The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1978 Page: 1 of 12
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The Cherokeean
Texas' oldest weekly newspaper, established as the Cherokee Sentinel February 27,1850
Vol. 129
15® per Issue
Number 45
12 Pages
Rusk, Texas 75785, Thursday, December 28,1978
Home of
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For Caddoan Mounds
Proposed Program
Gets Board O.K.
I Netr ) fur's liirthdny!
Fixe and one make lx and that's how main times Met lure has Matched her birthday came and goadmidst
the confusion of Christmas! Jan I is her hirthdux which adds to the extension of the excitement generated by Ihe
celebration of Another's dale of birth or. I>e< ?5. \ngie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenny McClure of Husk,
(irandparenlt are former residents. |)r and Mrs. Jewel McClure of Missouri City, and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Cullum of
(iallatin, -staff photo
Suit Costs Taxpayers
Rusk City Council's attack on
Km met i H Whitehead through the K
1 Vision TV' Cable Company law suit
'Round ^
Town ™
W ith Mr*. Roundabout
Christmas is Love, Mope and
Prayer The giving of gifts which
show how much we care It's a season
of mixed emotion, as we recall with
devotion, the Joy of other yuletides
when we observed the traditions with
tho6e who now in heart only abide
And memories flood over the sun of
today and as quickly as they came
■re drowned in the sound of children
at play the little ones with their just
received toys, the grown up with his
football game, reduced again to a
little boy
Christmas Is...a hustle, a bustle, a
flurry of action. Fremled efforts to
work against all the distractions of
"come, smell my bath oil and see how
nice," to..."why can't we have a white
Christmas with snow and lee?"
Christmas is. a turkey that's
baking, a pan of cookies that won t
last, but no matter, for all too soon,
the joy will be past. Amid the
shopping and hurry there's no time to
worry that the silver isn't polished yet
and there's still so much to get.
A preoccupation with the things of
this world are suddenly silenced by
the sound of wings unfurled, in flight,
felt more than heard or seen...a
Heavenly Presence in the quietness of
the night.
And then one knows Christmas
ta . the tinsel, the glitter, the cards,
gifta and food are some of the
requirements to create a festive
mood, but the joy is completed, made
whole and fulfilled when you share
with thoae you love, the valleys as
well at the hills.
Christmas Is...truly a season for
sharing loxe and hope. May you carry
Christmas In your heart throughout
the New Year?
Until next week* mw
has already cost Ihe people of Rusk
51,000 The bill for $1,(100 was marked
"partial payment "
City Attorney Paul Cox sent the city
the bill last week City manager Ron
Cox said he had "no idea as to what
Ihe final bill w ill be."
Apparently the city attorney
charged $1,000 for services prior to
and in the hour and a half pre-trial
hearing held earlier this month The
full jury trial is scheduled for mid or
late summer oí lf 79
In the pre-trial hearing, Raymond
Cooper and Fred Lunsford,
individually, and the Rusk City
Council claimed that E-Z Vision TV
Cable Company's franchise should be
canceled because the company
provides TV service to Rusk State
Hospital under a volume rate. (The
City of Rusk, Southwestern Electric
Service Co and Entex Gas Company
also sell under volume rates to this
huge state facility.)
Cooper. Lunsford and the Rusk City
Council also claimed that the cable
company did not provide information
concerning the annual gross receipts
Apparently they did not communicate
with then Mayor Morris W Hassell,
who was given this report that was
prepared by Axley and Rode, CPA
firm of Lufkin
The group also accused Whitehead
of diverting money from or.e company
to another. (The cable company
owner met with the council at the next
meeting and requested the council to
audit the cable company's books to
clear his name The council refused.)
Whitehead Enterprise employees
have been subjected to vulgar,
obscene and abusive telephone calls
from a city councilman concerning
the cablecast of the First Baptist
Church. Whitehead has notified Rev.
Grover Talbert, pastor, that he is
seriously considering stopping the
religious cablecast unless assurances
are given that the church will not be
involved in this unpleasant, messy
affair
The commissioners of the Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department
approved a preservation program at
their November meeting for the
Caddoan Mounds State Historic Site,
located six miles west of Alto on State
Highway 21, according to Rep.
Emmett H. Whitehead.
"This is a goal toward which we've
worked a long time," states Rep.
Whitehead. "It is a project of merit
and significance in the long range
plans to preserve our state's history.
It is also a project of great educational
value for the future," he says.
The preservation program will now
go to the Texas Legislature for
allocation of funds. Funds must be
allocated for the program to be
enacted.
"It is hoped that the next session of
the Legislature will provide the need-
ed funding, however we all know that
the new governor is pledged to the
cutting of state spending," ne explain-
ed.
This proposed program includes a
visitor center with parking area,
residence and maintenance buildings,
an interpretive trail and landscape
management.
Visitor Center
The visitor center will contain
approximately 2460 square feet and
house the park headquarters and
restrooms.
The park headquarters part of this
buildings will contain a reception
area, the superintendent's office and
a conservation-interpretation
workroom.
The reception area will be used for
dispensing park literature, the
collecting of fees and handling
general administrative duties.
The superintendent's office will be
used for day-to-day administration
and will be large enough to
accomodate occasional meetings.
The conservation interpretation
work room will provide an area in
which to conduct archeological
research and to develop interpretive
exhibits and programs.
The parking area for the center will
be large enough to accomodate 18
cars or trucks and 2 buses.
Both constructions will be designed
in harmony with surrounding
landscape and will not compete vi-
sually with the mounds.
House
To Be Moved
An existing wood frame residence
will be removed from the site since its
current condition does not make reuse
feasible.
The Cherokee County Teachers
Federal Credit Union, organized in
1955, has reached a milestone in
service with the completion of a new
office building.
Dedication ceremonies were held at
1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20 at the
new facility located at the intersection
of U.S. Highway 69 and FM Road 2972,
north of Rusk
Gerald Chapman has served the
group as president for approximately
19 years He sayed, "We organiied in
IMS with nine members who paid 15
each for the cost of the charter which
was 145."
Today the organisation's assets
total more than It.5 million The
latent count shows 1.003 members
At a coat of approximately 145.000 in
constAictum and furnishings the new
The move will be made with a
minimum of subsurface disturbance
and under the guidance of a staff
archeologist because the house
currently occupies part of the
prehistoric village area. This area has
yielded numerous archeological
artifacts and architectural features
and will be the site of future
investigations.
A new residence for the park
superintendent, not to exceed 1400
square feet, and a two-car garage will
be constructed in another area.
The house will contain three
bedrooms, two baths, a kitchen, a
living-dining room and a utility area.
The garage will contain enclosed
storage space. Solar-assisted heating
and cooling systems may be
considered for the house.
Service F acilities
A maintenance shop and a fenced,
paved service area will also be built.
The shop, containing 500 square feet,
will provide lockable storage for
supplies and equipment and an area
suitable for servicing vehicles and
other equipment.
The fenced yard of approximately
2000 square feet will be used for open,
lockable storage of equipment and
materials. It will be well-drained and
surfaced with asphalt.
An interpretive trail will be made to
connect all major archeological areas
with the visitor center. The loop trail
will be five feet wide and
approximately .93 miles long.
Ongoing landscape management
will be conducted in the park area
with plans to use native materials to
screen the residence and
maintenance buildings and
reconstruct Mound C to its original
flat-topped appearance with
permanent steps up the west wide.
Also all interior fences will be
removed and good boundary and
stock fences will be provided.
Staffing
To accomplish this new program a
park superintendent, a park ranger
and a clerk will be employed. Two
seasonal part:time laborers will be
used during the summer months to
assist in maintaining the grounds and
landscape.
The Caddoan Mounds State Historic
Site will open soon after construction
on the park is finished if the Texas
Legislature allocates the money.
When the park opens the planned
hours of operation are from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m., 5 days a week. Interpretation at
the site will be both through self-
guided trails and tours conducted by
the park staff.
The proposed entrance fee schedule
will be 50 cents for adults, 25 cents for
children 6 to 12 and children under 6
are admitted free.
Site Rich
In History
The historic site contains two
mounds and village area which were
inhabited by prehistoric Caddo
Indians from about 780 to 1260 A.D.
The first known cultural and
economic center in East Texas, it was
a major frontier settlement of the
prehistoric Mississippian cultural
pattern of the eastern United States.
The first controlled excavations at
the site were undertaken in 1939-41
when the University of Texas-WPA
excavated about two-thirds of Mound
A and a portion of the adjacent
village.
The University of Texas at Austin,
under the direction of Dr. Dee Ann
Story, returned to the site for three
seasons of intensive excavations in
the western part of the site which had
previously been inaccessible to
archeologists.
Those excavations included work in
Mounds B and C, the borrow pit and
various widsly separated sections of
the village. A series of 79 radiocarbon
samples taken during this time
confirmed the date of the site.
The site when developed, will
present an informative view of the
lifeways of a prehistoric Caddoan
community during the Neo-American
Texas period.
Holiday
Noted
The New Year holiday will see most
Rusk downtown businesses close
Monday, Jan. 1.
It's back to school for Rusk
Independent School District students,
Tuesday, Jan. 2.
In connection with the New Year
holiday, the Courthouse will close
Monday, Jan. lonly.
The Rusk Chamber of Commerce
will be closed Monday, Jan. l, as will
City Hall. Police and fire service will
continue as usual.
Rusk State Hospital employees will
observe New Years Day, Jan. 1 as a
holiday. The Post Office will be closed
Jan. 1 only.
Credit Union Office
Holds Dedication
office is now open for business. Hours
are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
The structure consists oí i office
space, board meeting room, snack
room, restrooms and a file room with
a vault door
Beginning January 1, the firm will
increase passbook dividends from six
to 6 1/4 per cent interest payable
quarterly.
Robert Banks has served the credit
union as secretary-treasurer for
approximately 19 years. Other
directors include Valentine
Waddleton of Alto, Bob Moore of
Jacksonville, Billy Wataon of Rusk, in
addition to Chapman and Ranks
Henry Weatbrook and Mr Maycel
Black are aaatatant treasurer*
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A New Home At l**t
The ribbon is officially cut to announce the completion of a building • kouse the Cherokee
Federal Credit Union. Pictured from left at the dedication l>ec. M are Veleottae Waddleton. Hob Moore, Billy
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Watson. Gerald Chapman and Robert Banks, director ; also Mr . Mayetl Black and Howry Weatkeouk. i ^
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The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1978, newspaper, December 28, 1978; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151312/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.