The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 29, 1925 Page: 2 of 16
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THE rqckdai-e reporter, n.mJ»""arl
29, 1925
♦ PERSONAL MENTION ♦
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Miss Lonzpra Raby, of Lilac, 'spent
the week end with Mrs. Robert Simms.
Mrs. C. W. Matson and children are
spending some weeks with relatives in
1 ;
ias returned
from a sojourn of several weeks in
Gal vision.
Miss Lillie Hardison has returned
from Caldwell and will remain here
some time.
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J. H. Bonds,__________^_. _________
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. WotTand child
ten, and Miss Beulah Allor<f were in
Cameron Sunday.
Rev. R. E. Roberta and wife have
been numbered among the victims of
flu the pait week
Wilden Caldwell, of A. & M. is at
home with his parents for the “be-
tween-term” holidays.
Mrs. Lottie Lensing, of Austin,
spent a few days in the first part of
the week in Rockdale.
Miss Irriia ‘Porter of Waco, spent
the week-end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. L. H. Porter. •
Mr, and Mrs. Ivan Nunley, Miss Ola
Groves and Miss Robbie Williams
spent Sunday in Waco.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones Clement, of
Thorndale, were guests of Mr. and
Mw .T TT. Bonds Sunday. _
Mr. Floyd Strelsky and family, of
Texas City, are here to attend the
r Mrs. Leo. Strelsky funeral.
Mrs. J. Frank" McCalla was over
from Cameron last week looking af-
ter her Rockdale, city property.
Mrs. Roy Long and baby, uf Navw
sota, were guests of-her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. ,Joe Lee the past week.
Mrs. J. E. Shanklin and little ne-
phew. of Caldwell; visited the family
of her sister, Mrs. Jesse Garrett. ■-
Mrs. Louis Taylor, of Calvert, nee
Miss Dot Harris^was- the guest of her
sister, Mrs-Robert Simms, the fir^t
of the week. "
Miss Eleanor Phillips was home
from the State University for a week
end visit with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. B. Phillips.
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SOCIAL NOTES J
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Wednesday Bridge Club
Mrs. Ed Simms entertained the
Wednesday Bridge Club January 21.
Mrs. Roy Long was out-of-town guest.
Mrs. J. D. Peeples won high score and
-was presented with beautiful ala-
ry. The hostess served a deli-
cious luncheon at the
games. Mrs. Hubert Coffield will en-
tertain the club next week.
Mrs. Drake to Appear in Radio
Mrs. Annie Grace Drake has been
Pro-
gram which is to De oroaueosicu from
Dallas Station WFAA on Friday
night, January SO, presented by the
League of American Penwomen, na-
tional organization of which she is a
recently elected member. The program
will present Mrs. Alice Sh^pperd Skill-
man, president, Mrs. Rpsser Ihorftas,
Mrs. Mamie Dow’rttrrd Peck, Mrs. Jane
Fitzgerald, Mrs. Merle Hayes Pon-
der, and other members of the orga-
nization, Although not able to be
present in person, Mrs. Drake’s liter-
ary work will be given by the announ-
cer.
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mortuary/. *
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Mrs. Leo Strelsky Sr.
Mrs. Leo Strelsky Sr., aged 65
years!" died suddenly at her home in
this citv about noon Tuesday, follow-
nig a stroke of paralysis which she
suffered at 7:30 the same morning.
Mrs. Strelsky had been^ in poor health
for mi-rr"1 )’»»»•<« and while her sud-
den death was of course a grea
to relatives and friends, yet it was not
altogether unexpected, as she had been
to various sanitariums in recent years
in search of health which could not be
attained on account ' of a chronic
trouble;
Mrs, Strelsky'* maiden name was
Flora Jorgensen, and she was born in
Copenhagen, Denmark. At the
of six years she came to
A Birthday Party
On January twenty-fifth, from three
to five o’clock, little Miss Goldie
Catchings celebrated her fiftth birth-
day anniversary with a party at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Catchings on West Bell street.
The guests were met at the door by
Goldie who thanked- each pne in turn
for the nice present brought.—Theft
they were invited in the living room,
where numerous games were played,
such as drop the handkercheif, hide
and seek, and pinning tails on donkeys.
Martha Ann Swafford won firgt prize,
a set of jacks and ball. Helen Mur-
rav won a booby—a rattler. All-en-
tered the dining room wheFe'lhfe hirlit*
day cake, lighted with five tapers and
bearing the words “Birthday Greet-
ings” . was the center of^ attraction.
Goldie blew out the candles. Much
enjoyment was had cutting the cake
for the emblems, which went to Fe-
nora Meyer, the dime, Mary Edith
Landis, the ring, Helen Murray, the
wish bonp and Janie Ruth Sikes, the
thimble. The refreshments were
grape punch, cake, fruits, an4 candy,
after which more ganies were played.
Then all departed for home, saying
all departed
that they had apant a delightful even-
Mrs. Betty Walden and daughter^ ing, and wishing their little hostess
age
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with her parents and they settled at
Davenport, Iowa. The family moVed
to Rockdale in 1874* and she had con-
tinued to reside here ever-since—more
than fifty years.
She was married to Leo Strelsky in
1879, and they spent 45rygars of hap-
py wedded life together without ever
a single night’s separation. To this
union four children were born, all now
living, as follows: Mrs. Bessie Sharp
and Frank Strelsky, of Rockdale; Leo
Strelsky Jr., of Rasedena, Cal., and
Floyd Strelsky, of Texas City. All
were present for the funeral except
Leo Jr., who could not come on ac-
count of illness. In addition to these
there are five grandsons and one
granddaughter. .
The funeral was held jat 3:0CTiP. A',
today from, the faniil't home, Inter-'
Jnenl being at the'I.-Q. 0. ~F
tery.
ducted by Rev. Father Appel of Cam-
eron, assisted by Rev, Father Gleiss-
rler of* Bryan, decedent having been
a devout member of the Catholic
church.
Honorary pall bearers-were: D. H.
Sanford, H.~b. “
WITH THE CHURCHES
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Episcopal Church;
‘v The Episcopal church will Have ser-
vices at 7:30 Sunday evening.
\ Sunday school session at 9:45 a. m.
Young People’s Service League at
6:15 p. m.
' Methodist Ohu4* =5=
reaching at
11 a. m.\ Another sermon on the Ser-
mon on the Mount. Don’t miss it. -~
At 7:15 p. m.—A Japanese will de-
liver a lecture. This Jap is a very in-
teresting and * very entertaining
speaker. It-’g something new. Don t
faTT to HeaT~~him. No admission,
charges.
—- Presbyterian Church
Sunday school at 10:00 a. m. t~
At -the morning service at 11:00 a.
m.. Mr. Sterling Takeuchi, of Japan,
and at present a student of the Uni-
versity of Texas, will deliver an ad-
dress on “Christianization of Modern
Japan.” Every Presbyterian ought
to hear him. Others are welcome. He
is high in church 'circles and comes,
highly recommended. He is to speak
at the Methodist church in the~even-
ing.
Worship at 7:15 p. m.
Is Heaven for a Man Like. Me?
Have you ever asked yourself this
question? Do you feel Heaven is for
a man or for a woman- such as you
are? Have you concern regarding an-
other life? Some .day this life \Vill
end. Some day you will begin life in
ring at the I. ,0. O F «rme- , lin. „i;rn rB Wp»ven for n man
Religious services—were. wn-f-pvvoman like you? If not,_ then
what! Come and hear the discussion
of the above subject at the.* Baptist
church Sunday evehtng. Services will
begin at 7:00 p. m.
JESSE GARRETT, Pastor.
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* BOY SCOUTS
Fresh stock' of both dry and wet
Radio A & B batteries. Rockdale
Motor Car Co. tf*,
Meyer,New tun,
H. Porter, Gust BaCkhaus, E. B.
Phillips, T. D. Rountree and C. K.
St r it.) ling.
Active pall bearers were: C.. W.
Crawford, Walter Ramsell, Ben Loe-
wenstein Jr.; T. B. Ryan, C. M. Perry
and E. E. Fergeson. C ^
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Miss Lois Casey, left Saturday for
San Angelo, where Miss Lois will be
placed ijn a sanitarium.'
Mr. and Mrs. A. Longmire
their guests Saturday and
their children, Mr. and1
hat! as
Sunday,
Cooke and Mrs. J. D. Allen, and also a
friend. Miss Thompson, all'of Taylor.
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Sidney Jack Rosenberg will leave
Sidney Jack ttosenoerg win leave - - ----
Friday for Port Arthur where he will Eersona^exempt.on allowed a married
. , *r- _____nerson. 82.500. In addition, a- tax-
visit his brother en route to Detroit,
where he will enter, the spring s^nes-
ter of ffte Michigan State University.
Mr. anil Mrs. L. C. Johnson, of Clo-
vis, N. M., were here Friday, January
16, for a visit with the lady’s father,
'Rev. T. H. Kilpatrick. They were ac-
companied by their daughter, Mrs.
-Della King, and son_Leonard, who
Mi-'
drove the family tar,. They returned
home last Tuesday.
RADIO IN THE TOWN AND ON
THE FARM r
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Texas possesses some,of the best
radio broadcasting stations in the
United States and stands third among
ftates in number of radfos. There
are about 100,000 fadio sets'in Texas
and it-i^.estmiated that 2Q,000 of the
100,000 sets are orf farms. .....
T S. M. Monis, a farmer who—lives.
near Weir, Williamson county, Texas,
- ......f11" rli*ln',i*' -+h™n.tnhoi gof
- and can listen in from, all the larger
radio stations in the United States.
His '§bn, David J. Morris, who builds
* radio sets for farmer folks and town
folks of Williamson county, has' writ-
ten a very interesting story entitled,
“Radio in the Town and On the
..... FarntV'” which will be published in the
Magazine section, of The Reporter on
—i^Februar y - 5 th.
Be up-to-date by altyays reading. The
Reporter* if ,you are behind with
your subscription, .. RENEW, NOW
AND DON’T MISS a single issue. The
Reporter will have more good storie?
like this one, during 1925, and also all
the live local county nfws that’s fit
to print,
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, COTTON REPORT
There were 59,500 b^tes of cotton,
counting lound as half bales, ginned
in Milam county, from the crop of
1924 prior to January 16, 1925; as
compared with 59,543 ginned to Jan-
. uary 16, 1924. ' ( t
c, ‘BASIL McGREGOR,
- Special Agent..
I represent Bryan 'Nursery & Floral
Co., and take orders for flowers for
all occasions. Miss Dale Lanning, at
Reporter office. - Phones ^155 and
239. . tf
Reporter ads got tee grapes.
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GUN CLUB NOTES *
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The following scores were made by
—---- „ .the mt'mbers of the Roekdale Gun
many more happy returns of the day. rUnb last Friday:__
- ’ * Shot at Broke
YOUR INCOME TAX L. W. Sledge
If “you" iirC ami support '■ in -B. A^llby
your home one or more persons closely
over whom- YOU
exercise family control, you are the
bdad of the family and entitled under
the revenue act of 1924 to the salme ONE
Radio Sets and Radio Supplies in
stock. Roekdale Motor Car Co. tf
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WEDDING BEUs
Harris-Mose*
Mr. Carey Moses and Mis,,
Harris, popular young pe0D, ^
Tracy community, ^
Uvea and friend, on SatnnE
»ry 17, by slipping off
where they were
Hutcheson, pastor
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Meeting Called
A meeting of the men of Rockdale,
who are interested in the boys of
Rockdale is hereby called for Monday
night, February 2nd, at 8:00 o’clock,
at the Chamber of Commerce.
Atj this meeting the organization of
th. Boy Scout Council will be taken
up, officers elected and committees
Rockdale has gone into the new Boy
Scout movement, bias pledged Hie
moneyj the boys are interested, and
now it is up to the men of Rockdale to
show their interest in the boys of
Rockdale by attending this meeting . —......
and perfecting the organization which. of Milam county.
will see that the Boy Scout movement ........
in this city is properly launched and
the affairs-of'-the Council properly ad-
ministered.
Flowers for all occasions; bulbs, pot
plants, fete. $ee me at Reporter of-
fice. Phones 155 and 239. Miss Dale
Lanning. tf
tarried by
church of that city° jSc
marriage they journeyed
a, snort honeymoon, being te"
- ^r’ Moses is the son of A ft l
and his bride is the daught^
M. Harris, both old and reiZJ
“*?ha of Milam county.
The happy young couple art]
ing the congratulations of .
friends. They will make ^
near Tracy where Mr. m£‘
farm the coming year. r
T Will appreciate your order, f*
flowers, bulbs, pot plants, etc. I,
resent the Bryan Floral Co. (1
and satisfactory service”. Mi«"
Lanning, at Reporter office,
155 and 219.
Ladies’ calling cards,
engraved, latest styles, at
office. ’
W. E. White ..
H. O. Queb'e ..
NT' M. Bounds
Baptist Cliurrii ---
Sunday school at 10:00 o’clock.
Men’s Bible Class in Pastor’s study
at 10:00.
Morning service;
Offertory.
Sermon theme, “The Lord’s Supper.”
Taking the Lord’s Supper.
Junior and Senior-B. Y. P. U. at 6.
Evening service:
Offertory. .
Sermon theme, “Is Heaven for a
Man Like Me?”
Choir directed by Dr. Wisecup.
All are extended a cordial welcome
to come and worship with us. Come
mid lei us devote an hour comnipning
in opr Master’s presence.
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person, $2,500. Th mldilion, a- tax-
payex is entitled to alredit of $400
for each person dependent upon him
for chief support, if ,such a person is
either under 18 years of age. or inca-
pable of "self-support because mentally
or physically tieffective. Such depend-
ent need hot be a member of the tax-
payer’s household. For example; an
unmarried son who supports in his
home an aged mother is entitled to an
exemption of $2,500 plus the $400
credit for a dependent, a total of
$2,900. If from choice the mother
lived in another city, the son, although
hdV chief support, would be Entitled
only to the $1,000 exemption, plus the
$400 credit. The mother not living
with him, he is not considered the
head of a famly.
An exemption as the head of a
family can be claimed by only one
member of a household.
-TWn ^finn p-iymnrit (inco not aDnlv to
the wife- or husband of a taxpayer,
r.n.. uaay torallv -rlenendent
HUNDRED WANTED
FROM MATCHLESS MILAM
. ~Fort Worth, Texas, Jari. 26.—Wr A.
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Franklin, Superintendent of the Rock-
dale schools, will direct the enlist-
ment of teachers of the city as mem-
bers of the Texas State Teachers As-
sociation. Mrs. Kathryn Robbins of
Cameron, Superintendent of Mildm
county schools, wjll lead the campaign
outside the independent districts .
Mrr Maggie Barrv of College Sta-
tion is the general director of the en-
rollmrent campa-ign in the-Sixth Con-
gressional district, of which Milam
county is a part. The aim is to get
a minmum of 1,000. members ih each
congressional district. Milam county
is expected to enroll 100 per cent.
-oa
upon the other:
Agency for I.-P. Ring Binders,
Price Books', Note Books, etc. Rock-
dale Reporter. ~tf
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SPECTACLE COMFORT , r
There is satisfaction in wear-
ing glasses wl^en you have
the proper correction. The
lense required in your par- \
ticular case—no more, no
less—exactly right. Accura-
cy is our strong point.- Every
pair' of glasses that we sell
must be precisely right to
satisfy us—and you. It U a
hobby with us, but we think .
it pays. It will pay you big
dividends Iff comfort—it pays
others. Come in today—pr
any day. r 1
BENTON L D0UTHIT
- Registered Optometrist
RtyrTTY STOCK-G
' IS GIVING SATISFACTION
The Equity Stock Company ope'ned
a week’s engagement in their terit
theater Monday night. The extreme
cold weather r.educed'the size of their
audiences the first' two nights, but
Wednesday evening the tent was full.
This is- a good show, the players all
being nice companionable -people, and
the plays so far presented being clean
and well acted. The company features
its jafcz orchestra, beaded by “Baldy”
Wetzel, aerobatic piano player and
comedian. “Baldy” is . a whole show
by himself.
The management announces that
they have decided to remain in Rock-
dale all next week. They are playing
under J^he auspices of thj,e American
Legion. ; : ---
Again
we say -
Weather
Strip
Your Doors
and
Windows
L—It keeps the heat in.
2-r=xIt_keeps thq cold out,.
,4.-
-It takes the RATTLE, RAT-
TLE, RATTLE out of the I
windows.
-It keeps the dust from sift-
ing in.
-It keeps the. rain from blow-■
ing in.
IF IT ONLY DONE 1-5 OF THE ABOVE, DON'T YOU]
THINKTIT WOULD BE WORTH THE COST?
Specially priced
for a few days
7 i-2c Per Foot!
Junver
imm*
EVERYTHING TO BUILD ANYTHING'
Reporter ads get the grapes.
LADIES
m
Into
TO
CALL
f
‘ter*—1
We cordially invite the ladies toreaH at our store opi >
site postoffice and see our line of electrical appliances.
In this line of.goods Quality is an absolute essential, and
we claim we have quality in every Article we sell.
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Our stock is complete, TncluL____________________e
Lamps, Heaters, Grill Sets, Waffle^ Ironv- Toasters,
Cookers, Percolaters, Urn Sets, Vacuum Cleaners, Elec-
tric-Ranges, Hot Water Heaters, Etc. 7 !
C. W. Crawford
ELECTRICIAN ’ , -
Do It Electrically
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Note The Lighting Equipment
PHONE 33 , ^
Special Sale of
l. '
Sweaters
for Ladies and Girls
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. 1.85
. 2.25
2.®
2.95
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$4.95 Sweaters ;....... •••••••• —; ^
$5.95 Sweaters.......... • •• • •; ‘
$7.50 Sweaters ..... - •«•«•
$7.95 Sweaters ; * •
$1.75 Sweaters ... - -
$2.00 Sweaters_________
$2.50 Sweaters
$3.00 Sweaters
$3.50 Sweater^ ......
$3.95 .Sweaters-—- -
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Scarbrough & Hicks Co-
7 , ROCKDALE, TEXAS
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