The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 124, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1972 Page: 7 of 10
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THE CHEROKEEAN OP RUSK. TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY IS. 1972-PAGE SEVEN
NEW OPPICERS for the Rusk Volunteer Fire
Department for 1972 were Installed during
ceremonies at a banquet Monday evening at
the Plneview Restaurant. Left to right, st.
anding, are Doyle Rasberry , treasurer; Billy
Darby, secretary; Davie Buckner, 1st"Asst.
Chief; L.L. Wilcox, Chief; and Mayor E.H.
Whitehead, who Installed the new officers.
Seated, same order, are Johnny Patterson,
reporter; Clifford Mrris, Membership and
Attendance (3 years); E.B. Lusk, Asst. Fire
Marshall ; and W.C. Norman, trustee (3
yearsjt Not pictured is Charles Smith, 2nd
Asst. Chief, -staff photo
Cleveland, Staubach To
to Siper Bowl It New
Perform
Orleans
When the Dallas Cowboys
take the field Sunday against
the Miami Dolphins at New
Orleans, Ruskites will have
reason other than a Roger
Staubach to feel a burst of
enthuslusm. Also, doing her
thing in the Super Bowl will
be Miss Parn Cleveland of
Rusk, a member of the Tyler
Junior College Apache Belles.
Pam is the daughter of proud
parents Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
R, C)une)Cleveland, Jr.
This is Cam's firs! year with
the Belles and she has shown
an outstanding ability and has
made every appearance the
distinguished group has made.
She began her "voyage" with
the Belles in the summer of
'71 with six weeks of work-
outs. At the very beginning
Pam suffered a pulled mus.
ele and felt sure she'd lost
out completely, but when sel-
ections were made, her name
was called.
The Apache Belle members
must try out prior to each
performance to see which of
the 110 members will parti
cipate. And Pain has made
it every time.
Ap| -.arances of the Belles
this school year have included
performances at allTJCfoot
hall games; the opening of
Texas Stadium in Irving; 60
of their nurner at Chicago
for the Dallas Cowboy Chic
ago Bears clash; and a Dec
ember 18th appearance in
Texas Stadium. And, now, the
Mrs. Linda Beard Files For
Re-Election To County Office
Mrs. I inda Beard announces
that sheshe will seek a sec-
ond term as County Tax As-
sessor-Collector of Cher-
okee County. She has been
In the tax office for 12 years.
She served as first deputy
for a number of years, and
was elected to the position
in the general election of
November, 1970when Jimmie
Cone resigned.
"It has been a pleasure to
serve the people of our coun-
ty as their Tax Assessor-
Collector. We have made
every effort to adjust to the
many changes that have gone
into effect in recent months
so that the people would not
be inconvenienced," Mrs.
Heard said.
Changes in voter registra,
tion, motor vehicle registra.
tion, and tax value increase
by the Commissioners Court
have given the tax office an
extra load of work in recent
months.
I ong experience in the tax
office has helped Mrs. Beard
operate the office efficiently.
"Yotir continued support and
Influence will he appreciated.
1 a--k the help of everyone
in behalf of my candidacy for
this office,' Mrs. Beard said.
"I am proti.l to serve the
people of Cherokee County in
their county rovernment. It
has been a real pleasure to
work with other county of
ficials to make our county
a better place in which to
live," she concluded.
Mrs. Beard is a lifetime
resident of Cherokee County
and the mother of twochild.
Pd. I'ol. Adv.
Nave You Checked Your
Earnings On Savings
Lately?
We Are Now Paying:
5 3/4% FOR 2-YEAR MATURITIES
5 1/2% FOR 1-YEAR MATURITIES
5%
FOR 90-DAY MATURITIES
(INTEREST PAYABLE QUARTERLY)
ACCOUNTS INSURED UP TO $20,000 BY F.D.I.C
FIRST STATE BANK
ilMBFJt F.D.I.C.
Mayor Instrlls Fire Dept.
Officers AUanquet Monday
big one1 The Super Bowl at
New Orleans, rnadeespecially
nice since; the Da lias Cowboys
will be there too.
The Belles will perform
Pre Came, half-time and post
game shows at the Super Bowl
which, of course, will be br-
oadcast live over nationwide
televlson.
The Pre game showwillbea
salute to the National Football
League , with the Belles sup
porting flags of all teams in
the NI-. The halftlme activ-
ity will be a salute to the
late Louie Armstrong
Also making the trip with
the Belles will be the
Apache Band, back ups for the
lovely ladies. The group
will leave Tyler Friday for
New Orleans and will practice
in the stadium Saturday morn
ing and again Sunday morning.
When the Belles return to
Tyler Sunday night they'll
have still another treat in
store for them. On Tuesday
night, following the Super
Bowl Sunday, the Tyler
Chamber of Commerce will
hold a banquet in honor of
the Apache Belles at the Rose
Center. This is the first
time the Belles have been so
honored.
Pam Cleveland is a 1971
graduate of Rusk High School.
She was a member of the
Rusk Kaglettes and was a
majorette with the Rusk High
School Band fot two years.
ren. They are David, 13 and
Sheri 15. They are active
members of the l irst I'nited
Methodist Church at Rusk.
New officers of the Rusk
Volunteer Fire Department
were Installed Monday ev-
ening In an impressive cer.
emony during a banquet at
the Plneview Restaurant.
Officers Insulted by Rusk
Mayor E.H, Whitehead were
Chief, L.L, Wilcox; 1st Asst.
Chief, Davie Buckner; 2nd
Asst. Chief, Charles Smith;
Secretary , Billy Darby; Tr-
easurer, Doyle RasberryjTr-
ustee (3 Years X W.C.
Norman; Membership and At-
tendance (3 years\ Clifford
Harris; Asst. Fire Marshal,
F.B. Lusk; and Reporter,
Johnny Patterson.
The installation of officers
** CITY
^Continued from Page 1 )
owned by Shaaowood Develop-
ment Company with sewer.
Shadowood Development Co.
owns approximately 53 acres
of land, and plans to build In
excess of 30 new homes in
this city in 1972-73.
5. Mayor Whitehead called
City Flection for Saturday,
April 1. Terms of Frank
Howell, M.H. Norton and Gene
Kelley expire this year.
6. Mayor stated that he had
hoped representative from
city's engineers, Wisenbak-
er. Fix and Associates
would he able to attend this
meeting so plans could go for-
ward to get water wells that
W.R. Nichols gave the city
into operation. "Summer will
be here before we know it,
and unless we get these wells
in usable condition, we stand
a good chance of running out
of water," said Mayor White-
head. The engineer will meet
with the council in February.
7. Agreed to sell water to
property owners at same rate
other non residents pay. Cost
of laying pipe will be paid by
the property owners. The city
can not legally spend funds
outside the city limits. Re-
quest for the water was made
by Lester Hughes, who was
spokesman for other resi-
dents interested in purchas-
ing city water.
8. Other minor routine bus-
iness was talked. Minutes
were approved, and bills paid.
Boys. Girls
On Top li
Dist. Play
Rusk's Fighting Kagles are
perched on top of the Dis-
trict 18-AA race this week.
Coach Emmett Battise's Fea.
thered Flock posted wins over
San Augusttne and Westwood
to give them a record of two
wins and no losses in the young
season.
The Flock goes to Diboll Jan-
uary 14, and finish up the
first half of district play Jan-
uary 21 when they entertain
Shelbyville here. Westwood,
Fagle victim Tuesday night,
defeated Diboll, last week.
The Rusk Westwood game
was a fast moving affair.
The Birds controlled the
game, and were tied once,
but never fell behind.
High point men for the Eag-
les were Tommy Tate with
21 points; A.B. Lamb, 11 points
Jackie Foster, 10; and Tony
Watson with 8.
Final score was Rusk 62,
Westwood 47.
Last Friday ni;ht in San
Augustine the F.agles downed
the Wolves for their first
district win. The game was
tied up 59.59 at the end of
regulation play. Rusk was
trailing 59.57 shortly before
the end of the fourth quar-
ter when, just as the btt«er
sounded. Eagle Jeff Bras-
well, reserve center, was fo.
tiled. Braswell made both free
shots to tie up the game in
a photo finish.
The Eagles were led in
scoring by Tate with 20points;
Lamb, 14; Watson, 13; Bras-
well, 8; Norton, 7; and Tim
Turney and Jackie Foster, 4
points each.
Also sitting on top of their
District are Coach Doug Jor-
don's Girls' team. The Eag-
le ladies beat San Augustine
47.42 there last Friday night.
Sandra Carter scored 30
points In that game.
Monday night the girls trav-
eled to Mt. Enterprise for'
a non-district clash and
came home victorious beat-
ing the opponents 51.301 San.
dra Carter scored tt points;
Debbie Waggoner, M and Jena
Bird well, 10 points.
A hard .fought battle here
Tuesday night gave the Bir-
dies their second district
preceded the banquet meal
of rib eye steak, green salad,
baked potato, green beans al-
modine, iced tea, coffee, hot
rolls, and pie a la mode.
Master of Ceremonies for
the evening was Leon Pledger.
Entertainment was furnished
by the Curry Family, singing
gospel music and some folk
songs.
At the conclusion of the ban-
quet, Billy Darby, secretary,
passed out in standing mem-
bership cards to all firemen.
Over 100 firemen, retired
firemen, city councilmen and
guests attended the annual
event.
Four File
For Sheriff
Of County
The political race for Sher-
iff of Cherokee County has
developed into a four-way
competition with the filing of
Robert J, (Bob) Bat ton of Ja-
cksonville this week.
According to A.N. Barber.
Democratic Chairman of Ch-
erokee County, four persons
have officially filed for the
office. They are incumbent
John B. Slover; H.H. (Mack)
Watson, present Constable
of Precinct One; Allen Hor
ton of Jacksonville, former
deputy sheriff; and Batton.
Four persons are also in
the running for the job as
Commissioner of Precinct
3. Those who have officially
filed are Joe Henderson; in-
cumbent Bo Emerson; Johnny
Mack Petri; and Mi Her Thom-
pson, all of Jacksonville.
Other contested races thus
far are for Constable, Pre-
cinct One, Fred Garner of
Maydelle and Billy L. Love-
lady of Rusk, candidates; and
Commissioner, Precinct One,
Corry R. Phillips of Rusk and
incumbent Bertis Watson,
also of Rusk.
Others who have filed with
Barber are incumbent W.T.
Burke of Wells, Constable,
Precinct 5; State Board of
Education, E.R. (Bob) Gregg;
and District Attorney, incum -
bent David D. Adams.
Positions up for re-elect-
ion this year, for which no
one has filed, are Constables
of Precincts 2, 3, 4 , and 6.
County Tax Assessor-Col-
lector; County Attorney; and
two District Judges.
Deadline for filing for
county, district and state can-
dlates with Barber is Feb-
ruary 7th, only 25 days away.
The first primary election is
calendared for May 6th and
the second primary will be
June 3rd.
** OFFICIALS
(Continued from Page 1)
ted a 27 per cent pay hike.
Increases of employees will
range from five to twenty
per cent, depending on job
classifications.
Commissioner Watson stat
ed that he would take $1320
of his increase and pay his
road employees $10per month
extra. The Commissioners
make $10,800 under the new
pay schedule.
The county's entry Into the
Fast Texas Council of Gov
ernments was talked. Judge
Jones commented that he was-
n't "-old" on the ETCOG,
but that if the county used
federal grants, they needed
to be a member. Again, Per-
kins and Watson voted "no"
and F.merson and James cast
their vote "yes". Judge Jones
broke the tie with his "yes".
** ROUNDABOUT
(Continued from Page 1 )
and his wife were in town
last week finalizing the con.
tract between his company
and the city. They found a
billfold,containing over $50,
in the middle of the highway.
They brought the billfold to
Roundabout, and H. H. Jones
was returned his money and
valuable cards...This story
had a "nappy ending"
victory over Westwood. Ac-
cording to Coach Jordan both
teams were pretty evenly
matched and the Ealges came
through defensively to win
34-31 in overtime play. At
the end of regulation play
the game was tied up 28.
28. Coach Jordan prais-
ed guards Sheila Johnson,
Regina Nelson and Jean Ann
Allen for their outstanding
defensive performances.
High scorers were Jana
Bird we 11, 17; Sandra Carter,
14; and Linda Tllley, 4.
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'«IN 15
SIGNS PROCLAMATION; County Judge Orvan
B. Jones signs a proclamation declaring the
week of January 17-23, 1972 as "3.76 in '76
Week" in Cherokee County. County Agri-
culture Agent Johnnie McKay looks on as
Judge Jones signs the document. "£76 in
'76" is a program effort designed to promote
the agriculture income in the State of Texas
by $1 billion by 1976. -staff photo
January 17-23 Proclaimed
"3.76 In 76 Week" Here
Cash income to farmers and
ranchers in Cherokee County
should be more than $14 mil-
lion by the end of 1976, accord-
ing to Johnnie McKay,county
agricultural agent.
This will be an increase of
about $6 million from 1968-
69 figures, with Beef Cattle
contributing a large part of
the gain. The projections are
based on studies of the Tex-
as Agricultural Extension
Service and are part of the
"3.76 in '76" program, a
state-wide project to increase
Texas agricultural cash re.
celpts by more than $1 bil-
lion.
Total cash receipts from all
agricultural enterprises in
Cherokee County are pres-
ently about $12 million, says
McKay. The most important
ones are Beef, Milk, Plants
and Lumber. They are expect-
ed to accoont for about 85 per-
cent of the projected 1976
totals.
The county will be aided
in its production efforts by
the areawide Build East Tex
as program and the local
Cherokee County Program
Building Committee and sub
committees.
These projections are based
on estimates by a special
committee of the Cherokee
County Program Building
Committee after separate
predictions were made by Ex-
tension economists. The fig.
'ures were published for each
county. Extension district and
economic area in Texas.
"Cherokee County produc-
ers will have access to pro-
duction information and tech-
niques that can help spell suc-
cess for the Texas goal of
$3.76 billion in 1976'', savc
McKay.
County Judge Orvan B.
Jones, this week, signed a
proclamation declaring the
week of January 17-23, 1972
as "3.76 in '76 Week" in
Cherokee County.
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