The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 1, 1973 Page: 1 of 14
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The Cherokeean
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper, Established As the Pioneer July 5, 1847
SERVING RUSK
WITH DISTINCTION
FOR 125 YEARS
VOL. 125
THURSDAY. MARCH I. I «73
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NUMBER 39
HAVE YOU NOTICED?
Criticism and compliments
have something in common.
Most of it is aimed at
motivating one to try harder.
Compliments have the edge in
doing the job, however. And to
that we add our thanks to Paul
Osborne, a displaced Ruskite
in North Carolina, who
sprinkled some nice words on
the Cherokeean staff via the
U.S. mail this week.
Haul wanted to share with us
a recent happening in his work
which says something for the
inherent good in people that we
all know is there. A former
employee at the recreation
center at Fort Bragg, where
I'aul is stationed, sent the
campa check for $20 to repay
them the change he had
pilfered when he worked there
as a serviceman.
Haul's job with the Army is
in (he capacity of account
technician for all the bowling
centers, skeet ranges, golf
courses, crafts shops, etc. at
Fort Bragg. Naturally, he was
impressed with this unexpect-
ed show of honesty
Nice surprises still happen.
Haul and his wife, the former
Hhylis Tolar, send greetings to
all "Those great people in
Rusk."
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IT'S SPREADING -That
epidemic of enthusiasm pre-
dicted by our new Chamber of
Commerce president, Henry
Westbrook, is slowly but surely
spreading In the next two
dozen issues of this publica-
tion, Kuskites should read of
promising development, indus-
try and improved roads. Civic-
leaders are working harder
than many folks realize to
promote this community
' See R'ABOUT. Page 5
City Request
For Funds
Slated Friday
Benefit Ball Game
Aids Scholarship
A benefit basketball game
between the Rusk Lions and
the Rusk Kiwanians will be
held Friday night at 8 p.m. at
the Rusk High School gym
Proceeds from the game will
go to a scholarship fund that
will be established in the name
of the late Bill Parrot! "This is
our way of showing apprecia-
tion for Bill Parrott and what
he did for our youth and our
community," say the club
presidents Joe Terrell and
Raymond Cooper Terrell is
president of the Kiwanis Club
and Cooper is Lions Club
president. The scholarship will
be awarded to a spring
graduate of Rusk High School
RHS Choir
To Present
Music Comedy
A musical comedy entitled
"Pigskins and Petticoats" is
slated for early spring by the
57-member Rusk High School
Choir
Mrs. Gloria Dotson, choir
director, and Mrs Zula
Pearsosn. well known drama
instructor, are directing the
musical comedy-drama about
a high school with a woman
head football coach.
Principal characters include
Kathy Martin as the head
coach; Gary Halbert, assistant
coach. Danny Anderson, high
school principal; Tommy
Terrell, football team captain
and Kathy Fisher, head
cheerleader
Goes to BOR Association
To Hear Talk
Another hurdle has been
cleared in the development of a
city park for Rusk Gene
Kelley. chairman of the Rusk
Park and Recreation Board,
received notice Wednesday
that the city's application for
federal funds has been sent to
the Bureau of Outdoor Recrea-
tion for review and approval
Notification to Kelley was
made by William R Kopp,
administrator of technical
programs, grants-in-aid
branch, of the Texas Depart-
ment of Parks and Wildlife
Approval of the $27.500 grant
will clear the way for initial
development of a recreation
park one mile west of Rusk at
the site of the Texas State
Railroad.
On City Park
Gene Kelley, chairman of the
Rusk City Park Board, will be
(he principal speaker al the
Monday night meeting of the
Cherokee County Heritage
Association al (he New South
ern Motor Hotel
Kelley, also a member of the
Rusk City Council, will present
a color slide presentation on
the park site and discuss
projected plans for the park's
development.
A buffet dutch-treat dinner
will be served at 6:45 p.m. and
the meeting will begin at 7 p.m.
Prior to the basketball game
the Rusk Evening Lions Club
will sponsor a chili supper in
(he high school cafeteria.
Serving will begin at 6:45.
Tickets to the game will be $1
for adults and 50c for students.
They are available from any
member of the Lions Club,
Kiwanis Club or at Citizens
State Bank of First State Bank.
Members of the Lions Club
team are Lewie "Bad News"
Byers; Frank "Hook Shot"
Howell; Jimmy "Rebound"
Ramey: Wiley "Clipper"
Clark. Jerry "Looney" Lan-
drum; Kenneth "Bank Shot"
Birdwell; Steve "Go High"
Greene: "Leapin" Leon
Lambeth; L. J. "Lay up"
Leinback, Doyle "Dare Devil"
Rasberry; Morgan "Personal
Foul" Phillips and Glen "Sink
Em" Stanley
Lineup for the Kiwanis Club
include Mike "Crip Shot"
Crysup, Bill "Pivot" Paul; Joe
"Machine Gun" Rozelle; Jim
"Pop Em" Perkins; Melvin
"Mad Man" Moore; Johnnie
"Make 'Em" McKay; Randy
"Chanksy" McElroy; Larry
"Roundball" Wright; Jim
"Free Throw" Fisher; Joe
"Tip In" Terrell. Mike
"Brillo" Stovall; Don "Tree
Top" Jones; Tom "Back-
ward" Ball; Bill "Grab 'Em"
Gilliam: Jerry "Jump In"
McRae and Tom "I Yank
'Em" Goodman
Coach for the Lions will be
Grady "Dunkin" Dupree and
Mike "Growler" Sartain will
coach the Kiwanians.
MSU Employees
To Be Honored
Two retirees of the Rusk
Stale Hospital Maximum
security Unit will be honored at
the Second Annual Retirement
Dinner slated Friday night,
March 16 at the New Southern
Motor Hotel
C. L. Bailes Sr and William
Russell are the honorees The
men retired in 1972 after many
years of service to the state
and (o Rusk State Hospital.
Guest speaker for the
banquet will be State Repre-
sentative Emmett H White-
head Herbert Nichols, MSU
chief supervisor, will be
master of ceremonies. Dr Lex
T N'eill, superintendent, will
be a special guest
Tickets to the event are $3.50
and may be purchased at the
Maximum Security Unit office
or The Rusk Cherokeean.
Deadline March 7
THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE--"Dandy" Doug
Jordan goes for the rebound in practice
session for the game between the Rusk Lions
and Kiwanis club slated Friday night. Other
players for the Lions include Doyle "Dare
Devil" Rasberry, left and "Leapin" Leon
Lambeth, second from right (Jetting off the
shot was Kiwanis player Joe "Machine Gun"
Rozelle, second from left. --staff photo
Kiwanis Club's Junior Stock Show
To Be Held Friday, March 16
Cherokee County Junior
Livestock Show is slated for
Friday, March 16 at the rodeo
arena on Crockett Street in
Rusk.
The 25th annual event is
sponsored by the Rusk and
Jacksonville Kiwanis Club and
is open to all members of 4-H
and FFA vocational clubs in
Cherokee County.
Melvin Moore is chairman of
this year's show.
Rules for the show include
classes of livestock will be as
designated in the premium
list. animals may be shown in
one class only; all cattle must
be trained to handle one halter
and rope with footman attend-
ant and shown under these
conditions; feed and care of the
animals are the exhibitor's
responsibility; water will be
made available by the show's
sponsors; each contestant will
furnish hay or shavings for
bedding of his entry: livestock
must be on (he show grounds
not later than 10 a.m. Friday
for judging at 1 p.m.; horses
must be at the show grounds no
later than 2 p.m.; in the event
of only one animal to the class
the judge will use his discretion
as what ribbon to award: the
show committee reserves the
rights to reject and to remove
from the show any entry that
does not appear healthy or is
unruly in handling or that is
unsuitable for any other cause;
the sponsors are in no way
liable for any accident that
might occur to animals ex-
hibited or to participants and
Local Elections
Braw Candidates
all exhibils must be owned by
the FFA or 4 11 Club members
at least 30 days prior to the
show dale and registered
animals must be registered in
the members' name.
Show classes include dairy,
beef, swine and horse class.
Dairy classes include dairy
heifers under six months;
dairy heifers 6 months to one
year; dairy heifers over one
year and springers and dairy
cow's Classes in beef include
purebred bulls 12 months and
under, purebred bulls 12 to 18
months; purebred bulls over 18
months; purebred heifers over
IS months; purebred heifers
under 15 months; purebred
cows: stocker heifers over 15
monlhs: stocker heifers under
+See STOCK SHOW, Page 5
Interest increases in two
local elections slated Saturday,
April 7. Two new candidates
filed this week for positions on
the Board of Education of the
Rusk Independent School
District, bring the total to five
candidates seeking two posi-
tions. Filings in the city
election show two candidates
for the office of mayor and four
persons are vying for two spots
on the council.
Rev. Grover C. Talbert,
Baptist minister and Forrest
Matthews, an engineer with
the Texas Highway Depart
ment, entered the race this
week for two vacancies on the
school board. Terms of Dr.
James Fisher and Don Crysup
expire. Dr. Fisher, a dentist,
filed for re-election earlier
Crysup has announced that he
will not seek another term on
the board. Others who have
filed are Mrs. Mary Buchanan,
owner and operator of an art
shop and William Blankenship.
electrician and store manager
Two candidates have filed
for the office of mayor. Morris
RHS Eagles
Workout
For Baseball
Rusk High School Eagle
baseball workouts began last
week at Dickinson Field under
the direction of Coach David
Hardy.
The Eagles will begin their
schedule March 6 at Grape-
land They will compete with
Brownsboro and Westwood for
the district title
Coach Hardy reports 21 boys
have reported for action on the
team. Bob Spinks. a junior, is a
returning all district player
The season schedule for the
Eagles is March 6, Grapeland,
there. 4 p.m.; March 8.
Jacksonville, here, 4 p.m..
March 13, Grapeland. here, 4
p.m.; March 15, Cushing,
there, 4 p.m.; March 20,
Crockett, there, 7:30 p.m .
March 22, Lindale, here, 4
p.m.; March 27, Crockett,
here. 7:30 p.m.; March 29,
Lindale, there. 4pm.; April 5,
Van. there, 4 p.m ; April 10,
Jacksonville, there, 4 p.m..
April 12. Van, here, 4:30 p.m.:
April 13, Westwood. there, 4
p.m.; April 17, Brownsboro,
here. 4 p.m.; April 24,
Westwood. here, 4 p.m. and
April 30. Brownsboro, there, 4
p.m
W. Hassell, attorney, an-
nounced his candidacy early
this year. B. J (Bob) Priest,
an employee in the Maximum
Security Unit at Rusk State
Hospital, has also filed for the
office.
In the city council race, four
persons have placed their
names in contention for two
positions. Incumbents Johnny
Williams Sr., service station
owner and gasoline consignee
and Raymond Cooper, retail
merchant, have filed for
re-election. Other candidates
in the race are Bill Norman,
former grocery store owner,
and Mrs Kay Colson Reynolds,
a beautician.
Deadline for filing in the two
elections is Wednesday.
The school board election
will be held in the offices of
Southwestern Electric Service
Company. Mrs. Lynda Tosh
will serve as election judge.
Mrs. Carol Stovall, Mrs. Mary
B. Hassell and Mrs. Ola Mae
Isaacs are clerks.
City Hall will be the site of
the city election. Election
judge will be Mrs. Margaret
Beckworth with Mrs. Jewel
Coupland and Mrs. Kate
Stovall serving as clerks.
Absentee voting in both
elections will begin Monday,
March 19 and end Tuesday,
April 3. Absentee ballots in the
city election may be cast at
city hall. Persons voting
absentee in the school election
will vote at the school tax office
on 3rd Street.
Little Theatre
To Organize
The organization of a Litti •
Theatre in Rusk will be (1
purpose of a meeting at 7 p i.
Thursday in the District Court
Room
Paul Cox, acting as spokes-
man for the proposed group,
invites all interested persons to
attend.
"Such an organization will
benefit our town as tourism
grows." states Cox.
Last year during the Indian
Summer Festival a large
number of persons participat-
ed in the presentation of a well
received supper theatre pro-
gram.
"We feel it is an activity that
will interest all who join and
through the framework of the
group we can offer events that
will attract people to our
town," said the spokesman.
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AWARD RECEIPIENT-The Emmett H.
Whitehead All Sports Award was presented to
Tony Watson, Rusk High School senior, at a
banquet Friday night, sponsored by the Rusk
Quarterback Club. The presentation was
made by RHS Athlete Director Doyle Brooks,
second from left Tony's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Watson are also pictured with their
son staff photo
8FA TALK-Jim Perkins ot Kusk, local banker and meiuuci uf
the Board of Regents of Stephen F. Austin State University,
visits with SFA Athlete Director John Lerva following last
Friday night's All Sports Banquet at which Levra was guest
speaker. The banquet honored athletes of Rusk High School
RECEIVES AWARDS- Miss Jana Birdwell, a
Rusk High School junior, received the J L.
Hassell Sports Awards from Mrs. Hassell.
left, al the Quarterback Club All Sports
Banquet Friday night. Miss Birdwell Is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Kenneth Birdwell,
pictured right. -staff photo
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