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TEXAS' OLDEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Established as "The Pioneer" July 5, 1848
TODAY
VOLUME 103
THE ItUSK CHEROKEEAN, MARCH 22, 1951
NUMBER 38
Rusk Delegation Goes to
Rabid Fox Situation Here
Capitol to Keep Railroad ]|fa|ces County Emergency
g—.<aMfe #9% ol Commerce and Chairman of the
Mill Burns; To
Be Rebuilt In
Near Future
Variety Show To
Be Staged Here
Friday Night
The Kiwanis Variety Show will
be presented in the Rusk High
School Auditorium, and Mrs. A.
L. Dear's speech department, and
Mr. Herbert Teat's Music Depart-
ment will share the honors in
this unique variety program.
The highlight of the speech de-
partment will be the play "Sod".
The Speech Department will
present this play in Kilgore in
the near future as a state contest
number.
Mr. Teat will use numbers pre-
sented by the Gleemen at the
Highland Park Festival in Dallas
last week and various parts of
the program offered in Miss
Hogg's home in Houston at her
garden party.
Admission price will be 50 cents
ior adults and 20 cents for stu-
dents. People are asked to secure
their tickets from any member of
the Kiwanis Club, the play cast, or
any 5th grade student.
The large Planer Mill, valued
at an estimated $50,000.00, of
Edwards Bros. Mill of Rusk was
completely destroyed by fire
early Saturday morning. The fire
originated by t'ne large* engine
that operated the mill.
Prompt action by the fire de-
partment prevented the blaze from
spreading to the rest of the big
sawmill that employes approxima
teiy 125 men, according to Bill
Edwards, one of the owners.
The fire started just before the
men were going to work. It got
out of control immediately, and
the Rusk Volunteer Fire De-
partment was called.
"We will rebuild," was the
statement of the owners.
They hope to have the mill
operating within 30 days or soon-
F. & M. State
Bank Receives
FDIC Seal
Mr. E. B. Musick, Exec. Vice
president of the Farmers and
Merchants State Bank, Rusk, Tex-
as, announced receipt from the
Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration, Washington, D. C., of a
new certificate of membership
giving effect to the recent in-
crease in insurance coverage to
510,000. The Farmers and Mer-
chants State Bank lias been a
member of FDIC since originated.
Mr. E. B. Musick Exec. Vice
President of the Farmers and Mer-
chants State Bank pointed out
flint this insurance does not cost
depo itors of the bank a single)
penny. The surplus of Federal i
Deposit Insurance Corporation!
which now exceeds .91,300,000,000, j
in addition to all deposit insur- ,
ance losses.and operating expenses '
of the Corporation fias been paid j
in by 13,650 insured banks of the 1
Nation in the form of annual as- j
Continued on page 4
Miss Jackson To
Do Missionary
Work In Hawaii
Miss Joanne Jackson of Rusk, is
one of five Texas Baptist students
who will be sent as missionaries
to other countries this summer.
She is a junior student at North
Texas State College. Denton.
Miss Jackson will spend three
months doing religious work with
Baptist churches in Hawaii.
Other young missionaries from
Texas colleges will bo Miss Ann
Dodson of Gilmer, who will go to
Africa; Miss Mary San Miguel,
Temple, to Cuba; Robin Guess, La-
Grange, to Alaska; and Bill Cook
of Little Rock, Ark., to Alaska.
Members ot 50 college Baptist
Student Unions in the state raised
the money to send their fello.v
students as missionaries. They
will donate their work, receiving
no salaries or honorariums while
on the mission field.
W. F. Howard, director of stu-
dent activities for the Baptist
General Convention of Texas, said
i lie students will leave Texas a-
fcout the first ot June and return
the latter part of August.
The young missionaries are ap-
pointed through the state Student
department in cooperation with
the Baptist Home and Foreign
Mission boards. While in the other
countries, they are supported by
the local church or group of
churches.
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REAI) THE CLASSIFIED ADS
Board of Managers for the State
Railroad, E. R. Gregg, County
Judge J. W. Summers, J. C. Wil-
liams and J. II Rounsaville travel-
ed to Austin Wednesday to oppose
the bill proposing the sale of 'the
railroad between Rusk and Pales-
tine. A similar delegation from
Palestine appeared with the Rusk
group.
The two delegations met with
the House State Affairs Commit-
tee and cited the many industries
that would be adversely affected in
the event that they could not be
served by a railroad. The iron
ore furnace, canning plant and
state hospitals are the major in-
dustries served by the railroad in
Rusk.
The bill has been referred to a
sub-committee, and it not likely to
come up for action again.
Big Baptist Spring Revival To Get
Underway In Rusk Easter Sunday
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Rev. John M. Wright, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Port
Arthur wil conduct the big spring
Revival slated to get underway at
the First Baptist Church of Rusk
Easter Sunday, March 25th. The
meeting will continue through
April 1st with services held twice
daily at 7:00 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Mr. J. E. Hamilton of Rusk will
be in charge of the music.
Every morning before the ser-
vice begins, donuts and coffee will
be served in the church dining
room at 6:45 a. m. Prior to the
evening service, prayer meeting
will be conducted for the various
age groups at 7:00 o'clock.
Cottage Prayer meetings are
being held this week in various
homes of the city in preparation
for the Revival Meeting. Mrs. Roy
Ginn, Community Missions Chair-
man, is in charge of these prayer
meetings.
Mrs. J. B. Copeland, Organist,
and Mrs. W. R. Dodson, pianist,
will assist Mr Hamilton in the
music program for the meeting,
and Gene Tomlin will work with
the young people and conduct the
booster-band group. Mr. Tomlin
has also announced that a brief
feUowMttf will be held each night
following the worship service, and
he asks that all young people par-
ticipate in this fellowship period.
April 1st has been named as
Victory Sunday, and a goal of 509
in Sunday School has been set.
Rev. Lonnie H. Webb, pastor,
the membership, and the Revival
Committee of the First Baptist
Church extends to tvery citizen
in the Rusk area an invitation to
worship the Lord.
Rotary Club Has
Talk On City's
Growth Wed.
Rotary club met at the Rusk
Hotel and its president, C. Metz
Heald, called the club's attention
to the alarming rate of rabbid
foxes. He declared that its in-
crease in severity has necessitated
the declaration of an emergency
in Cherokee County, along with
eight other East Texas Counties.
He announced that all dogs must
be vaccinated or bear tags denot-
ing immunization for this disease.
Soon clinics for vaccination will
be made avalable to dog owners
for the immunization of all pets.
He noted that three persons have
died as a result of rabbid dog
bites, and two other people are
now seriously ill. He silted that
a recent survey d : closed that
there are some sixty dogs without
owners within the Iiiisk communi-
ty. "These,'' he said, "must be
disposed of, vaccinated, or elimi-
nated. ..."
The principal speaker for the
program was R. R. Marion,
Psychologist at the Rusk State
Hospital, who gave a very stimu-
lating discussion of the nature of
the modern city and its effect up-
on the smaller Communities in
i tiral areas. Graphs and charts
were drawn depicting the dynamic
growth of a city, and how
this g owth occurred. "He stated
that two thirds of a city's grow-
ing population is supplied by the
rural areas." Through this con-
stant process of migration, moral
and cultural changes take place
within the individual. The in-
vestment placed in rural educa-
tion and development of its youth
is, in many cases, lost to the rural
community due to their inability
to sustain human resources, and
thereby contribute to the growth
of the rural areas.
Jacksonville Daily
Progress Under New
Management Now
The Jacksonville Daily Pro-
gress has recently been purchased
■by Mr. and Mrs. Barnes H. Broiles
of Longview.
Under the management of Mr.
and Mrs. Broiles Cherokee County
will be given its first Sunday
morning newspaper beginning this
Sunday.
A complete society section will
be added along with eight pages
of colored comics.
Miss Marylyn Perkins, a student
at the University of Texas, ar-
rived home for the Easter va-
cation on Thursday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Guy Barnum and
children of Dallas visited in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Wallace Friday night.
INSPIRING PROGRAM TO BE
GIVEN HERE EASTER SUNDAY
Rusk Garden
Club To Sponsor
Clean-Up Drive
The Rusk Garden Club is mak-
ing plans to sponsor a beautifi-
cation program here. Wednesday
afternoon at a meeting of this
Club, it was decided to inaugurate
a clean-up campaign for the
purpose of clearing away tin
cans, rubbish, etc., from vacant
lots and along the highway.
A committee composed of Mrs.
Esther Harrison and Mrs. Ernest
Harris was appointed by the presi-
dent of the Garden Club, Mrs. Joe
B. Copeland to contact other civic
club and organization presidents
aad ask their support in this drive.
Speaking for the Town of Rusk,
Mayor Lewis McCarrol pledged
support. President E. R. Gregg,
Chamber of Commerce, spoke
enthusiastically for the project
pledging the whole-hearted co-
operation of the Chamber of Com-
merce. Other club presidents and
representatives assuring the Rusk
Garden Club of their support were
City Attorney, Jim Rounsaville;
City Health Officer Dr. Kay B.
Urban; Mrs. Ed Ratcliff, president
of the Library Study Club; Mrs.
Joseph E. A. Ro, . Daffodil Garden
Club; Lioness Club, Mrs. O. B.
Walker; Thalian Club, Mrs. Vern-
on Grogan; Jr. Chamber of Com-
merce, Jiggs Butler; Rotary
Club, C. Metz Heald; Kiwanis Club,
Curtis McLeod; and Lions Club,
Frank Gillespie.
A call meeting ot the above or-
ganization presidents, or their
representatives, will be held in
the very near future, to make de-
finite plans for this project.
"Speaking for the Rusk Garden
Club, it is our sincere desire to
secure the cooperation of each
individual in Rusk to successfully
carry out the proposed beautifi-
c at 'on program. As civic-minded
citizens living in a town endowed
with so much natural beauty, we
urge you tp help us keep it beau-
tiful, by pledging your support in
this effort," stated Mrs. Ernest
Harris.
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Opens Dentist
Office In Rusk
Dr. J. R. Haywood, Dentist, has
opened his office in Rusk for the
general practice of Dentistry. His
office is located over the Farmers
and Merchants State Bank.
The new dentist studied his
pre mod work at the University
of Texas, and received his degree
after four years at Baylor Uni-
versity, Dallas.
He is married, and his wife is
a nursing student at Baylor Uni-
versity, Dallas. She will receive
her Degree in September, and
plans to join him here then.
Dr. Haywood is a native of
Strcetman, Navarro County. He is
a veteran of the recent war, and
served five and a half years with
the Air Force.
He is a member of the Rusk
Lions Club.
"My wife and I both like Rusk
and the fine people here. We
are looking forward to establishing
our home here," said Dr. Haywood.
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Shop at home.
DR. E. W. McLAURIN
Henderson Club
Visits Kiwanis
Club Tuesday
The Henderson Kiwanis Club
honored the Rusk Kiwanis Club
wth a visit at the regular Tues-
day noon meeting. Thirty members
of the neighboring city's service
club furnished a very enlighten-
ing program.
Mr. Jim Rounsaville represented
the inter-relations committee in
its acceptance of a "traveling
piggy bank", which constitutes an
attendance contest among all Ki-
wanis Clubs. The money collected
will be placed in the "under-
privilcd-red fund". The Rusk Ki-
wanis Club plans to turn the bank
over to the Lufkin Kiwanis Club
in the near future.
Mr. Arch Retlig of Henderson
extended the best wishes of its
club, and presented the bank to
the Rusk Club.
The Henderson Kiwanians pre-
sented one of its members in
song with several fine selections
Following the introduction and
playful remarks about each mem-
ber, the more serious aspects of
the mo;ting got underway.
Re\ Keneth Jackson, of the
;ris'ian Church of Hondor-
■vrd an address on "Our
ve Attitude." Ue develop-
topic through splendid
Dr. E. W. McLaurin, professor
of "New Testament Greek" at
the Austin Presbyterian Theologi-
cal Seminary for the past six years,
will be the guest speaker at the
Easter Sunrise Services here Sun-
day morning. Dr. McLaurin has
been pastor of churches in Edna,
Sweetwater, and Ballinger.
This service is scheduled to be
held at 6 a. m. on the hillside di-
rectly across from the Rusk State
Hospital. In the event of extreme-
ly bad weather, freezing or rain-
ing, services will be held at the
same time at the First Baptist
Church here.
The following program has been
set up: Prelude, Rusk High School
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Rusk A Capella
Choir Sings In
Houston Sunday
A group of the members of the
Rusk A Capella Choir presented a
Concert in ■'he home of Miss Ima
Hogg of Houston, Sunday. The
Rusk Choir offered three con-
certs, and during the intermission
time, the members were privileg-
ed to see th beautiful grounds
and Latin Colonial home of Miss
Hogg.
Music rrom the loth to the 20th j
century was heard by the
guests touring the azalea
viewing of the
Hogg's home,
g, the choir sang
:\s between 10
r th? benefit of
beautiful Rive
! Cherokee County has been de-
clared in a state of emergency by
the State Health Department duo
to the large number of rabid foxes
| in the County.
I To date, 39 head of cattle, valued
| at nearly eight thousand dollars,
have been lost in 30 days due to
I this situation, according to C.
Metz Heald, County Agent
Farmers and livestock raisers
in the county met with the Com-
missioners Court March 12th, and
cited their losses. They asked that
action be taken.
The Commissioners' Court cal-
led on State Health Officer Dr.
George W. Cox, to make a study
of the situation and give his views
and recommendations as to what
action should be taken.
Dr. Keneth Young, in. charge of
field work on the Rabies Eradaca-
tion in Texas, was sent to this
county to evaluate the situation.
He met with the Commissioners."
Court in special session Saturday
and placed Cherokee County as
an emergency area.. He recom-
mended that all dogs be placed
under a quarantine that have not
been vacinated. He also urged that
all foxes be killed whenever, and
wherever possible.
He further recommended that
the Commissioners' Court give
thought to a possible bounty for
all foxes and that a Federal Trap-
per be brought here to aid in the
drivf 'o eliminnte the rabies fox
pope . .L. v
The Commissioners' Court asked
the State Livestock Sanitary
Commission to place this county
under a Quarantine on all un-
vacinated dogs. They are study!-"
his other recommendations.
"This is i , a single county sit-
uation, but an East Texas prob-
many ! explained Dr. Young. "Coun-
trails ties W01'st hit by the rabid fox
arc: Tyler, Rusk, Cherokee, Naco-
gdoches, Harrison, Smith, and
Houston Counties."
The Cherokee County Sheriff's
Department will enforce the
Quarantine on un-vacinated dogs.
A veterinarian will tour the county
in the immediate future and vaci-
nate all dogs at a nominal cost.
All county officers and organi-
zations have pledged their sup-
port to this program. County of-
ficials inec
missioners'
son, ol
Deferr-
ed the
phrasing so well that the thoughts
presented were gems of present-
day philosophy. He used his own
church organization as an example
of dangers to democratic institu-
tions, and warned against the
possibility of our being on the de-
fensive in the face of world con-
ditions. He placed positive em-
phasis upon true aggressive at-
titude based upon the Truth. The
propogands warfare was treated
in the manner of a two-sided fight
of Truth against cunning advosa-
ries. He said that the primary
necessity of our way of life is
a steady enterprise, demanding'
constant repair as much as ex- j
pansion. The speaker featured the
need for a true understanding of
change and new ideas as being I
healthful signs in a democracy, and
warned against a feeling of false
security.
"We plan to respond at a
later date with a program to the
Henderson Club," said Curtis Mc-
Leod, president of the Rusk Ki-
wanis Club.
Frank
fieer, Di
Attorney
Agent, C
and Jaki
ber of G
The di
fox situ;
the appj
Hunters
life
izations.
Brur
lmi
Mr. and Mrs. Kit Henry of
Houston spent the weekend here
with Mrs. Henry's sist<*s, Miss
Evelyn Grammer and Miss Mary
Grammer.
that included th
interior of Miss
Sunday mm- :
two short cor'i
and 11 a. m. f
those touring th
Oaks home and garden.
Coffee and donuts were served
the Rusk visitors before they de-
parted for home.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Guenzel of
Rusk were also guests of Miss
Hogg at the morning coffee.
The group was chaperoned by
Supt. and Mrs. Gerald Chapman.
Director Herbert T at. Miss An go-
lem Francis, Mrs. E. R. Gregg, Mr.
Curtis McLeod and Ben 15 an h.
W. Qo Berry,
Native Of Co.,
Expires Here
William O. Berry, lifelong resi-
dent of Cherokee County, died
Saturday, March 17 at 4:40 in th -
Rusk Memorial Hospital, after a
short illness.
At the time of his death, Mr.
Berry was 80 years of age.
Funeral services were held in
the Sardis Baptist Church Sunday,
3 p. m, with Rev. J. M. Schwitter
officiating. Interment followed in
the Sardis Cemetery.
Survivors include his wir \ Mrs.
W. O. Berry; three sons, Jeff Ber-
ry of Jacksonville, Homery Berry
of Rusk, and Frank Berry of
Houston; four daughters, Mrs.
H. N. Bowman. Mrs. O. S. Bcaird
of Bossier City, La., Mrs. C. S.
Martin of Houston, and Mrs. W.
N. Edwards of Rusk; 18 grand-
children; 4 great grandchildren;
one brother, Pete Berry of Rusk;
and one sister, Mrs Belle Russell I er Bill McCluney.
of San Antonio. I * ■ ■ •
lg with the Com-
ourt were: Sheriff
County Health Of-
T. II. Cobble, County
Otvan Jones, County
Metz Ileald, Dr. Young,
Johnson of tlie Cham-
mrr.eree.
ive to control the rabies
it >n in East Texas has
>va! of the State Fox
VssoCiatioft, Texas Wild-
n, and other organ-
Presbyterian
Church To Hear
Dr. McLaurin
Dr. E. W. McLaurin, professor
at the Austin Presbyterian Theo-
logical Seminary, will deliver the
JSunday morning services at the
Presbyterian Church here. Serv-
ices will begin at 11 a. m.
Dr. McLaurin will take his
sermon from Philippian 2:5-11,
"The Exalted Christ."
At this time the doors of the
church will be opened to new mem-
bers, in addition to Infant Bap-
tism. "Parents who desire to have
their children baptized are asked
to come at this time," stated Eld-
Pallbearers were Clyde Smith, CORRECTION NOTICE
Forest Jones, Frank Brunt, Robert
Shattuck, Harmon Schochler, Tate
Trotter, Son Has sell, and J. C.
Williams.
Arrangements were by Wallace
Funeral Home.
The first home for sale listed in
East Texas Heal Estate's ad,
should be priced at $2,100, j
of $2,400.
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Whitehead, E. H. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 22, 1951, newspaper, March 22, 1951; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth326251/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.