The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1932 Page: 3 of 8
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THE 8000)ALK RPOMlt, Wnuato. March SI. m2
•DJ the Student*
dale High School tor
Uid Advancement of
School
tiger
TALES
TENNIS TOURNEY
March 26—Cameron
TEAMS OF R.H.S. R. h. s. school life seven years
2 SECOND PUCES ----------
■■■■-■ «
•Has
ooables Team to Compete
r»men»n W* tar First
p,i(T on March 26tli
tfcond place.- *»vi'c taker. by
ffjjigh school tennis teams
Mj,am county tennis tourna-
Md in Cameron Saturday,
! Brit Hensley, Rockdale’s
boys singles, won
Cameron taking first.
26.
native in
AGO, TAKEN FROM REPORTER FILES
place,
Flora Scheihing
from
was
doubles team
Ira Meyer, won second place
gwndale. first place going to
Prairie.
doubles team. Eldrldge
ind J. D Hairston, will re-
m Cameron Thursday, March
compete with Cameron for
singles representative
•f Maxine McGown,
<ed by Milano.
schools of the county were
^presented at the meet.
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HODGE PODGE *
Student Contributions +
following themes were writ-
.English I class by freshmen:
Idventures of a Postage Stamp
(By Earl Perry)
fifty cents tamped on my
ualces me quite an aristocrat
stamps, and so naturally
collectors clamor for me,
W that I will some day be
a peat deal of money.
Jnk the greatest adventure I
lad anything to do with was
e a burglar broke into Bill’s
(Bill is a boy who has the dis-
o! wanting to collect stamps),
jt 12 o'clock one hot July night
I was reposing in my usual
in the tobacco can on the
piece by the clock in which
tep; the savings of Bill's fa-
I heard the scraping of a win-
being slowly opened.
what seemed a very long
a figure loomed up in the win-
ind silently scrambled over
The figure went directly to
(he seemed to know the
and slowly and silently open-
clock In doing so t.he bur-
elbow hit my can, and I and
the other stamps flew out,
lie can hit tne iloor with
and a bang.
Mentally, I, out of all my other
friends, seemed to play a def-
inite In this drama, for as I
hit on the bruglar’s head and
I stuck.
as light as 1 am. I was not
by the burglar—so I stayed,
sound of the can falling had
jM everyone in the house Into
illness. The thief knowing
jit was no use to keep silent any
.ran to the window and jump-
X He had the money,
jhe ran, his flopping hair, in-
of throwing me off, imbedded
itper and deeper into his mop.
next day this man the had
y hidden the money) was tak-
th some other suspects, to the
[o; Bill's lather. ’ «.
ply nervous, the man contin-
[ri|i his fingers through his
i loosening m< a little each
Dill's father .started ques-
him (the burglar) about the
II ;'1: ntan's elute hing fingers
Wngh his hair, and when they
i® llley brought out, sticking
finger—me, a fifty cent posl-
■np.
Jl‘‘ had accounted for all the
■ but me. the mnn u;os easily
Xfd and was made to give up
Joey.
The following quotations were tak-
■n from the files ol Tiger Tales as
printed in The Rockdale Reporter
seven years ago this week, March
----- ***** wuc oi nger Tales
was volume 1, number 17. it was
in the school year of 1924-25 that
high school news under the heading
of “Tiger Tales'' originated, the first
issue being published November 20.
1924. The staff of 1924-25 is listed
as follows:
and Ray Catchings in senior boys
declamation, had no opponents, but
(hey made excellent showings.
Literary Events
Tigers to Make
Play Stiff With
Cameron Yoemen
In an interview with Coach Ralph
H. Gay, it was; learned that the Ti-
ger baseball team will play Cam-
The following students will repre-! eion within the next week in a two
Rftkdale in the literary events
at the county meet: Charles New-
ion, Junior boys declamation; j un-
game series for the Milam county
championship.
With the team in as good physical
Editor in chief, Welburn James;1
assistant editor, Marvin Franklyn*
editorial writer, Irene Linder; sports
editor, Wesley Blackburn; society
Editor, Catherine Stribding; joke
editor, Martin Blackburn- current
events, Doreen Orr; senior reporters,
Wade Hariss and Lucille Hillyer;
junior reporters, Boswell Newton
and Cornelia Stribling; sophomore
leporters, Lucille Landis and Anna
Marie Barnes; freshman reporters,
Irena Wisecup and Bruce Meyer. The
faculty advisers were Miss Cordelia
Crouch and Miss Grace Stribling.
Results
The
of Elimination Contests
elimination contest for the
county Interscholastic League meet
was held at the school auditorium
on Friday, March 20. The junior
boys declamation came first. Charles
Newton won this, and Wayman Sti-
gall was second. Lois Gunn took
first place in the junior girls dec-
lamation.
ior spelling, Eunice Sweaks and Mil- ] condition as now. Coach Gay thinks
died Dunham; Wilma Hillyer, sen-
ior spelling; Doreen Orr, senior girls
I declamation; Ray Catchings, senior
' boys declamation; Boswell Newton,
extemporaneous speech; Marvin
1' ranklyn and Emory Camp, debate.
Track Men to Texas Relay Games
Friday morning Coach Magee and
six of his Tiger trackmen will leave
for Austin to enter the first annual
Ttxas Relay Games.
The track men will take part in
'■■h; medley and one-mile relay. Four
men run 440 yards each in the mile
relay and in the medley relay the
tirsi man runs 440 yards, the second
and third men 220 yards each, and j
the last man finishes up the race
with a half-mile run.
he will, with a little luck, have
something to say about the ultimate
disposition of the championship. He
was highly pleased with the work
of his Tigers in the game with
Buckholts. In the last workouts
the pitchers have been bearing down
harder and the boys have had their
eyes on the ball and have been hit-
ting much better, Gay says.
Bailey Timmerman at the pitch-
ing mound is steadily improving as
the season progresses, but the Tig-
ers have some pitchers, notably Brit
Hensley and Lawrence Summers, to
take his place in the rifle pits.
THIS ISSUE
Fenora Meyer, junior repor-
ter, has acted as issue editor of
this issue of Tiger Tales. Louise
White, sophomore reporter, will
act in that capacity next week.
Rockdale Wins
Its First Baseball
Game of Season
Friday, March 25, the Rockdale
Tiger baseball team went to Buck-
holts for the first game of the sea-
son, the Tigers winning by a score
of 18 to 16.
The feature of the game was a
seven-run rally staged by Buckholts
in the last of the ninth in a des-
perate attempt to tie the score,
only to fall two runs short.
Lawrence Summers, first base-
man for the Tigers, hit a home run
in the second inning with the bases
---------------------— t empty, and later in the game Worley
A number of candidates still have duplicated the feat,
hopes of winning the outfield berths,
che group including Jim Sam Perry,
up.” This quartet went to the finals
at the state meet last year and ex-
pects to repeat this year.
In the medley relay, Harris, Black-
burn, Janies end Bartlett will step
440 yards, 220 yards, 220 yards and
Doreen Orr was the winner of the j one half mile respectively,
senior girls declamation. Boswell j Blackburn and James are entered
Newton in extemporaneous speech, in lie 100 yard dash.
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"Doc” Harris, Wesley Blackburn/ Morris Green, Bedford Watson and
B. F. McCoy and Lee Bartlett will | William Fletcher,
make up the mile combination and; The remaining positions in the
they are expected to “smoke ’em infield will be played by Monroe
Pierce, short stop; Billie Kirk or
j Carlton Trotter, second base; Boyd
Worley or Brit Hensley, at catchers’
position; Lawrence Summers or Brit
Hensley, first base; and Carlton
Trotter at third base.
TIGER TALES TIDBITS
Soph. English Class
Presents Programs
‘Right Ear” Name
Given New Table at
TT Staff Luncheon
J. D. Hairston: Why do you
think I am a poor judge of human
nature?
Gladys Matson: Because you have
such a high opinion of yourself.
Nellie Gray Pruitt: Elbert Van-
meter says he worships the very
ground I stand on.
Vernon McGuyer: Well, a farm
of that size is not to be sneezed at'
Laddie Bankston: Do you think
that you could live on $40 a week?
Mary Louise Mackey: Sure; but
what would you do?
The sophomore English class, for
+ + + +!■ the first three days this week, car-
ried on class programs as their work
in oral composition.
Wednesday of last week three
committee heads, Dorothy Matson,
Mary Louise Mackie and Teddie
Curry, were appointed by Mr. Burne:
and committees were chosen by the
heads.
Talks based on the subject of
"National Defense” were given Mon-
day. They are as follows:
"Various Parts of the Army," by
Teddie Curry.
“Coast Defense." by Robert Lee
Bounds.
Allyne Kroll: Oh, what an ador-
able handkerchief!
Lucille Kyle: Handkerchief me
eye! This Is material for my new
dress.
The new staff table which was
installed in the Tiger Tales staff
room last week was christened
“Right Ear,” at a luncheon given
Friday, March 25, by the members
of the staff.
The luncheon consisted of sand-
wiches, potato chips, deviled eggs,
cakes and candy.
All members of the staff and Mr.
Bert D. Bumes, sponsor, were pres-
ent.
Program Presented
Barkley, Graves,
Stone Make Honor
Grades in College
Three ex-graduates of Rockdale
high school are reported making
honor grades in their college work.
Alice Elloie Barkley, who is at-
tending S. M. U., at Dallas, has made
the honor roll with an exceptionally
high record.
Leon Stone, who is attending the
Blinn College, Brenham, has also
made honor grades, which render
him eligible for the Phi Theta Kap-
pa, honorary scholarship fraternity
of that college.
Fred Graves, who Is attending the
Southwest Texas State Teachers
College, has made an all ‘A" record,
having so far eighteen "A's” to his
credit.
iMPuOVEBENTS, IENNiS
COURT NOW COMPLETE
The Racquet Club Finaiunti the Re-
building of School Court, Di-
rect* d by Ruth C. Kirk
----—— j
The tennis court, which has been
under reconstruction for the past
three weeks, lias been completed
this past week. The Improvements
for the court were financed by the
Racquet Club, and Mias Ruth Kirk,
sponsor of the club, directed the
work.
The surface of the court has been
changed and new backstops have
been erected.
The court was renovated lor use
by members of the Racquet Club,
and the club members will have the
privilege of its use at .ill times, Miss
Kirk said.
CORRECTION
By mistake Nanette Roqntree and
Jane Gunn were omitted from the
list of places won In the county
meet, as printed in the'last Issue of
Tiger Tales. They both scored one
hundred per cent In music memory.
TIGER TALES STAFF
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Gladys Matson
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Flora Scheihing
»ueit i i EDITOR
Dorothy Matson
SPORTS EDITORS
Jim Sam Perry
Irene K&risch
REPORTERS
Senior—Lula Worley
Junior—Fenora Meyer
Sophomore—Louise White
Freshman—Nellie Gray Pruett
SPONSOR
Bert D. Bumes
H. E. Club Girls
Have Picnic Hike
With Miss Bettie Lu Garrett as
chaperon, the home economics club
girls hiked to a convenient spot for
gy thp First Grade: a picnic on the west' side of town
^ ___ ! Wednesday
Hardy Young: I love you! 11
want you for my wife.
Maxine McGown: I didn’t know
you were married.
A Grammatical Kiss
A kiss is always a pronoun be-
cause "she” stands for it. It is mas-
"jline and feminine gender mixed,
therefore common. It is a con-
junction because it connects. It is
,!i interjection: at least, It sounds
ike one. It is plural because one
calls for another. It is singular be-
cause there is nothing else like it.
fr, is usually in apposition with a
caress. At any rate, it is sure to
fr/iow. A kiss can be conjugated
“Military Acadamies,” Leonard
Farrell.
"The Navy,” Eugene Brown.
“The Red Cross and Its Work,"
Lillian Scheihing.
"Medical Corps,” Alexander Mc-
Leod.
Tuesday the second group gave
talks on nature, as follows:
"Plants As a Whole,” Mary Louise
Mackie.
“Rabbits,” Yvonne Palmer.
"Frogs," Bonnie Bess McCoy.
“Starfish," Ina Mae Gee.
"TV t." Margie Nell Williams.
“Butterflys,” Mae Agnes Hubert.
"Orchids, Louise White.
“Lightning," Ruth Hillyer.
The third group presented a short
one-act play Wednesday. The pro-
gram was as follows:
Character ketch of George Mil-
n Savage, the author, Ina Bell
Caywood.
At the weekly chapel program in
he primary building of the Rock-
dale high school, the first grade, un-
der the direction of Mrs. S. C. Miles, I
presented an Easter program last
Thursday, March 24.
The following program was given:
Song, "Spring,” class.
Poem, "Weather," Jack Henderson
and Tilrnan Wyatt.
Acrostic, 'Easter,” twelve pupils
of the first grade.
Story, “Easter Flower Choir," Lil-
ian Whitworth.
afternoon, March 30
The picnic lunch consisted of
sandwiches, weiners, cakes and fruit,
HEDGE PLANTED ON NORTH
SIDE OF R. H. S. CAMPUS
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: CAMPUS CHATTER *
+ +
+ + + + + - + + + + +
Mike Lee playing dolls 0?) . . .
W. O. Linder and Gladys‘ Matson
enjoying the junior weincr roast . . .
Fv.uira Meyer getting “wemtk in the
knees” . . . Mr. Miles complimenting
Bruce Allen on her splendid math
work . . . Archie Dickie getting hit
with—? . . J. D. Hairston swimming
on the tennis court . . . Miss Kirk
hiding behind a tree . . . Mr. Gay
going for a ride . . . Eldridge Ragan
being called “Elmer.” .
‘Gypsy Troubador,*
San Gabriel Play, is
Postponed to Apr. 5
Tuesday, April 5, will be the pres-
entation date of “Gypsy Troubador,”
a play which was to be brought here
from San Gabriel on Tuesday night,
March 30.
The postponement was made so
that the presentation of the musical
play would not conflict with a Bap-
tist revival meeting that Is being
held at the Baptist church here thb-
week.
STAFF ROOM IMPROVEMENT
Several improvements have been
made to the appearance of the stall
room during the last week. One ui
the side walls has been freslily
painted, a picture has been hung,,
and a wall vase has been donated.
The school has supplied a pencil
sharpener and a paper basket t®
add to the conveniences of the room.
Find it with a classified ad. if
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PROFESSIONAL
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B. REGENBRECHT
OPTOMETRIST
Texas Certificate No. 160
California Certificate No. 1191
CARDS ;
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Rockdale
Texas
I)R. I. P. SESSIONS
Physician and Surgeon
Office over Quebe Drug Store
Phone .No. 5 Res. Phone *
A hedge, donated by Mrs. Fred
Ewing, was planted by high school
students on the north side of the
school campus last week. The pri-
ii)/ry purpose- of planting the hedge
was to prevent the soil from wash-
ing, according to Coach Ralph Gay.
Rej>orter ads get the grapes.
Save 35
per
cent
Introduction to the play, Ruth | X
but never declined. It Is a prepo- j Montague. - I
it ion because It governs an objec-j “Little Prison,” the play, acted by j I
five "case." However It is not an, mks Bundy, a newspaper woman., £
adverb because it can not be com-1 Doris Simms; Miss Ellison, managerJ "
pared, but it is a phrase that ex- ; ;h<? Bon Ton department store,j-
presses feeling. i Dorothy Matson; NIrs. Richaidson,,
'a wealthy patron, Lucille Kyle; |
hanpv ones all depending on the Pearl, a ribbon clerk. Opalee Hair-j
mmiL Oh. well, why be a pessi-lrtrn; Daisy, the elevator operator, j
mist? All my other desk mates I Edith Brown; a deal and dumb lady, |
would tell the same story. I guess I Thelma Engram.
it’s fate. ; Conclusion. Bemadine Oar™___j
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Don’t strain your pocketbook and
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Ride the interurban and Save
CARLYLE POST, NO. 358,
AMERICAN LEGION
Meets Second Wednesday Night in
Each Month, 7:30 o’clock
City Hall ' Rockdale
ED GUNN
Attorney-at-Law
OJfice over First National Bank
Phone 12
Rockdale
Texas
J. W. GARNER
LAWYER
Rockdale Texas
Office over Baldridge , & Prewitt
DR. H. T. COULTER
Physician and Surgeon
Office over Quebe Drug Store
Phone 5 Residence phone 49
DR. GEO. B. KINCAID
Dentist
Office- Residence Wert Cameron st,
Rockdale, Texas
Day or Night Service Phone 211
DR. ED A. SWAFFORD
Denlint
X-RAY DIAGNOSIS
Rockdale, Texas Phone AA
Office over Baldridge & Prewitt
Office:
E. A. CAMP
Lawyer
N. Main St., Coulter
Rockdale. Texas
Bids
N. M. BULLOCK
Real Estate
Llfr and Accident Insurance, Also
Fire Insurance on Anything
in Country or Town
Ring 48 or call at my office
DR. T. S. BARKLEY
Physician and Surgeon
Office over Rockdale Slate Bank
Office phone at Quebe Drug Store
Residence Phone 164
I). R. WALLIS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Sped a 11 t, for treatment of piles of
any kind without use of the knife.
Guaranteed cure or no pay. Reliable
testimonials furnished If desired.
Rockdale, Texas
Office phone 20. Res. phone 212
nls of a School Room Desk
'Ernestine Moreland)
Very flrs* y at : as part of
‘-ure for a freshman class
1 received the marks that will
nith me forever. I am
M °f lhei«- but i was helpless
n them from being put on
there is nothing I can do
it now.
/* a boy who did it. m my
hav<? f"'"v that very
hooave so btlli - ;pect for
l' done with a pock t knife—
■fhrp blade-and i reen col-
boy, dui ass, took
J Pocket and proceeded to
“itthls on me—T G P in
?. Then, to have , ,mething
t y.J C1a PCJUare on my
• The next year was
freshmen
eir ,n the room. A pret-
bad to take me for her
J ,sho lo°ked at me, she
OWn 1 1“ ' ' '•* laCe into an
■ desk” irSaif3- 1,1 don,t llke
uj ug'y- cut and
can i!, a ncnt* clean desk ”
^‘magmehowlfeR. she
5*K6Wld help lt|
Pupils that cheated
-a/'*• honest
Ha th<? first
Mm.
I nit* ‘ ”',“ucr wnai
^ wffl make"
Pupils, and
one that used
I wonder what
years, and un-
Play is Presented
By Seventh Grade
---
“The Orange-colored Necktie” was,
the play presented by the seventh
grade of the Rockdale high school'
at the weekly chapel program Fri-
day, March 25, under the direction j
of Miss Nettie Turner.
The play was of a comical natuic
and the interest wa centered on!
an accidently-lost orange-colored
necktie.
The characters: >
Aunt Freda, Zella Weiss Moreland
Bob Hawkshaw, J. Q- Baldridge.
Myra Hawkshaw, Dorothy Wil-
liams.
Marjory, Jane Gunn.
Norah. Margaret Curry.
Solomon, Edward Jones.
Messenger, W. H. Willlftl
fourth grade PRESENTS^
EASTER PROGRAM FRIDA *
An Easter program was given,
•he fourth grade Mid -r the
of Miss Dorothea Phillips. ln ll
class room Friday afternoon Man h
25. The program was as follow1..
Lord’s prayer, class.
Easter, Clyde Clayton Franklin.
Easter Time, verse, Dollic Zlmni. .
Queer Eagle of Easter. y
11 Vj
Hill and Dale, Pansy Watson.
Rferv, Dtrk Hairston.
Song, class.
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