The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1958 Page: 5 of 12
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THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1958
The Rusk Cherokeean, Rusk, Texas
PAGE 5
INTERESTING FACTS
Envelopes were not used for
matting purposes in this country
until about 1845.
Our word, "dollar," comes from
the German "daler" or "thaler,"
first used in 1519.
POLITICAL
CALENDAR
For County School Superintendent
Robert L. Banks
For District Clerk
Bill Parrott
For Justice of Peace, Pet. 1
C. E. Jay
Gordon Craig
Charles A. Portis
For County Treasurer
Miss Bernice Williams
For County Clerk
Jimmie Cone
Elma Musick, Jr.
For County Judge
J. W. Chandler 1
For State Senator
Edward McFarland
Frank Carpenter
For State Representative
W. W. Glass
Í Hayes Says Hope
Of McGee Bend
Agreement Dim
(The second of a series of arti-
cles on McGee Bend Dam near
Jasper.)
By Robert M. Hayes
A fog of misunderstanding ap
pears to have clouded the issue
in the McGee Bend Dam contro-
versy. As a result, prospects of an
agreement are dim.
The fight centers around con-
struction of a $50,000,000 hydro
electric power dam on the Ange
line River near Jasper.
The project is sponsored by the
Federal Government and the Low
er Noches Valley Authority which
is composed of five downstream
counties with headquarters at
Beaumont. It is opposed by the
Neches River Conservation Dis
trict which was created to protect
the interests of the upper water-
shed.
A disinterested observer, trying
to get a clear picture of the con-
troversy, finds himself lost in a
Its always
the right time
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confusing array of conflicting ar-
guments.
Opponents of the power fea-
tures of the dam say operation of
the expensive hydro-electric unit
would result in a loss to the tax-
payer of at least $300,000 a year.
Those who favor the power proj
ect say it would show a profit.
One side claims the inundation
of 129,000 acres of timberland, as
called for in present plans, would
mean the loss of from 750 to 1,000
timber industry jobs. The other
side says construction of the pow-
er dam would help business of all
types and mean more jobs.
The I/)wer Neches group says
the 129,000-acre reservoir would
become a sportsman's paradise
and attract millions of tourists.
Spokesmen for the upstream dis
trict say flooding of the uncleared
timberlands would create a 100,-
000-acre swamp that would be no
good for fishing and pose a seri-
ous health problem. (Under pres-
ent plans no provision has been
made for clearing the lake site of
trees and underbrush).
Who is right? No answer is in
sight as all efforts to bring the
facts to light in a court test have
failed.
At the moment the LNVA, rep-
resenting the power dam advo-
cates, appear to have the upper
hand. The project has been given
the blessing of high government
officials, both state and national.
New developments, however,
may swing the pendulum in the
other direction. The Federal Gov-
ernment has consistently refused
to clear its plan for the McGee
Bend project with the State Board
of Water Engineers which, by
law, has control over such mat-
ters. This flaunting of state rights
has created new fears in the minds
of many East Texans.
More than a year ago, Hugh
Sawyer of Jacksonville wrote Col.
Harry Fischer of Fort Worth, dis-
trict engineer for the Army Corps,
asking more details about the
project.
"We have been advised" wrote
Sawyer, "that the great amount of
water needed to keep an adequate
level in the lake for electric pow
er generation would require all of
the water from the watershed, in
eluding that which is to be im
pounded by the Striker Creek
Reservoir, Blackburn Dam Reser-
voir and other smaller lakes.
"We have been told that the
congressional plan provides that
no water can be sold until after
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it passes through the power tur-
bines on the proposed McGee
Bend Dam, and this would elimi-
nate any water use upstream.
"We understand that the Corps
of Engineers has determined that
electric power generated at the
McGee Bend site would have to
be sold at a loss with this deficit
assumed by the taxpayers.
"We would appreciate your
clearing up these points."
Sawyer says he has "never had
clear-cut, satisfactory reply" to
his inquiry.
Many civic leaders in Lufkin
have, from the beginning, felt
grave misgivings about govern-
ment power dams and the role
they play in agricultural and in-
dustrial development.
Determined to get the facts,
Bill Bogart, managing editor of
The Lufkin Daily News, drove
over to Lake Whitney, a compara-
ble power project for Central
Texas. He spent two days ques-
tioning residents of the area about
their dreams of a more abundant
life that was to have resulted
from the construction of the big
reservoir.
Bogart reported his findings in
a series of newspaper articles.
Most of the residents of the
Lake Whitney area, Bogart wrote,
"envisioned bountiful crops stim-
ulated by water from the 49,710-
acre basin, a never-ending supply
of water for drinking purposes
and an influx of industry which
required water for commercial
production.
Then (after the dam was com
vation but for flood control and
production of hydro-electric pow-
er. Therefore if citizens of the area
needed water they would have to
seek other sources."
Many small property owners
were parties to a federal court
suit seeking to halt construction
of the power dam in favor of a
smaller conservation and flood
control project.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coleman
of Rroaddus in San Augustine
County are both descendants of
early Texans who fought at San
Jacinto under General Sam Hous-
ton. Most of the Coleman's dis-
tinguished forebears are buried in
the family graveyard which would
be flooded if the larger reservoir
is built.
"It is heartbreaking," said Mrs.
Coleman, "to think of having our
land and our farm, even the ceme-
teries where our forefathers and
loved ones are laid to rest, cover-
ed by water."
As a matter of fact, a large per-
centage of farms and timber tracts
scheduled for inundation are in
the hands of small-scale farmers.
Of the 129,000 acres involved, ap-
proximately 79,000 acres belong to
farmers or to the U.S. Forest Serv-
ice . Approximately 50,000 acres
are owned by the larger lumber
and development companies.
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
The Town Council of the Town
of Rusk, Cherokee County Texas,
will meet on Friday, May 16th,
1958, at 7:00 o'clock P.M., for the
purpose of receiving and opening
pleted in 1954) came the rude ¡bids for the purchase of the fol-
awakening. Whitney residents,
along with those of neighboring
Hillsboro, Clifton and Cleburne,
discovered that not one drop of
the water was designated for their
consumption or use.
The Corps of Engineers in-
formed them that the dam was¡
not constructed for water consfcr-
Phone 3 4444
Guardians of Health
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Everyday new drugs, antibiot-
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lowing equipment:
One utility type tractor with 28
drawbar, II. P. or more, with 600
x 16, six ply front tires and 12 x
28, four ply rear tires, agricultural
type or their equivalent, uphol-
stered or cushioned type seat with
two front lights and one rear tail
light (red), equipped with power
steering.
One back hole for digging 10
foot depth or more, equipped with
12 inch and 24 inch standard
buckels with approximately 180
degrees swing, quickly detachable
with individual stabilizer (hydrau-
lic). Also optional bid on 12 foot
depth or more digger with other
specification being the same.
One loader equipped with 52
inch heavy duty bucket or equiv-
alent with at least 1,250 pound ca
pacity to 8 foot 6 inch dumping
height with gear type driven
pump or equivalent with double
acting cylinders or equivalent.
All Bids on each item are to be
separate. The Town Council re-
serves the right to reject or dis-
regard any part of any bid or the
right to reject any or all bids re-
ceived or the right to accept any
part of one bid and reject the re-
mainder thereof.
Bids may be mailed to the may-
or or the city secretary at Rusk,
Texas, at any time prior to the
opening date mentioned.
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St. Luke's Church
Women Organize
Auxiliary Thursday
The first meeting of St. Luke's
Women's Auxiliary was held
Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. at
the Parish House of St. Luke's
Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Walter S. Bonner acted as
Chairman for the election of offi-
cers which proceeded by acclama-
tion as follows: President, Mrs.
M. M. Guinn; Vice-President, Mrs.
Walter Meyers; Secretary-Treasur-
er and Reporter, Mrs. Joseph E.
A. Ross; Devotional Chairman,
Mrs. J. H. Kreimeyer; United
Thank Offering Chairman, Mrs. C.
H. Vick; Telephone Chairman,
Airs. Gustave W. Nelson.
Meetings will be held the first
Thursday of each month and will
include devotional programs, bus-
iness of the auxiliary and social
functions.
Witness my hand this the 30th
day of April, 1958.
M. H. Norton, Mayor
Town of Rusk
Rusk, Texas
2-t-c-45
INTERESTING FACTS
Patent medicine consumption
increased 740 per cent from 1880
to 1910 while the population in-
creased only 83 per cent.
Bald eagles are so named be-
cause of the effect oyf the white
feathers on their heads.
Texas is regarded as one of the
most fertile fields in America for
Ysleta del Sur, established in
1682 near El Paso, is Texas' old-
est permanent settlement.
An estimated 750,000 Texans
served in World War II.
San Jacinto Monument, 574 feet,
4 inches, is the tallest in the
world.
Texas' population on July 1,
1955, was 8,657,000.
i First white men to set foot on
. Texas soil were Alvarez de Pineda
and his followers in 1519.
Texas' 1955 poulation was esti-
mated 67.3 per cent urban and
32.7 rural.
! Land area of Texas is 263,513
¡square miles.
Geographic center of Texas is
near Brady in McCulloch County.
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Whitehead, E. H. The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1958, newspaper, May 8, 1958; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150234/m1/5/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.