The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1969 Page: 1 of 12
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10c Per issue The Cherokeean
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper, Established As The Pioneer July 5, 184/
SERVING RUSK WITH
DISTINCTION FOR
121 Years
VOL. 121
RUSK, TEXAS
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1969
12 PAGES
NUMBER 39
Billy Watson is "burning
the midnight oil" these
days The TV Cable Com-
pany has given the Adult Ba-
sic Education a channel on
the system for education TV
purposes as a public service.
Billy has been doing lots of
work getting equipment in-
stalled. We hope to have
everything ready to go with -
In a few weeks.
Congratulations are in order
to Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Fin-
ley, who are celebrating
their 65th wedding anniver-
sary Thursday, March 6th.
She is at Sunny .-\cres Manor,
and Mr. Finley is at Rusk
Nursing Home.
Understand our good friend
Elton Grisham is doing bet-
ter at Rusk Memorial Hos-
pital. Elton has been a
mighty sick man. Roundabout
joins his host of friends in
wishing him a speedy re-
covery.
Response for Gordon Chan-
nel family has been gratify-
ing, says Don Copeland. Be-
tween $60 and $70 to date for
this. One check from as far
away as Arling, Texas, after
note in last week's Chero-
keean. If anyone missed it,
Gordon is Jarnes Channel's
brother. He is critically ill
in M. D. Anderson with can-
cer of the bone, hasn't worked
in over a year. They have
four children, from 14 to 20
years.,.eldest is in Vietnam.
E. B. Mu.sick Sr. has do-
nated $100.00 for children's
books to the Rusk Public Li-
brary in memory of Ed and
Etta Singletary,
Doyle Bagley was back at
work Tuesday morning
Dude said shw sure was glad
and she hoped she'd be able
to get him to catch up with
some of the work that had
stacked up since He's been
sick.
Show Slated
At Wells Sat.
The Wells Riding Club will
sponsor nil-Trophy Open
Horse Show this Saturday,
March 8th at the Rodeo Arena,
Wells.
The show will begin at 12¡30
p.m. and an entry fee ot $1.00
will be chareed for each event
entered.
Events slated for compe-
tition include: Western Plea-
sure, 12 and under, 13 itiru 17
and 18 and over Keynole
(three age groups); Straight-
Away Barrels A dree age
groups); Pole Bending (three
age groups): Rescue Race
(open); Barrel Race (three
age groups); Novice, 12 ami
under, straight-awaybarrels;
rilbon roping (open);and Jack
Pot Roping.
/.BE DIRECTOR-Buly Watson, Mrs. Rosa-
lee Thomas, Gerald Chapman, and Bruce sto-
vall (with the camera) test equipment to be
used in the coming video-educational program
in Rusk. The .aBE Learning Center and TV
Studio is located in the School Administrative
building on East 3rd Street. sTaFF PHOTO
Florians, Co-Pre«ident8
PTA Officers Elected; $1,150 OK'd
For Two Projects At Tuesday Meet
The Rusk Parent-Teacher
Association met Tuesday
evening for its regular March
meeting. The event was cal-
endared to coincide with the
observance of Public school
Week,
Classrooms at Rusk Ele-
menatry were open at 7 p.m.
for visitation by parents and
interested friends. Students'
work wa- on display for in-
spection.
Teachers and -chool prin-
cipal J, M. Boone greeted over
100 persons during the open
house, and PÍA meeting.
The business session for
PT.i was conducted at 7;30
in the Cafetoriurn, with Mrs,
Charles Ramey presideina in
the absence of the president
Mr. Charle Bivin,
1 ast months'- late of offi-
cers, submitted by the nom-
inating committee, was ap-
proved Tuesday night. These
officers are to be installed
April !5ih in the Junior High
Auditorium. a concert by
the Junior High Bank, under
the direction of I ester
Hughes, will highlight the
meeting.
In other business Tuesday
night, the member hip voted
to present the school with
$1,000 toward the purchase of
new stage curtains at ihe Rusk
Elementary School. They
also approved the allocaiion
ot toward the purchase
of a popcorn machine by the
FFA Chapter of Rusk.
Mrs. Kena McGaughey's
room had the lareest number
of parents present at the
meeting.
At Mar. 15 Banquet
Texas Speaker of the House,
Gas Mutscher, will be the
principal speaker at ihe Cher-
okee Wildlife Association. wi~
nual Awards Banquet, ac-
cording to Jack R.stone,pre-
sident of the 1200.member
Easy Texas conservation or-
ganization, The awards Ban-
quet will be held Saturday,
March 15, at 7 PM in the
Hirst Methodist Church
Fellov. hip Hall at Rusk. Tic-
et j are $1.50 each and are
available at the hirst State
Bank and Citizens State Bank,
Rusk or from any of the
following directors: v. R«
Bice, Henry Westbrook,.shel-
by Hood, Winford Black, VV.
D. Draper, James I, Perkins
or John B. Slaver.
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Among tlie awards to be pre-
sented that evening will be the
coveted "Annual Sportsman of
the Year" trophy, plus the
winners of the four deer rifles
the winner of the sterling sil-
ver Coon Dog T rophy, and the
recipients of the prizes for
the largest bass and white
perch contests.
Recently, the Cherokee
Wildlife Association an-
nounced that a three year ef-
fort and program to obtain
turkey for transplant had been
accomplished with the release
of the wild turkeys in our
East Texas area. This pro-
ject was undertaken by the
A sociation with the cooper
ation of the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department.
Jack Stone remarked that the
Association's newest projects
are a transplant experiment
of Elk and waterfowl release
program.
All I ast Texas sportsmen
and their wives are invited to
attend ihe Awards Banquet
and to join the Cherokee Wild-
life v .ociation, Regular
memberships ire only $1.00.
Sustaining memberships are
$10.00: and Patron member,
ships are $20.00,
Meet Of School
Board Slated
> uet'hny. of the Hoard ot
•ucallon, Kit A Independent
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City, School Elections Are Scheduled
ABE To Begin Educational TV
E-Z Vision
Evening Services
Gives School Spring Revival Now In
iv Channel Progress At 1st Baptist
Wildlife Association
To Hear Gus Mutscher
Educational TV is slated for
Rusk in the near future, ac-
cording to Billy Watson, dir.
ector of Adult Basic Education
a program operated through
the Rusk Independent School
District.
The facilities of E-Z Vis
ion Cable Company will be
utilitized for broadcasting
when equipment installation is
complete.
"We planto hold open house
in our newly renovated facili-
ties, wt ich we call the aBE
learning Center and TV Stu-
dio", said Watson, ihe of-
fices are located in tiie School
Administrative building on
East Third Street.
"We also plan to have a
schedule of program for pub-
lication, when the program-
ming actually begins," he
added.
The new method of learning
is designed arounc pro
grammed material . facili-
ties include 12 individual stu-
dent study stations, with each
station equipped for eparate
and different study. Pro.
grammed tape-, slides, film
strips, 6 mm. film loops and
ear phones will be used to
allow 12 student- to study 12
different topic if ihis is de-
sired by the instructor, said
Watson,
Between now and June, each
five night•- of the week will be
devoted lo introducing Adult
Basic Education students and
instructor' ro the services
available at the 1 earriingCen -
ter. Each ABE clas is sch-
eduled for a specific night lo
visit and gel acquainted, from
6:30 to &;30 p.m.
"This; is to afford our stu-
dents and instructors a pre-
view of the new study methods
to be offered through tapes ami
work books next year, ' ex
plained the aBE director.
Any adu It may come in during
the day, and ask for >pecial
study at our office, he added.
When completed, an addi-
tional 18. tudent study station
area will be added, equipped
wiih ear phones for tape-work
book study.
The iniroduction of new met
hods and new materials in this
initial period should greaily
facilitate our use of tapes
from media centers, film loan
libraries, and other school
See EDI.'C.aTKjNAI TV Page 9
Spring revival services are
underway this week at First
Baptist Church, according to
pastor Rev. Grover Filbert.
Carlos Gurbc
Services are beina held each
evening at7;00p.m, I'he re-
vival will end Sunday, March
9th.
Featured music evangelist is
Carlos Gruber, a native ot I a
tiva and a resident of Naco
gdoches. Accordine to Rev,
Talbert the speaker i known
worldwide .r an evangelisiic
missionary, musician, and
speaker. He read eight lan-
guages, and speak- in tour.
"He will thrill Your heart
with violin music and slides
of the other two wnericas in
the "Crusade ol the Am-
ericas was die comment of
the church pastor. Gruber
has just returned from a tour
of Central America.
Rev. Talber will conduct the
revival ermon series on me
subject theme "1 Met ihe
Master".
The public ¡-. cordially in -
vited to i'tend the remaining
services.
Kiwanians Plan 21st
Annual Show March 21
Working with the 4-llan<;
FFa youth of Cherokee Coun-
ty ha beet, a project of the
Rusk Kiwani- Club for tlie
past two decades. (ince
igain, the local -ervice flub
will pon-or the annual. Ju-
nior I ivestock Show for the
youth of Cherokee County. I lie
even is calendared for I riday
March 2] r.
Throughout the year , the
effort has been aimed at ed-
ucating the youngsters in the
field of ■ ound management,
better breeding, and good
Care and feeding of livestock
say- Mehin Moore, Kiwan
is Club president,
Thi. year'' show will fea
ture .orne of the finest l<eef
and dairy cattle in Chero-
kee County, a well as hogs.
Also, horses have been added
to thi year' list of entries.
Grand champions in tiie dai-
ry, beef and hot; divisions
will receive trophies at the
21st annual diow, compli-
ment', ot the Cherokee Coun-
ty I ivestockmen'1 as oci-
ation. Cither winners arelo
receive cash prizes, as in
preceding years.
The Hor e division winners
will receive ribbons only.
Contestants abide by the
rule of the sponsoring club,
and work through their own
FFA advisor and 4.H Club
leader . lintrie■ are on the
ground by 10 a.m. the day of
the show, and judging starts
at 1:30p.m.
Wc hope the arena-barn will
be full of vr itors when the
judging tarts Friday, March
21st, at 1;30, advises Kiwani.s
president Moore.
Not onlv io the youth bene-
fit from such an experience,
but it is also educational for
the adults of our County as
See KIWANIs Page Nine
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City Mayor
Race Is
Contested
City and School elections
are calendared on the same
day, Saturday, April 5th.
Only one race is contested,
the office of Mayor.
I.ate Tuesday, former Rusk
Mayor E. H. Whitehead filed
for the office of mayor.
Whitehead served Rusk in this
capacity for nearly two years.
He resigned to avoid a con-
flict of interest when micro-
wave was installed at the
TV Cable Company and ch-
anges made in the company's
franchise permit.
"Attorneys have assured me
that there is no longer a
conflict of intere-i in that
the cable company's fran-
chise is now in effect. 1 have
no desire to make any chan-
ges in the company's agree-
ment with the city in die fore-
seeable future," commented
Whitehead,
"We enjoyed a great deal
of progre s during my term
as Mayor, Whitehead recall-
ed. Completion of Highway
69 widening through our city
was accomplished; water and
sewer wa- extended to al-
mos' .ill areas of our city;
preliminary negotiations with
tate highway department to
widen I'S 84 west was start
ed; a reserve water contract
with the state hospital ne
gotlated; the city's drinking
water wa given state app-
roval for the first time in
the city's history; ami a num-
ber of treets paved. This
was accomplished without a
tax raise."
' 1 wa fortunate to serve
with a fine group of men on
the council. If elected, I will
do all within my power to
work with the present coun-
cil for continued progress
in our beloved city. It is my
hone t hope and desire that
we can continue to have pro-
gres- in our citv without an
increase in taxe ," said Mr.
Whitehead.
Robert von Doenhoffannoun-
ced earlier for the office of
Mayor. The office is for a
two-year term. Von Doen-
hoff's statement was publish-
ed in last week's Rusk Ch-
erokeean.
In other action among city
councilmen contenders the
past week, W„ W, Finley fil-
ed on Thur'-day, but with-
drew from the race Monday,
C. 1. Manning also filed for
re-election last Thursday.
Earl Ro.1 announced for the
council Monday, but withdrew
Tuesday.
Including Manning, the pre-
sent council eekers include
J. C. Williams, asking re-
election for two years; al-
so Frarik Howell, candidate
for the one year unexpired
term.
deadline to file for a place
on the ballot was midnight
fue* day.
An uncontested election will
be held bv voters of the Rusk
Independent School District.
Deadline wa ■ midnitfhi lues-
day. f'lie two member whose
tr fin expired, both 11 led lor
re election (or these term ,
riiey are I)r. W. I , Gabl>eri
and Mrs, F. II. Whitehead.
The school election will lie
held iti ihe chool adiuints.
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The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1969, newspaper, March 6, 1969; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150799/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.