The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1965 Page: 1 of 14
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. Rusk's Eagles team could pos-
sibly make big headlines yet!
And Roundabout Isn't basing
this supposition on the outcome
of the Rusk-Cleveland game Fri-
day cither!
. Many may not know it, but
sometimes it pays to lose. And
the fact that Madisonville lost
to Rusk last week, placed the
Eagles in a position of someth-
ing close to "famous'.
You see, Madisonville last week,
tied the previously held record
for highest number of consecu-
tive ball games LOST! And as
Madisonville's opponent, this did
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VOL. 118
RUSK, TEXAS
THURSDAY, NOV. 11, 1965
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NUMBIR
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Election
To Decide
Directors
Rusk's Chamber of Commerce
give the Eagles something of an 's n°w ¡n 'he process of prepnr-
enviahle situation. ing ballots which will be mailed
However, this Friday night's t0 an chamber members to el-
game between Madisonville and 0d ej M n(>w mcmbers to the
Livingston is the Cake with the
„ , „ .. f ,, Board of Directors.
Real Frosting for if Madison-
ville loses it, then they automa- According to Chamber Ptesi-
tically accede to the title of dent C. S. Hinlon, Jr. the ballots
"Team Having Lost the Most will probably be mailed next Th-
Games." ursday
To publiCize~lhe~Potential Cel. ¡ The ballots wiU carry ,fi.nam"
lar Champs, Parade Magazine ;es for the eight new positions.
Photags were on hand last Fri- Members of the Board whose te-
day for the Rusk-Madisonville >ms expire are John Barton. Ray-
game, making pictures like film rnond Cooper, Peul Cox. E. R.
was going out of style. Should Hood F¡n¡s stovall, and Robert
they feature the Mustangs any vfm D()(>nhoff_
The Board consists of 24 dir-
time soon, chances are pretty
good that just a few Eagle fea-
thers will turn up in some of th- cctors, elected tor three year
ose shots! Lots of luck to some-
body anyway.
It's tough to iose, sure, but
Roundabout thinks that the oth-
er face benefits, besides winning,
are invaluable to the nation's yo-
uth. There is nothing like rooting
for a winner, but it's equally im-
portant to let the loser know you in)on
haven't forgotten too!
. Now that the Madisonville Mus-
tangs have unintentionally inhe-
rited one title, perhaps they will
begin a new season, and try
just ag hard to earn a winning
title, running in the other direc-
tion. Roundabout hopes so.
terms. Each year eight positions
come up for vote.
In th" December meeting of
the Chamber, directors will el-
ect a new s'ate of officers for the
ensuing year. Out going officers
are President Hint on: Oran Sp-
rnre. first vice «resident; James
sccond vice president:
and E. B. Musick, Sr.. treasurer.
In their regu'ar monthly meet-
ing Tuesday, the Chamber direc-
tors unanimously approved the
appointment of Dr. James Kre-
imeycr to the Board to fill the
unexpired term of Dr. Charles
W. Castner who has retired as
Supterintnedent of Rusk State
Hospital and is now a resident
Eagles Seeking Crown
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Homecoming Activities
Queen
HOMECOMING QUEEN CANDIDATES - This year's Rusk High
School Home com uu; Queen, who will be crowned Friday night
just prior to the Rusk-Cleveland game at Musick Stadium, will
be chosen from this trio of RHS beauties. From left to right, they
are Misses Sherry Rawls, Sandra Sword, and Arlene Wallace, all
senior students.
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_ It was good to have a short
visit with Mrs. Edith Rose of J Tyler.
Alto Monday. If you missed last
week's issue. Roundabout would GOES TO HOUSTON HOSPITAL
like to call your attention to a| Mrs Rlllh Ba¡iey was lreal.
series of articles, the Cherokee- pf, Tue.,day at M. D. Anderson
an is printing, taken from a re- Hospital in Houston. Excesive
search report Mrs. Rose made fiu¡fj was IOmoved from the lung
to the Cherokee County distort- area. and she was released by
cal Committee. The life of Pe- (|le hospital, her condition much
ter Ellis Bean is the central th- improved. She is expected to re-
eme, but lives of other well kn- turn to Rusk in the next few with particular cases brought to
own names in Cherokee s history days, unless she remains there tt inn nr th* n,.n ,,t
« interwoven. „ well. Much (or a regularly MM medí- hc fT " " °°u"c '
of the world's greatest historical cal treatment next Saturday, in r iegu'ar monl"'y ro®et-
hérilage has been lost in fires, which case she would not be home 'níí Tuesday night in the City
See ROUNDABOUT, Page 4 until Sunday. Council Room.
Service Troubles
Talked By Council
Rusk's City Council, discuss- R. D. Paschal' appeared before
ing water and sewer problems the Council requesting that the
City do something about a water
To Be
Named
Homecoming at Rusk High
School will be noted with the cr-
owning of a Queen Friday night
at Musick Stadium, just prior to
the Rusk Eagle-Cleveland Indian
contest.
Candidates for the honor are:
Sherry Rawls, Arlene Wallace
and Sandra Sword, members of
the Senior Class. Duchesses have
been elected bv the other three
High School classes, and they
are: Susan Holcomb, Freshman;
Rosemary Vcrmil'ion, Sophomore;
and Charlotte Bowman, Junior.
Escorts for the three senior qu-
een nominees are Jerry Akin,
Jerry Matlock, and Robert Rid-
dle.
Homecoming festivities will con-
tinue at the half-time when the
Band Sweetheart will be reveal-
ed, and presented a bracelet
with charm, and a mum corsage.
Johnny Walker, Senior bandsman,
will perform this honor.
All senior members of the Band
are scheduled for recognition dur-
ng the half-time show, which is
to feature a drill routine to be
used for Interscholastic League
contest November 23 in Longview.
Seniors in the Band, according
to Band Director Lester Hughes,
are Dottie McClure. Arlene Wal-
lace, Phyllis Tolar, Beth Parrott,
Johnny Walker. Johnny Williams,
III, Melba Covington, and Char-
lene Thompson.
The football Sweetheart is also
drainage problem on his land scheduled for presentation dur-
near the high school football lie-:1"1;' Homecoming night at Mus-
Id Th.. roim.il ritv I Th,s ™mi 1 h°™'-
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Planned
Eagles Tangle With
Indians Here Friday
DR. JIM SWINK
JimSwink
ToSpeakln
Rusk Dec.1
December 1 is the dato that
has been calendared by the lfc-
thodist Men of First Methodist
Church to hold their first meet-
ing since the election of new of-
ficers.
Dr. James Swink, former Rusk
resident and graduate of Rusk
High School has accepted an in
Rusk's Eagles, with all their
eggs in one basket, will be play-
ing the tough Cleveland Indians
Friday night in an all-important
contest which will determine wh-
ich team in District 21-AA will go
on to meet Port Acres in bi-dis-
trict.
Five Tried,
¿Charged In
County Court
Five persons have been tried
and three others have bee« ch-
arged with offences, according
to records in the County Clerk's
office.
Lawrence Southern was charg-
ed October 28 with transporting
intoxicating liquor. Southern ap-
peared in court with the County
Attorney, waived trial by jury,
and pled guilty. The defendant
was fined $200 and ordered to
pay court costs.
Gerald E. Tuck was charged
October 2tt with making a false
statement to a representative of
the Texas Employment Commi-
sion in a claim for benrfits.
Paul V. Bridges was charged
November 1 with desertion.
Donzell Atkins was charged on
November 8 with possession of
The game will be important to
the Eagles in two respects: it
will mark Rusk's annual home-
coming and will determine if a
three-way tie develops for the
District Title or if Cleveland ta-
kes the title out-right. Both Rusk
and Crockett have one loss apie-
ce in district competition. Unde-
feated Cleveland has only one
possible stumbling block in its
path to the District Crown
Rusk's Eagles.
Should the Eagles manage to
out-perform the Indians and take
the win a flip of the coin will de-
termine which of the three Dis-
trict Co-Champs will see bi-dis-
trict action. In the Eagles' field
house Mondav morning, Head
Coach Doyle Brooks said he wo-
uld try to get the Cleveland and
Crockett coaches to flip the coin
right in the middle of Musick
Stadium, immediately after the
game.
Last year the Eagles and the
Indians were in the same situa-
tion in the closing district game
played on the Indians' home-field.
Playing better and harder then
Eagle fans had seen them all
year long, Rusk fell before the
Indians in a real heart-breaker,
nosed-out by two touchdowns 34-
22. The defeat was doubly bitter
due to the instances of very bad
sportsmanship demonstrated by
some Cleveland "fans."
According to Coach Brooks,
The Council authorized City ' to the Rusk ^ who fa cho. ^
vitation from this group to be the intoxicating liquor for sale. At-
guest speaker for the dinner kins appeared in court with the
meeting in Fellowship Hall. The | County Attorney, waived trial by
event is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. jury, and pled guilty. He was
Dr. Swink is now living in Tyler fined $250 and ordered to pay this year's Cleveland team is well
where he is a medical doctor. court costs. balanced both offensively and de-
Newly elected officers of the j Henry Aldridge was charged fensively. "They must be pretty
Methodist Men's organization are ¡ November 8 with aggravated as- tough,' he said! "they beat Cro-
president, E. B, Musick, Jr., Ray sault. The defendant appeared ckett."
Water and Street Superintendent T See HOMECOMING, Pa9e 4 ~ ' Webb Finley."'ScrE^™1' ^ COl"'--^-™?"lty«Att°.rney' "Cleveland has a good passing
J. D. Norton to temporarily bio- '
See FIVE TRIED, Pg. 4
Improvements Discussed
For Jim Hogg State Park
>mes on line trisl Duvc. j future development and pro- |prov¡ng as many parks as poss- the park would make the park a ored from a
It was pointed o„t during the posed improvements I Jim Hogg :¡1)|c ^ wilh ,ouri5ti ;kept him
ck a culvert and construct a dr-
ainage ditch to see if the prob-
■ lem could be remedied.
1 Three men, H H. Terry, Tho-
mas E. Jones, and Milton Lan-
; drum, appeared before the Cou-
ncil to solicit City aid in an over-
flowing sewer problem at their
homes on Pine Crest Drive.
: attack and they have a fine half-
hack in Roy Sassin, 170 lbs., who
1 is a breakaway threat and a
good pass receiver.
Tuesday morning in the Eag-
I les' field house, Coach Brooks
I reported changes in the Eagles'
manpower. Gregg Dupree. 16S
j lb. tackle, will be in action ag-
ain Friday night, having recov-
knee injury which
out of games in the
,, * 1 11 . Past several weeks. Glenn Has-
Hc suggested that a comm.ttec se|1 secon(Jary quarlerbacki is 8t.
I meeting that to remedy the sit-j Slate Park, located just east of,
¡tuition and lay a city sewer line the Rusk city limits on Highway I Senator, who spoke brief- ^ ^
to the homes would cost approx- ,84, was discussed Monday night j'y on 'he history of Hogg, stress- or more interested persons ¡11 out with a sprained ankle and
j imately $H25 and involve cut- jin a meeting of countlans held in !e<* l'iat ^e park could become from over Cherokee County be ap- secondary halfback Johnny Me-
ting beneath the Atoy Highway, the County Courthouse in Rusk. ja shrine to Hogg. He said a $100,- pointed to go to Austin to appear Clure will remain benched Fri-
j Councilman Maurice Higgins Appearing as guests at the
j moved to lay the sewer line un- Rusk Chamber of Commerce sp-
less unforseen circumstances wo-jonsored meeting were Senator
I uld prohibit the project through ; Martin Dies, Jr. of I.ufkin and
I greatly increased costs. Claude ¡Representative Ravford Price of
Manning seconded and the Cou- , Frankston. both of whom addres-
ncil unanimously passed the mo- sed the group. Bob Magottirk of
¡ Tvler, regional park supervisor
000 investment by the state in
See PARK, Page 4
See EAGLES, Page 4
tion.
See COUNCIL, Page 4
of 13 state parks in 47 counties,
Cathy Richards
Wins First In
Pigskin Judging
was alí 0 one of tho principal sp-
eakers at the meeting.
! F,. R. Gregg, chairman of the
Chamber of Commerce Jim Hogg
State Park Committee, served as
moderator at the meeting, intro-
ducing guests and displaying a
Contestants in
"Plav for Pay"
not meet their usual standards, ¡meeting
with four games in particular. The Rusk rhnmlv,r of Comm.
op winner in e ton e«. prc(? ¡s C|im.ntlv studying means
was 15-vear-old Rusk Hi eh J
School student, Cathv Richards,
who will receive $7.50 in prize .
money. Second place honors f,:n(is the Paving of a
went to Evelvn Oóom, who will
la«t week's
c-n'est did t1(> po'ntcd out the purpose of the
large map of the park area as
of improving the approximately
180 acre park by obtaining state
RUSK HALFBACK ROBERT HOLCOMB, with
one Mustang hanging on ;uul another rushing to
stop the fleet-foote<l Eagle back, gains yardage
against Madisonville Friday night in Mladison-
ville. The Eagles took the game 33-0.
Ttoi* Friday night, the Eagles host tho touch
Cleveland Indians in the most important game
in District 21-AA. The game could causo the dis-
trict to end up in a three-way tie between Croc-
kett, Rusk and Cleveland, if the Eagles beat
Cleveland this week.
receive $5. Don Crysup took
third place prize money of $3.
The four games which gave
contestants considerable tro-
uble this past week were: Cen-
ter's win over Carthage: At-
lanta's victory over West Rusk:
White Oak falling to Hallsville:
and Alto's win over Groveton.
This week will mark the end
of the weekly football guess-
ing contest. Look to the Foot-
ball Contest Page in this week's
issue for details and rules of
the contest.
spur off Highway 84 which leads
into the park grounds, construc-
ts modern rest room and show-
er facilities, establishing over-
night camping areas, rebuilding
the old Dicksrson Lake, opening
a street through the park, beau-
tifying the park with flowers, and
creating nature and hiking tra-
ils for tourists,
Senator Dies told the group
that tourism has become big bus-
iness in Texas amounting to a
billion dollar industry and that
Texas has now committed itself
in a program of creating and im-
PS
SPEAKERS AT PARK MEETING - Monday
Jiight a group ,o£, countians heard these four
speakers discuss proposed improvements to Jim
Hogg State Park, located just east oí the city
limits of Rusk off Highway 84. The men are pic-
tured near a large map showing the approximat-
ely 180 acre park and adjoining land. They arc
from left to right, Representative Rayford Price
of Frankston; Bob Magouirk of Tykv, Regional
park supervisor with the Texas Parks and Wild-
life Commission; E. R. Gregg of Rusk, chair-
man of the Chamber oí Commerce Jim Hogg
State Park Committee; and Senator Martin Dies,
Jr. of Lufkin.
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