The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1954 Page: 2 of 22
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2—ROCHDALE (Tex.) REPORTER
Milam CountyASC JSaKg-y*
Convention Dote Convention* Milam
Auqu" s‘1,54 Former Members
Supreme Court
Reset August 30
fnn !ai« »\f
county ASC Committwmcn ;r nn*
nouru »*tl previously by the Secre-
tary ot Agriculture*, hn« been
ehnnged in some degree, which
will necessitate a change in the
date that the county convention
Will be held.
The duly elected delegates will
convene Monday, August 30. 1054
tit w (>(' n m instead of the pre-
viously announced date of "
Alva F.. Sanders. Milam County,
V s C office manager, announced
today ihe name- of the duly elected
delegate*, to the County A S C
Convention, as follows:
M IX Swanzy, Houle 1. Burling-
ton; (’. W Hailey, Route 4 Cam-
eron; Cecil Butler, Cause; Law-
rence Keen, Route t, Tanglewood;
Ed IJ. Moerbe, Thorndule; C. M.
Walker, Route 1 Burkholts; lx’slie
Sakowitz, Fluckholts; and F. W.
Vogelsang, Cameron.
The farmer* listed above, who
Like Brewster
All former members of the Texas
Supreme Court today publicly en-
dorsed tin* re-election of Associate
•aruu i <• Ln-vviri iu iiii- .’>u-
prerne Court.
The five judges said that Judge
Brewster's “well-known and ic-
mh ( led qualifications for this high
tribunal position, prompted them
to 'nipport his candidacy
In letters to Judge Brewster,
the former justices lauded Judge
Brewster's long service to the ih*o-
ple
August 20th
At this meeting a county com-I the Milam County A. S. C.
mittec of three member and two' 'dfiee August 30 rd 9 a. m to select
alternates will Ik* selected to serve ;i county committee to serve for
for the 1955 program year.
the 1935 program year.
Cpl. Manuel Aldama
Gets Promotion
At Fort Hood
FOR HOOD, August 25 -Corp-
oral Manuel Aldama. 21, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Purit Aldama. Route 2,
Box 33. Rockdale, was recently
promoted.
Cpl. Aldnma's wife. Sally, lives
with her pa rents -in- low.
He is an assistant squad lender
in Company “C, 701st Armored
Infantry Battalion. 1st Armored British Columbia, Alberta. Oregon,
Division. I Washington, California, and Ari-
Tiic 1st Armored Division con- /on i While nt Browning, Montana
time's its Intensive training on the j visiting the Blnckfoot Indian Mu-
vast Fort Hood reservation, main- <eum. the Weems met a Mrs Emma
tainlng it*- state of constant readi- Van Hoozer, who is the aister-in-
ness. Oiii ironside.**", tin fu>t of the ! : tl.cr of Mr • James
armored division organized in the summer ; of Rockdale, and who had
United State* Army, won fame for visited in the Summers home here
its World War 11 lighting in Africa two years ago. The Weems traveled
and Italy. |u total of G73R miles.
Friday, j were .'levied by farmers in their fcVstHc^Att^
! r11^ <•»•* as a member of the
Supreme Court.
Judge John Sharp of Ennis said:
“Having served with him and the
Court, T think he is a great judge
and one of Texas' outstanding citi-
zens.’’
Judge A ,T. Policy, Amarillo,
and Judge Gordon Simpson of
Dallas, praised Judge Brewster for
his ability to write opinions “thut
always reflect equal Justice under
and “he has tIn* over-
whelming respect of virtually all
lawyer s of Texas.
Judge Richard fritz of Austin,
end Judge W. M Taylor of Dallas,
said they thought it significant that
the home folks of Bell County guve
Judge Brewster n 12 to 1 vote of
approval in the July Primary
“which shows what tin folks who
know him best think of him us a
lawyer and a citizen."
Meanwhile, the I3ell-Lampasq^-
Mills Counties Bar Association, ot
which .Judge Brewster is a mem-
ber, unanimously endorsed him for
his second elective term. A Jetter
bearing signature*, of all 54 mem-
ber.- of the tri-county Association
to members of the State Bar,
stated- "Ilis personality, kindli-
ness, fairness, scholarship and
sense of justice make him tin* kind
<>l trial judge any lawyei or liti-
gant asks".
DENSON WEEMS FAMILY
*B.\CK IROM VAC ATION TRIP-
Mr. and Mrs. Denson Weems,
and son, George, returned to their
home here Saturday night after a
three weeks journey that took Ihemithe law-
over most of the western half of
the United States, and into Can-
ada. Including tire following stutes
anil outstanding points of interest
Raton Pass. New Mexico, Colorado,
Great Salt Lake. Utah, Wyoming,
Idaho, Yellowstone National Park,
Montana. Glacier National Park,
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Methodists Okay
Parsonage Plans
For. St. John s
St. John's- Methodist Church,
Rockdale, g ive approval Sunday
night to the plan to build a new
parsonage for the church at the
corner of Murray tree! and Fran-
cine Drive.
Action w i taken by a church
Cwiiferem c called to hear the re-
port marie by John M. Weed, Jr.,
lor the official board. Weed was
chair man of llu* properties com-
mittee, named to make recom-
mendations.
The church finance committee
will meet Friday night following
the revival services at the church
to start plans for the financing ot
the now building, according to
W. H. Cooke, who is chairman of
this committee.
The committee plans a campaign
to raise $20,000 for tin* program.
When tin* new parsonage is com-
pleted tin* old parsonage adjoining
the* church will b<* converted into
additional rooms foi the Sunday
school department, now badly
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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/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.