The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1959 Page: 1 of 16
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NUMBER 37
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Town
tyiitft, íioundaSout
Tots Show Parents All About
School in Rusk's Elementary
THOSE POLL TAXES Cherokee-
CtunHtm paid up this year may
turn out to bo raal premiums rhii
yoar after all . . . ono school aftar
another, it turns out, has coma up
with something to vota en . . Tha
latast may ha Bulah, whara 22 peo-
ple ara petitioning an election to
raise the tax limit . . .
Rusk i u s t finished passing an
$•0,000 bond election. May dalle
and Dialville will vote on consoli-
dation Saturday, as will Jackson-
ville and Turney . . .
SCHOOL BALLOTING, along
with what is shaping up to be an
interesting city election, will give
Ruskites plenty of opportunity to
exercise that vote . . .
A daily check down at city hall
keeps turning up new names in
various offices ... the latest shows
Rusk car dealer Paul Copel and re-
filing for one of the two 2-year
council positions, withdrawing his
one-year candidacy . . . Jeff Love-
lady and Jerry Williams are filed'
for the one-year post . . .
ROUNDABOUT would urge all
his fellow Ruskites to display their
interest in our public schools this
week. Public School Week ... Un-
derstand tha schools hare, espec-
ially tha little folks, are going all
out to tell the school's story this
week . . . You're also invited over
to the school lunch room, says Mrs.
Vivian Heaid ... All she asks is
that you give her a little advance
notice . . .
THE JUNIOR PLAY et Rusk
High School has been re-scheduled
for March 12thI Thafs the late
word to Roundabout, so will pass
along the reminder to you . . .
"Clementine" is tha play title, and
under the direction of Mrs. Lois
Henry and Billy Watson, tha Jun-
ior Class will endeavor to provide
some real fine entertainment for
all the family . . . remember the
date.
SOME FOLKS LIVE TO "EAT
THEIR WORDS", while ethers ev-
entually endure a different kind
of punishment . . . Doc Gabbert
had to take his own medicine the
pest couple of days! Several of the
small fry suggested "shots", a mite
vindictively perhaps, but after all
maybe they figure turn-about is
fair play. Anyway, he "took h i s
medicine" and is back on the fob.
TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY
was noted March 2nd, and it also
marked another occasion, import-
ant to us anyway! It saw the first
publication of the Cherokeeen
(Star) Journal ... and we're migh-
ty proud of it to say the least! All
the nice comments from you folks
are reelly appreciated . . .
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Wins Mystery
Men Contest
BACK TO THE FIRST GRADE go tha adult Williams and Drapers,
to learn what their youngsters are learning in the first grade of Rusk
Elementary School. They are among scores of parents visiting in the
schools during Public School Week. Pictured here are Mrs. W. D.
Draper, Mr. Draper, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Williams, Jr., Mrs. Emma Gi-
bert (standing), first grade teacher, Barbara, Debra and Patricia
Draper, and Jane Claire Williams.
OPEN HOUSE, IMPORTANT P-TA
MEET SET BY SCHOOL THIS WEEK
Banquet, Tot
Review Talked
In Band Meet
The Council of the Rusk High
School Band met Monday evening,
March 2nd at the Band Hall with
Sue Banks, president, presiding.
The possibility of naming an
outstanding band student was a-
greed on with certain require-
ments established. The honored
student must be: a good repre-
sentative of the Band, have a well
rounded personality, get along
well with teachers and students,
a "B" average or above, an upper
classman, and a good musician.
The distinction award will be
presented at a banquet which is
being planned to honor the en-
tire band.
It was reported at the meeting
that a recent candy sale met with
good reception.
During the business session, it
was also mentioned that regular
rehearsals are under way for the
"Tiny Tot Revue" being sponsor-
ed by the Band-Parents Organiza-
tion.
Donna Bothwell, band historian,
is still seeking information con-
cerning the history of the band,
and she urged anyone with pic-
tures, clippings, etc. on the acti-
C. C. Hassell of Rt. 1, Rusk has'vitieí oi the organization, please
been named Mystery Men winner
for last week. He correctly identi-
fied Paul Alexander and Harmon
Stevens at Mystery Men and hi
sentence completion was judged
the best
share this information.
Council members attending the
meeting were Mary Kate Guinn,
freshman representative; Sue
Banks, senior representative and
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" Big John" To Preach
Simultaneous Revival At First
Baptist Church Set March15-29
Activities at First Baptist Chu-
rch for the next two weeks are
preliminary to the revival sched-
uled to begin March 15th, with
that day set as high
day in Sunday School,
to Rev. Lonnie Webb, pastor.
Wilder,
rill
which is ta
viváis, and spends much of his
time in the evangelistic field."
Rev. Wilder is pastor at the Cal-
vary Baptist Church at Harlingen,
and has served this church
Visitation is underway by local
iuKh members, in a personal
contact effort to invite everyone
to attend the twice daily
ings, at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 19th
set as high attendance day by Or
A statewide observance, Public
School Week is being observed
locally, according to information
released by J. M. Boone, Rusk
Elementary School principal.
"We are extending a cordial in-
vitation to the entire public to
visit us," said Boone, " . . come
by, walk around, take a look, and
if you have any suggestions, I'll
do happy to hear them," he add-
ed.
Parents are being issued spe-
cial invitations for specific days,
through their children. Each will
be given an opportunity to see
his child's work, and ask the
teacher any questions pertaining
to the child's progress.
"We are most anxious for pa-
rents to visit the school during
this observance, in that it gives
them a better understanding of
what we, and their children, are
accomplishing," commented Prin-
cipal Boone.
A special $50.00 prize will be
awarded the room having the lar-
gest percentage of parents to vi-
sit the school.
Visitors to the school Thurs-
day afternoon are urged to stay
for the regular P-TA meeting
scheduled at 3 p.m. in the Jr.
High Cafetorium.
Mrs. T. A. Hassell, president,
has announced several items of
interest will be presented at this
meeting. The project for the year,
outside drinking fountains at the
Elementary and Jr. High Schools,
will be discussed. These are slat-
ed for installation soon.
Another important item of busi-
ness will be the nominating com-
mittee's report, submitting a slate
of officers for the 1959-40 school
year.
Mrs. Ftank Summers, program
chairman, will present the speak-
ker for the day, Gerald Chapman,
who is superintendent of the Rusk
Public Schools.
Mr. Chapman will review Dr.
Conant's 21 recommendations for
improving the State's school sys-
tem, and how these affect us.
Mrs. Summers noted, "This will
be a very interesting and infor-
mative program because most of
us hare not given to the study
we should."
Open House at the school will
be conducted all this
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M Area School flection?
take Spotlight This Week
City Elections Attract More
Candidates, Deadline Nears
SCHOOL BOARD EXPLAINS
Trustees Issue Open Letter
To Dialville School Patrons
PaulCopeland
Is Candidate
For Alderman
*d at the Constitutional Conven-
tion and wat the last state to ra-
tify tb
during Jfely is 7S to 74
Dialville, Texas
February 23, 1969
Because of many rumors, false
assumptions and misunderstand-
ings concerning the upcoming con-
solidation election between the
Dialville Independent School Dis-
trict and the Maydelle Independ-
ent School District, the members
of the Dialville School Board wish
to issue this statement in order
that the reasons behind this move
may be more clearly understood
by the patrons of this school dis-
trict and other interested parties.
Because of a decreasing scholas-
tic population and because of pres-
sure being applied by the Texas
¡ Education Agency, this move has
| become neoessary. A recent visit
an aebrtrfltatfon team from the
Texas Education Agency brought
to our attention several deficien-
cies which exist in t h e physical
| plants of the high school and par-
ticularly in the science and library
facilities. We wish to point out
that the buildings were not con-
demned but were reported as be-
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It is with a deep and sincere
desire to work for the betterment
and development of our home-
town that I announce my candi-
dacy for Alderman of the Town
of Rusk. I believe that the first
duty of citizenship requires all
of us to work for these objec-
tives.
In the outset, 1 want it clearly
understood that I am not running
against any person or group of
persons. Simply stated, and this
could well be my platform, I am
running for a better Rusk, Tex.
I feel that an important element
of progress for a community lies
within the policy-making agency
of its municipal government. This
body must take the first step,
with initiative, foresight and vi-
gor, towards the full development
of our town.
Many things have been accom-
plished in the past, yet we can-
not rest on our laurels, but must
be progressive and seek new hori-
zons. There are such things as
the need for additional paved
streets, extension of sewer lines,
and other utilities that require
Ihe attention of our people. I
mention these few things, and
there are many others, only to
direct your attention to the fact
that improvements are needed to-
day in Rusk.
My election to this important
office will not give me any ma-
terial gain, yet it will have its
reward in my knowing that 1 will
he serving my fellow citizens.
1 am 28 years of age, and have
lived in Rusk all of my life, with
the exception of s period spent
serving oar country in the U. S.
Air Force, and a period when
I was in business in Alto, Texas.
1 am the son of Egbert and Ellen
Copeland. 1 am married to the
Delores Ray, and we have
lighters, Paula and Cathy.
I am a partner in the Ford A-
gentfy here in Rode.
At a young business man, who
promises you to serve you at all
times* 1 earnestly solicit year vote
and support in the coating elec-
A new picture in Rusk city elec-
tions has emerged this week after
the entry of several new candid-
ates and the change of one candid-
acy.
Paul Copeland late last week
withdrew his candidacy for the
one-year council post and refiled
for one of the two 2-year slots.
Copeland became the third 2-
year candidate, J. C. Williams and
Felton Banks, incumbents, having
already filed.
Then almost immediately, Jeff
Lovelady and Jerry Wiliams filed
their candidacy for the one-year
office, left vacant by the resigna-
tion of Kendrick Frazier, who is
a candidate for city secretary.
As of Wednesday, the city mar-
shal office promised to be one of
the most hotly contested. Four can
didates were in the race at Wed-
nesday noon. A fifth, John Butler,
had withdrawn his candidacy ear-
lier.
Now filed for city marshall are
Roy Dotson, Leslie Wilcox, Charles
Yarbrough and Bennie Goff.
Filing deadline is Friday, March
6, for the April 7 election.
No contests have appeared thus
far in other offices. Morris Has-
sell, for mayor; Robert von Doen
hoff, for city attorney: Kendrick
Frazier, for city secretary, are
presently unopposed in their cand-
idacy.
Four Vote On Consolidation;
Bulah Tax Hike Is Petitioned
While the whole state is observ-
ing Public School Week, three
Rusk area schools are involved in
more than just the one extracurric-
ular activity.
Guinn Named
U. Texas Exes
President Mon.
The schools have taken over the
foreground this week, with two
consolidation elections set for Sat-
urday, and a new petition filed to
increase the Bulah common school
Daffodil Club To Sponsor
"Litterbug" Theme Contest
The Rusk Daffodil Garden Club the newly born, the jailed and the
is sponsoring a "Litterbug" cam- bedridden.
paign working through students of Through this promotion, the Gar-
the fourth and fifth grades at Rusk den Club members hope to create
Elementary School. an awareness of the presence of
Via a theme contest, the Cluh the "litterbug" in Rusk, and that
will endeavor to call public atten- perhaps the combined efforts of
tion to the "litterbug" who has everyone will achieve a cleaner
been described as "a messy, two town.
legged animal that travels around To t h e three students writing
turning the country into a dump the best themes, prizes of $3, $2
and spoiling it for other people." an(i $i wni be awarded by the
Mrs. Mary Ray, chairman, points club.
out that all of us are guilty, except
Foster Webb Is
Named Honor
Student, A&M
Foster Webb of Rusk 1ms been
designated a ¿distinguished stud-
ent at Texas A. A M. College for
the fall semester, 1998.
A distinguished student, register-
ed for 15 or more hours, must'
have established a grade point
ratio of 2.25 or better and had no
grade below "C".
He is the son of Rev. and Mrs.
Lonnie Webb.
Mrs. Ray stated that March 20th
is the deadline for submitting an
entry in the contest.
Nick Kenny penned the follow-
ing poem entitled "The Litterbug":
A pox upon the Litterbug
The careless He or She
Who leaves a trail of garbage
strewn
Wherever they may be.
They look upon a spotless town
As a challenge to their art
A place where they must scat-
ter dirt
Before they can depart!
The jail is much too clean for
them
When they are brought to task
A pig pen is the only place
Where Litterbugs should bask.
One Fined In DWI Offense
First Methodist
Activities Set
For Coming Week
First Methodist Church activi-
ties slated next week were an-
nounced today by Mrs. Don Cry-
sup, secretory: Monday, March 9,
WSCS, regular meeting at the
church, 3 p. m.; Monday, March
9, Official Board meeting at the
church, 7 p. m.; and Wednesday,
March 11 choir rehearsal at 7:30
p. m.
Frank Russell Berry, charged
with driving while intoxicated,
was fined $100 and sentenced to
three days in jail this week, the
only action to come before county
court.
Berry pleaded guilty to the of-
fense.
Three suits were filed with the
District Clerk in the past week.
They were:
Dorothy Sharbei vs J. A. Shar-
ber, J. W. Helm vs Margaret Helm,
Thelma Walker vs WUlie Walker,
all for divorce.
o
The U. S. Coast Guard was es-
tablished Jan. tt, 1315.
The new conuty Texas Exes
president, Malcolm Guinn is an
active Rusk civic leader. He was
mayor for seven years, is a past
president of the County Bar As-
sociation, and a former Rotary
vice president, ameng other dis-
tinctions.
Malcolm M. Guinn of Rusk was
elected president of the Cherokee
County ex-students association, of
the University of Texas Monday
evening.
Meeting in annual session, more
than 50 persons gathered at the
Liberty Hotel in Jacksonville to
hear Dr. C. C. Colvert deliver the
principal address.
Dr. Colvert, a professor of edu-
cation at the University, was pre-
sented by Dr. T. P. Jones, presi-
dent of the organization, who also
presided at Monday night's meet-
ing.
Other officers elected to serve
the next fiscal year were H. B.
Robinson of Jacksonville, vice-
president; Mrs. Morinne T. Per-
kins, secretary, and Dan Buss,
reporter.
A portfolio of pictures of var-
ious University buildings was gi-
ven Judge J. W. Chandler as door
l'rize.
Rusk will be host to the meet-
ing here in 1960.
district tax rate.
Maydelle-Dialville and Jackson-
ville-Turney consolidations will be
the propositions on ballots in
those four communities Saturday.
Perhaps of the greatest signifi-
cance is the Maydelle-Dialville
merger, which involves two in-
dependent districts.
Ballots to be marked by voters
state simply, "For Consolidation"
or "Against Consolidation".
In Maydelle and Dialville, vo-
ters will decide whether the high
schools of the two communities
will be merged, along with con-
solidation of the entire district
It has been stated that the dis-
trict will continue to operate an
elementary school in Dialville e-
ven if the consolidation carries
in both districts.
The Dialville ISD school board
Wednesday submitted an open let-
ter to that school's patrons explain-
ing reasons for the consolidations
and board actions to that effect.
In Bulah, twenty-two persons
have petitioned for an election to
raise the tax rate of that com-
mon school district to $1.50. It
is presently 75 cents.
No date has been set for the
election.
County-wide, the deadline is
Thursday for filing for school
board positions in common school
districts and in independent dis-
tricts with fewer than 500 scho-
lastics.
Only three have filed in the
latter category. They are, for Dial-
ville trustees, R. B. Buell (incum-
bent) and J. T. Hall; for Maydelle
trustee, Wyatt Halbert (incum-
bent).
It is believed that a number
of others will file their candi-
dacy ahead of the Thursday dead-
line.
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COX TALKS TO LIONS
County Attorney Paul Cox spoke
to the Tuesday meeting of the
Jacksonville Lions Club. Cox was
rbLeqted to talk to Jacksonville
Lions on Education in Texas.
He traced the history and devel-
opment of the state's public ed-
ucation for the club from its early
history during the administration
of Gov. Mireabeau Lamar.
FIRST PRO-RATING IN CAMPAIGN
The FIRST Tabulation of Votes and positions in the Cherokeean
Star Journal, Rusk Cherokeean and Jacksonville Journal Subscription
Campaign is published below. The VOTES are a PRO-RATING, ONLY A
FRACTION OF THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF VOTES BEING GIVEN AT
THIS TIME.
Marilyn Tipton Gill and Helen Myrl Mason tie for lead position in
the first pro-rating of Votes, followed closely in second by Tommie Trot-
ter. Mrs. C. R. Todd holds third and Mrs. Lillian Graham fourth.
Help Your Favorite New ... The Race Is Just Beginning ...
So Subscribe ... Renew ... Extend
PRO-RATING AS OP FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27
Marilyn Tipton Gill, Troup, Tie 19,900
Helen Myrl Mason, Rusk, Tie 19,900
Tommie Trotter, Dialville 19,800
Mrs. C. R. Todd, Jacksonville 19,700
Mrs. Lillian Graham, Rusk 19,900
Louise Allen, Alto 19,900
Beatrice Bishop, Jacksonville ....... 19,409
Frank Meador, Alto 19,300
Mrs, Minnie Conner, Maydelle ....... 19.300
Mrs. Clyde Newbern, Jacksonville 19,000
Dorothy Morrison, Jacksonville 18,700
Mrs. E. B. Herrington, Jacksonville 18,900
Mrs. C. J. Teel, Jacksonville 18,300
Mrs. W. D. Bunn, Jacksonville ••"W®
Mrs. Lena Dee Braly, Troup 17,700
Cleo McElyea, Jacksonville 17,1
Mrs. David Burton, Rusk IjL.. 1
Mrs. E L. DeFoor, Rusk
Pearl Delaney, Jacksonville
Mrs. Eddie Jones, Rusk
Annie L. Odom, Forest i
Watch tor change in Pro-Rating Tuesday, Mareh ia
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Whitehead, E. H. The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1959, newspaper, March 5, 1959; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150278/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.