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The Rusk Cherokeean
TEXAS' OLDEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, ESTABLISHED AS TEE PIONEER JEIY t, 19V
Serving The Greater Rusk Trade Area
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RUSK, TEXAS
MARCH 36, 1959
NUMBER 4
ROUNDABOUT ALWAYS IN-
JOYS putting out "good now ",
•nd the number om story in tho
Cherokeean (Stor) Journal Monday
concerning Juliu* Epstein and
Charioo Dial opening up Horcu-
loan Roo! Company, a now indus-
try, did old Roundabout"* hoart
HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPOR-
TUNITY to know Chariot Dial a*
well as wo do Julius Epstoin . . .
However, from what Roundabout
knows of Julius, and has hoard of
Chorlos, big things will bo happen-
ing in Rusk in the very near fu-
ture . . .
THE HERCULEAN REEL COM-
PANY will manufacture wooden
roots for wire and cable, and is
due to begin operations within 60
days. The plant will begin with
around 25 employees, with plans
to enlarge to 150 or more . . .
THE BATTLE OF PETITIONS is
on in our neighboring city of Jack-
sonville right now . . . One group
is circulating a petition asking
the Board of Directors of tho Up-
per Neches Municipal Water Au-
thority to get started on the Black-
burn Crossing while tho other
side is asking that the Board re-
frain from going ahead with the
35c per 100 dollar valuation until
they have sufficient water custo-
mers to build the dam without in-
creasing the tax . . . Twenty-two
Jacksonville businessmen were
present at a meeting of the Cham-
ber of Commerce last Friday and
drafted up the petition asking the
Upper Neches Board to get start-
ed before the water rights are lost
. . . Mayor R. C. Buckner of Jack-
sonville is leading the fight ag-
ainst the prefect . . .
VOTERS IN JACKSONVILLE
will have an opportunity to ex-
press their opinion in April at the
regular city election ... a "Straw
Vote" (which actually means no-
thing except to get public senti-
ment) will be held in conjunction
with the election of city officials
to find out how the Upper Nech-
es Blackburn Crossing Dam really
stands in Jacksonville . . .
NO WORD HAS COME from
Rep. W. W. Glass who presented
Rusk voters an opportunity to
vote out if they wanted to . . .
JEFF AUSTIN IS THE TALK
OF THE COUNTY these days . . .
This gentleman, his brother, John
F. Austin, Jr. of Houston, and his
son, Jeff, Jr., purchased a large
amount of stock in tho First Na-
tional Bank of Jacksonville. Al-
though Jeff is not a resident of
Rusk, he has worked and contrib-
uted as much as any local citizen
to promote the growth and devel-
opment of this city . . . Jeff is
president of our First State Bank
of Rusk. Ho has two very able men
in charge of the First State, Lloyd
Pipes, executive vice president
and Elma Musick, Sr., chairman
of the board. Roundabout, know-
ing he is speaking the sentiments
of Jeff's host of friends in this
aree, wishes him the very best in
his new position at Jacksonville.
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Wednesday Is
Ladies Day At
Rotary Club
Rusk Rotarians met in regalar
session Wednesday noon at the
Rusk Hotel and heard a talk on
Texas' poetry by Mrs. W. H. Han-
na. The guest speaker read sever-
al poems, several that are well
known by Texas writers, and she
also read one which she had corn-
Mrs. Hanna taught English and
literature for a number of years.
She is well versed in this field,
and is a well known civic club
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SegtarAtfite
For New Rusk Industry
COURTHOUSE NEWS
Five Waive Jury Trials, Plead
Guilty In County Court Term
ine main buildings and the grounds of what will be a new Rusk in- house the Herculean Reel Company, expected to eventually employ
dustry are being cleared away and installation of machinery is ex- 150 people.
pected shortly. The former site of the Texas Oak Flooring mill will —Cherokeean Staff Photos
Rusk Schools Show Pupil Increase
Five persons Monday waived
trial by jury and entered pleas of
,'uilty to various charges in Coun-
y Court. None of the nine persons
docketed for trials in the regular
jury term of the court chose to
have his case heard by jury.
Eleven cases were docketed for
trial. Besides tho five who plead
guilty to charges, two were dis-
missed, two were passed to anoth-
er term and bonds were forfeited
for failure to appear in two oth-
ers.
Although not docketed for the
regular term, two persons pleaded
guilty to theft in County Court
this week and were fined $50
each. Charged were Kenneth
Chamberlain and Curtis Derrett.
One suit was filed for County
New life is expected within 60
days at the extensive site of what
was formerly the Texas Oak Floor-
ing mill in Rusk, when the Hercu-
lean Reel Company begins produc-
ing wooden reels for wire and
wire cable.
Julius Epstein and Charles Dial,
partners in the enterprise, have
announced the tentative opening
date for the plant which they say
will employ initially 25 - 50 per-
sons.
However, they added that they
Court civil action — Associates In-
vestment Company vs Nacogdoch-: ultimately plan to employ some
es Mattress Factory, for damages. ¡150 Cherokee County people. Ply-
Filed with the District Clerk wood manufacturing is expected
were the following suits: I to be added to the reel making
C. E. Myrick vs A. C. Jenkins ' operation later.
trustee, et al, collection of note,! . The partners stated that the
ind Elles A. Reed, et ux, vs Wes-
senforif, Nelms and Company, et
al, sale of real estate.
The Rusk Independent School
District this year recovered its
previous drop in scholastics last
year and has added a few more, I Banks.
according to a release from Coun- Banks released county scholas-
ty Superintendent Robert L. tic population by district as re-
One-Third of Countians Must
Still Buy New Auto Licenses
JIMMIE CONE
an annual headache throbs
again
Six days before the deadline,
one-third of Cherokee County's
some 12,000 motor vehicles still
remained to be registered.
County tax office personnel
looked knowingly at the stack of
unpurchased license tags that still
reached discouragingly high on
the wall and visualized the lines
and closing hour rushes that they
experience every year about this
time.
They aren't worried about ev-
erybody eventually getting around
to registering their vehicles, but
ihey were confidently predicting
the hectic last-minute rush.
Jimmie Cone, tax assessor-col-
lector, said the tax office will be
open all day Saturday, with per-
haps two employees on duty to
sell the tags. The office normally
closes at noon on Saturdays.
He said also that R. R. Stribling,
Alto; Baily Chevrolet, Wells; and
the National Farm Loan Office,
West Larissa Street, Jacksonville,
will probably sell plates Saturday
afternoon.
New tags must be on vehicles
by next .Wednesday, April 1.
Cone said a good many people
will buy the new plates ok-y Satur-
day, since that is the day monthly
payrolls will be met.
All Club Plan members call Olan
Mills Studio, Rusk Hotel, for ap-
pointment. All Club plans issued
before 1959 become void after this
sitting date. Call before Saturday,
March 28th.
vealed in a census taken in Janu-
ary.
Total county scholastic popula-
tion—children of school age — is
7,123.
Rusk, which had lost pupils last
year, gained 41 this year for a
total of 802 white and 233 colored.
Last year's figures were 701 and
236.
According to Supt. Banxs' report
there are 5,035 white scholastics
and 2,088 colored scholastics in the
county. Totals by district are:
Common School Districts—Pine
Grove 21, Bulah 53, Shady Grove,
71, Turney 70, New Hope 190, Mt.
Haven 84, Reese 167; Churchill 90,
Reklaw 86 (Cherokee County 46,
Rusk county 40).
Independent School Districts —
Alto 693, Dialville 125, Gallatin
151, Jacksonville 2663, Maydelle
210 (Cherokee County 171, Ander-
son County 39), Mt. Selman 115,
Rusk 1035, New Summerfield 337,
Wells 401 (Cherokee County 368,
j Angelina County 33).
County-line Districts — Bullard
175, Carlisle 103, Troup 283.
Baptist Speaker, Wilder,
Draws Crowds in Revival
Committees On
Airport Ask
More Opinions
Airport Committees of both the
Rusk and Jacksonville Chambers
of Commerce held a joint meeting
Tuesday, discussing further t h e
plans for a new Cherokee County
airport.
Following the meeting, the com-
mittee reported that progress is
good on plans, but it called for
more county opinion on the proj-
ect. The chambers of commerce
have asked that their respective
citizenry express themselves on
the issue.
The airport project was started
several months ago when the need
for an airport was expressed to
the two organizations. The cham-
bers said adequate airport facili-
ties are a must for an area expect-
ing industrial development.
"Private industry flew more air
mile* last year than all the regu-
larly scheduled airlines," they re-
ported.
Locally, help has been obtained
from the Texas Aeronautics Com-
mission in the planning stages of
the county airport. Upon recom-
mendations of this agency, airport
committees of the Rusk and Jack-
sonville Chambers of Commerce
and a delegation from Alto have
defined the preliminary plans and
steps involved in setting up the
program.
Help is also available, they said,
from the Federal government on
airport projects, and committee
plans call for application to the
government in the near future'to
determine the extent of aid avail-
able.
Rusk Honor Society
Names Five Members
RUSK HIGH SCHOOL National Honor Society members were Init-
iated Wednesday morning. New members, pictured in the front row,
aret Patríela Echols, Nancy Young, Sally Summers, Marcia Murphy
and Lola Jenkins. Senior member are Joyce Parsons, Beverly Mu-
stek, Eddie Bailey and Ann McKellar.
CAMPAIGN SIDELIGHTS
CENTRAL HIGH CAKE WALK
Everyone is invited to attend a
cake walk at the Central High
Community Center Saturday night
Mrs. It is located between Alto and
Atoy, on F-M Road 851
The event will begin at 8 p.m.
uung If weather permits there will be
Mrs. volley ball matches later in the
~ will be
Hew Leader In Campaign As
First Round Approaches End
The Goodwill Subscription Campaign of the Cherokeean Star
Journal, Rusk Cherokeean and Jacksonville Journal has entered the
second phase, with candidates for the big prizes running close and
bard.
The lead switches from week to week, with each week's leader
out front by a scant margin. Your favorite candidate needs your vote
—your subscription—now!
Less than four weeks remain for candidates to either remain on
top or to climb to the top and win the first prize, a 1900 Buick Le
Sabre.
They need your subscription today You need the newspaper serv-
ice they can offer you.
Mrs. C. R. Todd 40,500
Helen Myrl Mason 40,400
Mrs. T. H. Trotter 40.300
Marilyn Upton Gill 40.100
W. D. Bunn «...
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Dairy Div.
To Be Stock
Show Feature
As in previous years, the Junior
Livestock Show sponsored by the
Rusk Kiwanis Club, will again fea-
ture an outstanding dairy division,
announces C. J. Hagler, chairman.
A large number of county
youths have indicated their plans
to enter this division and will com-
pete in these classifications: Dairy
heifers under six months, dairy
heifers six months to one year,
dairy heifers over one year and
light springers, and heavy spring-
ers and cows.
According to Hagler, suitable
ribbons will be awarded the win-
ners of the various classifications.
All animals will be classified ac-
cording to where they fit into the
listed classifications and will be
assigned points as follows: excel-
lent, 5 points; very good, 4 points;
good plus, 3 points; good, 2 points;
and fair, 1 point. All points will
be added up to determine how
much money will be awarded for
each point scored by the animal
This year's 11th annual event
is slated Friday, April 24th, and
will he held at the Rodeo Arena
on Crockett Street.
Several hundred FFA and 4-H
cluh boys and girls will be com-
peting for big prize money and
awards.
"Only through selection, breed-
ing, feeding and other sound man-
agement practices can our live-
stock program continue to grow
. . . this project, we hope, will
contribute to the knowledge of our
young people, and better prepare
them for producing the livestock
of tomorrow," said Hagler.
All interested persona are urged
to remember the date, and attend
the Show in ApriL
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The Carl Dickeys of Alto expect
to spend next Sunday in
visiting friends.
"Twenty-five persons by pro-
fession of faith, and 21 by letter
have thus far pledged their lives
to God during the revival current-
ly underway at our church," states
Rev. Lonnie Webb, pastor.
'We feel that this is truly a
triumph for the glory of God, and
it is certainly a tribute to the guest
preacher, Rev. John Wilder."
Rev. Webb continued, "We have
taken a big step forward in the
work of our Lord during this re-
vival, but we have much more to
do. We are looking forward to
even greater attendance during
the remaining services, and hope
there will be many more dedicate
their lives to Him."
Rev. Wilder has been preaching
to near capacity crowds at the
night services and the morning
periods have been marked by un-
usually high attendance.
Rev. Wilder is currently serving
his third pastorate at Calvary Bap-
tist Church in Harlingen. He has
written several religious booklets
and tracts, and has published num
erous articles and short stories. He
writes regular columns for two
Texas newspapers and a magazine.
Just last week, his latest book
entitled "The Other Side of Rome"
was released.
Concerning his book, Rev. Wil-
der states, "parents and pastors
need a book of facts to show their
people what Catholicism has been,
what it is, and what it hopes to
become . . . with a tender and
honest desire to serve God and
humanity, including a devout and
oftentimes lovable Catholic hu-
manity, we have written this book
that its readers may have a glimpse
at the other side of Rome,"
Subjects discussed include Tra-
dition, The Mass, Images, Indul-
gences, The Pope, The Glitter and
the Gleam, Rome, Hearth and
Heartbeat, Prelude to Darkness.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend the services at First Bap-
tist Church, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.,
throughout this week to hear the
words of this outstanding speaker.
company will be the largest of its
kind in the Southwest. They said
they expected to ship out approx-
imately 1,000 carloads of finished
product each year.
The plant will use local raw ma-
terials — timber and lumber —
Charles Dial, managing partner,
said.
Clearing and cleaning opera-
tions around the plant site have
already begun, and machinery is
expected to be moved in shortly.
Bob Gregg Elected Head Of
Paralysis Foundation Chapter
E. R. GREGG, JR.
Easter Services
Planned at St.
Luke's Church
The traditional Easter service
of St. Luke's Episcopal Church
will be held Sunday morning at
9:30 a.m. in the Parish House on
Euclid Street.
Visitors are extended a cordial
invitation to attend by Rev. James
McKeown, pastor, and the entire
congregation.
Good Friday will be observed
with a special meditation this Fri-
day beginning at 11 a.m., and win
continue through 12:30. The last
seven words of Christ will be used
aa the basis for the worship serv-
ice.
Persons of all faiths will be
welcomed at this special observ-
ance. It wtft also be held in the
Parish House.
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Mr. and Mrs. Marion Boatman
and children of Austin visited with
them.
Leaders Talk
New Plan For
Farm Produce
Leaders in East Texas agricul-
ture Tuesday set up initial ma-
chinery for new approach to live-
stock and crop marketing. The re-
gional leaders met for some seven
hours in Nacogdoches Tuesday.
They represented the counties of
Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola,
Shelby. Sabine, San Augustine, An-
gelina, Rusk, Anderson and Hous-
ton.
M. L. "Joe' Cable, of the Pales-
tine Packing Plant, Palestine, said
his company was ready to contract
for 600 hogs a day, and went on
to suggest that county extension
services include a producer-buyer
service.
The plan, as developed later in
the session, would bring the pro-
ducer and buyer together, by keep-
ing tabs on available products and
directing the producer to a par-
ticular buyer in the market for
his product.
Plans call for pork production
to serve as the pilot phase of the
approach. Later, beef and vege-
tables and grains may be brought
Into the plan.
A four-member committee will
draft an outline for the program,
to be submitted to a full meeting
of the delegation in a few weeks.
The plan envisions a direct con-
tact between the producer and
buyer and contract production. In
instances where there is no con-
tract, the extension service will
act aa an agent of both the pro-
ducer and buyer, finding the pro-
duce and the market.
The new plan was reported by
J. Perring Willis of Rusk, who at-
tended the meeting.
E. R. Gregg, Jr., was elected
chairman of the Cherokee County
Chapter of the National Founda-
tion for Infantile Paralysis, it was
announced after a Chapter meet-
ing Tuesday evening. Robert L.
Banks was elected vice-chairman.
Gregg, vice-president of the Tex-
as Bank and Trust Company of
Jacksonville, has been a consistent
contributor of his services to the
County Chapter, serving twice as
director of campaigns.
Frank Waggoner III of Jackson-
ville was elected secretary-treas-
urer of the organization, and the
following directors will serve in
the ensuing year:
From Jacksonville—E. R. Gregg,
Jr., Frank Waggoner III, Mrs. Em-
erson Stone, Jr., Alvin Milstead,
Mrs. W. D. Mauldin, Eddie John-
son, Art Garrett, Mrs. George Wil-
liamson, Jr., Mrs. J. A. Fields.
From Rusk—Robert L. Banks,
Jack Nichols, Doyle Bagley, Billie
Edwards.
From Alto—Mrs. J. C. Hill, Mrs.
Clyde Poore, Mrs. Oscar Allen,
Mrs. Charles Miller.
Also, Mrs. L. L. Simpson and
Mrs. C. C. Gaston, Wells; Mrs. Ter-
ry Perkins, Ponta; Mrs. J. W.
Hinch, Jr., Dialville; Mrs. Damon
Ramey, Reklaw; R. P. Bailey, Jr.,
Maydelle; Mrs. E. E. Twaites, Mt.
Sclman; W. D. Langston, Mixon
(Continued on Page 12)
Methodists
Plan Cottage
Prayer Groups
Leaders of the cottage prayer
groups, in preparation for the
spring revival at First Methodist
Church, will meet Wednesday,
April 1st at 7:30 p.m. in the par-
sonage.
According to the pastor. Rev.
Elwood Birkelbach, additional
plans for this phase of pre-revival
work will be made. Places desig-
nated thus far are the homes of
Finis Stovall, Joe Guinn, Mrs. Bud
Wallace, Alex Black, Webb Finley,
Lester Goff, Mrs. Gladys Goodson,
Metz Heald, Ralph Travis, H. B.
Odom, John C. Williams, Jr., Fred
Lunsford, Morris Hassell, John B.
Maness, Paul Cox, and the par-
sonage.
"We are looking forward to an
outstanding revival in our church,
April 10th through 26th," states
Rev. Birkelbach.
"Rev. McClain G. Smith,
guest evangelist, is ene of
most sought alter speakers
Texas Methodism.*
Services will-be held
6:30 a.m. and 7:30
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