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ROCKDALE. MILAM COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY. AUGUST 26. 1954
NO. 32
Record Vote Looms
For Run-off Election
Milam County began mapping
plans lor a record vote this week
joining other Texas counties in
preparation for the climax of the
state's most highly publicized
political campaign in years.
Although the political campaign-
ing between Governor Allan
•Shivers who is reeking a third
term and Candidate Ralph Yar-
borough has a few more days run-
ning, the punches they may toss
will have little effect on the out-
come.
The important issue will be I W. F. Marshall, election judge
settled by th> voters throughout for the precinct said that a big
the state Saturday In the special I turnout was expected at the Legion
run-off primary. i Hall in Rockdale. Voting will get
It was pointed out that for actu- j underway at 7 a. m Saturday and
al cash spending there has been will hist through i p. m., he has
no campaign equal to the fierce
political fracas that ends Satur-
day.
announced.
Three clerks have been appoint-
ed by the election olficial and two
Not since 1046 has time been ‘2.
such a turmoil among voters. In
Milam Has
420 Absentee
Ballots Cast
Absentee voting took on a new
look in the run-off primary this
v’co|{ Leo O’Neal in the county
clerk’s office reported a brisk
business in the early balloting
department.
A total of 420 applications were
received by O’Neal prior to the
deadline of midnight Tuesday,
August 24. The: amount compares j
with 171 absentee voters in the
July Primary,
O’Neal reported that of the 420
applications received 75 appeared
in the office, 345 requests came
through the mail. The bulk of the
requests came from the Rockdale
precinct where an estimated 275
applications originated.
O’Neal said that most of the
ballots mailed out have been re-
turned, the few remaining to be
mailed in have a deadline of 1
I . m. Saturday to meet, alter which
they become disqualified.
ftamblinq
nnittin onrvnut *
ROUND ROCKDALE
W.H.C.
Snakes.
ALMOST reluctantly 1 bring up
the subject of snakes at this
time Just two days before the run-
off election. And T hasten to as-
sure you, before wc go any further,
that T am not fixing to write about
one of the political candidates, al-
though I'll bet ten to one that
there arc those of you who thought
that was coming up when you saw
the snake title1.
So far as 1 can remember from
the things I have read and watch-
ed on TV, neither candidate has,
as yet, called the other one a
snake. Liar, yes; snake, no. Wc
must remember, however, that the
campaign still has two days to go.
But what 1 started out to say has
absolutely nothing to do with poli-
tics. and 1 cannot understand how
I got off on the trend of thought
. . . unless maybe I HAVE been
watching too much television late-
ly.
Here wc go: I have just receiv-
ed from the Texas Game and Fish
Commission a copy of its bulletin
on The Poisonous Snakes o! Texas,
so the next time somebody conics
in this office wanting to know if
the snake they just killed is a
Coral snake or something harm-
less, I think we’ll be able to get
the question answered.
ynnr information now. in
case you have recently come face
to face with what you thought was
a Coral Snake, here is the official
dope: The Texas Coral Snake has
red and yellow rings that touch
one another while in the harmless
species which resemble it, the red
and yellow rings arc separated by
black.
And, says the bulletin, here’s an
ra. v way to remember the color
combination: "Red and Yellow
kill a Fellow; Red and Black.
Venom Lack.’’
It. is my recommendation that if
you chance upon what you think
might be a Coral Snake you do
not stoop down for a close investi-
gation of his color scheme. The
idea is to shoot first and then ask
questions.
Incidentally, the bulletin lists
the KNOWN distribution of Coral
Snakes in Texas by counties, and
there arc 67 counties in the list
Although the list includes Wil-
liamson couunty and Lee county, it
does not include Milam county.
It i: entirely probable that some
Coral Snake, probably punch
drunk from listening to political
speeches, might have wandered
across the county line into Milam
without knowing any better.
And that brings us right back to
the field of politics again. Funny
how you wander back into it when
trying to do a serious column about
snakes.
So .... if you must insist on
a few words about our favorite
candidate: turn to the editorial
page and we ll accommodate you.
It's ju^c 4c, thank you.
that year the forces of Heauford
H. Jester bested the collogues of
Homer Price Rainey. Though bat-
tling down to the final minute
neither Jester or Rainey spent
money so freely.
The candidates that have cap-
tured the light beamed on the vote
will have spent nourly a million
dollars a piece in their campaign.
Each actively engaged in getting
out the vote of the absentee has
pushed the records of the ballot by
itxiil up to new heights not just In
a few counties but clear across the
state.
Here in Milam County 420 ap-
plications were received by the
county clerk. Seventy-five per-
sons called at the office, the re-
mainder arrived through the mails.
Loo O’Neal who is pinch hitting for
Hofncr Nabouis estimated that
around 275 of the request came
from the Rockdale voting box
alone.
to Saturday. To assist in the record
vote are Mrs. C. B. Sessions, Mrs.
Fred Betheu and Mrs. Johnny Yel-
verton.
The election will also have a sup-
ervisor, not yet announced by
County Chairman Max McClaren.
The supervisor was requested by a
petition signed by 62 voters of Pre-
cinct 15 (Rockdale) for the pur-
poses of observing the conduct of
the election
The county chairman has re-
ported that the ballots will be
short.
Jo Preeincta 1, 2 and 3 tin bal-
lots will contain only three races
with five names listed. They arc:
For Governor: Allan Shivers,
Ralph Yarborough: for Associate
Justice Supreme Court Place 1:
Few Brewster and Alfred Scott;
for Judge Court of Criminal Ap-
jicais: Lloyd W. Davidson.
In Precinct 4, a run-off in the
commissioner’s race will be listed
with C. L. (Babe) Yount and R. H.
McCasland as candidates.
Council Okays:
All-Weather Road
To Negro School
An all-weather street ti> the l meat will extend down Plum
nt w negro school, just completed,
will be built, it was announced
this morning by Mayor W. P.
Hogan.
The city council and citi/.cns of
the Aycock colored school area
moved this week for the construc-
tion when a citizens committee
met with the council.
The street will be an all-weather
gravel construction and will start
at the Missouri Pacific railroad
crossing on Plum street. This is
the crossing at the end of San Ga-
briel street, the name changing to
Plum at the crossing which is the
Ice Plant corner.
The all-weather gravel treut-
Weems Tosses Out
Comic Books After
Receiving Requests
M. D. Weems of Weems Super
Market said here Wednesday that
he has removed all of his comic
books from the shelves, after re-
ceiving ^’quests to discontinue sell-
ing the less desirable comic books.
The store owner reported that he
decided to take all of the books
out of his store. The requests came
from customers who were appar-
ently following up the practice
started in Houston, and other Tex-
as cities.
street, cuimeclirg with and extend
ing south on Bigger street, con-
necting with Sixth street, and run-
ning east to Baxter street where
the new school building is located.
The citizens committee which
met with the council was com-
posed of Fred Gray, O. E. Wilhite,
E. J. Sunsom, Overton Smith, and
Clark Ledbetter. Mayor Hogan
said the council agreed to use city-
owned equipment to construct the
sub-grade and bar ditches, and to
finish the gravel after it is hauled
if the property owners would pay
for their part of the materials un-
der the standard City policy
whereby the city pays one-third
ol the cost and the property ow-
ners on each side of Ihe street pay
one-third of the cost.
In this case the cost, is estimat-
ed at not more than 60 cents per
lineal foot, which would make the
cost to the property owners only
20 cents per front loot, Mayor Ho-
gan said.
O. E. Wilhite said that a number
of property owners have been
contacted and agreed to their part
of the cost, and others will be con-
tacted this week.
As soon as the property owners
petition the city council to help
with the work, the council hus
agreed to proceed immediately,
the mayor explained.
Emergency Bund Drive
ivuju campaign
To Close Sept. 2
Milam county’s Emergency MOD
Campaign moved into its second
week Monday with campaign lead-
ers renewing their appeal for more
support of the important fund
drive.
Jack Tomlinson, Milam County
Chapter Chairman, pointed out
that, the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis is in desperate
need of money to carry on its fi-
nancial assistance to a record num-
ber of polio patients this year and
the further its program of polio
vaccine trials and gamma globulin.
The National Foundation’s pro-
tram for 1054 called for expendi-
tures of $75,000,000 and only $55.-
000.000 was raised in the regular
March of Dimes, making a shortage
of $20,000,000. Although the orig-
inal campaign failed to hit the in-
tended mark, polio eases this year
has exceeded the number thought
to occur in 1054 Polio has struck
i devastating blow clear across the
nation and the financial assistance
'o patients ha: drawn heavily from
ihe funds available, it was point-
ed out.
In Tc.xa., alone 45 chapters have
received advances totaling $250,-
000. As of July there were 1,233
polio cases reported in Texas
which compare with 829 reported
i year ago
Heading the Rockdale drive is
W. T. Pearson. Jr., who like other
campaign leader- has asked for
more consideration of the work
carried on by the MOD.
I’carson has asked that area rca-
iff
g&i
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REV. A. L. GATEWOOD
. new Meadowbrook Pastor
Rev. Gatewood
New Medowbrook
Church Pastor
A. L. Gatewood, p:t«t**r of the
First Baptist Church of Columbia,
Mississippi, Ihe tenth largest
church in Mississippi with inure
than 2200 members, has accepted
the call of the congregation of the
Meadowbrook Baptist Church of
Rockdale,
The new pastor will move to
Rockdale with his family shortly
after August 29 and will assume
the pulpit of the recently organiz-
ed Meadowbrook Baptist Church
Sunday, September 5.
Rev. Gatewood is married and
has three children Hyman, Carole
and Alta Judith.
He attended Clarke Memorial
College of Newton, Mississippi,
Southern Louisiana Institute, Uni-
versity of Chicago, and the New
Orleans Theological Seminary. He
holds a LL.B Degree and will en-
ter Baylor University for studies
leading to graduate work in field
of religious Journalism and Sociol-
ogy.
Past'* 1 * ol! I' e U !• he!.I 11II I ■ II II
First Baptist Church, Itta Rena,
Miss.; Bay Springs Baptist Church,
Bay Springs, Miss.; Supt. of City
Missions, New Orleans, and the
First Baptist Church of Columbia,
Miss.
Rev. Gatewood is a member of
the Mississippi Baptist Convention
Board and present chairman of
the Organization Committee of the
Board. He was also organizer and
producer of the Mississippi Baptist
Hour, a statewide broadcast. This
program is being discontinued, it
Sec REV. GATEWOOD, page 6
Rockdale Public Schools to
Begin Activities September 1
Studies for an estimated 1,0001 Monday to review plans for the
students in the Rockdale schools j new year. Special sessions for the
will commence Wednesday, Sep- high school staff and tin civ men
tcmbei 1. Supt. W. C. Grissom has
announced.
Pre-school activities, however,|
will open with the new week. The \
general assembly ol all teachers i:
set for Monday, registration ol
students, Tuesday.
11. i). Maxwell, high ehool
principle, annourued arrangements |
for the pre-school activities hern
Wediu sday.
According to the schedule all
teachers of the system will meet
in a general asm mbly at !• a. m.
tnry school teachers will be held
v in mi. Ihe aftci noon.
Maxwell said that the afternoon
nice ling;1 would deal, primarily
with registration procedures to be
followed the next day, Tuesday.
It cffistriitlon
Registration day will also open
with a general asembly of all high
school grade students. A short
program is planned al which time
students will be familiarized with
registration procedure. All students
in the seventh through the twelfth
grades are to attend the assembly,
Maxwell said.
Immediately following the as-
sembly the students will meet with
their respective counselors to work
out schedules. Senior counselors
are Mrs Ida Jo Marshall and Ben
Keene; junior counselors, Miss
Nora Duncuro and Mis: Doltns
Womack: sophomore, Mrs Dorothy
Luckey uiul Albert Timmerman;
freshmen, Mrs Lillian Fisher and
Mr Fannie Waller; eighth grade,
Miss Nettle Turner, Frank O’Neill,
seventh grade, Mis, l<oween Mule-
ihek and J. I). McMillan.
Mi . Notinic Blackburn will lie
Plans Complete
For Girl Scout
Kick-Off Even!
Final plans foi the Girl Scout
’•kick-off” program, ct for Satur-
day, September 11, at the Rockdale
swimming pool, were announced
this week.
Completed al last week's meet-
ing ol the Gill Scout Board the
plans open the meeting to nil Girl
Scouts registered last year, all
leader.* and committeemen and all
girls 7-16 years of age inteieslecl
in becoming Girl Scouts. All pros-
pective Scouts not having, register-
ed la: 1 year arc to be accompanied
by i parent.
Adults interested in assisting
in tile I rogi am t-hii year have nl o
been Invited. It was pointed out
that wilh Rockdale’s growth con-
tinuing, more troops would be
needed next year and al lea- I two
or more loaders would bt needed
(or each new troop.
Former It udv i s who can not con-
tinue iii the Girl Scouting progi on
will also rw ed i rplat i meiit' , il wa:
announv. d.
A training program will be pro-
vided for those persons interested
and anyone willing in work with
the Scout: may receive informa-
tion of the organization by contact-
ing Mis Bill Kvlt
Registration of Ihe girls will bo
held on the opening day and all
prospective members arc urged to
bring the registration fee of $1
which i: paid annually by cadi
Scout.
Each per m attending should
also bi ing bathing suits and other
v qui[ men!.
RHS STUDENTS ARE OFFERED
CHOICE OF SEVERAL SUBJECTS
Students in the Rockdale High
Si boo! will h ive '.eve' ll Mlh|rrts
lo choose from al registration here
Wednesday, September I
Choice slips to be handed nut in-
clude a list of academic courses
for fivshn’ien, sophomores. Junior i,
and m nini • The dip also give an
explanation of the rr-quhomonfs
for graduation.
It was pointed nut that 4 credits
list of English II. Aleghra 11 and I,
World History, II K I or II, V. A.
I or II, Band, Typing I, Biology,
Library Science, P K.„ Spoils,
Commercial Arithmetic, Spanish !
end Office Training.
Juniors have a choice of English
III. American History, Algebra 11,
I Main (!i nmctrv, Tv plug I or II,
II. If III, V. A. Ill, Commercial
Arithmetic, I library Science, Short
in English, one in natural science Hand, < hemislry, 1*. E., Hand,
Spoils, Spanish I and Office Train-
ing.
Seniors wdl choose Irom English
IV, Solid Geometry, Trigonometry,
Bookkeeping, Short Hand, Band,
Typing I or II, Civics, Texas llis
lory, II E. Ill, V. A 111. Library
Science, Chemisliy, Physics, P. E.
Spoi l:. Office Training and Plain
Geometry.
American History is required of
all student: graduating, It was
poinlt d out.
2 m history, 2 m ninth and enough
elediv1 :> lo make 16 iiciid* mic cred
it vv.c requited of all RHS grad-
uated.
Courses offered freshmen thin
yeai include: English I, General
Science, Junior Business, Algebra
I. Home I cimnmic: I, Vocational
Agriculture I, Library Science,
Pin ii al Education, S| or's, Band,
World History, Spanish I, Office
Training.
Sophomores may choose from a
Seek Full Cooperation
Rockdale Humane Society
Deluged With Complaints
Com| lainls of dog' roaming Ihe
Greets turning ovri gurbngr con-
tainers would be eliminated with
the proper fci ding; a requii ed ol
all pot owners m the enectlon of
1 »<• ns, dog houses or exercise lines,
it was pointed out.
Unspayed female dogs, accord-
ing to the ordinance, should be
kept, in cordmement in an adequ-
ate enclosure for a period of three
weeks each time ihe animal comes
See HUMANE, page 6
idents consider the 67,000 patients
across the nation now receiving as-
sistance from the foundation all
victims of polio in past years; also
the 10,000 new eases that will come
this year. “We feel that each
Milam resident had rather contrib-
ute a small amount rather than
see the foundation abreviatc it;
programs,’’ he said, suggesting that
e ach head of the household count
noses and then drop a small dona-
tion for each person in one of the
conveniently located containers ir,
Rockdale. "A dime per person isn’t
much, but think what it would do
in helping this worthy cause il
each of the estimated 5,950 persons
of Rockdale would use the dime
as a measuring stick In determin-
ing their donation,” the chairman
si a ted.
Envelope' for the campaign have
been mailed each resident in Mi-
lam County and coin collectors
have been located in all sections.
Aiding Pearson in Uii work at
Rockdale were Billy Cooke and
Leslie Doss who put out the coin
collectors and Mrs. John S. Scaff,
mailing committee chairman and
the following ladies who assisted in
addressing the envelopes:
Miss Sadie Peterson. Mrs. M S
Linton, Mrs. Baily Mulhcan. Mrs.
James Head. Mrs. Lonnie Graves,
Mrs. Ralph Peacock, Miss Jeanette
Fisher, Mrs. Geraldine A. Herbst.
Pearson -aid that the coin con-
tainers will be picked up in Rock-
dale on September 2 and the drive
would dose at that tunc.
Rockdale's newly organized
Humane Society which recently re-
ceived Ihe backing of the city
through the passage of an ord-
inance dealing with treatment of
pets within the city has reported
the receipt of numerous complaints
of violations.
Heading the list is the transfer
of unwanted pets from one sec-
tion of the city to the other. Others
are hunger of pets and the allow-
ing of unspayed female dogs to
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Section IX of the city ordinance —, _ _ _ __
setsup the transfer as a violation Karlc r 3 111*11* \nftll
Humane society (lircctoi point- I GlJi it* OIIU|!
ed out that the wording of the
clause i specific in that “no one
shall transfer kittens, eats, puppit %
dogs from one section of the city
to another part of town, or out of
town for the excuse to rid their
premises of pets”.
It. states- further that no one
shall bring kitten-., eats, puppies,
or dogs from out of town into
Rockdale.
Bid (Ipening Sept. 21
High School Plans
Okayed by Board
'The new Rockdale high school i Mild as need to complete the biiild-
mnvi-d closer lo reality here this log program
week when member nl the board School board president W. T.
u 11 ustrrs approved tin final plan.. | Srurlock, Jr., said that tin* hoard
ml s| ci-ilV.itioiit submitted by | plan to build as much of Ihe new
plant a-, possible on the first con
tract hilt that tie extent of the
Kindergarten To
Open Here Monday
Mrs M. I). Weems announces
today that her kindergarten cla: <
will open next Monday, August 30.
Mrs. Wccmy n a kindergarten-
trained leather and ha: a RS de-
gree, She has been successfully
operating her school Iuit the past,
several year
The location i: al 545 Miller
.Street.
Carroll Robertson
Offering Frozen Food
Locker Service
Installation ol commercial fooel
lockers has been announced this
week by Carroll Robertson, owner
ei Robertson’s Barbecue Drive-in.
The frozen food lockers, a unit of
75, were put into operation the
week next to the drivc-m
To be rented to individuals, the
lockers will hold from 200 to 250
pound: of meat or frozen foods.
Each customer will be required
lo place his own lock on the rent'd
locker. A complete cutting and
wrapping, quick-freezing serv
will be offered. For more informa-
tion jcc ad appearing on page 4.
Opens In New
Building Friday
Announcement of the
opening of the Ends Fabric Shop,I
formerly Jim End* Dry Goods,
was made this wro4 by Jim Ends,
owner. The new fabric hop will
open Friday, August 37, with aj
special event.
Each person vi ding tin- tore!
Fridav will i • cc.ve a s nail gift
and will be invited to register for
free door prize to be given away
at 5 p. m. the same day. Eads
pointed out that anyoia can irgis- J
ter, that no one i obligati 1 to
make purchase and that you do
rot have to be pn cut to win. “We
Just want you to come in and sec
our new store aft< > it. no- bc< n
completely remodeled,” I-’.ad: said.;
The Fabric Shop r located on
North Mum in the 100 block at the
former locution of Eads Dry Goods. •
The shop bus undergone a com-!
picte redecorating and rclinishing
both inside and out.
A large show window and ui
modern gla - door were installed in
front. The front exterior is brick,1
with a ne.w metal awnuig for
shade purpose:
In the interior., a cement floor ;
v as poured, and an asphalt tile
covering laid The wall: and ceil-
ing were sliect-rockrd and then
Tex-Toned a light green. The en- j
tire budding wa rewired, and new
light fixtures were installed. Ail
shelves and counters were redone
and painted yellow.
In the rrar of th» '-lore, a ladies
lounge and alteration room was
built. Next to U.ts a modern oliicc
| lor Mr. Lada ..deled.
Geoige 11. Dald, Architects.
’The hoard : • ■ t September 21 as
Ihe deadline fui .ubimssiun of bids
by ( i nil actor, and authm ized
Hum Kemp, Dahl representatives
to proceed immediately wilh ad
verti>i merit lor bids
By opening Ihe scaled proposal-
on September 21 and awarding the
contract shortly thereafter, con-
struction (if tin- plant would be
cleared ioi .in early start it- Oct -
i-ber.
All trustc of llu district were
per- -'-nt for the important meeting
Kemp and Srnokey Howe repre-
sented the ai C+M-tii I .
The ; and of educators and de-
signer' followed through with
plans of building the Inch . ehool
in two unit The fii • I to he but
ed in October "I this .vent and
completed around Keptembe, first
of 1055. A croud and final unit of
the piopo: ed .-ehool is tentatively
M'hedulcd a start before the initial
unit, is completed
The I'irst j.ortion of tla building
c expected Jo be placed r> use
September of 1055, the second unit
Li.v nun-term oi tin- ia.55-56 mIi'h.I
year.
Payment of the fir t unit w ill be
made from $506,000 gained from
the sale nt bonds in July. Other
bonds that wets- approved by the
ehool dl tint, listed in the
olliciul neighborhood of S325J/00, will be
I rogram would depend on tin- bids
received arid tin filial available.
The new plant vill go up on the
wooded section just west of the
athletic field.
Planned in the initial construc-
tion are classrooms, horn*-making,
science and bookkeeping depart
See HIGH SCHOOL, page 0
School Caieteria
Supervisor Attends
San Marcos Clinic
Mrs .1 Turn Williams, Rockdale
school lunchroom .upervlsor, has
returned from the 5-day clinic for
lunchroom personnel held at San
Marcos August 16-20 and Is now
making plans for the opening of
the cafeteria Sc|itembi i I.
The lunchroom supervisor at-
tended instruct lore: sponsored by
the Texas Educational Agency and
the National Lunchroom Progi am.
A general rout *- m lunchroom op-
“rid nrojoions Wll- taught
i t the school.
She will be r i led in Ihe opera-
tion of Ihe local school cafeteria by
Mr- Bertha Hare, Mrs Nellie Neal
Youtif. Mi , <). (' < filbert. Mis.
Nettie Adams and Mr Doris Gob-
bur dt.
in charge of typing registration
cards and will be assisted by sev-
eral students; tabulation of the
registration blanks will be made by
Hill Mounce and Kerman Bond
and Ernie Lawrence will act as
student personnel director.
Norman Muelchek, elementary
school principle, stated that regis-
tration in the elementary grades
would be held Wednesday, the
first day of school. He urged par-
ents to obtain birth certificates and
immunization record slips prior to
reporting to register new students.
Classwork will begin Wednesday
with a full day ahead of the
scholars.
'Busts will run their regular
■mutes on Wednesday and tiro
school cafeteria will also open to
accomodate students at lunch time.
The school administrators aro
not expecting a record enrollment
but are looking forward to check-
inu in a I»t11*' less than n thousand
students, the number attending
school at I tie dose of the past
term Aimind 230 high school stu-
dents are expected to register,
160 seventh and eighth graders,
and an estimated 600 In the
elementary grades.
Aycock Opi'idnc
Students m the Aycock School
of Rockdale will also begin chew
work on Wednesday, September l.
Teachers of the school will hold
llu-lr annual workshop and general
faculty organization meetings on
Monday and Tuesday.
Buses for the school will run on
Wednesday and (lie cafi-torla of the
new school plant will be placed
into operation the same day with
Mr- Hardy Williams as »U|H-i visor,
<) K. Whilhitc reported.
The students of Aycock will use
the recently completed school
plant for the first time this year.
A formal dedication of the modern
plant will bo arranged at the
ii i ; met ting, i! v : jaiinti d
out
APPRECIATION AWARD -M Set. and Mrs. Hubert M.
Foley are shown above with Brijj. General James P. Cooney,
Commandant of the Medical Field Service School. Brooke
Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, shortly after Gen.
Rockdale School
Teachers Are
Announced
Teacher assignments in the
Rockdale schools, effective during
tla- ensuing year, were announced
thB wick by Supl. W G. Grissom.
Tin v include some 56 regular
teachers and 5 special instructors.
First grade teachers will be Mrs.
Edith Stiles, Mrs. Carmen Yeager,
Mr-. Sidney Schaff, Mrs. MyrtUi
Ivovc, Mrs, W. II Lawrence.
Second grade- Mis Bertha Mc-
Leod, Mi s Gl an Eiland, Mrs.
Jewel Williams, Mr Ft. W. Goble,
Mr-.. Verna Muivln.
Third grade: Mr. Brrmidint'
Rum. Mrs. Glenn Lumpkins, Mi ;
Kathai ini- Melton
Fourth grade Mr l-ouise Ses-
sions, Mr, Gladys Maxwell, Mrs.
Martha Gi »s.--.om.
Fifth grade Mrs Dellah McCoy,
Mis: Margaret I.crigcit, Mrs. Mil-
dred Betty.
Sixth grade- Miss Vuxhti Smith,
Mrs Norma- Renfro aid Norman
(’ Malcchek, teacher unci elemen-
tary school principle.
In (tie high school section, which
Included gradi - '.oven through
twelve, teachers arc: Miss, Nettie
Turner, Mr lzjween Malcchek,
Ernie Lawrence. Mrs. Fannie
Walker, Mr Nannie Blackburn,
M,o Mary Kyle Tuck-r, F,u»'k
O’Neill, J I). McMillan, Bill
J Mounce, B< n Keene, Mis:; Doll In::
Womack, Miss Nora Duncum,
(' M Fisher and Kerman Bond
Special teacher* included 11, I).
Maxwell, high school principle;
Albert Timmerman, Jr., vocation-
al agriculture; Mrs Ida Jo Mur-
fhtdl. librarian; Mrs Dorothy
Lackey, home economics; W, T.
Grissom, school superintendent.
On* possibly two, more teacher*
will tie added to the list.
Certificates Oi
Birth Required
In Registration
Students enrolling in tin- first
grade of the Rockdale ehool* must
have reached 6 years of age on or
before September I, 1954, it wan
announced here this week. The
child’s age must be established by
a birth certificate, school officials
pointed nut.
Norman Malcchek, elementary
- ehool principal has announced
that registration in the lower
grade- would be made Wednesday,
.September 1 First graders will
be required to have their birth
certificates at the time Any child
enrolling in the hool for the firsti
time must also have a doctor’s
certificate showing that he or she.
Cooney presented an Efficiency Award* Committee Ap- ^n imm^S7cd (or £i.ll ££
proved Work Simplification Proposal to the Sergeant. Sj't. and dip them.
Folc.v i: the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Foley of Bronson and
i on duty in the Operations Section ol the School. Mrs.
Foley is the former Mi.,5 Avis J. Knight, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs C. N. Night. Rockdale Rt. 3. M Sgt. and Mrs Foley
reside at JJJ Livelcy Llvd., San Antonio. (U. S. Army Photo)
Birt c'-rlifictc may b~ obtain-
ed from the county clerk’s offico
ft the county m which the child
was born, or from tht Bureau of
Vital Statistic;, of the state un
wLucb u.e cmld w«u ootn.
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Cooke, W. H. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1954, newspaper, August 26, 1954; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth695002/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.