The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1965 Page: 1 of 14
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'Round
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WITH ROUNDABOUT
Roundabout In anxiously await-
ing the official start of his favorite
•port — the Pigskin Season- Un-
denrtaml the Kagles are working
hard on the field, him] Coach
Brooks should have a fine season
from what we've heard of the
practice sessions.
10* Thu issue The Cherokeean
has been a week to al-
Wist test Kouiidabotit's faith lit
the fallen sparrow, what with the
Inclimate weather upsetting so
many folks cable reception. Rut
with time and patience we have
most of the lichtening damage
repaired, and folks, we hope that
our next showers will be accomp-
anied by a little less tube-shatter-
ing lightering.
' Right in the m'rldle < f it all we
had miite a surprise however.
Réundaheiit |s¡ <l gene to his farm
tn play doctor to a sick calf, and
discovered a hr nd r"w fe",l.
which b\ the almanac wasn't due
until the latter part of September.
A8lT up a n"ar broken villi! bone
fr«w the kick ihe calf the com-
plete surprise of a baby horse,
throw in the still further unexpect-
ed of another guest, a full grown
sEiirk, and there you have the in-
givdients of chaos and confusion
on a dark and stormy night.
Roudahout finished his work at
the office and cheerfully signed
•—30— on Tuesday, August 23,
1965. May there be no more just
exactly like It.
RUSK, TEXAS
VOL. 118
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l exas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper, Established As The Pioneer July 5, 1847
SEWING RUSK WITH
DISTINCTION FOR
118 Years
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, IMS
14 PAGES
NUMBER 11
School Register Nears
STOCKYARD PRESIDENT SPEAKS
The Luck,\ Dollar Store's open-
lug last week-end met all expect-
ation or owner Joe Gregory and
Manager Oscar Lindstrum, we
hear.
Our heartiest congratulations to
the company in its '"pilot" store
Venture. Rusk was carefully con-
sidered, weighed and investigated
prior to the owners' decision to
locate here. The new members of
our business community will find
Rusk ami trade area, we know,
to be all they had hoped and
more too. Belter people cannot
he found than the citizens of our
Community.
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Swim Seoson
Comes To End
Next Sunday
. The 1965 Swimming Season
officially ends at the local
Lions Club pool next Sunday.
August 29. according to Pool
► Manager Pete («rimes.
, For the remainder of the sea-
son, the pool is closing at 7
. p- m. each evening, he an-
il nounced. Opening time through-
out the summer months has
been 1 p. m. each afternoon.
Livestockmen Hear
Talk On Marketing
J. D. Sartwell, president of the
Port City Stockyards in Houston,
addresed approximately 35 Ch-
erokee County Livestockmen's
Association members on live-
stock marketing Tuesday night
in Rusk at the Courthouse Coun-
cilroomu
HUSK SENIORS — These 15 Rusk Eagles are
among the 52 candidates lor football who
will be seeing gridiron action this season,
beginning with a scrimmage against Jack-
sonville at 7 p. m. here Thursday night.
I'icturc.l arc, front row, left lo right: Den-
nis Berryhiil; Joe Rozelle; Mike Reason-
over; Francis Townsend; and Robert Hol-
comb. Second row, same order: Mike Cry-
sup; Paul Osborne; Jimmy Thompson; Lacy
Wilcox; and Parker Stafford. Third row,
same order: Butch Dotson; Robert Kirk; Noel
Largent; Clayton Poole; and Walter Vermil-
lion. —Staff Photo
$5.5 MILLION, 40,000 ACRES
State Funds Are Sought
For Lake Ponta Project
The Army Corps of Engineers, .purpose" lake which would pro-
studying the vast 40,000 acre
Lake Ponta project, has inform-
ed the Angelina-Nacogdoches Wa-
ter Improvement District that
they, are in a positiva, to recom-
mend Cdrfgressinnal approval of
the project if the State will pro-
vide $;>.5 million to finance con-
struction.
Announcement of Ihe engineer's
decision was made Wednesday
by Lufkin attorney, Ned Shands,
president of the Angelina-Nacog-
doches Water Improvement Dis-
trict Board.
According to Shands, the An-
gelina-Naciigdoches Wafer Dis-
trict is now in the process of at-
tempting to obtain the necessary
money to begin construction of
the lake, which will be the se-
cond largest lake in East Texas.
Shands said the Army Corps
of Engineers have termed the
proposed project as a "multi-
vide flood control, water storage
for future sale, recreation, etc.
Engineers have located three
possible sites for the dam, each
o£ which Is situated in areas be-
low the intersections of Mud
Creek with the Angelina River.
Shands reported that engineers
working tin the project are now
in the process of testing ground
stability and other matters which
must be checked before constru-
ction of a dam can begin.
Shands also reported that the
engineers are making a compre-
hensive study of the watérshed
area which will be completed
and submitted to Congress in
June, 1967.
"We are looking for about a
10 year project," Shands said.
"Considering that congressional
See LAKE, Page 8
Lt. Gov. To Address
CC January Banquet
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Sitowitats wr to local economy came in quan-
tity more like a "gully-washer", as evidenced by the above
photo Tuesday. Since last Saturday, according to the rain
records of Mr. Marvin Roten, precipitation measures 3.15
Inches. The bulk of this fell Sunday with a total of one inch
and again Tuesday with a total of 1.20. Saturday the gauge
measured .20 and Monday recorded .75. August thus far
has a total of 3.85, a rather unusual record of moisture, states
Mr, Roten. —Staff Photo
Preston Smith, 38th Lieutenant
Governor of Texas has agreed
to be the featured speaker at the
Annual Rusk Chamber of Comm-
erce Banquet to be held on Jan-
uary 13, 1966. Smith is fresh from
a legislative session which set
all-time-high records for both the
amount of legislation considered
and passed.
Considered by many slate gov-
ernment scholars as the most im-
portant man in the legislature,
Lieutenant Governor Smith, at
the same time, is considered as
a sure candidate for Governor
when Governor Connally steps
aside.
Preston Smith was born (tn a
farm near Georgetown, Texas
some 52 years agd, the seventh
child of a family of 11! children,
lie worked his way through high
school at LanvsM, Texas and col-
lege at Texas Tech.
He was first elected to House
of Representatives in 19-14 and
'n lD.r)6 was elected State Sena-
tor. After six years he moved up
into the Lieutenant Governor's
-ace art) ivn the Democratic no-
/
■Tiin'ition over four strong oppo-
nents. Tn the November 1962 el-
ection he was elected by 319,000
••eto martin over his Republican
"¡val Tn 1964 he was elected by
•in even greater vote margin.
Seniors To Get
'66 Class Rinqs
Friday, 9 A M
Rusk Hi«h School Principal.
M. R. Philbrick, has announced
that senior rings for the 1965
66 graduating class will be ar-
riving at the High School of-'
fices Friday morning, August
27.
All seniors ore to report to
the high school at 9 a.m. and
bring money for their rings.
As a legislator, Smith was the
author, co-author or active spon-
sor of bills establishing a per-
manent building fund for state
colleges, creating the present
underground water code, provid-
ing stability for the farm-to-mar-
ket. road system and installing
the Gilmer-Aiken Program to im-
prove public schools.
During his first session as Li-
eutenant Governor (1963) the Le-
gislature passed measures to en-
large the state's higher educa-
tion system, regulate small-loan
companies, extend women's le-
gal rights in the areas of proper-
ty ownership and transfer, and
create the Texas Tourist Devel-
opment Agency.
Lt. Grtv. Smith has made many
talks throughout the state On the
need for expanding tourism and
industrialization in Texas, to im-
prove the general economy and
provide employment. During his
second session as Lieutenant Gov-
ernor 1965, the Legislature pass-
ed the politically explosive redis-
See SMITH, Pag* 8
Lt. Governor Smith
SCRIMMAGE, THURSDAY
J'ville,
Rusk
To Play
Rusk's high-flying Eagles, some
52 strong, will see their first gri-
diron action of the season Thur-
sday night at 7 p.m. when they
meet the Jacksonville Indians
in a scrimmage at Musick Field.
Rusk, with 15 returning letter-
men and the second-ranked team
in District 21-AA, will take on
Jacksonville Head Coach Dick
Sheffield's team, in a game wh-
ich will launch football play here.
Directing Sheffied's new type
offense which will be revealed
for the first time in the Rusk sc-
rimmage will be junior quarter-
back, Billy Mike Smith, consid-
ered to be one of the finest pass-,
ers around. Junior, George
Staton, is expected to be the num-
ber one receiver.
Jacksonville has only one re-
turning lctterman from its high-
ly competitive team of last year
which was ndsed out of the Dis-
trict 7-AA title by Coach Luke
Thornton's Palestine team which
went on to take the State Triple
A title. Jacksonville lost the ga-
me by only one point. The sole
returning lctterman is senior gu-
ard Tony Bolton.
Last year Jacksonville ended
the season with a 7-3 record.
Rusk Head Coach Doyle
Brook's team ended the season
last year also with a 7-3 record,
ending up third in the district.
Four of Rusk's returning letter-
men from last year received dis-
trict or honorable mention hon-
ors and are expected to be main-
stays of this year's team. They
include Parker Stafford, tailback;
Jimmy Sartain, guard; Walter
Vermillion, center; and Robert
Holcomb, halfback.
Rusk's first reguar game of
the season will be played Friday,
September 3 when they host Wh-
ite Oak here at 8 p.m.
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FRIDAY, SATURDAY
Youths
Compete
In Rodeo
A crowd of approximately 1,400
people attended the Rusk Lions
Club sponsored Youth Rodeo here
Friday and Saturday nights to
watch over 100 youths from ovei
East Texas compete for 42 gold
trophies in 11 different events.
Friday night drew the largest
crowd with about 800 people at-
tending. A down-pour Saturday
afternoon threatened cancellation
of the evening performance, how-
ever, about 600 people braved
the uncertain weather. Rain con-
tinued to fall until about 30 min-
utes before show time.
Proceeds from the rodeo will
be used to help finance the con-
struction of a new little league
ball park in Rusk, according to
Youth Rodeo Co-Chairman, Dr.
Charles Davis. Davis reported
that lights for the park have al-
S— RODEO, Pag* I
During his talk, Sartwell dis-
cussed the importance of cattle-
men studying marketing in or-
der to realize a greater net In-
come. He pointed out that cattle-
men have a tendency to empha-
size production practices with
little or no regard for marketing.
He also related several com-
mon fallacies in thinking on mar-
keting, including: that a cattle-
man can not really do anything
about the market; that a parti-
cular day of the week is the best
market day; that the highest bid
is always the best; that feeding
heavily will avoid shrinkage; that
horns, grubs, and brands, do not
make any difference; that a bal-
anced scale Is a correct scale;
and several others.
Sartwell reported that East
Texas has a practically unlimit-
ed future in the livestock busi-
ness and that he believes this
area of the State is now at the
door of great opportunities of ex-
pansion in this particular field
of agriculture.
He also reported on the imm-
ediate price outlook on livestock
trends for the next few years. He
said that generally speaking beef
cattle prices will be good for the
See LIVKSTOCK1WBN pg. 8
RISD Calendar Is
Told For Í965-66
Record enrollments are expect-
ed this year at the Rusk High
School, Junior High, and Elem-
entary as students begin regis-
tration for the new school term
August 31. Enrollment records
are also expected to be broken
at nearly all secondary schools
and colleges in this area.
Some 700 Rusk Junior High and
Elementary students will be re-
gistering here from the hours of
8:30 until 11:30 a.m. Other morn-
ing registrations will be held for
Quarterback
To Meet
Tuesday, 7:45
A Tuesday night meeting is
planned for the Rusk Quarter-
back Club announces Presid-
ent Wayne Townsend. The 7:45
meet will be held at the new
field house. At that time a
film of the scrimmage with
Jacksonville will be shown.
All members and all prospec-
tive members arc urged to at-
tend.
some 320 students at Rusk High
School in grades 9-12; and app-
roximately 350 students at Geo-
rge Bradford in grades 1-12.
September 1 will mark the fi-
rst lull day of school for students
in this city. School will be clos-
ed Monday, September 6, in re-
cognition of Labor Day, and re-
sume the following Tuesday.
On August 30, teachers wil
meet in an orientation program
to familiarize the instructors with
school policies and to discuss en-
rollment proceedures.
A breakdown of other schools
openings in Cherokee County is
as follows:
JACKSONVILLE
Classes In the eight Jackson-
ville Independent School Districts
are scheduled to begin on the day
after Labor Day. School officials
expect enrollment to reach an all
time high. The district will op-
erate five elementary schools—
Cuney, East Side, Elberta, Joe
Wright, and West Side—in addi-
tion to Jacksonville Junior High,
Jacksonville Senior High and
Fred Douglas with both its jun-
See SCHOOLS, Page 8
Budget Hearing
.Set By School
Superintendent
Official notice of a public
hearing for the Rusk Indepen-
dent School District schedule
Thursday, September 2, was
given this week by Superinten-
dent Jack Martin.
The hearing on the budget,
amounting to approximately
$530,000, wall be held in the
School Superintendents' Office
from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p-m.
According to Superintendent
Martin, "Any Interested party
in the Rusk Independent School
District is invited to attend."
SCHOOL CALENDAR 1965 66
Teachers Meeting, Band Hall, Teacher from all
schools will attend this meeting at 9:00 A. M.
Registration. Buses will make regular runs 6
9 .11 A. M.
First day of school. ADA begin*.
Holiday — Labor Day.
End of 1st 6-weeks — 27 days.
End of 2nd 6-weeks — 30 days.
August 30
August 31
September 1
September 6
October 8
November 19
November 25-26 Thanksgiving Holidays.
December 21 Last day of school before Christmas Holidays.
January 14 End of 3rd 6-weeks and 1st semester
January 3 Resume classes.
February 25 End of 4th 6-weeks — 30 days.
March 4 or 11 Holiday — District VIII TSTA
April 6 End of 5th 6-weeks — 27 days.
April 7-11 Easter Holiday* (Should one day be lost because of
illness or weather school Will be held on Thurs.
day. Should two days be lest, second day will
cancel TSTA holiday or be taken from last
6-weeks.
May 22 Baccalaureate Services.
May 25 End of School- for ADA purposes — 32 days.
May 26 Teachers record grades,
8th grade promotion exercises.
May 27 Hand out cards
Commencement Exercises.
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BOY MEETS TURTLE — And both appear
to be taking the measure of the other! This
giant loggerhead turtle was apparantely
disturbed during Tuesday's rainfall, and av-
ailed himself of the opportunity to seek an-
other home. His overland Journey was inter-
rupted long enough to get himself put on dis-
play for the Cherokeean publisher's young
nephew, Stuart Roberts of Philadelphia, Pa.
here on visit Stuart is the two-year old son
of Lt and Mrs. Dave Roberts.
—Staff Photo
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Whitehead, E. H. The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1965, newspaper, August 26, 1965; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150615/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.