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ROCKDALE. MILAM COUNTY. TEXAS THURSDAY. OCTOBER 19. 1950
NO. 39
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Polaroid One-Minute Photo by Henry Tyler
PREVENTION—Rockdale school students study some oi the
jsters made at the school during Fire Prevention Week. Stand
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MONDAY NOVEMBER 13 CHOSEN
AS ARMISTICE HOLIDAY HERE
Rockdale will observe the Armis- ! Peebles said,
tice Day holiday on Monday, Nov.
13, and the Thanksgiving holiday
on Thursday, Nov. 23, it was an-
nounced by Sam Peebles, president
of the Young Men’s Business
League, this week.
He added, however,
that if all of the business men
whose names appeared on the pe-
tition had attended the meeting
Thursday night, the correct date
could have been established then
j and saved everyone a lot of trou-
Peebles said that by action of
the 14 members attending the
League meeting last week, Satur-
day, Nov. 11, was designated for(siKning the petition,” Peebles said,
the Armistice Holiday. However, “because I feel that the YMBL
ble.
“I really appreciate the interest
in the holiday as shown by those
very few business men were rep-
resented among the 14 attending,
and Monday a petition was circu-
lated wherein 31 requested the
holiday to be changed to Monday.
‘‘Because the YMBL is supposed
to be an organization representing I
should do what the majority of
business men decide. I appreciate
your interest and I hope I can
count on your continued co-opera-
tion, and your attendance at the
League meetings.”
The League adopted the Nov.
the business men of Rockdale and 123 Thanksgiving date on vote of
working for the best interests of I the members attending last Thurs-
Rockdale, we are glad to comply]day. This is the date which will
‘ft to right, Virginia Sue Lovelace and Johnnie Dreher. Kneel- I with the wishes of the big major- be observed also by local schools,
'ugene Dymke at left and David Yount at right. jity represented by the petition,”' inasmuch as there is a state teach-
5 Siudenls
fcrve Fire
Mention Week
[Rockdale students observed
jevention Week, October 9
13, in cooperation with the
ll and State organizations
1st ruction of property
|g for the prevention of fires
p careless use of materials
fires.
bbservance of the week be-
Ith a constructive lecture
he local fire chief, J. M.
ir. He spoke in the assem-
all students from the 3rd
| the 12th grade. Mr. Weed
out the many hazards
jthe homes that cause fires,
[told damage to property
[ves. Carelessness causes
Ires which could have been
ed by a small amount of
he said.
pits were busy all week
[Fire Prevention posters in
lasses, writing themes on
ievention the English and
ge Art classes, and studying
ind methods of preventing
the social science classes,
lion picture film on ‘‘City
|hters” was shown to the
and in the film the stu-
parned how alarms were
bvv the firemen were train-
ee science and art of fire
and rescuing lives from
bservance helps each citi-
(ockdale as the State gives
tent credit on the fire in-
rates to those in Rockdale
ire their property insured
This credit is given be-
ers meeting on that date. Gov.
Shivers has proclaimed both Nov.
23 and 30 as Thanksgiving holidays
in Texas. The Texas-A&M foot-
ball game will be played on Nov.
30.
At the meeting Thursday night
there was a discussion on the
Tigers Will Meet Bartlett
Eleven Here Friday Night
Game Due to be
Seventh Grade
Students Tell of
Trip to Coal Mine
(The following letter was written
by the 7th grade students to Supt.
C. M. Selman for making provision
for a field trip in 7th grade Social
Studies class.)
Dear Mr. Selman:
Our class wishes to thank you
for letting us go on a field trip to
the coal mine this morning. We
NO ROBBERIES! NO SCARES!
NO PHANTOM?
NO CHASES! NO NOTHING!
Rockdale’s Phantom Housebreak-
er, so busy over a three week per-
iod, quietened down the past week.
Here’s the score:
Thursday night: Nothing hap-
pened.
Friday night: All quiet.
Saturday night: Nothing stirring.
Sunday night: As it should be.
Monday night: He ain’t here.
Tuesday night: Mighty dull.
Best of Season
On Home Field
Rockdale will be out after an-
other district scalp here Friday
night when the Tiger eleven meets
the Bartlett Bulldogs. Kickoff
time will be 8 o’clock.
It will be the next to the last
home game of the season for Rock-
dale, and is also due to be the best
game scheduled for Tiger field this
Wednesday night: Same story.
learned a great many new things I almost3nightly Activity6 that" had jf^rg che°"J£
about coal. Mr. Weed told us the, been keeping all Rockdale in alJE St awlv’
Gulf once covered this part of dither. Did Bosco and the other) " 1 '
Texas. This was once a marshy, two bloodhounds scare him off? I 110 ”°Pe favors the Tigers,
swampy region. Later the glaciers Were things getting too hot? Were | wh(<? aic ,to <'orr?P1 through
covered this swampy region with a pants pockets getting too empty? j wm^TheJjoys^still^remem-
thick layer of mud and silt. This What’s your guess?
cut off the air and caused an in- ] A number of rumors have been
tense heat. The vegetation could making the rounds the last few
not get any air so it could not burn I days. Late Wednesday afternoon
YMBL property in Rockdale, and i intense heat turned it. to Officer Ed Sexton said only: “Ev-
it was decided to secure an abstract | jjgnite. lerything’s quiet; no activity the
on the property inasmuch as it
now appears that the land may
be of some value to Rockdale as
a whole if a program now being
worked on can be successfully
completed.
John M. Weed, Sr., M. N. Striek-
er and H. D. Maxwell were named
as a committee to review the con-
stitution and by-laws for a possible
re-writing.
See 7TH GRADE, Page 5 past several nights.’
One-Minute Photo by Henry Tyler
RECORDING AT R..H. S.—Rockdale high school students above are
recording ‘heir voices by reading their themes. On the playback
they then observe errors in pronounciation, use of incorrect English,
and faulty qualities that may show' up. Left to right: Billy Frank
Davenport, Darrell Koening, Wanda Jones, Helen Jane Bailey, Agnes
Marie Strelsky, Claude Williams, Helen Beard, and Mrs. Jewel Wil-
liams, teacher. Only partly visible at extreme left is Katie Lee
Davenport.
RHS Students to
Give Program on
U N. Day Oct. 22
HOW TO MEET DISASTERS TO BE
OUTLINED AT MEETING OCT. 24
Carl C. Black, disaster chairman much more rapid and efficient aid
of Milam County Red Cross, has, can be administered,
called a county-wide meeting for While all phases of Red Cross
Tuesday evening, October 24, at' work are important and Milam
8:00 o’clock in the district court j County has always done her part
room to organize the community I in contributing to progress, the dis-
and county as a whole to meet dis-; aster setup is one division of work
asters, including tornadoes, floods, that every citizen in the county
Lignite Industry
Is Topic of Talk
Tape Recorder
Has Many Uses
At Lions Luncheon At Local Schools
i Next week, October 22 to 28, is
, United Nations Week, and on Tues-
jday, October 24. United Nations
i Day, the students at the Rockdale
] Schools will present a program
J relative to the significance of this
| week.
Climaxing this program will be
!the presentation of the United Na-
jtions flag to the school by the Min-
erva Home Demonstration Club.
John M. Weed, superintendent j A new teaching device has been Mrs. Mamie Caldwell, representa-
of the McAlester Fuel Company added at the Rockdale Schools to tive of the club, will make the
lignite mines south of Rockdale, keep the techniques and methods presentation.
was guest speaker at the Lions club of the school up to date. This ap- The program will be given Tues-
luncheon meeting at noon Wednes- paratus is a tape recorder in which day at 10:30 a. m. in the high
day when 27 Lions were present, la person can record his speech and school gymnasium and the public
Weed spoke interestingly on the j t*ien hear it played back and do- is invited. The program is as
early days of lignite mining as he c’^e how lie sounds on tape. .follows:
told something of the history of The teachers in the Rockdale) Song, “America,” audience.
Master of ceremonies, Charles
Selman.
United Nations Day, Billy Boyd.
Observance of United Nations)
should be anxious to assist with,
Sheriff Black points cut.
He is inviting interested persons
to attend Tuesday’s meeting in
Cameron and to see that their
community is well represented and
duly organized.
etc., and to enlist emergency work
ers in case of A-bomb in war dis-
asters.
All over the nation civilian de-
fense organizations arc being set
up in event of A-bomb explosions.
Well-trained workers must be
ready to assume responsibility in
their own communities because
help from other sources will be
unable to enter the territory for j
a set period of time. i
Tornadoes, fires and other dis-
asters might be more likely here, j __ m m
and if trained workers and cooP- Mictl'lf't | rl31Y1T13II
orators know their posts and can UIwl* lwl wllCtll. 113.3,11
get trained in the program for car-
ing for injured and have available
the community’s plan for shelters,
food and protective measures,
Bush Succeeds
Morrison As Seoul
Texas Economy
Group Organized
In Milam County
ivcii the industry in this section. He Schools are using this tape record-
re Prevention is^incl'uded' a'so ®rouP that his mine er to perfect speeches that are to
Urriculum of the students Iwas “'oa<ting its last car of coal be made by students; for correcting
Ice ^(ff * Fire°°p'rev^ntion ‘haMhey ^wr^not'ahu'tting^own E^Ush^an^* Languag^Arts;*1 for | ^amJn cu^irM 1*^1 h’tIm6’6 n !
Id the study of fire „re- or «°‘ng out of business but were showing students their error in i Why Should United Nations Day |
Che students feel thev ire stopping production on a tempor- pronounciation in reading; for Be Observed. Billy Tom McDaniel. a county organization of
|heirco„tribut?onafgooI Kl,ba8iS- , , teaching dramatics, or choral read- Ec0""m>' Commission h„s
If the community in Rock-! He expressed the opinion that, jng. [ Lie, Secretary General, James Cat
|due to the exhaustion of .natural T, tMphfir„ nmor-im*!
Las sunnlies the lignite industry The teachers lecoid pi „ram. Presentation and Unfurling of
!fasJ™1!?;,,J 1,^1/ from the radio and let their class |TW Mrs M;imip Caldwell
;ui w.n u — - hear the recordings,
iback in 15 to 20 years
rs Close Drivein
to Take Over
iron Club
Pd Mrs. Rill Holley an-
ttday that they are closing
becue drive-in business in,
„ , . , . , , , , Truman’s speech Tuesday night
Frank Wiggs, president, told of wag recorded and the students
a recent directors meeting and said kear(j the recordings Wednesday
the Lions Club would co-opeiate -n high school history classes,
with and support the Parent- TT <> <•
Teacher Association in its Hallo-' The “Story Hour program for
we’en Carnival this year. elementary children was recorded
P— 'u ive-in Dusiness in j Lynwood Mehaffey was Program ^uesday a1^ clthreading
ant, have taken over the chairman and introduced Mr. Weed the
lent of the Country Club as speaker. The next piogiam
[on. | will be Nov 1 when Judge W. A. j “Through the above medium
said that his drive-in 1 fBill) Morrison will be speaker. many good educational features are
M for sale or for lease. I The meal was prepared under made available to the students
perated the business here' the supervision of Miss Dorothy, which would otherwise be lost,
20 months enjoying a Scharf, high school home econom- Supt. C. M. Selman explained,
patronage and says he is 1 ics teache® by Mrs. O. C. Gilbert This is one feature of the Audio-
k change because he feels and Mrs. Tom Williams and served Visual program used to enrich the
ireater opportunity in the by the following home economics experiences of the children and
J. v | girls: Evelyn Buetow, Agnes Strel-1 vitalize their classroom curricu-
[d Mrs. Hollev said their , sky, and Ruth Edna Bush. lum,” he said.
piends have an invitation I J**-—------%
[over to the Club at any
flag.
President j Minerva H D Qub
Silent Prayer.
Salute to U. S.
Crane, leader.
Flag, Charles
Jurs are 10 a. m. to 12
every day except Mon-
PTA Sets Budget;
Plans Big Carnival
Funeral Services For
I. Arthur Caffey, 54,
Held Last Friday
Funeral services for J. Arthur
Caffey, 54, who died Thursday
morning, were held Friday at 2:30
p. m. from Phillips and Luckev
chapel with Rev. O. J. Morgan of-
ficiating. Burial was made in the
cemetery at Salty.
Mr. Caffey’s death came as a
distinct shock to his family. It
is said that he was stricken with
acute heart trouble soon after ar-
riving at his work Thursday morn-
ing and died while being rushed
to a doctor.
James Arthur Caffey was a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Caffey,
bpon set up in Milnm county, it
was announced this week by M. N.
Strieker, who bes been r.omod
Rockdale representative, L. G.
Smith is Cameron representative.
The Commission plans a study
of the state government to be fol-
j lowed by program of efficient re-
form and economy. To do this,
a drive to raise a $75,000 minimum
budget in the state is now under
way.
The organizational setup in Mil-
am county is as follows:
Finance committee: YMBL, I. B.
Bullock, chairman, Rockdale; Jun-
ior C. of C., Cameron; Norman Texas
Clement, Thorndale; Cecil Cris-
well, Buckholts.
Publicity: J. B. White and Ben
Reichert, Cameron; Bill Cooke,
Rockdale; Thorndale Champion,
Thorndale.
Speakers committee: Milam
County Bar Association.
J. R. Bush, of Cameron, was
elected district chairman of the
Council, Boy Scouts of America, in
District Committee, Heart o’ Texas
meeting at Cameron Monday nght.
W. T. Scurlock, retiring district
commissioner, and Rev. F. T. Sa-
ger, of Rockdale, attended the
meeting.
Joe Moore, of Gause, was named
vice chairman. W. T. Haynes and
Lester Williams, of Cameron, were
j named co-district commissioners.
)bo I Bush succeeds W. A. Morrison
'who has served as chairman the
past year. Lester Williams has
been vice chairman.
Delegates at large were also
named, the list including the fol-
lowing from Rockdale: Clyde
Franklin, W. P. Hogan, and M. N.
Strieker.
Installation of the new officials
will be held next month at a date
to be announced later.
ber two weeks ago when the dope
had them favored over Round
Rock. They took a pasting then,
and do not intend to let things
like that happen again. They also
remember last year when they
were favored to win at Bartlett
and were held to a 6-6 tie, winnirg
on penetrations. Overconfidence
they will tell you now, has been
1 kicked out the window.
Bartlett has a comparatively
green team this year, with onlv
two seniors on the eleven. Both
of these seniors are backs. There
are two juniors in the line. The
rest of the team is made up of
freshmen and sophomores.
Bartlett last week slipped by
Salado by a score of only 13-12.
Rockdale coasted to a 44-6 win
over Salado earlier. Against Round
Rock, however, the scores are
more even. Round Rock slipped
up and handed Rockdale a 19-6
setback. They beat Bartlett 26-0.
Bartlett also lost to Little River
Academy 6-2, and won over Rog-
ers 26-0.
The Tigers are all back in good
condition for this game, with the
exception of Bobby Lynch who
still has a knee that is bothering
him. The knee is much improved,
however, and he will be able to
play if needed, although he will
not start.
Coach Owens will start Wayne
Skinner at quarter, Cotton Hubert
at full, Billy Boyd at right half
and Allan Cummings left half.
Bennie Garza and Sam Yoakum
will be at ends, Elton Dixon and
Billy Haclbig at tackles, Sam Per-
ry and James Caffey at guards,
and Bill Tom McDaniel, center.
Johnny Ricketson is due for ser-
vice in the backfield, and also
Thomas Reed, with Lynch to be
See BARTLETT GAME, Page 8
•eigler Serving
rd Carrier In
irranean Sea j Budget for the year was adopted lunch room needed help,
in the Mediterranean ! arid plans started on a bigger than budget was approved.
E- Zeigler, fire control I ever Hallowe’en Carnival this year Carnival Plans. Idell Rolan on August 12, 1916.
third class, USN, son meeting of the Rockdale W. T. Scurlock, president, said Of the six children born to the
Mrs. Claude E. Ziegler J p t.Teacher Association at the that the organization was planning couple five survive, a daughter
ale. a crew member of I Tuesday night many new features for the annual dying in infancy. He and his wife
ft carrier USS Coral Sea. | ^ h® budget report Arthur Hallowe’en carnival this year and continued toJivc^Salty and took
Heart Of Texas
Council Planning
Big Scout Circus
Plans for the biggest Boy Scout
Show ever to be staged in Central
is being formulated by the
Heart o’ Texas Council, Boy Scouts
of America, in the form of a Scout
Circus with 4,000 Cubs, Scouts,
Explorers and Leaders participat-
ing, announced Hal V. Hays, Pres-
ident.
The Circus will be held in the
later part of April or first part of
’May, 1951, with date and location
Study: Mrs. T. S. Barkley, Rock-|t0 decided upon in the near
dale: Mrs. Cliff Jenness, Cameron, j future.
I born near Gay Hill on August 18, j T*1? Z'1??110? corn,J,‘t^e, *s 1 _.®omc ?/. ^c. acts ’n t*ie Scout
*1896 Later his parents moved toje(1 wlth the task ralsin8 $75.00 Circus will include the Grand En-
!the Salty community where helin Milam county, Bullock said, try act with 4,000 Cubs, Scouts,
Thelmr SPent thC bCUCr part I halt- SSLS.S $£$&£^ SS3T Indtn w,t°h' &
Band to Salute
Texas Longhorns
At Bartlett Game
The Rockdale High School Band
will give a salute to the University
of Texas Longhorns at the be-
tween halves activity of the Rock-
dale-Bartlett game Friday night,
according to E. F. Boxell, dlrectn-
The salute to the Longhorns is
being given in appreciation of the
invitation from the University for
the band to appear on the band
day program at the Texas-Arkan-
sas game Saturday. Boxell said
he would take his full group to
Austin.
At the Bartlett game here Fridav
night the Rockdale band will form
a large Longhorn steer head on the
field between halves. The music-
ians will all have lights on their
caps, and field lights will go n'f
for this light drill. The band will
then go into formation facing th'>
stands, the director said, and v/ill
play “The Eyes of Texas,” with
the fans in the stands invited to
join in singing.
At the Rockdale-Thorndale gam°
last Friday night at Thorndale th°
R. H. S. Band formed a football
oval and a “T” for Thorndale, and
iin marrmH in Miss Rnscip dale, $5, Norman Clement chair- Scouts in Indian costumes carrying , . ,,
He was married to Miss Bessie Hintnn ™ ----- a/ ' iPlayed the school’s new pep song
SSS5ES -...su-ssr
announced a committee composed
See CAFFEY, Page 5
Walker S?b “LT,/V-T WM°" *
chairman. The sum of $35 will of Cubs carrying out Cubbing ac-j ‘l!/, ’L ' oi/a T FI.
be raised in the north half of the tivities. Explorers showing their FJhh(?r ^bJen assigned to the
skills m a disaster scene. Camp- ncw baritone saxophone recentlv
„ mR JrooPs'purchased for the band through
IN NAVY AT SAN DIEGO See SCOLT CIRCUS, Page 5 the Mjle of Pennies drive.
county.
that
area.
at an estimated cost
Ralph Byron Hubert, son of Mrs.
Flora Mrs w G Numit an aunt of L. W. Gore, recently enlisted in the ATTENDS CLINIC 114. 582 BALES GINNED
Rev T Miller Smith of Rockdale, Navy and is now receiving basic Siegfried Backhaus attended the) Census reports show that 14.5a2
estimated Mrs. F. T. Sager gave the in- died at her home at Arlington training at San^ Diego,^California. | demonstration clinic dry cleaners bales of cotton were ginned in M'd -
Opportunity.coo'c‘ ““ public''address Mrs. Dori. Oebhart. Mrs.
the crew to visit many.®* *1* "the ’sym nnd football Harnss, and Clyde Franklin.
r P aces of the Mediter- around $300, estimated Mrs. F. T. Sager gave th
® Fleet is under the op- | dental work for children, up t0, L-aym^and* Mps.Tr" wr^icefare befngheld'at Arling- Kay. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D^ Hotel in Austin last week end,. prior to Oct. 1 1950, as compared
iontrol of Admiral Rich-]*100- . . room Fuiier read the minutes. Miss ton at 4 p. m. today. Rov. and Kornegay and Emerald Morns of where the latest methods of spot- j with 18,789 bales for the crop of
nolly, Commander-in-1 Underwriting of the: lunch room Lengert gave the treas- Mrs Smith have been at her bod- Houston, formerly of Rockdale,, ting, dry-cleam ig and finishing 1949, according to J. H. Barnes,
food for needy | s 5 si(Je the ^ week< who enlisted at the same time.
and funeral With him are Donald Ray Korne- , convention held at the Driskill am county from the crop of 1950
^Mediterranean3316™1 childreri S/Z, included it the'
I garments were cemonstrated.
special agent Bureau of Census.
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