100 YEARS AGO...
The board of directors of Rockdale Chamber of Commerce met with all 10 members present. The Kolb bridge on Brushy Creek was reported to be in bad condition, practically impassable. It was decided to bring this situation to the attention of Commissioner Philips, with the request to have the bridge repaired.
Trade Days in Rockdale was set and a big crowd was expected. A feature of the day would be the canning demonstration by a representative from A&M Extension Service. This demonstration would be worth the time of any woman in Milam County to attend, as an expert would show how to can the most difficult sort of foods.
40 YEARS AGO...
The torrential rains of May and June were a fading memory to most Central Texas residents but to farmers and ranchers in the San Gabriel area the wet weather had left a destructive legacy.
School board members were studying a list of 108 projects which might be implemented in the Rockdale School District over the next five years. The project listed included converting the high school and elementary to central heat.
An Austin man became a July 4 weekend Milam County traffic fatality when his auto plunged into a water-filled ditch on FM 485 near Maysfield.
The Rockdale Girls Softball League hosted a two weekend tournament at the city complex July 17-19 and 24-26 with squads from several Central Texas towns participating.
20 YEARS AGO...
A gas war that dropped prices as low as $1.11 had been about the only benefit of a traffic-snarled highway widening project that had dropped business volume along west US 79 by as much as 40 percent since it began earlier this year.
Alcoa’s Rockdale Operations was about to lose its “blackeye” status as Texas’ biggest “grandfathered” air polluter. The company filed documents with the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission volunteering to reduce grandfathered sulfur dioxide at Sandow by 90 percent and nitrogen oxide by 50 percent.
Parents of elementary school children who park and wait for children on West Bell, Belton and Bowser would have to change their plans after the City Council voted to clarify new safety zone measures at it meeting.
Milam County was now without a bowling alley. Owners Billy and Caroline Geiner announced this week the Cameron Bowling Lanes, which had served the area for 50 years had seen it last 5-7 split. The lanes were officially closed.
10 YEARS AGO...
“Even though we live in a small town, people have got to learn to lock their vehicles.” Lt. J.D. Newlin delivered that warning after police arrested a pair of 15-year-old males in connection with thefts and attempted thefts of vehicles.
After having the lowest total of the year in May, city building permits for June were at $336,137.98, the highest for both calendar and fiscal year 2011. City building permits totaled just $12,011 for the month of May. The June permits were sparked by a $262,000 air conditioning remodel at the 75-year-old Rockdale Elementary School gymnasium.
Despite the fact that he had coached at some of the most successful schools in the state, there had always been something that had drawn Brent Brevard back to small town Texas. Brevard was hired away from Odessa Permian to become the new Thorndale Bulldog athletic director and head football coach. Brevard, 44, became the Bulldogs’ third coach in the past four years after he replaced Kade Burns, who resigned two weeks earlier to take the coaching job in Mason, his hometown.
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