The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1959 Page: 2 of 15
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t—ROCKDALE (T#x ) REPORTER
Milano Wirs
Jun* 4. 19M
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Mrs. Westbrook Honored;
P-TA Committee is Named
By Mr« Cum* Mdl#r
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Kfi*th Brown wa* pr*'***td-
nt*' Bible Sunday evening
tipn-it rhurch Mr* W C
1. ,d*>. of v YWA mark-
efitatum V!i Brown arid
bb* of Jk< kxonv(ile. T«x-
b<> married iaturdsv af-
»t 2 p m at the church
i Mr - Jimmie Maddux
.;y of Huwkhnx, visited in
if. of relatives! here thl*
riff 4l l< V Cot Out ‘if
are at their home here
ree Week* ..nation
i, Miller Vlr fJeraH
Mi** A AnhJey, M
M orgm .*n*I Vlr* C’urti
trended a riaim tk * on j
PREWITT'S
Dollar Days
SPECIALS
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
NYAL EXTRA HEAVY
MINERAL
OIL Q>
98c Value
KINGS MEN
AFTER SHAVE
LOTION 89
PLUS
TAX
1.50 Value
HARRIET HUBBARD AYER'S
HAND CREAM
79
2.50 Value
SPECIAL -
PLUS TAX
WRISLEY'S FOUR SEASONS
HAND& BODY
LOTION 39
2.00 Value
PLUS
TAX
SHEFFIELD STAINLESS STEEL
STEAK KNIVES
2.95
SET OF 6
Reg. 9.95
We invite you to depend on u* for complete Drug
Service. Our Prescription Department is always At your
service.
WE HAVE YOUR FAVORITE
INSECTICIDES
PREWITTS
DRUG STORE
Prescription Druggist
Pfceoe HI §-3441 We Deliver
WE GIVE ft*H GREEN STAMPS
A.eek A'-f .1* rv Harmon- l>* n-
»■ Morgan and J<*» * Pratt
Mrs Jeff Rhode- of Rockdale
vnoted in the home of Mr and
' Mr* Charlie Williams Sunday
Mr >nd Mm O T Bankston
inrl daughter* are sp^ndiog a few
days this w**-k visiting relatives
.«nd friend
Vfr« Maggie Miller spent last
Week in the hoitlt of tU'T daugh-
ter, Mr and Mr* Ernest Elliott in
Cameron
Vacation Bible Srhra.l at ttw
Fir t BapfuU church here i: un-
rlei v iv thi# < < k Enrol!men! for
the fird of the week wa* 100 with
* ever a I rrmr*' ex ;ecti-d to attend
Mr- Lurilie Kern vnuted In
the horrie of Mi .,rid Mr-. Carlos
Sloan Sunday.
P T A Group Mm)»
If, ex*-'utr. e < ninmitlee of the
f'arent-Teachei A sociatlon held
its monthly meeting at the home:
of Mr and Mr C A Parson
Thursday night. May 28.
f*ian< for future pr«,grams were!
made and a program committee
was a planted
Refrt firtj.'tit id tea .md **xikie.«
win* -i ■ t h. *• f iv in,■ W
W Wil on H (, Kornigay. Mrs
Barclay Jeter, Mr Gerald Vin-
I u,n VT- ( i r t j VI Ml R<* e
Ashley and Mr f !■. de Pin eley j
The pr« .orient. C A Parson pre-
■tided over the meeting
Milam's Farm
Scene is Rosy,
Agent Reports
Milam ch nit v < orn , f.u iI -
mg and making excellent growth,
mi cording to J li Moore county
agent, who also reports that the
county’* maize crop is in good
| condition
’ With favorable weather, an
i abundant bay crop will be har-
| i csted ’ tie aid About 98 per
! cent of nil cotton is planterJ and
j off lo a good tai l
j in the county it at an all-time low
However tomato*' are -ettmg
fruit ver . well, md lat*- eante-
l*>iii**' are blooming, Moore -.aid
Worm damage to pecans was
repor'Oft .UgTit Som*‘ oat he *»
already been cot nod haled ' >■
tuiv. and oat combining should
start this week
Local surface and subsoil mois-
ture i* adequate for all growing
crops, the agent noted Livestock
conditions continue most favor-
able with good grass plentiful.
( atllr’ .ii«• fat >net market* irrrimn
strong Some of the county's cat-
tle ar*- going to rna ket," Moore
concluded
Holley, Barry
Take Part in
Narine Launch
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif
FMTNC — Marines Acting Cpl
! Kenne»h L. Hollev, *on of Mr
jr.d Mrs F. H Hon. v of 7l« W
j Cameron street. KookcLb and Cpl.
Munson G Bairy, grand <»n of
[ Mr- Anni*' MrLed of Rockdale,
vuuk^ pau. • iliac Op*|4A*qp .',T *'in
Praks" on California'* ..'.ntherr,
. coaxt from May IT lo June 2. with
1 •» •» m- M #•»<r.w*w» *!►-.- C* 1 «»-*•• %-M •• »» <m.
' Division at Camp Prrdk-ton, Calif.
Air and ground f< rces were
launched agai.u. aggressor forces
| involving the newly-organized
! helicopter assault carrier USS
Princeton from which attacking
troops launched assaults at inland
; target! in the latest employment
of the Corps’ vertical envelop-
ment doctrine.
Th* two-week maneuver was
the most extensive air-ground
1 tuncimx exercise to be conducted
on the Southern California coast
i since 1957
Leshikar Speer, Head
Fish-O-Rama' Winners
->< (;t”I FLA< i PHKSKNTATION Mrs. Jimmy Jones, local
f*,;. Stout, loarier .rout Darla Henry, daughter of Mr and
Mr M11foi< 1 Henry, -md Ed L« ihikar, member of the Rock-
*iaie Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6525, watch the raising
uf < tx-by-mnn t u’ United States flat; presented to the local
fiiri Scuut prop! am by the VfFW post here The post also
installed a 30-foot flat' [kite at the (Jirl Scout house. (Reporter
taf f photo)
Lexington Rites Held
For Wreck Victim
j Funeral services were held in
‘ Lexington Thursday for Kay
Thornton, 55, father of Mrs. Veima
Spain of Rockdale. Mr Thornton’s
; body was found in the wreckage
i of his automobile the preceding
Sunday east of Groveton and near
Wood lake <»n U S 287
Hr was a former Lexington
j resident
Survivors are hts wife, Mrs
Dorothy Thornton of Woodlake;
four daughters, Mrs. Billie Rae
j Hatthorn of Groveton, Mrs. Eliz-
| abeth West of Laredo; Mrs. Velma
Sr»ain of Rockdale, and Mrs Bob-
bie Lee Schulze of Giddings; and
I two son.'. Lawrence Thornton of
Laredo and Pvt. Gene Thornton,
serving in Germany.
Reporter ads get the grapes
Barbara Leshikar Sherry Speer
ano David Head were the pr»ze
wwnevs in tne Kid'-1 F.sn-O-Karr.j
held Saturday at Alcoa !-ak* and
sponsored bv the kxal Vet *rar
ul Foreign Wat P ■ t fi *2 >
l*o President A T Barker r<
ported the event a big success.
with jppioxin*at>'D >0 xid*
oht Tc*T tne f. hmg cdnurxt
’ The da> » festiviLc were spon-
sor'd by our post with the co-
operation of Alcoa *ak»- otticia. .
Barker explained
In the 12 to 15 year age group
Miss Leshikar, daughter of Mr
and Mrs Ed lw;hikar. hauled in
the prize-winning catch, a perch
weighing ju^t under three-ti **1
tc*r« of a pound
In the 9 *o 11 year age group.
Miss Speer daughter of Mr and
Mr Ray Speer took top honors
with a two-pound drum catch
Beery Son-in-Law
Added to Staff
Scott and White
Dr Wayne Baden, of Ra.vmond-
ville, son-in-law of Mr .*nd Mrs.
Marvin C Berry of Rockdale. h.<:
accepted a position as director ot
the department of obstetrics and .
gynecology at Scott & White
; clinic hospital in Temple
Dr. Baden had been with the
Rayrnondville memorial hospital
since 1949 His job at Temple will j
be to organize and direct the newly !
created department, es tablish a
residency teaching pr.-vam for
obstetrics and gynec >logv, to de-
velop a tiinit mi *.»*),• i'**
and to supervise the activities of
‘eleven othei physicians in the de-
| partment
The Badens have three children,
Karen, Lee and Gary.
Young Head, son of Mr and Mrs.
James Head, landed a string of
■ six or seven perch to win the
o' tc 8 year age group prize
The three tunnels were pre-
,-nu-il with spinning reels pv VFW
nu mbers, who srrt *td as judg»*s
arid -aiety uffiv laU at the Cvcn
, ■ JPv.P**4 hi
*he’ turnout of participant,’’
Barker noted. To top it off, the
fish were b.ting pretty good.”
VETERANS FOREIGN WARS
meets
Fn-t and Third Tuesdays
VFW CLUB
Highway 77 South
tf
Protect and Beautify
Your Property With
ANCHOR
CHAIN LINK
FENCE
Lasts a Lifetime
Terms Arranged
DIAL HI 6-5488 or 2260
For Free Estimates
ROCKDALE
FENCE CO.
Shopping Center
Mrs. Almeda Hillin
Returns from Visit
Mi Alnieda Hillin returned
bom* tin week after pending
tin1 pa.t month in the home of
Mi Henry Scarbrough at Level-
land following the death of Mr
Scarbrough May 1.
Scarbrough was born near
Him kd i!< and lived near here in
the early day-, moving to the
Plains in 1922 He had been at
! eve land fl<t years
Minerva Party
Slated Monday
A community party has been
i holiil' I at Minerva Monday be
Rimi ng it 7 .10 p rn in the ,
Minerva Community Center
I < innooi * merit > ,i made by
Mi L*■*• Wallace. Mrs Andrew!
Jenktn . and Mrs Gib Terry.)
| boMes'cs for the event.
’• .\ .i • a k mg that residents
hr irig i covered plate " they said
i Game of cana ta and 42 will be j
played
Rev. Gatewood
Receives Degree
From Baylor U.
The Rev Alton Leon Gatewood,
former pastor at Meadowbronk
| Baptist church in Rockdale, was
among 700 students receiving de-
; . from Bayloi university dur-
ing commencement exercises in
Wat" Friday
Ttie exercise wa held at the
Heart O’ Texas coliseum Friday
morning
Prior to baccalaureate services
I Thursday, the department of re-
ligion at th ■ university held a re-
i i option for ministers and wives
8 Fines Assessed
Here During Week
SHOP AND SAVE ON
DOLLAR DAYS
AT MEHAFFEY'S!
Fin*" assessed in Rockdale cor-
poration court during the past
we«k included two for speeding,
•an foi improper dart, one simple
mit, two affra charges, one
limning a stop ugn, and one
drunk fine, poilce reported
We're Meeting at the
Community Room
y
It's
Air Conditioned!
The Community Room is the director's
room of Uus bank, and is made available
to the public as a place for meeting any-
time during the day or evening.
We invite the people of this community
to use this room, just as we invite you to
avaii yourselves of the many other ser-
vices we offer.
NF.XT TIME MEET IN COMFORT
AT THK COMMUNITY ROOM'
Rockdale
State Bank
TH* Bank of Personal Service
Member F. D. I. C.
LARGE GROUP—LADIES
ONE GROUP MEN'S
BLOUSES
SPORT SHIRTS
—SPECIAL—
SPECIAL % 00
; 099
EACH — ■
L \ A
GIRLS COLORFUL PLAID
ONE GROUP MEN'S
JAMAICA
SWIM SUITS
SHORTS j .M
Assorted fflj
Sizes 7 to 14 1 JLm
Sixes and "1 'mW0%
Kinds. ■ " W
PAIR — I
EACH — ■
CHILDREN'S
KNIT SHIRTS
Small Sizes
ONE GROUP MEN'S E&W
DRESS SHIRTS
VALUES A
TO 98c mm
SPECIAL — ■■
19*
SPECIAL J
EACH — I
49
70 PAIR LITTLE GIRLS
WHITE SHOES
Sixes to 3
AH reduced to Clear
99*-|»2"
Sizes Shot—We alter these
ONE GROUP MEN S
Dress Slacks
s alter these
4«
VALUES
TO 9.90 —
GOOD QUALITY
UHBLEACHED
JUST WORKED UP
DOMESTIC
C Y 100
REMNANTS
Our remnants ar* always bargains
and w* have a whole batch of new
S D |w
ones.
J S 1
COME AND GET THEM!
MEHAFFEY'S
IN ROCKDALE
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Cooke, W. H. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1959, newspaper, June 4, 1959; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth694063/m1/2/?q=majorettes: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.