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ROCKDALE HONORS COUNTY’S SOLDIERS WHO ANSWER CALLLawrence E. Sanford, Rockdale William Whatley Longmire, Rockdale Lonnie G. Butts, Milano Gause Dunham, Rockdale, R 4 Jos. C. Norris, Thorndale Clement Triplett Duncan, Rockdale, R 4 P. Hightower, Cameron H. P. McClendon, Ben Arnold George Howard Peel. Port Sullivan Ran Stovall, Thorndale Joe Frank Petru, Cameron Earl R. Fritz, Rogers Bob Wallace Clement, Yarrellton Edward Hampton Ross, Buckholts. R 3 —Raymond L. Pruett, Davilla -Chas. J. Blankenship, Buckholts True Loftin, Buckholts Robert Simms Laird, Tracyri Sidney C. Walker, LilacLent ofT\Lab°Ve ni,n®teen y0Ung men coml,ose 'he first continThev Ln lT tT, S qU°ta f°rming the National Draft arm'-and on V. , , 'ng Camp at San Antonio this morningalPoc Jde forraT T'* »“e m° WCTe the honor *uests ol a Rockdale for a few hours. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Meyer being ther RedCro's nTlf- °f °CCa8i°n' and the '*lt;»« of the Rockdale Red doss participating in a reception and program in their honor.Mr. and Mrs. Meyer served the boys breakfast, and the on!} disappointing feature of the occasion was the fact that seven of the young men could not get to Rockdale on account of the °V \nigh! before- Thosp who Partook of the Mey-t Pan S n tu T hospitalit-v E- Petru, Cameron;t Ran Stovall, Thorndale; Earl R. Fritz, Rogers, Route 2; C TDuncan, Rockdale, Route 4; L. E. Sanford, Rockdale; H. P. Mc-Clendon, Ben Arnold; G. Howell Peel. Hearne; T. P. HightowerRonteT:iLOn^e^GMBUttS- Milanlt;: Gause Dunh!ln. Rockdale,’ Route 4; Joseph C. Norris, Thorndale; Will W. Longmire. Rock-The breakfast was served in true old fashioned Souther and the table was loaded with such viands as onlv Souti ern cooks know how to prepare. The menu included crisp break‘a!u !T;0me,ette P0tat0 chips' fried chicken and broiled steak; hot b,scults and golden butter, home made light bread an an assortment of preserves and jams, together with fresh fruit of several kinds. It was just such a breakfast as will tend t make these embryo soldiers think of home and mother hereafte when they remember their last meal in Rockdale. Before beinj seated the host made a few appropriate remarks, and during th progress of the meal toasts were given to the boys by Dr. I. F Sessions, Rev. W. E. Copeland and Hon. E. A. Camp. These wer responded to feelingly by Mr. T. P. Hightower on behalf of th-I honor guests.Following the breakfast a reception was held in (he Meyei parlors to which a large number of the townspeople responded and during the progress of the reception the Red Cross ladie; rendered a beautiful musical program. When a vocal quartett.(Continued on Page 6)
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Rockdale Reporter and Messenger

Rockdale, Texas, US

Thu, Sep 06, 1917

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