The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 30, 1959 Page: 14 of 15
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Rockdale Men Attend
Lutheran Convention
A-
w
Delegates from Peace Lutheran!
church. Lock da lv, were the L>u»toi.
the Rev F T Sager, and Alton ■
Backhaul a; delegate. M N ,
Strieker also attended as a mern-
bei ol the executive committee of
the district
Strieker was named lay repre- j
roittee of the district New of- !
ficers elected included the Rev. '
Alvin H Boh Is of Yorktown. '
second vice president; the Rev !
Edmund Heye of Taylor, sec-
retary; and the Rev A E. Flath '
mann Sr., of Doss, district -j *
tistician
^ hOCKDALE
^ X O. O. F.
LODGE
Meets Every Monday
7 30 p. m. W O W. Hall
Visitors Welcome
J P TAYLOR, N G.
GLYNN ROLAN, Sec.
ROCKDALE REBEKAH No. 272
Meets Every First and
Third Thursday 6 p. m.
DOROTHY FARR. N G
ZETA ROLAN, Sec.
1 he convention was the last
full-term convention of the dis-
r.t t before tin- merger next >ear
A snort convention dissovling the
r: -trier w i i be l eld in Austin May
h 196(1 and the next da> repr< -
entalives of the merging church
>odie will meet to form the new
South District of the American
l.utheian church.
The convention at Galveston
met for numerous stud> sessions
before taking action on a niulti-
ud* of items affecting the work.
>i me enuren in tne more than
220 congregations thiougout Tex
as, Louisiana and Arkansas.
The Bible camp committee wa
authorized to build a new swin.
ming pool at Camp Chrysalis, thy
ti -tnet-owned Bible camp near
Ker rv i He.
The convention also took the
netessary steps for the district’s
furtherance of the merger of the
American Lutheran church with
two other Lutheran groups to
form the new body to be known as
The American Lutheran Church.
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The Rockdale Report**
Lutheran Chine
FIVE SENIOR PASTORS of the Texas District of the Amen
the century-old parish records ot First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Oaiveston, host j
church to the convention of the district completed last week The pastors pictured have j
served the church almost 25U years in the cumulative record of service Seated (left tin
right) is the Rev. F. A Bracher of Fredericksburg. Dr E. A Sagebiel of Seguin long-time
district president, the Rev. Paul Oogolin of Brenham who holds the longest record of ser-
vice with iit) \ears in the ministry, (standing) the Rev. A M. P iedler ot Maxwell, and the
Rev. W. Loeske of Gonzales. All except Pastor Fiedler have been m the ministry 50 or 1
more years.
Wei, Cold Soil
Slows Planting
To Snail's Pace'
By J, D. MOORL
Soil too wet and too co!
j counted for spring planting
| ing at a 'trail s pace this
| Most of tlic i oi n arid mu; e
I cd in the county is
j stand. However ,<
i pinion that .r sm
1 maize will be rep
I the poor growth
' maize ind corn
I color and ha. col n
' <'U urmvth dm* to
I soil.
Very little nitn
1 and available lot
■ when soil tempera
a5 degree-
j t'antcloupe- w.i
; hii. Most of tins
to be replanted
the inconvenience*
1 the replanting will
April 30. 1959
HOCKDALE (Tex.) REPORTER—7b
adc the (K*sii
late in reaching the market i
Usuallv. the early truck crops
bring the nest market price.
Farmer-, were fortunate not to j
have their cotton planted Seed
ling cotton lust can't take cold, j
damp, soil and u nially develop ;
codling dtsea es under these j
conditions.
On the favorable side of the |
ledger, good rains have assured i
adequate moi tyre t'oi all crops j
and with warm, dry weather, |
growing condition w ill be ideal |
Joins BA Fraternity
AUSTIN Walter Wav Ion Wtl-j
Hum-., of Rockdale, is among 2H
students and graduates of the Uni-
| ' elslt' tif I’exu college of bll I j
ness administration who have i
| ( ecome new members of Beta
| (lammo SiKmu, nAtionsl honornry
I >;i inf >. administration fraternity.
Social Security
Official Talks to
Rockdale Rotary
Maurice M Chastain, district
manager of the Social Security
Administration in Temple, spoke
on the social ecurity program Vo
Rockdale Rotarians at their lunch-
eon meeting Tuesday
Chastain was introduced by
Henry Johnston, program chair-
man fui the da;. The speaker
!>u\ e ,i re- ume of all pha of the
octal security program and then
- xplained some of tlu* more in-
tricate workings ol the program.
V nuestion and answer period
followed hi; talk.
Tuberculosis Listed
Top
Rcpor
, . 1 countv f
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1 inly $2 9;) with 500 staples Free. 1 * > 1
| It's a stapler, ta< ker, plier, has j ol flu.
! dorage pocket Does hundreds of j t-a • ol
Ihe Rockdale Reporter. tf tuhetiul
jle di--ea-.es in Milam
the pa I week included
l trept throat, 8 cases
ca es of chicken pox, 3
neasles. and 1 case of
ANNOUNCING
NEW BUS SERVICE
WACO to VICTORIA
Through Rockdale
Read Down Read Up
Daily A. M. Daily P. M.
8:40—Lv. WACO, Texas Ax. 7:37
9:10— CHILTON
9:20— LOTT 7:05
9:35— ROSEBUD 6:50
10:00— CAMERON 6:25
10:25— ROCKDALE 6:03
10:40— TANGLEWOOD 5:48
10:48— LEXINGTON 5:40
11:13— Ar. GIDDINGS Lv. 5:15
11:15—Lv. GIDDINGS Ar. 5:15
11:40— LA GRANGE 4:50
12:05—Ar. SCHULENBURG Lv. 4:25
12:20 Lv. SCHULENBURG Ar. 4:15
12:45— HALLETTSVILLE 3:50
1:37 Ar. VICTORIA, Texas Lv. 2:55
PASSENGER SERVICE AND ALSO
PACKAGE EXPRESS SERVICE
Central Texas Bus Lines, Inc.
Hanover News
Lists Visitors
By MRS. HENRY DAVIDSON
Henry Owen and Lloyd David-
I son attended the birthday p u tv
I of Beverly Sue Miller Frida,\ and
Vanessa Sue Davidson Monday in
Milano.
Mrs. Rip Woods. Mrs. Glynn
I Rolan and Dorothy Fan attended
I a Rebekah Lodge meeting in
I Bryan Sunday.
Harry McGregor of Mineral
Wells spent Friday in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Rip Woods and
his sister, Mrs Laura Woods, who]
accompanied him back for a fe,v j
weeks stay.
Visitors in the Jim Gandy home]
Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Gandy of Hoyte and Joe Lankford
of Austin.
Mr. and Mrs. James Payne and
Linda of Gause had Sunday din-
ner with Mr. and Mrs. Brady
I attic.
Visitors in the home of Mis.
Clyde Williams and Kathryn
Sunday were Mr. and Mr- Bobby
Williams of Cameron. Later in
the evening Mrs. Frank Shafer
and Elaine visited.
Mr. and Mrs. James Payne and
Mrs Clyde Williams were in
Tanglewood
Visits Noted
Re
By MRS. S. E. LYNN
Mr and Mrs Cecil Hosi
Houston visited his father
J. A. iiosea last week
Mr and Mrs Oscar Pounder of
Rockdale .pint Wedix- -lay with
Mrs W F Beard and James.
Mr Inn \h-\under and Albert
Lynn ol Bay t it' are spending
two weeks with Mr. and Mr S
E, Lynn.
Mi and Mrs. C. R. Hawkins of
Houston were recent visitor- with
Mr and Mr- Fred Rhode-
Mr. and Mrs Albert Williams!
of Taylor, Mr. and Mr: H J.
Temple this week
Mr and Mrs. Bill Davidson.
Kaye Ditto and Mr and Mrs
Alex Kornegay. Sr., attended the
revival meeting at the Gause
Methodist church this week
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Davidson
and boys had Sunday dinner with
Mr. and Mr- Bill David on Later
Mrs. Carol Davidson and girls of
Milano came hv going to the
singing at Hanover church
Mrs. Raymond Dec wa.- called
to Newton hospital Saturday to
be with her mother, Mrs. Mc-
Donald, who had a heart attack
Bissell nf Longview, Mr and Mrs. |
J 1. Pounder ot Caldwell visited I
Mr and Mrs S E Lynn Tuesday.
Mr Gertrude Bach of Elgin,
Mrs Pete Mundy and Mrs Kenith j
Simp of Lexington were recent
visitor: with Mi - Fred Rhode.
Mi II E Brown of Rockdale j
and Mr-* Novi a Kcllam of Austin
visited in the S K. Lynn home |
Sunday afternoon
Mr. and Mrs Archie Thornton
of Houston and Will Thornton ol
Lexington visited Mrs W K
Board and ,i,oo- Sunday utUi
noon.
Mi and Mis I! K. Hutson of
San Gabriel spent Tuesday with
Mr and Mrs S E Lynn.
Officers Named
For Sharp FFA
At a meeting of the Sharp FFA
chaptei Tuesday the following
officers were elected for the
1959 til) .school year
Clyde Caffey, president; Car-
roll Richter, v i c e-p r c si d e n t;
Johnny I) St,un-law, reporter;
Andrew Cortez, treasurer; Joe
Hosch, cntlnel; Runny Locklin
secretarv; Jam*-- CTuillotte. parlia-
mentarian.
Plan: were made for a fishing
trip on Buchanan lake May 9 and
id Kent Sartor will accompany
the boys.
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Not only will I save a lot of Money, but
JUST LOOK AT THE S&H GREEN
STAMPS I LL GET, TOO!”
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AVOCADOS, each 10c
GLADI0LA MEAL, 5-lbs. 32c
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SARDINES, 3 flat tins 25c
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PORK & BEANS, 3 for 25c
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Cooke, W. H. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 30, 1959, newspaper, April 30, 1959; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth693981/m1/14/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.