The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 19, 1959 Page: 1 of 12
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MARCH It, 19
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THE LOYALTY RUSK HAS
SHOWN Hie Rusk Cherokeean
these pest several weeks is most
gratifying . . . Roundabout, Mrs.
Roundabout, end the two little
Roundabouts are indeed fortunate
to live end work with the people
of Rusk ....
OUR SUBSCRIPTION CAM-
PAIGN is for exceeding our ex-
pectations . . . Thousands of new
subscriptions heve poured into our
office the past three weeks . .
Right now, we're running about
two weeks behind getting the
names classified and placed on the
mailing list of the three papers ...
WE APPRECIATE THE MANY
GOOD COMMENTS concerning the
Cherokeean (Star) Journal . . .
THE EDITORIAL POLICY of all
three of Roundabout's papers is
the seme . . . We'll always publish
BOTH SIDES of any issue . . . We
feel thet the news columns belong
to the public and should not be
"slanted" one wey or another . . .
ALWAYS GOOD to see old
and recent ex<Ruskites in
Mr. end Mrs. Frenk
Gillespie of Pt. Arthur and Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Parrish end young
daughter, Patti, of Austin.
CONGRATULATIONS TO the
Continental State Bank of Alto on
its fine, new structure . . . Round-
about received an invitation to at-
tend the open house observance
en Saturday, from M p.m. . . .
Know Alto residents, along with
Continental's president, M e I v I n
Sessions, have a lot of pride in
that fine institution . . .
Roundabout understands
the K i wan is Junior Livestock
Show will be one of the best yet
. . . The annual event will be held
et the Rodeo arena Friday, April
24th, according to information
from C. J. "Shorty" Hagler, chair-
men of the Kiwanis Clubs Com-'
mittee . . . This, in Roundabout's
opinion, is one of the most bene-
ficial prefects that Rusk has the
opportunity to sponsor . . . The
swine, poultry, sheep end turkeys
will bo en displey . . .
UNDERSTAND THAT THE
TEXAS OBSERVER reporter vis-
ited The Rusk State Hospital and
gave our institution quite a write-
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Upper Neches Votes To Explain
Blackburn Project To This City
Dialville Petition Withdrawn;
To Vote With J'Ville April 11
Officers Reported Questioning
Suspect In School Burglaries
Arrested For
J'ville Theft
Eight county youths have been
arrested in connection with a series
of Jacksonville tire and gasoline
thefts. They have been released
but will face a hearing sometime
this week.
Three of the eight are over 17,
according to County Sheriff Allen
Dotson. One has been tried in Jus-
A man was reportedly being
questioned in Jacksonville Wed-
nesday in connection with burg-
laries of Jacksonville and Rusk
schools Monday night.
County Sheriff Allen Dotson
went to Jacksonville shortly be-
fore 11 Wednesday morning after
being notified by Police officers
there that they were holding the
man.
Burglars took some $250 to $300
from the Jacksonville High School.
Rusk elementary and high
schools lost only a comparatively
tice court. The other two may face j small amount of cash, but the
Calvary Baptist Church Noting
Good Attendance During Revival
"revival three yearr ago and has a
wonderful voice."
Crouch is music director of the
Trinity Baptist Church in Tyler.
"Exceptionally good crowds are
attending our Revival this week,"
commented Rev. Wayne Morrow
today in reporting the revival pro-
gress for his church.
Calvary Baptist Church is one
of 10 in the Cherokee County Bap-
tist Association participating in
the county-wide evangelistic cm-
Rev. Morrow is conducting the
services nightly, 7:30 p.m.
He added, "under the leader-
ship of Stephen Crouch we are
having some fine singing each eve-
ning . . . Stephen was with us in
Mentors Told
For Little
League Teams
The Little League Ball Park
committee has announced Ha man-
agers for the approaching baseball
season, and has stated that work
has begun on the diamond
Managers for the 195# season
Whit ten. Red Sox; Jim Car-
Leon Pledger. Card-
CHIEF BROOM SALESMEN — Waymon Pierce, chairman of the Lions Club mop and broom sale, Ike
Daniel, Bill Sharbrough and Bud Parrish are pictured with a few of the wares Lions will be hawking
Friday night in their second annual broom and nop sale. The cartons of Texlxo In the foreground
will be given as free gifts with every purchase.
Rusk Lions Mop,
Broom Sale To
Open Friday
A host of Rusk Lions will be-
come broom salesmen for a night
Friday, in the second annual Lions
Club broom and mop sale. Just
a few dozen Lions will be trying
to sell 69 dozen brooms to house-
wives and businesses.
In addition to the Friday night
canvass, the club will have head-
quarters set up at the Texas Cafe
Saturday from where they will
take calls for their wares and
make free delivery. The phone
number is 3-4111.
Sale Chairman Wayman Pierce
said his broom salesmen this year
will be carrying around bonuses
for buyers of brooms and mops.
They will give an eight-ounce bot-
tle of Texize household detergent
with every purchase.
Featured items in the sale are
colored and plain. house brooms,
cotton and nylon mops and ware-
house brooms.
Prices are: Warehouse brooms,
$1.75; colored house brooms, $1.50;
plain house brooms, $1.25; Swiss
brooms (colored), 75 cents; cotton
mops, $1.00; nylon mops, $1.25.
Lion team captains who are or-
ganizing the sale are: Bill Shar-
brough, Bud Parrish, Ike Daniels,
Alton Abernathy, E1 m a Musick,
Jr., Winford Black, Oran Spence,
Clyde Baker and Roy Isgate.
Proceeds of the sale will go into
the Lions treasury to help in fi-
nancing its heavy load of civic
projects.
o
Those visiting Mrs. Ora Benge
and Douglas over the week end
were Guy Benge, Houston, Henry
Fulton and Sam Livasa, Dallas,
and her brothers, Gerald and Ken-
neth Roach and families.
County Court trials.
The other five lace Juverala ac-
tion. Two of the eight haif been
picked up earlier on similar of-
fenses.
Thefts were all in Jacksonville,
at the following places:
Carl Schultz Used Cars, tire
theft; two tire thefts from indivi-
duals; gas from a construction
company on Alexander Street; gat
and tires from Holcomb Motors;
gas from Newburn Hospital.
"We are looking forward to con-
inued good attendance, and are
hoping to set a record Sunday in
Sunday School attendance with
144 set as the goal."
The public is extended a warm
welcome to any of the services.
Add To Building
Calvary Baptist Church mem-
bers can look forward to a feel-
ing of spaciousness when the addi-
tion of 2300 square feet of floor
space is completed, according to
Bill Draper, building committee
chairman.
The area is an educational unit
to the present structure, and will
be used primarily by the Sunday
School department
According to Draper, long range
(dans call for bricking the entire
church plant
Rev. Wayne Morrow is pastor of
the church located on Palestine
Street.
Food Service
Meeting Held,
The Cherokee County Chapter of
Associ
at
burglars left an extensive trail of
damage. Supt. Gerald Chapman
said most of the Rusk schools'
losses came from the various vend-
maehines. Some money was taken
from the offices, but some waa
also apparently overlooked. How-
ever, ruined doors, broken win-
dows and badly damaged ma-
chines were left by the intruders.
They entered the elementary
school by one of the hall doors.
But they took a harder way get-
ting into the high school building
here. They went up a fire escape,
broke a window and forced their
way through several doors to get
to offices.
They entered the Jacksonville
high school by breaking a plexi-
glass skylight in the roof of the
building.
County Sheriff Allen Dotson
said the burglars seemed to have
taken the hardest way they could
find to break into the buildings.
In most instances entry could have
been gained by simply breaking
one glass.
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Representatives of the Dialville
Two Assured
Pilot Program
To Continue
A report that legislation had
been introduced into the Texas
House to discontinue the Rural
Development program caused a
mild flurry in Rusk Monday and
Tuesday of this week. But as it
turned out, the state's portion of
the program had merely been left
out of the budget and was to be
put in.
City Judge J. Berrin Willis and
Chamber of Commerce Manager
Clyde Baker Tuesday received as-
surances from Sens. A. M. Aiken,
Martin Dies, Jr., and Rep. W. W.
Glass that the Item would be cor-
rected as far as they are con-
cerned.
The two learned there was no
move to discontinue the program.
Relatively small amounts of state
money is put into the program-
just funds to administer the six-
county program through the ex-
tension service. However, this
amount' is necessary to receive the
federal monies for the program.
Cherokee County is one of six
in Texas that are pilot counties
in the Rural Development pro-
gram.
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Noted Speaker
Dooley Dawson
Here Tuesday
Dooley Dawson, a legendary
"great" at Texas A&M, was guest
speaker Tuesday noon, when Rusk
Kiwanians met in regular session
for their luncheon meeting at the
Texas Cafe.
The ex-Aggie star tackle has in
recent years become an outstand-
ing success in the field of banking.
He is vice president, and agricul-
tural manager of the Bank of the
Southwest in Houston.
Mr. Dawson is one of the most
popular, and sought after speak-
ers in the State. His topic Tuesday
was "The Outlook in our Changing i 8ive the PUnt t0 lnstal1 lmProve'
Agriculture." The talk was well I ments that wUl avoid pollution.
Two Cities' Actions Labeled
Detrimental To The Authority
Taxation powers and finances oftion of the Blackburn reservoir in
the Upper Neches River Munici-
and Gallatin Independent School. pal Water Authority formed the
Districts Tuesday morning with-
drew the two petitions from their
districts, petitioning an election
for consolidation of the two dis-
tricts. The Jacksonville-Dialville
consolidation vote has been set
/or April 11.
The Dialville-Gallatin petition
had been on file, along with the
one seeking a Dialville-Jacksonville
election. The latter remained on
file and was called shortly after
the meeting between Dialville and
Gallatin school superintendents
and County Judge J. W. Chandler.
Superintendents Eugene Tank-
ersley of Dialville and Jesse Den-
son of Gallatin withdrew the pe-
titions, stating that an election in
the two districts was never in-
tended, and that the petitions were
submitted only to maintain the
status quo of the Dialville district
until a survey could be made on
the effects of a three-way merger
between Dialville, Gallatin and
Maydelle districts.
The signers of the petitions, they
stated, did not anticipate the Jack-
sonville-Dialville petition.
Judge Chandler took sworn tes-
timony concerning the circum-
stances under which the two peti-
tions were circulated, and signed,
in which it was stated that their
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brunt of the discussion at a two-
and-a-half-hour special meeting of
the board of directors of the auth-
ority Tuesday in the Community
Room of the Texas Bank and
Trust Company.
The authority board also draft-
ed and approved a resolution to
be sent to the City of Rusk guar-
anteeing certain privileges to the
city as a member of the author-
ity.
Board members present were T.
E. Acker, president, Jacksonville;
E. B. Musick, Sr., vice-president,
Rusk; Lee Ragsdale, assistant sec-
retary, Jacksonville; Frank W.
Ebaugh, Jacksonville; Lewis R.
McCarroll and Frank Summers,
Rusk, and Lester Hamilton. John
McDonald and Eugene R. Fish,
Palestine.
Also present were three mem-
bers of the Jacksonville Chamber
of Commerce's Blackburn Dam
Committee, Edwin McCarroll, W.
E. Bailey and D. B. Robertson, and
a Rusk attorney, Robert Á. von
Doenhoff, who has been employ-
ed by a group in Rusk that is in
opposition to the Blackburn Cross-
ing dam.
T. Carr Forrest, consulting en-
gineer of the Dallas firm of For-
rest and Cotton, presented a set
of plans and specifications and
the board voted to accept them.
The plans call for the construc-
COURTHOUSE NEWS
Iron Ore Plant Ordered To
Correct Pollution Of Creeks
The Ruak plant of Armco Steel
Corporation has been given 90
days in which to install improve-
ments that will stop pollution of
three streams that were claimed
to contain residue from the plant's
iron ore crushing and washing op-
erations.
The order appeared in the civil
minutes of Second District Court,
and was the judgement of the
court in a suit styled Ray Sher-
man, et al, vs. Armco Steel Cor-
poration.
The order set down the 00-day
period as a reasonable time to
ger, divorce; Peggy Mae Barns
Todd vs. Joseph C. Todd, divorce;
Ed Poland, d/b/a Cherokee Feed
Mill, vs. J. F. Chamblin, collection
of note; Mrs. George Sheifer vs.
Travis Batton, et al, tresspass to
try title.
received.
Program chairman, E. R. Gregg,
introduced Mr. Dawson. Morris
Frank, well known newspaper col-
umnist, "Of Cabbage and Kings,"
once wrote, "Dooley Dawson is one
of the greatest bank vice presi-
dents who ever lodged acres of
shoe leather on a desk." A typical
Texan, Dawson stands 6*9".
President Carl B. Case presided
at the meeting.
Morris Walters of Jacksonville
was a visitor.
Rev. Smith To Preach Spring Revival Here
of this city gave
of District
Rev. McClain Smith of Dallas
will conduct the week-long Spring
Revival at the first Methodist
Church of Rusk. Revival dates
April 19-28.
Rev. Smith is currently serving
as postor of the Lakewood Metho-
dist Church of Dallas. He was
pastor of the St. Luke's Church
in Dallas for four years prior to
his Lakewood pastorate.
He has also pastored churches
in Sherman and Whitesboro.
Services here will be held from
6:30-7:00 in the morning and at
7:30 each evening, except Satur-
day evening.
Preliminary {dans also call for
Cottage Prayer groups to be bald
two weeks prior to the meeting,
for the groups are: Finis
Joe Guian, Mrs Bud Wal-
Webb Finley, the
Parsonage, Lester Goff, Gladys
Goodson, Metz Heald, Ralph
Travis, H. B. Odom, John Claiborn
(Continued on Page 7)
Gallatin Senior
Class Sponsors
Talent Show Fri.
The senior class of Gallatin High
School is sponsoring a Skit and
Talent night at the High School
auditorium Friday night, March
20, featuring talent from all its
neighboring communities.
Beginning at 7:30 p.m., the acto
will feature talent from New Sum-
merfield, Dialville, Rusk, Reklaw,
Alto and Gallatin.
Admission prices are 35 cents
for children and 79 cento for
adults. Children under $ ere ad-
The Plaintiffs charged that waters
m Mauls, Beans and Boxes creeks
were being polluted.
The proceeding was a hearing
for a temporary injunction. How-
ever, after it was brought out that
the plant would install improve-
ments to lessen pollution, the 90-
day period was given.
The company was ordered to
file with the court reports on or
before the first days of April, May
and June showing what measures
have been taken to correct the sit-
uation, the results and further
measures anticipated.
A further order is to be issued
at the expiration of 90 days.
Also entered in the minutes was
an order dissolving a lease agree-
ment between T. B. Pearsall, Plain-
tiff, and T. D. JowelL
The plaintiffs charged that
lease payments had not been paid
according to a 1955 agreement and
that the defendants were $2,823.33
in arrears.
Pearsall was given a lien on cab
tie and crops on the leased land
in the amount of arrearage.
Jowell gave notice of appeal to
the Court of Civil Appeals, Texar-
Filed with the District Clerk
were two petitions seeking con-
tempt of court proceedings against
persons alleged to have failed in
child support payments as per
court order.
Other suits filed
In County Court, Monnie Spen-
cer pleaded guilty to driving while
intoxicated and was fined $100
and sentenced to three days in
jail. Sammie Albert was fined $25
for driving while license suspend-
ed.
Marriage licenses were issued by
the County Clerk to the following
couples: Bobby Glynn Wallace and
Nina Sue Smith, A. C. Castleberry
and Zenolia Maxine Williams, Joe
Clay Minyard and Edith Nell
Reese.
two stages. Forrest noted that
members of the State Board of
Water Engineers were quite pleas-
ed with the plans for the reser-
voir. Forrest said that the state
board considered the reservoir
one of the most worthy projects
in the state.
Forrest went on to explain the
advantages of stage construction
and quoted some figures indicat-
ing a great saving to member ci-
ties by such construction. "You
are getting a substantial construc-
tion of the overall reservoir, ex-
cept for a spillway," he said. He
mentioned the fact that 80 per
cent of the earth embankment
would be completed in the first
stage of construction.
The engineer reminded board
members that the water permit
for the Upper Neches will elapse
on January 1, 1960. He said that
stage two could be completed in
nine months.
Upon completion the reservoir
would yield 46 million gallons of
water per day, Forrest said. Be-
cause of siltation the yield would
be about 35 million gallons per
day in 50 years. The rate of silta-
tion in stage two would be the
same as if the whole project were
completed.
Forrest declared that land ac-
quisition was a great problem. He
reminded board members that the
land must be acquired before the
project is finished or the water
would cover land that had not
been purchased.
W. C. Jackson, Jr., fiscal agent
for the authority, summarized the
reservoir situation insofar as wa-
ter customers are concerned. He
stated that he had been contact-
ing prospective customers for two
years. He said that many of the
prospective customers had "laded
away" with the recession and de-
lay in beginning of dam construc-
tion.
He said that five years ago one
large firm was interested in pur-
chasing 75 million gallons of wa-
ter per day from a reservoir on
the Upper Neches. He added that
the firm declined to study the sit-
uation further because of doubts
concerning completion of the res-
ervoir.
A second firm baa contacted
Jackson, desiring 75.000,000 gal-
lons of water per day. He said the
firm was "responsible" and was
connected with the oil business.
The firm wants the first 75 mil-
lion gallons of water per day and
also a provision that any water
sales, other than to Palestine,
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fourth.
PROBATING OP VOTBS AS OP FRIDAY, MARCH 13
Helen Myrl Pierce Mason, Rusk ...42,500
Mrs. C. R. TOdd, Jacksonville |, .42,400
Marilyn Tipton Gill, Troup 42,300
Tommie Holcomb Trotter, Dialville 42,200
Mrs. Tom Allen, Alto „< 42,000
Beatrice Bishop, Jacksonville 40,000
Mrs. W. D. Bunn, Jacksonville . 32¿00
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Mrs. C. J. Teel, Jacksonville
Mrs. E. B. Herrjngton, Jacksonville
Dorothy Morrison, Jacksonville
Mrs. Lena Dee Braly, Troup
Mrs. Eddie Joaea, Rusk
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