10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO…
Under the tutelage and supervision of Mrs. Hodges, wife of Supt. J.M. Hodges, pupils of the 10th and 11th grades of Rockdale High School presented a five-act play, “The Average Man,” at the high school auditorium, which was characterized by unusual talent on the part of the pupils participating. The stage settings and all minor details, as well as the work of the players, indicated a degree of excellent training not often found in public school theatrical attempts. Admission fee of 25 cents and 50 cents were charged, and a good house greeted the performance, the proceeds amounted to about $60, which went into the school library fund.
There was a change in the business lineup of Regal Rockdale scheduled for the new year—The Sanitary Grocery Store by H & L Hudson to D.M. Perry. This sale was practically effected two months ago, but the transfer would not occur until Jan. 1. Mr. Perry was the son of the late Judge J.S. Perry, and for the past four years had been connected with a wholesale grocery concern at Galveston. The firm he bought out was the oldest firm in Rockdale without a change in management or name.
40 YEARS AGO…
A new 4,400-square-foot professional building adjacent to Richards Memorial Hospital was set to open with one new specialist, Dr. Lawrence L. Jackson, urologist, opening his new practice here. Three more specialists would eventually have offices in the building, according to Charles Upshaw, hospital administrator, who said the project represents the first major expansion by the hospital since it opened in December 1974.
A Christmas tea was held in the home of Mrs. Dorothy Havins for the Golden Girls, RHS drill team and their mothers. Those who attended enjoyed an afternoon in a home that was decorated for the holidays. Refreshments were made and served by the hostess.
Charlotte Yarbrough of Rockdale received two tickets to the 1983 Cotton Bowl between SMU and Pittsburgh after winning the Rockdale Athletic Association’s annual football guessing contest. The tickets were donated annually by the Mary Ann Shoppe and owners Edward and Mozell Williams.
20 YEARS AGO…
Meadowbrook Baptist Church announced that an account had been opened at the Rockdale Federal Credit Union to benefit John and Dina Ballard and family. The Ballard’s lost not only their business, Ballard Carpets, Etc., but most of their personal belongings in a Dec. 11 fire that also destroyed Arledge Antiques.
Children at Rockdale Elementary School would soon have a huge new playscape thanks to the Rockdale Parent-Teacher organization which made a $13,000 donation to the school.
Thorndale Color Guard members Cathy Anna Cooper, Tara Radford and Keisha Mitchell, have been named to the All-American Team and would perform at the halftime extravaganza in the Florida Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Day.
10 YEARS AGO…
Welcome to the Post-Newtown world. And it’s been a trying one for Rockdale Police and the Rockdale ISD so far. A plague of unfounded “social media” rumors relaying non-existent threats of shootings, bombings, even police actions and arrests, had descended on the schools and police in the wake of the horrific shootings in Connecticut. None of it was true but police and RISD security personnel checked out texts, posts and innuendos just the same, making for a hectic pre-holiday week.
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