The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1959 Page: 2 of 20
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•—ROOK DALE s?iii) RETCRTER
De^w.ber 24. !*!*
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wishes you a very
merry, merry Christmas
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t i I the «• planning to hunt
year will just resolve not t«
Ji.ad the ir rifin un.il on the -pot
#her« ttk't plan to hunt, keep
»he »fct on and muzrel up until
r<*ad> to gh» in and be certain
that what they right in ij, not
anofh't hunter, accident record*
thi* year will remain low.”
Excitement some Li met leave*
our mind* blank for *econd’., time
enough to rnr■>. a deer or kill a
friend.’ said the executive. ' If
you're not positive it'.* game,
dor, t *qi»eez«- the 'rigger ThO
chance out of a thousand tha* it
iwn't voir g irm* i- too great a
char , e fr* t.ak* It f.ir better 'o
i♦'turn empty handed than to take
ii chance on .evidently killing ;«
f i tend ”
ROCKDALE
DAIRY QUEEN
WILL BE CLOSED
FOR THE C'HKlSTMAS HOI.I DAYS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23
THROUGH JANUARY 3
Reopening January 4
May Wc* Extend Our Wish
that Each of You May Have a
Merry Christmas
AND A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS
NEW YEAR I960
The current total .land' at 3fT.
suit fi!*-d for permanent injunc-
tion again t 4ft3 loan companies.
Forty permanent injunction, have
been granted against 42 r-ompan
A' orn* < General Will Wilt-on
* itirruite that the nrnall loan de-
mand in the -tale is approximate-
i. four hundred rmiltori dollar
a year, with uxt) million of it
hark'd bv loan companies
The ,<• companies have been
r harmr n more than lfHi per cent
intiii annually and some a-
rriur h » 300 per cent," he said
"Our investigations of hundred-,
of thr < comparin'" have con-
vliir i -d u that .* great propr»rtion
of 'lie borrower1; are actually eh-
gibi< for bunk credit The’, would
t>e far better off doing business
with a bank
\ itaniin 'A*
\ Nrrrssity for
I lightweight (
COI.I KGK STATION l.ight-
v igfit t a I Vi". '250-400 pounds!
being full fed in feediof . lU’kl
vitamin A in then ration, ae
cording to I' f> Thompson, ex-
tension animal husbandman A
deficiency could develop within
» 00 da\ unles the < • nual
nutrient I- lupplk'l The first*
and most recognizable symptom
| of the deficiency i night blind
new*
Kecervi sourr in of vitamin A
are stored in th* liver and fat *>r
beef rattle ri*»>mp«*n» explained
Mow ever l,g h twelfth t calves do
rad have as much storage capacity
a*, older mimals A>
Yellow corn is th<‘ only feed
grain i 'attaining * tuiirce of this
vitamin However, don’t rely ori
torn alone to furnish the require-
ment a there are commercial
‘ourres of the vitamin available
which dia-. la- mixed with tint
ration Alfalfa hay of good green
color i in b«’ led at trie rate of one
Pound daily or mix five per cent
alfalfa rne.il or pellets with the
lalion to .upplv the requirement
Mixture, which contain only
ground e«r corn and cottonseed
on al or ground orghmn grain
and cottonseed meal are most
likely to cau ■*’ deftcusncie it fed
lightweight calve Rations of
ground vorghum grain cot'on eeil
rneal and cottonseed hubs an- also
deficient in carotene or vitamin
A potency
Baled ha bundle- and other
cured roughages which do not
have pea green color should riot
• .'rendered *■ good sourc* foi
the vitamin, the husbandman arid
ed
By VERM SANFORD
So' ding* that
nerve a* monument* for year* to
. orne Other* build bridge* A
;ew oeconv* giants or njmmrrcr
and industry All make great
names for tbemseive*.
Did It ever recur to you that
the man who plants a simple lit-
tle tree that grow and grow* and
grow* also builds a monument that
may lad for a hundred years'*
perhaps one of the great***4 a-
well as one of the amplest things
anv individual can do, to project
himself into po'tenty, is to pl.jnt
a tree It certainly is a satisfy-
ing ar t ornplr hment, to -ay the
least, and one that increase in
stature a. time goes on.
If one tre»* can do so much for
mankind, then think what hun-
dred of tree* can do Or a thou-
sand tree’s planted by one man
With th;-. thought m mind I be-
arne especially intere- ted in a
recent news release fr*>m the Texas
Forext Indu ;tri**‘ Committee ft
aid that Dr S Ft Warner, a re-
tired department head at Sam
Houston State Teachers College at
Huntsville, has been voted the
out landing T< <u Tree Farmer of
l$tr>k
Dr Warn*" owns 2/100 Here-
of tlmberland scattered through-
out Walker, San Jacinto and
Grime f ountie It i<n’t ricti lanft
But Dr. Warner enjoyed the
mitdoors He worked in the
wiK»d' He planted a f« v tf*-
where other had been removed
He took l,.s biology class into the
wood and 'her* tt,*- mnrilir also
learned about tree
Dr Warner began to assemble
his acreage bar K i r i the 1 Ii JO',
when most evervoru* el * wa cry-
ing about 'he depression Aft*'r
hi* daily cl.i •• he went into
the forest a rid did hardwood con-
trol, culling out worthless timber.
Then he concentrated on building
better lock That's why today he
i recognized as the outstanding
tree farmer of Texa
The tree farm which Dr W ir-
ner built piovtdes home and haven
for wildlif*' Bird- n*’st in the
tree Small game breed and mul-
tiply in hi forest.
loo little is known by the av-
er.ig** person of the tree* of Fast
Texa where we still have our
national forest) Actually there
are ik properties in the T*-xa
Tiee Farm pn.g.an; which have
been in family ownership foi more
than 100 years
Tii*’;‘ farms dating back to
tin day* <>1 the Hepublic, ar*’ in
the Houston < ounty group Ttsey
cover f|55 acre-, of the 13,415 acres
already booked in t.h*’ program in
thi* area
Througiiout Texas there are
1,111 tree farms covering 3,0119,774
acres Thi; puts Texas in third
pla* *■ iri the nation in certified
acreage Mississippi i-. first and
Alabama second
With .< ti<-c program like this,
Texas will continue to have wild-
life for a long time This is
particularly true through the new
oil bank program which gives
credit tor wildlife h.ibi'at prac-
tu c* Under tru progi <rt land-
owner* rnay enter their land In
trie |ir«||tam, uni fini itai vent <■
' t op—wildl.fe
Whether you realize ,t >>r not,
a a hunter or fisherman, you are
helping m this program Excise
taxes on hunting and fishing
equipment are helping to do this
job. •
The DingelJ-Johnson bill which
provide* for fishery work, showed
, i* lection for HfSk of 54,994 ■
f.22 41 That is up >me 1270 00b
over the previous year
Under the Bittman-Robertson
act, the collection on gun- and
ammunition totaled S14.flI7.3B0.75.
This was ,i half-million less than
1957
Money derived from these two
sources is used by the U S Fish
and Wildlife Service on a match-
ing basis with state fund- There
i.s Federal aid up to 75 per cent
of approved projer is conducted by
state wildlife conservation agenc-
ies.
Texas Is taking full advantage
of its apportionment—the maxi-
mum under th* present formula
Texas' Outdoors Industry
There i * growing demand in
Texas for hunting and fishing
equipment. A a result more and
more Texft. manufacturer .if <■
springing up to turn out outdoors
merchandise.
Practically every city of an .
size in Texa- ha> a manufacturer
turning out good fishing lures ot
;ome kind of device for fishermen.
If n*>f that, then bullets, mounts
,ir.*l .copes, game calls, clothes or
c.imping equipment for the hunt-
er
Some of the award-winning fish
caught in the United States the
past sea-on were taken on T’ xax
made lures. They include the
Bomber, Whopper Stopi»er, Dixie
J*’ts. Old English, Hump Lures,
Hawk lures, Sportsman Lures, Pico
Perch, Jensen and a half-dozen
others
Yes sir, hunting and fishing
figure very strongly in our econo-
mic picture in Texas today . .
and public: interest is rapidly in-
creasing.
Farm Operator*
Ma\ Sfx-ial
S«N*urit> BrnHu*
Some farm operators may be
tosmg vaiuaMc social xecunty
protertion because of mi-undcr-
•a* iw.g M- .rue M Chastain,
district manager of the Temple
Social Security offire reported to-
day
Some farmers have commented
to u that they believed the filing
of social security reports of farm
earnings was optional in every
* j-r. cijaMdtr* ; .iiu
Self-employed farmers having
r.*-* earning of at lea** $4oo in a
taxable year are required to file
o< lal security reports and pay the
oeiarl security tax, he explained
Only when a farmer’s net earnings,
arc less than ft400 may he consider
using the “optional method” ot
reporting *0 g«? social security
credit*. The "op'ional method”
allows a farmer with gross farm
income of at least $600 a .♦*ar to
report efficient net earnings to
receive szjme social security
* redits.
W<* believe that some farmers
with low earnings have missed
getting social security protection
U’f ause they were unaware of the
‘optuonal method’ for reporting."
Cha-tain remarked "Tax re-
turns for the past three years can
still be filed if gross income
amounted to $600 or more in each
year These ;ocial security credits
may be needed to qualify for re-
tirement benefits later on,” h*
added
Workers reaching retirement
;>g<- this year need a minimum of
four years social security coverage
jot cu Cf'iiiLnai
KAY S DRESS SHOP
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exLit, cutd. ate cortte tc w<vt^^up iti*n.
MATT. 2 ?
JCRWStMAj
To wish you a Joyful
and Peaceful Christmas.
MERLE'S
WOHDERBURGERS
HIGHWAY 77 — SOUTH OF UNDERPASS
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ROCKDALE LODGE
NO. 124
KNIGHTR of PYTHIAS
JAMES GILBERT, <’ (
DON HALL, Secretary
Meets Every Tuesday Night at th«
W. O. W. Hall at 7:30 p m.
ROCKDALE LODGE
NO. 414, A. F. fc A. M.
Regular meeting night: First
Thursday in each month, 7:30 p m
Practice F.ach Monday, 7:30 p.m
VETERANS FOREIGN WARS
meets
First and Third Tuesdays
VFW CLUB
Highway 77 South
TO YOU
A Happy Christmas
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A Prosperous 1960
from
MEHAFFEY'S
WE WILL BE CLOSED
SATURDAY, DEC. 26
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Richards Clinic
and Hospital
ROCKDALE
C’HEisTmfls Mason
We cherish the happiness our old and new
friends have given us, and at this joyous and
heartwarming season extend our sincerest
wishes for Christmas Happiness.
mf HANK' YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDLINESS
0 AND PATRONAGE THIS PAST YEAR.
WHITE AUTO STORE
Carl W. Summerlin
ft oflar mdi
aria mi- lEiirtiiurais
JOHH T. HALE
INSURANCE
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PERRY HARDWARE
AND FURNITURE
ROCKDALE
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Cooke, W. H. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1959, newspaper, December 24, 1959; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth694205/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.