The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 14, 1946 Page: 10 of 10
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ID ROCKDALE TTexj REPORTER
MILANO AND GAUSK f' «’
METHODIST YOUTH
GIVE VALENTINE PAHTY
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church of Cameron, officiating-
Burial \va.> made in the family
plot at Oak Lawn cemetery Cas-
ket attendants were: Jim Lads,
II Cl Murphree, Arnold Butts,
Clyde Franklin. G
and Will Vaughn <>l t-'ame«'uii. j week
Horn to Denmark on Sejii -Id. j Chit
Poage Returns from
Tour of Pacific
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PROPANE AND
BUTANE SYSTEMS
Immediate Delivery!
Farmers Gas and Hardware Co.
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Lexington. Texas
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SPECIAL NOTICE
For Montii of February
Office hours v/jll be from
1:00 to 5:30 p. . m.. every day
except Sunday.
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Dr. T. L. Jones
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| by Robert Alda, a newcomer, in
the role ot Gershwin, Joan Leslie,
I Alexis Smith, Charle Coburn
Pud many top celebrities oi stage
land screen- among them Oscar Le-
j vant, Haul Whiteman, Hazel Scott,
'George White, Anne Brown and
j Tom Hatricola—who appear as
themselves.
| Twenty-nine of Gershwin’s com-
■ positions, including all of his more
| serious works, and the most pop-
jular of his song hits, provide the
| picture’s musical framework.
George Gershwin died a bache-
lor, but "Rhapsody In Blue” pre-
sents two feminine stars, Joan
Leslie and Alexis Smith in fic-
Itional characters as the women in
■ his life. He does not marry either,
! t he story adhering to the fact in
'having him die a bachelor. But
I it does suggest that he loved the
'girl played by Miss Leslie and
would have married her except
’for his untimely death. As a
j musical comedy star of several
| Gershwin-composed shows, she
lyings and dances in four of the
production number specialties.
Paul Whiteman, close friend and
associate of Gershwin, relived the
most dramatic moment of his ca-
reer during the re-enactment of
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('.nine next Sunday, meet your neighbors and
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Iriends at the church o! your choice, and receive the
inspiration and help that conics I nun Iclltavship from
penial ('ompan ions.
You are cordially invited to attend
Sunday School and Worship Service
Every Sunday. Attend the Church
of your choice.
Find Solace and Peace Church
MILAM PRODUCE CO., Ltd.
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PREWITT DRUG STORE
HENRYSSUPER SERVICE
JONES GRO. & MKT.
LOEWENSTEIN’S
GAITHER MOTOR CO.
PEARSON’S
THE ROCKDALE REPORTER
B. REGENBRECHT
VOGEL’S VARIETY STORE
FAIRMONT CREAMERY CO.
BREDT FEED & PRODUCE CO
ALFORD SERVICE STATION
STRICKERS VARIETY STORE
HALEY'S
LOUIS G. GEST
DOSS SERVICE STATION
RAWLS-JONES LUMBER CO.
DUKE'S DRUG STORE
NACO OIL COMPANY
A 1 CAFE
mg in the tatey ot Iowa and
Indiana tor a short time he came
By W. R. POAGE
Congressman. 11th Dietrict
Washington, I). C , Feb. 8. The
,...st week ha.-, been a most active
Backhuus. I ,jne. First I returned from a foul
I......trip to the Pacific. Japan,
,,nd the Philippines. On
•ame to Amer-1 that trip I made many intere.-ding
tm year: After (and, I believe, vitally unpoit mt
to Mila® county where he spent mutioii relative to the treatment ot
the remainder of hi life around
and in Rockdale.
When Mr. Gjedde came to Buck-
dale as a boy the business section
was comprised ot a limited num-
ber of modest structures along un-
puved streets with wooden side-
walks, and this was the terminus
of the old International and Great
Northern railroad. Mr. Gjedde was
married to Miss Emma Hook in
1895 and a son and daughter were
born to this couple. His wife pass-
ed away on Feb. 23, 1928. He was
a devout Christian gentleman, hav-
coutact.'. While our primary pur-
pose was to get first hand intoi -
our soldiers arid sailors ana to do
what we could to speed up the de-
mobilization program, we were, as
members of the Agriculture Com-
mittee, charged with the respon-
sibility of giving consideration to
all agricultural matters. I feel
that we secured very definitely
worthwhile results in both under-
takings.
Our boys are naturally all
homesick and want to get home,
and I don’t blame them. It is ex-
tremely difficult for them to see
I rules of law To 111# tt»a. *****
hair and >uM. I voted for the bill
which paused 258 to 15ft. It you
led that your Federal Government
L pii syfooting and refusing to
take any action to restore indus-
-n ii peace, remember that the
1 House ot Representatives has pass*
. ,.(i jnd sent to the Senate a num-
ln'i ol bills to create responsibility
| on all parties for strikes and in*
■ dud rial violence, but as yd the L
S Senate has never acted on any
one of these measures except the
Smith-Gonnally Bill.
A6M Colley e to Get
Army Gage Lab
College Station. Feb. 6.—The
Agricultural and Mechanical Col-
lege of Texas has been selected as
the site of a new United States
Army Ordnance Gage Laboratory,
it was announced in a letter today
to J. T. L. McNew, vice president
for engineering from Col. Clyde H.
Morgan, chief of the St. Louis
a devout Christian gentleman, hav- w^y th<_.y should be held now that
ing united with the Baptist church i the fighting is over. Personally, I
believe that much of the manual
in young manhood. He was a dea-
con of the Harmony church, south
of town for many years, and some-
time after moving into Rockdale
in 1925 he placed his letter with
the First Baptist church where he
was a faithful and active member,
serving tor fifteen years as a dea-
con.
Mr. Gjedde was a contractor by
profession, having learned the art
of masonry from the bottom up
when a young man. His skill in
such was recognized over central
work that is being done by enlisted
men should be done by civilians
employed for that purpose. I fa-
vor hiring civilians at civilian rates
of pay for this work. I know that
this will not solve the whole prob-
lem or release all our boys, but it
will help, and it is lair.
While in Tokyo, I had the op-
portunity to talk with General
MacArthur and with his economic
staff and to urge him to approve
a plan for the movement of ap-
f>rdnnm* Oiqtrtet.
The laboratory, a complete
conditioned, will house a comai,
oMjrtment of fine precision m*
uring equipment end gages
will be avuiluble for use ln
dent instruction in all class*'1
the shops and laboratories
college, and will be available
use m experimental and iesc.J
work. It likewise will be** •
stand-by readiness for use by J
government for checking ^
gages and lor instruction of On
nance Reserve oficers. Should'
national emergency arise, the >
S. Army Ordnance DepartM
i will assume operation of the l i
oratory in control of production'7
vital supplies.
ANNIVERSARY
Millions of Christians wm
memorate next week the 40GtlTati
niversary of the death of
Luther. Luther, says Religion
News Service, unwittingly gavi
the impetus to the movemi
which is now known as Protest;
ism. He died Feb. 18, 1546. *
Texas, and numerous buildings to- ■ pr0ximately 800,000 bales of Amer
uothm-with nthor wm-k in that line ican cotton to Japan for fabrica-
tion—the finished product to be
used in the Orient. This plan will
give very substantial relief to our
cotton growers. It will not inter-
fere with American mills or Amer-
ican workers and will help Ameri-
can consumers as we all know that
while we still have a surplus of
raw cotton, the American mills
simply can’t supply the needs of
our own country, much less spin
the cloth that is needed abroad. I
have just today (Friday, Feb. 8f
been to the Department of Agricul-
j ture to discuss this plan. I am en-
gether with other work in that line
over this section will stand as a
lasting monument to his memory.
He was a citizen who by his sin-
cerity and unquestioned integrity
held the highest esteem of all who
knew him.
There survive one son, Claude
D. Gjedde, of Memphis, Tenn.; a
daughter, Mrs. E. H. Foster of
Rock d a 1 e; four grandchildren,
Floyd Foster of Rockdale, recently
returned from service with the U.
S. Army: Curtis Foster, now serv-
ing in the army of occupation in
Germany: Dale and Dolores
Gjedde ot Memphis, Tenn.; one. couraged to believe that it will be
sictA,. Mr« .T W Homs of Kim-» put into cl[cct.
sister, Mrs. J. 'W. Burns of Kop
perl, Texas: a brother. Will Gjedde
of Cameron; and a number of
nieces and nephews.
Honorary pallbearers named are:
Don C. Luckcy. H. D. Maxwell,
Dr. T. S. Barkley, T. B. Ryan. Ed
Prewitt, Shelby Smith, J. P. Hor-
ton, Joe Henry, C»us Johnson, Jack
Lewis, Herbert Fieseler. Ed Noack,
.T. E. Dyer, M. N. Strieker, Rex
Marshall, Jess Alford, R. L. Orr,
John T. Hale, W. M. Rice. Judge
Jeff Kemp, Judge John Watson,
John M. Weed, Shelby Phillips,
Zeke Alford. A. L. Lucas, Will Ve-
sey, J. W. Garner, P. E. Lackey,
T. L. Jones.
The following relatives were
here for the final rites of Mr.
Gjedde on Saturday: The son,
Claude Gjedde, wife and children,
Dale and Dolores of Memphis,
Tenn.; sister, Mrs. J. W. Burns
and son, Lloyd Burns of Kopperl;
brother, Will Gjedde of Cameron,
nieces and nephews, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Snyder, Miss Lucille Burns,
Mr. and Mrs. Gross of Dallas, Mrs.
Julian Seidl of Taylor, brother-in-
law and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Ollie
Clay of Dallas.
DUNCAN—
(Continued from page 1)
the family arrived here from Gal-
veston and other places.
Funeral services were held at
2:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon in
the church at Sharp with Rev. C.
W. Sanders, pastor ot the Cam-
eron Baptist church, officiating.
Burial was made in the Sharp
cemetery.
William Reed Duncan was born
| in the Duncan community near
here on October 18, 1901. He was
a son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Henry Duncan. He was married
to Miss Hollis Young on October
4, 1924, and to this union was born
one daughter and two sons. He
united with the Presbyterian
j Church in early youth but later
, with his wife, went into the Bap-
tist church.
Reed Duncan had lived his en-
tire life in the Duncan community
until 1937 when he and family
moved to Galveston. He had many
friends in this entire section of
Milam county who regret to learn
of his tragic death.
There survive his three children,
Miss Wanda Louise Duncan of
Santa Monica, California, William
Barkley and Donald Ray Duncan
of Galveston, his mother, Mrs.
Josephine Duncan of Rockdale:
|three sisters, Mrs. Ruth Caffey of
Rockdale, Mrs. Lillian Garner of
San Gabriel, Mrs. Lucille Bartlett
of Alvin, a brother, Dallas Duncan
of Temple. The father and two
brothers preceded him in death.
the Aeolian Hall debut presenta-
tion of "Rhapsody In Blue."
Oscar Levant, probably the
greatest living piano interpreter
of Gershwin music, interrupted a
concert tour to do his life portray-
al in his friend's story. Levant is
heard and seen, playing the "Con-
certo In F" and “Rhapsody In
Blue." Like Whiteman, he car-
ries an important speaking role,
too.
At Jolson, who introduced1
Gershwin’s "Svvanee”—the com-j
poser’s first song hit—in his “Sin-
had the Sailor" show back in 1918,
pays tribute to the memory of his
friend by singing the number
again in the film. He wears the
identical costume he wore for the
original presentation.
From a national standpoint the
most important action of the week
was the message of the A’Case
Bill,” which seeks to reduce strikes
and which definitely enforces re-
sponsibility on both management
and labor in regard to any con-
tract. It also outlaws violence in
picketing (I think this has always
been against the law, but our Su-
preme Court seems to hold that
membership in a tabor union
grants immunity from the ordinary
laws against assault, intimidation,
extortion, etc This bill seeks to
subject all parties to the same
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Cooke, W. H. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 14, 1946, newspaper, February 14, 1946; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth693764/m1/10/?rotate=90: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.