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Page Two—CHEROKEE AN/HERALD of Rusk, Texas—Thursday, March 30,1995
Rusk celebrates Main Street status
i
Rusk officially became a Main
Street City during Main Street fes-
tivities Wednesday afternoon on the
east side of the Cherokee County
Courthouse in downtown Rusk.
On hand to designate Rusk as a
Main Street City were Texas First
and Second Ladies Laura Welch
Bush and Jan Felts Bullock.
Mrs. Bush was born and reared in
Midland, where she attended public
schools. Following her high school
graduation, she attended Southern
Methodist University and received
a Bachelor of Science degree in edu-
cation. She completed her formal
education with a Masters in Library
Science from the University ofTexaa
at Austin.
She taught second, third and
fourth grades and served as librar-
ian in public schools in Dallas, Hous-
ton and Austin.
*n Dallas, she served on the boards
of numerous civic and community
organizations. She was a member of
the board of directors of The Friends
of the Dallas Public Library, the
Dallas Zoological Society, Child Pro-
tective Services Community Part-
ners and Bryan's Friends, an auxil-
iary of Bryan House, a home for
children with AIDS.
Mrs. Bush and her husband, Gov.
GeorgeBush, are parents of 13-year-
old twin daughters. The Bush fam-
ily is active in the United Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Bullock, wife of Lt. Gov. Bob
, Bullock, brougtht greetings from the
Texas Historical Commission. She
was born in Austin, where she at-
tended Austin public schools and
the University of Texas. She and
her huoV^and are parents of three
children, Lindy (Mrs. Phil) Ward,
Kimberly Teague and Bob Bullock
Jr.
She is a licensed real estate agent
and licensed interior designer. Mrs.
Bullock íb a member of the Austin
Women's Political Caucus; Board,
100 Club of Austin (dedicated to help-
ing families of law enforcement of-
ficers killed in the line of duty); hon-
orary president of the Senate Wives
Club; member of the Texas State
Official Wives' Club; board member
of the Friends of the Governor's
Mansion and member of the Sam
Houston Society. She is a member of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
lution, Thankful Hubbard Chapter
of Austin; William Barrett Travis
Chapter of the Daughters of the Re-
public of Texas; National Society of
Magna Carta Dames.
She and her husband were hon-
ored in 1993 by the Executive Direc-
tors of the Texas Council on Family
Violence for their commitment to
and advocacy for family violence ser-
vice and laws. They were honored in
1992 by the Mental Health Associa-
tion in Texas for their service to the
people of Texas.
Mrs. was named by the Texas
Historical Commission to serve as a
Texas Preservation Trust Fund
Guardian, assistingTHC in preserv-
ing historic architectural and pre-
historic and historical archeological
properties of the state.
She served as an official state rep-
resentative of the tour for new cities
inducted into the Historical
Commission's Main Street Project, a
long-range effort to revitalize the
economy and encourage historical
recognition of downtown areas across
the state.
Mrs. Bullock was named by the
State Preservation Board to chair
the capitol Restoration Project's
Capitol Fund Drive to raise private
donations to purchase and restore
authentic"furnishings and artwork
for the Capitol. She represented
Texas in visits to Mexican orphan-
ages and other Health and Human
Service facilities in Saltillo after be-
ing appointed by Coahuila Governor
Eliseo Mendoza-Berrueto.
Both of the women were very com-
plimentary of Rusk and the recep-
tion of local citizens. In fact, it was
said that the Rusk program and
welcome was the finest they had
received
They encouraged Rusk citizens to
strive to make the community the
Best Main Street City in the State.
Fifteen years ago the Texas His-
torical Commission began the Main
Street program that has expanded
to small cities throughout the United
States. Mrs. Bullock said "The Eyes
of Texas are watching the program
and the progress being made in the
Main Street cities."
Mrs. Bush graciously commented
on the honor on living in the
Governor's Mansion, the same house
where Sam Houston lived.
During the festivities, an architec-
tural drawing for the renovation of
the Summers building on the south-
east corner of the square was un-
veiled. Owner of the building is Sa-
rah Summers, who was represented
at the ceremonies by Judge and Mrs.
J. W. Summers.
The invocation was offered by the
Rev. Dr. Bill Everett and the bene-
diction by the Rev. Everett
McCollum. The pledges to the flags
were lead by Boy Scouts and Cub
Scouts. Special music was provided
by the Rusk Elementary School
Choir. Chris Guy and Danielle Lade
distributed flags and programs, pre-
sented gifts to the honored guests
and held down the veil for the draw-
ing.
Following the ceremonies a recep-
tion was held in HBC's on the Square.
Among the honored guests was
Janet Staples, wife of State Rep.
Todd Staples. Mrs. Staples was
reared in Madisonville and gradu-
ated from high school there. She is a
homemaker and a member of the
Norwood Heights Baptist Church.
She is involved in the Harvey's
Women's Club, Pionette Garden
Club, Joyful Ringers Hand Bell
Choir, Palestine Junior Service
League and Baptist Young Women.
Other honored guests included
Jean Kaspar, member of the Texas
Historical Commission and chair of
the Texas Main Street Committee;
John L. Nau III, chair of the Texas
Historical Commission; Chris
Williston, Independent Bankers As-
sociation of Texas, sponsor of the
Main Street tours; Lucy Weber, In-
terim Director of the Governor's
Commission for Women; Diana
Stapleton, Heart ofTyler Main Street
Manager; Sara Collins, Heart of
Tyler Main Street Executive Assis-
tant; Anice Read, Texas Main Street
Executive Director; Terry Colley,
Texas Main Street Program Direc-
tor; and John Allen Templeton,
Cherokee County Historical Com-
mission chairman.
Among those who contributed to
make the day a success were the
Rusk Police, volunteers and reserves,
who all worked to provide security
and traffic control; Rusk Firemen,
who had washed down the streets
the night before and provided ush-
ers for the dedication ceremonies;
and employees of the Rusk City
Street Department, who worked
many hours, sometime late into the
night, making sure everything was
clean for the event.
I I I I I I I I I I I I
bt Marie Whitehead
Cherokeean/Herald editor
W'ell, it is now official. The
community of Rusk is a
Main Street City! If you
were there last Wednesday, March
22, you'saw it happen. First Lady
Laura Bush stood on the East
side of the Courthouse and
pronounced the deed done! She
was assisted by our Second Lady
of Texas, Jan Bullock, in
making appropriate remarks.
Our own Stephanie Caveness
is the gal to whom much credit for
this recognition is due. Years
before she returned to Rusk, back
in the 70s it was, Steph wrote a
letter to the editor, encouraging
and supporting the idea of restora-
tion for downtown Rusk. Yes! More
than 15 years ago. Well, who
would accuse her of coming home
just to work toward a dream? Not
likely, but without her dream,
before she got here, would this
have happened? As she sat with
the distinguished guests, your
writer thought, "Yeah, without
Steph, you-all wouldn't be here
today!"
She would be the first to quickly
disclaim credit, pointing to the
group effort this project has been.
And yet, her leadership was
essential to success. Every project
must have a leader! As a parent, I
felt sadness inside, tears in my
eyes, for thé absence of her late
father, Paul. He would have
rejoiced with wife Delphine,
Steph's husband and everyone else
who attained the goal. And
especially proud of, and proud for,
his daughter.
It is not too surprising that
funds to help establish the Main
Street goal were accomplished by
all those events sponsored by the
Make It Happen group! And how
good they can feel that their
energies channeled through the
MIH work really did "make it
happen."
Now that Rusk has been booted
off to such a good start by Tom
McDonald, the help of Main
Street supporters is going to make
reaching the goal a reality. Just
back off and watch the changes!
(Tom is the resident artist/
architect who has done wonders
for Tosh Insurance Agency,
Main Street Crossing and the
new Video Store.)
After Wednesday's big downtown
function, the shift made a swing,
so to speak, to the Big Band
music concert of Thursday night.
The fund raiser for the RH8 Band
trip to Florida was well attended
and er\joyed. Two in the audience
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were Frank and Mary Madden.
Frank really likes Big Band. The
evening took a downward turn
after that for the couple. Mary
went home, made a batch of
muffins and as she put them in the
oven to bake, she realized the
diamond from her wedding band
was just... gone! The stone and six
yellow gold prongs attached—
missing, broken off—gone. Need-
less to say, they have retraced
their steps to a church meeting
before Big Band, and all other
areas thereafter, including a
thorough survey of their own home
premises. Now you can see that
here is an item of great sentimen-
tal value to Mary and Frank.
Should you be lucky enough to find
it, there is a generous reward
waiting for you. The area for
search: First United Methodist
Church, its parking lot, also the
RJH Cafetorium. It's small
enough to lose, but big enough to
find, so there is hope, we hope!
Well, everyone is calling the
winter we had "mild." And these
same voices predict lots of bugs,
insects, winged pesks. Because we
lacked the cold weather needed to
wipe out some of that population.
But think how happy the birds
are! Have you noticed? Very busy.
It remains to be seen how well the
fruit trees faired during one of the
several cool snaps. To date, no
damage to the dogwood blossoms
or the berry blooms! Yea! If you
want to see a showy display of
dogwoods at their best, drive on
Euclid Street. Leave Highway 69
and head north. Eryoy garlands
and garlands of wisteria in the
yard of Marvin Troublefleld.
Just a few feet more and you are
in front of the home of John and
Mary Daly where the dogwoods
abound. Truly worth the drive.
This area is also across the street
ftrom Walter and Suzanne
Vermillion where the azaleas are
lovely, too! Spring is quite nice,
don't you think?
Turning to words about people,
we need to note that June and
Rudy Cervenka had kids and
grandkids last week! Happy time.
Robert and Grace Cervenka
with children Christopher and
Kimberly from China Grove,
near San Antonio, were here for
a visit. Also, the Rusk Cervenkas
went to the meeting of the Texas
Chapter LST Association in
Kerrville. Reunion for them. War
veterans. Landing Ship Transpor-
tation, I think. Rudy is the
Chapter historian. They went on
to Corpus after that for a visit
with R. W. and Connie and more
nu>r i Jfl
PATRIOTIC TEXAS music was presented by the Rusk Elementary School Choir during Rusk
Main Street Program on the East Side of the Cherokee County Courthouse. Texas First and
Second Ladies Laura Bush and Jan Bullock officially designated Rusk as s Texas Main Street
City. -ataff photo
Austin Report
From the State Senate
By Sen. Drew Nixon
Senatorial District 3
Since I have been in the Senate, I
have tried to oppose government
intrusion into the lives of citizens
across the state. Government has a
duty, but I don't feel that includes
controlling our daily lives. In this
particular edition of my column, I
would like to focus on one of these
instances so that you, the people of
East Texas who sent me to Austin to
represent you, will know exactly how
I am opposing government interfer-
ence in our lives.
Recently Senator Jerry Patterson
proposed a measure in the State
Affairs Committee to repeal the
mandatory motorcycle helmet law.
Clearly, wearing a helmet is the pref-
erable action but it is a decision that
the rider must make for himself, not
an occasion for the government to
decide what is best.
I spoke with many riders during
the course of this debate and I con-
cluded that it is the individual who
should make the decision to wear a
helmet, not the government. Motor-
cyclists from across the district
stopped by my office to voice their
united opposition to the helmet law.
In the end, after evaluating the evi-
dence, I supported the repeal.
n
Letters
To The Editor
PTO calls SpringFest a success
Grands! Good time was had by
all, needless to say!
At the Main Street ceremonies,
folks were entertained grandly by
the RISD Elementary School
Choir. Directed by Cindy
Cunningham. She does a good job
with the young people. Dan Lade
was watching his young son. All
watched, applauded. During an
interlude, Dan said his dad, Jim,
was feeling better after a serious
health problem in January. He is
wished the very best!
Winston Power, mate of Irene,
is facing a few stressful days. He
has some tests to undergo and has
already been given an indication
that it could be serious. With his
optimistic outlook and faith,
however, he is bound to get along
just fine! It is very much wished.
The bad news for Dorothy
Jackson, Aunt Dot to family,
Miss Dot to friends, is that she
suffered a stroke recently. The
good news is that she received
minimal damage and can expect to
return to a normal life. Just not
real soon. It may be several
months or more before she will be
allowed to return to her work,
which is cooking for all the people
- she loves. Of course, we all wish
her a speedy come-back to great
health!
Sympathy goes to Charles
Sharp and family in the loss of his
brother, Walter Lee Sharp Jr.
recently. Also, condolences to the
family of Peggy Baird. Some of
you who have lived here for a
while will remember Peg's late
sister, Beaulah (Grade) Allen
who worked at the Post Office
many years. Beaulah always
shared with us the news of Peg
and family coming to visit.
This family lived here, no doubt,
when Elton Miller owned this
publication! And he wrote a note
last week to say "You are doing a
great job in Rusk." He loved this
area and has never lost touch with
its people. When was he here?
From 1934 to 1937!
It's time to wrap this up. Be
mindAil of the pine pollen which
abounds this year! Try to remem-
ber that '95 was THE year for a
heavy cover of the lovely, pale
yellow powder. I can say that. I am
not allergic to it. Now, if you sit
outside in a yard chair, wipe the
chair off first, otherwise you will
have a golden glow to your back
side when you get up!
For benefit of you who live afar,
the long needle pine tree in the
yard of the late Lewis and Eloiae
McCarroll is now gone. Cut down,
after it expired. The spot looks
empty, which it is. I miss it.
Empty spot in my heart, too.
This past Saturday, the Rusk Pri-
mary PTO sponsored a SpringFest
for primary students. This was a
carnival type reward for
all pre-K through second
grade students. Tickets
for the booths were
earned based on good;
behavior and were
awarded to the students
by their teachers. Ap- ;
proximately 400 primary
students attended the
festival.
The PTO would like to
publicly thank Brookshire Bros.,
First State Bank, Rusk Quarterback
Club, the Department of Public
Safety and Rusk Nursing Home for
their assistance in our festival.
We would also like to thank the
Great American Cookie Co., 49 'n
More Video Store, Movie Land, Wal-
Mart, Dub Isaacs, Johnny Isaacs
and Barbara's Burgers for their help
with prizes for our drawings.
To Mr. Murray, Mrs. Long and Mr.
Foreman, we say thank-you. We
cannot express enough
appreciation to the fac-
ulty and staff of RISD
and especially the
teachers of Rusk Pri-
m ty. Without their
support and help, the
"PTO could not have ar-
ranged and carried out
this project.
Last, but definitely
not least, we would like
to thank the parents of all the chil-
dren who attended. Many hours of
hard work went into making this a
success, and we appreciate everyone
who helped and who brought their
children out to ery'oy the festivities.
Thank you,
Lanette Sessions
vice-president
Rusk Primary PTO
Wit ' n W i s d o m
'Spring Cleaning Time'
by Everett, the Methodist
special to the cherokeean/herald
Saturday morning I slipped out of
bed rather quietly and made coffee
and retrieved the morningpaper and
served the coffee in bed thinking
about a lazy, restful morning.
She smelled the coffee and her
eyes popped open immediately. I
knew I was in trouble ... I've seen
that look before, and it's a look that
is feared by most husbands.
I grab my head and feign a mi-
graine, but it's no use because she
accepts no excuses.
Her biological clock struck the
hour. The time is at hand. There is
no day circled on the calendar... it's
just instinct. Wives wake up on a
Saturday and announce that it's
"Spring cleaning time."
She begins to list the things to be
done today. I complain, "Honey,
Rome wasn't built in a day."
Yeah, I know," she replied. "And
that has always bugged me. If I had
been the pusher on that job, I think
I could have handled it on one good
Saturday."
After 30 years of marriage, I have
learned to be prepared, so I have
saved some jobs that I consider pref-
erable to those on her list.
I can mow the grass in low gear
and that takes care of the morning.
My trailer has needed unloading
since November, so that takes a
couple of hours.
Butalas,myluckrunsout. "Honey,
it's dark, let's quit," I moan.
"It's still Saturday until midnight,
and there's work to be done," she
quips. Then she mentions some-
thing about, "If you had found high
gear on that tractor, we would be
through."
All humor aside, Lent is a season
that is quickly passing. A season to
get ready ... to clean house spiritu-
ally ... that we might receive the
fullness of the Easter hope. Any
time is a good time to repent and
turn again toward God. Why not do
it now? Now is always the perfect
time.
Book Nook
SlNGLETARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY
by Ruth Mathers
special to the cherokeean/herald
Singletary Memorial Library will
beobservingNational Library Week,
April 10-14, in two special ways.
That week will be amnesty week
at the Library. There will be no
fines charged on overdue library ma-
terials returned Monday through
Friday.
Library announces
"Amnesty Week" for
overdue books.
We will also have Night of a
Thousand Stare Tuesday, April
11, in the Catholic Church at the
Railroad Park from 7 to 9 p.m.
"Night" is a reading celebration with
local stars doing the reading. No
one is ever too old to be read to, so
come share the fan.
Poem for the First Lady
Editor's Note: The following la
a letter, written by Rusk Pri-
mary School Second Graders
and presented to Texas First
Lady Laura Bush during a Rusk
visit.
Dear First Lady:
Our Dear First Lady
You are special to us.
We are so glad
You came to Rusk!
There are many things to see
In our little town.
Like roses, schools and pine trees.
All you do is look around
Our Footbridge is a famous star.
Because it goes so very far.
The Rusk Railroad is there, too
For everyone like you.
We wish you luck in other places
We hope you meet smiling faces.
This is all we have to say
We hope you have a special day.
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month is Anne Frank's "Diary of a
Young Girl," (a new version, with
material included that Anne's fa-
ther left out when he did the editing
on the older version).
For mystery fans we have "Burn"
by John Lutz, "Traitor's Gate" by
Anne Perry, "Burn' by Jeremiah
Healy, and "Hardware," a Carlotta
Carlyle mystery, by Linda Barnes.
We also have Maeve Binch/a new-
est book, The Glass Lake and a
contemporary romantic suspense
tale, Pearl Moon by Katherine Stone.
I really eiy'oyed this one.
But my favorite of the new books is
The Seventh Scroll" by Wilbur A.
Smith. This is an action adventure
that hooked me on page one. I stayed
up till 3:30 a.m. to finish this novel
because I was so entertained I lost
track of time.
Be sure to mark your calendar for
Night of a Thousand Stars on April
11th, and happy reading.
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