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The Rusk Cherokeean
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Successor to "The Pioneer" Established 1847
VOLUME 19
RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1938
NUMBER 36
NEXT WEEK IS
CLEANUP WEEK
CITY OF RUSK
Alto Commissioner
Is Taken By Death
Funeral services were he!d Sunday
' afternoon for M. Wilmer Rozelle, 53,
TEXAS AS A WHOLE IS TO of Alto, commissioner of Precinct 2
CLEAN UP DURING THE j who died suddenly shortly after mid-
SAME WEEK
Clean Up Week in Rusk next week
is a part of a state program and will
be pushed with the hope of making
at least as good a showing here as
in neighboring cities.
This week has been proclaim'!
State Clean-Up and Paint-Up Week
by Governor James V. Allred in an
official proclamation issued at Aus-
tin. State and city-wide clean-up cam-
paigns arc scheduled by officials
over the State, the campaigns to fa-
cilitate public health protection, les-
sen fire loss, and promote public
safety.
night Friday night, of a heart attack.
He was stricken late Friday after-
noon, and death came at one o'clock
Saturday morning. Rev. G. C. Car-
ter, pastor of the Alto Methodist
church, of which Mr. Rozelle was a
member, conducted the service.
He was seiVing his second term as
commissioner atid was not a candi-
date for reelection. Prior to his elec-
tion as commissioner, he served as
public weigher at Alto. He was well
known through the county.
Besides his wife, he is survived by
his mother, Mrs. Mollie Rozelle, of.
Rusk, and four children. The children
are Leland; M, W. Jr. and Ralph,
and Alene, all of Alto. He is also
partment will jointly sponsor the
week.
Clean-Up Week is an important
week 'an Texas, important Ibecause
every dollar in property destroyed by
fire is lost forever. "Careless house-
keeping" in the home and in business
paves the way for unestimated fire
loss, and all lire loss is, to a large
percent, preventable by exercising re-
cognized laws of fire prevention and
control.
Every citizen has pride in his home
city, its streets, playgrounds, nntrks.
anil U'.ildings. Homes and buildings
fleshly painted, with well kept lawns
and gardens, increase values and in-
tensify community interest. Cleanli-
ness creates confidence.
The Texas State Department of
Health and the Fire Insurance De- survived by a sister, Mrs. Albert
Singletary of Alto, and a brother,
Tom Rozelle, of Sujrarland.
Burial was made in the family plat
at Shiloh, two miles northwest of
Alto.
NO OPPOSITION
TO CANDIDATES
SCHOOL—CITY
OFFICERS WHOSE TERMS
. EXPIRE ONLY ONES TO
SEEK PLACES
sing
city and school elections to . be held
over the weekend. In both cases the
three outgoing officers will be can.
didates for reelection without oppo-
sition, at least no candidates for al-
dermen or for the school board have
filed except those filing for reelee-
tic-n and the time limit expired last
Friday night.
Three city aldermen are to be el-
ected and the three up for re_elec-
tion are M. B. Ellis, R. L. Hatchett
and J. P. Acker, Jr. Three members
of the school board up for re-elec-
tion are A. E. Loney, G. W. Nelson
and T. W. Snelling. In bcth cases
names will appeal' en the ballot i
the order listed above,
The city election will be held Tues-
day, April 5 and the school election
will be held tomorrow.
Saturday is schc.ol election day al!
over the county and state.
Funeral Services Held
For Homer Ge;
THE 300 ACRE
CUCUMBER GOAL
REACHED HERE w t f
Funeral services were held at four
. ... I o'cl jck Thursday afternoon at ithe
MANY FARMERS OBTAIN jjrs. E. L. Gregg home for Homer
SEED HERE LAST
SATURDAY
It was believed, following the cu-
cumber meeting held last Saturday
afternoon that there was no doubt
but what the required acreage would
be pledged to assure Cherokee coun-
ty growers that the pickling vats
will be in operation furnishing them
a market for their crop.
The meeting was well attended and
most of the farmers took their seed
home with them and others have been
j calling for their seed at the office
| of the c.-unty agent this week.
Some of the pledge books are still
| out and it is impossible to get a
| definite check on the acreage pledge
j ed, but ii is believed that the 300 ac-
1 re mark has either been passed or
j approximately reached.
Winfield Gee, 55, who died at his
home in Dallas about midnight Tues-
day night.
He was born at Pilot Point, No-
vember 30, 1882 and married to
Florrie Gregg, of Rusk, December 28
1908. Burial was made in the Rusk
cemetery with Rev. E. L. Craig of-
ficiating and Benton Bros, in charge
of arrangements.
ELECTRICITY IS
NEXT GOAL OF
LOCAL FARMERS
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
BEING GIVEN FAVORABLE
CONSIDERATION
Rural petrification is the next
goal of Cherokee county farmers,
who are highly interested in the pro„
gram which has gained much mo-
mentum during the past week.
A number of petitions were signed
up at recent farm meetings asking
*
He was a prominent citizen in Dal-j for a survey to determine the possi-
las where he was engaged in the j bilities and when the petitions were
loan and investment business and in j sent to Waco a rural electrification
Pilot Point where he was president ! engineer was sent here to make a
of the Pilot Point National Bank. I preliminary check-up on the situa-
He was also well known, loved and tion. County Agent C. Metz ITeald
respected by his many friends in f and his force have been contacting
Rusk and Cherokee county.
Besides his wife, he is survived by
one brother, W. H. Gee and one sis-
ter, Mrs, James Hellings,
Kansas City.
Jareds Ooenine
Set For Saturdav
Jareds 5 c to $1.00 store moved this | County N2edy Receive
ter Ritehey, J. C. Williams, H. B
Odom, H, F. Stevens, B. E. Stoyali, pro.'
ira Hall and Summers Norman.
Foster Program At
High School Toniie
Over $36,000 In Year
iveek to its new location on the
south side of the square where em-
ployees are busy arranging stock and j —
getting ready for a Grand Opening j Cherokee County needy received a
sale which starts Saturday mcrning. j total of $36..->15.!)3 worth ol food and
The new location has been com-1 clothing through distribution of sur-
nietely refinished with the most mod- j plus c< n mod sties during 1937 accnr:!-
ern front. The interior has been .re- j ing to a report compiled this we.-'k
. plastered and new oak floors laid,! by J. J. Bot^f.i, Supervisor. Of this
The past decade has seen ^entire./ ; ma}{jn„ the store one of the most at- j amount better than S 10,000 was in
too many Texans lose then- lives by.,.^ Jn ^ 8<,ctk)n>
careless daily use ol fire. Preserva- A ,ete annou„cement of the
tion of human life is an important | Satm,iuv j ht found plse.
matter. Any agency wn.ch eontn- , / thjg ,
butes to gfleater human safety de- j .
serves the attention of thinking citi-
zens. Clean-Up Week in Te:;as is
such an agency. Its advantages are
obvious: in contribution to a cleaner,
safer, happier place in wlrcb to live. Home loans to Texans totaling $1,-
l,\j manei how large or .-"nail the , aos,&48 were made during February
Many Home Loans
Made In February
community.
Cities and towns of Texas will con-
duct Tclean-up programs of far reach-
ing activity. Shedules are cleaning,
draining, graveling of alleys, cleaning
city parks and playgrounds. Malaria
control, fire prevention, garbage and
trash disposal, throraugh spring
housecleaning fcr city and home will
be encouraged.
Bud Hall Killed
When Hit By Train
Bud Hall, about 63, was ir.stantly
killed ab (it four o'clcik Thursday
afternoon when he was struck by the
westbound Cotton Belt jitney between
Delmar and Oakland Crossing. The
W. H. Wallace ambulance was called
and brought the body to Rusk.
No details of the accident or fun-
eral arrangements were available be-
fore the Cherokeean went to press.
Mrs. Rozelle Named
Commsisioner Pre. 3
The Commissioners Court Saturday
night appointed Mrs. M. W. Rozelle
as commissioner of Precinct No. 2,
to fill the unexpired term of hep, have available, when needed, the fa-
husband. j cilities of the Federal Home Loan
The term will expire January 1,1 Bank System of which they are mem-
by the 1117 instrre*) savings and loan
associations in the State, according
to figures, just complied by the Fed-
eral Home Loan Bank of Little .Hocks
This, was an increase of. $200,000
over the previous month and Was' the
largest ainount loaned by the Texas
associations in any similar period
since last July. The loans averaged
about $2,00C each, aftd the proceeds
from a third of them were used for
the construction of new homes, while
another third went toward the pur-
chase of existing dwellings. The pop-
ularity of the associations' lending
plan, Bank officials said, is further
evidenced by the large amount of old
loans the associations are refinancing
under tl$ monthly direct-reduction
system. The loans made by the asso-
ciations are payable in small monthly
installments over a number of year-
in amounts equal to rent.
The lending activities of the First
Federal Savings and Loan Associa-
tion in Rusk whose shares are insured
are included in the figures just pre-
pared by the Bank. During the com-
ing months, much more home build-
ing is anticipated, and the Bank of-
ficials stated the associations have
ample funds to care for the expected
increased loan demand. In addition to
their own resources the associations
1939,
POSTPONED ORDINATION
SERVICE TO HE HELD
The Ffrst Presbyterian Church will
hold the ordination and installation
service that was supposed to be held
last Sunday, on April 3rd at the el-
even o'clock service. Three elders
and three deacons will be ordained
and installed. The service wa3 post-
poned because of the rain storm of
last week. The pastor, Rev. Marsh
M. Callaway will preach a sermon
fitting the occasion. Mr. Callaway
will also preach at seven-thirty.
Christian Endeavor at sixthirty. The
public is invited to attend these ser-
vices.
FORMER OFFICIAL VISITS
OLD FRIENDS IN RUSK
T. J, Stovall, of Fort Worth, form-
er Cherokee county official, is vis-
iting relatives and old friends here
this week.
"POOR MARRIED MAN"
AT OAKLAND SCHOOL, APR. 8
A play "Poor Married Man", will
be given at the Oakland school, Fri-
day r<ght, April 8.
bers.
New investment funds received by
the insured associations in Texas in
February totaled $1,017,226 .Which
compares very favorably with pre-
vious months. For the past year sav-
ings placed in the associations have
shown substantial gains, month by
month, which the officials attributed
largely to the insurance protection of
$5,000 for each account provided by
the Federal Savings and Loan Insur-
ance Corporation.
QUARTERLY B. T. U,
ASSOCIATION TO MEET
The Cherokee County Baptist
Training Union Association will have
its regular quarterly meetng on Sun-
day, April 3, at 2:30 p. m. with the
First Baptist Church of Rusk. All
quarterly report should be submitted
at this meeting. The efficiency and
attendance banners will be awarded.
The program consists of two short
plays. The B. T. U. members of Rusk
are presenting Dr. B. Y. P.U" and
the Central Baptist Church of Jack-
sonville will present "A Vision of B.
Y.P.U."
A large attendance is desired and
expected.
food and better than $25,000 was in
clothing.
Following is the complete report
for the year from January 1, to De-
cember 31, 1937:
Fresh apples, 5,2!J1 lbs., dry beans,
500 lbs., eggs, 510 dozen, Flour, 12.
800 lbs., Cans fruit, 110, fresh grape-
fruit, 70,812 lbs,, cans of grepefi-yit
juice, 3,304, canned meat, 3,029 cans,
milk, 3,332 cans, rolled oats, 450 lbs.,
dry skim milk, 1,273 lbs.; evaporated
onions, 4,500 Ibss. dry peaches, 1,188
pounds, dry peas, 2,799 pounds, po-
tatoes, 3,990 lbs; diied prunes, 5,844
lb. rice grits, 1,200 lbs. canned vege-
tables 13,387 cans.
Total retail value food, $10,783.28
Childrens' Clothing, 6,537, Infants,
3,795; clothing, M and YM, 4.492; clo-
thing, W & M, 4,834, omforts and
quilts, 286; pillow cases, 552; sheets,
356; towels, huck & terry, 2,789; mis_
cellaneous articles, 76
Total retail value foods and cloth-
ing, $36,515.93
A special report for the month of
March of this year shows there were
145 cases reeiving food serving 584
people. To these was distributed 630
pounds of dried apples, 136 pounds
of fresh apples, 101 pounds of rice,
10 pounds of dried peas and 5,430
pounds of Irish potatoes.
A total of 88 cases received cloth-
ing for the month for 411 persons.
To these were issued 2,702 garments.
During the month the store room
received 5,231 garments, 13,000 lbs.
of Irish potatoes, 800 pounds of rice.
750 pounds of dried peas, 1,400
pounds of dried apples and 3,864
pounds of fresh apples.
RUSK HIGH INVITED TO
SING FESTIVAL, SAN MARCOS
Rusk high school has been invited
to participate in the big Singing Fes-
val which will be held at Southwest
Texas Teachers College at San Mar-
cos Friday and Saturday, April 8 and
9.
Over one hundred high schools in
Central Texas were sent invitations
to attend the Festival, the first of
its kind sponsored by the college.
The purpose of the Festival is to
promote the growing interest in high
school choral, quartet, and solo sing-
ing. Each school may make entries
in one or all of the following: boys'
glee club, girls' glee club, mixed
chorus, boys' quartet, girls' quartet,
mixed qtaartet, and tenor, bass, bari-
tone, sporano, or contmlto soloist.
H. Grady Harlan, head of the col-
lege voice department, will direct the
activities during the Festival. The
prformances will be judged by com-
petent musicians from prominent mu-
sic departments in schools through-
out the state.
BAND BOOSTERS MEET
The Band Boosters meet Tuesday,
April 5.
All mothers, who have children
going to tihe contest at Huntsvill®,
are urged to be present.
Tennis Fans Invited
To Join Night Club
Tennis fans who are interested in
i lighting the courts at the high school j
are urged to get behind the project j
i which is being worked out by a group |
of local players who do not have the j
opportunity to play in daylight.
According to present plar
.-•burls w;H be lighted with members
and their immediate families entitled
to play. Coin meters will be installed
with those wishing to play paying for
their own lights.
Tr, order to put the proposition fiv-
er. it will require sixty-five membeif-
with an initial fee of $2.00 each and junior high Choral Club and dar.e
farmers this week to see how many
would use the service if it is obtained
and have been meeting with very
both of favorable response in fact many
farmers are enthusiastically in fav_
fail bearers were Ray Odom, Wal- or of the plan.
Rural electrification lines, if ap-
run along the mores
thickly settled routes as it is neces-
sary to obtain a given number of
connections for each mile c-f line.
Often the n^ct
maintained by
comnihities wl
rent. That iss
:sary
conn
Rusk high
be nosts to tl
chool Choral Club
schools of the vie
two i in a Stephen Collins Foster pre.
at the high school this eve
".•hflfe they will sing his well-la
songs.
The schools and their rapresi
t ivies are as. follows: J asks or
high school Choral Club, directe
Mrs. Egbert Copeland; Jacksc-r
ram
lir.g
i oute.
ttiunitj
ity' co
rage can be
ig two rural
i ar- without cui'-
sc ratio might not
b'. ween the two
>mmunities boost it
i j ruber for the
• -missable to mn a
• line into a com-
: >'ed by some un-
directed by Grace Mallard Campbell;
Dialville high Choral Club, directed
Complete information on the plan i by Miss Thurman; Rusk grade shools
50c per month for eight months, mak-
ing n total cost of $6 per member.
may be had from Tom Shearon, J.
1". Boatner or Teddy Butler.
4-H Club Boys Will
Enter Cotton Contest
Cherokee County 4-H Club boys
will again enter the long staple cot-
ton contest sponsored by Anderson,
Clayton and Co. through the Texas
Extension Service, according to as-
sistant County Agent Alfred Crock-
er.
Six $100 scholarships for an Ag-
ricultural course in an Agricultural
college will be given the winners.
Texas is divided into six sections for
conducting the contest. Boys of this
county will compete against boys
from he eastern
Teams Rank High In
Judging Contests
Ten boys from the agriculture class
of Kusk high school, competing with.
298 boys from 32 East Texas schools,
made an exceptionally good showing
in te Piney Woods FFA Judging
CampbclL "sopranor"Ed Nortor."~bara~ held at SteP*'• Anstf
tone: and Ezell Murdock. tenor. The/; -0"** at ^cogaochcJ
r our teams entered by D. D. Hart,
directed by Miss Hollis; Rusk junior
high, directed by Mrs. Hart and Rusk
Senior hijrh Choral Club, directed by
Mrs. Murdock.
The soloists are Grace Mallard
tone; and Ezell Murdock, tenor. They
will also sing in trio.
Mr. Murdock says there will be
instructor, with the team in horti-
about three-hundred students at this ^'~U"e £labbing first honors.
Members of this team were Alvin
meet. Everyone is invited to come,
especially the teachers and the stu-
dent's parents. The admission is free.
Murdock, John Edward Stover and
McAdoo Edwards. Norman McGee,
representing the class as a one-man
team in wild life indentification was
awarded third place. The soil con-
Rally To Be In May scrvation team took seventh place.
' Members were Barnie Bane, Marion
Future Homemakers
Fifteen hundred students and j Gocisby and L. D. Farrow. The only
teachers from 800 Texas high i team to be eliminated from the state
section of Texas j schools are expected to attend the ! contests at Bryan April 18 was the
which extends from Oklahoma on the i Future Homemakers of Texas Rally live-stock judging team which placed
North to Gulf of Mexico on the South j to be held in San Antonio May5. 6 'n 1^th position. Its members were
and west to include Van Zandt coun- ' and 7. This rally will mark the 19th , Charles Long, Jameg Penn and Ger-
ty.
To be eligible for the contest, boys
must be of club age: 10 to 20 years,
inclusive. He must have at least 3
acres of cotton that will produce a
staple length of 15-16" in length.
The following score card will be
used in selecting the best boy from
each count:
Club member's record of achieve-
ment—50 points.
Participation by the club delegate
annual meeting originally known as ' McGee.
the "State Girl's Clothing Contest". ! contests were finished at noon
The three day meeting is conducted ar*d 'n afternoon the boys were
by the Homemaking Division of the , £iven a trip over the soil conserv".' a
State Board of Vocational Education ■
with Miss Ruth Huey, director.
Tentative plans for the program
incltide a tea at the Governor's Pal- |
ace, a supper for judges, a banquet, j
and meetings of the Future Home- |
makers of Texas to be presided over j
by Nile Lowry, student of Kerrville
projects of the Nacogdoche
At a banquet held for the b"
day night, prizes were award
'•amp.
' n-
Alto Is Winner In
One-Act Plav Cont . t
in club activities such as exhibits, j High School and State President of | In the One-Act Play Contest, the
team demonstrations, jtadging con- j the F. H. T. j final event of the county meet of the
Contest representing guidance re-
ceived through class and home pro-
tests, meetngs, community affairs in
relation to the agricultural program
—25 points.
Leadersip activities—15 points
Story—"My Experience As a 4-H
Club Member"—10 points
In addition to the sectional prize
of a $100 scholarship the Jacksonville
Chamber of Commerce, is giving $50
cash to be divided among the best
three county records.
STUDENTS ARE TO
GIVE THEIR VIEWS
Four high school students are to
give their views on what they think
should be done in Rusk. Herman Ma-
son is to tell what he thinks the Ki-
wanis Club should do as he addresses
the club in their regular meeting on
Tuesday April, 5th. Verna Reynolds
to give hih views on hew to run
the .City of Riisk. and Miss Mae Peace
will tell the churchmen how tp run
the churches of Rusk; and MissVa-
lera Conway will have her chance in
offering valuable suggestions to the
school board and faculty. This is the
first program of this nature that the
Kiwanis Club has given. It promises
to be interesting from a number of
■point; of view. The chairman of the
program committee, Lewis IMcCar-
roll, says he would like to see a full
attendance of the club on hand to
hear their young friends from the
high school.
Interscholastic League, Alto High
School won the first_p!ace decision
ject work for the improvement of with the play, "Two Crooks and a
home and family life will be the out-
standing' feature of the rally.
Childs Ooen Store
Lady". Dialville won second |>laee
with the same play, and Jacksonville
third with "What's a Fixer For"?
The Individual Awards for the best
actor and the best actTess went re-
At Alto This Week ' spectively to Buzzie Duff of Alto, and!
j to Elizabeth Williams of Dialville,
A new Childs Piggly-Wiggly store ! the invalid lady who outwitted two
crooks. Louis Rasrsdale, "The Fixer",
of Jacksonville and Josephine Wil-
kins. playing the invalid in the Alto
play received Honorable Mention. The
acting of Jane Moseley of Jackson-
ville was also outstanding.
Miss Josie Alma Waters coached
the Alto players; Miss Nell Thurman,
those from Dialville high school; and
Miss Crystal Cannon, those from
Jacksonville.
Alto will take its play to the Dis-
trict Meet C; Nacogdoches Friday ev_
ening, April fifiteenth. The best
wishes of all Cherokee County will
iro with the nlaver* as they meet
those from other counties.
is being opened in Alto this week as
part of the expansion .program of
this firm.
The store will be patterned in the
regular Piggly-Wiggly manner ana
carry a full line of foods at the us-
ual Childs reasonable prices.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
You will find a cordial welcome at
the First Christian Church next Sun-
day, April 3.
Bible School meets at 9:45 a. m.:
classes for all the fajilly.
Morning worship begins at 10:50
o'clock; Communion Service, sermon
by the pastor, Rev. J. C. Welch. Ev-
ening worship will begin at 7:30o'-
clock. Come early and enjoy the song
service. The pastor will speak. Come
and bring a friend.
ThiB is the first Sunday night ser-
vice the church has had in a long
time. The friends or visitore of the
city are invite<f to any or all of there
services.
NEW GROCERY STORE
A grocery store was opened this
week on the south side of the square
in the building formerly occupied by
F. D, Waldrop, by C. H. Durham, of
Palestine.
The store has a market in
connection.
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