The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1958 Page: 1 of 16
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LOOKS LIKE A COLORFUL
Christmas in store for Rutkitss
this y*ir . . . Th« Chrittmas Pa-
rade Committee Wednesday un-
veiled plans for a big parade De-
cember 4 to preface a Bargain
Day selling spree by the town'a
'businesses . . . Roundabout feels
this will be one of Rusk's biggest
and best Christmas**.
THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S De-
partment, whose main task usually
consist of taking something or
someone into custody, now has
custody of something it can't get
rid of . . .
Sheriff Allen Dotson says the
department has possession of some
six bags of ladies under garments
taken and subsequently discarded
by the town's clothesline thief . ..
Allen says they can now bo claim-
ed in the Department secretary's
office . . .
GOOD NEWS regarding the'
four Ian* highway between Rusk,
and Alto . . . The County Commis-
sioners gave the go-ahead to enter
into a contract with the State for
acquiring right-of-way . . . Bad
news is that it'll probably be two
to three years hence before the
project becomes a reality . . .
A BIG AUCTION SALE, «pon-
sored by the Home Demonstration
Clubs of this county will be stag-
ed in Rusk Friday at 1 p.m. on the
south side of the court house . . .
Everything from needle work to
fine foods will be sold to the high-
est bidder . . . Roundabout will be
on hand to help the HD Clubs,
and also avail himself of the "good
buys" to be had . . .
The mystery of Rusk's clothes-
line thief remained a mystery this
week, as officers failed to turn up
a single lead on who has been
raiding city clotheslines and rob-
bing them of ladies underclothes.
What has been picked up. how-
ever, has been five paper sacks of
the garments which were turned
over to the County Sheriff's de-
partment.
Reports of the thefts began com-
ing in some two weeks ago. Short-
ly afterward two sacks stuffed
with the women's undergarments
were turned over to the Sheriff's
department.
About a week later, three more
KTLU RADIO HAS a new em-
ployee ... He is Charlie Russell
of Cortex, Colorado . . . Charlie is
married, and the father ef two
young sons . . . Roundabout thinks
the folks of this area will like this
young couple, and feels that this
addition to the staff will enablo
KTLU to better serve the folks of
Cherokee County . . .
LLOYD BEARDEN of Bearden.
Furniture Company was all smiles
this week . . . Bearden's big Sell*
Athon Sale was an outstanding suc-
cess . . . George Monroe and Mrs.
Ruby Massey were tired but hap-
py, too . . .
JOHNNY WILLIAMS, Rusk's
new Rambler dealer, called Round'
aboufs hand on the | reference
made last week to his new car
dealership for Cherokee County..
Johnny and all his Texaco dealers
are giving away a number of free
prizes, too . . .
BRUCE SLOVER, who suffered
a heart attack several months ago,
was in town last week getting a
hair cut, Roundabout hears . . .
Bruce is one of the best fellows
Rusk ever h a d as a citixen . . .
Didn't get to see him when ho
came to town, but will be looking
forward to "chewin' the fat" with,
Bruce before too much longer . .
Jurors Summoned
For Fourth Dist.
Court Jury Week
Jurors were selected Monday for
the fourth jury week of the Octo-
ber-April term of 145th District;
Court. Two civil suits were set to
be heard.
Seventy petit jurors were sum-
moned from which juries were to
be selected.
Suits to be heard were John Mc-
Kellar vs B. C. McCollum and G<
W. Hall vs Palestine Creamery, et
al.
New suits filed with the District
Court incude: Opal Jones vs Ray
mond Jones, divorce; Julia A. Har-
ris vs David D. Harris, Sr., di-
vorce; J. H. Staton, et al, vs Olan
C.. Peters, et al, debt and fore-
closure of lien; Hubert Lee Berry
vs Liberty Mutual Insurance Com-
pany, compensation; Brunette Ar-
nold Blalock vs Bert Blalock, di-
vorce.
New civil suits filed with the
County Court included nine suits)
in which the Travis Clinie was
seeking collection of debt.
Marriage licenses were issued
by the County Clerk's office to the
following couples:
Oliver Truitt Parker ami Peggy
Ann Talley. Ernest William Mar
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On Circulation Figuras.
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VOLUME 111
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NOVEMBER 13, 1958
NUMBER 21
Rusk - - An Investment
In "Better Living'
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Rusk- Alto Hi-Way Widening Approved
Christmas Plans Forming; Parade Is Dec. 4th
Lovelady To Speak At TSTA Meeting Here
Perversion Suspected In Outbreak 0Í
Clothesline Thefts In Rusk Recently
identical parcels were turned up,
found in the same place, appar«
ently discarded with no attempt at
concealment.
Officers intimate the thefts
were not mere pranks, rather the
work of a perverted individual.
Investigation continued this
week despite the fact that there
was little to work from. Theoriz-
ing that it was a sexually pervert-
ed person behind the thefts, they
were seeking to prevent a more
serious expression that the thefts
might lead to.
Sheriff Allen Dotson said this
week that the stolen articles may
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JOHN H. LOVELADY
City Wide Thanksgiving Service Is Planned Here,
12-Year-01d Trudges Home After
20-Hour Adventure, 30-Mile Foray
Oil Properties
Seek Tax Relief
From County
A representative of the Humble,
Oil Company Monday sought from
County Commissioners "some re-
lief' from what he termed a rela-
tively high property tax levied on,
oil properties in Cherokee Coun-
ty.
Complaining of a 6-7 per cent
differential between local proper-
ty and oil property, he said thqi
county was high in relation to its
neighbors and to East Texas in
general.
He said his company had run
two ratio studies recently in thai
county (a study of local taxes com-
pared with oil properties) and
they showed the local property;
was taxed at an average of about
13 per cent of value, while oil
properties are assessed for 20 per
cent.
During these times of shut-
downs and restricted production.
Jack Conners, the representative,
said the company needed some re-
lief.
He cited comparable figures for
Anderson and Smith counties
which he claimed had considera
bly narrowed the difference be
tween the two properties.
However, he was quick to point
out that the company's object was
not to get the local population to
pay more taxes, but to reach some
sort of budget and tax adjustment)
that would give the company some
relief.
But he said to cut the com-
pany's taxes, without a curtail-
ment of county services would
necessitate a bigger tax burden
on the local taxpayers.
o— —
Dates Of Methodist
Meetings Next Week
Released By Sec'y*
Organizations of the First Meth-
odist Church meeting next week
have been calendared as follow
by Mrs. Vickie Lindsey, secretary:
S:usanna Wesley Circle, Mon-
day, November 17th, 8 p.m. in the
home of Mrs. Juanita Birkelhach:
VVSCS, Monday, November 17th, S
p.m. at the church: Commission
on Membership and Evangelism.
Wednesday, November 19th. 7
p.m. at the church. Ralph Travis,
chairman; choir rehearsal. 7:30
p.m. Wednesday at the church.
I Wesleyan Service Guild, Tues-
day. November 18, 7 p m. at the
i church.
Twelve-year-old Jerry Channel
of the Central High community
became "little boy lost" for some
20 hours Monday night and Tues-
day, but he trudged home early
Tuesday afternoon little the worse
for wear.
The youngster's adventure, the
result of a minor argument with
h i s sister, brought on a 6-hour
search and an area wide alert
while he remained missing.
He left his home shortly before
dark Monday evening and rode
his bicycle some 10 miles—to a
point about two miles down the
Atoy FM Road where he appar-
ently abandoned it after becoming
exhausted.
He made his way back up to
Highway 69 where he began hitch-
hiking south.
The bike was found Monday1
night. Then later in t h e night,
Constable "Doc" Jordan was flag-
ged by the youth at the intersec-
tion of the Atoy road and High-
way 69 on the outskirts of Rusk.
Jordan, not knowing of his dis-
appearance, told him he was too
young to be out hitch-hiking and
to go back home. He had told Jor-
dan he lived just across the street.
By the time he learned of the
search for the boy and returned)
to the intersection, the youth was
gone. Apparently he had taken
shelter shortly after his talk with
Jordan.
He told officers Tuesday he had:
spent the night in a car at one of
the homes near the intersection.
Tuesday morning he hitch - hiked
to Alto and then part way back,
He walked into his home early
Tuesday afternoon.
Citizens of the Central High
Community and the County Sher-
iff's department conducted an in-
tensive search for the boy until
around midnight Monday night.
It was feared earlier that he
had tried to hitch-hike to Hous-
ton. Officers here took the pre-
caution of sending out a pick up
for areas south.
He was apparently unharmed.
According to him, his only reason
for leaving was the disagreement
be had earlier in the day.
o
Chamber Mgr., Sec'y*
Attend CC School
Clyde Baker, manager, and Mrs.
Ted Butler, secretary, of the Rush
Chamber of Commerce will be at-
tending the annual East Texas
short course for managers and
secretaries this week at Tvler
The two day school, sponsored
by the East Texas Chamber of
Commerce. wtU be held Thursday
and FrUky at the Blackstone Ho-
tel in Tyler.
A city-wide Union Thanksgiving
Service is planned here Wednes-
day evening, November 26th, un«
der the auspices of the Rusk Min-
isterial Alliance.
To be held in First Methodist
Church, services will begin at 7:30
p.m.
Rev. Tom D y a 1, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, will,
deliver the principal message.
Directing music will be Robert
von Doenhoff, using the combined
choirs of the First Baptist, Meth-
odist and Presbyterian churches.
"All Christians are invited, and
urged, to be present for this spe-
cial Thanksgiving service," said
Rev. Elwood Birkelbach, pastor of
the host church.
John H. Lovelady, a representa-
tive of the Texas State Teachers
Association, will speak at the reg-
ular meeting of the County TSTA
chapter here Monday evening.
The meeting will be held in the;
Rusk High School auditorium. The
public is urged to attend to hear
Mr. Lovelady discuss the recent
recommendations of the Hale-Aik-
en Committee of Twenty-Four.
The recommendations came aft-
er studies of reports from com-
mittees on the local level from
all 252 Texas counties. At least
some of the recommendations
caused a furor over the state, re-
sulting in some modification. Most
contrbversial was the recommend-
ation that the state stop receiving
federal funds for vocational agri-
culture and school lunch pro-
grams.
Mr. Lovelady is expecied to co-
ver the entire scope of the recom-
mendations generally.
A former classroom teacher,
coach, principal and assistant su-
perintendent before becoming a
member of the TSTA headquar-
ters staff, Mr. Lovelady is well
versed on all phases of public
school education and various chal-
lenges facing our schools today.
He has appeared before teach-
ers organizations, parent - teacher
associations, and other interested
groups throughout the state of
Texas.
He is a graduate of the Univer-
sity of Texas and received a mas-
ter's degree from Texas Western
College in 1948.
The meeting Monday will be a
regular meeting for the county
TSTA chapter. Lawrence Smith,
superintendent of Alto schools, iá
president of the county chapter.
Eagles Travel To Jasper Friday Night
To Wind Up 1958 Football Season
December 4 will be Santa's big
day in Rusk—the date of the an-
nual Christmas parade.
The parade committee announc-
ed the date Wednesday and also
told further plans for staging the
traditional observance.
The parade will roll through
Rusk at 4 Thursday afternoon, De-
cember 4. Three float prizes will
be awarded this year — $25, $15
and $10, plus a $25 first prize for
the best band entered.
The big observance December 4
will highlight a week end of ac-
tivities here, incuding a spectacu-
lar Bargain Day celebration being
planned by the town's businesses.
The town will be decked out in
its traditional Yule trappings.
Christmas trees will be decorated
at each corner of the courthouse
lawn. Merchants' decorations and
city lights will complete the
scheme.
Santa will be here and is ex-
pected to stay around for the en-
tire season.
Committeemen for the observ-
ance are Houston White, chair-
man, Paul Copeland, Glenn Miller,
M. H. Norton and Bon Hester.
In connection with the observ-
ance, Ruskites were also remind-
ed that the Community Christmas
Tree will be held again this year
in an effort to provide items for
needy families of this area,
The site for the Christmas Tree
is yet to be announced, but bas-
kets will be set up in all stores in
the city where shoppers can de-
posit food items for this purpose.
The Rusk Welfare Association
has renewed its plea for used toys
of any kind that can be repaired
and given to children of the needy
families at Christmas.
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Officials See Two To
Three Year Time Lag
Vet Office To Be
Vacated Dec. 1;
12 Seeking Post
Some 12 persons have made
known their wishes to become the
county's next Veterans Service Of-
ficer, proceedings of the County
Commissioners Court meeting
Monday revealed.
They seek to fill the $3,000 per
year office to be left vacant when
Jimmie Cone's resignation be-
comes effective.
Cone, elected county tax asses-
sor-collector in last week's Gen-
eral Election, said Wednesday his
resignation from the veterans of-
fice will become effective on No-
vember 30.
He will probably assume the tax
office duties on December 1. he
said. He became eligible to take
the office after Monday's canvass
of the General Election voting.
However, he said the tentative
date set for his take-over will al-
low time to complete an auditing
project of the tax office and also
to close out his affairs in the vet-
erans office.
Commissioners intimated Mon-
day they may follow a previous!
practice in appointing Cone's sue
cessor and call on veterans organ
izations in the county to recom
mend persons to fill the office.
Then they will appoint the new
service officer from the nominees
Christmas Seal
Sale To Begin In
County Friday
The fifty-second annual Christ-
mas Seal Sale officially begins on
Friday this week, and the county'^
response to it will determine how
big a battle will be waged against
the growing TB problem.
A release from the Cherokee
County Tuberculosis Association
this week stated: "The traditional
Seal Sale is the only source of
funds for the TB-fighting activities
of the Association."
It continued, "Tuberculosis is a
major health problem in Chero-
kee County. This year there are 87
active cases here. While the TB
death rate has taken a dramatic
fall — primarily because of mod-
ern improvements in diagnosis
and treatment of patients — pre-
vention of TB has not been so suc-
cessful. There were 15 new cases
this year."
The Christmas Seal program is
aimed chiefly at preventing the
spread of the disease — through,
health education, service to pa-
tients and their families through
research.
"Six cents of every dollar con-
tributed to the sale goes into re-
search. The other 94 stays in your
state and county," the release stat-
ed.
A brief sketch of the county as-
sociation was included in the re-
lease. so countians will know
what they are contributing to. It
stated, in part:
"The activities of the Cherokee
County Tuberculosis Association
are determined entirely by local
volunteers to meet the local TB
problem A board of 32 directors,
! none of whom receive compensa
(Continued on I'agc 4)
Rusk High School's Eagles put
a thriller finish to the Rusk-Gas-
ton game last Friday night in a
non-conference clash and placed
one more mark in a hungry win
column.
The Eagles pulled a 14-12 vic-
tory out of the fire in the last
play of the game, with quarter-
back Larry Talley carrying over
from the Gaston two for his sec-
ond touchdown of the game.
The Red Devils held a 12-8 lead
going into the fading seconds of
the game. Talley took a keeper
over from the two for the win.
Gaston held its 12-8 lead at tha
half, with Rusk scoring its only
other touchdown in the second pe-
riod. The Red Devils scored in the
first and second quarters, but con-
versions failed.
The Eagle conversion for two
points in the second quarter on
a carry by Gary Lloyd accounted
for the two-point margin in the
score.
The win over the 17-A team
gave Rusk four wins against five
losses for the season.
The black and red will be shoot-
ing for a .500 mark Friday night
when they travel to Jasper for the
last game of the season. The game
will be a district encounter, but
will have no bearing on confer-
ence standings.
Center wrapped up t h e 24AA
title last week defeating its last
conference opponent. San Augus-
tine, 27-6. Jasper, meanwhile, put
in its bid for the second spot,
nudging Crockett 21-20. Only Rusk
stands between the Bulldogs and
the second berth.
Newspapers are keeping mod
s'rn. In 1957, over $87.000.000 was
invested by newspapers to im-
prove plants, equipment and pro-
duct
Only the male cicada is capable
uí making 4 noi>c
County Baptist
Sunday School
Meet Slated
The Associational Sunday Sch-
ool officers of Cherokee County
Baptist Churches will meet Mon-
day night, November 17, at 7:30
with the First Baptist Church ofi
Rusk.
Following a general assembly in
the main auditorium, there will
be departmental conferences con-
ducted by each Associational of-
ficer.
The special emphasis for these
conferences will be on training.
A brief, but helpful and inter
esting movie will be shown at the
close of the evening's program as
a special feature.
B. B. Fields, minister of educa
tion, Central Baptist Church, Jack-
sonville, is Associational Sunday
School superintendent, and he.
urges all officers and teachers of
the Sunday Schools to be present.
P-TA Reveals
Turkey Shoot
Plans For 22nd
A week from Saturday — on
November 22 — Thanksgiving will
be just around the corner. And
the Rusk P-TA this year is again
holding out the chance for local
people to win their Thanksgiving
Day bird free.
The organization on that dato
will hold its annual Turkey Shoot
—seven hours of fun and a lot of
opportunities to pick up a free
turkey.
W. E. Davis is chairman of the
event this year.
It will be held from 9 to 4 Sat-
urday, November 22. in the Na-
tional Guard Armory
The $1 tickets this y e a r will
again entitle contestants to thrert
shots. They will go on sale next
week
Everybody who qualifies in tha
.<4loot will he awarded a free,
dressed Turke>,
County P-TA '
Council Meet 1
Set Saturday
Meeting here Saturday, the
County Parent - Teacher Council
will discuss "The Latest Trends in
Nutrition". Occasion will be the
School of Instruction at the fall
meeting of the Council, an an-
nouncement by Mrs. D. T. Willing
ham, president, revealed.
The meeting will be held in the
Home Demonstation Council Room
of the courthouse. Mrs. Vivian
Heald and Mrs. Irene Odom will
be in charge of the program.
The group will meet at 9:30 for
a short fellowship coffee to be fol-
lowed by the 10-11:30 meeting.
All members of the local Parent-
Teacher organizations and any in-
terested adults are urged to be
present at this meeting, Mrs. Wil-
lingham said.
Fill 1st Baptist
Pulpit Sunday
The Rev. Joe Mason, assistant
to the president of Mary Hardin-
Baylor College, Belton, will preach
for the morning services at the
First Baptist Church here Sunday
in the absence of the Rev. Lonnie
Webb.
Rev. Mason recently pastored
the First Baptist Church at Bart-
lett, Texas. He is a nephew of Mrs.
W. H. Mason of Rusk.
Dr. Carl B. Case, Rusk State
Hospital chaplain, will preach for
the evening service.
County Commissioners Monday
gave the go-ahead to enter con-
tract with the State for acquiring
right-of-way for the Alto-Rusk
four-lane divided highway.
But, it was intimated at the
commissioners court meeting, real-
ization of the project may be two
or three years hence.
Meeting in regular session Mon-
day morning the court also gave
its formal acceptance of specifica-
tions of a commission minute or-
der designating a 12.3-mile sec-
ondary highway to run from a
point near Ponta to Jacksonville.
The commissioners' action on
the Rusk-Alto Highway 69 project
followed up notification of offic-
ials here Saturday that the State
Highway Commission had granted
a request for action on the proj-
ect.
(A delegation of Rusk and Alto
officials met with the commission
on October 30 to request the des-
ignation of the road for improve-
ment.)
According to the letter receiv-
ed by County Judge J. W. Chand-
ler, the commission stated that
the "Order requires sufficient
width of right-of-way to accomo-
date a four-lane divided highway
all the way from Rusk to a point
in the vicinity of Alto where the
highway reverts to a street sec-
tion."
The project will cover 9.6 miles.
The county must acquire the right-
of-way, but will be reimbursed by
the State for half its cost.
It was thought earlier that Sat-
urday's developments would put
the Rusk-Alto road on a par with
the 69 project approved for the
Jacksonville-Bullard road. i
However, at Monday's meeting,
W. D. Harris, resident engineer,
said that unless it was changed by
the commission, work will go for-
ward first on the Jacksonville-Bul-
lard road.
Funds are available for the sur-
vey of this project, he said, and
work has begun. Also, appropria-
tion has been made for the grad-
ing and drainage structure. None
of these preliminaries have been
taken for the Rusk-Alto route.
Asked by a member of the court
if the latter project, because o£
the traffic safety factor, could not
receive precedence, Harris replied
that that is a commission func-
tion and cannot be decided local-
ly.
If present plans are implement-
ed, the Rusk-Alto route won't be-
come a reality for 2-4 years, Har-
ris intimated, since the depart-
ment hasn't the facilities to han-
dle more than one project at the
same time.
It is very probable that none of
the projects will come in the same
year, he said. Summing up, he said
simply that the Jacksonville-Bul-
lard route has been programmed,
whereas the Rusk-Alto project has
not been.
However, one object of the
j county's actions has been satisfied:
i right-of-way acquisition on all
] projects can now proceed simul-
taneously and a financing plan can
be arranged to cover the full scope
of the highway work.
The county tentatively plans to
use the warrant plan of financing
its share of right-ofway costs.
HD Club Women Set To Stage Farm
Products Auction Here On Friday
Rusk will be the site of a lively
auction sale Friday when the.
Home Demonstration clubs of the
| county put up for sale hundreds
| of farm products.
The sale will begin at I Friday
afternoon and will bo conducted
from the South side of the court-
house square. Charlie Slate, farm
director of the East Texas Net-
work, will be auctioneer
Mrs Will Rogers of Alto chair-
nuu of the sale, said it is being
staged to raise funds for the
County Council of the Home Dem-
onstration Clubs. One hundred
eighty-five H o m e Demonstration
club women will contribute items
for the event Farm products oj
all kinds will be auctioned, from
foods to fancy needle work
This will be an opportunity for
county people to take advantage
of good buys on some really (in*
items., Mrs. Uogeis mmU.
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