The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 12, 1964 Page: 6 of 18
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to be held m Hckdali Diren
Wi' 5 Grow* 11> ate urge-*! to
on tin a quart of pecan.-, attend
bet*a a fa t fiend
I count* organization
i*U in 1954
the first
as form-
i»iruv. and leaik iuuu about
a potential innu trv foi Milan
County.
Support v our C of C
m general the uiiuu - bjiujM
of all i f tlu.Mii a re J.s fbllovv
! PiiMnc't.. ... t
production through pin:an pro-
gram' such as field dii> - result
demonstrations, and p • can
shews.
•—ROCKDALE (Tax.) REPORTER
Nov. 12. 1964
County's Potential Pecan Industry Discussed
According to Bluefford Han- j days' changing agricultural pit - A strong building newts a Inin
cock, .state extension pecan tore The pecan industry has j foundation—this is one of the
specialist, the pecan industry had such organizations for I principal reasons that there h
is in a unique position among many years. , a great deal of ink rest in
agricultural groups in this Our own Texas Pecan Grow* j forming county pecan growei
county. Tiie majority of our ; m ts one of the oldest agmul- ! wWMiiMtions.
ty Center on the night of Nov-; agricultural commodity groups jure organizations in Texas There are many local prob-
ate faced with the* problem of t Many of our growers have fell loins that can only be met by
over-production. This brings | there was a gap in our efforts f such organizations. Tin has
about acreage controls, govern-*.......................__.
Mj J. D. MOORE
County Agricultural Agent
What to do about a profitable
and rewarding pecan industry
was discussed at a meeting
held at the Minerva Communi-
ty Cen
ember 5.
Attending were Anton An-
derle, chairman of the Milam
County horticulture committee, mi tit support programs, and in j
Mr. and Mrs. W I Skinner, many taxes serious production
Rockdale; Gus Backhaus and and maiketing problems.
(lus Jr., Rockdale; Mrs. D E. The commercial pecan grow- i
McDaniel, Minerva; James T. , t., un the oUn r hand are being j.
Terry and Joe P Mueek, Cam- encouraged to expand and in-!
eron: and extension agents -I 14. .. > <n tmn it u fj«jiie
Moore and Cnarles Henson. appart nt that we can market a
mui h larger quantity of pecans !
at a satisfactory price than is ,
being produced at the present -
time
P«- an growers in the T* \.is
P' can Growers Association,
6 Fellowship aiid i•xUiahgcT
of ideals which is tile ke\ to
sue< ess.
F urther consideration will be
given such organization at the
County P« can and Food Show
Milano Lions
Supper( Rifle
Net Club S425
Dave Scott. 89
Milam Pioneer,
Is Buried Here
Dav« Scott, 89 died at t> p m
East VV dra sday at tin home of i
: Mrs S. S Sheppard, a cousin, j
and funeral service: were held j
Friday at 10 a. m. at th< Phil
! lips A. Luckey chapei wit. I
buriii) in tiie IOOF C nctcry ,
ht Rev J H Matin official j
rn July ?5. 1875, in Milam .
■ rancher Hu*
pan nts w-ere the
fat* Mi .ind
Mi" f>i.vp; Mrs t
; and*1! Scut!
Hi never mam* d 1
Sun ivot»
iluUide a airier,:
j Mi v Lula Sc;
! man and :>iM
trbio-igh uf Kauf }
* rol metes and
! nephews
T P*nb<-Mr«'ri
were Clarence I :
Guthll* Bill Payne. Otis Ra ,
Hob* it Fisher, RohaTH FisKer 1
and Jo* fc. Gunn Jr
W hat ’’ Christman C a ids a \
50 pci cer t off aii ady’’ Sure
ou1 Tin Uepoiru-r’s early -ihopp- j
n special end-, tin Satuula i
Regular piice. ill el felt nextj
Monday Hurts Plion* ill 6-
5838 it i
Postal Receipts
Reported $4710.79
Postal receipts for the four-
v. e*k p*. ntxi ending Friday,
N. veinbt i 6, totaled $4710 79 in
L • xdaa . ac* “i dr g to Pmt-
iIWStIt Sam Peebles
The figures represented a
three per cent imrea.se over
i on esponding figure* for the
.arm period last year, $4577 .>3,
tie said
Yuu have two more da* to
net Christmaw Curds at half
1*1 ict Friday and Saturday, on
'.MX ' a r JLy shopper special
Prettiest lint we have ever
shown, too Reporter Office it
GIRL SCOUT NEWS
2. Determine nw.’"i pecan Rockdale
The Milano Lions Club nett-
ed $25 from a Pancake Supper
_ . . . ... 1 held Tuesday night in Milano. . ,
_ Gianted we have marketing a. tj,e ,t }-Ux)l eafetei ia Chuck problem* that r * 4 Mtru’i'fl Thin -dnv
r K; Z : a1**- *• “• I fflLST. V-v*; "I,: £!&.
with leaders Mrs Odessa Bald-j k;ms ,ar" »)romt,tlnf ,"U*r‘*st * The funds will lx used foi W(irk„dotH b> ' ;* ■• ' Sunday
win, Mrs. Mick* y Smith, and* s,oun' *x,t,'n pioduition an* . the club's charitable purposes 3 H.ue a unified ion. e on a Monday
Mrs. Tonunie Chapman. f un* ’ :i rju,n- implex A 30-oti rifle wp& given awav t "ca cvo! !'! hl'l
Mrs. Smith told tho lory of pr. otons^rvt U5 fcurtn* tl«. suppor. JH-LZ !»»**, * » P™1' «•“»
how the Brownies got theii Most of our aguiuituial com- ()y iyans{n u{ Rrvan ; •*'’ individuals. Alcoa
r.ame for the benefit of new ki< -q- have formed The net bii the rifle eiinte * Va* : 4 Keeps growers" ■ • ■ Thru iav
members. The girls divided strong national and regional j i4(jQ Talbot -aid
into 3 groups for handwork , organization to combat the
projects and chose th* names , many complex problems of to
of Poppies, Tulips and Daffodils ’ ----
who ht lped make the supper
and rifle contest a success.
for themselves.
Attending were Arlene Bald-
win, Marsha Barber, Lisa
Bouldin, Diana Clayton. Debra
Hall. Kay Maines, Yoland Or-
tega, Pamela Pounders, Kay
Quinney, Pamela Smith, Mary
Todd, Donna • Towery. Kayla
Waterbury and Deborah Weise.
Troop 268
Brownie Troop 268 met Tue -
day at the Girl Scout House*
with leaders Mrs. W F. Arring-
ton and Mrs. O. H Wiwtmire.
Activities included working
on the troop scrapbook, songs
ami games. Scribe this week
was Chervl Green.
Attending were Donna Al
ford, Marleen Aunngton. Carla
Blrchfield, Sbophnnie Boyd,
Dianne Caffey, Becky Cook.
Miss Green, Lynn Ha* Ibig,
Shirley Hall, Bonni* H i
Vicki Lester, Gwen tuioiriis.
Norma Ortega, Rita Lodge.
Karen Whitmire and Gracilt
Jones.
Vivion Milcham
Services Held
Here Sunday
.members' iufoimcd .i ixapox. Fiuiav
j The chairman expressed hi. tant events and pr;.« ti, uch Saturday
appro* iation to all of thi work- ! fs the specific tim* ,to apt ay S- -i.My-
ers in the club, and to others! for best insect control Monday
5 Encourage participation of
members and othei * mmercial
Tuesday
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Rain
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rim Iruck-wilh the
sinooUi ride of a passenger car!
Only the new f -rii pi >. iphavdie*. n»oih
ridtnp corn'i-ri 1 ivu> fn'.ni a*lr*' I,ith
font v* . I vuth. i. ! pen*' nil) *• •• tk
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had, and becau c c*Ji - i: •!.» *n k-
per icntly. » bump at nn* »beel *nn’i i»r
e • oihe* \J*t furgwJ vic*-l radiin n>*!»
.i. ! large . oi! ipring* and you’ve g->t it
iL- ,niou.ii, 4 riding, a»ugla>si. mJcpen-
.dexu tmwuvtdinan», a-kup: S*c
: 1,0 yilf Al your For i Dealer »
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Funeral services for Viviort!
Mitcham, 64. were held at 2
p, m. Sunday at Phillips A
I.uekcy Chapel witli burial in
1 the Sharp community cemetery. |
| Dr. Fred E. Brooks of Austin ;
| officiated.
Mr. Mitcham died at 7:45
a n. Friday ,• Rich:*; ci -Cs:vt*
A Hospital He had lived mt*.
of las lift in the Sharp cmr,
munitv. H* was born Decem-
ber 9. 1899 at Willis in Monl-
| gornery County.
On July 19, 1919 he married" I
Miss Blanch Hazelwood Mt i
Mitcham farmed all of hi-- life;
until failing health forced hi.- ’
r* tin-mint in 1959.
SurviVurs arc the wife of!i
Sharp: ihrce sons, Vr E.
Mitcham of Intng, J W i
j Mitel vn of Chile and Odell -
Milcl-.rim - B ickholt a daugh
: ter. Mi -. James Andrews ‘ill
: Anglcton; t ivo brothers C. N !
Mitcham of Phoenix and .1 (’ (
: Mitcham of Freeport; two ois-
I ti rs. Mr V*rdie Crver of ■
1 Sh?M p and Mr- Flsi* If*, rteh- !
j berger of Cam*, ron; 14 grand-j
■ children and 5 great-grandchil-;
I or* n
F h h« a ej v. ci r J D Pop- .
N el-on Harris. x;n to K el m,
Ernest Hedge Garland Caffey
and Finis Vo.vlcs.
'! Mr, Mitcham was a membi-r •
j of the Sharp Presbyterian!
! Church.
The Accutron Story:
all the parts that
make a watch fast or slow
have been left out. ^
Balsno? wtu-l q t,rrt*
regat-ar watch tuning fok (8) rejiiac
taUncc wheel anj maO. -, Acruto
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Accutron li a Buinva development
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Cooke, J. W. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 12, 1964, newspaper, November 12, 1964; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth693727/m1/6/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.