European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To Ilay. October 29, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 Pilot s Hobby is in cockpit of race car n a i i in t a. Liun in so i i i Kiev i in and  \ Iii  lion Mil pm mid Bidic fulfils his ,,.l  i. I i Miu to in i he i s air 1,11 i ii Hlor s 1,1. Col. Hill Illa Csini operations officer for Chi sell la Tacl i Hur s. Pm Ixida rider in hit is  of a a in Viila 1wmi ran car. Una Ilion Mas i he a race Norfolk Ghoul 4s1 minutes from his i. .11 and when i Home i or inc Lirosi time m his life. Lacs e a race diner i became i mind he could Allord Bolh the Lime and the in once.r the last paced . Vis. Name s dream i i be ally led a one week course on racing two in Olhs Aio w Hen he and driving in Mula la n circuit cars and i the inn Kussell i  a since  ripped through Ilie turns and Kicin Driver s school in Snel lerl.1. Sli ail has at speeds up to ii Mph of two it Ilie sell is a i so Rcd races Fps pest i Here s a lol of  Ivlow can in Nii a Sini be Seal i Elci and a Sun be Seal lace car Alai Smi said la  a lol of discipline and a lot of ski icon  racing Alliese cars is almost As pm Vii Calk demanding As the  he said i he  \,.u need lie Sini Ilai to those of Hying a lighter air fall he sides like Kimg a gliders. Racing cars is a hell of a lol no  i i acting said he Knos he i Starling Loo late to Ever find himself in the pm Ner s Circle at the Indianapolis 111 or i e mans even Trio High this year s imly. Win Ner. L Ann Sullivan is a graduate of the he said he is Loo old Loik thai i Ood. Younger Drivers would have Loo much of an advantage in reaction Lime he said even though he Dally Mies at three or Lour times the Speed of most race cars in the i air Lold built Lank busters " however the Northwestern graduate likes his new sport enough to consider doing h  lie said he believes the school a Laii Ghl him the basics of racing Well i Gourli to earn some Inone w Ink liar mi1 in n Lyle Lilac sing   in i no land and Hopes 10 slav in the count re a few More ears. Ins a notifies have Changil since Childho. i King is the Rcv. Racing comes in a close second he said Germany s Texas wonders where if got that name by Joe Mai other  Harcau Iio Brincil a ii was. Germany the Dallas Cowboy do not play Road games Here but levas has been part of Ellis quiet hessian farming Community since at least l5d. An Amateur historian s attempt to write a Village chronicle has prompted new in Terest in the origin of the town s american name which is mentioned in Church re cords in 1856. Konrad . A Long time resident of Moe Fingen levas. Is Tang to unreal the mystery of the  name Asp re of a local project to  its his or Diekmann. 7x thinks the name  lie tied Loa i9lh-Cenuir Emigrai from the area. Johann Sempf. Who made a Fortune in Texas   and Tell no male Side heir although Diekmann As Sumes the Mailer of an hairless inheritance has Long since been disposed of by the stale of Lexas. He  Mil Given up his search for Sam pcs Saga. He has Learned that  Sempf left Germany around ism. Sumpf brother stayed and. In ik-1-1. Built the first House in the area now inhabited b the 55 people of Llo Fingen in was. Or Simp in As As residents Call ii. Dickmann s theory is that Sempf wrote to his brother about his Texas Home and the brother decided to Combine the name of Johann s new Home with the name of the neighbouring Village. As the first person to build in the area he had that right Diekmann said. Dickmann s search for the origin of the name has been frustrated by the ravages of two world wars. He believes Johann Sempf probably sailed Down the Weser River to Bremen. However. I ill Century shipping lists in Bremen were destroyed in world War ii bombing raids. Diekmann said. An elderly relative of the Sempos living a Bingen Texa Stadt  land re Hamelin s4- nolo by Joe Mirml tits i Lisler Buff Konrad disk mum. Ming to unreal a mystery in Reni Tim luf  Ianul tic inherit Nice Winch  believed to have been Lei by a Seniff who tried shortly before a Rui Vir 1.  templs were made to Contact Sempos relatives living in icon tiny. But the first world War Eanie in  Diekmann said. Paying a lawyer to la a the matter up after world War 1 was impossible in devastated Germany tie said. Siekmann a retired Rai Twat worker wrote to the National archives in a h Iny Lun. Door help hut he was Lulu he would Hae to a Tor the research i m looking Tor someone Iti Lexas. Or America who will take the Mailer  Diekmann said of i quest for in Nrma ii i Riboul the Suil Eside Stempl s. Who sometimes ire noted in the Lnc. Church re sir As self. Diekmann a receive help from Hecky sche Crof near i less Sci  Dendor As. Scherer has a ked her relatives to Check records in Bra Oria count Lexas. Inc area was known for us sugar  and the Sie of the estate a make in easier to rack Dowtin the owners she -.aid. Diekmann cautions that. While his theor about the Sempos is plausible the mid Isoo s spawned a number of commercial ventures that struck deals for Texas.md and imported germans to populate the new communities. Texas  a popular concept in those Das an1 its popularity could also have explained the creation of Hoe Minyen Texas. Die Anunti said. While St Mied on the Texas name Diek Nunrie is sure about the Way another strange name worked its Way into the local Gnu Grapul. A Man returning to the area from Texas built a House in i1j2k that eventually blossomed into a Trio of houses South of the  Border. Preserved today Only As a bus Stop the area is known As what else Luc Fingon Mexico