The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1974 Page: 2 of 12
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PAGE TWO-THK CHEROKEEAN OF RUSK, TEXAS. THURSDAY. APRIL IX, 1974
The Cherokeean Kissm' Kvzzins
Entered as second class matter at the post office
in Rusk. Texas 75785
Published weekly on Thursday
By E. H. Whitehead Enterprises
618 N. Main Street. Rusk. Texas
Phone AC 214-683-2257
Subscription Rates Payable in Advance
In Cherokee County and Trade Areas
15.00 per annum
Outside Cherokee County
$6.00 per annum
The Postal Rate Hike
Americans who have mailed a first-class letter since
March 2 have already felt the sting of the latest victim
of inflation: U.S. postal rates. However, the 25% rise
to a dime for a postage stamp is mild medicine
compared to what is happening to users of second-class
mail service.
Newspapers and magazines which are assessed the
second-class rate have faced skyrocketing moiling costs
since 1971, the year after Congress passed a postal
reorganization act and ordered that, by 1976, almost
every class of mail must pay its own way.
On its face, the requirement appears logical. However,
when applied practically., the result may spell the death
of many - if not most - of America's 30,000 national
magazines, newspapers and newsletters. In the wake of
the major rate hike in 1971, Look magazine folded later
that year. Fourteen months later the same threat
helped to kill Life.
The stiff second-class rate increases have resulted
from two separate schedules set by the U.S. Postal
Service. Together, they will require periodicals
collectively to pay at least 240% more to use the mails
in 1976 than they paid in 1971. And, since the cost of
running the Postal Service almost certainly will continue
upward, magazines may well be faced in 1976 with rates
that are 300% or even 400% above those five years
earlier.
Americans rely importantly on the news brought
inexpensively to them through the mails, and for two
centuries it has been U.S. postal policy to grant
newspapers and periodicals rates below the actual cost
of handling them. The policy has been a good one and
has helped ensure that our citizens have had ready
access to news and enlightened opinion on which to base
wise decisions vital to a democracy.
Congress has the option of having the currently
scheduled increases phased in over a longer period of
time and of reversing the decision to make newspapers
and periodicals pay their full share of mailing costs.
Legislation to accomplish this has already been
introduced in Congress and we believe the facts justify
its passage.
DIRECTORY
I .one Oak Kaptist Church
Rev C.C. Potter
Rusk. Texas
Salem Missionary Baptist
Church
Rev. Billy Conway
Rusk. Texas
Memorial Missionary Baptist
Church
Rev AD Munstnger
Rusk. Texas
Seventh-Day Ariventist Church
Rev. Theodore Zuell
Rusk.Tex as
Kocky Springs Baptist Church
Rev. Kenneth Southwell
Dialville. Texas
First Baptist Church
Rev. James H Graham
Pont a. Texas
Ponta Church of Christ
Circuit Pastor
Ponta. Texas
Gallatin Church of Christ
Circuit Pastor
Gallatin. Texas
Reklaw Baptist Church
Rev. Mike Drinkard
Reklaw. Texas
Gallatin Missionary Baptist
Church
Rev. Randy Penney
Gallatin. Texas
Mt. Hope Baptist Church
Walter Stokes. Pastor
Maydelle. Texas
llolleymans Chapel Baptist
Church
Rev. Lloyd Stewart
Maydelle. Texas
Pleasant drove Baptist Church
Rev M.T. Blackmon
Maydelle. Texas
First Baptist Church
Rev. James C Blaylock
Maydelle. Tex as
Maydrllr YhvhiIiIv ot i.od
Rev Charles tJvmpM V
Maydelle, Texa*
East Side Baptist Church
Rev W.U. Vansickle
Rusk. Texas
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Vicar Rev. J.L. Jackson
Rusk. Texas
Church of Christ
Rev Murphy Phillips
Kusk. Texas
First Christian Church
Kev Ed Barry Jr.
Rusk. Texas
Assembly of God
Rev L.D. Sellers
Rusk. Texas
Cherokee Baptist Church
Rev. C F (Skip> Fultonj
Rusk. Texas
First t'nited Pentecostal
Church
Rev. T.E Pate
Rusk. Texas
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Rev. A P Lewis
Rusk. Texas
West Union Methodist Church
Rev T.J Bagley
Rusk. Texas
Calvary Baptist Church
Rev Jimmy Boone
Rusk. Texas
Oakland Baptist Church
Rev. Doti Copeland
Rt 4-Rusk. Texas
First Baptist Church
Rev. Grover C. Talbert
Rusk. Texas
First United Methodist Church
Rev. Mouzon Fletcher
Rusk. Texas
First Presbyterian Church
Rev. L. Allen Holley
Rusk, Texas
The Holiness Assembly of God
Rev. David Hamilton
Maydelle, Texas
Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church
Rev E. Herrén
Rusk, Texas
By:
Carolyn Ericson
1614 Redbud Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75861
TEXAS UNDER ARMS by
Gerald S. Pierce has much
information which will be of
interest to the people of this
area of Texas
p. 22. BRADSHAW'S FORT:
James Bradshaw's House on
the Old San Antonio Road
southwest of Fort Lacy was,
according to family tradition,
"one of the strongest forts of
the day. and travelers made it
a point to stop there for
safety." Bradshaw's house
was something of a landmark
on the stretch of road between
Crockett arid Douglass, and
many sources indicate that he
did frequently take in paying
guests Although documentary
confirmation of the existence
of fortifications at Bradshaw's
has not been found, it is
reasonable to assume that it
was fortified, at least during
the period 1B:18-41.
Bradshaw's house was on the
San Antonio Road mow State
Highway 211 in present
Cherokee County. It appears
to have been located not far
east of the Neches River,
southwest of present Alto and
perhaps four or five miles from
Fort Lacy.
p.44. DÚRST'S FORT: Be-
fore October. 1H38, John Durst
established a home at the
lower crossing of the Old San
Antonio Road over the Angel-
ina River. His homestead and
the settlement around it were
called Mount Sterling. It is
said that Durst lived "in a
large house protected by
blockhouses, which were re-
fuges for the entire neighbor-
hood.'' Durst was a frequent
participant in the Indian
campaigns that took place in
the area, and a company of
mounted volunteers which he
had commanded in the
Kickapoo Village Campaign of
October, 1838 was discharged
at his house after the battle of
October 16. Durst's Fort (or
Mount Sterling, as it was more
commonly known) stood just to
the east of the Angelina River
in Nacogdoches County,
approximately sixteen miles
west of the town of Nacog-
doches and six miles south of
the Linwood Crossing, where
Durst later lived for a time.
p.63...HALLMARK'S FORT:
This was the private fort of
George Hallmark in Houston
County. The fortifications,
doubtless the usual blockhouse
and stockade, were probably
erected by Hallmark and his
neighbors sometime in 1838,
after the outbreak of hostilities
between Indians and whites in
East Texas. No Indian raids on
Hallmark's Fort are recorded,
and it is likely that the fort was
dismantled in the early 1840's,
after the Indian treaty passed.
Captain Adam Clendenin and a
company of new recruits of the
First Infantry Reginment, on
their way to the scene of the
Political
Calendar
The following candidates
for politiral offices have
authorized The Cherokeean
to make announcement of
their candidacies for the
respective offices, and paid
for the advertisement,
herewith:
t'nited States
Representative Congress,
First District. Texas
FRED HUDSON JR.
WRIGHT PATMAN
State Representative
District 15
EMMETT H. WHITEHEAD
C'ouniv Judge
0RVAN B. JONES
R.A. "BOB" RAWLS
Commissioner
Precinct 1
TERRY R. PERKINS
H.D. STALLINGS
Commissioner
Precinct 2
LLOYD COLLINS
MORRIS DIXON
JOHN W. (BILLY) CATES
0. B. (TOBY) SARTAIN
DALFORD STEWART
Justice of the Peace
Precinct Two
MARGARET TULLIS BICE
Constable
Precinct I
GRADY CRIB8S
BILLY I. LOVELADY
THE CHEROKEEAN
HI *K, TEXAS
impending war with the
Cherokees, were at Hallmark's
Fort on June 23, 1839, and
Clendenin bought supplies
there. The exact location of
Hallmark's Fort is not known,
but it is known that George
Hallmark lived in the Mustang
Prairie settlement in the
southern part of Houston
Count v.
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Carolyn Ericson. 1614 Red-
bud Street. Nacogdoches,
Texas 75961.
Rusk Firemen
Place First
In Contest
The Rusk Volunteer Fire
Department with a time of 23 6
seconds earned first place in a
contest Sunday at Jackson-
ville. Seven team members
assembled equipment to ex-
tinguish a simulated blaze to
win the pumper race.
Receiving a trophy for their
speed were Rickey Cleveland,
Chuck Hinton, Mike Still-
wagon, Johnny Stover, Philip
Jenkins, Johnny Rae Sanders
and Jim Ross.
Other teams competing
against Rusk were Carthage,
Commerce, Quilan, White Oak
and Gladewater.
Jacksonville hosted the
semi-annual meeting of the
Northeast Texas Fire mar-
shals and Firemens Associa-
tion.
"We are proud of these
young men in our fire
department and feel that
citizens of Rusk will appreciate
the speed which they demon-
strated in getting ready to put
out a fire," says L. L. Wilcox,
Rusk fire marshal. "Their
kind of expertise under
pressure can mean the
difference in property saved
and property lost when a fire
strikes," he said.
The contest was held in
conjunction with a luncheon
meeting at which Walter Volz
Jacksonville's former Cham-
ber of Commerce manager
was guest speaker. Approxi-
mately 250 firemen, wives and
guests attended.
Sulphur Springs will host the
next meeting in October.
RUSK FOLKS
Mrs. Minnie Hewitt had Mrs.
Maurine Walker of Rusk, Mrs.
Kay Reynolds, Deborah and
Donna of Rusk, Mr. and Mrs.
Johnny Walker, John David
and Scott of Pasadena and
Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne Womack
of Jacksonville as Sunday
dinner guests.
From The
By:
E.B. Musick Jr
A wife who was angry
because her husband spent so
much time with rod and reel
defined a fisherman like this:
"A jerk at one end of a line
waiting for a jerk on the
other."
Past President Ike Daniel
inducted three new Lions last
Thursday, Mr. Lary Ramsey,
Thomas Huckabay and Don
Kleppe. Certainly pleased to
have these three fine men with
us.
The Rusk Lions Club sent a
check for $1,000 to Guin, Ala. to
be used to their best
advantage. This is one of the
cities that was hurt so badly by
the severe storms a week or so
ago. Their population is 2,020
and out of this number 25
people were killed. A terrible
thing to happen. This makes
you proud to be a Lion. Alter
all this is what Lionism is all
about - helping others. To help
make us this amount of money
there will be a special Ladies
Night this Thursday night,
Apr. 18. We will have another
White Elephant Sale that all
Lions had so much fun with a
couple of weeks ago. Each
Lion and Lioness will need to
bring something that they no
longer need and it will be
auctioned off - the money to go
back into the treasurery to help
replinish the money sent to
Guin, Ala. The great
auctioneer Mr. Bob Woodruff
will be with us again and it
should be a real fun night.
There will be no noon meeting
of the Lions this Thursday.
The meeting will be at our
clubroom at the New Southern
Motor Hotel with plenty of good
food promised. The time will
be 7 P.M.
Lion Ike Daniel introduced
Mr. J. E. Loven, as our
program last Thursday. Mr.
Loven is with the Texas Rodent
& Predatory Animal Control
Service with offices in the
County Agents Office, Tyler.
He is in charge of 28 counties in
the East Texas area. This
program has been in existence
since September 1972. It is an
educational service with 14
agents in the State. Of course
their main aim is to control and
get rid of rats. The rat is the
hardest of all animals to get rid
of. They are so dangerous and
do more destruction than any
other animal known to man. In
our own area it is estimated
that there are 3 or 4 rats per
person, some in the house and
others on the outside area.
Rats are the most neglected
health hazard in the United
States today.
Our understanding is that
people from all over the world
have come to Texas to observe
this program - said to be the
finest in the world. It is
predicted that if something is
not done that there will be an
epidemic within the next 5
years. People just do not
realize the dangers of this
small animal. They are known
to transfer 35 different
diseases toman. Then besides
this angle is the fact they
destroy so much property.
Then many children are bitten
each year. The plague, caused
by rats, has killed over 25
million people through the
years and has been as near to
us as Port Arthur and
Galveston. We need to take
note of this danger now before
it is too late.
A small boy entering the
foyer of a church sanctuary
with his dad asked the meaning
of the bronze plaque on the
wall. "Those are the names of
men who died in service," Dad
answered. "Which one,"
asked the youngster 'morning
or evening?" See you
Thursday Night 7 P.M.', New
Southern Motor Hotel.
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Annie Lee Smith
Is Honored
On Retirement
Mrs. Annie Lee Smith was
honored with a party by her co
workers and friends Friday at
Rusk State Hospital.
She retired Sunday, Apr. 7
after seventeen years with
Rusk State Hospital.
The refreshment table
featured a lovely flower
arrangement of pink and red
roses in a crystal compote.
Refreshments included a
beautifully decorated cake
inscribed with "Smith", chips
and dips, assorted homemade
cakes and cookies, roasted
nuts, mints and coffee were
served to 65 guests.
The honoree received many
gifts and good wishes.
RUSK FOLKS
Mrs. Byron Jared is a guest
of her son-in-law and daughter
Mr. and Mrs. David Long in
Houston this week.
Airman Lusk
Completes
Training
Navy Airman Recruit Mar-
vin W. Lusk Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. W. Lusk Sr. of Lovers
Lane, Alto, graduated from
recruit training at the Naval
Training Center in Orlando,
Flordia.
He received nine weeks of
intensive instruction in sea-
manship, small arms training,
fire fighting, close order drill,
first aid and Naval history.
He will now report to a
formal school for specialty
training or to a ship or shore
station for on-the-job training.
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A number of new books have
arrived this past week. Art
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People. This is a collection of
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Tennis is now the "in" game.
A new approach to teaching
tennis, concentrated on the
patterns made by the ball and
how to produce them is in the
new book Pattern Play Tennis,
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