The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 14, 1954 Page: 11 of 24
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PIN OAK CAMP
No. 222 W. O. W.
1st ana ara Monday Nights
Noble Bounds, C. C.
L. E. Gary, £. A.
fever 1, gonorrhea 15 and syphilis
1.
Regular routine inspections of
food and other establishments have
been made riurinc the month of
September. All corrections since
Last inspection have been noted.
This is especially true of steriliza-
tion equipment and other improve-
ments in these places.
Water sewage improvements are
being continued in the area. A
number of private individuals
have called at this office for advice
and supervision in the installation,
of private supplies and treatment
of water for home consumption.
Buckholts and Sharp schools have
installed automatic water treat-
ment units and several other
schools are planning such improve-
ments in the near future
The Sanitarian has spent con-
siderable time in rodent control
work in Cameron and the rural
area during the month. The result.*?
were very good.
Plans are now under way for
conducting foodhandlers' schools
in Cameron and Rockdale during
the later part of February of 1955.
HEALTH UltlT MAKES REPORT 15.l»0 Watch
FOR NORTH OF SEPTEMBER Prison Rodeo
Personnel: John B. Bryson,1 poliomyeletis 2, non-paralytic
M. D., Director; D. S. Wimberly, I poliomyeletis 1, streptococcal sore
Sanitarian; Mrs. Rubye Ellen throat 51, tuberculosis 4, typhoid
Brown, Nurse; Mrs LaVerne Sla-
vik, Clerk.
This month has *ieen a change
in personnel in some of the posi-
tions of the Milam Countv Health
Unit. Mrs. Rubye Ellen Brown
replaced Mrs. Billie Gleason as
Public Health Nurse as of Sept-
ember 1 and Mrs. LaVerne Slavik
replaced Mrs. Hortense N. Tumlin-
son as Clerk on September 6. In
addition Mrs. F. E. Jackson of
Cameron is the new County School
Board. Since the County School
Nurse maintains her office in the
Health Unit office and works with
the Health Unit personnel on.
many programs, this directly af-
fected the functioning of the health
unit. Much time was spent by the
director, the sanitarian, and form-
er employees in acquainting the
new personnel with their duties'
and responsibilities.
The tuberculosis control pro-
gram of Milam County was out-
lined again by the director to the
Rockdale Lion’s Club. A meeting
towards the organization of a local
tuberculosis association in schedu-
led for October 21.
The 1954-1955 school immuniza-
tion program has been scheduled
and immunizations were started in
Rockdale white school and the
schools of Cameron and Buckholts
on the 28th and 30th, respectively.
Miss Margueritte Cunningham of
the Nursing Division of the State
Department of Health visited this
office for two and a half days
helping to orientate the new Pub-
lic Health Nurse.
Communicable disease cases re-
ported during September were as
follows: Infectious hepatitis (yel-
low jaundice) 2, measles 2, pertus-
sis (whooping cough) 11, paralytic
Open Oct. 3
Huntsville— Convict
opening the 23rd annual Prison
Rodeo here October 3rd had better
j control of the wild broncs than in
previous years, but in the wild bull
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story.
Opening day crowds for the
famous penitentiary show were
smaller than any for the past ten
years. Counting some 3,000 white-
clad convict fans, attendance was
estimated at 15,000 persons. Those
spectators, who braved the 90-
degree beat, were, however, highly
pleased with the show and showed
heir approval with hearty applause
throughout the two-hour long pej
formancc.
The inmate riders proved their
mettle in all horse riding events by
riding 13 out of 20 bareback
mounts and H of the 16 saddle
broncs released from tthe chutes.
The wild Brahma bulls, however,
once more had their day with the
convict cowhands and only 4 of the
18 ridersi managed to complete
their eight-second rides.
Outside of the usual riding
events, inmate Marion Frazier,
both a contestant and clown for the
of the show and predict that they I These insects confine their activl-
w ill hflvn I'Vf n to nut 1 tiri lnruelv thi» fuirfar# urn in
they can do a better threads that mat the kernels to-
1 riding than the one gether and form a silken web over
will have even better shows to put ties largely to the surface grain,
on for bigger crowds. The riders [ where the caterpillars spin silken
also claim
lob of bull
exhibited at the first show, and the tops of bins,
will prove it Fumigation is the best method
SaVtt'* *•"<"»>■■« U- There
cowboys mail order sales of reserved seat ,rt’ several fumigants that ate
tickets which can be ordered for very effective for killing stored
any of the rodeo’s remaining dates grain insects These are formulat-
b> Mending check >i money order j ed as various combinations and are
to: Rodeo Ticket Office, Huntsville,
sold by companies under different
trade names Some of these fumi-
gants arc 1 part carbon tetrachlor-
ide plus 3 parts ethylene dichloride
Six gallons of this combination
sprayed over the surface of the
grain bin will treat 1,900 bu. of
grain.
Another fumigant is 4 parts of
carbon tetrachloride plus 1 part ol
carbon disulphide. Five gallons of
October 14. 1954
ROCKDALE (Tex.) REPORTER—3b
of grain when sprayed over the
top of the grain bin.
Additional information concern-
ing th<* use of these fumigants is
available at the County Agents Of-
fice in Cameron
A recent survey showed that
over one-fifth of our populaUori j
this material will treat 1 000 bu. now owns between three and sev- 1
eri radioes—in use in bedrooms,
kitchens, living rooms, children’s
BOOKKEEPING SUPPLIES
Loose Leaf Ledgers and Sheets
and Bound Books of all kinds.
ROCKDALE REPORTER
show, came up with two per for .n-
......— .. jjQgj, anf| a jeer, caught wild
in the Ramsey farm pastures and
trained to jump a hurdle with a
monkey on his back. All trained
by Frazier in his spare time from
hia prison duties, those prison rais-
ed animals proved a crowd pleas-
ing act.
For a wind-up to the two-hour
show, Bill Kennedy, inmate para-
chutist, made a delayed opening
drop from a plane son;. 2,000 f• , l
overhead and landed some two
blocks north of Prison Stadium.
cities proved to be very successful.
The new Ben Milam school in
Cameron and the Aycock Colored
High School in Rockdale have
been completed and operating as
of the first of this term of school
Both schools have modern Cafe-
terias in operation.
Visitors for the month: J. B.
Doss. V. D. Investigator, State
Health Department; Charlie Moses,
V. D. investigator State Health
Department; Miller, V D. Investi-
gator, State Health Department;
MMs
Field Supervising Nurse,
Health Department.
Margueritte Cimningham, T(lj was Kennedy’s 130th jump
Sunervisino Nurse. State .____ ..
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jumping that began in 1939.
in addition to the convict rill-
ing events Uhere were specialty
acts by the nationally known
Hendricks Family troupe that fea-
tured a pony act, roman jumping,
dancing horses and a comedy mule
act. Trick riders were the Lamb
Sisters, Ted and Betty from Dal-
las, Tad Lucas, Fort Worth, and
Ruby Tucker, Corsicana. A mount-
ed square dance routine war fur-
nishes! by the Gregg County
Mounted Quadrille, Ixingview,
who made their 129th public ap-
pearance at the show.
Governor Allan Shivers, schedu-
led to open the show, was detained
on the West Coast and miss 'd the
first Prison Rodeo Opening since
taking the Governor s office. Pri-
son Board chairman, French Rob-
ertson, Abilene, said the chu f ex
c-cutive would attend one ol the
series of Sunday shows yet to
come.
Both prison officials and inmate
performers are optimistic about
attendance for the remaining dates
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11'- ... .- >»n4 li t, XoIa fni*
which the reservations are desired.
Tickets are $2.40 tax included.
Rev. M. M. Fulmer
Conducting Revival
At Sabinal Church
Rev. M. M. Fulmer, pastor of
the First Baptist Church, has
been engaged in a revival meeting
with the First Baptist Church of j
Sabinal, closing Sunday night.
Visible results of the meeting in-
clude nine iJiofi-.Mon.-. of faith,
and one addition by letter. Rev. H.
Wayne Nowlin, pastor of the Sati-
iiuil church, baptized seven at the
close of the Sunday evening's ser-
vice, and stated that he considered
this the best revival that the
church had experienced in years
Rev. Fulmer, who assumed the
pastorate here October 1st, still has
two revival committments to
fulfill befoie by mg permanently
settled on the field here. In the
meantime he is preaching every
available Sunday to the local con-
gregation. He is scheduled to be in
the pulpit both services Sunday,
then go on Monday to Idaho),
Oklahoma, for a meeting with the
First Baptist Church there.
llev. Fulmer announces that the
ordinance of the Lord’s Supper
will be observed at the 11:00 Ser-
iee Sunda.N Other services Sun-
day include the Sunday School
at 9:45 a. rn., the Training Union
at 6:30 and the evening worship
service at 7:30. All are cordiality
invited.
Milam Farmers
Are Advised To
Check Stored Grain
By J. I). Moore, County Agent
Grain farmers are becoming
more interested than ever before
concerning on-the farm storage of
farm grain Along with tf.iis inter-
est comes some problems. Insect:
of stored grain should be called to
the attention of all farmers who
have stored grain on their farms
now. Many grain producers are
aware of tin: enormous losses caus-
er! annually by various stored
grain insects Jt has been estimated,
that insects eat as much as two
percent of the nation's farm stored
grain a month
Milam farmers brought several
samples of stored maize to the
county agents office recently,
showing damage done by the rice
moth or Mediterranean flour moth.
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Cooke, W. H. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 14, 1954, newspaper, October 14, 1954; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth693952/m1/11/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.