The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 1949 Page: 4 of 16
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«_ROCKDALE (Tmc.1 REPORTER
LOCAL BRIEFS
Mrs. H D. Maxwell is it
attending the State conven
About People You Know Parent-Teacher Association
Ncrember 17. IMS Homecoming Day al
Aycock High School
of Tuesday, Nov. 22nd
of the* books
Perry now at
Mrs. Ed Lnr
Houston are
Rountree.
You can get
by George Sess
The Reporter.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Noack left this
week lor tneir annual ufcci hunt.
They were accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Lanning.
Mrs. C. W Matson, Miss Gladys
Matson, Miss Dorothy Matson re-
turned Friday from a pleasure trip
to New York City, after having
attended an international church
convention in Cincinnati.
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Rockdale
Little Jackie Allen Godsey, son j
of Mrs William Godsey, celebrated ■
ins first birthday Wednesday of [
this week. Guests for the occasion
were his aunt and cousin, Mrs. Joe
Sthele and Dale Sthele, of Austin.
GAY HILL H. D. CLUB
The Gay Hill H D. Club met
with Mrs. Graham Young Tuesday
for an all day call**d «<*Ksinn The
members did textile painting and
made buttons, and at noon a cov-
ered dish luncheon was served.
There were 14 members and four
visitors present.
RED CARDINAL TROOP
GIRL SCOUTS MEETS NOV. 14
The Red Cardinal Troop of the
7th grade Girl Scouts met on Nov.
14. All of the members and both
Mrs. R. E. Smith and Mrs. Frank
Haley, our leaders, were present.
We discussed our Christmas
: Gifts and made ash trays and
sponge bracelets. We sang our
! Girl Scout song and said the Scout
Promise and then adjourned.
See the new display of Christmas
Cards now ready at The Reporter
Office.
Too Late To Classify
AVON CHRISTMAS SPECIALS—
Beginning November 21 to Decem-
ber 10—Golden Promise Cologne,
$2,311; Quaintunce Cologne, $1.91;
Cotollion Cologne, $1.62; White
Moire Cologne, $1.62; All sachets,
$1.18. Beatrice Pairett, Phone 396-
! w. 43-3t
GIVES
FAST
RELIEF
when COLD
MISERIES STRIKK
The Tigers of Aycock colored
high school, Rockdale, district j
chumps last year, are nearing an-1
other district pennant this year, i
Undefeated in district play up j
to lust night, the local negro eleven I
lost its first game of the season at
Bartlett 13-19. The loss put them |
in a tie with Elgin for the district
lead and a playoff will probably!
be necessary. They have beaten j
nnrp thic Vf*r4r
In their district the locals have
defeated Round Rock 47-0, Granger
54-0, Elgin 15-13, Bastrop 26-6,
and Belton 22-0. They lost their
season opener to Smithville 6-19,
but it was a non-district affair.
Last year the team won over
Smithville 18-6, Elgin 18-6, Bas-
trop 13-12, Cameron 14-6, and
Bartlett 52-0.
The Aycock eleven will play a
non-district game on the home-
field for their Homecoming Nov.
22 with Marlin high school. It
will be homecoming day for the
Aycock high school and highlights
of the day will be the crowning
of “Miss Aycock” and entertain-
ment by the Marlin high school
band. The game will start at 8
p. m., and about 7:30 p. m. there
will be a parade down town which
will lead to the Tiger field. The
Marlin Band will head the parade.
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John Bass Selman
Selected as Member
Of Delta Signia Pi
‘John Bass Slman, son of Supt.
C. M. Selman, has been notified
that he has been selected to pledge
Beta Kappa Chapter of the Inter-
national Fraternity of Delta Signia
Pi.
This is an honorary fraternity
of Business Administration and
Commerce, and membership is un-
ited to invitation, as the records
of the candidates are closely
checked before an invitation to
membership is extended.
This is the second year that John
Bass Selman has attended the Uni-
versity of Texas, and he is major-
ing in pre-law in preparation for
entering the Law School.
In his freshman year John Bass
Selman lettered in tennis on the
freshman team at the University
and he is again playing tennis this
year.
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Sharp FHA Chapter
Observes Future
Homemakers Week
National Future Homemakers of
America Week was observed by
the Sharp Chapter October 30
through November 5. The club
began the week by attending the
Sharp Presbyterian church on Sun-
day, October 30, and continued the
week with various activities de-
signed to aid other people.
The highlights of the week were
the installation of the officers, tea
for parents and faculty, and a
talk on “Joys of Homemaking"
by a Club Mother, Mrs. M. J.
Walker.
The new officers are as follows:
president, Sue Drummond; vice-
president, Martha Garner; secre-
PLAY-BY-PLAY
ROCKDALE-THRALL GAME
Du* to crowded conditions of
The Reporter this w**k the
Plsy-by-Pl*y on last Friday
night's gam* is omitted. It
will b* printed next week.
T. H. D. A. Delegates
Report to Council
On State Meeting
Mrs. Hugh Wimberly of Hoyte,
Home Demonstration Association
Committee Chairman of Milam
county, Mrs. E. H. Foster of New
Salem, Mrs. Joe Brown of Tracy,
elected delegates of the State Meet-
ing; and Mrs. Claudie Muston, vis-
itor from this county, gave a re-
port of the meeting to the County
Council members.
Mrs. Muston, acting as introduc-
tory speaker, displayed a toy wa-
gon, dressed up in club colors,
green and white, representing the
whole of the T. H. D. A. program,
with each wheel and the tongue
representing a different phase of
T. H. D. A. work. If and when all
are pulling together the wagon or
program would run smoothly. One
wheel was labeled 4-H work, an-
other Recreation, another Market-
ing, and the other Legislative
work, all pulled by the tongue
which was labeled Education and
Expansion. These labels were the
types of workshops the delegation
attended at the meeting. The re-
ports were divided into four
groups, each delegate taking a
part and responding when called
on by Mrs. Muston. Mrs. Brown
gave the report on Marketing and
4-H work, represented by two of
the wheels. In her report, she
stressed cooperation with 4-H Hubs
and suggested that Home Demon-
stration Club women should help
with the 4-H programs and should
include 4-H members on their own
programs. Several suggestions and
helpful hints were brought out on
marketing, one of which was to
clean your eggs with vinegar rath-
er than water to help keep the
eggs from deteriorating so rapidly.
Mrs. Foster gave the report on
Legislative work and Education
and Expansion, represented by one
wheel and the tongue of the wa-
gon. She stressed the importance
of the smooth-running of these
two phases of T. H. D. A. work in
bettering the results of the pro-
gram as a whole.
It takes Education and Expan-
sio, which was represented by the
tongue of the wagon, to keep us
guided in the right direction and
to keep up with the times. For
instance, when you let the tongue
down, the whole works slow up.
Mrs. Wimberly gave the report
on T. H. D. A. work, represented
by the wagon as a whole, and on
Recreation, represented by the
fourth wheel of the wagon, which
should also be up with the times
in order for the whole thing to
run smoothly. Singing and more
singing was stressed. The T.H.D.A.
Chairman was referred to as the
oil can of the whole works. If
the wheels and running gear of
the wagon are properly oiled, then
the wagon runs smoothly, likewise
if the T. H. D. A. Chairman of the
county keeps the county organiza-
~1 One Officer and
I Seven Enlisted Men
Added to Guard Rolls
One officer and seven enlisted
men were added to the rolls of
Battery C, 649th Anti-aircraft Bat-
talion recently, Captain Rudolph
Michalka said when reporting on
progress of the National Guard s
current recruiting campaign.
The officer, he stated, is L. G.
Smith, who received a direct com-
mission as 2nd Lieutenant on Nov.
1. Smith is manager of the Cam-
eron Chamber of Commerce. An
A. & M. graduate, he is a wo» vet-
eran and saw service in the Navy
for a number of months in the
South Pacific.
The seven enlisted men, Capt.
Michalka said, were: Johnnie W.
Elsenburg, Clarence J. Bertenberg-
er, Ernest A. Barkemeyer, Bennie
R. Juergens, Richard E. Kamen-
icky, James W. Rhinehart and John
R. Small. Elsenburg and Berten-
berger are veterans and were en-
listed in their former army grades
of Corporal and Private respective-
ly.
Commenting on the recruiting
campaign, Capt. Michalka said it
passengers and still stay on its
side of the road.
The Governor’s Highway Safety
Conference held last spring recom-
mended that the Texas Department
institute a program of speed zon-
ing and marking curves with safe
speeds, and these signs are a re-
sult of that recommendation.
Motorists using speeds indicated
on the signs are enthusiastic in
praise of them. Letters commend-
ing the signs as part of the high-
way safety program are received
daily in the Austin office of the
Texas Highway Department.
i was expected that a ceiling would
' be placed on enlistments at the
end of the drive, November 19th,
| since the Texas National Guard’s
quita would probubly be filled by
that time. Anyone wishing to en-:
list in Battery C, he warned, I
shiuld do so without delay.
Memphis, Texas, was so named
becuuse when settlers were trying
to decide upon a name for the
town, a letter addressed to Mem-
phis, Tenn., was sent there.
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HARWELL S GULF STATION
Phone 332 — Rockdale
Caffey; parliamentarian, Faye
Garner; historian, Loretta Walker;
pianist, Marietta Collier; and song
leader, Beverly Garner.
The Club Mothers are: Mrs. Gar-
land Caffey and Mrs. M. J. Walker,
I and the Club Fathers are: Mr. Gar-
, land Caffey and Mr. D. C. Drum-
i mond.
By the end of FHA Week the
girls had convinced three boys;
W. R. Bunker, F. T. Hines, and
Urfa David Adams, who are tak-
ing Home Management, that they
should join the club.
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function as it should. It was also
brought out that leaders do not
come down from the clouds, but
up from the crowds. Last, but not
least, Mrs. Muston gave a report on
the night recreation meetings.
This State Meeting was held in
Mineral Wells and it was that
county that put on “A Womanless
Wedding” to entertain the 800 wo-
men guests for the first night
there.
The second night, each of the
800 women who were attending
the meeting, were asked to come
to the party at Convention Hall
dressed in masquerade. The Mil-
am county women dressed as
witches. At the party, the women
played folk games, led by some
of the visitors who were trained
for that purpose the day before.
Mrs. Muston was one of the group
leaders.
J. A.—
(Continued from Page 1)
more. If I was a big newspaper
editor, I’d reserve a section of the
paper for printin the news out of
Russia, with a editor’s note that
anybody who believes it is wel-
come to, but I don’t. What a Rus-
sian politician says may be en-
tertainin, but it ought to be segre-
gated.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
New Advisory Speed
Sign Aids in Texas
Hiway Traffic Safety
Austin, Nov. 21.—A few months
ago a new type of highway sign,
an advisory speed sign designed
to aid in traffic safety, made its
appearance on Texas main high-
ways. This was part of the Texas
Highway Department’s program of
informing motorists of the max-
imum safe and comfortable speed
on curves and turns which are
not considered safe to travel at
speeds above 50mph. It is a sign
with a yellow background and
black numerals and letters and is
placed below curve signs.
The speed indicated on the sign
is not the maximum at which a
turn may be taken, but is the
maximum at which the average
car can make the turn without an
uncomfortable side-throw of its
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Cooke, W. H. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 1949, newspaper, November 17, 1949; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth694248/m1/4/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.