The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1942 Page: 1 of 8
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THE ROCKDALE REPORTER
TODAY
8 PAGES
U»e New* and Feature*
AND MESSENGER
£<)fhllithed 1*13
^ROCKDALE, MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS, JULY ;16, 1942
Rockdale Reporter Established 1MW
e annual Rocltdaie Livestock and
; 8h0W, scheduled for October
!t,ii ytar, was cancelled
*1 SHOW
HERE
(ffJj.B.L
e Buys $500 Bond
ith Funds Set Abide
for Annual Show
by the
r, 8iuiness >«*m ,t*’e
a Hun*!' »'8h'- j"ld f“n "
2 to*.‘I**111 te™d.W
“ „ purdia® War Band..
. Ml »«“ ln w“
- l(^PrBuroliW0<«vel, and
1-MdWoWclala who nave
a, m county lam and suni-
*« 0, nald this year
aUMU » tho »*r ",ort »
iUod o( rubber and car me.
y u b. l, ordinarily spends
1300 to *400 in staffing the an-
show and the organization voted
rate the aum of $370 for the
of a *500 War Bond.
ambling
'ROUND
ROCKDALE
With
W. H. V.
Getter.
THE story of the week I recom-
-& the one about the man who
so confused at all the ques-
on his occupational questlon-
that he Just wrote across the
\ "I'm a Oo-Oetter.’’ His draft
A Navy Recruiting party will be at
the post office ln Rookdale Friday of
this week to Interview and examine
applicants for Naval service, according
to Chief Tracy Longmire, of the Am*
tin recruiting office. Men between the
ages of 17 and 50 are eligible for en-
listment.
Men who have been classified by
selective service boards and have re-
ceived notice for induction Into the
army may also volunteer for the navy,
providing they are physically qualified,
Chief Longmire said, emphasizing this
point inasmuch as most men have
been under the Impression they could
not volunteer for the navy after they
had received notice for Induction from
their draft boards, he said.
Modifications in the vision and teeth
requirements have recently been made
and men who have been rejected be-
came of minor physical defects may
now be accepted. Skilled craftsmen
and construction men between the
ages of 21 and SO are eligible for pet-
ty officer ratings with pay up to *126
a month. (Ratings up to second class
petty officer are open to negroes.
Young men between 17 and 31 can
go Into the navy and try for navy
trade schools. More than $1500 worth
of education and training Is offered
these men.
NO. 24
ISSUEDHERE
Merchants Assist Their
Customers in Making
Out Applications
OLD PHONOGRAPH
RECORDS WANTED
1000 RECORDS RECEIVED AT THE
REPORTER OFFICE IN DRIVE
FOR BOYS IN (SERVICE
Approximately 1000 old phonograph |
records have been brought in to the
Reporter office following the recent
announcement that the local Ameri-
can Leglcn Post and Auxiliary is col
Sugar for canning la again being
granted by the Milam County War
Price and Rationing Board, according
to Sam Perry, local member, who ad-
vises citizens who wish canning sugar
to fill out an application blank obtain-
able from their local grocer.
Merchants are asked to assist cus-
tomers in filling out the blanks, Perry
said. All questions should be answer-
ed, and the blanks mailed to the
Milam County War Price and Ration-
ing Board, at Cameron, Texas. The
blanks will be returned to the mer-
chant, who will notify his customer
and sell the sugar.
The maximum allowable Is nine
pounds of sugar per person for can-
ning, for the year, Perry explained.
Those who have already secured their
five pounds of canning sugar under
the original ruling will be entitled to
four more pounds, he said.
Perry also pointed out that all hold-
ers of certificates are now entitled to
the “bonus" sugar—an additional two
pounds per person, which may be se-
cured on Stamp No. 7 between July 10
and August 22. This Is in addition to
the current stamps No. 5 and 6.
It has been explained that the cer-
tificates for home canning sugar still
are limited to the circumstances of
each Individual applicant. The board
d called him up for further ex- Acting the old records as a part of the
tlon. “Just what do you moan
e a go-getter 7” they wanted to
“We!!," he explained, "It's like
: Alter getting up and fixing my
Hast every morning my wife
'j me up; we eat breakfast; I go
to bed, and after she has washed
dishes she goes out to work. At
she comes back and cooks din-
we eat; she washes the dishes
I take a nap and then she re-
to work. At six o'clock I get up
go get her so she can clean the
Yes sir, I'm a go-getter."
nationwide campaign to provide new
records and players for America's
fighting men here and overseas.
The records are being collected
throughout the country by the Amer-
ican Leglcn. They will be sold for
their scrap value by Records for Our
Fighting Men, Inc„ a non-profit or-
ganization of famous musical artists.
Proceeds will be used to purchase new
records and phonograph players for
every American Army, Navy, Marine,
Air Corps, and Coast Guard camp,
ba-se, post, and station throughout the
world. The drive is for 37,500,000 old
records.
While the local Legion Post and
local Leglcn Pest and Auxiliary
conduetin* drtw
campaign Since the tint ' tt"*,lnTP'7!. IF?.',
«m 111, ether dry sonicthingHo Mrv? “ collec“on sta,'on' I“’d '
ore thousand old records have wh0 hl;'v'' old reccrd5' r'l!,‘rd“‘ss
brought to this office bv Rock- 0f condlUon' are adViSed t0 brln* thcm
to The Reporter Office. Since the
records will be scrapped, ground into
dust, and new discs made, they are ac-
ceptable regardless of their condition.
To date The Reporter has received
approximately 1000 records with the
drive Just getting started.
Records may also be dropped In the
box recently provided cn the sidewalk
In front of Strieker’s variety store.
folks, and they're still ccmlng ln
’ day. These old records will be
d, and from them new records
bt supplied for the boys in tire
<* here and over there. Regard-
of how old, or how broken up the
'j5 may be, they are acceptable.
J “'em in. We'll take them
**> ihe office any time and turn
.owt0 the Wion boys and girls.
JH Wm* «i*m u .
—«»u «c uroppea in the
* Just placed on the sidewalk in
of Strieker’s Variety Store.
Pranld‘n\s hair was
. I« thin as mine is he
ZXT* SUch thln*s' bl«<
L f*l {j told me that N. M.
Jwith his
"'*< # l» could have
“cl Davlin loon
„4'e !lacl Monroe arrested
enough he
for
J181* Davlin soon
hive had :
exposure,
Sanunic,
of quarts of fruit & family canned last
year, how much it has on hand, and
haw much fruit is available for pack-
ing this year.
DR. A. A. URBAN IS
NEW SECRETARY
LOCALUONS
Succeeds A. H. Loworn
Who Resigned After
Moving to Elgin
Dr. A. A. Urban was elected secre-
tary of the Rockdale Lions Club ln a
special meeting at the home of W. 8.
Duke, president, 'Friday night. Dr.
Urban succeeds A. H. Loworn who re-
cently moved to Elgin.
The meeting Friday night was In
the form of an Informal chicken bar-
becue supper. Plans for the future of
the Club were discussed. Out of town
guests were S. C. Miles, former mem-
ber, now of La Grange, and District
Governor George H. Lehnert and Lion
Dickerson, both of La Grange.
The delicious barbecue supper was
served on tables on the lawn at the
rear of the Duke home, with Mrs.
Duke and Mrs. Urban in charge. The
event was the first of a proposed ser-
ies of similar evening meetings for
Lions and their ladies.
At the regular luncheon meeting on
Wednesday at noon the following local
guests were introduced: George B.
Lumpkins, M. N. Strieker, Bill Hol-
ley and W. H. Suttle.
PVT. RAY W. SMITH, 23 son of
Mr. apd Mrs. Irvin W. Smith of the
Sipe Springs community, graduated
from the Milano school in 1937. He
was inducted Into the army Jan. 20,
1942. Was first at Ft. Sam Houston,
then sent to Camp Grant, 111., then
to Sacramento, California. He is
now ln the Supply Squadron, San
Francisco Bay Airdrome, Almeda,
Calif. He is in the medical Corps
and drives an ambulance.
Mrs. Aug. Tschoertner
Dies Friday At Home
1 \\T J I Mrs' Liz5de Lang Tschoertner, 72,
runeral Clllton Wade died in her home here at 8:30 o’clock
Is Held Here Friday "’““t',,;™1' 10: IT1‘e body
(rested in the Phillips a-nd Luckey fu-
Clifton H. Wade. 32, died at his
home here last Thursday at 2:30 p. m.
after being stricken ill Wednesday
night.
Funeral services were conducted at
the Phillips & Luckey funern-1 home
Friday afternoon, with the Rev. H. E.
Crone, pastor of the First Christian
Church, officiating. Burial was made
neral home until Sunday afternoon
when It was conveyed to Peace Luth-
eran church where services were con-
ducted by Rev. A. E. Fiathman of
Buckholts. Interment was made be-
side her husband at the Old Hickory
Grove cemetery.
Seme two weeks before her death
Mrs. Tschoertner suffered a heart at-
tack from which she gradually grew
See MRS. TSCHOERTNER, Page 8
Contributions to USO
At Tracy Total $20.00
Contributions to the USO at Tracy-
Duncan amounted to *20. The as-
sessment was *37. Contributions were
as follows;
Berenice Charles Jim Bartlett
50c, Garland Laurence 25c, Cecil Plate
$1.00, J. B. Smith (col) 50c, E. L. Mod-
esette 50c, O. M. Calloway $1.00, Gar-
land Caffey *1,00, Elmo Baggett $1.00,
George Young 25c, Bill McQueen 50c,
Terry Sanders 50c, Wallace Harris 50c.
J- M. Fuller $1,00, Joe Calhoun 50c,
•"“<* ms vacation Marvin Charles *1.00, James Hardc-
Whe to Paris. Ter-* , week-! ma:> (col) 50c, Otis Chnrles $1.00. Dnn-
«he hasn’t seen in as v!' V Sl* 11 lel Drummonds 50c, H. Plate 40c, Mr.
J1 started out to sav , anwvender 25c. Mrs. Lucy Cnffey 25c,
r®** Perry ls 0n V , UU Mrs. Myrtle Council 50c. J. W. Seaton
Jdad^‘th?Mcre vj, , ClP'l“0c' J- L. Modesette $1.00. R. J. H.
finish third srnrio Maybl; he I Laffer* 7.5c. Carl Schwartz 50c. Pres-
■fir b"t what of it? nU *C;UH)1|ton Schwartz 50c, E. C. Fick 25c. Wil-
and all tho ,kaow® IUe Schwarz 25c, Mrs. Dick D.ttmar 50c
‘ ®:r* he knows hnu- ,US‘ n”d I Chas. Duncan $1.00. Mary Frances
h customers m ? In '^<1 Duncan 25c. Mr. Kruemcke 25c.
lent iik« P°ss ldm by | „_____
% around h ' ^ be busy
2fte| and it?"* cff a fitove
off c0,ne Waco, July 10.—iSpl.) Jesse
at the Forest Grove cemetery.
Clifton Wade, the younger son of i worse.
Mrs. Lydia Barnes Wade and Charlie j Mrs> Tschoertner was born in Ba-
Wade, was born March 25, 1910. A-1 vana., Germany, living there until in
bout two months ago he was stricken | eaviy girlhood when she came to Am-
111, suffering with a brain abscess. His j erica. She was married to August
ccndit.on Improved and he had recov- j Tschoertner on December 10, 1890, ln
ered sufficiently to be out p-nd assist
in attending to his business affairs.
ILs death came as a shock to his fam-
ily and the town.
Wade had conducted a- tailor shop
\nd cleaning establishment here since
a very young man. He possessed a „
llkeabk, personality and oy his friend- •>«•» °f, Ch|"'» ,«*»» C'am
IV disposition hod built up a splendid P»S «• w»° d‘cd ,ln l*8* ®aU('r-
buslness. Less than a year ago he ™ brou*ht “ ^d»>' »»<l
was married to Mis* Carrie Curry.
DEATH CLAIMS
H. A. HENNIGER
Charles H. Clampet
Funeral Here Sunday
HEART ATTACK SUFFERED DOWN
TOWN MONDAY IS FATAL TO
WELL KNOWN PIONEER
Herman A. Henniger, 60, well known
Mid highly esteemed farmer, died here
Monday shortly after one o'clock in
the afternoon from a heart attack he
had suffered in the morning while at
the Rockdale State Bank attending to
business.
Services were held at the Phillips St
Luckey funeral home Wednesday at
4 p. m., with Rev. Willard Anders, pas-
tor of the Lutheran church of Thrall,
officiating. Burial was made at the
I. O. O. F. cemetery, where a mound
of handsome flowers covered the grave.
Before the final graveside ritual, E.
A. Camp in a brief talk, paid tribute
to Mr. Henniger as a man and a cit-
izen.
Herman A. Henniger was born Jan.
31, 1882, near Rockdale. He was the
son of Herman A. and Johanna Foh-
ner Henniger. who came from Ger-
many and settled in Milam county
many years ago. He was reared ln the
Lutheran faith and became confirmed
in the church when young. He had
spent his entire life in this community
DROP FOLLOWS A
11' REDUCTION
OF LAST YEAR
Valuations This Year
Are $7,260 Less Than
For the Year 1941
A reduction of 14 cents ln the city-
tax rate for the year 1942 was an-
nounced this week following a meeting
of the city council Tuesday morning.
The rate has been reduced from *1.54
to *1.40 on the *100 valuation, and Is
now the lowest it has ever been.
Reduction ' was effected ln the
school bond and paving bond taxes,
the school bond being reduced from
44c to 40c, and the paving bond rate
from 00c to 50c.' The Rockdale school
tax, also included ln the city’s *1.40
tax rate, remains at 50c.
Assessed valuations ln Rockdale this
year total *1,204,575 which Is *7,200
less than the valuation of *1,211,035
for the year 1941.
C. M. Perry, city secretary, who has
been with the city government the
past four years, said that the tax rate
has been reduced 52 cents since the
year 1938 when the rate was $1.92.
Rockdale had its highest tax rate in
1930 when the rate was $2.25, and at
that time the assessed valuations
amounted to over two million dollars.
Since that time a number of reduc-
tions have been made, and only last
year the tax rate was reduced eleven
cents.
See HENNIGER, Page 8
Surviving besides his wife are his
nother. father five-vear-old daughter
by a previous marriage, Elissa Loy;
and one brother, Edgar Wade, of Ok-
lahoma.
IS NEW DIRECTOR
One of five newly elected directors
of the Shreveport Junior Chamber of
Commerce is William M. Blackburn.
Better known In Rockdale as Martin
Blackburn, the new director is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Blackburn of
Rockdale.
neral services were held Sunday aft-
ernoon from the Phillips & Luckey
Funeral Home with Rev. P. T. Ram-
sey of the Metnoaist Church officia-
ting. Burial was made at Sandy
Creek cemetery. •
Mr. Clampet was bom near Rock-
dale and had spent his early life in
this community. He served in the U.
S. Navy during the first World War.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Clara
Clampet of Tyler; three children, Vir-
gil, Ruth, and Wanda; his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Clampet; two sis-
ters. Mrs. W. M. Muston and Mrs. W.
D. Gilley of Rockdale;_
SGT. HARVEY COOK, NOW IN INDIA, TELLS
ABOUT TRIP, DESCRIBED LONGEST EVER
UNDERTAKEN BY ANY AMERICAN A. E. F.
Meeting at Church of
Christ Closes Sunday
The meeting at the Church of
Christ, conducted by R. B. Sweet of
College Station, Is continuing this
week, with good attendance.
The meeting, which started on last
Sunday night, will continue through
next Sunday night, with services ev-
ery evening at 8*30 o’clock, and on
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock.
Sermon subjects: Thursday night,
“Constant Confession"; Friday night,
"The Point of Greatest Attack"; Sat-
urday night, "The Chair that Saves";
Sunday night, "Service Well Pleasing."
Rockdale Sells $4125
,Ip, Bonds Past Week
somebody come
Eu, u>™ very
NOW AT BAYLOR
Clins
inlander of Rockdale is now enrolled
^•dlilcg foy"!n as'Cs "Lsifur the summer cession at E yl r
aenny, how’r £Ry- University as a freshman student un
^ 0,1 back ta \V1i| ycu? and |dcr <,lie hew accelerated degree pro-
or Cecil or , Snm wjRram inaugur^^ -- ** n■ n'-,r
°‘ r.sc to jspeed-up plan
1 *«r. Some-1 to finish his i
v<i.um some-1,\ears instead of the usual
*** It jmt .I’:'-: rt© (speed-up plan. SheUmdcr will be able
i lei Sanunic ' -’Ur‘ Somc’lto finish his work in two and
Or. wnrvAv ccok who arrived in lowed to reveal. In fact, we can only. War Bond Sales in Rockdale the
wg " , ; . i W nn Mftv 17 I guess ourselves. P*sli week totaled $4,125, bringing to-
Indla with the A. E. F. on May u. 4,gure hM hccn a long bor,t ride, tal sales to‘date up to $59,775 here.
tells of his trip which he describes as ^ cf intorcst,ng things have hap-(There now remains to be sold cn the
the longest ever tc-kcn by an Ameri-Ipene(j but I don’t have the space to 11942 queta onlv $21,925.
in a letter j tell about them. By the way, this Isi Milam county .sales for the past
supposed to be the longest trio ever I week wore $9,923, wi th sales to date
can Expcd.tionary Force,
recently received by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Ccok.
In the letter Sgt. Cock said: "I will
..... t0 tPi] vou something about our we will-be commg back.
. 1 ThJs ]s the first time we have I shines here when it is night in Texas.
hl‘ ‘ viewed to write about where we | it was early Fall in Cnoetown. Sca-
httve been or any details of the trip. I .-on* are opposite below the equator.
•Wo left Charleston, S. C.. the 19th "There are four of us on the boat
first stowed at San!from Rockdale. Two boys, Pederson
From there to and McM.llun, and Finis Keeton ar.d
undertaken by an American Exi>cdi-
tlonc-ry Force. If we go much further
The sun
cf March. We
Juan, Puerto Rico.
schedule.
Freetown, Africa, then Capetown, So.
one half j Africa. We left there the 29th cf Ap-
l’our-ycar Jril and as yet heve not reached cur
'final destination which wc aie net a*-
tnyself."
now listed at $368,018.73, e.nd a balance
to sell cf $621,530.35.
DR. IIARRISS MOVES
Dr. D. W. Harrlss, chiropractor, this
week occupied his new dewnstairs of-
fices on Cfrmeron street adjciniug the
Peebles hardware store. Dr. Harrlss
had formerly been located upstairs
in the Coulter building. New
Delegates From Seven
States at Meeting Here
The South Texas Camp Meeting of
the Apostolic Faith Movement is now
going on at the fair pao-k in Rockdale.
A large number of ministers, evan-
gelists and singers are attending, with
ministers and delegates from seven
states, and others expected to be here
before the encampment closes Sunday
night.
The meeting Is under the direction
of Roy Wcoater of Eagle Lake, Paul
Bally of Rockdale, and Reuben Busch
of Rockdale. The musical program, a
special feature, is under the direction
of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Tucker. Six
services arc conducted daily; morning
prayer at 9; Bible lesson at 10:30 un-
der the direction cf Rev. Gail W.
Schultz of Laverne, Okla., children’s
church at 1:30, Mrs. Boyce Tucker or
Ka-ty director; general service at 2:30
p. m.; young peoples’ meeting at 7:45
o. m.; evangelistic service at 8:30 p. m.
Several hundred people from out of
the city of Rockdale are attending the
services dally. They are living in ho-
tels, tourist courts and private homes,
manv staying on thp grounds of fair
park living ln tents and trailer houses.
A long list of evangelists and min-
isters arc participating in the camp
meeting.
A large dining tent is used to serve
the ministers and delegates. Stafford
Schmidt of Dickenson is In charge.
The original Apostolic Faith Move-
ment was founded by the late Charles
F. Parham and his wife, Sarah E.
Parham, 42 years ago at Topeka, Kas..
and there are now thousands of fol-
lowers in all states and 21 foreign
countries, according to Robert L. Par-
ham cf Baxter Springs, Kansas, the
youngest son of the founder, who Is
attending the meeting here. Parham
said the general camp meeting will be
held at Granby, Mo„ Aug. 6-16.
LIBRARY' OPEN
The Rockdale High School Library
is open during the summer months
from 3 to 5 p. m, each Tuesday and
Saturday. The facilities cf the library
we available to the general public cn
these dates.
SCHOOL TRANSFERS
In a later letter Sgt. Cock wrote his modern quarters have been establish-
parents that ho had landed in India (id at his new location, formerly occu
oil M-y 17. i pied by the Tnxco Cafe.
July 31 Is the last day cn which
.'ohool transfers may be made, and
parents who intend to transfer their
children from one district to another
are advised to do so at once. Tra-ns-
nnd fers may be made by contacting C. M.
Selman, Rockdale superintendent, or a
supply cf blanks is available at The
Reporter cff Ice.
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