The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1977 Page: 2 of 14
fourteen pages : illus. ; page 23 x 15 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Missing the Boat
Is. Rusk missing the boat on a
very good public relations and
economic booster?
What's missing is something
Jacksonville, Nacogdoches,
Sexton City, Longview, Kilgore,
Canton and many other Texas
cities have in common...a Trades
Day.
Canton's first Monday trades
day extravaganza has been
pé&écted so well that thousands
of Texans and out-of-state tourists
visit the little town outside Dallas
each month and spend an
unbelieveable amount of money.
This is one writer who spent five
pt sue hours walking among the
curios and food booths at Canton
and stifl didn't see but half the
izares on sale! The City of Canton
sponsors the show each month
and is paid anywhere from $6 to
$21 depending on the type of
merchandise and the number of
days il is to be sold-one or four.
fhere?venue from such a trades
day must be fantastic for a city
tkié size of Canton (pop. 2,600).
Just think if Rusk held such an
event each month.
Of course, Rusk has its annual
Regional Arts & Crafts Fair but
that's only one weekend of one
month. What would it be like to
have 12 such events in a year's
time minus the juried system and
allow amateur and professional
alts and crafts dealers to show
and sell their wares in Rusk.
This is not to take away from
the annual A&C event which has
become a prestigious event for
quality craftsmen. The show is
good for Rusk and boosts the
town's, economy that one
weekend.
Rusk has a ready-made market
with the ever-expanding Texas
State Railroad at its doorstep
drawing visitors from near and
far. The Rusk City Park also has a
multitude of individual and group
trailer enthusiasts camping in its
facilities. So why not take
advantage of a situation that has
been given to us on a silver
platter?
There are several streets and
alleys downtown that could be
closed off to traffic each month to
allow tradesmen to hawk their
wares. There are also two parking
lots and an open field off the
square. Local merchants would
benefit as people would be drawn
downtown.
Why not have special shows set
aside each month-one month for
guns, another for coins, another
for viewing antique cars and so
on? The alley behind the J. B.
White store is perfect for an Alley
Sale Day as are several others
downtown.
These ideas aren't new as many
people have kicked the ideas
around on the street corners of
Rusk and during their coffee
breaks. So why not put the ideas
into action?
The revenue paid the city for
booth rentals; visitors coming to
Rusk to spend their money; local
organizations making money off
food booths; and the prestigious
drawing card of such a monthly
event would make a Trades Day
worthwhile to look into.
Afterall, thar's money in them
thar hills for Rusk to rake in to
City Hall with an end result of
lowering taxes and into individual
businessmen's pockets...if only
they'll go after it...otherwise
Jacksonville may reap the biggest
profits from the TSR and Rusk
City Park. mdk
Jedithan Poe Info Sought
Carolyn Erlcson
MI4 Kedbnd Street
Nacogdoches. Texas 73!H I
Seeking information of
Jedithan Poe, b. ca 1780
Amherst Co., Virginia. He
lived in Franklin Co., Tenn.
in 1820. In 1830 he was in
Shelby Co., Illinois. His
first wife was named
Elizabeth—, who died in
1835 in Shelby Co.. Illinois.
He married 2nd Mary
Ann . He came to
Nacogdoches, Texas in
1838. Jedithan Poe died
after 1854. Where was he
buried? I need the maiden
names of both of his wives.
Any help on this family will
be appreciated
Stephen Mayfield, 3978
Riviera Drive, Slidell, La.
70458.
Who was the wife of
Nathaniel Alexander of
Smith Co., Texas who died
in 1853? I need help on this
family.
Mrs. Marion Maloney,
32504 N. Walnut Grove
Ave., Rosemead, Calif.
W7T0.
James J. Segar was
Usted as a merchant at the
1MD Panola Co., Texas
con sus, post office
Carthage, wife Louisa,
both born Georgia, and
children: Mary 18, a music
teacher, Jamea, age 17,
clerk In Co. office; Fannie,
14; Milton, 12; Sophrona. 9;
Byron, 8; Solon. •; Vernon,
; all born
known aa Jeremiah J.
tJerry! Segar in Ruaaell
O .. Ala where he was one
of the earliest settlers of
Crawford abou' 1836. The
estate administration of his
father John Seegar
indicated Jeremiah J. was
in Panola Co., then in
Claiborne Parish, La. in
1864. I would like very
much to contact
descendants of this family.
Any family data will be
appreciated. James J.
(Jeremiah) Segar is the
brother of my great-
grandfather Samuel
Seegar who is buried Creek
Stand, Mason Co.,
Alabama.
Mrs. DeLoyce F. Eaton,
2606 32nd Street, Lubbock,
Texas 79410.
Need information on
several people from the
Nacogdoches area. These
people are Green Kennedy
Cessna, Mrs. Nancy Reed
Shaw Cessna, Dr. Simmons
Sutherland Hopkins, Mrs.
Maria Louisa Cessna
Hopkins. My great
grandfather. Dr. Simmons
Sutherland Hopkins, (born
Raleigh, N.C. 1820) had two
wives. The first wife was
Harriet Matilda Durst,
(born 29 July 1838 at Mt.
Seeking information on
the Parish family. My
grandfather David Parish
came to Texas from
Tennessee. He lived in
Nacogdoches near Woden.
He married a Jones the
first time. He had 2 sons
and 2 daughters by the 1st
wife. His second wife was
Louisa Head. She had two
daughters and 1 son by her
first husband. She married
David Parish and they
raised the third family. My
dad was the oldest child of
this union: Ed C. Parish.
There were 4 boys and 3
girls born to this union.
NOTE: David Parish Jr.
was born 15 October 1829 in
Virginia and died 16 May
1906 and was buried in
Fairview Cemetery. He
was the son of David &
Margaret Parish. Any help
on this family will be
appreciated.
Mrs. Ellen Cheever, Rt.
5, Box 40X, Lufkin, Texas
75901.
Let us help you find your
Kissin' Kuzzins. Send in
your query today. There is
no charge.
TO
K
Texas
Twister
by Dan Kellum
from the
Lions Den
ByE.B. MusickJr.
Letters To The Welfare
Dept. "I want money as
quick as I can get it. I have
been in bed with the doctor
for two weeks and he
doesn't do me any good. If
things don't improve, I will
have to send for another
doctor."
Last Thursday Lion Ike
Daniel reported that the
Gold Team had secured
two new members and the
Blue Team none. Lion
Raymond Cooper reported
that the Gold Team had
secured four new members
and the Blue Team none.
We know that Lion
Raymond is more truthful
than Lion Ike so he must be
right. Lion President
Frank Howell says that we
will have two more at the
next meeting, so the old
Rusk Lions Club is perking
up
Our guest last Thursday
was former Lion John
Barton from Jacksonville.
Lion Cooper introduced
Lion George Futch from
Henderson who in turn
introduced our1 Lion
District Governor Farley
M. Bowers from Silsbee.
Gov. Bowers was formerly
from Plymouth, N.C. and
moved to Silsbee in 1954.
He said that being elected
District Governor gave
him a permit to practice
speaking. He gave a his-
tory of Lions International
which actually got started
in 1917 even though it is
said that the oldest Lions
Club in the world is in San
Antonio, Texas beginning
in 1915. The District Gover-
nors meet in Kerrville
twice a year so that they
can meet with the Direc-
tors of the Lions Crippled
Childrens Camp. This is
one of the finest accomp-
lishments in the world of
Lionism. Gov. Bowers said
that the President of Lions
International visited it this
past year and he just
couldn't believe what he
was seeing.
The Leo Clubs for the
youth are being pushed,
along with the youth
exchange program. Then
the Lioness Clubs are
asked to get their charters
from Lions International.
Lions International
Foundation is an
organization within
Lionism to furnish money
to countries or cities in an
emergency. They are
governed by their own
board of directors. Of
course sight conservation
is the project that the Lions
have been so proud of all of
these years. Now we are
getting into eye transplant
and donor cards can be
secured from Lions for
anyone that is interested.
Also there is a place on
the back of the new drivers
license donating your eyes
after death. Something new
Hearing Conservation-now
dogs trained to help in this
area. They are free for
those who need them and
we understand that fifteen
from Texas have applied.
For instance a young
mother cannot hear her
baby cry. The dog will
make her aware of it.
Somebody knocks on the
door and again the dog is
trained to let her know.
CARE is to build two
schools over seas this year
for those that cannot afford
to build their own.
As always membership
is being pushed. Last year
the Rusk Lions Club had 44
members now down to 40.
But will have six more
right away and that will
give us a total of 46. The
district would like to ad two
new clubs this year also.
Our District Governor
closed with the following:
The rector was called by
the Internal Revenue
Service about a $1,500.00
contribution claimed by a
parishioner. "Did he give
that amount?" asked the
investigator. The rector
hesitated, then replied,
"I'd rather not say just
now, but if you'll call back
tomorrow, I'm sure the
answer will be yes."
See You Thursday Noon
New Southern Motor Hotel.
Congratulations are in
order for the Rusk Eagles
who whipped the Madison-
ville Mustangs last Friday
35-26 to take the District
21-AA lead.
This is not to say the
Eagles have it wrapped up
because they don't unless
Palestine Westwood and
Teague forfeit their games
with the Eagles and, rest
assured, they won't. Last
year Teague pounded Rusk
and Westwood fought to a
tie.
Neither opponent is
going to let Rusk take the
District 21-AA title without
a fight. So-o-o, Rusk fans,
whether they be a parent of
a player or a resident of our
fair city, should be out in
force the next two games to
let the football players
know the town is behind
them.
A district champion has
been a long time in coming
and it just might be a while
before we see another one,
then again, there's sopho-
more running back, Ira
Atkins, No. 15, who has
rushed for 473 yards in two
games for an average of 7.4
yards per carry. AtkinS
might disagree and, by
golly, he probably has a
good point!
If you haven't read the
last two columns in the
previous weeks, you pro-
bably haven't been
acquainted with the Twis-
ter's rat problems.
Outsmarted, dumb-
founded and otherwise out-
maneuvered, the Twister
has called in the cavalry...
ye olde exterminator.
Seriously, Brutus, Rufus
(he's new and Brutus' bro-
ther) and Modene (it was
actually her younger sister
L
The Cherokeean
Oldfil IVrrk/y New\p*pei ttíibli%hvd A\ ihr Cherokee Sentinel, h'bru,ir\ ¿7 «<()
Entered as second class matter at the pout office in Rusk. Tex * 737*3
Published weekly on Thursday by K. H Whitehead Enterprises
•18 N. Main Street. Rusk, Texas. Phone Aliu/tium:
Subscription Hates Payable In \d\ani-e
Cherokee Count) and Trade Areas, ta per annum
Outside Cherokee t aunt). IT per annum
Latrene, who died in a
freak mousetrap accident
recently) have invaded my
home and been rather rude
in disrupting each night's
slumber.
These rats are so big!
How big you ask? Well,
Brutus forgot one of his
sneakers last Friday and I
stumbled over it the next
morning; Modene left her
sunglasses near the kitchen
sink and they were too big
for the Twister; and Rufus
slammed the door on his
way out Sunday morning.
Rude. All three of them
are rude and BIG. I found
my Doberman Pinscher
tied up by the pesky crit-
ters Monday morning and
Tuesday I found mud on
my coffee table where they
had apparently propped
their feet up while wat-
ching TV which, inciden-
tally, was still on when I
came home from work.
Rude.
The exterminator war-
ned the Twister that Bru-
rus, Rufus and Modene
may not eat the poison left
for them and that he might
have to return with a diffe-
rent flavor poison.
With my luck, the two
will hold out for caviar
laced with cocaine and jet
propellant. That way, you
see, when they get high
from the cocaine the jet
propellant will take them
out of sight.
Then again, perhaps,
Rose" wine with a thick
steak will do the trick.
After too much wine, I
could haul them to the Pitt
Grill and throw them on a
16-wheeler headed for Flo-
rida. Wonder if they would
take a pay-off instead???
DART to the Cherokee
County commissioners for
being so indecisive on the
Show Barn issue last week.
Even when a commissioner
made a motion for a course
of action, in some cases, he
failed to vote for it.
They were lucky to re-
ceive the third vote elec-
ting to go home, else they
would still be In seaaiun
Right to Work
The following editorial appeared
in The Dallas Morning News
recently and gave a very interesting
argument on the Right to Work. The
Cherokeean is re-running the
editorial in hopes that the RTW
basic principles will sink into the
minds of those who strongly favor a
"closed union shop."
The AFL-CIO recently
commissioned a poll as a sort of
counterattack against a poll
previously taken by the Right to
Work Committee. Both polls are
no doubt valid, but it appears that
the labor leadership is missing the
point.
The RTW people's poll showed
that 73 per cent of the public
opposed compulsory unionism as
a matter of pinciple. So the AFL-
CIO immediately ordered a poll of
its own. And that poll showed that
59 per cent of the public held that
unions are needed.
The News has direct interest in
this exchange, since this
newspaper originated the right-
to-work principle in a Labor Day,
1941, editorial. And we can see no
conflict whatsoever in the results
of the two polls.
As we have said editorially in
that original essay and many
others since, belief in the
principle of right to work is not
based on opposition to collective
bargaining or to the union
movement.
It is based, as the name
indicates, on a firm belief in the
worker's right to get and hold a
job without being forced either to
join a union or to refrain from
joining a union.
What the right-to-work
principle opposes is not unionism,
but compulsory unionism.
As has been proved over and
over again by numerous polls of
the public, Americans in general
are solidly united in support of
this* principle.
It is interesting to note the RTW
Committee's latest survey shows
that the majority of the unions'
own members favor the principle.
Yet organized labor's
leadership continues to fight what
amounts to a holy war against this
principle that is supported by
convincing majorities in every
sector of the population.
Of all the institutions in
American society, organized
labor has been most adept and
successful in use of democratic
politics on the national level. The
union movements has progressed
within an environment of freedom
to choose.
It is curious then, in view of this
record of progress and political
expertise, that the top leaders of
the movement continue to press
for the destruction of this freedom
for workers themselves.
Their stubborn determination to
deny Americans even the option
of voting for the right to work is a
strange position for men whose
movement otherwise has kept the
support of the majority of the
public in the democratic arena.
Perhaps the best answer to the
labor leaders' charge that anyone
favoring the voluntary way is
therefore in favor of union-
wrecking is found in the following
statement, made in El Paso in
1924.
"Men and women of our
American trade union movement,
I feel that I have earned the right
to talk plainly with you...I want to
urge devotion to the fundamentals
of human liberty-the principles of
voluntarism. No lasting gain has
ever come from compulsion. If we
seek to force, we but tear apart
that which, united, is invincible."
The speaker was Samuel
Compers, the father of the
American labor movement. Here
was one labor leader, at least,
who understood how Americans
can be both in favor of unionism
and opposed to compulsory
unionism, Why canTt his
successors understand?
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1977, newspaper, November 3, 1977; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151253/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.