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VOLUME 109
RUSK, TEXAS
FEBRUARY 14, 1957
NUMBER 34
SHOP IN RUSK
'Hound, . . .
Town
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HIGHWAY 69 IS BUILDING UP
. . . work bogan this week on an
ultra-modern restaurant * . . Doug
Douglas, who owns tho Hi-Way
Coffee Shop at Alto, is moving to
Rusk, and will operate the new
business . . . Doug tells Rounda
bout that his new restaurant will
be second to nono in this section
. . . John Ogle Summers is clear-
ing land to construct a Skelly Ser-
vice Station, and J. C. Williams
has a Texaco Station just about
ready to opon . . . Dub Isaac was
in yesterday, and says that ho Is
planning a modern, very nice mo-
tel .. . Roundabout's good friend1
Ed Stover is about ready to add
on to his restaurant with a large
dining room ... Ed added a great
deal of new equipment last month,
and enlarged| his kitchen . . .
GROWTH AND PROGRESS . . .
Rusk has it . . .
TALKED WITH DR. CASTNER,
Superintendent of the Rusk State
Hospital this morning, and picked
up some information . . . Dr. Roy
C. Noble, staff physician is on the
road to recovery following a virus
attack three weeks ago . . . "We
hope to have him back with us
within a| week or. so ... " Dr
Castner says . . . Richard Neel,
Chief Social Case worker at the
Rusk State Hospital, resigned Feb-
ruary 8th . . . Richard has accept-
ed employment in Houston . . .
MORE RSH NEWS—Bob Hayes
of Mineóla has joined the psycho-
logical staff . . . and began his du-
ties last week. A native of Mine-
óla, Bob holds his B. A. Degree
from TCU, and is working on his
Master's . . . "He is a fine young
man, and wilt be a real asset to
our institution," says Dr. Castner.
ROUNDABOUT was saddened
to learn that Tom Acker must un-
dergo surgery . . . Tom is one of
the nicest fellows you'll ever
know ... He is going to Houston
Friday . . . Roundabout joins
Tom's host of friends in wishing
him a speedy recovery . . .
Eagles Play Foi District 18AA Crown
ANOTHER GOOD MAN who is
under the weather is Bruce Slover
. . . Bruce suffered a heart attack
last Saturday, and is now recov-
ering in a Jacksonville Hospital
. . . Looking forward to seeing
Bruce downtown before too much
longer . . .
WORD WAS RECEIVED this
morning that Mrs. Bill Vining
withstood surgery fine, and is go-
ing to be o. k. . . . this makes
Roundabout happy . . . Her hus-
band, Bill, is doing an excellent
job of looking after their two
children . . . Roundabout saw the
Vining family at Ed Stover's Wed-
nesday night . . . Bill was "cluck-
ing" over those youngsters and
seeing that they had the proper
food, etc. . . .
Davis Grahm Is
New Foreman Of
Ford Agency Here
Mercer Sims, owner of Sims
Motor Company of Rusk, announc-
es that Davis Grahm of Crockett
is the new shop foreman of the
Ford Plant.
Grahm, native of Crockett, has
been in the business for over 15
years, and is thoroughly acquaint-
ed with all makes and models of
cars and trucks.
He holds his Doctor of Motors
Degree from the Perfect Circle
Corporation, and has attended a
number of factory schools.
He knows all about the install-
ation of automobile air condition-
ing, all kinds, models and makes.
Grahm is married, and the fa-
ther of two children, ages 3 and
5. He plans to move to this city
in the immediate future.
"We are proud to have a com-
petent man like Grahm join our
staff, and feel that the folks in
Rusk and area will like him. He is
anxious to serve them," said Mer-
cer Sims.
Local Chamber Of
Commerce Has
Regular Meeting
The Board of Directors of the
Rusk Chamber of Commerce held
their regular monthly meeting
Tuesday with E. H. Whitehead,
president, presiding.
Whitehead reported that the
Merchants Committee, headed by
Felton Banks, has contacted 65 of
this city's business establishments,
and polled their preference as to
What holidays would be observed.
73% of Rusk's merchants voted
to observe the same holidays in
1957 as were observed last year.
These days are: Memorial Day, In-
dependence Day, Labor Day, Vet-
erans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Chr-
istmas, and New Years.
Whitehead reported that Miss
Beth Meyers had been employed
by the Chamber of Commerce as
secretary in the afternoon.
C. Metz Heald, County Agent,
reported tha Dr. Payne would
speak in the Council Room of the
Courthouse at 3:00 p.m. February
25th, on the "Methods of Ap-
proach in Industrial Development.
Dr. Payne, head of the Industrial
Dept. of Texas A&M, is in close
contact with industries, and will
offer much information as to how
this area may secure additional
payrolls. This is a public meeting,
and all are invited to hear Dr.
Payne speak.
E. R. Gregg reported that ho
and E. II. Whitehead went to Pal-
estine last week and met with the
State Railroad Board. The Cham-
ber Board voted to go on record
as opposing the discontinuing of
the railroad service between Rusk
and Palestine.
Manager Clyde Baker reported
that he had met with officials of
the East Texas Chamber of Com-
merce, and this organization had
agreed to assist in the formation
of a program of work for 1957.
Under this plan, the public is
invited to attend special meetings,
<md to suggest activities for their
local Chamber of Commerce. In
this manner, the Program of Work
for the Rusk Chamber will more
accurately reflect the wishes of
Rusk.
The Board unaniniously voted to
stage this Community Develop-
ment Program. Whitehead ap-
pointed Robert von Doenhoff as
over-all chairman of the project.
"We would like to have sugges-
tions from every citizen of Rusk,"
commented President Whitehead.
No definite starting date has
been arrived at, but it was agreed
that the Community Development
Program would get underway in
the immediate future.
The Board expressed keen in-
terest in the Lake Ponta Project,
and went on record as favoring
the project. The manager was in-
structed to write the Lufkin-Nac-
ogdoches Water Authority, and
pledge Rusk's full cooperation on
this project.
City Election Due April 2nd
City Council met in regular ses-
sion last Tuesday night with May-
or W. H. Hanna presiding. Alder-
men J. C. Williams, Felton Banks,
Frank Summers, Lloyd Hendricks,!
and Gladstone Thompson attend-
ed.
The Council called an election
for April 2nd in the City Hall to j election. u property owners on Wightmnn
elect a Mayor and two Aldermen,! Deadline to file for a place on, I«ane so that work can begin irn-
City Secretary, City Attorney, City
Marshal at this election.
Terms of Mayor Hanna, and Al-
dermen Williams and Banks ex-
pire this year. Mr. Hanna has an-
nounced that he will not seek re-
the ballot is 30 days before tho mediately to pave this street,
election, which is March 2nd, says; Paving of other streets was dis
City Secretary I R. Aufricht. | cussed, and City Secretary Au-
Reynolds & Huff, paving con-jfricht was instructed to contact a
tractors of Tyler, have sent Mr. contractor to get estimates on the
Locke to this city, to sign-up all cost.
Wells Is Scene 01 Bad Wreck
A grinding seven truck and car
collision in the crowded heart of
Wells at approximately 9:05 p.m.
Saturday night sent victims to hos-
pitals in Lufkin and Jacksonville.
Every available ambulance from
both Gipson and Oakley-Metcalf
in Lufkin were sent out in a frant-
ic rush to rescue occupants of
three vehicles pinned under a
long truck trailer.
Month Of Feb.
Designated .Heart
Month By Mayor
| The truck, owned by the An-
drews Lumber Company of Jack-
1 sonville, was traveling from Luf-
| kin to its home plant. As it near-
ed Bew's Cafe, located in the cen-
ter of Wells, a pickup truck occu-
pied by Carlton Luce, 16. of Wells
and two Newland boys, also of
Wells, reportedly backed out in,
front of the oncoming truck.
I Luce was knocked out of the
truck in the resulting crash, which
turned the pickup completely ar-
ound and sent the trailer truck
hurtling into Lloyd Burn's Variety
Store next to the cafe.
The trailer truck landed on top
of three cars and, in the process,
| struck two other vehicles parked
in various angles around the cafe.
It was feared that one of the
'Newland youths had been pinned
Herbert Nichols Is State Hospital's
Nominee For Psychiatric Aide Award
Rusk Students
Present Kiwanis
Program Tuesday
Masons To Have
Special Meeting;
Brown To Speak
The Euclid Lodge of Rusk will
observe George Washington's
birthday with a special meeting,
February 22nd, at 7:30 p.m. in
the Masonic Hall, according to R.
A. Covington, Worshipful Master.
Judge H. T. Brown will be the
guest speaker, and all Masons are
invited to attend.
Refreshments will be served
following the program.
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UNDERGOES SURGERY
Mrs. C. J. Harkins underwent
surgery in the Nan Travis Hospi-
tal at Jacksonville Monday, and
is reported to be recovering very
nicely.
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Seventy-two percent ef the
earth's surface Is water.
February will be Heart Month
in Rusk by official proclamation
of Mayor W. II. Hanna, announces
Houston White, local Heart Fund
chairman.
In signing the proclamation to-
day, Mayor Hanna called upon the
people of Rusk to give their earn
est support to the 1957 Heart
Fund drive, which the Heart As-
sociation will conduct throughout
the month. The local association
is affiliated with the Cherokee
county Heart Association, a chap-
ter of the American Heart Assoc-
iation, the only national voluntary
health agency devoted exclusively
to combatting diseases of thq
heart and circulatory system
The heart and circulatory dis-
eases account for more deaths
each year in this community and
in the nation than all other caus-
es of death combined, Chairman
White pointed out. One among
each 16 Americans suffers from
some form of these diseases,
which often cause acute family
hardship and serious economic
loss to local industry and the com-
munity at large.
"Research is a primary need to
discover the underlying causes of
the three conditions responsible
for 90 percent of all heart disease
— hardening of the arteries, high
blood pressure and rheumatic fe-
ver," the chairman said.
February 24th has been desig-
nated as "Heart Sunday", nation-
wide. Mable Horn and Berniece
Looney are chairmen of the
"Heart Sunday" drive in Rusk.
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New Citizen Of
This City Works
For Chiropractors
Dr. W. P. At)el has recently
moved to this city and is now as-
sociated with the Rusk Chiroprac-
tic Clinic, operated by Drs. R. P.
Smith and D. L. Dennis of Lufkin.
He is a member of the Baptist
Church, and Masonic Lodge. He's
had 25 years experience.
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RUSK, THS FRIENDLY CITY
Members of the Rusk Kiwanis
Club enjoyed a program on "Lin-
coln's Assassination" at their re*-
ular Tuesday noon meeting, Feb*
11 uary 12th at Smith's Cafe.
Program chairman W. II. Han
1 na presented four students from
|Rusk High School who gave the
program in turn, tolling of Lin-
coln's life from the time he en
jlered the Theatre i< 11 i I his death.
Participating were Hobby Banks,
| JoAnn Ab-Tii;*'hy, Garland Mar
shall and Normán Jones.
•J. E Hamilton, vice president,
presided ¡it tho mee. ing in the al>
sence of president Adon Duncan.
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Mayo Starkey Is
Elected President
TPEA Chapter
Election results of local Chap-
ter 19 held at Rusk State Hospital
last Thursday included Mayo Star-
key as President, William Russell
as Vice President, Mrs. Dorothy
Lowry as Secretary, and Doc Mc-
Vicker as Treasurer The official
installation of Officers will bo
held Monday evening, 7 p.m. at
State Hospital Chapel where a
covered dish supper will be held.
Also, all past Presidents and Sec-
retaries of the Chapter will be
awarded certificates of service by
the State TPEA headquarters by
the Installation Officer at the
meeting.
The TPEA outline includes tho
following Legislative program
which is in addition to salary in-
creases.
1. Salary Increase. This item has
been given priority and will com-
mand full attention of the Board,
committees, Headquarters Staff
and membership of TPEA.
2. Support of the Departmental
Budgetary Requests.
3. Increase in Expense Ac-
counts. Particular emphasis will
be given to per diem.
4. 40 Hour Work Week. Our ef-
forts will be devoted to obtaining
a 40-hour work week for all State
employees if possible; if not all,
for as many as is possible.
5. Longevity. A program to in-
clude longevity increases for state
employees.
6 Retirement. We are working
for an improvement of the Retire-
ment System without jeopardizing
it
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SHOP IN RUSK
The official selection committee
inet last Friday, February B, to
make the final selection of the
persons working at the Rusk State
Hospital to be known as the Hos-
pital's Official Nominee for the
Psychiatric Aide Achievement
Award. The Committee was con-
fronted with a list of It candid-
ates, all of whom were of out-
standing status in their respective
rrierit of achievement and service
in the Hospital Only two rating
points separated the two highest
candidates, which shows the close
ness of the committee's task.
The final choice finally arrived
at was Mr Herbert. Nichols, of
¡ Cushing, who works as Charge oi^
Ward 5, and who has a rating of
Psychiatric Nurse Technician, No
j II. Thus, Mr. Nichols will be given
11he distinct honor by the Hospital
| of having his Official Nomination
land application submitted to the
Award Committee in New York,
'which will make the final judg-
ment commensurate with the rul-
es of the Award set forth by the
National Association for Mental
Health who sponsored the proj-
ect.
As for the outstanding Attend
ant Award, sponsored by the local
Cherokee County Mental Health
Society, Mrs. Maggie Dixon, an
Attendant on Ward 1, was chosen
by the Selection Committee As
mentioned above, she was the per
son who registered a rating score
based on merit which was only
two points below that, of Mr.
Nichols.
If the Award Committee In New
York finds these nominees to be
fully qualified in accordance with
tho rules, their Awards will be
made available to the candidates-
through the Cherokee County
Mental Health Society during
Mental Health Week ceremonies
to be held at the Rusk State Hos-
pital in May of 1957
Dr. Chas. W. Castner, Superin
tendent of the Rusk State Hospi-
tal, stated that he wished to pub-
licly express his appreciation to
the many employees and friends
in the community for their coop-
eration in making the project so
successful.
ROUNDUP OF COURTHOUSE
NEWS IS GIVEN HERE
Cas** Filed in Diatrict Court:
Harry Lee Carter vs McRae W.
Hill and wife, action for collec-
tion of note.
Judgment* and DI*ml*Mls:
Yvonne Ray granted a divorce
from Jerald Lee Ray.
Cause of action style James
Tennison vs J. Robert Phillips, et
al, settled and dismissed.
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RECEIVING TREATMENT
Mrs Ruby Massey of this city is
still in the hospital at Jackson-
ville for treatment.
under the wreckage However, he
was later found at his sister's
home unconscious and with a gash,
on his head.
One of the cars pinned under
the trailer truck was occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Hawthorne
and baby of Wells, witnesses re
ported. Another vehicle was occu-
pied by Mr. and Mrs. Tommy
Flowers and their five daughters
and the third automobile was oc-
cupied by Mrs Lloyd Holsunibaek
anxl Mrs Joe Stone.
A car occupied by Mr and Mrs
Hurley Gipson of Houston was al-
so struck by the swinging trailer
Mr. and Mrs Gipson were visit
jug relatives. Mr and Mrs. J. I)
Elerbee ol Wells
A witness described the smash-
I Up ¿is the "worst thing I've ever
¡seen." Another said it "was just
jterrible."
Driver of the trailer truck was
II M .Iones, reported to be "ar
¡ound 40 years old."
A call was put in to Rusk and
Highway Patrolmen from Jackson
| \ ille arrived to investigate the ac
cident
Persons known to be imolvcd
! in I he u reck a r c I- lowei ai;e
: around hi , wife I)orthey and
| their live daughters, Lydia Ann
j estimated age 12. Mary 10 Hon ,
Kay, li Neeny. 'i and Carolyn, I
The Flowers were sitting in a
l r><> model sedan which w;e park
• cd at the cafe prior to the crash
All members of the group were
¡transported to hospitals either in
I private cars or in ambulances
¡ The only patient who was re
■ported not to be walking after the
collision wa.s laice, who was ad
nutted to surgery at the Memorial
Hospital in Lufkin Also taken to
Memorial by (iipson wa.s Mr Flow
ers.
Taken to the County Hospital
ill Lufkin were Mrs Flowers and
daughter Carolyn, Hubert Lee
Newland, Mrs. Stone, Mr and Mrs
Holsombeck, and Mr llathorne.
Mrs. Flowers and Carolyn were
driven by an Oakley Metcalf am
bulance
Sent to the Nan Travis Hospital
in Jacksonville by private car
were Mary Ellen and Doris Kay
Flowers. It was thought that Mary
Ellen broke her arm, but later it
was revealed that the arm was
only sprung She also had a few
¿ditches taken on her head Doris
Kay, 4, was uqder oxygen Satur
day night, but main injuries wen-
reported due to shock.
The accident occurred on a
straightaway stretch Visibility
was good in both directions.
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Rusk Students
Make Honor Roll
At Ranger School
Three Rusk student*. Lawrence
¡Clayton, Roger Flowers, and John
Robert Butler were on the honor
¡Toll, announces Mrs. Erne Haby,
| Registrar at Ranger Junior Col-
i lege.
Clayton and Flowers made all
A's ami B's, and Butler had a B
average, Mrs. Haby stated
! Other news from the Ranger
school concerned Douglas Jordan
and John Robert Butler. These
boys earned their purple and grey
jjetter jackets for playing football.
¡Both were star Rusk High School
player*.
Rusk's Eagles entertain the Kir-
byville Wildcats here Friday with
the championship of District 18-
AA ruling on the outcome
Rusk has a record of nine wins
and one loss while Kirbyville has)
eleven wins and no losses.
The Wildcats surprised Coach
Pete Crimes' Feathered Flock in
the first round of district play,
and upset the Birds 52 40.
Despite this loss, t h e Eagles
rule a favorite to take the meas-
ure of the Kirbyville team, and
tie up the district.
In the event Rusk wins Friday
night, and then goes on to boat
Woodvillc, Kirbyville and Rusk
will be tied for the championship,
and the best two out of three game
playoff will be scheduled to Ik-
gin next week.
The game Friday night will
complete Kirbyville's district sch-
edule
Billy Fountain is nursing a
turned ankle, but is working out.
(Jerald (¡off is lost for the season
with a pulled muscle Other mem-
Ik'is of the Rusk team are in top
shape, Ixdh mentally and physi-
cally
"I believe we are ready for thi.i
ball game," said Coach (¡rimes.
Only one ball game is schedul-
ed Friday night, and it begins at)
! 7:30. An admission of 50c and 25o
will he charged, and a capacity
¡crowd is expected to boost their
Eagles to a District championship
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Council Calls
Election; Norton
First To File
Marshall II Norton of liu.sk is
the first to file after the City
Council of Rusk called an elec-
tion to name a Mayor, two alder
men, city secretary City Marshall,
and City Judge Tuesday ni '.ht
Norton is seeking the position
a. Mayor of this city W It Han-
na who h.t been Mayor for three
'terms announced evi ral niontlm
aro that In would not seek re
elect ion
Aldermen who e terms expire
this year are ,1 (' Williams and,
Felton Hanks Both Williams and
Hanks have indicated that they
¡will again offer their .services to
the people of Rusk
Norton is well known in this
area He has been in business in
Rusk for the past 13 years
"II the people of Rusk ,ee lit,
to elect me their Mayor, I will do
my utmost to serve them faithful-
ly I reali/.e that Rusk in a grow
ing city, and the city government
must continue to grow with our
town," commented Norton
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The land is our capital; its pro-
ducts are our dividends. Don't
burn the interest.
Toboggan sleds were Invented
by American Indians.
READ THE CLASSIFIEDS
Poll Tax Receipts
A list of poll tax receipts and
exemptions, for Cherokee County,
for the year 1956.
I
South Rusk
323
2
North Alto
335
3
East Jacksonville
998
4
Mt Selman
103
8
Wells
174
9
Mixon
51
10
Maydelle
75
13
Forest
51
14
East Rusk
422
13
South West J'ville
406
16
Dialville
94
17
South Alto
248
18
North West J'ville
431
20
New Summerfield
169
21
Turney
42
22
Gallatin
107
2^
Reklaw
.37
24
Heary Chapel
41
23
Reese
64
26
Pleasant Hill
90
27
Ponta
41
29
Concord
43
31
North Rusk
308
32
North East J'ville
326
Total
4980
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