The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1958 Page: 1 of 16
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THIS IS THE LAST regular pub-
lication of The Rusk Cherokeean
until next year . . . Our paper will
come out Tuesday, so that all the
folks will have their paper before
Christmas ... All persons desir
ing news and advertising publish-
ed are asked to have their copy
in our office or in the hands of
solicitors by 5 p.m. Monday . .
ROUNDABOUT IS INDEED
grateful for the opportunity to
have served the wonderful folks
of Rusk and Cherokee County dur-
ing 1958 as editor of their paper.
1958 WAS A GOOD YEAR for
most of us, Roundabout believes
. . . Rusk en i oye d substantial
growth, and can look forward to
another year of accomplishments
in 1959 . . .
SINCE THIS IS THE LAST col-
umn old Roundabout will write
this year, he'll take time now to
thank everyone for their cooper-
ation . . .
TIME IS GROWING SHORT and
the goal is only half subscribed!
for the annual Christmas Seal
Sale in Cherokee County . . . Re-
minder letters go out this week to
all people whose contributions
have not been received . . . This
organization renders a valuable
service, and deserves the whole-
hearted support of everyone . . .
Did you know that there were
seven reactors to the 40 readings
of the 43 food handlers tested in
Rusk last week? These tests are
being followed up with X-ray and
other examinations . . .
Charges Filed
Against Four On
County Docket
Charges were filed against four
persons this week, according to
the County Court criminal docket.
One, Charles Clarence White,
pleaded guilty to driving while in-
toxicated.
Other charges named Bert Dowl-
ing, charged with driving while
intoxicated, George Brown and
Lonnie Rhodes, charged with a
misdemeanor offense.
White was fined $100 and sen-
tenced to three days in jail after
pleading guilty to the D WI of-
fense.
Civil suits filed with the Coun-
ty Court included: J. C. Williams
vs L. T. Sessions, foreclosure of
note; E. M. Gay vs Dennis Grimes,
debt.
CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN
ORDER to V. J. Long, new presi-
dent of The Rusk Chamber of
Commerce . . . Long is one of
Rusk's most valuable citizens, and
Will make the Chamber of Com-
merce a wonderful president. In
fact. Roundabout thinks the entire
slate of officers elected at the
Board of Directors meeting last
Friday are excellent choices . . .
Lloyd Pipes is 1st vice president,
end C. S. Hinton 2nd vice presi-
dent. E I m a Musick, Sr. was re-
elected treasurer . . . The Cham-
ber of Commerce can expect a
fine year under the leadership of
these men . . .
OUGHT TO HAVE a big crowd
in Rusk Saturday ... Two Rusk
businesses, J. C. Williams and
Clayton Feed are giving away a
lot of free gifts . . . Information
on both drawings is found else-
where in this publication . . .
A NEW BUSINESS for Rusk will
open around December 20th . . C.
Metz Heald, former County Agent
of Cherokee County, will open the
M. & V. Nursery on U.S. 69 . . .
Metz says that he will carry all
nursery stock that is adapted to
this area ... in addition to the
nursery stock, he is going to of-
fer a landscaping consulting serv-
ice . . .
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Committee Plans
Heard At Bulah
Community Meet
The Bulah Community Club met
Tuesday night, December 9, in
reeular meeting.
The group heard a progress re-
port from the Telephone and
Park Committees. It was reported
the Farm and Homestead Improve-
ment Committee will give a de-
tailed report on plans for com-
munity center improvement in the
January meeting.
During the meeting nomina-
tions were made for "Lady of the
Year" and "Rural Minister of the
Year". Mrs. Tommy Hugghins was
nominated for the first honor,
■while the Rev. Gene Tomlin was
the nominee for Rural Minister.
Mrs. Winston Power led the
group singing of Christmas Carols
and Winston Power gave the talk
on "The Role of the Church".
Leahmon Hassell, president, pre
sided.
CITY TO CLOSE
DECEMBER 25, 26
Rusk business houses w 1II be
closed on Thursday and Friday
ef next week for the Christmas
holidays.
The deys are these adopted on
the holiday calendar by merchants
early in the year.
BLANKET CIRCULATION
An Estimated 13,000 People Will
Road This Publication, Based
On Circulation Figuras.
The Rusk Cherokeean
TEXAS' OLDEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, ESTABLISHED AS THE PIONEER JULY 5, ISA?
SERVING THE GREATER RUSK TRADE AREA
6
Shopping Days
Till Christmas
VOLUME 111
RUSK, TEXAS
16 PAGES
DECEMBER 18, 1958
NUMBER 26
City Plans To Annex large Area On US 69
Proceedings in District Court in
the past week included dismissal
of two suits. In other action, the
Court entered a Show Cause or-
der, naming Hilma Elaine Pailey
vs Joe W. Bailey, calling on the
■defendant to show cause why ho
should not be held in contempt o£
court for not complying with a
previous judgement of the Court
for child support.
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Cagers Weather
Two Tournaments
In Good Shape
Coach Pete Grimes' cagers
Thursday will travel to New Lon-
don to vie in what will probably
be a tough invitational tourna-
ment. The vastly improved team
will take with them a 5-wins, 4-
loss record.
The Eagle quintet Monday suf-
fered what was almost its sound-
est defeat of the season, falling
before New London 63-37 in a
game played here.
However, the contest w a s no
true test of strength of the two
teams, since three Rusk starters
went into the game ailing from
the stomach virus.
The Eagles last week end came
away from the Gallatin tourna-
ment with the consolation trophy.
They fell last Friday to a power-
ful Central team 72-39. However,
they bounced back to take wins
from Dialville and LaPoynor in
the consolation division.
The local team will meet Lev-
erctts Chapel Thursday at 7:45
p.m. in the New London Tourna-
ment. Then on Monday they will
play host to Henderson in a pair
of boys games.
The Eagles whipped Henderson
in their first game of the season,
eking out a one-point win.
Rusk girls, like the boys, were
troubled by Central High on tho
week end, but nevertheless man-
aged a third place trophy from
tho Grapeland tournament.
The girls team felled Groveton
and Crockett in its first two
games, but was tripped up by Cen-
tral 72-54 on the third.
They came back, however, to
beat Lovelady and cinch a third
place.
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The International Date Line is
an imaginary north-south line
through the middle of the Pacific
Ocean.
New Chamber Officers Elected Last Week
The Town of Rusk should be-
come larger by some 15-20 acres
early next week, when the Town
Council is expected to pass an an-
nexation ordinance adding to the
city's south boundary.
The Board of Directors of the' The area to be annexed is the
Rusk Chamber of Commerce last site °f much of Rusk's recent
! Friday unanimously elected V. J.
Long, manager of the Citizens In-
dustrial Insurance Company, pres-
ident of the Chamber of Com-
1 merce for 1959.
building boom and has been de-
veloped into a residential area on-
ly in the past year.
Property involved in the pro-
posed annexation move is on both
V. J. LONG
LLOYD PIPES
C. S. HINTON
E. B. MUSICK, SR.
Christmas Activities At High In City This Week
Upper Neches Granted $2 Million
State Loan On 6.5 Million Project
Christ's Birth
In Song-Sermon
Set By Baptists
Christ's birth in song and scrip-
ture will be presented at the First
Baptist Church Sunday night, De-
cember 21st at 7:30 p.m.
The State Water Development
Board last week approved the Up-
per Noches River Municipal Wa-
ter Authority for a S2 Million
state loan.
The Authority applied for the
approval last summer to hasten
construction of the $6.5 Million
dam and reservoir- project.
The Authority applied under
the plan which allows the state to
assist any of its political subdivi-
"We extend a warm welcome torsion with as much as one-third the
everyone in this area to attend ! total cost of the project or $5 Mil-
John Estes, wolf trapper, Is
shown here with the seventh
victim of Cherokee County's
Wolf War. The animal was still
in the trap that snared him. He
was caught on the Karcher
Ranch, near the Gould commun-
ity, in the north end of the
county Friday morning.
Rotary To Hold
Christmas Event
Thursday Night
Rotarians and their wives will
observe the Christmas season
Thursday night with a Christmas
party beginning at 7:30 in the
Rusk Hotel.
The Rev. Lonnie Webb will
speak during tho observance on
the Christmas story.
A smorgasborg type dinner will
be served followed by Christmas
games. Each Rotarían and guest
will bring a gift to the party to
be given to patients on the Rusk
State Hospital ward sponsored by
the Rotary Club each year.
Alencon, city in southern Fra-
nco, is famed for the manufacture
of beautiful laces and embroidery
work.
County Cotton Growers Elect To
Retain Federal Marketing Quotas
Cherokee County Cotton farm-1000 county growers casting bal
ers Monday voted strongly to re- lots.
tain federal marketing ciuotas fon| Following ¡iro the results from
their crops. They voted 164 38 for ^ places in Chero-
the quotas. i
The heavy affirmative vote was *eo County:
in about the same proportion as
that given by all the state's cotton Mt Sclman
farmers. Countians voted 81 per Troup
cent for. while Texas approved. New Summer field
quotas by about 83 per cent. The Jacksonville
state vote was 38.02Ü for and 7. I'onta
248 against. Husk
Counts solum was extremely Vlto
liuht with only 202 of nearly 3, Wells
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our Church for this special wor-
ship service in song and sermon,"
said Rev. Lonnie Webb, pastor.
"A great deal of work and prep-
aration has gone into this pro-
gram, and we feel those who hear
it will benefit spiritually from
having attended," he added.
The musical portion is under
the direction of Jim Bob Griffin
with Mrs. Griffin serving as pian-
ist and Mrs. Joe B. Copeland, or-
ganist.
Featured vocalists will be JaniS
Nicholson, Donna Bothwell, Cyn-
thia Ault, Linda Ray Williams,
Clinton Lloyd, Mayo Starkey, W.
E. Courtney and Mollie Trotter.
Church-wide fellowship is plan-
ned following the worship hour.
lion, whichever is less.
Rusk member of the T'pper
Neches Board, E. B. Musick, Sr.,
said Wednesday the board was un-
sure if the loan could be applied
to the unit plan of construction
revealed in November or if it.
would have to be used under orig-
inal construction plans.
There was no indication either
if the board, even with the loan,
could proceed with construction
without contract for sale of water.
These topics were discussed
briefly by the board, Musick said,
but no action has been taken yet.
A move to clear up the picture
may be made in the January meet-
ing of the board.
Washington, Austin, Rusk, Etc.
Financial Crises On All Government
Levels Portend Local Tax Squeeze
are already totalling up rod fig-
ures.
Washington needs billions, Aus-
tin needs millions and Rusk,
which, financially, can match woes
with any municipality in Texas,
needs thousands. It has one of the
state's lowest tax rates. Generally,
valuations are in line.
Don't discard that cheerful gift-
giving spirit along with your Chr-
istmas tree after the big holiday.
It appears the former will come
in handy when governments of all
kinds begin their tax levies in the
new year.
The Town of Rusk is only one
of six taxing units that will put
the touch on local citizens for, in
most cases, added revenue. And it
is only one of hundreds of cities
across the country who are sound-
ing the familiar cry of distressed
municipalities — rising operating
costs, diminishing buying power.
Extracting taxes from one
source or another will be the Fed-
eral government, the State of Tex-
as, Cherokee County, the Town of
Rusk, Rusk Independent School
District and the Upper Neches
River Municinal Water Authority.
A'.t the units except the county
and the school district are sound-
ing a desperate cry for more
funds. The UNMWA will tax its
limit (35c) only if it elects to con-
struct the dam and reservoir in
some form.
The county, while not faced
with a deficit, is faced, however. Behind th ■ problem locally is a
with the possible loss of revenuej maze of considerations, leading to
from its largest taxpayer Humble as far as the nation's capital Here
Oil. And measures to forestall a ¡is what is seen as the background1 Kveryoiu
cutback in that source may result'of the problem locally and. to come and join in this
in countians paying a token in varying decrees, in other towns | o
crease into county tills and cities: Prince Albert, consort of
Hut the other units federal. For all practical purposes tho ain's Queen Victoria died
state ami city is where otficiaN (Continued on I'age 3) phoid fever in I86t.
Councilmen here have not indi-
cated they will try to increase
city revenue in 1959, except for
the small increase that will result
from equalization measures in thei
summer of this year.
But they are eying a general
fund that may not make Decem-
ber in the black.
Recent financial history of P.usk
documents today's dilemma. Infla-
tion and the city's relatively f xed
income have resulted in a strait
from v. hich the city can offer only
piecemeal pacification in answer
to demands for extended services.
It makes a sewer connection
here, a small water line there,
frequently with the financial help
of the property owner himself.
j Public Christmas observances
i and other social gaietys following
the Yule motif have crowded I he
calendar for Ruskites in tho past
week, and various observances and
activities connected with the col-
orful season promise to continue
up until the eve of the big day.
Club dinners and meetings of
other groups have been taken ov-
er by the Christmas thome. And
the coming week end will prob-
ably see the busiest part of the
season as other groups acknowl-
edge the Yule traditions.
Spiritual observances scheduled
perhaps are in the foreground oí
activities. Two Christmas Eve serv-
ices have been announced:
A special observance has been
set for 9:30 Christmas Eve in the
St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
A Christmas Eve Communion
service is planned at the First
Presbyterian Church at 10:30 p.m.
At the First Baptist Church, a
special service will be h e 1 d on
Sunday evening: "The Message of
the Christmas Bells", to be told
in sermon and song. The service
will begin at 7:30.
Other Yule events include the
annual drive for Christmas cheer
for the needy families in tho area
and the Home Decorations con-
test.
The latter wili close out with
judging on Monday night. Howev-
er, homes m a y still be entered.
According to the project chair-
man, Mrs. W. H. Ilanna, entries
will be accepted until noon Mon-
day.
Elaborateness in decorations is
no requirement for entry, she
said, urging wider participation in
the contest. Out-of-town judges
have been secured, she said. The
three prizes for winners total $60.
The Community Christmas Tree
for receiving gifts to be distribut-
ed to needy families in this area
has been set up in the Rusk city
hall. Baskets to receive food items
for the purpose will be scon in
city grocery stores. Other gift
items may be left in baskets that
■will be seen in city variety and
dry goods stores.
Santa Claus also figures into tho
scheme of the season here. He wii!
be on the square for a full day
Saturday, handing o u t candy to
the kiddies. And on Christmas Eve
he will be here from 4 7 p.m.
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Christmas Eve
Service Set By
Episcopal Church
The St. Lukes Episcopal Church
of Rusk will observe tho trndi
tional Christmas Eve service at
9 30 next Wednesday evening 11>
the Parish House on Euclid Street
Holy Communion will bo son
ed by the Rev. James McKeown
is cordially invited t
ervice
Other new officers elected in sides of Highway fi9, South It is
balloting Friday were Lloyd Pipes, bounded on the west by the Cot-
vice president; ('. S. (Buddy) Hin-Uon Belt railroad and south to a
ton, second vice president; and point south of the Spears proper-
Eima Musick, Sr., treasurer. j ty-
The new officers will take over| On the east side of tho Highway,
duties on January 1. They will be;Pr°P°-sed annexation includes
formally installed at the Cham-' property down the Atoy road to
ber's annual banquet on January¡the east limits of the Malcolm
6. ! Guinn and T. R. Butler addition.
Stepping down from the presi-l All property owners involved in
dent's chair will be Morris Has-Uhe proposed move have signed
sell, Rusk attorney, who has head- petition for annexation. All
cd up the organization in 1958. 1 that remained Wednesday was to
The now officers were added to have three of them sign an affi-
Lhe slate of eight directors elect- davit to that effect.
ed by the membership in voting)1 Passage of the ordinance next
earlier last week. week will bring the new area into
Elected to serve on the 24-mem-
ber board were: E. B. Musick, Sr.,
V. J. Long, Dr. Charles W. Cast-
ner. C. S. Hinton, Gerald Chap-
man. J. C. Williams, Sr., Ide R.
Hall and Stanley Chapman.
Musick, Williams and Hall were
re-elected.
Reorganization of the board is
expected to occur shortly after the!
first of tho year.
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the city limits.
Seai Sale Nets
Half Of '58 TB
Program Budget
Christmas Seal contributions 'or
Cherokee County Tuberculosis As-
sociation now total one half 'ho
btidpet required to carry on the
orogram for the next vear, accord-
ins: to Morris W. Hassell, 1958
Seal Sale Chairman.
Mr. Hassell expressed apprecia-
tion to all who have sent in gifts
and reminds those who have over-
looked sending a contribution that
no t:ift is so widespread in effect
as this little seal which still sells
for one penny each—to make pos-
sible the most important gift of
all—health.
Reminder letters go out this
week to all people whose contri-
bution has n o t be e n received.
These reminders may pass contri-
butions in the mail if they were
sent during the past few days. Mr.
Hassell reminds all that "No one
is Safe Until Everyone is Safe
from Tuberculosis."
There were seven reactors to
the 40 readings of the 43 food
handlers tested in Rusk this past
week. These tests are being follow-
ed up with X-ray and other tests.
There will be a meeting of the.
Board of Directors of the Associ-
o I ation Dec. 19 to discuss the cur-
Miss Renna Ross recently re-'rent food-handlers testing pro-
turned from three weeks visit1 gram now underway in the coun-
wilh relatives in Ohio. Miss Ross ty.
also attended the Van Cliburn re-i o
cital at Kilgore last week. 1 SHOP IN RUSK
Two Drawings
To Be Held In
Rusk Saturday
Gifts totalling nearly $250 will
be given away Saturday at a live-
ly drawing to bo held at the J. C.
Williams Texaco Service Station.
To ho nivon away: A sot of Fire-
stone Tires, four electric irons, a
Delco battery.
The drawing will be at 3 Satur-
day afternoon. Then at 4 on the
same day the Clayton Feed and
Supply store will hold a drawing
for a Ilardwick gas range and a
set of stainless steel tableware.
Tho drawing will be preceded by
a program of country music.
Registration is still going on for
both drawings.
Persons may register for the J.
C. Williams drawing at any of the
Texaco stations in the Maydello,
Alto, Rusk and Reklaw areas. Reg-
istration is free.
Licensed Vocational Nurses Cited;
Receive Award At Christmas Event
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Mrs. Pearl McLeod, president of the Rusk State Hospital Li-
censed Vocational Nurse Association, here hold* the certificate of
merit awarded to the local group by the State organization. Dr.
Charles W. Castner, superintendent of the hospital. pre ented the
certificate to Mrs. Mcleod in the IVN annual Christmas party last
Friday night in which each member ,.«tending brought a gift to be
given to a needy parson. Pictured above also are Rep- W W Glass
and Mrs. Theo Matthews, a local IVN Association officer.
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Whitehead, E. H. The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1958, newspaper, December 18, 1958; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150266/m1/1/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.