The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 10, 1946 Page: 1 of 12

                                
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ROCKDALE. MILAM COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY. OCTORF* 10 \<UR
NO. 37
fibers To Play
Cameron Friday
Football Rivalry
Between Towns
Is Renewed
Tigers Underdogs
But Due to Give
Yoemen Plenty of
Trouble Friday Night
Football rivalry between Rock-
dale and Cameron, a dead issue
since before the war, is resumed
Week with the Rockdale Ti-
»ers to meet the Cameron Yoemen
on the Cameron field Friday night
in a non-district tilt.
The game Friday night will take
on a little different light for both
schools insomuch as the two
schools are playing in different
districts this year and the go will
have no effect on the title aspir-
ations of either eleven. Cameron
remains in Class A play this year
in district 31-A, while Rockdale
this season is playing class B ball
in District 32-B.
This fact, however, will make
little difference in the interest dis-
played by fans, and a large crowd
of Rockdale Tiger followers is ex-
pected to be in the stands at Cam-
iron Friday night as a Tiger-Yoe-
man game always draws big
crowds. Interest in football, be-
ing revived in Rockdale this year,
is now at an all-time high.
The Tigers Friday night will a-
gain find themselves the under-
dogs, and Cameron is rated by the
guessers as a several touchdown
better team. However, Coach Wil-
kins and McKinney have been
putting their Bengal candidates
through the mill in practice sess-
ions this week, sharpening up the
blocking and taking out the rough
edges that have shown up in the
last two games, and the locals are
expected to throw a scare or two
into the county-seat lads before
See CAMERON GAME, Page 12
C. H. Landis Retires
After 19 Years as City
Night Watchman
C. H. Landis, night watchman
and city policeman in Rockdale
the past 19 years, resigned Monday
and the city council in session
Tuesday morning named Herbert
Cannon to take over the duties of
night watchman.
Landis’ resignation came on ac-
count of ill health and at the ad-
vice of his physician.
For the past 19 years Mr.-Landis
has served the citizens of Rockdale
as night watchman, making an
enviable record. He was appoint-
ed by W. E. Gaither when he was
serving as mayor of Rockdale 19
years ago. During these years Mr.
Landis has had his share of the
trials and troubles that attend the
job of a peace officer, through
good times and bad, through long
cold nights, through rough occas-
ions and the like. “I have been
shot at and I have done some
shooting myself, I have been
cussed a lot and praised some, too,
and I have had good nights and
*me bad ones.” Landis remarked
as he gave up his gun and time-
clock. "But.” he added. “I have
enjoyed serving the people of
Rockdale, and always I have done
■ny best. I have had fine coopera-
10n from city officials and citi-
zens alike. It is with regret that
now find it necessary to turn
the job over to another.”
Cannon is well known in Rock-
ole and recently has been serv-
■ng as a deputy constable under
onstable John Watson. Prior to
at he had served the city as
Pecial officer and on occasions
a substituted as night watch-
man.
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Congress Agriculture
Committee To Meet
At Cameron, Oct. 28
c By W. R. POAGE
pressman, 11th Texas District
first c°f Texas- °ct> 7.—For the
, p *n recollection, the
culture Committee of the Con-
Uf.ls hanging hearings in the
thl* Ue.r„camrnunities, and certainly
heariJ 1 be the first time that such
tral t8S ^ave been held in Cen-
Comma!as The Members of the
2® utCf dilectly interested in
Wathi . d extended hearings in
tw8-?n last year, but we real-
t of We are to get view-
1 the men who actually pro-
,* cotton, we must bring the
. to the cotton country
** actual farmers are
-See POAGE, Page 12
Kids Think Drill
Real McCoy As
Alarm Sounds
The fire drill gong sounded
at the Rockdale school Mon-
day morning and. as usual,
the kids made an orderly ex-
it.
But as they lined up on
the grounds outside the
buildings the fire alarm
down town began its shriek-
ing wail. "Gosh." the kids
thought, "the school really
is on fire!"
Even the residents in the
school neighborhood, noting
the children in fire drill
routine, became curious and
watched the buildings for
signs of smoke.
It we* just another coinci-
dence. The fire alarm
sounded right along with the
school fire drill alarm
through sheer happen-so.
The fire? It was a car in
a downtown service station.
Very little damage, thank
you.
Training Course
Underway For
Retail Personnel
Sessions Are Being
Held at City Hall
For Both Employees
And Employers
A Retail Training School, spon-
sored by the Lions Club and Young ________________ _________
Mens Business League, is being)week that it has secured the ser-
offered to the employers and em-J vices of Tom Van Zandt and C.
Payees,and potential employees of O. Towery as foreman and me-
Tom Van Zandl
Is Shop Foreman
Gaither Motor Co.
Connie Towery Also
New Member of
Mechanical Force of
Local Ford Dealer
The Gaither Motor Company,
local Ford dealer, announces this
Rockdale. All participating will
have an opportunity to study the
“hows and whys’ 'of customer ser-
vice during the next two weeks.
This training program is being
conducted by Miss Prince, special-
ist in retail training. The Univer-
sity of Texas, Division of Indus-
trial and Business Extension
Training, and State Board of Vo-
cational Education.
The professional selling course
has been planned to meet one spe-
cific objective: To create in today’s
chanic in its service department
Van Zandt, the new shop fore-
man, comes to Rockdale from Tay-
lor where he was with the Smith
Turkey Season
Opens Early
With Good Prices
Birds Now Moving
To Local Markets;
Shortage of Pickers
And Handlers
The turkey season opened this
week in Rockdale, and birds are
beginning to come in at a fast
rate, according to W. E. Cannon,
manager of the Milam Produce
Company, Inc. The early market
this year is due to a number of
things, Mr. Cannon said, including
a very good market price brought
sales person a desire to become I nie,” also has many years exper-
morc professional or. his or hei icncc in the mechanical trade, in-
job.
This class meets Tuesday, Wed-
nesday and Thursday at the city
a home here several months ago.
See FORD DEALER, Page 12
Bert G. Strieker Dies
Oct. 4 in Detroit Mich.
Word was received by M. N.
Strieker that his youngest brother,
Bert G. Strieker, had died October
4, in Detroit, Michigan, where he
had been living for the past six
years.
The body was laid to rest in a
Detroit cemetery, with the pastor
of a Lutheran Church conducting
the last rites. John A. Strieker,
of San Antonio, the eldest of the
Strieker brothers, attended the
funeral.
hall from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m. con-lfirm. With his family, he is liv-
tinuing through Wednesday of next ling in Rockdale, having purchased
week. The fee for this course is
$1.00 per person.
In Professional Selling, the fol-
lowing members are enrolled:
Mrs. Jesse Lee Bankston, Homer
W. Winchester, Thomas Garner, C.
A. Vanzandt, C. O. Towery, Emil
Stork, Thomas F. Todd, Lester C.
Hirt, George Davenport, John
Backhaus, Byron Peebles, James
Motor company for five years. ab°ut by the shortage of meat, the
high price of feed, and the fact
that turkeys as a whole are ready
to move earlier this year.
The Company’s turkey picking
and dressing plant is now in oper-
ation day and night, but the scar-
city of pickers and handlers is im-
peding the operation, Mr. Cannon
said. More pickers are needed
immediately, as signaled by the
plant whistle, which has been
blowing at intervals this morning.
All indications point to a good
crop of turkeys in this section, and
two cars will probably be shipped
from Rockdale this week, Mr. Can-
non said.
He was also with* Ford dealer at
Kerrville for two years. An ex-
pert, factory trained mechanic,
Van Zandt has many years ex-
perience. Although now living in
Taylor, he has purchased a home
in Rockdale, and will move here
jsoon.
C. O. Towery, known as “Con-
cluding 13 years with the Ford
dealer at Teague and several
months with a local automobile
Cameron Rejects
Municipal Light
Plant, 758 to 234
Cameron, Oct. 8.—A $500,000
One Killed In
Shooting Saturday
RHS Tigers Bow Second Man In
To Thorndale
Bulldogs 0 to 6
Tigers Hold Strong
Bulldog Team Until
Last Few Minutes of
Hard Fought Game
C. M. Beard Dies
October 2; Funeral
Saturday at Milano
Campbell M. Beard, the fifth
child of Coleman Campbell and
Coach Wilkin's Rockdale Tigers
tasted defeat last Friday night,
when a 6 to 0 pasting was handed
them by the Thorndale Bulldogs in
the first district game for the lo-
cals.
Labeled as the underdogs, a-
gainst the strong Bulldog eleven,
the Tigers made a much better
showing than was expected by
most fans, and played a good game
of football, holding the Thorndale
team to a scoreless tie until the
last few minutes of the game.
One of the largest crowds of
local boosters ever to follow a
Tiger team to an out of town game,
swarmed over to Thorndale, and
with enthusiasm running high, an
even larger crowd from Rockdale
is expected to attend the Tiger-
Yoemen game at Cameron tomor-
row night.
Game statistics and a complete
play-by-play account of the Tiger-
Bulldog game, prepared by T. A.
B. Crane, Mrs. Mattie D.' Nelson, ibond issue proposal, for construe- 1 Louisa America Stratton ^Beard^ Weems, is given as follows:
Sam Perry, Miss Helen Joy Bart-!tion of a municipal light plant......1    "    *” ™
lett, Miss Edna Joyce Clark, Missjhere. was turned down by Cam-
was born in Parker county Decem-
ber 9th. 1860, and died October 2,
1946.
First downs
Yards gained running
At the age of 4 his mother moved j Yards lost running
Net yards running
Joyce Davenport, Miss Laura eron voters today by a three-to-
Hamilton, Miss Lola Bell Ray, Miss one margin.
Myrtle Ray, Frank Dymke, J. P. I The vote was 234 for the bonds , from Parker County to the town of
Voyles, Jr., Mrs. Lois D. Haile, and 758 against.    Weatherford and settled in Milam
Mrs. Betty Joe Jordan, Miss Win- The election was called four j County on Cedar Creek. At this
nie McVoy, C. M. Nance.    I weeks ago.    time her husband was a soldier
“How to Supervise Employees,” ! Cameron is served by the Texas i*n the Confederate Army, and was
a supervisory training course for Power and Light Company, with [Rationed in Louisiana. Except for
See SALES SCHOOL, Page 12 Albert Young as local manager, j    —See BEARD, Page 12
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See TIGERS LOSE, Page 12
Temple Hospital
With Stab Wounds
George Andrews is
Released on $5,000 Bond
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Tulia, Tex., Oct 5.—A
court jury has returned a verdict
of guilty against Dr. W. R. Newton
of Cameron. Dr. Newton was
charged with assault to murder
Dr. Roy Hunt of Littlefield in 1942.
It was the third trial for Dr.
Newton on the charge. He now
faces a two year jail sentence.
Dr. Hunt was later murdered,
along with his wife, in their Little-
field home, but Dr. Newton had
no connection with the slayings,
jan ex-convict having been found
I guilty of the brutal killings.
George Andrews, well known
Rockdale farmer, was released on
$5,000 bond Sunday morning fol-
lowing a preliminary hearing, be-
fore County Attorney Ed Gunn
in Justice of the Peace A. A. Me-
Voy’s court in Rockdale, in the
Saturday downtown shooting in
which Ernest Andrews was killed.
The shooting, which occurred a-
bout 4:45 p. m. Saturday in front
of the Western Auto store on Cam-
eron Street, followed an alterca-
tion between Ernest Andrews and
Newton Andrews, son of George
Andrews. Newton Andrews is re-
ported resting well in a Temple
hospital from stab wounds. Mr.
Gunn said that charges of murder
have been filed against George
Andrews, awaiting action of the
grand jury.
Ernest Andrews, cousin of Geo.
Andrews, was shot twice with a
.25 calibre pistol, according to
evidence brought out at the hear-
ing, Mr. Gunn said, one shot enter-
ing near the center of the chest
and the other near the shoulder.
Andrews died shortly after the
shooting.
Newton Andrews received stab
wounds in the abdomen in the
altercation with Ernest Andrews,
but reports from the hospital are
|that his condition is not serious.
Mr. Gunn said that according to
information he received, George
Andrews took his son to a Temple
hospital following the shooting,
and telephoned the office of Sher-
iff Carl Black in Cameron, from
Temple, advising where he was
and that he was ready to sur-
render himself to the sheriff or
do whatever was necessary.
( The preliminary hearing was
(held in Rockdale early Sunday
district morning.
Funeral services for Ernest An-
drews were held here Sunday. He
is survived by his wife and eight
children.
YMBL Tonight!
The October meeting of the
Young Men’s Business League will
he held at 7:30 o’clock tonight
(Thursday! at the director’s room
of the Rockdale State Bank. All
members and business people arc
urged to attend.
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\ (‘gua Philosopher:
./. A. Unbends and Helps Neighbor With
His Cotton Crop; Has Rig Rank Ideas
Editor's note:    The Yegua
Philosopher on his Johnson
grass farm on Yegua Creek
has written us another letter,
which is published for what
it's worth.
(so soon after the war that a mur-
der ain’t reached the news pro-
portions it rightfully deserves in
ordinary times, I did notice that
Russia is refusin to join the fif-
teen-billion-dollar World Bank, as
she ain’t got no use for capitalism
, ,    ,,    except in the shape of trucks and
washout here on the Yegua jguns and ammunition and food
when she’s hard pressed with a
for continued war and won’t have no part of
Dear editar:
I
Creek Monday aftprnnnn
my neighbor wish
dry weather so he can get the rest! any scheme designed to help out
of his cotton picked, fitfurin I j other countries, and I have a plan
couldn t do no less than help him, for overcomin the absence of Rus-
out in view of
the fact he
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J. A.
WWWML
loans me his
n c w s p a p-
ers which I
don’t take the
trouble of
botherin him
about but bor-
row them out    1
of his mail    r
box on my    if
own hook, and    u
while he un-
gratefully sug-
gested it might be more helpful if
I helped him pick too as well as
wish for dry weather, since his
cotton has been open so long and
rained on so much he sometimes
pulls up the whole stalk when he
pulls on the bolls and the cotton
buyers is now classifyin the stuff
as grade number 14, sub low bad
ordinary, I declined to make no
hasty decision about pickin, as look
what kind of trouble President
Truman has got himself in by
makin up his mind too soon and
too by himself, and went on home
and sat on the front porch since
my wife wasn’t around and read
the newspapers.
1 While there wasn’t nothin start-
lin in the papers this week, and it’s
| sin, as I personally am in favor
of the World Bank gettin organ-
ized, in fact, am in favor of any
'bank, although I generally find
ithe feelin between me and the
|banks ain’t mutual on the bank’s
■ part, as most bankers ain’t willin
, to iot by-gones be by-goncs and
{keep bringin up my re-payment
I history which ought to be water
[over the dam.
At any rate, if Russia won’t put
no capital in the fifteen-billion-
dollar bank, I suggest Banker Ted
Ryan and me pool our resources
and take Russia’s place. With
Banker Ryan furnishin the capital
and me furnishin the borrowin
capacity, as it takes both to make
a bank, and we’ll split fifty- fifty.
While I had rather borrow her"
and keep my business at home,
when it comes to borrowin i m ^
internationalist and won’t let
boundary lines or oceans stand in
my way. You can put me down
as the first customer of the World
Bank, don’t make no difference
what Russia does.
Is it true Senator O'Daniel is
advisin President Truman or is
he arrivin at them snap judge-
ments all by himself?
Yours faithfully,
J. A.