The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 122, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1970 Page: 1 of 12
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' Round
Town
With
Roundabout
January has been cold, but
busy for most Ruskites....
Congratulations are in or-
der again to the Rusk Cham-
ber of Commerce for stag-
ing another successful ban-
quet. Roundabout enjoyed the
evening a great deal. All in
all, it was a fine affair. Roun-
dabout predicts our CC will
have another fine year under
the leadership of Pat Neill.
Don't forget to sign up to
vote...deadline Is January 31.
and you must register to take
part in the many elections
coming up in 1970...
1 Icense tags for vehicles
will go on sale Feb. 1, Jlm-
mie Cone, tax collector tells
us
Promotions were made at
the annual stockholders meet-
ing of First State Bank of
Rusk January 13, according
to word from Lloyd Pipes,
president. Pat 11. Neill was
moved up to executive vice
president; Clyde L. Weaver,
vice president, and Lewie By-
ers, vice president and cash-
ier. Roundabout can't think
of three more deserving men
than these three.
The Basketball game bet-
ween Rusk and Diboll Friday
night will be carried live over
E-Z Vision Cable Company on
Channel 8 Local by Sam Flor-
ian.
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VOL. 122
RUSK, TEXAS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1970
12-PAGES
NUMBER 33
At Chamber Banquet
Neill Takes Reins From White As CC
Prexy; Dr. Gabbed Gets Top Honor
One of Roundabout's em-
ployees, Mrs. John (Marsha)
Curtis, is a new mother...
The youngster was born
Thursday, January 15th at
Rusk Memorial Hospital. The
first baby here for the new
year as a matter of fact.
He weighed seven pounds, ten
ounces, and has been named
Jeffrey Kevin. The young fel-
low underwent corrective
surgery in Dallas this week,
and everything is fine now.
All of us at The Cherokeean
arc feeling much better now,
thank you
OUTSTANDING CITIZEN-Man of the year for
1969 was Dr. W. E. Gabbert, who received a
plaque commemorating his selection at last
Thursday night's Chamber of Commerce ban
quet. Outgoing president Houston White, in
making the announcement, said it was pre
sented on the basis of Dr. Gabbert's "im-
portant contributions toward strengthening the
image of Rusk and for shouldering many
and varied community responsibilities.*'
SfAPF PHDTO
DEADLINE IS MARCH 4
Two File For City
Council Election
Otis Heiselbetz,
Murder Suspect
Rusk's eligible voters will
select three for expired terms
to the City Council during an
election called for Saturday,
April 4th.
Diboll Comes Frl.
Eagles Win
Suspect Is B 20m
Jailed In
According to City Secretary
Kendrlck Frazer, the terms
of J. P. Acker, Clyde Smith
and Frank Howell expire. An
election was called by Mayor
P.. H. Whitehead at the last
regular session of the Coun-
cil.
Two have already filed--
Frank Howel' seeking re-el-
ection; and L. E. (Gene)
Kelley. Howell* filed January
15th; and Kelley on January
19th.
Deadline for announcing is
March 4th, says city secre-
tary Frazer.
Election officials named by
the Council are Mrs. Mar-
garet Beckworth, judge; and
Mrs. Kate Stovall and Mrs.
Jewel Coupland, clerks.
Speaker Sadler
Credit Union Members
Refers Case
Ctls Herman Heiselbetz, 49,
a suspect in the murder of
June H, Rogers of Alto, is
now in custody of Cherokee
County officials at the county
jail in Rusk.
His apprehension and arrest
followed a four-day search
from Cherokee to Hardin
County.
According to Cherokee
County Sheriff John B, Slover
Heiselbetz surrendered after
Hardin County officials were
forced to use tear gas. He
had taken refuge, according
to Slover, In • camp house In
the bottom of the Neches Rlv.
er of Hardin County. When
officials arrived at the camp
house, Heiselbetzbegan shoe,
ting wildly, Teargat was em
ptoyed to rout* htm from the
property of • Kountae doctor.
Roftrt, age 44, found
dead late 5ast Wednesday in
After a hard-earned vic-
tory over Crockett's Bull-
dogs here Tuesday night, the
Eagles will entertain at home
again Friday night. Diboll's
Lumberjacks are scheduled
to play here. Boys B game
starting at 6 p.m. Varsity
action is to follow.
In a thrill climax to a hot.
ly conte>red game, the Rusk
Eagles won over Crockett
Tuesday by two points. Ac-
cording to Coach Emmett
Battlse, the game was tied
at the end, 43 to 43, But at
the final moment, a Bull-
dog failed Ronald Tate,
Coach Battlse wa« all smi-
les Wednesday morning, full
of praise for the entire team
and well pleased with the
under - pressure . response
from Ragle Ronald Tate. He
made good both free shots,
to end the game 4S to 43.
He also pointed out that the
game was played without the
Mipport of three regular* be.
case of Illness They were
Don Matthews, Jimmy Tur-
ner end Jerry Poole.
tatting point* on the bo.ir*
'*• •> «* were; Ronald Ta ,
See BASKF TftAl l Page 4
Hear Reports For Year,
Elect New Directors
The new members of the
Board of Directors and two
new Credit Committee mem-
bers were elected at the an-
mini meeting of the Rusk State
Hospital Employee Federal
Credit Union Monday night.
Newly elected Board mem-
ber^ are Dr. Lex T, Neill,
re .elected; Mrs. Ruby Town-
ley and James Earl Lloyd,
Fleeted to the Credit Com-
mirtee were Billy Darnell and
I irl Flnley,
Doyle Rasberry, president,
officiated at the meeting which
was preceded by a covered
dish upper In the An* Re.
creation Room at the hospital,
Mrs. Lucille I'enlck, treaa.
urer. reported that the Credit
Union new boast* 717 mem.
hers, |n their tenth year of
operation. The flr t year the
credit union hed 107 n
showing a notable increase in
the years since. She also re-
ported that members shares
now total $396,719.00; mem-
bers loans total $411,675,03;
and the Credit Union's reser-
ves are $21,333.37.
In reporting action of the
Credit Committee,J.C, Banks
noted that the committee <p.
proveí 36ft loans in 1969 for
a total of $627,3"1.36 and the
rrwip met 235 times. He no-
reí rhaf 43 new pickups and
cars were finance! through
the Credit I nlon,
Following the business ses.
Hon, a number of doorprlzes
were given away. Those prl
*e« were donated by local
merotant* and bustmmmtn.
Entertainment preceding and
following thehuMrvrsi session
*•« previ ted by Jimmy Bird
well éud bend from OeUaa,
last Thursday night's ban-
quet brought to a climactic
close the fiscal year for the
Rusk Chamber of Commerce.
Over 200 persons witnessed
the official change of leader-
ship between outgoing presi-
dent Houston White and in-
coming president Pat Neill.
Banquet attenders attheNew
Southern Motor Hotel also saw
Dr. W, E, Gabbert honored as
"Ruck's Outstanding Citizen"
for 1969.
Guest speaker for the annual
function was the Honorable
Jerry Sadler, Land Commis-
sioner for the State of Texas.
Speaker Sadler opened his
sometimes serious, some,
times nostalgic address, on
a humorous note. Comment
ing on the picture of himself
in the center of the banquet
program, he observed that it
was obviously an outdated
photograph, lie explained the
reason; "I've been too busy
to have a new one made... ,
to busy under water, and
above water," This was a
joking reference to recent
controversy surrounding re-
covered treasure off the sho-
res of Texas.
His Rusk listeners accepted
with appreciation his com-
ments on t^elr community.
Sadler said that Rusk had a
profound effect on his life. He
recalled that as a boy he could
climb a hill near his home in
Anderson County, and he could
see the light on top of the
Courthouse at night.
"It served as an inspiration
to me", he said.
Continuing his historical re-
view, he pointed out that bet.
ween 1850 and 1854, Rusk is
reported to have had more in -
habitants who had attended
school than any other county
in Texas.
Sadler also noted with regret
the decline of the railroad In-
dustry and complimented
Rusk for its aggressive at-
titude, and efforts to "keep
pace with the changing ti-
mes."
He also enumerated briefly
the statistics regarding the
office which he heads, and
Cherokee County. He said
that 316 men have qualified
for loans to buy landun^er his
program at an approximate
investment of $2,058,000. He
pointed out to his listeners
the plow.back of the dollar
thus spent; and said he felt
his program was "one of the
best ways to fight commun-
ism, or any other Ism prog
ram, because ownership of
land makes a better citizen."
Sadler said members of his
county board include Lloyd
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THE ICY FINGERS of winter frosted this another "winter wonderland" on the peri-
young pine tree on the mountain top north meter of the mountain range, surrounding
of Rusk last Sunday night. Freezing sleet the city. STAFF PHOTO
fell with minute amounts of snow to paint
March 27th
Easter Egf Hoot Set By CC troop
A cornmunlty-wlde Easter
Egg Hunt for children, ages
10 years and under, will be
the first project of the new
Special Activities Committee
of the Rusk Chamber of Com-
merce. Plans for the event
were discussed at the com-
mittee's first meeting Janu-
ary 14th at 10;00 a.m. Mrs.
Lou Goldsberry Is chairman
of the committee and presid-
ed at the meeting.
The Easter Egg hunt is tobe
held Friday, March 27th and,
registration blanks will ap-
pear in area newspapers.The
deadline set for registering is
Monday, March 23rd. Child-
ren eligible will be those liv-
ing In the Rusk trade area.
Mrs. Goldsberry noted that
Mrs. Wlater Meyers, chair-
man of the Tourist Com-
mi tee, had asked that the
Special Activities Committee
and the Public Relations Com-
mittee work with her Com-
mittee In planning the dedica-
tlon of the Cherokee South,
western Tourist Railroad on
April 10th, as well nsdedica-
tlon of Southland Paper Com-
pany's nature trails.
The Committee also pledged
their support to the Alpha Al-
pha Gamma Chapter of Beta
Sigma with their annual "Our
Little Miss" pageant to be
held In March. They also of-
fered support to orher groups
and organizations with spec,
lal projects.
Chamber Manager Leon Ed.
wards pointed out that Elmo
Burnette would like to work
with the school to get young
people interested in square
dancing.
Discussion was also held
concerning two educational
panels at Rusk High School In
February and April.
Meetings of the committee
were set the first Tuesday of
each month at 10:00 a.m.
Present for the meeting were
Mrs. Goldsberry, J, D. Nor-
CREDIT UNION BANQUET HELD
CRBDTI UNION OFPICIaIS conferred at
Monday night'" annual membership meeting.
Prom left, seated, they are:Grace Clark, se.
rretary; Rub) Townley, director; Kstelje
fort, dlrerterj Uclila Peniek, tiea* r*r;
Meble Ham, director; starting Or. U T,
Neill, director; Martin Thomas, supervisory
committeeman; J,C, Hank % credit committee-
men; Doyle sherry, president; Rarl Roas,
vice president; «nd t;*rl Flnley, credit com.
mltteeman, STARR PHOTO
ton, Mrs. Houston White,
George Dodd, Mrs, Gladys
Rlggs, Mrs. Glenn Miller,
Mrs, Charles Nlxson, Mrs.
Charles Wilcox, Mrs, J, W,
Summers, Mrs, Glenda Smith
and Leon Edwards,
Deadline Is
Near For Vote
Registration
The deadline nears for reg-
istering to vote in 1970, ac-
cording to Jimmle Cone,
Cherokee County's tax as.
ses sor -collector. January 31
Is the final date for qualified
residents of Cherokee County
to sign up for voting privile-
ges.
"Everyone has been given
four full months In which to
do this," explained Cone.
Texas began its registration
October 1st.
Persons may continue to
register through the month of
January, with the following
places In the county staffed to
do this; Wells, Forest, Alto,
New Summerfleld, Troup, and
Jacksonville sub .stations,
also the Courthouse In Rusk.
Forest, Wells, Troup, New
Summerfleld and Alto sub-
stations will be open all day
Saturday, January 3lst, and
Jacksonville's office will be
open from 8 to 12 noon, The
office at the Courthouse will
not be open for registration
on Saturday.
'There Is no change, mere,
ty a matter of filling out a
form," said Cone.
The county's goal wa estab-
lished by the Democratic Par.
ty, which cooperated state,
wide In a project called "Op.
eratlon Everyone,'*
According to A, N, Barber,
chairman of the County'* Do
mocratlc Executive Commit,
tee, the goal given was baaed
on «I percent of the county's
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