The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 14, 1961 Page: 4 of 17
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4—ROCKDALE (Tow.) REPORTER
December 14* 1%1 4
UF Drive Ends Dec. 7
With Deficit of $2084
Antone Budnik, 69
Dies at Beaumont
Anton*- Budnik, 6W. brother oi
its goal by *2084.47*
Milam county United,
officially ended last
H.
ish 3
the
ice tht
d hen
Curl e. secretary,
nd pledges totaled
smallest amount.
United Fund war
oral
ears
Short of
the South
Fund drive
Thursday.
Mrs S.
said that a
$12,785.83,
raised sine*
t stabli
ago.
The budget had been set at
$14,850, the same as that of last
year. The drive last year also
1 ailed to meet the budget, but only
by $714 41, on the same closing
date. December 7. Mrs. Curler
said that after the official dost
last year some additional funds
were received, and the same may.
apply this year
A breakdown of the figures for
this vear’s drive and last year's
shows that this year the UF
campaign fell down in all but one
division. The electrical work* rs
local turned in $52 50 more this
year than last year I'hi- union,
the 1CJC plant
$813 50 this year
it year
isions of the drive
up to last year’s
breakdown shows.
coupled with
guards, raised
against $761 he
All other div
failed to come
standards, the
The special gift dis
$452 50 shy of its last >
the rural communities
$423 0.'. le than last
turm (I
year. 1
Television and Radios
The Television Center
Phone Hi 6 5495
steelworkers local was $313 50 !>*•-
hind it?; last year’s total and th<
Rockdale house to house cam-
paign was $170.20 short of la 1
yt ar’s total.
The figures also show the
sp« -ial gifts in the communities
$17.25 under last year, tin- Negro
campaign $4.71 below last year's
effort, and the Latin American
drive $30.75 below last year.
Here are the figures for the past
two years by divisions:
Rockdale spe< ial gifts: Last
•ear $9706, thi year $9333.50
Community special gifts: Last
year $472. this year $454 75
Rockdale house to house: Last
year $933.14, this year *762 94
Rockdale N* gre
year $195.50, this
Rockdale Latin
paign: Last yea
$44 25
Electrical worker union and
plant guard Lust year $761. thi-f
r ear $813 T>0
Stei (workers local: Last year
$4.34. this \ at $120 50.
Rural communities: Last year
$1468 9:7, this year $1045 30.
Meadowbrook io
Offer Christmas
Cantata Sunday
Mrs A A
Urban of H<x‘kkda!#\
du d of a ht-
art attack n B* amount
law- Morida
y afternoon.
A r«-tir«-<
1 postman, Mt Bud-
ink had bt-cn in ill h** dth lot
soitv* Unit*,
but his death came
1.. ...
campaign. Last
rear $190.79
American cam-
175, this year
heart attack suffeicd while wait-
ing in his ear while hi wif • wa
grocery .-.hopping.
The funeral mass was neld at
St Pius X church in Beaumont
at 9 a.ni Wednesday anci burial
was in Caldwell at 4 pm
A brother, Fr. Max Budnik, of-
ficiated in Beaumont as Celebt ant
of the Mass, and Fr. Parissno gave
the sermon In Caldwell hr.
Sven ik officiated at the grave-
side rites.
Surviving are a wife, a daugh-
ter. and three grandchildren:
three brothers, Fr Budnik of
Houston and Alfons and Sylvester
Budnik of Caldwell two sisters,
Mrs, Sophie Polan.sky of Caldwell,
and Mrs, Urban of Rockdale
AT THE
Hospital
0GtS
SHOP
FOR
v$0
J
Sport Coats
by Botany 500, Stylemart
and Curlee.
27.50 to 45.00
The Meadowbrook B a p t i s t
church adult choir will present
the Christmas cantata, “Night of
Miracles." Sunday at 7:30 pm.
Tho e participating in this pre-
sentation are
Soprano*: Mrs W J Wallace,
Mi- Leonard Allen, Mis Mabel
Hoffman. Lola D.vmkc, Mrs Jesse
l,e ter, Mr- Daisy Brown, Mrs.
B B T \ us.
Altos: Mrs. W T Shelton,
Mr Sam Marshall. Brenda Moon
Basses Karl Rooerson, D l>
White, Ledia fJib-on, Allen Johns-
ton.
Soloists are Mrs. Leonard Al-
ien, Wcodie Eutonnoser, and Earl
Roberson
Director of the choir is (Twin
Morn .. prim t, Mrs W. I*.
Davenport; and narrator of the
mimic program, W 1’ Davenport
Portions of the Cantata will be
sung by the choir on December 23
downtown at the manger scene.
(F.dtior't note: Th* weekly
hospital report is prepared
each Wednesday at Richards
Clinic and Hospital in Rock-
dale.
ADMITTED
; Mis .1 L Lester. Mrs Bobby
Cold iron, S H. Curlee, Mrs Frank
Copeland, Fred Bartlett, Mrs. John
I Alford. O. C Turner, Victor Lope/,
! Albert Montelongo, Laurence
! Warren, Mr Curtis Zieschang,
Barbara Klick, Bradley Cain, Mrs.
.1 W Ray, Clyde Pounders, Jr,
Mrs Willie O’fiiei.
DISMISSED
Mrs Bobby C'oldiron, Willard
oij\ Wayne Skinner, Kit Worley,
l-’red Bartlett, Mrs. J. L. Lester,
L A. Sales, S. H Curlee, Albert
Montelongo Victor Lope/, Lau-
ren-•• Warren, Bradley Cain
BIRTHS
Ms mil Mr John Alford, baby
girl December 9, Linda Lane.
Mr and Mrs J. W Hay, baby
girl, December 12, Marsha Kaven
B\ kota Class Monts 1
Tuesday at Home of j
Mrs. \olau II Hoy
The Bvkota S nCuy school ,
class of First Baptist church met |
at the home of Mrs. N->lan Wiley
Tuesday night Mrs J R Parrish
served a co-hoste* -
Tiie opening prayer was offered
by Mrs .1 A Philippus. and the
devotional wa-- pres* nted by Mi
Parrish. Following the busines
session each mt-mbci leceited a
gift from tin* Christmas tree Th.
meeting was closed with prayer,
after which the ho tess and co-
hostess served refreshments.
Those attending the meeting
were, Mrs Don Roddam Sr.. Mrs.
W D Pivrie, Mr lands Ward,
Mrs E P Freeman. Mt JR.
Parrish, Mrs. A W Brumbelow,
Mrs Jack Well Mr Phil Phil-
lips Mrs J A Philippus, hostesses
Mrs Wiley and Mrs Parrish
Local Briefs
About People You Know
Mrs L R Rizley of Del Rio
recently visited her aunt, Mrs.
Myrle Cook arid K L. Pounders.
Mrs Ri/ley will be remembered
as Adele See, daughter of Charles
A. See and the late Mrs. See Sgt
Ri/lev has won recognition by
qualifying for the expert marks-
man badge. He i* in the 37th
Artillery in Germany Mrs Riz-
Icy’s father, Charles See is a U. S
Marshall in Arizona.
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Give the finest: give a Cross
pen or pencil in gleaming gold or
chrome, $4 and $7; the set $8 and
$14 The Reporter Office. tl
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2nd Lt William Goodman has
returned to Elgin AFB, Florida,
after a fifteen day visit with his
parents, Mr and Mrs Gus Good-
man.
★
Mrs. I/iwcll E. Miller and J
daughter Tina of New London, N j
C. have returned to their home
following a visit here in the home
of her parent--, Mr. and Mrs. Gus |
Goodman
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Don’t wait; go on and get that
Polaroid camera this Christmas,
The new one, two, three Polaroid
is foolproof . . and lots of fun. |
$5 down, $5 month at The Report-
er Office. tf
Three Inducted;
Twenty Go For
Draft Physicals
Twenty registrants were for- !
warded for pre-induction physical
examination Wednesday from the
Mi Jam county local board
Three registrants were forward-
ed for induction on the - ime day
Forwarded for induction were:
Bryan Lee Graham, William A
Methodist Church
Christmas Program
'The St. John's Methodist church
will hold a Christinas program and
family night Sunday at 6 p.m.
The program will lie sponsored
by the Commission on Education
and the children’s division ol the
church will present the program
m the santuary.
Following the program there
wilt fie a lamily night and covered
dish supper in the Fellowship hall.
ICnlpp and T. P Mcrsran
The following men were sent to
Dallas for pre-induction physical
« xaminaton:
Lee R Kohring, Weldon L.
Doskocil, Melvin K weise. Ten-
ner E Stork. Ruben Lee, John
D. Thompson. David K Myers,
Charier W Ruddirk. Mike A
Molina, Billy J Dyke.-. James T.
Todd, Adolph F. Polach Jr., Ro-
berto Valverde, William E. Cross,
James Randlit) Joseph R Walzel.
Freddie G. Wuensche and Charles
L. Denman.
Registrants sent for induction
were ♦, Id ♦ha* thev will be for-
warded to the Reception Station
and will be offered Christmas
leave after a short training period.
The largest lann in the U. S. ir
the King Ranch of Texas, covering
about one million acref.
G'VEA pc
V*O0°^
Gift
Certificate
The Sura Way to Please!
in us DO THAT
SMALL JOB...
The minor repair job that needs to be done around the
house.
Just say the word and we'll do it lor you, we have
Carpenters, Painters and men with the "know how.”
We handle quality lines of Paint, Windows, Doors, Roof-
ing and all other buildixy) materials.
Coffield Lumber Co.
"QUALITY BUILDING AND MATERIALS"
HI 6-5991 —PHONES— HI 6 5866
t ______ $
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BEFORE CHRISTMAS!
ITS UNBELIEVABLE BUT TRUE!
We're actually slashing Prices on Fall and Winter goods BEFORE CHRISTMAS!
You have never seen anything like it! Shop Now and you'll be way ahead in
Dollars and Cents!
Newco
Turkey Supper
YOU GET S&H STAMPS
WITH QUALITY CLEANING, PRESSING,
LAUNDRY SERVICE. Plus Free Pick-up
and Delivery at--
Backhaus Cleaners
PHONE HI 6 5361
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(Editor’s note: Each week
The Reporter publishes a list
of newcomers io Rockdale, as
shown by City Hall applica-
tions for water connections.)
The following people ;ire new-
comer-- to Rockdale according to
cltv v,liter connections at City hall.
Newcomers
Mis George Clark, 424 Green
J A Bride, 718 Hogan.
W T, Stork, 312 Houston.
Elmer Davis, 810 Ackerman.
Gloria Davis, 814 Ackerman
Bruce McC’utch.son, 816 Hickory.
A turkey supper will be held
at *he Gay Hill duh house Satur-
day at 7:30 p. m The public is
invited, according to Mrs. Rufus
Doss.
You can give a truly personaliz-
ed gift if you select monogramm-
ed tat innery at The Reporter Of-
fice. Inexpensive yet sure to be
appreciated by anyone. tf
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| HALF PRICE
jg FUR FELT HATS
]|j| Finest quality Beaver Hats. Wide
■l? selection of styles and colors for
•3 everyone.
h»3 4 99 $^00
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Repeat of Sell Out!
Men's Fine Quality Leather
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ROCKDALE FLOWER
AND GIFT SHOP
LADIES
PEGNOIR
SETS
Give Beauty...Give Quality..
GIVE BULOVA
Bulova is truly the gift quality
watch ... The Watch you can give
with pride, wear with pride . ..
because it’s made with pride.
We are experts in the proper selec-
tion of gift watches. Come in and
get our expert advice and opinion.
BILL FOLDS
nd v
$750
Seamless construction, and uncon-
ditionally guaranteed.
VALUED
at 5.00
Selling For —
plus tax
The DIAMOND DREAM, ft-
quiiifely cur/ed end piece*
hold two ?himmeflng dia-
mond*. 17 jewel* SM 9*
Designed and *fyied for
today’* mart of action The
slim, trim StA KING it car-
waterpron4*f ehrvrk
remtant, hat luminous
hands and d>al. $39.79
Cracefui. feminine tear drop
4e*Ign Tht FIRST L*0T ha*
23 jewel* for flawless per-
formance, Matching ersan-
1(0*1 Ora;* et. $54 50
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Thl YANKEE ClIFFM. 17
lewet*. taif-wind’ng, water-
propt*. shock resistant,
handsome expansion band
$91 50
The radiance of 4 flashing
diamond* highlights this
lovely 0IAM0N0 LA PETITE.
23 jewel*, expansion brace-
let. $ss 00
Unusual shield shaped
MISIOENT. 23 jewels, wa-
terproof*, shock resistant.
$71.50
as little as
m
a week.
Rockdale Flower & Gift Shop
BEAUTIFUL GIFTS THEY WANT MOST OF ALL1
Phons HI 8-3411 Rockdale, Tsxas
ftsrtl f 'A V/lVO";-:! A • U « »f.ag<l ft. J K . . _ ,-J * _ , <•* . • .
of n^ lAtig 0$
A,I or tl r» .1
Cheer!
for Christmas
anti cUcry
nighrafrer...
give a a
Gaslit*
Traditional, authentic
Gasiite brigntens any
home with the softest
glow ... a guarding
light for all. See many
styles at gas appliance
dealers.
FREE DECORATION KIT
WITH GASIITE PURCHASE
AT LONE STAR
Bow and candy-
stripe pole wrap-
ping with Gasiite
purchase at Lone
Star Gas. If you
have a Gasiite, this
set available at
nominal price.
CABILDO by
Arkla — double
mantle for bright
illumination—eco-
nomical because
it’s gas.
$43.81
cash, incl. tax and
50-ft. normal in-
stallation, or noth-
ing down, $2.00
mo.
Gat Gasiite gift
certificates at
LONE STAR
GAS CO.
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Largest selection
anywhere!
Beautiful Gown and Duster En-
sembles for Christmas. Flowing
styles and puffed sleeves, priced
from
2.99 to 8.99
INFANT'S
SWEATERS
Lots of colors, finest knit, and
pretty styles. Were 1.99 to 3.99.
«« a«|«
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75" *1.00
LADIES'
CARDIGAN
SWEATERS
Pretty Winter styles. All sizes and
lots of colors.
Valued
at 3.99
Selling For
$700
One Group Men's and Boy's
JACKETS
Wool—for v/armth and durability.
Good looking too! Not many left—
So Hurry!
REG. 6.99 and 7.99
NOW
$400
DRESS
SALE!
viffc
life
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fro \'
w** \
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HURRY LADIES—This kind of £
Bargain won't last long! Regular
stocks of Dresses, wide selection of m,
styles and materials. J||
VALUES
5.99 to 10.99
Your Choice —
BOY'S DRESS
PANTS
The perfect Gift!
Sizes 6 to 18
Wash & Wear blends
of Rayon or Orion and
Rayon Gabardines.
Reg. 2.99 to 4.99
GOING AT
$]99
PXIt
SINGLE CONTROL
ELECTRIC 1
BLANKETS |
Cold woather is here and these
blankets are the real thing for it. 21
2-yr. guarantee, completely wash- **
able.
PRICED BELOW COST!
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FALL AND WINTER
MATERIALS
Huge selection of fabulous Piece
Goods. Values from 49c to 99c yd.
Full bolts and lengths. Sew for
Christmas and SAVE!
3 yards 99<
STOCK UP ON
FLATS & CASUALS
Lots and lots of wonderful styles in
leathers and patents. Nationally
Adv. brands. Size 5 to 10.
REG. 2.99
TO 4.99
NOW —
$|97
WE
GIFT
WRAP
FREE
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AHEAD WITH
T. H. STOTTS. Mgr.
ROCKDALE
MEN'S
DRESS SHOES
Famous brands, values to 12.99. Al-
most every size and many styles.
SELLING AT
FRACTION
OF COST!
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The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 14, 1961, newspaper, December 14, 1961; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth694042/m1/4/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.