The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1964 Page: 2 of 16
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2-ROCKDAl.E IT#*,) REPORTER
Sapt 3 19C4
HIGHLIGHTS AND SIDELIGHTS
State Capitol News
-By Vern Sanford Texas Press Association-
AUSTIN-Initial j'poirt-con- * cide” to 11 59 p m. Monday {population.
Volition plan> and strategy map- j But tic -aid tho prodiction Construction Peak
pod by Pro idont Johnson for won’t come true it ALL dtiv-
the November general election | era make certain both them*
campaign will bear a "made in t elves* and their vehicles are
r»' . •• L, A
Texas*" label. "Made in Austin,
Texas" would be more specific,
lor much of it will originate
here.
The President, his nomina-
tion as the Democratic party's
terest than any since his first
as president, during the Christ-
mas-New Year season.
With Vice-Presidential Nom
inoe Hubert Humphrey as his
Texas construction reached a
35-month peak dining July.
It was the greatest building i
month ol the year and second 1
highest month in nearly if?
years ol records compiled by
The University of Ti xas Bu-
U'iiu of Business Research.
A whopping $140,600,000 of j
in excellent condition, and if
they use "caution, courtesy and
good sense" at all times while
at the wheel.
education Report
Gov John Connelly's Corn-
standard bearer secured, hurri-1 mittee on Education Beyond the | building was authorized in
ed home to his ranch to rest Hifh School has completed its July. It represented a 21 per
up and do some thinking. {report and recommendations , cent increase over June.
11 is visit a It i iiiled greater in- :• t' excellence in Texas colleges ; Bureau also reports that ro-
und universities.
The 64-page report, recom-
mending doubling of higher
education expenditures within
the decade and placing of all
guest ft the ranch, private talks institutions under a strung cq
inevitably turned to the battles
ahead.
Gillespie County Democrats
wekoiru d the President back
ta his home county with a Hill-
Coiintry■-style birthday celebra-
tion and barbecue two days af-
ter his 56th birthday.
Operation Motorcide
Col. Homer Garrison Jr
Head ol the State Department
of Public Safety, announced
that “Operation MotOrcide," the
grim tabulation of Labor Day
weekend traffic deaths as they
occur, will go into effect Satur-.
day (Sept 5> at 12:01 a. m.
Garrison said his department
estimates 36 persons will be
killed on streets and highways
during the 72 hours from the
beginning ol “Operation Motor-
rdinating board, has been de-
livered to the governor.
Redistricting
Congressioi ia I red is' rieting
hearings conducted by a Texas
Legislative Council committee
1 will wind up here next month.
Meetings already have been
'held in Furl Worth. Dallas,
Houston, San Antonio, Lubbock
if id Tyler.
Committee chairman, Sen.
George Moffett of Chillicothe,
said the group has “many sug-
i sc -tions” for redistricting.
M: big job now is to mold
i ♦heir, together and come up
(with a reasonable plan or set
i of plans for legislative consid-
eration thus carving the state;
! into 23 congressional districts j
as nearly as possible equal in
Enter the
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Also check your “Magic Number'' to see if
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tail sales in the state during
j July rose two per cent over
. J une. Normally there is a -anal)
decline between the two month.
Meanwhile, the U S Depart-
ment of Cum merer reported
that the average income of
Texans rose last year from
$1,973 to $2,062.
Bus Fare Hearing
Hearings on a request from
31 bus lines to raise then m-
tra-stato passenger fares by 10
per cent were set foi Septem-
ber 19 by the State Railroad
Commission. Motor bus express
and C O D. charter coach ser-
vices' also seek an increase.
S The lines, including major
; carriers, maintain they have
had sharp cost increases in
their operations since 1961.
when fares were raised five per
! cent.
Newspapers Musi Wait
A tty. Gen Waggoner Carr has
ruled that the State Treasurer
| can put cost of publishing
! names of persons having money
l coming to them through in-
| surance policies or annuities
i ‘on the cuff" and pay the news-
papers later, as money accrues
to a spoeial 'a'e tr '*■! ■
Advertising costs unde: the
j insurance escheat provision
cannot be paid from the tren-
j surer’s own general appropri-
ation, the opinion continued.
Drop-Outs Critical
i Measuring the cost to the
| nation's economy of some 900,- ,
000 school drop-outs each year
! by the dollar. Col S. Perry
1 Brown, chairman of the Texas
Employment Commission, said
it adds up to millions of dollars i
each year.
Then he warned, "If effec-
1 tive action is not taken, I sub-
mi1 that we will pay ten-fold
in re-training, as well as tin-
1 employment insurance, welfare
! costs, and other forms of de- i
jxvidency. Yet the greatest ios*-
j both economically and socially
will be in wasted human re- j
Newcomers
MRS. LEWIS BOWS
TO HUBBY AFTER
MANY VICTORIES
Mrs Jack Lev. ,s is usiul!--
the :u*v. main t on the fish-
ing t runt, btR Tuesday
morning her husband tdged
bet out
Both were Tithing at Alcoa
Lake. Jack caught two
channel eat- that weighed
about eight pounds apiece
Mrs. Lewis landed three,
weighing front 3 to 5 pounds
each
"She usually beats me. b it
this is one time that I caught
the biggest fish," Jark said
He ignored the fact that sh.
caught one mure than he did
Industrial Meet
Set February 15
By CTID Council
The executive committee ol
the Central Texas Industrial
Development Council today an-
nounced that it would co-spon-
sor an Industrial Conference
this fall in Waco with the T, \-
as Industrial Commission The
host for the conference will be
tin Hankamcr School Of Busi-
ness at Baylor Un:ver ity
Murray Watson, president of
the CT1DC. announced that
plans had been completed to
bring the conference to Central
Texas on Thursday, October
15, beginning at 9 a. m Work-
ing with the CT1DC will be
Harry Clark of the Texas In
dust rial Commission
"The Program will consist of
a ‘how to' work for industrial,
growth," stated Watson. “It
will be a comprehensive pro-
gram for anyone interested in
learning how to helip his com-
munity."
Tht conference will have five
study seminars; 1 Community
Betterment; 2 Research; 3.
Financing; 4 Sites; and 5, Pros-
T>( cling
The CTIDC consists ru eight
counties and 38 communities in
the Central Texas An a. The
industrial conference is the
first in a series' "ol annual con-
ferences to be sponsored by the
Council,
Watson pointed out that to
be represented, each communi-
ty should send five or more
delegates to the conference, to
p, t complete coverage of the
conference. The five seminar
leaders and back-up men will
be announced at a later date
Anyone interested in pre-
registering should contact Mur-
ray Watson. 1202 Amicable
Building. Waco
Praise Given Here
For Rockdale VFW
Tup-ranknig state and dis-
trict VYti * aris of Foreign War.
officials united with the lb ek-
riate VFW Host's meeting To !V
Tue-tlay night.
E. J »L.d» Krenek of ■Xietin,
Texas VFW department coir-
n.under, extended pru. , to the
Rockdale p >st loi In ing “the
most active and top VFW post
In Di tiiet Five"
Other visitors at the meet-
ing were District Commander
J W TBITtf Treadway of Aus-
tin; District Seiiioi Vice-Com-
mander Ernest Oeh of Taylm;
District Junior Yire-Commah
<ie! J W Cockrell u! Am tin.
iiid f J; -trie’ Ifisfu'Ctor I 1!
Clarke of Austin
Harold Holliman is cetmnan-
dir of the Rockdale post
Williard Maishall, service of-
Li t r lnr the Rockdale p<>-1 and
also district service officer.:
said the vi-it by the VFW of-j
lieiab Tuesday was a -.urprise :
"They were pleaded with our !
operation, and impressed with!
the new VFW p -t home,"I
Marshall said. Tlie new post ,
homo is located off West l*S
Highway 79
GOP to Open Offices
Here and in Cameron
Thur; dux
Fi i<i■ (y
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
T ues da v
Width sclav
Thursday*
Friday
Satin day
Sunday
M inday
Tuesday
VVedm sda\
ROCKDALE
High Low Rain
99 H
99 73 .0J
ALCOA
High Lew Rain
96 72
! Milam County Republicans
me getting rt ndy to open a
i party headquarters in both,
Cameron and Rockdale in pr,
1 pa rat ion tot the fall ea iip.'ign. .
GOB County Chaitman 1>: r!
G Smith Jr. has umimmcd. j
He -aid tin headquarters in
Canurdn will be in the build-|
Ing next to the New Camel n
Ding Stoic on Houston Street
In Rockdale, a North Main
Street location, downtown, ha ■
been selected
Rockdale’s Republican head-:
c, arter will officially open
Saturday. The Time will be
i from 2 30 p. m to 5:3d p. m
“O. W Hay css oj Temple,
We’re headquarters for Royal Portable
typewriters for back to school including
the world’s most wanted portable
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EASY PAYMENT TERMS
(Editor's note: Each week
The Reporter publishes a list
ol newcomers to Rockdale,
as shown by City Hall ap-
plications for water connec-
tions.)
Allen C. Nale, 717 Darrel SI.
E F. Tesmer. 622 Francine.
Marjorie Jean Gilbert, 1404
Murray.
Larry Stone. 107 N. Pear.
Travis Arden, 304 Texas
Curtis Miller, 1303 Alcoa.
Ed Boykin, 407 Hickory.
Mildred Moore, 312 Scar-
brough
Ira Majors1, 7th St.
Pat Brockenbush, 307 Bows-
er.
Support your C. m C.
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SUNDAY, SEPT. 6
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Styling all add up to More for Men in Autumn '64.
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HODGES
MAI'S SHOP
Bond Sales Hit
$52,049 During
Month of July
Henry Siebman, chairman
of the Milam County savings
bond committee, has announc-
ed that Series E and H bond
sales during the month of July
in MiLam County totaled $52,-
049 bringing the year's total to
$1,295,389 which is 53.9 pel
cent of the 1964 goal
Savings Bond sales in Tex-
as for the first 7 months of
1964 totaled $89,650,925 which
represents 59.7 per cent of the
state goal.
“The School Savings Stamp
Program is *<ill one of our
moat effective instruments of
teaching thrift and citizenship.
All schools should make this
program available to their stu-
dents," Chairman Siebmon
stated.
candidate for congres-man-at-
large na- bo n asked to attend
The public is invited t<> become
belter acquainted with the
BepitbliraiV plntibuin and the
candidates for office,-’ aeeo’d-
m« to B b ThompMm GOP
publicity chairman in Roekdni1
Bumper sticker- for Gold-
ie ter ,nd fot tT S Senatorial
candidate George Bu h are
Available, he said
Starting September 7. tho
hi idquartrrs will be < non Mon-
day through Frida' from Id 30
a m to 12:30 p. m . and on
Saturdays from 1 n a m to 12
noon and 1 until 3 p. m
Fall Term Starts Sept. 8
3 Big Reasons
Why You Should Attend
AUSTINS
COLLEGE of BUSINESS
719 Littlefield Building
1 One ol the best equipped
coll: yes in tho Southwe-t
2 Qualified, exponent ed.
friendly teacher-
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IN DEMAND
Clip and Mail Now
Yes. please send your cata-
log without obligation
Jackson Speaks
To Rotary Club
On 4-Way Test
j inn J. k on * on th.
Rotary Club *»f Guiding ,-pokn
T the ITorkdaTe PfilRii \ Cod
Tuesday on the F<< it Way I -1
I i..nk C’aciy was program c. at
U an
The Rotary Clot.'* Four W t v
Ti st tvn- outlined by tht sjn ik-
er as follows tl» Is it the
truth. *2* ]> it fan to all eon
ei’ined ' *3» Will it h ild g<»o...l
v il arid b<'tter frienu'^hift ‘
'•1 • Will if b. ireneftria! -o il
t; ■neernext"
The p< nker <'batlvnged at
! ■ -larian- * ■ too' ♦hr * t n:
In i by it, at tin :an.t U:ni urg-
ing others id adopt those princi-
ple*;
Hugh Mi Ki igh.* of Bu*-burg \
,,w .I :.i guc.-.t ui tUsury Ji.nn top.
K < n t u < k y
1 . mv- vlvania
lommonwealths
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PENCILS
Name in Go!d
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Tho Rockdale
REPORTER
J. V. Ferguson
Dies in Houston
Of Heart Attack
The funeral of J V Fergu-
son. 63, a former Roekdalran
who died suddenly in Houston
Tue day. Augint 25. wax held
Thursday at the Phillips & 1
I.uckey funeral home in Rock-
dale at 2 p. m.
Rev. F. R Dill, pastor of the
Cause Baptist Church, officiat-
ed and burial was in Oak Lawn
eemetqiy with the Masonic;
Lodge of Rockdale in charge
Pali bearers were Cullen H.
Landis, Let her Landis. Walter
Dess, Monroi Clements, Sam.
Richards, Di Weldon fi Bell,
all brothers-in-law.
Mr Ferguson, who had been
a telegraph operator with the
Missouri-Pacific Railroad for
41 years, suffered a heart at - >
tack while at work in Houston
Tuesday and was pronounced*j
dead on arrival at the hospital
A resident of Rockdale from
1923 to 1437 when he and hi-
family moved to Houston.
James Virgil Ferguson wasi
born Feb. 4, 1901. at Gai.se Hi
spent his youth in Cause and
Milam County, He married*
Miss Ora Belle Landis Nov 27,
1923. in Cameron.
He was a member of the.
Rockdale Masonic Lodge, and
was also a 32nd degree Scottish :
Kite Free Mason, in Houston.
He belonged to the Order »»r
Railroad Telegraphers, and had
worked in this profession in;
Rockdale, Palestine, and Hous-
ton.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. j
Ferguson of Houston; one son,
Virgil Dean Ferguson, of Me- •
Gregor; four grandchildren.
Dorothy, Susanne, Dennis, and
Charles; one brother. Tom Fer-
gusxxi of I^os Angeles. Cali I
one sister. Mrs. Imogen** Goode j
of Cause.
He was the son of the late j
Mr and Mrs. Thomas Dean!
Ferguson, pioneer settlers of, I
Gause.
Closing Out Entire Stock
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Portable and Oscillating Types
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Reg. 31.50 Boots
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26.35
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31.95
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Student Desks 7.50
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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/m1/2/?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.