The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 9, 1961 Page: 15 of 20
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T. Grady Griffin, of the S-K
Church Furniture Co. of Jack-
sonville, has been named a di-
rector of the Church Furniture
Manufacturers Association, a
new division of the National
Association of Furniture Manu-
facturers . . . One of Burns Til-
ton's local friends commenting
Tilton's outstanding job as mas-
ter of ceremonies at the Cham-
ber of Commerce Banquet de-
scribes his actions this way. "I
never saw anybody put their
foot in their moüth so many
times and get it out so easy."
Mike McElmurray, the "pin-
up boy" of the Jacksonville
High School Future Homemak-
ers Chapter, was presented
with a key chain by co-president
Fran Bearden of the FHA dur-
ing assembly at the high school
Friday . . . Frank Kuykendall,
a former Jacksonville youth,
received one of the highest hon-
ors at the famous Boys Ranch
when he was named the winner
of the Boot Award for having
shown the most improvement
as a Boy Rancher . . .
Police Captain Raymond Har-
per was seen putting a park-
ing ticket for overparking on
the automobile that is owned
by the regular meter patrolman
Evorette Taylor last week . .
High School Principal Jack Os-
born presented the Betty Crock-
er Homcmaker Award to Miss
Susan Pearsall at an assembly
at the Jacksonville High School
last week.
James Spivey went out to
watch the Lon Morris-Henderson
County Basketball game, but
ended up as one of the officials
when the Henderson County
coach Tommy Steigleder re-
fused to let his team play if
one of the officials that, was
hired for the game officiated.
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JBC Receives
$50,000 Gift
To Endowment
William S. Oober, of Jack-
sonville presented Jacksonville
Baptist College with $50,000
for its endowment fund, ac-
cording to an announcement by
Rev. Douglas Laird, president
of the college.
Gober, a Jacksonville life in-
surance man, is chairman of
the board of trustees of the col-
lege and has been one of the
main contributors to the school.
He made the grant to the en-
dowment fund in honor of his
wife, Alice, who is an ex-stu-
dent of the college.
The funds are invested and
the income from the investment [
will be used as a supplement to
the college's operating fun d.
Rev. Laird said, "The grant is
a welcome one coming at the
time when the college is just
beginning an expansion pro-
gram."
City Studies Auxiliary
Fire Station Proposal
SHERIFF ALLEN DOTSON TALKS TO THE BOY
COMPASSION COMES TO JAIL
A Boy With Friends
AN EXCLUSIVE JOURNAL NEWSFEATURE
The 18-year-old red-haired
boy has been in trouble for a
week. B u t strangely, even
though lie has been shut up in
jail, he has seen more of the
world's compassion in that short
time than in his previous 18
years.
"I've met some good people
1 never run across before," he
admitted. It was the introduct-
ion to a change in attitude on
his part. The world looked dif-
ferent now. So many people in
it who care.
Just a week before he was
a desperate kid who had broken
into a city business. He said
he did it to help out at home,
where his mother is practically
blind and his young brother is
struggling to stay in school. But
he wasn't sure if that was the
only reason, and officers were
equally unsure of his motives.
Why did he come back lo the
scene of his crime and seeming-
ly volunteer to be arrested?
DOUBLE CHANGE
The boy, with the help of of-
ficers and others, has done a
double metamorphosis, if you
will. His attitude and bearing
have brightened, and that film
of dirt belying his tears last
week has given way to a clean-
scrubbed, handsome face. His
hair is neatly cropped, trimmed
and combed.
Saturday he was wearing the
County Sheriff's best corduroy
shirt and a new pair of jeans
brought by the minister of the
Rusk Methodist Church.
The boy was visibly moved,
even a little embarrassed, at the
interest people have taken in
his problems. He was quick to
report that one party had visit-
ed his mother and taken food.
IS IT REAL?
Is it really hard for the young
man to make reality out of all
this? Judging from the squalor
and bitterness which has filled
his 18 years, it would seem hard
to fall in love with a world in
which he has only recently dis-
covered charity.
The boy hasn't had a home
in a long time, according to his
1 story. His family ties were
severed at ten years of age. His
daddy had just been sentenced
to the penitentiary. His mother,
who began losing her sight at
I 19, was unable to support the
¡family. His older brother, then
i 12, ran away. Then a preacher
began coming to his house. He
asked this boy and his eight-
year-old brother to come to his
house for supper.
"We never got there for sup-
per. He took us to an orphan-
age. If I'd known it I'd run
away."
He and his younger brother
stayed in the orphanage for six
years. Then he was on his own.
He's been to California, where
he was a fruit picker, and then
back to Jacksonville and his
mother and brother for the past
four months.
His older brother, now 20, is
doing five to 13 years in an
Arizona prison. His dad has
been in prison for some years.
Now this young man faces fel-
ony charges. He is concerned
for his young brother, who goes
without lunch at school so he
can get an education.
(His family lives on $65 state
aid and what other few essent-
ials the three can scrounge. It
takes $30 for rent, $5 for pay-
ment on his mother's glasses,
and other small bills, the boy
said.)
County Sheriff Allen Dotson
became his first real friend.
The officer has taken a per-
sonal interest in him and his
family, and has assured the
young man, that, with his co-
See A BOY Page 6
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January Rain
187 Per Cent
Of Average
J'ville College
Sets $154,000
Building Program
Construction of a new $154,-
000 administration and class-
room building at Jacksonville
Baptist College was set to begin
on February 15 at a building
committee meeting at the col-
lege Saturday.
Rev. Douglas Laird, president
of the college, said that formal
ground breaking ceremonies
will be held on February 15.
The building committee consists
of President Laird, Wm. S. Go-
ber and Edwin Brown.
O. L. Hazelwood, architect,
of Palestine met with the com-
mittee and reviewed plans for |
the building in the Saturday
meeting. Theo Parsons of New
Summerfield will supervise the
construction. The committee j
awarded the contract for the;
electrical work to Gray Elec-
tric Company of Jacksonville, i
and the contract for the plumb-
ing to Robertson Plumbing &
Heating Company of Jackson-
ville Monday morning. Contract
for the air-comlitiiyiing will be ¡
awarded at a later date.
The new structure will be
located on the college's circle
drive and will be just north
of thi' old main building. After
the completion of the new
building the old main building,
will be torn down and the next!
step in the school's expansion
program will be the erection of
a new auditorium-music build-
ing on this site.
The new Administration-C'lass-
Room Building will be concrete i
tile and brick veneer with a
flat roof and will be similar in
appearance to the present li-
brary building. II will include
14 offices, a conference room,
a faculty lounge and nine class-
rooms including chemistry and
biology laboratories.
The city experienced one of
its wettest months in January,
according to Dr. P. A. Young
of the Jacksonville experiment
station.
Rainfall during the month
totalled 7.61 inches, he report-
ed. This is 187 per cent of the
average for the city in the
month of January.
February started out as if
to challenge its predecessor.
Rainfall through Tuesday to-
talled 1.60 inches. Precipita-
tion was recorded as follows:
Feb. 2, .17; 5, .52; 6, .66; 7,
.25.
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Scholastic
Awards Sei
By Schools
; A plan to make scholastic
\ Awards to outstanding Jackson-
' vilie students was approved in
l he regular meeting of t h e
I Board of Trustees of the Jack-
sonville Independent School
District. Details on the require-
ments for the award are to be
worked out in time that the
awards can be presented this
year.
Plans are to set up several
awards in different subjects,
that will be awarded to the out-
standing all-round students. The
awards will be made each year
when students qualify for them.
The board approved the sale
of the agriculture building at
the Dialville School to J. W. |
Thompson for $350. The Build-
ing is to be moved. They also
approved the lease of three
acres of the Mt. Solrnan school
property to Joe Moore for farm-
ing purposes this year.
^March 16, was set as the tent-
ative date for the annual Teach-
ers Appreciation Banquet. Date
for the Fred Douglas Banquet
will be set later.
The Board agreed to design-
ate March 10 as a holiday so
SERENITY, THOU ART A PLAGUE
Lackidasical
Lamentations
(A SOLILOQUY ON EXORCISM)
O, charge not, we beseech, that WE arc purveyors of
sour grapes. If innuendo be a vice of free enterprise, then
by the gods of the uninhibited Fourth Estate, let innuendo
flourish.
We have aught to answer.
O, indignation. Why art thou not kindled? Years have
left thee longsuffering.
O, subtle repertoir—thou fickle thing—why forsakest
thou me?
O, posh, and rhetoric to the winds. Let it be thus:
O, phooey. — GWB
Record Crowd Attends
Annual C. C. Banquet
A near capacity crowd attend-
ed the annual Chamber of Com-
merce Membership Banquet,
Thursday night at the Lon Mor-
ris College Scurlock Center.
Sidney Latham, senior v i c e-
president of the H. L. Hunt Oil
Company of Dallas, the princi-
pal speaker, urged that citizens
continue the struggle that has
built this country, in order to
maintain it. Latham said we are
making the mistake of trading
a slice of freedom for a slice of
security. Keep on trading and
we won't have any freedom left,
he said.
C. D. Acker was installed as •
the new president of the local |
Chamber of Commerce, succeed-
ing W. E. Bailey who has served
that local teachers can attend
the Texas State Teachers Asso-I
eiation in Kilgore if a majority ;
of the teachers want to attend
the meeting.
Bruce Foreman
Speaks To
Civitans,. Mon.
Bruce Foreman, chief of the
Cherokee County Rescue Unit,
spoke lo the Civitan Club, Mon-
day, February 6. at their reg-
ular weekly luncheon meeting.
Mr. Foreman explained the
set up and training program of
the unit and talked on the im-
portance of the unit to the local
community.
Gerald Haberle was signed up
as a new member.
Marvin Garrett from the
Jacksonville Safeway Store at-
tended the meeting as a visitor.
for the past two years. Bailey
was presented with a silver tray
as a token of appreciation for
his efforts during his term as
president.
Bailey thanked the member-
ship for its cooperation and
support during the past year
and gave a report of the com-
munity's progress during the
year. Acker pledged his best in
working to build a better Jack-
sonville during the coming year
Dick Sheffield, Jacksonville
High School Coach, was named
Jacksonville's "O u t s t a n d i ng
Young Man of 1960" and was
awarded a gold plaque by Presi-
dent Acker. The award, given
for the first time this year, will
be an annual award and was do-
noted by the Texas Bank and
Trust Company in honor of the
late Mr. Gus Blankinship. Acker
said that a committee had sel-
ected this year's award win-
ner because of his work with
the youth of the community. He
said. "The high ideals that this
man is instilling into the young
people that he comes into con-
tact with can l>e recognized as
those ideals that warm the
hearts of parents."
Burns Tilton was master of
ceremonies. The Rev. Robert
Langham, Jr., gave the invoca-
tion and Rev, Joe Dolman led
the benediction. The Jackson-
ville College Trio and the Ixin
Morris College Triple Trio en-
See CC BANQUET Page 6
Saunders
Opens New
Feed Store
Election
Called For
April 4th
The Jacksonville City Council
instructed City Manager Walter
Cook to investigate the possib-
ilities of buying a house in the
north part of the city for use
as an auxiliary fire station. The
action was taken after a petition
with 44 signatures requesting
better fire protection for the
area north of the Missouri Pac-
ific Railroad. J. Fred Skelton
who presented the petition told
the council that there were many
times when it would be impos-
sible for fire trucks to get to
the north section of the city
because crossings were often
blocked by trains. City Manager
Cook told the council that on
several occasions in recent years
the state fire inspector had re-
commended that an additional
station be placed in this area.
Cook said that the station
would cause considerable add-
itional expense because of the
necessity of increasing the
amount of fire equipment. Cook
is to report to the council on
his findings at a later meeting.
The council called a city elec-
tion for April 4 for the election
of councilmen for three places.
Mayor Robert Iluttash, Council-
men J. D. Bearden, and Council-
men F. A. Shinalt occupy the
places that will be up for elect-
ion. Both Bearden and Shinalt
filed for re-election Wednesday
morning. Mayor Iluttash indic-
ated that he had not decided
as yet whether he would run
for re-election or not.
The council excepted bids and
proposals from 14 local insur-
ance agents from their respect-
ive companies on a proposed
city employee group hospital
and life insurance plan. The
bids and proposals were refer-
red to a committee consisting of
Councilman T. C. Wilson, Coun-
cilman Bearden and City Man-
ager Cook. The committee is
to study the proposals and make
recommendations at the next
meeting.
The council passed a resolut-
i in at the request of the State
Highway Department author-
izing the use of North Bolton
Street as a detour for highway
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NEW JACKSONVILLE COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
Planning To Improve Your Home
You can get the financing you need with a quick conveni-
ent. Low cost loan from ut. Come in today and discuss your
financing with one of our friendly officers.
James M. Saunders announced
this week that he is opening a
now feed store in Jacksonville.
The new firm, Saunders Feed
and Supply Co, will feature
Purina feeds and sanitation sup-
plies. and will stock a complete
supply of feeds and farm sup-
lilies. Saunders has taken over!
the building at 112 West l«irissa
Street that was used by a former
Purina dealer and expects to
have a complete line of feeds
by the last of this week.
Saunders, a former resident
of Frankston, is well known in
this area and brings 10 years of
experience in the feed business
See SAUNDERS Page 6
FIRST CANDIDATES FILE FOR CITY ELECTION
Councilman J. D Bearden (left) a n d hand early Wednesday morning to formally
oiincilman F. A. Shinalt were the first (o [||t> their intentions to run lor re-election with
file for the City Council election that will be
held on April 4. Bearden and Shinalt were on
City Secretary George Crawford (right).
A Loan Can Be Closed In 24 Hours
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FINANCED BY SAVINGS AND LOAN
First Federal Savings & Loan Association
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