The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 19, 1950 Page: 3 of 16
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GROVE
By Mrs. O. T. Bankston_____
,Bro. George Davis, and Bro. Joei
C astelman from Abilene, who with i
• wife and children came Saturday
, to spend the week end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Me-
re,
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Oct. 16.—Sunday, Niel- Bro. Joe went on to Austin,
vag a fine day and we at returning late Saturday. He and
njoyed a good lesson by wife attended service Sunday a. m
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in Cameron and they with Sister
Eula Lee Baker, attended service I mill last
Sunday evening at Sand Grove, j were Mr
They returned Sunday night to
their home in Abilene.
Marcus Bankston is building a
new hay and feed barn. The work
is progressing slowly.
Quite a lew irom Sand Grove
and Cedar Creek surprised Leland
trip to the New Braunfels Cotton ceremony publicly ratified his ap.
Tuesday. Among them1
C. E Whites, Mrs. P A. |
Walther, Mrs. Gib Terry, Mrs. Paul1
Jenkins and Mrs. D. E. McDaniel.
There will be a visiting preacher j
at the Baptist church this coming j
Sunday to bring the message. Ev- j
eryone is invited to come and hear
Garrison Thursday evening on his
birthday. They were served cake
and coffee and grape juice. Those
1'rnm Sand Grove were Mr. and
Mrs. A. D. McNiel and grand-
rlanphtpre Wiiroelln or.a TU'in'i Mr
; and Mrs. C. R. Pierce, Mr. and
Mrs. J. R King, of Alto, visited
in the C. F. Dixon home last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wallace, Jr.,
of Houston, visited in the Lee Wal-
lace. Sr. home over the week end.
of Hoyte, visited Mr. and Mrs.
pointment.
Chairman R. B Anderson of the I
state Board of Education sold that
Dr. Edgar is “charged with the
largest single educational responsi-
bility in America."
In his inaugural address Dr. Ed-
gar said that the purpose of the
Texas Educational Agency should
be to carry out these objectives:
1. “We must be determined that
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ROCKDALE (Tex.) REPORTER—3
education be available to all.
2. “We must provide in our
schools realistic education for
American cit izenship
3. “We must keep our schools on
a sound financial basis, so that
money is available as and when ii
is needed.
4. “We must increase the ex-
ch teaching is
ie standards of
Montag’s Fine Stationery, mono-
£ rammed or plain, in a wide var-
iety of styles, colors. Reporter Of-
fice. tf
Mrs. J. D. Wolverton and children, Fred Mortimer recently.
Roy, Doris Fay and James. Mr. and j Mrs. P. A. Walther, of Ft. Worth, |
i Mrs. Marcus Bankston and daugh- js visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. J
Iter Linda, Misses Ruth and Jean c. E. Whites.
jWadlington, Mr. and Mrs. Harold] Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Richards and |
j Neil Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Bankston I Mrs. L. V. Richards, of Cameron, J
land grandson, Dean Garrison.. were visiting in Temple Sunday, j
Those from Cedar Creek were Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Hurt and children,!
Geneva, Anna. Laura and Margie
and Mr. Hurt’s mother and son
Dickie, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hurt
and daughter Sara, Mr. and Mrs.
Taylor Lagrone and daughter Bil-
lie Jean. Leland received some
very nice presents.
Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs.
C. R. Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. C. R.
Jackson and granddaughters Jean
and Sandra Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs.
O. T. Bankston called at the A. D
McNiel home and sang and visited
with them and their daughter, Mrs
[Joe Castelman.
MINERVA
Ey Jenny Morton
PROGRESS OF SCHOOLS
TOLD AT INAUGURATION
A meeting of 1,100 Texans in j
Austin last week reviewed the first
year’s operation of the public:
school system under the Gilmer- j
Aiken laws passed by the 51st Leg-
islature.
Highlights of the meeting was
the official inauguration of Dr. J. |
W. Edgar as Commissioner of Edu- |
cation. Although he has held the j
position since March 8, last week’s
Dance Saturday Night
OCTOBER 21, AT THE NEWLY REMODELED
SOUTHERN CLUB
One-Hall Mile East Rockddle on Milano Highway
-Music By-
QUINCY (SUM) BERKA
And His Melody Play Boys
Minerva, Oct. 17.—We are in
[need of a good rain, fall gardensj
are not doing so well due to the |
dry weather.
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Cooke, W. H. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 19, 1950, newspaper, October 19, 1950; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth693733/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.