The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1932 Page: 3 of 8
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Students
by the swusuw
[Cla!e High School for
and Advancement of
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Synchronized Silent Gear Shift * Seventy-five Miles per Hour * Comfortable
Riding Springs * Rapid Acceleration * Low Gasoline Consumption * Reliability
New self-adjusting Houdaille double-
acting hydraulic shock absorbers with
thermostatic control . ; ; New rear
spring construction . . ; Automatic
spark control . . . Down-draft carbu-
retor . . . Carburetor silencer . . . Bore,
3 1/16 inches. Stroke, 3 3/4 inches
i . . Piston displacement, 221 cubic
inches . . . 90-degree counterbalanced
crankshaft . . . Large, effective fully
enclosed four-wheel brakes . . . Distinc-
tive steel-spoke wheels with large hub
caps . . . Handsome V-type radiator . . .
Graceful new roof line and slanting
windshield of clear polished plate safety
glass ... Single-bar bumpers, chromium
plated . . . Low, drop center frame . . .
Mechanically operated pump drawing
fuel from fourteen-gallon gasoline tank
in rear . . . Choke on instrument panel
A GREAT
NEW
CAR
AT AN UNUSUALLY
"Roadster , . . $460
Coupe . .
. . $490
Do Luxe Roadster $ 5 00
De Luxe Tudor $ 5 50
Phaeton . . . 495
Sport Coupe
. . 535
De Luxe Phaeton 545
De Luxe Coupe 575
Tudor Sedan . 500
Vordor Sedan • 590
Cabriolet ... 610
. . . Individual inside sun visors . . .
Cowl ventilation . . . Adjustable driver’s
seat . . . Choice of Mohair, Broadcloth
or Bedford Cord upholstery in all de
luxe closed types.
THK NEW lORD FOUR-CYLINDER CAR
An improved Vord Jour‘Cylinder, 5 0 - ho rse-po wer
engine, operating with new smoothness, is avail-
able in fourteen body types at $50 less than the
corresponding V-8 prices listed below.
L O W P K I C E
De Luxe Tordor . $645
Victoria .... 600
Convertible Sedan 6 50
(F. 0. B. Detroit, plus freight mod delivery. Bumpers and spare tire extra. Economical terms through Authorized Ford Finance Plans of Universal Credit tie.)
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Tharaday, April 7, 1M2
THE ROCKDALE
V-8 Cylinder
PHONE.....
your
prescription
order...
When you are in a hurry
or too busy to come to
town, phone that pre-
scription order to this
drug store.
You may be sure that it
will be filled promptly,
and according to the doc-
tor’s orders.
Purest drugs, carefully
compounded.
Phone 2 or 20 please.
BALDRIDGE
& PREWITT
TIGER TALES STAFF
EDITOR-IN-CIUEF
Gladys Matson
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Flora Scheihing
SOCIETY EDITOR
Dorothy Matson
SPORTS EDITORS
Jim Sam Perry
Irene Karlsch
REPORTERS
Senior—Lula Worley
Junior—Fenora Meyer
Sophomore—Louise White
I'r.-shman—Nellie Gray Pruett
SPONSOR
Bert D. Burnes
tiger
TALES
The New Ford EIGHT De Luxe Tudor Sedan
plblEN ENTERTAINED
WITH PARTY ON APRIL 4
I®*8 Lanford entertained the
|? n of to® Rockdale high
K? ,a partV at the homo of
E5 Mr- and Mrs. T. M. Lan-
[*°nday night, April 4.
Wero Played, refresh-
(j ca*e and soda water were
I PERSONALS
S'*ln v'Rltcd relatives
■on during the week end.
°**er virited in Austin Sun-
Mr. Miles: You're late again,
Mike. Do you never use your alarm
dock?
Mike Lee: Yes sir, but I no long-
er find It alarming.
Miss Noble: Do you know what
happened In 1776?
Sonny Young: Gash.no! l eant
even remember what happened last
night. _-Pathfinder.
Miss Graves: Elbert, what is the
difference between work and ex-
Elbert Vanmeter: Work is run-
ning erranas omebody else, and
exercise is running them for your-
—Pathfinder.
TUESDAY
Troubador” PUy Given at
Auditorium; Assisted
( lark Orchestra
Qypsv Troubador” was the
W by San Gabriel play-
night at the Rockdale
auditorium, assisted by
Cirk and his orchestra. The
about a gypsy camp,
Typsy singing and dancing,
sang gypsy songs through-
characters were as follows:
j,Wi head of gypsy tribe. Wil-
Glasscock.
Todoro's wife, Mrs. Glass-
Todoro'.s nephew, Horace
THIS ISSUE
mina. a id1'1
,f tribe, Marie Is-
sweetheart of
Ijua. a former
L Evelyn Smith.
r,.0 tribes Chief boaster, Kelly
Louise White, sophomore re-
porter, has acted as issue editor
ot this issue ot iiger Tales.
.Nellie Gray rrucu, tresiiman
reporter, will act in tills capacity
next week.
Hailey Timmerman
Elected as Baseball
Captain for Tigers
The Tiger baseball team held a
meeting Tuesday morning for the
purpose of electing a captain. Out
of several nominees Bailey Tim-
merman was elected to captain the
team.
Timmerman has made a good
showing in all athletic events. He
was the captain of the Tiger track
team of ’32 and is now the first-
string pitcher.
Rockdale Defeats
Buckholts Second
Straight Game
.
Playing the major part of the
i ante in driving rain,' the Tigers de-
l leatea uucKnoiLs 7 to 5 at fair park
field Wednesday, March 30. The
victory marked the second straight
win over the Buckholts team.
The game was close, as the score
indicates, and the fielding good de-
pite a strong wind blowing over the
field. The game almost had a story
book ending—in the seventh with
the score tied at 4 all—two out and
the bases empty, Monroe Pierce,
diminutive short stop for the Tig-
ers, stepped up, selected the first
pitch and buggy-whipped a beauti-
ful line drive over the left fielder’s
v ad for a four base clout.
Batteries for Rockdale in the game
were: Worley, catching, and Tim-
merman, pitching.
It. H. S. SCHOOL LIFE SEVEN YEARS I i iGLvS TO TANGLE
AGO, T AKEN FROM REPORTER FILES I WITH CAMERON NINE
The following quotations were tak-! to arrive in Flockdale during the
en from the files of Tiger Tales as week of April 13 to 17 and will be
ij.iii.itCCa ili T'wC ncclld^lt' OTi rTiw»\lavr in tHi* rvYrrirlors of the
seven years ago this week, April 2,! high school April 16 and 17.
in love with
BBS* .
3 gjv '
lone Griffith,
jwjli sen of Todoro and Maria,
Ipartain.
, Gordon. Nick’s college friend,
' Harris.
jean Jerrald, a designing
„ Mrs. Allen Conn,
pry Clayton, a business man.
Kind Culp.
Matthews, a terrible talker,
i Fulcher.
Clayton, Clayton’s daughter,
[fjikoli’s enamorata, Pat Terry,
chorus, Delma McDaniel,
Aita Starnes, Willie Arvis
Ethel Isaac, Mrs. Bremond
Irene Fulcher, Noel Wood,
Wayne Clark, James Terry,
Yeager, Lucille Camp.
HODGE PODGE
Student Contributions
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Senior lament
(Florence Hubert)
, will our school days be over,
will be seniors no more,
things that we’ve treasured
fcver will seem as before.
(little notes in classes,
Ight rangish eyes in the hall,
jndly good mornings to,teachers,
do we leave thnm a ’tall?
[cant we keep on a ’coming
9dear old Rockdale Hi?
I keen the same old spirit,
(Hiding our school to the sky.
1 day brings us nearer,
irer the day we must part,
moment grows clearer,
is an ache in each heart.
i we'll be gone and forgotten,
led swift the years that roll by,
] we'll never forget you,
will remember and sigh—
i, the recall those dear old school
days,
to go back once again,
|w enr teachers and school-
mates—
»relive ;he days that have been.
--Florence Hubert (a senior)
“RACKETEERS” NAME GIVEN
TO JUNIOR TENNIS PLAYERS
“The Racketeers’’ is the name that
has been given to the junior tennis
Players of Rockdale high school,
according to Miss Ruth Kirk, super-
visor.
Th? junior players are expected
to enter tennis in the county tour-
nament next year. Those entering
are Josephine Murphree, Virginia
Hale, Doris McCawley, Nannette
Rountree, W. H. Williams, J. Q.
Baldridge, Tommie Coffield and
Boyd Middleton.
Tiger Tales Staff
To Make Sales at
Fair Park Friday
Soda water and home made candy
will be sold at the fair park field by
the Tiger Tales staff at the Tiger-
Yoeman baseball game Friday af-
ternoon.
These will be sold to procure more
necessary funds needed for the pur-
chase of staff room equipment.
Rockdale Debates
Franklin Teams
The Rockdale high school debate
teams held practice debates with the
Franklin high school teams here
Wednesday afternoon at the high
school building.
Walter Smith and Brit Hensley
debated the affirmative side of the
question for Rockdale. Ruth Hill-
yer and Gladys Matson upheld the
negative against Franklin’s affirm-
; ative.
j Mrs. Vernon Stegall, the Frank-
lin debate coach, extended the
Rockdale teams an invitation to
come to Franklin for a return de-
bate. This trip will be made in the
near future if transportation for the
teams can be arranged, according
to Bert D. Burnes, Flockdale coach.
PAGING POPULAR
SENIORS
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Laddie losing his girl (?) • • ■ •
the sophomores studying the bible
(is there a missionary among the
savages?) . . . Buddy Worley saving
the history III from a bat . . . and
Dorothy Matson dancing a jig to
free herself from the same bat . . .
| The time of the passing of memory
books, or we might say, the mem-
ory book craze . . . Floyd and Alex
Denson Weems, the senior class
president, has been in school here
for five years, and has made a good
showing. He has been president of
his class for three years, his fresh-
man year, junior year and senior
/tar. He was a member of the
Spanish Ciub in his junior year.
Denson was line captain of the ’31
football squad and is a three year
ietterman in that sport. He proved
to be an excellent track man, feat-
uring in javelin, discus and shot put.
Douglas Linder, one of Rockdale’s
most popular girls, has gone through
eleven years schooling here. She
has lettered three years in basket-
ball and has participated in various
other sports. She was this year's
captain of the volley ball team.
Douglas has always given her sup-
port to the school, being pep leader
of this year’s football squad. In her
sophomore year in high school she
was voted the most popular girl.
Billie Kirk, vice president of the
senior class, has given his loyal sup-
port to Rockdale Hi four years, dur-
ing which time he has been an
fficient worker. In his sophomore
year he was class secretary and in
his last two years he has been class
vice president. Kirk is a versatile
i h’.-.'e being a three year letter-
man in football and basketball, and
is now playing baseball for the sec-
ond year. He is also a track star/1
Elizabeth Schukraft has been in
Rockdale during her entire school
career. She has proved to be a
great favorite among her classmates
by her ever winning smile. She has
been a member of the home eco-
j ncmics club for the past three years,
' and was a member of the Spanish
club in '30 and ’31. She is a very
capable and efficient worker wher-
ever she is needed, this being shown
especially in her keeping of the
school library. She is an excellent
.iudent in her studies, having made
the honor roll most of the time.
1925. This week’s issue was the sen-
ior edition. Those working on it
were Welburn James, Thelma Kyle,
Wesley Blackburn, James Johnson,
Doreen Orr, Dorothea Philliiie, Ca-
therine Stribling. Ward Lighffoot
and Lucille Hillyer.
Five Track Men Enjoy Austin Meet
The five Tigers that competed in
the high school division of the Tex-
as Relays were Welburn James, Lee
Bartlett, Eugene Landis, Dock Har-
ris and Wesley Blackburn. These
five men ran some good races but
were defeated because a "good big
man is better than a good little
man.”
The Tigers took third place in the
l-mile relay. The team was compos-
ed of Blackburn, Landis, James and
Harris.
The Tigers journey to Cameron
Friday. April 3. to compete in the
■ounty meet. The Tigers are work-
ing hard to carry off this meet.
Rockdale loses three of their most
worthy athletes in James, Black-
burn and Harris this year.
Wesley Blackburn carried his rac-
es a winner to the tape as he al-
ways does. “Big Wes” ran a bril-
A free concert will be given Jn
the auditorium each night and punch
will be served in the corridors.
Miss Mary Alice Porter, Mrs. W.
C. Mans and Mrs. C M Perry are
on the entertainment committee
Mrs. W. E. Gaither, Mrs. Ed
Simms and Miss Crouch are the pub-
licity committee.
Mrs. Lee Orr, Mrs. C. M. Sessions,
Mrs. O. K. Phillips, Miss Louise Hale
and Miss Fredonia Hairston arc on
the refreshment committee.
Mrs. Lon Hudson, Miss Lottie Mae
Phillips and Miss Cordelia Crouch
are the committee of art interpre-
tations
Items from Intermediate Dept
The sevenih grad - has an enthu
-iastle team consisting of five stu-
dents at work on the music memory
contest. They are working with zeal
and determined to win.
The spelling team composed of
Mildred Dunham and Eunice Sweaks
is now being trained by Miss Mary
Noble.
Ever on the alert to enter new ac-
tivities, students of the intermediate
department are preparing for the
liant 440 yards and tied about the j newest features of the Interschol-
best high school runner in the state.; a^ic League Meet—the arithmetic
contest. The team has not been
Wesley runs the 220 and the 4401
close to record time and if he goes
:o state meet this year we expect to
see him win the low hurdles. Fig-
ures don’t lie and Wes crowds Bald-
win’s (last year’s state hurdle
champ) time every race he runs.
Art Exhibit
The Colonial Art Exhibit is due
chosen yet. The contestants are
LeRoy Hillyer. Erma Doss, Ernest
Henry, Florine Smith, Don Luckey
and Billy Orr.
| Game U> Start at 3:30 Friday Af-
ternoon at Fair Park Field
In Rockdale
Coach Gay’s Tigers will meet the
Cameron Yoemen for a battle at
3:30 o'clock Friday afternoon on
(he lair park diamond. This Ls the
second game of the series for the
Milam county championship, Cam-
eron winning the first game Tues-
day afternoon at Cameron.
Workouts have been held each i
afternoon at the fair park field since |
March 21, with the result that the!
Tigers are in good condition to meet I
the Yoemen.
The Tiger lineup is expected to be
as follows: Stewart, cent«’r; Perry,
left; Young, right,; Summers, first;
Trotter, third; Pierce, short; Hen-
sley, catcher; and Timmerman, pit-
cher.
Sweaters Awarded
To Nine Cagers
Of R.H.S. April 1
Sixth Grade Has
Chapel Program
Friday, April 1st
Members of the sixth grade, un-
der the supervision of Mrs. Annette
Bradfield, presented a three act
play. "The Pony Express,” last Pri-| Billie Kirk, Boyd Worley, Brit Hen
Nine members of the Tiger basket-
1 ill team, Milam county champs,
have been awarded sweaters Friday
for their outstanding work during
the past season.
The Tigers receiving lettered swe-
aters were Captain Eldridge Ragan,
Monroe Pierce, Lawrence Summers,
C -! S! v ar:, Bailey Timmerman,
day morning, April 1, at the chapel
period. Those who participated in
the p'ay were:
Robert Floyd, J. D. Simmons, Cor-
nest Oust James C Pearson. Frank-
'in Sanford, Maurice Ferrari, Woody
Clark, Malcolm Gw, Newton Smith,
Byron Earl Fitzgerald.
■icy and Walter Smith.
The sweater awarded to Walter
Smith was for all-round athletics.
A football and a basketball are on
the gold letter R, also two stripes,
one on the wrist for service in foot-
ball and one on the upper arm for
service in basketball.
Evelyn and Jane Gunn visited
their mother in the hospital at Tem-
ple Sunday.
Miss Kirk:
soap?
Fred Ewing
to know.
Fred, why do we use
That’s what I’d like
—Pathfinder.
Miss Nettle Turner and Mary
Louise Lee visited the Thomdale
school Friday afternoon.
ANNOUNCING
THE NEW FORD
pough Louise White doesn’t
canary bird to school she
toe wants her bird’s
is Cetle”) 10 1x5 put ln Tlg‘
a wasp in-
vading the staff room ... the bas-
ketball girls wanting sweaters . . .
one of the Spanish I students tell-
ing of the Spanish people eating
velvet after mass.
Names
(By S. F.)
Ihow you have heard of people
Wave their pet hobbles, but have
(ever heard of people who name ,
nt articles in their possession? . l" af'f ,„w,
several Rockdale students do
I wy thing!
8am Perry calls his baseball
fTimmy" ;i. / v;s Tommy by
We all the day, and never lets
| let out of his siprht
Scheihing possesses a small,
elephant which she says ls
[ieod luck piece. She proudly
Kes that the elephant ls nam-
*ee Wee."
Mha Anne Swafford has nam-
*r home economics pin cushion
She says she can't nc-
rfor having it Beanie but that
I '”'k' hi name s very pleas-
N easy to remember.
{& Isaacs calls his car “Fan-
He says he wanted to be dif-
Fand therefore he didn’t name
R. II. S. LIBRARY RECEIVES
TWO NEW FICTION BOOKS
Two new fiction books were re-
ceived by the Rockdale high school
library last Thursday from the Chil-
dren’s Book Club of America, ac-
cording to Mrs. James Lanning, li-
brarian. They arc ‘ Pirates of Sho-
als,” by Barbour; and George Wash-
ington, Soul of a Nation, by Holmes.
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Albert Kelly: How do you like
my now lazy car?
Helen Baldridge
mean "lazy” car?
Albert: One of the “shiftless
kind.
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What do you
Billie Kirk: Do you refuse to kiss
me?
Edith Brown: Well, I've never
done it before.
Billie: What! Never been kissed?
Edith: No, never refused!
—Pathfinder.
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Cooke, John Esten. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1932, newspaper, April 7, 1932; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth742159/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.