The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 7, 1962 Page: 2 of 16
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t—WOOCDALE (Tw.) REPORTER__
GEM 1NE PONY EXPRESS R 4CE
June* 7, 1**52
Shades of the Old West
One of the outstanding features Towery is chairman «>f the event
of Frontier Days will be the Pony
Express Race scheduled for 10
a. m. Saturday, final day of the
celebration.
The race will start at Minerva
and end in Rockdale with riders
from the Rockdale Roping and
Cutting club competing with rid-
ers from the Town and Country
Riding club of Davilla. Mark
The Pony Express will carry
what stamp collectors know as
"First Day Coveis" and these will
be available to those who make
their requests known to the
Chamber of Commerce, according
to Henry Tyler, general chairman
of the celebration.
The riders will start at Min-
erva and a Roekdale police car
WHATS A BOX SUPPER?
, iSnnpson. Ja
Turner, Hare
| Lane. The e
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•kc
Frontier Party to
Close Celebration
Gay climax to Rockdale’s Fron-* dances and popular dancing, too.
tier Days next Thursday, Friday
and Saturday will be the Frontier
Partv downtown at 7:30 p. m.
r aturday.
Tne party will be held at the 1
city downtown park and also in i
the block of Ackerman street ad-
joining the park There* will he !
dancing, games and a box sup- '
per. i
Mark Towery. who is arrang-
ing details of the party, said it
will be a regular old-time hoe-
down affair. It will start off with
a grand march and there will be
folk dances such as the Virginia
Reel. The Girl I Left Behind Me,
Old Dan Tucker, along wdth square
Salty Trail Ride
Will Have Parade
Saturday Morning
The Annual Salty Trail ride and
camp-out will liegin at 9:30 a m.
Saturday at Fair Hark, MarkTow- j
ery announced Monday.
After forming at the park, the !
riders will parade through town!
and continue the ride to Alcoa j
Lake, where a stop for lunch will
lx* made. The overnight camp- I
out will be on the Towery place*1
at Salty.
Riders are requested to bring j
their own lunch, but a stew sup-
p< r and a breakfast will be served j
to the riders. Towery said
“A western party will be* held
during the- evening," Towery said.
The ride is open to everyone* who j
wants to participate* he said.
There’ll even be* some twisting
if the public wants it,” Towery
said.
Music will be by the* Dodd Bro-
thers of Milano
Box Supper
The box supper will be under
the direction of Harold Love*.
"All the old timers know what
a box supper is, but I have been
told some of the younger genera-
tion do not know what we're* talk-
ing about,” Love* said By way of
explanation he* said that at a box
supper the.* girls make up a "pic-
nic” lunch, enough for two, and
do them up in various styles of
fancy boxes or package.
"All these boxes of good tilings
to eat are brought to the auc-
tion stand,” Love continued, "and
the men present bid on them one*
by one as they are brought up for
auction. When a man has bought
a box he opens it to find the name I
of tiie girl who prepared it and
the two of them go off for their ]
picnic lunch on the grounds.”
j "Also,” Love added, "for the j
* benefit of those who don't know <
the ropes, the* girl usually manage
| will be at the starting point and Th
radio back to the dispatchers of- 1 item,
I flic at the city hull heie to advise*
j when tin* iace begins (’hanging . t{(<
riders and hot * ' at regular in- | for p
| tervals, the race will go down ! llh.,
i Highway 77 to th** old Talbott -p, ,,,
Ridge road cutoff
Tie* riders will continue c
this loael which comes into Bt 1-
t**n street in Rockdale They will
rat* down Helton street to Acker-
man and down Ackerman to the
Rockdale post office where th** . t
race will officially end. ......
: f’OlH.it
( ollectorr who are interested in , y,,,p .
the F i t Day Cover-, are given
tne following description: The en- j ‘'
velope, which can carry any let- ' '‘‘t”'',*
ter, h;c. a picture of ,i pony express
rider with the wording, "First ! ’J11 1
P'*ny Fxpuss Mail, Minerva to , 1 ’*
Rockdale, June 6 1962 " I £vlTf..
, ' < argil!
(mlnals explained that the **n- (*p M |,,
velope will be sold for $1 by the "
Chamber of Commerce. Orders
may be left with Mrs. S H Cur-
lee, manager. The envelope will '
be addressed a- directed to the
purchase! oi to whoever h<* desig-
nates. All of th*- First Covers will t
h)i* to th#* Mjficrrv«i of
fice. The stamps will be cancel- |
;<**l with tin Minerva postmark to i
complete tin* job of making them
oflinal "First Cover ”
will then b** a e
t was explained
Exprtn Rider*
ig in the P«ti> Exp
Horkdale Roping ;
be H.
e Ga
It.
High School Library Will
Remain Open During June
v
An
To
J A ? You may think
this is old J. A., the Yegua
Phiiosophfi in person, but it’s
just O. 1* Me X icl, Roekdale
electrician, dressed up for
Rockdale's Frontier Days.
"I’rn not quite* as goodlooking
as J A tint a whole lot
saltier." O. B. admitted.
development that the library b**
used consistently within lor li-
brary visits m order to do research
work, assigned reading, and pro-
jects, the librarian said.
Students who take five sub-
jects become hard pressed for
library periods. Opening the li-
brary for students during the sum-
curriculum j mer will give them a lair chance
— —.—I t(J carry on a reading program;
thereby enriching their studies
and conserving time fur laboratory
work later. Mrs Marshall explain-
ed.
Continuing she said: "students
who desire to take several reading
. , - courses during the long term are
ApproximatrU 3d art students for time to do th#* amount
oi Mrs. it fc. JsiTuin will exmoit ; required reading in their
I courses With the library open
The Rockdale high school li-
bra r? will h. open during the
month of June for the enrich-
ment *>1 summer school courses
and to give all students an oppor-
tunity to use its resources for
recreational, research and lie*
vclopmental reading,” according to
Mrs. Ida Jo Marshall, librarian.
Most all the new
Art Gallery Set
For Frontier Days
NEED HELP AT HOME?
They'll Clean
some 75 or more oil paintings at* j
the Art Gallery during Frontier
Days in Rockdale.
Mrs. Smith said the art show I
will be held in the corner section,
of the funner Perry hardware'
building, corner of Cameron and j
Ackerman, throughout Frontier
Days.
The work will be that of fall
and winter students, she said, and
all will be oil paintings done in
a variety of techniques such as
glaze, painting knife, and brush
work.
Costume Prizes
To Be Awarded
On Final Night
t hi*
out-
WE STILL HAVE A
LITTLE SPACE LEFT
IN OUR MOTH PROOF
STORAGE
VAULT
Why let moths ruin your
winter clothes when you can
protect them at a very rea-
sonable cost?
To repair ONE moth hole
can cost you more than the
■torage cost for all your
Winter garments!
BACKHAUS
CLEANERS
SStH Stamps Given with
All Professional Services
TRY OUR COIN-OP
DRY CLEANERS
GREAT
GIFT
FOR
Fathers
6
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w 3f>eeD3HAven.
with 'Floating-Heads'
• Ml fact! TJoetmf-Heads’ bug
every ctave.
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cleaner, closer.
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110-220 v.
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NOftTM AMERICAN
PHILIPS COMPANY. INC.
Ml Ceet *2n4 Street
New Vera 17, New Verk
to let her best boy friend know
! what her box lunch looks like .so
| fie can outbid all opposition.
I Otherwise he might find his best
gal eating lunch witfi his arch
I rival for her hand and love . . .
I and sandwiches.”
Receipts from the sale of the
| box lunches will go to help defray
a portion of the expenses of Fron-
1 tier Days, officials said
—
ABOUT YOUR
Health
L. (editor’s notoi 'this is a
t feature prepared by tha state
health department.)
A person * #ii) 11vf* thn»* w*-<’ks
without food, three* days without
water, but only three minutes
j without air.
Would you know what to do if
I a member of your family or
| neighbor became unconscious and
topped breathing and there wa-
1 no doctor around?
In just a few minutes anyone
I can learn th** technique known as
j mouth to mouth breathing Tins
method has been known to man
since biblical times but has re-
! cently been proven much more
j popular than any other method of
artificial respiration.
This technique may be used to
revive all unconscious arid non-
breathing victims of drowning,
electric shock, smoke or gas in-
halation, drug or chemical poison-
I mg, injuries to head, chest, neck,
j and abdomen, convulsions, cardiac
| arrest, and other causes,
i Mouth to mouth rescue breath-
| ing starts with clearing the mouth
I of any foreign objects such as
I tobacco, food, seaweed, toys, loose
teeth or other small objects.
Then, with one hand grasp the
victim’s chin, placing the other
hand on top of the head and with
a rotating motion tilt the head
backward A roll of clothing or
blanket placed under the victim’s
shoulders will help keep the neck
in faovrable position.
Insert the thumb of one hund
between the victim's jaws. Grasp
the lower teeth and pull the jaw
forward. Never let the victim's
chin sag or let his head return to
normal, relaxed position. Stop air
leakage through the nose by
pinching the nostrils closed with
the thumb and index finger of the
other hand.
Next, take a deep breath and
place your mouth over the vic-
tim':- mouth as firmly as possible
in order to prevent air leakage.
Keeping the mouth open wide
br**athe deeply into the victim’s
lungs.
A oon as you see the victim’s
(best ri e you have delivered ade-
quate breath. You must then re-
move your mouth so that the
victim may exhale naturally. Re-
peat rescue breathing about once
every three or four seconds, about
12 to 20 times a minute, until the
victim breathes naturally or until
a doctor arrives. If the yictim is
an infant or small child, breathe
gently using only small puffs from
the cheeks and throat.
Cash prizes for
standing frontn r or western «*os*
I tmne will b*- awarded during th*
j Frontier Party closing Frontier I
Days m Roekdale Saturday night
The prizes will be $10 for the
I most outstandingly-costumed man,
j $10 for the most outstandingly-
| *■<■ turned .*. rn..ts, with $5 priz.c >
j for costumes going to a bo.v and a
■ girl for their cost mnes, according
to J. R Yeager, chairman of the
costume committee,
j Yeager said judges will be se-
I lected arid announced later. The j
! judging will b** on the basis of!
I the costumes that catch the eye j
ami are the most appealing from i
i a Frontier or western standpoint,
| he said,
The judges will move around I
I town during the three day cel**- I
1 brat ion making notes of various I
j costumes, and will be particularly
j busy at the Royal Ceremonies on. |
opening day, and at, the
party Saturday njght.
it
At least 40 Rockdale girls would like to help citizens k«*ep
thing- cleaned arid* pressed this summer, and t the same time,
they'd like to make some money. •
In an effort to raise money for their econd trip to the
tate Junior Olympics meet, the girl* initiated a program of
ironing, window washing, house cleaning and car washing lust
week
"Right now the* working program is
phase of the Junior Olympics,' T A We
director, said. "W<* have over 40 girls who
work for the trip this year ”
Last year, a bottle drive was starter! j
meet to raise money, Weems adder!, but ft
pay $10 each in order to make the trip
A small army of cleaning agent will I
house this summer, if they call the nufi
any of his Junior Olympics girls.
)i** most important
• ms. the program’s
are really willing to
list before th** state
in* girls still had to
lock to any person's
number—Weems or
16 Shoppertunity
Prizes Awarded
Here Saturday
Sixteen Rockdale shoppers won
prizes award* d by local merchants
Saturday in the monthly Shop-
portunity Days. The list of store: ,
winners and prizes is a follow
Meaveri-toSevcntoen, Virgie Gil-
ley, slip; Hodge Man's Shop, Dm
Bradley of Cameron, swim trunks;
McVoy's Grocery and Market, Sal-
ley Ann Hobbs of Lexington.
Frontier I kitchen tool set, Mchaffey’s, Mat \
Gerrato, towel set; Roekdale Mint
1 max Super Market, Maud.* Pugh,
i kitchen knife holder.
A o, Prewitt Drug Store, Bern*
din* Haca. dip tray. The Rockdale
Reporter. Mrs K B Waters, flag
kit; Perry Hardware* and Furni-
ture, Mrs, Roy Richards, snack
set; Mary Arm Shoppe, Evelyn
Moody, dress length of material;
Skrivanek Drug Store. F I, Cast,
jewelled waste basket.
Also, J B White C’o. Depart-
ment Store. Bernice Marshall, set
of dressei lamps; Western Auto,
Ernest Phillips, charcoal grill;
Winn’s, Mrs J I! Mathis, rug;
K Wo lens, Bette.v Close, blanket;
Piggl.v Wiggly, Mr* Wilford Jacob,
bag of groceries, Whit** Auto Store,
Riihard Eaken of Sharp, 12-ft.
joint*U cane fishing pole
Bathing Beauty
Entries Solicited
For Show Friday
Entries are sought for the bath-
ing beauty contest which will be
held at the Rockdale swimming
pool at 7 p. in. Friday during Fron-
tier Days next week.
The beauty show will be fol-
lowed by an aquatic show.
Mrs Robert Ross said that local
business men and stores are being
asked to sponsor contestants in
the bathing beauty event, and
those interested in participating
should sign up at the swimming
pool any tim** between now and
Friday rught of next week. The
swimming pool is open daily be-
tween 2 and 9 p. m. with Ernie
Laurence in charge.
There will be two divisions of
the contest, according to Mrs.
Ross, one for girls 'ages 14 to
17. and one for girls ages 18 to
25. The contest is for single girls
only, she reminded.
Three out of town judges will I titions,
select the winners. The
Following the bathing beauty
contest. Laurence will present an
aquatic show with various diving
and swimming exhibitions.
and the librarian on duty to help
these students, the reading load
UT Gets $5000
In Grants From
Alcoa Foundation
The University of Texas has
received grants and scholarships
totaling $5000 from the Alcoa
Foundation. Alcoa’s Rockdale
Works manager R R Sugg pre-
sented the funds to the University
of Texas president Dr. J. R. Smiley
at a meeting today.
One $2500 grant is designated
to continue a graduate fellowship
in the college of engineering. Of
that amount, $1750 is for the
fellowship holder and $750 is an
unrestricted grant to the uni-
versity. The other $2500 will
underwrite four $625 engineering
scholarships for rising seniors. The
Alcoa Foundation doubled the
number of scholarships over prev-
ious years.
In making the presentation,
Sugg said the Alcoa Foundation,
has a high regard for the Uni-
versity of Texas and is glad to
lend its support through “this
institution for the young men and
women of Texas.”
Recipients of the graduate fel-
| lowship and the four scholarships
j will be named at a later date.
"Since the Foundation's begin-
| ning in 1952, it has presented
more than $3't* million in scholar-
ships, fellowships, summer pro-
fessorships. grants, and special en-
dowments to educational in.stit.i-
Sugg said.
Alcoa Foundation was
for the long term can be lessened
b\ part of it l***ing done during
the summer.
"Reading done in a hasty man-
ner is superficial, it is skimmed
over rather than delved into deep-
ly, it is done under pressure rather
than for pleasure Some of these
factors can be eliminated by read-
ing this summer.
"By doing collateral reading
during summer, the student can
carry on a more enriched program
thereby receiving a deeper under-
standing and a broader knowledge
of each subject taken.
I "Recreational reading can be
done by students this summer
. irWn 111' i* ti» llll ififif1!! th|»i f
I knowledge on their own initiative.
Magazines of many kinds will be
( available for reading during the
! hours which the library is
J open."
The library will be open from
! 8-10 a. m. Monday, Tuesday and
I Wednesday mornings m-xt week.
! During the final two weeks of
June, the library will maintain
the same hours on Tuesday, Wed-
nesday and Thursday mornings.
Wednesday morning from 8-10 a
m. will be set aside to accomodate
those st idents who are not en-
rolled in summer school.
founded for the purpose of using
its net income exclusively for re-
ligious, charitable, scientific, liter-
ary and educational purposes.
Why not give clad a Flag Kit for
Father’s Day! The Reporter Office.
I'M BACK
IN
BUSINESS!
For expert Typewriter and
Office Machine Repair,
call for VAN!
E. B. VANMETEB
522 E. Bell — HI 6-2335
or Call The Reporter Office
Red Cross Report
The Red Cross handled 18 in-
quiries and 20 long distance calls
during the week, Betty Jo I^ank-
ford, service secretary, reported,
j Three emergency leaves, one
j death message, one birth message,
| three health and welfare reports
| and assistance in hardship dis-
charge was reported. The organi-
zation also wrote two checks of
$25 for veterans.
that please Mother tool7.
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WELCOME
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and your new
ROCKDALE FLOOR
COVERING CO.
Best Wishes for a successful
grand opening this Friday and
Saturday.
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