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Vol. 127
Number48
The Cherokeean
Texas' oldest weekly newspaper, established as the Cherokee Sentinel Feb. 27, 1850
Rusk, Texas, Thursday, January 20, 1 977
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1 4C Per Issue
1 2 Pages
''Round
Town
With
Mrs.
Roundabout
KTLU's phone was ring-
ing when Bob Rogers wal-
ked in at 6:30 a.m. Monday.
He answered and a young,
male voice inquired, "Is it
too cold to have school
today?" Bob replied, "No,
I don't think so, it's only 22
degrees." His young caller,
in a tone of quiet resig-
nation, said "Oh. Thank
you." Twenty two degrees
and holding...and hoping...
by some of the students.
That's* the way Monday
began.
Lots of good news this
week...from People Doing
Things! Margaret Beck-
worth is back at work full
time for Sears. You'll re-
call her earlier, and se-
rious, surgery. Her voice of
sunshine brightened the
world for me Tuesday. And
when I heard that Lucious
(Luke) Maness had a yen
for fried rabbit, following
his also recent, and se-
rious, surgery, I attempted
to make contact with him
and see if he would accept a
substitute. Shouldn't have
worried about it. You're
right, lie is already back at
work!
Thursday I hitched a ride
with No. 2 Daughter to
Austin and returned on a
hitch back with Himself
Friday. Boy, what a moun-
tain of work there is for this
Session of the Legislature.
A lot of people from Dis-
trict 15 have already been
down to visit and discuss
pending legislation. One of
them, a former Represen-
tative, Mayor J.B. Sallas of
Crockett, was specially
honored by the House.
It was interesting to me
to read the full text of Gov.
Briscoe's message to the
65th legislature. All I can
say about that at this point
is this--yes, we can expect
our elected officials to seek
reasonable, economical
and efficient operation for
the State of Texas. That
sounds simple, doesn't it?
More than 4,000 pieces of
legislation, or bills, are
likely to be considered. The
results of what is passed,
what is rejected, will deter-
mine if the goal is reached.
Of particular interest to
our readership is the Go-
vernor's position on state
employees. He calls for an
overall reduction of 4.5 per
cent during the next two
years. And he recommends
a 3.4 per cent annual salary
increase to classified state
employees with an addi-
tional 3.4 per cent for merit
increases each year. This,
with school finance, educa-
tion, law enforcement, hu-
man services, economics,
public health and highway
funding were many of the
issues touched on by the
Governor.
And then somebody said,
"Marriage is like the
Army. Everybody com-
plains, but you'd be sur-
prised at how many re-
enlist!
It.was good to visit with
Ronnie Travis Tuesday.
He's counselor for Jackson-
ville High School. Brother
Harold is associate pastor
with Dr. Jewel McClure at
Houston. And they're the
sons of our Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Travis! Watching
these young people grow up
and assume important du-
ties as adults tends to make
one aware of the passage of
time!
Need to make an apology
here. A Christmas greeting
ad from Fobler'a Jewelry
foiled to make It to print In
that «pedal Issue...and If
It'a all right with you, let
them be the flrnt to extend
you wishes for a llappy '11
Holiday!
4 See H XMOI'T, l'g. II
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CofC Laundry List
Chamber Secretary Mary Moore holds a computer read-out list of 442 names and
addresses of people who have responded to an advertisement run in Trailor Life, a
national travel magazine. The advertisement promotes the Texas State Railroad
and Rusk City Park. The CofC received 75 additional names to add to the list last
week. photo by da n kellu m
School Board To Ask
For RHS Annexation
The Rusk Independent
School District school
board voted unanimously
Monday night to join other
petitioners in requesting
the City of Rusk annex the
new high school area into
the city limits.
During the discussion on
coming into the city limits,
Supt. J.M. Boone noted that
the insurance rate would
increase by $1,050 per year.
He said it was cheaper
outside the city boundary
but that the Rusk Police
Department really had no
jurisdiction on the school
campus.
School board members
considered subsidizing a
school teacher certified as
a deputy sheriff in case of
problems on the campus
but the idea was rejected.
"There's been no call to
call the police this year
except for once," said Supt.
Boone.
"We thought narcotics
were involved," said High
School Principal Allan Gil-
chrest. "An outsider was
behind the trees each mor-
ning and we thought he
might be selling narcotics.
Other than that there's
been no call this year for a
disturbance or a bomb
scare "
Gilchresl said thai dur-
ing the annual Husk Quar-
terback Club's basketball
Tournament off duty re
serve policemen under the
leadership of Dr. Robert
Sheldon were available
each night at the games in
case of a disturbance.
"They really did a fine job
at the games," said Gil-
chrest.
The high school principal
questioned the group as to
whether the city would
disallow the fire depart-
ment form making fire
calls to the campus if they
refused to be annexed.
Boone said the county
supplies funds which allow
the fire department to go
outside the city limits.
Board member Bobby
Tosh noted that the city is
questioning whether to go
on paying for fire calls
outside the city limits if the
county commissioners re-
fuse to raise the amount of
money paid into the fund.
Tosh said he would rather
see the high school in the
city limits.
"An advantage would be
the night patrol (RPD). A
regular routine patrol is
worth $1,000 and a lot more
+ See BOARD, Pg. 12
F A A Okays Grant
The Cherokee County
Airport received a big
boost to its future operation
to the tune of $320,000 Mon-
day, according to County
Judge Orvan B. Jones.
The Federal Aviation
Administration approved a
grant submitted to them to
increase the runway to
4,000 feet, relocate a road
and markings, fencing
around the airport and
overlaying of a partial taxi
way und taxi apron. Jones
remarked that the FAA-
approved grant was just
the first stage of the grant
program
We'll will make out a
second grant request (or
visual approach lights,
medium intensity runway
lights, a wind cone and a
non-directional beacon,"
said Judge Jones.
The judge noted that en-
gineers have been working
on the airport to get plans
and specifications ready
for the grant work. He said
there may be a need to
acquire some 17 acres of
land to increase the size of
the runway at the Cherokee
County Airport,
Commissioners began
work on a grant In W3,
according to Judge Jones,
and are now seeing the
fruit ion of their plans
6ET Sage' To Speak
At Rusk CC Banquet
Bob Murphey of Nacog-
doches, known as the
"Sage of East Texas," will
be the featured speaker at
the Rusk Chamber of Com-
merce's annual banquet at
7 p.m. Monday in the Fel-
lowship Hall of First Uni-
ted Methodist Church.
The humorist claims to
speak perfect East Texas.,
and fair English! When
asked for biographical in-
formation, Murphey
usually replies that his
background will stand any-
thing but talking about! Or,
he might add, "The less
you use the handle, the
longer the hoe will last."
Actually, Murphey
claims to have a varied
and colorful background. A
practicity lawyer by pro-
fession, he has looked at
life and observed the Ame-
rican scene first as a Wes-
tern Union messenger boy.,
then as ranch hand..Ser-
gent-at-Arms of the Texas
House of Representatives..
Fire Chief, .a war-time
Merchant Marine Officer...
County Attorney...District
Attorney and respected
member of the Texas bar.
"There ain't much to see
living in a small town, but
what you hear makes up
for it." he notes.
Besides his humorous
radio programs broadcast
in Nacogdoches, Murp-
hey's down-to-earth philo-
sophy. clean humor and
witty observations have
been enjoyed by hundreds
of audiences throughout
the United States.
Tickets for the chamber
banquet will be $5 a piece
with only about 300 being
sold, according to Bill Hol-
land. ticket chairman.
Assisting in ticket sales
are Citizens State and First
State Banks. SESCO. EN-
TEX. Inc., .JoEd Anderson,
Realtor, Richards Food
Mart. Brookshire Bros.,
Buckhorn Grocery, Piggly
Wiggly, Whitehead Enter-
prises. all school princi-
pals. also Johnnie Miller,
Mike Crvsup, Joe Rozelle,
Charles Ray Peters, Hous-
ton White, Winford Black
and Doyle Brooks at Rusk
State Hospital and the
chamber office.
CB Bene fit Set For Saturday
Backwoods Breakers
REACT Club, an East Te-
xas CB group, will hold a
benefit coffee break from 4
p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday at
the Armory on Euclid
Street with proceeds going
to pay for the medical
expenses of Charles Robert
Nickle of Rusk.
The Nickles boy is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Char-
les Nickle of 209 N. Barron
St. in Rusk The child has
undergone numerous brain
tumor operations at the
Texas Children's Hospital
in Houston since being ad-
mitted Oct. 5.
The Nickle youth's father
informed The Cherokeean
Tuesday that doctor's
claim to have gotten all of
the brain tumor and don't
expect it to come back. The
2-year-old presently weighs
29 pounds and had been as
low as 19 pounds. "The
doctors said they didn't feel
he had lost any mental
capabilities," said Nickles.
He noted the youth had
been in the intensive care
unit for several hours last
week.
The Nickles hope to bring
young Charles Robert
home in about two weeks
when his respiratory prob-
lems are cleared up. The
doctors ask that the youth
be brought back to Texas
Children's Hospital in
Houston every two weeks
for treatment until the
summer. At that time, the
youth will enter Texas In-
stitute for Research and
Rehabilitation for three
months in order to teach
him to use his arms, legs
and the rest of his body.
TheCB group composed
of CBers from Jackson-
ville, Tyler, Palestine and
other East Texas towns
will raise money for the
y >u"i boy through dona-
tions, bingo games, cake
donations, refreshment
sells and a variety of
booths in an old-fashioned
"Halloween Carnival" at-
mosphere.
Bob Jones of New Sum-
merfield, REACT district
representative, notes that
approximately 63 Back-
woods Breaker REACT
members will be involved
in the fund-raising project
and other CB clubs are
expected to participate in
the worthy cause.
Along with the other fes-
tivities. the REACT club
plans to award trophies to
+ See REACT CLl'B.Pg. 12
Whitehead Is VC
For MH-MR Funds
The 05th Texas Legis-
la! ure swung into action
last week with 1H1 Senators
and representatives taking
their oaths of office.
Returning for Ins third
term is District 15 Rep.
Emmet i II. Whitehead,
whd represents Cherokee,
Houston. Leon and Lime-
stone Counties.
The week's activities
were highlighted by House
Speaker Bill Clayton's
committee assignments.
Whitehead said he was
"pleased and gratified" by
the spots he won
Chief among White-
head's duties this Session
will be as Health and Wel-
fare Committee vice-chair-
man I or appropriate mat-
ters for Mental Health-
Mental Retardation.
As the top appropriate
administrator for Mental
Health Mental Retardation
I'acilit ies on the committee.
Whitehead with his sub-
committee will deliberate
on budgets for MHMR faci-
lities
"I am honored that the
Speaker has seen fit to give
me this important role
again this Session," he
said
Rules of procedure are
such that Whitehead's sub-
committee recommen-
'la1 ions have a significant
impact on the budgetary
process for MHMR facili-
'¡es As a result, much
-t-See WHITEHEAD, Pg. 12
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CofC Ranqupt Ticket* A vailablv
The Rusk Chamber ol Commerce I presently preparing for their annual banquet set for 1 p.m. Monday In the
Fellowship Hall of the First I'nlted Methodist Church In Rusk. The Chamber urge* early purchase of tickets and
ote« some tickets are slill available. Mrs. Inei Summers, general chairman, standing center, tutted thai Ihey
have an entertaining evening ulanned for those whu attend as well as • delicious meal. Joe Terrell, left, la the
program vhalrman and Hill Holland, Is Ihe ticket chairman. staff photo
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