The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1962 Page: 2 of 21
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“HER MAJESTY MISS JONES'
THIS WEEK S
Senior Production
Scheduled For May 11
"‘T iigj Parade of Bands
Sfiffi.17 Golfing
Rockdale high school’s senior
elas will present its annua! class
play Friday. May 11 at 8 p.m. in
the high school auditorium, ac-
cording to Tom Underwood, di-
rector
The play entitled. ‘ Her Majesty
Miss Jones," by George Batson
and Dunn Harmon is a comedy
depicting the events that happen
when a television star moves into
a private home after the hotel she
was in burns down.
Tickets for the production are
now on sale and can be obtained
from any high school senior.
Prices are 50 cents for adults and
25 cents for students. They can
Three Acts Ready
Underwood said all three acts
of the play have been worked j
oat now and arc being reheat ed j
together at the present time
The set for the production has |
been built and was erected on the
stage Tuesday. He said this will
aid in the practice of the play be-
fore the dress rehearsal which
has been set for May 10 .
One change has been made in
the casting of the production. Hob (
Peterson will play the part of Mr. I
Higby. the town real estate agent,
instead of Lee Jenkins.
The student director for the play |
will be Patricia Hart The prompt-
er and props chairman will be
Barbara Yarbrough and set crew
chief is Donnie Laurence Light-
ing will be handled by Benny
Lee Pounders and make-up by
Mrs Tom Underwood.
Playing the leading male role
as Ed Robinson as the father will
be Pat Curtis. The supporting
actor will be John Franklin a-
Ken Robinson, the son.
The leading actress will be
I .aura Arnold as Clara Jones, an
old maid aunt. She will be sup-
ported by Lynn I-eQuire as Moni-
ca Marshal, a television goddess.
Other players include Kathy
Arrington as Alice Robinson, the
mothei Sue Sexton as Goan
Robinson, the daughter; Teddy
Sager as Ken Hayden, a high
school newspaper reporter; Linda
Williams a- Helen Hayden, the
town librarian; Rob Peterson as j
Mr. Higby, real estate agent,
Collier Perry as Captain Roberts,
u secret suiv.-r of Monica Mar
shal’s; and Gayle McCoy as Mv*
Spindle, a nearsighted lady plum
bcr.
ELECTION-
(Continued from page One*
dale will vote at box 15 at the
American Legion hall, with Mrs.
Joe Henry as election manager.
Republicans, Too
Republicans will hold their
primary in Milam county Satin -
clay, too, the first time in history
that a Republican primary h as
been held in this county.
There will be only one voting j
place, however, and that will be I
at the Methodist church fellow- |
ship hall in Cameron. Milam j
county Republicans will have to j
go to Cameron to cast their ballot
The Republican primary ballot
lists the names of nine candidates j
for state offices. There are no j
candidates for local offices
Ai Local School
The annual parade of bands
will be presented at the Rockdale
high school auditorium May 17 at
7 3o pm, according to W C
Gru-endorf. band director.
Involved in the presentation of
the program will be the beginners
band, with fifty members, the
junior high band with eighty
member*, and the high school
band with one hundred members.
An advance ticket sale is now
m progress and tickets may be
obtained from any band member
at 50 cents for adults and 25 cents
for students Anyone under six
year, old will lie admitted fret
said Grusendorf.
Th» band director aid the
junior high and high school band
will play some of the tunes the'.
r-,It ed ut thi* fi.ri.nlK h#> 1/1 t I i
meet in Waco All three band
will play theme music- from re- \
cent movies, populai songs and a
few mar the-.
Tht re will be an intermission |
between each band, added Gru-
sendorf
RAMBLINGS—
• Continued from page One1
and other election information fn-
-1 ■ *»- there's » >
probab!. should
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119 First Graders
Register Friday
At Local School
April 21 Retullt
Score Hdcp.
ballot you
before you
DON YARBOROUGH
The ONLY candidate for Governor who
is for REPEAL of the sales tax.
The ONLY candidate proposing a rural
development program to produce a new
industry for every small town in Texas.
The ONLY candidate supporting Presi-
dent Kennedy s programs and pledged
to work closely with our President.
Th» ONLY candidate favoring higher
old age pensions.
• Po! Artv—Paid for by Hock data* Friend* of Don Yarborough1
why
monkey with
pot-juggling?
COOK WITH
There's no hangover heat (to force you
to move pots off the burner). Turn off the
GAS flame and cooking stops! Instantly!
See the new gas ranges now — with
BURNER-WITH A BRAIN (foods won’t
burn); OVEN WITH A BRAIN (new low-
temp 140J setting); MEAT THERMOM-
ETERS and ROTISSERIES. Save now.
AT GAS APPLIANCE DEALERS
AND LONE STAR GAS COMPANY
Gas NGE SA( £
Com«- to Rockdale tor Shop-
perlunity Days. It'll be a big
wock end And don't forget to
vote Saturday!
Iron Dragoon
l^fY WIFE and I visited in De
Riddei , L,<i , near Fort Polk
over the* week end, bringing our
daughter-in-law and granddaugh-
ter. Peggy and Kathy, back to
tay with us a couple of weeks
while Mill participates in the Iron
Dragoon exercises at the fort along
with 19.999 other members of the
49th.
Rogers
Magnesut
Mi Daniel
Golev
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Morgan
Kanes
Pope
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Whitchurch
Hodge
Stanton
Ross
F.utermoser
Thompson
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Touchstone
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White
M Hillis
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Py e
A Jones
Coffey
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M< Adam.
D Hillis
Franklin
C Hord
McClung
Perry
Hart
Ostendorf
Hornbeck
Friemel
Mill er
W h 11 m i re
Whltelev
Marshall
Wilcox
Nichols
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Hospital
(Editor's not*: Tho wookly
hospital roport u proparod
•■ch WtdnMdiy •! Richards
Clinic and Hospital ia Rock-
dale.
ADMITTED
Local Inspection Postal Receipts
Being Made About Show 12/o Decline
Postal Damages j,
|e< line in
reporting
gi-tration wer-
Nat
:ho
Ball said that any parent who
didn’t get his child registered dur
mg the pre-school registration
could come by the school anytime
and enroll the child for next year.
He also reminded that to do this
they must have the
certificate and a re
dipthi ria shots and
vaccinations.
to.... •;-;*;** 2 ;•••,•.• n
than the present tirst
Ball said, the school
Mr Albert Biehle. Cl
v de Rex-
lev. Charles Griddle. Mrs
Johnme
Keeling, Alberthu LamJ
mn. Mrs
J. L. Barnes. Mrs 1. O
Knqiftst,
Brute Cur lee. Ixjui> Zu .
rel, Mrs.
S R Watkins. Mrs. Chai
rle> Pow-
eis. Ervin Scott, Mr- Bi
Hy Bov d.
Mrs D W. Hutson, Rhonda Block-
er.
bir’i
giade class
was making
plan for five first grade sections
if necessary.
Registration of the students was
conducted so the class could be
divided into either four section-,
as it is now or. into the new
five section plan if it becomes
necessary.
DISMISSED
Howard Key. A F Boehme,
j Linda Perkins, Mrs Johnnie Keel-
ing. Mrs. W F. Morgan, Roy
: j uHer. Mrs. L. O Enquist, Charlie
Raymond, Mrs Albert Biehle,
bun- Zavrel He/ekiah Thompson,
I Clyde Bexley. Rhonda Blocker,
I AI bertha Lamkin.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mr- J L Barnes, baby
j boy, April 23, J.1 mes Ly nn; 11
2 ounces.
I .oca I police, school authorites
and the postal in pectton service
ure investigating dam >g<- done to
several curb mounted rural tv pe
mail :>oxes, according to Clyde
Franklin, local postmaster.
These* mail boxes, located along
Murray avenue were bent by
thrown rocks and one was torn
from its post and left at the site
said Franklin.
This i> the second time- this has
j happened in the past year said
Franklin. No one but the owner
should c>pen a mail box, Franklin
added.
A twelve per c<
postal receipts f
period 11 war noted this week In
postmaster Clyde Franklin.
This decline wa in comparison
n> th.- -aim- period during last
vc-ai The postal nceipt lor the
. p.» is nod iii t veal sto.sl
at $4133 in comparison to tin
mu' total of $3637.
Franklin aid the decline came
be< au e of the dropping of two
days iround the first o| t ii* ■
month which should have
brought in the r • m a i n i n g
decline. The los- came from the
meter setting and stamp sales that
would have ben made during
the .< two days
said it will probai
irinr the n. -
Although the decline is present
I So far as known, no mail ha- I now Franklin
been damaged or is missing but ,,,,,, irmg t
I the investigation will continue utt- j * ’ ^ f ^ aruJ makt. „
til the matter is cleared up anil1 >'11 ■ 1
the offenders located and properl ■ I difference
punished, officials said.
pounds
The word at Fort Polk, receiv-
ed while we w<
-re there, is
that
tin- Forty-Niner’
- will leave
that
bust on August
6 They will
re- !
Mrs. R. S. Cloud
Dies Saturday
SHOW—
•Continued from page One*
first place. Judy Parmelec, Rock-
dale. second, third and fourth
places. Edwin Voss, Rockdale.
Class 8, six months and under
dairy heifers: first place, Carl
Moody, Rockdale; second ' John
Praesel, Rockdale, third and fourth
places. Carl Moody. Rockdale.
Class 9, seven months to one
year old dairy heifers first place.
Gene Rek, Milano: second. Mike
Rek. Milano, third. Carl Moody,
Ro< kdah ; and fourth, John Sef-
(ik. Rockdale.
Class 11. dairy rows: first,
second ind third pines. Carl
Moody. Rockdale
Class 13, under one year old
ifers: first p!a< e. Joe Buck-
mgton; second. Dan Davis,
le; and thud, Allen Turner.
beef
turn to their home units for final
checking out although no infor-
mation was given as to how long
that might take. Bill, with the
Information Office attached to
Division Headquarters, will go to
Dallas for release Other Milam
county 49e-rs will lie returning to
tfie Company (’ base at Cameron.
S Cloud, P.0, rong-t irre
of Rockdale, died Satur-
t m a Temple hospd
ie had entered the pi
*k in a serious conditn
a I
Rock*
Mrs Cloud, a native Texan, w.i-
born .July 14, IKK], at Rogers and
was given the name of Betty
Beatrice by lu-r parents. W F and
Margaret Crouch Stephens She
-- I spent the early part of her life
| The Iron Dragoon two-week ex- jn Bell county She was married
: ercises will be the most extensive ho R S Cloud and the c-ouple then
and strenuous the 20,(100 men of j moved to Milam county and lived
j the 49th have undertaken since j m a rural community until 1933
I they hav e been at Fort Polk. when they moved Into Rocndale
to make their home. Mr Cloud
died in 1946 She was a mem tier
of the Full Gospel church.
She is survived by a son, Albert
The boys are all looking for-
ward to August. Morale is high,
but ttipy are naturally anticipat-
ing a rt-turn to rtvihnn Rfr. hortRgi'Cloud of Port Lavaca, daughter-
families, businesses, jobs
Fort Polk itself looks very lit-
t
If M Diver of Milano, Mrs.
Martin of Waco. Mr- Willie
Braffnon of Rockdale. Mrs. J. L.
tie like the run-down camp the J*ep«‘r of 1?™?'*'- Ju-' sisJ2rs’
49th moved into back m October I Mrs. George Mabrey of Wan,. Mrs
Things have picked up and
brightened up all over . . . and
the towns of De Kidder on one
side and Leesville on the other
Dave Hf
j forma, aiso 2.1 grandchildren, 46
j great-grandchildren. 7 gri at-great-
; grandchildren
Funeral -ervices were held
are booming. The word is on i Mondav afternoon at Phillips St
tfiat Polk will be permanent and | Lui.kev rhapel. with Rev Millard
the adjacent towns are blooming ! Brown of tin Full Gospel church.
i? the early and Rev .1 N. Foreman of First
in <i way reminiscent
days of the camp
Order those personalized pencils
for school now Box of 12 with
name on each in gold or colors
49 cents complete at The Reporter
Office tf
Baptist church, officiating Burial
was made in the Sandy Creek
cemetery
Pallbearers were Wilson Bran-
non. Jack Martin, R J Brannon
D E Loeper, R. FT Martin. W. K
Martin.
Cl.i 1 4. Angus i-.iMli-: first
place. George Wee in-, Rockdale,
second Billy ogea, Rdckdale; and
third Preston Solomon, Rockdale
Class 14. Shorthorn cattle: first,
second and third places, George
Weems, Rockdale
Class 16. beef cows first place.
Allen Turner. Thotnd.de. second,
Ricky D"ss. Rockdale; and third
Eugene Clopten. Lexington.
Kid * Dg-j Show
Mrs C'urlee said ttie chamber
sponsored kid's dog show went
oft re.d well with over thirty en-
tries in the contest.
Grand champion of The event
was F'ido, a Pekingese dog owned
by Flame Manning The reserve
i hainpion wa* Colonel Bowser, a
Bouton terriei owned by Daniel
(Tanton.
First place class winners includ-
ed Cullison, winner <4 the largest
dug ciass, owned by Lee Moody;
the smallest, Debra Ann Ward’s
Blackie; the best groomed dog,
Flame Manning's F'ido; the ties?
costumed dog Donna Pope - Lady,
the best trained dog. Dan Clanton's
Col. Bowser; the uglu-st, Brvan
Heintzes Bingo; the saddest. Harry
L Guillute's Polly Arm; and the
dog with the longest tail, Lee
Moody's Cullison.
Peggy Mehaffey
Wins Slide Rule
j AUSTIN — Texas Chemical
; Council during May will present
slide doles to mofe than 130 out-
standing high school science gra-
. duates, including Miss Peggy Me-
i haffey of Rockdale
B. J. Anderson, chairman of the
| TCC science education committee,
• says slide rule awards are part of
i a continuing program by- the
Council to encourage scientific
achievement bv young scholars.
: Each student who will receive a
1 slide rule was elected by his prin-
i cipal and science teachers as tho
outstanding science student of his
■ graduating class.
Mon- than loo of the outstand-
I mg student- hav e indicated a pre-
ten nee for college.
-'Our committee was very pleas-
I ed to learn that approximately 30
per cent of these top cholars plan
to attend college- and universities
w Ithin th. ’it. of T< xae " Ander-
I son noted.
This mark
1 tivc yeat T i i
slide rule- tc
'of Texa
tin- firs
: completed their ed ucation and ac-
(.epte j'>t>s in Texas industry.
In addition to receiving a slide
rule, each outstanding student is
1 also invited by TCC to participate
, m an essay contest, writing on the
I subject "Should the Nine-month
j School Year be Lengthened if
Texas is to Keep Pace in the
' Scientific Age0’’
Among early entries, opinion is
! about equally divided among the
| -Indents for and against k-ngthen-
| ing the school year.
OH-
V(( Cluiz
Which of the Following is Spelled Correctly?
MISUSE MISEUSE MISSUSE
(Meaning wrong use; abuse.)
See Classified Page for Correct Answer.
the seventh consec-u-
tiiat TC'C has awarded
■ to outstanding students
high schools. Some of
winners have already
Red Cross Report^
Miss Betty Jo Lanford. Red
Cro-s home service secretary list
*h< following report I t the past
week: eleven injuries, three em-
ergencies. one death message and
14 long distance calls.
Associate Justice
Court of Civil Appeals
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ta 3 sms. 1 dMgMec. Texas and AHoraey far 17
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Texas. i Texas Supreme Court.
★ trial Examiner fer Texes WT it Resident ef Austin, Traois
XMd Commissioe lor 2 years. County fer 26 yean*
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The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1962, newspaper, May 3, 1962; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth694767/m1/2/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.