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REPORTER
AND MESSENGER
THE OLDEST AND BEST
ROCKDALE, MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS, JANUARY 27, 1944
The local draft board No. 1
an 3-A registrants, ac-
tn M N Strieker, chairman,
EU that under new regulations j
e local physical examination has,
, *n eliminated except in cases of ob-
iously defective men.
under the new regulations the
inun explained, when the 1-A reg-
Jrant is called for his physical he
(ill go to an induction center lor a
“Suction physical, after which he
•ill be either accepted or rejected, and
lose accepted will be classified as
cher armv or navy. Tltey will^be re- j
medheme and .hven at ,e.«.>t
fore they are inducted. If their call
sn't come within ninety days they
ill take another examination.
Strieker pointed cut that any man
ho passes his pre-induction physical
id se-desires may remain at the sta-
,on and enter service immediately.
The chairman also explained a por-
m of new regulations which- provide
at a registrant whose order number
ill soon come up can request to be
nt for his pre-Induction physical
th the next, group, ahead of his reg-
j time, when if he is accepted he
1 return home to be called when his 1
mber comes up, and will thus have j
iitional time to liquidate his busi-
es or other interests. It was al o
linted out that in a case of this typ<
e registrant will either be accepted
Bond Sales Here Reach $27,131
SGT. OSCAR SPROLES, new
somewhere in England. Is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Sp- oles. He
entered the service in December
1941. His parents have received
interesting letters frem him, one
recently telling of spending a fur-
lough sight seeing in the British
Isles. He has been to London sev-
eral times since arriving in Eng-
land in July 1942.
LUTHERANS HAVE
YEAR PROCRESS
MANY ACCOMPLISHMENT'S OF THE
CHUECH IN PAST 14 MONTHS
OUTLINED BY PASTOR
ahead ot time and „ffi thus j ™
Mr what to d< ai> i;t "■ cr
er interests and may pbn ^ccorc-
siy.
|The regulations prohibit local boards
om giving out to newspapers inf or-
ation concerning the calls, number of
en to be inducted this month, and
r similar information Neither
Peace Lutheran Church is now ce'.e-
bratirg a ye ir of progress, and in the
fo!*owing article the pastor. Rev. El-
mer C. E.zcy, cut'mes some of the ac-
co.np’irhmei.ts oi the church during their customers coupons, and due to
' war-time conditions they do not have
TOLD TO ENDORSE
ALL GASCOUPONS
Stations And Dealers In
Asking Cooperation,
Point to OPA Rule
Local gasoline dealers and distrib-
uters are this week again asking the
coope’.'tion of car owners nd other
gasoline users in endorsing their ra-
tion coupons before making purchases.
No station or wholesale agent can ac-
c pt coupons that are not properly
endorsed.
All gasoline users are required, ac-
cording to the OPA, to endorse all
the* coupons of their gasoline issuance
when they receive them from the
board. If holder of A, B. C, D cr T
coupons, the license number of the
vehicle and State cf registration
should oe written, either in ink or
with indellible pencil, on the face of
all coupons. If holder of E or R ra-
tions, wrrite your name and address on
the face of all coupons.
Fur fleet and official vehicles using
interchangeable ratiens, endorse cou-
pons with the fleet or official desig-
nation, and city and State of main of-
fice. For commercial fleet vehicles,
not operating under a fleet designa-
tion, use Certificate of War Necessity
number.
local service stations and wholesale
dealers in an ad appearing on page
three of this issue, urgently ask the
cooperation of the motoring public in
■mdorsing ration coupons before they
make gasoline purchases. Station at-
tendants are not allowed to endorse
names of inductees released for
kblication until after they have been
jficially accepted.
AMBLING
ROUND
ROCKDALE
Wild
W. H. C.
Dull, the nresrnt pastorate cf
sliuntly 1*' >s ‘hun 14 months, Peace
Lutheran Congregation of Rcckdnle-
F.harp has occasion to take no-
tice of the wonderful grace of God.
The tallowing blessings have been be-
stowed :
The Congregation became self-sup-
porting and i' no longer a mission of
the A meric-n Lutheran church. 2.
The Congregation has liquidated the
entire $l,230.0o debt on the Church
Building and Parsonage. 3. The
pastor’s .salary has been raised by
$300.00 per venr to conform with the
minimum set by the General Church
Convention r.t Mendota, Illinois, last
year. 4 A total of $801.68 has been
spent for basement improvements in-
I eluding a cement floor, a men’s rest
room, new
IN ARMY ONE YEAR this month
is Pvt. Frank W. Dreher, 20, son
of the late F. W. Dreher Sr., and
Mrs. Myrtle Dreher of Rockdale,
who was inducted on Jan. 28, 1943.
Pvt. Dreher was at Camp Howze
ten months and is now at Camp
Livertcn, La., after having been on
maneuvers in Louisiana. His fa-
ther, who was wounded in World
War I, died in 1927.
time to wuit on and assist their cus-
tomers to do so.
It is unlawful for any station to ac-j
ept gasoline coupons unless they are
properly endorsed, and the OPA has
authority to close for the duration any |
station found guilty of violating an j
order. You wouldn’t want your fa- j
voiite service station dosed for the
duration because you neglected to en-
dorse coupons, but that is just what
might happen if local car owners con-
tinue to desregard the importance f
prcperly endorsing their ration cou-
pons before purchasing gasoline.
In asking the cooperation of gas
users, local dealers point out that most
people attach little importance to the
endorsing of their gasoline coupons,
and that seme even become indignant
window’and doj Jalmd j It Is point'd out that they must
pmers.
>RDING to scientists light tra-! etc. It is hoped that this may soon be ! endorse them befoie they can be
vels faster than sound But if the! turned Into an adequate recreational | ceP^d r.s^
|entl£ts would clwk ;p :n Rockdale center for the youth of Rockdale
the speed of the “draft rumors’*
kt are going around lately, that old
jith might be kn.vk<d u;\ » ■ k<‘d
It!
sardUws or denominational atrlUatlon. I ^wlth lnk or
Why not give your local service sta-
tion your full cooperation? Endorse
5. Tnere were 18 permanent adult, ad-j a I
ditlons to the membership 6 Atten- d(>11 1 0 pt" “ . h .
dance at Holy Communion was the linking about it. s •
__ its tough cn the black market!
See LUTHERANS, Page 10
-Now
while you are
CULL FLOCKS, IS
ADVICE GIVEN
10 PER CENT REDUCTION ASKED
BY GOVERNMENT; LOCAL FFA
BOYS OFFER HELP
Reports sent by the State Poultry
Conservation Committee to the local
committee reveal that the government
has requested all farmers to thorough-
ly cull their poultry flocks at this time,
according to H. D. Maxwell, local vo-
cational agriculture instructor, who
states that he and his boys are ready
at any time to help local farmers with
their culling.
The government request is for 10
per cent reduction in flocks, or about
4,000.000 chickens in Texas. Maxwell
said, and this request comes about as
a result of the seriousness of the feed
situation. It is hoped that feed ne-
cessary for the production of eggs will
not be wasted cn non-laying hens.
ou can hear most anything. And
can feel safe in discrediting 99 per
Charley Frank Morgan
Is First Baby of 1941
[*rning Lie release of In.'ormauoi'i to
papers concerning operations of
beards are still stringent. Boards
not permitted to release to news-
era names of registrants to h* in-
tted, or the number of men to be
r at specified Ume. and ever,
“ group has been accepted,
es cannot be released for publira-
i until the papers have come back
t ^ board- As much as I
uic like to give readers a report
e '0cid board showing the
« to be called this month, or
names of those next in
cle Sam
says “no soap."
line,
if Put.
^Master j. r. Kilgore UD at
take, this week's cake
« cleverly-worded classi-
« in the form o! tnc tollowlnn
beared In The Rosebud News
i week
ind , SALK~War Bonds, M8 75
^£ZV*'-
to L*ded by Sliccessful Cun-
irtnp!6 ‘ ,‘US °ld’ witl» 1.^.000,000
partners. Apply l0 j R K ,
toaster, Rosebud, Texa , *'
dung,
|schbbhnlhJ ftlmeS are seen in bhe
1 top of a L ^ the 0lher d«y in
lice with 1 wt cam<‘ into this
tom a ior'i! In< rcllan<lise return-
£ U ir,Hrc> 1 don'1 kncw
H People were carn'inlT n,)parenLly
rn bv nenr-ii ,vin* 011 a conver-
P P'"C'1 "s 'olio's: Pleezel
N0- No. NO.
Plce2e. No. Yes,
Oh, come on. No.
Mr r.nd Mrs. Charlev Morgan, of
Milano, vere In Rockdale lnilt w nk
to claim *he prifes offered by Rock-
dale meroha.its for the First Babv of
1044.
Charley Frank, the Morgan's baby
son, was bom at 2T0 on Jan. 1, 1944
and was reported as the year's First
Baby by Mrs. Sara’. Bankston, nurse
for Dr. T. S. Barkley, attending phy-
sician. Mr. n-.d Mrs. Morgan ha’-"
one other child, Nelrr \ Louise, age
A la"ge number cf prizes have been
awarded little Charley Frank and his
parents by a group of K ckdale mer-
chants. in the annual First Baby event
.sponsored by The Hockdale Reporter.
Bill Alex Bonds Asks
Re-Election to Office
Bill Alex Bonds, tax assessor-collec-
tor for Milam county, announces this
week tha, he will be a candidate for
re-elec*l<m, subject to the Dem'c.aticj
primary in July.
Mi
Pvt. Roger L. Gohman. son of Mrs.
C. B. Gohman of the Bethlehem com-
munity, has been serving in India
since last October and writes home: “I
am In a new outtlt; the guys are mce
and friendly and a lot of them are
from Texas. Tell all the folks there
to write me.”
Abraham A. Hollender, son cf Mrs.
Goldie Hollender, formerly of Rock-
dale. was among approximately 1190
midshipmen graduated Jan. 20 from
the U. S. Naval Reserve Midshipmen's
School located on the campus of the
University of Notre Dame, Indiana,
with a commission as ensign in the
U. S. Naval Reserve, according to an
announcement from the public rela-
tions office of tliat school.
Charles Eiland has finished his boot
to I •Of*1 ^oy.who hM.re“lvf.d
School at the University of Chicago
chance! Plea&e.
Plea.*. No
No' No. No.
H. D. Maxwell has received an inter-
Bonds, ou-y it the present time j estlng ^HiiiSon yPo'Is
with the duties ot hit UtlM. »« UI^“totloned In England. Ho wrote:
“I had a few minutes to spare and de-
cided to let you know I am still alive
and kicking up a fuss now, and then
I am In England and, so far, I like it
fine but not so fine as I like East
Texas. I flew up to see W. T. Pearson
tlve other day, and also flew up to see
Larry Scroggins this morning to have
lunch with him. but he wps away to
a leave. Ill have to fe-
maklng this advance announcement
today, and tliat his lormnl announce-
ment will follow ax the near future.
KIDS BUY STAMPS
Last Thursday the Milano School
children bought $91550 worth oi War
Bonds and Stamps, which is approx-
imately ten per cent of Milano's quota
in the Fourth War Loan, according to
Supt. Hinton H. Pruett. This was the
stack of Reporters when I visited him
I kinda caught up on the local news.
That was the first I'd heard about the
tornado wrecking the gymnasium and
I was sure sorry to hear it. I've had
lots of fun in that cld gym. Well,
Farmer, I have 10 missions under my
belt, and am just itching to get some
more . I have a big old Air Medal now
and am getting an Oak Leaf Cluster
for it in a couple of weeks. Dick.”
Max Ferrari, commander of the
Rockdale Legion Post, continues to get
letters from Rockdale boys in foreign
Service expressing thanks for the
cigarettes sent them from Rcckdale.
Sgt. Charles Dockall writes from his
station that cigarettes had been hard
to get and he felt sure all the boys
from home appreciated them as much
as he did. Cpl. Ervin C. Yoakum, with
an aviation platoon in North Africa, Is
some of the Legion's smokes. He
writes he has seen plenty of action in
the seven months he has been across.
He has been in several bombing raids
and says its r.c fun.
London on
*«r. Yes v * °n' No' supt' Hlnton H. Pruett, 'inis was ^ . 4ometime and
SOME ODMp ' P1CM<!’ ,Ch00l'S ,lr,“ t“" CUr m »„»ln. W. T. gave me a whole
war loan drive.
drop in again. W. T. gave
Mrs. O. K. Phillips nas nad several
letters and a cable from her son, Harry
Wayne Phillips, who is now at New
Guinea. He said he was okay and
asked his mother to send his fishing
tackle as he had been going fishing
occasionally and had caught a few
small ones. He wrote: ‘‘Had a lovely
turkey dinner both Thanksgiving and
Christmas day. But tell Uncle Ed he
See WITH OUR BOTH, Page 10
Through Voluntary Purchases
J.FrankDobie, in England __
Meets Two Rockdale Boys NOT TO WAIT FOR
The world is not so big after all, es-
pecially with the lads of Uncle Sam’s
armed forces scattered over all parts
of the globe. So it’s not so surprising
as it may seem at first glance that two
Rockdale boys and a former University
cf Texas professor and well-known
historical writer should meet in Eng-
land.
J. Frank Dobie, known to Texans
everywhere, is new at Cambridge Uni-
versity, England. In the following
story from the Sunday Austin Amer-
ican-Statesman, Dobie gives an inter-
esting account of his meeting with
T-Sgt. W. T. Pearson Jr., who called
on him, and of a blackout meeting
with one of the Ellis boys from Rock-
dale:
Sometimes four or five Texas boys
a day call on me here in Cambridge,
having come this way on leaves. Sgt.
W. T. Pearson of Rockdale was in last
week, glorying in his fellow townsman
of Rockdale, George Sessions Perry.
“I’ve got his Texas, A World In Itself,"
he said. “Believe me, we Texans pull
it on the yankees any time they get
fresh about Texas. We can show them
chapter and verse. I’ve got Perry’s new
Roundup coming, and there’ll be fresh
ammunition in it.”
Tonight, about 11 o’clock, only an
hour ago, I was walking home from
somewhere in the blackout. A soldier
stepped me. “Say,” he said, “how do
you get to the Bull hotel?"
I told him. The Bull hotel is run
tor American soldiers by the American
Red Cross.
“You live in this country?" the sol-
dier in the dark asked—after my
speech had betrayed me. I knew what
he was coming to. I also had noted his
accents.
“Well,” I replied. “I’m living here
right now."
“How long you been here?"
“Oh, something over two months.”
’Where’d you come from?”
“The United States.”
“What part?”
"Southern."
“What state?”
“Texas.”
“I knew it. I knew it,
heard vour voice. What
Texas?
"Austin.”
"My name is Ellis and I live in
Rockdale, just 60 miles from Austin.
Ever there?”
“Well, I’ve been through Rcckdale
lots of times. Once I want there to see
a friend.”
“Who?”
“George Sessions Perry.”
“Gee! Everybody in Rockdale knows
George Sessions Perry. He wrot- a
See DOBIE, Page 10
soo’: as I
place in
Rockdale High Cagers
Beat Gause and Sharp
Coach Winkleman's Rockdale high
basketeers beat the Gause basketball
five on the Milano court Tuesday
night 33 to 7 and on Wednesday night
beat Sharp at Sharp 24-10.
Spence was high point man both
nights with 15 and 10 points. The
starting • lineup was composed of
Spence, McDaniel. Cardwell, Jones and
Davis (captain).
The boys will play Franklin at Mi-
lano tonight. It is expected that the
Rockdale gym will socn be ready lor
use and games will be scheduled in
Rockdale.
The Rockdale B-team beat the
Sharp B-team 18-6 Wednesday night.
County Sales Lagging
With Only $56,331
Reported to Camp
Sales of War Bonds in the Fourth
War Lean totaled $27,131.25 in Rock-
dale up to this morning as local citi-
zens went merrily and voluntarily on
their way to the quota of $35,000.
The $35,000 quota is given in terms
of purchase price of the bonds, and
the total salts to date are also listed
in this manner, divided as follows
among the three sales agencies here:
Rockdale State Bank ........$15,037.50
Dixie Theater .................... 6,806.25
Post Office .,................ $5,287.50
No active solicitation by a committee
has yet been undertaken ih Rockdale
and all sales to date have been made
voluntarily by local citizens in re-
sponse to the plea given last week. The
committee i*!n- charge of the Fourth
War Loan here still believes that
Rockdale will exceed its quota volun-
tarily, and urges those who have been
holding back waiting for the commit-
tee to call, to go at once to the bank,
theater or post office and make their
purchases. They point out that every
$25 Bond purchase will help, at the
same time insisting that those who can
afford to invest larger amounts should
be quick to do so.
While the total sales as listed are
close to the quota, it was pointed out
that a recheck must be made and that
it is highly probably that a number of
bond sales listed in this total have
been made to citizens of outlying com-
munities, and credit will be taken from
Roclqdale and given to the various
communities. Rockdale’s total sales
to date will probably be materially re-
duced, necessitating the whole-heart-
ed co-operation of local citizens in
bringing sales up to meet the quota.
County Lagging
Tliat Milam county is lagging far
behind in Bond sales, or communities
have been slew in reporting, is in-
dicated in a report released by Emory
B. Camp from Cameron Wednesday
afternoon shewing total sales of only
$56,331.25 for the county on a quota
of $301,000. Because reports from all
communities are incomplete, this list
is not being published this week but
is being h61d over for the next issue of
this newspaper when more complete
reports from all ccmmunities may be
secured.
Son Whitworth Opens
New Army Store Here
Son Whitworth announces this week
that, his new Army Store is new open
in Rockdale, in the corner Bullock
Building formerly occupied by the
Elite Cafe.
Whitworth said his store would fea-
ture merchandise of all types, priced
right, and including such item: as
dishes, clothes, shoes, blankets, harness
and lawn mowers. One item featured
at this time are a number of chairs
made from wrecked bomber seats. He
said that his stock of merchandise
would be enlarged from time to time
and he planned to offer a wide var-
iety of needed merchandise.
Milano Cagers Win 9
Of 10 Games Played
The Milano high school boy» bas-
ketball team is compiling a fine rec-
ord this season, having won nine out
of ten games played.
MUano dropped a close decision to
Cameron 22-24 at Cameron, later beat-
ing Cameron at Milano 31-21. They
have defeated the following other
Clas.s A schools: Franklin 26-36;
Ituckdale twice, 17-26 and 21-49; Cald-
well twice, 21-17 and 21-36; and
Rogers 17-36. In the only class B con-
ference game played Milano' defeated
Sharp 47 to 14.
The team is coached by Supt Hinton
H Pruett who states there are only
fix e boys making up the regular team:
Tlirold Lankford. Lamar Shafer, sen-
iors; Garland W< tbrook and Chas.
Martin, juniors.; and Jack McCallum,
sophemore. Tile team depends on
speed in floo:*oik and accuracy in
basket shooting to make up for size.
The boys aie all small.
The Class B c< nference in Milam
county is composed of Shari), Thorn-
dale, Buck-'.olts, and Milano and at
present both Thorndale and Milano
have perfect records.
* Have you
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