The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1968 Page: 2 of 18
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I ■ : PAGE TWO-THE CHEROKEEAN OF RUSK, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1968
The Cherokeean 1
E. H. WHITEHEAD ENTERPRISES AT 618 NORTH MAIN %
STREET, RUSK, TEXAS 75785. PHONE 683-2257 $
?§ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $
g IN COUNTY—$4.00 PEP YEAR, $2.25 SIX MONTHS Í
OUT OF COUNTY—$5.00 PER YEAR, $2.75 SIX MONTHS
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The Man From Nazareth
ABOVE ALL
■ In a world where trips to the moon are in
■ offing, where the spoken word may be trans-
• mitted instantly to every nook and cranny of
-the earth, where genetic science is unlocking
'rhe mysteries of man's existence, the awesome
* simplicity of the Christmas story seem1- a stri-
ding contrast to the restless spirit of today.
1 Yet, with all our man-made advances, the spi.
.ritual leadership ofChrist Jesus--its message
1 of hope and peace--makes man's material ac-
complishment'- hut a pause in the passing pa-
rade of humanity.
In the love and companionship of family and
friends, let us ponder the Christ spirit and
seek 'o reflect its inspiration in our daily
live^. While the physical wants of Jesus were
limited, his compassion and love for his lellow
man were boundless. Isn't there a lession in
the life of the Man from N'a/ireth for us,too?
One Solitary Life
He was born and grew up in an ovseure vil-
lage the child of ordinary people. He worked
as a carpenter and an Itinerant preacher. He
never wrote a book, never held an office, never
had a family, nor owned a house. When he was
only thirty three of his enemies had him nailed
to a cross.
1
His executioners game hied for his clothing.
He was laid in a borrowed grive. After nine-
teen centuries he is the central figure of the
human race, aII the king1' that ever reigned,
all the armies that ever marched have not af
fected the life ot man a1- much as that.
one solitary life.
Drive Unto Others
v. Family gatherlns are as traditional at Ch-
;> rirtmastime as carols, holly jnd good will.
Many will bo on the highways to and from these
joyous reunions.
Increased highwiy travel in all parts of the
State will pose additional problems for mot-
orists, especially in construction areas. Al-
though the Texas Highway Department works
to make highway construction areas as safe as
possible, extra care is callcd for during the
holiday travel perioc1.
Please remember that this season is one of
'he most dangerous periods of the year, on
our street® and highways.
Put forth extra effort this holiday, to put
the true spirit of Christmas in YOUR dribing
and "DRIVLD UNTO OTHERS AS YOU
WOULD HAVli THEM DRIVE UNTO YOU.'
legends, Loved for Centuries
During the Middle Ages in
Europe, legends surrounding
the birth of Christ circulated
from family to family and
from generation to gener-
ation. Here are 4 of these
legends;
On Christ's Birthday even
the birds and animals felt
the wonder of It, and knelt
dcw.n to pray. The ox, the
badger, all manner of wild and
domestic beast, Including the
long-legged stork, flocked
'round where the baby lay.
The stork, seeing how mean
His bed, plucked the soft down
from her breast, pulled
plumes for Him to cushion
His head.
Ever since then, the noble
■tork has been patron of
babies of every land.
When Mary and Joseph fled
V with the infant Jesus Into
Egypt, the flowers showed
their love by blossoming
wherever the little caravan
went.
Everywhere, the air was
filled with heavenly frag-
rances,. .from the lilac, from
many flowers and plants.
Even the serene illy spread
wide her cup of gratitude.
Only the green rosemary,
petal-less, could not con.
tirbute to the poetry of color
and sweet or spicy scent.
The rosemary grieved.
As Mary paused to rest, she
decided to wash His little
garments and hang them to
dry, for the journey to-
morrow. But where to hang
them? The fragile Illy broke
...the proud lilac was out
of reach. So on the sturdy
branches of the rosemary
she hung the raiment to the
sun.
'1 thank you, gentle Rosc-
mary," said the Mother of
Jesus . . . "henceforth you
shall bear blue flowers for
remembrance of my blue
cloak. And, where His clothing
touched you, all shall be frag-
rantly aromatic." And so she
blessed leaf, stem and flower
of the modest rosemary.
When Christ was born In the
manger, He had few comforts
in the rude stable, assailed
by cruel winds. His Mother
pleaded with the oxen and the
donkeys, and even the cart-
horse to breathe on the list-
less embers and bring some
warmth from them.
But all dozed and dreamed,
not hearing the frail Mary.
Suddenly into the stable flew
a brown bird. Making a
bellows of his wings hepuffed
up his feathers and made
forays Into the slumbering
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SEE EARL ROSS OR TRUMAN FOSTER
FOR SUPER SAVINGS ON 6000 USED GARS
IT'S THC GOING THING!
THE PLACE YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO SEE
WHAT'S GOING ON-
RUSK MOTOR SAUS
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"YOUR PORO DEALER"
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FARMING TODAY
With-—
JOHNNY McKAY
County Agent
1 talked with :wo producers
conducting Coastcross-1 est
ablishmentr, demonstrations
this week - James \4osely of
Rusk and P. fi. Buell of Jack-
sonville. Both Indicated that
thus far they are rally inpres-
sed with the growing ability
and seemingly good quality of
the grass. They said if it
makes the winter, it looks
like it will have some advan-
tages over coastal bermuda.
M, D. Arrlngton, Polled I ler-
ford breeder near Turney is
continuing his beef perform
tnce testing program. We
weighed aid graded some ad-
ditional calves for him this
past week. Mr. Arrington
had one bull calf rhis year
that had a weight of 753 pounds
adjusted to 205 days and age
of the dam.
The annual Fertilizer and
Lime -tone Conference will be
held a. the Ramada Inn in Col
lege Station, January 8, 19, 10
and 11, 1969. This sponsored
by rhe Texas Plant Food Edu-
cational Society, the Texas
Agricultural Limestone As-
sociation and Texas AIM
University. It is open to all
interested persons.
Farmers and ranchers can
deduct per gallon of gaso-
line used in firming or ran-
ching from their Income tax
report for 1968.
The Federal Oasollne Tax
refund is now claimed as a
tax credit on the annual In-
come tax report if the report
Is filed on time. They tell
fires, stirring them to a rous-
ing flame, all the while
risking his little body for his
Lord's comfort.
Even though the flames
seared him, the bird, now red-
breasted, sang loud and
cheerfully.
Soon all the stable was com-
forting and warm . . . and
softly slept the Christ Child.
"Master Robin," said Mary,
"wear now a breast of red,
a blessed stain on your heart,
that all may see the symbol
of your love.
• Heard about the fellow who
walked across a watermelon
patch with a gunny sack? He
harvested a load of buckshot.
•Don ' wait until the feel is
scratching bottom to call the
N'utrena man.
• Pick up some chocolate
covered peanuts for the kid%
• See what the Nutren t man
says about pro^pec'ii of rain.
Wife need? to paint the barn.
• Order some Creep 20
Special to get baby pigs
started eating,
• Ask Dick at the filling station
why he charged to fix the whole
tire when only one tide goes
flat.
• Widen the creep for thewe
fist growing calve* QHer
«©me mor* Calf-O-Life
• Don't wait until it rain, tt>
ft the rooft
Ik# tteniol,
Sir
us g.<s tax credit will not be
allowed on late reports.
In addition, a tax credit of
6/ per gallon on lubricating
oils and 2£per gallon on die-
sel and special ino'or fuels nor
used In highway vehicles are
deductible.
1969 Farmers Tax Guides
are available from rny office
or your local bank in Chero-
kee County.
I wish all ofyouanespeclally
joyous Christmas and a New
Year that will be goal to you
and yours.
Elm Grove 4-H
Club Meets,
Talks Plans
The Elm Grove 4 II Club
met December 16th at the
Community Center. The
President called the meeting
to order. The 4 H Motto
and Pledge was said.
Minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved. The
4-H Council report was given,
Regina Nelson and Patricia
Morris will give demon-
strations io the club.
Plans for a Christmas party-
were discussed.
The meeting was adjourned
with the 4 H Club Prayer.
Mary Alice Christopher is
club reporter.
REMINDER
COLUMN
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Temple To
Buy More
Sawtimber
Temple Industries will in-
crease its purchases of saw-
timber during 1969 according
to Joe Denman, Executive
Vice president. In Order
to supply increased capacity
in the company's facilities in
both Diboll and Pineland,
Temple anticipates purchas-
ing 95 million feet of saw tim-
ber from others during 1969
compared with similar purch-
ases of 70 million In 1968.
The anticipated purchase of
95 million feet will represent
more timber than the company
process from all sourcesfive
years ago.
The Increased purchases of
sawtimber are expected to be
made from local East Texas
Tree Farmers and Private
Landowners within a 75-mile
Radius of Diboll and Pineland,
Texas.
In order to accomplish its
amitious timber program, a
new reorganized purchasing
department has been placed
under the supervision of Ken-
neth Nelson, Vice President,
Land & Timber, Mr. Nelson
indicated that he plans tohave
at lea^t 90 million feet under
contract by May I, 1969.
Themple will supply approx-
imately 50% of its needs in
1969 from Its own telmber
farms which now approximate
400,000 acres. During 1968
the company purchased 10,286
additional acres oftlmberland
and plans to continue an act-
ive acqulstion program in
1969
CHURCH NEWS
Next Sunday, December 29th,
at the Rusk Presbyterian Ch-
urch at the lljoo A.M. Ser-
vice of Worship the message
of the Pastor will be "Guide-
posts for the Christian Stu-
dent," Phllipplans 4;8, in ke-
eping with the Christian Stu-
dent Sunday.
Because Wednesday, Janu-
ary 1st, is a holiday, the meet-
ing of the Session will be
postponed until a time to be
announced from the pulpit.
January 5th being the first
Sunday in the quarter will
be Communion Sunday.
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FROM
THE LIONS
DEN
By: E. B. Mustek, Jr.
Looked old times with pretty
girls and everything at the
Lions Club last Thursday.
To s art Lion President Ray
Kendall asked Lion W. D.
Draper to make some awards
for securing new members.
Pins for securing 1 member
each were presented to Lions
Raymond Cooper, John Barton
and this one. Pins and ribbons
for securing two members
each to Lions Ike Daniel and
Ray Kendall. Lion Ray then
in turn presented a pin to
Lion Draper for the good work
as chairman of the member-
ship committee.
Lion Jack Fitts again
presented an excel'ent pro-
gram and is trying to steal
the girl idea from Lion Dick
Dickerson. L ion J ack pre -
sented Professor Holt from
the Speech Therapy Depart-
ment of Stephen F. Austin
University at Nacogdoches
assisted by two clinicians,
Miss Nancy Blackwell a
senior and Nannett Davis,
a sophomore. Miss Black-
well spoke first telling of the
work and study Involved, with
only one graduating In this
field in 1965 and this year
there will be seventeen. Also
that there are many jobs open
in the line of work. Mr. Holt
then told us that this Is a
reatlvely new field in this part
of the country. He defined
speech Therapy as a method
of helping children and adults
to reach a normal way of
speech rather than a perfec-
tion as shown in drama, public
speaking etc. People no
longer have to be laughed at
and made fun of because of
articulation. This Is the
greatest problem found in
public schools. When a clini-
cian receives his degree he
is prepared to work in pub-
lic schools, state schools,
hospitals or clinics. He can
work with brain damaged,
which has created a speech
problem, laryngeal speech
and articulation. This is
certainly a wonderflil work
and one we of the Lions club
have never heard a program
on before.
After this fine program,
Lions, Raymond Kendall,
President, Raymond Cooper,
Leon Edwards, Gene Kelley,
Jimmy Tankersley et al rep-
resented the Lions Club with
a Christmas party 'at the
maximum security unit of the
Rusk State Hospital. Presents
were presented to each per-
son on the ward from Santa
Clause and refreshments
were presented toeach person
were served. This is
certainly a highlight for our
club.
From the members of the
Rusk Lions Club a most won-
derful Christm.ts to all.
See you at our next meeting
THE BEST
TO YOU!
HENRY'S
JEWELERS
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
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thit grounding in Ihi love of God. no govern
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pertevere ond the frttdorm which wo hold to
door will inovitobl pernh Therefore, even
from o telfith point ol view, one thould support
the Church lor tht tobe of the welfare of him-
telf ond hit lomily Beyond thot. however,
ev«i i person ihou'd uphold and participóle in
the Church betoutt il lellt the truth oboul
mans Irle, deoth and destiny, the truth which
atone wi'l let him hee to livo at a child al
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You can see by the car tracks that people are going '
places despite Ihe heavy snows. Others, like you and
me. perhaps, are going places because of it—because
the new fallen snow is beautiful and we want to en-
joy it and look at the pictures it makes on the land-
scape. Also, that frosty, crackly wind that ctynes
with the first snows blows roses in our cheeks and
new energy and expectations into our hearts. We
can't wait to get out and do things and be with
people.
A New Year is upon us. What wonderful things this
year can bring. Does the New Year lying before you,
with its promise, fill you with new life and excited
expectations like the new snow mentioned above?
May your New Year be a happy and prosperous
one. and may you find great peace every'day
through worship and spiritual blessings each week
through attending church.
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