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ROCKDALE. MILAM COUNTY. TEXAS THURSDAY. JANUARY 20. 1949
NO. 52
lions Hear About
March of Dimes
County and leaders id the
, , March o' D‘mes ™mpa.en
. a ,t tht. Rockdale Lions club
^heon Wednesday and stressed
^ importance of supporting lib-
h!nv the drive for funds with
SS to fight infantile paralysis,
nvde Franklin. Rockdale post-
who has led the campaign
years, introduced to the
Ms dub A. R. Maddox, who is
Permanent chairman of the In-
sntile Paralysis Foundation in
jilam county, and L. W Smith,
!mtv March of Dimes director.*
, h men are from Cameron, Mad-
Z\he manager of the Penny
tore and Smith manager of the
;ameron water utility.
Smith addressed the club and
•plained the need for support
bis year. In recent yeuis, he
said, no particular emphasis has
been placed on the annual drive,
simply because sufficient funds
came in through normal routine,
t However, with two nation-wide
I infantile paralysis epidemics in
j three years, the need for funds has
I jumped alarmingly, he pointed out
I He said that the largest national
March of Dimes to date provided
$18,000,000. This year the drive
must provide $30,000,000. Texas
I is called on to produce $1,250,000.
‘‘The dime psychology must be
replaced by dollar psychology,” of-
ficials have declared,
j C. M. Selman has been named
j director of the drive for Rockdale
and already has his forces organ-
| ized. Selman, Franklin, and C. W.
Matson all spoke briefly to the
club on the March of Dimes pro-
gram.
AMBLING
'ROUND
►ROCKDALE
—With
W. H, C.
Solo Flight.
Lions Get Two
New Members at
Wednesday Meet
Fire Department
Makes 22 Runs
In the Year 1948
Tiger Cagers Lose to
Thomdale Quintets;
Volleyball Girls Win
Rockdale Tiger basketeers will
play the Buckholts quintet, A and
B, at Buckholts tonight (Thursday).
On the court of the local gym
The Rockdale Fire Department, Tuesday night the Thorndale A-
answered a total of twenty-two cagers defeated Rockdale 33 to 18,
alarms in 1948, according to rec-i while the Thorndale B-team de-
ords maintained by John M. Weed feated Rockdale 14 to 12.
Jr”/- tbe department. I in the night’s opener the Rock-
Of this number, five were resi-'dale volley ball girls defeated
C UKC, ue.s’ two were °il fires, two Thorndale two out of three games.
fin.'0 ten'1 werp^n^ a I "Thursday night of last week the
fires md tw U i 1 ubbish Milano team defeat edRockdale on
fSg, Marrir ^ SCar6S the local court 23 to 22. The Mil-
An estimate by the department ?n° ,B tTear?v WOn by a11SC°ren°f 35
Places the total loss incurred a 110 1L *n the girls volleyball pro-
$6,000. This estimate was based £ram the winner for the night was
Rockdale.
During the course of the games
a photographer from the Austin
American took pictures of both
and basketball
Jester and Shivers Start
Second Terms at Austin
I istered to Lieutenant Governor
Allan Shivers by Judge Lloyd W.
Davidson of the Criminal Appeals
Court. Prayer was offered by Dr.
W. R. White, President of Baylor
University. Seated nearby was
former Governor Pal Neff, Pres-
ident Emeritus of Baylor.
Witnessing the ceremony were
the members of the Legislature,
state officials, representatives of
President Aleman of Mexico and
several Mexican states. A few
, hundred spectators were crowded
' into the gallery and standing on
The oath of office for Governor' the floor of the House.
In a brief inaugural address,
Governor Jester reviewed the ac-
complishments of his first term,
did not make any specific
Special to The Reporter
Austin, Jan. 18.—Old man win-
ter was an uninvited guest at the
inauguration ceremonies here for
Governor Beauford Jester and
Lieutenant Governor Allan Shiv-
ers. A freezing rain fell during
the night, causing cancellation of
the parade which was scheduled
to give the proceedings their most
colorful setting. The ceremonies
were held in the chamber of the
House of Representatives, instead
of in front of the eapitol building
as planned.
Jester’s second term was admin-
istered by Chief Justice J. E. Hick-
man of the Supreme Court. Pre-
ceding this the oath was admin-1 but
mers, Reporter printer, I
said he soloed the other morn-
0AM Sum:
Rockdale Lions were treated to
ing, I thought he meant he had 'a Mexican dinner at their luncheon
taken up flying until he explained meeting at the school Wednesday
he was carrying a pan of water I noon, when 21 members, two new
out the back door and slipped on | members and five visitors attend-
the icy top step. | ed.
-- The two new members presented
Which reminds me that some | by Henry Tyler were E. G. Crane
wag said dad feels just as young and Fred Joseph. Jim McKeown,
as he ust?d to; he just doesn’t feel | rector of the Episcopal churches
that way as often. of Rockdale and Cameron, was
■- I a guest and announced his mem-
Dry, Drier, Driest. Ibership was being transferred from
ACCORDING to records, it ap-i the Lions Club of Boone, North
“pears that it was considerable Carolina.
drier in this section of Milam [ Other guests included Joe Son-
county last year than it was ley, of Bryan; George Lumpkins,
around Cameron. Here in Rock-1 Rockdale; and A. R. Maddox and
dale the records show a total of l,. W. Smith of Cameron
h.o9 inches of rain foi the .vt.u i The Mexican dinner was served
1948 At Cameron the records under the supervision of Mrs.
on the probable worth of the pro
perty at the time of the fire and
not on the cost of replacing it,
Weed explained.
History w-as made in Rockdale the volleyball
on the morning of November 17 Kumes>
when a fire caused by a faulty flue
threatened the colored school
building. Weed explains it this
way:
o/The1^1^:FEATURE ORANGE BOWL SHOW For Dr. Coulier
partment, two fire trucks rolled I (
"“J“J Motion pictures of the Texas- University of Texas football and
Georgia Orange Bowl game will, basketball teams, but who is also
, . . ... ... state legislator from the Big
be a feature of the progiam a the Springs district, will be the guest
out of the station and responded
to the first alarm. The impor-
tance of this activity lies in the
fact that your department is now
able to begin controlling the fire
immediately after arriving at the
scene, and hence cut down greatly
on costly losses.
“The foresightedness by giving
us the go-ahead on our request to
rebuild and overhaul the old fire
truck which sat for several years
unnoticed in the fire station.
“Many remember the old wood
LIONS BANQUET PROGRAM TO Funeral Services
Held Last Friday
gym Tuesday night when the
Lions Club will present a banquet
speaker at the banquet.
team and the school trustees.
i Blount will also supervise the
showing of the Orange Bowl mo-
tion picture.
The banquet will start at 7 p. i Clyde Franklin, Rockdale post-
m for the three organizations At J master, will be master of cere-
8:30 p. m. the picture show will monies for the occasion. A bar-
begin, and this feature will be becue menu will be served at the
open to the general public with (banquet.
no admission charge. Special j The banquet for Lions, school
en wheeled, chain driven fire guests for the show will be the trustees and the Rockdale grid-
truck that used to rattle out of, football and athletic teams from sters wjn start at 7 o’clock. The
See FIRE DEPT., Page 12 .Lexington, Sharp, Thorndale, Mi-. picture show, open to the public,
--llano and Cameron. | will begin at 8:30 o’clock and will
I Peppy Blount, who is best be a full show of the entire Orange
j known as a star performer on the Bowl game, officials said.
show 22.61 inches, which the Cam
eron Herald proclaims was less
than the much talked of dry vear
of 1925.
Graham Kyle with Mrs. O. C. Gil-
bert and Mrs. L. E. Gary assisting.
Letha Caffcy, Annie Worley, Floy
Jo Stanislaw, home economics
girls, served.
And it further appears that less roach Graham Kyle reported
rain falls in Rockdale on the aver- that the new electric score board
age than in Cameron. The 19471 and time c|ock for basketball
total here was 23.74 inches; at |games had been installed in the
Cameron it was 30.40. gym and was in operation. He
Mrs. Pauline Wiggs, wife of
Frank Wiggs. Lone Star Gas Com
puny representative in Rockdale,
was named assistant cashier of
the Citizens State Bank at Camer-
on at the annual stockholders
meeting recently.
“Miss Pauline,” as she is famil-
Well. Cameron has to top Rock-
dale at something.
Graduates.
^HIS week I received an invita-
tion to the January 20 gradu-
ation exercises of Waco high school
from Aden Neil Jumper, son of
Cecil Jumper, former Rockdalian
".id former Linotype operator for
The Reporter. Cecil has held a
similar position with the Waco
News-Tribune for a long period
d years. Aden Neil was a mem-
ber of the State Championship
*bico High football team this year
^ was co-captain, the second
0 Cecils sons to make the grade
with the Waco Tigers.
Bockdale FFA Boys
Enter Leadership
Contests of Area III
*■."* boys from Rockdale
.u b.cho°l made a good record
31 if>« A TTt r % « .
- **"•“ i-eauersnip contest
JJ La Grange Saturday, January
niJ,haeiUni0r Quiz leam won f*rst
wnnV « ?enior Conducting team
J n econd place, and the Junior
team 1 and Senior Conducting
earn will go to State Meet to com-
frnm ‘.?,ainst fbe winners entered
state hC mne otbor ar<*s in the
toe following boys-0 C°mP°Sed °f
ega!nu,Qu? *fam: Dona,d Korn-
and Em ndr.Wade’ Iky Boswoil
Emory Crump.
Dre,err*C°aduc,inR: R°bert Crim,
President' pldrlPy Maxwell, vice
vice nrc.*Gordon Beard, second
third IT^V, Billy Bavenport,
ley s LPre8ident: Junior White-
'w<«r r?,: F,raSk B>rcrou«h.
ian- w-.it' C4 ’e Reard. histor-
ian1 j w DTocka11’ Parliamentar-
Earl Oerrto iaCObs’ ^tinel, and
Seniar n berger’ reporter,
feyT, vQa,z James Caf-
Sapp Z rT , McDaniel> John
Winni Carles Watson.
highest E? th° Slate Moct is the
by leadership teams!" ^ ach,eved
Methodist CHURCH
SuPerintJ^ft5radl.?y’ our Strict
»t the m,,™?1 W1 1 preach for us
elev*n 5 ng ^r8hiP hour at
urged to attoZa A] members are
c°nJially invit«i'md “U °thers are
expressed thanks of the school ath-
letic department to the club for
donating the clock.
Superintendent C. M. Selman re-
ported that five students had com-
pleted their eye examinations and
had been furnished with glasses
by the Lions, and about four
others would receive their glasses
shortly. He also told the club
that the students who had been
fitted are showing noticeable im-
provement in their school work.
“This program of helping children
wrho need glasses is very com-
mendable," he said.
Dr. John T. Richards, who do-
nated his service in giving the
eye examinations to the children,
was given a rising vote of thanks
by the club.
Bill Scurlock, president, advised
the club that a new type of quiz
program would be presented at
the next meeting.
Most Popular Boy
n___i s_i rt-.i.__i
nnu vjriri in ocnoui
Named This Week
The Rockdale high school an-
nual staff sponsors a favorite page
for the most popular boy, and the
most popular girl in school. The
grades 7th through 12th partici-
pate in this contest and at the close
of the final run-off last Monday
Douglas Jackson, from the senior
class, was selected as the most
popular boy, and Norma Jean
Nicholson, from the junior class,
was selected as the most popular
girl.
Each class selects a boy and girl
candidate and these are voted on
by secret ballot, and the two boys
getting the highest number of votes
and the two girls getting the high-
Sec MOST POPULAR, Page 12
Fred Pounders New
Manager Texaco .
Service Station
Fred Pounders nnnounces this
week that he has taken over the
management of the Texaco Serv-
ice Station adjoining the Firestone
store on Cameron street.
The station has formerly been
known as the Wilson Wood Texaco
Station. Pounders said he would
continue operation of all phases
of the Texaco service at his sta-
tion.
Mrs. Pauline Wiggs
Named Ass't. Cashier
Of Cameron Bank
Rockdale Gets Gest Will Show
Much Needed Rain New Chevrolet
And Low of 28 i Here Saturday
recommendations for the next two
years. He told the Legislature
last week that he would send them
a series of messages dealing with
various subjects, which he listed
but did not discuss in detail.
The Governor emphasized his
feelings on “states rights” in his
inaugural address today. “States
cannot preserve their rights unless
they exercise their duties,” he
said, and continued “Every sur-
render of functions to higher gov-
ernment weakens the government
closest to the people.
In conclusion Governor Jester
asked that all churches in Texas
unite next Sunday in singing the
old hymn “A Mighty Fortress Is
Our God” and asked that prayers
be offered “for God’s guidance
for those of us who are serving
the people of Texas.”
Lieutenant Governor Shivers
made some very specific recom-
mendations for needed changes in
the state government, in his in-
augural address. He reiterated
that the state must assert itself
if it is to prevent encroachment
by the federal government.
We must have a full time Leg-
Funeral services for Dr. Hiram
T. Coulter, prominent Rockdale
physician, were held from the fam- islature, whose members meet an-
ily home at 2 p. m. Friday. Dr.: nually, and who receive year
Coulter died Thursday morning at I ’round pay,” he declared,
a Temple hospital following a| He proposed that the Legisla-
stroke suffered a week before : ture should handle the state’s bus-
while in his office at the Prewitt
drug store.
The Rev. P. T. Ramsey, of
Bryan, retired Methodist minister
and former pastor of the Rockdale
Methodist church, officiated, as-
sisted by the Rev. T. Miller Smith,
present pastor of the Rockdale
church, of which Dr. Coulter was
a member.
Out of respect to the memory of
Dr. Coulter, who was one of Rock-
dale’s most esteemed citizens, a
iness on an annual basis, appro-
priating for each year instead of
the present two-year method. Ho
advocated a Legislature council to
function between sessions.
His last, and most far-reaching,
recommendation was that “we
must increase to four years the
tenure of those elective and ap-
pointive officials who now serve
for two years.” He said this is
“in accord with the theory of
uu.ca ...UBL a profitub]e practiCeS Of private
proclamation issued by the mayor £usiness whei.e these pri‘nciples
by order of the city council, or- not now and huve £tood V
nererl that all places of business., , „ rr
. , , ; test ui tune. He endorsed more
s remain closed during schocll aid more hiKhwlly construe-
, from 1:30 to 3 p. m.L. . . ’ ofQt nriA
Rain, 2.41 inches of it fell in
iarly known, is now on leave of, Rockdale Saturday afternoon and
absence from iho bank, and was night, while estimates of the rain-
given the honor and tilte in rec- fan in sections around Rockdale
ognition of her more than thirteen
years of service and her outstand-
ing ability in many departments of
the bank. : and was jn general
This marked, the first time a wo- doRar life-saver.”
ranged up to four inches.
The rain brought relief to far-
mers and ranchers, filled tanks, | dealer.
“million
A product of three years’ de-
velopment work and more than a
million miles of engineering re
search, the 1949 Chevrolet goes
on display Saturday at the show-
rooms of I.ouis G. Gest, Rockdale
in Rockdale
the funeral
Friday.
Dr. Coulter was the son of Mr.
tion and a state-wide water and
soil conservation program.
. ,, t u nr /-i i* • i A television camera man stole
J”h" ":.„COUl ?,0"ef the show at the inaugural cere-
residents of Bryan. After grad-1 •
uating from Bryan high school he ! ’ ‘ ’
as he bounced from one
entered Texas A. & M. College, jdesk »n°lh=r wtUiw pictures o(
„ j .. „ . ionc Ai a o M/r the proceedings from different
graduating m 1895 At A & M. anglJ He had a portable battery
he served as cadet colonel, com- ( .,k|leg.. |ight which nearly
manded the Ross Volunteers, and!.,. , , J? • • , .
helped organize and played on'bhnded thG P''ne'P><* who were
The latest model has been com- \ the first A. &
, , , . . - pletely restyled. It is lower, wid-lteam. Since that time he had re-... . ,, „_____
man had been advanced to an i Following the week-end down- er and more distinctive than any mained a loyal Aggie supporter ir p y ve
n/T Cnnoan When being photographed.
® ' In the evening, the traditional
active office in a bank in Cameron.
nor and other state officials in
Wilson Wood Resigns
As Manager of Local
Firestone Store
Wilson Wood, manager of the
Rockdale Home & Auto Store here,
resigned effective January 15. and
has accepted a road position with
the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Com-
pany.
Wood said he would continue
to make Rockdale his home at
least for the present, although he
and his family will probably move
to Waco or Dallas later.
pour, the first good hard rain here previous series, introducing Chev- j and football enthusiast and availed .. . . /. f
-------*1— rolet beauty to the lowest-priced ! himself of every opportunity to c p
in months, Rockdale got another
.05 inch the next day, and then the
sleet and ice period the first of
the week brought another .30 inch,
to bring the total precipitation for
the week to 2.76 inches. This
coupled with .21 inch received
early in January brings the total
to date for 1949 to 2.97. Ail fig-
ures are from the records of W. C.
Marrs.
Sleet and freezing mist Monday
afternoon and night brought the
year’s lowest temperatures locally.
Marrs reports the lowest recorded
was the 26 degrees of Monday
afternoon.
Ye^ua Philosopher:
Says Russia Wasting Time Trying
To Explain Our Economic System
Editor’s note: The Yegua
Philosopher on his Johnson
grass farm on Yegua Creek is
off on a deep subject this
week, which he handles as
adequately as he does a simple
one, if you get what we mean.
Dear editar:
I was gettin ready to build a
fire with a copy of The Dallas
News the other mornin, as a sort
of anniversary present for my
one shortly after the war, and
when a Russian official tells some-
thing to happen, it has to happen,
or what does that make Stalin?
But here the U. S. is, still boomin,
and the Russians is hard-pressed
to explain it.
Now it ain’t my intention to be
of any help to the Russians, but
I don’t mind sayin I don't see
how on earth they expect to un-
derstand our economic system
from way over there when we
wife, although understand ^Fiis r don»t eVer» Understand it OUrselVes
ain’t no standard procedure and | rjght here in the middle of it.
i don’t have
n o Intentions
edgln In on a
woman’s prov-
i n c e and
buildin a fire
every mornin,
when I noticed
a inter estin
headline and
tore that page
off and when
the room got
warm read
where Russia
held a big meeting last week so
its economists and other experts
could explain why the United
States hasn’t had a depression re-
cently.
Accordin to the article, the Rus-
sians are baffled over the lack of
a depression over here, as their
experts had told am we’d have
J. A.
| We got all sorts of experts, and
j while most of em are pretty good
! at recognizin what’s already taken
place and can explain satisfactor-
ily what happened after it hap-
pens, very few of em can tell you
any more about what’s gonna hap-
pen economically in the future
than they can about which way
a cat will jump, a woman driver
will turn, or a politician will vote
after he’s elected.
It is possible that the Russians j
will finally attain th6 atomic bomb
secret, but I doubt they'll ever
understand our economic system.
It ain’t somethin to be figured out.
Just somethin to be used and en-
joyed.
At least, that’s the way me and
Henry Kaiser and Rockerfeller
treat it.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
f V i i w J . was gaily decorated with flags of
ranks, with numerous body and | attend lootball games and also | oll A Following this there
inaugural balls for
chassis improvements.
Two series of cars, the Fleetline
and Styleline, are included with
De Luxe treatment an option in
school functions.
Following graduation from A. &
M. he entered Bellevue Medical
College, in New York and was
most body types. D« Luxe cars i graduated. He came to Rockdale
lay increased emphasis on the styl- i in 1900 to set up pi'actice and soon
ing of fabrics, trim and appoint-1 built for himself an enviable repu-
ments. The lineup shows: ! tation as a skilled physician, and
Fleetline—Two and l’our-door j gained friends who were lasting
sedans. This design is disting- through the years. He was recog-
uished by the extension of the' nized in the medical fraternity as
roof line in an unbroken sweep an outstanding physician,
to the rear. Known to the trade During World War I Dr. Coulter
as a “fast back,” the form achieved volunteered for service in the
great popularity on the 1948 two-; medical corps and was stationed
door Aerosedan. 1 at Ft. Oglethorp, Georgia. He at-
Styleline—Two and four-door , tained the rank of Captain. Dur-
sedans, sport coupe, three-passen- ing the second World War Dr.
ger business coupe, convertible,! Coulter served as local examiner
wood and all-steel station wagons. I for SeWtW* Service.
Styleline sedans carry the “notch *r''" ” ,l
all 48 states,
were four
whites and one for negroes. Fifty
thousand invitations to these af-
fairs were sent out over the state.
Rockdale School
Opens Elementary
Library This Week
Supt, C. M. Selman announces
that the elementary library for the
students from the 1st through the
5th grades was opened last Wed-
nesday. The library is located in
the New Salem building and is a
branch of the main library in the
high school building. Formerly all
back,” Here the curvature of the
roof moots iho rosr dock ut tho
body belt line.
In both styling and performance,
the 1949 series continue the “big
car” aspects that have always been
traditional with Chevrolet. The
design is fresh and substantial-
See CHEVROLET, Page 11
Rockdale Council
Of Girl Scouts Meets
Wednesday, Jan. 12
The Rockdale Council of Girl
Scouts met Wednesday night, Jan-
uary 12, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. George Bredt.
Before election of officers, Mrs.
John T. Hale asked that she be
released from serving longer as
president, due to business and de-
mand on her time, but stated that
she would continue to work in the
council.
Plans for the year were dis-
cussed at length and the follow-
ing officers were elected:
Mrs. John T. Richards, pres-
was impaired.
Since the organization of the
elementary unit each room in the
first five grades has a library
period, and teachers sends to the
library from her room one of her
reading groups. The supervision
of the room is under the direction
of three library students, assistants
from the main library.
The girls are as follows: 4th
period, Peggy Dreher; 5th period,
Valmalene Von Gonten; and 6th
period, Doris McCoy. These as-
sistants have their work outlined
adn supervised by Mrs. Marshall,
high school librarian.
This project is another means of
motivating the reading program in
the elementary students, and it is
proving to be of interest and value
already state the teachers in the
primary buildings.
ident; Mrs. George E. Bredt, reg-
istrar; Mr. Frank Brandon, treas-
urer; Mrs. Bill Kyle, organization
chairpnan; Mrs. Frank Brandon,
training chairman; Mrs. John T.
Hale, program chairman; Mrs.
R. E. Smith, camp chairman; Mrs.
John Hopper, publicity chairman.
Finance committee; Bob Haley,
Dr. John T. Richards, George E.
Bredt, N. E. Alford, Henry Tyler.
First Semester Exams
Today and Friday
At Local high School
The first semester examinations
at the high school will be Thurs-
day and Friday of this week. The
2nd period and 6th period exam-
inations will be held on Thursday,
and 1st period, 3rd period and 5th
period will be held on Friday.
Each examination period will be
one hour in length and at the
hours when no exams are sche-
duled the regular classes will be
in progress.
The second semester’s work will
begin on Monday, January 24th
and there will be no loss of time
for new schedules as all students
make their schedules for the year
when they register in the fall.
Report cards for the 3rd six
weeks and the semester will be
given to the students next Wednes-
day. Supt. Selman urges all par-
ents to check theii children’s re-
ports so as to evaluate the work
done by the students the first half
of the year.
VISITS WILLOW RUN
Frank Haley, local Kaizer-Frazer
dealer, has returned from the Wil-
low Run factory where he visited
last week to watch new car pro-
duction and leam about new
models.
: »
Tommy Thompson
Buys Singer's Grill
L. P. (Tommy) Thompson an-
nounces today that he has pur-
chased the Einger’s Grill and re-
turned to Rockdale.
Thompson formerly operated
the Grill here, and some time ago
sold out to C. I. Copeland. H?
has now repurchased the business
from Copeland.
Good food and good service will
feature the Grill’s program, the
new owner aays.
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Cooke, W. H. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1949, newspaper, January 20, 1949; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth694419/m1/1/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.