100 YEARS AGO....
Special showings of “Vive La France” and “Fatty and the Broadway Stars,” the latter starring the popular Fatty Arbuckle were scheduled at the Dixie Theater to benefit the new Rockdale Band.
Rockdale received bad new from the Texas Supreme Court, which adjourned for the summer without hearing the city’s suit to compel the Texas Attorney General to release bond money to construct a new high school. Rockdale voters had approved the bond but the attorney general refused to release them. A Reporter ad touted
A Reporter ad touted the virtues of the Red Star Detroit Vapor Oil Stove with its “no-wick double-flame burner.”
The Rockdale Chamber of Commerce planned a caravan to visit all 50 to 60 oil wells in the Rockdale area. About 50 to 60 carloads of town boosters were expected.
FORTY YEARS AGO....
Rockdale had an unexpected new city council member. Councilman O. M. Brockmann was unopposed on the ballot but a last-minute write-in campaign carried Wallace Jones to a landslide 135-23 victory. Authorities were investi
Authorities were investigating the reported abduction and rape of 10-year-old girl who was walking back to her Praesel Addition home after a trip to a neighborhood convenience store to buy candy.
Bill Raymond of Rockdale became the champion of the Rockdale Gun Club, hitting a perfect 50x50 in tourney competition.
Rockdale hadn’t recorded a 100-degree reading yet in 1980, then the mercury climbed over the century mark on every day of the past week.
TWENTY YEARS AGO....
Five Rockdale teens were arrested after a police investigation termed a reported robbery at a local restaurant “phony.” Twelve finalists were
Twelve finalists were selected for the vacant post of Rockdale Police Chief, including two members of the police force and a longtime deputy sheriff.
A month remained until the coolest start ever for the Rockdale Lady Tiger volleyball team as work was completed on a first-ever air conditioning project at the gym. Rockdale firefighters res
Rockdale firefighters rescued an area man after he became trapped under his backhoe at a rural residence.
TEN YEARS AGO....
Rockdale ISD trustees were said to be “close” on hiring a new principal for Rockdale High School after their original choice declined the position. There were no injuries
There were no injuries when a large tree fell into one of Rockdale’s busiest thoroughfares. The tree toppled into Murray Avenue, 2000 block.
It was the end of the line for a Rockdale tradition as the 27th annual Perry-Perry-Brown Fourth of July picnic was the event’s last.
A bizarre incident for Rockdale police. An officer was taking a witness statement at the scene of a theft when the two men believed to be involved drove by the scene. The two were promptly arrested.
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