The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1954 Page: 10 of 22
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4b—ROCKDALE (Tex.) REPORTER
August 26. 1954
GAUSE NEWS
Mrs. Jim Hulin
I
will be presented at this time.
Mr and Mrs. Keith Davis and !
children, Charles and Jeanie, left
their home in Bloomington, Ind.
Sunday morning and arrived in
Gaust about 4 o’clock Monday af-
ternoon. They are visiting Mayme
and Johnnie Moore They spent the
weekend on the beach at Galves-
ton and enjoyed the wind and
IT'S AN
The "Back-to-School” season is*
here and Supt. Amos Bankston
back home from spending the
summer as a student at Baylor
University. School opening day is
set ior Sect. 2 and he is very busy waves, returning to Gause Sunday
ntgni. l ney plan to oe ncre until |
gctiing ready. in ir. iiappv auoui
the new' interior decorating that
lias been done during vacation
time. The auditorium is especially
improved with a ligntei color
scheme. Th" Parents Club will
hold its first session Thursday
night. Sept 9 Refreshment, wiil
be ervc i and 11 parents, teachers
and interested patrons are urged
to be there, The picture which w n
won b the 5th and Btn grade
room for having the most parents
attending trese meeting-; last year
F
ONE IN YOON FUTURE?
Freak weather conditions of the
past several seasons brings to mind
the need for adequate coverage for
your property. Be sure you have
financial protection against wind-
storm loss. Caii us today.
FUNNEL OF FURY
Storms don’t always hit someone
else—your turn may be next. Af-
ter the storm is too late. For sure
protection against the financial loss
of windstorm . , . cull us.
W. E. GAITHER
CO., AGENTS
Thursday, then it will be b *ck to
school for them. Keith is professor
in tht University ol Indiana.
Mrs Fannie Holdintss and her,
granddaughter, Dinah Leo, are
back from a sery nice vacation in
Tulsa. Okla. They spent a few days |
here with Mrs. Leah Webb, during
w’hieh time other members of the
family colli ded here lor a get-
together .Viis Boldines went to
San \ntnnio this weekend to spend
; few weeks wnh her daughter
there.
Mr. and Mrs. Louie Bowling re-
con ed a call from Hearne this
I week. Mrs. Gene Kuntz of Okla
City was passing through Hearne
; and wanted to see if the Bowlings ,
were at home before driving over, j
I She and her daughter, Karen. 18
months old, were in Texas visiting
; relatives in Waco and Houston and
i wanted to see h >w the Bowlings
! were They met them several years
ago in California a lew year.- later
in Mass., when they visited Merton
in Cambridge while Mr Kuntz
and Merton wi re both in Columbia
University, Mr. Kuntz is now a
professor in Oklahoma University,
but i* on a boot this summer us
he is also a reserve officer in the
Navy.
are bark home nfter spending most lapsed. She was Immediately given]home for a bit of rest and a bite
oi the summer in South Texas with
their lather. Audie Crockett.
Rufus Hafley is in the Veteran
Hospital in Houston for treatment.
When the Wilsons and Hafleys
went vacationing to Colorado and
New Mexico about four weeks ago
Rufus not sick and they had to
bring him home and he stayed in
the hospital in Hearne about a
oxygen and her family' was notifl- j
ed but she died almost immediate- j
ly. She was buried Sunday after-
noon at 3:00 with Rev. Jesse'
Andrews officiating at the Gause
Baptist church, of which she has
been a good and faithful member
of food at noon Tuesday
Norma and Sharon Kerns riding
with Vernon during his visit be-
tween rodeos last week . . Viola
and Philip Bowling station wagon-
ing from Houston to keep the bat-
tery charged while cousin, Patsy
Mrs. Hensley was born at Walkers, Branon, visits in New York leav-
Creek. May 18, 1884, died August
21, 1934 at the age of 70 years, 3
Funds ne.de
^ POUO PATIENTS
>POUO
prevention
MARCH OF DIMES
August 16 to 31
week and men they decided he j months and three days. She is
xurivived by her husband, Zol Hen-
sley of Gause; two daughters,
VI •* •
iNUUriid lidt vi; ui A W
and Estelle Morris of Galveston;
three brothers, Adrian McCowcn,
Noble McCowcn of Sugarland and
John Jordan of Ingleside; three
grandchildren, Mrs. Vcrldyne
Johnson of Kemah, Mrs. Jean
Negrini of Galveston and Mr. 7..B.
Harvey of Kemah; two great-grand
children.
Mr. Hensley returned to Galves-
ton with the Morris family and it
was impossible to get a complete
list of the out of town members
ol the family who were here. Mrs.
Lucy Jordan is visiting in Philiade-
lphia with her daughter, Mildred,
and so was not here. Mrs. Beatrice
Bankston, Mrs. Olgo Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Schudehart, Mrs. Daisy
JHackett, Mr. and Mrs. Giles Jor-
dan, Mr. and Mrs. John Jordan,
Mrs. Pearl Harris, Mr. Thorn
Timmons. Mr. and Mrs. Mason
I/ongmire, Estelle Dinkins, Mr.
and Mrs. Will Hensley and daugh-
ters, Mary Jo and Billy, Homer
Allen and Mrs. Vera Butler were
her for the funeral.
with
S-upl. and Mrs Bankston wept v,h|U, dwlJrlni< an? with
u, Houston the. week as inev had! Une Clyde is an "almost
.cvoived an announcement of the rabitr anl lif,bk... and knovvs bi.t_
,r’"v; new moinbe, in then {c. ,han ,o„,
imrnly Mis. Banl-tonv sisteit, I ljne but he was out of other
4rs Jesse Preston, has a baby boy.. .mt(.ria, and anxi0us to get
Little Frankie Summerlin is
looking very pale and worn after
ci tough bout with a virus. He
spent several days in the hosfritul
and i- still going back lor treat-
ments.
Jesse MitcheU had a severe at-
tuck of appendicitis Sunday night
; bout nine o’clock and was operat-
ed on Monday at the Searcy-Flem-
mg Clinic.
Clyde Wilson i- in the hospital
EARLY
THE
MORNING DELIVERY OF
HOUSTON POST
AVAILABLE
DIAL 2370 — BOX 654 — ROCKDALE
lor to. the doctor and he said she
bad a weak heart but had not had
«i heart attack, as was lcareil. She
if much improved at this time and
o d thought after a few flays rest
in bed, she wil be ready to carry
these on as usual.
Mrs Mary belle Holstein of F1 a t -
used gasoline. Some of it spilled on j onia is spendir g a tew days here,
bis snocs and ne lailed to notice it. She was Marybellc Critchfield and
would be better in the V. H. and
joe and Emma Wilson came tor
turn ana iook mm to Houston
where he has been ever since. He is
still pretty sick and they don’t
know how long he will have to
stay.
Mrs. Gladys Tidwell came for
her mother, Mrs. Bunie Partirdge,
last Friday and took her to Aus-
tin to visit with her.
Helen Lange and Bobby Garrison
were married in Cameron last Fri-
day. Helen is Garinn Lange’s
daughter. She graduated from
Hearne High School this past June.
Bobby is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Garrison.
Mr. Roger Todd has accepted a
position with State Prison System
and i- located in the Sugarland
unit. • •
J. T. Todd went to San Antonio
the first of the week to shop for
furniture for their new home. They
have moved in but still have a lot
to do before they will be "settled
down". Brunelle is home from the
hospital md feeling better.
Mn BUI Fails (Msribeth Fish-
er) is spending her vacation here
with her grandmother, Mrs. Mary
Goode.
Opal Hensley Death
Our town was shocked and sad-
dened when word was received
that Mrs. Opal Hensley had died
in the doctor’s office in Hearne
where she had gone for a shot to
relieve an asthmatic condition
which she has had tor year* Mrs.
Aline Smith had driven her over
and had gone on to town to do
When he struck a match to the ant
bed the flame leaped to his foot
i.nd Ik has no skin left on his leg
from his knee to his ankle. He tried
to Ignore the putn and went on
about his busuvs.- for several days
and then lie had to "surrender”
and go to bed.
I/iura and Holt Ward returned
Monday from what they agree was
the best trip they ever had. Holt’s
daughter, Mrs Henry Kesscl, her
husband and two children, Jack
and Judy, met the Wards in Fort
Riley, Kansas. The Kessels live
in Montana. They all met at the
James Fletcher home and got ac-
quainted. It has been eighteen
years since they had been togeth-
er. Holt and Laura enjoyed a
iL'ht seeing trip through Ike’s
hour in Abilene and also visited
the famous Boot Hill.
Mrs. Mary Goode gave her folks
u bad scale Sunday when she col-
lapsed at her home. They rushed
now lias two children.
The Dotys and Varners are back
from Mexico and had a very in-
teresting trip, They were especial-
ly interested in the one and two
acre farms on the mountain sides
where Son said he could hardly
stand up much less till the soil.
The Dotys have gone home to
Houston.
Wilbur Synott drove up from
Houston this week end to visit
with his family. Mrs. Synott and
children are staying here to help
in the care of her father, George
Harrell. George is about the same,
has good days ami not so good, but
is glad to be at home.
Jack Critchfield was here tho
Jirst of the week. He is re-enlisting
in the army. After being out for
awhile, he ha- derided that hr
would rather be "in” than out”.
He has already served thirteen
years toward his retirement.
Geraldine and Junior Crockett
ROCKDALE
IS ENTITLED TO
THE
TRUTH !
Ralph Yarborough has said that
ALLAN SHIVERS was backed by
the "Duke of Duval", George Parr,
of infamous Duval County.
HERE ARE THE FACTS
TRUTH!
THE
DON'T SURRENDER
YOUR STATE!
THESE ARE THE OFFICIAL RE-
SULTS OF THE DUVAL COUNTY
VOTE IN THE JULY PRIMARY:
GEORGE PARRS SYNDICATE
MACHINE VOTED 3.0I6 SOLID
FOR YARBOROUGH!
THE FREEDOM PARTY. ARCH
ENEMY OF PARR, VOTED 1,368
FOR SHIVERS!
YARBOROUGH'S RIDICULOUS
ACCUSATION IS BACKFIRING—
CLEAR ACROSS TEXAS
WHAT DID YARBOROUGH PRO-
MISE PARR FOR HIS MACHINE
BACKING?
-Mfo -Vote Shiver*
il’nliticRl Advertlmrtnent Paid for by Milam County Fiiend.i of Allan Shi vert)
WE NOTICED
These Gause People .
ing it in their care . . Larry But-
ler's arm and aim are getting
stronger and better respectively. He
has finally got good enough to hit
the pickup windshield with enough
* * L -L • • I lXa L net Arwul tH
lui vt l is ut vttiv a % • x « • «-
assure Hilton that was not what
he had intended to hit however).
Donald Alford taking it like a man.
when told that school will start
next week . . Douglas Johnson
feeling his responsibilities when
sent to town to do errands lor his
mother and the neighbors . . Mrs.
Juanita Thomas confessing that
she had to put a nlckle in the
“swear box” over at Bryan Sun-
day when she visited the Youngs.
This is a very clever scheme any
one using slang on the premises
will be assessed a stated amount
acording to the offensiveness of
the word or words.
The Maidive Islands are in the
Indian Ocean.
WE WIILDUPLKATE
KEY
I W44IL€
(jotC&ajfc
Stern auto
ASSOCIATE STORE
Bonnie Stubbs and Norma Haf-
ley in town with their cute little
straw purses . . Cecil Butler look-
ing under the hood of his big red
truck ‘nd asking about the ‘where-
abouts’ of a good mechanic while
parked in front of W. L. Ditto's
some shopping as Mrs. Hensley had | garage . . Johnnie Moore giving
assured her it was not necessary his car a good drink of water to
to go in the hospital with her. The j help keep it cool while he cir-
doctor was preparing to adminis-! elcs around town a few times . .
ter treatment when it was dis- J Ruby Smith and Fred Fowler com-
cowrcd that Mrs. Hensley bail col- ing from the farm and heading for
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Cooke, W. H. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1954, newspaper, August 26, 1954; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth695002/m1/10/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.