The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 19, 1936 Page: 2 of 12
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PACK TWO
THE ROCKDALE RE POUTER. Thui-mU)'. _Mwch_l»._IM*.
WELCOME
VISITORS
TIGER
TALES
LA VERNE RENFROE
NAMED HIGH SCHOOL
BEAUTY IN CONTEST
BUSINESS MEN VOTE TO 'HiCT
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OK TWENTY
La Verne Renfroe was selected a-
the Rockdale School Beauty Tuesdaj
night. March 17. in the High Schoo
auditorium, by the business men o:
Rockdale who bought advertising space
in tin? Annual.
At the beginning of the program the
curtain' were drawn to show a back-
ground of lighted candles and flowers.
Two large baskets of flowers and many
ferns were placed at each side of the
curtains. The twenty contestants,
dressed in various colored evening dres-
ses. slowly walked in from of the back-
ground . From these girls, five were
chosen to be in the final rating. Out
of these five, La Verne Renfroe was
selected as the most beautiful. The
five girls that were chosen were: Jo
Murphree. Doris MaCawley. Nannette
Rountree. Jessie Mae Ferguson. La
Verne Renfroe A full page picture of
Miss Renfroe will be in the Annual in
the space reserved for favorites.
Miss Deris Simms rendered several
musical selections during the program.
SPELLING TRYOUTS
DETERMINE WINNERS
Final spelling tryouts, held thus week,
determined the Rockdale contestants
for the Interscholastic League Meet
Evangeline Barnhouse and Agnes Wil-
der. -pellcrs in the *ixih and seventh
grade division; and Betty Jane Jack-
on and Nancy Jane Wilder, spellers
'rom the fourth and fifth grades, were
named winners.
The remaining spellers —Lorraine
Lanford. Lodiska Justice and Donna
la^e Cohn—will be used as substitutes,
aut will continue practicing every day
.vith the regular spellers.
In the senior division Norine Stork
nas been named as one of the contes-
tants. Either Margaret Curry or Ann
3 • ert will complete the team .ac-
cording to more tryouts or a "drawing
of straws” method. These two girls
have tied in previous contests.
F.F.A. Bogs Take m Sights at
Fort Worth Stock Show; Bring
Home Tales, Towels, and Turtles
TRYOUTS FOR MUSIC
MEMORY HELD FRIDAY
*♦+++♦♦♦++♦+♦♦♦+♦
t SENIORS OF’35-’36 :
+ + > ♦■ + - ♦ + ♦ + ♦
Eugene Brown
"The true air of every one who as-
pires to be a teacher should be not to
impart his own opinions, but to kindle
minds."
Eugene wants to be a teacher. His
favorite pastime is studying which
magnifies his mind—so he says. Ma-
thematics and iiistory are his favorite
subjects.
“R. H. S. is the most efficient school
I’ve ever been to," claims Eugene. And
he ought to know; he’s only been to
about eight during his school career.
"I like a tall girl because I’m tall and
a blonde because I'm a brunette,” he
adds.
Maurine McVoy
"The finest compliment that can be
paid to a women of sense is to address
her as such.”
Volley ball! How Maurine likes to
play! And is she good?
Without a douht. volley ball is her
favorite sport, pastime, or whatnot.
Her aim in life is to be a stenogra-
pher. She plans to enter a business
college as soon as she graduates. Her
favorite subject is home economics, and
R. H. S. is her favorite school. Three
cheers for you, Maurine.
"He's a blond.”
Nannette Rountree
"Being a woman is a terribly difficult
task, since it consists principally in
dealing with men.”
"Now I like to stay in the staff room
and work on the annual because you
don’t have to study for that. After
graduating. I want to go away to some
college and then be a private secretary.
Just between me and you. I would lik::
for my boss to he a brunette about so
tall. He should like all sorts of sports.
—Just as I do.
"It’s hard to say anything about R.
H. S; I don’t know anything about the
subject.” (As urual!)
Norine St®rk
’’Her voice was ever soft, gentle and
low. an excellent thing in woman.”
Norine happened to be an exception
to the rule. She comes from Gay Hill,
but she doesn’t play basketball. She’s
more “quiet like” and prefers to study
home economics or to be in room 9
dreaming about her stenography course
that she plans to take one of these
days.
Norine will be one of Rockdale's
representatives in the spelling contest
this year.
Ac tne close of the music memory
tryout held Friday, March 13, Mary
Florence Marrs. Anna La Verne Caudle
and Ray Leech were chosen to repre-
sent Rockdale in the contest for Coun-
ty Meet.
Tillmann Wyatte and Margaret Gest
will act as substitutes. Mrs. C. B. Ses-
sions, first grade teacher, is director of
this contest.
SENIORS PRESENT
MUSICAL PROGRAM
IN CHAPEL FRIDAY
Vesper Christian and Ernest Lorenz
played several selections on the gui-
car and harmonica during the senior
chapel program on Friday, March 13.
The selections included "Red River
Valley." "There’s an Empty Cot in the
Bunkhouse." "Darkness on the Delta,”
"Under the Double Eagle,” and Whis-
pering."
Carrying out a centennial theme .the
entire student body, led by Mr. Lips-
ccmb, sang. "The Eyes of Texas."
The program was presented under
the direction of Virginia Hale.
MALCOLM GEE MADE
1936 FOOTBALL CAPT.
Malcolm Gee, popular sophomore,
was elected captain for the 1936 foot-
ball season last Monday at a meeting
of the '35 lettermen.
Malcolm is a "regular fellow." with a
keen mind, which is the reason why
his grades are always beyond reproach.
His record as “center” for the past two
years has been good, and he promises
:o carry his team through to the best
of his ability.
Good luck. Malcolm!
Neither Mr Perns (the great diarist* | breakfast
nor the basketball girls ot R H. S
have anything on the local F. F A
boys. Twenty-three strong and led b>
the good natured and jovial Farmer
Maxwell, the Ag. bunch left R ga
Rockdale at 5:25 p. m. Friday in the
Gak Hill schcoi bus.
Lewis Lawson Bradley get on the
good side of the whole gang (rice
straw) when he telephoned to a filling
station in Ben Arnold to step the bus.
A forty-minute time-out was enjoyed
by all.
Wise cracks and breaks filtered out
of the joking side of the farmers on
the bus as the gang progressed. One
more stop <at Waco* and then the
motorcade moved on to Ft. Worth. T
A. Weems turned redder than a beet
when told he couldn't enter the "Chic-
ken Shack” at Waco. A "No Dogs
Allowed" sign was the reason.
and
TRACK STAR RECOVERING
FROM BAD HEAD INJURY
then a ride on th
streamlined bus to the fair grounus. j
The bey- that stayed in the "out-
skirts" cl town divided to sleep tome
in the bus, some in beds and some on
10c pallets. Hamburgers tohmagood-
ia?Ts,> bologna 4c leaves of bread, and
more fashions ole wheat cakes. Post
Toasties and eggs made up the early
morning menus of the other boys.
Scheduled to meet at the front gate
at 7:00 a. m., the five that stayed in
hotels got up at 5:30 and were at the
fair grounds at 6:40. They were join-
ed by the other groups at 8:15 a. m.
Live stock exhibits and manufac-
turer's exhibits were the subjects of the
local troupers until 10 o'clock. Then
the boys took an hour trip through the
Swift Packing Plant, located near the
grounds. The trip was interesting, but
when you elbow down a small corridor
from room to room among a hundred
other F. F. A. boys .and (if you’ll par-
A sleepy tired bunch rolled into Ft. don it* smell the packing plant odors.
Worth at 11 bells. We traveled "in- 1 jt becomes very tiring,
ward” almost twenty minutes and Approximately 2.000 visitors went
thought we should be almost to town.1 through the plant Saturday.
Stepping at a filling station, five sen-
ior boy- alighted and queried the agent
upon the "How far to town" line. The
boys were pepped up when they got
the answer—six blocks down the street,
but their walking hepes were vanished
when he added—turn to the left and
Its just two miles.
The Hotel Plaza had the lienor ot
protecting these boys for a slight two
hours and a half. A ham’n ’eggs
The boys saw and heard the Dough-
boys, the Bewley’s Chuck Wagon Gang,
the Crystal Springs Ramblers, and
Billy Muse, the Fort Worth Theatre
organist.
The Stock Show Rodeo was thrilling
and very long, when you get standing
room tickets.
The Farmer’s gang left Fort Worth
at 11:00 p. m. and rolled in home at
5:20 a. m. Sunday.
♦++++++++++♦++++♦
: WE SAW- ;
♦ (What didn’t we see?) +
♦ + + + + - + + + * +
Clyde Clayton flashing a roll of bills
(Girls, look through your pockets’)
Louis Lawson doing his best to
get to the Fat Stock Show Bob-
bie’s waves looking tamed down
Lloyd taking the tennis net in again
Dorothy W. Staying inside by
rolling up all the car windows............
Dot and Ann clapping when Alvin re-
ceived his medal Harvey unable to
keep his feet still during the track
meet........ Aline making people think
she could drive (She was sitting in
front of the wheel.)
FOURTH GRADE HAS
HOLLAND THEME ON
TABLE AND BOARDS
•* + + * + + ♦♦♦♦ + + + + + + +
; CAMPUS CHATTER :
+ + + + + - ♦ + + + +
BALL TEAMS PRACTICE
FOR THE COUNTY MEET
PERSONALS
MeTbarie Hosea motored to Minerva
Sunday afternoon.
Doris McCawley shopped in Austin
Saturday.
Annie Mae Timmerman visited her
sister, Mrs. Fritz Doss of Hicks Sun-
day.
Graham Kyle and W. T. Pearson
made a business trip to Waco Wednes-
day
Tommy Coffield spent Tuesday in
Austin.
Jane Gunn spent Saturday with her
sister, Evelyn, in Temple.
BLANK
Sales
Books
5c EACH
At
THE REPORTER
The volley ball and junior base ball
teams are practicing for County Meet
by playing the teams of neighboring
towns.
The high school junior baseball boys
defeated Minerva Thursday at Miner
va by a score fo 8 to 1.
The grade junior baseball team de-
feated Milano here Friday by a score
of 6 to 2.
Both teams are undefeated.
Friday at Rockdale the volley ball
team won four games from Gay Hill.
They lost three games to New Salem
Thursday. They played at New Salem.
The players for both games are as
follows: Barnes, J. Dcckall, R. Doc-
kall, Z. Moreland, Boswell, Alexander,
Cone. Curlee, W. Moreland, and McVoy.
Under Miss Ruth Kirk’s direction,
the pupils of the fourth grade have this
week decorated their room in a very
"Dutchy” manner.
Around the room on the blackboards,
the pupils drew small figures of Dutch
girls and boys in colored chalk.
On the sand table, four red and green
windmills were constructed with move-
able arms. Around the windmills are
dozens of tiny tulips and hyacinths.
To further carry out the theme of
Holland, Jacqueline Pamplin. a pupil
of the third grade, came over to visit
the fourth grade, attired in a Dutch
costume of a blue, full-skirted dress,
a white apron, a white cap, and wood-
en shoes.
This Holland project was in connec-
tion with the class’ regular study of
Holland in their readers.
"Shorty Barnes running high hurd-
les with boots on........ Virginia be-
ing almost a "Star Farmer"......... Jo
being afraid of a nice, genteel 600-lb.
bull calf.......... The Senior F. F. A. boys
having two good looking girls to see
them safely off to Fort Worth............
Mr. Dennis looking very sweet and
girlish in a pink checked sun-bonnet
Jane wanting to dive into a
swimming pool that had no water in it
.........Several Annual Staff members
having a picnic of cheese and crackers
Leonard Doss two-timing Mar-
guerite Whites for "Shorty" Barnes on
the volley ball court Jo and Doro-
thy not being able to walk straight
after lunch in Austin Tuesday ...
Nannette thinking the Staff Room
doer was locked when all the time Gra-
ham was down on the floor holding it
shut with his feet.........Mr. Maxwell
saying that a certain track boy could
run faster if his feet weren't so large
.........Tommy and Graham “trucking"
all over the track rather than “track-
ing" Dorothy worried over Har-
vey's injury Some pretty senior
girls chasing after Mr. Miles (look out
Mrs. Miles) Dissensions going a-
bout over where to go on Senior Day
............Wahoo...........Wahoo Wahoo
Jo looking unusually bright and
happy these days.
Miss Bettie Lou Garrett and Fred
H. Graves are among the Rockdalians
who will go to Austin tonight to see
the Pulitzer prize winning play. “The
Old Maid.”
Louise and Dolly Zimmer had as
their guests during the week end,
Jimmy Truler and Bill Thurmand of
Victoria.
Mrs. H. G. Perry visited her bro-
ther. Lacey Noble, during the week end
In Austin.
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SALVE
COLDS
Liquid-Tablets
Salve-Nose
Drops - lOe - 25c
Alvin Curry and Ann Seibert attend-
ed the Invitation Track meet in Cam-
eron Satuday night.
Harvey Dean and Dorothy Pruett
attended the Invitation Track Meet in
Cameron Saturday.
Lu Ella Smith spent the week end
with her sister. Mignon in Austin.
Hicks Star
Motor Oil
Sealed Tor your protection.
Only 25c a quart. A higher
price doesn’t buy a better oil.
Money back if you don’t find
it the finest motor oil you
have ever used.
Pure White Gas
60 tw 64-test water-white
gasoline. No coloring to hide
impurities. Get our low prices.
Ashby Garage
B. Ashby
Thirteen Tears Peddling
Home Products
Your Straw
Hat....
...ishere!
Get ready now for Easter . . .
select your Easter Straw from
our big stock.
—Sailors
—Panamas
—Toyos
—Waterproofs
98c to 1.98
JIM and FRED
EADS
March
Winds
—Mean dust . . . and dusty
clothes and drapes.
—Let us kep your suits . . .
your dresses . . . your curtains
and drapes . . . cleaned and
pressed and looking spic and
span.
—Phone 928 for quick service.
♦
WADE’S
Tailor Shop
Phone 928
Harvey Dean, injured last week dur-
ing track practice. Is reported recover-
ing.
One of the few major accidents ever
..<tm I ft. All iV>A aohnol OOmiMIO AAAm^A/1
lari week when Dean was accidentally
hit by a 12 pound shot thrown by his
best friend Roma Largent. Largent
was throwing the big iron weight, un-
known to Dean, wrho happened to be in
the path of the missile.
However, Dean looked up in time to
see the shet coming and ducked, keep-
ing it from hitting his head squarely
which would probably have crushed his
skull.
As it happened, the shot just grazed
his head, causing an ugly cut. He was
taken to a doctor, who took three stit-
ches to close the wound and soon had
him bandaged up properly.
Dean is one of the star athletes of
Rockdale High and will enter 220 low
hurdles. 220 yard dash, and 100 yard
dash, in County Meet if his head mends
properly.
STEEL FILING CABINET
JUST RECEIVED BY THE
HOME ECO. DEPARTMENT
A steel filing cabinet was received at
the high school last week to be used
for filing illustrative material and
state reports of the Home Economics
Department.
The cabinet was bought on the re-
commendation of Miss Ruth Huey, dis-
trict supervisor of Home Economics.
The department wishes to thank the
Rockdale School Board for buying the
cabinet, as it is especially needed for
filing important materials used by the
home economics classes.
welcome
VISITORS
ROCKDALE DEBATOSS
PRESENT COTTON
IN LEXINGTON
PUGH AND NELSON C
TO SHOW That a*, n
IT'S MAJOR OBJECTiv
As part of their ^ice
Count} Meet debating enm *
dale’s boy and girl debator'
Lexington debaters Monday
Lexington with spirited and M
arguments regarding the
vernment’s control of cotton
tion. cott0n
Rockdale’s boys, Pugh anri
supporting the affirmative ,
enged by Peebles and Roesk
ington to show that the A t
eomplished it’s major obiec
negative contention being th*
in the price of cotton wL a
the devaluation of the doll*
than the efficiency of the
duction plan. w
The affirmative found it dll
meet this issue, but likewise <
opposition find it well-nigh ii
to show why the cotton farm?
| continue to produce more ai
cotton w’hen the market alrea
gers under huge surpluses, it
affirmative’s contention that"
controls its production to meet
and hence receives higher price
fore why not the same plan
farmer?
Similar arguments were pres
the girl’s debate in which theL
team. Brown and Peebles, ma
the affirmative stand again?
tree’s and William’s attack
COUNTY MEET TYPING
CONTESTANTS CHOSEN
Irene Seelke and Elbert Vanmeter
have been appointed Rockdale’s con-
testant’s in the typing contest in the
County Meet.
Speed and accuracy are the deter-
mining factors in each individual’s
score.
The boy’s score and the girl’s score
will be averaged to arrive at the school's
score.
This event will take place Saturday
morning at nine.
ACTIVE STAFF
Editor-In-Chief
ANN SEIBERT
Associate Editor
DOROTHY PRUETT
Feature Editor
J ANE GUNN
Society Editor
VIRGINIA HALE
Sports Editor
MARY SID ALLEN
Sports Editor
BILLY NELSON
Reporter
CLYDE CLAYTON FRANK
Society Writer
JO MURPHREE
TEKnRHnnii vm ei rhsoi
SROUinSVIllE See MIMRIILI!
Texas, rich in nature as well as his-
tory, has lost many valuable scientific
and prehistoric materials during the
past years, but Texans hope that all of
these discoveries can be kept in Texas
and housed in the Texas Memorial
Museum at Austin, construction ot
which will be started in June.
TEXMI5!
PLAN TO TRAVEL
TEXAS DURING-
[EnTEnniRL
VERR
All Taxons ore traveling this year,
seeing and knowing their own stale
—the real Texas 1
Residents of the Rio Grande Valley
are finding that the Panhandle and
Pecos countries of North and West
Texas offer scenic attractions unsur-
passed anywhere in the United
States. East and West Texans are
finding in the Rio Grande Valley a
garden spot such as they never
realised existed anywhere before.
They're enjoying picturesque San
Antonio and her historic missions.
They're seeing Houston, visiting the
San lacinto battlegrounds; and
spending happy, care free days at
Galveston. Corpus Christ! and other
Gulf Coast resorts!
Elaborate Centennial Celebrations
make it especially interesting to
navel Texas this year I Every section
offers interesting atgactions—events
that come once in a century! Read
the calendar printed at the right. For
more detailed Information, write the
Chamber of Commerce at the cities
you are Interested in.
(March 13 through
April 28. Roriwd
to March 1)
MARCH 17—CRioiA1-‘
MMCTl’jj—GOt.IAD—Pontifical
MARCH II—AUSTIN—0—*
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The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 19, 1936, newspaper, March 19, 1936; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth693717/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.