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PAGE TEN-THE CHEROKEEAN OF RUSK, TEXAS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, i 75
Eagles Open Season
With Game in Tyler
Resolution Passes,
Gets Committee Approval
Electric Cooperative
Gets Loan Approval
The Rusk High School
Baseball Team will open
their 1975 season Saturday >
with a double-header
beginning at l p.m. at T.K.
Gorman School in Tyler,
Coach Rick Largent
announced the ball club's
schedule for the season in a
release this week. The
Rusk Eagles will be
competing in District 8AA
with Fairfield, Madison-
ville, Groesbeck and West-
wood for the district
championship.
Schedule for the month of
March includes Diboll, 4
p.m., there, Mon., Mar. 3;
Grapeland, 4 p.m. there,
Thurs., Mar.6; Diboll, 4
p.m. here; Tues., Mar. 11;
Entries Accepted
Now For Contest
Cushing, 4 p.m. there,
Thurs., Mar. 13; White-
house, 4 p.m. there, Mon.,
Mar. 17; Whitehouse, 4
p.m. here, Thurs., Mar. 20;
Grapeland, 4 p.m. here,
Mon., Mar. 24 and Thurs.,
Fri. and Sat., Mar. 27-29,
Rusk Baseball Tourna-
ment.
District competition will
begin Sat., Apr. 5 when
Rusk travels to Fairfield.
The first district home
game will be at 4 p.m., Apr.
10 when the Eagles host
Madison ville.
AUSTIN -The Texas
House Committee on Judi-
cial Affairs gave its
approval Wednesday, Feb.
19, to a resolution asking
the U.S. Congress to submit
to the American people a
constitutional amendment
which would require
federal judges to be elected
instead of appointed for
life.
H.C.R. 11, sponsored by
Rep. Emmett H. White-
head of Rusk, was given a
favorable recommendation
by the committee on a 6-1
Entries are now being
accepted for the Clown
Contest slated here at 10
a.m. Saturday, Mar. 15 in
the 4-H Council Room of the
Courthouse in Rusk.
The contest is open to all
ages in five divisions
including pre-school, ele-
mentary, junior high, high
school and adult. "Cash
prizes will be awarded
winners in each division,"
says Charles Warren,
Clown Contest committee
chairman.
The contest is sponsored
by the Special Acitivites
Committee of the Rusk
Chamber of Commerce as
a promotion event for the
Carson and Barnes Circus
slated here Monday, Mar.
23.
Entry blanks are avail-
able by contacting Warren
at the State Farm Insur-
ance Office on North Main
Street, next door to The
Cherokeean office, or the
Rusk Chamber of Com-
merce office,
"We urge support of this
fun-filled contest and hope
for a large number of
entries," he says. Judges
will be from the Drama
Department at Lon Morris
College in Jacksonville.
The only rules for the
contest are that all cos-
tumes be homemade, with
the exception of any
accessories desired.
A poster contest, among
students of Rusk Elemen-
tary School, will also be
held during the Clown
Contest. Deadline for sub-
mitting posters to Mrs
Frank Morgan at the
school is Monday, Mar. 10.
Prizes of $5, $3 and $2 will
be presented to the three
winning posters.
"The public is invited to
atttend or enter the Clown
Contest at no charge," says
Warren.
Credit bureau
M eelitif! Set
The Retaii and Trade
Committee of The Rusk
Chamber of Commerce will
sponsor a seminar at 5:15
p.m. Thursday in the
Community Room at Citi-
zen State Bank, according
to Joe Ray Ocker, commit-
tee chairman.
"Purpose of the meeting
is to outline services of the
Jacksonville-Rusk Credit
Bureau to our Rusk
merchants and business-
men," says Ocker.
Mrs. Margaret Cavazos,
vice president of the
bureau, will meet with the
group
"We invite all interested
merchants to attend," says
the chairman.
Salary Committee
To Air Grievances
SPECIAL
POR WKKK OF
MARCH 3 THRU 7
COMPLETE
FAUCET REPAIRS
This include* replacement of
Washers, "O" rings and
grind valve seuts.
PARKER
PLUMRING
COMPANY
PHONE DAY 68S-4237
NIGHT 683-5598
The Cherokee County
Salary Grievance Com-
mittee will meet at 9 a.m.
Monday, March 3 to
consider requests for
salary increases submitted
by elected county and
precinct officers.
The committee is com-
posed of six county officials
and three citizens, named
from the Cherokee County
Grand Jury List.
A vote of six members
will require a salary
increase to be considered
Obituary
C.R. Jennings
Funeral services for
Clarence Ray Jennings,
age 63, of Dialviile were
held at 4 p.m. Thursday in
the Thompson Funeral
Home Chapel in Jackson-
ville.
Mr. Jennings passed
away Feb. 19 in a
Jacksonville hospital. Rev.
Grover C. Talbert and Rev.
Kenneth Southwell offic-
iated for the final rites with
interment in the Provi-
dence Cemetery under the
direction of Thompson
Funeral Home.
Mr.Jennings was born
May 1,1911 and had lived in
Dialviile all of his life. He
was a retired iron ore
contractor and a veteran of
World War II, serving in
the Navy Seabees. He was
a member of the Masonic
Lodge Number 108 and
American Legion Number
59.
Survivors include his
widow, Mrs. Ruth Jennings
of Dialviile; a brother, Joe
Jennings of Lake Jack-
sonville; four sisters, Mrs.
Brooks Harris, Mrs. Cora
Davis and Mrs. Cleva
Morehead of Jacksonville
and Mrs. May Briscoe of
Fort Worth and several
nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Regi-
nald Harris, Billy More-
head, Orland Glass,
Johnny Guinn, Bobby Bow-
ling, James Paul Cum-
mings, John Hamilton Sr.
and John Hamilton Jr.
Honorary pallbearers were
Jack Moore, Lee Ragsdale,
Vernon Hartón, W.J.
Moore, John Wiley Thoma-
son, Joe Terrell, Lloyd
Pipes and members of the
Masonic Lodge and
veterans.
'Live A little'
SPECIAL
LOueen
Dairy Queen Is
Everybody's Everything!
Bring The Family To Dairy Queen
"Your Number 1 Fun Stop'
Food for the Far
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by County Commissioners
at the next meeting. A vote
of all nine committee
members will finalize a
raise for the group. County
Judge Orvan B. Jones is
chairman of the Grie-
vance Committee.
Officials who formally
requested the hearing
include Charles R. Hol-
comb, county attorney;
John B. Slover, sheriff;
Mrs. Mildred Fulton,
county clerk; Mrs. Lucille
Seale, county treasurer;
Mrs. Linda Beard, tax
assessor-collector; Mrs.
Mavis Parrott, district
clerk; Abner Webb, Mrs.
Brenda Dillingham,
George R. Wood, H.B.
Underwood, E.L. Lewis,
C.L. England, justices of
the peace; H.H. Watson,
Albert W. Wilson, Lewis J.
Lane, Coy L. Dickson, W.T.
Burke, and Roger D.
chandler, constables.
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from Page 1
Officials said the City
Park and railroad terminal
location had been carefully
considered in the planning
of the highway and that the
proposed location of the
partial loop should comple-
ment the park facility.
STATEMENT OF
NONDISCRIMINATION
"Houston County Elec-
tric Cooperative, Inc. of 206
South Sixth Street, Croc-
kett, Texas, has filed with
the Federal Government a
Compliance Assurance in
which it assures the Rural
Electrification Administra-
tion that it will comply fully
with all requirements of
Title VI of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 and the Rules
and Regulations of the
Department of Agriculture
issued thereunder, to the
end that no person in the
United States shall, on the
ground of race, color or
national origin, be exclud-
ed from participation in, be
denied the benefits of, or be
otherwise subjected to
discrimination in the con-
duct of its program and the
operation of its facilities.
Under this Assurance, this
organization is committed
not to discriminate against
any person on the ground of
race, color or national
origin in its policies and
practices relating to treat-
ment of beneficiaries and
participants including
rates, conditions and exten-
sion of service, use of any
of its facilities, attendance
at and participation in any
meetings of beneficiaries
and participants or the
exercise of any rights of
such beneficiaries and
participants in the conduct
of the operations of this
organization."
"Any person who be-
lieves himself, or any
specific class of indivi-
duals, to be subjected by
this organization to dis-
crimination prohibited by
Title VI of the Act and the
Rules and Regulations
issued thereunder may by
himself or a representa-
tive, file with the Sec-
retary of Agriculture,
Washington, D.C. 20250, or
the Rural Electrification
Administration, Washing-
ton, D.C. 20250, or this
organization, or all, a
written complaint. Such
complaint must be filed not
later than 90 days after the
alleged discrimination, or
by such later date to which
the Secretary of Agricul-
ture or the Rural Electri-
fication Administration ex-
tends the time for filing.
Indentity of Complainants
will be kept confidential
except to the extent
necessary to carry out the
purposes of the Rules and
Regulations."
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vote with two present and
not voting.
The resolution, which
would have federal judges
elected by the voters of the
district they serve for six
year terms, will be sent to
the full Texas House of
Representatives with a
recommendation that it
pass.
Speaking on behalf of his
resolution, Rep. Whitehead
stated his feeling that if
federal judges are going to
become involved in the
making of law instead of
the interpretation of law,
they should face the people
at the ballot box.
Rep. Whitehead also
presented to the committee
a letter supporting the
resolution from District
Judge Ed Gossett of the
Dallas County Criminal
District Court No. 3. Judge
Gossett was chairman of a
special study committee on
federal courts of the Texas
State Bar Association.
Also speaking on behalf
of H.C.R. 11 was one of the
resolution's co-sponsors,
Rep. Forrest Green of
Corsica na.
Committee members
voting for the resolution
were Reps. Tim Von
Dohlen of Goliad, Bill
Heatly of Paducah, Bill
Hollowell of Grand Saline,
Perry Tanner of Livings-
ton, Bill Clark of Tyler and
Charles Evans of Arling-
ton.
Rep. Ronald Earle of
Austin voted against the
resolution with Reps. Gene
Jones of Houston and
David Stubbman of Abilene
present but not voting.
Kiwanis
Kapers
By Allen Holley
Gene Kelley, chairman
of the Rusk City Park
Board, was the guest
speaker at the Tuesday
noon meeting of the Rusk
Kiwanis Club.
Kelley outlined plans for
the Rusk City Park and
showed pictures of com-
pleted buildings at the site.
He explained that the park
should be available for use
by the summer months.
Twenty-two persons at-
tended the meeting in the
Pineview Restaurant.
Guests included Tony Gar-
ner and Carey George of
the Rusk High School Key
Club; Frank Gardener and
Nick Bruno of Jacksonville
and Jim Ivy of Rusk.
Tom Goodman, song
leader, led the club in
singing and Mike Crysup
led the Pledge of Alleg-
iance. Tom Sartain offered
the prayer and eight
indicated they had attend-
ed church services the
previous Sunday.
A report was given
concerning the recent chili
supper and basketball
game.
The next meeting of the
club will be noon, Tuesday,
March 4 at the Pineview
Restaurant.
Sorority Names
New Sweetheart
Mrs. Jeannette Ogletree
was crowned 1975 Valen-
tine Sweetheart for Alpha
Alpha Gamma Chapter of
Beta Sigma Phi at the
Valentine Banquet Satur-
day, Feb. 22 in the
Fellowship Hall of First
Baptist Church. Mrs. Mary
Byers, 1974 Valentine
Sweetheart, crowned the
new honoree.
Special guests at the
covered dish dinner were
"The Gospel Five," a
singing group from Salem
Baptist Church.
The traditional red and
white motif depicting Val-
entine's Day was used in
the decorations. After
dinner games of "42" and
ping pong were enjoyed.
Secret sister gifts were
exchanged.
Special guests attending
were Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Helm, Mr. and Mrs.
Tommy Mabry, Mr. and
Mrs. Donnie Wilcox, Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Alex-
ander, Mr. and Mrs.
Hubert Loden and Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Alexander.
Members and their hus-
bands attending were Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Baggett Jr.,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cowan,
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hood,
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Long,
Wegi's World
Math
Fascinating World of Work
Winona ABE Class
Science-Morgan Phillips
ADULT CONTINUING EDUCATION
CABLE T.V. SYSTEM
T.V. SCHEDULE
MONDAY, March 3, 1975
9-10 a.m.
10-11 a.m.
11-12a.m.
3-4 p.m.
6-8 p.m.
TUESDAY, March 4, 1975
9-10 a.m. Wegi's World
10-11 a.m. English
11-12 a.m. Fascinating World of Truck Driving
3-4 p.m. Shady Grove ABE Class
6-8 p.m. Social Studies-Danny Berry
WEDNESDAY, March 5, 1975
9-10 a.m. Wegi's World
10-11 a.m. Science
11-12 a. m. Fascinating World of Nursing
Center ABE Class
Math-Ernestine Gay
3-4 p.m.
6-8 p.m.
THURSDAY, March 6, 1975
9-10 a.m. Wegi's World
10-11 a.m. History
11-12 a.m. How To Get That Job
3-4 p.m. New Salem ABE Class
6-8 p.m. English-Geraldine Struhall
FRIDAY, March 7, 1975
9-10 a.m. Wegi's World
10-11 a.m. Film
U-l2a.m. The Job Interview
3-4 p.m. Mt Haven ABE Class
6-8 p.m. Consumer Education
Loan funds in the amount
of $1,250,000 have been
supplied to the Cherokee
County Electric Cooper-
ative Association "to take
care of the cooperative's
needs for one year," said
Fred Buchanan, associ-
ation president.
The Rural Electrification
Administration of Wash-
ington, D.C. has approved
a loan to the cooperative in
the amount of $875,000 at
five per cent interest.
Another $375,000 loan will
be supplied to the Cherokee
County association at 10
per cent interest.
"Hie loans will be used to
connect 1,100 new consum-
er members and to build 52
miles of line plus various
systems improvements
throughout our service
area," Buchanan said.
"Distribution line along
with associated transform-
ers, meters and line
sectionalizing equipment
will be included in the
improvments."
Six miles of the new line
will be underground, ac-
cording to Buchanan, but
"will provide no adverse
effect on the environ-
ment."
Visiting Choir
To Present
Concert Monday
The 80-member Brazos-
wood High School Choir
will be presented in concert
at 7:30 Mon., Mar. 3 in the
First Baptist Church of
Rusk.
The choir is directed by
John Magee and the
program is to be light and
varied.
The concert is sponsored
by the Rusk High School
Choir and area churches
and is open free to the
public.
"Everyone is invited to
attend and hear this fine
choir," says Mrs. Gloria
Dotson, director of the
RHS choir.
The Cherokee County
Electric Cooperative Asso-
ciation serves almost 8,500
consumers in Rusk, Chero-
okee, Smith and Nacogdo-
ches counties with nearly
1,750 miles of line.
The national REA loan
was reported locally Mon-
day by Senators Lloyd
Bentsen, John Tower and
Congressman Wright Pat-
man.
Rehearsals
Underway
Rehearsals are under-
way for the Cherokee Civic
Theatre's production of
"The Wild And Wooly
West," by Paul Loomis, a
Samuel French play.
The blood-and-thunder
western meller-drama in
three acts will be presented
Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights, Apr. 17-19
in the Rusk Junior High
School Auditorium.
The thrilling tale of the
far West wherin villainy
perishes and virtue meets
its own reward will be
directed by Mrs. W.W.
McVicker.
Casting for the play
includes: Mrs. Lisa Penn
as Rosemary Lane, the
young heroine; Charles
Warren as Effingham
Leffingwell, the villain;
Ron Thrash as Gladwyn
Throckmorton, foreman at
the Bar None Ranch; Mrs.
Rosemary Bowman as
Althea Quinn, heiress to the
Bar None Ranch.
Also, Mrs. Barbara
Whiteman as Silver Bill, an
Indian maiden; Mrs. Mar-
tha Peloquin as Thalia
Snead, housekeeper at the
ranch; Mrs. Mary Ann
Patterson as Eagle Annie,
the Sheriff of Ruckus
County; Jim Harper as
Slim Tobin, a cowboy ; Mrs.
Janis Christopher as Ma
Jenkins, a mountain wo-
man and Dr. Jim Hunter as
Baldy Ferguson, an elderly
cowboy.
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Mr. and Mrs. Dan McNair,
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wil-
laims, Mr. and Mrs.
Tommy Jones, Mr. and
Mrs. Lacey Wilcox, Mrs.
Ray Berryhill, Mrs. Lewie
Byers, Mrs. Lem Derring-
ton, Mrs. Kenneth Irwin,
Mrs. Jerry Don Norton,
Mrs. Charles Jones, Mrs.
Robert Musgraves and
Mrs. Jeannette Ogletree.
P-W Chairman
Stone Replaced
Governor Dolph Briscoe
appointed two six year
terms to the Texas Parks
and Wildlife Commission
Tuesday. One of those re-
appointed was Pierce John-
son, who was also named
chairman of the Commis-
sion by Governor Briscoe.
Johnson replaces Jack
Stone of Wells as Chair-
man. Stone has two years
left to serve as a member
of the Commission.
Rusk Folks
Judge and Mrs. J.W.
Summers will visit later
this week with their
children Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Tucker and chil-
dren.
economically less than
desirable, communities
such as ours, based on
solid, consistent payrolls,
are the best for riding the
tide.
On the subject of pay-
rolls, the next arrival of
checks for state employees
will reflect that salary
increase which became
effective Feb. 1. This total
amounts to approximately
$1 million annually in
Cherokee County, or close
to $100,000 per month.
Individually, the checks
may not appear that much
larger to the receiver, but
collectively, the total is a
sizable increase-in fact,
the equivalent of a new
industry in town. So, all of
this is to say, that we
mustn't allow ourselves to
feel too much distress for
the rest of the world's bad
news over economy. In
Rusk, we are probably
better off than many others
and this is a blessing
worthy of counting and
recounting.
Last year this time we
made significant change in
the nameplate for this
publication. We acknow-
ledged an error in The
Cherokeean's lineage, and
corrected the long held
contention that this news-
paper is descended from
the Rusk Pioneer. It is in
truth a descendant of the
Cherokee Sentinel, estab-
lished Feb. 27, 1850 and
with this edition's date
falling on that exact date
125 years ago, we wish for
you, our readers, a "happy
Discount
Deadline
Is Friday
Friday is the deadline for
all Scout Troops to claim a
$2 camp discount per Scout
wishing to attend summer
camp, according to an
announcement by Dr.
Charles Creed of Jackson-
ville, camp promotion
chairman.
"Summer camp reserva-
tions may still be made by
contacting me at my
Jacksonville office and
being prepared to deposit
$5 per Scout If the discount
is desired," says Dr.
Creed.
birthday." This is your
newspaper and it serves, or
tries to serve, all of its
patrons. Thus, with a
century and a quarter of
service as its record, The
Cherokeean shares a birth-
day salute with you who
make it all possible. Those
of us entrusted with its
publication each week
realize that we can be no
better, no bigger, no
greater in service thi.il
those we serve. Whatever
merit The Cherokeean
deserves belongs to those
who are served by it and
whose support is so
necessary. Our gratitude to
all of you is beyond
measure. It is a happy
birthday for us, and
perhaps a little more
significant this year be-
cause of the celebration of
our nation's 200th birthday.
And finally for medita-
tion and-or humor, these
borrowed thoughts: "It
isn't a bad thing to be a
dreamer, provided you are
awake when you dream."
"An executive is one who
makes an immediate deci-
sion and is sometimes
right." "Past experience
should be a guide post, not
a hitching post." "A tree is
something that will stand
by the side of the road for
fifty years and then
suddenly jump in front of a
woman driver."
Rusk Folks
Recent visitors in the
home of the Rev. and Mrs.
Mouzon Fletcher were
their granddaughter,
Heather Caroline Hatfield
of Houston, Mrs. Frank
Taylor of Longview and
Mrs. Margret Wilson of
Edmonton, Alberta, Can-
ada.
The Rev. and Mrs.
Mouzon Fletcher were in
Dallas Monday where he
conducted funeral services
for his nephew, John Beal
Fletcher of Odessa. The
services were held at 11
a.m. in the Little Church in
the Wildwood, Restland
Memorial Park.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny C.
Patterson, Britt and Glen
attended a birthday party
in Palestine Saturday for
their niece and cousin,
Misty Lee Patterson. Misty
celebrated her first birth-
day and Is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Patterson of Palestine.
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