The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1938 Page: 12 of 12
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Postmaster’s Ass’n Will
Give Big Basket Picnic-------------- <•
THE
John H Hays, ot Cameron, President
•I Uie Eleventh District Postmasters
Aitionation, tnv- wiiminml a big baa- [guests of tlu* day. lor
ket picnic to be held in Waoo on Mon- I faahioncd ®et-together
no connection with attendance, it was
pointed out, The Leglonaires of the
county have end«ttvored to .secure the
attendance of every ex-service man as
a genuine old
MMJl
P<«t office clerks and rural free de-
livery carriers, through their organi-
zations, have also made tlu* Mime an-
nouncement, the plan being for all
postmasters, clerks ami carriers of tire
11th Congressional district to get to-
gether on this occasion, bringing Uielr
wives and families for a big. happy get-
to-gellicr basket picnic.
Bach of tiie three organisations will
Jinld their .individual business sessions,
following which there will be a general
program. The picnic dinner will be
spread at 6 p. in., following the short
business sessions scheduled to start at
4 o'clock. Among the speakers an-
nounced for the evening session ap-
pear the names of Postma it l*ttillo
ol Win Coi kc >1 Rockdale and Fallls
of Clifton Congressman W R. Poagc
has boon Invited to address the gath-
ering, but ni this time It is not thought
1ih«t he will lx» able to leave Washing-
ton The Rev, O C Acrey. of Cam-
eron will net as toastmaster
May 30 being a legal holiday it is
anticipated that there will be an un-
usually large attendance at tills func-
tion. The Rockdale post office will lie
represented in ail three bodies.
Legion All-Day Picnic
In Rockdale Thursday
Included among out ot town guests
are the department ooirnnumiri «r.d
adjutant, division commander, and
district commanders, as well as a num-
ber of county and city officials
Ljcgionaires have arranged' a luro-
gram of amusement and free enter-
tainment and picnic spreads, with
plenty of free Ice water, .shade and
parking space.
DR. NEWTON-
(Continued from page It
sns before coming to Texas. He was
the son of the late Major Newton of
tin Confederate army. He was elected
to 'he senate in 1936 and did not come
up for re-election until 1940.
He e&lnbllshed the Newton hospital
In Buckholts and later moved to C.im-
. r n where he .md Dr K. Rb-dinr built
i» present Cameron hospital in 1913
He is survived by his wile, Hi ns
jsns. Dr. W R Newton, Jtr., of Cvm-
. on. Rep George Mayo Newton mil
Frank Newton, University of T;\a?
indent. and three daughters, Miry
N'.wton, teacher in the Cameron
t'hools, Nancy, student In the Uni var-
sity ot Texas, and Josephine of Cam-
eron.
Among the large number of R >ck-
<iale citizens wlio attended the funeral
Saturday were the following: Mr, and
by the four American Le-lWrs K H Phillips. Mr. and Mv Wal-
ter Smith, Mr. and Mrs, J K. Cooke.
Dr. and Mrs. 1 P. Sessions. Dr. and
Mrs. T S. Barkley, Dr, H. T. Coulter.
Mr and Mrs, K. A. Camp. Lon Hudson.
Miss Ruth Ktrk and Mrs. P H. Mo-
Cawley, ___
Sponsored
*ion Pasts of Milam county, an all-day
basket picnic is being held in Rock-
dale today. Thursday, May 26, with
*»-service men from all parts of Mi-
lam county gathered in tilts city.
The affair is held strictly for cx-
KDALE REPORTER, Tl.urud
Candidates Loom for
Vacancy in Senate
1938
A number ot men are being spoken
of as likely candidates to fill the va-
cancy in the state senate caused by the
death of Dr W. R Newton, of Cam-
eron.
John Doll in*, member of »h* 1,L '-S-
lalitre from McLennan county; Sam
Darden, Waco attorney, and Doss Har-
din. of Prairie Hill, assistant attorney
general who has already announced
ill* candidacy, are among those men-
tioned.
There have also been rumors of
other candidates from Milam county,
among the names mentioned being
Emory B. Camp, and Dr Billie New-
ton. of Cameron, son of Dr. W R.
Newton. No statements haw been
made trom any of these men, however.
A .'i>ecin,l elctlon to fill the place will
tie held on July 23. Governor James V.
Allred has announced.
his speech. Thompson declared:
■•I prefer to fight on the side of the
little man. I know how ruthless these
big companies can and will be.
We cannot have p -osperUy 11 we
have continued concentration of the
wealth in the hands of a few."
Cat Tail Takes Second
Place in Softball Race
The
Young Men’s Business League
of Rockdale
EXTENDS
Congratulations and
Best Wishes
TO THE NEW
Dixie Theatre
Cat Tail pushed the Rustlers out of
second place to lake their own »t ind
in that iKVittion with a 5 to 1 win over
the Rustlers In the play at fair park
last Sunday In the local softball lea-
Rue.
Hicks defeated Lexington, the new
entry, (1 to 0. to maintain their hold on
the No, l position, as Hamilton Chapel
climbed buck Into the win column with
n 12 to 1 decision over Salty.
The standings of the teams are given
below. Hie Lexington club takes the
place of San Andres, that team bavin;
drop|>ed out of the league, and it was
decided Sunday that the Lexington
team would enter the league with a
starting percentage of four games won
and four lost for .500. The Lexington
t<sim played its first game last Sun-
day. losing to Hicks, but due to start-
ing at an even 500 their percentage is
now 44a,
How They Stand
Hicks
Cat Tail
Rustlers
Lexington
Salty
Hamilton Chapel
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Cameron Dairy Show
.Draws Large Crowds
Milam County Dairy Day at Can'*
eron last Saturday drew large crowds
us hundreds of people inspected the
dairy herds on dslpiay and heard talks
by dairy specialists.
Blue ribbons were awarded all cat-
tle rated winners in their respective
class, under the Denmark system of
Judging which was used
A A. Darnell, extension service
dairy husbandrymun. acted as judge
for the show with F. M. Ruddy of the
Kraft-Phoenlx plant at Denison.
G. o. Gibson and A V Moore of the
, /tension .service scored butter made
by Milam county home demonstration
onib women and demonstrated making
of but’er and neuchfatel cheese.
Gibson also talked at the afternoon
cattle snow. FFA boys of the Cam-
eron chapter judged cattle at the (
morning session and results in their \
contests will be announced Monday.
Roy Law of Capieron owned the
grand champion female of the show
and Ed Snively of Rockdale hod the
grand champion male of the show.
F. E Woodruff, chairman of the ag-
ricultural committee of the Cameron
Chamber of Commerce, ami E. D Par-
nell, Yoe high school vocational ag-
riculture teacher, were In charge of the
show.
The Cameron Cv amber of Commerce
presented all ribbon winners with cash
prize::.
Winners of blue ribbons in the fe-
ma.e division vere C. C. Hill, E. P.
Hess, Dowell Mitchell <2), Frank Heit-
mai.n Red ribbon winners were: A,
I. Ingram, M. H. Hayes i2). W. H. Lu-
cas. Walter Anderle. Allen Dodson. F
J Braden, Palmer Eickenhorst, R. A
COTTON ALLOTMENTS ARE . „
MADE FOR MILAM COUNTY
- < ,i i g
Bv GEO BANZHAF, County Agent
Acreage Allotment* \
County Agent. George BanzhaF has
received information that cotu>n *!*
ments have been made for Mttem
county, and that the ahotments will
be mailed from College Station this
week.
Mr. Banzhaf calls the attention of
farmers to the fact that it wiU take
two or three days to get all of the al-
lotments in the mail to individual pro-
ducers.
Cotton allotments in this county will
not run quite as high as lirst dhttcipat-
ed. The State Office lias set
UP LW< Food
.Feed or general soil deowu.
menu for Milam OounuISfl1
du|J nottoa will oarrvtK
alto the Cotton StoSi2f
proximately 37 per oent’ of V1
acreage. These allotment fa
made for each farm by th# *2!
floe as soon as possible
floe as aoon as possible
ted to the OountyAgent,
355970
us the county ratio. Tills mentis that
ev«ry 100 tilled acres will bo allowed
35,59 per oent in l olton. Every UtolvG
the oounty office 1
oers will be mailed their aHU*
depleting allotments. wwe»li
No Gotten Ferns
Form NO, SR-227 ha* w.
which, when properly exeotL"
allow farms which will grown/'
in 1933 to receive a larger fS*
eral soil depleting allotment iL
cotton allotments for 1933 7^
way effect the loes of ootton J
to such farms In 1939.
Thompson Gets Large
Audience at Sharp, Tx.
HERE'S THE BUY
WHEN IT COMES TO
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Sharp, May 24.—With a slashing
spwvli that d»>w frequent shouts o-
’ Pour it on. Red." trom his listeners,
Ernest Thompson, candidate for gowr-
nor, lashed at large eon>orations and
foreign owned chain stores Tuesday-
night. ,
. Thompson charged that, the corp: :a-
j .tons and chains sought vo "expl.il'
; Texas p<x>ple.
, The rally heie, which drew about
- .500 people fi-cm Milam and surround-
I. ig counties, also drew a large crowd
I run Rockdale.
The red-headed, fighting candidate
■ was introduced by Jim Baskin, large
J Milam county farmer and a war time
J buddy of Thompson, then the young-
|est lieutenant colonel in the A. E. F.
Baskin pnid tribute t Thompson's
record in the war, as mayor of Ama-
rillo and ns railroad commissioner
“In the army,” he said, “we kved
him us an officer. We knew him in
those days by the name of Bo; ui
Red.'
Also on the program was a speech
by E. A. Camp of Rockdale.
"I've looked over who's who in tins
race for governor very carefully." he
said. And I know Ernest Thomp on
u, bo an outstanding man. and I firm-
ly believe that he is going to be ;he
next governor of Texas."
J. B White, editor of the Cameron
Herald, also paid tribute to Thompson's
service and pointed out that in sup-
porting him for governor, the varying
political groups of the county had
banded together.
"I've looked all the candmates owv,"
he declared. "I haven't found eno*h*r
man in tiie race with the record, the
character or the equipment for the of-
fice that Ernest Thompson has."
Deters (2), Earl McFarland, White
ribbons in females—Julian Baskin, Al-
birt Russell Porter i3>. M. A. Bagger-
Jy Mr. Brown, Tom Smith. L. W. Ra-
ley 12t. Garland PoLlis, J. A. Rhodes,
B. C. Caldwell, Jot' Sevier, Herbert
Baggtrly <2).
W timers in the male division, Ed
Snively, Frank Raley. Barton Brown,
Melvir. Ford. Red winners were C. C.
Hill and E. I Ingram.
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variety store
EXTENDS
CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE
H. H. S. GRADUATES
AND TO
The NEW DIXIE THEATER
For having fulfilled their first big aim in life, our con-
gratulations go to each and every member of the graduat-
ing class .... and because Mr. and Mrs. C. \V. Matson
have provided Rockdale with a beautiful new theater we
feel they are deserving of our personal tribute We salute
you;
.new shirts
for
SUMMER
A new supply of sum-
mer shirts just in.
New Styles and Colors.
$1 DO . $1 50
A Practical Gift for the
Boy Graduate.
J IM and FRED
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A TX Cl
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SPECIALS
FOR
Jack Pamplin's
srEC'l.ALs
FOR
FRI. .V SAT
Red and White Food Store
CASH
RED AND WHITE FLOUR 'U~S$£L
$1.55
| EVAPORATED PRUNES 2 99c
j BEVERLY POTTED MEAT 2 ^ _ 5c
PINK SALMON
11c
BIG VALUE MUSTARD
10c
RED AND WHITE HOMINY 2 17C
BI LK AND WHITE
PORK AND BEANS 3
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13c
STANDARD TOMATOES 4
25c
AMERICAN SARDINES 3 ™
10c
CLABBER GIRL RAKING POWDER 19C
. Congratulations Matsons on Your New Showhouse
GRADUATION
Our High School Graduates of today will be our Leaders
of Tomorrow. Put them in trend with the world by dress-
ing them well .... Beautilul NEW GIFTS .... At the
price you want to pay.
FANCY SOX
SPORT SHOES
SPORT SLACKS
FANCY NECKTIES
TIE CL AS SETS
UNDERWEAR SETS
HANDKERCHIEFS
HATS AND CAPS
BELTS AND SHIRTS .
SILK DRESSES
BEADED BAGS
LEATHER PURSES
GLOVE SILK PANTIES
EILEEN SILK SLIPS
EILEEN HALF SLIPS
NOVELTY COSTUME
JEWELRY
SPORT SHOES
.lust received, a big shipment of Ladies and Misses Dress-
es at $1.00, $1.05 and $2.05.
THROUGHOUT OUR STORE YOU WILL FIND JUST
THE GIFT THE GRADUATE W ANTS.
Congratulations to the Matsons and the New Dixie!
W. E. WHITE
Rockdale, Texas
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Next to his diploma there's
nothing an net 11*0 young
Graduate will prize more
highly than a Remington
Rand Eloetxie Close Shaver.
It's 1938's best gift for Gnwt-
uation Day 1 and Father's
Day, too!>
*3 75 down
_ ">n »m,
C1 *uw
Here s a Shaver that glides over the face so gently you
bonder how it can shave so closely. And vou don’t requiW
a post-graduate course to learn how to use' it. It’s the only
s ta\er that offers ALL these advantages:
SH A\ ES CLOSE from almost anv angle. Doesn’t h«'e
to be held just so.
GREATER CUTTING SURFACE for faster, closer
shaves.
JX)MRING BAR to lift flat hairs and guide them ^
the cutters.
HIGH SPEED MOTOR that runs on A. C. or D. C.
ventHJipping PACT DES1GN to fit your hand
t ome in and see them todav. Ivorv model with Id
^^jrs^isrzst
'"U c»" b».v any model on easy tema.
THE ROCKDALE REPORTER
REMINGTON RAND PRODUCTS
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Cooke, W. H. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1938, newspaper, May 26, 1938; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth693896/m1/12/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.