The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1973 Page: 1 of 14
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The Cherokeean
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper, Established As the Pioneer July 5, 1847
SERVING RUSK
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FOR 126 TEARS
Vol. 126
THURSDAY. AUGUST 16, 1973
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NUMBER II
Housing continues to be the
number one problem for our
city despite near record
construction this year. Rusk is
on the verge of substantial
growth, but where are the new
people going to live?
Roundabout talked to Dr
Lex Neill, Supt. of Rusk State
Hospital, this week concerning
the 35 new jobs that the state
has developed at RSH. Dr.
Neill stated that RSH will have
slightly over one thousand
people employed after Septem-
ber 1. Finding places for
employees is the big problem.
They'll come here to live,
provided they can find a fairly
nice house or apartment.
Many of these people do not
plan to make Rusk their
permanent home, so they are
not interested in buying. Rut.
they are willing to pay $100 or
more rent for adequate living
accomodations. It needs to be
pointed out that when the\
move, their replacement will
probably also need a house or
apartment.
Roundabout believes that
Rusk could easily support a
very nice apartment complex
to accomodate 25 families. We
hope our leaders will consider
this need
Roundabout continues to he
involved in cable company
improvements and expansion.
We purchased a new bucket
truck this week. K« far. we
haven't been able to interest
Mrs. Roundabout in operating
this machine.
Roundabout and family
spent last week in Corpus
Christi Roundabout is a
member of the Legislative
Human Resources Committee,
and we are in the process of
looking into the operation of
child care facilities in Texas
Time and space limit a full
discusiison on this subject this
week, but Roundabout plans to
share what we've learned nith
everyone. Texas does have
problems, and efforts should
and are being made to correct
them.
Glad to have Mayor Morris
Hassell and wife back from a
week's trip to Washington.
D C Morris attended a bar
association meeting
Physicals
Set by Coach
Coach Doug Jordan has
announced the date for physi-
cals for all freshmen football
players.
Dr WE Gabbert will be at
the Bradford gym at 5 p m
Friday to give the physicals
Airport issue To Got i ^ Council Amends 1973 Budget, Approves
More study by court |1974 Budget in Excess of Half Million Dollars
There was standing room
only in the County Courtroom
Monday as more than 60
persons crowded into the
Commissioners Court meeting
to express support for airport
improvement.
Commissioners took no ac-
tion on the request but County
Judge Orvan B. Jones assured
those present that the court
would give "serious consider-
ation" to the needs of the
airport
Commissioner Pete James
said the county is "5 or 10 years
behind" in transportation and
expressed support for im-
provement of the airport as
well as roads in the county.
Commissioners Joe Hender-
son and Terry Perkins thanked
tne group for coming but made
no commitments.
Jacksonville attorney Sum-
mers A Norman asked the
court to include some funds for
airport improvement in the
1974 budget Public hearing on
the budget was set for 10 a.m.,
Aug 30.
Norman recommended
$25,000 be budgeted for 1974
and another $25,000 be
budgeted for 1975.
"Today, an airport is a must
for any county particularly
Cherokee County," Norman
said
The attorney reminded the
court that if the county's
application for airport im-
provement is approved by the
Federal Aviation Agency, the
FAA will pay 75 per cent ol the
total cost and the state will pay
another 121 - per cent.
Estimating a total cost of
$400,000 for all airport im-
provements, he noted that the
county's share would only
come to $50,000.
Norman recommended the
county first hire an engineer to
get accurate cost estimates
and preliminary engineering
done, then turn in its applica-
tion to the FAA.
Even if the application is
accepted, he said, there is no
obligation on the county's part
to go ahead if they decide the
cost is too great
Highlighting the presenta-
tion was a 29-minute film titled
"Airports Mean Business"
presented by Walter Volz,
Jacksonville Chamber of Com-
merce manager.
After the film was over, Volz
gave commissioners copies of
a list of 54 county firms which
have made use of the airport
over the past 18 months. He
said these companies have an
annual payroll of $26 million
and employ 4,100 persons.
If the county's share of
airport improvements were
$45,000, Volz said, the cost to
the individual county resident
would be only $1.50 and this
could be spread over several
years
Among recommendations
which Volz presented were
striping the middle of the
runway, hiring an engineer
and getting preliminary work
done, aquiring the necessary
land for an eventual 5,000-foot
runway, considering relocation
of the county road and
allocating construction funds
for a $4,000-foot runway.
County Commissioners Set
Budget Hearing August 30
Cherokee County Commis-
sioners Monda> set a date for
the public budget hearing,
approved results of the May
delle incorporation election
and authorized the county
clerk to have some 75 record
books repaired
The commissioners sche-
duled the hearing on the 1974
county budget for 10 a m.
Thursday, Aug. 30
At 7:30 that evening, the
court will reconvene in a
meeting with county taxing
authorities to discuss "re-
evaluation"
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The Rusk City Coucil ap-
proved a budget in excess of
one half million dollars for 1974
and made amendments to their
present budget at their regular
meeting Tuesday night.
The new budget includes a
new Parks Department for the
development of a city park.
Salary increases for city
department employees are
also included in the new
budget.
Bob Day of Tyler, city
financial advisor, attended the
meeting and presented the
proposed budget to the council-
men.
The budget contains dis-
bursements in the amount of
$88,655.50 in federal revenue
sharing funds to be used in
such areas as recreation,
transporation, environmental
conservation, public safety
and library.
library.
The fund for the newly
formed Parks and Recreation
board includes expenditures
for salaries and wages, sup-
plies, contractural, mainte-
nance equipment,
maintenance building struc-
ture and other sundry items.
Rusk Eagles' Attack
To Feature Wishbone
On Aug. 31 at 2 p.m., the
commissioners will again
study the solid waste disposal
situation
The commissioners voted
unanimously to approve an
order declaring the results of
the Maydelle incorporation
election to be 40 in favor and 32
opposed.
The court did not set a date
for e'ection of city officials in
Maydelle
County Clerk Mildred Fulton
told the court she had a
.lumber of volumes of eountv
+ See COUNTY. Page 10
PREPARING FOR MARCHING SEASON-
These freshmen are beginning their first
marching season with the Rusk High School
band. Front left are Cindy Thrash. Vernano
Brinkley, John Hunter, Terry Pickett and
Lester Hughes, band director. Practice began
this week and Hughes points out that the band
will be learning many new songs and routines
for the halftime shows. -staff photo
With Nicky Don Cleveland
alternating with Robin Town-
send in the quarterback slot,
the Rusk Eagies will begin this
year running the wishbone
formation, Coach Doyle
Brooks told the Rusk Kiwanis
Club Tuesday.
"After having a year to look-
at our people, we think we can
run the wishbone," Brooks
reported.
Bond Issue
Holds Hope
For Maydelle
The last chance for the
Maydelle Independent School
District to regain its state
accreditation may lie in a
$50,000 bond election to be held
Sept 1
Maydelle Supt. Granvil Hob-
son reported Tuesday that the
district has received notifica-
tion from Dr. J.W Edgar, state
commissioner of educaiton,
that he will not recommend to
the state Board of Education
that the accreditation be
granted.
Edgar made the announce-
ment after receiving from
Maydelle school officials a list
of proposed improvements
they would make in the school
facilities if given a year's
probation
Hobson says he hopes that
passage of the bond election
might show the board the
people of Maydelle are sincere
in wanting to improve and keep
their school
The state board will meet
and decide the matter on Sept
8.
If the bond election passes.
Hobson reported, the district
would replace all wooden
windows in the school with
aluminum moldings: replace
part of the roof, inc luding over
the gym; replace plumbing
and bathroom fixtures and
install gutters to eliminate
water seepage into the base-
ment.
Maintaining optimism, the
district will go ahead and
register students Friday in
preparation for classes to
begin Monday. Hobson says
125-130 are expected.
Some improvements were
already being made this week
as workers were busy clean-
ing, painting and putting up
wood paneling.
If the bond election passes,
Hobson said, school officials
will then try to convince the
state board on Sept. 8 to grant
accreditation. If it is denied, a
community meeting will then
be held to decide if annexation
should be sought.
If the bond election fails, the
community meeting will be
held right away, he said
Councilmen adopted an ordi-
nance amending the present
budget with the major item
being the transfer of funds
from a $75,000 surplus in the
water and sewer department
account. The transfer includes
$25,000 to the general fund
and $50,000 to the Park Fund.
The council also approved a
rate increase for E-Z Vision
Cable Company. The increase
from $5.25 to $5.95 was
approved by a vote of four to
one with Councilman Maurice
Higgins opposing the increase.
Howard Davis, Fire Tower
Road, appeared before the
County School Board
Closes New Hope School
"Texas University and Okla-
homa put the best athletes they
have at quarteback and they
run the triple option out of it.
We're looking at the wishbone
with a little bit of a different
idea," he says.
"We think we need a good
quarterback, true, but we want
to hand it (the ball) to our best
athletes if we can, the ones
with speed."
Brooks says he has two fine
fullbacks in Ronnie McGowan
("we think he's the best in the
district") and Jerry Ocker.
Calling himself an "eternal
optimist,'' Brooks siad "I
always go into a season
normally thinking that boy
we've got a chance and I really
think so this year."
The coach said he was "very
pleased with the prospects" for
the season after seeing his boys
in three workouts and said the
team was a week ahead of
schedule in training
"We have two good back-
fields I think, we have some
quick linemen and we have a
little depth -but number-wise
we're kind of down," Brooks
reported.
Speaking of the competition,
Brooks said that Hallsville and
West Rusk were the teams to
beat and that Rusk is "really
not supposed to be in the
district race."
Opposing coaches predic-
tions which place Rusk last in
the district insults the coach,
however. "I don't any more
believe that than I believe I can
fly," he said "I think we've got
a real good chance to be first."
"If thats all they (oppo-
nents) think of us, they better
get ready," Brooks warned.
"We're gonna come at em and
we're not gonna be last place in
this district."
Besides quarterback and
fullback. Brooks listed the
following players and posi-
tions. not necessarily in
starting order:
Center-Rickey Hassell, Rey-
naldo Atkins and Jody Tran-
sier
Right guard -Mark Richards
and Danny Woodruff.
Left guard -Ricky Richards
and Jim Massingill.
Right tackle-Mark Middle-
ton and Larry Lewis
Left tackle-Gary Halbert
and Tony Garner.
Left end- Bill Knight, Kent
Peters, Augusto Robinson.
Right end-David Mason and
Gerald Attaway.
Left tailback-Bobby Lock-
hart and Steve Slover
Right tailback-Jerry Pipes
and Cary George.
Coach Brooks also noted that
Kelly Philbrick is looking like a
possibility for the "A" team.
The Rusk Eagles will play
their first scrimmage at 7:30
p.m. Aug. 24 at home against
Cushing.
Sixteen persons were present
at the Kiwanis meeting which
was held at the Pineview
Restaurant
The Cherokee County School
Board voted unanimously Wed
nesday morning to annex the
troubled New Hope Common
School District to the Jackson-
ville Independent School Dis
trict.
County School Supt. Robert
L Banks made the recommen-
dation to the board after
announcing that the New Hope
school board had requested the
action.
Banks displayd a letter dated
Wednesday and signed by Ray
Hawthrone, president of the
board, and Troy E. Croft,
board member, asking that
annexation be granted.
Some 80 "Concerned Parents
of New Hope," represented by
Jacksonville attorney Sum-
mers A. Norman, were present
at the meeting.
County board member Oak-
ley H. Childs asked Norman if
the Jacksonville district was
willing to accept the New Hope
annexation.
After being assured that it
was and that it had the
facilities and teachers to
handle the extra students,
Childs made the motion for
annexation. It was seconded by
board member Dewey Tipton
Other members voting for
the annexation were Ide R.
Hall, chairman, E. M. Decker
Jr and Milburn Ash.
Following the vote, the
audience stood and applauded
the board's action
Banks had offered an
opportunity for anyone wishing
to speak against annexation to
do so before the vote was taken
and none in the audience
responded.
The board members re
mained after the vote and
signed an order making the
annexation immediately ef-
fective.
The New Hope school board
in a heated meeting last Friday
night announced that they
would reccomend the school
remain open
They began receiving pres-
sure from parents when a
Tyler federal court ruled last
week that 79 students from the
New Hope area already
accepted as transfers to
Jacksonville could not go there
without annexation.
The New Hope district was
the last common school district
left in the county.
City Council
Sets Closed
Meet Friday
A closed, executive session
of the Rusk City Council to
discuss salaries and personnel
has tentatively been set for
noon Friday as a result of a
request by Mrs. Jo Barber, city
secretary, at the council's
regular meeting Tuesday
night.
Mayor Morris Hassell has
asked Mrs. Barber to prepare
a list of all city employees and
their salaries "as soon as
possible" and distribute them
to members of the council
The action for a closed
session resulted from Mrs.
Barber's report that she has
"another vacancy" in the city
office
The job which is vacant pays
$300 per month and Mrs
Barber reports, "No woman
with experience or qualifica-
tions is going to work for $300 a
month I am tired of running a
training school for young girls
who leave for more money as
soon as they know a little
something " Mrs. Barber stat-
ed, "1 don't want any moit
young girls in this office. I'll
turn in my resignation "
The city secretary was
asking for an increase in the
$300 salary to hire a "well
qualified applicant."
+ See CITY. Page 10
council concerning a dispute
with the local United Gas
Corporation regarding running
natural gas lines to Davis'
fiome. Davis pointed out that
he was now inside the city
limts and had offered to pay
cost of the gas line. According
to Davis the local manager of
the gas company has "refused
to run the gas line." Council-
man Gene Kelley noted, "We
need to look into that franchise.
This has happened before." On
May 21 of this year the council
had written more than 5
million gallons of water off the
books as uncollectable due to
misread or unread water
meters.
Majyor Morris Hassell as-
sured Davis, ". don't know if
we can force them to run the
line, however we will discuss
the matter with them."
The council heard a request
from Eldon Bothwell, North
Ellis Street, concerning
paving. Bothwell reported that
a 262 foot strip in front of his
house was left unpaved when
the city paved the street
several years ago. The city
policy calls for one third of
paving cost to be paid by the
property owner on each ,;ide of
the street and one third is paid
by the city. It was pointed out
that when the street was paved
Marshall Collins, who lives
directly in front of Bothwell,
did not pay his share of the
paving cost and the street was
left unpaved Bothwell pro-
posed to pay for paving of the
262 feet, if paving is done on his
side of the street and the city
would pay the interest on the
money Bothwell would borrow
to pay the paving cost. It was
pointed out that the 18 foot
street drops to 12 feet in front
of the Bothwell home and
creates a problem for traffic,
dust and mud in rainy weather.
No action was taken however,
the council instructed J.D
Norton, city water and street
superintendent, to make a
studv of the situation.
+ See BUDGET, Page 10
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OUTLINE STRATEGY-Coaching staff of
Rusk High School are deep into workout with
approximately 40 prospective Rusk Eagles
this week Workouts for the upcoming season
began Monday. Members of the staff are, left
loright, Larry Minter. Rick Largent, Athletic
Director and Head Coach Doyle Brooks anfl
James Gruñen, -staff photo
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