The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1940 Page: 3 of 8
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*** SAN GABRIEL^ ♦
THE ROCKDALE REPORTER Thursday. April IS, 1940
PA(iB THREE
county meet in Rockdale in senior de-
clamation. Howard went to the district
meet in Bryan and won first place He
W-i, e» ^i1^ ^onal meet at Hunts-
ville April 20. We are proud of his
.
tgggsaas
♦ aidel u ing Cummins^ ^ + +
♦***', April 15—Mr. and lfnJffc°d, work and mewl h^'c'onsriiulat
6ar‘, ofueld veiled her sister. Mrs.| Results of the April First Fie’ri nav
C..moron on Monday | Events have be:,? announSd ?He
jr r Felton was a Cameron visitor eleventh grade won first. Tire ninth
H ■ grade wen second place The seventh
E. c. Foster and fam- grade won third place, and the ten'll
Mr- Port Arthur, were guests in the, grade fourth place.
flfaMzrer home from Friday until| Rudolph Meitz of Rogers visited
0;!0 Wa- vVagnor and Mrs. Fester here Friday.
'on &mA&y they Visited Mrs Jto William, of Thorntta* has
s»*SLlister in Austin. \ been visiting in the home of Mr. and
itc-h: ii’,,.. i.r is visiting relatives Mrs. Melvin Offield anri Mrc rvrfu.i.-i
cnarac
in ?°rt.nd"Mrs. Chas. Hagler of Tem-
.Mrvls83ed her mother, Mrs. J. A.
lor rc rvrfuui
She returned to Thorndale Wednesday
evening.
W. H. Camp was in Austin Thursday
where he attended the baseball game
between the Texas Longhorns and the
Rice Owls.
Hugh Curtiss of Friendship was a
guest in the Charlie Gaylor home Fri-
day.
Miss Callie Mathis of Houston i«
visiting friends in this community.
Mrs. William Linke was a Cameron
visitor Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. N. A Brown and Asa
%?indnMrs. Jack Felton were Tay
of San
^‘ vidted her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
SnWtiSspend-
. week with her sister. Mrs. John
teaSuSKSfljssas;
Tf*S%X SecSyo'nirow?„‘dSr„r„gWere iSicV SUSS
5- ^nf“orntheWC0Sm8Iras:dam” T1,cr<‘ wl» •» preaching services a!
predated, the Baptist church on April 21 with the
aged by the host and several garaens pa^tcr. Rev. Ralph Brink in charge.
’^Herron' was elected trustee of
c p Gabriel school by a large vote in a
election and has assumed duties.
1 Cummings visited his mother appointment at the Christian church
spent last Friday in the home of Mr
and Mrs. D. H. Jinks at Salty.
Mrs. Bill Irish of Temple is visiting
hti parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richardson.
Misses Laura and Elma Rettig of
Cameron were visitors Saturday in the
home of their brother. John Rettig.
Mrs. Jess Thompson and Mrs. Harry
1 .mmermann and children were in
Tanglewood Sunday visiting their fiis-'Ber.nie Davenport at S:pe Springs a
Mrs. Delter Davenport visited Mrs. Jim
Pratt one day la.-.t w<ek.
Miss Mollie Ford cf Houston visited
her father and s.ster over the week i
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lumpkins anc
daughters visited the latter’s parents
Sunday.
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♦ TANGLEWOOD ♦
♦ Mrs. S. E. Lynn ♦
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while Sunday evening.
ter. Mrs. B. R. Boswell.
Mr .and Mrs. Oscar Grcss and chil-
dren motored to Branchville Sunday
where they visited Mr. and Mrs. O. F.
Robinett.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Tuma and family!
were in Austin Sunday.
Doris Seelke of Cameron is visiting! Forest Grove. April 15.
in the C. Seelke home. I are busy planting corn
busy planting cotton and plowing corn
Some corn had to be planted over.
J. P. Hanks and son, Bill, spent Sun-
j day in the Cecil Loftin home near Mi-
Tanglewccd, April 4. The ccld snap lano-
of Friday did damage to corn and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Sides and ba-
gardens, some gardens being bit to the bies, spent Sunday evening in the
. -A .. T-. „ , i ,,, j ground bv the frost. heme of their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter and Delter Davenport visited i6 ... .....
Mr. and Mr.- Clarence Rodgers and " v> S.niy near Ml Zion.
family of Hou ton. visited her p,i nis. The ycua:, folks of cur community
Mr. and Mrs. C. Y Bexley during the enjoyed a party at the Eagle school
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4- Ella McLerran 4
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week end.
t.<uue Friday night.
Dick Wilson,
Brown were in
night.
Rev. Wilbur Mindel filled his regular
Arthur and Asa II.
Cameron Saturday
Clyde
in Cameron during the
and brother
^iTwood and Mrs. Wood of Dallas,
a end guests of her parents,
Jf and Mrs. J. C. Mayfield at Cam-
erSrlMocre has been visiting in Free-
________i e Dismukes of Thorndale,
Wednesday.
lionard E. Dismuxes oi moinu.
•ofa visitor here Monday evening
Campbell was an Austin visitor
Martin Griffith and S. T. McQueen
-ere in Taylor Wednesday,
j A Walschalk. of Buckholts, was a
irti’tnr here Wednesday.
ui u stigall of Lilac visited his son
Wiliam Stigall Wednesday evening
Monroe Iovelace of Austin Is visiting
^Wil^H.1 Smith is working in Sharp.
Little Jo Ann Oaks of Altier Is the
nest of her aunt and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs William Stigall.
Mrs J E. Scuddy and Mrs. Chas.
navis of Thorndale. were guests in
to home of the Misses Yeager last
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs L. G. Butts and sisters, Mrs. E
C smith of'Sugarland and Mrs. M. Ar-
rtneton of Thrall, Newton Butts and
Bobby Arrington, visited here Sunday
afternoon.
Lontto and Robert Ray Johnson of
Houston, visited their parents, Mr. anri
yn Lon Johnson last Friday night.
Mrs. W. W. Smith underwent an
operation at Seton's Infirmary at Aus-
tin Tuesday of last week. She is re-
ported making satisfactory progress to-
ward recovery.
Mr and Mrs James Terry visited
her mother, Mrs. W. W. Smith in Aus-
tir Sunday
Mrs James Arnold Smith and small
gen. Thomas Jay of Austin, are guests
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. James
, Terry,
Mrs. Ike C. mp was a
ETuesdav Bridge Club at
Mrs, M. J. Vaughan in Thorndale on
Tuesday. ,
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Camp were in
Sunday morning and evening.
Rev. Homer Burns of Davilla, will
deliver a sermon at San Gabriel Sun-
day evening, April 21 at 3:30 p. m. An
invitation has been extended to all
people.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Griffith Jr. were
honored with a shower Wednesday
night given by Mrs. Frank St allcup.
Mrs. Griffith is tlie former Miss Clara
Eiekenhorst of Ad Hall and Mr. Grif-
fith is a sen of Mrs. J. D. Griffith and
the late J. D. Griffith of this commu-
nity.
J. C. Moore is still listed among the
sick. Friends hope for him a speedy
recovery.
The Hare-San Gabriel team played
the Hoxie team in a game of baseball
Sunday evening. Paul Langston is
manager of the team.
■The fanners
and cotton.
Mr. and Mrs Bill Summers of Gal-1 Some are planting over due to the hard
veston, visited her parents. Mr. and ,ain and cold weather.
Mrs. A. R. Tyler Sunday. O- A. Kyle and sons of Dime Box
visited relatives here Sunday.
Misses Mary Lee Alford and Mary
Katherine Crim visited with Josephine
Lilts Sunday.
Jessie Elis of San Antonio is visiting
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ellis.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Richards have
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Mrs. Rena Smith 4* i
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Gaines Sanders and sons
Branch and Miss Carrie
Rockdale.
of Watson
Currey of
Miss Rubye Seidl cf Taylor Is visit- Mrs. J. F Richards and daughter,
my i;tx xuuuiei. j Criadis ami names visited receniiy wiiii
Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Wright and Mr.-. H. O. Watson,
daughter, Miss Duanita. cf Temple,I Mrs j G Aldrldge and daughterS.
spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Lucie wllllailU! o/ California and
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♦ Juanita Thompson 4
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Millerton, April 16.—We have been
having some more winter weather. The
heavy frost Saturday morning damaged]
seme of the gardens.
Mr. and Mrs. Pervie Harris and son.
spent Sunday in the H. C. Dodson home]
near Thorndale.
Mr. and Mrs. Ike Anthis spent Sat- j
urday night in the Louis Beeler home ]
Little Otto Doss is pretty sick with]
the measles. We hope he will recover:
soon.
The Sandow baseball team played
Rockdale at Rockdale and Hicks at
Rockdale Sunday, winning over Roek-
Oakville, April 16.—The wind and
frost damaged the crops and gardens moved to Rockdale, having traded busi-
pretty badly in this community. nesses with R. N. Crim. Mr. and Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brown and fam- j Richards are new located at the Rain-
ily of Cameron, spent the day Sunday bow T<?xaco Station,
with L. E. Denson and daughter, Miss Mrs- Jimmie Currey and children of
Edith. Corsicana, spent a few days of the past'
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Reimer and family v/ef‘k with hcr Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
s.pjfit Sunday with her parents, Mr j ^ **• McLerran.
and Mrs. A. Randmann at Ad Hall ! c- p- McLerran and daughter, and
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bryant and son Thelma and Wiline Alford spent a
Fonzie of Minerva, spent Sunday with ’'’ hi e Sunday afternoon in the Edd
their son and brother, Will Bryant and M('Coy home.
family These visiting in the J. E. Currcv
Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Dee Williams1 home Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
and little daughters cf Bethlehem,
visited a while Sunday evening with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Armstrong and
little daughter and Mr. and Mrs. W. L
Green spent Sunday with their sister, 4*
and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Na-
bours at Salem.
Vira Dell Yarbrough is on the sick
list at this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wells and daugh-
ters. 'pent the day Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Les Horton.
Bill Smith.
(Mr. and Mrs. Harold Morgan and
baby of Pleasant Grove visited Mrs.
Rufus McMillan this week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wheelus and „ ,
daughter. Mbs Emmie of Pleasant! nl«ht wlth Mr- a,ul J- E- mch
Grove, have moved in Mrs. Mary Alex-
anders home.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Harrison and
son. Vernon Jr., of Giddings, were Sun-
day guests cf Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Lynn
Mrs. Odessa Waight cf Austin visited
with Mrs. J. E. Richards recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McDaniel and
babies visited a while last Monday
ards.
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+ EAGLE ♦
4 Mrs. Gladis Sides 4
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Eagle, April 15.—Well, the cold spell |
and high winds have left us in just,
about the same fix we were in when wo,
started earlcr in the spring. Gardens j
were about all killed. Farmers are
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FLORENCE 4
+ Mrs. M. A. Mackel 4
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Florence, April 15.—Thursday we got
a nice rain and Saturday ole Jack
Frost made his appearance, after
which all farmers and housewives are
... ‘ ‘ ., . , _ wondering just what corn, potatoes and
M!SS Mable Aimstrons; ot Cameron. , «, <io. for a largo
spent Saturday night and Sunday Here] damaged,
with home folks. 1
Mrs. Annie Dockall and son, Doc, of
New Salem, spent Sunday here with
their daughter and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Preston Armstrong.
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f SANDY CREEK ♦
4 Mrs. Delter Davenport 4!
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4 Mrs. O. H. Gross +
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guest of the dale 5-2 and losing to Hicks 10-0 San-
the home of i ck.w will play Rockdale net Sunday, j
There will be preaching at Millerton
Friday. Saturday and Sunday nights
Austin visiting her father, G. S. Sum- j Everyone be sure to come. Bro. Law-
merlin of Thorndale, who Is a pa- pence wm do the preaching.
lent in the St. David Hospital in Aus-j ___
tin. All his children were called tO|
his bedside. A blood transfusion was
given on Monday and some improve-
ment has been noted.
J. P. Sparkes of Cameron, was a
visitor here Thursday.
The Lorain dragline, owned by Camp
and Gunn of Thorndale, has been con-
tracting tanks for several farmers in
this vicinity. Tanks have been con-
structed for H. H. Camp. Martin Fojt.
Scott Bonds and Goo. Laffere.
Bethlehem, April 16.—Week end
guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
F V. Edelmon were Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
_ He Boyd and son. Billie of Houston;
Clyde Lovelace and Monroe Love- Mr. and Mrs. Dick Tuma and children
lace were Rockdale visitors Thursday ] 0f Cameron and Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Rev. John Gaines pastor of the . and daughter. Gloria Ann of
Sharp Presbyterian church, was a vi- •- w-pnens u s
tilor here early Friday morning. He Guy Hill.
was en route to San Antonio and was I Mrs. J. W Westbrook and children
accompanied to that city by E. D. Alien! epent Sunday with their mother and
ol this community. 1 , hnother Mrs Ruth Havens of
Howard Stalcup, son of Mr. and Mrs. • ancimoi
flank Stallcup. and a junior in the Minerva,
local school won first place at the Mrs. Bill Kyle and son,
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Youngblood of
Beaukiss, were visitors in the Bert Poe
home Saturday night.
Those visiting in the Irb Delvige
homo Sunday were Mrs. W. II. McFar-
lm, Rev. McFarlin, wife and daugh-
ters and Will Delvige and family.
Wayman Clare visited his parents one
day this week.
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Mackel and Em-
Sandy Cre:k, April 15.—Most of tlie ma> spent Sunday afternoon in the W
fanners are replanting their corn as it j b. Beasley home.
was nearly all killed by the frost. Some] Mr. and Mrs. Charles McNutt and
.n- replanting gardens loo High winds babies and Florence Sanders of Rich-
and frost has almost ruined all the | mond. spent the week end in the Bert
fruit that was left. ] p0e home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Summers of Gal-; Mr. and Mrs. Warren Sanders and
veston. visited in the Bert Summers children 0p Richmond, were visitors in
home Sunday. ; the W. T. Jensen home a few days
Ralph Summers and Aubrey Pratt! t,hjs week.
were in Thorndale on business one!---
evening last week.
Those visiung in the Dave Bundriek
home Saturday night and Sunday
morning were Mrs. Walter Bakeus
and children of Rockdale. Mrs. Pearl
Lynzie of Rockdale, Henry Wagner of
San Gabriel.
Mrs. Walter Davenport and son, and
B. L. DOUTHIT. Optometrist
ROCKDALE, TEXAS
Thomas.
~ KNOW®
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This Bank is Eager c
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to Make Loans
The money \vp have available to lend is our stock
in trade and, like a progressive merchant we are
anxious to keep that stock in use. Sound loans
are an important source of bank earnings, so we
naturally welcome opportunities to make them.
Unlike the merchant, however, the funds which
we lend belong to our depositors and must be re-
turned to them upon demand. Consequently, be-
fore making a loan we must make sure that this
money will be safe during the life of the loan and
that it will be paid back promptly when the loan
matures.
A loan helps the borrower, puts money to work,
stimulates business and keeps men employed ad
resulting in earnings and savings which help the
community and help the bank. Your loan applica-
tion will find a welcome here.
The Rockdale State Bank
the rank of personal service
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
SPECIALS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
COFFEE
8 O'CLOCK—MILD AND MELLOW
As advertised in Life
2 1-lb.
3
39c
Salad Dressing
27c
^ II Ann Page
Sparkle o Pkgc.
10c
M i 1 hr White House
.IT A11IV Evaporated
-< large or
6 small
18c
Syrup
Louisiana
Pure Cane
8 lb. 14 oz. can
47c
PureLard
a lb. pkg.
/I Armour's
a Star
33c
« A. & P. New creamy white
■■ shortening. Guaranteed j lb.
1PVAV t0 please. (1 lb. can 17c) w can
41c
Ketchup
z-w 14-oz.
/ Bottles
Ad Ann Page
25c
P. & G. SOAP, giant size.....................................3 bars for 10c
SUNNYFIELD CAKE FLOUR, 23/4 lb. pkg...................15c
MUSTARD GREENS or CARROTS, 2 bunches ..........5c
JONATHAN APPLES, size 216, dozen ....................12c
A. & P. SAUER KRAUT, No. 2 1-2 can........................10c
-CHICKEN FEED OF ALL KINDS-
/
Pinto Beans 10 lbs
50c
Our Own Tea
and glasses
*.i lb. glass
19c
Celery sun 8c
Turnips blcheS 10c
Beans T" 10c
Jowls »
6c
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THiNk UP AN ALIBI
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air the tires, check the battery
and radiator. A tankful of Good
Gulf w'ill go a long way, too!
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CAMERON
Bfl-UTHEATRE
Today, Friday and Saturday
Last Three Days of—
Gone
Wind
Starring
CLARK GABLE and VIVIEN LEIGH
See it here this week in its entirety, exactly as pre-
senter! at Atlanta and Broadway Premieres.
“Gone With the Wind” will not be shown except at
advanced prices at least until 1941.
MATINEE, 2 p. m.
Nights, 8 p. m.
75c including tax
$1.20 including tax
All seats reserved, matinee and night
Sunday and Monday, April 21-22—-
“BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940”
Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell
Tuesday and Wednesday, April 23 and 24—
“RANCHO GRANDE”
Starring Gene Autry
BARGAIN DAYS—10c and 15c
Thursday and Friday, April 25 and 26—
“HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME’
Chas. Laughton and Maureen O’Hara
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Cooke, W. H. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1940, newspaper, April 18, 1940; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth694374/m1/3/?rotate=90: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.