The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 11, 1964 Page: 1 of 14
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Microfilm Service k Sales
P. 0. Box 8066
Dallas, Texas
1Round..
Town
WITH ROUNDABOUT
10l This Issue The Cherokeean
TLX AS OLDEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. ESTABLISHED AS THE PIONEER JULY 5, 18J>7
SERVING RUSK WITH
DISTINCTION FOR
116 Years
ROUNDABOUT'S ulcer has oc
chhíiiu I Im> "cutting up" on him
this week. The littlest "Rousta-
bout" Ik having her tonsils out,;
and as It is with all parents,
thme situations arc trying on
the nerve*, and ulcers!
()
THE CHEROKEEAN Kets fre
qimit requests for help in tracing
family ancestries. From Mrs.
Adélle Dennis Locklmrt at 3000 {
Lavcll Street. Wichita Falls, came j
the< latest. She asks information |
concerning men who volunteered
(or, service from Cherokee County
during the War Between the States.
In particular, she s<«eks Informa-
tion about a young Tcniicssean,
Robert Dennis, who moved Ills
family to a farm near Rusk in
1850. He volunteered for service j
In 1S(>2, enlisting at Jacksonville, j
He was reported as admitted to i
a CSA hospital in Shreveport, La. j
in January 1865. His story ends
there, says Mrs. Locldiart. But
his widow and two small ehll-:
dren remained in this vicinity.
She remarried a few years later.,
If. any of you have access to facts ¡
that would help this lady, feel
sure she would be grateful to
hear from you.
S'field To
Decide City
Issue Sat.
Citizens of New Summerfield
will decide next Saturday whe-
ther or not they want the disin-
co'rporation of their one year old
municipality.
County Judge J. W. Chandler
volume 116
thi RSDAY, JUNE 11. 19M
14 PAGES
NUMBER 52
Will
Rusk National Guard Unit Discussed
★ ★ ★ ★
Dotson, Watson
Light Vote]
Elected Saturday
CC Board
Recorded
PICTURED ABOVE are some of the approxi-
mately 3,000 spectators who attended the Grand
Opening of the Cherokee County Airport last
■SSTATTEND SUNDAY
Sunday afternoon. The airport's
shown in the background.
hangars are
-Staff Photo
About 3,000 spectators, parti-
cipating in the Grand Opening of
the Cherokee County Airport lo-
cated between Rusk and Jack-
sonville, witnessed the formal
dedication of the $132,000 airport
issued the call for the election Saturday afternoon.
after receiving a petition signed County Judge j w chandler,
by 62 qualified voters of the new- one of the speakers of the day.
ly incorporated town. told the audienCe that $49.000 of
R. C. Davis, superintendent of | thp constrUction money came
from iederal funds. He also re-
ported that the last of the airport
notes would be paid off this year,
ahead of schedule.
Herschel Kyle, manager of the
Cherokee County Airport, wel-
comed the visitors to the Grand
Opening of the field.
M. G. Moore, chairman of the
citizens committee which pro-
moted the landing field, praised
county officials who worked to-
ward completion of the airport.
Moore predicted a bright future
Incumbent Allen Dotson of Rusk
was re-elected to his third term
as Sheriff of Cherokee County in
the Primary Run-Off Elections
last Saturday in which 7,OH) vote-
were cast.
Dotson, who polled voles
throughout the county, led his
opponent Raymond Teague of
Jacksonville, who received .'Í.1K7
votes. Dotson will be starting his
Dotson will be starling his ele-
eleventh year of service as Sheriff
when he again takes office on
January 1. 196f>.
Bertis L. Watson of Rusk was
elected Commissioner of Precinct
loted a Piper Pawnee, a sped- plane distributing companies were 1 ' 'ol,r ■V(>a'1 term. I he six
ally designed agriculture plane, on hand to exhibit their planes precincts which voted in the elee-
which can dust crops for upproxi- to the public. These represent- tion gave Watson a iota I of
mately 75 cents an acre cheaper at ¡ves were; Bob Sir&ith. a Piper
than spraying from the ground, distributor with Aerosmith Cor-
The fly-in attracted 32 planes poration of Dallas; Curry San-
ftom all over the state. Three ders, a Beech Aircraft distribu-
more planes flew from Louisiana tor from Shreveport; and a repre-
to join the festivities. sentative for Cessna planes from
Three representatives of Aircraft Distributors of Houston.
Airport Dedication Held
BERTIS I WVl'SON
Commissioner Precinct I
PiT REGULAR MEET
sneHP"
Hears Talk
By Major
ALLEN IMiTSON
Re elected Sheriff
Rusk Council Talks
Budget Operations
Reid
STP Open House Will
Highlight Dairy Month
schools at the community, will
hold the election. Davis will ap-
point two judges and two clerks
to help in the election.
Polls will be o|>en from 8 a.m.
until 7 p.m. at the New Summer-
field school. Only those people
residing in the town will be al- Opening of the field. gouth Texas Producers Associa- The Open House will feature
l°\\td to \ ote. M. G. Moore, chairman of the y w¡ji i,USf Rusk area citizens, tours of the plant and visitors
Three hundred ballots were or- dtizens committee which pro- Cminty (lairymon and| wiI1 s,cream and
dcred for the election. They read moted the landing field, pra.sed businrasmen at a piant open house! . . .
simply: counly officials who yvorked to- ( 2 t0 5 . Wednosda J °,hor da"'y
Corporation ward completion of the airport. J(mp 24 Plant facilities and equipment
No Corporation Moore predicted a bright future wiil be in operation for the tours.
Unofficial reports state that the for the new field. | ^ ^ f ! The open house is the local j
election is a result of several Morris Hasseli, chairman of; J t If/"! . , f , .,v„, .Nfu
citizens being dissatisfied with the ihc airport advisory board, also: ■ V# C* ^ P'{m s 'A,l> " °'s
administration of municipal af-j predicted a future of busy activity. ■ ■ ; June Dairy Month and paving,
fairs and particularly new tax for the airport which was com- ^r^CCprf 111 tribute lo the county's dairy farm ¡
rates which were scheduled for, pleted last fall. j" UJiJCU f If 0),s
this year. ! Yacob Pavletich of Jackson- mm . • The 7:t employees plant is tin
Signers of the petition asking ville acted as master of ccremon- /WPPt/nQ largest oí the South Texas Pro
for the election were: ¡es during the program. «7 ducers Association's six plants
J. T. Brazier, M. Gill, T. D. Dr. C. E. Peeples, president oP ^ reblar meeting of the Court-; and processes milk from Hi coun
Heath, Mattio Heath, Truman Ma- Lon Morris Junior College, gave ty Commissioners was held Men-1 ties. Approximately
gee, Clyde Waldrup, Florine. the dedicatory prayer. ' day at 10 a.m. in the Commission-• |„ns art
Waldrup, O. C. Sowell, MatUe One of the special guests dur-. erg* Courtroom during which three
Bell Sowell, Clyde Tennison. ing the Grand Opening was Bob ncw 0l.dprs were passed.
J. E. Kennedy, Billy Powell, Bos well of Fort Worth, who repre- The Court agreed to accept the
Bert Haws, J. T. Greenwood, M.1 sented the Federal Aviation Ag-jgtate Highway's proposal te i¡.>-
D., Manilla Brazier, II. M. Corbin, ency. j prove two sections of counly
A. L. Rector, Viola Magee, Ed The day's activities were high- roads The first section to be
Magee, W. J. Magee, Chester Ma-1 lighted by a series of parachute impioVocl will be 1.2 miles of
road between Farm Road 1!)11 and
¡ votes w hile his opponent
Jones of Rusk, received ii!)7
In the race for Congressman At-
Latge on the Democratic Ballot.
Joe Pool of Dallas was re-elected
with .1,803 votes. His opponent,
Robert W Baker of Harris Coun ;l
ly, received 2,093 votes.
On the Republican ticket foi
U.S. Senator, George Bush beat
oul his opponent. Jack Cox Bush
received ill votes in Ihe counts
City financial advisor Bob Day] dcrn
went into detail with council m tu-j more
lM rs on the budget, accounting,
and bookkeeping procedure of the
city al Tuesday night's regular
council meeting,
Dav suggested the council give
close study to (be possibility of
slight increase in water rates,
He also suggested that sever
charges lie increased.
The council was given a ra'e
study he had prepared, and n
comparison chart of water and
sewer charges in oilier Texas ell
Ma,jot Pat 11 Therrell of Lung-
Mew, Battalion Slaff Assistant of
the tilth Armored Division, ,s| okc
on (he importance of li e National
Guard lo Rusk .it a meeting ol
the Board of Directors of the Rusl
Chamber of Commerce.
'I lie meeting uas held Tuesday
at !• '".0 a m in Fellowship Hall of
the First Methodist Church.
Major Then ell foist i.ave his
audience a brief iccount of chang-
es which have taken plait* in the
Texas National Guard in Ihe past
few years.
He .'-aid thai on March I, lüfiíl.
1 ovas lost troop allotments which
resulted in (he National Guard
I wing decreased by some 1.000
troops The major said (hat In
order to spread the National
Guard oul lo all communities
which wanted it. II was necessary
lo splil some units The Rusk
is also using the purchase order """ spilt svilh the 1 lender-
,system for buying materials and s,m
supplies.
«et of books, and has a
realistic budget. The city
In
and Cox received 18 voles. Both
men are from Harris County.
Balloting in the Second Primary
fell over 2.000 votes short of thai
in Ihe First Primary, lasl May
2. A total of 7,010 |ieop|e voted
last Saturday while 11,200 voted
in the May 2 elections.
A total of fi.WI people voted on
the Democratic Ballol, lit voted
on the Republican ticket.
ies Rusk residents are now pay
mg less for ci)v services thai com-
parable cilios, Day pointed out
City attorney Jim Perkins was
instructed to work with Day 'i
drafting a water and sewer or
uinanee for council cottsideialion
later The city's financial advisor
praised the progress made in op-
eration of Ihe cilv government.
He pointed out that the city i-
now operating with a more mo-
gal-,
gee. i jumps by five sky-divers from
Travis Yancy, Mrs. Travis Yan-' Derltter, Louisiana. Their first Farm Road 1217 west of For st.
cy, L, W. Davis, Mrs. L. W. Dav- j jump was made from an altitude Tho second section of road to lie
is, H. E, Underwood, A. R. of 3,500 feet. The second jump imp|.0Ved will U> 15 miles he
Si I'Uggs, Billy Brazier, Mrs. Billy u'ns from 8,500 feet with a .M) jWPen U.S. 79 east of New Sum-
Brazier, Atla Underwood, S. E. second delay before the sky-div- n,erfield and Farm ft ad Háti.
Brown, Mrs. S. F.. Brown. j ers opened their chutes. order hreak down Silo.iK*)
E. E. Cavcness, Opal Tilley, 1 A crop spraying demonstration nf thP Ho,id and Bridge Undivided
Jewell Cavcness, Fred McCown, | ^ ^ Murray of Murray Dust- p„nd arKj distribute it to Road
Thelrna McCown, Doyle Sessions, I '"K Service of Grapeland was an- an£| Funds foi each Com-
Reba Sessions, C. L. Limbough,! other of thp ,nilin B^t-
missioncrs' Precinct was also
W. R. Gill, Mack Allen, Ruby Al- j ters of ,he aftemoon- Murr^ ^ passed.
len, Neal Murphy, Mrs. Neal Mur-' y i pij Precinct 1 will receive $r>.WK)
phy, Mrs. W. R Gill, Maxie Ray | I TUCK TllpS of ,his moncy .ind ficcinet 2 will
See SUMMERFIEIJ), Page 8 A truck, loaded with 390 bales . .,
r u u . ■ . get $14.400. Precinct
of alfalfa hay, toppled over on
Highway 84 Saturday morning K'wn $1,, SÍXI aiul ' " '• ""
when it stopped on an incline receive $13,200.
The accident occurred approxi- The Court also agreed to ,'Ue
mately a fourth of a miles east Robert von Doenhoff, right-of-way
of Highway 69. fot. obtaining 29
Neither tie driver, James Hugh
Pierce of Rusk, nor the other
79 from Jacksonville to the N
will be
4 will
P!'t-
'.hway
occupant, Arthur Bradley, were
injured
hes Rivei'
KM HUM M.4IIN
Methodists Welcome
Return Of Pastor
Rev Jewel McClure hot ulhei * K(i*sful in n ve o
tilth year Sunday mi pastea <*£ It wh he not«sl P■ r "i 1 '
Flint Methodist Church The m**m in the hwtorx of *h« riim n
iwiship urtitvd to hunts him with a pa loi has ■ -n ippninled :
a large atierMiarv e at the in«>rn the hfth y*«o
iim w01 ship h mi Jijmtnr McKav 1* <
lift hi* -t|> thl V)if ;-.ai !í > t ' 1"
fw fh t j mi thu* n " «-lit tí*'*
41 few Hi A t lll^l lt> fh# ranil ♦ ' 1,1 «
t«.Miff W tiwi I t FVVlft .tflí , i"
Ui HUM' í'k ñ
45,000
handled daily.
City Water
Discussed
In Gallatin
The citizens oi Gallatin held a
community meeting last Friday
night, to hear a progress re-i
port on their proposed watoi sys-
tern. The Steering Committee re-
ported thirty-three members sign-
ed up and set a cut-off date of
June rtoth for members to sign-,
up They (minted out that there
is no guarantee that a person can,
he served after the system goes
in if he is not a member now. A,
strong effort will be made to sign-
up at least fifty customers.
The community of Ponta can be
served, hut they will have to have
approximately twenty customers
to make it feasible, says spokes-
men It was suggested that some-
one in the Ponta area should
work towards this 4<sil
The Steering Committee elec
led officer* as follows PresrW*nt,
Howard Hai?x>r; Vice president,
Jeiiy Grimes, ise* retary Trea- ^
surer. Mis M.iv has Moore
Other members are VBIton Mm
rav A D M Mining**i G H He
I) VIcKi
A I-
i h\ in
a o
He suggested Improvement
I the billing and collection of wa-
ter and -.ewer hills
Other business coining before
the council included;
I (Approved apjiolntiiient of
Grady t'ribbs as jkiIIcc chief al-
ter a lengthy discussion. Coun-
cilman John Butler questioned
the manner in which Crlbbs was
appointed, but was satisfied when
method of employing city em
ployees was given in detail AH
city employees are ap|silntcd by
the Mayor, but actual employ
merit is subject to council ippro
\al Cribhs was appointed on a
teni|Hirary basis until the next i
ijouncil meeting, Butler vtas told
The majority of the council re
i|tiesiii| Mayor !•! H Whitehead j
to make the appointment The
police chief's appointment wasj
passed by I to 1 vole Council
man Hlggins opposed,
2 (Accepted a cheek for *|H('''HI
from the City Hospital, Hospital i
Board Chairman Oran Spenee
and member Raymond Coo|H'r
and Adminisiratoi l,eroy Hill
made tlx- presentation. Apprecia-
tion to the Hospital Boaiil and Ad
minisliatoi Hill was expressed
The council was told that tiltiin
tfi further improve the hospital1
were now being considered, bm
that none of these Improvements
would cost Ihe city additional mon-
ey
(Chanced the peddling vr-
diiiance back to the old 'irn n
Rivet Ordinance that had been in
force locally for i mimlier of
1 (Approved entering into a
c<intiaet with 'he .isle lo ■■•!!
the Rusk Stole ||< spital water In
the event of an emergent s Tile
stale Will lav, a I no expense to
ti e eity, a i e-.erv e H inch line
that can tie used in an enea geeey,
: (Heard Mrs I, II Evan.
rejKirt that the present If
ihe library building espite-
f tb- billldin
■ on
lot t-
t>>o
IfMi
Mrs Kv
Major Il errell also said some
difficulty arose when Uie IMitli
Armored Division was changed
over to the 19th Arntored Divis-
ion He said some resentment
may have been felt by individ-
uals as a result of the change
and that this might account for
fewer men enlisting In the Na-
tional Guard.
'Hie speaker .«¡aid that a lack
n[ interest by Ru.sk citizens and
men eligible for enlisting wns ono
of the main problems with tho
Rusk unit. He reported that in
19ÍI.S the lin.sk National Guard
had four officers, one warrant of-
fieer. and 'it men Now the unit
has two officers, no warrant of-
ficers, and It enlisted men
Major Therrell *aid that most
people do not realize that the Na-
tional (aiard is a stale militia
which actually is*hrtigs to the
community where it is located.
He stated thai units were used
as on implementing force in law
and to assist in disasters or when-
ever help was needed
Ihe Majoi safci that the Rusk
unit i'oulil lie equal to an in-
dustry to the community if it
was operating at its full poten-
tial Seventeen employees, who
would average S'M(0 |ior month In
salaries, would I** added, said
Majoi Therrell He also said that
if the Rusk and Henderson units
reached 12á enlisted men, another
employee, who would make Jti.OOO
annually, would lie hired.
It was also [minted out to the
Board of Directors that $15, WO 13
wax lost in tttyrolU iiecause of the
decrease iri men in the Rusk unit
from lliiK to li*rl Ma)ot Therrell
sai<l tluii $2T).7íti I!! would is re-
gained by Rusk if the unit was
operating at full strength.
At the conclusion of his s|* ech.
Major Therrell urged the Cham-
Is*i <if Commerce lo ipisant a
Military Affairs ('ommiltee to
encourage the I.Miildihg up of the
ftn.sk unit lie d.so suggested that
the unit needs more publicity in
radio and ncws[M| -is and said
the city needs to improve facil-
ities at tile National Guard Arm-
ory The Major said he had never
is
tn
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lived.
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Whitehead, E. H. The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 11, 1964, newspaper, June 11, 1964; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150552/m1/1/?q=food+rule+for+unt+students: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.