10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO…
The Chamber of Commerce was considering the matter of securing a cotton classer for Rockdale for the coming season and on March 27 at the Chamber of Commerce rooms in the city hall building, a special meeting of businesses men and farmers was to be held. John B. Beers, specialist in cotton classing from A&M College, would address the meeting and explain in detail the benefits to be derived, expense of same, etc. A cordial invitation was extended to all farmers to attend the meeting.
A pleasant affair of recent date was a 42 party given by Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Graves at their hospitable home to the Ye Merrie Wives Club of which they were members. Decorations, favors, score cards and pads were in keeping with the St. Patrick season and many picturesque emblems of the food old Saint wove into the evening’s pleasure.
The last home appearance of the Tiger Track Team this season was set at Fair Park when the locals locked up in a dual meet with Rosebud High. The local cinder artists were in fine trim after their victory over Cameron and even more was expected of them than in the Cameron meet. The Rosebud men were rated as exceptional performers and a close meet was assured. Admission: adults 25 cents, school students 10 cents.
It was moving week for some businesspeople. Mrs. Dora Poole, “the old reliable milliner,” was moving to the Lowenstein building on Main Street, where she would have an ideal location in the old grocery department. N.M. Bullock was moving his real estate and oil office to quarters upstairs over the Rockdale State Bank. Leo Harris, with his “toy grocery store,” was occupying the building on Main Street in the rear of Coffiled Hardware Co., vacated by Mr. Bullock.
40 YEARS AGO…
Twent y- se ven men, ranging in ages from 18 to 73, were arrested and fined in the second raid in the past two years on a Davilla- area cockfight arena. Sheriff Leroy Broadus said an anonymous caller tipped off the sheriff’s office and Deputies John Brooks and Bill Harris were dispatched to the site, a gravel pit on a farm near Davilla.
Two individuals and one organization received the top awards at the Chamber banquet. They were Harold Love, citizen of the year; John Shoemake, honorary citizen of the year, and the Rockdale Fair Association was named organization of the year.
Stephen Jones, 21, joined the staff of Rockdale’s Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home continuing a family tradition.
20 YEARS AGO…
Children playing at Veterans Memorial Park would have new playscapes some time in June, organizers of the park renovation project announced. A sign was erected at the park giving a quick glance of planned improvements, which would include two playscapes, a walking trail, a butterfly garden, other toys and at least one pavilion or gazebo, Mary Garza, Alpha Tau Delta president, said.
10 YEARS AGO…
The “Blue House,” an Old Bushdale Road landmark sinc e 1998, was moved after it was recently sold by the Rockdale ISD to Teal Holdings, which has Texas offices in Houston. Purchase price was $2,500. The RISD acquired the 0.36-acre plot, along with the house, in January 2011 for $85,000. Marla Wallace, chief financial officer, said the district had no immediate plans for the land and purchased the acreage when it came on the market since it was adjacent to school property, including the junior-high.
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