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THE ROCKDHLE REPORTER
Rockdal* Messenger Established 1173
VOL. 87
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AM) MESSENGER
ROCKDALE. MILAM COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 12. 1959
Rockdale Reporter Established 1893
16 PAGES
Labor, Industry
Hath Boost l F
Sea Page 2b
NO. 44
flamblinq.
ROUND ROCKDALE
w. H. C.
Every Day We Learn
ffERE are tome more thin
didn’t know
People with a lie
per
are
ties
river
four
five-eighth?
than
cordin
versit'
bright
-allergies ac-
to a study bi the Uni-
f Michigan . There are
i v.rer. 75 and 100 million tele*
vision sets in the world Art
loi •T'- in Paris can now drop a
coin in a slot and start a macn.ne
to work turning out abstract
paintings . . . The machine was
invented by the Swiss . . . Some
psychiatrist has said that if there
were only normal people in the
world there would be nothing but
mediocrity in business and indus-
try .. .
And There are now' ap-
proximately 17 million teen agers
in the United States . . 8 mil-
lion ooy>. 9 million girls . . It is
expected there will be 24 million
by 1065 . . And by 1970 it is ex-
pected the teen age population will
be twice what it was in 1955 . . .
3-Prong South Milam UF
Drive Gets Smooth Start
J. W. GARNER . . .
Veteran Rockdale
Attorney, 89, Dies
.1 w
. . So . . . the smart boys say.
il vou’re a business man, get !
ready to aim at this vast market
. . . . Teen-agers, in six years, will
be spending about $14 billion a
year . . . 265,000,000 people around
the world speak English . . There
are nearly two million retail es-
tablishments in the United States
. and Americans chewed 250 i
million pounds of chewing gum j
last year!
From Dr. O'Kelley
pOMES an interesting lettei from |
Di W. F O’Kelley who re-
cently retired as Presbyterian
minister here and moved to
Shreveport, La. The O’Kcl ley’s
were crazy about Rockdale “Were
it not for ministerial ethics, w'r
would have continued on as citi-
zens in retirement,” he wrote.
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{KrporUl
THE LONGHORN: LIVING LEGEND NOW LOCATED HERE
These are Among 17 Head on Coffield Cass Farm North of Rockdale
L7-HE AD HERD NEAR ROCKDALE . . .
d lh
Pi ,\iars III KOCKnaie.
Mr Cornt r, wh.i would have
celebrated hr 90th birthday the
Sunday, untried Scott and V'lu’c
Mi mortal Hospital in Temple for
treatment in August He returned
Longhorns--Local Landmark?
ist mg
i. M
First
Milam
n wri’p
bearers.
Harold
H Cof-
i II 1 >
Conn R
By BILL COOKE
Rockdale may possibly be-
come showpiece for a well-
known phase of Texas history.
For Rockdale’s H. H Coffield
recently purchased and has mov-
ed 17 head of real, live
Texas Longhorns to a site
on the ontskirt; of this city.
Plan- are in the m. King for con-
tinued breeding and a herd to
range near hi re, and near Lire
highway lor the thrill of pass-
ers-by.
The 17 head include at least
: half-dozen truly proud speci-
mens ol the scarce breed that,
thanks to the late Sid Richard
son of Fort Wurth, and other-.
Commenting on the changes in
Shreveport. Dr. O’Kelley said that
“Yesterday I attended service in
the church m wnich I began my
ministry as a newly hatched
theolog over 49 years ago. Nothing
was at all familiar about the place
but the name of the church on the
bulletin used as a guide to wor-
ship. The building was not the
same, nor the location, not even
the fares—that is until the person*
made themselves known. Quite an
experience!”
Out-of-Court Action
Ends Boring-RR Riff
has bee n saved from becoming
extinct.
Up io $330 Each
The Longhorns ranged in
price from $250 to *350 .'piece,
and are now loc. ted at Col
field’s (a > farm about tlir< i
miles north of Rockdale
Highway 77. The buy
that fin* hi rd w ill be m
a later dab to ..notin'
near Rockdale.
These Longhorns we
chased during a livosto
tion at Abilene The
lor in<‘il' i ai'ged at tf
Griffin Stub Park, nd
the herd is now abou
US
cl at
mgi
pur
nl<'
Fort
1 of
Fori" 1 Reserve mar Lawton,
Ok lahoin
Movp to Preserve
The late Mr Richard on be-
gan a drive to preserve the uni
mul in Tex i and r-ki'il I>obic
to select a herd, vowing he
would loot the tall
So, ,i herd ol prune i xample
w Ins n in the late 1930’s
n in I placed 11 1 ,,iki1 (’orpu
Ohriti and Brown wood State
Park: Hulls were donated b-
the U S Wildlife Refuge at
Cache, Oklahoma and Inter the
herds were consolidated at Lake
Corpus (’hrist.1.
Sixteen cows and
ca i
Near Lxt:net
Lake Creek
jyiANY Rockdale people attend-
ing the Texas Power & Light’s
open house at their Lake Creek
Electric Station last Friday were
glad to again see former Rock-
dalian T. L. Austin. Lou is now
with the TP&L in Dallas and was
on hand for the open house In-
cidentally, he was visiting in
Rockdale yesterday and I enjoyed
a chat with him. Says he and his
family like Dallas okay . . . but
he is doing a lot of traveling
around over the territory served
by the TP&L.
Incidentally, the powei comp.in -
put on a good show all last week
end to celebrate the opening of
their new No. 2 unit at the Lake
Creek -dun I enjoyed the pre-
party Thursday along with my
wife and Mr and Mrs Milton
Brown oi Radio Station KMIL,
Cameron, Mr. and Mrs Frank
K Locke, ol the Cameron Herald,
and Mr and Mrs Henry .Siebman.
district manage, of I P&L !o,
district.
Friday there was a large group
from Rockdale and Cameron at-
tending the open house, and Sat-
urday was the school children’s
day.
A $1000 out-ot-court civil suit
settlement brought an abrupt halt
to the E. L. Boring of Rockdale j liquor store
vs Missouri-Pacific railroad dam- '
ago suit that opened hearings in.
district Court at Cameron Monday.
Boring, liquor package stun
operator here, had entered suit
against the railro. d tor $4500
KP to Sponsor
Pancake Supper
To Aid Orphans
A pancake supper, open to the
public, will b«' sponsored next
Thursday (November 19) at the
junior-nigh school cafetonum
with ill proceeds to benefit , n
orphan, home at Weatherford.
The supper will begin at 5:30
pm., and is a local Knight-, of
Pvthia Ledge 124 project Tickets
are already on sale in Rockdale
at 50 cent for adults 25 cents
lor student' a cording to Bob
Ft nice, lodgt vice-chancellor.
The ticket i go d for “all you
can eat" and the supper will in-
damages incurred in April ol 1957
when overflow water flooded hi:
and home just easi
of Rockdale olt US Highway 79
E A. Camp. Rockdale attorney
representing Boring, s; id that he
client and the railroad -oltled for
$1000. The settlement was made
after testimony had begun, Camp
said.
Text of Suit
Boring had charged that tin
railroad wax negligent in not lin-
ing draining openings under it
right-of-way, across the highway
from his property, large enough
I to take care of run-off waters
As a result, Boring said that on
I April 24. 1957, water flooded his
! store ..nd also into his hon e
I Camp -aid hi client suffered
water damage to stocks of cigar-
ette:. and other store mcrchandi ’ ,
j lost .1 large quantity of minnow
which Boring sold commercially
j from troughs, and Iso suffered
J con iderablc water damage in hi
home.
Labels, Stamps
j The attorney said that original-
ly there was some damage t<
i liquor bottle label and tax stamps,
j but that this did not enter into
I he • uit nee inner an agn unen:
I,ad bc« n made through the
No
was
that
ing
too many ye
explained, a h ur mn
tin Longhorn w l>
extinct. Ah hough
ago.
to F<
1918,
up” i
H MU
_ the
Longhorn i- nui it cognized ol-
fically as a state of Tex a
symbol, the breed definitely
stands out in the Lone Star
state’s history
Historians reveal tfi.it the
Longhorn vearx . go proved its
merit and stamina on long
drive*, from Texa: range:, to
Kansas, Louisiana, and even to
California .iter the Gold Rush
cirated a great demand for ca
tie.
Mu h Intel, during the da.
when Texan wire paying little
attention to the..' hi.-lorii am
mals. Texa author .1 Frank
Dobir wrote, It good to know
that the United State go em-
it is attempting to proserv •
at Griffin Slut. Bark m
t rimed a "historic round-
in it. ell by Hob ( ookc and
I , VV"ltc .11 live dock ill i
See I ,< )NGH< )RNS. page *i
to his home here lx fore en
the 1<k'. I hospital for ca
S< pb inbei 28
Funeral services were
Sunday at 2 pin at the P
and lAiekey chapel here, wi
ilrv. Robert A c»i < . \ . |
St. John’s Methodist ( arc
Relating Bun.il wa b<
Oak Lawn Cemetery As,
yith tile services w. the It
Vf. Fulmer, pastor ol llu
Baptist Church tu re.
Bar Association
All members ol the
Count' Ho \ .-001:1(1.
named honorary pall
Acting pallbearers wen
! ,ueke v. I. D Harm It
Held, Arthur T MeDani
Maxwell, T. B Ryan,
I aacs, and Preston 11 I’m r
Mr Garnet wa often de cribed
a a in ri of “boundb'ss energy
and fii numerous activities ami
interests throughout life included
work as a city alderman, bunk
pre ident, department tore pit i
dent, all in addition to Ills I w
j tract lee.
He wa born in Burlcxm County
nine 14 mill’s southeast of Rock
dale on November 15, 1 .ill!b the
on of .Jacob H and Mitiorv a Jack
on Garnci His father was
t a rrner.
To Milam
The family moved to Milam
County, -cttlitig in the Salt- com-
munity, when J W Garner wax
Ihrer yi-ar old There, he was
rail'd, received his e. rlv sctiool
mg and tudied in area school'
during the higher grades
Friend: recall that when in In •
toetis, he helped drive 1500 sheep
JUDGE J. W. GARNER
57 Year Law Practice
Wynne Home
From Hospital
itmr
me
the (Longhor
tine tion
"A little h
which manv
long way to
ing in the
breed fr
erd of I
.om;ho
SCO, 1
Wichita
now
Ncjtii
W ruie Springer, Rockdale nigh {
bool football player hospital)/-;
I in Austin with a serious head i
Hire in October 23 g me, !
i now reported progressing "ex- i
ellently” at his hoiru here.
Springer was brought home |
Monday ev ening by Ins parents, ;
Mr and Mi'. ( H Springer Thi| j
lamily resides at 1202 Highland ,
Paralysis About Ovr
Springer’s father >; id this week j
;Rat the right-side paralysis that :
ludf bacon, milk, coffee, ; nd the
>;ir*.■;•!.« it w.e explained 1 t,i(|iior Control Board and othei
I from all officials wluioby the luittle:
can Ik- purchasi
embers and at th(
day. Footer aid.
f
Tickr
KP n
Thur
Proceed w
of Pvt hia-
Weatherford
-vill lx- in c
with a stall
Orp
of l<
door next
the Knight:
Homo ai
'Red Smith
the supper,
members to
were returned *o who
Juror serving for tti
were Arthur Peder <>n.
i me. Km i ii.mrve, I -a m
.J r , Sotn Brewer, 11_
1' P Cotton. Charlii
Miller. V K Jack sol
non, and Burford G
COl V II.I II ORSFROUl I W . . .
Disaster, CD Program Due
Mapping Here Next Month
*. K (I a 1 c
dav
R
Tue
disaster relief
program for
tired o prop**
council mm i
discussed
id civil defen -
town, and al
o r'organize th
t. t>
and
Cl) prog i
for R
Push in
Snail Town*
or ted that thi
Hat) u list airs offi«
user
proponed civil defensc
an idea that the round
tossing around for si
is, CK'cupii'd most of th
Councdmen ai
•tor for such .
chosen, with
; ,1 or co-ordii
Ti
f Johnny
Weed
partrr
hoot
and John
Janx Gilbert were dele
CD Recommendation*
- Manager N V AIfon
• t reported on ttieir fill
19 9 mnmcnd.itions for a s
«mux it last month
C D offices in Austii
idea
Groups Planning
Christmas Floats
Should Get Theme
Usimj Existing Groups
resulted from the head injury ap-
pear'd about gone Strength in
the right arm and hand h;s beer*
Hie slowes' to return, he explain
i d
The 17-ycai -old MILS senior will
remain und' f the p< riodie obser-
vation and treatment i»s Di Jotm
T Richards of Rockdale. Spring
i r returned to Rockdale tro: i
Hr. kenridge hospital in Austin
where he has been under treat-
ment since the night of the injury.
Rare for Football
gei father aid that the
physicians reported that
utti’s type ol injury wait
associated with football
t - imilar < a es have result
n si-vric automobile acci-
Irom Bartlett to Sonora by foot.
In 1390 he began teachii g at the
old Millei ton school which was
flu ted in the present location
of Moca Rockdale Work I’ll, i
teaching position followed study
See GARNER, page ti
2 Local Women
In Clinic Here
Following Wreck
Two local women Mr W P
| Hogan and Mr Roswell Newton,
| remained in Richards (’ 1 i11i< and
Hospital t<»<I: v undei treatment
j for injuries resulting from a two-
I car collision in Rockdale about
The wreck oceured at the inter-
section of Belton and Wilcox
street? when the automobiles
: driven by Mr' Hotyin and Bobby
| Sid‘'s Rockdale high school senior,
j were in a collision
Mr Hog, n received six broken
I ribs, and Mr Newton, a passen-
ger m Hie Hogan cai u a treated
for minor cuts md bruises. Sides
was treated for a minor con-
| tnsion (in hi leg, Dr John T
I Richard aid
Damage to 1h** Sides car. a 1953
: Mercury, via about $200 with
j damage to the Hogan vehicle, a
I960 Ford station vacon about
. $400, according to garage csti-
; mati:
HIS CH IIliCTER
FR USED II I I It
PET DOC,KILLED
wixild ha
c liararb
it, another
i dog, "(
I"be mot he
, aid the
front of 1
i Smith n
she hi
our; ge
r t < i '
nth, 16.
n ovn
>ped
and
oino
had
her
act
In ■
Mr .1 R Whd
tent happen
Whib'ley
Morula >
ria:
youtt
d eltizen?
expeeted
t RHS w
it was e
Ho
retu
lam* 11
Jen
humc,
night.
hurt.
•err
nth.
our
had
INSIDE TODAY
her said,
■p iped J
I Church Paqe
2
1 Wcman’s Paq»
4. 5
I Cla**ifi*d Ad*
7
1 Sports
lb
I Editorial*. Features
2b. 3b
Rotary Special
Gifts Goal Set
About $10,000
So u t h Milam County’s
three-pronged United Fund
drive was be^innin^ to start
ro 1 1 i n like a well-oiled
machine this week in it whirl-
wind march toward a goal of
t> 14 officials reported.
The Rotary Club made the
first move when, augmented
by some key Alcoa personnel,
it opened the peeial gifts cam-
paign Tuesday. The special gifts
division is working inward a goal
of $10,0110, or roughly two-thirds
of ’he entire goal
The remaining $4,850 will come
d'lin lit, uiini ivvo divisions, the.
r.hi:-(• ii) house campaign in Rock-
d le due to kickoff next Monday
night, and th > community cani-
! paign which got under way after
a meeting Tuesday night.
Campaign chairman is Jim
Knight, with Dale Cockrell as co-
i ch .irnian. M. M. Camp is head-
! mg the community division. For
die Rotary Club, H A Semken,
, is m charge of special gifts, with,
Rev F T Sager as co-chairman.
Boh Hornbeck i: heading up the
bon e to house drive.
Special Gifts
With .11 penal gifts represen-
tative.-. pr« ent. including both
Rotary Club members ;.nd addi-
tional personnel. President Dick
Fritz turned Tuesday’s Rotary
luncheon over to Semken for or-
ganization of the drive. President
( I the United Fund. W. P. Hogan
had first expressed his apprecia-
tion to Uie club for the work it:
aw on tfie pc< tal gilt ; . ach year
Kiiignt exph ined the special,
gills program and the proportion
of the budget it was designed to
.•ecure and Rev. Sager commented
i on Hie work the club does in this
r"spect,
Semken distributed pledge cards
md •.ork'M- kit: to the forty men
making up the five teams under
: i ap’ain Zeke Alford, Walter
Fischer, Wilbur Foster, Henry
.Johnston, and Don Williams and
j urged that each person to process
| hr card promptly.
Sernkm called for a firs’ report',
from workers to their team cap-
tain: before noon Friday and a
final report :i the Rotary lunch-
eon next Tuesday when the drive
is ■■( hediilod io be completed. Rev.
! Sager explained how the cards
were to be filled out by the work-
er.
Community Drive
Meeting at Singer’? Grill Tues-
day night, Campaign Chairman
Knight and Community Chairm n
Camp explained the community
program to the workers present,
rul distributed workers kits and
; pledge cards. There are 22 com-
i munitics involved.
Many of the communities were
repre n'ed at the meeting Tues-
day night.. Camp will be in
ch; rge of -.eeing that the cards and
vorkei kit are distributed to
other remaining community chair-
men.
Il wa> ('xpeeted that since this
work i pn ad over such a great
area and involves so many people
in >x nn villain county, it win
pmb blv require mon time to
eomph b this phase if the cam-
paign ’ban any other All corn-
r.nnit.v commitieeiren were being,
urged however, to complete their
work by Thanksgiving
House io House
Hornbeck, speaking tor hia
house to house group, said th«
• mtpaign would be kicked off
r «'xt Monday at 7:15 p.m t tho
cllowshjp hall, First Christian
Church, when light refreshments
See WORKERS, page 7
★ ★ ★
ONE DRIVE INCLUDES ALL
UF Serves Worthy Agencies
servo
using
Cut
s some 250 or-
the scout pro-
les all Rockdale
nd Boy Scout
W P
Boy Scouts
PTA Meetinq Place
Chanqes for Concert
o< aJity benefits from the
budget by It organization
scout units, <2> receiving
: for all scout workers,
iters. Scoutmasters, den
■ . and Advisors. <3> special
and activities that stimu-
lating, *4* by having two
available ten use tin- year
.5' bv receiving literature
s l"i unit leaders to plan a
rounded scouting program
Red Cross
tact that the Red Cross
>atik has supplied an aver-
approximately 20 pints of
mstion am
,r rt Roikd;
\lfnrd ret
C D pump
I»0<1 i
kH*t mon
th to Milam eoun-
fl'-e of
charge—is one key
;ison
that the
Red Cross will ro-
Ivc i
i hea 11 h
v share S31(H)' of
4' S' 1
dh Mila
Ml UF l l l| loot loll .
J. li
Yeager
, Milam Red Cro. a
D pnigratn
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