ORGANIZATIONS

The Rockdale Homecoming Association annual citywide homecoming will be Sunday, June 11, at the Patterson Civic Center. Rockdale High School Class of 1973 will be the honored class of 50 years. The Honored Business for 2023 is McVoy Grocery & Feed Store.

MILAM COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

Milam County courthouse records for May 8-12. Compiled from public records available at milam.tx.publicsearch.us. Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure Arding Rolando Lopez Pineda and Roxana Gissell Moran Mendez to Triple Z Texas Investments LLC – Lot 2, The Ranches of Gause, James G.

VFW’s annual school supply drive begins

The annual VFW Auxiliary Post 6525 school supplies drive is going on and they are accepting donations. You can donate money and they will shop for the supplies or you can take the supplies to the VFW Hall. Checks may be made out to VFW Auxi l iary 6525, P.O. Box 186, in Rockdale.

MCT calls for actors to audition for ‘Baskerville’

American playwright Ken Ludwig has been called a comic genius and this summer Milam Community Theater will stage “Baskerville,” his madcap sendup of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes classic. “This play is a true romp,” said director Richard Stone.

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RIOT DONATION

RIOT DONATION

Judge, commissioners proclaim Search/Rescue Week in county

This week in Commissioners Court we passed a proclamation making May 21-26 Search and Rescue Week here in Milam County. During my 14 years in the Navy, Search and Rescue was a significant part of what I did as a Naval Aircrewman.

Feed the loving dog

There’s a story about a confused man that went into a village to see the village wise man. The man shared, “I feel like there are two dogs living inside of me. One dog is this positive, loving, kind and gentle dog. The other dog is angry, mean spirited and negative.

Sometimes monuments don’t seem to be monuments

From Shakespeare’s King Henry the Fifth: “Then shall our names, Familiar in his mouth as household words Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb’red.” On Memorial Day, those who have sacrificed their lives in the service of our country shall be “freshly rememb’red.

CHURCH NEWS

Cowboy Church VBS to be held June 6-9 Milam County Cowboy Church will hold Vacation Bible School June 6-9 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The theme will be “The Armor of God.” Bible school is free and includes dinner each night and a T-shirt. Register by May 21 at milamcountycowboychurch. org.