The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1973 Page: 1 of 14
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VOL. 126
The Cherokeean
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper, Established As the Pioneer July 5, 1847
SKIVING RUSK
WITH DISTINCTION
FOR 126 TEARS
RISK, TEXAS. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1973
14 PAGES
NUMBER 23
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Our city was host to
thousands of visitors this past
weekend. Arts and Crafts Fair
was another outstanding suc-
cess despite rain on the final
day. Words can't adequately
describe the wonderful, hard
working people of Rusk who
gave so much of their time and
talent for the betterment of our
city. So, Roundabout, knowing
that we are speaking for
everyone, will say 'Thank
You " They are a great group
of people.
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The Indian Summer Trades
Day promotion was extremely
successful, too. Participating
merchants have told Round-
about that this was one of the
most successful trade events
we've staged.
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Roundabout plans to be in
Houston this weekend on state
business We are a member of
the Appropriations Committee
that is studying state salaries
and fringe benefits It will be a
meeting identical to the one
held in Rusk last month
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It won't he long before folks
will he thinking about Christ-
mas. A number of our
merchants are getting ready
now.
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City Council's action to lease
the Rusk Memorial Hospital to
secure additional doctors for
our city is good news. The
í a c 1111 v is vital to our
community Dr W. E Gabbert
deserves a big Thank You from
all of us He has been the only
doctor to serve us for many
months
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HOMECOMING QUEEN NOMINEES-One
of these four senior girls will be crowned 1973
Homecoming Queen during halftime cere-
monies Friday night at Musick Stadium
Seated front are Weida Hassell and Sandra
Carter and standing are Melinda Brinkley
and Brenda Smith The presentation of the
new queen will be made by Miss Candy
Crysup, 1972 Homecoming Queen.--staff photo
whitehead Homecoming Set Friday at RHS,
speaks out Queen To Be Named at Halftime
On Shortages
AUSTIN--Slate Rep Em-
met! Whitehead of Rusk said
recently lhal the Texas House
Subcommittee on Agricultural
Equipment and Supply Short
ages will lake decisive action
on the mailers before il
Whitehead specifically refer
red to the loot dragging of the
federal government He said.
"The public will suffer if the
stale government does not
move now since Ihe federal
government seems stymied."
Whitehead attended the or
ganizafional meeting of the
subcommittee lasl week in
Austin
The Easl Texas lawmaker
look l uní' from his busy
schedule to alt end Ihe presen-
tation to the Legislature of Ihe
proposed stale constitution by
Ihe Constitutional Revision
Commission
"It was truly a historic
occassion for the stale." he
said, "and one I wish all
Texans could have witnessed
in person "
Whitehead emphasized the
subcommittee's concern for
finding an equitable solution to
the ecological argument par-
tially responsible for the farm
equipment shortages "We
must learn to work together
when two issues of public
interest meet head-on." he
said
Environmentalists have
raised questions with public
agencies regarding Ihe manu
facture of equipment including
bailing wire, fence wire, and
cotton ties.
"Texas crops must not be
allowed to simply rot in the
fields,'' insisted Whitehead,
"because not only does the
farmer suffer, but also the
public is cheated."
Rep. Charles Finnell of
Holliday, chairman of the
subcommittee, joined Rep.
Whitehead in his comments,
adding that "farm shortages
continue to be a devesting
threat to Texas agriculture
just at a time when we are
having enough trouble already
trying to feed and clothe the
world."
Both legislators promised
swift action from the state
government.
One of four senior duchesses
will be named 1973 Rusk High
School Homecoming Queen
during halttime ceremonies
Friday night at Musick Stad
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Senior nominees for home
coming queen are Melinda
Bradley, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Jessie Bradley, to be
escorted by Frederick Turner
Sandra Carter, daughter of Mr
and Mrs .1 W Carter, to be
escorted bv Santazav Brink
Thousands Come To Rusk
For Arts and Crafts Fair
Increased local participation
in the East Texas Regional
Arts and Crafts Fair was the
biggest factor in the success of
the 197:! event, according to
Mrs. Fred Buchanan fair
chairman
This year's fair saw an
increase in exhibitors, more
special entertainment and
more visitors
"We regard the fair as a
function to expose us to things
we've never seen before, more
so than a money making
project." says Mrs Buchanan
The fair is sponsored by the
Tourist Committee ol the Rusk
Chamber of Commerce Henry
Guenzel and Mrs Walter
Meyers serve as co-chairmen
ol that committee
A number of area schools
turned out for the fair on
Friday Rusk. New Summer
field and Henderson brought
buses to the event In addition
to the various arts, crafts,
exhibits and demonstrations,
visitors enjoyed music by the
Rusk High School Choir
Chamber Singers. Pat Bobbin
and The Country Edition and
the Maximum Security Unit
Band from Rusk State Hospi
tal
More than 2200 persons
attended the fair Saturday to
enjoy Bluegrass music by the
Garner Family: folk music by
the Rusk High School Choir
Chamber Singers; Jackson
ville Women's Barbershop
Quartet and the Na-Ski-La
Indian Dancers from the
Alabama-Coushatta Indian Re-
servation near Livingston.
Almost 2,000 persons weath-
ered the rainy weather to visit
the fair Sunday to see Miss
Texas, Judy Mallett Prior to
her 2 p.m. performance. Miss
Texas was honored with a
luncheon in the community
room at First Stale Bank,
compliments of First State
Bank Altering were memb-
bersof the Tourist Committee:
Bank President Joe Terrell,
who presented Miss Texas with
a bouquet ol roses Mayor and
Mrs Morris Hassell State
Representative and Mrs Em-
melt H Whitehead and other
iin ited guests
Due to the rainy and damp
weather, the 2 p m perform-
ance by Miss Texas was given
inside the armory The front of
Ihe armory was the setting for
I he 4 p m perf ormance
The Jack and Jill Square
Dancers from Jacksonville
also performed on Sunday The
performance by the Cherokee
Cutíes twirling group was
canceled
The supper theatre, directed
by Mrs Arch Pearson was a
sell out the three nights it was
presented at the New Southern
Motor-Hotel The play W an
derm' Star or The Rail Cars
Roll Again, featured local
actors and actresses and was
centered around a railroad
depot
"We cannot express enough
appreciation to all those who
participated and volunteered
their services during the fair.'
says Mrs Buchanan "The
success of any project lies in
the people who take an interest
in that project and give it their
all."
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Rusk City Council Authorizes Lease
Of Rusk Memorial Hospital Tuesday
Negotiation of a lease-
purchase agreement for Rusk
Memorial Hospital with Amer-
ican Religious Town Hall
Meeting Inc of Dallas was
authorized Tuesday night by
the Rusk City Council The
action was taken at a joint
meeting of the council and the
hospital board at city hall.
Officials of American Re-
ligious Town Hall Inc. will be
in Rusk early next week to sign
the agreement, along with
Rusk Mayor Morris W. Hassell
and acting City Secretary C. L.
Manning.
The lease-purchase agree-
ment was prepared by the
Dallas-based organization af-
ter a discussion with the
hospital board.
Joe Terrell, president of the
hospital board, said, "We were
at a position where we had to
do something to continue to
serve the people That is the
Christmas Parade Set December 4,
Chamber Committee Seeks Entries
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ley . Weida Hassell. daughter
of Mr and Mrs Leahmon
Hassell. to be escorted by Jack
Ball and Brenda Smith,
daughter of Mr and Mrs
Harold Smith, to be escorted
by Jim Dan Abernathy
Duchesses to the queen's
court include freshmen Ta.ri-
my Chandler and Tami Berry
Tammy Chandler is the
daughter of Mr and Mrs.
George Powers and will be
escorted by Charles Morris
Tami Berry, daughter of Mr
and Mrs Menyon Berry, will
be escorted by Paul Stanley.
Sophomore duchesses are
Pam Hataway. daughter of
Mr and Mrs James Hataway
and Cynthia Colston, daughter
of Mr and Mrs George
Colston. Pam will be escorted
by Donnie Hudson and Fletch-
er Session will escort Cynthia.
Patricia Brazier and Cathy
Henry are Junior Class duch-
esses Patricia will be escorted
by Larry Barnett and is the
daughter of Mrs Albradie
Barnes The daughter of Mr
and Mrs Robert Cobble. Cathy
will be escorted by Chris
Turney
,,The 1973 homecoming queen
will be crowned by Miss Candy
Crysup 1972 Homecoming
Queen
Also during halftime cere-
monies. the Senior members of
the Rusk High School Band will
be recognized A band sweet-
heart will also be crowned
Senior band members in-
clude Steve Alexander. Jan
Allen. Sheri Beard. Jana
Birdwell Melinda Bradley.
David Brown. Cathy Byrd.
Sandra Carter. Angela Cary.
Celesta Christopher. Mark
Fisher. Nelda Fitts. John
Griffith. Weida Hassell. Bren-
da Husdon. Mike Leinback.
Brenda Moore. Pat Morris.
Cathy Russell. Brenda Smith
and Jenny Vining
During the pep rally at 9:05
a m Friday in the high school
gym. the 1973 Football Sweet-
heart will be named The
winner of this honor will be
recognized during the football
game Friday night
For the homecoming game
the Rusk Eagles will host the
Brownsboro Bears in a District
14-AA contest The Bears hold
a one win, four loss district
record compared to the Eagles
two win. three loss record.
Local clubs, organizations
and businesses are urged to
plan entries in the Chamber of
Commerce Christmas parade
slatted for 5 p.m. Tuesday,
December 4. JoEd Anderson,
committee chairman, announ-
ces that prize money for floats
has been increased and a Miss
Merry Christmas contest has
been added to the parade this
year
Any girl between the ages of
13 and 18, who is a student, is
eligible to become a Miss
Merry Christmas contestant.
Contestants must register at
the chamber office prior to
Hunt, Fish
Rules Told
For Contest
The Board of Directors of the
Cherokee Wildlife Association
held its meeting Tuesday, Oct
30 at the Cronister Club House
Purpose of the meeting was to
discuss the annual hunting and
fishing contest.
The hunting contest is
confined to the white tail deer
species killed in Cherokee.
Angelina, Nacogdoches or an
adjoining county. First place is
semi-auto high powered rifle
with scope and second place is
a high powered semi-auto-
matic rifle
The fishing contest includes
bass and crappie and runs
from Jan 1 thru Dec 31 each
year The fish must be taken on
a hook and line or with a
casting device First place in
the bass contest is a rod and
reel and second prize is a
tackle box One prize, a battery-
handy light, is given in the
crappie contest.
A R Bice Sr.. president of
the association, urges every-
one to enter now to be eligible
to win one of the contests. Fish
or deer entered in competition
must be taken to a certified
check station list on the back of
membership cards
Purpose of the organization
is to "provide an organization
to which the landowner and
sportsman can better under-
stand each others problems; to
promote programs to create
interest in fish and wildlife
conservation and to educate
our youth to the importance of
our natural resources."
The association is strongly
opposed to the use of any-
illegal procedure in taking of
fish and wildlife, pointed out
President Bice
Heritage Assn.
To Meet Tonight
Mrs. James Green of Jack-
sonville will be the guest
speaker at the 7 p.m. meeting
Thursday of Ihe Cherokee
County Heritage Association.
Mrs Green will speak on
"Furnishings of 19th Century
Texas Homes," the theme of
her master's thesis.
Held at the New Southern
Restaurant, the meeting will
begin at 7 p.m with dinner at
6:30
Friday, Nov 30 and must be
riding on a float during the
Christmas parade.
Judging of contestants, by
out of town judges, will be
based on costume, float theme,
poise and personality. Girls
interested in becoming con-
testants are urged to secure
sponsors from among the
many clubs, organizations and
businesses Sponsors should
provide floats for their con-
testants.
The winner of the title of
Miss Merry Christmas and two
runners-up will be announced
on the courthouse lawn follow-
ing the parade Prizes to the
winners will be donated by
Rusk merchants.
Float prizes will be offered in
the amount of $75 for first
place; $50 for second place and
$25 for third place. All floats,
including those with Miss
Merry Christmas contestants,
will be judged for the prize
money. All entries must
register prior to Friday, Nov.
30.
"The only rule we stress,"
savs Anderson "is that no float
MSU Patient
Is Returned
A white male patient of the
Maximum Security Unit at
Rusk State Hospital vol-
untarily gave himself up to a
local resident Sunday night at
a location about one mile south
of the Rusk city limits.
The patient, who worked in
one of the MSU dining rooms
admitted to having concealed
himself under a food services
truck and riding out of the
hospital Saturday night at
approximately 6 p.m.
Herbert Nichols, chief su-
pervisor at MSU said that he
was not considered dangerous.
have a full grown, live Santa
Claus."
More details on the contest
and the float entry may be
obtained by calling the cham-
ber office. 683-4242.
Rusk Voters
Support Hike
For Solons
Texas voters went to the
polls Tuesday and rejected
three of nine constitutional
amendments, one of which
would have raised legislator's
salaries and provided for
annual legislative sessions.
Amendment One, which
would have raised the pay of
state representatives and
senators from $4,800 to $15.000
per year, was the most
strongly defeated across the
state
Also rejected were Amend-
ments Eight and Nine Eight
would have removed the
constitutionally imposed ceil-
ings on city property and Nine
would have permitted the
Legislature to exempt non-
profit water supply corpora-
tions from property taxes
Cherokee County voters also
rejected Amendments One and
Eight but approved Nine. In
addition, county voters turned
down Amendment Four re-
garding laws regulating cre-
ation of certain conservation
and reclamation districts and
Amendment Six allowing dis-
trict courts to handle some
probate matters
Voters in the City of Rusk
rejected Four, Six and Eight
but approved by a very small
margin Amendment One on
legislative salaries
main purpose of the leasing to
the hospital To continue to
serve the people."
On Sept 20 of this year the
hospital had received a letter
from the Texas Department of
Health that certain "conditions
of assistances had to be met"
in order that the hospital
continue to receive old age
assistances benefits. Terrell
reports that an extension was
granted on the conditions
All members of the council
and the hospital board stressed
the fact that the action was
taken for the people served by
the hospital.
According to the lease-
purchase agreement, the
American Religious Town Hall
Meeting Inc. "agree to estab-
lish in Rusk a clinic staffed
with physicians covering var
ious specialized fields of
medicine The aim of the
Church Corporation is to
establish various departments
of medical services such as
feurgery, internal medicine,
obstetrics, etc
They further agree that
"within twenty-four 24
months from the date oí
executing this contract they
will have a solidified medical
staff of from two to five
physicians duly licensed to
practice medicine in the State
of Texas who will be full-time
residents of the City of Rusk
and devote full time to the
practice of medicine in such
clinic and a staff will be
maintained for a perior of
fifteen (15) years from the date
of the execution hereof
The contract further states
that "all physicians now on the
medical staff of Rus!
Memorial Hospital shall re
main on such staff and b<
permitted to use the facilities
of such hospital."
The lease for Rusk Memorial
Hospital will be $1 a year with
a purchase price of $58,400
The latter figure is the amount
of bonds registered against the
hospital and clue to the City of
Rusk.
Attending the called meeting
were Mayor Morris W Has-
sell; Councilmen M G Hig-
gins. Raymond Cooper, J C
Williams Sr.. Gene Kelley and
James O Weaver; Acting City
Secretary C. L Manning; City
Attorney W. W. McVicker; Joe
Terrell, president of the
hospital board; Board mem
bers Charlie Christopher, Paul
Cox. James P Richards and
Glenn Miller and Billy Mil-
stead. administrator of Rusk
Memorial Hospital.
SPECIAL FAIR GUEST- Miss Texas Judy
Mallett provided special entertainment on
her fiddle during a rainy Sunday at the East
Texas Regional Arts and Crafts Fair this past
weekend Miss Texas was accompanied by
the Ernest King Family of Rusk Miss Texas
performed at 2 p.m and 4 p m before large
crowds. -staff photo
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The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1973, newspaper, November 8, 1973; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151043/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.