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ROCKDALE. MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS, 1HURSDAY JANUARY 9 I95R
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Active Work Program is Planned by
Chamber Commerce for Year 1958
An active program of work is
being developed by the Rockdale
Chamber of Commerce for 1958,
Parris Wheatley, manager, told
the Rotary Club in a talk at the
I club’s luncheon Tuesday.
Included in action now being
| planned by the Chamber are sev-
! eral farm meetings and activities
| planned by the agriculture com-
mittee, Wheatley said.
The retail activities committee
is planning a program of free ’
Saturday afternoon movies for
children under 12. This group is j
aslo looking into the possibilities
of establishing a third-Monday
“Swap Day”.
On January 16 the recreational
committee will meet with Earle j
Meadows, recreational consultant
for the Division of Child Welfare,
to develop a recreational ques-
tionnaire to be sent to all school
students, the Chamber manager
said. “From this questionnaire
we hope to find out if all our
children’s recreational need are
being met," Wheatley explained
He aid that plans also will be
made to determine the recrea
tional needs of those young men
and women just out of high
school.
Speaking of the farm meetings
and activities of the agriculture
committee, Wheatley said, "Farm-
ing in our area is still a major
resource and we must never for-
get the man from the country.
It is our responsibility to assist
in any way possible the creation
or location of better markets, im-
proved quality and yield, and to
First Baby of 1958
Born 2 a. m. Jan. 1
STYLE SHOW MODELS—These Rockdale high school girls modeled clothing made of
aluminum at the style show at the Rockdale high school Thursday afternoon. Show-
ing such wearables as the Alcoa Ball Gown, Lurex bathing suit, gold knitted dress,
and others were the following girls, starting at left row back: Clara Kirby, Joan
Smith, Charlotte Urban, Barbara Roberts. Charlotte Laurence, Jackie Currey, Annice
White, Etta Kay Keeble, Ginger Harriss, Charlene Holden, Willyne Lamb. (Charles
Taylor photo).
Clarence Edward Crawford, Jr., |
a hu:.K\ 10-pound Negro baby,
who arrived at 2 a.m. Jan. 1. is J
Rockdale’s first baby of 1958.
As the first baby of the year, I
he will receive gifts from the j
16 Rockdale stores participating
in the annual first baby contest.
1958’s first baby is the son of
Clarence and Ruthie Mac Craw-
ford, who live on Baxter St. He
was delivered at 2 a.m. Jan. 1
at the home by Eula B. Moultrv.
Other early arrivals reported
were a 10 lb., 2 1/2 oz. boy, Fred
Keith, born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Debault of Til Vogel at 5:42 a.m.
Jan. 2. Dr. T. C. Green delivered
W. H. C
Optimistic?
CPEAKING at the Rotary Club
^Tuesday Parris Wheatley quoted
Voltaire as saying in 1748 that an
optimist is “a madman who main-
tains that everything is right when
it is wrong.”
But in 1900, Wheatley added,
Finley Peter Dunne gave his no-
tion of an optimist: “A man of
eighty-five who gets married and
starts looking for a new home near
a school house.”
City-Wide Religious
Census Will be Made
Parris says that his idea of an
optimist today is “somebody who
cannot possibly have read the
front page of any newspaper for
the past three years.”
Of course, Paris was speaking
with tongue in cheek. But there
is something to think about here.
There has admittedly been some
sorry news concerning activities
in this old world of late. And in
recent weeks some of the news
has been downright frightening to
a lot of people in the United
States.
A city-wide religious census
will be made in Rockdale begin-
ning February 9, sponsored by
the Rockdale Ministerial Associa-
tion.
The work on the census is
scheduled to begin Feb. 9 and
continue through Feb. 16. “All
churches that wish to take part
are urged to co-operate with Inis
census,” Dr. W. F. O’Kelley,
president of the Association, said.
The various churches will be
assigned areas in which to work,
and these assignment will be
made at an instructional meeting
Feb. 2 at the First Baptist Church
when all workers will be expect-
ed to be present and receive in-
formation.
This is the first all-city reli-
gious census to be taken in Rock-
dale in five years or more, al-
though some surveys have been
made during this period by in-
dividual churches, it was pointed
out.
Plans for the census were made
by the members of the Ministerial
Association in meeting Monday Cooper.
with Rev. Earl S. Yoldey, at the
Methodist parsonage.
Dr. O’Kelley has announced the
following committees:
Area planning committee: Roy
Brcwton, chairman, F. T. Sager,
and R. H. Zercher.
Materials committee: M. M.
Fulmer, chairman, Millard
Brown, and Austin Morgan.
Publicity committee: Earl S.
Yokley, chairman, W. F. O’Kelley,
and Charles Stuart.
Office headquarters: Meadow-
brook Baptist Church, Roy
Census Seeks Names of All
School Children 6 Thru 18
the baby at St. Edwards hospital j
in Cameron.
Another baby boy, son of Mr. |
and Mrs. Harvey Dean ot J
Minerva, was born at 11:50 a.m. j
Sunday (Jan. 5). Dr. T. S. Bark- i
ley delivered him at St. Edwards .
Hospital in Carnoron.
The winner, Clarence Craw- j
ford, Jr., will receive the follow- !
ing gifts from Rockdale mer- j
chants:
K. Wolcns, fitted baby crib j
sheet; Prewitt Drug Store, John- I
son's baby set; City Food Market, j
$2 worth of merchandise; Mehaf-
fey’s, one dozen gauze diapers: j
Perry Drug Store, baby bottle j
warmer; Culpepper’s Jewelry,
baby feeding spoon; Western |
Auto Associate Store, baby bottle i
warmer; Heaven-To-Seven, one i
dozen diapers; The Mafair, S3 !
worth of merchandise; Red’s !
Humble Station, free oil change
lor father's car; Vogel s variety ,
store, 50 cents in merchandise: j
Kopecky’s Jewelry, $2.50 in mer- |
chandise; The Rockdale Reporter,
one-year subscription for the par-
ents; \Vr. T. Pearson & Sons, $3 in
merchandise; Summerlin’s Fire-
stone, $3 in merchandise; B&B
Minimax, 24 cans of Gerber’s
baby food.
show sincere interest in all pi
of rural economy.”
Tiie agnculutre committee
planned a meeting with the s
pota’o growers of Milam cc
al 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20 to ch
what is needed to remove
sweet potato quarantine from
Milam coun'y. A reprc.-Antativc
from the State Department of
Agriculture will meet with the
group.
"Sweet potatoes at one time
was a big operation in Milam
county,” the Chamber manager
reminded. “However,” he said,
“since the quarantine has been
placed on us, no sweet potatoes
can be shipped out of an area
running from Zapata county in
the south to McLennan county in
the north, and east to the Texas- I
Louisiana border.”
On January 23 a meeting with
watermelon growers will be held j
when two specialists from the I
A&M College Extension Service
will be guests. This meeting will ]
begin at 7:30 p.m.
In the early spring, the Cham-
ber plans a Junior Livestock
Show for Rockdale, and a live- ,
stock demonstration will be con- i
ducted by the A&M veterinary
clinic in the near future. Wheat- .
ley said.
Also planned is a pasture im- I
prove men t program and a Field
Dav Tour will be made in May. '
"We may also want to create
interest in irrigation in Milam!
county.” the manager added.
Speaking of the plan for the I
free movies on Saturday after- j
noon for children under 12 years
of age, Wheatley said this pro-
gram will be aimed at "both
our rural and town people.” Plans
are now under way on this pro-
gram which should be announced
officially shortly.
MILAM POLIO GIRL—Janice Simecek. 11, of Cameron,
was stricken with polio in 1949 and doctors said she would
never walk again. But through treatment and care made
possible by March of Dimes funds she walked without
braces and in her first slippers in Rockdale Friday night as
she presented awards for outstanding MOD service to Mrs.
A. A. McVov and W. T. Pearson Jr., above, of Rockdale, and
Max McClaren of Cameron. (Photo by Brady).
Children between the ages of 6
and 18 living in the Rockdale In-
dependent school district will be
listed during the 1958 school cen-
Rut I think perhaps that a good j sus no v being conducted,
scare is what we all need. We’ve I “Every effort must be made lo
been going pretty soft of late and I sec that all eligible children are
willing to let George do it, what- listed, and we ask the co-operation
ever it is that needs doing. Most of parents in this effort,” Rockdale
of us haven’t been too concerned j superintendent J. M. Moorman
about what needs doing.
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Heaven to Seven
Start Remodeling
Remodeling work is under way
this week on the Thompson
building occupied by the Singers
Grill and Heaven to Seven Shop.
Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Thompson,
owners, say that the remodeling
being done will give additional
display spare to Mrs. Thompson's
Heaven-tc-Scven Shop and will
also give the cafe two private
dining rooms.
A portion ot the present priv-
ate dining room is being taken
over by the children’s shop. By
knocking out one wall, and in-
[ stalling two sets of accordian cur-
tains, Thompson says he will now
have space for use as one large
dinning room, or two smaller
private rooms.
Now we continually hear ques-
tions on interviews like “How
much money do you think it is
going to take?” From this comer,
as far as getting on with the job
of catching up with'Russia in some
departments is concerned, it
is not a question of how much
money will it take or how long
will it take. It is a question of
wise leadership and co-operative
effort. If we don’t have, that, there
is neither enough money nor
enough time.
said Wednesday. The census is
conducted annually during the
month of January.
Children born after Sept. 1, 1940
and before Sept. 1, 1952, who live
inside the Rockdale school dis-
trict, must be listed on the census,
Moorman said.
Last year’s census listed 1303
students, both white and Negro.
Moorman said the same pro-
gram used last year is, again be-
ing used in taking the census. Cen-
sus blanks will be sent home by
the oldest child in each family
and parents are urged to complete
them and send them back lo
school promptly.
The big problem in a school
census, the superintendent said,
is always enumerating those chil-
dren in families who do not have
children in school at this time, but
will have a child in school next
year.
“We have no way of reaching
them except through the news-
paper," he said. He requested any
person knowing of a child who
will ho civ before Sept. ! to phone
the school office, HI 6-3471, so j
that the child will not bo missed. |
Moorman stressed the import- j
ance of this, because plans for the j
coming school year must be based
on the census figure.
Rockdale Bank
Statement Shows
Figure Increase
Tha Rockdale State Bank show-
ed total resources of $5,874,448.18
on its year-end statement issued
this week, an increase of more
j than $300,000 from last year’s
statement.
Deposits, cash quickly avail-
i able, and reserve for contin-
| gencies also showed an increase
I from the 1956 year-epd statement.
Deposits at the end of the year
were $5,461,552.21, compared to
$5,168,725.31 at the end of 1956.
Cash quickly available in-
creased more than $300,000 from
the 1956 figure. This year’s state-
ment shows $4,109,595.06, com-
pared to $3,751,401.79 for 1956.
This year’s statement shows
$47,895.97 as reserve for contin-
gencies, compared to $34,174.18 in
1956.
MOD Bucket Brigade
To Hustle $ Saturday
The Bucket Brigade will be atj The men will work in one-hour j Paralysis, presided and gave in-
work in Rockdale Saturday. ; shifts, four to a corner, taking j struction.s and materials to the
Manned by the members of; contributions from motorists and I communities of the county,
the Rockdale Lions and Rotary j pedestrians for the March of j The March of Dimes drive is
Clubs, the Bucket Brigade will | Dimes. | h e 1 d throughout the United
Last year, the Bucket Brigade
be doing its annual job for the ______ __________
March of Dimes, with four men | coveted $687.50” for"the March" of
with buckets stationed at two
[ downtown intersections.
The Lions Club will operate at
the corner of Cameron and Main
j streets and C. M. McManus is
j chairman of the Lions Club work-
j crs. At the corner of Cameron
j and Ackerman will be members
i of the Rotary Club, with Don
! Williams as chairman.
Dimes.
Kickoff Held
The county-wide kickoff din-
ner for the March of Dimes was
held at the Singers Grill in Rock-
States during the month of Jan-
uary. _
Heading the drive as chairman
in Rockdale is Dr. W. F. O’Kelley.
At the dinner Friday night the
honored guest was little Miss
Janice Simecek, daughter of Mr.
dale Friday night with about 35 i anci Mrs. Alfred Simecek of
people attending. Jack Tumlinson,
of Cameron, chairman of tho j
Milam County Chapter of Na-
tional Foundation for Infantile
New Directory Shows
No Population Change
But I am an optimist. That lead-
ership will materialize. It always
has when the going gets tough.
Tall Tale
T READ the following little story
somewhere not long ago in a
couple c.f periodicals, but Marvin
Beery brought me this clipping
Monday to refresh my memory. I I
think you’ll like it:
A Texas woman decided to dye j
some old curtains blue. While she
was hanging them on the line, a
little white lamb, gamboling by,
fell into the vat. He was fished mit, j
unhurt, and went scurrying off.
A passing motorist saw the ,
bright blue lamb, thought he'd dis- j
covered a new species, and offer-
ed a fancy price for it. The woman
decided she had a pretty good
thing going and the next day she
dyed a second lamb. It, too, sold at
a ridiculously high price.
From this start she developed
quite a business, buying, dying
and selling lambs. In fact, she
turned out to be the biggest lamb
dyer in Texas.
6 Ft.-7 In. Cage Star
Of Rockdale Tigers
Is Out for Season
Rockdale Ijigli school basketball j
star Harvey Holliman will play on
more basketball this year, cm doc-
tor's orders, coach Charlie Martin
reported this morning.
Holliman, 6-foot, 7-inch sopho-
more, injured his eye in practice
Dec. 27 and underwent surgery
Dec. 31. His doctor told Holliman
Wednesday to lay out the remaind-
er of the basketball season.
Rockdale’s population today is. While there is a difference of
about the same as it was this time I only one listing in total number j
last) year, using citv directory list- ! listed between this year and last |
ings as a basis for a population ! year, numerous changes are noted j
estimate. I throughout the directory. Not one i
This year’s directory, based on alphabetical grouping has the
existing utility connections, has j fame number of listings as were )
1601 listings, just one less than >n the old directory,
last year’s directory, which had I For instance, in the group of
1602. I names starting with tho lottrr “TV !
The new directory, compiled by I there were 146 listing in 195• and |
The Bank's annual stockholders I the Rockdale Chamber of Com- ! 183 in 1958. In 1957 there were
meeting will be held at 2 p.m. j merce, was distributed to Rock- I 1!• names stalling with “W but
Tuesday in the directors’ room, dale business houses this week. A I 99 in 1958.
Directors and officers lor the j few extra copies arc available at j Rockdale’s population was esti-
coming year will be elected at the Chamber offices, Paris Wheat- j mated year before last at 6400. m
this time. ley, manager, said. January of last year when the city,
directory came out there was a ;
' net gain of 94 listings over the 1
j previous year, which would indi- ;
cate a population gain of some- j
Cameron. She is eleven years old
and was stricken with polio in
1949. She was completely help-
less and her mother was told by
physicians that she would never
walk again.
She was treated regularly with
help from the March of Dimes
fund, underwent several opera-
tions, and received the best medi-
cal attention and use of expensive
equipment, her parents said. The
little girl made a recovery.
At the dinner here Friday night
she made her appearance with-
out braces of any sort, and wear-
ing her first slippers. She made
a persentation of awards for out-
standing service in behalf of the
March of Dimes in 1957 to three
Milam county people.
Those receiving the award ccr-
tiiicaies were the A. A. Mcvoy
family of Rockdale, Max Mc-
Claren of Buckholts, and W. T.
Pearson, Jr. of Rockdale.
Following the conclusion of the
business portion of the meeting
a film was shown entitled, "Sur-
vival is Not Enough.”
INSIDE TODAY
Rambunctious Ram, Feeling
Oats, Puts Two in Hospital
thing like 347, but the
figure 6400
continued to be used
as an esti-
Woman's P<«7e
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Classified Ads
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the 6400
Church Programs
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TV Schedules
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Youths in Trouble
For Mail Tampering
Two Rockdal*
addri
A rambunctious ram, ob-
viously feeling his oats, put
a Rockdale man in the hos-
pital with a broken hip and
broke a Rockdale woman's
arm during a butting spree
Friday afternoon.
In Braekcnridge hospital in
Austin with a broken hip is
R. M. Mason of 410 W. Belton.
Mrs. Annie Ernst of 405 W.
Belton is recuperating from a
broken left arm.
The ram, a two-year-old
raised as a pet, belonged to
Mason, his son, Gordon said.
Mrs. Ernst was in the Mason
front yard Friday afternoon,
when the ram butted her
down several times, breaking
her arm, before she escaped,
Gordoti said.
His father then went to turn
the ram into the lot, and .as
he did, the animal turned on
him, butting him down and
breaking his hip, Gordon said.
His father is “doing fine" in
Brackenridge Hospital in Aus-
tin, Gordon said.
TOURNAMENT AWARDS—Rockdale high school basketball
Kirkpatrick, left, and Johnny Timmerman, and coach Charlie
won by the Tigers in the basketball tournament this weeken
man, both named to the all-tourney team, hold the second-phi
The package ;n Martin’s hand contains the sport shirt donah
second place couch. ISec story on page lb. (Reporter stall photo).
’crs Richard (Moose)
Martin display the awards
Kirkpatrick and Timmer-
• trophy the Tigers won.
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