The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1977 Page: 1 of 14
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The Cherokeean
Texas' oldest weekly newspaper, established as the Cherokee Sentinel Feb. 27, 1 850
Vol. 128
Number 12
Rusk, Texas, Thursday, May 1 2, 1 977
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For Paving Subdivision
Over 700 Letters Sent (Put
Some people might think the ninth annual Regional Arts and Crafts Show is a long way off but these workers can
attest to the fact that it's actually right around the corner. Letters are sent out notifying 700 former Arts and
Crafts participants in distant cities about the October fair and the need for sending in their applications as soon as
possible. Pictured are, from left, Carolyn Leiber, Mary Moore, Julia Gossett, Chamber President Frank
Summers and David Long. staff photo
Town Meeting Looms Larger
Approximately 35 Rusk
citizens gathered at the
courthouse Friday evening
to begin making plans for
Town Meeting '77 targeted
for Saturday, June 4th at
the First Methodist Church
in Rusk.
Mrs. Cathy Marsh and
Miss Ellen Key from the
Institute of Cultural Affairs
in Athens were on hand at
the meeting chaired by
Travis McCain to discuss
the reasons for a Town
Meeting in Rusk. The wo-
men noted that the citizen-
ry get-together was a way
to get the citizens involved
in the future of the town
and not leave it up to the
same people who generally
take the responsibility.
"You get the ideals,
dreams and visions of each
individual and discuss is-
sues to be dealt with in the
town," said Miss Key. She
noted that anyone that
wanted to attend the giant
meeting could do so and
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that it would be held from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday,
June 4th. Four workshops
would be set'up from the
citizenry attending and
each workshop would
breakdown into teams to
work on specific issues that
arise and write a statement
as to the solution of each
problem.
"It's like crabgrass. You
get the top of it but it comes
back. You must get to the
root of it before it goes
away...the same with pro-
blems," she noted.
The women suggested
that the high school band,
choir or other such enter-
tainment could be arran-
ged for the luncheon period
and food could be brought
in by church women or
other such groups.
In the afternoon sessions,
the workshops could return
to the morning's issues
afresh to work out propo-
sals statements as to the
city's future and solutions
to problems. One group
would be in charge of wri-
ting the city's history; ano-
ther would design a symbol
representing Rusk; while
another would write a song
that would represent the
city.
Everything worked on at
the meeting could be writ-
+ See TOWN, Pg. 14
Stalling ' Request Debated
By Commissioners Monday
Cherokee County com-
missioners turned down a
request from Sheriff Danny
Stallings for more cars
during their regular ses-
sion Monday.
Stallings appeared be-
fore the court to suggest
that two rented cars could
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Like the swallows return
to Capistrano, in East
Texas certain seasons can
be judged by relevance to
nature. June, for instance,
has to be just around the
corner! How come? The
almost overnight influx of
flying insects, known as
"June bugs," say so, that's
how come!
Nature and science are
often seen through the eyes
of children in a marvelous
way. Sometimes adults are
confused when it comes to
a discussion of atom split-
ting. But kids know. Like
this explanation, "When
they broke open molecules
they found they were only
stuffed with atoms. But
when they broke open
atoms, they found them
stuffed with explosions."
Isn't that beautifully sim-
ple? And, "Atoms are what
hold everything together.
Atoms are a small but
Important occuptlon."
Atonta, hunt* on to your
hatat There's mor . "The
hotter anything gets, the
faster the atoms and mole-
cules in it move. Like if a
person sits on something
hot, his molecules tell him
to get up quick!"
One bright kid, but a
hard-to-wake-up kid, has
proposed a new device for
alarm clocks. Instead of
bells, wire it for attach-
ment to the body, setting it
to give the sleeper a slight
shock at the appointed get-
up hour! That would more
than likely get through to
the molecules! And get
action.
Everything is downhill
for school students at this
point in May. Graduation
May 26. Baseball action
continues in a winning way
for the Rusk Eagles. Vaca-
tion for some, summer
school for others. Busy,
busy.
Like the youngster who
Inspected a drop of pond
water under a microscope
and said, "Once I saw some
germs scrooched together
In this drop of water. Pond
4 See If AltorT, Pg 14
serve the Sheriff's Office
just as well as new cars. He
met with opposition from
Commissioner Terry Per-
kins of Ponta who noted
that he "was not in favor of
buying anymore cars or
hiring anymore personnel
at this time."
Perkins said, "I'm for
him but I'm not for giving
him a blank check and
giving him everything he
wants. We've gotten more
law enforcement than any
other time in the county's
history. About 50 law en-
forcement officers showed
up in a short time in New
Summerfield when they
needed them."
Judge Orvan Jones
stated that he didn't feel
the Sheriff was pushing for
personnel but did need the
cars. Commissioner Joe
Henderson of Jacksonville
said the Sheriff needed the
cars to go to and from the
East Texas Police Acad-
emy in Kilgore and to pick
up prisoners in distant cit-
ies as well as be used for
surveillance work.
Commissioner Toby Sar-
tain suggested the deputies
could avoid tying up a
county car by utilizing
their own and being paid
the mileage to Kilgore and
back. Several commission-
ers felt this might be a good
alternative.
Perkins said, "He's (the
Sheriff) calling on the con-
stables every night and the
sheriff's reserve and I
+ See COUNTY, Pg. 14
Rusk State Court
Faces Problems
The Texas House Com-
mittee on Judicial Affairs
passed a bill sponsored by
Rep. Emmett H. White-
head of Rusk recently
which sets up a State Court
in Cherokee County.
Designed to assist in the
disposition of commitment
cases at Rusk State Hospi-
tul. House BUI 2160 may
face difficulty in the final
passage because of House
Unios The bill calls for the
state to pay over one-half of
the coat of the court, with
the county paying the re-
mainder
Rusk's City Council will
meet in called session at
7:30 p.m. May 31 in City
Hall to consider new bids
for paving.
The Council declined to
accept a bid for paving of
certain streets at its meet-
ing Tuesday night. The
refusal stemmed from ac-
tion at last month's meet-
ing when the Council
agreed to do the dirt work-
cutting down Hill Street off
U.S. Highway 69. Wisen-
baker, Fix and Associates,
city engineers, prepared
notices to bidders including
dirt work previously
agreed to, when Waymon
Daniels developer of For-
est Hills Addition, met with
them.
Daniels told the Council
in City Hall, "I agreed to do
my part of the work to
prepare the streets for
paving. I cannot do this
until you have cut down
Hill Street." He also
agreed to pay the costs of
paving for one property
owner who has declined to
pay the one-third share of
expense.
Councilmen conferred
with J. D. Norton, director
of utilities, who recalled
that the City had agreed to
do the work, and that he
could do it in approxi-
mately one week, weather
and other factors permit-
ting.
The council voted to re-
submit a notice to bidders
excluding dirt work on Hill
Street. Areas designated
for paving are Hill Street,
Forest Hills Addition, Chin-
quapin and streets in the
near completed housing
project.
Bids were submitted by
Simon Traylor in the
amount of $54,060.80 and
Wilcox Construction, Inc.
for $69.068.
Mayor Morris W. Hassell
presided at the meeting
with all councilmen pre-
sent. They voted to adver-
tise for bids to purchase
gasoline on a monthly ba-
sis. The city is now paying
46.7 cents per gallon. It'was
noted that the city ha-, no'
been filing for its refund e.
the state tax for gasoline
which amounts to nine
cents per gallon. The may-
or instructed Mrs. Nancy
Florian, city secretary, to
get this filed. The council
voted to seek bids in order
to pass the business
around.
Bob Cowan representing
International Paper Co.
was introduced by Leah-
mon Hassell to the council.
Cowan discussed the pur-
chase of timber on land
owned by the City on FM
Road 343. He explained his
company's position regard-
ing the marking of trees, as
long as his company had
first refusal to buy. The
mayor pointed out that a
governmental agency,
such as a City, must accept
the low bid. No action was
taken.
The council was inform-
ed by the mayor that an old
Rusk Housing Authority,
from some seven or eight
years ago, had been
+ See COUNCIL, Pg. 14
Arts, Crafts Information
Sent Out to Exhibitors
The ninth annual East
Texas Regional Arts and
Crafts Fair will be held in
Rusk Saturday and Sun-
day, Oct. 1-2, with exhibi-
tors to attend from all
points in Texas.
The event is sponsored
by the Rusk Chamber of
Commerce's Tourism Divi-
sion and is dedicated to the
discovery of the best artists
and craftsmen in the East
Texas area. The fair provi-
des an opportunity for
these special artists and
craftsmen to show and sell
their work in the atmos-
phere of an old-fashioned
country fair.
Mike Crysup, Tourism
Division chairman, told a
gathering of chamber
members at noon Monday
that over 700 applications
had been sent to various
exhibitors. Crysup said
that a "jurying" process
would be used to select
approximately 120 or 130
exhibitors at the fair. He
noted this was an increase
over the 70 exhibitors sho-
wing their wares last year.
The Selection Commit-
tee, which is made up of
out-of-town artisans, will
select the best arts and
crafts exhibits sent in the
fall within the following
categories: Painting-in-
cludes watercolors, oil and
acrylics; Graphies-pencil,
pastel, photographs, etc;
Sculpture; Jewelry-inclu-
des lapidary; Pottery-in-
cludes china painting; Fi-
ber-includes needlework,
macrame and weaving;
Woodwork; and Miscella-
neous-all others not fitting
the above.
All applications must be
mailed into the Rusk
Chamber of Commerce's
office by July 1. Exhibitors
chosen to participate will
be notified by mail and
should receive notification
by Aug. 1.
In order for the Selection
Committee to choose the
best exhibitors beforehand,
all prospective exhibitors
will be required to send in a
maximum of three good
quality color slides repre-
sentative of the artist's or
craftsman's skill. Each
slide should have the exhi-
bitor's name and category
on it.
Site work for the arts and
crafts fair at the National
Guard Armory has been
going on for several weeks,
according to Mary Bu-
chanan, chamber interim
parttime manager. Wayne
Townsend has been instru-
mental in clearing land
with his earth-moving
equipment which, when
cleared, will be utilized as
expanded parking space
near the New Birmingham
Golf Course. More booth
•f See A-C FAIR, Pg. 6
Choir Concert Tonight
Rusk High School Choir
will present their Spring
Concert tonight at 8 p.m. in
the Civic Theatre under the
direction of Mrs. Gloria
Dotson.
Forty-five students will
participate in the program.
Solos will be presented by
Lisa Felder, Craig Ander-
son, Nancy Poole and Lu
Ann Slover.
Speciality numbers by
Cindy Ocker and Lu Anne
Alexander and Mike Mur-
ay and Lisa Felder will also
be featured. The Triple
Trio and Harmony will per-
form a special number.
The concert at sacred.
popular and speciality
numbers will feature the
voices of the performing
choir, beginning choir and
combined choir. Linda Li-
vely will serve as accom-
panist.
Adir ission to the function
is $1 and tickets may be
the ém*
Rules Committee Chair-
man Charles Evans said it
could not be placed on the
Local Consent Calendar
which would have eased
passage. Instead it must be
placed on the General State •
Calendar, already over-
crowded with bills as the
session draws to a close.
"1 haven't given up hope
yet," Rep Whitehead said,
"I think this bill deserves
consideration. The Chero-
kee County commissioners
court and the County Bar
Association have both en-
dorsed the court."
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Spring Concert Solointn
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The Itusk High School Choir will present Its Spring Concert at H o'clock tonight In the Civic Theatre. Hie soloists
are seated, from left, Linda Lively, Craig Anderson and Nancy Poole, second row. LuAnne Slover. l.uAnn
Alexander, Cindy ticker. Mike Murray and Lisa Felder staff photo
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