The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 23, 1967 Page: 3 of 14
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EDITORIAL ,
Right or Wrong: Do Things
You can please some ot the people period, from 1952 to 1957. It is also hard
lame oi the time- but you can't pleas? aU Jo believe that they were taken out 10
-of the people pll of the time. year ~ ~---.
When it comes uTparEmg riTeTm;you----TB* nty eouricil has ordered the city
can’t please all of the people even' some
of the time.
The City ul Rockdale found that out
a long time ago and it is finding it out
again now following the council’s an-
nouncement last week that parking
meters were to be put back in after an
_absence of 10 years. t
To help feel the pulse of the people
. and the merchants, this newspaper con-
ducted- two surveys last Saturday. Forty.
shoppers were interviewed by a reporter,
picked at random at stores throughout
Rockdale. Twenty-seven shoppers, in-
cluding some from rural areas and some
from town, said they favored the meters.
Nine were opposed to them, some vocif-
erously. Four were anew tain. ____ _ •
This may or may not have proved
something. You might take a similar
survey tomorrow, interviewing 40 dif-
ferent people, and get the same results,
dr. you might get a direct opposite verdict.
In a survey of merchants who would
have parking meters in front of their
, stores,.the results were close. Out of 28
interviewed. 14 favored return of the
manager to look into the pnr^Rag* nf n»w [TTni |MJ mn,iii W M|.ia
melt i s to be installed only on three main
downtown streets, far fewer than were
installed last- tupe. It was reported that
the old meters were in too bad shape to
be used again.
This newspaper hopes and suggests that
a close look be given at the old meters.
Since they were in use only five years
there should be some life left in the old
boys yet We presume that the city dads
Will not buy new meters without first
giving a real close look at the old ones.
This will probably be included in a re-
port on installation costs.
One observation: A Rockdale shopper
will go to Austin and think nothing of
walking from one to several blocks from
his parking place to where he wants to
shbp. Here at home he is unhappy if he
cannot park right in front of the store'he
wants to patronize.
And another: When and if parking
meters are re-installed, a number of peo-
ple afe. going to be happy. And a number
of people are going to gripe. No matter
which way the city- council moves, they
LETTER!
I TO THE
EDITOR
tionahlp with our friend* and or are just representing the, March 23. 1967
I cutflomtijw in the outlying com- intvirdi and opinions of a! -
minority
ROCKDALE/ Tax.) REPORTER—*
Dear Editor,
I see by the March 16 edi-
tion of the Reporter that the
Rockdale city fathers have
struck another tolnW -for "pro-* as tr means of
gresv It was announced that
Now I’m as much for pro-
gress as the next fellow sp I
rgpd on. When I did, I found
out that Waahirfglon la not me
only place where we have a
credibility gap. It was reported
that . . the melons will pro-
vide more parking space for
shoppers . . I examined sev-
eral parking places along Cam-
eron Avenue and 1 still ean’t
see .Dow putting up a meter is
going to make room for-more
than' one car per space, This
fact notwithstanding, there are
too. many questions which I
think ought to be answered be-
fore we dive Into the parking
meter dilemma.
i h We had meters from \9i"2
to 1 S5T.~^rhy were they-mBtall-
ed and why wei4 they remov-
ed? Are we going to repeat, a
past mistake?
<2> Do the PEOPLE of Rock-
dale Want meters? In other
do thoM H
1 /
munition ..."
**. . . Discontinuance of park-
ing meters wiU im^n a loss of
revenue- for the city. But both
the council and the Chamber
of Commerce representatives
agree that meters can be jurti-
I feel that some ef-
fort should be made, one way|
or another, to find out if the
meter proposal has pny real
popular support.
When all is said and done,
one question remains to be
fied as a traffic control, not answered. Does Rockdsle have
venue
If in jh«* foiqrc- cpndi-
words, do those who want , 1
meters represent the will and- jjicld different results, but the
fuen remains—*-u—‘ nr '?nv hi Pi
meters, 12 were opposed, and Iwn were ■■yarfr'Roino t<< be Wrung in the minds erf
uncertain. many.
Time has a way of passing more swiftly We commend them for having the guts
than most of us realize and it is likely to take some action, whether they be
that very few people realize that Rockdale right or wrong. That’s what city council-
TmH parkin)1, nirtn i mil/ fur a Hve-ypar men are elected for: to do things.
weLfare of the community or
•arc +hey a minority who rep-
Poachers Should be Prosecuted
Probably the greatest asset Rockdale
-has, nntsirfp of its i?reat aluminum smelt-
ing industry, is Alcoa Lake. :
It is, in- facfrihe area's only fishing
recreation spot, and it draws fishermen
From throughout the state. To date, more
than half a million, fish have been taken
out of the lake, a pretty good commen-
THE ROCKDALE REPORTER
W. H. COOKE & aON, ruMtshan -
Subscription Rai»»: By .mil In Milam »nd adjoining
eountlen: 1 year *3 50 Anywhere elw In Texas', I year
- - - ~ '■ — “ “ rlar boy 1
tury on Alcoa’s desire to make the facili-
ties available.
r»rm-
$4 00 OuUlrtr Texas, M 00 year By carrier
delivery in Rockdale only, 1 year $5.00.
oy home
nected by a canal. The big Take is the
fishing lake. The smaller lake, near the
power plant intake is known as the hot
lake, its waters being used for. cooling
in the power plant. It is off-limits to
fishermen..---- ~~i' L
Alcoa officials have pointed out that
it is off-limits because there is much tur-
bulence and possibility that boats there
might capsize; because it is a hatching
-ground for the fish that will ultimately
■is •*" 'i fifl' " * " " ‘ it-
Any erroneou* lafloctlon upon the character, standing
or reputation of any person, firm or corporation, which
may appear In the columns of The Hcporter will be
■ yl-aiv-j— —antari noon hying bruuuht tu the ant-niton of
the publisher.
W. H Cpoke. Manager; J W. IBiJU Cooke. Editor;
Henry Tyler. Advertising Manager; James O. iSaml
Bummers. Mrehsnuai Koit-man. Peggy Cooke and Gracyc
Cooke. Woman's Page Editors. Helen Seelke and Dorris
Henry, Bookkeeping and Classified Ad Department. Boh
Tenter and Edward Bounds. Typesetters. Wendell Dyer
and Boland Lawson. Printer*.
Entered as second class matter Jnlv ~10, 1H02 at the
post office at Rockdale, Texas, under the Act of March
V 11187. Published Every Thursday .
•
CONTEST:
stock the-main lake; because boat tra
fie would be difficult to control and the
channel bank would tend to erode; and
--because_masLexperts say the fish in the .. Miiyor Hogan/pointed
hot lake are not as good eating as--those 0l7r-ttnrt—— ui» .-hv emu-it
in the cooler section.
Alcoa has not had’ a great deal of
trouble but there have been some
—"poachers,” From here we would say that
the company’s regulations are^reasbn-
able and should be respected. “Although
we have not always done-so,” say Alcoa
officials, "we believe, it is unfaif to those
obeying thp rules for us not to prosecute
poachers in the future/’
We believe the company is right and
know they have the backing of the true
sportsmen who enjoy fishing.
Mrs. Ida Dikes
Dies Saturday
Mts. Ida Marie Dikes, 97,
died Saturday’ in a Cameron
nursing home and funeral ser-
vices were held at the Ph i 11» |a>
& Luckey Chapel in Rockdale
at 10 a. m. Monday with th<;
Rev. Stokes of the Thorndale
Methodist Church officiating.
Mrs. Dikes was born. Jan. 6,
1870, in I-ee County but later
lived in Thorndale and Milano
unH spent most of her life in
Milam County --
■She -mgrrleil John Christoph-
er Dikes in l-ee County in 1888
and her husband died* in 1928
She is survived by three
sops, George Dikes ot Port
Arthur, lienry Dikes of Corpus
Chrutl, arid FlgiT~PTKoTrBf-San
Antonio; one daughter, Mrs.
Emma Russell of Cameron; also
12 grandchildren.
Grandchildren see v e d as
pallbearers.
W. H. Fieseler •
Dies Saturday
At Age 96 Years
William Henry Fieseler, 96,
died Satu rday at 5:45 a. m. in
St. Edwards Hospital in Cam-
eron where he had been for
more than a wbek.
Funeral services in charge o'f
Phillips & Luckey Company of
Rockdale were held Sunday at
2 p. m. at the Chapel here with
burial in the Taylor City Ceme-
~ tanlcy >»!■
and expense?
<4> We have a
parking regulation
two-hour
on the
books HoW. It is supposed to do
precisely what tj>e meter adr
voeates say that the meters
m‘e "SupiMjspfl l,» II—this it.,
tions warrant reinstallation of
the parking meteia, you will
have all material already avail-
able TTr" ----!------—
Mar. U. 1867
Jf. . . Luckey said that new
rdrlci-s wilt probably be in-
stalled since the old ones-were
troublesome. ’It amost requir-
ed a wbtehsmith to service
them’, he noted .;.
_It look# as though history, is
bound to repeat it self doesn’t
it?
It has been implied that the
store owneis complain abopt
the parking situation and ffiat
they are behind the metei;
proposal. There has no doubt
been complaints. But in a sur-
vey of Tert merchant* that' I
conducted along one block of
Cameron and one block of
Main, eight of them opposed
it and two were in favor.' A
pmll ui all the na-ri-hgnta miftht
d parkiny problem? And it SO,
to what extent? There are oc-
casions when parking is
Tcrirrc.—Yet 1 persona My - have-
NEVER had any difficulty
parking downtown. There has
been some occasions when I
couldn’t park on Main or Cam-
eron Streets, but I have always
found a place within two or
three blocks. And these occas-
ions when I couldn't park on
Main or Cameipn have been
rare. Is this a parking prob-
lem?
Since 1 cannot say how often
and when our streets fail to
have parking spaYe available,
1 can't say that we havp no
parking problem. But sirjee no
one else knows how often and
when- we are short of spaces,
no one can say that w« have
either. I suggest that we - put
an end to arbitrary opinions
of the subject and go out and
get some facts! The city council
yet. indicated' that a complete
'Strrvcy !■.■« n mnrln It t-itnM
resem their own interest and
opinions? ~~ • :—:
<3 > Cameron has removed it’s
meters in the past few years.
Bryan, Temple and Waco have
removed some of theirs. Can
^ !.■ -......r,.ihin„ from them- most accurate,
liurt. would save us some misery ls ^-v- bolding elections. The
Weil be' that meterw sue not
wanted. 11 1 ■ —
There are only two practical
ways by which the will of the
community can be determined.
tim case, why do we need met- ^
civ,’ 11 this is not the. rttse, whv c.
will the meters succeed where
the parking ordinance /failed?
I believe the people of Rock-
dale have a right to know the
answms to these questions
BEFORE havihg this potential
jiuisance thrust upon Ihem.
In an effort to answer the
first oi these questions. I dug
around in the fries of The Re-
porter to shed some light on
the past experiences- whb
meters. This is what I found.
Jan. 31, 1952
second* is by solivitfng caids
and Letters from Ihe iSltlZeiieiy,-
asking them what they think.
It should be determined
wheth>r those who want met-
ers returned are representing
the will ul the local consumers
John S. Taylor
Funeral is Held
Here on Sunday
' John SlWSfgt Taylor, ted
Friday in Richards Hospital
arwt bir^ral aervicea were hek
Sunday at 2 p. m. at me
Christian Church, with burtaj
4n the I OOF Cemetery. Phillip,
& 1 ami key Go, was m charge
„ Ttie Rev. Allison Joyce, pa
tor of the First Christr
Chureh, officiated, Mr Taylir
was a member of the Christian
Church, having joined Jin
Johnson County in Novem
1922.
Jm Taylor of Rockdale,
Ither*. Roy Taylor of Clovis.
M. and Floyd Taylor of
tor; threo sisters, Mra WU-
Nunn and Mm Cecil Ger-
iiny. both of Parker, and Mrs.
Stuart , of Claburne There
ire alao two gr&ndcluldren and
two great grandchildren.
Pall be* rent were member a ef
the Cameron IOOF Lodge
ROCKDALE
SCHOOL MENU
27—Easter
Monday, March
Holiday.
/" Tueaday, March 28—Stew
-r | w/vegetables, cheese sticks,
I cabbage salad, cake square,
Born, July 11, 1891, in Hi U | corn bread, milk.
County, he w;c> th.- son of Ahe i Wecimv-day, March 29—Hak-
late Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Tarlor. ^ pyj-g y,- dressing, cianber-
He retired in 196.r> fron/ trie j no5 green beans, applesauce.
Majestic Reproduction ol butter, hot rolls, milk
Thursdey^ March 3XW£mjx».
FL Wortlr and .had ll/cd m
Rockdale the past two jtears.
beans, potato salad, spinach.
Mr. Taylor and Mi;ts Mary I cobbler, cornbread, milk
should make a -traffic survey
-over a period^of time and rae
when and to what extent we
arc experiencing parking
4em». Then we .will not only
know IF bur*to WHAT EX-
TENT, WHERE and WHEN we
should have metered parking.
It would be a step in the right
direction.' And- it may prevent
letters to the editor like this
l»HOi-----1____, .
Sincerely,
GENE SORENSON
Box 146
Rockdale, Texas
HI 6-2450
Jane Inman were married April
io, 1910, at Covington m
County. His wife survives him.
Friday, March 31—Meat loaf
w/calsup. candied sweet pota -
toes, seasoned Ford Rook Li- ~
Other . survivors, are a soil,1 mas, stewejl apricots, hot rolls.
MR. RANCHER AND FARMER;
DO YOU MISS THE PROMTS THAT ACID SOUX
STEAL? ... Bandas Agline takes the risk out of
acid soils and puts profit Back. You can «njey- -these
profits toy tooofriiifl ^iirlilP*’ nnw for imrpediate
quality servjce. Randas Aglime te~ofteh aH~ A3C ap-
proved cost-sharing program. —-——— —_____
Cal] Bandas Aglime collect at PR8-/7511, Temple oa
contact one of-these NOW: V
In Rockdal*—LEON NOACK—HI 6-3652 .
In Cameron—MA£K’$ OJL^ CO—OX 7-4642-
In Gauso—G. R. VARNER—LI 6-3589
In Milano—RAY CANTRELL—GL 5-2997
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SPECIALS
SAVE ON YOUR EASTER NEEDS NOW AT
J. B. WHITE CO: —VROCKRALE
li‘i\. The Itev.
Uuueier, pastor of Peace Luth-
eran Church, officiated.
Mr Fiest'ler lived in Rock-
dale for a number of years be-
fore going to a nursing home
rn Cameron 18 months ago. He
-was—Ncp‘ 1 1870, In
Wuniting ton County, to Tha late
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fieseler.
He was a retired farmer and
rancher.
Mr. Fieseler and Miss Eliza-
WANT TO LEARN
ABOUT INVESTING-
without charge of any kind?
v «
We’re holding a three^session course that begin
Thursday night, March 30, at 7:30 sharp, .
WHERE: In the Community Room of the
Rockdale State Bank
WHEN: March 30, April 6 and 13
The course will consist of basic discussion about: '
j_Why you should invotl, if you can
2—Advantages of stocks and bonds
3_Objectives of your invostmonl program
- 4_Advanced inyastmy and speculative
theories and techniques •
S- Sensible methods of investing
•_Evaluating key industries
If you’d like to come,' either alone or with someone l
else, this is all the invitation you need. There’s no
charge, of course.
MERRILL LYNCH,
PIERCE, ----------
FENNER Gt SMITH INC
itn mi mi ifm iifosmtn rm/mtrn no** ui miimiti uwhu
first National, building, ,waco 76703
Telephone:' PLa/.a 2-1881 v -
Open Saturday mornings for your convenience.
beth Els were married March
tf>, HWr. in Giddings. Hi.-, wife,
died in 1961. Two sonp and
two daughters- also preceded
him in death.
Si«rvivrng are three sons,
HerJrert Fieseler of Rockdale,
Ben Fieseler of Hearne, and
Harold Fieseler of- San An-
tonio; three daughters, Mrs!
Alma Hoald, Mrs. Johephine
Henderson, and Mrs. Florence
Brooks, all ol Houston; lb
grandchildren and 17 great-
grandchildren/
Pall bearers were Harold i favoring nee parking . .
„ , , I'Small towns have been losing.
Fieseler Jr., Edwin- G aesef, - (.IAS>Uimers ,n recent years be-
'nTTTTm*------ ‘-'lv eminrit
gdopted the new measure not
to act as a hardship on people,
but to help solve the parking
problems \ . Downtow.n work-
ers add business men who
have been In the habit nf using
valuable customer space every
day w|U now • use side-streets
and parking lots , .
Fab. 14. 1952
"... A courtesy meter will
be installed at City Hall office
where parking invtcr Violator*
who want to pay prompt can
pay a nickel instead of a dol-
lar . . .”
Aug. 15. 1957
. ; Free Parking on Satur-
davs in Rockdale, was appiov-
ed by the city council Tuesday
’on a trial basis until the first
of January’ . .
•“. . .“Approval of-free Satur-
day, parking in-Rockdale came
after a reading cit a petition
signed by 47 Rockdale business'
men—requesting the city coun-
cil to take this action . .
“. « . Ed Dillen,. owner of
Western Auto Associate Store
here, spoke before the council,
11 ee
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Sizes 1 to 14. ———Z—
5,'ew Shipment Just Arrived
BOY S SUITS
4—
Henry Joehne, Paul Becker,
Charlem Ward, and Billy Her-
rnaiv.
Police Report
Tickets issued during , the
past- week by <city patrol-
men were reported as follows:
no drivers license, 3 cases; lm-
prudent d r i vl rx g, 9 ' Cases;
speeding, 2 cases; drunk, 2
cases; illegal backing, abusive
language to policy officer and
running stop s*.gn, one case
each,
' Gettysburg Battlefield covers
about 3,000 acres, has 2,390
monuments and markers, and
26 miles of paved roads.
cause of fewer rural, custom-
ers’ . ..
' 5*C. VI, 1957 -
J-‘„ . Free Parklijg Granted
At Request of C of C . . . The
retail activities committee re,
quest came at the last regularly
scheduled council meeting . .
. . In a Ifetter to the coun-
cll, the-committee unid: ‘We a*1-
merchants in Rock dale, have
noticed, a more friendly rela-
tionship existing on Saturdays
when we have free parking,
than on any other day. People
come to Rockdale to visit as
well as buy, and when they do
not have to worry about over-
parking, hurried shopping does
not exist /. . by their removal
we can develop a closer rela-
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