The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1974 Page: 2 of 12
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PAGE TWO-THE CHEROKEEAN OF RL'SK, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. 1974
Commentary
News and Views
Armadillo Race Promises
Super-Duper Thriller
Variety may be the spice of life. If so, challenge must
be the salt of spices. Many a person has been hanging
onto his chair during the past several weeks in
anticipation of that famous crossing of the Snake River
Canyon. Evel Knievel's denial of plans for another
attempt may make him less of a hero in the eyes of
those who believe "If at first you don't succeed..." We
Walter Mittys declare from our armchair that WE
wouldn't give up. We can identify with the
challenge-vicariously, anyway.
Another challenge of a local nature awaits us soon. It
has potential for excitement which-although it may not
outshine the Snake River jump-will at least be
something close enough that we can eye it first-hand. Of
course, we are referring to the super-duper armadillo
race scheduled for 2 p.m., Oct. 5 during the Arts and
Crafts Fair. East Texans can abandon their armchair to
view the champion of a first-class thriller as their
piney-woods favorite dashes for the finish line. [Have
been told that armadillos can't see too well so I don't
know how they'll know where the finish line is. Maybe
they have radar.] Anybody big enough to catch his own
critter can enter the race and any old common armadillo
will be given a shot at the $50 grand prize-no
discrimination against liberated female 'dillos.
The losers won't have to fall several thousand feet on
the end of an umbrella, but at least one of the creatures
will win-and it won't cost quite as much to see the
show.
The Great
Consumer Cover-Up
Proposals to set up still another "consumer
agency"-this time to do battle with other federal
agencies-ran headlong into a Congressional filibuster,
which may yet prove to be a good thing.
While filibusters often are considered unsportsman-
like, this one seems to be uncovering a perhaps fatal
defect in the idea.
Supporters say the agency would be a kindly
ombudsman, protecting the "consumer interest" from
all kinds of evil throughout grassroots America. This is
the cover-up. Opponents have contended all along that
the new agency is really intended to give consumer
activists power to interfere with everything in the
economy-from local agriculture to international
trade-with chaotic results.
Also, by letting the newest bureaucrat intervene in
the affairs of all other bureaucrats-getting into files,
disputing their decisions, demanding explanations and
even suing their fellow officials-the whole U.S.
government will wind up in unmitigated chaos.
Now the chaos is already showing up-the longer the
filibuster goes, the more people learn about it and
"want out" of the mess. First, organized labor won
almost total exemption-it didn't want a consumer agent
"poking its nose in our business." Then all radio-TV
license renewals were let off the hook. Then banks got
their customers' private financial records excluded-and
rightly so. Next, small business was excused from
answering questionnaires. Now, the nation's farmers
are up in arms because the new consumer champion
naturally would interfere with all farm programs. Other
disturbed groups are waiting in the wings with dozens of
similar exclusions.
It all seems to prove the point that the bill isn't really
good for anybody-we all have interests that may be
bigger than our "consumer interest."
"I don't know why I didn't
think of this before."
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Hy: Julia Pinson
Maculaos Daughter by
Sarah Gainham is primarily
the story of the far-reaching
effect of a secret traitor on his
unsuspecting associates. The
company falls apart news-
paper and television people get
into the act and a group of
fanatics storm the place. The
background of the book is in
England and it is not the usual
romantic novel to which we arc
accustomed.
The Gooseberry Fool by
James McClure is a mystery
laid in South Africa. The local
color will seem odd to readers
but is said to be absolutely
authentic. The conversation of
the Afrikaners is exactly how
they employ the English
language. The narrative is
laced with humor.
Tinker. Tailor. Soldier. Spy
by John LeCarre the writer of
international espionage has the
usual endless detail and a
build-up to almost unbearable
suspense. It is absorbing,
enthralling and suspenseful.
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"Whoever indented exagger-
ation should' e patented the
idea because the business sure
suffers from competition."
Carolyn Kricson
Hilt Red bud St.
Nacogdoches. Texas 7.>!i<¡i
From the DAIM SENTI-
NEL 29th October IVilo
LEAD VEIN IS DISCOVERED
M T Gregg Livingston B
M Hall Place Weaver St.
Finds Valuable Metal in
Corporation- Has Had Samples
Assayed by Several Experts-
Pronounced Ho per cent Pure
"According to the find ol Ml
T Gregg, who lives on the B
M. Hall place on Weaver
Street in 'he western portion
of the city Nacogdoches has
within its corporation limits a
splended and a very rich lead
mine. Samples ot the v aluable
metal were exhibited today in
the city and have been
pronounced by experts as Ho
percent pure lead. Mr Gregg
did not say in just what portion
of the city limits the find was
made, but stated that before he
made it public several
chemists had assayed the
metal, all telling him that it is
exceptionally good and indi-
cales a big vein.
"Mr Gregg says he has had
considerable experiences as a
mineralogist and has thought
for some time that mineral
existed around here-and close
at that. He has been studyng
the earth formation since he
came here a year ago and was
out a trip of that nature when
he discovered the lead vein
GOVERNMENT agencies
CONSUMER
PROTECTION
AGENCY"
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The vein he says, where he
measured is about thirty feet
in vv idth and eighteen feet thick
and is located in the city. Mr
Gregg believes it is a valuable
lind and thai the people should
make an el fort to get outside
capital interested to the extent
ol developing a mine "
From the DAILV SENT-
INEL :iit Julv 1400
MAKRIAGE IN
SAN Al Gl STINE
"Ex-Sherilf. Noel G. Roberts
and Miss Lilly Sharpe were
married at the Presbyterian
Church las! night at 9 o'clock
Rev. d A. McRea officiating. A
large crowd ol friends and
relatives ol the young couple
were present to witness the
nuptials The church was
handsomely decorated for the
occasion. Miss Sharpe is one of
San Augustine's Fairest
Flowers daughter of Post-
master Sharpe ol this city, and
a sister ol Frank Sharpe of
Nacogdoches."
DESCENDANTS OF
RICH A R D A L E X A N D E R
SKINNER of Loudoun County.
Virginia by Lester Granville
Holcombe is a recent publica-
tion which gives the Skinner
family lineage The earliest
records of the Skinner name
dale back to 1379. The family
can be traced by wills and
established authority from Sir
Robert Skynner. a Norman
knight who served Duke
William in his expedition to
England. He received from his
royal master, in recompense
for his valiant sevices. (he
lands of Bolingbroke in
Lincolnshire, accompanied
with the hand in marriage the
daughter of the then owner.
Robert de Bolingbroke. a
Saxon of the conquered side
The book contains 100 pages
of genealogy and iidex; cost of
arms is included. Off-set
printing with soft cover, this
book sells for $7.50. Send a
check or money order to Mrs.
C. B. Deaver. Box 491. Lone
Star. Texas 75668.
Desire information for
James Martin Wilkerson and
Dora Moore Wilkerson his
wife, they had 8 chidren:
WHtiam Houston, b. 1878; Lena
Pauline, flossie Agusta Patri-
cia Allie Marnine b. 1887-—.
85 percent of the world's
energy resources arc in either
coal or uranium. The United
States has sufficient resources
of both.
The first 3 children were
reported to have been born in
Nacogdoches County, then the
family moved to Kaufman
County where they lived out
their lifetime.
My aunt said that James
Martin Wilkerson went by the
name ol Marlin instead of
James. He is reported to have
been born in Mississippi -
where? in the year 1856 His
mother died when he was a
child and at age 11 he came to
Texas to live with a relative
named William Sargent. I feel
like William Sargent must
have lived in Nacogdoches at
thai time, which would have
been 1867
I would appreciate any
information on Ihe above
families.
Mrs. I) A. Kelly. Twin Oaks
Rt. 5. Box 154 Dublin. Texas
7t>44<J
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From Th«
Lions
Don
By:
E.B. Musick,Jr.
Our guest last Thursday was
Lion Don robbins fromdown
Conroe way. He was the guest
of Lior JoEd Anderson and
vc.'i< not introduced for quite
sometime. Somebody finally
nudged Lion JoEd and he
reluctantly introduced him. He
stated that Lion Don was
moving to Rusk and was going
to transfer to our Rusk Lions
Club We will certainly be glad
to have him
' ■ I .iiltv. isiiM- ¡Ki" Kleppe
says that the clothes that make
a woman break a man.
Lion Jack Fitts. chairman of
(he Finance Committee, gave
all the Lions Ihe good news that
light bulbs are on the way. so
sel in the dark and wait until
they get here. Also Donkey
Ball was discussed-don'l know
whether donkey football, base-
ball. basketball or Softball.
Lion Ike Daniels is the
authority on donkeys so maybe
he can tell us which it will be.
Lion President Billy Watson,
after having his tie adjusted by
Lion Raymid Cooper,
announced that on the first
The Volunteer View
By.. Ms. Donna Sherman
Assistant Coordinator of Volunteer Services
Rusk State Hospital
P.O. Box :iik
6KH-54XI ext. 451
L'Kuen i
"silence.
Here is Rc
Ivy geranium has sped across the front end of the yard,
strangling the dandelion and rose alike. Flowering now in
pink and white and almost red. it hides its tenacles. Still, you
know that inch by inch underground and just above, it slowly
moves to capture this whole block. I doubt the hedge will
l offer much resistance. The ivy is an idea that has found its
time April into June. Three months should be enough to see it
(do its final battle. One last-out offensive and every foot of
ground will be geranium, made so in silence...no evidence of
) proper plán.
So much is done in silence. So much is accomplished
without a word. I read sijence like a Bible, attend it like a
reference book...
Silence is the science of the times that stay. And yet we use
whole paragraphys to say what saying nothing could have
spoken better.
Do you know what microfiche is? A single 24-squarc inch
fiche contains the same amount of information normally recorded
on 288 square feet of paper.
Tuesday of October the new
Speaker of the House of
Representatives for the State
of Texas will speak at a joint
meeting of all service clubs. So
we will be looking forward to
this very important get
together.
Lion President Billy intro-
duced former Lion Jim
Pennington as our speaker.
Mr. Pennington is well known
for his interest in Motor Cross,
and through him and others the
Lions are about to start
construction of a track. The
papers are being drawn up now
and thf> location will be
announced in the very near
future. Mr. Pennington stated
that the main object of having
these races is to educate the
persons involved to take care
of themselves first and then to
take care of their bike.
One youth complained that
his bike w obbled at the speed of
65 miles per hour. It was found
that the spokes were loose and
this was the cause. Also when
brakes are not adjusted just
right it will throw your bike
into a slide sometimes.
Motor Cross comes from
what used lo be called Motor
Scrambles. More has been
added, water crosses, more
jumps etc. There seems to be a
lot of work ahead for the Lions
to make Ihis thing successful.
There will be different class
races, according to age.
experience, trophies etc. Dif-
ferent tracks have different
ways of starting-one using a
gate and others use a rubber
band. Lots of personnel will be
needed lo operate said track-
two men on the gate, one man
to start, one man at the first
I urn. two men lo take up
spectators fees, two men to
sign up riders, two scorers in
the tower, one announcer,
I'lagers for the dangerous
places and one flager at the
finish gate, which is usually the
starter. So Motor Cross is comg
to Rusk. We appreciate the
help that Mr. Pennington Is.
giving us on this project and
know that it will be a big
success.
Husband-to-wife-during ar-
gument: "Don'l act like a
fool!" Wife: "Huh! Do you
want a monopoly on every-
Ihing'.'"
See you Thursday Noon New
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Lone Oak Baptist Church
Rev. C. C. Potter
Rusk
Salem Missionary Baptist
Rev. Billy Conway
Rusk
Memorial Missionary Baptist Church
Rev. A. D. Munsinger
Rusk
Seventh-Day Adventist
Rev. Theodore Zuell
Rusk
Rocky Springs Baptist Church
Rev. Kenneth Southwell
Dialville
First Baptist Church
Rev. C. L. Garrett
Ponto
Ponta Church of Christ
Circuit Pastor
Ponta
Gallatin Church of Christ
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Gallatin
Reklaw Baptist
Rev. Mike Drinkard
Reklaw
Gallatin Missionary Baptist Church
Rev. Randy Penney
Gallatin
Mt. Hope Baptist Church
Walter Stokes
Maydelle
Holleymans Chape1 optist Church
Rev. Lloyd Stewart
Maydelle
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Rev. M. T. Blackmon
Maydelle
First Baptist Church
Rev. James C. Blaylock
Maydelle
Maydelle Assembly of God Church
Rev. Charles Dempsey
Maydelle
East Side Baptist Church
Rev. W. U. Vansickle
Rusk
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Vicar Rev. J. L. Jackson
Rusk
Church of Christ
Don Kleppe
Rusk
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Rev. Ed Barry Jr.
Rusk
Assembly of God Church
Rev. L. D. Sellers
Rusk
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Rev. C. F. (Skip) Fulton
Rusk
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Rusk
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Rusk
Calvary Baptist Church
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Rusk
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Rusk
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Rusk
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Rusk
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Rusk
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Maydelle
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Rusk
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West Union Baptist Church
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Rusk
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Rusk
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The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1974, newspaper, September 19, 1974; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151088/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.