The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 22, 1927 Page: 3 of 10
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KBPORTKH Thursday, September 22, 1927
I HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT
PAGE THRCT
Tiaw^k 0f Austin; Mrs. R,»ss l3mith
Jrnd family, Waco; Mrs. N. S. Nelson,
Writs Merman, Dallas; Mr. and Mrs.
Buford McMillan, Cameron; Mr. and
J. McKinney and family, San
Antonio; Mrs. IT. T. Williams and fam-
ily, han Angelo; Mr. and Mrs. R.
Day, Mrs. Lilly Hamilton* Amtin*
Mrs. E. H. Wainwright, Sherman; Mr!
^4 %S, Ernest. HatToy and chiljnui,
Jarrell; Mrs. Eddie Builderhack, Ta-
huacana; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Dykes,
Galvestonj Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dekle
Oiddingsr
TRY REPORTER WANT \ADS—THEY GET THE GRAPES
mortuary
" e wish to thank our neighbors an 1
in Burleson county
n >on(fet! for their many acts of kind*
ness and sympathy-artfuie tragic pass*
ing of our. baby and grandchild, Ruby
■Baye Hankins.
Especially do
liuby Kaye Hankins ,
n.-t heart, gone, tfbne away,
not a heart but grieves for
1^4 were joy* but ywtertfay
is burdens grave to bear.
we 'apprecate the
lovely fragrant flowers, typical of all
that is pure and beautiful* that were
placed over her last resting place.
your every »way-
ttng on silken hi
frinp-
KTsunshinf glinting on silken- hair
l! nlv memories—are all
fire is of joy, tiU dreams come tru?
Jfloved ones answer your call,
jn?ity’s heart is sad for. you! —
IfrLp the news reached''Rockdale at
| |ast Wednesday that baby Ruhy.
-■ iti?. * - rtf ,m hs-okl daughter of
Sincerely,
MR. AND MRS. EARL HANKINS
t - MRS. D. B. McMILLAN
V Ira-S* Corbitt
Ira S, vivi *■,
EDGAR WADE
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Clothes sent to us for dry cleaning arc* returned to you thoroughly cleaned.
Hidden Mirt as well as surface.soil afe removed by our scientific cleaning
process. _ . • . •-_~ ......... ____'
Phone 205 and we will call for your clothes, and deliver them when cleaned.
MKQSKO & MOORE
BUSINESS COLLEGE
L. R. Walden, Pres. Austin, Tex.
lip, Somerset, is said to be 530 years
old.
\re you getting your share of the bargains before they are gone? As long as we have an>
we contracted for when cotton wa s 10c we are giving our customers the benefit of the low
a different story. We have already distributed
of the goods left that
prices. When we will have to replace thpc goods if will be
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f dollars worth of these bargains th an apprewould prices in Rockdale be tdday
ein’s wasn’t hereto —T?? ••••'• .-r "7 •
ROCKDALE, TEXAS
an automobile wreck, the
ipathy of the entire city went out
{IlC rrir- young parents,
this t’i ■ first ‘ragedjTof their dives.
Ruby-Kaj-i, tta «
gents’, was a lovable character, who
(ithher sweet happy disposition made
r^ds rapidly. The wave/of her lit-
hands . to passers by as she took
daily walks with her mother
[ought a responsive smile .and greet-
Ws from did and young alike.
Funeral services were held from the
)ine 0f the grandmother, Mrs. D. B.
plan, at f> ^o’clock Thursday af»
loon, when despite the inclement
-dther, friends tiyrned out en masse
jay their last tribute of respect to
e deaij departed on_e,;^ndjj? Syrnpa-
|y for the broken hearted parents
grandmother. The snowy-white
gtjvas banked .with floral offer-
p^pnt lv loving -relatives add
tiends test hying silently thei^admir-
iion in which Ruby Raye was held.-
jev. A. R. Toby, pastor of the First,
idptist Church, conducted- the ser-
ies and offered comforting words,
i-a Sprayer for the -bereaved. A
xed choir sang favoiyte hymns. In*'
'lent followed -in the New City
.jetery, where, the body rests.be-
■ath a carpet of hghntiful flowers,
ie"-to await the resurrection. dt-ia
.mforting to think—that “In' every
taring, incident yf our life, in every
B5 We suffer, in every success we
kieve, in each' fresh link to that fair
id beyond the Sea, of some loved one
ine before us U\ the Life Eternal, in
weary time 7>f sickness, in the rush
restored health, we may find if
will, the token of our* Savior’s
jsence and the summons of His
I,”
Pallbearers were A. C: Balhorn, J.
l.'Eamplin, C. W. Matson, Bryan
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ghlt of towtr relatives and friends
rho were here for the funeral cere-
.M.P.3.dame.s,.J.. W. Holman and -W. “W.
Vinton of. this rit^, die.l at hirf home!
_..... - 7(! Wr:lh‘r S^eet, Austin, last,*Thurs-
^vk-n.n yihing -paFnts, (lriy^^4jr,-Ihe.
ped over the H/&'T. C. to the old
family home at Liberty Hill Satur-
day for interment. Decedent is sur-
vived by his widow, two small- sons
and one daughter.
Caldwell, Tex., Sept. 21.—The high*
WWt department has. sent several ma-
chines of the latest design to Caldwell
and will be stored when not* in use
in a house just’ finished' on the Simp-
son property. E. Th Simpson, who
haa a road maintenance contract with
Fbft HE GOOGE-
A fool and her kisses’ Is so?0
*• * parted.
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Women are funny gamblers. They
the highway department, will have
charge of the new equipment.
The newest desigrrs in scrapers have
been shipped. Two catapillhr tracr
tors with graders attached, to be run
hy one man, ,have been received. ^
[. Mnst of-the--improvements'-on hlgo-
ori. north.from:.-Galdwellp-TT
4^i50MrLEy. Imc -Havc be, n made
and large part of the force has been
laid off.
'I he value of -a- performing circus
lion is estimated at about two thous-
and dollars. - ■ 1 -
’’ . SALTY
Salty, Sept."T9—Cotton picking is
being delayed oq account: of the.rainy.
[weather.
Two nice showers of-rain fell the
past week and another today, (Mon-
day) but not 'enough* rain has fallen,
yet for planting-fall gardens. ~
. tjuite a number from here arc at-
tending the Apostolic me'eting at Gay
Hill this week. —**——*—-—
Misses^ Vashti and Artie Bell Phil-
i^jLwg.Lvr guests of. Miss-Clarice-Jinks -
Friday night.
.Mesdames D.^A. and Albert Brown
a'rjd children left on Thursday of the
past week after a visit with relatives
here, Mrs. I). A. Brown returning to
her home lit Orange and Airs. Albert
Brown and children stopping ii] Hous-
ton.for a visit with her. parents, Mr.
and Mrs, C. C. Price. __________J;____,__;
,, F. ,H. Becker and daughter, Miss ..
N’prene, and Mg. and Mrs; Albert Se- ™los_°n |bemore or less gentle art
:g<Tr a~*on7^ == .--ujA-ilja -«i-vt ...4^—-FtAat
^guamnir-tM iome of D. gl "^r. h„,.v.
Jinks and family Sunday.
Mrs. Mattie Pinkerton and children
visited her sistcj:, Mrs, Rubie Lukk and
family, of Temple from Saturday until
(Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. F. Towery attend-
’d church at.Eagle Saturday and Sun-
day..
--. Grandpa and Grandma Jackson left
Monday lor a visit with _ grandma’.',
brothufr .tohn j'homas, of Stockdale.
any lan-
guage on the education of women. •
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about lookin’ swell in his dinner coat
FOR THE GANDER—
When yon’ro -conslderln’ a wife, ask
yourself all the\old posers: "How
would l like to sit opposite her at
breakfast? Wake up next to her In
the morn in’? Live with her when
she’s sixty?’’
And then ask yourself this one
more: “llow’d l iriuTf^airher up at
five o’clock in (lie afternoon and tell
her why" I can’t come fionie to sup-
per?’'
Tlic*reV on’y n few liard ."and fast
It Won’t Be Long
Winter days are just around the corner, lyid it won’t be ,
long now. before you will want to be wearing your cold •
weather togs. ^ -1 >
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It is time now to get out your winter clothes and let us -i
j give .them a thorough cleaning and pressing. Let us're*
move all the spots and give the garments a goed pressing; *
f- then they will.he ready when you want t^emr—-i—-—f-
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Cooke, John Esten. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 22, 1927, newspaper, September 22, 1927; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth741794/m1/3/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.