10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO…
The final arrangements and preparations were being made for the opening of the Rockdale Public Schools on Sept. 15. The faculty was completed and assigned; the old building had been remodeled and made into a modern primary building which would be ready for occupying by the opening of the school and other buildings were being cleaned and renovated.
The Junior Needle Craft Club met at the home of Edria May Kirk on Aug. 10. All members were present, and the guests were Maybelline Graves, Andrew Winton Graves and Lucinda May Isaacs. After a happy hour of sewing, refreshments were served. The color scheme was pink. The next meeting of the club would with Ruth Kirk on Sept. 4.
Sunday night’s service witnessed the closing of a two weeks’ revival conducted by Dr. W.Y. Pond, State Board Evangelist. There was not seating room to accommodate the audience who listened attentively to the delivery of Dr. Pond’s farewell plea to the unsaved of Rockdale. His theme was “God’s Final Appeal to the Unsaved.” Like all messages sent out by the consecrated man, his last was as effective as his first.
In a recent interview with Mayor Meyer about the enforcing of traffic in Rockdale, Mr. Meyer said, “Citizens of Rockdale seem to have the idea that traffic rules and regulations are not intended to be observed except on Saturdays when our country friends throng the town or on holidays when our streets are filled to overflowing with automobiles. They could not be more mistaken in this view. The ordinance covering the street traffic was passed for the purpose of preventing congestion of streets by vehicles, etc., and the law applies to rich and poor alike, on each and every day of the year.
40 YEARS AGO…
A number of Rockdale Streets received new surfaces this summer including one major paving project, Summit Drive, which served St. John’s United Methodist Church. Seal coating and overlay work was completed on portions of a number of other thoroughfares including Alcoa, Highland, Childress, Vogel, Rockdale Road and Hogan. A number of street overhauls were targeted for next year, according to City Manager Elizabeth Fenter.
20 YEARS AGO… Kindergarten teachers at Rockdale Elementary School were making history this term. They were teaching what was believed to be the first set of triplets to enroll in Rockdale ISD. Erin, Brian and Ben Blanchard were the daughter and sons of John and Terry Blanchard. Each triplet was placed in a different kindergarten class. They were to celebrate their sixth birthday on Sept. 15.
10 YEARS AGO…
It’s not the kind of thing that’s supposed to happen in places like Rockdale. Except it did. A 52-year-old man and 48-year-old woman were shot to death at a Murray Avenue residence in what police were terming a “murder- suicide.” Dead were John Keith Andrus, whom police identified as the shooter, and Deidreer Coleman Fowler, said to be Andrus’ girlfriend.
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