The Great Pumpkin

Especially as a child t r ick- or - t reat ing, then as a young parent helping my small son with his costume, then as an older adult giving candy to doorbell-ringing goblins and princesses, I have always enjoyed the celebration of Halloween.

OPENING DAY

Saturday, October 19, the official opening and dedication of the “Walk the Rancheria Grande” in Milam County took place at Cedar Hill Nature Preserve. Landowners, Joyce and Mike Conner and Elaine and Gene Baumann were present with family members.

BEST OF SHOW

Rockdale Fair and Rodeo Best of Show Home Economics winners were (L-R, starting second from left) Elliott Campbell (beginner), Michelle Rabinowitz (adult), Jenna McClurg (senior) and Norah Chapman (junior), shown here (far left) with 2024 Miss Rockdale Fair Queen Jordyn Stutts.

LOOKING BACK

100 YEARS AGO… The Rockdale High Tigers outclassed the Thorndale High eleven last Friday at straight football, the score being 34 to 0.

ORGANIZATIONS

Garden Club seeks new members Linwood Acres Garden Club meets at 10:30 a.m. on the second Wednesday of each month at Becky’s Sandwich Shop, 2148 US 77, in Rockdale.

Fall salad recipes

Is it fall yet? It was 51 degrees this morning. I had to go back in the house and put my warm bathrobe on over my shorts and t-shirt. Is it now 92 degrees while I'm writing this? It is. So completely normal for Texas, but I'm still giving you fall salad recipes.

RHS CLASS OF 1965

Last weekend’s reunion at the Rockdale Country Club included (front row, L-R) Rosemary Cumbie Lawrence, Linda Lewis Yates, Wenda Dyer, Carolyn Ireland Holmes, Beth Whiteley Richards; (middle row, L-R) John Pruett, Edward Bowman, David Legg, Nancy Harrison Legg, Jan Parmalee Leininger, Dolores...

RHS CLASS OF 1966

The Rockdale Class of ’66 reunion included (front row, L-R) Jimmy Knight, Patsy Tyler Chmelar, Gail Thompson Summers, Nancy Baggett Coleman, Kathy Laffere Balch, John Stewart; (back row, L-R) Lea Law McDaniel, Glenna Keen Lynn, Ginger Williams Hill, Linda Backhaus Rothwell, Charlie Balch, Nicki...

Food Pantry donation

Sandow Lakes Ranch (SLR) donated $5,000 to the Rockdale Christian Services Food Pantry again this year. “SLR understands that there are many walks of life that benefit from the assistance that the food pantry and their partners provide.

Milam County 4-H’ers successful at stock shows

Milam County 4-H’ers have been extremely successful throughout the fall stock show season. Starting off in the heifer show at the Heart of Texas Fair in Waco, Wacey Butler was first in his class and Wylie Butler placed second with beefmaster heifers.