The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 30, 1959 Page: 4 of 15
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EDITORIAL
HOW BOUT THAT
Drawn for Tha Roportor
By Ralph Tow
Clean-Up Time Here Again;
You Can Make It a Success
It’s here a::* r and t"W it succeed*
depend* entirely upun what you do
about it
Its anr mi Clean-Up tirr»e in Hxl iale,
although this year clean-up week has
been extended to two weeks. Monday i»
the starting point
These annual clean-up weeks are good
for any community and denerve tha *up
port of the entire citizenship It's a time
for cleaning up your home and prerr.isMts
and vacant lots and back alleys, not only
for better looks, but also for better
health.
The city of Rockdale w ill do it^ part
io the clean-up campaign. Tne average
cit. cn exf«• t> He ♦-x:t-• tne citv
to use the fogging machine to best ad-
vantage an I he < * * ' bf t ty to have
truck* ready to pick up his rubbish and
haul it off.
And of course- this service is available.
When you do your cleaning and want to
dispose of rubbish all you have to do is
phone HI fi-0291 and the city w ill send
out a truck
Another * rvice tha* is available u the
use of the city’s mower in cleaning
lots and other property. A phone ca
here again will bung this mowing service
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to your property.
Clean-Up Week is a time to bring your
property into iocu* uigi see that it
_0“d. and c*informs to Hne bfsrt health
standards.
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tiui mere 13 auMuin **«**-*•*
concern every citizen tne fire hazard. Is
your home sale in this respect? Perhaps
you thmk so but would like to have
some expert advice If so, phone Fire
Chief Johnny Weed or Fire Marshal Wai-
ter Urban and a check of your property
will be made Thin can be done at any
tune but C-lean-l’p Week i.s an appropri-
ate time.
Rockdale residents are asked to clean
up their vacant lots They are also ad-
vised by the city that garbage should be
kept in covered galvanized container.
and replace them w hen they become rust-
ed out.
Clean-Up Week is supervised by the
city and its various departments . . . but
it is YOUK week in reality. Because you
are the one who will benefit from a
(leaner, healthier and safer town. You
should thank your city government for
providing the opportunity and the
that will h<
special services
your part.
udp you do
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Matinee Musical Club Says
I here'll lie Music in the A ir
Th*-re’U be music in the air'
Next week, May li-10, is National
Music Week
In Rockdale, plans for observance of
tin . national week are again being form-
ulated by the Matinee Musical Club. This
t. the organization that last year so suc-
e .fuliy led Upckdale through an in-
teresting and wholesome Music Week
program.
Last year National Music Week resulted
in the organization of a Community
Chorus in Rockdale, conducted by Hill
(irusendorf, high school band director,
i! was through his efforts with the Musi-
cal club that the best was brought out in
the observance of the special we« k
Credit the same group of women this
year with again taking over and seeing
that Rockdale puts its best f'xit forward
rnusic-wi.se.
Civic groups and other organizations
tin bout the city will he using music
for then program theme in helping con-
tribute to the success of this special
week
night put the emphasis where it belongs.
T, the Rockdale Athletic Association,
a tip of the hat!
In most schools there is an annual
football banquet in which the football
heroes of the year are honored.
But in Rockdale’s annual all-sports
banquet honor rs given to everyone
w ho participates in spirits in the Rockdale
schools.
The football heroes come in for their
fair share of the glory, to he sure . . . but
those boys who helped them gain that
glory . . . the members of the A squad
and the B squad, all those head-knockers,
are given their recognition, too.
The ail-sports banquet recognizes not
only the football players and fquadmen,
but it recognizes those athletes who parti-
cipate in basketball, tenni*. track, mate-
ball and golf
The all-sports banquet is the i ight way.
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Ten, Twenty and Forty
h; openings OF IO. 20. AND 40 years ago
AS TAKEN FROM THE FILES OF THE ROCKDALE REPORTER
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tf:h yf.ark ago
T* r. year- a . H<« kdal** butirv*. houses
closed to attend the Milam County Hoy Scout
i f honor at Tiger field,
iwn in the county d>»-
fteid m< «*t ari'l cou:
Friday. April 29
Scout* from every t<
played their war* in varuni* craft piojuyi-i,
.1 r.d fu-id ront*-t in*I>id(«l fir*- builrung,
string burning, first aid. fire by friction. Fro
by flint and steel, obstacle races, and other
event*.
stud* rit*, Ruth Simms, Julia Verne Maxwell,
Ague. .nd Nancy Wilder, presented •* program
at a meeting of the local Lions club.
la-
Ten years ago Dan Tyson, county |udg
r , i-d • **. t> kda'c Y< or Meri'i Hu^tn*
league .nd other citl/en* to supj»**it legi
tion that had been introduc <*d In the U
S* r at*- appropriating feilvr.il funds for
construction of rural roads
T*-o >*•» ,oc> bidi for cuiikUuiUng eight
Ur.-*; bri'tg. *:.rj i -r»-«ir bridge < •. wt the Sun
Gabriel **• n Form to-Murkroad 4H6.
tK'tw.i-1 Thomlal*- arid S.»n OnlgiiZ, wer*-
open*-.) .i A -s'.in Tf* lowest bid was submit-
ted bv McGinnis Brothers of Houston, with
a $«6.477 figure
I er • • a. high « •• »./. i. .r.d
director *rhodul#d a concert on the downtown
city park across from Rockdale State H*nk
Ten years ago the l** a I Lions club an-
rv>unc*-i it . i pon*<>! an Ail-HUi if*t»a!l
team to compete against area teams N JC Al-
ford and L. O Mehaffs*y were named managers
for the local squad.
Ten ve»r o'. ] «| t> .it* jv( «•> , noduled
to show “Joan of An with Ingrid Bergman;
“Lu ay Stif' vritn Dorothy l..arr. >wr “Man-
hattan Angel' with Gloria Jean “Comfnand
Dwision' with Clark Gable, and ‘ Ki in the
Dark" with Jane Wyman
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Twenty year ago the “R” athletic associa-
k .n at Rockdale high *ch*>ol discussi-d the
fporjy.ring of a B-team for the local football
pr-.grara A B-team was n- *-ded. it was dorided,
to help buiid jt; ir tp hop* for the future
Ter years ago dulling was M heduled to spud
.n on ’he d*ep teat on the Von fJonten faim
fr. e f-.i.ej. O'Jl tV*o! of R-
Tw»r.ty years ago a quartet of RHS mude
Twepty years ago Mr and Mrs Pate Stutts
recetvad minor injuries when their car, a
Model A Lord coupe, wuu badly wrecked whan
it truck a Southern pacific freight tram at
the depot crossing on Last Cameron street.
Tli* *i*in was not moving
Twenty vtoirv agr T A Weems. FtHS weight
man, s«‘t records in both th** shot put and
discus* at a regional meet in Huntsville He
tinew th«* hot b‘l feet 3>» inrh**s, and the dis-
) u ■■ 129 f«*et 7 ty inches He also won the
javelin throw with a lfitt-foot 11-inch toss
FORTY YEARS AGO
Forty vears ago the school board in spet ial
*e> uun elected G L Marshall of Rogers as
superintendent of the Rockdale public schools,
and his acceptance was received
F"rty years ago W A Murrisoo, chairman
of ttie county hoard of education, called a
■ !,«.« ....ft v. ui, of m!1 the com mo r>
*>' ho<jl distru t* to discuss ttie new frtext-
book law
Fort- years tgo T S. Hindersmi of Cameron
appointed a committee for the collecting of
military and naval records for Milam county
Th** committee was to s*«cure the individual
record* of every Milam county boy who was
in either the military or nav.il service during
the war
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where ei*e in lexa* 1 year 13 00. ix months 12 00 Outside of Texa« I year SI 50. six months
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM STATE CAPITOL
Big Omnibus Tax Bill Slashed;
Senate Spurs on Education
Forty yenrs ago many oil scouts were in
R> krlale investigating th«* H<x krtale-Tracv
oil f *‘|d and there wu* quite a bit of leasing
a< tivitv
Forty ygar* ago Turn Hal** re-eived his dis-
arge from th* Navy at Gulfport, Mississippi.
Forty years ago contractors broke ground
foi the erection of a new home* for Mr and
Mrs o K Phillips The contractor was J N
Harris
Forty years ago Allred Hicks of Tyler, wa«
r. Ro< kdnie heading the testing r*f about 1000
«*■ r« of lignite land—the Hicks estate south
*f RrKkdale—upon which he held an option
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THE ROCKDALE REPORTER
AND MESSENGER
Ry VF.RN SANFORD
Texas Brest Association
AUSTIN M< t people iri or
Conner t*-*i w UP til* r>6th b gisla-
t *#r •* h r •• ^comforting themselves
with the knowledge that air con-
ditioning was installed in house
and enate charrib«*r ia * yi- u
It roay tje pretty hot, they s»v,
before * majority of both houses
come to agreement on new taxes.
Mouse member ; systematically rut
to pieces the big omnibus tax bill
• IIB 727* As originally proposed,
it would have raised $300,000,000,
mostly from scores of n**w selec-
tive sales tax*** on items ranging
from face paint to hoir** paint.
AJtrr members got through cut-
ting out the things that brought
the loudest howls, it was down to
Ic*k» than onc-foutth its starting
sine
It was then given preliminary
approval 'second reading* by the
narrowest of votes, 74-to-72,
: Hunting peak**.* Wugg* n* ‘ >• *
“yes" vote Carr stepped down
from the speaker’s rostrum to
plead witk rnembei to p.i th**
bill, even though it had been
stripped to practically nothing, so
a« to ‘ get something to the sen-
ate ”
Senate cannot consider a tax
bill until it has been passed by
the house But for th** senate, get-
ting th** shattered fragment; of
HR 727 is like getting four wheel-
and some broken glass with the
Invitation to make an automobile.
Ta*k Ahead
In the days that remain until
May 12. or in special sessions
theie after, the legislature faces
these decisions
1 Appropriations— House has
passed a bill railing for $322,000,-
000 in general revenue; Senate, a
bill for $302,000,000 Differences
must be adjusted in conference
committee, which neither presid-
ing officer seemed in a hurry to
appoint. This could mean some
sort of agreement that there would
be no final decision on the ap-
propriations bill until a tax pro-
gram emerges.
2 Taxes—Either house's spend-
ing bill, with the deficit added in,
would require something around
$200,000,000 in new tar money
This much, it scums certain, must
tx* found, somewhere.
3 School improvement—Back-
ers of the Hale-Aikin committee
program will push for adoption of
at least part of that program. It
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year to state expenses.
Abandoned Property Abandoned
In a vote that surpri *«l rnanv,
the house killed the abandoned
property bill, 80-to-67
Property measure would have
allowed the state to take over
dormant bank accounts and pro-
perty held by insurance com-
panies. utilities and oil and g.i'
companies if it had gone unclaim-
ed seven years
Some felt that Governor Price
Daniel, vvho had fought strenu-
ously for the bill, might regard
it* defeat as third term fodder.
He said at one time its passage
meant more to him than anything
since the tidelands.
Afterward, the governor said
“the fight has just begun " Ho was
critical of speaker Carr for hav-
ing allowed the measure to come
to a vote when it did
Cow Bills Pim
Senate ha* given final approval
to three bills affecting ranchers
..nd dairymen
A milk bill, sponsored by Sen-
ator Grandy Marlewood of Am-
arillo, would prohibit bringing in
milk from other states unless it
coaid be established that the milk
was produced under the health
and sanitation standards placed
on Texas pr«*ducers
Senator Ra> Roberts of McKin-
ney pushed through a bill that
would provide a penalty for al-
lowing cattle to roam on state and
national highways and relieve
motorist* of liability for hitting
stock
A bill tightening licensing reg-
ulations of veterinarian* also was
pa* n*d by the senate Senator
Andy Fo*ei« of Childr****. spon-
sor . n<~>*ed thaf I • rf
law v> suspend licenses of veter-
inarian* guilty of malpra the
What'* The U*e
Senator! ref i*»d. Ifl to-15. to
take up Senator A M Atkins bill
le improve •vfeewia and reiae
teacher pay.
i hos«* who opposed .ml passing
th** bill before tax money is found
wouldn’t bring a “crying dime”
to th*- teachers .
Hop.-ful teachers could t,*ke
some comfort from the fact that
some who voted against consider-
ing the bill aid the> would favor
TV Schedule KCEN Channel 6 Temple-Waco
THURSDAY
SUNDAY
S <Xl Poprye Theatre H< 4;» I.eo O troctier
't 30 M jrk u-l*err v Hound ** ‘ JJsjoi I-eague Ball
* 0(1 New. Hound-up ‘ “
43 NBC New*
( 2 00 Wisdom
2 M> The Christopher*
3 <Xi Big Picture
| 3 10 Industry on Parade
3 41 Wko Sing*
4 oo Kaleidoscope
I 5 00 Meet the Pres*
I 1 30 Senator Report*
j S 46 New and Weather
*) Th T ighoat Annie
! *t 30 Primer on Geneva
7 00 Dean Martin Show
B <X> Chevy Show
; * HO At the Movie*
'* W (.awn.an
jlO'St TV Weather tact*
ji0 10 Late New*
!'l 15 Sportfolio
10 tO Late Date Theater
MONDAY
6 JO Con Cl as* room
' 7 wi Today
« 'KI D..;igh-«U- Mi
# SO Treasure Hunt
10 (Ki The Price i* Right
1(1 3*i Concentration
11 on Tie T»e tU.ugh
11 30 It Could Be Yo'j
I 00 Truth or Cot. e<^ inter tj ,*j} 1Y Weatherfact*
1 00 q.teen lot a Day D 05 HFO No fi
1 00 Ynurig I>r Malone *•* Y.ar\y News
2 JO From These Root* and Vtr< North
I (K) Tt jth o Con«■(),lent e » m Queen for a Day
S 05 Weatherfact.
*1 10 S|x.rU
S 15 NBC New*
H tO Te«as Rr»deo
7 N I.a* less Year.
7 30 Oldsrt.ohile \* .Me
K 'Ki l.aff Line
H to The Ford Show
I* 'Ki You Bet Your Life
8 30 Ma-eiiierade Party
0 00 TV Weatherf i.-f*
,0 10 Late New.
10 T> Sportful lo
to 30 Jack Parr
>o .« ,
8 30 Can Cla room
7 oo Today
8,00 Dough-Be-Ml
8 10 Tvea ure Hunt
10 <><l Price i* Right
10 30 Concentration
11 00 Tic Tac Dough
11 30 If Could Be You
12 'KI Weathergart.
i2 <r, nrn No «
12 23 K.iri.v News
11 JO Mr and Mr- North
1 30 Haggi* Barrtt1*
2 00 Young Dr Malone
2 30 From These Roota
3 'Ki Truth or Consequence
3 30 County Fair
4 (X) Our Miss Brook*
4 30 Happy Hour
u *Ki Popeve Theater
> ill FPiv Rogers
0 (KI New* Roundup
8 05 Weatherfact*
8 10 Sport*
8 IS NBC New*
8 30 Buckskin
7 00 Hestles* Gun
7 30 Well* Fargo
8 0« Peter Ounn
8 30 Target
9 00 Arthur Murray
9 30 Tugboat Annie
10 00 TV Wentherfaots
10 ID !>ate New*
10 35 Sportfolto
10 30 Jack Paar Show
TUESDAY
8 30 Con Classroom
7 'KI Today
9IX> Dough Re-Ml
3 JO F'trt Hood In Review' 9 30 Treasure Hunt
4 00 Detectiv e » Dairy ilO 00 The FTtce i. Right
4 30 Champ Bowling |10 30 Concentration
J 00 Rig Picture 11 00 Ttc Tac Dough
8 OW Last of the Mohican* 11 10 It Could Be You
« 30 People ai-e funny il2 00 TV Weatherfact-:
SIS 05 RFD No 8
12 25 Early New*
jl2 ,30 Mr and Mr* North
I 1 (K» queen for a Day
1 it) Haggis Haggis
i 2 00 Young Dr Malone
3 30 From Th»we Roots
3 30 County F'atr
4 (K) Our Mu»a Brook*
4 30 liappv Hour
5 iW Popeve Theatre
5 30 Gene Aurty
8 00 New* Roundup
8 30 Northwest Pa* age
7 00 Ellery Queen
8 (Ki Cavalcade of Sports
8 4.i Jackpot Bowling
9 00 M Squad
8 30 The Thin Man
loon 3 V Weather facta
10 10 Late News
10 25 Sportfnllo
10 30 Dateline Europe
SATURDA V
8 53 Program F*revlew»
9 00 Howdy Dood v
9 30 Ruff and Reddy
10 00 Eure
ID tu r I reus an)
11 30 ta*arn and Live
12 'Ki Air Force
12 13 Leo Durocher
12 25 Major league Ball
S 15 NBC News
are
7 00 IVerv Como
8 00 Black Saddle
8 30 Cimacron (Tty
9 30 D A s Man
10 00 TV WVathei facts
10 10 Late New*
10 25 Sportfolio
iw J* Lair Date 7ii*.t*t
3 30 County Fair
4 00 Our Mi** Broolca
4 30 Happy Hour
5 00 Pupeye Theater
5 30 Gene Autry
8 00 New* Roundup
>, 05 Weatherfact.
« 10 Sports
8 1.5 NBC New*
8 30 Dragnet
7 00 Steve Canyon
7 30 J;mmy Roger*
8 (K) The Californian*
8 30 Bob Cummings
9 00 David Niven
9 30 Union Pacific
10 00 TV Weatherfact*
10 10 Late New*
10-25 8portfolio
10 30 Dt.wgia* Fairbanks
it 06 Jack F'aar
WEDNESDAY
8 30 Con Classroom
7 IK) Today
9 00 Dough-Re-Ml
9:30 Treasure Hunt
10:00 The Price ia R ght
10 30 Concentration
11 00 Tic Tac Dough
11 30 It Could Be You
!2 00 TV Wcatherfac*.
12 06 RKD No 8
12 26 Early News
12 30 Mr and Ml. North
I 00 Queen for a Day
1 30 H.iggia Baggjs
2 00 Young tfr Afarona
2 30 From These Boots
3 00 Truth or Consequence
3 30 County Fair
4 oo All Star Playhouse
4 30 Happy Hour
3 00 Pupeye Theater
5 M Roy IrgIH
6 00 New* lio<in*tip
8 05 WeatJhertacr* •
6 10 Sport*
8 15 NBC New*
8 .30 Witgr.n Train
7 30 ITice 1* Right
8 (it) Death V'alley Days
8 30 Gray Ghost
9 00 Emmy Awards
10 00 TV Weatherfact*
10 10 Late News
10 26 Sportful o
11 00 Jack Paar
THURSDAY
8 (0 Con C!a-sroom
7 (K)
9 30 Treasure Hunt
»oo Dough-Re-Mi
10 (XI The Price I* Right
If) 30 Concentration
11 00 Tic Tat Dough
11 30 It Could Be You
12:00 TV Weatherfact*
12 05 HFD No 6
12 25 Early New*
12 30 Mr and Mrs North
1 IK) Queen for a Day
1 30 Haggis Baggl*
2 00 Young Dr Malone
2 30 From These Root*
j *j Truiii ui Cunwiiu«(is4
3 :K) County Fair
4 00 Our Ml** Brodks
4‘JO IF ae.riir Unuf
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EDITORIALS
FEATURES
Pag* 4
THE ROCKDALE REPORTER
April 30.
1959
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YEGUA PHILOSOPHER
Scientists Heading
In Every Direction
it when money is on hand.
Loan Shara Curb Po»»*d
Texans will probably have an
opportunity to vote in November,
19fi0, on whether to adopt a new’
approach for regulating lending
practices.
Both house and senate have ap-
proved a proposed constitutional
Dear editar:
Sooner or later I knew it would
happen.
According to an article l read
last night in a newspaper 1 puk-
ed up after it fell out of my
neighbor’s ma ! box aftet I tilted
it a little, the United State* and
Russia are now in a race to s» e
which one can penetrate the
earth's surface first.
As I understand it. the earth’s
surface or crust is about eight-
teen miles thick on the average,
and what’s underneath nobody
knows for sure However, there
are spots in the ocean when the
crust is only two or three miles
thick, and since man can drill
a hole four miles deep, scientists
are now figuring on lowering their
drilling instruments down to the
bottom of the ocean floor near
Puerto Rico and from there try-
ing to pentrate the crust.
At the same time. Russia is in
the same race, although nobody
knows wrhere she’s trying.
Consequently, the way it look'
to me from my vantage point out
here on my Johnson grass farm,
the world is now in a race to see
how far out and how far down
it can go at the same time.
This is known as going in all
directions at the same time. I
know the feeling, it’s sort of like
spinning your tractor wheels
trying to go forward while slip-
ping sideways down a hill. It’s
like gunning your motor while
standing still in a traffic jam.
And you can’t criticize the
scientists Everbody’s doing it. It’s
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amendment that would allow the
legislature to regulate the amount
of interest that could be charged
Present 10 per cent ceiling on in-
terest, set in the constitution,
would be abolished.
A constitutional amendment
must be approved by the voters at
h genera) election after it ha*
been passed by the legislature and
signed by the governor.
More Colleges Okayed
Texas is on the way to having
a new medical school and three
new state-supported four-year
colleges.
Senate, in a burst of education-
al zeal, passed bills to < 1 > elevate
Arlington State college between
Fort Worth and Dallas to a senior
college, <2' make Tarleton State
college at Stephensville a four-
year college, 1 make Midwestern
university at Wichita Falls a
tour-year state-supported college
and '4' establish a new University
of Texas medical branch at San
Antonio.
Ail except the Midwestern bill
already had been passed by the
house.
Open Meetings Approved
Meetings of state, city, county
and district boards and their re-
cords will be required to be open
to the public under a bill given
final senate approval.
Measure that passed was a
combination of Senator Preston
Smith’s "open meetings’’ bill and
Senator George Park house’s “open
records” bill.
Senate jurisprudence commit-
tee had amended Smith’s original
proposal to sav that closed meet-
ings could be held “for the dis-
cussion of appointments or mat-
ters which, if made public, might
adversely affect the public securi-
ty or the financial interests of the
state or its political subdivisions.
the same thing as working fifty
hours to buy a power lawnmower
to save an hour’s pushing with the
old ’.If model once a week. Al-
though you can still turn a cow
in and graze it off with no lawn-
mower at all.
As far as I’m concerned, it’s
perfectly all ught foi man to
explore space in the morning and
the inner core of the earth in the
afternoon, with his nights free to
figure up the tax bill for both
ventures, but there’s still plenty
to interest me right here in eye-
range of my front porch. For ex-
ample, there’s a newspaper out
there on the ground now with a
headline saying the cost of living
index has gone up another notch.
Mine hasn't. Ain’t no notches left
on mine.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
A statewide study made last
year through the Texas Farm
and Ranch Safety Council on farm
and ranch accidents showed that
the nrnnbei of accidents ..‘.arts to
increase with the step-up in pro-
duction activities. Farmers and
their families are urged by the
Council not to take chances which
lead to (Tippling accidents or even
fatalities. An accident now could
cause a delay in farming activities
and result in a crop failure and
other serious economic losses. It
is just good farm management,
points out the council, for every
agricultural producer to practice
farm safety.
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**! don't need to advertise," ail ostobKsM merchant in Kansas onoe told Wtam
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street," continued Mr. White, painting to one of Emporia's oldest and most beauti-
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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/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.