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THE CHEROKEEAN OF RUSK. TEXAS, THURSDAY.
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WEARING THE EAGLE COLORS is the pjan o( the Rusk Quju-terbackClub this year as they begin their sale of
these red and white Eagle T-shirts. Thé Rusk E&glé ettblefri is designed in black and white. Shown modeling the
shirts which arrived Saturday are, seated, left to right, Chad and Brian Joyner and Johnny, Steven and Paul
Wayne Patterson. Standing, same order, are Del Patterson, Jamie and Melanie Campbell, Lila Jean Murray,
Britt Patterson and Doyle Joyner. —photo by mary ann patterson
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WHO LIVES WHERE will not be any problem for the Rusk Eagles as the varsity
and junior varsity players were all given signs Thursday night at the conclusion of
Meet The Eagles. Louise and Doyle Joyner are shown unloading the sizes they
prepared for the 1983 ieams. This project has been an undertaking of the Rusk
Quarterback Club for several years.
Annuals
Available
Thursday
Those, who ordered 1983
Rusk High School year-
books, can pick them up at
11:45 a.m. Thursday in
Room 8 of the high school.
Yearbooks will- also be
given out from 4 to 5 p.m.
Thursday in Room 8. The
1983 graduates can plan to
meet at 4 p.m. Thursday to
sign yearbooks.
Wiggins
Wins $100
Myrtle Wiggins of Route
4, Rusk, was a $100 winner
last week in the Wild Bill
Bingo contest underway at
Brookshire Bros.
Rehearsals are now underway for
the Cherokee Civic Theatre, Inc. fall
production of Irving Berlin's "Annie
Get Your Gun." The classic musical
will be presented in the downtown
theater building on Sept. 29 and 30 and
Oct. 1 and 2.
Directing the musical production
this year will be Zelwanda Hendrick
of Dallas, formerly of Rusk, who
brings a wealth of talent and
theatrical experience to the Civic
Theatre Stage. Miss Hendrick is the
daught'er of the late Lloyd and Viola
Hendrick, longtime Rusk residents.
Ironcially, her mother was for many
years manager of the Cherokee
Theater when it was an active movie
house.
After graduation from Rusk High
School Miss Hendrick attended Lon
Morris College where she received
her Associate of Arts Degree. While
attending Lon Morris she was a
student of and studied under Mrs.
Zula Pearson. After Lon Morris, she
then attended and graduated from
North Texas State University with a
Bachelor of Science Degree majoring
in Theatre and Music. She then ear-
ned a Master of Fine Arts Degree at
Southern Methodist University in
Dallas. While at SMU she was
designated "Artist in Residence" and
had the privilege of working with
Morton Segal of the Actors Studio in
New York City. She then had a
Teaching Fellow at North Texas while
working on her Doctorate. Further
practical studies included a stint at
Dallas Theatre Center.
Miss Hendrick then taught at John
Robert Powers Finishing and
Modeling School in Dallas
specializing in speech, diction and
drama. She has been responsible for
organizing Speech and Theatre
Departments at various high schools
in the Dallas ISD, most recently at H.
Grady Spruce and Kimball High
Schools, where her responsibilities in-
cluded the organization and coor-
dination of speech, drama, art, music
and dance departments of each
school.
In 1980 she was the Democratic
nominee for the Texas State
Legislature for the Park Cities area of
Dallas. That area being staunch
Republican, she was defeated in the
election.
Miss Hendrick has served two ter-
ms as President of the Texas Chapter
of the International Thespian Society
and is currently serving as secretary
of the United States Secondary Inter-
national Technical Theatre
Organization. In addition to being
listed in Who's Who of American
Women, she is also a member of the
Daughters of The Republic of Texas,
the Thaddeus Beal Chapter of The
Daughters of The American
Revolution and is a lifelong member
of The First United Methodist Church
of Rusk.
She has previously directed such
plays as "My Fair Lady,"
"Carousel," "Camelot," "Where
Love Is" and has written and directed
numerous holiday pageants in the
Dallas area and has been instrumen-
tal in organizing and directing many
one-act play festivals and contests in
the Dallas area.
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What You've Been Doing!
To Be Included in RUSK FOLKS,
Please call NANCY LARGENT
683-5878
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RUSK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL students gather at a bus loading area following classes Friday. School i
on Thursday for students In grades 3 to 12 and those from kindergarten to second grade began Tuesday. Hie
Primary campus opening was delayed because new classrooms were not ready for use. Adjacent to the but
loading area at the elementary school stands remains of a building that was destroyed by fire on June it. Hie
building is roped off and will be removed after an insurance settlement is reached. -staff photo
Directors Decline To Merge
Rusk Chamber Chooses Not To Join Jacksonville
4 Annie' Rehearsals Underway
Rusk Native, Established in Theatre, Returns To Direct
Directors for the Rusk Chamber of
Commerce have turned down a
proposal asking for the merger of the
Rusk Chamber with the Jacksonville
Chamber. Vote was nine for; 14
against and one abstaining.
Chamber directors met at 9 a.m.
Aug. 24 to discuss the proposal. A
general membership meeting called
for 9:30 a.m. was cancelled after
directors voted against the proposed
merger.
The directors meeting opened with
an invocation given by Ike Daniel.
President Charles Hassell ex-
plained to those attending that
the meeting had been called to con-
sider the re-organization of the Rusk
Chamber with a possible merger with
the Jacksonville Chamber.
A motion made by Joe Terrell and
second by Tom Ball called for the
Rusk Chamber to be declared inactive
and the Rusk chamber office leased to
the Jacksonville-Rusk Chamber for
one year as a Rusk office. The lease
would have offered nine one-year op-
tions. The proposal also called for six
ex-officio directors to serve on the
Jacksonville chamber board. The
board would have probably scheduled
three meetings in Jacksonville to one
in Rusk.
Plans were to keep the Rusk office
open with more emphasis on tourism,
according to Hassell.
Hassell explained in the event that
Rusk approved the merger and
Jacksonville didn't, things would go
back as they are.
Rusk would have had the six ex-
officio directors compared to 18 direc-
tors for Jacksonville. Hassell said
that would have been the only fair
way to go as Jacksonville would have
contributed more money than Rusk.
Jom Gimler asked why, if more
money is needed, dues had not been
increased. He said up until the night
before, he had been in favor of the
merger. "A big kitty can do more than
a small kitty." He said there would be
no reason for him to go to a meeting if
Rusk had six votes to Jacksonville's
18. He said he would be outvoted
before he got there. "I fill my motel
first, before I send to someone else."
Hassell said if this didn't work out
we could come back and reorganize.
"We could change a few things in the
by-laws, but 1 feel strongly this is the
way to go," he said.
Ike Daniel said he had talked to
several board members. "They look
at the chamber like a school or chur-
ch. If you have good leadership you
are going to function that way. With a
city council it is the same thing. A
chamber keeps your town together,"
Daniel said.
Hassell said most people feel they
are giving a donation to the chamber.
They don't see that they are getting
anything for their money, he noted.
This way, Jacksonville will be able to
offer more money and their
professional expertise. "We will have
long range goals as well as short time
goals," he said.
Mike Sullivan said that only one in-
dustry had come to Rusk since 1969.
Jacksonville has invited Rusk people
to meet with their industrial foun-
dation - "we were invited!" Terrell,
Jim Perkins and Bruce Stovall serve
on the Jacksonville Industrial Foun-
dation.
"A lot of money made in Rusk is
spent in Jacksonville. With every
check that crosses the counter of the
bank, a portion is spent in Jackson-
ville. Jacksonville has a need for Rusk
and a need to help us," Sullivan said.
He went on to say that Jacksonville
can't locate every industry that wants M
to come to the area and they would *
prefer sending it to Rusk instead of
out of the county.
The question was raised is it really
necessary to merge, if Jacksonville i>
already working to send industries to
Rusk. "What can Jacksonville do for
Rusk that couldn't be done without a
merger," Marie Whitehead asked.
Tommy Lee explained later in the
day to the Jacksonville Chamber that
a committee he heads had prepared a
study regarding joint operation of the
Rusk and Jacksonville chambers to
be presented at that time. However,
he announced that the Rusk chamber
had decided against the merger and
he would not present the study.
Lee reported that his committee
had been working on the study for
several months and had worked with
representatives of the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce and the
Angelina County Chamber of Com-
merce.
He noted that some of the Rusk
people were very enthusiastic about
joining Jacksonville. Most things had
been worked out concerning the
merger and would have been presen-
ted to the Jacksonville board at that
time He said they would have gone
into depth about board members and
dues.
Attending were Manuel Aguilar,
Tom Ball, Herbert Bell, John Gimler,
Winford Black, Lewie Byers, Will
Cumbee. Ike Daniel, Fred Gaines,
Charles Hassell, William Holland,
Frank Howell, Dan Lade, Larry Long,
Tony Murray, Joe Ray Ocker, Harold
Porter, Bill Powell, Doyle Rasberry,
Larry Sinclair, Ken Smith, Mike
Sullivan. Joe Terrell, Bobby Tosh and
Marie Whitehead.
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County Historical Commission
Plans Markers, History Update
By JOHN ALLEN TEMPLETON
Continued planning on the new
Cherokee County history and listing
historic sites and buildings for future
marking were the Cherokee County
Historical Commission's principal
topics in its August business meeting
Tuesday in the county courtroom.
The Commission has scheduled an
additional interview with a possible
publisher of the new history for its
Sept. 27 meeting in Rusk. It inter-
viewed one prospective publisher in
the July meeting, but has deferred ac-
tion until after the second interview.
William A. Holland, commission
member, reported to the Commission
on his study of the one firm's
proposal, as requested in the July
meeting, and recommended some
changes and clarifications in that
firm's proposal.
Bernard Mayfield, Jack Moore and
Mrs. Cecil Terry were appointed (to
compile a list of historic sites and
buildings in the county which merit
Texas Historical Commission
markers to preserve their histories.
Commission members will suggest
such places. Anyooe in the county can
also suggest places by contacting
Mayfield in Jacksonville The Com-
mission intends to select the three
most important ones for immediate
markii* from its present budget and
then mark others from future funds
The Commission will continue
working with owners of historie sites
and buildings to get them marked In
those instances the owners of the sites
or buildings fund the markers.
The application for an historical
marker for the old Gent village, now
gone, has been approved by the Texas
Historical Commission staff and has
been sent to members of the state
review board for study. The marker
for the grave of John Joseph Bowman
in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Wells is
being cast at the foundry and should
be ready for dedication by fall.
Bowman was a soldier in the Texas
War for Independence from Mexico.
The grave of James Bowman, his
brother and also a soldier in the same
war, was marked several years ago,
but for some reason the other grave
was overlooked until rather recently.
The Mary Mantooth Chapter,
Daughters of the Republic of Texas in
Lufkin, initiated the marker ap-
plication for the John Joseph Bowman
grave and provided much research
material for the application.
Research and writing are in
progress for several other markers in
the county and should be filed during
the fall.
The first issue of "Cherokee History
News," a monthly newsletter for the
Commission, wss distributed via mail
Aug. 18 and will appear regularly in
the future. Copies are mailed to
Commission members, county com-
missioners and neighboring county
historical commissions. This is a new
program item for the Commission and
is a requirement for eligibility for the
Teats Historical Commission's
Distinguished Service Award
ted annually to outstanding county
historical commissions.
Commission members discussed
briefly, then deferred until later, its
plans for marking the Texas
Sesquicentennial Year observance. A
special meeting-may be required for
this matter, Commissioners agreed.
The Commission plans to appoint
representatives of all towns and
communities in the county to the
Sesquicentennial Committee so that
the observance can be fully county-
wide in scope and so that all obser-
vances can be coordinated to avoid
duplications and observances in dif-
ferent places at the same times.
The County Commissioners Court
has named the historical commission
the official Texas Sesquicentennial
Year committee for the county and
has asked it to coordinate the county's
observance of the event.
The Commission's next regular
meeting will be Sept. 27 at 5: IS p.m. in
the county courtroom in Rusk, its' of-
ficial meeting place. All meetings of
the Commission are open to the
public.
Commission members preeent
Tuesday were Dr. Walter A. MlDsr,
Jack Moore, Tom Dean Stevens, Ber-
nard Mayfield, Mrs. Cecil Terry,
Chairman John Allen Templeton,
Jacksonville; Mrs Melvin ,1 sesione
and Mrs Verline Danheim of Alio;
William A. Holland and Terry i
of Rusk Visitors were Cecilr
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The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 134, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1983, newspaper, September 1, 1983; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151607/m1/11/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.