The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1954 Page: 1 of 12
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Methodists Begin Preparations
For Spiritual Life Mission
Robt. L. Banks
Is Candidate
For Re-Election
The Methodist Church begins
preparation for Spiritual Life Mis-
sion January 17th through the
22nd, by having cottage prayer
meetings Wednesday evening in
some. 25 different homes of the
congregation, according. to an an-
nouncement from Pastor Myers
Curtis.
Friday, January 15th, a twelve
hour prayer vigil will be held at
the Church. This vigil will run
from 6 p.m. Friday evening until
6 a.m. Saturday morning. Differ'
eht groups of people will be pres-
ent each, hour during the night
for silent prayer.
A series of services will begin
January 17th. The topics will be
announced next week stated Rev.
Curtis.
Big Showing Of
'54 Ford Planned
. C. Williams
Poll Tax Drive Is Underway
Gkeaokee County
W. K. Deckards Celebrate Golden Anniversary
By J.
The 1954 Ford passenger cars,
Robert L. Banks, County School i jje introduced to the public in
Superintendent, has authorized Ford dealers' showrooms all over
this paper to make the announce* nation Wednesday, January 0,
ment that he is a candidate for wju feature the following Ford ex-
re-election to the office which he clusives in the high volume field;
now holds, subject to the Demo- announced J. C. Williams, Rusk's
cratic primaries next July. ¡friendly Ford dealer.
In connection with this an-j An entirely new 130-h.p. Y-
nouncement he released the fol-: block V-8 engine with overhead
lowing statement: ¡valves; a new 115-h.p. I-block
"In announcing my candidacy; Mileage Maker Six engine, noted
for re-election to the office of for economy; new ball-joint front
■County Superintendent of Public j suspension which Ford engineers
Instructions, I wish to take this j call the greatest advance in front
opportunity to express my sincere suspension in 20 years; the Sky-
appreciation to the people of Cher- IHn«r — an .entirely new hardtop
okee County for the privilege of model with tinted, transparent
serving in this capacity, and I plastic roof ever the driving com-
-would also like to express my ap- partment; a smart new Ford Sun-
preclation for the splendid coop- Uner convertible with an unusual
eration given by the School Trus- transparent plastic panel inserted
tees, teachers, principals, super- in the top over the front seat
intendents, and all others connect- to provide overhead visibility;
ed with our county schools." four new power-operated driving
"It has been my policy to ad- assists: Power brakes, power steer-
minister the affairs of our County ing, 4-way power seat, power-lift
Schools in such a way that the windows; Fordomatic transmission,
greatest benefits possible may be ; "The two new Ford engines for
realized for our school children." 1954 — the Y-block V-8 and the
"For the benefit of those who I-block Mileage Maker Six — were
may not be acquainted with my designed expressly to lead their
life history, training, and qualifi- respective fields and have been
cations, I foish to state that I was! under development for the past
born and reared on a farm near, six years," Williams said.
Rusk, graduated from Rusk High j Highlighting the four day show-
School, received my B. S. Degree ing. will be the presentation of a
from Stephen F. Austin State Col- set of Firestone tires to some
lege, and my Master's Degree lucky person. These tires will be
from The University of Texas. I given away at 4 p.m. Saturday aft-
have been actively engaged in pub- ernoen. Johnny states "I want ev-
lic school work in Cherokee Coun- ¡ erybody to come see the 1954 Ford,
ty since the fall of 1925, except It's a honey."
the period of almost four years1 Free refreshments will be serv-
spent in the U. S. Navy during 1 and the kiddies will be given
World War n."
"I have tried to perform the du-
ties of County Superintendent in
such a way as to merit your ap-
proval arid it is upon my record
of service that I ask you for your
support of my candidacy for re-
election to this office."
"I will sincerely appreciate your
vote and support and I will make
every effort possible to visit with
each of you before the primary
election in July."
Two Students Of
Rusk Study At
Lamar College
James E. Hill and Malcomb B.
Hill, both of Rusk, were among
the more than 3,000 students who
returned to classes at Lamar State
College of Technology, Beaumont,
Monday following the holidays.
James Hill, son of Mrs. Willie
Hill of Route 5, is a sophomore
religious education major. Mal-
comb Hill, a freshman pre-medi-
cal student, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. K. B. Musick of Box 318.
Students knuckle down to se-
rious study In preparation íór fi-
nal examinations the last week of
January before registration begins
February 1 for the spring semes-
ter.
Although only three years old
as a four-year college, Lamar Tech
already ranks as the fifth largest
of the 18 state colleges in Texas.
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RIAD THI CLASSIPIIDS
balloonst
New Manager Of
Rusk Dry Goods
Named Recently
Lester Huddleston has been
named the new manager of Rusk
Dry Goods Co., according to an
announcement from J. B. White of
Jacksonville.
He succeeds Ed Stringer, who
is being transferred to Teague,
Texas to manage one of the com
pany's stores there.
Mr. Huddleston comes here
from Pittsburg, Texas, where he
was associated with the J. B.
White store there.
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Band Boosters
Ass n. To Have
Meeting Jan. 11
A meeting of the Band Boost-
er's Association has been called
for Monday night, January 11, in
the high school auditorium at 7:00
p.m.
"The band has worked hard this
year, and is still working hard to
give our school and community
the best organization possible. We
know you are interested in what
we do, and in our welfare," stat-
ed H. Shomette, director of the
Rusk Eagle Band.
Everyone is urged to attend this
meeting.
ati-r-í
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Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Deckard were honored on their Golden Wedding Anniversary Sunday, Decem-
ber 27th, with a dinner at the Rusk Hotel. Complimenting their parents were Mrs. Paul Miller of Ven-
ezuela, Mrs. Melvin Kurth of Houston, and Kent Deckard of this city.
In the above picture made at the dinner, are seated, left to right, Kent Deckard, the honorees, Mr.
and Mrs. W. K. Deckard, Susan Miller, Joanna Williams, and Johnny Williams, in. Standing, left to
right are, Mrs. Lindel Rains, Mr. Rains, Mr. Melvin Kurth, Mrs. Kurth, Mrs. Esther Harrison, (im-
mediately behind Mr. Deckard), Mrs. Paul Miller, J. C. Williams, Jr., Mrs. Williams, Mr. J. L. Causey,
Mrs. Causey, J. C. Williams, Sr., holding Jane Claire Williams, and Mrs. Williams.
—Photo by Wiloy Shattuck
Cases Filed In
Co. Court Last
Week, Announced
Cases filed in County Court for
the previous week, according to
Elma B. Musick, Jr. begin with
Case. No. 14611, The State of Tex-
as vs. Jerry Gossett. Filed Decem-
ber 28th, the charge was the man-
ufacture of liquor in a dry area.
After hearing the evidence sub-
mitted, the Court found the de-
fendant guilty as charged and as-
sessed his punishment at a fine
of $100 and costs of court.
Case No. 14812 filed December
28th was styled The State of Tex-
as vs. Leroy Langston. The charge
was DWI. No disposition of the
case has been made.
Case No. 14613 styled the State
of Texas vs. Wilbur Preston Do-
ver, was filed December 28th. On
December 29th, the defendant
waived trial by jury and pleaded
guilty. After hearing the evidence
submitted, the Court found the de-
fendant guilty and assessed his
punishment confinement in the
County jail for fifteen days and a
fine of $100 and costs of court. It
was further ordered that the 15
day jail sentence be commuted to
a probation period of nine months
and that as to said jail sentence
the defendant Is so placed on pro-
bation.
Rev. L. H. Webb
To Attend Meet
Bro. Lonnie H. Webb, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Rusk,
will attend the State Evangelistic
Conference at the Will Rogers
Colosseum at Ft. Worth Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday, Janu-
ary ll-13th.
The highlight of the meeting
will be when Billy Graham, fam-
ous Evangelist, speaks Tuesday
evening.
The theme of the 3 day pro-
gram will be the "Work of the
Holy Spirit in Evangelism".
While Bro. Webb is In Fort
Worth, he will attend a meeting
of Associational Evangelist Chair-
men at noon Monday. Dr. Feezar
will be in charge of the program.
He will also attend an Associa-
tional Sunday School Promoters
meeting at the Broadway Baptist
Church Monday afternoon. Mr. R.
Q. Allen will be in charge of this
program.
Kiwanis Club Has Installation
Of Officers At Tuesday Meeting
Petit Jurors
Summoned For
Duty, Jan. 11
Members of the Petit Jury Pan-
el who have been summoned to
appear for service in District
Court, Monday, January 11th, have
been announced by District Clerk
A. C. Jenkins. They are as fol-
lows:
C. C. Hassell, Rusk; Josie Ken-
nedy, Rusk; D. D. Martin, RFD,
Troup; Roy Forest, Jacksonville;
A. M. Jordan, Reklaw; Hubert
Glass, Jacksonville; Chas. J. Doug-
las, Bullard; E. S. Douglas, Alto;
Frances O. McCarty, Rusk; Blllie
C. Engledow, Alto; Ira Parsons,
Turney; T. CX Watson, Jackson-
ville; H. E. Goff, ARo;
William S. Gober, Jacksonville;
Sanford Hall, RFD, Troup; M. B.
Treadwell, Rusk; Lee Bates, Alto;
B. H. Jones, Reklaw; Lester Goff,
Rusk; V. M. Holmes, Jr.; W. W.
Carrothers, J'vllle; Ralph Kesler,
J'vlllc; Wade C. Neely, RFD
Troup; P. A. Riza, Bullard; R. G.
Beall, J'vllle; H. H. Black, Alto;
L. M. Gay, J'vllle; W. L. Crad-
dock, J'vllle; E. R. Elsbury, J'vllle;
John R. Martin, RFD, Troup; Fred
Craven, Wells; George Allen,
J'ville; O. H. Holcomb, J'vllle;
Ralph Johnston, Rusk; Hénry Mc-
Kinnon, Wells; L. V. Glover, Rusk.
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Final Rites For
Ishmael W. King
Are Read Sunday
Funeral services for Ishmael W.
King were conducted Sunday at
2:30 p.m. at the Oakland Baptist
Church. Bro. O. P. Meador offici-
ated.
Mr. King died in the Veterans
Hospital in Houston, December
26th at 2:40 a.m.
Mr. King served with the Air
Force from October 29, 1942
through October 18th, 1945. He
spent 9 months in Italy.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Annie Hall King, his father, W. M.
King of Rusk; five sisters, Mrs.
Orvel Johnston, Mrs. Herman Hal-
bert and Mrs. Guy Nolley of Rusk,
Mrs. J. W. Price of Ft. Worth, and
Mrs. Ruth Chalet of Killeen; five
brothers, Mack, Clarence and Vir-
die of Rusk, Joe of Lufkin, and
Albert of Bedford.
Pallbearers were his nephews:
Merle King, Jerry Don Johnston,
Perry M. King, Wendell Price, Al-
bert W. King and Charles Ray
King.
Holmes Funeral Home and Ben-
ton Brothers Funeral Home of
Rusk handled the arrangements.
Out of town relatives and
friends who attended the funeral
services for Ishmael King were:
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lloyd, Louverle
and Gary, Mrs. C. S. Halbert and
Gerald of San Benito; C. R. Lloyd,
Houston; Mr. and Mrs. Leo Chap-
man, Pasadena; Doyle Gerald King
of San Diego, Calif.; Mrs. John
Luce, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Johns,
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Boles of Jack-
sonville; Miss Anne Boatner, Dal-
las; Mr. and Mrs. Joe King, Joe
Morris and Letha of Lufkin.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Unsell, Mrs.
Robert Edwards, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Hassett, Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Denman, Henry Finley, Mr. and
Mrs. Tommle Crawford, Mr. and
Mrs. E. O. Parker, Mr. and Mrs.
James Billlngsley, Mr. and Mrs.
R. 0. Kendrick and Cathy, Mr. and
Mrs. B. M. McCollum, Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. Johnson and T. J. John-
son all of Lufkin.
Faneuil Hall, in Boston, Is
known as the Cradle of American
"berty- - v.,
The regular meeting of the Ki-
wanis Club was held at Smith's
Cafe on Tuesday. The program
was In charge of the out-going
president, Bill McCluney, who in-
troduced Lieutenant-G o v e r n o r
Howard Walker of Lufkin. Kiwan-
ian Walker gave the program and
installed the new officers.
The theme of Mr. Walker's ad-
dress was "Little Things Make Big
Things". Stressing the need of
each member doing his part in
the club, the necessity of team-
work and co-operation to make a
club a success, and learning the
lesson of subordination, Mr. Walk-
er challenged the club to do their
utmost to make 1954 an outstand-
ing year. As each officer was in-
stalled different phases of the
theme, "Little Things Make Big
Things" were emphasized in keep-
ing with the office. As he con-
cluded, Mr. Walker stressed the
importance of the new motto,
"Build on Faith, Loyalty and Sed&-
ice" and urged the club to cajtry
out the eight objectives in their
program this year.
Commendation was given Bill
McCluney and the Board of Direc-
tors and the members for the
splendid work done the past year.
Bill pinned the President's pin
on Judge J. W. Summers, incom-
ing president, who accepted the
pin with deep humility and pledg-
ed himself to make a good presi-
dent, as the members worked with
him as a team, rendering service
to our town and community and
making 1954 a banner year.
Curtis McLeod has been elected
District Chairman of Key Clubs.
The club appreciates Howard
Walker coming over for the in
stallation service, and wishes for
him a great year in Kiwanis.
WOWToElect
1954 Officers
January 12th
The Woodmen of the World
will meet January 12th, 7:30 p.m.
at the Legion Hall for a special
called meeting.
Election of officers for 1954 will
be held.
All members are urged to be
present for this important meet-
ing, stated Nathan Thedford.
Safety Program
Enjoyed By Rusk
Rotary Club Wed.
A safety program with a film
and short talks by two members
of the State Highway Patrol made
up the program at the Rotary
Club Wednesday noon at the Rusk
Hotel.
The film, "Three Came Back,"
showed four people leaving home
for the days work or shopping,
and only three lived to get back
home. Minor traffic accidents and
violations are the causes of many
unnecessary delays aiSHPHevances
and deaths.
"We do a lot of work each day
that we dislike. It is hard to have
to go to someone's home, and tell
them that a traffic accident has
taken the life of a husband, wife,
child, or relative. We have to do
that each day in our work. Safety
programs should be held every-
where to make people more safe-
ty conscious," stated Byron Cur-
rln, member of the State Highway
Patrol. He mentioned the three
things which will save many lives.
They are courtesy, caution, and
common sense. C. R. Newsome was
in charge of the program.
J. C. Croom of Dallas, Byron
Currin and O. C. Guthrie of the
State Highway Patrol were visi-
tors. R. C. Buckner, Walter Cook,
Eddie Johnston, Leon Davenport,
Clyde Small and Floyd Smith
were visiting Rotarians from Jack-
sonville.
Around 1300 people have pal#
their poll tax as of noon Tburs-
day, according to information re-
ceived from County Tax Assessor-
Collector, J. Alex Black.
Cherokee County issued over
7000 poll tax receipts two yea
ago, the Tax Collector revealed
and he hopes to have around this
number register by the Jrnuary
31st deadline.
At the present time, the tax of-
fice in Rusk is the only place re-
ceiving payments. There was *
great deal of work done by the
civic organizations of this county
to boost the payment of poll tast-
es. The three civic organizations
of Rusk, the Lions Club, Rotary
Club and Kiwanis Club are plat
ning to get behind the drive
again this year.
Black indicated that he planned
to go before the Commissioner*
Court when they meet in Rusk
Monday, and present plans to have
deputies sent to both the nortfe
and south part of this county.
The Rusk Rotary Club' sponsor-
ed a booth in the lobby of the
Rusk Hotel and accepted poll tais
payments there. "We will be glad
to do this again, if so desired,*"
said Houston White, Rotary Ctnfr
president.
"We will take up this matter
at our next meeting, and I feel
certain that our club will coopes-
ate to the fu'ilest extent In the
boosting cf poll tax payments***
commented Lions Club President
Gladstone Thompson.
J. W. Summers, new president
of the Kiwanis Club said that he
was confident that the Kiwanis
Club will again go all out to se-
cure as many poll tax payment
as possible. This will be taken np>
at the Wednesday meeting of the
club.
Cherokee County enjoyed the
largest voting power in the 7th
Congressional District last year.
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Rusk Kiwanis
Club Heads Meet
Kiwanis Club President J. W.
Summers had a planning meeting
at Smith's Cafe Wednesday after-
noon with his new officers, direc-
tors and various committee chair-
men.
Activities for the coming year
were discussed, and according to
all Indications, the Rusk Kiwanis
Club will have another outstand-
ing year.
"This was an organizational
meeting, and I feel certain that
with the cooperation of our offi-
cers, directors, committees and
membership, the Kiwanis Club
will enjoy a fine year," said J. W.
Summers. . „ '.
Cases Filed And
Closed In Dist.
Clerk's Office
Civil cases filed in the District
Clerk's office for the previous
week have been announced by A.
C. Jenkins, District Clerk.
Filed December 29th was the
case styled Daisylyn Bradford
Brown vs. Adoiphus Brown, action
for divorce.
Filed December 31st, was cass
styled Betty Jane Ross vs. Wash-
ington National Insurance Co., ac-
tion for collection of debt.
Action for divorce was filed De-
cember 31st by Ola M. Williams
vs. ThomS Williams.
A temporary restraining order
and divorce were filed for Decem-
ber 31st by Edna Barrington vs.
Elray Barrington.
Cases disposed of include an or-
der of dismissal in the case styled
Mrs. Jaqueline Rogers vs. H. V.
Rogers, dated January 4th.
Case dismissed with prejudice
to plaintiff was the S. S. Sanford
vs. St. Louis Southwestern Rail-
way Co. of Texas suit, on Decem-
ber 31st.
January 4th, dismissal with
prejudice to plaintiff was ordered
in the case styled Tissie Lenard
vs. Trinity Life and Accident In-
surance Co.
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Mrs. Geo. Nelson
Is Hostess To
TTiimble Club
Mrs. George Nelson was hostess-
to the Thimble Club at Smith's
Cafe, Wednesday afternoon, Jan-
uary 6th, from 2:00 to 4:30.
Creamed chicken on toast, fruit
cake and coffee were served.
Attending were Mra. 1. E. WaP
lace, Mrs. Lewis Long, Mra. Edgar
Banks, Mrs. T. H. Cobble, Mrs.
Gladys Goodson, Mrs. John Loogr
and the hostess.
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Whitehead, E. H. The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1954, newspaper, January 7, 1954; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150006/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.