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ROCKDALE. MILAM COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY. AUGUST 25. 1960
Rockdale Reporter Established 1893
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NO. 33
(Charles Taylor Pholol
THIRD TYPE OF INGOT—First slab of sheet ingot poured by Rockdale Works’new direct
chill facilities i> in peeled by Aiununum Plant Superintendent M. C. Perry, right, Works
Manager R. R. Sugg- center, and DC Operator Jerome V. Elliott. The new casting operation
gives Rockdale Works a third way to market its aluminum production.
Gunplay Leaves Thorndale Man
Facing Charge; Victim Improved
Tavern Arguments
End With Shooting
PAID TAX ON YOUR CAR?
Tax Evaders May Get Thirsty
Cui.iiTi who refuse to pay u'v
lax -s on personal j»i <)|»«-r• s may
wind t;p a bit thirsty and batn
, s w hen February rolls around
City iou no i linen in sis'sii.n
Tuisdav. voted unanimously t"
give (he city's iv it* r and sc .v:r’< ■
i.i pari" imi: i hi i. tl ori'y h> dis-
Chamber to Add $750
In Yule Decorations
Itnekdale Chamber ol Com-
merce directors v. ted Thursday to
purchase $750 in new down-town
Christmas decorations
La t year the chamber added
$70i» in new derm. aid will >n
tunic to add inure each year as
linanecs permit, President Sam
Peebles said.
Directors also authorized $75 to
sponsor the annual Fire Preven-
ts n Week program in the local
schools.
ttiarnblinq.,
’ROUND ROCKDALE
\l\\ riiocuss hi; tin ...
W. H. C
By BILL COOKE
Pardon Me
CLEMS the c-.uplo in the booth
at the restaurant were <vt ng
pc ace full,' until a drunk stagger-
ed by and belched long and loud.
The man jumped up I nun the
booth and grabbed the drunk by
the collar, saying. “How dare you
The drunk bowed graciously
and replied: "I'm sorry, sir, I
didn’t even knew it was her turn."
Regular Rambler Gone
W. H C is taking a vacation
this w<ck. which i worth a
72-point dluil’s large* headline,
considering the busy publisher
can seldom be convinced that a
vacation is worth-.-, nib- This is his
lirst full week awav irorn the *>f-
lice grind in several years.
Before leaving, I asked him for
some Rambling material. Good
jokes aren’t so rare, and clean
jokes aren't so rare, but finding
a clean joke that is a good one
. well, that's rare But anyway.
W II C had clipped the following
bit written by his Stephenville
editor-friend Rufu Higgs:
Higg' sa,\ . a lire lie i • pi ogi am
chairman at hi: luncheon club, he
■autiniis hi' peakcr that Lie meet-
ing end pro.not 1\ it 1 I 5 p, rn In j
spite o| this, the write: a;, s it’s |
a good bet that lour things will
happen They are
1. The speaker ■. ill talk * igiit
up to 1:15. then loni to tin ,>r«-si
dent and ask. “Ilow nm -h tmn
have I left?’’
2. Some bird will : mn gel I,
"Take all the time you want"
3. The speaker will 1 hi i go >n
for ten minutes more, and then
will ask, “Art there any ques-
! loll
t Veil I m. ; • ■ ... :• . •:! V, ;|1
ask one-
That, I 'u me. will n eivt a
hearty eodoi •« ment by Rockdale
1 .ions and Rot uian .
Mat* Off to a Lady
TIIK REPORTER. w» hut
shamefully, v often ?•* gir---fill
m its news column to mention a
vital Mginrnt o; nnv eimiiniriit'.
the senior e ti/ci > p be- n aid
that every tndividu.il a mw-
s' uref, everyone h,---; an mtcrest-
mg str ry. I:— also ti ue that none
• >f ns young up t.u 1 - st c: the
town in flu .-.line light as doe- the
-enior citizen, the p-r-3in who ha.-
S'own with cntmmmity and
shared its experiences *v»t many
; ears.
We hope that elsewhere on the
page we have done at least a par-
tial of justice to rnc if this own's
l.<-st-loved enior ei1i/< ns, Mrs A
H. Lightfoot who will be 90 years
eld Monday. We know that many,
many citizens join us in wishing
her many more return
Well Is Abondoned
Northeast of Milano
The Holland No. I a ( oftielrl
A- Hardm wildcat oil prosp* ct one
mile northeast of Milano, u .
abandoned tinhy as a drv imi *
No further drilling ha ‘been an-
tu nn. erl in the 2fklh-aer*:* block in
the S Y Reams survey
The Edwards Innc from 511 *> to
3275 brought salt water and the
Navarro at 270« to 2T4f* was m*o
dry. “Thi welt s«?mlngiv »hmi-
natis a known M-irmir owsrwrt itt
First Casting of New Slab
Ingot Announced by Alcoa
fir? si tbs oi aluminum sheet,
ingot wen poured with Rockdale
Work ' new direct chill casting
l.icilities this week. Final adjust -
ii.<*m an iiccessaiy before the
unit goe into regular production,
H. R Sugg, works manager of the
local plant, renounced.
The first slabs weighed about
1400 pounds, and were 12 hv 20
by 6fi inches, Sugg said. Al'hough
this product is twice the size of
the plant's present 700-pound
foundry ingot rolling null refer
to it as a small special tv ingot
for aluminum sheet and foil.
The new direct, chill <1)0 cast-
ing unit gives Rockdale Works a,
Donor Turnout Urged
For Bloodmobile Stop
Mil i n county will be nine pints
ol blood behind its assigned quota
when the Red Cross Bloodmobile
stop in Rockdale next Thursday
at the Fii ' Christian church.
Byron Cook, chairman of
Bloodmobile visits to Rockdale,
termed the visit a “crucial” one.
“The quo,a l'< r the visit is 75
pints," he explained," but we
n < 1 mi, ,■ than 30 to stay with
our quota.”
Mr* J. B Jansky of Rockdale,
regional hloorl chairman, said
Hud although C'ameron contribut-
ed i,>,ci ’ts quota in July, contri-
bution.- it Industrial Generating
i otnpan.v in Augu 1 fell 12 below
quota, an.i that the 'oimty is now
act uni I nine pints hi: land it:>
qunt i avei .go,
Ct moron Over Quota
With, in assigned quota of 75
pints, Cam; ron donors turned ou;t
to giv' 7 -I pints io start * he new
blood program year on July 1.
IOC tu taled 58 donors in August,
12 below the assigned quota ol 70.
"It is important that we attain
our quota before the winter
month Mr Jansky said. “Bad
weather can luin a Bloodmobile
visit turnout, and the September
. stop in Rockdale will deter-
mine Milam’s situation going into
the winter months.”
The Bloodmobile schedule for
the remaindci of 1980; Rockdale,
September 1: Alcoa, October 7;
Cameron, November 23; and 1GC,
December II
Residents Bcnefilted
Mrs Jansky also reported that
several Milam count v residents
faeh month receive bloorl during
siirgi ry al hospitals al! over the
■.tali- “Because Milam partici-
pates in the Red Cross program,
the blood is furnished for the resi-
dents free of charge. The region
simply replaces tin blood that lias
been used by the hospital,” she
explained
third way to package its alumi-
num. The DC facility is eapablo
il casting sheet ingot weighing
more than 12,000 pounds.
Method Explained
Tin term "duvet chill" refers
to the method of casting whereby
metal is continuously poured into
a short mold while the metal
m lidifies and is lowered i n a
moveable platform as water is
sprayed on it., side.
The plant's early produc tion of
aluminum was poured into 50 and
7 00 pound “pigs.” In recent weeks
Alcoa discontinued the marketing
of “pigs,” since all aUirthnum*
smelting his been upgraded to
ingot, Sugg n< ted.
Presently at the local plant,
commercially pure foundry ingot'
ol 50 and 700-pound sizes is pour-
id. along with an a I loved extru-
sion ingot and the direct chill in-
got.
Versatility Added
"We are [(leased to add thi--
\ <i hi lit,v to ( ur plant," Sugg said
iu explaining the new unit ‘ This
means we can sei c a greater
variety of customers and this t an
important factor in today's coiti-
i - 111ion within tin aluminum in-
dict ry
The new unit ooe: not add to
the aluminum production capaci-
ty at the plant, Sugg emphasized,
but provide- another market for
Rockdale production
In reviewing Rockdale Works'
development Sugg recalled the
following events:
First Metal ir. 1952
First metal produced in No-.eiti-
Soe INGOT, p .ge 8
ion'inue wafer or ewer service
to patron- who tail to pay their
city personal property tax
The move was aimed at some
35(1 i iti/.i ns win* have not paid
taxis on their automobile-. The
toial cli'li11;1111 nt roll involves some
$50(10 iii unpaid (axes
Shortened Somewhat
Tin roll has been shortened
’omnvha! ill recent (ninths with
the city having articles published
about the delinquent rolls, an.I
also sending out U tiers to the
property owners.
"The personal property tax in
solves primarily a citizen’s auto-
mobile," City Manager N K At
lord explained Law requires
that citizen tiitdei othei value-
able personal items, but the city is
primarily interested in unrender-
ed automobiles
"Many citizens still do not
know that they are required to
pay a tax on their cars, and still
others have scoffed at the idea,"
Alford said, "We’ve taken a lot
ol cussing over the matter, and
we may take a lot more, hut.
these 1 !)<»() taxes are going to be
paid," he said.
Legal Author.ty
Almost everyone on the dclin-
utient roll is a customer of the
city water and sewage depart-
ment. City Attorney’ F A. C amp
said Tuesday that the council had
every legal right to authorize wa-
ter cut-offs if the taxes were not
paid.
The action Tuesday was not
made retioaetive, and will ha»‘c
no hearing on unpaid taxes of
Stolen Auto Is
Recovered; Man
Held in Oklahoma
A 11)5(5 automobile owned by
Billv Sager of Hockdaie and sto-
len on August (• was found Satur-
day on a dirt road near the San
Gabriel community.
A 30-year-old man, whose rela
lives live in Hockdaie, is being
held in Oklahoma City in con-
nection with the auto theft,
Sherilf Carl Black s lid today.
The man was picked up this
week in Oklahoma City on a
driving-while-intoxicated charge,
Black explained. The same man
was seen near where the ear was
abandoned at San Gabriel led,
week. A postman brought the
man to Rockdale, the sheriff said.
Black wired a warrant, for ar-
rest to the Oklahoma City autho-
11ties Wednesday.
Sager ,uid the ear had been
driven 3000 miles from the time it
wa- stolen until d wa ireic ei -d
Saturday The ear contained some
$700 in tools, ear equipment and
clothing at. the time of the theft.
The owner aid the eai still con-
tained everything but a watch
and pan of shoes when it was
found.
year', previous to IWOO The de-
linquent account-- dating back to
pas, yeai hovi been turned t cer
to tin city attorney lor collection
It win also noted that the
ilelniquetii base lairv a L> per
ei nt penalty and interc-1 a i i at.-
o| si \ pc I Cl lit
February 1 Dead!
(it: r lievc gmtil tin .a-1 day
ol January, 11)81, h pay die tax
oil their automobiles Tin- iv vv
council action goes into .fleet
February 1, and citizens on the
delinquent roll will find them
selves without water or sevvage
services until the accounts are
paid
A heated argument timing a beer-drinking session itt
a tavern west ol Rockdale Sunday was later climaxed out-
side another tavern in the eastei n part ol town with a pistol
assault.
The gunplay sent a former Hockdaie man to a local
hospital ni critical condition
iltd left a Thoindale carpen-
lei facing charges of assault
with intent to murder
Reporlid m "improving" condi-
tion al Richard) Clinic anil Hos-
pital here is R 1! Lamb, 50, a
loimer resident of Rockdale who
is in and out of town periodically,
authentic:, said
First Serious Trouble
Facing the charge i Herman
37-Pound Catfish Top
Catch in Lake Rodeo
F. L MeGuyer of Rockdale
haulid in a 37 pound yellow cat-
tish Wednesday morning on AI com
Lake to give anglirs competing in
the annual Alcoa Lake Fish Rodeo
.. hig challenge in the men's lug
11sii division
McGuyer's catch was believed
to be the largisl single fish ever
taken on the lake and it was
undisputed kint; of all previous
Alcoa Lake rodeo catches.
Concessionaires Russell a n d
Jamie Wallis said that last week,
while fishing for catfish on the
lake, some monster took McGuy-
er's bait and proceeded to des-
troy a good rod before escaping
Mi'Gu.vi r in tie meantime bought,
a new rod and equipped it to
handle larger fish.
"Who knows? Maybe it was
the same big one and he tried
once too often.” they added.
The Alcoa Lake rodeo had at-
tracted more than 1200 fishermen
during the first three days, and
I rom the looks of Wednesday's
crowds 'here will be serveral
hundred others on record before
competition closes at 4 p m, Sun-
day, the brothers forecast.
Grapple fishermen have done
well this week, it was explained.
Champion of all thee so far is
Mrs. John O Baker ol Tayloi who
weighed in 75 erappie at 30
pounds Monday.
Youngster'* Big Catch
But at least one youngster is
showing up many of the old tim-
ers. Eleve n year-old Hurshal
fosepli Jr. of Rockdale e night a
live-pound, nineounce ratfi'h on
opening day to set a good pace
for the children’s division.
The lug black bass have be<-n
eluding most lishermen so far.
The large t reported by mid-week
BIBLE VERSE
"Foi God so loved the world,
that he gave hi- only begotten
ron. that whosoever belie vet h in
him should not oerish, but have
( verlasting life."
John 3-18
was a three and three-quarter
pounder caught l>,v Fa me Cali's ol
Rockdale.
The three trophies and a (lum-
ber of merchandise pines will he
tiwarded at tin lake late Sunday
after the 4 p in. closing hour set
lor competition.
Hunt Foundation
Sends Library
Grani of $1500
A gift of $1500 has been given
to the Hockdaie Public Library
building fund, Llovd Enquist.
library board president, ha - an-
nounced,
The donation was made by the
Hunt Foundation, a charitable
trust established in 1951 by Roy
A. Hunt, chairman of the execu-
tive committee ut the Aluminum
Company of America. Grants of
the foundation are made for re-
ligious. educational and charitable
purposes.
"This is a g( ,d start for our
fund," Enquist said adding that;
one other gift of $)()() has been
received.
Board plans call lot a fund
drive to raise monov to construct
a new library building on the
vacant lot across from Rockdale
State Bank. The lot was deeded
to the city years ago with the
stipulation that it would be used
to house a library rn- some other
municipal building.
City council and Enquist re-
viewed the dei rl two months (go,
;.nd the rniincii authorized the
library board to begin plans for
a library building to be construct-
ed oil the lot.
Don ition: may be made by con
(acting Enquist or Robert Thomp-
son, library treasurer "This drive
won’t lx- easy. It will be long
and hard. We don’t expect a
great many large donations, but
I he small ones will gradually add
up,” Enquist said.
Ri sen"--)l who lives just east oft
Thorruhle. Rosenthal, described
by Shenlf Cai 1 Black as a hard-
working carpenter wrho has never
been in any serious trouble, was
fn ed from county jail Monday on
$2500 bond He waived examining
trial
’The shooting occurred at 4:45
l>, m Sunday outside Ella <Ma>
Crane': cafe-tavern at 407 East
Milan- tree!. The cafe is located
behind Gee's Grocery & Market,
524 East Cameron
Bullet Through Body
Lamb was shot one time with a
Colt 38 to pistol Dr Philip Young,
attending physician, said the bul-
let entered the man's left side, pas-
sed through the liver, came out
Lamb's right side and struck his
right arrn.
His condition was listed as
critical from shock and loss of
blood Sunday, but Dr. Young re-
ported him much-improved after
the man received plasma.
The argument started at the
Oak Grove tavern about four
miles west ol Rockdale. Lamb,
drinking with Dan Rosenthal, a
brother of Herman, reportedly re-
fused a beer offered by Herman
upon his arrival at the tavern.
Argument Between Brother*
The argument was also traced
back to a minor car mishap in-
volving automobiles owned by the
Herman brothers. Dan claimed
that Herman had backed into his
car, and Herman said he didn't.
Lamb, who recently moved in
with Dan in his mother’s home in
Thcmdalc, sided against Herman
during the arguments.
Rosenthal drove to his home
near Thorndale to get his pistol
and Lamb, in the meantime, left
the Oak Grove tavern and wound
up at Ma Crane’s where the argu-
ment was resumed wnen Rosen-
thal returned, Sheriff Black said.
On* Shot Fired
Officers learned from tavern
employees that Lamb walked out-
side the tavern and Rosenthal fol-
lowed him out with his pistol.
Before the shot was fired. Lamb
reportedly said something to the
effect that Rosenthal didn't have
the “guts" to shoot.
Rosenthal drove to Thorndale
following the shooting, then hjd
his son phone Constable Purl Paris
and tell him what had happened.
Constable Ollie Cook of Rockdale
brought Rosenthal back to Rock-
dale. and he was taken to county
jail in Cameron by Sheriff Black,
The charges of assault with in-
tent to murder were filed Monday
by Black in the court of justice-
of-the-pcace Leonard Allen of
Rockdale.
Rosenthal waived examining
trial, and bond was posted by E.
A. Camp, Rockdale attorney.
f niii.) . i nii:\ns. iioui:. cm <ommi ...
Senior Citizen, 90, Loves Five Things
By BILL COOKE
Mr A. II Lightloot, >37
W< st B< 1 trei t, i one of
Rockdale's tree sonioi citizens.
Shi will be "0 veers old Mon-
day.
A nativi of Alabama, she
e mir to Hockcalc a a ll .veir-
old bride She has lived in he
.one house me her arrival,
and : Ik has watched a town
she ■herisru change many
timer, many w .< .
Although Mir ha lived fine
45 i e.n Mt Light tool till
clings to a familiar Alabama
drawl. With this drawl she
will fell you *hr loves five
things dearly: I er family, tier
friends, her home, her church
affiliation and her community—
Rockdale.
Artist
Mn Lighttool is an artist,
Befor-- the years took away her
> v<■ ight, she could take a
brush, some oil paints and can-
\a and plane her work along-
*de anyone's,
*4he was also a preaf rain-
»re-jvc After her husband died
■ hi * -\<r ago, :.b*» made her
bvtng by sawing for many
low kit »)i- Lumber Site sewed
until --hr vi V; 83 vrar, old, un-
til her eves grew ti*o weak for
rk
I- content to sit at
on the telephone
wonderful friends "
«nd
One* Tomboy
points, as she recalls them, can
hi told: about a tomboy who
helped her grand I a Hi ei operate
a cotton gin in Alabama, about
her sewing and cooking abilities
at tin age of 12, her printing a-
a teenager, end her love for
her God and her enurch.
“Wiite whatevi von likc
ahout my life, although I don't
think its very ncwswor'hy.
Rep had ,i 'civ hanp.v life, and
there's not a moment *>f it that
I’m ashamed ol," -he sad Fri-
day.
She was born in Oaf Bovverv,
Chambers county, Alabama on
August 29. 1870, trie daughter
of Mr and Mrs. Harton Spain
Reardon.
The family lived on a planta-
tion. A' the age ol 12 she was
do'ng the cooking and sewing
dresses for ihe Negroes on the
plantation, selling the drc-c:
for 25 cent-- > urn
She e rove the horses il hei
grandfather'- gin operation.
"Gm were ultliogi ther differ-
ent in those dav - " j h»- explains.
Marriage ,n IftM
In 1888, she married Nolan
Wdlr. of Barne idle, Georgia.
To them was born a dang* er.
now Mr. K W. Mu»klero> of
Trnaha, Texas When the
daughter wa* sti«l a baby, ihc
hu«band died.
In MWiV ihe met and mar ied
A H Light foot., and they moved
recall
thi*
to
Rotktl
ale whet*
zt He eli
hr wan an
♦ hi*
l.LAh
of
at<
■do
Ru-
t l<
T+ 1 U*\\
lowiTii f
/ stands u
lk title
fr%t
ltf*if Winn*
i ciiiwii tov n
i Ill
.’ii office in the real of the
store.
To Mi and M(-. Light foot
were born three children They
ar< now A H Lighfoot I •'or*
Wotth. J If I.ightloot ot Hous-
ton; and Mi--. Norri.- P. Pope of
1 londo.
I joined ihe Methodist
chui e' i the Sunday following
my arrival in Rockda.jp.” Mi
Light foot notes. Soon alter,
sh< Ivramc an act ve member
m the Women's Missionary
•.o-iety ,if the church, a pro
gr im with which she worked
until lute in lift-.
Proud of Town
The family used to ride to
church in horse-ond-buggy on
Rockdale’: early dirt streets.
They lived in Hie same home
that lie till proclaim* "is the
prettied ham - in town " It is
located across iron, the junior-
high school, on "college hill,”
“Rockdale was so different
then." h< rn ills "If It rained
vet v much flam Mrar.eh flood
ed and rut off i nhere lull from
tow n ' Re- merits of H r (nil
then had to wa'k th- railroad
tr k <n«'W to* Me otrri Pacific
Saddle Club Sets
Sunday Meeting
The Rockit.'le Saddle club will
m* el at Fair Park hevinmnw nt
2 30 p m Sunday, A C Towerv
has an now Opt'd
tra<-ks* in order to get to town.
Rrwkdale then come ted of a
few busines ■ houses, mainly
Scarbrough & Hicks company,
a grocery, drv goods and gen-
eral st re, a j< v’clry shop,
three banks, and Am'rrw Per-
il's drug sieve.
Then w*-i < also a In' ol sa-
li'on, , t)iit Rrx-kdale wa- a ipiict,
p>- in fill town.” : h< explvns
Oil Boom Exciting
< )n< of the most exciting
thing that Mrs. laghlfoel ie-
eall is tin- oil I)ii(imi in the Mill-
erv-n n- a more than 25 ' ear.--
agi,. 'The btairn didn’t last oo
long, but it farted things
churning an und hi re." she re-
call-,
There nr a lot (.1 things that
Mrs Light foot is proud of
Tin* i« h-T memhershi'j in the
daughters of the Corfederrc v.
"An rnele of mine was a sur-
ge* n in ’he Confederaic anny,”
>h*- smiles
Sit*- »*'•<> !rftt**H*-h !n d;nlv
phone i all, w ith liientls. and
)ier vc-itors I welt I i**ul I
hat ail niv frP nd , t*»it I’m
afraid 1’rl |ema name out, an*|
I couldn't < (and that Ml «.f
the total pastors are ruy ti tends.
Tto-v all rn me t<* calf, no mat
ter wfuit etuiich :1m y repre*
JM'tlt
Horn#, Town C**«r> hod
“Ye* iixhr explain* "I
moved into thi* h< ■(** *n thl«
trm’fi whin I was a bride in
llfi}. The hour* h* been r<-
mod* led once, and ?w t**-vn hm
la en o-inailrlol many linwii,
My fund nr m* for IwU; Ju«t
hfcyp* u.» gruwtng
MRS. A. H. LIGHTFOOT WILL BE 90 ON MONDAY
Pictured with oil p«lntiug ahe did ti the «?• of II
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