The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 05, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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BSE! THE ROCKDALE REPORTER
Km
lohU- Established 1873
AND MESSENGER
THE OLDEST AND BEST
VOL. 68
ROCKDALE, MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY MARCH 7, 1940
Cook Wins in City
Race by Six Votes
461 VOTES POLLED
in city election
HERE TUESDAY
Walls Razed, Lots
Now Being Cleared
of Brick and Debris
Old brick walls, left from the Scar-
brough & Hicks fire a few years ago,
were tern down Wednesday morning,
and the brick and debris are being
cleared from the lots this week.
The lots are being cleared
SPRING CONCERT Rockdale Boy Killed and Two
Others Injured as cars Crash
BILLY COLVIN IS
VICTIM OF WRECK
NEXT THURSDAY
BYRES. BAND
THRONG
Group to Appear in New * * n rn vinn
Uniforms First Time iLAM RII fcS fOK
Here Next Week
Ft. Worth Meeting *
H. D. Maxwell, vocational agriculture
Sporting new uniforms which are ex-
by the'pected to arrive this week, the Rock-
Mrs. Quinlan Gets "SU
Votes and Gliy Cook ,MeGuyei in building retards and head evening, March 14, begining at 7:45 p.1
ttt- D WifL 999 walls on the Black Jack road project. 1 m. at the high school gym, Director
Wins ' In this manner, tire clearing of the(Wm. Wendtland announced yesterday.
0 | *s accomPHshed without cost to the; it will be the second concert of the new
! city of Rockdale, and the brick is being organization.
vefes GuVccokW won" the nomination j hU worked ^ ^ McGUyC1' “ndj faid he had a
lor dt^oecretary. nsss-sscr and collector) The lots were recenlly donated » SSL lot
COLVIN TUESDAY:|SUNDAY EVENING
j committee to pass on appliactions for,
-0-- : the degree of American Farmer.
Recent R H S Graduate |C<S* ft or^nge^s^nd^ice-prMi-] Maurice Ferrari in Hos-
Was Freshman Stud-
ent at A. and M. C.
pital; Robert Grissom
Is Also Injured
i Billy Colvin, 13, acn of Constable and
the largest crowds ever to attend a fu-,er degree will be passed on and not over Mrs. W. C. Colvin of Rockdale and a
neral in Rcckdalo, were held at 10 a.{ 28 will be selected to be sent to the student at Texas A. & M. College, was
I dent of the Future Farmers of America,
! in this district, who will also serve on 1
(the committee. Over 50 schools are(
j Included in Area 8.
! Maxwell said that all applications]
Funeral sendees, attended by one of the beys ftn th< American Farm-:
, injured about 6 p. m. Sunday when two
between worth Fat Stock Show and a bus load automobiles crashed on Highway 79
REVISION ALLOWS
FOR MORE ROAD
IMPROVEMENT
McGuyer Says New Or-
der to Give More Tup-
ping and Repairs
Baptist church with the Reverend L., their instructor and 15,000 other FFA| Maurice (Genie) Ferrari son of Mr.
E. Strickland, pastor, officiating, and boys expected to be present. The and Mrs . Max mrari of Rockdale. also
burial was at Oak Lawn cemetery, with group will return Sunday morning, j a student Gf A. &. M. C., is in the A.
over Mrs. Esta Quinlan In the city pri- j the city cf Rockdale by tbe beirs 0f' the I cert eton* recently bv "the hand with m Tuesday fcr Billy Colvin- 18> who was national convention at a later date. I instantly killed and two other youths
js«:sss! “zrn^h,ates"n-' “ * - - -the Ft
city election. The total vote polled wasjbe removed and a park built, with the' included on the program will be sev- Mllano and Gause> | of local FFA boys will leave Rockdale between Gause and Milano as the boys
461. . | city to erect at some future time a suit-! oral contest numbersTincludin^ the dif- 6ervices wcre conducted at the First Friday afternoon where they will meet were returning to A. & M. College.
In the city secretary race. Cock, the aWe public building on the property, j ficult overture, “Dreadnaught,” by
present incumbent, received 233 votes '
to 227 for Mrs. Quinlan.
The remaining places on the ticket
were uncontested', with the voting as
follows:
For Mayor. E. A. Camp 456.
For City Attorney. Ed Gunn 459.
For Alderman Ward No. 1 (two to be
elected'. Jim E.uls received 428 and
J W. Garner 491.
For Alderman Ward No. 2. T. B.
Ryan 458.
In the school division, for school
trustees (three to be elected): Clyde
Franklin 44-4 H H. Coffield 442. Bill
Howell 437.
For Chairman Executive Committee,
C. M. Sessions 459.
For Members Executive Committee:
(Two to bo elected): W. B. Smith 439,
C W. Stephens 441.
Lon Hudson served as election judge,
with the following clerks: Mrs. Otto
Schukraft. Mrs. W. H. Birdwell, Mrs.
Pascal Pogue, Mrs. Pinkney Pruett.
Ten Youth of NYA
District 9 Selected
For Final Audition
The local selection committee
A revision on plans for road work
south of Rockdale has been secured
which will allow quite a bit more im-
provements, according to E. L. Mc-
Guyer, commissioner of this precinct,
who lias his crew at work tills week
utilizing the brick from the old Scar-
brough & Hicks lot in building road
retards and culvert head walls.
The revision in the WPA project will
| allow four inches more topping on]
for! between 3 and 4 miles of rock base road'
! Holmes.
Admission price has been set at 25 Mayor E. A. Camp pronouncing the
cents for the concert, with the follow- benediction.
ing program announced: i Attending in a body were the mem-
Choral, E. DcLamater. J bers of Co. C. Infantry, of A. & M.
1. March, “Commander,” Davis. (College, of which organization young
2. Overture, “Dreadnaught," Holmes Colvin was a member. Out cf respect
(1943 contest required number). 1 to Constable Colvin, Highway Patrol-
3. (a) Waltz, “Shepard’s Dream," men T. R. Gallimore and C. L. Chance
Taylor, with trumpet solo by Wallace were sent to Rockdale by the Depart-
Dockall. (b) March, “Golden Gate,” ment of Public Safety to serve as aj
Johnson . For the latter number E. L. guard of honor for the impressive ser-
Penning Sr., will act as guest conduc- ( vices.
tor. j High school girls, former classmates
4. Saxophone solo, “Canzona Bar- cf Billy Colvin, served as flower l>ear- i
carole," Drigo, with Mary Florence ers, and pall bearers were high school
Marrs as accompanist. vContest selec- and college classmates.
i Billy Colvin
5. Overture. “Judy’s Dream." Buch- william Truman Colvin, oldest child
tel. a selective number on the 1940 of Mr and Mrs. w. c colvin, was born
at Wichita Falls, Texas, March 25. 1922
and would have been 18 years old this
contest list.
10-minute intermission
POSTOFFICE AND
CAMERON STORE
BURGLARIZED
Mail Pouches Taken at
Cameron and Safe at
Store isBlown
Burglars early this morning
I Into the post office at Cameron, making the
l & M. Hospital at College Station with
1 severe injuries, and Robert Grissom of
Houston, is at the heme of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Grissom, near
J Rockdale, with lesser injuries. Both
i Ferrari and Grissom were reported this
, morning improving nicely and expected
■ to recover.
I Gccupants of the other car were only
'slightly Injured. The car was driven
( by Mrs. Mary Helen Nance of Austin,
l who was accompanied by Mason D.
Harrell of Smithvillo. representative in
, the state legislature from Bastrop
j county.
1 The crash occurred as the two ap-
proaching cars met on the highway
about half way between Gause and Mi-
lone, the Austin car striking the other
broke almost head-in. An investigation of
accident, described yesterday by
6. March, “Star,” DeLamater. month With his parents he moved to, ... . , f ..
7 Prass Quartet ‘•TmnrnvUn ” Scar- 1 w-wT-i.Totnnrv 90 1090 HJoff wlth two P°uches of mail- after an Constable Colvin’ as “just one of those
' “ ^ . p , ’ ' Rockdale on Januaiy 2 , ■ attempt to loot the Green & Boedeker things that happen" has been made
molin. a contest selection. 1st trumpet,! graduated from Rockdale high school | ^ nprnss thp R*rM>, hnrt foiled U J i
Wallace Dockall; 2nd trumpet, J. P. last year with the class of 1938-39 and
Voyles, French horn, Jerry
trombone, Howard Lovvorn.
8. Novelty, “Military Band,'
Weed;
Yoder.
was a freshman student at Te-«as A.
& M. College at the time of his death.
Loved by everyone who knew him, j locked
9. French horn solo. “Cavatina.” j Billy Colvin was known as a boy of
Bakalcinokoff; Julia Verne Maxwell,' bjgh ideals and character. He was a
store safe across the street had failed. by the department of public safety, 1-
Entrance to the Green & Boedeker (hough no definite cause for the crash
store was gained by prizing open the has been established,
north front door. The knob was j
safe
off the safe and the
Both cars overturned and the Gris-
! som car was practically demolished, ’t
blown with an explosive, although the ,s apparent, that y0UnR colvin was
NYA District No’ 9 has selected the fol-1 on the lower end of the Black Jack! accompanied by Mary Florence Marrs. member of the Baptist church, a loyal and ^e,safe dccr. waS thrown out through the top and his
(Contest selection).
10. March. "Military Escort,'
nett, a contest selection.
Peebles Store Getting
ANOTHER TERM
lowing ten youths from Central Te<asj project, McGuyer said. In addition 1.2
to try out at the State final auditions j miles of road will be worked from the
for the Stokowski Youth Symphony New Salem school house east to the old
Billie Byars. Blanco; Joseph Tallal. j Lewis school house road, and the com-
Austin; Eugene Phillips. San Marcos; i missicner will grub and widen the road fgtwsm rmifn a ni/n
Edwin K. Las berg. Austin; Nat S. Per- ] from the Ed Burney place to the county j Ig4§d|< K, f III V HL'V N
Tine, Jr. Austin; Wolf Jessen. Austin; i line. I a & ISka^liln l&UAU
Frank W George. Jr.. Austin; David Included in the same work order will
Bartlett, Austin; A. L. Ward. Jr.. A ' be the graveling of 21 _• miles north of
* M. College, College Station; Jimmie Rockdale known as the oil field cut-off
Marks. Caldwell. | road, from the Murray cemetery to Mi-
The lccal selection committee was nerva.
composed of Mrs. Anita Storrs Gaed-1 -
eke, Miss Maurine Owen and Mr. Nel-
son Schrie'oer. Auditions were held in, _ . T
Rockdale nnd in Austin. VV. S. Birdwell.' PaiFlt, IITiprOVCmClllS
NYA District Director stated. The ---
station auditions are to be held in] The E. M. Peebles & Sons building is
Austin on March 6 and 7 J C Kellam ' undergoing some e'-.ensive improve-
State Youth Administrator for the Na-]ments this week, with repairs and ra-
tional Youth Administration, announ-1 modeling for both exterior and interior
tea. '
tirm-u-nr onri nn trrpatpr tribute has pveri — “*------- The cxPlosion badly dam- was crushed by the car as it came
Ben ! W01ker> and no greatei u-wuie nas ever i ftged the saf€> and operators of the tQ rgCt
] store still had not succeeded in open- ,Ferrarl was taken to a Bryan hospi-
■ ing the safe door shortly before noon tfl, and then to the A & M. Hospital
I this morning, according to a telephone ,mmedlateIy following the wreck. He is
j report. At that time it was not thought, sufferin? with a concussion cf the brain
the store had suffered any cash loss, j and minor cuts and brvii,PS Hls Jn.
! It was reported that the knob-knock- Juries are described M critical but he
ers failing in the store burglary, crossed. ls reported resting well today and cx-
the street to the post office, forced peC(ed (0 recover. On account of se-
epen a back door, and made off with 2, vcre shock and the pxtent of his ln.
mail pouches filled with mail coming■ jurfes nhysicians have not yet moved
into Cameron on the night trains. j bim for , _rays
Officials estimated the time of the | young Grissom. who has been work-
robbery at around 5 a. m. or shortly af-, in? at Houston, was brought to Rnck-
ter.
See FUNERAL, Page 8
PRUETT ENTERS j
CO. SUPT. RACE
Hinton H. Pruett, of Rockdale, wide-j
known citizen of Milam county, an-
orciereri by W. w. Brooker of Milano,
who recently purchased the building.
A new roof will be Installed on the
building, the front Is being repainted,
and a new rear stairway has been built,
with other improvements and repairs
scheduled. New plaster ls being put on
the walls on the interior and the entire
Business Census Taker
Completes Work Here
Work of compiling the census of
usiness and manufacturers was com-] twc „aiU3 V4,V ...............
Peted in Rockdale Wednesday by John building interior will also be repainted,
ale of Temple, a representative of: ----
«'ttacSr 01 Commcrce- BureauiCentral Texas Log
Hale said Wednesday that he had | Rollers Meet- Here
enjoyed the whole-hearted co-operation
County Judge Jeff T. Kemp this week'
authorizes The Reporter to announce jy
him as a candidate for re-election, nounces this week that he is a candi-
subject to the action of the Democratic date for the office of county superin-
primary. i tendont of Public Instruction, Milam
The above simple sentence is really county, subject to the action of the
all that is necessary, because Judge Democratic Primary July 27.
Kemp is already Milam county's best; Since Mr. Pruett ls a native of Milam|
known and most highly esteemed coun-' county hls announcement this week is 1 The following list of grand jurors for;
ty official. For many years hls genial creating widespread interest as he is! the March term of district court has. _
personality has been evidenced to Mi- well and favorably known not only in j beon announced: I ^
lam county people on all occasions, Rockdale but throughout the county] l. C. Boyd, Silver City; Otto Kelm.jo. U. IVlllCS LfltCrS
and it might be truly said of him that He has taught school in this county ate gbarp; l r Lumas. Gause, foreman; ^linPriflfpnHPflt
he “lias lived in a house beside the road Branchville. Yarrellton, and San Gab- Cecil Criswell. Buckholts; Seth Corley, v u* tciiucii t
Grand Jury List for
March Announced
dale following the crash and then ta-
! ken to the home of his parents near
| town. He is suffering from shock, cuts
, and bruises and a back injury, but is
i reported improving. Grissom was driv-
I ing the car, but was less seriously in-
and been a friend to man.” riel and has lived here all his life with
His record as head of the county's the exception of a few years away while
board of directors (the Commissioners teaching.
Court) is something to be proud of and Mr. Pruett received all his grammar
(his friends point to that record with school education in a one-teacher, onc-
j becoming pride. A few points on that room country school. He is a graduate
I record for the past several years might of the Southwest Te>s Teachers Col-
, well be mentioned at this time: | lege, cf San Marcos, holding a BS de-
__________r_________ I First, it might be said, that althoughgree from that institution. He also has
Hockdale business men, which' Tire Central Texas Log Rollers^ As- j havin? no official connection with the an MA degree from the University of
_ I
^formation secured in the census* dale next Tuesday night, March 12, at,
Buckholts; Cecil Plate. Tracy; C. E.
Moses, Rockdale; Ray Eads, Rockdale;
J P. Baskin, Cameron; Gus Dickerson,
Conoley A. C. Kirkland, Gause; Wil-
lard Chapman, Gause.
Race This Morning
S. C. Miles, superintendent of schools
in Rockdale, announced this morning
that he is a candidate for the office of
Riding Baliffs are B. F. Bailey, S. S.| County Superintendent of Public In-
Hickman. Joe Lankford, W. C. Colvin,' struction, Milam county, and hls name
Gecrge Gambill, E. Horstmann, Carl J appears in The Reporter’s announce-
Marburger and F. J. Grant. Door Ba- .ment column on page 5 this week.
liff, Charles Smith Jr.
BUS FIRE
A fire in the air conditioning unit of state.
Mr. Miles is well and favorably
known throughout Milam county and
! in education circles throughout the
He has served as superintendent
. y: the business and manufacturers Bell. Williamson and Lee counties, and
rU!? *3e*ng a division of the national a large attendance is expected at the
meeting.
census.
evening of one-ac r flays at school
t°BE PRESENTED TUESDAY, MARCH 12th
urday night. The blaze was
guished with nominal damage.
ertin-'didacy will be made by Mr. Miles
I this newspaper ne-'t week.
In4 1° complete his work here sociation of the Woodmen of the Wond.l 0,pPra(j0n of the law. Judge Kemp has Missouri where he did his major work
n aWut a week. j will meet at the W. O. W. Hall in Rock-; kppn unusually helpful in assisting aged in school administration under some of
"^tion secured in the census dale next Tuesday night. March 12, a' i citizens in securing old age assistance the greatest instructors in that field in!
f111 be used for preparing statistical In-'7:30 p. m„ it has been announced. j ln thpir time of need. It will be re-! the United States. He feels that his(a Bcwen bus in Rockdale brought out, in Rockdale for the past twelve years,
ormation concerning the nation's pop-] The Central Te-*s District comprises, mPrnbered that the Judge was for two'educational qualifications are ample] the fire department aj. 10 o’clock Sat-, A formal statement regarding his can
atl°n, resources and business acti- all of the Woodmen Camps ln Milam, | dpcades the “friend at bar” of Confed-|and adequate for the position he is now
erate veterans and widows, giving them] seeking.
outstanding service. New that these- jn his 17 years of teaching, Mr.
veterans have practically all passed on Pruett has taught in all types of schools
to their r, . ird, he has taken up the ] from the one-room one-teacher school
matter of serving the old folks in the on up to serving as superintendent of
matter of securing o d age assistance] high schools employing more than thir-
anc! has neglected no worthy applicant. J ty teachers. He has also taught col-
__f] | Re has been f member of the Legis-, iege courses during the summer in
lirwi eVeTllng of One-Act Plays, head- piece—atmospheric in nature—dealing lat;Ve Committea the County Judges school administration
win ^ “The Great A'lnwnr^ vintHe" u-ith tun subdued anguish of a Jewish and Comm'ssi
TIGER TRACK TEAM TO ENTER ANNUAL
TRACK MEET AT CAMERON SATURDAY
and
and Comm'ssion ers Association of|
i Rockdale high school thinly clads son Brannon and Carter Newton.
I will enter their first track and field 880 yard run: Buster Brown
} competition of the year Saturday at Ernest Praesel.
Mr. Pruett, with a Master’s degree, is the Annual Yoe High Invitation Meet- 100 yard dash: Carter Newton and C.
Presented at the hteh school family awaiting the return of its fa- , Texas for r number of years, and. asl well-equi ped from an educational at Cameron, an event that Ls expected e Moses,
umtorium in Rockdale next’Tuesday! ther and hui.bnnd from a concentre- slKb> was active in helping secure the] standpoint, and he received his-cduca- tc- attract about fifty schools and be- Mils run: Wallace Dcckall. John T
j8ht, March 12. beginning at 8 o’clock.1 ticn camp; as well as a hort.. smart pa:;-age of the Bond Assumption lawition the hard way. To put himself, tween 400 and 500 participants. ] Hale and Frank Timmermann.
^announced this week j drawing room skit about a fashion ble pa. SCJ at the last session of the Legis-! through school he worked at a variety] Coach J. M. Moorman, with a new. High hurdles and high jump: War-
headliner for the evening “The! society matron (Eva Dale Edmo ds) ij,t,Ure> Whc .by the Commissioners] 0f tasks, even cutting cord wood and group of youngsters under wing, says ron Pace.
Allowance Battle,” is a rollicking' arranging a dinner party. The foil ’ h ccur will lower the tax rate for li>40 in j working on a rnllroad. “The fact that his boys have been looking good ini 220 yard dash: Carter Newton and
of adolp-n,,n„’ i. „ hin.huiv comedy, starring all read districts in the county, regard-j I worked my way through both high training. He lists the following boys c. E Mo-os.
Kraut,, !' ado'('’'-f’encp. featuring Bob] play is a hill-billy
ladies’ r^"1' sixteen-year-old John T. Hale ns ft Moonshiner am
‘riii whoso allowance is nerne-l n Sanders ns a “Revenue!-
U ov*fdrawn.
her Plays
Include an
perpe-j E Sin dors as a
j Admission price
Antl-Nnz. 10c and 25c.
have boon set at
J- Joss cf whether any part of them con-
I teins a designated highway. He was
See KEMP, Page 8
school and college makes me fool that I for the Cameron meet: ; In addition to the above will bp a
am in a fair position to understand 440 yard dash: B:b Krause and Marc number of other lads who have not yet
— |Tuton. | been picked for the various events.
See FRITETT, Page 8 Shot and discus: Marc Tuton, WU-, Moorman said.
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