The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1959 Page: 1 of 16
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COUNTYWIDEl
NEWS COVERAGE
Combining the newsgathering facilities of Rusk end
Jacksonville agencies in H o most complote local
news medium in Cherokee County.
The Cherokeean
TEXAS' OLDEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, ESTABLISHED AS THE PIONEER JULY 5, 1847
Serving The Greater Cherokee County Trade Area
10c per Copy
"SPISARINKTUM" ... word
you don't hoor very often, if it con
bo called a word . . . Roundabout i
isn't sure. Anyway thafs the word
Rusk's former mayor, W. H. Hanna
applied to the energetic move-
ments of his little 2Vi year old
granddaughter, Carol . . . seeming-
ly the term denotes a kind of a-
tomic energy generated by the
very youthful, and without under-
standing it completely, everybody
gets the general idea when they
hoar "she's just full of spisarink-
tum."
REMINDS ROUNDABOUT of
VOLUME 112
16 PAGES
RUSK, TEXAS
AUGUST 6, 1959
NUMBER 7
the days when
"IMPA-SATEN" .
he was called
THE LUFKIN DAILY NEWS re-
cently moved into its new building,
and among the news carried in the
paper's special edition, was a pic-
ture of the staff in 1908. Then
located on Cotton Square, Lufkin,
the former Miss Winnie Green,
now Mrs. Winnie Denton of Rusk,
was among the typo setters. Mrs.
Denton was employed there for
a number of years. Shortly before
she loft they acquired a linotype
many changes have been noted
by the paper since that day in
1908, and the Daily News has kept ¡
abreast of the changing times,
serving its area with one of the
State's best dailies . . .
FOUR • YEAR OLD ROXANN
BROWN, daughter of Cherokeean
editor Glen Brown, has been re-
ceiving some lessons at home in
good table manners, and her par-
ents have taught her that the meal
begins with a "blessing," and she
has her own memorized. However,
the other day, Roxann sat down
and immediately began to eat . . .
After a gentle prodding, "haven't
you forgotten something?" from
her daddy, she looked up and said,
"But Daddy, you don't say the
blessing just for soup!"
LOTS OF EXCITEMENT IN THE
AIR . . . Rodeo week always brings1
a special atmosphere to town, and
since Monday, seems everybody in
town has gotten the spirit . . .
Roundabout has seen a busy bunch
of Lions, putting up decorations,
having meetings, huddles, and
huddle-ettes, trying to get all the
affairs in perfect order for the
big, 11th annual show here Thurs-
day, Friday and Saturday. The j
boys in the Club are predicting
the biggest year yetl
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Lions Launch Largest Rusk
Rodeo for Three Nite Run
Bill Passed Easing
Voting Deadline
Board Sets
Calendar For
1959; 60 Year
J'VILLE — The Jacksonville
School calendar for the coming
year was approved at the meeting
of School Board Tuesday night.
The fall term will begin Tuesday.
September 8, and the school year
will end on May 27.
Teachers are scheduled to begin
their on-the-job workshop for one
The Texas Senate and House
Wednesday both gave record votes
to S. B. 8, by Sens. Martin Dies
and Bill Moore, which allows the
Upper Neches Authority greater
leeway in calling confirmation
elections in the three member
cities.
Rep. W. W. Glass said Wednes-
day afternoon that the bill moves
the deadline for the election from
November 1 back to December 1
However, the bill will go into ef-
fect as soon as the Governor signs
it. a result of the record votes.
This will allow the Authority to
call the elections any time from
the signing date to December 1,
Kick-off Dinner, Parade
Lead 11 th Event T hursday
The wraps come off Rusk's biggest rodeo Thursday
night. A new producer, new animals and some new cowboy
laces promise something new in rodeos for Cherokee County
and East Texas arena fans during the three-night stand.
— i A hundred to 125 professional
Humble Motion cowboys wil1 be mixing u up with
For New Trial
Is Overruled
: town's newspapers.
Dec ; 0-
HOLD YOUR HORSES will be the sentiments of these three and maybe a half-dozen more Lions Club
past presidents when they mount up for the Past Presidents' Ride during the Lions Club Rodeo starting
Thursday. Getting helped into the driver's seat here is Robert Banks, who gets a hoist from John Les-
ter. Burned Stovall holds the steed steady for the mount-up.
Trustees Move To Provide
For Consolidated District
week on August 31. The board set following, however, a 14-day notice
up the following holiday periods 0f election published in the three
for the year; Thanksgiving, Nov.
26 and 27; Christmas from
ember 18 to Jan. 4; Easter, April
15. This schedule leaves one other
day that will be held open for pos-
sible bad weather and if not used
will be taken on May 27.
In other action, the board heard
a proposal that the school con
struct two swimming pools that,
was presented by a group includ- ^'ie Maydelle School Board Mon-
ing J. T. Murphy, M. G. Moore, and ('a-v night set August 15 for an
Frank Rand. The project was dis-
cussed, and the board considered
it very desirable and will possibly provement.
consider it in the future. The issue will be to finance con-
The board voted to hold a tax struction of a science laboratory,
rate and bond assumption election a library and other work on the
| as early in September as arrange campus. Superintendent Floyd
Maydelle Sets
$50,000 Bond
Vote August 15
election on
for school
issuing $50,000 bonds
construction and im-
the animals for points and a por-
tion of the $4,000 prize money,
according to Rodeo Chairman Bur-
ile 11 Stovall.
'We've got one of the fastest
shows I've seen," said the veteran
A motion for a new trial of the Rodeo worker, "and Laurence Win-
Patton vs. Humble title and bound- free has some of the best stock
ary suit, was overruled in 145th you'll see in an arena."
District Court on July 30. Winfree, of Orange, veteran pro-
The Humble Oil and Refining ducer in the South and Southwest,
Company, defendant, filed the mo- is producing his first show in
tion for the new trial following an [ isk.
earlier judgement after a jury Lined up for the three nights'
trial. entertainment are six big events—
! Following the Court's action in bareback riding, saddle bronc rid-
1 overruling the motion Humble ing, bull riding, calf roping and
gave notice of appeal from the bulldogging.
judgement to the Court of Civil Local color will be added by
Appeals in Texarkana. volunteers from among the 19 past
Filed with the District Clerk presidents of the Rusk Lions Club,
were the following suits. They will pound leather in the
T F. Keasler vs. W. B. North- Second Annual Past Presidents'
cutí, collection on contract agree-; Ride. Stovall said he expected a
inent; James Delbert Mayfield vs | half-dozen old presidents to per-
Josephine Cates Mayfield, divorce;; form each night.
Ottis D Moore vs Ogretta Moore,
divorce; Mrs. Cora M. Dickey, by¡
next friend, vs J. F. Johnson, et al, I
trespass to try title.
0
REP. W. W. GLASS, who called
us on the new Upper Neches Bill
says it looked like the Legislators
would wind up a long, hard year
Wednesday or Thursday ... sound-
ed kind a weary of lawmaking . . .
at least of fighting about taxes and
spending . . .
The Rusk School Board Tuesday
' night acted on moves to consoli-
i date Rusk and Gallatin School Dis-
tricts and provide for the largest
high school enrollment since be-
fore World War II.
Trustees elected Gallatin teach-
ers and gave the go-ahead for a
new science building costing some
$22,000. The board elected the fol-
¡ lowing Gallatin teachers; Mrs. Ve-
a two-teacher home economics de-
partment. The HE building is pre-
sently being re-modeled.
Hired also were Gallatin lunch-
room cooks Louise Burlingame
and Mrs. Anna Evans and bus
drivers W. P. Lemaster and E. K.
Ousley.
Thirty - eight Gallatin High
School pupils have either com
pleted choice slips or have them to
fill out for entering Rusk High
School September 2. Eighty two
ble accommodating that number ! ments can be made. This election
Gallatin and Rusk school dis- is required due to the recent ad-
trict voters approved consolidation \ ditions to the school District of the
Turney.
of the two districts last Saturday. Reynolds, Afton Grove,
The consolidation will not be form- ant* Diaville Districts.
ally declared, however, until the Installation of a 6 foot ceramic RUSK LOCAL
new district boundaries can be tile wainscoat in the rest rooms at Mr. and Mrs. John Summers
defined. 'he East Side School at an esti- have returned from a weeks visit I
Then a district - wide pler iinn' mated cost of $1950.00 was author- with Wyatt Norman and family at
will have to be held for assump- See CALENDAR Page 8 Corpus Christ!
tion of indebtedness and for ex-
tending the tax rate.
The board Tuesday night also.
Awarded the 1959-60 gasoline
contract to J. C. Williams.
Heard current budget amend
ments on transportation and capi-
tal outlay.
Discussed present construction
at the'George Bradford school and
the white elementary school.
Supt. Chapman noted in the
meeting that Rusk Schools will
begin regular classes on opening
da-y, Sept. 2. A teachers meeting
will be held on Sept. 1. Classes
will also be held on Labor Day,
Sept. 8, he said.
Tom Sartin, president of the
school board, presided. Members
present were: Edwin Dickey, W
E. Davis, Mrs. Lynn Banks, Billie
Braswell, Ralph Travis and Don
Crysup.
0
Dotson, who was preparing a full
report on the proposed work, said
he would issue the statement next
week.
0
saddle that Mrs. S. L. Hudson is1
,, lora Boyett, home economics; Mrs.
LIKE TO SEE some of you older Greta L. Jones, high school; and pupils will attend the elementary
tim*rc com uo with that side Mmes. Jessie Lee Odom, Jimmye school in Gallatin.
| Pipes and Fred Thompson, all ele- Total Rusk High School enroll-
mentary teachers. ment is expected to be about 290,
searching for . . . This lady, who Mmes jones and Boyett will the largest enrollment since about
has seen her three-score and ten, teach jn Rusk j{¡gh School, while 1940, according to Superintendent
would still like to ride in the others will remain in the Gallatin Gerald Chapman. However, he
Rodeo parade . . elementary school. Rusk will have said the school will have no trou-
Baptist Revival Begins
In Rusk Sunday Morn
The Youth-Led, Adult-Supported
Revival scheduled to begin at First
Baptist Church next Sunday, is in
the forefront Of activity at the
church this week, according to
Jim Bob Griffin, youth director.
He states young people of the
church are holding nightly cottage
prayer meetings and the publicity
committee is busy distributing
posters and mailing out announce-
ments of the revival.
Along with other activities de-
nigned to publicize the revival, is
a float in Thursday's downtown
parade.
Rev. John LaNoue and wife of
Kirkland, Texas are scheduled to
lead the week' Revival. He will
preach for the twice daily services
at 8:30 a.m. and 7:30 p m and his
wife will assist with special sing
ing and testimonials. They will
also be in charge of the fellow-
ships and seminars to be held each
night following the services. To
be conducted on an alternate bas-
is. beginning with Monday's night
fellowship at the M. J Mayes
hfcm*. the remaining week's sched-
ule is as follow* Tuesday, W L.
Durrett home, seminar; Wednes-
day, T. G. Vaughn home, fellow-
ship; Thursday, Bill Wright home,
seminar; Friday, Harry Tosh home,
fellowship; and Saturday, Eldon
Bothwell, seminar.
States Griffin, this week our
cottage prayer meetings were to
be held in the homes of Joe Sales,
E II Griffin, E. J. Keels and W.
II. Hanna Wednesday night's
See REVIVAL Page 8
WANTED
A scarce item these days is a
side saddle. Mrs. S. L. Hudson
made that discovery when she
decided she wanted to ride in
the Lions Club Rodeo parade.—
horseback.
Mrs. Hudson, who is over 70,
still wants to ride in the parade,
but, according to Mrs. Irma
Black, still hasn't been
locate a side saddle^
able
Performances will begin at 7:30
each night and last for some two
hours. Added features Saturday
night will be an appearance of the
Angelina Mounted Quadrille and
the awarding of the Shetland pony.
Thursday's kick-off activities in-
clude the Lions Club kick-off din-
ner at noon, open to the public.
At. 5 p.m. the parade will start.
Lengthened by additional floats
and entries, the parade for 1959
is expected to be the biggest of its
10 predecessors. It will include a-
bout a dozen floats and at least
to two bands—the Rusk High School
See RODEO Page 8
Jacksonville Council Hears Gas Rate
Proposal, Warns On Street
U Gas Asks
Ordinance
On Rates
County Agent
Attends IF YE
Confab In Pa.
J'VILLE R. W Pearcy and Le
roy Malloch, representatives for
the United Gas Corporation, which
has the city franchise for natural
gas distribution, presented a pro
posed new ordinance controlling
gas rates to the City Council Tues
day night
The new ordinance would per- ¡
rnit the company to pass on
to its customers any future in-
crease or decrease in the purchase
costs of natural gas. These gas
Pa. County A pr¡( pS are controlled by the Fed
attending the eraj power Commission. An in-
| crease of 1.2c per thousand cubic
feet is expected to go into effect
in October.
Mr. Malloch says the increase
under the proposed new ordinance
would cost the average residence
in Jacksonville only eight cents
per month The Council took the
ordinance under study and will i
consider it again at its next meet-'
ing.
The council approved a request
from Earl Allen, new owner of
City Cab Taxi franchise, to
MILLERV1LLE,
gent Steve Lilly is
national Alumni Conference of the
International Farm Youth Ex-
change movement which opened
here Monday, August 3. The ses-
sions end Friday.
Lilly served as an IFYL dele-
gate to Turkey in 1951.
The conference is being held at
Millersville State Teachers College
where dormitories have been con-
verted into hotels for the occasion.
Several 1959 exchanges from
other countries and presently sta-
tioned tn Pennsylvania are giving the
THE BIG TENT—located c>n S. Jackson Street in Jacksonville is
to house a new $10,000 portable skating Rink.
Briggs Opens New Skating Rink
In Jacksonville Saturday Night
JOHN LAMOUI
tvangelist
Testimonies, Special Music «re convention hosts
! the conference an international change the name to Tip Top Taxi
' atmosphere Pennsylvania IKYEV effective Wednesday morning.
See OAS Page 4
J VILLE—Glen L. Briggs began
assembling a new portable skating
rink in Jacksonville this week The
rink is located in the 1500 block
on S. Jackson Street and will be
opened Saturday night.
This is a completely new $10,000
rink and Mr Briggs says that it
is the newest and finest rink in
East Texaa. The floors and tent
were built by O L. Tillmghasl in
Program
Delay May
Cost 20°/o
Additional
J'VILLE—After a discussion be-
tween the Jacksonville City Coun-
cil and the Chamber of Commerce
Downtown Street Paving Commit-
tee Chairman J. T. Murphy, at the
regular meeting of the council
Tuesday night, the council indicat-
ed that they looked with favor on
the proposal that the small group
of property owners who did not
participate in the voluntary Re-
surfacing program be assessed for
the street improvement costs.
City Manager, Walter Cook, esti-
mated that the assessment of costs
' would be at least 20% more than
1 it would for those who came into
i the project on a voluntary basis.
; This increase would be required
to cover the costs of legal fees
and publications that are required
by law.
Chairman Murphy reported that
his committee now has received
pairs of the finest new skates will payments from all property owners
be available for use when the rink on one s'<'e street in five
op(>ns blocks, and that in all of the others
This is the second rink that Mr. they agreement from only
Briggs will have in operation ini°"e lo lhr*e property owners. He
this area Hia original rink is now1 ■ ur*d «*• ««"«cU that the com
See SKATING Page I See STRUTS Page t
Ennis, Texas. The large tent was
put up Monday morning and work-
men began assembling the Maple
floor Tuesday morning. A hundred
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Whitehead, E. H. The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1959, newspaper, August 6, 1959; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150300/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.