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THE ROCKDRLE REPORTER
VOL. 90
Rockdala Mes»ang«r Established 1173
10c THE COPY
AND MESSENGER
ROCKDALE. MILAM COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY. MARCH 22. 1962
Frontier Days
'scads Ytmr Support
Saa Pag* 2
Rockdale Reporter Established 1893
14 PAGES
NO. 11
Frontier Days Set June 14,15
MANY SUBJECTS COVERED . . .
Board Answers Questions at
P-TA Meeting Tuesday Night
i Nrportcr Sliifi Photos*
APRIL 8-14 has been named Clean-up, Paint-up, and Fix-up week in Rockdale and these
three Rockdale women give a preview of activity expected. Mrs. Charles Holder wields a
paint brush and that’s Mrs. Linton Speer with the hammer, Mrs. Milton Holmes doinj; the
cleaning.
*"!«**“* Convention
Dates Listed
'ROUND BOCKDALE
W. H. C
Oh Good Grief!
TITTLE ROY Al.KORD JR. 7-
vears-old and in the first made,
unlike most laddies of this tender
nm\ is not opposed to girls. In fact
he lik. 'em. He takes them by the
arm and ushers them through
doors and on occasions has been
known to put his arm around a
little gul, "f even kiss her. Re-
lied mg on this, his friend, Niels
Leery, also 7. exclaimed. “Gollec-
c-c-e, l just don't see how he does
it!”
A John Society?
QNK-TIME Reporter news editor
^Johli Lovelace who ha been
with Credit Union National Associ-
ation in Madison. Wisconsin, foi
In these man.' last few years, still
keeps up with Rockdale through
the Reporter, and occasionally
takes time to send me an amusing
atoi y m two.
All precincts in Milam county day.
will hold precinct conventions at will he held at 7Mu pm. on May
2:30 p.m. on election day May 5 12 at the district courtroom, C’atn-
at the voting boxes, except Rock- I cron.
dale and Cameron precincts where These announcements were
conventions will he held at 7:30 made this week hv Max McClaren,
p.m. chairman ol the Milam County
The Milam county convention! Democratic Executive Committee,
------------------I Pillowing a meeting of the group
this week.
j The chairman aid that elec-
oanagci s were also named
ould he announced through
a \’.'.'.papers later. The list
us the names of most of th<>
that .- rved m the 1060
ri< he said
M C Perry, Rockdale school
j hoard president, and superinten- ]
! dent J. M. Moorman answered
questions from the audience at a j
lively meeting ul the Rockdale 1
I Parent-Teacher Association Tues- >
I day night.
The questions covered a wide
range of subjects of interest to *
school patrons, and the following
is a compilation of the questions |
and answers:
1 Is it true that Jr. High School .
students are not allowed to talk
in the halls?
Answer: Yes. Talking is dis- j
courages! as much as possible in j
the halls and in the classrooms. 1
Excessive noise in the halls and
emigre gating of students causes j
students to be late to class, thus i
requiring the student to got an :
admit to his next class.
2 Why are .Jr High School '-in-
dents exempt from examinations
while high school students are not'.’
It is the opinion ol the Junior
high school and of a survey of
parent opinions nmiim tol soveial
years ago that modified exeinp- !
tions tor junior high school stu- i
dents would serve a good purpose. |
The survey of parent opinions eon- i
tamed the following suggestion .: |
1 If a student has a 90 average
m conduct and has been neither
absent e.r tardy, he- may he- ex- i
eiiipt in one-half e,l his subjects \
provided he lias an average of 30 |
m that subject.
2. II a student is neither absent ,
j or tard.v and has an average of 90 1
in conduct and an HO average in I
all subjects, he may choose the
two subjects in which he is to
! take> the* examinations.
3. If a student is neither absent |
or tardy and has an average of i
!)() in conduct and an average of I
! 90 in any subject he will be 'ax- | Richards,
empt in that subject. II he has j
an average of 90 in all subjects
I he may choose the two subjects
1 lie wishes to take his cxaimna- '
tions.
High school exemptions are not
I allowed since colleges do not ex- |
jempt and the student needs prac-
tice in taking examinations.
3 Why isn't as much attention I
I given to the band as is given to
receipts at football games used for | given periodical examinations for
band?
The result would he the same
in that athletics would require
mote tax supplement and band
less.
ft. Why is driver training not
sponsmed by the school now as it
lias been in the past, and is by
other schools?
Scheduling of classes due t«» six .August
hi.ms <,| observation and six hours Driven
driving ability and physical lit-
ness? It not, why?
For several years the bus driv-
ers have attended a county-wide
school under the direction of Mr
H I) Maxwell, county superinten-
dent, and handled by the Depart-
ment of Public Safety One such
school is held in the latter part of
i first part of September
are briefed from time to
of behind the wheel cause some time bv the school administrators
other teacher to have to super- regarding safety habits in driving,
v ise the remaining part of the class | Practically all ol out drivers
since not more than ft students have had a physical cheek up this
can he m the car at one time. An ] year. All bus drivers w ill he ie-
average class is considered to be (pared to have a physical check
lft. It actually requires two teach- up m the future years The Hoard
ers to take can* of lft students | appreciates the question .since
6. Are the school bus drivers See I’-TA, page 3
Sugg Named
C of C Prexy
Pony Express Race to
Highlight 3 Big Days
Rockdale will stupe a pala Frontier Days celebration on
June 14. 15, and lb. it was announced here this week.
I he event. sponsored by the Chumbei of Commerce, will
cram a wide variety of features ranging from buggy rides
and beards, to calico dresses, a frontier museum, and a real-
life pony express race.
Henry Tyler, chairman of the Special Planning Commit-
[ tee. said that his committee
Dr. Patterson's
Gifts to Library
Now Total $12,373
It R. Sugg was re-elect
second term as president
Rockdale Uhambci of Commerce
in a director’s mee ting at 4:30 p m
Tuesday at the ( hamher offices
at the city hall.
Russell Biooks was named fira
vice president, Glenn Hodges
second vice president, and R. C.
Richards treasurer.
Four new directors added this
year are 11 II Coffield, Hedge's,
W H Cooke', and Prestem Perry
The holdover directors ate' Sugg.
Ed Dillen. Brooks, Frank Brandon.
George Bredl, H D.
Maxwell and Boswell Newton
The Tuesday called meeting fol-
lowed the- final directors meet-
ing of the1 old year held last)
Thursday night just priot t<» an
open forum meeting of the Cham-
ber The new year begins April
1,
Reports Given
At the open meeting Thursday
night, which was not as well at
to a | agile iltural committee; Cam Rieh-
I the | aiflsem, whose1 ictail activities
committee1 listed the shoppor-
lunit.v da's program as its biggest
activity; Boh Hoinbeck, who teild
about meetings and activities of
the' legislative committee; W 11
Cooke, who reported for chairman
Glenn Hodges on industrial com-
mittee' activity, including a pre-
sentation maeie for the East Texas
Chamber industrial tour; J I!
Ye'ager, who gave a detailed re-
port on the city's reeeational pro-
gram; and If C Richards who
listed the Christmas party and the;
Alcoa birthday party as two events
bringing the largest crowds to
Rockdale.
Complete reports from the com ■
mittcc chairmen, a maeie at tla
meeting, will be published in this
newspaper in coming issues
Shively Talks
Following a question and ,m-
See C OK C, page 3
The city ol Rockdale received
its third gilt lot the Rockdale
Library building fund Thursday
from Dr. George Patterson of Los
Angeles, bringing his total gills
to date to $12,373 U2.
Mayor L. G Me bailey
Mayor Mehafley said that the
library gilts from Dr. Patterson
are’ id the form ol stock certifi-
e'ates, vvhie h are e'onve*rtee| into
cash upon receipt here The lust
gilt was m June 1961 m the feu in
of $6,752.34 worth ol share's in
Monsanto Chemical Tins was Pil-
lowed by First Boston Corporation
stock valued at $4.3ft9 07 m Jami-
ar.v 1962, and them $1,261 61 in
shares of stock in Citizens National
Rank of Los Angeles last week
Medial fey said that all > lock
shales have been I'onvcrtcd into
cash and the mom y lias been do
posited m the Central Texas
Building <V Loan Association ol
Marlin to eiravv intei < : t. until
needed. 1111 e-re ‘St received to date
is $135.04 on January 4, with an-
other check dni' July I this ,'cai.
Mehnffey said
The1 stock t ranstcr and the
money is being handled by the1
city lor the library Mehaffcv said
that all interest cheeks arc r«•-
ciepe .sited.
BIBLE VERSE
' ( re at. m me a e le an heal t > i pi.
God; anei renew a right sjurit in
within me. Cast me not away Ga
from th.v pri'sencc; and take not | ho
thy Holy Spirit from me "
— Psalm ft! 10-1 I
met Monday a n d m a d e
a '.'illative on’line of the program
for the three-day celebration. He
emphasized, however, that the
program is tentative, and that
many more features will be addeei
before1 the1 event rolls around.
“We want everybody in this
area to seriei in their ideas for
tlie1 Frontier Days program,” Tyler
invited He said that all ideas will
he accepted gratefully and given
careful consideration for inclus-
ion in the pn.grain by the eum-
uding to mittee.
Grow a Beard
To gi't reael.v lor the occasion
and help get piople throughout
the Rockdale area ready, local ci‘i-
zens are urged to begin right now
to staU talking it up," Tyler said.
He suggested that men should
start growing a beard at once and
women can get m the act by dig-
ging out every type of frontier
dress thev can find, and also urge
their 11 lends to participate in col-
lecting old pictures and relics of
the earl.v days to he displayed in
the frontier museum.
Mr John T Hah* w ill be .'hair-
man of the ommittee in charge of
the frontlet museum. I e said.
Men of Rockdale must either
g:ow a heard or mustache or else
pay a SI permit fee. This permit
money will he used to help defray
some of the expenses of the cele-
bration.
Front, r garb will be the order
of th. dav as wearing apparel for
both men and women, and also
children, during the three day
celebration.
Pony Express Race
What is expected to be one of
th. biggest attractions will come
on the last day of the celebra-
tion when an old-lime pony ex-
pr« race will he utaged Tenta-
tive plans call for it to start at
Hill with pony express relay
hot .es stationed every half mile
into Rockdale.
Tlx ot la
from Made
a group ot
arelu’eels ha
design and .
yard phystoa
to mankind
structures ai
carp.ting, a
da,v 1hr note came
m: "I understand that
1 ui’iln r dealers and
ave gone together to
construct some baek-
facilities essential
moon,
birch. I he i
mote their i
the Li id i J
in sum.' areas. The
■ to have wall to wall
glass covered star or
built ot solid
ha h will pro-
> to he called
nd will he
tIOII Is '
i Society
A Cause Man
n .. t.;ur WEE FI
ah
i, I ii |ii;ii k.'.l
•i. tn it' ot Gail e
people and aid I wouldn't be sur-
prised to learn that :nmcbody
from Clause had something to do
with Colonel Glenn's orbital flight.
The in vt day Mrs. Gone Landis
aid I w as right for. in fact. Virgil
D Ferguson, her nephew, was an
. I'guner at the R.nkctdyne plant
at Mi G re got where the rocket
cngin" tor tl:« MA-6 space slop
wci. .1. i g: i < d arid built.
Viigd i th. son ot Mr. and Mrs.
.[ V Feiiiuson who now live at
Relay Queen
Nominations
Made Thursday j
Four RockdaU' beauties ha'-,
la oi . looted as nominees tor
bn. < ii of the Rockdale Rela; h>
| be held here Saturday, according
'to high school pnncipal Charlie
Martin.
The finalists in the election ai>
freshman Jennie Kav Perry,
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Sam ! >
Perr''; sophomore Connie Wci e, ;
banghb r of Mi and Mr Rob. t
Gage; junior Lynne T ier, rlaugh j j
1. r of Mr and Mrs. Henry Tyler; :
and senior Lvnne L< Quire, daugh- | (
t. i of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Li - i .
Quire.
Th< four guN were selected in | t
an election held this morn ng. I 1
Each .'lass nominated candid v. s
and then die entire < bool .... I I I
for a candidate from each class.
G.rls reaching the semi-1 m.ii • 1
m th< election included freshmen i I
Sharon Carnes and Beth Whitel •>. | I
sopnorneics Jams Ve/ak, Jonnn.e- j i
I,'im McKinney and Dorothy Lee. c , c
junior Pam Love, and Linda Mil- I .
ier.
Miss LeQiirr was the only
i omince in the sc nior rla.v j i
Th< pi( sentution of the queen j 1
will lx made at the Relays S.itm • ; I
FOR BLAST DAMAGE
athletics'’ j fended as had been hoped, reports
The Hoard feels that the ! on the year’s activities were given !
hand is given as much attention i 5cads ' ai unu commit
as is given athletics. A survev of I te‘" ;‘1ci President Sugg had
outlined some ot the chambers
work the past year and praised'
Vacancies Filled
A number of young democrats'
were appointed by the committee*
to -c i ■ m c.'m anrie ci' t.ied eith-
• r by death <u resignation. Eugene
Srnitherman is t • ■ serve m the
Elm Ring. pr<cinct flu'- to the
resignation ol J ( Caut.hen on
aecounl < I his ill } caltl,
Hcndei-oi: ,Tr
lo serve ( amei <
w t
j > r <
costs |..r band and athletics for the
past lour tears is as follows;
All receipts at athletic events
1957-61 totaled $46,089.50. All re-
ceipts from hand events, includ-
ing Booster club $6,921.20.
Amount ol tax money spent on
athletic program same period $3.-
669.50. Amount of tax money spent
on the hand for same period $16,-
3(Ut 89
Total amount ol money spent on
athletics tor the period was .$49,-
379 63. Total amount spent on the
hand $21.400 06
Ap|tJ oximatcly tour times as
much was spent from tax.'s tor
the hand program as was spent for
athlete s
4 Why i I. I part ol the ga'e
the work of the committees,
Sugg listed the Chamber's
activities in making provisions
for 57ft Hurricane Carla evacuees
as one of its outstanding contri '
hutions fluring the year. Other j
activities mentioned included the
community progress forum held in j
April, purchase of a loud speaker I
for use by local organizations,
shopper!unit v day • livestock
show, and recreation program.
Committee report, were givuU
by Mrs H G Pen v civic affairs,
whose report includ'd a icsurncl
of work on civ il defeivr. and tin* j
placement of trad, cans; W F
Local Band Members
Attend UIL Contest
who gav
of the man
.f the
pi .
F1 s h e I
II M Pre
I) But:
H • t. r •
BBSS
^9 ^
Bai
id inrmhi rs fi.
im the Rock
d dc !
ugh school aih
i tun lot high
school
haiid , rmmhf
ring appioxi-
mate!
v ftp, attc iiflcd
t he Univcr-
Si i V
Inter cpola'-tic
L( ague so|f|
and <
n semblf ■ route.-
•t last Satur-
dav i
ii Teinple, fire.
.if 1 mg to W
C. Gi
osendorf. hand
1 director.
Fa.
Ii -olo enteufl
in the c<in-
tes' IS
plaef d in a e!
av*. according
to ii.ll
id experience.
These ela -■ s
‘ ( 11
nmnbeied from
one tu th11 ..
■./11 h i
r.'c t of the junior high -tu-
dent
p.u tirip i! ing m class Hire.'
The
•..!.is aic rated
m each class
1 la'mg of one
through five
A i a ’ i
hg ot 1,11c I
cuir i. 1. i.' t
si.pel i
i.i ti excel 1. i
I', t hi c (’ g... .fi,
f. a 11
fair and five
poor The
sc led hv anv Roc kflalo
meinhei was
a rating •.!'
Med
lals were given
foi the t 1-
df nt ■
... fio n eeived a
ratiin: "! on •
V.
and Kathy Green, I
II Diane Carawav, II;
i' k.unp. !. I)alc Henry,
II; I.’onny Join<.n, I. David
Bo1-, ii Dunrne K. eble II. Hil-
ly Dittmar. II Pat Rutherford, II.
f»us Goodman. II Jan Whitmire,
I. Helen Ditmar. Ill Shelly'
Brown, II, Janet Richard , II and
a flute trio of Katin Gi ecu. Pam.
I a,'.. . and ! ,mda Merriman. 1
In da- III, Clark Hoi: < ima. k
made a rating of III
Junior high student', tin u ( lavs
and division arc a follows' In
Gas II. !,. a La
Giccn, II; and T<
II
I he ot hei soloi*
pated in (lass III a
J (
iv Ti
Individual Ratings
h.gh -eho.il stmien
.eritc red and the
II.
¥
a.■, John Weed I.
!!'. II! S'M
Airington. II; fi:
I, Mike Rolan I
J. i.
who parti"i
B .I.by Mo#
nan, II Ronnie William.-., I, D.• u
Stiles, I i, Kddic I Than. I J<.
Baugh. II. Mik( I! imam. II
Tommy Tmnnei imm. !, Lola Me
William:.. 11 land.i T-ald. I J.mi
M. Vo'. .1 .1(11 . Biehle. II Tom
v C. uri ( v. II Jackie Walla.a
III. Nan«". Lands. II f’.n ■ T. Im
I Ram llaupt I K din Sc it. II
I mda S. . Ike. II. and B RK (
(Mbcr features being planned in-
clude FHA. I'FA and 4-H club
< xhibits, also exhibits by Home
Demonstration eluhs and by Boy
and Girl Scouts
There will also be a Queen
< Ifcted with duchesses from the
surrounding communities, a n
aquatic show at the swimming
pool, old fiddlers contest, pie bak-
ing and eating contests, and num-
erous othei features, the commit-
tee said.
Tentative Program
The tentative program, which
will he augmented by other fca-
t11res and ivents in the coming
ao k . looks something like this,
acc ording to the schedule set forth
bv tin committee.
Thu dav, June It: Parade at
2 p. mi with Queen and Duches-
ses Formal crowning of the queen
and pi. rotation of the duchesses'
le Rockdale mayor L C Mehaffcv
!. v m the evening. The day will
also f.-ature hand concert prior to
tin queen program. Regular fea-
tures will be the Old Prospector,
'is Indian Girl, and free buggv
tide ill dav
Friday Pie baking contest and
mi ca'mg contest starting at 2 p.m.
Aquatic how at swimming pool
. p .ii 'I'd fiddlers contest at
In a m down town Riding events
P m. to include a Palmetto
i'.il.i game, and also roping cx-
! u- Rockdale Saddle
Ci ii. and the Roping and Cutting
S. . FR< >NTIER DAYS, page 3
AT ROCKDALE SCHOOL ...
Houston, but J V. grew
up around
Ga.: e and later hv <
•d in Rockdale
befoi * moving to
Ho
uston over
t went v 'ears ago.
Th
is week I
hav i a let ter 1 rom t
hr
son, Virgil
The vnu'i; man w
roti
“To pro-
r\\U e t h» 1 cnumi
the rocket
structure. man . ap-u
le. .
,md myriad
of items m thf rock* h
a wi ll as
thf.u anfh of Mem.
>1 uroun^l
equipment, irqmrrd
. fforts ol
a v ast aiifi < funplex
s.v:
-tern f)i m-
flu: trial knovv-how
Rocket flyne.
aiHl its supporting
vor
idors, sup-
pliefl tin:, need foi
le engines.
i hi
e same foi
various othc i pai ts a
V.(\
equipment
The kc rosene used
fuel may
have started from
a
well head
somewhere in Texas
, f Jklahoina or
California Some of
the*
aluminum
in.iy have started a*
an
ingot pro-
High Court Upholds
Claim Milano Farmer
See LAML<L.i.»GS, pa^c 3
The Texas Supicme Court la-ti It had
week upheld the claim of Milano j m \ 1 h
farmer Clarence Nabor Diver that, the road
loc k blast in 1959 damaged his t .<c* r, Ju
home fo tk. extent (if $8842 1959. ho
The a| peal *o ’In fop Tex is Augu 1 5
court had been made bv o<<fitror- the dc-li
tor W O rVIphry of Fort Worm He .
Pelphrcv's attoriuvs have tile.I atom bom
motion foi re-hearing this I R< ' xph.
according to Leonard Allen. R «K- -.'all it l
dale attornev who. along wotn l.ois am
Jack Prescott represented Diver i was a
It all started hack in 1959 when Tta g:
Dtvcr sued F’elphrev in Milam two ii Mi
minty district court. Judge () I) Divei s I
Graham presiding, for damag's- Highvav
he al’cged occurred when Pelph- h.df Iro.".
rev’s workmen w<re blasting explained
material oiit of a grave 1 pit about 1 Diver a
a mile and a hall from Divcrai Paul Lin
home, Alien -aid.
Marilyn Brandt, Tho
Helps Teach History Classes
By JOE GORDON
Hi. T.
ve rnit color an i
i.hj<
All
Wt
I)#
g adj
.'pen >-hc was thirteen she
Iv hit hei eye against h
d lost what eye sight she
Ier total blindness sho
ha: had a hard time got-
ted She said. “It is
In-
occ COLLI,
M.-tK.itn Stall HI..
MISS MARILYN BRANDT. TEACHER
. . . Blindness Need Not Be a Handicap
'Vice , ii > Murat ion : i > >i i,
OuBlanding Student
K' en Pa ugh >1 c is him
... la i > .i iii . u* tandim
pool and < oil. go
Bhc tillcnUvd „ij.iiin.ii ,
til la t year m college oe was
let ted ,.s senator at large at SW !'
Born Partially Blind
Miss Hi andt was kn n parti illy
>lmd and lived in this partly
> en weu Id until the a
'•(-n when she lost her 1
I. tel v
lot harder for a pel's
on to lose
- eyesight and get alo
ng, than it
lor him to have live
d in total
rkness all hi.s life.
There are
i manv things he ha
s to loam
w to rlo differently."
At
ul writmg that
Now that she has to face a com-
plete life of darkness the teacher
I as learned the things she will
of thn-jneed in this type of life. Just
sion com- before coming here she attended
tht Lions sight camp in Kcrville
s* ..t lu r where she learned to walk with
school in the aid of a cane. She also learn-
i to rea i > d the skills of working aruunit
i,lv pi ml. , iec BLIND 1LAU1LK, pa,ic a
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