The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1959 Page: 1 of 17
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ROCKDALE. MILAM COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY. MARCH 26, 1959
Rockdale Reporter Established 1893
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NO. 11
Good Friday,
Easter Sunrise
Services Set
Special Good Friday services and an Easter sunrise
service will be sponsored in Rockdale again this year by the
local Ministerial Association.
Good Friday, the day on which Christians remember the
crucifixion of their Lord, will be observed with services at
the First Christian church beginning at 12 noon Friday and
running until 3 p. m. The
sunrise services will begin at
6:30 a. m. Sunday on the
hill just west of the Reel Dnve-
'ROUND ROCKDALE " In th(atpr
(Rambling
W. H. C.
Why. Why. Why?
gILL SCURLOCK tells about the
floor of a city apartment build-
in;: Every morning he would
enter the automatic elevator,
punch button No. 1 and descend
to the street floor and go to work
In the evening he would return,
enter the elvator, punch button
N'o 7. get off on the seventh floor
and walk three flights on up to
his tenth floor apartment. This
went on for years. Why?
,;* v
Thi is r.o gag If you are high
m the IQ department you can
figure it out. but if you’re line me
and a lot of other people, you’ll
just give up and look down at
the end of this column for the
answer.
As*l*»as. Unlimited
QfTIN during the past winter
months I watched workmen at
Pete Coffield’.s home covering the
Azaleas wh'-n a freeze was on
tne way. During tin1 cold months
the plants were petted like babies,
covered with tarps. and warmed
by electric bulbs and smudge pots.
Series of Sermons
A series of sermons will be pre-
sented during the Good Friday
services, with area residents in-
vited to come-and-go as their
schedules permit during the after-
noon.
The Ministerial Association has
asked the cooperation of Rockdale
merchants in letting their em-
ployes off for at least one part of
the services, so that families may
attend together.
The Rev. Roy Brewton, pastor
of the First Christian church will
deliver the first sermon Friday,
entitled “Father forgive them; for
they know’ not what they do.” The
Opening service will begin at 12
noon.
At 12:30 pm., the Rev. Robert
Greaves, pastor of St. John’s
Methodist church will preach on
“Truly, I say to you, today you
will be with me in Paradise.”
At 12:55 p.m., a sermon “Wo-
man, behold your son!” will be! 0 ,, rp , , r, .......
delivered bv the Rev. M E. Bell Telephone Company
Brown, pastor, Full Gospel has accepted a Rockdale city
C hapel. | council compromise offer for
“My God. mv God, why hast | hikes in local telephone rates,
thou forsaken me?” will be the c. L. Carson of Taylor, dis
Rev. Ben Skyles* sermon Ktheduled mrict manager, informed city
at 1:20 p.m. The Rev. Skvles is: , ., P , J
the St. Thomas’ Episcopal church | officials this week
rector. ‘‘The new rates are immedi-
"I Thir»i" ately effective,” he said, ‘‘and
At 1:45 pm., Dr. W. F. O Kelley, are included on this month’s bill,
pastor of the local Presbyterian
Powerhouse Teams
| Included for Relays
Slated Here Saturday
4 A Runners,
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ROUGH GOING—Clearing work for the new US Highway 77 link from Rockdale to
Minerva, started from the Rockdale end where it will intersect with US 79 east nl the
city limits, has progressed some two and one-half miles. County workers are handling
fencing details, with the clearing being done by employes of W. O. Pelphrey Company, Fort
Worth road contractor. (Reporter staff photo)
Telephone Rate Hike
Goes Into Effect Here
church, will preach or. “I Thirst."
followed by a sermon. “It is
finished" by the Rev. Austin Mor
But all the trouble Pete took
was certainly worth it 'to me,
anyway' for now the azaleas that
border the grounds at his home
are in full bloom If you live over
on tlit other side of town and* pan^ pastor of the Apostolic Faith
dont pass the Coffield home J church a( 2;10 p,m.
ever.v day as I do, drive by and The final sermon, entitled
mke a look. Its a rewarding ex- ; • Father, into thy hands I com- !
perience. I nd my spirit,” will be dellver-
ed at 2:35 p in by (he Etav R il
Mo’-e Teer=)ger»? ; /creher, pastor of the Assembly of
TfrOES rock and roll music, as j church.
well as some of the other an- Organists for the services will ,
tics of teenagers, bother you? If be Mrs. M E Brown arid Mrs. Bill
it docs, you might as well start 1 Grusendorf.
trying to get used to it Forune, Crosses Erected
magazine says the decade we arc j Three crosses have been erected
moving into will be dominated by j on the hill for the traditional
teenager-. The number of poo-! Easter sunrise services Sunday,
pie between 15 and 19 years of j The services will serve as a re-
age will go up some 63"1 before! minder of the crucifixion of
1970. I Christ, but the emphasis of the
• ervicr will be upon the emptv
Just another indication of why tomb, the local ministers have ex
the economists are already refer-! plained
ring to the coming decade as the j The site of the services Ynay be
See RAM BUNGS, page 5 See EASTER, page 7
(Belli
21
which the company
mailed ot t dated March
Saturday*.’’
The council submitted the com-
promise offer in the form of a
city ordinance during a meeting
March 10. The offer was made t>
iho aldermen in answci to Bell
icquests for a rate increase sub
mitted last Oct. 14 <1958c
Business Listings
The Rockdale busine li ting
on the local exchange will feel
'he larges* Increase, w"h the
ra'is neing I ked from $9 p i
month to a $10 monthly fee
) il had originally reque ed a
hike of $1.50 on the busine: list-
ings which number 151 in the
RiX'kdale <‘xrhange
A 25-cent increase will be felt
by one party line subscriber thi
month The new late will be
$5.25 per month for the 647 one-
parly line listings here. Thi- ori-
ginal Bell request was for a 50
tint boost for single-line sub-
scribers.
Carson said the compromise
offer was approved in Bell’s Si
Louis general offices, and the'
announcement wa: made tin f
week. tive fo
For two-party subscribers, n< tin coi
rate hike will take el feet. I no i • ■ i
council offered no increase m prom;'
that department, with the al.hr vnini
nun expressing feelings that tbe ( i .mgi
two party service did not justify two pei
a iate increase. >'175,Of
Bell had asked a two-party in- tfv loe
FRANCES HOFFMAN . . .
so of 25 cents (
monthly fee 1
-parly subscril
he Rockdale ex(
R e 1 u r n F x
A Us
accepted
RockdaU
BHl
Milano Girl Wins
Alcoa Scholarship
A young ladv with a desire to
become a first grade teacher i* tin
winric: of the 1959 Alcoa Four.da
tion Scholarship allotted to the
Rockdale Works.
She is France* Hoffman, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Hoffman of Route 1, Rockdale,
and a senior at Milano high
school. A selection board header!
Mai
Miss Holtrr
: academic i
Friday Final Day for Entering
an has an n
ecord back*
proje
rl up
easier
Better get a move on!
Rockdale's annual Faster Egg
f- bow Window Contest, with freo
prizes of merchandise and cash
totaling $186 62, close: Friday
The contest rules require all
entries to be turned in no laser
than Friday 'March 27i, at thi1
(losing times of the various store*
pai tic i pa ting.
Those who enter have only to
inspect the show vindows of par-
ticipating merchants The first
prize is a combined arrav of
{ ri/»totaling $171 62. made up of
merchandise gifts from 20 tores
as follows;
Merchandise Pria»»
Tt.* Mafair. $8 in mcrchand s* .
Skrivanek’s Drug Store. $10 95
window Contest
community serve
ficials explained.
Many Activities
with FMA activities at he
1958,
Camera Outfit; W T Pearson and
Rons, $9 95 Electric Bean Pot Set;
K Wolens Department Store.
$9 95 value Electric Fan: White
Auto Store $14 95 Rod and Reel,
B.VB Mini max, $7 95 4 place
Dinnerware.
Also Mehaffey's S5 Sport Shirt:
Western Auto. $12 95 Automatic
Iron E. M Peebles A Sons. $9 95
Wrist Watch; City Food Market,
$5 in Groceries; Prewitt Drug
Store*, $12 50 value Pen and Pen-
cil set.
Also Winn’s* Stores, Inc , $14 50
Electric Juicer; Red's Humble Sta-
tion, $5 worth Gasoline. McVov
Grocery A: Feed. $5.98 C'offe**
Percolator; Maxie’s Sweet Shop.
$3 50 valu* 3 Sunrtav lunches
Also Heaven to Se\ < nte* n. $3.90
valu* Stuffed Bunny Rabbit;
Weems Super Market, $10 f».ft
Certificate?; Hodges Cleaners an i
Mar.'s Shop, $4 Sport Shir*
Kopecky’s Jewelry, $7 50 Cuff-
Link and Tic Set, The Rockdale
Reporter, $10 Eastern Revised
Standard Version Bible
Two Other Prizes
mg
ind
WA
No A D A—No Negro
Transfers, Board Says
All of the above mention'
ed gift*
combine foi the fir-t
priz
Second prize will
be
$10 in
cash plus the “Eggs
:>r the
“M is placed Me rehandi.*
a*’’
in each
show window
Third prize will L*
The contest is mud*
$5 i
n c«-h
a., that sponsored by
a gi
roup of
stores in Rockdale the
\cars It is designed
to
it three
induce
th** public to inspect
windows In each
low of
participating shires thi
nm item of men hand.
se t
will be
tore does not regular!
is called the Plaster Egg <
ir Mi*-
I at ed Me
ruesday
night
30 Ncgi
ro jiturit
c into t
he Aye
in Rock
;dal<P w
apita fir
Daily
that if
Thorru
, could
work
it with
the Th
th** *ti
urientA
1—wht’rc
•by Th
it« and
At-
When the student* were enroll-
ed at Thrall, the school began re-
ceiving the ADA funds Now the
students have again requested ad-
mission to the Aycock schools, but
the ADA aid he* not b**en reieas
ed bv the Thrall schools
The motion parsed at Tuesday
night - session noted that if any
rehandi* **
How To Enter
enter
find
To
nece*
»tore
andisc in each
it down on ti
op
Aft*
« it further
Added Euptnx
W T
iddit
Taylor Ducks
Are Favorites
Thirty-ei^ht track teams
including powers from all live
Interscholastic League divis-
ions class A AAA through
class B will tangle in track
.md field events here Satwr
day when the third annual
Rockdale Relays are unreeled al
Tiger Field Preliminaries are
scheduled to begin at 1 p m.
With the roll number hiked to
37 schools
this w
cek. Rockdale
high school
at hletic
director Wan-
uic Miller s
aid the
ITK'et IT1UV in
elude oven
more teams a. schools
will be alb
as Saturday
>wod to
> i lati
W h i 1 e
defend)
ng champion
Lamar high
school (.
if Houston has
than a
original
not . (*t entered, tie crown could
again go this year to Class AAAA !
representative, with the fleet- i
looted runners from Stephen F.
Austin of Austin on the slate
Waco high school, Bryan, and
Temple high AAAA teams arc
also listed for the annual event
Taylor Respected
The Taylor Duck*, class AA
won their own 50-team Cotton
Boll Relays, could ea-ily i ice their
way to the Rockdale meet title
Paced by hurdler Donnie Smith
of gridiron fame and sprintei
Budgie Ford, the 19AA runners
from Taylor have been building
| Ml eind
i don during the current m usoii.
Cla ■*■ AAA team that will
compi
eta* 'hei e
Sal c
day include
ever-*
* Sai
i Ma
rcos and La
Vega
i * i
AA
pat tic (luting
squad
s will be
Tea)
zuc, Rogers,
Lulin;
; Hound
Rock,
AiVM Con-
zille.
la Grange,
('atne
ron, Hose
bud,
(leorgetown,
Giddings, Madi-
Belton, La ru-
ng. and Halletts-
Tiqers Improve
I rig Hock
ROCKDALE RELAYS
RECORD BOOK
440-YARD DASH Jack Whitley of Lamar (Houston),
50.8, in 1958
220-YAKD DASH Calvin Janner of Brenham, 21.9. in
1957.
180-YARD LOW HURDLES Ray Poage of Lamar
(Houston), 19.7, in 1958.
440 YARD RELAY Dick Cooksey, Gus Comiskey, Jack
W hith \ and Brooke Hamilton of Lamar (Houston),
44.2, in 1958.
ONE-MILE RELAY Ray Poage, Chris Brown, Jim
Abel, and Jack Whitley of Lamar (Houston), 3:29.1,
in 1958,
120-YARD HIGH HURDLES Donnie Smith of Taylor,
14.8, in 1968.
880-YARD DASH James Harmon of Lulinj*, 2:02.0, in
1958
MILE RUN Jay Hundley and John Donnelly, both of
Austin, tied 4:39.6, in 1958.
100-YARD DASH -Calvin Janner of Brenham, 10.0 in
1957 and 1958.
SHOT PUT Bobby Evans of Thorndale, 51 feet, 8 3 4-
inehes, in 1958.
DISCUS Joe Drolezvk of Bryan, 151 feet 4 inches, in
1957.
HIGH JUMP Jimmy Bazar of Luling and Cecil Ficktl
of Killeen, 6 feet no inches; Fickil in 1957 and Bazar
in 1958.
BROAD JUMP Robert Arbaugh of Lamar (Houston),
21 feet 9 3 4-inches, in 1958.
POLE VAULT Donn .n Riddles of Brady. 12 feet 10
inches, m 19.‘>8.
T. L. Austin Re-Elected
President Rockdale C C
T L. Austin was named to
(*i'v(* .i second term a.*, president
of the Rockdale Chamber of
Commerce when directors met
Thui day afternoon.
Austin has been serving as
president the past year. Named
first vice president was Sam
Peebles, holdover director. W T
Pearson Jr., also a holdover, was
named second vice president. A
new director, Harold Luckev, was
named treasurer
The meeting was the first of the
year fo rthe newly-elected di-
rector with the holdover directors.
Friday, May 8, was tentatively
gn» set as the date for the annual
!|| Chamber of Commerce banquet,
and the directors also tentatively
agreed to follow the pattern of
la: t year in presenting the affair
in the form of a barbecue for the
people of the Rockdale trade
T. L, AUSTIN
Further plans for the annual
See CHAMBER, page 7
RHS BAND PROGRAM
Miss Hoffman ha: appeared in
Concert Marks Achievements
per:
irch, followed by
ircell’s “Air and
Following “May
Hai
crowd was the largest
Overture,” the band
presented
ever to witness a band
“Pavane,” from ti
ie second
i in Rockdale. Last, year
American Symphonet
te, a class-
mately 400 persons at-
ufil piece utilizing t
he Ameri-
the concert that featured
cun jazz idiom.
Maurice Whitney’*
i “Holiday
First on Program
Tune,” F’rado's “Pat
ricia,” and
trig the program, the 56-
“Scepter of Liberty.’1
a concert
b^ginners band com-
march by Olivadoti,
concluded
tlit* program.
Although the 171 students on
s< age Friday represented the
largest HHS band program in
ho lory, the public did not see
the current band roll in its
i ninety A new beginners
and. with an enrollment of 25
tin ic hopefuls, was started by
Gi 1 nriorf in January. —B.C.
Last oi Pots in
Line 5 at Alcoa
Cut in This Week
' re cut in at Aluminum Com
mv of America s Rockdale
oiks this week as re-start opt i a
a11s were completed.
Line 5 is the line that is being
it back into production after be-
g idle, along with line 6 for a
on
High S
ol B*rv
On* To A F»mil
k dal*
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Cooke, W. H. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1959, newspaper, March 26, 1959; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth694436/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.