The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1959 Page: 3 of 15
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SOIL CONSERVATION NOTES ...
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Farmers Busy Sodding and
Seeding Grass Past Months
Local Briefs
About People You Know
National Guard
Unit Gets Name
Change This Week
Milam Farm Bureau 1Jun# 4-1859
Announces Insurance
President's Drive
ROCKDALE (Tex.) REPORTER—3
Man\ farmers, who are coopera-
tors with the Taylor Soil Con- !
starvation district, have been busy i
for the past several months sod-
ding and seeding Bermuda grass. |
Good stands of Bermuda grass j
ha\e been established from seed |
:n most cases. J. A Ely Jr. has |
about 35 acres of Bermuda grass j
that has come up to a good stand |
The seed was broadcast on a loose I
seed bed about the first of May.
The grass only came up in the
tracks made bv the tractor and j
distributor that were used in
planting the seed. Small seed
ol any kind will not come up to
a good stand on a loose seed bed
unless it is rolled or a heavy
packing rain falls on it.
Ely has planted about 76 acres
of Bermuda grass, 8U acres ol
sorghum annum, ana tenmzed 35
acres of pasture land on his farm
near Gause. He fertilized all of
this land with 200 pounds of 10-
20-10 fertilize i pel acre.
Phillips Hears 3
Relatives Listed
On Deceased Roll
Charles C Phillips Jr., has re-
turned to his home in Vicksburg,
Mississippi after spending a few
days here visiting his grandmoth-
er. Mrs. J A Phillips and Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Franklin
While here he attended the
Memorial Day services and heard
the reading of the roll of deceased
Veterans which included his
great-grandfather. Captain Peter
M. Kolb of the Civil War, his
uncle James K. Phillips of world
war one, and his father, Major
Charles C. Phillips of world war
two.
Charles finished at Hines junior
college this semester and will
work on a Mississippi flood con-
trol project this summer after his
two weeks of Army reserve train-
ing.
Dave Howe, who lives about 4
miles south of Thorndale, sodded
and fertilized 5 acres of coastal
Bermuda grass early this spring
He reports that the runners have
lapped in six foot rows at this
time.
Coastal and common Bermuda
grass can be sodded any time
there is sufficient moisture Un-
less a good seed bed has been pre-
pared, it will probably be this fall
before sodding can safely be done.
Nearly all of the returns received
from soil samples that have been
sent in to the laboratory recom-
mend that 300 pounds of 10-20-10
lertilizer per acre be used for
fertilizing grass and small grain in
the sandy land Such a fertilizer
in this amount will stimulate the
growth of roots and tops of grass
and enable it to become establish-
ed on less total rain fall.
On several ranges, technicians
of the Soil Conservation service
from the Rockdale work unit,
have found that many plants of
little bluestem grass have been
established from seed in the past
two years. In order for the little
bluestem grass to produce seed it
should be deferred from grazing
from about the middle of June
until October
The seed stalks are more pala-
table than the olades of the grass.
Since the livestock like the seed
stems better than the rest of the
grass, they will go over a range
* * * ■ » * U-
ullll util V Cdl ll«C Mt u
should be left to product* seed
For this reason, when a pasture
is being deferred for seed produc-
tion. all livestock should be re-
moved from a pasture
Three Persons Fined
Following Fights Here
Saturday and Sunday
Three persons were fined in j
Rockdale corporation court fol- j
lowing fights Saturday and Sun ’
day, local police reported
Robert L. Hamilton and Judy i
Dixon, loon I Negroes, paid fines j
of $21.50 each after being charged
wuth affray following a light Sat-
urday night
Rov Tovar of Rockdale was also j
I fined $21.50 for simple assault ,
! following a fracas involving he
and Pete Lopez. Sunda.v evening ,
1 near the American Legion hall, !
j police said
Catholic Women Set
Bake Sale June 13
The women of St. Joseph's Alter |
Society w ill hold a bake sale j
Saturday June 13. The place of .
the sale will oe announced next j
week, a spokesman said.
The Rockdale Reporter now has
one-day service on made-to-order
Rubber Stamps, c ail HI K-ft&'JB.
Mr and Mrs Marv in C. Beerv
were in Raymondvillr last week
going especially to witness the j Milam County's National Guard
graduation from high school of ! unit reported, just before it is
their granddaughter, Karen Sue ! scheduled to leave for two weeks
Baden, daughter of Dr. and Mrs | of summer camp, a change in the
Wayne Baden Karen Sue Baden
was among top-students named
who received awards. She was
also president of the student coun-
cil.
★
ivir ana bars. Eugene Hartman
of Houston spent the past week
name of the unit
Orders were received Tuesday
redesignating the unit as Corn-
pans C. 3rd Medium Tank Rat-
talion, 112th Armor
This replaces its designation as
s mnpany s . -un .sieontm t anx
Battalion Patton', 849th Combat
visiting with Mi and Mrs. Robert j Arms Regiment given it at the
Ejem here. i time it was converted from anti-
★ aircraft artillery to a tank :om-
Six Christian Fellowship mem- j pony about three months ago
l«is of the First Christian church j Nine promotion.**
art* attending a youth camp at j
O. G. Tumlinaon, president of
| the Milam county Farm Bureau,
; has announced a president’s drive
1 for more Blue Cross-Blue Shield
i members.
All applications for the drive
must be in the hands of the Dal-
las office by June 13 Full cov-
erage for all at t epted applica-
tion- will become effective as of
i July 1. 1959
In this special drive the waiting
period has been made shorter,
regular *•' •• • • ♦ i• • *.*
j days.
"The Milam county Farm Bu-
reau has 1150 members and 413
ire using the privilege they hav<
| through their bureau membersip
Two San Gabriel
Women Injured
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THE REPORTER OFFICE
OFFICE SUPPLIES — MACHINES — STATIONERY
PHONE HI ft-SIM or M3* — WE DELIVER
Fort Parker state park at Mexia
this week They are Will.vne
Lamb. Judy Lumkin, Marv Lou
Sumnn r* Chester Brewton. L<*
Hoy EUL, William Goodman
it
M Sgt. and Mrs. Robert L. Hirt
and two daughter* of Forbes Air
Base, Topeka. Kansas, arrived last
week for a visit with Mr. and Mrs
H G Murphrec. Mrs Hirt and
daughters will remain tor the
summer with her parents but Sgt
Mirt returns this week to the Air
Base
★
Mr and Mrs L. R Aikman ot
Buna visited with friends and
relatives here this week Mrs
Aikman is the former Gladys
Yarbrough of Rockdale
it
Dr and Mrs. T. S Barkley are
in Houston this week attending
the Texas Conference ot the
Methodist church, and will be
with the James E. Wilsons while
there.
★
Mr. and Mrs Marshall Ward
and son Gregg of Fort Worth
visited this week with Mr. and
Mrs Clint Henry and on return
home were accompanied by Mrs.
Inez Sehukraft
★
Mrs. Barbara Matthews of
Houston visited Wednesday in the
home of Mrs. T. C. Stephens.
★
Rev. and Mrs. Ben Skyles are
vacationing in Matagorda this
wee k and will continue on to
Waco at the weekend to visit Rev.
Skyles’ parents Mr. and Mrs J
L Skyles, and pick up their young
daughter who has been spending
the week with her grandparents.
★
SFC and Mrs Edward Whitelcy
and four sons are in Rockdale on
a 30-day IcaVe after 3 years in
Germany with the 3rd armored
division. He is the son of Mr and
Mrs A Whitelev and his wifi*
the daughter o( Mr and Mr
Calvin Eiland of Rockdale. He
will report to Fort Sill for re-
assignment.
★
Miss Margaret Uan Scaff,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J S
Scaff of Rockdale, made the
dean’s honor roll for the spring
| semester at Blinn college, Brcn-
ham.
★
Ed Dillen entered St. Edwards
hospital at Cameron today for
suigury.
★
Mi T C. Stephens returned
Tuesday afternoon from a week’s
visit with friends and relatives
in Houston, Rayne, La , and Glen-
dale in Trinity county, where the
old homestead of Mrs Stephens
was located. It was her first
visit there in 54 years. Mrs.
Stephens said that enroute she
met Mrs Annie Mae Schafer
Sear> of Houston, a former Rock
da Ran who left here in 1910.
A
Born, to Mr and Mrs Gene
Devine of 1404 Murray a baby
boy at 1:50 p. rn. Wednesday at a
Tayloi hospital. The baby weigh-
ed 7 pound.-. 5 ounces. Grand
parent.* are Mr. and Mrs Hugo
Linke of San Gabriel and Mr and
Mrs. E. T Devine of Lexington,
Mis*
h\ having this hospitalization in
listmont and two re-enlistments | ,lu‘ K;,rm Bureau group.” Tumlin-
were reported ; son said.
Among the promotions Sergeant The Texas Farm Bureau, work- , ,
First Class William K Leonard!1'1* Wlth the company, has offered ! meely. She went back to Temple
Two San Gabriel women were
injured, neither seriously, in a
t ar crash Tut sday morning on
highway 190 about two miles
west of Rogers Their ear was a
total loss.
Mrs. Freda D. Worley received
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inch cut on her head which ro-
utined twelve stitches. Her
daughter. Mrs. Hugo Linke, suf-
fered only minor cuts and bruise.*
Botli were treated and released at
i Temple hospital
Mrs. Linke said this morning
that Mrs. Worley is recovering
was uppt*d a grade to Platoon
Sergeant, Sergeant James M
Thompson to Staff Sergeant and
Specialist-3 Billy T. Daniel to
Sergeant
Four PR's, Doyle R
Howard S Drummond, Calv in j
Kraomci md William M Krueger 1
were promoted to Specialist-4. j
And getting their first stripes
as Private First Class were Pvts
Stanley E Betehan, Kenneth L !
Bounds and Charles W Henson
The new enlistment was made |
by Eugene A Schiller, a Cam-
eron high school student, who
was sworn in as a Recruit dur-
ing the Tuesday night drill period ,
Re-enlisting for another three j
year term were MSGT Peter F. I
Kurtz and Denson Crouch Kunz 1
is Company C's F’irst Sergeant (
and Crouch is Platoon Sergeant, j
a new grade just authorized Both i
Crouch and Kunz are original I
members of the Guard unit when
11 u ;e w*iv;*ti*d in I 947
Company C. along with other
units of the 49th Armored Divis-
ion. will begin two weeks of sum-
mer field training June 7 at North
Fort Hood. The Guardsmen will
leave early Sunday morning by
motor convoy for their base camp
there.
Reporter ads get the grapes.
a program of prepaid hospital | for i
and medical-surgical care since -pj
1944 " This program is, based on
a deep conviction that farm la-
milies have as great a need foi
\.; .strong I prepaid health care as anyone,”
he said
Rev. Scott Irvin
New Chaplain at
Virginia School
The Rev Harland M <Scott>
Irvin, former rector of St Thomas
Episcopal ehunh in Rockdale, will
nsMime a new position as chaplain
at Episcopal high school, Alexan-
dria, Virginia.
The Rev. Irvin, his wife Janet
and son "Mae,” left San Antonio
this week where he has been serv-
ing as chaplain at Texas Military
institute aiid asM.deirn rector '
St. Luke’s Episcopal church. He
ha been in San Antonio for the
past two years.
The family visited in Rockdale
Wednesday while enroute to
Virginia. He will work on his
masters degree in history and
theology at Virginia Theological
Seminary while serving the
Episcopal high school
check-up this morning,
accident occured about
10:43 a m. The car driv en by Mrs.
j Worley and another car driven by
I Donald .) Cole of Pasadena eol-
i tided ;i>, the Wot lev ear was .t-
j tempting to pass ,i truck driven
by James D Kyle Jr of Houston
i according to the report of lligh-
| way Patrolman Wayne Autroy.
BUILDING—
(Continued from Page 1>
J Cameron and Main streets, $3000.
Jack Wells, construction of new
j garage fur Harold Luekey resi-
dence. $1500 Other permits in
eluded: C. E. Grabener, addition
and improvements to home, $225:
Clifford Cavolt, addition, $400:
Howard King, addition, $175;
Barnos-Jones, addition, $150; Ed-
ward Bartlett Jr., addition, $400;
Coffield Construction company,
garage repairs for R C. Richards,
$375; Robert Sides, addition, $500;
and O. V. Neal repairs, $26l)
Hugh Barnett, of the B&R Mini-
max food store, announced today
thai he had purchased Foster’s
Pharmacy in the shopping center
and will operate it under the name
Minimax Drug Store.
I he deal nctween Barnett and
Railord Foster, of San Antonio,
was completed Tuesday. Flans
for opening the drug store will
probably be announced next week,
according to the new owner. He
aid he will make an opening in
Hie brick wall between the food
store and drug store, operating
the two businesses as a unit.
"We've some cleaning up to do
and some re-stocking, in addition
to making the door between our
buildings, but we will have the
drug store in operation just, as
soon as possible,” Barnett said this
morning.
The Minimax drug store will
feature a complete fountain ser
\ ice including snacks, and aiso
orugs and general gift items, ft
will also offer S&I-f green stamps
Newcomers
(Each week Tho Reporter
publishes a list of newcomers
to Rockdale, as shown by appli-
cations for water connections
at city hall).
Henry C. Moses. 803 West Bell.
Billy L. Shelander, 542‘/t> Bow-
ser
H L. Bee/lev, 511 West Belton.
Lee Roy Clark, Sixth street.
E. W Ostendorf, 509 Bowser.
John P Portman, 302 Houston.
James A Carson. 314 Houston.
i eeil s. Harr, .112 Houston.
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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/m1/3/?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.