The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1959 Page: 1 of 16
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ROUNDABOUT'S GLAD thot ho VOLUME 112
paid his poll tax . . . vetoes of
Rusk have gotten thoir money's
worth this year . . .
A MIGHTY IMPORTANT oloction
is coming up in Rusk Friday. Our
pooplo will havo tho opportunity
to doc Mo what to do with U. S. M.
Tho city council has figured out
a way to finance tho costly storm
sower work without creating ony
extra tax burden. Roundabout
heartty endorses this bond elec-
tion. . .
GIVING THE STATE our full É
cooperation on widening U. S. 69
into a four lane highway through
our city would just about stop any
talk that Rusk will bo by-passed.
We can't expect the state highway
department to extend the four lane
highway to Alto until we correct
the traffic "bottleneck" inside our
city limits, too.
ROUNDABOUT HAD THE
PLEASURE of mooting Dr. J. E.
Teague tho other day. Dr. and
Mrs. Teague are now residents of
Rusk. He is a veterinarian who
moved here last Saturday. They
are mighty fine folks . . .
O'CONNER'S NERVOUS SYS-
TEM (the world's largest nitwork)
got wound up too tight last week
. . . Jack is in tho hospital with
an ailing gall bladder . . . Chances
are he'll live, and will bo at the
service of his radio fans within
the immediate future . . .
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RUSK, TEXAS
JULY 14. 1959
NUMBER 4
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FORMER RUSK MAYOR M. H.
Norton doesn't have a wife these
days . . . Mrs. Norton left Tuesday
morning to visit their son, Charles
in Ventura, Calif. Marshall took
her to Dallas to catch a plane . . .
Marshall says he hopes she'll come
back within a week ... he may not
be able to stand his own cooking
much longer . . .
PRIZES—18 of them—are awaiting lucky members of the Cherokee
County Electric Cooperative Association. The electrical appliances
will be given away in a drawing at the annual members' meeting at
10 Monday morning. Pictured here are Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Braly look-
ing over the assortment.
Chamber Endorses
City Bond Election
The Board of Directors of the
Rusk Chamber of Commerce en-
REA DAY b. h.ld l r.
that comes before local voters
Monday, July 20th . . . The Cher-
okee County Electric Cooperative
will hold its annual Membership
Meeting at the Cherokee Theatre
. . . Hundreds of rural folks will
visit Rusk . . . Arrangements have
been worked out so that free park-
ing will be made available to
everyone on that day . . . All day
parkors are esked not to park in
the downtown area so that our
visitors can find parking places
. . . The Cooperative is buying the
meters . . .
OUR CHEROKEE COUNTY
ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE is one
(See ROUNDABOUT, Page S)
Friday. The Board noted that no
tax increase will be made to fi-
nance the new bonds.
Mayor Morris Hassell, former
president of the Chamber of Com-
merce, explained that the city felt
the new money was needed to fi-
nance storm sewer and other im-
provements. Most of the money
will go on U.S. 69 through Rusk.
Plans are to make U.S. 69 a four- trence that will be held at College
lane highway through Rusk with Station October 1 and 2. He read
curb and gutter. Long range plans the program and urged that the
arc to make 69 a four lane high- Rusk Chamber of Commerce have
way from Rusk to Alto. "TT'S"!, I* mCeUngf ih
' E. H. Whitehead, chairman of the
Special Activities Division, report-
meeting.
Reports were given by Division
Chairman.
Ide R. Hall reported that Dr.
Teague, Veterinarian, is now locat-
ed on Highway 69 in Rusk.
President Pipes appointed J. C.
Williams, Ide Hall and E. H. White-
head as a nominating committee to
fill the vacancy left by Bill Walden,
who has moved from this city.
Ide Hall reported that a letter
has been received from A&M Col-
lege in regard to an Industrial Con-
Rusk Host For REA Day Monday
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Rusk To Vote On Bond Issue Friday
Chamber of Commerce Presi-
dent Lloyd Pipes presided at the
AS GOVERNOR SIGNS
ed nothing new in the County Air
Port project. Mrs. M. M. Guinn
and Mack Philbrick have agreed
to serve as co-chairmen to look into
the possibilities of Rusk supporting:
a country club.
Morris Hassell suggested that j
the Board of Directors express their I
appreciation to Riley Maness and
V. J. Long for their untiring ef-
j forts in locating Dr. Teague in
Rusk. The president asked that
Mrs. Butler write both letters of
appreciation.
Parties to the Rusk suit against day. According to Rep. W. W.| E H Whitehead called attention
the Upper Neches Municipal Wat- j Glass, another 14 days will P™-|l0 ,he work that j c Williams had
Expect
OverSOO
For Meet
Several hundred members of the
Cherokee County Electric Cooper-
ative Association are expected
here Monday morning for the an-
nual business meeting. Activities
begin at 10 a.m. in the Cherokee
Theater.
Members will hear a progress
report by Co-op officials and then
elect two directors. To be voted on
are J. L. Bagley, president, of
Rusk, and Joe S. Strickland of
Reese.
Manager F. B. Braly said 525
members must be present to make
a quorum for conducting business.
The meeting last year was some
75 short of a quorum.
The Co-op has members in Cher-
okee, Smith, Rusk and Nacog-
doches counties. It is presently
serving 5,180 meters on 1,353
miles of line.
Last year it sold 12,000,000 kilo-
watt hours of electricity, an in-
crease of about 13 per cent.
Braly said there had been little
new construction in 1959, but that
the Co-op had completed several
major projects late last year.
However, he said the organization
plans to build a new sub-station at
Caney Creek in September.
The Co-op last year went of the
$2,000,000 mark in plant invest-
ment, with $200,000 in improve-
ments.
Membership is up slightly in
the past year.
The organization employees
some 30 people in the Rusk of-
fices and on service crews.
Directors of the Co op are J. L.
Bagley, president. Joe Strickland,
S. W. Gary, George McMillian, J.
F C'osper, Jr., M. A. Florence and
E. E. Smith
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REA Gives
Includes
Business
Route
The city council voted Tuesday
1 night to make the Rusk Highway
(19 project include the business
; route, from the Methodist Church
1 building to the intersection with
¡the highway.
The motion by J. C. Williams
stated that storm sewer was to be
laid under the route the same as
the main route and north main
street
All the projects are to come un-
der the $50,000 bond issue to be
voted on by Rusk citizens Friday.
The storm sewer is a require-
ment of the State, before it will
I widen Ihe portion of the Highway
| in the Rusk city limits. No new
J'VILLE—LION PRESIDENT HENRY HANES, seconl left,, feund his club overrun with Jaycees Tuesday right-of-way will be need for the
noon upon his return from tho International Conven Hon in New York this past week. Ken Tuck, state
Jaycee vice-president of Longview, left, Hanes, guest speaker and Jaycee state president. Jack Miller
and Dr. Wayne Ralston, right, president of the local J ycees, were guests of the Lions Tuesday at a special
meeting of the Jaycees to hear president Miller. *
Court Okays Purchase Of
Emergency Rescue Items
Parties Suspend
Neches Litigation
18 Reasons
For Coming
To Meeting
You may not enjoy busi-
ness meetings, even short
ones. Hut for members of the
er Authority Tuesday appeared. bably have to be added to the ®0 j done in ass¡sting the State High- . ,, . . . _
agreeable to a suspension of the 1 days to satisfy a provision in thej Department purchase land to ^ountV Electric C0-
coürt fight pending elections that' original Upper Neches act that bujld 0ffjCes and highway barn operative Association, the
will be called late in October. calls for the notice of election to; ^ Board pa¡¡scd a resolution
j odds were never better than
The new bill was signed by the be published twice in papers of ealljng attention t0 REA Day in those Monday for winning a
Governor Monday night that di- the member «ties Rusk Monday, July 20th.
rects the Upper Neches Authority This would push the elections to
to call confirmation elections in probably October 30 or 31. They ^ ^ chamber of CommcrCe
all three member cities. must be held on or before Sunday, ¡ lhe ^ Hospjtal yolun-
Attorneys Robert von Doenhoff, No*; l- teer Council a check for $50 to
for the Rusk plaintiffs, and Jim G15alidrues^y that b'ü j applv on the purchase of a TV
Rounsaville for the Authority,, ÍJ® T°¿Sí!.* patients. It was passed.
stated Tuesday laey agreed to; immediately by a Senate Resolu- j ^
have the suit suspended until af 't,on
k J'ville Police
ter the elections.
Both stated that the court
agreeable to the abatement ana •
that they would not file the briefs! ISSUC /U/
supporting allegations that were
called for by District Judge James
H. Moore in a pre-trial hearing The Jacksonville Police Depart-
some two weeks ago. ment issued a total of 707 tickets
June Tickets
Ore Plant
Halts Work
For Strike
The Sheffield Steel iron ore pro-
; shiny, new electric appliance.
| They're even better than at
Christmas, for roughly one
out of 40 people attending
will carry home one of the 18
| gifts.
To be given by drawing
are: 3 16-inch Emerson fans,
, 2 Sunbeam Mixmasters, 8
Sunbeam steam irons, 3 Sun-
beam cook -a- matics, 3 Sun-
beam frypans, 2 Sunbeam
percolators, and 2 Sunbeam,
clocks.
Tom Group
To Elect
Officers
ALTO- Tomato growers from a
five-county area will meet in Alto
Friday night to elect officers for
the Associated Tomato Growers
organization.
Loreto Trevino said Wednesday
the group will elect a president,
vice president, secretary and trea-
surer in the 8 p.m. meeting at the
packing shed.
Trevino and H. A. Lindsey, both
of Alto, are heading the moves to
organize the association.
Trevino said its aim will be to
promote good growing practices
that will lead to restoration of the
tomato deal in the five- county
area. Sheds in this area lost $100.
000 this year, he said.
He said the association hopes to
get new seed introduced into this
area, as well as making changes in
fertilizer practices. He claimed
that eastern buyers had complain-
ed of too much nitrogen being
used in locally grown tomatoes.
County Commissioners Monday
gave tentative approval to pur-
chase of equipment for a iescue
unit to act in emergencies and dis-,
aster. Equipment is to be pur-
chased through the county's Civil
Defense unit.
County Sheriff Allen Dotson and
District Clerk Bill Parrott, who is.
the county's Civil Defense coordi-j
nator, presented the request to the
court.
They stated they believed the
equipment could be bought from
army surplus at very near the cost
of handling.
A panel truck could be obtained
for around $100, Sheriff Dotson
said, and mobile radios for $8.25
Authorization for the purchase
will have to be obtained through
the State Division of Defense and
Disaster. Commissioners said they
will approve purchase at the next
meeting in August when authoriza-
tion is received.
The items to be purchased in-
clude a panel type truck, three
mobile radios, four walkie talkies,
one or two portable light plants,
a loud speaker, first aid kits, gas
masks and possibly a boat.
The equipment is to be used in j
local emergencies, such as drown-
ings, and in event of a national
(See COURT OKAYS. Page 8)
City Seeks
To Collect
Back Taxes
In a move to collect over $22,0001
in delinquent taxes accumulated;
on the rolls since 1923, the Rusk!
city council asked for an opinion
on the legality of revoking penalty
and interest on the taxes if they [
are paid within a 90 day period.
Meeting Tuesday night, the
council heard summarized the 50-
page delinquent roll. City Secre-
tary Kendriek Frazier said $22,
343.28 was owed the city in delin
quent taxes.
The figure represented $415,300
personal property vaiuatmn and
$969,282 real property valuation.
The roll was from 1923-1958.
City Attorney Robert von Doen-
hoff was asked to submit an opin-
ion on the legality of forgiving the
penalty and interest for a 90-day
period and seek to collect only the
accumulated taxes.
The council voted to give the'
secretary authority to forgive the
taxes if the procedure is found to
be legal.
The council also adopted a re-1
solution accepting a county plan in
which it would share in $5,000 to
be distributed among the county's
fire departments for answering
(See CITY SEEKS, Page 8)
project.
The city council in passing the
order of election stated that no
increase in tax rate will lie made
as a result of the $50,000 issue.
Councilmen, with a representative
of the bond firm, said none would
be required to retire the bonds
over a 20-year period.
The storm sewer project, as well
as curb and guttering and widen-
ing of the routes, includes the en-
tire 69 route within the city limits
and the North Main and business
route approaches.
The city roads are to be made to
correspond with the new highway
that will eventually stretch from
Alto to Dullard.
The Rusk Chamber of Com-
merce Tuesday endorsed the pro-
ject and the bond proposition to
finance it.
The election will be held in the
Rusk city hall. Polls will open at
8. Pope Guinn will be the presid-
ing judge at the election.
Link Ploy In
Finol Rounds
J'VILLE—Final rounds of the
Jacksonville Country Club golf
tournament are to be completed
this week, reports B. L. Pearcy,
chairman of the tournament com-
mittee.
In the championship flight Ralf
Toland will play the winner of
J. O. Crosby vs Billy Martindale.
First flight pairings are Rodney
Groom vs Art Garrett. Olan Peters
defeated F. B. VanZandt for the
championship in the third flight.
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"Doodlesack" is a colloquial
name for bagpipes.
Condition Of Mrs. Webb
Is Believed To Be Better
Judge Moore reportedly will npt for traffic and parking violations. cessing plant in Rusk officially Members must register for
rule on motions and pleas filed during the month of June accord- shut down at midnight Tuesday priz0$ and must, be present to
by the parties. ing to the monthly report of Chief night along with the rest of the i
Governor Daniel signed Senate of Police Sam Bollinger nation's steel industry closed by j
Bill 23 Monday night calling for The police issued 477 tickets and strike
win.
It's a day for the kids, too.
the compulsory elections. How-; 187 courtesy tickets for over park- However, Plant Superintendent They'll see a full-length fea-
ever it appeared they will not be >«g. 12 people were charged with Leo Conwell said operations had ture, "Billy The Kid!' shown
held before the last two days in driving without an operators li- been halted at the plant several at ^ Ruftk jjigh School.
October, a result of the bill's fail- cense, 8 for not driving between days earlier. Employees had been . f f 5
„re to get. record vote in the Sen-'lanes, four for parking in re-■ .on vacation,and work was.not re-•
a<e stricted arta. 1 miscellaneous sumed pending outcome of indus vmi given and re/resn-
Tbe failure made the bill effec- traffic charges, two for following, try union negotiation*. ments will be served.
live only after 90 days from the'*< closely, and one each for im- The shutdown affects 17 em *—- ~
adjournment of the current spe- proper turn, noisy muffler, impro- ployees of the plant, members of j Hottentots are natives of South
cial session da* to end Tbttrs- per driving. the AFLCIO United Steelworkers.! Africa.
According to Jim Bob Griffin,
who returned from Dallas Tues-
day, Mrs. Lonnie Webb's condi-
tion is decidedly improved. In fact,
doctors now have hope for some
sight in the left eye. Work on the
facial bones is nearing completion,
and Mrs. Webb appears to be in
good spirits, said Griffin. Surgery
to replace crushed bone with steel
plates was started last Saturday
morning. Her head is now in trac-
tion, and this week-end her back
is to be fitted with a brace to sup-
port two cracked vertebrae.
Doctors have expressed hope
that in six to eight weeks she may
be able to get up. A longer period
of time is necessary before plastic
surgery can be done to repair na-
sal damage. Six months to a year
has been indicated.
Mrs. Webb, her daughter in
law, Mrs. Nancy Webb and two:
children were injured in an auto
accident near Cooper. Texas. July
7th. The younger Mrs. Webb and;
twins have been released from the
Cooper hospital and are now with
her grandmother at Tyler. She ex-
pects to spend several weeks with
her parents at Marble Palls.
Rev Webb sent word by Mr.
Griffin to their many Rusk friends,
i expressing deep appreciation for
j the love offering, the prayers and
support given them since the acci-
dent.
Mrs. Webb has been moved to
Room 759 at Baylor Hospital, and
1 still requests, "no flowers, please." I
I Mrs. Webb suffers numerous al- j
lergies which might be agitated
by the presence of pollen in the
! air.
COUNTY LIVESTOCK and
tend tho Nacogdoches hearing on tho propasad new Brucellosis law
requiring vaccination of cattle. Pictured aros M. D. Arrington, Dr.
James Teague. County Agent Steve Lilly. Troy Croft and Carl Wi -
precht. Also attending wore Shelby Hood and Fihis Stovall.
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Whitehead, E. H. The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1959, newspaper, July 16, 1959; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150297/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.