The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 3, 1963 Page: 2 of 18
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•—ROCKDALE (Tex.) REPORTER Ortober X 19PV p(,.|n|,j
Taggart Challenges
Rotarians to do More
Pat Taggart ol Waco, district
governor ot Rotary Inlet nation-
al, called on Rockdale Rotarians
Tuesday to improve member-
ship uchiev merits,
.Taggart, who is publisher of
the Waco News-Tribune ad-
dressed the membership at the
Tuesday luncheon alter meet-
hr* with officials of the club
Monday mg 14 to dw'ii" club
plans.
"Rockdale has a pot mial not
even approximated by many
other clubs," Taggart told the
group at the luncheon. Ho
said he was not going to toll
the club what it must do but
he did want to challenge the
membership to mak even
greater efforts
’ We cannot be- content with
just an existing membership."
he said as he pointed out
"There are many until! d
cht'sifications in the Rockdale
Club Your personal efforts!
are needed, and your personal I duality product. Put serv ice
devotion to Rotarv will have, t*bove sell, he concluded.
life Taggart’s slogan for his dis-
trict is Build Rotary; Strength-
CUB SCOUT NEWS
Precaution <»i\ rn
Deii 1 of Cub Pack 28H met
VlltllriliV M lift }lui <ic>n llll it lid
COU EC.F STATION—Pea-
mu harvesting is hi coming
1 more mechanized each year and
- a lack of care m thi* operation
1 < : n caiv-’v the loss of crop yield
end quality. say- W. S Allen,
i agricultural ingineor with the
Texas Agricultural Extension
Sun ice
«MIJ| nun A llll ll x vis ii imuin i .
Mrs Ernie Miller, with six
members present.
Folic-wing the salute to the
flag and the singing of "Am-
erica,” members elected Bill
Cotton ?»s deimer and Murk
Menke assistant deimer. Plans
were made to make puppets tor
an October project
Hum-ting repre--erits a very
.sensitive phase m mechanized
peanut production, h j sa\-.
Attending were Cotton,
M. nke. Allen Miller. Fred
David. Uuschke, lUisty Sparks
if Whether the pi idiots lire dug
11 and w ndrowed uni iltaneou> A
ami Dicky Thompson.
equipnu.mnt mu.-i peri arm et-
ficientlv.
Den 4 of Park 26H met Tues-
day with tin den mother, Mrs.
W P. Hogan, and had as their
Th, digging equipm nt ;it.Hs W i.. Gaither. Mrs, Kva
PAT E. TAGGART
should cleanly cut the taproot
of the plant just below the
area of tin peanut pods but
should not drag them a tins
will separate nuts from the
plant, explains Allen, Tne dig-
ger should lc.nst n the soil lay-
er above1 the nut pods >■ > that
they will remain attached t«
the vines while being removed
from the soil and should lift
the peanut plants and vibrate
them t'hough to remove suTl.j
Lock lie aim Mrs. Laverne
T ticker.
i'n . umbers practiced on a
ski: and later practiced Punt.
Pa» iV Mick contests.
Demur elected was Tommy
Vallgurn with Tommy Under-
w. oct named assistant.
LOCAL GRADS—
.Continued from page One
pebble-, and sand without los- J ScHcrt-i, Richaid Sullivan
an affect on your
Rotary has always
own
been
mg the nuts
The equipment used foi
windrowing should place aj
Navarro JU, Jerry Teetz at
Kilgor. JC. Shirley Abbott at
l.SU. Lynne Tyler at TCU,
Linda Miller at ACC, and Lola
complete vini swath in a uni-1 ^ k at Mary-IIa’rdin Ray-
form windrow on a smooth soil
; urfaee.
lot
Which of the following is Spelled Correctly?
(Meaning concise; brief, pithy.)
terrse terse turse
See Classified Page for Correct Answer.
s;'-x * K engineei ] av cock graduates attending
In some areas, reshaking of I college are O E. Wilhite. Fred
the windrows within two days) Wilhite. Barbara Sanrom, B<>b-
to accomplish tin- job. In- snvs. | bit- Nell Richards. Sharon Wil-
Several dev.ces are r.vuilblc, and Delores Phillips at
, I Prairie View A4M, Billy
alter digging will be ad- j Phillips at Mary Ell.n College,
vantageous. says Allen Thin Daisy Majors at Houston Bu.-i-
| is true when digging is done
j under very damn soil condi-
; tions. where heavy vines are
left on the peanuts, where
initially goad cleaning action
rue- m ' oeeui ted. or when the
j presence of grass prevents a
good first shaking operation
JOIN THE PARADE!
STATE FUR
OF TIMS
in the District " He said it was
his aim to enlist all the Rotary-
manpower in the district to
work towards peaceful relations-
j between nations. He linked
Rotarians in this district with
half a million other business I 1D13-
1 and professional men who be-
long to Rotary clubs in com-
j munities around the world . . .
in 129 countries.
ness College.
Also from Aycock, Estelle j
Fair. Lora Turner. Alice Sand- j
ers. Mary Smith and Hope
Cook, all at St Phillips. Allen
Hi ndvi lit and Fth-I Green.
Paul Quinn College; Betty ;
Conors and Willie Majors.
Bishop College: and Gladys j
McKey, Hutson-Tillotsun Col-
lege.
The largest postage stamps
ever issued was 9 3 4 inches
oy 2 2/3 inches, by China,
The first newspaper publish-
ed west of Alleghenies, was in
Lexington. Ky.
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American Heritage
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State Reserve Life ins. Co., Fort Worth
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The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 3, 1963, newspaper, October 3, 1963; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth694033/m1/2/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.