The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 3, 1961 Page: 4 of 18
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EMTOWAL
Complacent People, Too
Much Government: Doom
A rough-hewn philosopher has said:
“We Americans sure have been living
high on the hog these last few years But
the trouble is, it ain’t our hog. It belongs
to our children.”
He has expressed a very real moral
problem. Are we going to drop our na-
tional debt, amounting to over $7,000 foi
every American family, into the laps of
our children and tell them it is their prob-
inn, t,* uc Kpci tIk'V fan * W hat
kind of morality is that?
Our children have a right to expect
that they will inherit the Republic as
intact as we received it from our fore-
fathers.
Remember the Hoover Commission?
Some years ago. former President Her-
bert Hoover was called (Hit of retire-
ment to head a committee to make a
thorough study of the administration of
our Government and determine whether
savings couldn’t be effected while still
improving the Government’s efficiency.
The Hoover Commission made an ex-
haustive study and a challenging report.
It showed that by eliminating unneces-
sary bureaus and agencies, by streamlin-
ing and paring down here and there the
Government could save the taxpayers a
sum amounting to nearly $200 for every
American family every year.
The report of the Hoover Commission
was released seven years ago. If it had
been put into effect, we could have re-
duced our national debt by $20 billion.
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ire af Rockdale. Texas, under the Act of March
Published Every Thursday
National Advertising Representative Wecklv Major
Markets. 60 East 42nd St . New York 17 AImj Cim ago,
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It doesn’t look as if we were trying
very hard, does it?
Of course, the moral tragedy is that
unless we mend our wayward ways we
shall not only be leaving our children a
legacy of financial mismanagement and
irresponsibility, but we shall also be leav-
ing them a legacy of ruin and slavery.
Down through history- over the past
6,000 years, in fact nations have risen to
t ru heights nild tiii ii hnV< tuMibii Ci iiitt/
dust not from invading legions, but from
internal decay, complacency and too
much government.
Because of their prosperity the people
got fat and lazy. They lost interest in
doing things for themselves and said:
“Let the government do it." So the gov-
ernment got bigger and the people grew
smaller in importance and power until
they were as nothing.
Read the history of China, of Greece,
of the Roman Empire. Read French his-
tory. Read the history of Germany be-
tween the two world wars. The lessons
which we must learn and take to heart if
we intend to remain free are all there.
We must not permit ourselves to con-
tinue our slothful complacent ways. A
leading story in a national magazine de-
scribed how an election was bought and
sold in a certain state. Citizens actually
accosted the politicians and demanded
cash for their votes and the politicians
gave them the cash. The editors pointed
out that this trafficking in votes was not
at all unique to the state involved in the
article but that it was widespread
throughout many areas of the country.
But, says the author, how different from
the days of his parents, when citizens
used to drive their backboards for miles
into the county se<it just to exercise then
privilege of voting. Nowadays it is neces-
sary in many areas to pay professional
workers to “haul” voters to the polls.
This is decadence. It is just as decadent
as Rojne was before its fall aud just as
decadent as Czarist Russia was before
its obliteration by revolution. Unless wc
reform our morals we shall certainly
reap the harvest of our folly. History can
repeat itself even in America.
But. even if we deserve this, our chil-
dren do not If we leave to them a heri-
tage of bankruptcy (fiscal and moral),
a legacy of ruin and slavery, we shall be
committing the sin that cries out to
heaven for justice.
EDITORIALS
FEATURES
THE MOCKI > A I I Ml.HOB 1 111
4—ROCKDALE (Tax.) REPORTER
August 3, 1961
10-20-40—THE GOOD OLD DAYS-10-20-40
FROM THE FILES OF THE REPORTER
TEN YEARS AGO
Ten years ago Aluminum Com-
| Danv of America announced plans
to build its $80 to $100 million
j aluminum ore reduction plant
1 iu.i' Rockdale. Start of the con-
struction wa:. awaiting granting of
i .i certificate of necessity tor the
project from Secretary of the In-
in nm Oscar L Chapman, as a
defense minerals administrator,
and also th*• final plans and agree-
ments to be completed t»y the
three principals: Aluminum Corn-
pan' of America, the McAlestc*
Fuel company and the Texas
& Light company.
Povve
(sales in Milam county totaled $2,-
|4'.f>.75, with maturity value of
I $3,270, to bring the total sales for
the county up to $70,608.50. This
represented $83,495.00 at maturity.
Twenty years ago Maurice Fer-
rari, spn of Mr. and Mrs. Max
Fcrrdfi of Rockdale, reported that
he was working as aircraft inspec-
tor in the Consolidated Aircraft
plant in California.
Twenty years ago Look Maga-
zine featured F'lton Ledbetter, a
former Cameron boy, as a typical
soldier enjoying a weekend of fun
in New York.
I Ten years ago W. C. Grissom,
! new 1\-elected superintendent, an
j nonneed that Rockdale schools
would open on Tuesday, Septem-
I be r 4
Ten years ago the Lions dub-
sponsored girls softball tourna-
ment was to begin on Monday,
July 30, with eight teams expected
to compete Some of the best girls
teams m the state were to per-
form.
Ten years ago the news that
Alcoa would build near Rockdale
prompted plans for the construc-
tion and improvement* on the
Rockdale State Bank, a 30-unit
tourist court to be built by New-
tan & Luekcy and the Louis G.
Gest Chevrolet company.
Ten years ago Western Auto ad-
vertised. Sure, we have Alumi-
num m Rockdale. We’ve got some
aluminum items right here in our
store, and in celebration of good
news, they’re on special for this
week'1' Aluminum paint, alumi-
num ice cube trays, aluminum
minnow buckets and aluminum
powiv mowers were on sale.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Twenty years ago Milarn coun-
ty citizens gathered at Cameron
for a county-wide Defense Rally
heard Ld Riedel, state command-
er of the American Legion, say
that Americanism was the only
"ism" and by standing together
America would be able to meet
any lest.
Twenty years ago arrangements
were being made to build a new
overpass over the railroad at Mi-
lano. It would replace the old and
dangerous overpass then in use.
Fredrick Pearce
Funeral 1$ Held
Fredrick Holmes Pearce, Thorn-
dale postmaster, died in the Taylor
hospital last Thursday morning
after a lengthy illness.
Mr. I'earce was a native of
Tennessee and was born July 29,
1911, begin a son of the lute Mr.
and Mrs A. K. Pearce.
He was married to Miss Warnu
Terry of San Gabriel on Nov. 20,
1937 Early in the year 1938 the
couple located in Waco, remain-
ing there until 1945, then moving
to San Gabriel and later to Thorn-
dale.
Mr. Pearce was postmaster at
the time of his death, having serv-
ed in trial position since i95n ii<-
was a Deacon of First Baptist
church there, and also taught in
the Sunday school. Ho had served
Scout Master for the 'I horn-
dale boy scouts, and at time of
his passing he was commander of
ihe American Legion Post in that
town.
lie is survived by the wife, Mrs.
F. H. Pearce, two sons, Feed II.
i'eaico Jr , and Richard W. Pearce
and a daughter Carolyn Pearce
all of Thorndale, and brother
George W. Pearce of F't. Worth.
Services were held from the
First Baptist chif ch at Thorndale
with the minister Rev. Cooper of-
ficiating. Burial followed in the
cemetery at Taylor, with Phillips
& Luckey in charge.
Rural Mail Carrier
Honored at Milano
F
Oil
FORTY YEARS AGO
rty years ago the Rockdale
F’leld was active with seven
new rigs up and four spudded in.
Operators received one dollar a
barrel for the oil .and prospects
were good for a pipeline to Min-
erva being constructed.
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Which of the Following is Spelled Correctly?
ANTOMATON AUTOMOTON AUTOMOTAN
(Meaning a self-acting machine)
Classified Page for Correct Answer.
Football Reserve
Seat Tickets Go
On Sale Monday
Reserved seat tickets sales for
Rockdale’s four home football
games will open Monday at the
Rll.S superintendent’s office.
The tickets are priced at $1.25
each, but all four tickets will be
packaged for $4. or one-dollar sav-
ings. The home games are Gid-
riings, Taylor, Cameron and A&M
Consolidated.
School officials urged early buy- | waiting
ing, and asked that citizens call at
tlu school office and select their
reserved seats from a stadium
chart.
Twenty years ago defense bond
F’ortv years ago a former Rock-
dale citizen, N. H. <Dinty> Moore
saved two persons Pom drowning
in the Brazos River near Mineral
Wells and put himself in line for
the Carnegii medal by his actions.
Moore was manager of the South-
western Telephone company at
the time.
F'orty years ago a special sub-
scription offer made the Reporter
available for 50c to "points in
Milam and adjoining counties or
75c to move distant points."
Forty years ago The Modern
Bakery purchased King’s Bakery.
Mr. W. H. Fletcher bought the
firm, and J. R. Simmons was to be
the manager.
Milano postal employees, vet-
erans and friends and patrons of
rural carrier Lon M Peeples of
Milano honored him with a sur-
prise barbeque Monday night.
The date marked the formal
retirement for Peeples after 29
years of public service.
Inspectors J. P. Cotinan and
Roy H Irvine of Austin were pre-
sent and Irvine presented the car-
rier with a Certificate of Com-
mendation from Postmaster Gen-
eral Day and a letter of apprecia-
tion from the regional officials at
Dalla
During me evening, with E. C.
Westbrook Jr. acting master of
ceremonies, the Milano postal em-
ployees, through Postmaster John
D. Yoakum, preserved Peeples
with a wrist watch and the Vet-
eran.. Posts, through Buddy Burke,
also presented him with a pen and
pencil sot.
Peebles served some two years
in World War I and was appointed
Po: (master at Milano on June 29.
1934 and on August 16, 1944 he
Forty years ago 10-ycar-old
Cecil Abernathy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. Abernathy of Rockdale,
drowned in Austin while swim-
ming with two other small boys
just below the Congress avenue
bridge over the Colorado River.
RAMBLINGS—
(Continued from page one>
but :: ’ill pi't. iu! thi average per
population of other states. The
significance is tv.it "you might do
well to consider your city’s long-
term golf needs," says the TML.
Helena Rubinstein
Once-a-Year Beauty Sale
F’rom now to the year 2000, the
report continues, this nation’s golf
eoursi s will double in number—
eating up acreage equal to the size
of the states of New Hampshire
and Rhode Island—6 75 million
acres. At $500 per acre, this as a
long-term demand for $3 billion
of golfing land. The trouble is, by
too long, many courses
must go on $1500 or even $5000 -
$lo,ooo per acre land.
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PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST
PHONE HI 6-3441 ROCKDALE WE DELIVER
Cost of now courses averages to
$6000 to $12,000 per hole, the
report says. This average runs up
the coining outlay to $7.3 billion.
All items combined, TML con-
tinues, some $20 billion will go for
courses by 2000 AI).
SCHOOL—
(continued from page 1*
merman Jr., vocational agricul-
ture; Miss Margaret Lengert,
health and physical education;
Bob Martin, science and math;
Charlie Martin, principal.
.Junior-high faculty: N. K. Al-
ford Jr., Duane Vincent, Mrs. Jo
Ann Voskamp, Willie Lundy, Mrs.
Glenn Lumpkins. Mrs. Alleida
Moorman, Miss Vashti Smith, Mrs.
F’redonia Lanning, and Laurence,
principal.
Elementary School
The elementary school faculty
was listed as follows:
F’irst grade: Mrs. Kci11h Stiles,
Mrs. Sidney Schaaf, Mrs. Myrtie
Love and Mrs. Carmen Yeager.
Second grade: Mrs. Grace Ei-
land, Mrs Wardia Goble, Mrs.
Bertha McLeod and Mrs. Jewel
Williams
Third grade: Mrs Bernadine
Rinn, Mrs. Katharine Mellon, Mrs.
Alma Doss and M- s Nell Rogers
Fourth grade: Mrs Edna Clark,
Mrs. Louise Sessions, Mrs. Pearl
Rinn.
F'lftli grade: Mrs. Kathryne
Johnston. Mrs Eunice Lawrence,
Mrs. Mildred Petty, Mrs. Evelyn
Tunnell.
Mrs. Georgia Dyer is special
education teacher for the elemen-
tary school.
Aycock Faculty
O. F" Wilhite, principal at Ay-
cock colored school, listed the fol-
lowing Aycock teachers:
Quincy Foster, Hattie Anderson,
Lucy Baltic Robinson, Willie Mar
Dykes, Zelma Dykes. Evelyn
Houston, Benjamin T i m m o n s,
Ardie Mae Wiliams, David Honey,
Hartwell t). Brown, Frankie
Moore McDonald, Susie Sansoin,
Nancy Jo Timmons.
One-Day Service
on Rubber Stamps
The Reporter Office
Phona HI 6-5838
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WILL BRING THE PAPER
Since The Reporter’s subscrip-
tion campaign ended some
three weeks ago, this newspaper
has been busy checking names
and addresses of the near 1000
new subscribers.
Many of this number are new
home-delivery patrons. If you
have missed your Reporter on
Thursday afternoon, it is pos-
sible that there was an error in
your address turned in during
the campaign.
When you miss your home-
deli vi"cd paper, The Reporter
will be delivered quickly if you
will call your carrier:
Danny Urban 'cast of Wilcox
si reel' HI 8-2164, or Paul Free-
man 'west of Wilcox* phone
III 6-5896.
AT THE
Hospital
(Editor'* not*: The weekly
hospital report i* prepared
each Wednesday at Richard*
Clinic and Hospital in Rock-
ADMITTED
Mrs. Zeke Silva. Mrs. Jim Holli-
man, Johnny Stewart, Jim Wil-
son, J. I, Hay man, Mrs. Dean
Quinncy. Mrs. Douglas Jcr.cs,
Doris McWilliams. Charles Taylor,
Mrs. Elmo Wilhite, Betty Sap,
Mrs. Harvey Carver.
DISMISSED
Mrs. Vaughn Owens and baby,
Kay Ahrendt, O. C. Weise, Mrs.
J. J. P.vc, Steve Simmons, Johnny
Stewart, Mrs Zeke Silva and
baby, Mrs. Douglas Jones, Doris
McWilliams, Charles Taylor, Mrs.
Jim Holliman, Mrs. Dean Quin-
ncy.
Rotary District
Governor Speaks
To Local Club
“Rotary clubs in 123 countries
are united in these difficult times
ni international tensions in an en-
deavor to promote understanding,
good will and peace throughout
the world.”
That was the message Dr I A
Shepherd of Taylor, governor of
district 587 of Rotary Internation-
al. brought to Rockdale Rotarians
Tuesday. He was introduced by
F’red Blake, club president, at the
'regular noon meeting at Singers
Grill.
In addition to the activities of
the more than 11,000 Rotary
clubs within their own communi-
ties to promote this objective. Dr.
Shepherd explained, Rotary In-
ternational has awarded grants ol
more than $3,750,000 in the past
14 years through its program of
student fellowships.
Since 1947, wnen this program
was established, 1,454 Rotary
Foundation fellowships have been
awarded to students in 70 coun-
tries for study in 50 countries,
with grants averaging $2,600.
The district 587 fellowship for
this year has been awarded to
Fernando Gonzalez of Bogota,
Colombia to go to Baylor mover
sity. For the University of Texas,
scholarships have been awarded
to students of Brazil and Peru.
"With fellowship and service to
others as its keynote, Rotary pro-
vides a common ground for 509,-
000 business and professional ex-
ecutives throughout the world, re-
gardless of differing nationalities
or customs or languages or poli-
tical and religious beliefs," Dr.
Shephevd emphasized.
Joe Greenwood, 57
Succumbs at Waco
Joe R. Greenwood, 57, a native
of Milam county, died at his home
in Waco Monday.
He was born in Milam county
near Rockdale in 1904 and grew
up in this area.
Mr. Greenwood is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Eugenia Collie
Greenwood; three brothers, Ro-
bert and Wallace of Rockdale and
J. L) of Austin; and three sister,
Inez Hollowell of Abilene, Ida
Hillin of F’ert Wc.1 hand Edith
Vinton of Houston.
was reassigned as rural carrier
tor Milano’* route one which he
has served since that time.
He ha* served a* veteran* xar-
vice officer and as draft board ad-
visor for many year* and in IMi
was named as a member of tho
Milam county draft board, a port
which he now hold*.
Willard Pierce has been sub-
stitute carrier for the route for
many years and has been appoint-
ed temporary carrier pending the
appointment of a new carrier by
the post office department.
In addition to the many patrons
and friends present were his wife,
Mrs. Bernice Peeples, hi* daugh-
ter, Mrs. Edmund Lindholm and
her husband with Mrs. Mable
Woods, sister of Mr*. Peeplea
from Austin, as well as Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Peeples and Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Franklin.
Peeples plans to continue to
look after his livestock ranch
located off Highway 36 just south-
east of Milanc. He also take*
pride in his fish stock in a large
pond on the ranch.
Firemen Extinguish
Grassfire Off US 77
Rockdale firemen umght one
grassfire during the past week,
extinguishing a blaze off South
US Highway 77 on the John
Biahm place across from the
B & A Auto Parts.
Fire Chief Johnny Weed said
about eight acres were involved.
The fire started from brush which
was being burned from the new
US 77 construction area
Plastic Cartons
Invented for Milk
COLLEGE STATION—Plastic
coated containers have been de-
veloped for packaging fluid milk.
These new containers arejdesigned
to replace .the present wax coated
cartons, says Arch Meekma, ex-
tension dairy specialist.
The new carton was introduced
and became the big attraction at
the Dairy Exposition in Chicago
last November. It is a variation
of the present wax covered carton.
It has a polyethelyene coating on
the fiber carton. The new carton
does not require glue for form-
ing, wax for coating or staples for
closing. It comes with the plastic
coating already on the carton. All
that is necessary is to Shape the
carton and heat seai it into form,
points out Meekma.
Manufacturers of the containers
say the new cartons will eliminate
the costs, inventories and handl-
ing of wax. glue and wire; pre-
vent the contact of wax and milk
and loose wax particles in the
milk; do away with leaky milk,
cartons, and improve the appear-
ance of the milk package.
I J.R. REED MUSIC CO.
Scotch brand typewriter cleaner
cleans feed rolls as well as type.
eJeaner, fast, convenient; no
messy liquids. Ask for a sample
at The Reporter Office. If
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HOME—
(continued from page D
pairs for J. W. Tulloeh, East Cam-
eron street, $200: East Texas Lum-
ber company, repairs for Manuel
Freeman, East F'irst street, $250;
Bill Randle, remodeling for Mvs.
Faye Oldham home, 1007 East
Cameron, $200.
Also issued were three house-
moving permits and two oil well
drilling permits.
BUILDING—
(Continued fmm page one)
shifts provided him with extra
time to work on the home. The
couple recall many 17 and 18-
hour working days at the home
site.
Bill and Helen still have some
projects planned for the home,
including curbing and gravel-
ing a circular drive.
And when the Boyds sa.v "ue
gonna" you can bet some sleeves
are going to be rolled up. some
work is gonna’ be done, and the
dreams are going to keep com-
ing true.
Mid-Summer
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