The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1964 Page: 1 of 16
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VOL. 92
THE ROCKUHLE REPORTER
Rockdale Me*««nger Eilabhihed 1873 AND MKiSSKNDP^R Rockdala Reporter Established 1893
10c THE COPY ROCKDALE. MILAM COUNTY. TEXAS* THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 1M4 iFpAGES
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NO. 35
Thorndale
Integration
Under Way
77 Negro Pupils
Enrolled Tuesday
Thorndale Independent School District became the
first public school m Milam County to integrate this
week when about 77 Nej*ro students registered and be-
Jan classes in the previously all-white Thorndale schools.
Although the word “integration" was not included
in a resolution passed by
the Thorndale board
SONDHA HEED
CURTIS BOWLES
MRS. CLARICE KYLE
HAROLD AUSTIN
MELONIE SIMPSON
MRS. DOROTHY JETER
grades. Thirteen Negro students
started i lasst > there' Tuesday,
Taylor’s first step of inte-
gration was scheduled this year
with the first grade to be inte-
grated However, Supt. T H.
Johnson was quoted Wed ties -
day as saying that Negro stu-
dents thus far have chosen to
continue attending their own
.school.
The Thorndale trustees’ re-
solution announced last week
Lad one very grwKt prospect
among tilt* Negro team candi-
dates.
Thorndale School Board Pie-
was published in the Thorndale
Champion as follows:
"Effective with the 1964-65
"rtderrt R ost no Cnnoley. in a let
school year, all children within
the scholastic age of 6 through
17 will be accepted for cnroll-
men4 ni the Thorndale Schools.
The school will not be respon-
sible lor paying any tuition or
transportation expenses for any
student transferred out. of the
Thorndale Independent School
District
“This decision came as a re-
sult of much study and concern
for the welfare of all students
and was reached after much
study of the present State and
Federal laws governing the op-
eration of the Public Schools.
“As a result of this resolu-
tion, aP students will now bJfve
ter to The Rockdale Reporter
EULA MAE YANCY
MRS ANITA SAND1DGE
DOW’NI AIN
TEACHERS NOW TOTAL 79 IN ROCKDALE
12 Join Local Faculty
MRS. ELIZABETH
GREEN
MRS. MARJORIE GILBERT MRS. GERTRUDE GREEN
Building Permits
Light $20,100
During August
man
the choice of attending school
This year, a $75 transfer fee 1
at Thorndale or transferring to
a neighboring school. However,
if the student is transferred,
tfw parent will be responsible
for any tuition or transporta-
Stgevl.
. nrt Amer i<,»n hfs?<try at Rock *
bale H t g n School. Bowie*
’wUJjfh p*> \ L*usil> .«* Polytei unit?
High School m Fort Worth
He Is natlVi of F »rt Worth,
a graduate of Paschal
'SMf*!'***!''*.' Sheiv a*i<t Hind*
btiehdor' and master's deg)
is education from I"*, ms W.
ColUgt at Fort Worth
Mrs Marjorie J
l i‘)4 Murray has b
civics, general science arid
optionv'i e English mtruetor
,0 Rockdale High School She
.is t at the T< xas School
!< i the Blind m Austin, in the
l’ luge: viile ••cluw.i .-ystein, and
•' ’'V . WiIvhi Junior lligi*
s pool in P 1 •• Bluff, Ark ant. as
Mt Gilbert is i n.vivc >1
Pine Built, completed high
school there, and neeiv ed her
i ■ • .a 11, a ■ mrt
hems economic* at the Uni ver-
st's. of Texas n. hi.so in iofi2,
stir . or",pie*ed the l.lnp nrs..t,\ <>1
Texas Mintwr institute for
1‘mkv and math teachers
Miw Sondia Carol Reed. 510
'Girth Main, will indruct com-
mercial at'idles it Rockdale
High School She taught pre-
viously at Fixer High .School
and is? a native of Overton.
\ graduate of Overton High,
she attended Kilgore Coin go
two years and ho, -. a MBA
dcgt<>( from Stephen F A 'tin
State CY'lf gi whore he finish*
eti hi 1 m3
u uch c ivicai Robert Lwe Downtidn, 409; North Main
Calhoun will teach American : making In tt
: hitters cities and general mat hi! A native r
i at Rockdale High School He finished hig
nas taught previous!} rt Sti awn received hei
<<nd ,d Marble Falls m 1963 at >
High A native of Ranger, he con; College. Htu
troth" vi ' pietcd high •school there in tWf Prior to
i and received hi? b'x hplor's do- taught at NV
•' gree from the University ,,f for one year
(Texas sn i960. He has done* virs a nit
rt. graduate study at St Edward* .Alcoa has h
m i niyeisitv Austin fifth-grade
Melonie Simpson, alto element try
Bunding permits totaled a • P®r PuPn was established by!
.. , _ . . , the Rockdale trustees. The tee
light $20.100 in Rockdale dur-j is Un a indent who attends |
»ng August, with only one hous- | Rockdale schools but resides it
tng start included in the per-f#nother district where his fa
n its i.-viird at rit\ Hull miiy'- school taxes are collect
tion charges.
“The Board expresses hope
that everyone will be under-
standing and cooperative m
helping to work out the prob-
lems facing the school at this
time."
Yet Indeed
C
‘ , . 'uu“ u •tu ' In past years, the Rockdale I
\ (ai > building permits to [ school district has accepted1
$195,513 August permits were j transfer students without ,
issued to; charge, but the tee was estab-1
Cnffield Construction Com- lished this y ear as a revenue j
pany, new home at Main and | source since the local school!
Belton for Gus Backhaus 111. budget has been tight and edu-!
approximate cost $14,500; Rus- cation costs are rising. Moor-
sell Aldridge, new building for man said.
Lari \ Williams, Murray and Thorndale's school enroll-;
Wilcox. $4000; B R Boswell, intent was reported Wednesday j
repairs. Dyer Addition, $500; i at about 425 students
H B Hurst room addition, 507 Also in the area. Georgetown !
San Jacinto. $600. Wm Cam- began its school integration 1
eron and Company, building program, With the first step j
lor Allan. C Haul, $500. 'being in the first and second !
Gilt
Plant Adds 45
Men; Summer
Force Leaving
Hospital Says
No Encephalitis
Here to Date
am
thing
About 45 men arc being add-
ed to the payroll at Alcoa's
Rockdale Works as a result of
increased activity in a numbe#
of the plant’s production and
maintenance departments
According to Works Manager
Joe Yates, a part of the need,
for extra manpower wa*
prompted by the ingot depart-
ment's growing diversity of
casting operations As the
plant's ingot product mix ex-
panded. so has the demand tor
extra manpower to operate thd
different types of casting equip-
ment. he explained
In addition to this, increased
activity in a number of other
departments phis extra man-
power in the electrical and
> 12, 1960 j mechanical groups make up the
Rockdale Works is consider- I balance of the new men oeing
ily below the non-ferrous, hir^/oIhe "‘Plained #
Total employment at the
ctals mdustry average lor dis- R1>ckdflic Works is expected to
•ling injuries. Employees at remain close to the 1100 mark
e plant sustained only 25 pei announced several days ago.
nt of the average experienced About 40 employees hited for
the industry as a whole, summer vacation relief are re-
SAFETY RECORD AT PLANT LAUDED
Alcoa Hits Million Mark
Friday at
midnight, em-i ing. \ye all spend a lot of f dale Works currently has logg-
ployees at Alcoa's Rockdale - tune working on safety at the ed the most hours worked with-
Work.e passed the million man- j plant," he said, “and it is en- out a serious injury. That crew,
hour snarl, in working without j couraging to know that our it- ! headed by Shi It Foreman
.< lost-time accident forts have paid off." 1 Charlie Keehle. has aceutnuLit-
The string of accident-free! Pot room Crew No 4 at Rock- j ed more than 822.00(1 man
dav. was started in March thud,
year, and the nearly 1100 em-
ployees have about 60 days to
go before breaking an all-time
i accident-free record set in 1953.
At that time the plant went
j more than 1.3-million hours
without a disabling iniurv.
Works Manager Joe Yates*
said that the one-million man-
hour mark m*i by Alcoa em-
ployees was extreme1- gratifv-
Strange things are happen-
ing 1! was >ort of like the
lotie boy playing baseball with
a bunch ni small boys in a cow
pasiui r- The ball game broke
up wnen this jjartiruiar in tic
fellow slid into what he
thought was third base.
Enrollment 269
In Milano School
Oh Y*>* fnd««dy!
OTRANGt thing;s are happen-
ing High school football
teams will usher in the grid
season Friday night and it’s
still baseball weather Mean-
while come October the World
Series will again be in competi-
ti n with big time football and
it probably will no longer be
baseball wcathef
ed chairman of the South Mi-
turning to school this fall
Smith. Ralph Nichols and W
T. Pearson.
Jordan also announced that
Earl Os tend or f is chairman oi
the budget and admissions
committee. Other members are
Bc«wcll Newton. John Ralston,
the Rev. William Parmer. J. L>.
Pi epics and L., F. Rogers.
Tlus committee will meet
ram to hear requests of
ageneio desiring to participate
in the United F nd drive, Jor-
dan said Following this meet-
ing the budget will be adopted.
The October campaign seeks,
lunds and pledges for the cal-
endar vrar 1965
Jordan also named a publicity-
committee consisting of Bill
( ooke, chairman, Nichols. Sam
McClung, Robert Hord, R. C.
Richards and W P. Hogan.
The advisory committee con-
sists of H. H. Coffield. chair-
man. J E Yat*.«, Dr. John T.
Richards. Mrs, H T. Coulter
and tlie Rev. William Agee
See UNITED FUND, page 3
Strange things are happen-
ing A big brewery, the Carling
pvopki, spent a half million dol-
lar- sponsoring a national golf
championship and a young
former Texas Aggie, Bobby
Nichols, won the first place
prize of $35,000. What was one
ot the first things Carling learn-
ed about Bobby.' He doesn't
drink beer.
THE REPORTER S
Footnotes
Strange things are happen-
ing. Television viewers, after
wfttch'ng proceeding* of the
Democratic convention in At-
lantic City lor a whole week,
weie surprised to learn later
See RAMBLINGS, page 4
MONDAY HOLIDAY
Stork report: It's a girl fot Mr. and Mra. Rayford Lawia.
Mm Chorry Lynn Ltwia was boin at 1:52 a. m Sunday at
Richards Clinic & Hospital, weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounce*.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mra. R. H. Newbarry of Angleton
and Mra. Eula Lawia of Dalla*.
BIBLE VERSE
Monday, Labor l>uy, will
be a holiday with most Rick-
dalc business houses to
clote Both Alcoa* Rock-
dale Works and Industrial
Generating Company will
also observe the day as a
"Let a- many servant? ,.rc ^ 1 I BH ft
under the > oke count then own ^ -V+
that the name of°God and His j IT'S THAT TIME OK YEAR—Head Coach Hay Birchfield (left) and his staff of coaches arc busy at
doctrine b« not blasphemed ’ I preparations for the 1964 football season which starts Friday when the Tigers journey to Marble .
—l Timothy 6:1 Coaches are (L-R) Birchiield, Eddie Cook, Duane Vincent, Travis Urindle and Doug Davis. (Reporter
Mr. and Mra. Jack C. Hart of Phoenix, Arizona
I have
been visiting the past week in the home of Mr. and Mra.
bee FOOTNOTES, page 4
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Cooke, J. W. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1964, newspaper, September 3, 1964; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth693660/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.