The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 27, 1958 Page: 1 of 12
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SOME DISPOSITION of tho Tex
• Oak Flooring Mill may be mad*
Within the next month or so
^Order of Sale has been pre-
and plans are to sell the
at a Sheriffs Sal* the first
Tuesday in January. The court ap-
pointed a Master In Chancery to
soil the plant, and gave him a 90
d«y period to do so. His time to
dispose of the property was up
NeWmber 21st . . . Roundabout
hopes that some people will ac
quire this plant and operate it . .
LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE an-
fine Christmas Parade and
ure Hunt in Rusk Thursday,
•r 4th .. . Most of Rusk's
Jly and progressive mer-
chants are again sponsoring the
annual event . . .
NECHES RIVER WATER is boil-
ing again . . . Members of the Up-
per Neches Municipal Water Au-
thority's board of directors heerd
• proposal by T. Carr Forrest, en-
gineer, for a plan to build a dam
•t Blackburn Crossing that would
impound approximately 30,000 ac-
re feet at a cost of $1,900,000. This
lake would be about the same size
as Lake Jacksonville, but would
coat about three times as much
money . . . Opposition in Jackson-
ville has already formed to this
proposal . . . Rusk has been ag-
ainst any development of Black-
burn Crossing that would increase
texeé .. . This city is too far away
to realize any benefits from a
dam at Blackburn Crossing.
THE CITY OF PALESTINE has
employed the firm of Forrest and
Cotton to find a water supply foi*
the municipality.
A GROUP FROM HERE, Lloyd
Pipea, Grady Wood, Floyd Rich-
ards, Clifford and Cecil Ham went
on a deer hunt last week, and the
boys came back with eight bucks
. From what Roundabout un-
derstands, they had a fine trip.
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VOLUME 111
RUSK, TEXAS
12 PAGES
NOVEMBER 27, 1958
NUMBER 23
Rusk - - An Investment
In "Better Living"
Home Are The Hunters - With As Many Deer As Santa
This group of hunters returned to Rusk Monday night from a two-day deer safari near Llano,
Tex., that netted them eight deer. Talk is they could have gone Santa one better but Lloyd Pipes (ex-
treme right) sacrificed part of his glory to provide the camp with meat. Hunters are, from left: Grady
Wood, Cecil Ham, Floyd "Snapper" Richards, Clifford Ham and Lloyd Pipes. Not pictured, but also a
member of the group, was Edwin Dickey.
Under Secretary Of Agriculture
To Visit Cherokee County Monday
ROUNDABOUT'S pleased to
pass along the word to you folks
«bout Bearden Furniture Com-
pany's addition . . . John McNeese
off Jacksonville has joined the lo-
cal staff, and in step with the
times and needs of our area, Bear-
den Furniture is re-vamping, and
adding to several departments . .
BILL DAVIS, the man-in-charge
of the recent P-TA sponsored tur-
key shoot was beaming Tuesday
«fter an accounting of the shoot
(Continued on Page 6)
Beta Sigma Phi
fiazaar Plans
Near Completion
Twenty nine members of the
two Beta Sigma Phi chapters in
this city have just about complet-
ed plans and preparations for the
: annual Christmas Bazaar, sched-
uled December 5th and 6th in the
Rusk Hotel.
The yearly project provides
' funds for the perpetuation of a
$150 scholarship award given to
some outstanding graduate of
Rusk High School.
Mrs. Marie Mehner and Mrs.
Mary Ruth Butler, co-chairmen of
the event, have expressed the be-
lief that the 1958 Bazaar will be
thé most outstanding in the So-
rority's history.
The organization's members have
been busily sewing and creating
attractive hand made items to be
sold. And they will have delicious,
right -fro m-the-kitchen delicacies
(Continued on Page 6)
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Report Card Time . . .
May Be Real Cause
For Thanksgiving
It's report card time again —
and just in time to temper the
holidays one way or the other.
Rusk High School Principal M.
R. Philbrick said report cards
would be issued to pupils Wednes-
day. the last day of school this
He urged parents to give care-
ful aonsideration to the reports
and especially to the number of
s listed for the pupil. The
he said, are the best indi-
of the pupils' progress in
wheal and «an be a help to par-
and pupil* «like if they are>
«•re fully.
will return* in Ruth
Mitel* Monday.
Last Rites Held Wed. For City
Business Leader, J. E. Wallace
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J. E. (BUD) WALLACE
Annual Week Of
Prayer Set At
First Baptist
December 1st through 5th will
be observed as Week of Prayer at
the First Baptist Church, announc-
es Rev. Lonnie Webb, pastor.
The Lottie Moon Week of Pray-
er is a traditional Christmas ob-
servance, and the e o a 1 for thei
Rusk church is $1,000. This Christ-
mas offering originated at the sug-
gestion of Lottie Moon who felt
that Christians in the celebration
of the birth of Jesus should be of-
fered an opportunity to give for
the advancement of His gospel
throughout the world.
Mrs. W. H. Hanna, this year's
prayer chairman, announces plans
for daily prayer services Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at
3 p.m. in the Church Parlor. Wed-
nesday's program will be at 7:15
p.m., to allow all members of the
church to participate.
Friday, December 6th will be
observed as a day of prayer ar-
ound the world, and all members,
of the church are invited to stop
by at any time during the day
and pause for a few moments oí
prayer for the missionaries, their
work, a n d this special offering.
The Parlor will be warm and light-
ed throughout this day of prayer.
According to Mrs llanca. the
theme for Week of Prayer will be,
"And Yet Abidelh Hope,"
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Earliest authenticated sketches
of airplane deaiuns were made by
Leonardo da Vinel (MVMMM).
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1 RIAD THI CLASSIfIIDt
i Last rites for J. E. (Bud) Wal-
>v,iSjlace, Rusk businessman and a
i prominent city and county per-
| sonality, were held at 3 Wednes-
M® wM day afternoon. He was 62.
Mr. Wallace died shortly before
9 Tusday morning in Rusk Me-
morial Hospital. He had been in
failing health for several months.
A native of Rusk, he had been
one of the town's most active and
best known businessmen. He had
] j been owner and operator of the
fHH j Wallace Hardware and Furniture
Company and the Wallace Funeral
I Home since 1944, continuing two
businesses started by his father.
The business section of Rusk
was closed from 34 Wednesday
afternoon in tribute to him.
Funeral services were held in
the First Methodist Church with
the Rev. E. J. Birkelbach officiat-
ing. Burial was in Cedar Hill cem-
etery.
Mr. Wallace was a member oí
the Methodist Church, a Mason, a
former member of the Rusk Lions,
Club and a World War I veteran.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Ottie Wallace of Rusk; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Jane Thompson and
grandchildren, Jan and Jim
Thompson of Rusk; three sisters,
Mrs. Joe Graul of Corpus Christi,
Mrs. John Solomon of Houston,
and Mrs. Ross Huguet of Mont-
gomery, Ala.; two brothers, Earl
Wallace of Rusk and B. F. Wal-
lace of Dallas; his step-mother,
Mrs. W. H. Wallace of Rusk; two
aunts, Mrs. Ola Jernigan and Mrs.
Jewel Coupland, both of Rusk; an
uncle, N. B. Wallace of Califor-
nia; and a number of cousins.
His parents were the late W. H.
and Emma Wallace.
Pallbearers were: Buddy Bane
of Tyler, C. D. Monroe, Felton
Banks, Edwin Dickey, Bill Vining,
O. M. Walker of Longview, J. C.
Williams, Sr., and D. C. McLaugh-
lin.
F. H. Kottenbrook
Is New Operator
Of Gulf Station
Mr. F. H. Kottenbrook. former
Rusk resident, has returned to
this city to operate Kottenhrook's
Gulf Station on Henderson Street,
just north of the square, former-
jly Hero's Gulf Station
Mr Kottenbrook and his wife,
, the former Alma l.w Crippen of
i Hush, lived in Cherokee county
years ago. For the post years,
the Koltenhrooks have lived in
'Taylor l^utisiana
True D. Morse, U. S. Undersec-
retary of Agriculture, will be in
Rusk Monday as part of his grass-
roots tour of pilot counties of the
Rural Development program.
Morse, described by County Ag-
ent Steve Lilly as the Numbai 2
man in the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, is the national coor-
dinator for the Rural Development
Program.
The program is federally fi-
nanced and administred by the
Texas Extension Service.
Morse will hold a conference
with Extension and Rural Devel-
opment personnel from 11-12 Mon-
day morning. Morse, agency per-
sonnel and other guests will have
a noon luncheon.
The official is seeking results
of the Rural Development pro-
gram and is making a personal
grassroots tour. He is examining
the problems and the approaches
developed in the three years since
its inception.
Cherokee County is one of six
Texas "pilot" counties selected
for experimentation with the pro-
gram. It has since expanded to in-
clude a district level, but the six
counties are still the only ones
with local machinery.
Other counties are San Augus-
tine, Shelby, Camp, Franklin and
Titus.
Also expected here for Morse s
visit are Dr. W. M. Williamson,
associate director of extension ser-
vices, and Frank Sheppard, State
agent in Rural Development, both
from Texas A&M College; Mar-
garet Bracher and Walter Scott,
District agricultural agents; Gar-
land Marshall, District 9 agent in
rural development; Bill Holtzap-
ple, San Augustine county agent;
Joe Anderson, county agent, and
Ruth Mozzi, home demonstration
agent, both of Shelby County.
Chili Supper,
Basketball Set
By Maydelle P-TA
The Maydelle P-TA will com-
bine a chili supper with a basket-
ball game Thursday night, Decem-
ber 4, and come up with a full
evening's entertainment for peo-
ple of the Rusk and Maydelle area,
The chili supper will start at
5:30 at the school. Then later the
Maydelle girls and boys basket-
ball teams will host Rusk teams in
their first encounter of the sea-
son.
The supper will be 50 cents per
plate The Maydelle 1' TA has is.
sued a special invitation to all
Rusk fans to attend the pair of
events, as well as everyone in the
area who likes fond and Hood bas-
ketball
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SHOP IN RUSK
Christmas Parade, Treasure Hunt
And Bargain Days Feature Next
Week's Activities In This City
Upper Neches Board Hears^Unit
Plan To Build Blackburn Dam
An Appeal.. .
'Twas The Night Before Christmas
And Almost Everybody Dreaded It
Harrison Named
To Vet Office
By Commissioners
County Commissioners Monday
named William R. Harrison, Jr., a
native of the Griffin community
near Troup, to succeed Jimmio
Cone as County Veterans Service
officer.
Harrison was appointed in a
special meeting of the court Mon-
day morning after commissioners
accepted Cone's resignation which
is effective November 30.
Harrison will take office on No-
vember 1.
The New Service officer is the
(Continued on Page 6)
Thirty Six Miles
Of FM Roads To
Be Improved In '59
The Texas Highway Commission
has revealed its plans for improve-
ment of nearly 36 miles of Chero-
kee County Farm to Market roads
in 1959. TTie work is programmed
for four F-M roads.
Allotment of funds for the roads
Is in addition to the regular con-
struction and maintenance nroj-
ects already programmed for the
county, D. C. Greer, State High-
way Engineer, stated. Work on the
projects should begin in the spr-
ing of 1959, W. W. Potter, District
Engineer, said.
Projects for the county are as
follows:
F-M 855, seal coating for 11.8
miles, from US 69 at Mt. Selman,
west and south to US 175 near
Cuney.
F-M 851, seal coating for 10.2
miles, from US 69 at Alto, north-
east to F M 343 near Atoy.
F-M 747, grading, structures and
surfacing for 4.1 miles, from ono
mile south of US 79, southwest.
F-M 85ti, seal coating for 8.9
miles nrd widening and strength-
ening for three miles, from F-M
13 at Henry's Chapel south to US
79.
According to District Engineer
Potter, the projects will be under
the supervision oi the local high
way district personnel.
The projects are part of a $2<>
million Farm to Market road inv j
pivveiucnt program for 1H7 coun
ties in Texas The entire pnwam
will consist of strengthening oí
[existing flexible base, resurfacing
(Continued on Page
(The names used below are fic-
titious and the characters describ-
ed are not intended to be descrip-
tive of any individual, rather they
are authentic composites of doz-
ens of Rusk area parsons who will
experience similar circumstances,
drawn from material supplied by
the Rusk Welfare Association.)
'Twas the night before Christ-
mas. And somewhere in the im-
mediate area around Rusk, the
four youngsters were shushed off
to bed by their parents. Martha,
4, and Boyd, 2. were still nurtur-
ing the excitement that filled
them at the sight of the tree in
the living room abetted by tho
distinctive cedar odor left by the
tree.
But Selbert, 7, older and wiser,
sensed something awry this Chr-
istmas. He had even told Martha
when he had caught her feeding
her excitement with that gailv col
ored Christmas book.
Martha, though, couldn't see
what daddy's being without a job
had to do with Santa Claus com-
ing.
Sonny, 12, wiser still, knew dad-
dy was without a job and he knew
exactly what effect that would
have on Santa Claus. H i s quick
mind had not failed to grasp the'
meaning of the mild scolding he
received almost three weeks be-
fore when he half jokingly, half
seriously asked where he stood on
that air pistol he wanted for Chr-
istmas.
And since that time he had per-
ceived an ever growing tension
when the subject of Christmas
came up. Mother had even gath-
ered up the Christmas books and
put them away one day.
He had hoped, with that child-
(Continued on Page 7)
Theft Charge
Entered Against
One On Docket
Only one criminal charge was
entered in the County criminal
docket. A charge of theft was en-
tered against Kenneth Van Os-
trand.
Likewise, a single civil suit was
filed, styled, Wallace A. Phillips,
d/b/a Phillips Lumber Company,
vs R. K. Allen, d/b/a White-Stone
Lime Company, debt.
In District Court the following
suits were filed:
Raymond Teague vs Roscoe Per-
kins, et ux, Title and possession:
Billy C. Hoffman vs Texas Sport
ing Goods Company, et al, dam-
ages; L. C. Rosenberg, trustee of
the .surviving spouse and next of
kin of Glen E. Thornton. Jr., de-
ceased, vs Leon Garner, Nathan E.
Jones and John I<ee Lewis, dam-
ages.
Barbara Janette (Pike) Reagan
vs C'yde Fverette Reagan, di
votc; Charlcic Carol Alford Cor-
mack vs Wesley L. Cormack, di-
vorcee.
The following judgements wer •
entered by Ih court in the past
week: Myra Jean Carrothers Till-
man vs Ralph Wayne Tillman, di-
vorce; Mamie Hazel Moffett vs
Charlie Moffett, divorce; Charles
R. Ross, Jr. vs Tommye lynn;
Directors may try a new tack in
getting the stymied Upper Neches
dam and reservoir project mov-
ing toward reality. The board
Monday heard an engineer's pro-
posal for constructing the project
on a unit basis.
T. Carr Forrest, engineer for
the authority, Monday presented
a plan to the board for construct-
ing the dam and reservoir in sep-
ara'.;> stages under a plan that
would allow the project to pro-
duce revenue before it is fully
completed.
The board gave its general ap
proval. However, a called meeting
is expected in a few days to get
more definitive action.
Under the plan, the engineering
firm considers the first of the
:!i;ee s^'cs completed, with land
for the dam already acquired and
state approval for an ultimate
410,000 acre foot reservoir.
Stage Two envisions construct-
ing a dam two-thirds the height
of the completed project, im-
pounding 30,000 acre feet of wa-
ter, at a cost of $1.800,000.
The impounded water, accord-
ing to the plan, could then be sold
and revenue used to complete con-
struction of the project.
The plan does not anticipate a
tax rate higher than the 35 cents
per $100 valuation, t h e original
limit set at the founding of tho
authority.
The engineer's plan also claims
savings in bonds and service fees
made possible by the unit plan,
more than offsetting some addi-
tional costs involved in the unit
plan.
Current tax rate of the authori-
ty is 10 cents per $100 valuation.
The new plan sees a tax rate of
no more than 35 cents.
Efforts to revive t h e project
have been repeatedly bogged
down. The mammoth $6.5 million
outlay (a $9 million bond issue was
voted by the Authority) without a
contract for water sale, proved to
be a major restricting force.
Tyler voters subsequently turn
ed down a proposal that their city
join the Authority, a move which
if it had passed, would have al-
lowed construction to start al-
most immediately.
In a later move the Rusk City
Council indicated the local mood
in a resolution opposing a state
loan to the Authority and from
which the inference was drawn,
that Rusk sought to withdraw
from the Authority.
(Continued on Page 6)
The initial observance of a long
and colorful holiday season for
Ruskites was set to be held Wed-
nesday evening. The United
Thanksgiving service was to bo
held beginning at 7:30 in the First
Methodist Church.
Persons of every denomination
had been urged to attend the tra-
ditional observance, held each
year under t h e auspices of the
Rusk Ministerial Alliance.
The Rev. Tom Dvai, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church of
Rusk, was scheduled to deliver the
principal address for the service.
Then following in rapid succes-
sion are several Christmas events
that will mark the Yule season in
this area. The annual parade that
launches the colorful season here
will roll through town on Decem-
ber 4.
Several groups and organiza-
tions are now working on floats
and other entries for the parade.
The senior class of Rusk High
School plans a colorful and charm-
ing contribution to the traditional
Rusk Christmas parade. It chose
Lola Sue Jenkins, popular senior
girl, to be "Miss Merry Christmas"
and the chief decoration on the
colorful senior float.
The town's merchants this year
will again offer dividends in en-
tertainment and gifts when they
stage t h e town-wide Treasure
Hunt beginning at 4 p.m. next
Thursday.
Participating merchants will is-
sue numbered tickets with pur-
chases made in their stores on
that day. Then at 4. just before
the parade, each merchant will
post a lucky number in his win-
dow. Persons holding ticket num-
bers corresponding with those
posted in the stores will be given
a free gift.
The initial Christmas observ-
ance will be held in connection
with the city's monthly Bargain
Day. The two events are expected
to draw near record crowds to the
city during the entire week end
next week.
In other parts of t h e county,
Reklaw launched the festive sea-
son Monday evening, entertaining
the Rusk Lions Club with a sup-
per in connection with Rural-City
Week in the U.S.
The affair is designed to bring
together rural people and urban
dwellers in the interest of better
understanding and closer coopera-
tion.
Other communities, inspired by
the Thanksgiving season, planned
similar celebrations, including
Ponta and the Central High com-
munity, which has scheduled an,
evening of fun for Saturday, Nov.
29 for the citizens of the commun-
ity and of Alto and vicinity.
Members of the Rehabilitation
(Continued on Page 6)
21 Inch Doll With Clothes And Closet
Will Be Awarded At Bazaar Dec# 6
Ross, divorce; and Gladys Btrr.v
vi Howard Horry, divorce
MAD TH« CtASllPltDS
Thii beautiful 21 inch Modamo Alexander doll w'th a lovely se-
lection el clothing and wardrobo-clotet, will bo awarded tome lucky
porten at the elote of the 2-day Chrittmai Rataar. December 6 Tho
annual oven it a project o♦ the two Beta Sigma Phi chapter* in thit
city, and proxide* revenue tor tho continuation of * tchoUrthip hind.
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