100 YEARS AGO…
By taking two games from Sharp and besting Cameron in two out of three contests the Rockdale High baseball nine won the county championship. The team played a total of 12 games, winning six and losing six. Two teams, Temple and Bartlett, which defeated the locals are still in the running for state scholastic championship.
Every age has felt the lure of springtime. Every heart has felt its magic thrill. Spring blossoms, spring frocks and an abundance of spring air characterized the party when Mrs. Longmoor was hostess to the Scrap Book Club. Huge baskets and vases with garden flowers of all kind and colors were used in the reception. Magnolia blossoms and cape jasmine were used in the living room in lavish profusion. Work on the Roun
Work on the Rountree-Niehaus oil field road is under full headway and is being rapidly pushed. This road when completed will shorten the distance from Rockdale to the heart of the Minerva field by some two or three miles. At present there is really only one bad place and that is a mud hole about the middle of the entire stretch of road, but with proper draining this place will soon be in first class condition.
40 YEARS AGO…
Rockdale High School Class of 1982 valedictorian Jayne McDaniel spoke during RHS commencement exercises for 111 graduates Friday evening at Tiger Field. She was not the first McDaniel to speak during the day. In afternoon ceremonies her brother Alan delivered the valedictory address as 126 eighth graders were promoted at Rockdale Junior High. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. Billy Tom McDaniel.
About 200 people attended the open house of the new Senior Citizens Center at 765 Green Street. Activities began at 9 a.m. and concluded with a noon meal.
20 YEARS AGO…
Rockdale’s astronaut is about to make history again. Liftoff for the space shuttle Endeavor is set for takeoff from Cape Canaveral, FL, and Ken Cockrell will be at the helm. It will be the fifth trip into space for the 1968 Rockdale High School graduate, his third as commander.
Matinee Musical Club met at the home of Ted and Jo Randall for the final meeting of 2001-2002 with Annette Griesbach as co-hostess. A salad buffet was featured. Joy Graham was program chair and her theme was “Our Musical Heritage.”
10 YEARS AGO…
Four Rockdale teens appear to have escaped serious injury as this 2001 Chevrolet Suburban rolled off FM 908 at the Brushy Creek bridge at 3:20 p.m. Friday. Driver Alexandria Perez, 19, passengers Christa Pelzel, 19, Andrew Perez, 14, and Jose Montelongo, 14, were treated and released at Scott & White Hospital. Trooper David Yarbrough said all were wearing their seat belts. The vehicle was totaled.
If you ‘vision’ they will come. Over 100 concerned Rockdale residents did just that Thursday evening, packing the Patterson Center to share their ideas on Rockdale’s future and offer input on how to make it better. All the data compiled Thursday won’t be put in a cohesive form for a month to six weeks but some recurring themes rippled through a large group discussion with more than 100 persons and the three small groups into which they split. Those included “brown water,” shopping locally, first impressions, cleaning up the town and making service better.
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