The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1965 Page: 4 of 16
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prortuci hm
pur hcees that hav*
ek due to ram falling
nwtn la the Uni*
Gabriel Soil Cotmer
i* a new crop to moat of the
tMe year
The “black bean” hm been
’••nee guar waif * Introduced to
tMa country. In the past the
mill would not take the black
haans They wave about as un-
popular with General Mill* as
black beans were to the Texas
freebooters who were forced to
do that bean-drawing at Mie.
way back In the pest century.
To the freebooter who drew
a black bean at Mier the result
was death.
To guar growers who turned
up at the General Mills plant
wMh black guar beam, the
answer was no sale
So that hurt, coupled with
(Mouth at times, has cut down
on guar acreage in Texas. With
reduced acreage and the black
bean problem. General Mills
was forced to import beans
from Pakistan to carry on its
experiments 1 work.
Having figured out a way to
handle the beans even if rain
cauaad them to turn black, the
acreage pLanted in Texas is ex-
pected "to increase each year. ,
Roy Rogers. Soil Conserva-
tion Service Technician, report*
that there has been approxi-
mately 1,000 acres of guar
planted in the Little River-San
Gabriel Soil Conservation Di-
strict this year
The guar that has been ob-
serve^ on the Bud Stokes.
Oscar Ncissner and the Marek
Brothers farms is growing nice-
ly and harvest is expected to
begin in October. Only the
bean is harvested, which means
that the leafy plant goes back
into the soil, greatly increasing
the fertility of the soil.
f • <*' n'o^ounced guar,
tea from India amt Nucin.
g is a tiuly awaung plant
bean is being used to gp
a a witolr m
flu
Isa that may be flown tc
mm akmg wttn the ftsst
n-naut" - >
is uaad in paints serf
product*, therefor* putting it In
.mat demand
Many people beuava it may
igure big in the agricultural
picture in Texas The (act that
Jcneial Mills has learned bow
to handle the black boan la a
big step toward realization of
that posaibility.
Guar is a legume this slant I
•takes it valuable to the farm-
er.
Byron Frierson
Will Speak Hen
To Rotary Club
Members of the Rockdal*
Botary Club will hear th<
assistant director for agricul
*ure for the Texas Departmer,
of Corrections speak during th*
'lub luncheon Tuesday at Sir*
jr’s GriU.
The speaker will be Byror
W. Frierson who has held th<
•sristant agriculture director'.1
lost with the Department o'
Corrections since Sept. 1, 1049
A resident of Sugar Land.
Frierson is a graduate of Tex-
as A AM University with a de-
gree in agricultural administra-
tion-----_--
He served as an officer in the
‘nfantry during World War II
in Germany and France. He
!s married to the former Mary
Ann Black of Bryan. They
have four children, all residing
in Sugar Land
Program chairman for Tues-
day’s meeting is G. K. Worley.
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Mr mid Mr* D C lUhsrd*
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| ards and mat ft Austin return
*d Wednesday from a visit wit*
Sgt and Mrs Fred Mortimer
a**d lamiU mi l.auml Bay
South Carolina Wiul* there
tlie three lamiip < (Move uy |c
WS'iungUm. D C. for a uw
'f the rspittf and *Sher pdfht-
of interest The Richards re
•urtwd home b> wav of Nash
vllle, Term, and ftitttq Rock
Vrfc.
W N. Newell with the U S
Navy visited in tlw A. D. Cur
*-v home Sundav and Monday
Kav and Judy Stanford wr
Tuesday morning visitors wit
their aunt Mrs. A D Curre1
Rita and Kenneth Chapma-
and Donna Duncan spen*
Thursday wltji their parent*
ind grandparents Mr. and Mrs
A. D. Currcy.
Xchn Currey. brother o*
Dudlav Currey. is seriously il*
in a Dallas hospital.
Mrs J. D. Korneeay and sis-
ter Mrs Pauline Kornegav of
Pasadena have returned frorr
visiting their sister Mrs. Ixiis
Hillin at Pecos. While therr
♦hev visited in Van Horn and
Fort Davis In the Davis
Mountains.
Mr. and Mrs. Tra Finch visit-
ed Clayton Finch and family in
Tavlor Saturday night and at-
tended the Crusade for Christ
revival.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Finch and
Mr., and Mrs. Claud Dixon
were guests of James Finch in
Austin Sunday.___
Mrs. Ida Forgeson had a» her
weekend visitors her neices
Mrs. Mary Watson of Slayton
and Mrs. Jewel Watson of
Rockdale.
Mr. and Mp D. D. Soioman
and children shopped in Tem-
ple last week.
The Solomons spent the
weekend with Mr and Mrs A
E Solomon and family in Pa-
| tacious. .......—
• Visitors' with Mrs. C. W
Trotter last week were Charier
Trotter1 and family of Deci
Park.
Mr. and Mrs. D D. Wallac*.
of Houston spent the weekenc
in the home of Mrs. Lyndis
Cooper.
Mrs Joe Tdmerlin accom-
panied her mother, Mrs. Emily
Linke and son Thomas Block-
er of San Gabriel and Mrs
Carl Linke of Thorndale to the
Linke reunion in Brcnham,
where 150 registered.
of consumed
It per cent more 1
In the*- products ;
aot > eat. U. L Geldsinith Jr.,
rxsfutlw vice pr^idert of j
"he Aluminum Association, an-
ouiwed todai.
Figur* < )u*t rek-a- .si by the
kaaoefaiMai ehew HmM a rv-
ord 7M million p*hioO< of
*hiininuin wet*- ship|>ed to
'his market in 1964. a lift rnil-
"ton pound Inert a sc o%-rr T9tt
Aluminum shipments for use
'a refrigerators and air con-
titloners increased sharply and
•'onstituted the largest product
-ategory Virtually every pro-
duct group surveyed by the
Association increased its usn
of the light metai during the
year.
The, rising popu.arity of
frost-free models was a key-
factor m the aluminum increase
in refrigerators, according to
John Neely, chairman of an
Association market committee
involved with consume! goods
“These new units.” Neely-
noted. “combine aluminum's
heat conductivity and corrosion
resistance to make a more ef-
ficient evaporator ” Increasing
use of the light metal for air
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fulch-
er cl San Gabriel. Mi and Mrs
Alfred Wilson of Temple and
Mrs, Catharine Somers and
sons Scottie annd Bob of Dal-
las were weekend visitors of
Mrs. Seott Baldridge.
use in
pftanaaa & also «kaa
lantial gain ta
this market ta sasall us teem-
of tatal t carnage uaed
Bales of outdoor aluminum
furniture were bausU-d in part
bp popularity of colorfully
anodized and coated aluminum
m a wide variety of shades
Both extruded and welded-
tuba products participated tn
the increase.
Aluminum, king the number
one material in the kitchen
utensil market, continued its
growth in this field and topped
the 200 million pound mark for
the first time in more than a
<1ecad«- Aluminum cookware
with non-stick coatings was an
especially good seller, accord-
ing to Neely. “This combina-
tion of even cooking and easy
cleaning has made a real hit
with the housewife.” he said.
Almost 50 per cent of the
pleasure boats built in 1964
were aluminum, said Richard
G. I.unan, chairman of the
Association's Marine Alumi-
num Committee. He said buy-
ers have been attracted to
aluminum boats in both salt-
water and fresh water areas
bacauae it is durable, light and
requires little maintenance He
said the Association's program
identifying appropriate salt-
water alloys with “Marine
Aluminum" labels has been
so- tics] Cammltte* which annua
ta tha aluminum mdusMT*
shipment* to consumer durabk
manufacture! s
Than* includes: Sheet and
plain. 171 million pounds; tubu-
lar products. 93 million; ef
traded adapts. 49 miilien; rad,
bar and wire. 33 million, foil,
ft milhoo. and forgings and
impacts, X million pounds.
John
Mothhof G
oo at NTSU
DENTON—John Mochring of
Rockdale was among ft eentor
honor graduates receiving de-
grees ui summer commence-
ment exercises at North Texas
State University Tuesday night
Of 618 bachelor's degree re-
cipient*. four were graduated
with high honors and 38 with
honors. The university also
conferred 375 master’s degrees
and 19 doctor's degrees.
Graduating with honors.
Mochring is the son of Mr. and
Mrs Charles W. Mochring. 463
E Belton, Rockdale. He was
awarded the bachelor of arts
degree in English.
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Cooke, J. W. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1965, newspaper, August 26, 1965; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth864528/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.