The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1959 Page: 1 of 16
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NEWS COVERAGE
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ROUNDABOUT UNDERSTANDSÍ
our Sheriffs Department hed a
very unpleasant job to do over
the weekend. . . It was one of
those sordid affairs that even a
newspaper hates to print the full
details . . . From what Roundabout
understands, three white men were
attempting to date some negro
women in Jacksonville and became
obnoxious in their approach . . .
Only prompt action by the Sher-
iff's Department prevented what
could have easily developed into
a racial problem . . . They hauled
the three white men in before any
real damage was done, and let
them sober up in {ail . . . Because
of innocent children, it's best not
to publish the full story. Sheriff
Dot son and Roundabout believe ...
We, in Cherokee County, are in-
deed fortunate to heve a strong
Sheriff's Department that is cap-
able of stopping trouble before it
pets out of hand.
ROUNDABOUT WENT TO
HUNTSVILLE last weekend for a
visit, and had a hard time finding
the town . . . The state by-passed
'em . . .
HUNTSVILLE CITIZENS
STALLED around too long and now
their town is by-passed . . . and,
when Roundabout says by-passed,
he means by-passed . . . The aver-
age motorist will never see Hunt*
ville unless he has special business
in the town . . . The state com-
pleted a super by-pass of the town.
It is four complete highways going
around the city . . . There is no
opportunity for business to build-
up on the by-pass route because of
the auxiliary highway that is con-
structed alongside the main high-
way . ..
VOLUME 111
1* RAGES
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RUSK, TEXAS
JUNE 4, 1959
NUMBER 50
Committee To Recommend Measures
For Safer Rusk Street intersections
Rusk Pony League
Needs More Boys
The Rusk Pony League is in
need for at least a doien more
boys to distribute among its four
teams.
Some of the team members
now playing are unable to make
Parked vehicles that obstruct
the view at intersections drew the
I attention of members of the Rusk
Police and Fire Committee Mon-
day night.
The committee voted to recom-
mend to the city council that steps
The Town of Rusk is presently sold and the library is expected be taken to stop parking so near
City Council Negotiating
For Another Library Site
negotiating for another location
for the city library. The building
now housing the library has been
TWENTY-FOUR Nurse Technicians were capped in ceremonies at the Rusk State Hospital last Friday
night. The ceremony climaxed a year's training ani marked the half-way point in the class' training.
each game and a few have had _ . I C
to drop out since the team rost- SrhOOlS !StQi"t
ers were made up
Any boy eligible for the
and who would like to
asked to see Houston White at
the Rusk Hotel for
to a team.
.ur'. Makeup Work
I White at I I . , |
assignment Here Monday
Junior High Renovation
To Begin Immediately
|Court Notes
Much Activity
J'VILLE—Extensive repairs and
inside renovations will begin im-
mediately at Jacksonville Junior
High School. The School Board
Tuesday night approved Superin-
tendent W. D. Mauldin's recom-
mendations for repairs on the
junior high plant. Repairs will
UNDERSTAND THE GASOLINE cost approximately $40,000.
and restaurant business is down! Acoustic-type ceilings will be in-
about half . . . Conroe and Madl-1 stalled throughout the building
sonville are getting all the business and vinyl-type floors will be laid.
nnw _ Tile will also be installed a few
q feet up walls in corridors and
CONGRATULATIONS to all our j restrooms.
hardworking Rural Development The lighting system inside the
people in the county . . . people i building will be completely mod-
at the higher level seem to think ernized and a public address sys-
a lot of your fine work here just | *em will be installed. The repair
as the folks you work with appro- \
ciato you
J'VILLE — The Corporation
cafeteria management for the en- Court of Jacksonville had an ac
tire school system. A central buy- l've day Tuesday following the
ing office will be set up and the j long Memorial Day weekend, re-
dietician will be in charge of basic ¡ ports George Crawford, city court
meal planning. 1 judge
Mauldin was authorized to pur '
chase a new, 72-passenger school'
Four men were charged with
bus and a new, 48-passenger bus j being drunk over the weekend
Each was fined $20.50. Two boys
were charged with a disturbance
and were fined $25 each. They had
threatened another person with a
Miss Cartlidge
Named Lon Morris
Student Teacher
Miss Carole Lee Cartlidge of
this city was accepted Tuesday as
a student instructor of chemistry
at Lon Morris College. In addition
to her work as assistant instruc-
tor, she will be enrolled as a stu-
dent there.
Miss Cartlidge, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. R. Cartlidge,
is a pharmacy major. She attend-
ed Lon Morris last summer, and
completed her first year at the
University of Texas last month.
chassis.
The board passed a resolution
recommending that all school per-
sonnel have a complete physical
checkup before the start of the
1959-60 school term. The physical j beating. A third disturbance
examination will be required for j charge resulted in a $25 fine for
the 1960-61 school year. a boy who struck a woman.
The board voted to install a Ano(her pergon was fined $20
light In front of the auditorium at!
..... . .. Joe Wright Elementary School to; for speeding. A youth was fined
work does not include the gym- provide lighting for the entrance- f°r speeding and another $10
nasium. which will undergo exten- way for night programs at the for driving without an operator's
sive repairs in the near future, school. license
Mauldin states. Two teachers were announced
All members of the School Board as having voluntarily retired. Re-
were present except W. E. Bailey.
The board authorized Superin-
j tendent Mauldin to hire a dietician
and cafeteria manager. When a
suitable person is found for the
tirement will be effective immedi-
ately. The retiring teachers are
Miss Mary Summers, high school
librarian, and Miss Kate Stadler,
secretarial studies instructor at
position, he will have charge of Jacksonville High School.
Methodists
Set Bible
School Here
the regular
Make-up classes in Rusk High Tuesday
and Elementary schools will begin
I Monday, according to Gerald Chap- ,
i man, superintendent Classes will RUSK TeOCherS
begin at 7:30 and continue through
11:30 each morning.
High school courses will be of-
fered in English I and II and in ^
Algebra I and II. Drivers Training, jCldlCC CjjTC3DtS
a course offered for extra credit,
begins a began on Monday. Bruce Pruett is
to be moved in September. corners (,f intersections that a
C'ouneilmen have been offered . . .... ...
....... ■ . .. driver must pull his car out into
a lease on the building just south
of the present library The offer, |the street before he can get a clear
which included provisions for re- view of oncoming traffic,
modeling, was considered briefly The recommendation included
by councilmen in a called meet-i^ suggesti0n that signs or mark-
ing luesday afternoon. ¡ngs URe(j t() designate the
Hearing the offer, the council; unlawful parking areas.
moved to negotiate turther, with comrn¡ttee voted to again
some determination expected by confer with the council concern-
meeting date next jng tj1(¡ traffic situation in the area
of the Little League park and the
® swimming pool, and decided to re-
fer to the Street Committee the
investigation of a new route to the
Little League park over an exist-
ing road.
Committee members also ap-
proved recommending that the
city enter into contract with the
Receive Math,
Monday, June 8th
week of Vacation Bible School at instructor.
. .. Make-up class teachers are, for
First Methodist Church, according ■ Eng,ish Mrs McCarroll and for
to Mrs. Ed Ratcliff who will serve a|gebra, Mr. Thomas. High school
as Dean. | classes will continue for six weeks,
All youngsters in the area are except in drivers training which is
cordially invited to attend the
daily sessions from 9 a.m. to 11:30
Monday through Friday.
Department leaders for the
school are: Mrs. M. V. Browning,
Juniors; Mrs. Charley Christopher,
Primary; and Mrs. Frank Morgan.
Kindergarten.
Assisting Mrs. Ratcliff will be
the following workers: Mrs. Ray-
mond Vermillion, Mrs. Esther Har-
a 10-week course.
In elementary school, six-week
makeup courses will be given in
the third through the eighth
grades. Teachers are Mrs. Coker,
Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Willing-
ham.
There will be no charges for the
summer school, except where the
pupils are trying for extra credit,
as in drivers training, or where
he resides outside of the Rusk
rison, Jo Ann Abernathy Angela Djstrict ,hese
cases the fee
Dickey, Beverly Musick, Judy|w¡], bp $igm
Banks, Norleine Morgan. Stephanie
Cox and Lila Jean Long.
Three Rusk School District county in the rural fire program,
teachers have been awarded grants a moye that will enable the city,
under the National Science Foun- j 'n 1059, to receive a share of the
dation Program and will study for $5,000 the county has said it will
some six weeks this summer. make available to Fire depart-
Lamar Martin and Billy Watson, men,s that answe/ rura'u cMs'
Rusk High School science and Attending Monday night. meet-
mathematics teachers respectively,
ing were Lloyd Hendricks, com-
Heavy RomfallW* RN Attion Slated
Noted in May For 7:30 Friday Evening
J'VILLE—Mav was a wet month I ■ w
Development Heads
Confer In Rusk Meet
Two boys were charged Saturday
with entering the high school
lunchroom and taking some cook-
ies. The charges were dismissed
after a lengthy talk in the Munici-
pal Building. The boys were turn-
ed over to their parents after a
lecture.
J'VILLE—May was a wet month
for the Jacksonville area. A record I
of 13.37 inches of rain fell during' ... . . r\ '
the month, reports Dr P. A. J Vllle HOS Quiet
Young, local weather observer. . . . . ... . ,
May rainfall is 229 percent of MClTIONal Weekend
average. Dr. Young states. The
heaviest rain fell on Saturday J V1LLE ~ Minor traffic accl"
night, May 2, when more than six dents, one on Saturday and one on
inches deluged the Jacksonville Monday, were the only incidents
May Sees $485
Ticket Fines
Issued, City
. . V ft .)■
Lynches Chapel
Homecoming Set
Sunday, June 7
both received grants. Martin will! m,ttee, chairman, James Turney,
study at Stephen F Austin College ¡ council representative, E C. Beck-
in Nacogdoches and Watson will worth' Ji««s Bu,,er and Burne11
go to Texas Christian University ^
in Fort Worth. 0
Benjamine Hunter, George Brad-
ford High School teacher, will go
to Prairie View College for similar
studies. Also, Alma Joyce Hunter,
George Bradford junior pupil, will
attend Prairie View College under
an honorary math and science
scholarship program.
City Policeman Homer Smith
has released a summary report of
traffic tickets given during the
month of May.
Heading the list in quantity, is
parking violations, totaling 166.
Taking second place in numbers of
tickets issued, is running red light,
lor many ^jjj, Nineteen tickets were
u i u .. . ■ ,l, u ■ written for running stop signs;
be staged here Friday night when
a couple of dozen amateur fight- three ff,r blocking driveways, and
ers don the gloves for an evening; 1 for illegal center of the street
of slugging. parking.
The fight night is sponsored by Fees were assessed accordingly
the Rusk Lions Club. Committee on the following basis: parking
Chairman Ed Stover, noted that: ticket, 25c; running red light,
this will be something of a trial .■>;7,50; running stop sign, $3.00;
project, but if it proves successful blocking drives, and center of the
the Club may promote a regular street parking is a $1.00 fine.
Main at Wilson Street! boxing card' A" tola1, Policeman Smith fi*
Boxers will go three one-minute i gures his department assessed
A new experience
Ruskite —real, live boxing
Two cars were involved in a
area, causing heavy property dam- t0 mar the Memorial Day weekend
Leaders in Texas and Cherokee ment Committee, included reports nation. It is presently one of six age and breaking the dam at Pine
County Rural Development met from the several sub committees, "pilot" counties in Texas under Crest Lake. 'M ""V'
here in joint session Tuesday Dr. W. N. Williamson, associate Rura| Development, and the prio-; The January through May rain-
evening for a County Rural Deve- director, Texas Agricultural Ex rjty C0Unty when the pilot pro íau t(Hdi reached 25.91 inches,1 crash on
lopment meeting. The State Com-! tension Service, and chairman of: gram selections were made in which is u percent above aver • 5:40 p.m. Saturday. One arrest rounds in cach of Friday night's fines in the amount of $485 dur-
mittee held one of its two yearly I the state committee, commended j 1956. age was made for fai|ure to grant nghts. ing the month of May.
meetings here Wednesday morn-j Rural Development work in Cher-, County Judge j w chandler i>r Young reported that 1.45 right-of-way Buddy Turman, widely known "We don't like giving these
lTi% . . . , 0 f.e 0Un,m., ,a '« welcomed the state committee in inches of rain fell Monday. June No arrests followed a minor ac- Tyler heavweight, will referee the tickets," said Smith, "but it's the
Homecoming at Lynches C'hapel, j Tuesday night s meeting, presid- He recalled that Cherokee Coun Xu0S(lay njght's meeting A re i, indicating a wet month ahead, cident at 3:45 p.m. Monday on matches. only way we know to make people
6 miles West of Alto, has been ed over by Clyde Small, county ty s Rural Development program corded message from Undersecre- Light hail accompanied the rain Cherokee at North Bolton Street. The fights will begin at 7:30 in stop when they should . . and we
scheduled for next Sunday, June c airman o eve op was t irs in exas i no in^ c ^ary 0£ Agr¡(.giture True D. Morse, ajid caused minor damage to area The accident occurred during a thu Husk High School gymnasium, urge everyone to please cooper-
7th, according to Edith Hendrick. j who visited in Cherokee County rmn<i heavy rain. Admission will be 50 and 25 cents, ate, by being more careful"
Everyone has a cordial invita-
tion to attend, especially those
who enjoy singing. Lynches Cha-
pel is located just off Highway
294, West of Alto.
0
Tomato Sales in Center
Of Commerce Ruled Out
who visited in Cherokee County crops,
last year, was heard by the group.
Morse stated that he was impress-
ed by the work in the county and
he extended his congratulations to
the "pioneers" of Rural Develop-
ment in Cherokee County who are
FnrQll In ™-wva v gjvjng leadership to the state and
tlllUll III J'VILLE—Tomato farmers will city telephone rates was read to nation
First Baptist not be allowed to sell their pro- the council. The council took no Reporting for their county sub-
,l _ . duce from the center of Commerce action on the request but turned comm¡ttees at the meeting were
Bible School Street this year, ruled the City, the matter over to City Attorney chajrman: Bertice Watson. Mrs
Vacation Bible School enroll- Council at its regular meeting Emerson Stone. Jr., for his hand Uahrnon Hassell. H B. Under-
ment at First Baptist Church, ac Tuesday night in the Municipal ling. He will check on several wood 5jrs Oscar Holcomb, Allen
cording to the principal, Rev. Lon- Building. items and report back to the ooforth, Mrs. L. H. Newhurn, O.
nie Webb, is 146 The 10 day Last year the area tomato farm-)counci1 R. Perkins, J. E. Thompson, Hugh
school promises to be an outstand- ers were permitted to sell toma- A letter from L. C. Way was Richey, Mrs. J. S. Bennett, Grady
ing success. toes on Commerce Street west of read. He alleged that the City was Dupree, Mrs. Bill Lee.
"Our attendance has been good, | Patton Street. The selling of toma- liable for damages resulting to Special reports were given by
the workers and teachers are co- toes from the center of Commerce his business at 751 North Bolton M. D. Arrington, Carl Wipprecht,
operating 100'i , and we all antici- in the "Catfish Row" section has as a result of the May 2 storm. The w. T. Rogers. Mrs. W. H, Fling and
pate a successful school," said long been a Jacksonville tradition, council agreed that the City was Miss Janie Sue Bennett.
Rev. Webb. The council voted unanmiously to not liable inasmuch as storm dam In Wednesday's meeting repre-
Daily session are held from 8:30 ban such selling this year. The ages resulted from the flooding of sentatives of state and federal
to 11:30 a.m. with refreshments council agreed to permit pick up a natural drain. agencies that make up the state
served at mid-morning. Classes and delivery to continue from the A Jacksonville woman requested Rjral Development committee met
are conducted for ages 3 through 1 middle of downtown streets. that the City lease her an acre in the council room of the court
16. A full agenda kept the council of land in the center parkway of house for semi annual meeting.
Commencement exercises will be busy for more than two hours the Oak Point Subdivision at Lake The plan of business included
held Wednesday night. June 10th, Tuesday. Jacksonville. The Council turned formulating a procedure for the
with visitors to be invited to view A letter from General Tele- down the request. annual report to the national com-
the handwork of the school stu- phone Company of the Southwest Separate requests from Sam mittee and setting up a plan of
dents. requesting a re-hearing on the (*•• TOMATO, Pn« 5) work.
OR. W. N. WILLIAMSON, assocUta director of the
Texas Agriculture Extension Service and chairman of
the state Rural Development Committee, spoke briefly
to the County committee in its meeting Tuesday night.
Seated is Clyde Small of Jacksonville, County Chairman.
IN SESSION all day Tuesday were these members of the State Rural Develop-
ment committee. The group met in a semi-annual meeting in the council room
of the courthouse. Its agenda included outlining an annual plan of work, setting
up a procedure for reporting to the National committee and election of officers.
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Whitehead, E. H. The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1959, newspaper, June 4, 1959; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150291/m1/1/?q=cherokeean: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.