10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO
Women of Milam County were planning on sending a county exhibit to the woman’s department of the Texas Exposition in Austin Oct. 1-6, according to Mrs. R.D. Parker, member of the general committee of the woman’s department. Mrs. Parker was assigned to Milam County in which to conduct work in connection to the exposition. Gladys Henry, county home demonstration agent of Milam County, consented to carry on the work of getting the exhibit of women’s goods together.
The Camp Fire Girls had their first fall meeting in the home of Mrs. M.R. Summers. They had a very instructive meeting as Mrs. O.K. Phillips instructed them in the weaving of tissue paper baskets.
Mrs. R.L. Orr entertained her Methodist Sunday School class with a weenie roast. She had a fine bunch of boys and each invited a guest. The crowd met on the lawn and games such as croquet and other lawn games were played throughout the evening. The weenies were then roasted, after which more games were played.
Darkness sense enough to make lights necessary for the continuation of business uninterrupted will accompany the eclipse of the sun on Sept. 10, even though the eclipse in this section of the state would not be total. Those with keen eyesight would be able to view the planet Venus during the eclipse. The planet will be a few degrees north of the sun.
40 YEARS AGO…
Sunday was to be the day a tornado would sweep across Rockdale causing injury and destruction. It would also cause a chemical train derailment and all kinds of other problems. None of it would be real, although it would certainly look that way. The entire disaster would be an emergency drill for Rockdale and Cameron EMS units, the volunteer fire departments of both towns, police, sheriff’s department personnel, constables, hospital personnel and the Red Cross.
National Grandparents Week was under way and Rockdale School District lunchrooms were observing the week by inviting grandparents to “go back to school.” School children could invite their grandparents to come and have lunch with them, according to Doris Gebhart, lunchroom director. Mrs. Gebhart said the grandparents’ lunches would be priced the same as a child’s plate.
20 YEARS AGO…
The Rockdale Historical Society’s 1948 Missouri-Pacific caboose, outside the old I&GN depot, made its public debut during Rockdale’s cultural festival. Volunteers, including society vice president (and train buff) Bert Dockall, were busy during the week getting the caboose in shape for visitors.
10 YEARS AGO…
There hadn’t been any bigger in Rockdale in three decades. The Hunter’s Chase Senior Apar tments, under construction on East Belton Avenue, were a $4.5-million project, with 33,400 square feet in each level, a total space of 100,200 square feet. End Game Development was developing the project and Deer Creek Construction was the contractor. The fully-landscaped project would include a theatre and business center. A December completion date was forecast.
The Central Texas Hospital era was ending in Cameron as the facility was about to be acquired on a permanent basis by Rockdale-based Little River Health Care. Soon-to-be-former CTH formally severed its ties with ex-owner Dr. Tariq Mahmoud in 20th District Court.
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