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Rockdale Messenger Established 1873
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Rockdale Reporter Established 1893
VOL. 88
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ROCKDALE. MILAM COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY. MARCH 24. 1960
16 PAGES
See Page 4b
NO. 11
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Asphalt Plant to Locate
Here, Utilize Alcoa's Slag
V
iileporiL'i Niuu Agnolo>
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICERS FOR COMING YEAR
(L R) Luckey, Treas.; Peebles, Prexy; Mrs. Curlee, See.,* Hogan, First Veep; Dillen. Second Veep
ihamblim^
FOR COMING YEAR
'ROUND ROCKDALE
w. H. c
More About Texas
TEXAS oilman, so the story
Hoc.', a. ked a store-owner whet
sort of net profit margin stores
work on and was told it was be-
tween 1.5 and 8 per cert. The oil-
man countered, “In our business
we spill that much.”
And then there was the voice
coining over the in'er-eorn sys-
tem on a commercial airline flight,
Peebles, Hogan, Dillen Head
New Chamber Officer Lineup
Sam P, Peebles, owner of the
K 5' Peebles Sons hardware
„nd furniture store hire has been
le-olected president of the Rock-
daU Chamber < t Commeree tor
‘he coining year.
f'eebles was elected by chamber
Oireetor during a board meeting
Thursdav afternoon. In addition,
ante lines as Iasi year New of-
ficers and directors will be instal-
led during he night's program
Mrs. S H. C’urlec, chamber
secretary, said that the agricul-
ture committee headed by Tim-
merman and W. !• Saage has
scheduled the annual Junior Live-
stock Show for April 23
In other action, Sugg was ap-
pointed to check with the account-
ing department at Alcoa's Rcrk-
dale Works to arrange an audit
lot the chamber’s books.
“Ladies and gentlemen, let us all j three other officers were named
11 IIIIE SI l
bow our heads. We are about
leave the great state of Texas.'
Birthdays
^piIE other
day my phone rang
and a small voice said, "Happy
birfda.v, Mr. Tooko!” It was my
birthday, all right, and also the
W. P 'Red' Hogan was elected ,
first vice-president and E. S. <Ed>
Dillen was named second vice-
pi esident. Harold Luckey was re-
elected chamber treasurer.
Replaced Austin
Pi "hie took over dutus a.
president after Lew A-uDin moved j
birthday of the well-wi. hei, httlej (,-om Rockdale to Dallas in August
Mike Fuller, who w'as six years
old that day and wanted to share
his happiness with me. It was
about the nicest thing that 1 can
remember happening to me on a
birthday in a long time. Mike?
He’s the young son of Mr. and Mrs.
Doc Fuller.
of 1959 Austin left a position as
general superintendent at Indus-
trial Generating company here to
take a new post with Texas Pow-
er Hi Light company’s Dallas
operation.'
Pet-hie: . aid th.d hi would com-
| plete his list of chamber commif-
!tics by the next regular monthly
Mike and 1 had quite a conver- 1 n,c< ting of the diicetors, Thurs-
.‘,dion. "He>w old are you today, j <|av, April 21.
School Population
Climbs in County
Mike?" I asked him. "Six," he re-
plied, “How r>ld are you?” That’s
when the conversation became
one-sided!
The Census
GOON the I960 census will be
under way. It starts April 1.
and it is important to all of us
that everyone be enumerated. Ad-
vance census blanks are in the
mail this week in Rockdale and
citizens are urged to fill theirs out
and have them ready for the cen-
sus taker when he calls. It is a
simple form and requires little ef-
fort.
It is important that every in-
dividual takes an interest in the
census and sees that the names of
all his family are included If you
know of someone who is being
missed by the workers, call Miss
Nettie Turner, enumerator.
The population of Milam county
in 1 950 vv:. 23,585. If will likely
be larger this year Hut did you
know that Milam county has been
going downhill, as far as popula-
tion is concerned? In 194U the cen-
sus showed we had 33,120. and in
1930 it was 37,915. and in 1920 it
was 38,104. Biggest population re-
corded was in 1900 when the popu-
lation was listed at 39,666. It
dropped to 36,780 in 1910, and
then started its climb.
The 1 <150 census showed Milam
countv with a population of 2907
Set RAMBLINGS. page 4
During the board session Thurs-
day, fnir outgoing directors were
praised for their work with the
local chamber. Meeting on the
hoard for the last time wore J R
Yeager, A. A Gochler. Albert
Timmerman Jr. ,nd Hugh Bar-
nett.
New and Holdovers
New directors sealed Thursday
were R R Sugg Russell Brooks,
Dillen and Bill f’ooke. Holdover
directors are Peebles, W T
Pearson Jr., Luckey. H L. Sum-
mers. Glenn Hodges, Hogan, J.
Henry Johnston and Charlie Also-
brnok.
During the directors meeting.
Sugg told the board that a sm ill
la t-mix plant, to utilize slagg ag-
gregate. a bi-product at Alcoa’s
Rockdale Works, would lodatc in
Rockdale soon He said contract
aggrermerits were to bt made be-
tween Rockdale Works arid Young
Brothers Construction company
of Waco on Friday <see related
■tory, this pager
Peebles read a letter signed by
"} rovidf nt who live on Dver
str<et asking the chamber to take
acta n in helping to secure house-
to-house mail delivery on the.
street The matter was turned
over to Hodges, a member of the
civic affairs committee.
Annual Barbecue
Plans for the annual chamber
barbecue were discussed briefly.
A tentative date of May 6 wa set,
and Pear on. chairman of the
event, said the annual barbecue
would be conducted along the
Enrollment in Milam county’s
white schools is currently 4011,
up 32 from last year's enrollment,
according to figures compiled by
H D Maxwell, county schools
.superintendent.
The totals w'ere lanen from
shool census findings for last year
and the current school year.
There were 3979 students cniunor-
; ted in 1959, compared to the 4011
for 1960.
Rockdale's white enrollment in-
creased 78 pupils during the past
year, or from 1128 last year to the
District
1959
1980
Rockdale
1128
1206
Thorndale
426
435
Burlington
62
65
Sharp
172
173
Davilla
39
50
Cameron
1347
1331
Milano
258
254
Gausc
113
102
San Gabriel
87
74
BuekholLs
210
202
Branchville
37
36
Maysfield
42
27
M arek
58
56
Tolal
3979
4011
curicnt total of 1206 Gains were
; Iso shown in Thorndale, Burling-
ton, Sharp and Davilla. All other
school districts in the county
lccordcd drops in white enroll-
ment,
Comparasions for the county's
white schools were reported as
follow.,:
5 One-Act Plays
Scheduled Friday,
RHS Auditorium
Census Sessions Set
For Cameron Armory
Milam county's 27 census fak-
irs. who will start work Afiril 1.
will participate in training ses-
sions next Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday at ihe National Guard
armory in Cameron.
Miss Nettie Turner of Rockdale
crew' leader for the south par' of
Milam county, will conduct train-
ing sessions for her 12 census
'akrrs at 1 p.m. each day, she
said
Marvin Petty of Sharp, who
will head the census in the nor’h
part if the countv. will instruct
his 15 workers at 8 a m. each day.
Three Hours
There will he a three-hour *es-
ston of instruction each day, ac-
cording to .1 Fred Simon Jr , di -
trut supervisor Kmphash will
lie placed on the importance of a
ivstematlc. thorough canvass of
every dwelling uni’ during the
iensu’* to insure a complete count
Simon explained. CUmroom
Raining will cover proper manne.
of asking questions, use (f census
questionnaire, deflniliion*, and
map reading.
Every census takei will hi’ fur-
nished with a map of hi.s district
end each worker will be required
to canvass every street and road
nd visit every house within the
boundaries of his assignment, the
district supervisor added.
How to Help
Miss Turner said that taking of
thi 1960 census will be a difficult
task arid every effort will be made
to re that if is complete "Th<
individual citizen can help.’’ she
aid "Soon," she continued, "the
advance cm tis reports will be
tccHvrd hv citizens of this area
in the mails. Please fill in these
. di nner reports at once arid have
them ready for the census aker
wh« n he arrives In so doing."
I she added "you ran sav
.nueh trouble and also
i rnm« taker and save
Miss Turn, r suggester
homeowners should see
e yourself
he Id the
Five one-act plavs will hi Rig-
id Friday—two in the afternoon
and three at night—in the Rock-
dale high school auditorium,
school officials have announced.
The plays will be entries in the
19AA one-act play . meet.
Participating will be Rockdale,
Caldwell, Georgetown, Round
Rock and Taylor. The public is
invited, according to F L. Daven-
port. RHS principal.
Rockdale's entry, “The (fid
Lady Shows Her Medals," will bo
staged at 7 p.m. Mis. Thelma J.
Passmori is directing the local
entry.
Rockdale Cast
Cast members are Sharon Jones,
Robert Boyer. Jill Longmirc,
Willyne Lamb. Kathy Arrington
and Clifton Wade Sue Sexton.
Everard Davenport and G< raid
Cleveland are the alternates.
Round Rock will l>e the first
entry and stage "The Importance
ol Being Earnest” ai 3 p.m. Di-
lector is Mrs. Robert G. I.nt/.
Taylor’s entry. “More Perfect
Union,” will follow at 4 p.m,
Warntcr T. Da hi berg is director
and the play includes an all-girl
east.
Georgetown Melo-Drama
Following Rockdale's play at,
7 p.m., Georgetown will tage
“The Man in the Bowler Hai” at
P p.m. Mrs. Angus Springer i-
director. Georgetown has won
the district on< -act plav competi-
tion for the past several years,
and the entry this year is a molo*
r ram a
Caldwell will stage the titial
entry, the third act from "I he Lit-
tle Foxes,” -it 9 a in. Mrs .1 H.
Marsh is director
I)i Thomas Abbott professor of
drama at
The number of Negro students
attending schools in Milam county
decreased from 1097 last year to
1062 this year, a drop of 35, Max-
well pointed out.
The following chart lists Negro
students by the community in
hi oh they live. Colored student*
from Thorndale, Sharp and San
Gabriel a n d hjgh-sr hool-age
Negroes from Milano at.end A.v-
< ock school in Rockdale Negro
students from Burlington. Bock-
holts and Davllla attend school in
Cameron. Senior colored students
from Branchville
cron.
also go to Cam-
Enrollment at
Ay cock coi
red
school here showed a drop of
nine
students from 227
;.t present.
last year t*.
218
Negro Students
1959
I960
Aycoek < Roekdal
•> 227
218
Thorndal •
42
4!)
Milano
79
64
Ganse
10f>
>u
Cameron
397
409
Burlington
2
2
Sharp
19
11
Buckhcits
11
4
Branchville
KM)
103
Ma.vsfield
41
42
San Gabriel
28
29
Davilla
45
39
Total
1097
1062
Oatise high-sehool-agc Negroes
attend school in Hearntr.
Unit to Produce
Paving Material;
Site Undecided
By BILL COOKE
An asphalt hot-mix plant to
utilize slap', a^^re^ate. a bi-
produit at Alcoa's Rockdale
Woiks, will he constructed in
nr near Rockdale in the near
future
Capable of producing 1000
tons of asphalt vox a -lay, he
plant will he a branch unit of
Young Brothers contractor:, of
Waco, and will employ "about five
or possibly more" men, according
to Raymond Young, spokesman for
the firm.
Young Brothers and Alcoa sign-
ed a contract sealing slag agree-
ment'. Friday, but Young said this
week that -t will He ,rom ,\vn ,o
six months before construction is
actually started on the plant.
Site Uncertain
The site for the mix plant is still
uncertain, he said The firm is
considering several spots in and
near Rockdale, and the plant will
be located next to the Missouri-
Pacific railroad
The plant will require one or
two acres of land, and will re-
semble most other hot-mix units,
consisting primarily of exposed
machinery.
Young said no arrangements had
been made as to construction con
tractors, property, or other build-
ing details "We are actually fur-
ther along on what the mix will
be good for than we arc on the
planning of the plant construc-
tion," he added, explaining that
the firm want! to have all expert
meriting out of the way before the
Rockdale unit becomes operation-
al
Permanent Setup
“Our Rockdale plant will be a
permanent thing,” he said
Other materials to be used in-
clude sand and liquid asphalt. The
latter will probably he transported
here from Houston oi possibly
Baytown refineries.
The slag aggregate will be
trucked from Rockdale Work: to
the plant. The pining material to
be produced will be trucked and
sent by railroad to markets,
“We are optimistic about the
product The paving will tie jet
black because of the slag eompon-
ent, and will not fade The color is
very desirable, since most other
mixes tend to bleach in time,"
Young pointed out
Competitive Field
The firm will be selling the pro-
duct into a highly competitive
field. “Wo hope to build up to our
planned capacity production ol
1000 tons of mix per day. but we
will probably not be producing
that amount to begin with," he
added.
Young Brothers expect.', most of
the first production to go into
municipal uses in this area. "How
ever, the product will be sold foi
any type of paving, and the in,-
terial planned provides a stable,
quiet, skid-resistant surface in ad-
dition to retaining the highly de-
sirable black appearance,” it was
c xplained.
The siag is .» bi-produet of the
combustion of lignite in the boilers
at Rockdale Work: It is the waste
from lignite burned in the steam
power plant, and is produced at a
rate of from 400 to 450 tons per
day 'see related story this page*.
Series of Tents
Young Brothers, in April of
1959, first obtained several truck
loads of slag. Since then, extensive
See NEW PLANT, page 4
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(CliarleN TH\lor Photo*
CLOSE-UP PHOTO SHOWS A HANDFUL OF ALCOA'S PLENTIFUL SLAG AGGREGATE
400 Tons Produced Daily, Slag Brings Small Asphalt Plant to Rockdale
Mix Plant Product jcoffieid No. 1
r\L n I « a/ i Hits Salt Water;
Of Research Workperry0nPump
The signing of u contract between Young Brothers con-
tractors of Waco and Alcoa to utilize Rockdale Works’ plenti-
ful lignite by-product, slag aggregate, marks the first fruit
of a costly Texas research program conducted here by the
aluminum company.
Slag, from the power plant boilers at Rockdale Works,
will be used in an asphalt hot-
mix plant soon to be con-
structed here (see new plant
Dory, this page* Slag is turned
out at. th< rate of from 400 to 450
tom per day.
Alcoa’s Rockdale aluminum
inching plant is located near vast
deposits of lignite the fuel used
ti produce the large qnanities of
electric power needed in the
smelting process.
Research Seven Years
Foi seven years, Alcoa and Ti x-
a Hewer and Light company have
: ponsored a continuing research
program, which they hope will
eventually produce a number of
marketable lignite by-products,
according to It. R. Sugg, Rockdale
Works manager.
Thus far, however, only the
residue left after the lignite is
I burned ha been successfully
i marketed, Fly ash, a fine deposit
I loin the boilers, has b<*en used
| successfully in oil well cometing,
and in concrete work as a partial
replacement for cement.
Rockdale flag aggregate con-
tain: a i n.M (i fsidue, and can.
be used in the surface and base
tion, a pilot carboni/er at It* ck-
dali has produced more than a
million gallons ol lignite tar —
sortie of which has been shipped to
chemical and potro-chemical in-
dustries for experimentation.
The balance has been retained
at Rockdale for use in a pilot sol-
vent extraction plant built by
TP&.L near Industrial Generating
company to evaluate, on a semi-
eommercial scale, a new tar pro-
cessing method.
With the Perry No i on produc-
tion as a 30-barrel per day pump-
er, the Coffield No. 1 deep test
was swabbing salt water in the
Navarro this morning.
Both wi lls are being drilled by
Southland Drilling company of
San Antonio for General Crude
about 9 miles southeast of Rock-
dale The Perry found its produc-
tion in the Navarro, not a high
producing sand.
The Col field No. I bottomed at
6738 in the Edwards where it
swabbed salt water. It was plug-
ged back to 3402, swabbed again,
and again found salt water, this
time in the Navarro. Additional
activity is anticipated as an at-
tempt is continued to make a pro-
ducer.
IGC Employees Give
68 Blood Donations
Industrial Generating company
employees Thursday donated a
total of 68 pints of blood to the
Milam county Red Cross Blood-
mobile. Workers listed only four
rejects as a total of 72 persons
volunteered donations.
Thursday' were Mrs. Rr ou
Brooks, Mrs. Bill Tyus, Mrs. J. I).
Miller, Mrs. E W. Ostendorf. Mrs.
Clifford Bartlett. Mrs. E. L. Bran-
nan, Mrs. Fred Magne- , Mrs B.
K Cook, Mrs. K D. Malone, Mrs.
W. K Ear mat i Mrs. Walter
,f roadways, a well as in the hot | ,,r becoming a- member of the one-
Byron Cook was the only don- (Henderson, Mis L. ^ Mis-
Charles Trotter, Mrs. Earl Rober-
inix to !*■ produced by Young
Brothers
Tar Extraction Program
Whereas the lignite now in
merely dned before burning, work
is proceeding on a tar extraction
program. As Alcoa s marketing
agent for all lignite by-products,
Texas Power <Y Light rornpan is
exploring m a rk e t development
possibilities with Alcoa
Doling it four year *>f opera-
gallon donor club, accrding to
Mrs, Edward Sexton who headed
the women workers with the
Bloodmobile unit 7'htirsdav.
Physicians working with the
unit during the IGC stop were
Dr T C. Green, Dr. T. S Barkley,
Dr. L. E. Selden and Dr. John T
Richards.
Worker*. Donors
Women volunteers working
SMALL MEMBER TURNOUT BACKS L. B. J,
County Demo Group Draws May 7 Ballol
Milam county's Democratic ex-
ecutive committee drew ballot
positions for candidates in the
May 7 primary, appointed county-
wide election managers, approv-
ed precinct convention times, and
instructed E. A Camp of Rockdale
to prepare a memorial resolution
honoVing four deceased com-
mitteemen.
The action came during a busy
committee session Friday. Mem-
bers also heard Camp present a
resolution backing U. S Senator
Lyndon Johnson as a Democratic
nominee for President of the Unit-
er! States
Camp's resolution 'printed in
full at the end of thi- story* was
parsed with one negative vote.
John Weed Sr. of Ilia kdale. who
Sf u ertthr judge Si* i voU*1 ****** ** rwo,ulion’ ',aid
Grand Jury to Meet
Tb
Mi
•m
rri
U*h Ai
that less th-*n 10 of the Committee'*
38 members were present Friday
Precinct Time*. Managers
Plaee and times of the precinct
and county conventions weie pre-
s«nted by Max McClaren, commit-
ter- chairman The rural area pre-
cinet conventions are scheduled at
* JO u. ui May * atlii hi the coun-
ty's incorporated towns -it 7:30
p m. the same day.
The county convention will he;
held at 8 p. m. May 14 in the rlis-
trict court ro< m at Cameron
For places on the May 7 county
and district ballot, names were
drawn in the following order (one
anrl two respectively:
Candidates Drawn
State senator Godfrey Sullivan i
and Jarrard Scercst; representa-
tive, 56th distriet: Herman Yez.ak
and Dick Moseley: district judge
Robert C 'Bob' Nelson ,md W C. I
'BilR Wallace; comniisMonr i pre-
cinct one: C* S Raney and Joe
Zajirek. commissioner, p 'rinct
three: J B Earle, Cliff Blackburn
and Byron N< al. constable, pre-
cinct one: Marshall Terry and j
Harrv Rog< rs Jr constable, pre-,
cinct six John 7.aji< ek and J A.
Taylor; committer men, precinct
12: W E Kurd and Mrs John}
Bum*
The committee also appointed I
the following election manager*
for Milam primaries
Rockdale 15. Me Joe Henry,
Rockdale 16, ivintl Gvlitt; Mi-
lano, Henry Anthis: Gausc, G R
Vainer; Hanover, C. M Pierce;
Sharp, L. A Petty; Tracy, Jim
Bartlett; Minerva, Mrs Gib Terry;
San Gabriel. Harry Wayne Clark;
Thorndale, Tom Beard Sr ; Salty,
Hugh Caffey.
Mora Managers
Also Watson Branch, H R Sor-
enson; Conoley, J H. Pritchard;
Yarn Iton, Jim Mann; Marak, John
Marak Jr.; Walkers Creek, R. T.
Dclahuntv; Ben Arnold, W PL
Ko el; Burlington, Fritz Wied;
Bin kholts, Harold Fuchs; Friend-
ship, Graham Looney, Crush, Ru-
fus Ci.vcr; Davllla. W R. limes;
But
Durnie and Cameron 1, B. J
Matocha.
Resolutions
Committeemen instructed Camp
to prepare a resolution “in mr-
moriam" honoring the late George
W Lcath, W. F. Sharpe. Dave
Link and John Matyastik, who
served terms ranging from 15 to 35
years on the committee
Camp's resolution endorsing
Johnson as a Presidential candi-
date read as follows:
“Whereas, it will soon be time
for the Democratic party to nomi-
nate a candidate for President of
the United States. And. whereas.
Also Clarkson, Mrs. John Mat-
vastik; Brunihville, Mrs. Alice
Cole, Bnlloyvtlle. Irn L Burns;
Juries Prairie, E. B Yager; Mays-
ftied. J W. Hickman; Marlow,
John Hobson; Rice school, M B
Pm «„sli > . Kirn Ridge || J Hi hat-
He, Ad M ill, Henry Buikt:; SMteuq
Jury Nabuuis, Cjuiuoii 2, t. D-
. , , , ,. „ , _ , „ son of Tgxas has demonstrated
hdale, John Menn, SmimI (»n>vc, |Jt m evcPy way qualified
R Pierre; Sandy luck, L iar- (o fl|, „ut,h Al)d whercas,
we believe that he would fill the
office with credit to himself, to
our state and our nation.
“N*>w. therefore, be it resolved
by the Milam county Democratic
executive committee, that we un-
qualifiedly endorse Senator Lyn-
don B Johnson for the Democratic
nominee a* President of the United
Stales, and we hopt
Min, Mis. Connie Frey, Mr: Don
Johnson Mrs. Paul Jenkins, Mrs.
. ulian Terry, Mrs. Bowen SunrtW
and Mrs. F I. Rhodes.
Donors were Earl Voskamp,
Graham Young, Bill Winniger,
lL*a\ id Yount, Eldon Batte. James
Se t, Mike Wright, Chancs Bar-
ber, Vernon Aldridge. J. R. Wal-
I er. George A Quinn. H. V. Lin k,
Joe S'iborik, Elizabeth Doss,
Charles Barmore and Monroe
Bannister.
Also Frank W. Dreher, O. A.
I arsons, James Miller, Eugene
Cuba. Wilson Brannon, Rufus
friaves, Billy Haelbig. Wade
Smith, Gilbert Touchstone, Ernest
f ates. J R. Parrish, James H.
Wright J. T. Williams. Edward P.
Williams. Lonnie Juergens. J. L.
Lester, Calvin Schaefer. Dan V.
1 egg. W. T. Thweatt. Henry Elli-
son and Fred Magness.
More Donors
Also Clinton Grimm, W E.
An ington, Frank Heitmann,
Richard Heine James Jenkins, Joe
Morgan, Wayne Neal. Jack Ward,
E G Harrison, Jake Arms tong,
R L. Von Gonton Richard Wilk-
inson, Wind red Mundine. Bryan
Floyd, H H Hill. Harold Darby,
Carrol Holt. Donald Glimp and
Charles Tomason.
Also J**e D. Lowery, James C.
Moore. Richard Pstsclike, E. 1.
Brannam, J. A. Philippus. l^mis
Woelfcl, L. S. Parker, J*h’ Caid
well, Conrad Behrens. Mrs Earl
Roberson Jr., Cook and Jesse R,
Lester.
1488 Tags are Sold
A total of 1488 vehicle license
tags have been sold to date, ac-
cording to reports from Gaither
Motor company The total includes
1139 pOKsoftfor platen, 231 com*
that the vai l-1 meieial, 78 mi iu and 4U trailer.
bvt DLMUo. pa»e 4 Dsudlniv u Friday week.
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