The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 23, 1978 Page: 1 of 18
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Vol. 129 Number 5
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The Cherokeean
Texas' oldest weekly newspaper, established as the Cherokee Sentinel Feb. 27,1850
Rusk, Texas 75785, Thursday, March 23,1978
Home of
The Texas State Railroad
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Theatre Group
Plans Banquet
For Monday Night
The annual Membership
Meeting and Acting
Awards banquet of the
Cherokee Civic Theatre is
planned for 7 p m Monday
at the Tassie Beile Res
taurant in Husk
Eighteen local actors will
be vying for four coveted
awards at the banquet
Nominated for Best Por
traynl of a Hole by an
Actress ove School Age
are Jeanette jones for "A
Certain Star," Sally Phil-
lips, Mary Holcomb and
Sissv Crvsup. all
"OKLAHOMA'" and
Dorothy Bovett for "See
How They Run "
Nominees for Best Por-
trayal of a Role by an Actor
over School Age are Hulon
Brown. Don Seymour,
Charles Warren and Ernest
Singleton, all for
"OKLAHOMA!" and War-
ren also for "See How They
Run
Nominees for Best Por-
trayal of a Role by an
Actress School Age and
I'nder are Lisa Warren,
Tori McCain and Sally
Boyett. all for "Once Upon
a Clothesline," Susan
Buchanan for "A Certain
Star" and Debra Reynolds
for "OKLAHOMA'"
Only three youngsters
Group Seeks
New Center
The Community Action
Now Development Or
gani/ation, CAN DO, set
its sights on the develop
ment of a community ten
ter in Busk as> its primary
project during an organ
I rat larva I meeting Friday
Plans were made at the
meeting to hold a large
public meeting at 7pm
Tuesday. April 6 in the
County Courtroom in the
Courthouse in Rusk Tern
porary officers wen* dec
ted ami the group announ
ced as its goal the develop
ment of a community cen
ter at the National Guard
Armory for use by Busk's
youth, churches, senior
citizens, clubs, schools, or
ganizjitions and alt mem-
ber* of the community
Those present stated
they hoped that the com-
munity center could be
used by these groups for
recreation, meeting?, twin
quels, theatre productions
and that an organized rec-
reation program for all
ages could be developed
Letters of invitation to
the public meeting will be
sent to all clubs, organiza
lions, churches, school
groups and individuals
such as la enforcement in
the area, school officials.
Chamber of Commerce of-
ficials. and others inform
ing them of the organiza-
tion and its purposes and
goals
Temporary officers elec
ted Friday night were the
Rev George Atkinson,
chairman. Mrs Barbara
Potter, treasurer; and
Mrs Mary Ann Patterson,
secretary Others present
were Johnny Patterson,
R L Poller, Mrs Joe
Drewry, Mrs Candy
• See CAN-IM). Pg. 10
are in the run-offs for Best
Portrayal of a Role by an
Actor School Age and
Under and they are Johnny
Glen Patterson and Del
Patterson for "Once Upon
a Clothesline" and Dwight
McCauley for
"OKLAHOMA!"
Tickets for the banquet
are $3.50 for adults and
$175 for children 10 and
under The meal for the
banquet will be a buffet of
turkey and dressing or
chicken fried steak, whip-
ped potatoes, green beans
or squash, salad bar, rolls,
dessert and coffee or tea.
Reservations for the ban-
quet must be made by
Saturday by sending a
check to the Cherokee Civic
Theatre, PO Box 666,
Rusk, Texas, 75785, or con-
tacting Sissy Crysup at
683-4297 after 4 p.m
Members of the Rusk
High School Choir will pro-
vide entertainment for the
affair Mrs Crysup said
the banquet festivities are
open to the public and not
Just for Cherokee Civic
Theatre members
During a short business
meeting, a new president,
four new directors and a
change in the constitution
and by-laws of the organi-
zation will be voted on by
the theatre membership
Apartments
To Be Built
Construction on a
$785,000 apartment com
plex at Pine Terrace in
Busk ts scheduled to begin
around May 1. according to
Malcolm Fleet, executive
of Sabine Valley Industries
of Fort Worth "It is hoped
that the new apartments
will be complete and ready
for occupancy Sept 1," he
said
The additional 48 units
w ill be added to the present
36 already built fronting
U S Highway 84 in the
western section of Rusk
Plans call for 16 one
bedroom apartments, and
32 two-bedroom apart-
ments. Fleet explained that
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TSR Receive 'Whopping* Crane
The Texas State Railroad received a whopping big 150-ton crane to add to their rolling stock last week. The Industrial Locomotive
Wrecker was a gift from the Southern Pacific/Cotton Belt Railroad Line, according to TSR Supt. Ed McLaughlin. McLaughlin is shown
standing by the wrecker while Hank Todaro, master mechanic, is on board. The crane will be restored and put into service within six to
eight months and will have the capability of lifting upwards to 120 tons. The superintendent estimated that there was only five such
cranes remaining in Texas...which is much rarer than the feathered 'Whooping' cranes. -staff photo
150-Ton
Wrecker R eceived by TSR
Texas State Railroad
was in receipt of an 150-ton
industrial locomotive relief
wrecker last Tuesday from
the Southern Pacific-
Cotton Belt Railroad. The
wrecker was built in 1910
and comes to Rusk from
Pine Bluff, Ark
"It's a welcomed addi-
tion to the TSR rolling
stock The Southern
Pacific-Cotton Belt Rail-
road is to be hardily than-
ked for this greatly ap-
preciated gift," remarked
Ed McLaughlin, TSR
superintendent.
The relief wrecker has a
crane on it with the lifting
capacity of 120 tons.
McLaughlin said the state
railroad oouid previously
only lift as much as 6,000
lbs. but with the new crane
their capacity has increa-
sed tremendously.
"It's a classic piece of
machinery. I estimate
there are only five relief
wreckers in the State of
Texas. There used to be
50," said the knowledge-
able superintendent.
The crane swivels
around to pick heavy ob-
jects up off the side of the
tracks. The steam-powered
engine needs boiler work
but will be in operation
within six to eight months,
stated McLaughlin. R will
be used in maintenance
work, emergency opera-
tions and bridge work.
Another TSR engine will
push it as it will not be
self-propelled.
"We don't have access to
roads running parallel to
the tracks so the crane will
help us tremendously."
The wrecker will be on
exhibit in the Maintenance
yard and periodically will
be taken to the Rusk Depot
for people to see.
McLaughlin said engine
No. 75 will be brought
back to the Rusk Mainte-
nance Complex sometime
this month and will be
rechristened No. 400. The
engine is being re-worked
at the Clay & Hahn Loco-
motive Works in Houston
so that it may increase its
pulling capacity upwards
to 9-12 passenger cars.
The open air passenger
car is near completion as
all is needed is the rubber
matting on the floods, noted
the superintendent. Seats
have already been installed
in the car. "It will be
ready by the summer
runs," he said.
May 6 will be the first
official day for the summer
runs. Runs will end some-
time in September. For
ticket information and re-
servations, write Texas
State Railroad, P.O. Box
39, Rusk, Texas 75785 or
call AC 214-683-2561.
the one bedroom apart-
ments will rent for around
$145 per month and the two
bedroom units for $185
This price will pay for gas
and water, but rentors will
pay their own electric bill
Construction on the new
units will be identical to the
present structures of
English Tudor architec-
tural design
The Fort Worth building
executive told The Chero-
keean Tuesday afternoon
that Sabine Valley has a
few details to work out with
Bob Mobeley. Farmers
Home Administration offi-
cer in Jacksonville and the
•Seel.NITS, Pg. 10
B&PW Slates 'Meet the Candidates9
With local elections
looming up Saturday, April
l. the Cherokee Noon Busi-
ness and Professional
Women's Club is in the
spirit of the season as they
are sponsoring a "Meet the
Candidates" night at the
REA building on U.S. 69 at
7:30 tonight
Beth Banks, program
chairman, has 20 of 37
candidates running for
area offices confirmed to
appear at the meeting to
4%
give a three minute speech
on their eligibility for the
respective office. After all
the speech making, there
will be a question and
answer period from the
audience.
"The public is invited at
no charge to them. Re-
freshments will be served
free," stated Mrs. Banks.
Participating in the
"Meet the Candidates"
program will be candidates
for Rusk City Council-
Lewie Byers, John Hunter
and Fred Lunsford (all
three incumbents), Bill
Middleton, Johnny Ray
Sanders and Johnny Wil-
liams (a local plumbing
contractor).
Also, County Judge-
Orvan B. Jones (incum-
bent), and Raymond
Cooper; State Representa-
tive for District 15-Rep.
E.H. Whitehead; Justice of
the Peace Precinct 1-Bill
Griffith and W.C. Day;
Precinct 2 Commissioner-
Gerald Choate; Precinct 4
Commissioner-no repre-
sentatives as of yet.
Also, Chief Justice Court
of Civil Appeals, 12th
Supreme Judicial District
in Tyler-State District
Judge J.W. Summers; Jus-
tice of the Peace Precinct
2-John Biggs; and Rusk
1SD Trustees-Bruce Sto-
vall and Dr. James Hunter
(incumbents),
Womack.
and Peggy
Also, County Treasurer-
Lucille Seale; County
Clerk-Mrs. Fairy Hill; and
District Clerk-Mavis Par-
rott, (all three women are
unopposed incumbents).
Mrs. Barbara Potter,
B&PW president, will
serve as the moderator for
the program. Mrs. Banks
explained that representa-
tives of candidates are invi-
ted to attend the meeting to
speak on behalf of their
choices for office. She went
on to say that although a
candidate has not said he
or she would attend the
program previously they
were welcome to come out
or send representatives to
participate at the last
moment.
'Round
Town
With Mrs. Roundabout
Jordan Service
Ceases in R usk
A Ru k Grand Winner/
Miss Nadlne New. Ponta 4-H, proudly displays her dairy cow, the Grand Champion winner In Its division at (he
annual stork show Friday. Miss New also won a blue rlhhon In the Dairy llelfera-Over I Year clasa.
Jordan Ambulance
Service of Shreveport, La.,.
will withdraw its
ambulance from the Rusk
area Saturday, according
to Don Crosby, county
ambulance manager for
Jordan.
Crosby notified Rusk
Mayor Morris Hassell of
the pull-out Tuesday and
stated the one ambulance
in Alto would cover both
Rusk and Alto. The Rusk
ambulance will be returned
to Shreveport, according to
Crosby.
The reason for the
withdrawal of the local
ambulance Is due to a lack
of subscriptions to the
service In Rusk. Crosby
said he didn't have the
figures as to how many
subscriptions were in Rusk
or Alto He said a press
release would be coming
from Jim Jordan, owner of
Jordan Ambulance
Service, sometime this
week. Jordan could not be
reached for comment.
Crosby did say the
subscription drive would be
extended to April 15 and if
local people got behind the
drive and reached 1,000
subscriptions the Rusk
ambulance would be
returned.
Mayor Hassell stated
that the people of, Alto got
involved in the subscription
drive there to reach their
1,000 subscription goal.
"The Lions Club got out
and helped them sell," he
said. "They've had one
person working for them
all the time in Alto and
that's the key. There was a
* Mee AMH1J.ANCR, Pg. I*
For our hurry, hurry
world, here's the latest
time-saving hint! Put your
toothpaste on your toast in
the morning and you can
brush your teeth and eat
your breakfast at the same
time! Ug! Guess that's OK
When you're the world's
worst cook...she's the gal
who can even burn the
salad!
Well...now that Spring
has officially arrived on the
calendar, perhaps we can
look forward to the Real
Thing! In deference to the
season and the beauty of
blossoms which are slowly
appearing, we have made a
dramatic departure in this
column's heading. Please
note above!
In all honesty, which is
good for the soul at any
season, the change was
really made with
absolutely no regard for
Spring at all! The
Cherokeean was one of the
contest winners In several
categories at laat
weekend's North and Bast
Texas Presa Association.
Judges felt this column
worth a Second Place
Award, and in a critique of
the category suggested
changing the column
headings occasionally.
Now that word "change"
was received with
immediate and firmly
negative feelings by me!
Heavens! I thought to
myself, "the reader won't
recognise...won't know...
it's me!" Guess it's like
asking the members of the
church to move around a
little. Sit somewhere else.
Mix It up. You can't stake a
claim on a particular pew
or bench. But Poacher.
"How will you know I'm
there, If I'm not in my
Usual Place?"
See what I mean? I hope
this slight change hasn't
thrown you. This is the
same column, the same
writer, and doing the same
fun thing...visiting with
you I The heading It
different, but underneath
the hat, it's a
Whitehead...me!
• Bee R'ABOUT, Pg. M
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The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 23, 1978, newspaper, March 23, 1978; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151272/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.