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BRILLIANT GOLD DECOR
Next Tuesday
Target Date for
Yule Lighting
............
Come next Tuesday night. , gold light*. Tlie tree will be
Nov. 26, downtown Rockdale : installed . high atop Rockdale
and the shopping center will be
adorned in brilliant gold Christ-
mas lighting.
At least that's the target
date the Chamber of Com-
merce lighting commau-c has
named in getting nip new de-
corations turned on.
The city's new decor will
Include Overstreet lighting con-
sisting of gold lights aiul gar-
land, gold "rtar burst” decora-
tions fur utility poles, and a
17-foot-tall Christmas tree of
State Rank
All told, it's a1 $3,000 pack
age of beautiful decor that the
Chamber has purchased. Work-
men from TPdcL began instal-
lation Tuesday, Glenn Hodges^
chairman of the Lighting com-
mittee, announced.
To supplement the city de-
cor, and as a means of furth-
er carrying out tin- golden
theme, a total of 42 merchants
I will outline the front of their
I buildings with gold lighting.
~ Many of tnc 42 hue co*n»
pletcd installation of the light-
ing strands and others aic ex-
pected to do so prior to n.xt
Tuesday night. Once the busi-
| ness houses have installed the
lighting on their buildings, the
lighting will be hooked-., p by |
T.PAL personnel 1 .
Hodges said tliat the 42
stores that will install the
lighting are:
t Masonic Lodge-Rockd«le Re-
! porter, Winn's, Mehaffey’s,
| Rockdale Floor Covering, Hock-
j dale Stale Bank. Gaither Mbtor
! )_o., Camp Insurance, TP&.L,
Prewitt Drags, J. B. White Co.,
| City Food Market, Phillips A
Director Luckey Co., Wards Catalog
I
Alcoa Starting Line 7
Work Progresses on '8
Potline Seven
Production Due
By Next Week
MMWIIHlIIIHIIUIIIIItlillinillllWIillMW
Pecan, Food Show Draws
Many Top-Quality Entries
Outstanding pecans and de-
licious foods filled the - Mc-
Granahan Building here Satur-
day morning when the annual
Milam County Pecan-Food
Show was held. The event
drew a total of 58 entries in
the pecan show and there were
a total of 87 entries in the
food show.
Mrs. Charlie Mayer of Route
1, Buckholts showed tfre cham-
pion pecan entry, a Schley
—*'.|f
peicent kernel, according to
M. S. Pugh, chairman for the
show.
Reserve champion winner
was Mrs. Beatrice Foster of
Cameroh with a Choctaw en-
try that shelled 56.3 per cent
kernel. These two entries were
judged the best in the improv-
ed pecan class.
In th« seedling class, Kath-
leen Kostroun of Marak had
the champion with an entry that
had a 513 shelling precentage.’
Anton Anderle of Route 3,
MAY I BE EXCUSED?’—Dan Drummond, along with
some 650 other adults, went back to school for a few
hours Monday and Tuesday nights. Open houses at the
schools are being sponsored for parents by the P-TO.
vice, sponsored by the local
Christian Association, has been
scheduled for 7:30 p. m. Tues-
^ ____________ _ _______ _______ ____ ____day at St. John's Methodist
.su re. Hodges Man s Sn ip, p wasn’t about*to misbehave in this class. The teacher j Church.
Burris Western Shop, Mary ....._ u......______I Rev. Paul McCaUum, pastor
Union Thanksgiving
Service Set Tuesday
Rockdale's annual com- of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church,
munity-wide Thanksgiving ser- will be the principal speaker.
Yiddish MaybeT
yyHEN RHS Band
Bill Grusendorf mUoduc-
ed his,Little German Bend to L»^n* *' -v was h.s wife (Reporter Photo)
play at the Rotary Clyb Tues-'*™ Shoppe. R<*K<laU- Flowei was nJ? *lle- tnepuner rnoio;
day he said it was probably Sh°P- . r _ . ..
the first tune in history a Gei- 1 Also, A -1 Cafe. Cit> Hall,
man band was presented by an Richard* Enco Service, Hoc*1' ,j
dale Food Center, Moms Phar- 1
macy, Fischer's Laundry, Back- j
hmis Cleaners. Mason Builders j
Supply, Western 'Auto, Searj
Usher Don Scarbrough wrote Oatakg Store. ^Gold CvJwn
in his column last week “I lost Stamp Center. McV o> s Groc-
a subscriber this week because erY A Market, Allene •, Shop-
much on the P° Mitton B.*inds Barber
Irishman.
Politics
QVER AT Georgetown Pub-
I bragged too
Democrats'.’*
Funny thing: Here at The
Reporter we lost one for sup-
posing Nixon! Nicely and
politely. >
shop.
Also, Lewis-Bredt Company,
time Star Gas Company, Mill-
er Chevrolet-Buidk, Inc, Ideal
Cleaners, Fred Ponder* A
Son Texaco, Rockdale Leather
Shop. Davenport's Radio 6c
TV. RockdaK- Beauty Shop,
Shop.
In my files, I have, a letter
dated Oct 1, 1964, in which s J«k Hubert's Bar «r
subscriber berated me for sup- ar‘d White Auto Store
porting Lyndon Johnson, a!
Democrat as you may re- j
member. He canceled hts sub- j
acrtpUon.
It’s downright amusing what
a good feeling a guy can get
out of telling an editor to
“cancel my subscription!”
Favorite Quote . . .
QVER AT BcRon ilotRuawO,
editor of The Belton Jour-
nal, says his favorite quote, al-!
" ways worth keeping in
ts: “Doing an Injury puts you
below your en*mv; revenging
one makes you about even with
him; forgiving sets you above.”
Mrs. Sid . . .
”| WILL not count my years
'Roundup Again
To Help Needy;
Donors Sought
Shot*, clothes, toys, rand'
and ot her foods are being
sought in the annual Christmas
Roundup to brighten Christ-
mind mas *or nced>‘ families of" the
Rockdale area.
The Roundup is sponsored
by tlie First Christian Church
men's fellowship organisation
<CMF>.
Last year, 99 children be-
Iwpfn the ages of 3 to 17
650 Parents Visit Schools;
Final Open House Monday
Some 650 parents went back modem techniques of school
to junior-high and high school instruction.
nights as open house events • (-o^rKe to visit as many class-
drew heavy.turnouts of morris' rooms and teachers as they
and dads Interested in seeing! wish. Refreehments will, be
what makes a modem school j -Served “J the cafetorium at
„ , ’ the conclusion o€ the open
**• . I house.
School administrators- and The 5eries of opcn u
teachers and Rockdale P-TO I being sponsored toy the P-.TO
workers said the scries of open j to help promote more interest,
ncui, s is meeting with “ex- j understauding and communios-
eellent response and participa- | tion between parents and the
bon.” - . I schools.
The third and final open ! The first two events, Monday
at the junior-high and Tuesday
according to Mrs. A. A. Urban,
secretary of the Christian As-
sociation.
Rev. J. Stewart Bell, pastor
of St. John’s, the host church,
j will be general chairmen foi
; the community worship ser-
, vice. He extended an tnvita-
* tion to all citizens of the Rcck-
I dale area to attend Tuesday,
Also to be on the program
are Rev, Winston Barker, pas-
tor of Apostolic Faith Church;
Rev. Bell, pastor at St. John’s;
"and Rev. O. W. Duncan, pastor
of Allan Chapel AME Church.
Mrs- George Gilmore, organist
Alcoa’s Rockdale Works
energized the smelting pots
in its recently-completed
seventh potline today
Cameron, showed the reserve
champion seedling which shell-
ed 50.9 pier cent.
Class winners were as fol-
lows:
Choctaw—1. Mrs. Beatrice
Foster, Cameron; 2- E. J. Pro-
vasek, Cameron; 3. Mrs. J. D.
Moore, Cameron.
Desirable—1. Mary Holliman,
Rockdale; 2- E. J. Provasek, . . .. .
Cameron; S^Anton Anderle, ^•^actuaUy «otog into pro-
(Thursdayj and first pro-
duction . from the new fa-
cility is expected about
the middle of pext week,
according to Works Manag-
er H. F. Chrisco.
The new pots will “bake
out” for several hours
.. 0*1, until I h.« nothing
left to give.”
That’s/ . another quotation,
one I picked out of another
letter in my files, this one from
a silver-haired lady I counted
among my wry best girl
friends all these years. She i
See RAMBLINGS, page 2a
EARLY DEADLINE
FOR NEWS, ADS )
The Reporter will be pub-
lished a day early next
week because of the Thanks-
giving holiday on Thursday.
All news and advertising
copy deadlines will be mov-
ed up on* day. Co-operation
of rural correspondents,
news contributors, and ad-
vertisers will be appreciated.
gift* through the Ko. rutup.
Gifts included 31 pairs of new
shoes, 50 items cf ckkhing, 30<i
toys. 5 boxes of fruit, 19
pounds of nuts and 14 poUnris
of candies.
John Elbert Fischer will
head the drive this year, as-
sisted by Clifford Coffey and
Clifford Bartlett. ,
“Good clean item* orf cloth-
ing, money for new shi.es,
canoed goods, nuts, fruits,
candy, new toys or toys in
usable condition and also gilt
wrapping materials arc need-
ed," Fischer said
Anyone is Invited to partici-
pate In the community-wide
program, he added. Items to
be donated may be left at First
Christian any weekday morn-
ing or donors may call Fischer
or any of the Round,p team
ami the donations will tie pick-
ed up.
Final UF Report
Totals $16,693
Scouting Helps
'Program' Boys,
Lions are Told
1 "A hundred years from now
it v ill not matter- what ray
hank account was, the sort of
house I lived in, or the kind of
car I drove. But the world
may be different because I
was important in the life of a
visit **'>■”
Cards bearing that para-
ait RHS, were tenred “very at St. John’s, will be in charge
successful.” Some 350 parents j of the music and W. C. Grusen-
t lassroom* of their children
to meet the teachers, view stu-
dent work and learn aixiut
South MilHm County United
Fund workers today issued
their final report on the 1968
drive, with collections totaling
• 16.693 28
The total is the second-best
In the history of the SMUP, at-
thought It is $1,656 71 short of
the record-high goal c4 118,350
which was seA this year.
last year's drive brought In
$17,633. best figure ever at-
tai.u-d by the local Ur or gam
utton.
Mrs. Perrj I-uetge, UF sec-
retary, reported the *68 collec-
tions as fhUows:
$4,655; out-nl
$40: IOC *1,358 30, Alcoa $7.
226 50; Rotarv Club downtown
drive $1.708 50; school *882 50;
Lions Club (riskd iitial) $256 -
28; Milano $212; Cause $141;
Sharp $49; D a v i 11 a 526;
Friendship $43.50; Duncan $26;
Tram $44.50; Ulac $50; Vel
Verde $20.
Ken Smith, SMUF president,
expre—rd Ms thanks to tU
workers in the campaign, and
to the poiilir for the reajMMB
given. . “Wc had the largest
goal in the blstors of the
South Milam United Fund, and
when it‘i all ever we are not
going to be very short of
town
HP; —1T liaHiij w,"
h«ise, for parents of elemen-
tary students (grades 1 through
5, ,stH*cial education ana tlw
head-start kindergarten class),
will be held Monday beginn-
ing at 7 p. m. at the elementary
f chord.
Mis. Dunr.e Nystroifi, P-TO
chairman for the oped houses,
said that the elementary school
parents will as» mble at 7 p.
m. in the cafetorium for a
greeting by principal Eldon
Ball and nt.&ic by the junior-
high school chorus.
“Raby-sitUng and entertain-
ment for children will be pro-
vided in 'the gya»»a ouih." Mrs.
Nystrom uuPjfn urging b >th
mothers and rWhicrs to
the school.
Following , the general as- graph, a scot it leader’s creed,
sdnbly, parents will go to^thc i were passed out to Lions Cl b
" members Wednesday by guest
speaker John Clardy of Waco,
exucutive with the Heart O'
Texas Boy Scout Conucil.
Speaking on “Scouting in
Today’s Uprinted World," Clur-
dy told the Lions at their
luncheon at First Christian
Church ^hat, like a computer,
boys must be ‘’programmed”
today to be lenders tomorrow,
He said scouting cun provide
the proper programming.
"Camping, boating and other
activities are the ‘enticements’
ifor scouting,” Clafdy xaid, “but
the real ‘purpose’ of sc. thing
Is tp allow boys to rub should-
ers with the right kind of
adults— oobd men of the com-
munity.”
Noting- that* scouting is
basically a volunteer pregram,
he lauded the “idutilutiimal”
sporrorshlp of scout tro'ps,
packs and units. "Any group,
club or individual can spon-
sor scci.it units,” he said,
crediting the local Llors with,
good work in sponsoring a Cub
pock here!
Clardy noted thait the Na-
tionol Bov Sccut Council a few
years ago l-ejected Federal old
when It wa« proposed, prefer-
ring to keep the institutional
sponsorship at Uie local level.
"The Council rcagone.l," he
eeid. "thM when cnfnmuphirs
rthigh the point where they
Won't spoil«or such a whole-
some youth activity, the Bov
Scout progasn will be deal
anyway”
The speaker vai intr<*Vueed
by program ohait-
atteftfed the*junior-high event
and another 300 visited RHS.
Principal Ernie Iaiurence
spoxe at the junior-high open-
ing assembly and parents then
visited their student’s class-
rooms, meeting teachers and
viewing student work.
Principal Tom Underwood
and Supt. J. M. Moorman wel-
comed the visitors to RHS Tues-
day and German music was
presented by a combo from W.
C. Grusendorf’s high school
band. Following the assemb-
ly, the parents visited class-
rooms, talked with teachers
and examined work done by
students. ' Refreshments were
served at both the RHS and
RJH events.
Supt. Moorman said that the
interest and enthusiasm shown
by the parents has been
gratifying to teachers and ad-
ministrators. "We are always
pleased to have parents visit
the school and learn more
alxmt tlie facilities and instnc-
tion," he said'.
dor! of St. Thomas Episcopal
Church will serve as choir di-
rector.
The choir will be composed
of members of the choirs from
all local churches. Grusendorf
extended an invitation to all to
sing in the choir and announc-
ed that the choir will meet at
7 p, m., 30 minutes prior to
the service, for a brief rehear-
sal.
Mrs. Urban said that the
evening offering will go to the
Christian Association, a local
organization composed of
clergymen an4 laymen from
the churches of the community.
"We hope that Tuesday’s
turnout will be a good one,"
she said, u rging all citizens to
join in the annual community
W'orkshlp.
BIBLE VERSE
"O give thanks to the Lord,
call on His name, make known
His deeds among the peoples!
Sing to Him, sing praises to
Him, tell of all His wonderful
works!” —Psalms 105: 1-2
Cameron
Mahan—1. Fritz W. Koch,
Rockdale; 2. Gary Hollas, Cam-
el ■or; 3. Melvin Provasek, Cam-
eron-
Odom—1. Mrs. J. D. Moore,
Cameron; 2. Anton Anderle,
Cameron.
Success—L E. J. Provasek,
Cameron; 2. Jennifer Kostroun,
Marak; 3. Mrs. Beatrice Foster,
Cameron.
Schley (sly)—1. Mrs. Charlie
Mayer, Buckholts; 2. Anton
Anderle, Cameron; • 3. M. S.
Pugh, Rockdale.
Stuart—1. E. J- Provasek,
Cameron; 2. Melvin Hollas,
Cameron; 3. Mrs. Clyde Holli-
man, Rockdale.
Other varieties—1- Anton
Anderle, Cameron; 2. Kathleen
Kostroun, Maiak; 3. Jennifer
Kostroun, Marak.
Natives and seedlings — 1.
Kathleen Kostroun, Marak; 2.
Anton Anderle, Cameron; 3.
Walter Holliman, Rockdale.
Food Show Results
There were 87 entries In the
Food Show, 50 in the adult di-
vision and 37 in the junior d -
vision. Competition was held
In 6 classes and judges were
Mrs. Buddy Nelson, RHS
home economics teacher; Mrs.
J. H. Henderson, Cameron
home economics teacher; Gay
Jarvis. TP&L home economist;
Mrs Joe Brown, Mrs! W. I.
Skinner, Mrs. Fred Schuetze,
See FOOD SHOW, page 2a
Go to Area
Annual Tejas
District Scout
Dinner Planned
The annual Tejas Boy Scout
District recognition dinner,
honoring adult workers, has
been scheduled1 at 7 30 p. m.
Tuesday, Dec. 3, in I he Rock-
dale elementary school cafe-
torium.
Guest speaker will be Rev.
Brian Harbour od First Bap-
tist <ih;n'h, Calvert. Rev.
Harbour Is a former Eagle
si-bul and in reci gnizod as au
outstanding speaker, according,
to Homer -Bower of Rockdale,
Te.lfis Dtetrtrt comrutitee chair-
man.
Pfcn mothers, (unit leaders,
instltutir.nel leaders and dis-
trict scout officials will be
honored. Tickets, priced at
$1.50 curb, ni^y be purchased
from the institutional repre-
sentatives of the varlcsis scout-
ing unite. In Hocxdalc, that
Inc! dev H D. Maxwell, Eldon
Eta 11. Dev Ed Krbotnr. Miekey
Rrannatn., O C. Wilhite, Rev.
I’a-.il McCall,un. Bob Taylor
and Bower.
Ticket* <houl0 lie purchased
net later (ban next Wednesday,
Bower said, *o tilut arrange-
ment far the dinner can be
3 Local FFA
Teams Capture
District Honors
Three FFA teams from
Rcckc’iale High School have
captured honors in District I
leadership contests and 'will
enter Area III conests Satur-
day at Blinn College in Bren-
harn
District events, pitting 12
schools were held last Wednes-
day on the Texas A&M Uni-
versity campus “ at College
Station. Both the junior and
senior chaper conducting teams
frurn RHS placed first and thn
local FFA quiz team placed
second.
Chapter advisors Albert
Timmerman Jr. and Billy Joe
Hall said that fisrt and second-
See FFA TEAMS, page 2a
lOil.plli. J.
; min Bob Tsyier.
The promotions of five Rock-
dale Works employees hove
been announced in conjunction,
with the start-up ot Alcoa's
seventh pot line.
Those elevated to foreman
were Frank Burford. Cruz Gar-
za and' Milton H. Holnus of
Rbcktiale; Cordell E. Levien of
Carmine; and Leroy T. Pdd-
rack of Ccr.pland - Levien
will be the' only one of the
(live to be aligned to the new
p<*Mine pernpnetvUy.
Burford, a rative cf Rock-
dale. was nitnad a foreman in
the potlining department. He
joined Alcoa in 1963 and has
been active ip local Scouting,
Gun Club and church activi-
ties. The Bvrfords. who have
a son and a daughter, live at
705 East Cameron and arc
members of First Christian j
Church.
Gar/a, also a nat;vc of j
Rockdale graduated from
Rockdale High School and aU i
tendhd Texas AfcSl Univerai- j
, , ty. He became • a potroom '
worker j trainee at Rockdale Works in
1963 He waa a potman prior
Street wall of Rockdale State Bank last weekend, and he to being named a polroom line
didn’t even get arrested. The hole was opened so the foreman.
_ _ The Garzaa, who have Sevan
tty-® ipwd careow»r iBvg«. pugana Ffauu$ ——tcndctroi, «r
duction. This is a procedure
which cures the new linings
before full electric loads are
reached.
While all this activity was
taking place, work was con-
tinuing on construction of the
eighth potiine which will make
Rockdale Works the largest
smelting plant in the Alcoa
system. Work began on the
eighth line about two months
ago and it is expected to be in
production early in 1970.
*Big Dar-
in commenting on the line
now being energized, Chrisco
said:
"Today is a big day for us.
It marks another major mile-
stone in the development of
Rockdale Works—a develop-
ment made -possible by the
company’s decision to further
invest in a plant which can
help Alcoa reach its goals.
“This new facility and |pe
eighth line yet to come will
incorpoiate the best techniques
and equipment. When these are
combined with the determina-
tion of our employees, Rock-
dale Works will be carrying an
increasingly Important role lh
the company * program.
“Naturally we will have
some minor problems in the
start-up of the line. Many ad-
ustments will b* made to equip-
ment during this time and
those assigned to potrooms will
be working harder to get this
Unit into normal operation "
The seventh line has given
Rockdale Works employment a
shot in the arm. About 1,400
persons are now on the Alcoa
payroll and another 260 work
at Industrial Generating Com-
pany, making the total employ-
ment at the plant abu 4 1,660.
Prc.grass on No. •
Progress on the eighth line
was noted this week when
Construction Manager John
Vanderftool said the final con-
tract lor concrete work would
be awarded this week.
(Other construction includes
the laying of all underground'
piping and the building of a
road and trpek system by-
passing the new line site. Pav-
ing on the new roadway, which
will border the lake and con-
nect the plant' with FM 1786,
is expected to get underway
next Monday.
Some delay has been en-
countered in the construction
of the new road to connect FM
2116 with the plant on the east
side of \ Alcoa Lake. It is ex-
l\
! petted to be
I December-,
completed In
Promotions for Five
Alcoans Announced
Joseph Catholic Church and
live at 213 Charles.
New petroom Line Foreman,
Milton Holmes, a native of
Kcsrttisko, Miss., joined Alcoa
here in 1956 as a prod ctkm
helper. He has since work-
ed as a- mobile equipment tqj-
erhtor. potman and carbon set-
ter. Holmes as active in the
Baptist Church and Masonic
laxige. . • _
Holmes, his wife, son, and
See ALCOANS. page 6a
BHEAKINti OUT OF BANK Construction
John Pricer chopped a gaping hole in -the Ackerman
f Rockdali ~ _
OHM
bank could install a walk-up window, a sidewalk facili-
LIONS CLUB UP
TO 80 MEMBERS
★
Membership in Rockdale'6
live-wire Lions Club climbed
to 80 at noon Wednesday
when fi\e new member#
wore installed during th$
club luncheon art. Firs*
Christian Ch. rch fellowship
hall.
, Thf new member# era
Chaniie McTki, Richard
M.irell and Dick Willi*, en-
gineer* at Imt wtrial Gants
ating to.; Rev. Winstoix
Barker, pastor of A**)stolid
Faith Cnirch; a/xt Rev N. A.
Mills, pastor of Maadtsw-
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