The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 4, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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ROCKDALE, MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 4, 1943
Rockdale Reporter EeUbUohed ISM
NO. 40
Caldwell Boys
Are Lost In Italy
ambling] TWO KILLED. TWO
CAPTURED. FIVE
ARE WOUNDED
•BOUND
bockdale
WUB
W. H. u
ROCKDALE STILL Season’s First Football Game
In Rockdale Tomorrow Night
ROCKDALE MEETS
FAR BEHIND ON
WARFUNDGOAL
Only Little Over $800
Raised On Quota Of
$1500 So Far
the story of the week consider
.one about the sailor who met a
us blonde just a few hours be-
h boat sailed. He knew he was
to have to act fast so the first
h. could maneuver her off into a
corner he said: “Honey, I’m a
of few words; hew's about a little
■And she said: “Well. I’m not
Und of a girl... but you’ve talk-
e Into It."
36 More Reported to Be
Missing In Action
Since Salerno
t Rockdale high school it wns de-
cost of maintaining a team, poor
ance, and also due to transper-
difflcultlcs. But the kids, after
1 started, decided they wanted to
football.
they got together and Athletic
tor Winkelman took over. Al-
ii the Tigers are not in district
-tltlon and are playing a “lone
schedule, they are doing all
by themselves and have a pretty
Still lagging far behind the city’s
quota Rockdale contributions to the
National War Fund totaled only slight-
ly more than $800 this morning, ac-
cording to Sumner Foster, city chair-
man of the drive. The quota for
Rcckdale is $1500, for Milam county
$10,100.
Following last week’s initial report
of only $022 collected, Foster said a
number of local citizens have volun-
tarily increased their contributions and
other donations have brought the fi-
gure up to a little mere than $800,
which is still about $700 short of the
goal.
The congregation of Peace Lutheran
Church, Rockdale, made a contribu-
tion of $50 to the fund this week which
has helped materially, and Chairman
Foster said that other churches,
church organizations and fraternal
^omdela^rM'mteingirKUon.Tlle1^;'8, w°u“ *1Ulln “ft
next few days as he felt they would
want to follow the example set by
Big ’Opussum and Armadillo Hunt Staged at
Davilla To Get Fats Needed For War Effort
Final reports reaching Caldwell
show a total of 44 boys from the Cald-
well community listed as killed, cap-
WM"no pUM lor a|tured- »™ndcd •» «tk» In
11 program this yea.r, due to the the Italian invasion, George Fall, ed-
4 ltor of The Ca,]ciwcli NewSi thls
newspaper this morning.
Fall said he had been busy since last
week checking telegrams received,
making tabulations to bring the list up
to date. Of the total number two were
listed as killed, two captured, five
If the idea started at Davilla
Tuesday night catches on over the
United States there will be plenty
of fats to furnish the materials
needed so badly in the nation’s
war effort.
Brice Gaston, WPB official, of
Austin, and MLss Lackey, publicity
chairman of the Texas Salvage
Committee, Austin, attended a ral-
ly at Davilla Tuesday night, along
with S, E, Brogdon, Milam Coun-
ty Salvage Chairman, and Cha«s.
M. Hicks, of Cameron.
At the rally a group of about 25
ineguioes, assembled under the
leadership of John Powell, negro
school principal, and Booker T.
Washington, negro teacher, and
the negroes spread out into groups
intent on rounding up a batch of
’opossums and armadillos.
By 2 a, m. the groups, working
with 5 dogs, had returned with
more than 20 ’opossums and 6
armadillos, all of which will be
rendered to get fats for the war
effort.
The idea brought returns of a
sizeable amount of fats. If it
catches on throughout the country,
the army can forget its worries
over the shortage of fats.
two listed as captured were at first
reported missing, later telegrams ad-
vising they were captured.
These battle losses date back from
Peace Lutheran Church.
The committee ha« again with-held
CLUES CHECKED
IN MURDER CASE
SHERIFF SAYS CONVICT PLACED
PHONE CALL TO GALVESTON
FROM PANHANDLE
Waco, Nov. 2.—Lamb county Sheriff
bunch of boys out. Their record ^he beginning of the etsablishment of Publlcation °* names and contributors [ gam Hutson disclosed here Tuesday
- with all games played away( the beachhead at Salerno on Sept. 9, thls week’ all°7n« local citizens one - ........
home, Is good.
orrow night . , . Friday . . , they
laying their first game on the
field, meeting the Thorndale
They play because they love
e and they deserve the support
1 grid fans. Let’s go out Friday
and him 'em a hand.
HR good reason for buying
w bends was reported by Harold
y the other day. He said a wo-
came In the bank and laid down
’h for a bond, remarking: "I've
saving this money to divorce my
d but I've decided I can stand
‘tter than I can Hitler."
with most of them, about 36, occurring
on September 19, Fall said he had been
informed.
CARNIVAL NETS
$239 FOR P.-T. A.
GOOD CROWDS ATTEND AND PTA
HAS BEST FINANCIAL RETURN
OF CARNIVAL HISTORY
more week to "get their name in the
pot” with a substantial amount.
These who wish to give to this fund,
or give an additional amount, may
leave their contributions with Sumner
Poster, Rockdale chairman; Jim Eads,
Rockdale district chairman; or deposit
it to the National War Fund account
at the Rockdale State Bank.
With good crowds attending, the an-
| nual Parent-Teacher Association Hal-
Mualtirs. j lowe’en Carnival Saturday night
at neighboring Caldwell last brou8bt larger financial returns than
oir , , ., 1 any ever held, Mrs. Sid Allen, presi-
M. f™T, ,Er^hl™” ‘h'|d«nt. said this morning. Pinal tabula-
mors- uniii f.nau..’ lions showed gross returns of $273.35
more, until finally tabulations: o . _ "... - *,,00™ -rh* mu
d 44 boys from that locality fnJ a net f iI n T id
last year was $217, Mrs, Allen said.
missing or wounded in action,
gering number for a small town.
Former Newspaperman
Of Cameron Is Killed
W. M. Cobb, former publisher of The
Cameron Enterprise and secretary of
the Cameron Chamber of Commece,
died in a hospital at Alice early Sun-
day following injuries received in a
car crash near Alice as he and his wife
were going to Lampasas from their
home at Mercedes. Funeral services
were held at Lampasas Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs, Cobb, who since leav-
ing Cameron have been with their son
Moulton (Ty) Cobb in the Valley, were
on their way to Lampasas when the
night that a telephone call made from
the Panhandle to Galveston on the
morning Dr. and Mrs. Roy Hunt were
slain had been traced to a convict held
for questioning in connection with the
double murder.
Hutson said the call was made last
Tuesday morning, shortly after the
blood-soaked bodies of the 36-year-old
physician and his 28-year-old wife
were discovered bv their 6-year-old
daughter.
To Woman Friend
The call was to a woman friend of
the ccnvlct, Hutson said.
The convict, Hutson said, had sought
to establish an alibi that he was with
another friend, a married woman, in
Galveston the day before and the day
after the slayings. Galveston Is about!
500 air-line miles from Littlefield.
The convict was asked the name of
his companion in Galveston.
14.400 SMOKES
ON WAY TO BOYS
LEGION SENDS 72 CARTONS TO
BOYS WHOSE NAMES AND
ADDRESSES WERE LISTED
Seventy-two cartons of
14,400 smokes, have now been sent di
reet to local boys In foreign service, a
carton going to each name and address
furnished the American Legion Post,
sponsors of the program here. Cigar-
ette Jars in local stores bought in a
total of $61.53.
Max Ferrari, Post Commander, said
that the funds collected were Just suf-
ficient to send a carton to each boy
whose name and address had been left
with him
Collections from Jars In the stores in
Rockdale reflected about the same at-
titude on the part of local merchants
as in a similar campaign a few months
ago, with some of the larger stores ap-
parently taking little interest in this
service for local soldiers. The Legion
acknowledges receipts as follows:
Noack Grocery Co. 27c; McVoy Gro-
cery $3.07; Maxie’s Sweet Shop $10.70;
Howell’s Groecry 70c; Vogel’s Variety
Store $7.51; Jones Grocery 77c; Pre-
THORNDALEFOR
SECONDGAME
Locals Win 12 to 0 Over
Rosebud Panthers In
Game Last Friday
The Carnival was held in the Bui- ] accident occurred. Mrs. Cobb Is
lock building, formerly ocouipled by the ported in a critical condition in the
ln B/Wl. , , . Elite cafe, with the usual Hallowe’en Alice hospital.
Rock 1,ilc there nave been carn]vnl attractions again offered this! Before his retirement Mr. Cobb was
i Witt’s Drug Store $5.78; Duke’s Drug
Hutson quoted him as saying, “She store $5.62; Ashby Bros. Confection-
was a married woman and it would ery $4128; Rockdale Reporter $2.56;
not be chivalrous to tell—besides, her Elite Cafe $2.33; Benny’s Place $2 31;
husband might kill me.” . Backfhaus Bros. $1.92; Plaza Cafe! t0_°.
Rockdale fans will have opportunity
to see their first football game of the
season here tomorrow (Friday) night
when Coach Winkelman’s Rockdale
Tigers meet the Thorndale Bulldogs
on the home field at 8 o’clock.
It will be the second meeting o? the
two teams this season, Rockdale hav-
ing defeated the Bulldogs 6 to 0 ln a
game at Thorndale several weeks ago.
Coach Winkelman describes the
Thorndale team os the best team the
Tigers have met this season, including
the Calvert team which beat Rockdale
6 to 0.
Rockdale hn« played three games
this season, all away from home. They
cigarettes beat Thorndale 6 to 0, lost to Calvert
0-6, and last week defeated Rosebud
12 to 0 at Rosebud.
The Rockdale starting lineup will
average 151 pounds, Thorndale 142
pounds. Winkelman said, and local
fans should be treated to a closely-
contested struggle. A big following of
Thorndale fans is expected to come to
Rcckdale for the game.
The starting lineups will be as fol-
lows :
Thorndale: Ends, James and Black-
man; tackles, Trevine and Young;
guards, Nutt and Gutzler; center,
Summerlin; backs, Butts, Stclzer,
Clark and Ralston.
Rockdale: Ends, Davis and Stall-
worth; tackles, Sapp and Of field;
guard's, C. Trotter and McDonald;
center, Fleming; backs, Dixon, Mc-
Daniel, Cardwell and Jones. Couch
Winkelman says Sides will likely be
out due to a twisted ankle received in
scrimmage this week.
Defeat Rosebud 12-0
Paced by Jackie Sides, the Tigers
soundly whipped the Rosebud Pan-
thers last Friday night at Rosebud 12
asualtles: lccnl boys either kill-
wounded, or captured and now
/son campst Not 44 all at one
but there have been quite n
/r since Pearl Harbor. It’s sirk-
Lost In Poker Game I $1.72; Holley’s Red & White $1.70;
Hutson also revealed that the con- Strieker’s $1.G9; Pearsons $1.13; Ilol-
vlct who had about $100 on him when j lcys Barber Shop 49c; Spence Sand-
lie was arrested as a parole violator, wlCh Shop 46c, Zimmer's Barber Shop
yew. | publisher of The Cameron Enterprise had admitted that he had had $720 a 45c; Sklnner* Barber Shop 41c,
Mrs. Allen lists receipts from the | for 13 years up to 1929. He also served. f0w days previously, but explained that} Total collections $61.53.
various concessions as follows: a long period of time as secretary oL bc had lost most of the money in a
Canned foods $62.46, Cake Chances: the Cameron Chamber of Commerce, i poker game in Galveston. He had
. , $50. Peanuts $5.05, Bingo $44.59, Cake; After selling the Enterprise to Ben F.! borrowed the money from a man in
nink about. And ns the war!Wa’ k $io.25. Fish Pond $4.86. Spook' Reichert, the Cobb family moved to Amarillo, the prisoner insisted.
.ses; thr>r rnK)rts a»'e R°!nK ^ i House $‘>00 Sandwiches, coffee, etc., | the valley, where Moulton Cobb has i Hutson also revealed that the over-
ue to ceme In. No one knows; Q fiodft Water $16.66, Fortune, in recent years been a radio comen-1 --
many of our boys are going l] _ *,771=
involved. I Telling $5.10. Pics $17.75.________________
tator over a Valley network.
See HUNT CASE, page 8
yet when Rockdale started out;
!e lhe measly sum of $1500 for!
ational War Fund . . . with the!
to go to the USO, to the Sea-
service fund, and to other war
end activities to aid some of the
needs of this war, the best we
w was u> eng up Just about nan
amount asked. Added response
the past week has not been
better.
fctly, don’t YOU really WANT
something for the boys? This is
c first time this year you’ve
sked to give anything. You’ve
skod to buy bonds. But you’ll
at money back with interest,
ss hns been good; you’ve been
R more money this year than
er have before. And tills war is
>ble for it. The same war that
f ®nc* wounding your boy and
jfpt*
WITH OUR BOYS
IN THE SERVICE
Bring or Mail All the News About “Our Boys
In The Service” to The Rockdale Reporter
Jack Lewis Dies At
Cameron Suddenly
Mrs. Louis Rlnn has received a
cablegram from her husband, Sgt,
Louis Rlnn. advising that he has land-
ed safely It hts destination in the war
theater.
Pvt. Arthur E. Ryan has written his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ryan, that
he has landed safely somewhere in
the North African war theater.
Mrs. Laura Aldridge received a cable
safe” somewhere in India.
little of it back for them.
income is limited, look up ^ pvt Roger Lee Gohman, who ship-
* Poster or jjm Eads and glvolped some “time ago for foreign service,
c mr buck or two anyway. If i wrote a v-mall letter to his mother re-
Can stand it . . . and a lot' rently from “somewhere at sea." His
. 7C lnccmes can ... go kick mother. Mrs. C. B. Gohman, received
twenty-five, fifty or n hun-' n cable Friday that he was well and
tonl ht ‘ t0clay’ You11 sloep safe at an undisclosed destination.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hirt received a
cablegram this week from their young-
more story: The way it was er son, John Charles (Sonny) who said
worry." His 10-
Why.
d to
ago. Mr. and Mrs. Hirt have also re-
ceived a- V-Mail letter from S-Sgt.
Robert Lee Hirt stating that he had
arrived in England. Sgt. Hirt has
been in the Army Air Corps for the
past two years, Iceated most of that
time at San Antonio and Victoria.
A. J. (Jack) Lewis, 53, well known
Cameron attorney and former criminal
district attorney for Milam county,
died suddenly at 2 a. m. Wednesday at
his home in Cameron. Funeral ser-
vices were held at Cameron at 10
o’clock this morning.
A mail carrier in the early days, Jack
Lewis started practicing law in 1913,
and served Milam county as criminal
district attorney for 12 years ending
ln 1933. Since that time he had been
a practicing lawyer at Cameron.
Mr. Lewis’ father was sheriff of Mi-
lam county from 1888 to 1892. His
wife Is a daughter of former-sheriff
L. L. Blaylock, of Cameron. Besides
| his wife, other survivors include four
It’s a small world. Boyd Middleton,
son of Mrs. J. W. Middleton of Rock-
dale, who lived at Aransas Pass before
entering the army, Is now in foreign
service in Honolulu. His friend in
William Grissom, accompanied by
his wife, the former Miss Mary Eliza-
beth Quinlan, has been here on fur-
lough the past week from his duties J children'
with the Navy. Grissom has been! ___
through a number of major naval ™ |nQVlftl. Gtn/lori+e Tn
gagements and has seen service with Izclj llli oiuui II Lr> ■
both the Pacific and Atlantic fleets. Visit Local Baptists
Miss Helen Frances Smith and Miss
Priscilla Bagley, of Brazil, students of
ther, Lieut. Don W. Elzcy, who has Mary Hardin-Baylor College, Beltcn,
Just recently arrived somewhere ln : wm be at the Baptist church in Rock-
Rcv. Elmer C. Elzey has Just re-
ceived a v-mail letter from hts bro-
Arnnsas Pass Robert Howerv, also is; England. “I am somewhere ln Kng-1 dale at both services Sunday for a
in foreign service. Beth boys wrote j land and that is all I can tell you ofjprcgrjim 0f songs and talks, according
their respective families inquiring as j how, why, where and when," he said. 110 ReVi jamCs W. Askew, pastor,
to the whereabouts of the other and j Both Rev. Elzey and his brother for- Miss Smith Is the daughter of Har-
after several months of letter-writing j merly lived at Columbus, Ohio,
to the United States Rnd then writing
to one another through the post of-
fice at San Francisco, they discovered
that they were living right across the
street from each other. The discovery
ha* resulted in quite a reunion and
IhoLT!. Qrandma aays that in "all is well, do not homc on furlough left last wee* to re-1 -
1 01 « nT..S «r‘vS to toe Solomons I turn to hie station somewhere In the Pfc. Robert L. Phillips writes inter-
■ . . J" f, ‘feihln*?.th'S\dV’»v>- «d.“w *7 „ home on fur-1 South American sector. He Is In the, —-
the post ofirce department has had reported an enjoyable trip and found
much less moil to handle. Hubert fine. Your* Cay wood has
-- I gene to another camp for further
Preston H. Perry Jr., who has been j training,
home on furlough left last week to re-
ley and Agnes Bagley Smith, who live
ln the Southernmost capital of Brazil.
Mrs. A. L. Caywocd and Mrs. Hubert j Port Alegre, where Rev. Smith is pas-
Lee Cay wood have returned from | tor of three churches and where Rev.
Gulfport, Mlslssippi, where they spent! Smith and wife founded a school
five days with Seaman 2-c Hubert^Lee nboUt 18 years ago. Miss Smith studied
at this school until coming to the
United States to study at Baylor, and
her parents are now ln the States on
furlough. She majors ln speech and
plans to go back to Brazil as a mis-
sionary.
Miss Bagley was born in Santos,
Caywood, who is in tile Seabces. They
and then she added wist-1 early in the. year, was home on
ats we didn’t do them." lough due to an illness several months Na\y
See WITH OUR BOYS, Page 8
See BAYLOR GIRLS, Page 8
The Tigers scored early in the sec-
ond quarter, but missed the conver-
sion. At the beginning of the fourth
period the Tigers kicked to the Rose-
bud 10 yard line. The Panthers kick-
ed and McDaniel made a good return.
Sides clammcred through for several
good gains and some good passes from
Jones to the Tiger ends added more
yardage to put the Tigers on the 8-
yard line. Jones took it over from
there on the next play. Horton's at-
tempt at conversion was low and the
score was 12-0. In the final mintucs
of play Elland Intercepted a Rosebud
pass and reached the Panther 20 as
the game ended.
While Sides was outstanding for
Rockdale, McDaniel and Jones shared
backfield honors with him and there
were many other good players. Davis,
Offleld, Trotter, McDonald, Sapp and
Stallworth in the( line held Rosebud to
oniy two fust uowns. And Dixon,
rated by the coach as one of the best
blocking backs of his size, played a
Jam-up game. Fleming stands out ln
the line as the best center ln this part
of the state.
J. T. Marrs Claimed
By Death October 28
J. T. Marrs, 76. died late Thursday
afternoon. Oct. 28, after being criti-
cally ill for the past six weeks. Funeral
services were held from the Phillips
<te Luckev funeral home at four
o’clock Friday afternoon with Rev. R.
Burtls Bates of the Methodist church,
and Rev. Jas. W. Askew, of the Bap-
tist church, officiating. Burial was
made at Oak Lawn cemetery.
Ca'-ket attendants were Walter Ram-
sol, C. R. Isaacs, H. H. Cofficld, Clyde
Franklin, H. J. Stone, Jim Ends, Har-
old Luckey, H, C. Vance. Honorary
nallbcarers were J. W. Garner, Dr.
H. T. Coulter, R. L Orr, T. B. Ryan,
P. H. McCawley, W. A. Bonds, Judge
Jeff Kemp
John Thomas Marrs was bom in
Pontotoc county, Mississippi, January
16, 1867, and was at the time of his
death 76 years, 9 months and 12 days
See MARRS, Page 8
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