The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 03, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 25, 1962 Page: 3 of 12
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TEXAN OF THE YEAR . „
TP A Honors Van Cliburn
21.500 BASS. CRAPPIE
Milam Leads All
January 25. 19G2
ROCKDALE (Tdx.) REPORTER—1
Van Cliburn. brilliant youig
pianist from Kilgore, lias been
named "Texan of the Year" b> the
Texas Press Association.
Presentation oi the award hig-
iwlyDig the honor w,.-' made at a
luncheon Saturday during the As-
sociation’s 15th annual mid-
winter convention at tin- Ora..i:da
iiotel in S.;n Antonio.
Presenting the award. 14" x 17"
copper engraved plaque, wa.-> his
hometown publisher Charles De-
vall of the Kilgore News Herald.
Describing the 27-year old Cli-
burn as "one of the great pianists
of all time," Devall said he had
won every important competitive
award in his own country before
rocketing to world-wide fame
when he won the Tchakovsk.v
Competition in Moscow in 1958.
“The trpnipnnoijw wi*h
which this triumph was greeted
gave birth overnight to the Cli-
burn legend," Devall said. "Since
1958 this modest young Texan
has performed the incredibly dif-
ficult task of living u pto this
fabulous legend. B.v superb musi-
cianship and the gracious churtn
of hi* personality, he has shown
that he is an artist of which lux
St.ite and Nation can lie extreme-
ly pi'nud."
Cliburn, a slender six-loot-four
East Texan, recently was given
HCA Victor's historic gold record,
tile millionth pressing of one of
his recordings It is the first clas-
sical album ever to achieve this
milestone A second award, repre-
senting sales of over $1,000,000 in
manufacturer’s billing was given
by the Record Industry Associa-
tion ol America.
Present for the- luncheon Satur-'
' day were his parents, H. L. and
ill. Hildia Bee O'Bryan Cliburn.
i Mrs.^ Cliburn, who^ became Van’s
3, is tlie daughter of the late Col.
land Mrs. William Carey O’Bryan
l of McGregor, pioneer members of
I the Texas Press Association.
At 12, Van won a state pianists
competition, playing with the
I Houston Symphony, and the same
) year made his Carnegie Mall debut
|as winner ol the National Musical
Festival.
Othei laurels came steadily—a
Julliard School scholarship, the
G B Deuley Award in Dallas, the
Koscius/ko Foundation Chopin
Award, a grant from the Olga
Sainaroff Foundation, and upon
graduation from Juilliard with
highest honors, the Carl M. Roeder
Memorial award and the Frank
Damroseh Scholarship.
His most important victory came
in 1954 when he won the coveted
Leventritt Award, the top Ameri-
can prize. The judges had found
no one worthy of it for five years.
The Leventritt Award carried
with it appearances with the New
orchestras. His Philharmonic de-
but created a sensation.
When Van returned from his
Moscow' victory, lie was accorded
Manhattan's first ticker-tape par-
ade for a musician, congratulated
b.v President Eisenhower and
given a testimonial luncheon by
the City of New York.
TPA’s Texan of the Year Award
mention, in part, “his Texas par-
ade, contributions as an interna-
tional ambassador of goodwill and
the fame he has brought to our
State."
13,000 People Fished District in Bond
On Alcoa Lake in '61 Sales During 1961
When two men bring in .*>7 catfish, some weighing
as much at- 17 pounds, that's good fishing.
Or. when one couple tan stand on the dock and catch
106 eiuppie in a day. ilia is good fishing, too!
Those are a couple of comments concessionaire
Russell Wallis made to the question: Mow'd the fishing
hold up on Alcoa Lake lust year'.’
A year-end tabula*ion of fishing results from Wallis
disclosed that 21.500 Pass and crappie had been taken
from Alcoa Lake in lhril Since the lake was first opened
in 1054. nearly 200.0(8.) bass and crappie have been re-
corded by tla cum 1‘1-sionuire
Wallis saui that inure than 13.UUI) people fished Alcoa
Lake last year
"Right now is about the time wr start seeing the big
cats come in. Wallis reported Last year in lute January
and February. ;ui . id 35 pounders were caught.
Following tin* idvice ot Fish & (lame officials, there
are no limits on crappie. cat and bream at Alcoa Lake.
The limit or bass is 15
Milam county led all counties of
District 28 ui Sav digs Bonds sales
during 1981. reaching 132.(1 per
i cut of its goal.
Five counties m tin* ten-county
district xceedod their goals with
Milan, county setting the pace.
Williamson county had 1118 per
cent of its goal. Burnett had
1<>2 3 per ■< n,. Llano 100.4 pel
cent, and Lee 100 2
All ol the other counties fell
behind t1 eir goals Mason made
91 2 per <■< nt if its goal, Fayette*
97 4 Trav i 89.0, Bastrop 85.7, and
Lamp.. ;* only 87 9.
Ol the 35 counties comprising
Ana IX. divided into lour dis-
trict* only Runnels hao a greater
percentage than Milam Runnels
sold I II K no* ii i.t ..I in jj,i:)l
I
j by C l. Carson, Manager
TALK
miii.
"THE FLEETWOOD"
A DOLLAR AND A DEED
TO YOUR LOT IS ALL
YOU NEED
PAYMENTS AS LOW AS
$30.98 per month
WE INSURE YOUR PAYMENTS WHEN
YOU ARE SICK OR HURT*
SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY
I Whether you rent or buy you pay for the
I home you occupy.
j CUR ANO MAIL THIS COUPON FOR ILLUSTRATED FOLDCR
I to: MODERN HOMES CONSTRUCTION CO. |
I P.O. Box 4156 • Waco, Texas—Call collect SW 9-5426 !
| ( ) I Own My Own Lot I I I Am Buying A Lot j
J •
| Addxir.
I City:_
.Phono.
.Stott.
Rural Routt, Givt Directions_____j
Vets Reminded
Of Final Date
To Return Form
P. J. Mims, manager of the YA
regional office in Waco reminded
pension recipients today that vet
erans or dependents who do not
return their VA pension income
questionnaires by January 31 will
not receive any further check,
and may owe the Government
money.
"We have received over 10,000
questionnaires but some 2,000 still
have not been returned to Uv
Waco YA oftice,’ Mims said, add-
ing "it they do not submit this
income information they will be
required to repay all pension re-
ceived during 1961 and the first
month in 1962."
Mims pointed out that the
questionnaire carries a printed
warning which reads, "Important.
Failure to return this card before
January 31, 1962, will result in
discontinuance of payment. You
would also be required to pay
back all pension you received last
year."
Since the pension is paid only
to those veterans, their widows,
dependent parents, or minor chil-
dren whose incomes are below cer-
tain limits the VA is required b.v
law to receive an income report
each year to justify the payments.
Mims emphasized that all blanks
on the card must be filled in
wherever applicable and that the
card be signed before it is sent
back to the Veterans Administra-
tion.
1910 was the peak year for num-
ber ol newspapers in LT. S., with
some 14,000 By 1960, the number
bad dropped to 10,250, but, mostly,
with larger circulation.
Over Sixteen
Million People
On SS Benefits
Fnrl.v in January, sixteen and
one-half million people started
1962 off by reieiving more than
a billion dollars in monthly social
security benefits; 680,000 of these
people live in the State of Texas,
according to Durelle L. Allen,
manager of the Temple Social
Security office.
“And by social security, we
don’t just mean old-age benefits,"
Allen went on to say. "In fact,
there arc 175,200 Texans receiv-
ing survivors benefits and 47,800
disabled workers and their de
pendents r e c e i v i n g $2,912,000
monthly."
Nationwide, the figures break
down like this: 11,690,000 retired
workers and their dependents re-
ceiving $780,000,000 monthly; 3,-
814,000 widows and children re-
ceiving $225,300,000 monthly and
1 0,36,01)0 disabled workers and
their dependents receiving $t>8,-
000,000.
Many of these folks are receiv-
ing benefits now because ol
changes made in the Inw in 1961
August of last year was the first
month that men between age 62
and age 65 could chose to receive
benefits (with the amont slightly
less than if they had waited until
age 661 This was also the month
that 3,700,000 aged widows and
people receiving minimum bene-
fits found an increase in their
checks.
Recent changes in the law also
made 1961 the first vear a worker
could earn considerably over
SI200 and receive some of his
benefits. Allen stressed that all
workers over age 65 who have
not vet applied for benefits should
get it' touch with his oflice.
They may have money coming
to them for 1961 and, more im-
portant. they stand to lose paid of
thi: money unless thov apply be
for■ the end of January.
"The social security office at
909 First National B:ink building
in Temple will he glad to discuss
tin- present social security law
with you and give you additional
information about any area of par-
ticular interest to vim," Allen said
GET THE BEST-GET TEXACO
Frees full power of '62 cart..
Hew get-up and go for others
Your
Automatic Transmission
PULL UP AT
OUR TOWER OF POWER
Get TEXACO Sky Chief Su preme gasoline
The high octane of this great gasoline gives you aft
the knock-free power your engine, new or old, can
deliver! Superciiai gru with I’ttinX to pii.CRt cn* nm
wear, Sky Chief Su-prcme increases the life of your
engine. Also, it’s 100% Climate-Controlled . . . high
volatility to give you quick, easy starts, faster warm-
ups, freedom from stalling. You get more gasoline
mileage, too.
If fluid is not kept at proper lovol, or needs
rhanging. your automatic transmission can be
Seriously damaged. Repairs are mighty costly.
Stop by every 1,999 mile? for a fluid level
cheek. And when you need a refill at the mile-
age specified by your car’s manufacturer, you’ll
get the best —Texaco Texamatic Fluid.
BUDDY STEPHENS
Rockdal*
MOTORS GARAGE
Rockdal*
BACA TEXACO
Rockdale
R. L. GOODE
Gausa
ALVIN BEATHARD
Milano
FRANK HARTLEY
Milano
l. n. McDonald
Sharp
STOP IN TODAY AT ANY OF
Your Neighborhood
Texaco Dealers
VAN ZANDT & FINNEY
Rockdala
J. C. HIRT
Rockdala
POUNDERS & SON
Rockdala
E. L. CURRY
Rockdala
HAL HARRIS
Rockdala
GAITHER MOTOR CO.
Rockdala
C. E. HOLLIMAN
Rockdale
MENN S Hatchary 8c Feed
Rockdala
W. P. HOGAN, Consignee
Phone HI 6 5970
ROCKDALE, TEXAS
JACK STEWART
Rockdala
V. F. W. CLUB
Rockdala
JOE TOMERLIN
Minerva
FRED WILSON
San Gabriel
R. L. PHILLIPS
Tanglewood
H. B. SMITH
Rockdala
ED SNIVELY
Rockdala
QUINTON L. HAYES
Lexington
THE WEEKS
Weather
(Editor's note: The following
it a lit! of weather records for
the past week as recorded by
W. C. Marrs in Rockdale and
by H. A. Semken at Alcoa's
Homy Seibmau, county chair-
j man, reported
that bond
sales in
Milam for 1961 totaled
$503,994.
1 he goal was
$380,0(10
While Milam county
reached
132.6 per cent
of its goal for the
yeai. the state
achieved (
.illy 94 3
| per cent of it
goal, tlu
• annual
1 report shows
The nation had
| !>7 6 per eelit
Rockdale Works.)
ROCKDALE
High
Low
Rain
Thu rsdav
50
42
Friday
37
31
Saturday
35
29
Sunday
71
34
.05
Mondav
4(1
27
21
Tuesday
2!)
24
.04
Wcdnesd."
y 45
29
.07
ALCOA
High
Low
Ham
Thursdiv
48
38
02
Friday
46
27
Satiirda v
34
25
Sunday
69
32
04
Monday
67
20
.12
1' l tc sd«i s
28
22
.04
Wednesdn
v 45
28
14
HOME—
I iContinued from page* One)
I fit-ids to live in tlu- house was the
Ison, Thomas (TiffieUI. He now lives
in Laurel. Mi -i ippi where he
I holds a position with an oil com-
I pativ.
Preston Perry Jr., tin* son of
Preston li. Perry, Sr . and Mary
Coffield, is now a business man in
I Rockdale and owns and operates
la black angus cattle ranch north
| of Rockdale
The United States started a
| canal from tin* Atlantic to the Pac-
I ifit- in 1899. through Nicaragua,
( but abandoned it for Panama.
Tin- cornerstone of the White
House was laid just 300 years af-
tci Columbus discovered the New
| Woi UI.
If you want a new Portable
Typewriter, Ho.vul or Srnith-Co-
I lima, at a Discount Pin e, try T he
Reporter Office.
QUALITY
MENSWEAR
Shop Now and Save
HODGES
MAN'S SHOP
M
PRICED
ARE YOU HARD TO FIND?
Modern telephone service includes listings lor teenagers
and other members of the family. If your last name is dif-
! frent from tin* person who has the telephone where you live,
! you may be missing many phone calls. Make it easy for people
I to get in touch with you.
Additional listings are inexpensive. For a small monthly
I charge, you can list other members ol the family or business
j associates, thereby increasing the value of vour telephone
service. Tlu* cost is only 30c a month for residence phones
and 75c for business telephones.
To have your own separate listing in the directory, just
| pick up the phone end call the business office, telephone
I number HI 6-3461. Mrs. Sonntag and Mrs. Payne will be glad
to help you.
FROM THE MOUTHS OF BABES
After touring one of our central offices, a second grade
class was given an assignment by their teacher-. They were
(asked to write about tin* things they learned that day.
One little girl entitled her composition, "You Could
Never Without Your Telephone.” And that pretty well sums
up the telephone's role4 in today’s busy living routine,
whether it’s here in Rockdale or in New York oi Chicago.
She’s right, you know. You could never without your
telephone . . . you could never call a neighbor to exchange
recipes or call for repairs or service, arrange get-togethers
on the spur of the moment, chat with your family or friends
located far from home.
Day in and day out, the telephone is a constant and faith-
ful companion, giving you service that's useful, pleasant and
necessary. Nothing else you use so often does so much. Or,
to pul it more simply—you could never without your tele-
phone.
TOGETHERNESS BY TELEPHONE
One of the nice things about the telephone business is
that you never know when your customers will find a new
use for any given telephone service.
Several years ago we made it possible* for businessmen
| to conduct meetings by means of a Long Distance conference
call. Well, recently, we received a letter from a happy grand-
mother wlio tried the conference call for another reason.
"Our family was widely scattered.” she wrote, "a son in
| California, and daughter in Florida and New York. Though
we often phoned, I never- thought we'd all he together again.
Then I heard about the conference call
"All I did was give the operator- everyone's name and
j phone number In a short time she had us all hooked together
(on a single phone call I can’t tell you the thrill it gave us all."
Togetherness is easy with your telephone. Economical,
too. Especially when you call by number. You save even more
when you call Long Distance on Sundays, or after 6 p. m.,
weekdays.
Coll by nvmixr. ITi M» a hit
sommsiatH tut tiuhmk commhy
Now-
Ford frees you forever
from the expense and bother
of frequent car servicing.
Twiee-a-year maintenance is here
and only the curs from Ford
have it!
In a rH*«b ford (.alaxie <*t Taiil
odottiffrr roll- off a long (*ih
between eserv scrs it r stop. (
Bus with other (>2 ear* arid her
you'll find: mum rar- -l ill have
m for servile everv I OOU mil’
ever> 2JKNI miles; other-* ev.a
mill*. Ordv tin- rar- from I <*
xrfvinwooty twiir.a year, or every b <MMl
Wbon pot cmbo a '62 Galax* or
lane, tlu*
1 .Dr 1
anc. von dim f have to drive with
engine . oolanlaidihee/e. Brakes
adj nsl
Ml || lies
<»f|C t
'■se on the odometer to make **ure
theilisels es.
nmp.ire
Will 1
re riot forgetting an oil change or
Whs hiiv a service headache
when
' r s ss 11.11
«l U T *
-a-*- job or other servicing. Ford's
Ford is reads with the cure';!' See your
tot he. k
1 V\ M
!• a sear m a i *i ten a nee saves son
Ford Dealer and »ee h<*w
•»; some
limr.
-as.-*, son money. Just one stop
t lose ford has come to |1m*
IS 1 ( M II 1
r\ rt v
, ti.(MM) mile* takes care of servie-
iifl it-and-forget-k car! f
>rd need
i1).
Noll II go .10.000 miles between
l Of!
r/lO 1
major liihi I. ation«. 0.000 miles Ik'Iwo-ii
ml < hang.-s and minor hibrii alions, 2
years m 30.000 miles whhoMt rhanging
Galaxic &
s
/ JJ 7 rr*
* ee now c i hi - i it /. /: in<n i\<, t; a \ it e /
hyFOKD
GAITHER MOTOR COMPANY
Phono HI 6 3433 — Rockdale, Texas
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The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 03, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 25, 1962, newspaper, January 25, 1962; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth693781/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.