10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO
The new postal employees' pay law will being to employees of the Rockdale Post Office something over $3,000 per annum in additional salaries, according to Postmaster E.I. Wade. Each of the three clerks will receive an increase of $300 per annum, while the rural route carriers will receive additional pay the sum of 4 cents per mile per day for upkeep on their cars. This amount in rough figures to about $360 per annum for each of the six carriers.
One of the pleasant social affairs of last week was the delightful afternoon with Mrs. Alfred Franklyn, when she entertained the Sans Souci Club. Mrs. Franklyn and her pretty little daughter, Carrie Louise, graciously welcomed each guest, inviting them into to spacious living rooms and seating them around the tables, prepared for the club game of 42. Varicolored sweet peas were artistically arranged throughout the home, lending the air of spring. The hostess served a delicious luncheon consisting of roast turkey, cherry salad, French peas in pastry cups, jelly, hot rolls, coffee, fruit cake and ambrosia.
By the terms of a contract between the Southern Pipe Line Company and twenty- one of the producers in the Rockdale oil field, Rockdale is to have a pipe line in operation tapping the local field by the 3rd of April. Two cars of pipe have already been received here for this line, and negotiations are under way for trackage to take care of the loading racks.
Attention is directed to the double-column ad of the Owl Cafe in this issue. The Owl is now taking boarders and setting a family style table for those who board regularly here. Sine Mrs. Luckey closed her boarding house the demand on The Owl for regular board became so strong Mr. Landis yielded to persuasion and started his family style table, and it has met with such favor that he says he will continue it and would like to have a few more regular boarders.
Ed Simms proved the champion golf player in the recent tournament conducted by the Rockdale Golf Club and is now the proud possessor of the handsome driver give as first prize.
40 YEARS AGO
The long-awaited new fire station for the Rockdale Volunteer Fire Department took a big step forward Monday night when the city council accepted specifications from the RVFD and issued a call for bids. Plans call for a 7,000-square-foot building with two 30-foot bays and two 20-foot bays, enough to accommodate four large trucks.
20 YEARS AGO
Over 300 young artists and scientists at Rockdale Junior High School competed Thursday night at RJH in a Public School event that drew a crowd estimated at 500 including relatives, friends and onlookers. Winners were listed in the RJH Art Fair and RJH Science Olympics competition, each drawing about 150 competitors, according to sponsors Lani Young (art) and Cherlyn Ellis (science).
10 YEARS AGO
Quick action by the Rockdale Volunteer Fire Department saved one of Rockdale’s most historic homes in a Monday evening fire. Fire Chief Ward Roddam said volunteers were called to the former Herbert Fiesler house, Murray at Bowser, at 7:20 p.m. to find light smoke coming from the attic. Roddam said volunteers entered the unoccupied house, found a small fire, extinguished it and then went into “minimize damage” mode. Roddam credited neighbors with detecting the smoke and alerting the RVFD. He termed the blaze “electrical.” The house, most recently occupied by the Charles and Neva Caffey family, once denoted the western edge of town. It was featured two years ago in a photo book of Texas’ structures build of petrifi ed stone.
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