The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 122, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1969 Page: 2 of 14
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OF RUSK, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DBCEMBER 18,1969
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2ND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT RUSK, TEXAS 75785
PUBLISHED WEEKLY ON THURSDAY MORNING, BY
E. H. WHITEHEAD ENTERPRISES AT 618 NORTH MAIN
STREET, RUSK, TEXAS 75785. PHONE 683-2257
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
IN COUNTY—$4.00 PER YEAR, $2.25 SIX MONTHS
OUT OF COUNTY—$5.00 PER YEAR, $2.75 SIX MONTHS
* Comments. * Columns
Merry Christmas •• Red Style
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Once again-for the fourth consecutive year-
the so-called German Democratic Repulblc
(Communist) East Germany, Is reftislng to al-
low free access to West Berlin during the Ch-
ristmas season. The "Wall of Shame" will
remain closed and the million or more captive
citizens will be denied the right to visit with
their relatives. If any. In the free sector.
While It is true that rhe Berlin Wall repre-
sents a "defeat" for the Communist system,
this Is of little comfort to those who are for-
ced to view the hideous sturcture from the In-
side, Fortunate are those who over the years
have managed to escape despite the erection
of the Wall, but we should all pause during this
the happiest season of the year and pay hum-
ble respect to those who have given their lives
trying to gain their freedom. It is difficult, for
we In America who have known only freedom
throughout our lives, to Imagine having to risk
one's life, leaving all possessions behind, just
to cross a border. Yet, hundreds have done so
and died In the attempt.
Our prayers should, also, be with those In the
enslaved portion of Berlin, In fact all those be-
hind the Iron and Bamboo Curtains, who lack
the ingenuity or the means or, perhaps, the
courage to attempt to reach the world beyond
the walls and the barbed wire fences. For them
there will be only the sounds of freedom waf-
ting over the barriers. For them the gay sea-
son will be only a memory of what once was
and may never be again. For them life will
continue to be servitude for the State. For
them Christmas will be a day to be carried on-
ly In the heart. The only open display will be
that which Is controlled by the State.
So we hang our stockings by the chlmmey with
care. We decorate our Christmas trees. Shop-
pers will fill the streets. Carc, filled with
loved ones, will travel the highways on their
way to exchange visits and gifts. The office
parties will be gay and free. Toasts will be
offered. . .but not In the land east of the Wall.
There you will see some window dressing-but
Just enough to arrange for the manufacture of
Christmas ornaments for export to the capit-
alist countries. The profits from these pretty
trinkets will help to enrich the slavers and
strengthen the shackles of the enslaved. Here
baubles of happiness to adorn our trees. There
more bricks and barbed wire for the obscene
Wall.
Hate
"Hate is big business, with some person or
group always ready to generate hate for their
own selfish purpose. ..." a friend of mine.
Gall Whltcomb, said before a meeting of the
Philosophical Society of Texas a couple of
years ago; and he also said, 'To work with the
subject Is not the popular thing todo." But the
need to combat it Is a national need, a need as
great as any we have had to face In a very long
time.
Nothing worthwhile has ever been built upon
hate, and It Is safe for us to say that nothing
ever will be. Yet is seems to thrive, often In
an atmosphere where we have a right to ex-
pect the reverse, and among the very people
who are ostensibly seeking an education In or-
der to better fit them for life on this shrinking
planet.
In Washington, Tokyo, and San Franclso, In
London and Montevideo, students, college pro-
fessors, and clergymen seem to have formed
a loosely constructed, yet formidable, oppos-
ition to "the establishment," big business,
constituted authority at all levels, and the
Vietnam war, with an ominous undertone of
violence and hate against any person or group
with different views who would even attempt to
hold dialogue with them.
It is difficult for rational people to understand
the thinking of many of these groups. And while
organized opposition and dissent are part and
parcel of our form of government, the "right"
to dlstrub or wreck peaceable assembly Is not,
and yet It Is becoming entirely too common-
place for us to Ignore it any longer I
The cries of the dissenters as they crack pol-
icemen's heads or forcibly disrupt public gath-
erings, or distroy public and personal property
have a hollow sound as they mewth about
"peace" and "love". And yet they have their
followers.
Hate has a way of generating hate and nothing
else. But, In our opinion, at least, an appeal to
reason Is not In their lexicon, for that would
tend to remove them from the spotlight upon
which they feed. But It Is a bitter diet. It cor-
rodes the mind, warps the character,andcon-
tamlnates the air of freedom In which this na-
tion has become so great a factor on the wrold's
stage, it Is a bitter diet indeed.
"Don't know what we'd do
i without that electric dryer!"
Dries indoors, so a long spell of bad weather \
doesn't matter! And it saves my wife steps;
just one step from washer to dryer. It's better
for the clothes, too, and so economical to
operate with low-cost electricity from Seseo.
Farming Today
With
JOHNNY McKAY
County Agent
December 22 has been set as
the data for the Agricultural
Stabilization Conservation
Service office to start taking
applications for the Emerge-
ncy Livestock Feed Program.
Bob Persons, office manager,
tells me that the following el-
igibility requirements are
necessary for the applicant to
receive assistance;
1. Does not have sufficient
feed for his livestock.
2. A serious loss of his
crops, hay and pasture must
have been suffered because of
the drouth.
3. Feed purchases larger
than usual will be necessary
because of the drouth.
4. "Undue financial hard-
ship" would be Incurred In
purchasing sufficient feed th-
rough normal channels. "Un-
due financial hardship"
means that the applicants fin-
ancial resources prevent his
obtaining required feed throu -
gh normal supplies without.
A. Imperiling continuance
of his farming operations.
B. Defaulting on existing
financial obligations.
C. Unsound borrowing.
D. Excessive disposal of
livestock.
A financial statement will be
required of each applicant.
The local ASCS committee
will appraise applications.
They are Clavis Greenwood,
Chairman, W. T. Rogers, and
Cecil Carlton. If in doubt a-
bout your eligibility, contact
the ASCS office or the com-
mittee.
Mr. Arthur Ramey of Cent-
ral High told me last week that
he has one pasture of crimson
clover where he hasn't fed
his cattle any additional feed
as yet. He says another pas-
ture was damaged severely by
one of the early dry hard free-
zes. We just can't explain
what happens, sometimes on
the same farm where one field
does well and another one do-
esn't. Perhaps It's a differ-
ence in the "lay of the land,"
the soli itself, or the level of
fertility. The first two we
can't do much abou', but we
can take care of the fertility.
Most of our soils need lime
about every third year to fur-
nish calcium and the desira-
ble soil ph. Also each year
clover need a good shot of
phosphorus and potash, In the
absence of a soil, test most
farmers' are using from an
0-40-40 up to an 0-80-80 In
the fall on crimson clover de-
pending upon the use to be
made of It. If you haven't ta-
ken care of these fertility
needs on your clover, there's
still time to get good clover
growth In those critical feed
months of February and Mar-
ch.
Two stops were made in
Cherokee County last Wed-
nesday by the group making
the Build East Texas Market-
ing Tour. The group toured
Pete Skeens' farm near Tro-
up and Caney Island Farm
near Gould managed by Cecil
Scaggs.
In addition to hispasture and
breeding program, Pete dis-
cussed briefly some calves
that he has fed in West Texas
Feedlots this year. He says
there Is definitely a difference
in the kind of job that feedlots
do and that he prefers the sm -
aller lots that are owner op-
erated. They seem tobe more
Interested In the calves and
their owner and seem to do a
more efficient job. Pete also
says that from his observation
any cattle that he sends to the
feedlot in the summer months
will have some Brahmin
blood. It appeared to him that
straight bred cattle hurt m.ich
more from the heat.
The tour group looked at 11
steers on Caney Inland Farm
that manager Cecil Scaggs had
placed on 8 1/2 acres of oats
In early December, Cecil said
these particular Black Angus
calves are being used because
they a re from some of the per -
formince tested bulls he Is
using on his herd Thesecal-
ves averaged 513 pounds going
on the pasture and will be gra
zed until sometime in March,
when they will go to a feedlot
In West Texas along with sim-
ilar groups of calves from
other counties in East Texas,
Complete records are being
kept on these calves so che
econom'c feasibility can be
determined on carrying calv-
es throu;?h a stocker period on
the farm and maintaining ow-.
nershlp through the 'eedlng
operation.
While we were looking at the
oat pasture, I asked George
Alston, Area Extension Ag-
ronomist about top dressing
with 100 to 150 pounds of am-
monium nitrate per acre since
the Initial nitrogen application
about 2 months ago is likely to
be used up. He said it would
probably be good to go ahead
with a nitrogen application ev-
en though plants will grow
very little for the next 30 to
45 days. The nitrogen would
be there in the event we have
some warm, sunny days and
there will be little is any loss
of nitrogen during the cold
weather.
Final Rites
Held Wed. ,
Mrs. Moake
Funeral services for Mrs.
Winnie Belle Moake, age 47,
of Rusk were held at 2:00p.m.
Tuesday afternoon in the
Wallace Funeral Chapel. Mrs.
moake passed away early
Monday morning at Rusk
Memorial Hospital following
a sudden Illness,
Rev. L. D. Sellers officiated
for the final rites. Interment
was in the Old Palestine Ce-
metery near Alto under the
direction of Wallace Funeral
Home.
Mrs. Moake was born In
Maragorda County and was a
member of the Christian
Church. She was a veteran of
World War II.
Survivors include her moth-
er, Mrs, Beulah Rice of Aus-
tin; a brother W. I, Rice of
Houston; five sisters, Mrs.
James Ralney of Bay City,
Mrs. R. F. Rainey of Azle,
Mrs. O. C, Cooper of Van-
Ormy, Mrs. Claud Curtemer
of Markham, and Mrs, L. H.
Bowdoln of South Park, Illin-
ois.
Nephews served as pallbear-
ers.
1 IKE'S
|f REMINDER
Hospital
News
cclumn
Rusk Memorial Hospital
Dec. 8th thru Dec. 14th
Did you know that we have
grain Block for the Quails,
That right th« Birds get Hun.
gry to.
I'll bet every-one enjoyed the
Methodist Cantata, that what
Christmas Is for singing and
beautiful poems and happiness
for everyone.
Oh, Yes 1 almost forgot the
First Baptist Church Is having
their Cantata, so I will invite
all of you to corne and hear It.
Did you hear it was going to
be Cold-You had better come
by and load up with Calf Peed
and very likely Mam-i Cow will
want some to.
Did you know we till have
one of those l ur Lined Boots
Left,
Ike Daniel
Your
Nutrena Dealer
ADMITTED
Mrs. Minnie Hodnett, Reklaw
Mrs. Carolyn Jenkins, Rusk
Mrs. Ruby Glbbs, Rusk
Mr. Doug Scott, Alto
Mr. Edward Coleman, Alto
Mr. W. H. Worbington, Alto
Mrs. Luella Harrison, Rusk
Mrs, Rose Sutton, Rusk
Mrs. Hortense Johnston, Rusk
Miss Margie Kinney, Cushlng
Ora Wlckware, Rusk
Mr. Woodman Shattuck, Rusk
Mrs. Florrle Sosby, Rusk
Mr. Clyde Collins, Rusk
OISCHARGI D
Mrs, Helen I readwell, Ru*k
Mrs. Marie Tate, Rusk
Mrs, Annie Benton, Alto
Mr. Ifrnry Pryor, Rusk
Mrn, I lUl* fia ham, '4 rut
Mr, T. J. rhlinps
Mrs, Carolyn Jenkln- A Baby
noy, Ru i
Mr\ I loyd • mlth. Rut*
Vtr. Karl M«nr ■>, R««ik
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BY; MORGREE MCNROE'
THE CHRUTMAH
FOINSETTIA
The lovely Chrlatmaa poinset-
tla came from Mexico, and re-
ceived It* name from Dr. Joel
Polnaett of Charleston, S. C.,
who Introduced It to the TTnlted
States. It li another flower that
only haa red leaves, rot petals,
surrounding the tiny flowers.
It will grow In gardens in the
South, and reaches helghta of
two te ten feet.
It Is associated with Christmas
mainly because of its red and
green coloring, and some say it
Is a replica of the star of Beth-
tehem that guided the shepherds
to the Christ child.
Order your polnsettia for
Christmas now ... or send one
to a friend or a loved one. We
have many beautiful Christmas
flowers and decorations.
MONROÉ
FLOWER SHOP
REKLAW HWY,
FUNERAL
NOTICE
Funeral services for Rich-
ard Lowe Shearon of 2033
Glanhaven Drive, Fort Worth
were held at 2 p.m. Saturday
in the Cause Ware North East
Chapel in Fort Worth. Inter-
ment was in Pluebonnet Hills
Cemetery under the direction
of Cause Ware Funeral Home.
Mr, Shearon, age 65, passed
away Friday.
Survivors include his wife,
Veretta Shearon of Fort Wor-
th; a daughter, Julia, of Hot
Springs, Arkansas; and two
sisters, Mrs. Kathleen Wilk-
orson of DeRidder, Louisiana
and Mrs, Dorothy Bevens of
Dalevllle, Indiana.
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By: E. B. Müsick, Jr.jHjJ
Yon f t a lot to Bke when you
go with a fat girl, samo as
when you get new members in
the Rusk Lions Club you get all
kinds of recognition. Lions
Clovls Stewart, Wiley Clark,
Lewie Byers and Weldon Pr-
lngle received pins for secur-
ing new members; they were
presented to them by Lion
Secretary Leon Pledger and
he stated that we now have 55
members. L ion Robert von
Doenhoff arranged the prog-
ram last Thursday, with Lion
Lewie Byers presenting Mr.
Gerald Chapman as our spea-
ker. Mr. Chapman spoke on
Adult Education stated the
following: The Uneducatlon
and unskilled are being fore -
ed out of jobs. There were 25
million in 1960 that had not
completed the 8th grade in the
United States; there were 23
million in 1969 with 3 million
of the above that cannot read
or write. One out of every
four students nationwide has a
reading deficiency. Adulted-
ucatlon has been In operation
for five years. 44,200 per-
sons have enrolled which
means that the surface has not
even been scratched. The U.
S, Army made a survey of
100,000 people and found that
68.2 per cent were below the
7th grade level in reading,
which means that somewhere
down the line we have failed to
teach reading & writing as it
should be taught. We need to
train these people toget a liv-
ing wage. They feel unwanted
their way of life is different,
they do not trust those in au-
thority, most have large fam-
ilies and have experienced
failure many times. What are
we doing here in Rusk? Last
year we had 44 classes, with
283 in Level 1, meaning they
had not finished the 3rd grade.
There were 1132 enrolled and
664 of these were females.
145 were from age 18 to 24
and 196 were 65 years of age
or over. 58 have passed the
test equal to a high schoolde-
gree. This school In going
Into several counties around
us, the latest is Angelina
County and next into the city
of Tlmpson. It Is always such
a pleasure to have Mr. Chap-
man to visit us and we Invite
him to come back soon. This
Thursday, 18th of December
Is the Lions Club Christmas
party at the Rusk State Hosp-
ital. All who possibly can
please plan to attend right af-
ter our dinner meeting.
Lady; "Please cash this
check." Lion Byers "All right
ma'am, but you'll have to en-
dorse It. ' Lady; "But It's
made out to me and signed by
my husband." Lion Byers;
"Yes I know, but since it's
payable to your order, you
must endorse it on the back so
we can show your husband you
received the money." The
lady retired to a nearby coun-
ter and ultimately returned
triumphantly with this un:iqee
endorsement; 'Thank you,
Harry. Your devoted wife.
Sue." See you Thursday noon
Plnevlew Restaurant.
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So shall my word be ... it
shall not return to me empty.
(Isa. 55:11).
God is our guide to prosper- j
ity and success, and with Him¡
new channels of good open up'
for us. As we turn to God, and í
identify ourselves with His
work, it becomes more than
just a prayer. It oecomes the
working principle by which we
live. Prayer recenters our at
tention on God, and in God
every prayer of our heart finds
perfect fulfillment
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CHRISTMAS tree ornaments are made to
resemble snow, unusual patterns of ice,
and frost, however, the most beautiful or-
nament and symbol is the star for the top
of the tree This is to remind us of that
wonderful day when the child Jesus was
born in a manger and the star shown the
way . "for we have seen his star in the
east, and are come to worship him." Let
the star on the tree remind you to attend
church and worship him too.
The Church is God's appointed ogency in this world
for spreading the knowledge of His love for man and
of His demand fot man to respond to that love by
loving his neighbor. Without this grounding in the
love of God, no government or society or way of life
will long persevere and the freedoms which we hold
so dear will inevitably perish. Therefore, even from
a selfish point of view, one should support the Church
for the sake of the welfare of himself and his family.
Beyond that, however, every person should uphold
and participate in the Church because it tells the truth
about man's life, death and destiny; the truth which
alone will set him free to live as a child of God.
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