The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1954 Page: 11 of 16
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¡>54
DECEMBER 2, 1954
County Judge J. W Summers Urges
Observance Of S-D Day In County
The Rusk Cherokeean, Rusk, Texas
J'ville C. of C.
Water Committee
Meeting Held
Issuing an appeal to all resid-
ents of Cherokee County to pre-
vent traffic accidents on S-D Day
(Safe Driving Day), December 15,
J. W. Summers, County Judge
said that the challange of high-
way safety is one that must be
met on rural roads as well as ur-
ban streets.
Roads outside the incorporated The Water *esol>'c*s Commit-
limits of cities and villages may,tee of the Jacksonville Chamber
be the proving ground where the of Commerce met Friday after-
success of S-D Day is decided, noon, with Crawford Godfrey, Ch-
Judge Summers said. He remind- airman presiding.
ed: • ¡ The Committee heard a report
'ttfore than twice as many from Frank Ebaugh, president of
deaths in traffic occur in the the Upper Neches Municipal Wat-
country as in the city. That has er Authority, in regard to prog-
been the national experience for ress which has been made recent-
several years. In 1953, for examp- ly by that organization.
ie, there were 27,200 deaths on jt was pointed uní that a re-
ruralroads compared to 11,100 on
urban streets according to stat-
istics compiled by the National
Safety Council.
"Traffic safety is particularly
important to persons who live on
farms and in rural areas. That's
because no other segment of the, More reccntly> board memberS
population is more directly dep- of ,he Authoritv have met with
endent highway transportation. Committee memberS from Tyler
"The Nippon of farm people and A{hens tQ djscuss thp
is urgent y needed to assure the Uy of buildin a , project
success of S-D Day and the whole.at Blackburn crossing. These dis-
contimming program of highway cussions are gtin in -n progresS(
safety. Last year more farm peop- and morp meetings of the five
port was received some time ago
from the Authority's engineers
showing that the cities of Rusk,
Jacksonville, and Palestine could
obtain water from a location on
the Neches River near Adams
Chapel.
le died in traffic accidents than
from any other cause. This fact
cities' representatives will be held
•oon. Prospects of building a la-
NEWSPAPER PULPIT
What Saith The Scripture?
How Readest Thou?
"Forever, O Lord, Thy Word is settled in heaven." Psalm 119:89.
"My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of
My lips." Psalm 89:34. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My
Words shall not pass away." Matt. 24:35.
There is a definite finality about these verses. Ik-cVeslastes 3:14,
if anything, emphasizes yet more this invariability: "1 know that what-
soever God doeth, it shall be forever; nothing can be put to it, nor
anything taken from it: and God doeth it that men should fear before
Him." And James 1:17 says, "With Whom is no variableness, neither
shadow of turning." Here in Psalm 111:7, 8 we find the reason for
such positiveness: "THE WORKS OF HIS HANDS ARE VERITY AND
JUDGMENT; ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE SURE. THEY STAND
FAST FOREVER AND EVER, AND ARE DONE IN TRUTH AND UP-
RIGHTNESS." "NOT ONE FAILETH," says Isaiah 40:26.
It must be that the Bible is a very rare book, a Book of certain-
ties in a world of uncertainty, and in an age of insecurity, insofar as
man's contribution to the program is concerned. Scripture "came not
in old time by the will of man, but holy men of God spake as they
were moved by the Holy Spirit". 2 Peter 1:21. Numberless times their
introduction reads: "Thus saith the Lord of hosts"; "The word of the
Lord came unto me saying"; "Hear ye the word of the Lord," etc.
God's word and ways and laws are perfect, unvarying, unchang-
ing. James 1:25; Psalm 19:7, 18:30. They must of necessity be so in or-
der for His Creation to hold together unfailingly and unendingly. To
be any different would be calamitous to us. To illustrate: just*suppose
that the law of gravity should go in reverse while you were asleep in
bed. If you weigh 175 pounds, you would experience a 175-pound thump
against the ceiling, provided the ceiling didn't rise at the same time.
Or think of planting sweet potatoes and harvesting grounds; having
your car motor suddenly reverse at 80 M.P.H.
Yes, the Bible is a very, very rare Book of certainties, included
in which is your eternal redemption and mine, "if ye be willing and
obedient." Isa. 1:18.
Sponsored by the Rusk Seventh-day Adventist Church.
pointy up the farmer's personal \.ge pn)ject with a dam at Black.
sta ' * burn Crossing appear bright, it
; was reported.
City drivers venturing on the
open road were urged by Judge. _
Summers to be particularly care-; addition, the statement was
ful and attentive because driv- ™dethat it is now possible and
ing on the rural highway differs ¡f«"lble 10 bui¿d * ^fser^lr wlth
•from driving on the urban street f ) near. MaydeUe. This was
im manjy important respects.
With more than| 3,000 pedest-
rian deaths on rural roads last
:year it behooves driwrs to rem-
ember that there are walkers in
the site orginally chosen by the
"Water Authority, but when the
large Neches oil field was found,
these pláns had to be delayed un-
til the limits of that field could
the country as well as in tow*, be better defined, and the expense
Judge Summers stated. estimated.
S-D Day, which is being span- Over a period of recent months,
sored by President Eisenhower's discussions have been held with
Action Committee far Traffic Saf-j representatives of oil companies
ety in cooperation with public of- and others involved, and a re-
ficials and numerous national or-: cent report indicates that it would
ganizations, has as its objective, be quite feasible to build a res-
the elimination of all traffic ac- ervoir near Ma.vdelle of approxim-
cidents for December 15. Its pur- ately 80,000 acre-feet (this is ap-
pose is to demonstrate that the ] proximately twice the size of lake
solution to the traffic accident
problem is within the grasp of
any community when its citizens
are willing to accept their res-|
ponsibilities as drivers and ped-;
estrians.
Motorists and pedestrians in
Cherokee County can assure the
success of S-D Day locally, Judge
Summers said, if they will do i
these three things:
First, observe the letter and
the spirit of all traffic regulations;
Second, be courteous to every
driver and pedestrian - practice
sportsmanship;
Third, give full attention to dr-
iving and walking;
In other words, drive and walk
as they would have all others
drive and walk.
The record so far this year.
Judge Summers pointed out, sh-,
ows that people can cut down
accidents if they want to and will
work at it. For the first nine
months of this year, accidents are
below the same months of last
year. Such barometer periods as
the Fourth of July and Labor Day
weekends show that the trend is
down and can be futher reduced
o—.—...
SHOP IN RUSK
Tyler, though the firm product- delle site particularly at an, early
ion of the Maydelle reservoir dur- date.
ing extreme drought periods wou- j ^ was also brought out that the
Id be much higher than that of j high production of such a res-
Lake Tyler). It was reported that ¡ervoir wou,d not only take care
over 60 million gallons a day eou-!<,f the three cities' water needs
Id be obtained from such a May- yeors to come, but would
delle reservoir, even under worst ^eave a large quantity which could
drought conditions. It was stated
'this high production of water
was due to the very large water
shed above that dam site. Costs
be sold to industrial users, thus
encouraging the location of in-
dustries nearby.
It was further stated that the
were slated to be very low. It is construction of a reservoir at May
believed that detailed cost figur- j delle would not prevent Rusk,
es and other information on such Jacksonivville, and Palestine from
a project can be stated in final participating in the construction
form at an early date. of a reservoir at Blackburn Cros-
It was pointed «at that the 3sing.
cities might receive water from o
any of these reservoirs at a low Gallatin News
cost, and it is expected that the By ,MRS p v ¿UTREY
tipper Neches River Municipal
Authority will release more in- Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Harper and
formation in regard to the May- little grandson Jimmie Harper all
visited Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith
one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Jones and
daughters Linda and Donna of
Grand Prairie, Mr. W. F. Autrey
of Kilgore, all had supper Friday
night with Mrs. P. V. Autrey.
Mr. and Mrs. Algie Harris and
Joe Don of Orange spent Thanks-
giving with Mrs. I). W. Harris and
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Harris.
Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Harper and
Ramon and Jackie all visited Rev.
and Mrs. J. W. Harper's brother
and sister Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Rob-
erson of Fouke, Ark., last Thurs-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Dement,
Jr., of Dallas, visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dement and his
sisters and family, Mr. and Mrs.
W. D. Garner and children, Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Morris and children,
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Grimes and
son during Thanksgiving.
Jackie Harris visited Joe Don
Harris Saturday night at their
grandmother's, Mrs. I). W. Harris.
Mrs. Clyde Brewer and son of
San Antonio are here visiting her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Col-
ville while Mr. Brewer is away in
a school. He's in a Navy school.
Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Harper of
Cranfills visited his parents, Rev.
and Mrs. .1. W. Harper last week.
Mr. and Mrs. James Bradbery
and daughters visited Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Jones during Thanksgiving.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Jones, I.inda
and Donna returned to their home
in Grand Prairie Sunday after-
noon after spending part of the
week with their parents, Mrs. P. V.
Autrey and Mr. and Mrs. M. R.
Jones of Alto.
Jerry Johnson of Dialville was a
Gallatin visitor Saturday after-
noon.
Mr. Will Bridges of near Beau-
mont was here this week visiting
his sister, Mrs. D. W. Harris and
to attend the funeral of his broth-
er-in-law, Mr. Fred Rogers of
Jacksonville Wednesday.
Mr. Ira Parson of Turney visit-
ed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Parson Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bumpas are
visiting her brother and wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey McCullam of
Denton a few days.
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England's Channel Islands con-
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nothing worth studying.
It would appear that th? family
tree of some confidence men must
be a slippery elm.
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Whitehead, E. H. The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1954, newspaper, December 2, 1954; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150054/m1/11/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.