The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 04, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1954 Page: 1 of 18
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New Bleachers
Will be Erected
At Football Field
The errcction of now seating
facilities for Tiger Field received a
favorable nod from School board
members here Wednesday night
and the panel also agreed to get
the improvements under way as
soon as materials and labor could
be obtained.
The improvements will up the
seating capacity of the football
field to an estimated 2.500.
Members of the board okayed
plans to add 30 feet to each end
of (he steel bleachers on the north
side of the field and to replace
the wooden bleachers on the south
side of (he field with 120-feet of
steel bleachers, 15 rows high.
The stands now on the north
side are 10-rows high and the
improvements will be an extension
of the present 120-leet length to
180-feet. There are no plans at the
present time to add to the height
of the north stands.
Trustees also reviewed plans for
changing the lights on the field.
Batteries of five new style vapor
lights are scheduled installation,
replacing present batteries of -1
lights each for the old open reflec-
tor type. The new lights have an
inclosed polished reflector and will
provide much more illumination
than lights presently in use.
It was pointed out that one ol
the new lights would probably
provide as much light as four of
the open reflector type.
Work on the im rovement of
the field is now in progress. It has
been bftided, leveled and is await-
ing fill dirt. Once the bed work
has been completed the entire field
will be (Hunted in bermuda grass.
The improvement program, once
completed, will provide Tiger foot-
ball fans with a class A field.
City Hall Remodeling Work
To Benefit Fire Department
Remodeling ol the real portion N. E. Alford, city manager, point- i/ui by the firemen. A new stor-j iiemating the present ramp Two
of the city hall to provide more ed out.
adequate lceniruxiations to the The program will remodel that I water works for use of that depart-
Roekdalo Volunleei Fire Depart- portion of the city hall building | ment.
i me tit was set here this week with ' hunting Burleson now used by the Fire Department President F,d-
Parking Meters Bring City an
Average $290-$300 Weekly
Parking meters have been dump-] meters go into the city’s general
ing on the average of $290-$300 ] fund and are used in paying a
per week into the city coffers, City
Secretary N. E. Alford said here
Wednesday.
Speaking in answer to an in-
quiry by the “Newcomer” in his
Reporter column last week, Al-
ford said that the meters have been
in operation two years this month.
In February of 1952, the council,
after careful consideration, put the
meters in on a trial basis for six
months. “At the close of that
period,” he said, "the panel look
an informal poll among leading
citizens and found that the ma-
jority were in favor of retaining
the meters.”
The city purchased 400 meters at
$67.50 each, installed, or at a total
cost of $27,000, and signed an
agreement to i ay for the meters
through submission of one-half the
total receipts, it was explained.
“During the time or their opera-
tion the parking meters have
brought in $30,576.88 and of this
amount $15,288.44 has been paid
on the meters,” Alford stated,”
leaving $11,288.56 yet to be paid."
There is no interest attached to
the debt.
The income was listed at aver-
aging $1,274.04 per month, or be-
tween $290-$300 per week.
Receipts derived from parking
portion of the city expenditures.
The salary of the patrolman or
meter man, who is also a qualified
repairman, was listed at $250 per
month.
Alford said that the officer not
only keeps up the parking end of
the police department but he also
offers regular police protection, a
double service to citizens.
“A portion of those pennies and
nickles dropped in the parking
meters are currently being used
in the sewer and water improve-
ments, ” Alford stated.
Money for some of the improve-
ments— running of new water and
sewer lines on streets to be paved,
replacing worn out lines, the con-
struction of the new aerator at the
water works, etc.—was listed as
not covered by the federal grant-
bond issue of last year.
“It is hard to put your linger
on exactly what the parking meter
receipts pay for when it is placed
in the general fund. But, Rock-
dalians can rest assured that if
the money wasn’t coming from the
parking meters, the city would
have to get it through the lax
channels," he said.
Bids on the alterations ami re- 'arrangements the water depart- the present floor and pouring a
pair work are due February 22. ment storage room will be taken ! new one at ground level, thus el
age building is planned it the city ' more full length doors will be cut
in the wall and four overhead,
spring-loaded doors, installed.
The fire official stated that the
the call for bids on the alterations Fire Department and the Water I ward I.uekey stated that the al-! two trucks anti the emergency car
issued by Mayoi W. 1’ Hogan Department Under the udnpted I terations would include removal of I would be stored in the fire hall
and the remaining portion ol the
floor space will be used as a meet-
ing and recreation ball until need-
ed for storage space. A rest room
will also be provided
City Councilman Herbert Fiese-
ler, 1' ire Chief John Weed, Jr. and
I.uekey have been working on the
program for the past several
mon! hs.
It stemmed from the offer of the
fire department to donate a lot
owned by the firemen at the city
watei works to the city in ex-
Merchants Urged
To Attend Called
Meeting Tonight
BISHOP CLINTON S. QUIN TO
CONDUCT ST. THOMAS' SERVICE
The Rt. Rev. Clinton S. Quin,
Bishop ol the Diocese ot Texas,
w ill deliver the sermon and adtrvin-
A ‘ pecial meeting ot Rockdale j| the Order of Confirmation at
merchants has been called tonight |
the of-1
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Also on tap tot consideration of
the meu'hunts is the holding of a
one week school for sales person-
nel
Mehaffey urged all Rockdale
merchants to attend the meeting
tonight (Thursday) to voice an
opinion on the trade promotion
plan He taterl that it would also
be to then advantage to hear an
explanation of the educational
program offered to sales person-
nel if interest is shown
The educational program will bo
conducted by the Texas Educa-
tional Agency in coo(>eration with
the University of Texas. It consists
of a one week emu so of instruc-
tion in salemanship, customer re-
lationship, retail methods, window
displa.v and othei related subjects
The meeting tonight is being
held at the request of the commit-
tee who analyzed the programs last
week and voted to submit the
t«» m o «*M INI filin’ n| 111(1-
chants for discussion and to deter-
mine the extent of support that
can be expected.
St Thomas' Episcopal Church,;
Wednesday, February 17, at 7:30
P m.
Bishop Quin who has his head
quarters ... Houston, is one of the , f(„ |nore room ut the city
best loved clergymen in the South ... ........ ........... . .
Judge Graham
<Rambling Given Red Cross
ROUND ROCKDAL^:JJonorary Post
Poor Timing.
PERSONALLY, I am not ac-
quainted with the public rela-
tions head of Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company in Texas, but
1 would be willing to bet the shirt
off of your back that he is one of
the most unhappy individuals in
the state right at this time.
It would be his business, of
course, to keep public relations
good. And right when the tele-
phone company is asking for rate
increases from here to yonder and
quoting statistics to show how
much money they are losing in
your town and mine, what do the
big boys of the company do up
in St. Louis?
Why they release a news report
to the wire services and every
daily paper carries the glad tid-
ings that Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone Company's net income was
up ten million dollars in 1953 over
1952.
DANNY ROY KELLEY 6-year-old piano player, looks
around shyly as he beats out a boogy number on hts program
before the Rockdale Rotary Club at noon Tuesday. Danny
Roy was a little shy when he saw the camera pointing at him,
but there was nothing shy about his piano playing, which
he has been doing with considerable success since he was
212 years old. (Reporter staff photo).
6-Year-old Danny Roy Kelley
Makes Big Hit With Rotary
Danny Roy Kelly, the 6-year-old : ny Roy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Hon. O. D. Graham, district
judge Milam County, has accepted
the ap()Ointment .is honorary done at their luncheon here Tues- their son.
chairman of Milam County’s 1954 day. He was a smash hit.
Red Cross Campaign for members; The little colored boy who has|Paren,s tu encourage
and funds. He will work with the been playing the pin no since he! “ml, helped "present him to the
Rev S. Burton Smith, Rockdale, j was 2-1/2 years old, beats out. his .......,'1
i rhythms with an ease that is as-
tounding.
Introduced to Rockdale Rotar-
piano wizard from Cameron, show- Harmon Kelley, give credit for dis-
cd Rockdale Rotarians how it was covering the musical ability of
Harris heard the boy a
number of years ago, urged his
his talent,
county drive chairman.
The announcement was made
this week by Jack W Pvescott, of
Cameron, chairman of the Board
of the Milam County Red Cross
Chapter
Judge Graham expressed will-
ingness to join other volunteer of ha]1.sil, half-loan position and
in aece ting “the responsibilities lirt
world.
Danny Roy first showed signs
ol his unusual talent when blit, a
baby. He would beat out a rhythm
_ .on tables, benches, window sills,
ians, Danny Roy was neatly dress-mGst anyUling thal was hundy
cd in a dark suit white shirt nnd j H(l Marl(,(l pk.ymg the piano when'
tie. He shucked ins coat, backed ,H. was 2_, 2 y,.ars old, displaying
against the piano bench in a sort
Valentine Dance
At Schoot Open
To the Public
A Valentine Ball, open to the
public and sponsored by the son
ior class ot Rockdale High School,
will be held at the high school
gym at !i ]i m. Saturday, Feb. 13.
Spokesman for the group said
the dance would be semi-formal
Music will be supplied by the
Harry 11 arris Orchestra.
Admi-sion prices have been set
at 75c for stag; and $1.25 couple.
The senior class members said
they wished to emphasize that this
dance is not limited to school s.tu
dents and that the general public
is welcome.
The seniors plan to use funds
from the dance to help pay ex-
penses of the annual senior trip
this year.
E. G. Crane Returns
To Office Monday
City Judge E (!. Crane returned |
to his bench Monday after an ab- i
;once of three weeks.
Crane took leave ol his office I
hall Eieseler was appointed by
the city council to investigate the
measure and to work out arrange-
ments with the firemen. The pro-
.....in announced this week result-
ed from the meetings of the trio.
lust recently was tided hv clergv Tht> m,’hltc?rt' Frs*nk UiH °r
. ........ .. , .L. Houston, has estimated that the
west among all denominations He
is Senior Bishop in the House of
Bishops in seniority but not in
age
i ne im. < si -i.m i > i >i iu, w| I i .....
was consecrated 35 years ago and
RT. REV. CLINTON S. QUIN
and laymen ol this diocese in lionwr
of that event Bishop Quin com-
menced his early ministry in Ken-
tucky before coming to Christ
j Church, Houston.
One of the most sought after and
| active Bishops m the country,
Bishop Quin has found time to
be an exponent of the AA move-
ment, and has been a force for
great good in that organization.
Friends ol Bishop Quin from
throughout the area are Invited to
attend Wednesday’s serv ice at St
Thomas' Church, anil to visit with
■ Bishop and Mrs Quin in the Pnr-
I Ish Hall following the service
10 Her Cent Complete
Lions Club Mail
Box Sales Zoom
Twenty members of the Rock- town has been covered by Lions
dale Lions Club <10 teams of 2’» | sahesimpi and that the remainder.is "Democracy in Action”.
ot the city is scheduled for rover-* Plans nre now heinu furtt
age within the next ten days.
Other team' having reported in
with .-.ales include Collier Pearson
and Jimmy Hailey, Paul Huey and
Bill Shepard, C W. Matson and
I) Maxwell, Ed Dillen and
Siegfried Baekhaus, Gilc • Davis
have sold 11! mat! boxes for
gross ilieniTie ol $339 50 as the
half-way mark was reached yes-
terday afternoon in the current
campaign to raise funds for Lions
Club charities and community pro- ( jj
jei 1s in Rockdale.
•!,, t on,unties r,f l" ,Vl<■ rsliii> f>Pcnfrl with “America
and service in the great cause ol
the Red Cross," urging the people
of Milam County to support the
Uanny itoy also played Crying
in the Chapel," “Bimbo", "I Be-
lieve”, “Boogy-Woo ;>y”, and “Rico-
might receive treatment for
11-l ied foot. Hi wn.-i i nuii
1954 campaign which will be eon- .‘’he', >e mance .
ducted through the month
March.
The Committee
Members of the 1954
Accompanying him were
i I'nmiivk.'ihie ear for music. When
he was four years old he was
playing for the public.
Mostly Danny Roy plays by cm ,
it just comes natural. But since
last summer lie has been taking
piano lessons and is beginning to
his read music and improve his tech-j that he was happy
far was the ti nth team to report in, J
Lion Al Goehler and Frank ! 1 y
d, r Their order blank 1 i•-1<• d a ,
total of 25 boxes sold with total j
all : amounting to $135.50.
Among the remaining 9 crews I
reporting in, 5 .-bowed sales of
over ten mail boxes each Henry j
Tyler and George Nelson, first
team to capture the lend in sales,
are now in .-eeond pha <■ with 21
units sold.
Lions Committee Chairman Col-
lier Pearson ha reported that the
first ordei has been placed and
is expected to be received very
Portly, and that deliveries on the
fir.it group old should be mudo
by tin.....I ol nexl week.
Committeemen have (minted out
that there have been some resi-
dence; that the teams have been
unable to contact. In those iron:
three weeks ago in order that he I where sale have already been
an in i made and where a home ha not
lo/l »f c m o rt
Leading the pst.irie of sale;. Ihus ) «inel Truman Haupt, 1. B Bullock
and Leonard Allen, Frank Brandon
and I ,i 11 wood Mehall'ey, and
remodeling costs would run be-
tween $4,000 and $5,000, Mayor
IIngan said
Observance of
Public School
Week Planned
For the fourth year public
spirited citizens of Texas will
sponsor the observation of Public
School Week, March 1-0. Tin- year
1954 is the Centennial Year of
the Texas public school system and
state wide celebration of “school
week” e planned.
Practically every school, through
the state will hold open house of
sonic form or uage -mall -pecial
programs m observation of schoot
week
It has been pointed out that the
visitation programs are designed
to bring to the attention of every-
one tin fact ttiat the Public School
Plans are now being formed (dr
special observance;, of the week
at tlt<* Rockdale schools. Rock-
dnlians are urged to make it a point
to return to school sometime dur-
ing the week of March 1-6 and
to attend at least one of the pro-
gram.'; offered.
School oftieials and interested
individuals are now taking part
tu planning School. Week in Hock-
j dale. The schedule of events, it
Leonard Sample and Fred Morris, I was pointed out, will be aimounc-
Jr. led as soon as they are completed.
MAYOR AND ALDERMEN WILL
OFFER FOR ANOTHER TERM
The three (lit
the city govern!
expire this year, have
offci for re -election, it
nouneed this morning
The three are Mayoi W.
Hogan ,md Aldermen Hu
I in key and M N Striek, i.
cut members of skin for tin citv now under way,
int vvla- e tcim'tj felt that it could best be continued
agieerl to | bv thor e who had helped prepare
vv.e an and plan for Rockdale’s growth.
Strukei in point ot service to
the city of Rockdale is the oldest)
member .if the city governing txxty.
H» fust was elected as an alder-
j man back n 1927, an i with the
•Id. 1
The city white man': primary exception ol 2-1/2 years has served
• lection ha been called for Tie - in this rapacity mee that time
» 4 - I I wifll I
I'll l«J I — * *
a Cameron hospital during hr ah
minded that selections may b<
.■■cnee and also underwent .surgery, i mad* -it the Chamber of Com-
The city judge recorder irpoi ted i mem* office, distribution point for
flay, March 2, when nominations!
will be made for U e general elec !
lion wiiieii will be held .1 inOfith |
later.
IhoU**' irizl tz *. r ;ill
agreed to let their name . be placed
Hogan 11.<• lived the- past two
v* art as mayor, after tirst s< rvlng
a term as aidvtnuUi Luc key hsa
• a - cd two term* as ulderman.
Al! three are Rockdale business-
men and their ervice to the city
aunt from Rockdale, Mrs. Lucy ntque.
Battles, and her sister, Maggie Jean 1
Milam I Williams, a student in the O, J
Cameron, who 1
as Danny Roy
Danny Roy’s fame
See KELLEY, Page 2
to be back at
work and stated that he would re-
is spreading j -mine the regular schedule ol busi-
ness immediately.
county Red Gross campaign com-j Thomas school at
mitten are as follows: Jack W. sang ”1 Believe”
Prescott, Cameron, chapter chair- played the accompaniment.
the campaign
j Chairman Peat am , stimaU s that
| well over 200 box* ■ will be sold
befon the project is completed
j He also reminds Rockdaliuns that
the ballot again, with some re- government is without pay since
lintnin i
Each leIt tli.d he had th< local governmental set-up duel
been ft> filing mill'll personal time ! not provide for salary ot any kind
to city affairs arid that the next
tWO Veal' would rail tor -'ll even
greater amount of t,irn<
their personal busine:
man; W. H, Cooke. Rockdale, pub-
lic information chairman: A. W.
See GRAHAM, Page 4
It must be mighty disconcerting.
For Shame.
POMES a note lrom W. E Gai-
^ thor. as follows: “I am thor-
oughly sold on the good a local
newspaper can do on any worth-
while matter and I am going to
ask you this week to play up the
apparent disinterest of Rockdale
people about the Tanglcwood tor-
nado. Rockdale as a rule and mi
a whole have heretofore been lib-
eral in donating on any disaster
fund call, but have miserably fal-
len down in this instance. Besides
the heavy damage to several for Rockdale will be held Tuesday taking.
The Cameron piano genius was
introduced by Harry Harris, Rock-
dale Insurance man, to whom Dan-
Open Meeting!
PTA to Discuss
Library Tuesday
A community-wide meeting to presumably torm Hie nucleus foi
discuss public library possibilities turther development ot the under-
homes, one church at least was
almost a total loss, requiring a
new building. It is nothing loss
than a disgrace that we on a whole
have been so negligent niggerly
with our contributions. If you will,
start a fire under Rockdale folks
and get them to come across in n
much more liberal manner than
has been done to date.”
night, February 16 at the regular ; C of C Civic /Kflairs Committee
PTA meeting to be held at the Acting Chairman Roy Turner an-
high .school. PTA President John nouneed yesterday that one of the
Pat melee and Program Chairman i most difficult hurdles ^o tie over -
Lin wood Mehaffey have agreed to conn would be mining a .suitable
turn the program over to library and ■ ioqun'.e location. Further
enthusiasts for what is expected emphasis was given to the im
to be “an old fashioned town meet- pertain e o' -' ground floor quor-
ing.’
A spokesman for the special edi-
tors,
site.
preferably
Possibility
at a downtown
of temporary li-
iipproximutcly one-half of the , pointing to the program of e
for the mayor or city aldermen.
< rthi i members of the council
lost from who e terms do not expire at this
Friend? time are I l! Bullock and Herbert
Fie:-ek.'l
Honor* Lenders
Thirty-Three Cub Awards
Presented at Banquet Here
The Aiinu.d Blue and Gold Ban- In ed to decorate the scene
America for tHe use of the cafe-
zens committee which met recently lirary quart! r being established in
That pretty well sums It up. I under Chamber ol Commerce aus- one ot the building? on school
AWARD OF MERIT Lee Hyder (left) and Mac Harper
(center) art' shown above receiving one of the most difficult
might add that only ton people re-j pices, declared thi* week that the properly (scheduled to In* vacated badges of merit to earn in Scouting God and C ountry Award
iponded to the Chamber of Com-1 meeting w» to hr primarily foi
merce's p|en for the Tanglcwood ; the purpose of stimulating thought
upon completion of the new El<
mentary Schooli'is also under in
/-torm fund through this newspa-1 and interest on a local library pro- vo ti. .ition
] ject. One of the first steps, it wa
' UdI
per after the storm in December.
Ten people out of 4,500 in Rock-
dale.
stated, would be the formation of
a local “Friends of Libraries A--
nociulion.” Such a (^roup would 1
The original meeting of the li-
brary group was attended by Rev.
and Mrs. Roy Turner, Mrs H I).
See PTA, Pu^c i
from the Rev. E. H. Campbell, St. Thomas' Episcopal
Church. Both Hyder and Harper are members of Explorer
Post fiO and acquired the award on the basis of points of
Christian Faith. Christian Witness, Christian World Out-
reach. Christian Citizenship, and Christian Fellowship. The
awards were presented Sunday following the regular service.
quid cf the Rockdale Cub Scouts
diew a crowd of approximately
140 persons here Tuesday night.
The event was held in the
plant r.ifeteila to honor Cub lead-
ers and whs < arried out under the
chairmanship of Mrs. L. 1. Lowe,
II I) Maxwell and W T Scurloek
The? pmi'ram included the pres-
entation of the ( ut) Pack 8 Char-
ter by M. N. Stricken and advance-
ment awards t.. members of the
I’.a k byCubrna-ti-i I. I. Lowe arid
A 'slant Cubmaxtcr Brio Crow
Decorations and place card# for
the banquet were made by the in-
dividual dens and produced a col-
orful setting for the occasion.
Included were miniature axes,
tepees, hatchets, log cabins around
which ora den of Cub picture*. 1 tJrbun,
were pi a end Bronze Indians, wolf, Seelke,
bear, and lion head*
with a corresponding large bell,
liuht bulb faces ot parents and a
Ob ervunce of the 44th birthday teri.i and made the following
of Scouting was marked in the
decorations with a huge planter of
Alcoa pari', cuke with 44 candles Atop
the cake stood u final! Cub figui*
Rev. K T Sagei gave the in-
vocation The entertainment f<M
rds:
Bobcat Badge;
Mike Mattingly.
Wolt Badge:
Nathan Baker. Larry Davis, Bert
Floyd, Robert Mapes, Put Bight,
tun* ot the banquet was given by 1’om Pearson, Ronnie Seelke, Don-
Id Stoik, Dan Scurloek, George
Weems.
Dan Srurlock and George Weems
i ,u a riieived one silver arrow
point on the Wolf Badge.
Bear Badgn:
Lei Jenkins. Teddy Sager, Pat
three groups of dancing pupil?;
from Mr* W E O’Neill's School
of Uahcing
The guest list included tin fol-
lowing' W P. Hogan, M. N. Striek-
er. H H C'offiold, Clyde Franklin,
H D Maxwell, F K. Hyder, John
Pounds, Harvey Price, Gene Blake, Curtis, I, K MeNie
K H Rinn, Darrell Leech and T B
Ryan. Father;, of Cubs tecogni/.ed
John Richards and John Frank-
lin each received the Bean Badge
r Si *»ut Workers were Dr. John art one . ? * * t c I arrow point: Collier
Ra hard... J A. Baugh, Dr. A A. j Perry, the Bear Badge with one
Ruben . gold and one silver point; Gordon
B. C
W T. Sent lock,
Rex Blackburn,
liberty bells Hanks, J D. Harper.
Low# expressed
lurin.: the program to J l) Harper
miniature Cub u^uie weiv «Lo, and the Aiunnuaiii Company ot,
June-, and L e Jenkins, the Bear
Badge with one silver point,
appreciation Lion Badge:
John Harper, Wesley Grissom,
See CUB AWARDS, Page 4
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