The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1950 Page: 1 of 12
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The Rusk Cherokeean
VOLUME 103
Established as "The Pioneer" July 5, 1848
THE RUSK CHEROKEEAN, THURSDAY JULY 6, 1950
NUMBER 1
DOLLAR DA* SSLATED
Estimated 1000
Attend Annual
Bar BQ July 4th
An estimated 1000 people, Ma-
sons and their families, attended
the annual Masonic Barbecue held
in Rusk July 4th. Program was
from 7 p. m. to 9 p. m.
The invocation was delivered
by Bro. Harold Fagan, pastor of
the First Methodist Church of
Rusk. Bro. DeLang, Grand Master
of the Grand Lodge of Texas talk-
ed to the group on Masonry and
the foundation of the United
States.
The District Deputy Grand Mas-
ter of this District, Bro. John Box
of Jacksonville, was Master of
Ceremonies, and introduced the
speaker. Bro. Treadwell of Jack-
sonville dismissed the crowd.
"Speaking for the membership
of Euclid Lodge No. 45, we wish
to express our sincere apprecia-
tion to the Rusk Lions Club for
the use of the Rodeo Grounds,"
stated Felton Banks, Worshipful
Master and Webb Finley, secre-
tary.
Three 4-H Boys
Now Studying
Veg. iMarketing
Three Cherokee County 4-H
club boys have entered a vege-
table growing and marketing con-
test which is sponsored by the Na-
tional Junior Vegetable Growers
Association.
■£his co-'est i a naf'.on-wido
affair and includes production
and marketing, as well as a mark-
eting study course.
The local entries in the contest
are Samuel Taylor, Max Thoma-
son, and Joe Acker Brunson, all
of which are members of the Dial-
ville 411 club.
According to O. B. Clifton, As-
sistant County Agent, the vege-
table marketing study course,
which these boys have about com-
pleted, is a very comprehensive
study of the methods employed in
getting vegetables from the pro-
ducer to the consumer.
These boys have learned some
things which are interesting as
well as the useful information. In
this connection, they were sur-
prised to find, that Cherokee
County produces about 1 T/< of
Texas total annual tomato acre-
age.
Clifton states that the informa-
tion gained through this study
course would make it worthwhile
lor those participating in the con-
test even if they did not gain any-
thing else through this participa-
tion.
Kiwanis Stock Show Plans Are
Undeiway; 100 Entries Expected
Lions Club Rodeo Program Is
Taking Shape For August
Kiwanis Club
Hears W. Hanna
Talk Wednesday
Wilson Hanna talked to the
Wednesday meeting of the Rusk
Kiwanis Club at Smith's Cafe, and
reviewed some of the recent im-
portant decisions of the United
States Supreme Court. The speak-
er discussed Supreme Court de-
cisions that have not been publici-
zed in the newspapers, but yet
have a far reaching effect on the
average American citizen.
"The United States vs Alumi-
num Company of America is an
important decision. This is in the
field of anti-trust law. The Court
dissolved the Aluminum Com-
any on the grounds that they had
the power, to exclude competition
and that this power, although un-
exercised, was sufficient to con-
stitute a violation of the anti-
I trust law," explained the attorney.
Hanna presented the facts of
j the decisions, but did not express
| his personal opinion.
Smith vs AUwright, Wickard vs
Filburn, I ;«ited States vs Colum-
bia Steel Company were other
Supreme Court decisions that
came under discussion.
He concluded his talk with a
group of decisions, called the
Restrictive Convenant Cases and
explained the consequences of
these Supreme Court rulings.
County Man Completes Harvest Of
3400 Pounds 01 Singletary Peas
Soil Scientist
Goes To Work For
Conservation Service
George C. Marks of Heiden-
heimer, located near Temple, has
started to work as Soil Scientist
with the Soil Conservation Ser-
vice of Cherokee County. He will
work under the direction of A. W.
Coker.
Marks is a graduate of Temple
High School in 1944, and holds
his degree from Texas A. & M.
in 1950.
He is a veteran of the recent
war, and served 20 months with
the Air Corps. He was in the oc-
cupation forces of Germany for 10
months.
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Local Students
Enroll For
Summer At SHST
Huntsville, June—Included a-
mong the record-breaking 2,011
enrolled for the first summer se-
mester at Sam Houston State
Teachers College are five students
from Rusk. They are James E.
Coker, Chesley Richards, Byford
Henry Sparkman, Leon Carroll
Sparkman and Mrs. Lillie B. Spark-
man.
Registrar J. Cullen Sowers at-
tributes the increased enrollment
to the pending enforcement of a
law which requires elementary
teachers to have a specified num-
ber of education courses and the
continued growth of the college's
graduate division, which has 125
more students than ever before.'
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Mrs. Hazel Robinson has return-
ed to Toronto, Canada, after visit-
ing her mother and sister, Mrs. J.
H. Meeks and Winnie.
U. S. Civil Service
Announces Job
Open At Rusk
According to a release from the
United States Civil Service Com-
mission applications for a Laborer
at the U. S. Post Office in Rusk,
will be accepted until July 17,
1950.
Duties of the job will consist of
general manual labor incident to
cleaning buildings, offices and
workrooms; to assist firemen in
smaller buildings in the care of
heating plant and related equip-
ment; to care for shrubbery and
clean walks, and to perform re-
lated manual labor as assigned.
Minimum requirements for
applicants is that they must have
had at least six months ex-
perience in manual work above
the grade of common or unskilled
labor, or in janitorial or cleaning
duties. Salary is based on a 40-
hour week with a basic annual
salary of $2,270 and a maximum
basic salary of $2,870, per annum.
Necessary forms may be secured
from the Post Office in Rusk.
Family Reunion
Held Sunday At Park
Four generations attended a
family reunion at the park on
the Alto Highway Sunday. Among
those present were: Mrs. R. A.
Gill and sons Jimmy and Bobby,
of Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Mrs. K.
M. Haggard, Joyce and L. G. of
Houston; tod Mr. and Mr*. O. b.
Beasley and sons, Robert and
Johnnjr of Pasadena.
Local Man Buys
Registered Jersey
COLUMBUS, <)., June 26—Jer-
ry Max Meador ol Rusk, Tex., has
purchased the registered Jersey
Royal Finn Volunteer Roxie from
the herd owned by Mary E. Mor-
row & A. D. Morrow Jr., of Waco,
Texas.
The purchase adds to the steadi-
ly growing number in this area
Dairymen buy Jerseys because ol
the high quality of the millk
they produce.
Purebred Jerseys are register-
ed by the American Jersey Cattle
Ciub which has its national
headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, \
Several programs are available j
through the American Jersey
Cattle Club to help breeders get
the most profits from their Jer-
seys.
Services Held
For A. B. Meador
Funeral services for Albert Bur-
ton Meador, 67, of Maydelle, who
passed away Tuesday morning at
1:45 o'clock here was held Wed-
nesday at 3 o'clock at Pleasant
Grove Baptist Church.
Rev. Warren White officiated,
and burial was in Pleasant Grove
Cemetery.
Mr. Meador, was born in Chero-
kee County where he had lived
all his life. He made his home at
Maydelle and was engaged in
farming there.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Ethel Meador; two sons, F.
M. Meador of Denver City, Texas,
and H. C. Meador of Maydelle;
three daughters, Mrs. John L. Is-
belle of Rusk, Mrs. Bolton Hanson
of Maydelle and Mrs. R. H. Woods
of Coos Bay, Ore.; a brother, R. J.
Meador of Rte. 1, Jacksoville; a
half-brother, Jim Meador of Min-
eral Wells; a sister, Mrs. Daisey
Swearingen of Rte. 4, Rusk; two
step-daughters, Mrs. Avis Ridge-
way and Mrs. Merle White of Ty-
ler; a step-son, Travis Smith of
Rusk; and six grandchildren.
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Shop at Home!
Mr. Will A. Lewis of Jackson-
ville conservation group complet-
ed harvesting 3400 pounds of
Singletary peas and vetch seed on
his farm recently. Mr. Lewis is
Chairman of Cherokee County
Soil Conservation District Board
of Supervisors. He is well pleased
with the results he lias gotten
from growing two crops of vetch
and Singletary peas on some bad-
ly depleted pasture land. I was
never able to get Bermuda to cov-
er the ground on this pasture- be-
fore planting my vetch and peas.
Now I have Bermuda knee high,
an dbesides that, I grazed the peas
and vetch all last winter. They cut
my feed bill half in two," says Mr.
Lewis.
Soils samples have been taken
from the following Districts co-
operators farms this week: Alto
FFA Chanter, ^am Lattimore, F.
M. Stovali, L. J>J. Bolls, Frank A.
Young and Glen Dominv. A
chemical analysis will be made of
the soils to determine the amount
of plant food and lime needed to
meet the requirements for the
plants to be grown on the areas
the samples were taken from.
These men have agreed to apply
fertilizer to their land in ac-
cordance to needs as shown by the
soil analysis. This is the or.ly way
to be sure you are applying the
correct amount of lime and ferti-
lize to the land.
The following men have recent-
ly mowed their pastures: B. R.
Johnson, W. T. Goolsbee, Will A.
Lewis, Ralph Johnston, C. A. Wil-
kinson, I. E. Martin, Hoyt Fults,
C. L. Newburn, Jr., Henry Wil-
bourn, L. D. Koscielny, E. H. Har-
ris, R. R. Chesnut, Eugene Exle-
ton, John Richards and Sam J.
Lattimore.
G. M. Black of the Rusk Conser-
vation group has recently started
pasture improvement work by
clearing brush and building new
fences.
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Rusk Jaycees
Elect Officers
The Rusk Junior Chamber of
Commerce held its regular weekly
meeting June 30th. Officers for
the next six months were elected:
President, James P. Richards;
Vice-President, Glenn Miller;
Secretary-Treasurer, Elbert Banks;
and State Director, R. A. Coving-
tak
The summer installation of of-
ficers is usually accompanied by
a barbecue and fisl\ fry. The
tentative date has been set for
Saturday night, July 8th.
"The Junior Chamber of Com-
merce is more than pleased with
the turn out to our new Miniature
Golf Course, and we wish to thank
all patrons. Keep coming and hav-
ing a good time," stated Dr. Chas.
M. Pearce, Jr.
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Mrs. James I. Perkins spent
last week at the Falls Hotel in
Marlin. Mr. Perkins and Marylyn,
spent the week end there and
they returned by way of Waco.
Plans are underway for the big
Rusk Lions Club Rodeo slated
August 10, 11, and 12. The Rodeo
Committee met last week and talk-
ed tenative plans to publish a
Souvenior Rodeo Program to be
distributed free of charge. Ads
will be sold to merchants of
Cherokee County to pay the cost of
printing. Around 10,000 programs
will be printed, provided these
plans materialize.
Thirty-four boxes of 6 seats
each will be sold on a first
come, first serve basis. These
boxes will be sold for S15.00 for
three nights, and a general ad-
mission ticket of $1.20 will be
charged for every person enter-
ing these boxes. Folding chairs
are in each box. This price may
seem a little high, but it is as close
to the Braham Bulls as a spectator
can get without riding one.
The Lions Club is planning for
a crowd of 10,000 people for the
three day show.
Rusk will be gayly decorated
with appropriate Rodeo bunting.
This has been ordered, and will
probably be put up by August
first.
Annual Holcomb
Family Reunion
To Be Held Soon
The 1950 reunion of the Hol-
comb family will be held July 11.
12, 13 at Cold Springs, 3 miles
west of Alto. The affair has been
continued through the years since
1897 despite temporary cancel-
lation during the war.
Descendants of early pioneer
brothers Joseph and Zach Hol-
comb have maintained the custom
in an effort to preserve the family
unity and history. Widely scatter-
ed members look forward to the
event as the only opportunity dur-
ing the year for visiting and re-
calling the fellowship of earlier
years.
It is believed to be one of the
oldest and largest of its kind in
this state. Holcomb relatives and
friends are urged to attend and
are reminded that the 1950 cele-
bration is to be even larger than
those of previous years.
Officers are great grandsons
and a great granddaughter of
Joseph Holcomb—J. C. Holcomb
of Alto, President, Henry Lee Hol-
comb, Baytown, Master of Cere-
monies; Rayford Holcomb, Hous-
ton, Song Leader; Miss Frances
Sue Matney, Tyler, Secretary and
Historian.
Transfer Of School
Children Deadline
Has Been Set
According to a statement issued
by County Superintendent Robert
L. Banks, all applications to trans-
fer children from one school dis-
trict to another school district
should be filed in the County
Superintendent's office on or be-
fore August 1st.
Transfer blanks may be had by
writing the County Superinten-
dent's office or may be secured
from your local Superintendent.
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Eighty-seven percent of a cow's
milk is water.
The Rusk Kiwanis Club is work-
ing on plans for the second an-
nual Cherokee County Kiwanis
Livestock Show scheduled in Rusk
September 1st and 2nd, according
to Curtis McLeod, club president.
"Entries received to date as-
sure us of over 100 entries. Sixty
per cent of these will be dairy ani-
mals. Swine and beef animals
will constitute the rest of the en-
tries," explained McLeod.
This big show is open to Live-
stock Breeders, F. F. A. and 4-H
Club boys of Cherokee Qounty.
It is a county-wide exhibition, and
entries from all sections of Chero-
kee County will be exhibited.
The prize list has not been com-
pleted, but cash prizes and suit-
able ribbons will exceed S500.
Competent judges from outside of
Cherokee County will make the a- \
wards.
"The Kiwanis Agriculture Com-
mittee, Vocational Agriculture
Instructors and the County Agent j
will meet Tuesday and lay plans
for the classes, premium lists,
housing of animals etc." stated
McLeod.
The finance Committee has
started to work in an effort to
raise prize money. Manufactur-
ing concerns have been contact-
ed to rent booths at the show.
In addition to the club show-
there are plans for the livestock
breeding herds to make exhib.ts
in order that the people of Chero-
kee county can see something of
the quality of breeding stock
raised in this county, as well as
learn the places they can purchase
breeding stock.
KIWANIS JUNIOR LIVESTOCK
SHOW RULES FOR 1950
1. Competition is open to all |
members of 4-1! and F. F. A. vo-1
I
cational clubs in Cherokee County. |
2. Classes of livestock will be j
as is designated in the premium I
list of the bulletin.
3. All cattle must be trained to, i
handle on halter and rope, with ■
footman attendant, and shown
under these conditions.
4. Food and bedding and care of
the animal are tin- EXHIBITORS
RESPONSIBILTY. Water will be
made available by the show com-
mittee.
5. Decision of the Judge on Live-
stock rating or placement will be
final.
6. Show dates will be September
2 and 3, 1950. And livestock must
be on the show grounds not later
than noon September 2nd. Judg-
ing will start at 9:00 A. M .Sep-
tember 3rd.
7. In the event of only one ani-
mal to the class the Judge will
use his discretion as what ribbon
to award.
8. Only Healthy Animals are
to be shown.
9. The Kiwanis Club or its Show
Committee will in no way be liable
for any accident that might occur
to animals exhibited.
10. The Show Committee re-
serves the right to reject and to
remove from the show any entry
that does not appear healthy, or
is unruly in handling, or that is
unsuitable from any other cause.
2nd Dollar Day
Promotion Is
Setat4pmThur$,
The second big DOLLAR DAY
promotion is slated in Rusk July
13. It is sponsored by the business
men of this city, and a large
crowd of folks from Rusk and
neighboring towns will be on
hand.
Progressive merchants of Rusk
are sponsoring a full page ad,
published in this issue of the
CHEROKEEAN, and have specials
as an added inducement to DOL>
LAR DAY shoppers.
The highlight of the day will be
when officials will throw ten live
guineas from atop the County
Court House at 4 p. m. Thursday*
July 13. Five of thsee guineas
will be numbered from one to
five, and the person catching
Guinea number 1 will receive $50.-
00 cash. Guinea number 2 is worth
$20.00. and numbers 3, 4, and 5
are good for $10.00 each.
There is nothing to buy, and no
catches. Just be in Rusk early and
take advantage of the many bar-
gains the merchants of Rusk are
offering.
"Remember, everyone is eligible
and some lucky persons will re-
ceive cash gifts if they catch the
numbered guineas," explained
Harry Tibbals., chairman of the
DOLLAR DAY committee.
Every third Thursday of the
month, with the exception of July,
has been set for DOLLAR DAY
in Rusk. The Dollar Day Commit-
tee changed the July promotion to
the second Thursday due to Farm
Family Day slated in Jacksonville
July 20th.
"Our date was changed became
our neighboring city had schedul-
ed their program first, explain-
ed chamber of commerce mana-
ger, Jake Johnson.
Rev. S. Rohre
T "s To Wed.
Rotary Meeting
Rev Stuart Rohre. pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, was
the speaker at the regular Rotary
Club : ieetihg Wednesday at the
Riibk Hotel. The pastor spoke on
Independence Day
"We are having a terrible loss
of life on each holiday of the year,
and on the 4th of July this year,
some 800 people lost their lives
and thousands were injured.
Safety education will do more to
end this situation than all the
legislation can do. It is up to US
as individuals to help instruct the
young and older people of safety
education," the speaker stated.
Robert Webb of Harlingen,
Bert J. Neijber, Weslaco ami
Henry Taylor of Jacksonville wece
visiting Rotarians. John PinkstOtt
of Denton was a visitor.
Ice Plant Changes
Hours July 9th
John Lester, manager of tbo
Southwestern Electric Co. of Rash*
announces that the Ice Plant will
change hours effective Sundew
July 9th. The plant will opeo at
5 a. m. and close at 11 p. m.
"Southwestern Electric has 4HK
Urged the facilities of the Ice
plant so that ice delivery can sup-
ply the demand in shorter honrv**
explained Lester.
$55,000 was spent in improve-
ments of the Ice plant last year.
Chamber Manager
To Attend School
Jake Johnson, manager of the
Rusk Chamber of Commerce, will
attend the Southwest School for
Chamber of Commerce Managers
in Dallas July 9th through 15th.,
He will study current proBIems
confronting Chamber of Com-
merce Managers of Texas, and the
latest techniques to improve the
chamber's service to a com-
munity. _
Singing Convention
To Be Held July 9
The West Side Nacogdoches
County Singing Convention will
meet at Lilbert Sunday, July 9th
for an all day singing. There will
be dinner on the ground at noon.
A special invitation is extended
to the singers of Cherokee coUnty
and other interested persons; J.
C. Neel is president of the organi-
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Whitehead, E. H. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1950, newspaper, July 6, 1950; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth326214/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.