The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 3, 1963 Page: 1 of 18
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Re-Surfacing
Contract Let
Tigers Go
To Branham
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VOL. 91
( nitrd H ay
I last H ay
Set Pag* lc
NO 39
Drive to Continue
Through Oct. 28
Monday is kickoff day for the $13,350 fund campaign
for the South Milam County United Fund. All divisions
will be at work through October 28.
The special gifts division will again be handled by
the Hotary Club and other
kambting
'ROUND ROCKDALE
w. H. C.
Nothing To It
pAT TAGGART
Waco pub-
lisher who is also the cur-
rent district governor of Rotary
for the- district, told the Roch-
dale club Tuesday that when
he was first elected he was a
bit apprehensive However, he
said his worries were quieted
when a friend, a well-known
Dallas clergyman, told him:
“Von just need two things to
he a district governor—grey
hau, for a look of dignity; and
hemorrhoids, for u look of
i oiieei n."
No Mistakes
THE OTHER day Rockdale's
shoe shine wonder man,
.limbo, dropped in the Rock-
dale State Hank to get change
for a dollar hill. After the teller
handed him his change tie stood
tlit'K slow 1> couutmg it over
and over. Finally, the teller
asked, “What’s the matter,
Jimbo, isn't it all there?"
"Yassuh, it’s all
.limbo replied, “hut
hardy is!"
there."
it just
Texas Welcome
TOE E YATES, who recently
• returned to Rockdale to take
over as works manager at
Alcoa’s Rockdale Works, re-
ceived an official welcome hack
to Texas Wednesday from no
less a personage than Governor
John C'onnally himseii.
The occasion was a luncheon
given for Joe at the Commodore
Perry Hotel in Austin by H. H
L'oi'lield, attended b> some 10(1
or more big shots Hum around
Austin, Dallas. Houston, and
Rockdale—and me. It was a
typical Texas welcome ... to
.i typical Texan.
Pete emceed the a I tail and
Governor C’onnally welcomed
Joe hack to Texas. The gov-
ernor was backed up by two
ex-governors, Allan Shivers
and Price Daniel, and the head
table contained a further as-
sortment of some of the best
known political big brass in
Austin.
Homer Leonard, known as
Austin's answer to Hob Hope.
See RAMPLINGS, page 5
volunteer workers, with
Earl Voskamp chairman,
according to Barton Sutton,
who heads the executive cam-
paign committee. The group is
working under the supervision
of Earl Osiendorf, UF president,
The special gifts division an-
nually brings in more than 75
per cent of the United Fund
goal, with the remaining por-
tion ecming from the campaign
in the rural communities, and
tli house-to-house drive in
Rockdale, Ostondorf said.
Voikamp said that cards and
campaign literature will be dis-
tributed to workers at the Ro-
tary luncheon next Tuesday
when the entire program will
he given over to tli start of
the campaign. "Card* will be
assigned to Rntarians not
pro: cut,” Voskamp said.
The rural campaign will he
under the supervision of the
following community chairmen,
as announced by Sutton and
Ostondorf:
Black Jack, Leon Nnack:
Tang! wood, Fritz Doss; New
Salem. Jerome Devere: Min-
erva. Joe Tomerlin: Gay Hill.
Eimcl Gat’fey: Bethlehem. Mi'
Joe Brown; Bushdale. Mrs.
Bennie Wen//. 1: Gause. Dixie
Walker; Milano. .1 D Peonies;
Conolev, San Gabriel, Lilac and
Duncan, M. M Camp; Ttacv.
Dan Drummond: Sharp. Mar-
vin Petty; Dav ilia, Mrs. C. E
McAdams and Mrs T. N. Hint,
Val Verde, Mrs H. C Killough;
Salty. Mrs. Harry Dupree.
The Rockdale horn --to-hous ■
campaign has been divided into
areas with the following team
captains:
Ana 1: Mrs. George Wall,
Westwood. Hogan. Hillcrcst and
Mcadowbrook arcas
Area 1!: Mrs. Boh Hol'd,
C'oft'ield addition north of Mur-
ray and w\st to Ortega.
Area 8: Mrs. F. T. Sager,
area bordered by Main. Wil-
cox. Vest San .Andres streets
and Cameron avenue.
Area 10: Mrs W B. Bould-
in. Praesel and Russell addt
turns.
Area 11: Mrs A. V. Knight,
Milam Oaks addition
Down town: Mrs Pearl Meek,
entire downtown area
Area 3: Mrs. E. F Hoi 1 mov -
er. Fieseler and Dyer addition.
Area 7: Mrs, Herbert Arm-
strong. Smith addition and east
to Wilcox.
Area 6: Mrs. Cookie Guthrie,
Rainbow Courts cast on Cam-
eron avenue
Area 4: Mrs. J. C Morgan.
Wm Cameron addition over to
Main street.
Area 5: Mrs. W H. Cooke.
See UNI FUND, page 5
iHeoorUM Staff I’lioto1
BOBCAT—Bill and Ronald Westbrook of Milano display
the 20-lb. bobcat they killed last Monday about three
miles north of Milano. The two were trying to call up
a wolf, Ronald holding the li^ht and blowing the call,
when suddenly the cat appeared only about 15 steps
away, they reported. Bill shot it with a 12-gauye shot-
gun. The two killed a wolf about a year ago on stmilat
hunt.
NAMES, SCHOOLS LISTED
116 Local Grads
Attend College
Payroll $6.6 Mil
By BILL COOKE
Reporter News Editor
Alcoa's Rockdale Works has recently added 21
workers and now lists 935 employees and an annual pay-
roll that runs at a rate of $6.8 million each year.
Industrial Generating Company, power plant for
the aluminum smelter, currently lists 248 employees,
naking a total of 1,183 in-
dustrial personnel at the
local plant.
Alcoa's employment is
above its figure for
October of laet year. 915. IGC,
however, has 29 f woi workers
than it did at this time last
year because of a changed
mining opnatn ■ pat into effect
in April
478 Live Here
IGC employees, by towns,
are:
Rockdale. Ifi3; Thorndale. 25; ,
Taylor, 20: Cameron. 10; Lex |
ington, 10; Giddings, 3; Thrall,
4: Milano. 3; Tanglcwond, 2;
Buekholts, Groesbeck, Chries-
iiian and Elgin, one each.
Victor 1) Michna of Rosanky
is the plant's longest-distance'
commuter a> his home is 83
miles from Rookd »le. Austin
Bern Id win of La Grange lives 1°* Bartlett, is tin.' new pas-
NEW PASTOR The Rev
Allison Joyce, 31. a native
A ennti u for 11 47 miles of
eon; auction <>n Farm Roads
908 and 485 in Milam County
has lieen av arded to a Brum
firm, n w.<- announced in Aus-
tin this week nv the State
Highway Commission,
R T Chit - ibrmtLd the low
hid of $111,033 on the project
The contract calls for ha- 1 and
' iirlaci- <.,n I’M 43> from US
190 at Buekholts to Yarrelion
■ d also on FM 908 lrom Rock-
oale nurthwe-i VH miles.
Thi 11 r • 11 • *<■ t is expect1 d to
t.iki 75 working nays, nccuurd;m*
To C B VM,'ini' •• 1)i fi u t ITigfl-
w ay Engineer at Bn an.
Murder Trial Set on Bizarre
May 14 Shooting at Davilla
r
t low
Major Construction
Projects Under Way
Building permits in Septem-
ber totaled 580,600, blit there
are actually construction pro-
jects m the Rockdale area
amounting to more than $100,-
(100.
The largest permit issued
during the paT month was tor
one phase of a $150,000 build-
ing and remodeling program
foi Richards Clinic & Hospital.
Tli permit was for a $53,000
clinic building to be erected
next to the present hospital
building.
When the new clinic is1 com-
pleted. remodelign ot the old
iiospital building, a near-SlOO.
000 project, will b started
C’offield Construction Company
has the contract.
Another major building pro-
gram is under way four miles
,• i nth o| Rnckdal where the
new Rockdale Country ( Lub
house and pool will lie con-
iJnieled The (’officld firm is
also handling thi project, but
it is bring built on a cost-plus-
five-pn-rent basis, or probably
about $30,000.
In addition to that project
plus the $53,000 clinic build-
ing. the construction permits
issued at City Hall revealed
other building activity here.
Permits were is-tied to:
Ernest Richards for a home
addition for Henry J. William-.
Third Street, approximate cost
$150: R. A Prostridge, rc-
niuddiiis fox Vera Thompson,
$200; Frank Mynor, new roof
for Mrs. Ann Coider. 424 West
Rell. $100; Wm. Cameron N
Company, home addition tor
Eddie Brain, 1805 Alcoa,
$1,700; Boyd Stephens, r. -
modeling for Thelma Fisher.
West Cameron. $250; Ford
Co.- by. new home at Scar-
brough and Davilla, $3,200.
A total of 116 graduates ofi
the Rockdale school system |
have enrolled in college for,
the 1963-64 term, Mrs. Joyce!
Bayloss. school eoun-.lur, an-
nounced this week.
She estimated an investment •
in excess of $100,000 will he!
made by these students this j
vear for college study.
Ninety-eight graduates ot
RHS are enrolled in college.!
according tn the counselor’s
Lies. There are also 18 Ayeockl
graduates attending coll ge. |
The University of Texas has
the most Rockdale students, 16,!
with Texas A&M L mver.-ity ]
li.-ting 7 and Southwest iexa. j
State College 6 The students j
and then schools1 vwre listed!
as follows:
University of Texas: Gilbert
White, Jean Kubiak, Bobby j
Harriss, Jay Parmelee. John]
Franklin. Patricia Hart, Jack
Lands. Rob Peterson, Mike Ro-
lan. Robert Boyer, Larry An-
derson, Everard Davenport,
Harvey H o 1 1 i in a n, Richard
Kirkpatrick, Errol Robinson |
and Bill Seurlock.
T.xas A&M: Billie Irish.
Jim McDaniel. Johnny Sefeik.
Weldon Fritz. Ben Calloway,
Gene White and Paul Jenkins. I
Sou tit west Texas State: Les-1
ter Gibson, Tom Pearson. Cl if- J
lord Raseo, Rita Albrecht,]
Kathy Arrington. 11 a Mae K> le. ;
Bobbie Baker and Bobby]
Bounds.
Baylor: Donnie Laurence, i
Dan Seurlock. Bill Waldrop. 1
Ronnie Laurence and Woodrow i
Griggs.
Texas Tech: Jim Killcn.
Larry Nichols, Billy Pate, Co!-|
tier Perry and John Robert [
Rinn.
Blinn JC: Jerry Hobson. |
Charlie Robison, L. K. MeNiel.|
Leon W.nz.cl and Johnny Geh-
liart.
North Texas State: Jeanne
Mochnng, Lynne LcCjuirc,
John Moehring and Larry
Phillips.
Texas Woman’s University:
Karen Anderson. Mary Helen
Ma-iel and Cynthia Carter.
East Texas Stale: Ronnie
Brannon. Helen Dittmar, Pam
Love, Judy Ostendorf and
George Weems.
Sam Houston State:. Sharon
Haolbig. Hugo Ellison. Kathryn
Nevitt. Margaret Scan! and Pat
Patterson.
University of Hou-toi : Shel-
ly Brown, Gayle McCoy and
Jefl Rhodes1.
Olliers are David McKinnon
at Arlington Stnt.\ Peggy Mi
hat'tey at Duke University.
Johnny Richards at Tcxa.-
Western. Jamie Wright and
Danny Wertz at Temple JC,
.Jean Dyer at Victoria JC,
Donald Key at Howard Payne
Way lie Kyle at LeTourneau
Tech, Terry Brooks and Sharon
Carter at Stephen K. Austin.
John Crow at Davidson.
Also, John Harold Luekey at
Trinity, Dan Yezak at Lamar
Tech, John Brockman at
Southwestern. Mary Richards
at Mexico University, Lonnie
Urban at St Mary’s Seminary,
Leonard Kubiak and Billy Mc-
Bride at Colorado University.
Kathy Green at Loyola
Also. Frank Hal y. Don Stork
and Wilfred Jacob at Texa-
Luthc ran. Faye Holliman at
Dallas Christian, Pat Curtis at
Austin Colic ge. Rooney Seelke
at Sul Ross. Teddy Sager at the
Naval Academv Preparatory
See LOCAL GRADS, page 2
BIBLE VERSE
"No man can serve two mas-
ters: for either he will hate the
one, and love the other; or
else he will hold to the one,
and despise the other. Ye can-
not serve God and mammon."
—Matthew 8:24
There arc now 478 plant I ni - , . ,, ,
. . , 0... | 70 miles lrom his job. Both tor ol r irst Christian
workers living m Rockdale, 313 .... , .. . , 1 u , , ,
, ,, , , \verk for Alcoa. 'Church m Rockdale,
from Ate on and 165 from IGC I —-------------
Cam. inn ha* 107 Alen.ms and!
10 IGC worker . for a total of
117. Thorndale has 79 Alcoans
and 25 from IGC, totaling 104.
There are 91 plant workers
residing in Taylor, 74 from
Alcoa and 20 from IGC.
Alcoa Works Manager Joe E.
Yates said that the 21 em-
ployees hired within tile pa t
scveial weeks were drawn from
several Central Texas towns.
He said that increased activ i-
ty in the anode and aluminum
plants and the need for addi-
tional craft help and vacation
replacements created the de-
mand lor the additional man-
power.
New Employees
The new employees are Dan
Hromcik. Loyd Hall, Arnold
Pra/.ak. William Korcnek and
Delbert Yarbrough, all of
Rockdale1; William Gelner and
Anton Kopriva, Cameron; Leon
Barron and Melvin Love,
Thorndale.
Also, Jim Ross, Hutto;
Harold Simpson, Lexington;
{'and
D 7. igl
i, res i den!
111: 1 1
at Hearn,
. will be in
11 i va, e
iarg( of
the project
ulo it
is under c
ii!IM I lli't foil".
Jury-selection is scheduled to
start at 9 a. m. Monday in the
district courtroom at Cameron
for the murder trial of Oscar
K Cook, 24-year-olrl Rogers and
Temple resident under indict-
ment for the murder of his
former mother-in-law.
Cook is charged with the
murder of Mrs. Dan Crow of
Davilla on the night of May 14
when Mrs. Crow died and four
others, including Cook himself,
were wounded.
The bizarre shooting took
place at the Crow home in
j Davilla, a serene farm com-
munity. Cook is also charged
I vv i t h assault-vvith-intcnt-to-
murder three of Mrs. Crow’s
Jenv Kact r, Caldwell: Vernon j children; Mrs Velma Cook
Taneckor, Smithville; B e n
Faltesek, Coupland; Milton
Frei. Unrest W aver and Leon
Hoc !sch( i . Lott; Tom Pevo
housc. M a y s f i e 1 d; Charles
Hairston. Milano; Horace Chap-
pell. Giddings and William
Kostroun. 'Taylor.
Alcoa employees were listed |
by then towns as follows:
Rock da!/, 313; Cameron, 107; |
Thcrndale. 79. Taylor, 74. Lex-
ingten. 55: Caldwell, 38; Mi-
lano, 35; Giddings, 26; Hcarne.
23; Thrall, 21; Gause. 19;
Buekholts, 11; Calvert, 11:: . . . ,
Dime Box, 10; Tanglewood, 9; I > .H'
Lincoln, ii; Granger. 8: Coup- A ‘ 1
land. 7; Chric ,-inan, Somerville,
Ledbetter. 6 each; Hutto, Dav il-
ia and Lott. 5 each.
Al.-o, Aus’tin, Smithvill?.
Deauville and Elgin. 4 each:
Rosebud, Franklin. Paige and
Carmine, 3 each; Brcmond,
Brenham. Burlington, Bryan
and May -field, 2 each1 IT n
Arnold, La Grange. MeDade.
New Baden Reagan. Red Rock.
Rogers, Rosanky, Round Rock
and Wheelock, one each.
' t he
defendant's former wife', Dan-
Alcoa College
Scholarship
Again Offered
A search was begun this
week lor a graduating senior
from the Central Texas area
who will qualify to win a $2500
Crow
16
Charles C Smith Jr.. Cam-
eron attormy, has been nn-
ployed i defense atlorui".
The ease will he pi M-eeulod by
Milam District Attorney John I
B. Henderson Jr . and Jack
Prescott, former DA and now
a practicing attorney in Tem-
ple.
Henderson said today he had
no idea of how Cook would
plead at the trial He said that
jury selection would probably
consume the greater part of
Monday’s schedule.
Cook, following the shooting
gave Sheriff Carl Black a state-
ment in which lie admitted the
shootings, including wounding
himself in the chest. However,
the statement was not signed.
Mrs Crow died instantly on
the night ot the shooting. Mrs
Cook and her brother and sis-
!« r vote rushed to a Temple
Hospital, with the 16-year old
girl in I he most critical condi-
tion. All have since recovered
Cook was placed m a Cam-
eron hospital under guard un-
til he recovered He was then
place d in countv jail.
Mrs. Cook had obtained a
divorce from Cook while he w,
Crow home m Davilla, after ho
had gotten out of jail, in order
ti see the divorce papers and
to persuade his w ife not to
leave- linn That was the night
of the1 shooting .
lie also su:el he had borrowed
a pistol from a cousin in Tem-
ple under the.1 pretense of go-
ing “coon hunting "
Prussic Acid
Poisoning Kills
7 Cattle Here
a 15-day
sentence for disturbance in con-
nection with family difficulties.
Cook m his unsigned sI at«■ -
mont ;aid he had gone t<> tin1
FAIR PARK. SATURDAY
t
AGENCIES SERVE LOCAL AREA
Where Do UF Dollars Go?
Who gets your United Fund
dollar in South Milam County?
This question. on the minds
of many who are asked te* giv .
is answered briefly as follows:
The money goes let the Roy
Scouts, the Girl Scouts, the
Salvation Army, the Red Cross,
and a Disaster Relief Fund.
Money invested in South
Milam County Scouting helps'
build better boys. A total of
more than 3d(i boys and lead-
ers in Rockdale. Cause and Mi-
lano are now involved in Scout-
ing.
The young men — Cubs,
Scouts. Explorers—receive vital
training through well - trained
adult leadership and super-
vision.
Many girls. 7 through 17. par-
ticipate m and benefit Uuin
the Girl Scout program. The
by-products are high ideals in
character, c o n d u e t a n d
patriotism.
The strength of Girl Scout-
ing rest- in voluntary leader-
ship and >' jppoi t from the
community. Last year Rock-
dale had about 150 girls in
Scouting in Hi riiffetent units.
Eighty per cent of the funds
raised for the Salvation Army
arc spent in South Milam
County on local people.
A group of citizens working
with the Welfare Departm nt.
individuals, and many churches
take rare of the underprivileg-
ed. the destitute and the home-
less i such as thost* Rockdale
eared for following Hurricane
Carla two years ago.
Although the Red LTu&t. L
noted for disaster service, it.-
efforts reach into nearly every
home in Milam County.
The blood program is pri-
mary among its many s rvicc-
and last year Milam County
citizens received a total ol 781
pints of blood, not counting
blood received through tnr Reel
Cross by Milam County people
in hospitals out of tile county
The value of the blood receiv-
ed more *han equals the Rec
Cross contribution through the
United Fund.
These are the agencies who
receive lands from the StmtI
Milam County United Funt
campaign. Winn you are ask
ed to contribute, you are con-
tributing to help all five ot
these worthy organizations. UF
officials remind as they urgi
Give ciiuugh to go around."
Powder Puff Game
A Powder Puff football game
between the junior and senior
girls at RHS will h held at
7 pan. Ocothei 15 at Tiger
Field. Admission will he 30
cents for adults and 25 cent-
for students Members of both
classes have tickets on sale.
ill. red annually by I in
Foundation. The
winner will be a son or daugh-
ter of an employ ee at Alcoa's
Rockdale Works.
J E. Yah s, works manager
at the plant, pointed out that
tin foundation ha- added ac-
credited junior colleges to
those colleges and universities
approved for attendance by
w innei.- of the scholarship.
Yates said the action was in
n eeunition of th<> growing im-
portance of junior colleges to
higher education.
Applicants who qualify will
take a competive examination
at th University of Texas on .
December 7. A selection board. | during_thc Rockdale Roping -v
ch.iirmatu d uy Milam County Cutting C'luh'.- Play N gl
Superintendent ol Schools M.
D. Maxwell and made up of a
group of aria school Miperm-
Prus-ic acid poisoning killed
revan cattle Tui.-dav on the W.
B. William- farm north of
Rockdale. I> it quick action
saved 10 more ol the cattle.
Pilis to combat the alleits of
tiie i)oi-an. earned when the
cattle ate some fresh, wot Su-
dan, ware rushed from Cam-
inn “Ten cattle that ha.l
alia ady dropped from the
poi: m got up and walked away
ait r they were given the pills,"
Williams -aid.
lit advi ed area - tockmen to
] get a supply of toe pills from
I a v eteriiiaridii. 'Tlnw 're ill-.
! expei ' e. 1< - than $5 for a
I hundred, and they counteract
j tho poison fa t It’s a sick n-
i ing stght to watch your cattle
' die needle-Ty he explained.
Play Night' Set
At Local Arena
Awards will he mtmerou \
tendents. will make th 1 final
selection. The winner will hr1
See SCH( lLARSHIP, page 3
ch doled at 7 p m Saturd.v
at the Fair Park arena.
Lcland Garrison, chairman
said no admission charge wil
he made for spectators, an
entry tee will he 50 cents toi
WISE OWL CLUB—Wilson Arrington (center) and Bobby Eulenfeld (ri^ht) are
.’ongratulated by Russell Brooks. IGC general superintendent, on beinp admitted to
she national Wise Owl Club, a safety organisation, (see story on a).
mgle event and a dollar for
double event-.
Ribbons Will b given to the
i«.|» x riinu1- in each event
and a m e ;v will he awarded
lor tin high-point horse Tro-
phic.- will ai-u be given to the
top male and female pctTa'iiV-
11.- m two el a -t-, 1 t-and-undcr
and 13-and-over, Garrison
-aid
Event- will he as follow.:
Egg i aci. 14 anci-undi r; egg
race. l.Vand-ovcr: lhig race,
14- and- nclei: Ilag race. 15-
ana-ovt i. ( h w t rk ..I b at re I
race, cp n. sack race, 14-and-
linder: sack race, 15-and-over;
re ■!( ran . < pen wagon race,
open; i .ns race, open; ribbon
roping, male and female: barrel
race, 14-anii-undcr; barrel race,
15- and-ever; pole-bending. 14-
anc' und'»r; poh bending, 13-
and o\a •; flag relay, 14-and-
i nilci; ilag relay. 15-and-owr.
US 79 Overpass
Ai Milano Due .
Widening Job
A -ettiec of ntim ton wrecks
ever the ycais, the US Migli-
vv av 75! nvorpas- at Milano is
going to get a $670,000 widen-
ing.
The Tcxa- Highwav Conunis.
- uii has announced the project,
plus the fact that $100,000 h,.
been afiproved trom ip.ud.ng
in Milam County for highway
safety and betterment in 1964
The overpass at Milano is the
main Milam project, according
to Carol Zciglcr. resident high-
i wa> vugmv.t ol lUauic.
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ROCKDALE
1873
AND MESSENGER
ROCKDALE. MILAM COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY.
REPORTER
Rockdal* ReporUr Established 1893
OCTOBER 3, 1963 18 PAGES
UF Kickoff
Is Monday
In S. Milam
Alcoa, IGC Total 1,183
Workers; 478 Live Here
21 Hired Recently; fm 998 to Gel
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