The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1958 Page: 12 of 12
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The Rusk CherokéébH, Rusk, Texa$
SEPTEMBER 18, 1958
Billy D. Burrows In 8th Infantry Training Tests
PFC Billy D. Burrows, 24, son Headquarters Company of the di-lHigh School and a former employe
of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Bur- vision's 12th Infantry, entered the of the Adams Construction Co. in
rows, Route 1, Rusk, recently par- Army in August 1957 and complet- Kaufman.
ticipated with the 8th Infantry Di- ed basic combat training at Fort
vision in annual combat efficiency Carson, Colo., before arriving ov-
Army training tests in Germany, i erseas in January.
Burrows, who is assigned to He is a 1953 graduate of Alto
Its always
the right thne
TO BORROW MONEY ...
Lending money is our business
. . . and, if it's money you need
(and who doesn't these days)
we'll be waiting here to help
you. Don't "hide behind doors"
or "run from the bill-
collector ..." when you can
easily borrow from us.
FIRST
STATE
BANK
MEMBER FDIC
Phone 3-2254 Rusk, Texas
Hanna Real Estate Agency
In Cherokee County Abstract Co. Office
OFFICE PHONE MU 3-4344 RESIDENCE PHONE MU 3-4747
Desirable country home on 15M acres short distance off High-
way 69 on hard surfaced road. House has 2 large front rooms,
kitchen, dining room and bath. Abundance of water from deep
well with electric pump. Garage and store house. Barn. Water
piped to barn. Has been approved for loan. Small down pay-
ment.
2 lots on South Main, Rusk. One, 205' x 223'. The other, 59'
x 96'.
150 acres, few miles East of Rusk on hard surface road. Inquire
for price.
Good building lots in city limits. Reasonably priced.
Home with living room, dinette, kitchen, one bedroom, bath,
storage room, garage. City utilities. Price reduced to $3,000.
Debbie Wilcox
Observes Fourth
Birthday Saturday
Little Miss Debbie Wilcox,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Wilcox, celebrated her fourth
birthday Saturday afternoon. Sept
13. with several friends attending
The group played with hoops
and then gifts were opened. Aft
orwards ice cream, cake and
punch were served to Mary Ann
and Weida Jane Hassell, Chris
Parsons, Jeanie Wilcox. Cathy
Hugghins, Rose Mary Weaver
Chris and Kathy Murray and Von-
da Parsons.
Mixed candy, bubble gum and
balloons were given as favors.
Mrs. Leahmon Hassell and Mrs.
Bobby Parsons and Misses Sonja
and Delores Wilcox, sisters of the
honoree, assisted with hostess du
ties.
* Maydelle
News
by Mrs.
Minnie Conner
WEEKEND SPECIALS
NICHOLSON'S
FOOD STORE
No. 1 RED
Potatoes 10 "''35c
SWIFT PREMIUM
Fryers Li 35c
99c
IMPERIAL
SUGAR
10 Lbs.
ADMIRATION
Coffee
Lb.
75c
HEMET SPICED
Peaches
Can
25c
GLADIOLA
Flour
10 Lbs.
89c
PURE PORK
Sausage
Lb.
39c
Air Conditioned for Summer Comfort
Susanna Wesley
Has Monday Meeting
In Chapman Home
Mrs. Mildred Chapman was
hostess to the Susanna Wesley
Circle at her home on Wight man
Lane, Monday night, 8 o'clock.
During the business session,
material was displayed from
which the Circle plans to make
new cloths for the Communion ta-
ble of the church. The cloth is
damask, and the finished producís
will be hemstitched.
Guest speaker was Mrs. W. H,
Hanna. Her talk was based on the
first Psalm of the Bible. Mrs. Han-
na is an outstanding speaker of
this city, and her talk was thor-
oughly enjoyed.
Cherry refrigerator pie and cof-
fee were served by the hostess to
the following: Mrs. Hanna and
Mrs. Katie Willis, guests; and
members. Delitha Guenzel, Mary
Turney, Vickie Lindsev, Juanita
Birkelbach, Juanita Gates, Sharon
Fisher, Jean Austin, Madeliene
Morgan and Bessie Lunsford.
o
Four Couples Get
Marriage Licenses
Over Past Week
Marriage licenses were issued
to the following four couples in
the past week by the County
Clerk's office:
Henry Preston Miller and Bes-
sie Maurine Clairborne, Jimmie
Lee Rhymes and Billie Ruth Stan-
bery, Edward Henry Johnson and
Johnnie V. Hudson, John Stewart
Murray and Gwenda Gail Gullion.
o
INTERESTING FACTS
Catgut is obtained from numer-
ous animals, particularly sheep,
but never from cats.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Watson
of Houston visited her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Edminston
Sunday and also Mr. J. C. Cellum
and wife of Arp. Mr. Cellum is
very sick.
Mr. L, B. Ross of Houston was
a dinner guest Wednesday even
ing of his mother, Mrs. Effie Ross
and sister, Mrs. A. L. Berry and
family.
Billy Sherman and Jerry Dur
rett, students of Jacksonville Bap
tist College, were home for the
week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Graham
of Rusk were guests of his moth-
er, Mrs. Minnie Coker, Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. Guy Benge of Houston vis-
ited his wife and son, Douglas,
over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Peck Bowman and
children of Houston visited the
Dick Bowmans over the week
end.
Miss Joan Sanford has returned
to Dallas after a week end visit
here to her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray ford Sanford.
Mr. and Mrs. James Ed Sherman
arrived Sunday for a short visit
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs,
Cullen Sherman before entering
SFA, Nacogdoches,, for the 1958-
59 term of school. They spent the,
summer in Columbia, Kentucky.
Roy Camp was a business visi-
tor to Dallas Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Durrett of
Tyler visited Mrs. Katie Roach
and other relatives over the week
end.
Mrs. Maud Bothwell had as
week end guests her children and
grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. D. D.
Hardy, Houston; Mr. and Mrs. Bil-
ly Watson and Tony, Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Mann, Mr. and Mr. El-
don Bothwell and family of Rusk;
Mrs. Etta Chapman, Mr. and Mrs.
Wilder Brown of Palestine; Mrs.
Dave Waliner and Dave, Jr. and
Wallace Brown of California; Mr.
and Mrs. Jake Watson and family
of Oakland; Mr. and Mrs. Johnny
Lusk, Mr. and Mrs. Coy P. John-
son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Bowman and children.
Mrs. Roy Camp and son visited
Mrs. Vivian Berry Sunday after-
noon.
Mr. Robert Ezell of Franklin,
Tenn., was a recent visitor with
his wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Granville Hobsorv
visited with the Cullen Shermans
Friday evening.
Mr. Herman W. Light, the fath-
er of Mrs. Gerald Allen and Mr.
J. B. Light, was killed suddenly
in a car wreck at Hempstead on
Thursday, Sept. 4 at 3:45 p.m. Fu-
neral services were held Saturday,
Sept. 6 at 3:00 at the Simpsonville
Baptist Church near Gilmer. "Ye
scribe" received this news too late
for last week.
o
What...
RUSK FOLKS
Are Doing . . .
Mrs. Lois Henry, Miss Bill
March and Mrs. Eloise Willing-
ham, teachers of the Rusk Schools
attended a Classroom Teachers'
meeting in Mineral Wells over tho
week end.
Miss Ann McCluney returned to
Dallas Sunday to resume her stu-
dies at SMU. Ann's father. Mr.
Bill McCluney, accompanied her
to Dallas, returning Sunday night
PFC Max Schochler returned toi
Camp Hood Sunday after the week
end here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harman Schochler and,
grandmother, Mrs. Kate Henry.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Main and
children Stan, Derrick and Mike
of Arlington, Virginia, arrived
Friday for an extended visit with
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Ro-
ten. They also will visit his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Main,
at Palestine.
Mrs. R. N. York of Jacksonville
spent Tuesday in the Roten homo
visiting with her niece, Mrs. Main
and family.
Mrs. Gladstone Thompson was
a Dallas visitor Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harman Schochler
attended the Golden Wedding An-
niversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Hartin at Waco Sunday. The Har-
tins are former residents of Rusk
and have many friends here.
E. W. Long of Beaumont spent
the week end here with his moth-
er, Mrs. E. W. Long.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wilder of
Beaumont were week end visitors
with Mrs. Wilder's sister, Mrs. W.
F. Barrows.
Mrs. Paul Miller drove to Col-
lege Station Sunday afternoon to
take her son, Kent and Foster
Webb, who are freshmen at Texas
A & M.
Mrs. Garland Marshall, and son
Garland, Jr., formerly of Rusk,
visited here Tuesday. Their home
is now at Nacogdoches. Garland,
Jr. will leave by plane Sunday
from Dallas, flying to California.
He ha§ a four year scholarship at
Cal-Tech.
MAYOR M. H. NORTON here cuts the tape on Rusk's newest service station, C. J. Harkins Gulf
Station. The grand opening was held Thursday and Friday last week.- Shown here during the cere-
mony are, from left, the Gulf clown, Bobo, Ralph Rozeile, Jim Carroll, C. J. Harkins, Johnny Parker,
H. M. Vorton, George Williams and Peter Gardiner.
NEW!
DU BARRY
Rqjd
lipstick
with Royal Jelly
of the
Queen Bee
Royal Lipstick, in a queen's
ransom of a case, SI.50.
Qick-in-refills, in 8 fit-for-
a-queen colors, SI. 10 each.
M0SELEY
DRUG STORE
WSCS Members Meet
Monday; Plans For
Zone Meeting Made
WSCS members met for a regu-
lar meeting Monday afternoon at
in the First Methodist Church,
with Mrs. Burnell Stovall, presid-
ing.
The program, taken from "Meth-
odist Woman", was a skit, and 8
members participated.
Quarterly reports were also
compiled during the meeting.
Mrs. Stovall reminded the group
of the WSCS Zone 3 meeting, Pal
estine District, slated Thursday,
September 18th at 10 a.m. The
Providence Methodist Church is
host to the meeting, and ladies of
that church will serve lunch at}
noon. Approximately 10 from the
local church plan to attend.
Present for Monday's meeting;
were: Mesdames Esther Harrison,
Bill Shattuck, Luster Shankles,
Alex Black, Morris Hassell, Har-
mon Stevens, Bud Vaughn, Pete
Musslewhite, Elwood Birkelbach,
Watters Singletary, Edna Bingham
and president Stovall.
Rusk-Alto Reserve
Tickets On Sale At
City Hall, School
High School principal and head
coach, Mack Philbrick, reminded
football fans this week that re-
serve seat tickets to the Alto-Rusk
game Friday night are available
at the City Hall in Rusk and at
the High School.
Tickets are $1.25 each and are
for seats in the 37-45-yard line
section.
Goff To Operate
Gulf Station Here
J. G. Goff, native of Rusk, be-
came the owner of Goff's Gulf sta-
tion on Henderson street in Rusk
last week.
Mr. Goff purchased the facilities
formerly known as Berry's Gulf;
Station, and took over its opera-
tion on Thursday, September 11.
Mr. Goff says he will offer ev-
ery complete service of a modern
Gulf station, and for the conven-
ience of his customers, will honor
both Gulf and Skelly courtesy
cards.
SHOP IN RUSK
Week-End Specials
Owen's
PURE LARD 8
Lb. Pail
139
Gladiola White or Yellow
MEAL 5 - 39'
Home Grown Turnip
GREENS
BANANAS
Red
POTATOES 10 Lb,. 35c
Bunch
Lb.
10"
CABBAGE
Lb.
Delsey
TISSUE
Roll
10<
Kimbell
FLOUR 25
Lb. Bag
J99
Hickory Smoked Barbecued
FRYERS
Fresh
CATFISH
Borden's
BISCUITS
Sun Valley
0LE0
Ea.
Lb.
Can
Lb.
JOO
69'
I0<
19'
SHATTUCK'S
GROCERY & MARKET
HOME OWNED AND OPERATED BY
BOB & JEWEL SHATTUCK
PK3NE MU 3-2215
Ph. MU 3 )344
Rusk, TeaM
50 Expected To
Attend Clinic
Here For WMU
WMU officers clinic for the
Cherokee County Association of
Baptist Churches will be held at
the First Baptist Church of this
city, Thursday. September 18th
The all dav event will he under
the leadership of Mrs. Everett
Martin of Jacksonville, Associa-
Monal WMl' president
A covered dish luncheon is
planned for the nmtn hour.
Approximately !U> persons are
expected to attend
RIAD TH« CIMttPltM
From
C. J. HARKINS GULF STATION
Hiway 69 at the "Y"
A VERY SINCERE
Thank You!
To all the wonderful friends who helped make our official Grand Opening
Friday and Saturday, September 12 and 13 such a huge success. Our great-
est expectations were far exceeded, and only the cooperation of our countless
friends made this possible. The floral arrangements . . . telegrams . . . and
personal good wishes received from hundreds of our friends were appreci-
ated beyond words.
Remember, we always stand ready to serve you with expert care, and with
world-famous Gulf products.
AGAIN
t • •
THANKS!
C. J. Harkins Golf Station
Hiway 69 at the "Y"
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Whitehead, E. H. The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1958, newspaper, September 18, 1958; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150253/m1/12/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.