The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 3, 1963 Page: 3 of 18
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YOUR CONGRESSMAN-
Views From Washington
-By W. R. POAGE. Congressman. Uth District-
The House Wednesday night
-od the tax bill. While this
bill contains almost a billion
dollars oi new taxes, it i-.. over*
all. a tremendous reduction—
about 11 million dollars.
Most people will ai tirst sa.\
how line" Q.t eoui-e, We
would all like to se;- our
linanciul obligation* redicect
in some manner, and surely no
one has more reason lor want-
ing to take credit lor a tax e it
than a ■'politician" who has to
run at the next election. I
would have be u happy to tell
in.\ people that I helped you
get a tax cut, but I cannot be-
lieve that a tax cut is eco-
nomically sound until we earn
it by a t ut in governmental ex-
penditures.
This bill did not r.duce oar
obligations—it merely reduced
' . i ability to pay our bills as
they come due Indeed it de-
liberately increased the already
terrifying deficit of th Federal
Government. 1 could not in
good conscience be a party to
inch a procedure. 1 voted
against the bill.
.■V 1 see it. it we are to ever
balance our budget and pay as
we go, we must do it while
times are good. 1 know of no
better time to start paying our
debts than now Surely, if we
have to deliberately increase
oar debt in good times, we
could never expect to finance
another emergency. Wo are
presently enjoying one of the
longe: t periods of prosperity in
our history. It does not seem
to me to be the proper time to
borrow money lium oar elul-i
dren in order to "prime the I
pump.”
I know that it is- contended
that a lower tax rate will yield
an ever greater number of dol-
lars than our present rates, but
1 fear that even U this is
true' and 1 know of no proof*,
each ot these- dollars is certain
to have l.ss purchasing power
than out present dollars. Defi-
cits are admittedly inflationary.
Do we want to further depreci-
ate the value of our money?
It is true that the sponsor of
the bill, Chariman Mills, said
that il this bill wer passed the
President would reduce his re-
quests for spending, but on the
very next day 'yesterdayi the
House approved an additional
$50 million dollars in new
authorizations.
On the other side, the Re-
publicans came in with an
amendment which they said
would reduce spending. They
proposed to make the tax re-
duction parts of the bill effec-
tive only in ev nt the President
submitted reduced budgets
Admittedly, he could submit
Kunplemi-otul huHpptvi the next
day, or the Congress could
double his estimate, and the
tax reduction would still be in
effect.. Obviously, the purpose
of this amendment was not to
save money but to fix political
blame. It was as phony as a
three dollar bill and I voted
against it.
NEW TELEPHONE
DIRECTORY IS
READY FOR '64
The new 1961 Rockdale
telephone directory was mail-
ed to phone company custom-
ers Wednesday.
The directory has a white
cover with black lettering and
there are 20 pages ot alpha-
betical listings, plus 24 pages
ot classified listings.
The directory has an av-
erage of 170 listings oei page
A total of 3,470 copies of
the directory will be printed
for distribution to present
and future customers.
Lions Hear About
Local Minnow Farm
Speedy Crockett was instal-
led as a new member oi the
Rock dale Lions Club Wednes-
day and then was guest speaker
at .he chib luncheon at First
Christian Church fellowship
hall.
Crockett, manager of the
M&N Minnow Farms in Rock-
dale, the state’s loading pro-
ducer el minnows and goldfish,
told the club members of im-
provements in the minnow busi-
ness over the past few years.
‘‘Improvements have been
vast, and probably the most
important are the uses pf drug-
and synthetic vitamins to cut
down the mortality rate in the
ttsh industries," he explained.
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He said shipping techniques
have also changed. ‘‘A 3/4-ton
truck can now transport as
many minnows as a two-ton
truck did several years ago,"
he said.
Crockett displayed a plastic
bag devised for shipping and
merchandising minnows and
gold fish.
He said that the Rockdale
minnow firm has 41 ponds on
about 90 acres northeast of
town, and operates primarily
a wholesale business. The firm
ships about 6,000.000 minnows,
or 60,000 pounds, each year.
Crockett said the company's
major markets are within !00
miles of Rockdale, but that min-
nows are shipped to many other
points, one as far away as New
Mexico.
He said the local minnow
firm’s biggest expense is feed,
with about 300 pounds used
daily, and the main hazard to
lie business locally is water
snakes.
The speaker conducted a
question-and-answer s e s s i o n
at the close of his talk.
Prior to his talk, he was in-
stalled as a new Lions member
by Al Menke.
Cub Pack 188
To Organize;
Meeting Set
Vernon Alexander, institu-
tional representative for the
Rockdale Lions Club, sponsor
of the Cub Scouting in Rock-
dale. has called a meeting of
all interested parents and adults
connected with Cub Pack 18H.
The meeting will be at the
1 Scout house at Fair Park Tues-
j day at 7 p. m.
"This meeting is for the pur-
| pose of securing the adult
j leadership necessary to receive
| a charter and get Pack 18K into
| operation," Alexander said.
All parents of boys between
I 8 and 11 years of age who are
interested in Cub Scouting are
! urged to attend, he added.
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Mission Festival
At Grace Lutheran
Scheduled Sunday
Grace Lutheran Church of
Rockdale will observe its an-
nual Mission Festival Sunday.
In place of the regular morn-
ing service there will be a film
shown. The program will be-
gin at 10:45 a. m. Seen will be
the first feature-length film to
be produced in full color by the
L u t h e r a n Church-Missouri
Synod.
Professionally produced in
Hollywood on the stages of
Paramount Studios and Family
Films in full color, the 80-
minute film portrays the dra-
matic conflict in the heart and
soul of a self-assured church
member who was able to con-
vince a jury at a trial for his
defendant, but found it almost
impossible to share his Chris-
tum conviction with a nine-
year-old girl The picture is en-
titled ‘"A Letter to Nancy.”
A special service will also be
held in the evening at 7:30.
Guest speaker lor the occasion
will be the Rev. Kenneth Studt-
mnnn of Immanuel Lutheran
Church in Temple.
The congregation and the
pastor, the Rev. Jon Siemsglusz,
welcome the public at these ser-
vices, a spokesman said.
Flower Shop
Moves to New
Location Here
A new name and location
for the former "Thelma’s
Flower Show” has been an-
nounced this1 week by the
owner, Mrs. J R. Whiteley.
The business will now be
called ‘‘Whiteley the Florist'
and has moved to 233 Acker-
man, across the street from th.
Post Office. It was formerl.v
located on Cameron Avenue a
block west of the business dis-
trict.
"We are offering a complete
floral service and the public is
invited to visit us at our new
location,” Mrs*. Whiteley said.
Aycock P-TA
Meeting Held
Tuesday Night
The' Aycock P-TA met at
Aycock High School Tuesday
at 7:30 p. m. for a get-acquaint-
ed meeting
Attending were Mrs Evelyn
Snelgro, Mrs. Mattie McBride,
Mis. Iiertha F.verage, Mr. and
Mrs Wendell Washington, Mr
and Mrs. C C. Wesley Mr and
Mrs. John Williams, Mr and
Mrs. E. J Sansom, Mrs. Pearl
Mack, Mrs. Lucille Miller, Mrs.
Lur.v Moore. Mrs Alice Davis,
j Mrs. Julia Jones, Mrs Ruthella
Samuel.
Also. Preston Gives. Miss
Erma Lou Miller. Mrs. Helen
Junes, Mrs. Olivia Mullins,
Mrs. P. P. Wesley. Mrs. Fannie
Lovelady, Mrs. Kuthnell Phil-
lips, Mrs. Turn West, Mrs.
Gladys Gipson, Overton Smith,
A. L Moultry, Mrs. Lew* Lee
Richards, Mrs. Ellie Wilson.
Mrs. Adressa Johnson, Freddie
Gray, Mrs. Tommie Sanders,
Mrs. Nena Gates, Mrs. Eula
Cartwright, Mrs. Ardie Wil-
liams, Mrs, Lucy Robinson. Mrs.
E. Houston, Mrs. W. M. Dykes.
Also. Mrs. Z. L. Dykes, Mrs.
Flora Mack, Mrs. Mildred Love-
lady, Mrs. Laura Petty, Mrs. F.
McDonald, Mrs. Lucille' Miller,
Branon Temple, D. A Bouev,
William Hill and O. E. Wilhite.
Refreshments were served to
all. Hostesses were Ethel Wash-
ington, Pearl Mack, Mattie Mc-
Bride and Evelyn Snelgro.
Mrs. Snelgro, P-TA program
committee chairman, presented
the suggested program outline
for the 1963-64 school session
Her committee includes Mildred
Lovelady. F. McDonald, Laura
Petty, N. J. Timmons and Wil-
liam Hill.
SCHOLARSHIP—
■ Contuiueu from }*age Otm
announced early next spring,
Seniors who qualify for the
scholarship must have a high
school grade average of “C
plus" or bitter or be in the
upper half oi their graduating
class.
Last year’s winner, Glory
Krchnak, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Frank Krchnak ol Smith-
vi 1 It*, is attending Southwest
Texas State College at Sah
Marcos.
John R. Rinn
Placed on Tech
Traffic Roard
John Robert Rinn. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Rinn. was ap-
pointed this week to the Traf-
fic Security Board at Texas
Tech College at Lubbock.
The board is made up of two
students and one faculty mem-
ber. Their duties will be to
meet regularly to hear and pass
judgment on all traffic rules
appeals ,in aicordanei with the
newly incorporated traffic rules
of the college.
John Robert was chosen on
the basis of his past service re-
cord with the College Council.
He is a junior in Texas Tech,
an engineering major, a mem-
ber ofthe Saddle Tramps, and
a member of Alpha Phi Omega
Fraternity
Octcber J 19C3 ROCKDALE (T*v.) REPORTER— 9
Farm Bureau to
Start Drive on
Tuesday, Oct. 8
Th* Milam County Farm Bu-
reau will hold its annual
membership kick-oil’ meeting
Tuesday at 6 p m in the
Simou-Geurgc hall, Cameron.
Guest jqwakei will be C'ivm•
les Huff, legislative diiectoi of
tVh|» XcXUJ!
A. T. Swan/.y, first vice-
president a n d membership
chairman, is planning for 50
workers to attend this kick-off
supper meeting and workers
kits and prospect card- will be
distributed to the workers' at
this meeting. Membership
quota will be 1146 for the iiscal
year which closes on October
31.
Swanzy asks that any mem-
ber whose membership is duo
beloiv October 31 to iiliana
mail in (heck or come by the
Farm Bureau office and pay
me mbership dues and that will
give the workers more time to
go out and contact new mem-
bers.
Shop Rockdale first; you’ll
ave money on car expense,
and you’re pretty apt to find
what you want here cheaper,
too tf
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hunters there are in Texas?
Imagine a city the size of Dal-
las and each resident a Nimrod,
gun in hand, ready for the
hunt. This is the picture.
To the hunter, fall has
special significance. Dove sea-
son opened September 1 in
north zones and October 1 in
south zones. Deer and turkey
seasons follow, opening Novem-
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—September through Decem-
ber—statistics show a rise m
accidental fire-arm deaths. In
a year’s time, a total of 184
persons die from accidents with
guns.
Some hunters never live to
enjoy the season. In the last
three years, 38 died cleaning
and handling guns, perhaps in
anticipation of opening day.
Twenty-four died transporting
fire-arms into the field.
Theoretically, a gun is not
dangerous itself. But in the
hands of an inexperienced, un-
skilled person it becomes a
deadly weapon.
Texans across the state
reegni/e this problem and arc
doing something about it. Some
local health units and National.
Rifleman Association instruc-j
tors work at the grass-roots -
teaching home gun safety to
children.
This is an excellent step in
the right direction but there
is no substitute for individual
practice of fire-arm safety, with
the hunter consciously alert to
the hazards of gun handling
from the time he dresses for
the first hunt until he stores
his rifle at the end of the sea-
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Even his choice of hunting
clothes is: a factor in safety
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safety features. Red or yellow
outer garments and caps help
distinguish the hunter lrom
wildlife.
Proper fire-arm care and
cleaning are vitally important.
! A speck of nut or dirt in the
| delicate mechanism may trigg-
I er an unexpected discharge,
j barrel eruption or other mis-
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Maneuvering barbed - wire
fences poses less problem for
the hunts.r if a companion holds
the gun. Otherwise, the rifle
should be placed carefully on
the ground while the hunter
climbs through or over the
fence.
The hunter who “thinks he
sees a turkey” shoots without
determining absolutely, pro-
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GOP Candidate
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George Bush. Republican
candidate for U. S Senator,
made a two-hour stop in Cam-
eron Friday for a get-acquaint-
ed meeting and luncheon with
a group of Milam County GOP
leaders.
Bush was accompanied by a
Waco oilman, William I. Lee.
They were met at the Cameron
airport by GOP County Chair-
man Dr. F,. O. Smith, Jr., and a
group of local party members
and escorted to a dowtown cafe
for the luncheon.
Bush w as clearly enthusiastic
about his prospects in making
the Senate race next year
against Sen. Ralph Yarbrough.
He described himself as a Gold-
water conservative.
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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/m1/3/?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.