10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO
E.W. Smith with the Sanitary Engineering Department of the State Board of Health told a group of Rockdalians that dengue was strictly a mosquito borne disease and not transferable from one patient to another, so a vigorous fight against the mosquito was urged. The mosquito bites a person afflicted with the disease, then bites a well person, infecting him. Other mosquitoes feed on this person and so on, thus spreading the disease. The species of mosquito which carries dengue is different from that which carries malaria, so swat all mosquitoes, no matter what.
The Thursday Reading Club met in regular session on Sept. 14, the first of the year 1922-23, with Mrs. J.T. Hale, a gracious and graceful host. Six members answered the roll call and, after the program, were invited into the dining room where the table—spread in the club colors, blue and white, with its shining silver and beautiful flowers—was a feast in itself. A three-course luncheon was served. The shades of evening were falling before goodbye was spoken, they meet with Mrs. H.C. Meyer Sept. 28.
The revival at the Methodist church was called off due to the dengue epidemic and Rev. R.E. Few departed that night for his home in Madisonville. The illness of many of the people of Rockdale resulting in small congregations throughout the week and finally the illness of the local pastor made it seem best to call off the effort.
40 YEARS AGO… Lisa DeGhetto, RHS senior and the daughter of Barbara Tovar of Rockdale, was crowned 1982 homecoming queen Friday night prior to the Rockdale-Giddings football game. Making the presentation was Supt. Bill Ortego. Miss DeGhetto’s escort was Richard Hormuth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hormuth.
A 33-year-old man who was being sought in connection with a number of crimes throughout Texas, including the June 24 robbery of Buckholts State Bank, was arrested last Wednesday in a Houston suburb.
20 YEARS AGO… Investigators from the Milam County Sheriff’s Department were uncertain over the fate of two victims from a Friday incident. Deputy Sheriff Greg Kouba said two rare Kenyan Crested Red-Faced Guineas were reported stolen by owner Bobby Ray Coldiron. “They are pretty rare birds,” Kouba said. “A pair is worth about $600.”
The “information highway” came to a screeching halt in Rockdale for a few hours. Long-distance telephone and internet service was interrupted for about four hours when a phone line was inadvertently cut in Williamson County.
10 YEARS AGO… The 2012 Rockdale High School homecoming parade was to roll down Bell Street on Sept. 26. The parade was to form downtown in the parking lot behind The Rockdale Reporter and would proceed west on Bell, stopping at the Rockdale Volunteer Fire Department, corner of Bell and Wilcox, for introductions and judging.
The annual fall menudo- chili-beef/chicken/pork cookoff at La Escuelita was set for Oct. 6 at the La Escuelita grounds east of the KC Hall on US 79. Entry fee was $15 per category. There would be horseshoe and washer tourneys with a $10 entry fee.
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