The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1969 Page: 2 of 10
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-THI CHEROKEEAN OP RUSK, TEXAS. THURSDAY. JANUARY Mb !*•
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The Cherokeean
I«Í¿tWSTS,EAD ent"PRISES AT 618 NORTH MAIN
STREET, RUSK, TEXAS 75785. PHONE 683-2257
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
IN COUNTY-S4.00 PER YEAR, $2.25 SIX MONTHS
OUT OF COUNTY—$5.00 PR YEAR, $2.75 SIX MONTHS
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FARMING TODAY
With JOHNNY McKAY
County Agent
V«ry shortly now those very official hear-
ing Into the USS Pueblo affair will begin, and
the even more official statements will be forth-
coming from Washington. In anticipation of
thoee pronouncements, there are two or three
points we would like to recommend that you
keep in mind.
First, how was it that the North Koreans
seemed to know that the seizure of the ship
would not bring reprisals ? It seems clear that
they were confident that they could get the ship
Into port before our forces could intervene Was
It Just a lucky guess? That seems improbable.
Second, how can the .United States Govern-
ment, which officially and before the entire
world, signed a statement attesting that the USS
Pueblo trespassed in the territorial waters of
North Korea, bring proceedings against the
crew for having confessed. In the face of beat-
ings or death, that the ship intruded in ter-
ritorial waters? The Unite! States Govern-
ment signed a confession of guilt; can it con-
demn or prosecute the men for having done the
ume?
True, the Armed Forces Code of Conduct has
been violated. Of that there can be no ques -
tlon. It may well be that untokf thousands of
servicemen will pay a high and deadly price
for that in years to come. Cae prays not. But
men at the mercy of the enemy in the future will
necessarily be ntfndftjl that the United States
Government was submissive to blackmail and
capable of lies.
Meantime, there are two particularly steller
performances by the men of the Pueblo
which deserve attention. The first was that
propaganda photograph which the Red Koreans
took and released to the world, in which the
crew dared to risk sending a message. In sign
language, to the authorities in Washington.
Some took pretty severe beatings for that auda.
city. It was a marvelous exhibition of contempt
for the enemy.
Finally, there was Lt. Edward Murphy, who
made up those charts for his captors which
proved that the ship was in North Kore-
an waters-charts which would have had the ship
moving at speeds of 2,500 nautifal miles per
hour, charts that not only showed the Pueblo In
N orth Korean waters, but acturally on dry land.
Some mighty men were on that mighty ship,
whatever the official inquiry says.
Noted And Passed
On The Supreme Court: Recent ru lings by the
Supreme Court "make the trial of a felony twice
•s long and twice as difficult," These are the
words of the ranking Jurist in the State of New
York, Justice Saul S. Strelt.
"We spend more time deciding whether the
new legalisms propounded by the United States
Supreme Court in these decisions have been
complied with than we do to determine the
guilt or innocence of the defendant."
The Green Berets Victory: When the John
Wayne film based on the Green Berets in
Vietnam was leleased the critics panned it
unmercifully Hollywood and Broadway circles
predicted It would be a financial disaster. To
date it has earned almost $11 million, and ranks
as one of the most successful movies in the
last S years.
Says John Wayne, whose frand of patriotism
is the target for the gliberal reviewers; 'The
ridiculously one-sided criticism of the picture
only made people more conscious of it and
they are Tovir.g rhat rhe reviews were not
very effective.
"Most critics reviewed the war and not the
picture.^.."
One Green Beret's Escape; Major James
N. Rowe described his escape after 5 years as
a prisoner with mis understatement; "The
Vietcong were in one area and I got one
guard to separate • with me. At that one point
the guard became unconscious and I got to the
chopper."
Student Strike; Japan's giant Tokyo Univer-
sity has suffered a student strike of 6 months
duration and is contemplating closing entirely
for one year. Said Tokyo President Ichiro
Kato; "I regretftilly see no prospect that we
can hold entrance examinations for next year.
We recognize the grave Impact this will have
on our society, .. .At the same time, it would
be even more Irresponsible to admit new ap-
plicants to a university where no education
can be conducted."
A Drawing Rights Bracelet; "One need not
carry cynicism as far as those who say that
it will be many a long day before a wife will
greet with delight the husband who brings her
a necklace or a bracelet made of Special
Drawing Rights. All the same this Is a vivid
way of pointing out how misleading it is to
represent these Special Drawing Rights or
paper gold--as they are sometimes called—as
a kind of substitute for monetary gold."—
Dr. Samuel Schwelzer, Chairman of the Board
Swiss Bank Corporation.
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PERMANENT PRESS WONT
POOP OUT IN AN
ELECTRIC DRYER
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That's why manufacturers of permanent
preas clothing recommend it. An electric
dryer dries with gentle, wArm air
and just enough tumbling to uve the
preaa and freahen the look. It puta
the fluff back in blankets, area rugs and
such It makaa sure the diapera always get dry and an elactric
dryar keep* you out of the cold, too! It won't ba a long hard
winter with an electric dryer in the houae. Operating
it on low coat electricity from HE8CO won't ahaka up your
budget, either
iouthwe«t«rn KUotrio Senrise C
Agriculture ta a big busi-
ness In Cherokee County, a
mounting to nearly $8 mil-
lion directly from production.
It would also be indirectly
responsible for a sizable
share of the approximately
$11.7 million generated by
payrolls Income from retail,
wholesale and services be-
cause of the large number of
agriculturally related lndu -
tries in the County such as
the timber using industries
and milk plants. For the same
reason it would come in for
its lions share of the $9.6
million from manufacturing
Income. It would be difficult
to come up with an accurate
figure on the total agricul-
ture and agriculturally re-
lated income for the County;
but you can readily see that
lt makes up a sizable por-
tion of the total $32.7 mil-
lion Income for the County.
The figures used were ap-
proximated from informatlor
taken from selected figures
used by the Texas Educa-
tion Agency to compute the
annual economic index.
People interested in agri-
culture and related industr-
ies were active in the Coun-
ty during 1968 with efforts
to improve and make agrl
culture worth even more. The
County Program Building
Committee, its sub, com.
mittees, and cooperating or
ganlzations, agencies and in-
dividuals carried óut a var-
iety of activities. Here are a
few of the highlights.
The Cherokee County Live-
stockmen's Association had
monthly programs related to
improving beef and forage
production. Producers re
ceived detailed programs by
both commerlcal and profes-
ional men on Income Tax,
Artificial Breeding, Forage
for Improving Weaning
Weights and Percent Calf
Crop, practices affecting
Growth and Health of Cal-
ves, Selecting Cows and Hei-
fers for Replacement, Eva-
luating Reproductive Capacity
of the Cow, Production and
Economics of Temporary
Winter pasture, and Buñ
Selection. AI iveCattle Grad-
ing Demonstration was spon-
sored by the association in
June where approximately ISO
persons had an opportunity
to learn to grade cattle both
on the basis of conformation
and carcass yield. The as
sociatlon also sponsored a
series of educational pro-
grams helping prepare pro-
ducers for the Brucellosis
testing program started In
June. By December 31 ap
proximately 38,000 head of
cattle had been tested.
Some 30 beef and dairy
producers cooperated with the
County Agents office In de
monstratlng Improved prac-
tices relating to beef pro-
d\i tion, forage production.
IKE'S
REMINDER
COLUMN
tNVa«TQ*-OWNCO ■ B1RVINQ QROWINQ CBNTRAL-tABT TCXAt
NUW ib i tit, i IMC. TC;
• Write to Ann Landers to
see if she replies.
• Did you hear about the
two farmers who split a win-
ning Irish Sweepstakes ticket
for $100.00 each? Naturally
they were asked what they
were going to do with their
windfall. The first farmer
said he was going to retire
to Florida and fish. The se-
cond said he was goln¿ to
keep right on farming until
he ran out of money.
• Did you know thatNutrena
adds appetite regulators to
their v Dg supplements to be
fed free choice with grain?
The wife wonders If these
appetite regulators would
work in diet foods.
• Tell Nutrena man to bring
out the portable scales to
weigh some shoats,
• Wonder If anyone has
figured our how much poverty
the national political cam.
psign funds could have wiped
out.
• Do you know we prepare
rations .perla! tailored tn
your farm need*? It's « good
way «o cut Used coms while
making sure >our livestock
get the nutrients they need.
u* 4boi)t Prescriptions
Feeding.
• tNa* ana ef *he MS |r
4.H ttlhl for ' IkH W(MTt *.
brush control and record
keeping. These included such
practices as gain testing for
beef cattle, wintering cows
on hay without additional pro-
tein supplement, grazing value
of lovegrass pasture, value
of trace and secondary fer-
tilizer elements In hay pro-
duction, value of liming In
hay production, wildlife haM-
tat Improvement, persimmon
brush control, mall in IBM
record keeping and coast-
cross. 1 bermuda grass es-
tablishment.
Twenty-one producers con-
tributed 29 hales of hay to a
very successful hay show In
September sponsored by the
Cherokee County Soil and Wa-
ter Conservation District
stressing feeding value of hay
produced in the County.
A forestry study committee
appointed by Clyde Small,
Chairman of the Cherokee
County Program Building
Committee, made a study of
three phases of the foresty
industry in the County-pro-
duction, processing and har-
vesting hauling. Summaries of
the detailed study are in pro-
gress and will be available
In early 1969.
Interest in horses for plea-
sure and work by both adults
and youth has been on the In-
crease in the County for sev
eral years. Last May a horse
shortcourse was held In Rusk
with about 60 In attendance.
Horse health, feeding,groom-
ing, showing and 4 H subject
matter groups were empha-
sized in the course.
The Cherokee County Soil
and Water Conservation Dis
trict sponsored their annual
FFA and 4 H Soils Judging
and Forestry Judging Con-
tests, the conservation Home-
maker of the Year award.
Soil Stewardship Week, the
Annual Hay Show and their
Annual Conservation Awards
Banquet.
Rural Communities in the
County continue to be active.
Some have formal organiza-
tions and meet regularly while
some only get together to
work on specific projects.
The Farmers Home Adminis-
tration reports rhat over 20
rural communities In the Co-
unty now have water sy tems.
Some also have gas and tele-
phone systems and others are
working on them.
The Cherokee County Farm
Bureau comple'.-d holding
pens and livestock scales at
Rusk and sold their first cat-
tle cooperatively through the
facilities In December 1968.
The Cherokee Wildlife As-
sociation had their annual
banquet and continued to carry
out an active program to en.
courage wildlife conservation
and management.
A dairy tour was sponsor-
ed by the Rusk Chamber of
Commerce Agricultural
Committee during June Dairy
Month,
The Technical Action Panel
made up of the various agri-
cultural agencies In rhe county
got together and helped the
Agricultural Stabilization
Service sponsor a farm tour
on June 13.
The Texas Polled Hereford
Tour included two Cherokee
County Breeders in their sc-
heduled stops on June 14.
Cherokee County Agricul-
tural Agents are happy to
have cooperated to some ex
rent In most all of these ac-
tivities and to have been a
part of Improving Cherokee
County Agriculture along
with the many others that
have contributed so diligently
throughout 1968.
Completes 8
Weeks Training
Marine Private Jesse
Franklin, son of Mrs. Flzle
Hooper of Route 2, Rusk was
graduated from eight weeks of
recruit training at the Marine
Corps Recruit Depot here.
He will now undergo from two
to four weeks of Individual
combat training and then,
after leave di home, will re-
port to his first Marine Corps
assignment.
The Intensified Marine
training emphasize • rigid
physical conditioning and sur-
vive] technique1-, both at set*
and ashore, to develop self
confidence and endurance.
Marksmanship with the M-14
rifle and 45 citllher pistol are
equally stressed, and close
order drill- Instills the
traditions of Marin* Corps
teamwork.
A thorough study of ha -ic ml
lltarv subject , hygl flM'
• Id and sanitation, rhe
custom , court*'les, hlunr^
and mission of rhe VUrlne
Corps *rv* to polish then*
Marine's r*v*fsitr edUc
and prepare himte etn«>e
Marl"# «"em Net f«rre .
Hospital
News
RUSK MEMORIAL HOSPiTAl
December 30th--January 3th
ADMITTED
Mr. Charlie George, Rusk
Mrs. Luells Cook, Rusk
Mrs. Jewel Ellington, Rusk
Mrs. Wanda Choate, Rusk
Mr. Bill Jones, Alto
Mrs. Martlne Bobbin, Rusk
Mrs. Esther Pinkston, Alto
Mrs. Clemmle Day, Alto
Mrs. Wllda Rains, Alto
N. E. Upshaw, Douglass
Miss Althea Jill Chandler,
Rusk
Mrs. Lora Denney, Cushlng
Mr. Clovls Stewart, Rusk
Mr. R. F. Holcomb, Rusk
Mr. Dennis Benedict, Rusk
Dessie Mae Carter, Rusk
Mr. Joe Warts, Rusk
Jackie Brown, Alto
Mrs. Nelda Moake,
Lake Jackson
Miss Renna Ross, Rusk
Mrs. Lorene Darby, Ponta
Mr. R. H. Bobbitt, Gallatin
Mrs. Lanell Evans, J'ville
Steven Ivy, Cushlng
Mr. Billy CNeal, Rusk
Mrs. Pauline Hodges, Wells
Mrs. Ann Hancock, Rusk
Ronnie Shepard, Rusk
DISCHARGED
Mrs. Larry Cotton & Baby
Boy, J'ville
Miss Nancy Tate, Grapeland
Mr. Jack Beard, Rusk
Mr. Harmon Norton, Rusk
Quitman Freeney, Alto
Minnie Thompson, Alto
Mrs. Jewel Ellington, Rusk
Mrs. Lucille Sword & Baby
Boy, Rusk
Mrs, Gertrude Manning, Rusk
Mr. Charlie George, Rusk
Mrs. Wllda Rains, Rusk
Mrs. Wanda Choate & Baby
Boy, Rusk
Mr. BUI Jones, Alto
Mr. R. F. Holcomb, Rusk
Mr. W. L. Wallace, Cushlng
Mrs. Lora Denney, Cushlng
Mrs. Martlne Bobbitt, Rusk
Mrs. Iva D. Parrish, Reklaw
Dessie Mae Carter, Rusk
Mrs. Effle White, Rusk
Jackie Brown, Alto
N. E. Upshaw, Douglass
Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, Rusk
Mrs. Dora Seelback, Reklaw
Mrs. Millie Darnell, Reklaw
John Anderson, Alto
Mrs. Nelda Moake & Baby
Boy, I ake Jackson
MUSICK,
A joint meeting of the Ki-
wanis. Lions and Rotary
Clubs was held last Itiurs-
day at the New Southern Mo-
tor Hotel. Several visitors
were present including Henry
Rose of Alto, Mr. Kllllon of
the Rusk State Hospital and
Robert Byers. Also two mem-
bers of the Rusk High School
Key Club, Billy Jack O'Neal
and Donald Emerson. Our
program chairman for this
month. Lion Clovis Stewart,
Is In the hospital and we
wish him a speedy recovery.
Lion President Ray Ken-
dall presented Mrs. Cene Me-
yers, who In turn presented
a program on tourism. Mrs.
Meyers and I ion Paul Cox
are co-chairmen of theTour
1st Committee of the Rusk
Chamber of Commerce and
are doing a really outstand
ing job. This is a job that
requires lots of work and en-
thusiasm and these two have
what It takes, along with an
excellent committee that
really gets things done. Their
project for this year Is to
rebuild the old footbridge
which will be 552 feet long,
bellved to be rhe longest in
the good old U.S.A. Most of
you know the location, lt Is
an extension of East 4th St,
and was used many years
as a short cut to town by
school children as well as
adults. It, of course, used
much more before the auto
came along.
Mr . Meyers stated that the
second project was to staff
the old Bonner Bank building
again this summer to give in-
formation to tourists. The
third project is to be
a County-wide project In the
form of a Handicraft and Art
Fair. Mrs. Meyers also pre-
sented a film on tourism fur-
nished by the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce show-
ing what tourism means in
dollars and cents. For In-
stance eight cars of tourists
each day to a particular town
that stay overnight Is equal
to a $100,000.00 payroll.
Think of It. We are always
happy to have Mrs. Meyers
meet with us and look for-
ward to her return In the
very near future.
A chronic nlbbler, the
housewife simply couldn't
stick to a diet. Finally she
hit upon a reminder scheme
that worked. She pasted a big
picture of a shapely, briefly
clad model on the refrigera-
tor door. During rhe first
month she lo t seven pounds,
'During the same time her
husband couldn't stay away
from the refrigerator and
gained eight pounds.
See you Thursday noon at
the New Southern Motor Hotel
Presbyterian Church
Sunday, January 19th, at the
Rusk Presbyterian Church at
the 11 ;00 o'clock a.m. service
of Worship, the message of the
Pastor will be "Choosing our
World," I uke 17-21.
Wednesday evening at the
church at 6;30 p.m. the Choir
will hold Its weekly rehearsal.
The Seasonal Emphasis from
January 1st to April 6th Is
"Christian Witness at Home
and Abroad."
January 2.5th is the Sunday
in which Stillman College of
the denomination Is empha-
sized. It is rhe only Negro
School owned by the Assembly
The Week of Prayer for
Christian Unity 1 January
18th 25th, to be observed
especially by the Women of
the Churches of the Com-
munity.
Everyone is cordially invited
to atrend the services of this
church.
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
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"Mountain Tor Expkrikncks" ... It is not yet vacation time,
however that time is approaching and we start remembering
the wonderful feelings and experiences of our last trip to the
mountains, and now we can start to plan new adventures.
That closeness, and the exciting feeling when worshiping the x-
Lord is often referred to as a "Mountain Tor Kxi'kuiknce."
We invite you to come worship the Lord in his house, and :::
receive the joys of being close to God. Attend church this week.
Tfc* Church it tod i oppomtod agoncy m thii «odd lot tprtodmg th« knowltdjt of Hit lovi
fw moo and «I Nit domond lor mon to rnpond to that lovt by loving hit ntighbor Without
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ponovoro and tho friidimi which wi hold to door will iniYilobly poriih Thonlort, mm
from ■ Mifltti point ol ntw, ono ihould tupport th, Churth lor Iht ioki ol tho wtllort
d himtoll and hit tantily Ityond thot. howotr, miry ptrton ihould uphold ond par
Ifclprti In ttw Church bat auto it tolh tho truth about man t lilt, dtath ond dutiny, tho
truth which alono «MI Mt him Iroo to liti at a child ol God
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