The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1985 Page: 1 of 22
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Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper—Established As The Cherokee.Sentinel, February 27, 1850
Vol. 136, No. 10
Thursday, April 18,1985—Rusk, Texas 75785
14 Pages
CCAD To Meet
Directors for the Cherokee Coun-
ty Appraisal District will meet at
2:30 p.m. Thursday at the CCAD oí-
fices in Rusk to consider the ap-
proval of the Dec. 31,1984 audit and
related recommendation and con-
sider the approval of a software
maintenance contract agreement.
Barbeque Slated
Gallatin Voluntary Fire Depar-
tment will sponsor a barbecue and
trail ride Saturday.
Sandwiches will be served at the
Fire Station from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
and barbecue plates and all the
trimmings will be served beginning
at 6 p.m.
Proceeds will go toward
operation of the department and
purchase of equipment.
Forum Planned
State representative Cliff John-
son is scheduled to attend the Meet
Your Public Officials Coffee plan-
ned for Saturday April 20 at the
Jacksonville public library. The
coffee, hosted by the Cherokee
County State Unit of the League of
Women Voters, will give residents
of the area and public officials a
chance to meet one another. All
public officials of Jacksonville and
the county have been invited to par-
ticipate in this meeting. The
gathering will last from 10 a.m. un-
til noon and all citizens of Cherokee
County are invited to attend.
The league is a nonpartisian
organization with membership
open to both men and women. All
meetings are open to the public.
College Exes
Hold Annual
Reunion
Students from Rusk Academy-
Rusk College were in Rusk again
last weekend for the 22nd annual
college reunion. Class members
met at the Southern Motor Inn and
the Southern Gourmet Restaurant
for their reunion.
On Friday night, a dinner
meeting was held with 35 persons
attending. The president, Louise
Reagan of Groveton, presided. The
invocation and in memorial was
given by Bill Stevenson of Port Ar-
thur. Musical numbers were
presented by Steve and Kaye
Slover, with Helen Finley of Rusk
accompaning. June Crysup of Rusk
gave a humerous review of "O Ye
Jiggs and Julips," written by an 11-
year-old at the turn of the century.
The Rusk College Song led by
"Rabbit" Summers and accom-
panied by Mrs. Flidey served as the
benediction.
A branch was held on Saturday
morning with some 34 in attendan-
ce, Beatrice Watson of Rusk gave
the invocation, t
and new officers
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Registration for Rusk I.S.D. Kin-
dergarten and Pre-Kindergarten
students for the 1985-86 school year
will be held on Thursday, April 25
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Primary
School Office. All children who
will be five-years-old on or before
Sept. 1, should be registered for all
day kindergarten on this day.
Children who will be four-years-
old on or before Sept. 1 may register
for one-half day pre-kindergarten
classes. Only those who qualify un-
der the state-guidelines can be ac-
cepted for the pre-kindergarten
classes, however.
Parents must take the child, an
official copy of his birth certificate
and his immunization record to the
school. The copy of the birth cer-
tificate must be one obtained from
the County Clerk's Office of the
county in which he was born. A
complete immunization record is
required before a child can enter
school the first day. A DPT series
and polio series is required with a
booster after the child's fourth bir-
thday. A measles, mumps, and
rubella shot is needed after the first
birthday.
After this registration a child will
not need to be registered again
before the first day of school.
Persons with additional questions
can call the Primary School, Brad-
ford Campus, at 683-6106.
Union Slates Lobby Blitz
Members of the Texas State Em-
ployees Union CWA/AF-CIO will
leave Thursday morning for Austin
to attend Lobby Day at the State
Capitol. They will leave Rusk at
5:30 a.m. from the Union Hall.
Some 1,000 state workers are expec-
ted in Austin.
Bills have been introduced to cut
dollars from state pensions, take
out holidays and cut 20,000 state
jobs. The Rusk group will voice
their opposition of House Bill 1495 to
reduce ERS retirement ✓con-
tributions from 8 to 6 percent;
HB400 and SB202 to cut 20,000 state
jobs through attrition; SB365 to
take away Columbus Day and Elec-
tion Day and HB470 to take three
holidays, LBJ's birthday, San
Jacinto Day and Texas Indepen-
dence Day and combine them into
one-Texas Heroes Day.
They will support pay raises, a
fair grievance bill and the right to
voluntary payroll deductions.
Those who will make the trip
have petitions for those who will
remain in Rusk to sign.
Union members have been
raising money through bake sales
and special donations to finance the
trip.
Three candidates for the First
Congressional Seat of Sam B. Hall
have confirmed that they will ap-
pear on Talk Time, aired
KTLU/KWRW, radio and E-Z
Vision Cable Company.
Jim Chapman is scheduled to ap-
pear on the talk show on Thursday,
April 25, according to Merv
Dawson, host. Ed Hargett will be
Request Continues
For Day Care Center Permit
Lunch Stop
Students of the Rusk Kindergarten classes at the Primary School enjoy a fried chicken lunch. Delicious meals
are offered every day to students in the Rusk School District at the various campus cafeterias. The Primary
Campus cafeteria may be one of the stops parents and next year's new students may want to visit during
registration from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 25. Matt Jones is pictured with his back to the camera.
Facing the camera from left are Stephanie Hayes, Doyle Tylich and Leigh Emerson. -staff photo
Registration Is Set April 25
Another meeting of the Rusk
Board of Adjustments will be
scheduled in about 30 days to hear a
request from Billy Sinclair to
operate a day care center on Lone
Oak Street.
Only one member of the board,
James P. Richards, showed up for a
meeting April 11 to consider Sin-
clair's request. Another meeting
will be set and necessary adver-
tisement made in compliance with
law.
Sinclair is seeking a special use
permit from the city to operate the
business at his property on Lone
Oak Street, He formerly was denied
the request. He says he did not
know that he must file suit within 10
days of a denial to object to the
board of adjustments' ruling. He
appeared at the next city council
meeting, but members of the coun-
cil told him that the council has no
power over the board of adjustmen-
ts.
The discussion at the Thursday
evening meeting got somewhat
heated between Sinclair, Richards,
City Manager Doug Driggers and
property owners. Sinclair has com-
plained that he is being
discriminated against. A special
use permit was granted last year
for a piece of property across the
street from his for the same pur-
pose.
He says city government has no
feelings for the common citizens of
Rusk.
Sinclair says all he wants is a fair
shake. "We have a group of people
who answer to no one here,'' he says
in reference to the Board of Ad-
justments. "They make their rules
as they go. It's the fault of the
citizens of Rusk that they run over
us. They run over us and we have no
backbone to tell them they can't. A
man isn't much of a man if he won't
stand up for what he thinks is
right," Sinclair says.
Sinclair says he would hire an at-
torney, but doesn't have the money
He noted that he probably couldn't
find one to represent him in Rusk.
Baseball
Try-outs
Scheduled
Baseball tryouts and registration
for boys ages 13-16 are scheduled
for Saturday beginning at 1:30 p.m.
The 13 and 14 year olds will register
at 1:30 p.m. and the 15 and 16 year
olds will register at 2:30 p.m.
All registrants who are new in the
program, or who are moving up to a
new age group are scheduled for
tryouts.
Tryouts for the girls softball
program will not be held as
scheduled.
Registration for boys ages 7 to 18
and girls ages 10 to 15 will continue
until May 1. Saturday from 9a.m. to
noon will be a scheduled
registration time, according to
Robert Watson. Additional infor-
mation can be obtained from him at
683-4718.
'Round T own
With Mrs. Roundabout
Candidates Will Appear
On Rusk Radio Stations, Cable TV
here on Monday April 29, and Billy
Flanagan will appear On the show
on Tuesday, April 30. They are
vying with several others for the
seat to be vacated when Hall is ap-
pointed to a federal judgeship.
The show is aired from 8 to 9:30
a.m. weekdays. Glenn English is
co-host.
Some phrases stand out in our
minds. There are those like,
"Father, forgive them for they
know not what they do," also, "The
world will little note nor long
remember what we say and do here
today."
And then there are these words,
"They don't think he'll make it,"
which strike a ringing fear in the
hearts of all who hear. Such was the
pronouncement with regard to my
brother by marriage, Glen Ivy of
Houston, early last Wednesday
morning.
It is a chilling statement that
marks the journey for those who
wait, watch and pray during hours
of agony, while life hangs in the
balance.
Fortunately, his five by-pass
heart surgery is a success and the
90/50 chance given at the outset is
proving to be the happy side of the
equation. He moved from "very
critical" to "critical" and now is
Improved toa "poor" status!
It is difficult to find humor when
one is under such great stress.
But. .while we maintained a vigil, it
became a preoccupation for me to
find something to bring a fleeting
smile to my sister's strained, tear-
streaked face.
Wt sisters, there's three of m,
catch the brunt of It when jokes are
aimed at short folks. We're net
terribly short, but we are shorter
than the reel ef the family mem-
ber*. Therefore, M was easy te find
i's bathroom contained
ma in flttursa
And they were wall mounted as op-
to the mar* often ftoat
It Mil lake leng for ma la
that the penan m charge af
had WT im-
probably thought all persons were
tall, too! I mean, I had to prac-
tically stand on tip toe to wash my
hands! And that was just one-half of
the problem for short people!
And then one of the doctors in-
troduced was addressed as Dr. Bill
Bond. In my hysterical desperation,
I said, "Oh yes, the brother of
James Bond!" You can see I was
trying.
Another of the doctors, to remain
unidentified, came in to talk about a
problem of urine elimination. He
said, "Well, he's P—, but he's not
making enough P~." And you can
fill in the blanks and pick up your
bridge work just as we did!
This is not to be construed as
derogatory comments from me.
Quite to the contrary. The Houston
hospital (Memorial Southwest)
does a fine job of making families
comfortable during their times of
trauma. And the personnel gives
service that is warmly wrapped in
love, care, concern, kindness, un-
derstanding and the list goes on.
And the staff even has a sense of
humor Read this. Several from the
coronary op room were checking
out the cafeteria offering for the
evening and precious little was left.
It had been a bountiful spread, as
we like to say in East Texas, but a
lot of people had dined there during
serving hours.
As they surveyed the limited
feeds left, ene suggested they eel
alaaiatinrn 1 ml annlKnr n*4*A "Vaa
this definitely calls tar a r«Unary
hvpaae "
New the hour af crime has
pasead and anatiMr phrase Is
ringing in my ears With Uw
I raa say M til
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The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1985, newspaper, April 18, 1985; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151692/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.