The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 120, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 14, 1997 Page: 4 of 32
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Cherokee Festival
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History’s darkest pages began to unfold.
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In the editorial cartoon service we use here at The Mirror,
there haws been many artistic renditions devoted during the
sored the first Cherokee Rose
Festival ten years ago, the or*
ganizers appropriately com-
Several elite runners are ex-
pected to participate in the
Cherokee Rose Runs on Satur-
day. Three events will all begin
at 8:30 — the 1-mile Fun Run, a
5-Kilometer Run, and a 10-Kilo-
meter Run. Runs begin and end
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There wont bo helicopter rides offered, as happened at the
first festival, but, with luck, there may not be rain, either.
The first Cherokee Rose Festival, held on May 23, drew a
Museum, an asset we didn't have ten years ago. Three
attractive had and breakfast operations also have opened
ner in East Texas (at any dis-
tance), will compete in the 10-K
event. As in all events that
Randy enters, he is expected to
lead the other runners around
the course.
Judge Lauren Parish and her
noontime running group will also
participate. Some competitive
Cherokee and their Negro slaves were arrested
Driven from their homes to stockades by force
They were loaded like cattle into wagons
The rest traveling by foot, were shown no remorse
May, 1838, an army of soldiers and volunteers
Under command of General Winfield Scott
Marched covetously into Cherokee Indian country
Unmercifully, rounding up the lot
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Cherokee history remembered
By BONNIE SHRUM JONES
When the Upshur County dent Mirabeau B. Lamar to
Chamber of Commerce spon- crush them while their de-
Chief John Ross led in prayer, then the bugle sounded
And the wagons started to roll
Children waved goodbye to their homes forever
Sadness filled each Cherokee heart and soul
for a spring festival.
This May the natural beauty
has been at a peak, enhanced
by cool temperatures more
reminiscent of Colorado in
August than Texas in summer-
time. Weather luck also has
made it possible to look for-
ward to an abundant local
peach crop, a far from certain
bounty.
Sideglances turns over its
usual space to an historical
contribution by former Upshur
County resident Bonnie Shrum
Jones of Farmers branch. Her
reflection on the Trail of Tears
that tragically drove the Chero-
kees from Georgia to Oklahoma
ties into the road that gave our
miniscing
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That sighs of agony from this brutal act
May be heard today, is no mystery
This shameful trail where the Cherokees cried
Will echo throughout history.
Shameful Chapter in History
Fate of the Cherokee Nation in the East was sealed
By discovery in North Georgia of gold.
When Washington officials decreed Cherokees be driven West
The painful journey ended as detachments arrived
From March throu gh October, 1839
Leaving 4,000 telltale graves of horror
From the Smoky Mountains, past the Oklahoma line
As my heart pounded
To the drum of a native
A fantastic journey took me
Through a land
Where my conscious mind will never travel
Nor
My wide awake eyes will ever see
it was
An enchanting experience
Of an emotional refund
For all the technicolor dreams
I have ever had of the Original Americans.
ing through Gilmer toward *
what was then the Arkansas
Territory, was used by Chero-
kees living north of Nacogdo-
ches to visit their kinfolk be-
yond the Red River.
Their trips ended in a July,
1839 battle on the shores of
the Neches River in what is
now northwestern Smith
County.
The head of the Texas Chero-
kees, Chief Bowles, and his
warriors, having lived peace-
fully for years under the friend-
ship of Sam Houston, were
routed in a battle that killed
the chief and sent some rem-
nants of the tribe north over
the Trace and into Arkansas
Territory for the last time.
Having tried for years to live
like white men, they were no
match for the battle-hardened
Texian troops sent by Presi-
Dear Editor
Several people have written
about Dr. Steven Murry and his
staff. I feel we should also. We
agree Dr. Murry should be Doc-
tor of the Year.
War--
d despite the day’s stormy weather.
It was a good idea in 1987 and it’s a good idea now. Volun-
tears have done there work, and they hope you’ll join them in
eztendinga a warm Upshur County welcome to Cherokee
Rose Festival visitors.
Keep your eye on the Tiger _
* * z “ , mented that the natural beauty
Woods doesn’t see himself as being a certain ‘race and interesting history of Up-
shur County fairly cried out
By SARAH GREENE
___
fender, Houston, was on a trip
to the East;
He has been a very good doc-
tor to us. It aeems every time we
turn around something
unforseen happens to us, but
Dr. Murry and Ma staff are al-
"Whep we moved from the
Dallas area back to Upshur
County we were not sure we
Manyof Umm have compared him to Jackie Robinson, the
first African Ameriranddark (choose your preferred term; we
do not wish to offend) to play M^jor League Baseball, as
hawing broken some sort of color barrier.
Woods himself, who last month became the youngest
dw-pw osar at the tender age of 21— of the moat presti-
gious professional golf tournament in this country. The
Masters, is indeed being seen as a role model for a certain
race as reflected in the work of the cartoonists who work for
the Copley News Service.
However, he himself has claimed to be a “Cablinasian” or
somesuch neologism like that He is aware of his entire
genetic background from every color of the rainbow which
has provided such "hybrid vigor” in his life to date.
To break down his self-description, he considers himself a
Vanroman, black, Indian Asian.” And we may be leaving out
T^tinn” Our memory is "Fuzzy” (pardon the pun) on exactly
what thia term is which he uses to describe himself (and we
feel certain he didn’t want any label other thah “Masters
Che—pinn” and human being to begin with).
The point is that we are all an admixture of a variety of
races and ethnicities. Even those who consider themselves
purely white or blade or Asian are a mixture of subgroups
which have often warred against one another.
For instance, many white Americans probably think other
whites are more or less the same as they are in terms of
background, philosophy of life, etc.
And yet, for thousands of years, warring factions of sup-
posedly all-white people have done away with each other on
the British Isles, our fabled “mother country.”
We refer to such ethnic groups as the Irish, the Scots, the
"Scots-Irish,” the English, etc.
And what about the Germans? Those of predominantly
German heritage are the single largest "white” ethnic group
in the United States to this day. While those Americans who
trace their origins to Great Britain overall outnumber those
from Germany, the Brits are broken down into the categories
outlined above in terms of ethnicity.
Does anyone recall World War II wherein these various
groups of "white” people tried to wipe each other off the face
of the earth? It’s very important to learn about our history.
We believe Tiger Woods is correct in acknowledging that
he is a melange of nearly every “race" (and some think there
is no such thing, although there are certain distinct physical
characteristics which cannot be explained away) which has
ever inhabited the planet
Would that we could all learn to consider and even cel-
ebrate the fact that we here in the United States of America
are a heterogeneous hodgepodge of so many different genetic
backgrounds that we could all just see each other as fellow
flawed human beings.
We’re not saying Tiger is a flawed golfer. He certainly
doesn’t seem to be so far in his career. Tiger very rarely hits
his tee shots into the "woods.” And we look forward to his
playing in the GTE Byron Nelson Classic at Las Colinas this
weekend. The Metroplex is in the grip of “Tigermania.”
There should be no such concepts as “white pride” or
"black pride” or “Hispanic pride” or “Asian pride", etc.
Pride is a sin. We are all the same inside. We all bleed red
when we are wounded. And we are a very wounded people at
this point in our history as a nation.
We humans dwell on each other’s outward appearances.
God looks at our hearts.
at Gilmer High School.
Randy Spears, the best run-
spring festival its name.
. The Cherokee Trace, pss-
TEN YEARS AGO
East Texas Chamber of Com-
meres held a membership lun-
cheon at the Gene Wright ranch
on U.S. 271 north of Gilmer...
Upshur Countystable ataTour-
iam Appreciation Days luncheon
in Longview featured a center-
piece made by Mary Ann
Hudgins, with tiny roses and
pink ribbons signifying Gilmer’s
1987 Cherokee Rose Festival,
the first one... Mrs. J. L. (Irene)
Fenlaw underwent triple bypass
heart surgery at Baylor Hospi-
tal in Dallas ... Gilmer Rotar-
ians heard a program by Ettina
Degener of Jever, Germany,
Rotary exchange student living
with Pete and Annette Herr-
mann . . . Mr. and Mrs. Elton
Petty hosted a Crawford family
reunion at their home near
Gilmer... A Steelman cousins
, reunion was held at Rosewood
Community Center.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Fire destroyed the Soules
Chapel Methodist Church on
May 9... A resolution was to be
introduced in the Texas Senate
honoring retired Air Force Col.
Bobby Stephens. The Gilmer
native broke the world absolute
air speed record.... Well-known
Odessa artist Thacker Cole had
moved here and was to soon open
the Wildwood Studio.. .Johnny
Mathis had recently been elected
chairman of the Gilmer Plan-
ning and Zoning Board... Henry
J. Green, 82, died . . . Mr. and
Mrs. Wiley Cook of Enon re-
turned from a 2-week vacation
trip to 10 states ... The Mirror
carried a feature story on James
(Skip) Miller of Indian Rock, who
was advertising in the newspa-
per to buy hundreds of toad frogs.
He wanted them to keep down
the insect population in his gar-
den.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Six members of the Lorenza
Turner family drowned when
their auto fell off a wooden bridge
into Gum Creek at Valley View
.. Upshur County’s first oil well
received a historical marker
from the state in ceremonies at
the site... Williams E. Gipson of
Gilmer was named vice presi-
dent of Union Producing Co.,
Houston... Mrs. Murrell McGill
was named president of Friends
of the Library here... Rosewood
Community placed second in the
Extension District rural im-
provement competition ... A
severe hailstorm cut a path di-
agonally across Gilmer . . .
Deaths included Mrs. J.J.
Crawford, 85; James E. Gavin,
59; H.C. Holder, W. V. Reynolds,
Minnie Lee Hendrix and Sally
Hudspeth.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Walter Humphrey of Ft.
Worth press spoke at the re-
gional awards banquet here ...
Texas Supreme Court decision
said that consolidation of Glen-
wood School District with East
Mountain should stand ... Ro-
—y. . . , , man Holiday was the theme of
EUte runners to participate here Saturday
lady runners from the Longview School is expected to send a Poultry held open house at the
Running Club are expected. group of “fun runners”. new building on Hwy. 155.
In the geriatric class, Rev. ,, , FIFTY YEARS AGO
John Nihartwill be here. John Morales not happy Gordon Carrington, Jr. was
isaretired Methgdist minister TexasAttorneyGeneralDan valedictorian and Doris Wacasey
Unshur Countv He is 74 veers Morales admonished the Sen- salutatorian at East Mountain
Upshur County. He is 74 years ateforpassingabillthatwould . . The Rev. Joe Walton of
oldandwas recently featuredin take away his child support Hallsville took over the duties of
In hannel7o nge riatric stness. collection division and give the the Methodist rural pastor in
In that same age group retired state agency this county... Lee Andrew Pyles
large-animal veterinarian J aa.ece w • .
Chester Studdard will compete. Morales complained that died. ageM . Welta Faye Loyd
Chester is widely recnoni7/"* some senators told him they was named editor of the Daily
aShhoredistancelrunneK,butwas would vote against the bil, TexasatthelniversityofTexas
challenge John Nihart and the sponsored by Sen. Chris Har- • -MelvinDodd,36, waselectro-
other 70 plus runners. ns, R-Arlington, in exchange cuted while working at Vivian,
for a softer stand on two hot La.... A daughter was born on
Danny Yarborough’s class issues: affirmative action and the 11th to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
from Gilmer Intermediate Senate redistricting. Fennell and a son on the 9th to
A y I a ) . p ,ey f Dr. and Mrs. Doug Daniels,
shoes. Well we did and Dr. Murry New Diana thespians to perform Thursday sixty years ago
fills those shoes rather nicely. A _. .1 . ....
I-know sometimes he wishes Mew Diana High Schools Passing Through by Peter Austin. A son was born to Mr. and
we .for one couple, would just go One Act Play recently came in John Bailey. A school called West Texas: Mrs. Guy Weldon . . Mr. and
away — well Dr. Murry I guess sqcondinthestateinElass2 Kimberly Palmer won a $500 Stinnett wrested the state Mrs L G Martin and Mr and
you win have to put up with us. a Uni versity Interscholastic from -Really Useful championship from the Eagles Mrs. Arch Marshall spent the
Maybe next year you will be Group’ for the second yearinIA this year. wee kend at College Station .
Doctor orthexear.inour eyes row rhat th E^le. have ei- row fr her Actingability. And New Diana ‘s Ashley Shaver Ma Stay Ruth mo^ Morris
y y ther won state or finished in shewon theUIL Best Actress made All-Star Cast during the Gilmer from Bogata . . . C.R
H.J. and Faye Free the runner-up position. In A One Act Play award state competition andI Tiffany -Fats’Love, E.A Cobb and son,
Pritchett Thursday night at 7 p.m. at She also won first place in Hangsenratenhonorablemen- Harold caught 160 catfish in a
A / r the Norton Lovell Auditorium the state in prose interpreta- ton 1 the All-Star Cast. day’s fishing at Cross Lake, La.
/iDOUt LetterS on the New Diana campus, tion. Mrs. McLuckie said this Admission charges for the ... Masked bandits robbed the
The Gilmer Mirror welcomes Mrs. Gloria McLuckie’s cast was the first time she had had performance Thursday night Big Sandy Bank of $3,500 .. .
letters to the editor on subjects and crew will be performing a student win first in both lit- are $3 for adults and $2 for Mrs. P.G. Mooney, 44, was bur-
of interest to readers. their award-winning play, erary and drama events in students. ied at Shady Grove.
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