100 YEAR SAO....
Wet weather continued to plague Rockdale-area farmers. All rivers and creeks were out again from recent rainfall. Cotton grower H. G. Eaken told The Reporter his 100 acres of cotton “might” make three bales.
Milano resident O. D. Graham donated $1,000 to the Thorndale School Library. Graham said the donation was sent to him by the father of a soldier who had died at Camp Travis and the money was to be known as the Emil Hengst Fund.
Corpus Christi photographer H. E. Richards of Corpus Christi, saying his business was “cleaned out” by the recent hurricane, announced he was moving his business to Rockdale.
The Thursday Reading Club expressed appreciation to all who signed their petition for the school board to initiate a free kindergarten but reported the club had received no reply to the petitioners’ request.
FOTY YEAR SAO....
The fourth Rockdale Fair was set to unreel, It featured horse racing and 10K run. Saturday night headliners were The Good Vibrations.
Rockdale Police had a great clue to help track down the driver of a hit-and-run vehicle which knocked a local couple’s car into a ditch. The collision resulted in the hit-and-run vehicle’s license plate being left at the scene.
Milam County commissioners named a 20-member committee to study redistricting proposals and submit a report.
Former RHS golfer Allan Mones fired a one-oyer-^sar 217 over 54 holes to win a Rockdale Country Club championship. Joe Young was one stroke behind.
TWENTY YEAR SAO....
Chad Brock and Wade Hayes were to be headliners for the fourth annual Rock-dale Fair.
Bad timing for nine Rockdaoe fires1 WhatÎs the nupber of calls for the Rockdale Volunteer Fire Department during Fire Prevention Week.
Arson was suspected in a fire zhlfh dapajed a earn and hay bales on County Road 335 near Rockdale.
Rockdale’s defense was near perfect in a 26-2 football win over Elgin. The Wildcats only score came when Elgin intercepted a Tiger PAT pass attempt and returned it 100 yards.
TEN YEAR SAO....
Kassie Roddam was named 2009 Miss Rockdale Fair Q ueen to kick off the first weekend of the 34th annual Rockdale Fair.
Complaints from area residents about loud buzzing noises from the new Luminant Sandow Unit 5 were prompting the company to issue statements promlsln to fi the lssue1
Ivory Douglas, RHS senior, was crowned 2009 homecoming queen in a ceremony at halftime of the Rockdale-Bryan Rudder football game.
In one of the more bizarre shoplifting calls for Rockdale police, a 47-year-old pa ama clad “customer” of Brookshire Brothers was arrested after he stuffed $70 worth of merchandise into his pants, which had been secured around the ankles so anything placed in them would not fall out.
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