The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1960 Page: 1 of 20
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COUNTYWIDE
NEWS COVERAGE
Combining the newsgathcring facilities of Rusk and
Jacksonville agencies in the most complete local
news medium In Cherokee County.
The Cherokeean
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WE WERE ruminating about
things political this week when VOLUME 113
SEPTEMBER 1, 1960
THREE SECTIONS
20 PAGES
NUMBER H
we noticed that all over Texas the
ladies are beginning to commune
according to which party they like
. . . decided that this was a good
time not to start grazing around
the political forage.
AND HIKE SNUBBED
AND SO AS not to tax our rated
capacity for rumination, we turn-
ed naturally to football ... we
have our opinions about football,
but they didn't require much
thought to form.
Car-Tax Problem
Unsolved During
Court's Session
ALWAYS GLAD to follow Pete The county tax dilemma—whether to lower the car tax
and his boys inte a new season., al,d raise the valuation floor of land—was still a dilemma as
County Commissioner:-, ended a special meeting Tuesday aft-
WE'LL MENTION, too, the big enionn.
football contest, which gives every-
body in the county a chance to
win cash . . . Ifs in section 2 of
your paper.
COURT FAVORABLE
CONTESTS, Of course, lead us
right back to politics, and we're
rather expected to acknowledge
each week the existence of this re-
creation . .at least you would
Monk so by tne mail we get.
THE ROUNDABOUT department
was somewhat entertained by the
first fruits of the Texas organiza-
tion's Kennedy-Johnson campaign.
The land floor proposition, an idea that has been around
quietly for some time but
without much official pop-
ularity, got the silent treat-
ment Tuesday. And Tax Col-
lector Jimrnie Cone was left
with a schedule of automobile
assessments that average
nearly $100 per unit higher
than those in Smith County.
Cone, ¡n a brief appearance be
fore the court, defined the pro-
County Commissioners Tuesday blem something like this: A sub-
Justices
May Get
Salaries
assented verbally to making Cher- stantial cut in the valuations on
They quoted "two eminent political okee County justices of the pcace n,ltorn°biIies would take about $1
ovnortt" tn íhnw tha Tpvam in i - , cr r , Million ¡n Valuations off tile COIII1
experrs to snow rnar lexans in salaried officers. But the informal
1928 were not voting for Hoover
and against Al Smith, the first
ty rolls. This would have to lie
poll did not constitute an order made up by another tax. perhaps
to that effect. less broad, or an increase in the
Justices in (he six precincts, lax rate.
they indicated, will go on a salary While (one has the authority to
. ■ . reduce the rates, doing so arbi
basis it the item can be justified , ,, .
trarily would present the county
in 'he county budget. with a small budget crisis. Mean
Salaries instead of fees has long time, he explained, he is under in
been a goal of peace justices. They creasing public pressure to reduce
have appeared before the court on assessments against motor vchic
other occasions to request them. les.
WELL, SIR, the counties which -^Iar,y citizens—and the Commis- The only immediate solution ap
voted for Hoover, the experts s'oncrs ( ourt was not unaware of peared to be the increase of the
found, were the dry ones; the wet ,he sentiment-—felt that in theory minimum amount for which land
ones voted for Smith. Most of them. at ,c>ast■ sal;"*ies are more in the could be rendered. Such a route
today remain as they were during intprpst of justice than fees. was never proposed, however, and
the Hoover-Smith campaign Commissioners Tuesday surveyed its bare mention never got to the
' recent annual reports of ¿he just- discussion stage.
THIS PAIR eminently concluded 'ces anc'' ",c rccor('. deliber* Cone first stated that he could
that in that campaign, party was :,tcd 011 salar>' figures w h i c h sympathize with budget problems
second to prohibition in determin- woul(' ,)e commensurate with the of the court, but even so they
Catholic nominee for President.
THE EXPERTS, who wrote "with
the refreshment of reading back,"
said Texans in the majority voted
against whiskey and for prohibit-
ion. Quaker Hoover was supposed
to be for prohibition arid Cath-
olic Al Smith came out against it.
One-Third Million
Back Taxes Sought
In County Project
Commission
To Get Draft
Of Charter
I
Lawyers Hired To Clear
Delinquent Tax 'Clutter'
A draft of a proposed nome rule Cherokee County officials Tuesday signed a contract
charter for Husk is expected to with two lawyors to begin cleaning up its tax rolls of mor"
be ready to be presented to the1 j jla,
full charter commission some time!
next week, Mayor Morris I tassel 1
said Wednesday. FOOTBALL CONTEST
A tentative draft is ready for;
Diann Banks, tenth grac'ue band member, helps
inspection by the draft committee,
lie said The commission is expect-
ed to report out a draft before
the next city council meeting,
whereupon the council will call
a city election on the charter.
The local charter draft will be
Chuck Patterned closely after the Free-
port, Texas, charter, Hassell said,
Swiit adjust the cap to his all-new Ragle band uniform. ... , .
.... . , r, . ... , . ... . |with several changes.
1 he whole litisk High band will appear in new regalia at. The city council, if it receives
Friday night's first football gallic ol' the s~aso;i. the charter in its Septcmlicr meet-
ing, will call an election not more
j than 10 days nor less than 30 days
¡ after it is submitted. The election
possibly could come late in Sept
i ember.
Hassell, M. M. (iuinn, Robert
von Doenhoff, E. K Gregg and J.
ing how one voted.
work load of the respective pre-
cincts,
LASTLY, the Kennedy-Johnson As ta,kefl h-v commissioners, the
movement concluded that the salaries would be on a monthly
Catholic issue was artificial. Thel',as's' *^ey arc> fipa">' accepted,
real issue was Smith repeal vs. al- "1C ''(>rr! w'" havt> be nia'ched
legod Hoover prohibition. ^ ^be next jears budget. Rut the
county has until the first of the
JUST HOW THAT fits into the -v(,ar lo ,he budget, so they
1960 campaign, we are not sure, deferred attaching the salaries in
Maybe the organization wants to "he form of a definite amendment,
line up with the wets ... or maybe Earlier in the day the commis-
show that nobody was ever really ¡.¡oners approved a renewal of the
against a Catholic for president—contract with the State Welfare
should be congratulated for
(See CAR TAX, Page 4)
the
Selman To Hold
School Anyhow
The Mt. Selman school (lis
trift apparently intends to
defy the County School Board's
annexation order and hold
school anyway. That is what
one is left to infer from
actions of Board President J.
S Ix-wis. See Story page 4.
Reserve Seat,
Season Tickets
Now On Sale
Reserve seat tickets for t h e
Rusk Overton football tame F ri
day night and season tickets are
on sale at the Husk Hotel, Super-
intendent Cernid Chapman said
Tickets may also hi- obtained
from chapman.
ain a third of a million dollars in delinquent taxes.
[ Signed to carry out the ex-
tensive program were Jack-
sonville attorney Bob Adam-
son. and. tax specialist Jack
McCreary, Austin attorney.
Their job will be to clear the
rolls of $307,000 in delinquent
taxes that have accumulated
since 1ÍI19. The figure does
not include penalties and in-
terest.
It will be the most comprehen-
I his is it! 1 he first week ot s¡ve project attempted by t h e
football . . . and the Cheroke-i county, which has made lesser at-
an and star Journal are back tempts in previous years to clean
with the weekly Football Con- "p ,he r('Il!i' , .
... . ' , . ,l. I he Commissioners Court un-
thHt *,vcs everybody a animously 3pprovefl entering <h(.
chanco to share in the fun. contract. They reasoned that the
rhe richest chest of cash tax roll "clutter" has existed long
Pigskin
Prophesy
Profitable
Eagles Clash With Overton
In Grid Opener Here Friday
C. Williams constitute the draft; prizes, the most exciting and enough and that some property
committee to submit a charter! tin most participated in con-; own,'rf' «-h«>ul(l not be allowed to es-
plan to the full commission. test of this area, it begins w 11 '' 01 ers ray rc"
O this wivk to see if you can . '' , „ ,
k i a . , , A major ! irget ot the two law-
New Counselor m . . y will be vacant and abandoned
liirn to the inside pagesj property, which will be sold at
Named for RSH and get the signals on the big- public auction for bock taxes. This
that it wasn't religion but the I Department for the surplus com
liquor issue that decided how one modities program. The
voted.
ROUNDABOUT JUST thought
you'd be interested in the latest
historical findings by the experts.
Hoover won, by the way, and pro-
hibition got repealed anyhow.
The Eagles of Rusk Friday night pend upon endurance and enthu
begin a tough 1960 campaign in a siasni.
ounty pays' battle with the big Class A Over Overton,
to the welfare department thirty, ton team in the home stadium, a bu
cents per year for eacli of the Came time is 8. I hey art* believed to have a team
1200 persons on i he food distribu- 'be local gladiators will operate built largely around juniors who
tj0n rf,ii this year with lust a handful of received their experience last year,
Dr. T. II Cobble of Rusk was re-
appointed County Health
for the health unit.
veterans They will go into the The Eagles
averaging about
Alcoholic Unit
an alcoholic counselor for private
| concerns,
rehabilitation counselor for the
loca
contest of the sea- includes rural tracts and urban
. you may win $15 or '"'s.
,. , Commissioners,
depending upon how
g.'St.
son , , ... ,, . .
irn(1 , ' , Commissioners, however, a p-
f, w pi! u r , $500, depending upon how peared cquaIly imprpsse(J with th'e
.u\ W. Ink, for several years vv,,|| you know your teams. procedure the two said they would
i I';isl year, literally thou- follow in collecting taxes. They
has assumed duties as|sunctf, „f ent,.j0H potimj ¡n. 0f declared that allowance would be
alcoholic section of the Rusk State I ¡i™!™"{jf' odd^but ¡u7E! ' ,7™, ,'h 77
Hospital He began work Monday. büt ^ T k,",J of
, * iviii.s wuii luu. ,)| navmerit consistonl with ih#
my Ramey. assisted by junior Bob-Í 'tk assumes the position held There are three ways you ' means of the parties involved
by Brooks, will call signals for the y la,<" Joc Ia,'kson and will can w¡„ f,ch week, and you ¡ would be worked out without re-
reportedlv. will field Ka«,cs- ! "'"7 c';i" «« m<iri.V times as .sorting to legal action.
team for its classification They will have the services of! , ,s cou"sollI?« experience in you like each week. And at
eight lettcrmen. Three regulars W('rk ln industrial fields and i least three cash awards will and who do not respond without
from last year's squad will be in' ''Irn'in relations He has worked in be made every w<'ek. These; court action, will find themselves
their old slots. j,ht' Dal aR aroa for th,! Past ,hrpc will ro to the tihroa people: defendants ¿n a tax suit, according
Field strategy this year, accord-i "'s,.Í*h® f.'.rst ®n® NVho come to guessing to the lawyers' presentation to the
Hut those who are able to pay,
, tor wars Fri(lay 0,1 experience, lf>0 on the line and 145 in the inK to Head Coach E. D. (p¿te)] h,is bcld with the State Hospital th • correct scores of the 20 Commissioners.
' and they will probably learn just secondary—are given the edge in Crimes, will be a continuation of svslfm games listed each week.
how much they will have to de- the contest, however, Senior Jim- "'c equal emphasis on ground and
.'.erial attacks. He said he plans to
The Rusk Hospital
"l ax paying is a lot like church,''
1
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pass about as much as he runs.
Until last season, the passing route
accounted for only about a third of
the Eagle offense.
The new season beginning Fri-
day styles the Eagles against what
is considered some of the toughest
competition in East Texas A shuf
fie of districts last vear threw the
local team in with such gridiron
powers as flilmer (iladewater,
Mineóla and Pine Tree.
Catching the Rusk team, as it
did, short on experience, the new
circuit may be considered some- ¡}rí,¡se of District Highway Engi
thing1 of a challenge Coach (¡rimes, ■ "cer W. W I'oller Tuesday. IN
maintains a A studied prediction or just McCreary said, "some folks get
unit for rehabilitating alcoholic a wild guess . . . they all give out of the habit."
patients and has been cited for its you a chance to win again one in ten cases, McCreary said,
excellent program It operates un- this year in the season-long choose an
der a state agency contest.
not belittling the
s'iys his boys have
however, while
grim schedule v
the enthusiasm
Hi' has set i,ut early to gel them
m excellent ph>Mcal shape for
the grind I hey ha\e five non dis
trie! games in whict to gather in
some experience
'I he starting .'lew i Frida
will probnhlv t,<• . - follows
./itnrii li.,rnev (^(¡, i.(;>
l!ri nt Smith. HI) 140
K' WIN Block KM l i ,
installment-type plan of
paying back taxes. Those proper-
ties for which no owner nor heir
can be found, will be sold.
i The Cherokee County delin-
quent roll is an accumulation of
small items, mostly small parcels
of land, which have made the roll
the lengthy, complicated affair
that it is.
Adamson and McCreary will
County and city officials and cities has provided the department compile a delinquent tax roll and
the citizenry in general drew the with more than ii can do, Potter make a complete set of tax pay-
id. "we will try to catch up." tnents.
Vou people are progressive uid The contract with them w
Potter Says State Trys
To Catch Up To County
n i giit
termed the county and cities of we appreci ate it "
the count) proge-sive and said that Till' c n <ideiit engineers have
in Cherokee County he has found been assigned I" Cherokee County
the most cooperative people he to expedite state road work. I/ical lorn
has had the pleasure of working I y 17 projects are programmed
with. 'Ihe major ones include the High
Potter -puke a' ihe 'lie'Mlav \va> 'HI projects, both rural and
luncheon of th Itusk Kiwanis urban
chili, alten ¡¡pjtf also |iy I!o! ii :ir>T Ceder construc ion is Ihe luck
I,ion- • Iii'i ini• 11.1>i• i lie was ae soliville to Milliard stretch ihat
con |< mi .1 Iv In \ssistant His ill be adequate to handle ihe pro
Hut I'm : rer Ci i V. all Rdih . e'ed I raff it load until 1980, I'ot
are Iif Tj lei I rid h id lip M'l' Of ti'l' said
POSTER, P«ge 4)
a s
made effective until the end of
Ihe year, due to a point of law
which calls for the County Al-
to execute a waiver which
can only he effective until the
end id his present term of office
Then contract will he renewed
next year for a two year period.
1 I imsou and McCreary will re-
ceive 15 per ecru if r! Iinquen'
ia\e* which are paid into the
i ounty fax Office ihut amount is
et statute and does not include
penalties and interest.
t :nmi> ¡oners were unanimous
in approving the course Favorable
•1 its were also made bv
Cijj: '' Uuiitor Filma Musick, .tr,
an y lax \ or-ColItilor Jim-
no • i me and County Attorn#)'
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Whitehead, E. H. The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1960, newspaper, September 1, 1960; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150356/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.