Looking back... Through The Reporter Files

100 YEARS AGO… At the meeting of the Rockdale Chamber of Commerce an order was passed appropriating $50 for a premium to be given the first bale of 1922 cotton marketed in Rockdale.

Price spikes

Everyone is feeling pinched these days. Grocery and restaurant prices continue their march upward, and we all feel that pang of regret when we pull up to the gas pump.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear editor, On behalf of all the vendors at the Chamber of Commerce farmers market, I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who shopped with us. Also, those who just came by and visited with us and exchanged ideas, recipes and happy thoughts.

Taking it back to Rockdale 100 years ago

Since I’ve been writing the “Looking Back” column I have become fascinated with what life in Rockdale was like 100 years ago in 1922. That’s before television. Air conditioning was invented in 1902 but not widely used until it was perfected in 1933.

Can we fund Emergency Service District?

This week the Commissioners Court, pursuant to the Health and Safety Code, received a petition to create an emergency service district (ESD) for ground and air ambulance services within the county.

Looking back...

100 YEARS AGO… The people of the Forest Grove-Oak Hill communities was set to hold a big basket picnic and barbecue at the Grove, to which the general public was invited, and to which candidates were especially invited. All candidates were to be given opportunity to speak.

Follow Jesus outside

I pray a lot, it’s what a pastor does. I keep a prayer list and I have columns on my list. I pray for those who are sick physically, sick spiritually, I intercede for my enemies (that list seems to grow all the time), I pray for our president and other leaders around the world.

All thorns are woven into a crown

In chapter twelve of Second Corinthians Paul tells us: “A thorn was given me…” What was this thorn? We don’t know. Sometimes Paul was totally disabled by it. The best guesses are that the thorn was epilepsy or migraine headaches or a malarial fever.

Language

The language used by former President Donald Trump could help to build a case against him, says a Texas A&M University rhetoric expert, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to lay out its findings during hearings.

Enjoy these tidbits of useless information

• Where there's a will, I want to be in it. • The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it's still on my list. • Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak. • If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong. • War does not determine who is right, only who...