The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1964 Page: 1 of 18
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VOL. 92
ROCKDHLE REPORTER
Rockdal* Matsengrr Established 1873
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Rockdale Repertar Established 1883
ROCKDALE. MILAM COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY. APRIL 16. 1964
18 PAGES
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"56.15
City Councilmen Hear Report
On Probe of Water Troubles
Study Completion
Still Month Away
By PILL COOKE
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water troubles. The probe is costing $500. arid after
Tuesday'- report it was evident that the engineer' still
has $499 worth of work to do
But Sam McKenzie of Hunter Associates of Dallas
and Austin says' hell be
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BIBLE VERSE
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SCHOLARSHIP WINNER GERRY PHILLIPS IS CONGRATULATED
Lions. Presiden* Jim Whitchurch (right) makes award
■ The i ijiliteousne-
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transgressors sha'l i
their
up-
through and hi:-; final report
vs'ill lie made at the May 12
council meeting
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Ml men eventually tench what
is called 'hr metallic „«gr gold
in their teeth, silver at 'heir
l ir and lead m their pants
Actual!;* e-vervb**dv ought to
s'ns on tt.eir toes Like the two
plumbers telling how it was
hark when they were beginners
lore .istc "In tfimw d-<iv«,*‘ -said
one. ’they let us Jay two lengths
of pipe mrt then they turned
i >e water on- - and ue luui to
kec|. ahead »>f it
/. to Build
New Post Home
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Veterans i
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a neu* norm-
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Marshall, dt:
freer
The 2.000 a are - foot huiid
,ng will be met ted on !br Nort
-the -Htgh w»v a H#Vf melt
west of the west city limit* »r
US 70
W«rv It w. ill be built by Coffield
w 1.1 build C< rust it ;et ion Co. and cost will
O.'sk Park. Lie a p p r o x im a t »• I y $8500.
.irirounn Marshall slid The • te ha* t*ee»r
\V diet o' . ' .ir- utid .nit st roe i *r: i- due
en k*c of-
Gloria Armour. Jcrrianna Full-
er, Linda K e e n, Sharon
i i.sveatt, Connie VV* tDon
Cvmibie. Royvc Lawr? nee
Jur.iot ! a n cl a Baxter,'
Nancy Harr. • n. Diane Walter ,
.lam Williams. Sherlyu Ward- '
law, Linda Smith, Janice
Stewart. Linda Merrtmon. ■
Ccpte Perry, Wayne V'oskamp.
Fred Woodward, Doug Young.
Sophomores, Henry Abei,
Co< hi an Green, B<*bby Moor-
man, Don Shelton, Dt an stile .
Tommy Thweatt. Linda Back-
bans, Cheryl B- >* ts. Oayiof
Green. Bi<nd:i Haup* l.ea Lav,
Vicki Philippe.- and Lou White
Guest speaker for the Dan
net was D* W C >r tucLuicL
proftrsea if edurafinn at S-»m
Hourinn State College, Hunt--
v 11 Ir* Dr Carmichael is als ►
vice-president of the Texas'1
State T each ere Amn
The speaker lisle d five
■ ideals*' tor educational ex-
•. < l< t;ee firi'.-ht'. science, ser-
vice. toil and compassion
Educational e x c e ! i e n c et
'r.ouId be -<>ught foj ot e pur-
pose. the good of all mankind."
he explained
Explaining the ideal of fideh-;
tv, he said the student should,
always maintain a faith m tin
im provability of man A1
Mayor L C. Mehafiey in—
Mrur'ed McKen/ie to oring the-
" picdrc " with him May 12
■ - We w ant to know what is
can‘"mg1 low water pressure rtv»
>*. me areas, and we want to
-
pei ii i! <;i'^rilocation Then we ll
want you to tell gx how tcT
remedy 1 hese uoubk-s, anU
■a hat it'- going to cost,” Mehaf- j
ley raid.
The aldirmet) spent most of.
their engthy meeting ustening:
Vo McKenzie, hut they al<o took,
care vf •< *-.ral other matters,
mcituiu g
] Authori/ing a new, j-ix- j
men water main for Grace
Street adjacent to the West-1
wood Addn . to replace the pre- I
■sent two-inch main
2 Began stud* necessary tc»
lurm an old,;.nance tor- bltm
H gulation of pool halts A San
Angelo “model ordinance’* 'vt»s
submitted h* the Texas Munici*Jp
pa! Leagu*- lor studv
3 Summer water rates were
put trvtc effect, with the .June |
I hilling to r fleet the new*!
isites. The >itmmw *"»%#«
duce the charge of 23 cents to
15 cents per 1,000 gallons after
the first 10,000 gallons rotvsiim- j
.d
4 The annual audit of the i
city ’s books was authivrize-d. j
with the L’ P ' *plogger Co of j
Waco getting the <<>b
5. Votes from the April 7
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Lynn LeQuire
In Texas Cast
For World's Fair I
Lynn LeQuire daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer LeQuire of Rockdale, will be a Can-Can
dance-i in the Frontier Palace, a portion of the
1 xa.- Section at the World’s Fair which opens
April 21.
Miss LeQuire, a pretty blonde sophomore
at North Texas University, is a veteran per-
fpn-ner in ihe Campus Revue at Six Flags
Over Texas The Tc xas Section at the World’s
Fair will be operated by the Great Southwest
Corp which operates Six Flags.
Lynn and a close- friend, Joyce Greenwood
' G a phi i d, a .iu«i -r a* Southern Methodist
University, were both chosen for the World’s
Fair on the basis of their performance at Six
Flags.
They flew to New York from Dallas Wednes-
day on a chartered flight for Texas perform-
er They will pend until the Fair opening on
rehearsals and preparations.
Lynn, Joyce and the other performers will
live in a -dx miry apartment house called Sam
Houston Arms It was constructed especially
for the fair’: Texas employees and DuPont
employ ees
A! of the young performers, like Lynn, will
im re pre vnted by an agent, arranged for them
by the Great Southwest Corp. The agent will
take are o! the business affairs of the perform-
ers.
Lynn will bo working a six-hour day six
tiny pet week, ith one dav off each week.
The eontrnrt calls for six months? which Is the
duration of the fair this year.
It will be hard work," Lynn said, “but it
will Iso be interesting and educational—the
chance of a lifetime.”
LYNN LEQUIRE
Gause Well Now
Al 13,100 Feet
For New Record
Shell Oil Company 's wildcat
Ltd »h« Tiek«*t . . .
QYFff AT TAMER* >N Cmre ,~
i ft How who must have
stapled out with thone plumb-
ers 1 note that in their school
board election laid Saturday
Hoy Law led (he ticket Just
forty years ago back in
1924 this same Roy Law
led the ticket in the county
election when he ran for lax
collector, a position he held for f|y? miles southwest f Game
immy yeais [was drilling at 13.100
*--- J Wednesday.
Idle Thoughts ... When the Smack over test.
1FMORY CAMP Who has a new due to go lfi.000 fix't or more.
building on Ackerman across passed the 12.670-foot mark it
from' the post office thinks became the deepest oil test ever
widening the street is a good to be drilled in Milam County.
idt 1 See Letters to Editor on Pan Ain's wildcat eight miles
editorial page* lr you were 1 east of Lexington was drilling
on a jet plane flying from New at below 6,000 u et Wednesday
York to Paris did you know you ft, too. is a scheduled Itt.OoL
See H AMBLINGS, page 2 ! foot Smack m i exploration
lieve in the vrK-ial nece>«it
Sec PHILLIPS, page
64-65 First-Graders
To Register April 24
Jo start, jin mediately
Nurlt-u* of the new VFW
h >fne will he an existing build-
ing donated by H H Coffield
1 d mo ed ns the Be, Mar- ' -Pi
.'till The main room will have j
approximate!v 1 4f'P vrpiare feet.:
<‘f floor par*? Besides this,
thh'r? A'fTt hi* a kili-heif,'
ter i-ge and office space, and
)v*t rooms
One end of the building will :
be used by the International
Bi other hood of F, l e c t r i e a 11
Workers Local No. 2076 Tfui
group wi11 have an office and .*
IZxIfi meeting room, with; Registration day at the e!e-
prfvate entrance mentary school will lie Friday.
The building program IVi*. April 24. when nt;x' yeor; fir*t
been brought to a head bv 'he
work of Marshall and Ed
i < iokar, assistant quarter-j Principal r.idon Bail vain that
master, official*;, said registration information sheet.*
D C Knott is post romman- k*‘rn distributed to parents
, ... . . . However, he noted that persons
: der Other officers tnchicfc,[ who havc moved herf, ,inee
( harlca F a t e, a d j u t a n t; ( ihe January school census, who
Clarence Krenek, quarlermast- j win have a first-grade student
or l^*on Hurta. senior vie*- nc-xt fall, should contact him.
! commander; Vernon Alexnmter, \ for additional information
junmi vice-comrnandcr Leshi-j R^istratiot, wiH bcRm „
2:30 p.m. on April 24 Parents
arc asked to bring the n gjstra-
third ideal, service, has l>ccn > eit-y electifwwi wvre canvassed
the incentive of the world's j fi The election winners, j
greatest teachers, he '•ontmued.
"7*011. the fourth ideal means
: imply that the student mu.-4
be willing to work to achic* e
*. \< • li<- •• We mu ’ all he-
New Drug Store to benefit library
Grand Opening
This Weekend
Book Sale Set
Here Saturday
Mebaffey issued an
welcome to Perry, a newcomer
to the council table
grade «tudonts will register and
draw for -ectiotvs.
Mayor Mchaffey and Aldermen 1
Frank Hydcr, M N S'nekei ( Fred Mows Jr ihi> vvcck to* >
end Pre-ton Pen v. were sworn | nouncef the opening <-t his new j
into office i store, Morri* Pharmacy, located: ,
.. . . in .|H> chopping wnter. The! Friends of the Library thLo terson Memorial Library with
‘4 1,1 • store opened Monda*, with a • week "announced final plane! 'Mrs. N C. Malachek and Mrs.
Grand Opening plane, d for j for .. used book sale to be held
Friday and Saturday of this ’ Saturday, and the organization,
week. ,j ,ia1svii;» ..repurtccl us membership
Morris «aid that during the goal of LOCO new members has
grand opening, visitors to tho! hten met.
store may register for free | The bo-.K sale will be held
; prizes A "young folks"! Saturday at the Lucy Hill Pat-
registration table will be pre-j '
jrarrd for vouth age « Jhroua a j^ nr^rtpri fATfH
high school vgc The prize KlV.VJ»\U vMIvri
Vl-so during the registration, i "’1*1 he a transistor radio a*ai\r UAIIhiV
h. and books entitled “Sailing In- Prizes for the adult :ncl» '<ie 1 MONDAY
to Reading" will be distributed, j a barbecue grill, pen and pencil
cmnb'S.nd bn,* ..,C gf ALCOA LAKE
These handbooks, prepared by j set'.
Ball, first grade teachers an J | first-aid kits, and an automatial
srhrqjl counselor Mrs Fred
Bayleaa; gives general informa-
tion needed by new pupils and
their parents.
kar. oM.«tant quartermaster
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turn forms that have been mail-
ed to them, birth certificates
Bnd health records.
It probably won't happen tic could result when so many|
again m a thousand years, but > events ana points' were invoiv-
the district 1WAA University] <d.
lntcrscholavtic League spring
meet wujrtd up m a tie.
RHS arid AAM Consolidated ed
each poled a grand total of
248 pot ids to deadlock Un t<»p
honors in the meet that featur-
ed everything from slide-rule
competition to charm*
A total of 888 points were
awarded du rng the 2J-phnso
meet which was chmajjd Fri-
day and Saturday at WHS.
District officials were busy
scratching their noggin* Mon-
day. unable to believe that a
Holiday* Sorta
Tuewday, San Jacinto Day,
will be observed as holiday by
Alcoa’s Rockdale* Workr; and
Rochdale State Bank. Mast
other stores will remain op«*t»,
and Industrial Generating Co.
will not observe the day aa *
holiday.
Boys debate: 1. Chirle:*
Cotropia and Troyce Williams,
llcarn? ; 2. Keith Mims and
Bu^ that’s mst what happen-j Sam Crcmwcll, A&M,
Boys pm«try interpretation:
1 Kent Capertcn, Caldwell; 2.
Jerry Maines*. Rmkctale; 3.
Judsam Smith, Cameron
Cirk poetry interpretation;
t. Gloria Armour. Rockdale;
2. Nancy Inglis., A&M; 3. Joyce
Vnligura. Caldwell,
Btiy* prose reading; 1. James)
Only ono- PaVOit.k Cameron; 2. Ja< k Cof-
fev. A AM; 3. William E. Smith,
Caldwell,
Girls prose reading; 1.
See UIL EVENTS, page 2
The final totals were post-
1 as follows:
R?m kdalc
248
A&M Conwdidatixl
248
Nai'asota
105
Cameron
1(14
Caldwell
83
Hierra*
!ttl
The totals were
abend a a
wierd as possible,
point scparaied third - place
Navasota and fourth - place
Cameron, and only three points,
sc pa rated fifth-place Caldwell
and sixth-place Heamo.
RHS Principal Charlie Mar-
tin announced the results of the
events as follows:
Ready - writing: 1. Peggy
Goodwin, Navasota; 2. Del ore*
Sonntag. Rtickriale; 3. Dt»rothy
Ann Zetnanek, Hearne.
Girls debate f, J. Whitehead
and K Bemdt. A.ttM; 2. B<.m-
rue Curry and Judy Choate.
NavaauUu
An Era Postponed?
"R<»aring Twenties,” tire
lions Club’s annual variety*
show, has been poiwtpi^ned from
May 1-2 until Mnv 15-16, Jim
Whitchurch, club president ha*
announced. The show will be
directed l,y Mr and Mrs. Tom
Underwood.
! ekr-tru* egg cookot
I “No purchase i- required in!
! registering for any of these]
prizes,” Morris raid Free!
j Cokes and other gifts will also
i be featured Friday and Satur-1
day.
The store will feature i new j
i and modern prescription do-j
partnient, completely .-locked.’
i "We will tie available anytime, i
j day or night, to fill ptescr.p- I
j lions.” 1ho owner said.
] Tho store merchandise iijt-j
Tonight's RHS band concert! ‘ !l complete line “I drug ■
will be hold as a tribute to the ,1,c1ni‘ a,,d « nninbrr ■ »f
late Mrs M. E <Dolly* Law. for f0"' 1bu>v pla"nod ,opl
years an enihusuist.c supporter ! ,c n’ *,'K' ' 1" ' IH ’’
Concert Tonight
Is Dedicated to
Mrs. M. E. Law
The biggest catch ever I
made at Alcoa 1-ake wa> re- i
corded Monday afternoon i
when Mrs Jack l^ewts land-
ed a 46-pound yellow catfish.
She triad?* her catch near
the mouth of the channel at
the lake inlet while water
was being lumped into the
lake “It was a big fight to
get him in. Hr struck about
5 30 p.m. and I finally land-
ed him about 6 15." she ex
plained.
The firh t xceeded by one
J P Pogue in charge.
Used books anu magazines to
i < 'Id - hovdd be brought to
the library prior to ihe sale,
Mrs. Lee Ira Hairston, librarian,
? v plained
The books suitable for circu-
lation will go into the library’s
collection and the others will
be sold for from five to 50
cents, she explained. Money
railed will go into the library’s
book fund.
"Many book'-' have already
been brought to the library
arid they include numerous
children's books as well ast
adult books,” Mrs. Hairston
said.
“Thi- will he an annual af-
fair, so citizens are urged to
buy several books at the sale,
read them, and bring them back:
to sell next year,” she explain-
• d
Library news was good new**
Mondav when the Friends of
the Library held their first an-
ual meeting at the Patterson
Library.
Mr- B F. Cook, chairman of
, of the school band program
W. C. 'Bill* Grusendorf. di-
rector. said the concert will
start at 7:30 p. rn. in the RHS
auditorium Admission will be
50 cents for adults and 25 cents
for students, and proceeds will
go to the band s memorial fund
which was established by the
j students after Mrs. I^iw’s death
in March.
Grusendorf said that the
memorial fund was returned
to the band by the Law family.
"Mr L.aw asked that the fund
be used to purchase something
for the band in Mrs
ing
5b).
•sec advertisement, page!
•he membership committee, re-
pound the previous record, a j ported that tin* new orgarviza-
45-pound cat which wa i tion would exceed the member-
caught by E. L, McGuver. 1 See BCX3K SALE, page 2
Perry Re-Elected Trustee
Prexy; Faculty Appointed
School board officers who
re-elected and teachers tor
1064-65 appointed during a;
nehooi trustee lunchtott la «
Thursday in the RHS boa id!
Law's i nwn.
added
NEW PASTOR -The Rev.
Howard Baldwin is the
new pastor of the local
Nazarene Church (see story,
page 4c).
name,” the director noted. ^ 'Mo»*' P«itv was, re-
Tonight’s proceeds will be i ‘hrted a* >< hool lx .»i<i ft?
to the fund and the | !'cnt , l°thcIT W<' °
money will be us?d to pur- l>r 7Ioh4n \ Richard* vire-
chase a piccolo, he said. i preMdci.t, and Brice Crow, sec
_ . ' ret ary-treasurer.
Selections will include “761 Cicrw and Hervrv Tvler. r«-
Trombtmes”. "Lawrence j elected to the board during the
Arabia”. "Second American April 4 school election*, were
Folk Rhapsody", "The Sin- j -worn in during th?» meeting.
Ionian**, “Brighton Beach”.
“Fanfare and Scenario” and
"Theme From the Polo vet man
Dance*.”
Elementary principal Eldon
Ball, junior-high principal
Ernie Laurence and Avctx'k?
principal O. L. Wilhite will re-
turn next year, but RHS prin-
cipal Charlie Martin, who re-
. ,gned last wet*k, will be re-
placed.
Perry said that the board
considering the vacancy,
bui was not far enough along
to say whether or not Martin’*
replacement would come from
tiie RHS faculty. Sirpt. J. M.
MtKirman said he had received
no formal letters of application
for the position, but that he
expected them to begin arriv-
ing soon.
Ehmeriiary tear hers apixrint-
«xi for next year are Mr*. Edith
^tile*. Mrs*. Sidney. Schaaf, Mr*
Ifyrtle Ix>ve and Mrs. Carmen
Yeager, find grade; Mn. Grace
Eiland. Mrs. Bertha McLeod*
Mrs. Jewel William# and Mra.
Joyce Martin, second grade.
Alao, Mrs. Alma Doss, Mm
Be marline Rmn. Mrs, Pauling
Hill and Kathcnne Melton,
third grade: Mra. Louise Se*#»
dons. Mrs. Pearl Rinn, Mra.
Edna Clark and Mrs. Robbie
Petty, fourth grade; Mra.
Kathrvne Johnston. Mn.
Evelyn Tunnell, Mra. Mildrecf
Petty and Mra?, Georgia Dyer,
fifth gra<».
Junior - high appointment*:
Bill Hell, science; Zeke Alford
Jr., math; Duane Vincent, math}
Mr*. Jo Ann Voduwiip,
Mra. Glen Lumpkin*,
See SCHOOL,
ii
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