner
See FAMILY NITE, page 21
$157,000 HIGHWAY
CONSTRUCTION
FOR LEE COUNTY
The State Highway Com-
mission at its September, 1967,
meeting authorized The 1968
State Highway Safety and Farm
to Market Road Improvement
Program which included three
projects in Lee County.
The first project provides
for reconditioning and strength-
ening 2.6 miles of F.M. 141
from State Highway 21 to the
railroad in Dime Box. The es-
timated cost of this project is
$31,000.
The second project involves
an asphaltic concrete overlay
on 4.4 miles of U.S. 77 from
Lexington North at an estimated
cost of $100,000.
The third project involves a
level up and seal cost on U.S.
77 on 7.3 miles from Lexington
to State Highway 21 at an es-
timated cost of $26,000.
Lee County Rivals
To Meet On Gridiron
ONLY 239 BALES DUE
TO DROUTH, INSECTS
Drouth and Insects are cutting
deeply into the cotton crop in the
Lee County area, according to
Eddie Witte of Witte Gin.
Mr. Witte said only 239
bales have been ginned so far
this year and the rains this week
are slowing up the harvest.
However, the main reason for
the short crop is due to the
summer drouth which has cut
a number of farmers’ usual
75 bales down to 10 or 15
and those usually having 20
bales down to less than 5.
of the store.
At Lexington, the burglars
hit Edgewood Grill two nights
in a row.
The first night the burglars
forced their way into Edgewood
Grill through the double doors in
the rear and pried open the juke
box and cigaret machine, tak-
ingonly the coins.
But they returned the next
night and again gained entrance
through the double doors and
this time made a haul of all
See BURGLARY, page 6
WATCH FOR GRID
RULE CHANGES
Lee County football fans can
expect to see some extra excite-
ment in the form of razzle-
dazzle punt returns this fall
on the gridiron — starting Fri-
day night — due to some rule
changes.
In the past, guards and tackles
were allowed to go downfield on
a punt when the ball was
snapped. But the new rule will
prohibit players who have num-
bers between 50 and 79, which
include guards, tackles, and
center, from going downfield
until the ball is actually kicked.
Only the two ends and legal
backs can move on the snap.
So, by eliminating five tacklers,
See RULES, page 28
Tobias Re-leases Cen-Tex Auction, Plans Expansion
CEN-TEX AUCTION BARN IN GIDDINGS
. . . Re-leased By Ed Tobias
Lexington Eagles Play Host To
Giddings Buffaloes In First Game
BY BUDDY PREUSS, TIMES & NEWS EDITOR
The Lexington Eagles play
host to the Giddings Buffaloes
Friday night in the first foot-
ball game of the season for both
Lee County teams.
And a capacity crowd of Lee
Countians are expected to turn
out at Eagle Field for the 8 p.m.
encounter for the game which
always turns out to be an excit-
ing battle-to-the- finish.
This will be the fourth season
in a row in recent years that
these two Lee County ball clubs
have competed. And although
Lexington has not beaten the
Buffs during the three previous
encounters, they tied them last
year 0-0 and have been narrow-
ing the scoring margin each
year.
In 1964 they lost to Giddings
18-6 and in 1965 the score was
a close 6-0.
Potentially speaking, Lexing-
ton should have a much-improv-
ed team over last season and
Giddings, Lincoln
Cars In Accident
A Giddings and Lincoln car
were involved in a collision at
11 a.m. Sunday at the corner of
Industry and Chambers St. in
Giddings across from the
Church of Christ.
According to the Lee County
Sheriff’s Department, the 1960
Ford driven by Mrs. Ruth Ar-
lene Mersiovsky of Giddings
was going west on Industry
when it collided with a 1965
Chrysler driven by Louis E.
Kissman of Lincoln, going north
See WRECK, page 6
Noack Is Champ
Noack beat Giddings 6-5 in
the second game of a two-out-
of-three series in the playoffs
to win the Community Base-
ball League Championship.
Giddings had a five-run lead
in the early stages of the game
only to have Noack score six
runs to win the championship
by the same score it won the
first game in the playoffs.
will definitely have a weight ad-
vantage over Giddings by more
than 10 pounds per man.
Both teams are suffering in-
juries which may have some
bearing on the game Friday
night. However, many of the sick
or injured boys will be healed
by the time the important dis-
trict games roll around.
Lexington will be playing
without their star quarterback.
See BIG GAME, page 15
LEAF SPOT,
PEANUT WORM
PLAGUING CROPS
BY BROWN O. SPIVEY
EDYRO 'u OT ENTecause
peanuts are a major source of
agricultural income in Lee
County, the publisher of the
Times & News deamed this
article of major importance at
this time due to the severe
loss that can result from leaf
spot:
Leaf Spot has hit peanuts in
Lee County and is spreading
rapidly in the area.
The heavy dampness is ideal
for leafspot. It only takes very
little dampness for leaf spot
to develop.
Prior to the rains, leaf spot
was found at Lincoln in one of
Victor Schimanks peanut fields.
And it is said to say that leaf
spot is likely to be found in
most peanuts in Lee County.
What is Leaf Spot? Leaf Spot
is a disease that attacks the
See SPOTTY, page 14
One Grass Fire
The Giddings Fire Depart-
ment had a call at 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday of last week to the
Pearson 4444 Ranch near Lin-
coln to extinguish a grass fire.
Several acres burned due to
an apparent spark while
shredding which ignited the dry
grass.
Ed Tobias, owner and
manager of Cen-Tex Livestock
Commission Co. in Giddings,
has announced that he has re-
leased the auction barn from
Walter Droemer and is also
planning to expand the building.
Mr. Tobias, who has operated
the auction barn for the past
seven years, said 14 new pens
will be added on the north wing
for buyer cattle and a drive-in
unloading pen for hogs, similar
to the unloading pen for small
cattle trailers.
In announcing the re-leasing
of the building in a long term
agreement, Tobias brought out
See AUCTION, page 4
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