The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 04, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1953 Page: 4 of 16
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4 — ROCKDALE (Tex.) REPORTER
February 12. 1953 1
Miss Maxine Palmer
Is Honoree at
Shower Saturday
Mrs. Touchstone is
1 Honoree at Milano
Family Gathering
A bounteous dinner was served
at noon and the afternoon was
Miss Maxine Palmer, whose Sunday a family group gather-
marriage to Neal Jaekson uf ed ■' »>'*' «*'hnnl cafetaria in Milano
ton will take place Saturday even- to honor Mrs. Carrie Touchstone
ing, February 14. was honored with of this city who was celebrating
a personal shower by Mrs. W. F. her 79th birthday.
Pearson, Jr , at her home in West-
wood Friday night.
Co-hostesses with Mrs. Pearson slH>nt informally,
were Mrs. Clois Green and Mrs. : 1 hose present for the enjoy aide
Dan Cervenka. In charge of games c evasion were the children, gian.l-
and further assisting in the hospit- I children and a number of close re-
ality was Mrs. Nell Dymke. ;latnes ol Mrs. Touchstone as fol-
' , , ... , . „ . lows: Mr. and Mrs. Dougan Vinton,
A Valentine motif accented in re i pilUe Gcne Hnd TommVi Ml, and
Mrs. Gerald Vinton and Gary Don,
Mrs. Vester Boggan, Bobbie and
, , . . , ..Joe, Mrs. Ethel Shelton, Mrs.
lovely Valentine picture covered all Qf Milano; Mr an ,
in a handsome hand-crochet cloth t Willie Wanoreek. Mrs A H.
with a center arrangement of red ul Mr. and Mrs. John Uest-
carnations that were interspersed u.ook Carol und Gary Fee.
and white was effectively carried
out in decorations about the home.
The refreshment table presented a
with hearts and flanked by silver
candelabra holding red tapers.
Silver appointments and red nap-
kins upon which were inscribed
names of bride and groom, eom-
1 leted the setting.
Mrs. Darrell Leech served cofftt*
from the silver service. White cake
squares designed in red hearts,
open-face sandwiches and other
Valentine dainties were served.
Mrs. Wendell Essary was in
charge of book for the more than
twenty guests to register.
Frank Hillin, Mr. and Mis. Polk
Marrs ol Rockdale; Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Jones of Sandy Creek; Mr.
land Mrs. Wiley Kirk, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Vinton and Kathy of
I Hearne; Mr. and Mrs. Claude
i Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Vinton
Hedrick and Beverly Lynn of
H oils ton.
BetterCough Relief
When new drugs or olyl fail to help
yuui cough or chest ct»M delay.
Crcomulsion contains only safe, help-
ful. proven ingrcdienls and no nar-
cotics to disturb nature’s process. It
goes into the bronchial system to aid
nature soothe and heal raw, tender,
inflamed bronchial membranes. Guar-
anteed to please or your druggist re-
funds money. Crcomulsion has stood
the test of many millions of users.
CREOMULSION
*•!'«*« Cought, Choit Colds. Acute Bronchitis
Brownie Bluebird
Troop in Meeting
jWednesday, Feb. 11
j The Brownie Bluebird Troop
; met in the annex of the Methodist |
1 church on Wednesday, February ,
111, ut 4 o’clock.
i't,< pic: .dent. Janice Goehlcr. |
presided.
The Brownie song was sung and,
the Brownie promise given.
| A Valentine party was given by
J ; number of Brownie mothers.
Refreshments were served by Mrs.
| Caldwell, Mrs. Summers and Mrs.
! Haley.
1 Mrs. McGee took pictures in
' technicolor film of the troop,
i Games were enjoyed by all.
ENGAGED—Mr. and Mrs. Al-
fred Von Gonten announce the
engagement and approaching
marriage of their daughter, Vel-
malcne, to Walter “Bud” Wil-
liams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Williams, formerly of Milano.
The wedding will take place
March (i.
Matinee Musical
Club Meets with
Mrs. M. N. Strieker
Blue and Gold
Dinner for Cub
Scouts Den No. 2
In observance of Boy Scout
j Week a Line and Gold Dinner
| was held at the Methodist Fellow-
j ship Hall ruesduy night by Den
j No. 2, Pack HH, of Cub Scouts,
j Attending were tne eiewn iiu.ij
of the Den, along with their Den
Mother, Mrs. L. L. Lowe. Lee
Hyder, Den Chief, and parents of
the boys Soccial guests were the
followin'.; local Scout adult lead-
ers: W. P. Hogan, H H Col'field.
; M. N. Sti iekei, O. B. McNiel, and
Dr. A. A. Urban. They were av-
ion m anied by their wives.
The meeting was informal and
j t '(.roughly enjoyed, leach of the
• cl■: 11 leaders spoke a few words,
outlining what Scouting could ac-
complish and pledging the co-1
operation of Rockdale businessmen
and civic leaders to the program.
I They said that adequate funds'
j were available to all Dens and |
Scout groups.
Mrs. Lowe explained some of
the work that her Den has been
doing in Rockdale and lauded the
boys as real Cub Scouts.
LOCAL BRIEFS
About PbODle You K"'~w
Mrs. J. F. Coffield arrived from
El Paso at the week end and plans
to remain in her home here inde-
finitely.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Rhomfeld of
Kingsville visited with their num-
erous relatives here over the week
end.
Announcing
I wish to announce that I
have sold my foimer business,
KILPATRICK'S PACKAGE
STORE, in Rockdale and take
this means of thanking my
many friends and customers
of the past.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Smith
(Smltty's Place)
Mrs. Alma Leurs has returned
■ rorn the bedside of her son-C. D.
I,cur’s of Free ort who was seri-
Saturday aftcrnri.:i Mrs M N
Strieker was hostess to the Matinee
Musical Club, when Mrs. Alex
McLeod was program leader for
the subject of light compositions. | ously injured from a fall.
A series of numbers in this vein
were played Ivy Mrs. James E.
Pederson, much to the delight of
her listeners.
red blossoms.
The dining table was laid in an
elaborate cloth of white linen cut-
work, and the central decoration
of large crimson carnations and
sprays of fairy white candystuff
was touched with lacy plumoses
Offsetting the artistic picture, red
and white tapers wore grouped in
silver candelabra. Sandwiches,
tro ted heart-shaped cookies orna-
mented in red, mints and other
uaiiivien iuithc. accented "'>■ Val-
entine theme.
Mrs. W. H. Cooke, Mrs. C. E.
Prewitt and Mrs. C. B. Sessions
alternated in pouring at the silver
coffee and tea service. Others as-
■istmg the hostesses in serving, or
dispensing hospitality were Mrs.
T. B. Ryan, Mrs. B. Regenbrecht,
Mrs. Fled Bethea, Mrs. YV. II. Orr.
DEN II, PACK 88—Rockdale Cub Scout Den II is pictured
above with the Den Mother, Mrs. Larry Lowe. Seated, left to
right: Larry Lowe, Wesley Grissom, Collier Perry, Pat Curtis,
and John Crow. Standing: John Franklin, John Moehring,
Bobby Boyer, Mrs. Lowe, Jimmy Bailey, John Harper, and
David Pope. Den Chief for the pack is Lee Hyder.
Zone Meeting of
Methodist Women
To Be Here Feb. 18
Open House is
Held Wednesday
At Lanning Home
Dr. and Mrs. T. S. Barkley were
in San Antonio over the weekend
for the Grand Opera Festival, at-
... . tending the performance of “11
I he game ol Musical Authors Trovatore’’ presented by stars of
was played following the , rogram . thc Metropolitan Opera Company,
with an attractive small vase be-|
ing won by Mrs. Joe Mohair. AI Mrs. A. Noack, who recently
similar gilt was presented the| underwent surgery at Scott and
guest, Mrs. T. J. Beesley. | White hospital, returned homcj
The hostess served a refresh- i Friday and while recuperating will |
ment plate that was suggestive of1 be at the homes of her son Ed
thc Valentine theme. | Noack and daughter Mrs. H. L.
Pleasing arrangements of azaleas ' Fieseler.
cyclaman and greenery decorated,
the rooms. I Mr and Mrs. I. L. Denman, of
J___Milano, have received word that
Woman’s Society Christian Ser-I An open-house of beautiful ap-
vice of St. John’s Methodist j pointments was held Wednesday
Church will be hostess for Bess j afternoon by Mrs. James Lanning
Triggs Zone,-February 18 at 10 ■ and Mrs. George Bredt in the Lan-
a- I ning home.
Committees from Circles 1 and The Valentine theme was carri-
2 are completing plans this week: t.d oul with red and white being
for the meeting. Methodist women reflected in the exquisite flowers,
trom Cameron, Lexington, Milano, Dn the living room was a large
Maysfield, Buckholts and Thorn- arrangement of red carnations
dale as well as local women make i combined with white stock and on
up the Zone membership. j the coffee tabic rich liued camel-
A cordial invitation is extended I lias were massed in'a low oblong
Mrs. John T. Hale
Heads Scheduling
Of Parish Hall
Mrs. John T. Hale was named
j by St. Thomas Episcopal Guild to
! supervise the scheduling of the
new Parish Hall for community an
church affairs, clubs and organiza-
tions.
Persons or groups desirous of
using thc St Thomas new Parish
Hall for a meeting or activity arc
requested to call Mrs. Hale at 3335,
j or if she is not immediately avail-
I able, phone 2338.
The Rev. E. H. “Whitey” Camp-
bell will assist Mrs. Hale in map-
ping out her schedule, according to
C. W. Moehring, Senior Warden of
the Vestry of St. Thomas.
The scheduling and posting of
meeting times and dates has be-
come necessary due to conflictions
that have already occurred when
two or more organizations have
called meetings for the same per-
iod.
Training Union
Of Baptist Church
To Have Banquet
The Training Union of the First
Baptist Church is sponsoring a
■Sweetheart Banquet’’ for the
young people of the church on Sat-
urday night.
A menu worthy of the term
“banquet’’ has been planned and u
brief urogram befitting the occas-
ion has been arranged.
The guest speaker for the even-
ing will be Rev. LeKoy Hlaisdell,
who is pastor of the Baptist
church at Somerville, Texas
PARTY AT SHARP
The Junior Class of Sharp High
, School will sponsor a community
| party Saturday night, February 14.
• at the Sharp School. Music will
be furnished by Mark Towery and
his band. Admission will be 15c
and 20c and refreshments will be
sold during the evening.
Trade in that old Adding Ma-
chine now on a new one at The
Reporter Office. Four different
makes, Burroughs, K. C. Allen,
Remington and Smith-Corona for
your selection. Priced as low as
$114.25. Phone 5838 today for ex-
tra liberal trade-in. tf
ell women of the church to attend
this important session of the Wo-
man’s Missionary Society.
bowl. About the adjoining rooms
were containers displaying grow-
ing white chrysanthemums and
Snorkel? See at The Reporter.
Bring us your watch for
Expert Service
KOPECKY JEWELRY
Girl Scout Troop 1
Plans Question Box
For Next Wednesday
Girl Scout Troop No. 1 met in
the Christian Church Annex Wed-
nesdit> afternoon. Opening the
meeting with oral reports from
\ each member on what each girl
should know about tuble manners,
! meeting people, courtesties of a
hostess and guest, and responsibi-
lities oi a host, the girls then plan-
ned a question box for the next
meeting.
Social Behavior was adopted as
the question box topic and all
questions dropped in the box will
be answered at the next troop
meeting. Plans for the completion
I of work on the Hostess Badge were
also announced.
During a short business session,
Gloria Skopek became a new mem-
ber.
Refreshments of Cookies and
soda were served by Jan Bredt and
Nola Albrecht.
InChina, a dinner begins with
the dessert.
I tneir son, rvt. ira L,oe uenman, is
I stationed at North Fort Hood, Tex.
! as for his basic training. He is a
1 1950 graduate of Milano High
j School.
1 lay wood Springer was a visitor j
in the home of his brother and lam- j
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Theo Springer, i
Sunday. Haywood lives at Bronte,
Texas, Mrs. Springer mother and
brothers Toy and Henry Nelson of
Rockdale were also visitors in the
Theo Springer home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Kederis
were in Austin last Wednesday
afternoon attending the funeral
of “Uncle Billy Disch”, Texas Uni-
versity’s Grand Old Man of Base-
ball. Mrs. Kederis remained a few
days with the Disch family.
Mr. and Mrs. Theo Springer, I
Douglas Ray and Dorothy Fay and
Kirby Owens went to Cockran last I
Friday night where Evangelist and I
Mrs. Calvin Springer are in a re- I
vival meeting. Douglas Ray spent |
the night with Evangelist and Mrs.
Springer and went to Houston
Saturday to the Fat Stock Show
•where his brother, Lcland had been
j the entire week.
NEW HOMES
—FOR SALE—
2 FHA HOUSES LEFT
Completely finished, ready for showing.
For anyone who can qualify.
2 VA HOUSES
For Veterans and Defense Workers.
$8,000 each. Nothing Down. Closing costs only
cash necessary.
SEVERAL CHOICE LOTS
We will build your new home on any of our choice
lots in our own addition . . . the Pearson sub-divis-
ion, or on your lot. Let us help you plan your
building program.
Wm. CAMERON & CO.
Phone 5012
Rockdale
TIRE SALE
LEE TIRES
SPECIAL
FIRST TWO — LIST PRICE
SECOND TWO — Vi PRICE
AND OLD TIRES
Drive in today—trade now with
terms that suit you. Remember
this big special offer ends Feb-
ruary 28.
MACK'S 66 STATION
Station No. 2 - Rockdale - Marvin McDonald, Mgr.
&
'OMUHjutu
LIBBY'S
TOMATO
JUICE
FOLGER'S
COFFEE
46-oz. O gtt
Can
Can —
MIRACLE WHIP
quart
jar —
RATH PURE PORK
SAUSAGE
pound O £■
Roll— oDC
RATH SUNVALE
BACON
pound — 43C
GOOD HOPE
OLEO
pound— 21C
MEADOLAKE
OLEO
pound — 2 9C
SAMBAND
FROZEN
ALL FLAVORS
GLADIOLA
PERCH
pound — 39C
JELLO
3 for- 25c
PANCAKE MIX,
40-oz. box
33c
BORDEN'S
SUGAR RIPE
DRIED APPLES,
8-oz. cello bag 25c
LIBBY'S
Can —
BISCUITS
10c
CAMPBELL'S TOMATO
SOUP
Can —
NU CREST CUT
GREEN BEANS, 2No.303cans 29c
CLOROX,
quart
STAR KIST GREEN LABEL
TUNA
Can —
29c
CRISCO
CRUSHED PINEAPPLE, No. 2 can 25c
CIGARETTES,
carton
1.95
WELCH'S
3-lb. Can
79c
Grape Juice
24-oz.
bottle —
large —
McLEOD & TIMMERMAN
Grocery and Market
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Cooke, W. H. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 04, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1953, newspaper, February 12, 1953; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth694134/m1/4/?q=music: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.