The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 3, 1978 Page: 2 of 16
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PAGE TWO-TOE CHEROKEEAN OP RUBL TEXAS. THURSDAY, AUGUSTS, 1*78
Full Circle
Many Vietnamese have a
circular belief oí Ule which could
easily be applied to Americans in
general and Ruskites in
particular.
In Vietnam-formeiiy Republic
of South Vietnam-the people
depict each year as an animal
which reoccurs at a later date.
For instance, this year may be the
year of the Horse or Rat and in 10,
20, or 30 years the year of the
Horse or Rat comes around again.
The Southeast Asian may not be
able to accomplish a certain feat
this year but he'll get a second
shot when that year comes up
again.
So how does this all fit in to
Rusk's scheme of life? Easy.
"Arrangements have been
completed for a farmers' market in
Rusk and it ia hoped to have it ready
for use by thia Saturday. There will
be no charge for the use of the
market. Farmer may bring their
produce to the lot (behind the city
hall) and stay all day and all night if
they desire. "July 12,194S.
Almost sounds like the 1970s,
doesn't it? Several complaints
were lodged in The Rusk
Cherokeean, circa 1936,
concerning the lack of tennis
courts and problems of losing
potential customers to distant
cities.
"The young people of Rusk
senior high school have had two
meetings to discuss the possibilities
of getting a 'youth center' in Rusk.
There aren't many kinds of
wholesome entertainment and
recreation fqr 'teenagers' in this
city, they point out."
"They hope to get ping pong
tables, dart games, indoor croquet,
indoor badminton, checkers,
shuffleboard, Monopoly and any
other such games. They will try to
seernro a music bo* for dancing and
a 'snack bar'for refreehments." Oct.
*,19*.
Those studénts in *44 were
allowed the use of the high school
gym until a suitable place was
found. It was slated to be open
Friday and Saturday-with
chaperones. Cooperation of the
citizens of Rusk was requested as
well.
"Demands that something be done
for dogs that run loose in the city
limits of Rusk have come from all
quarters since about 20 persons here
were bitten by stray dogs with rabies
1 recent weeks, Sheriff Bill Brunt
said here Tuesday. July 2,1927.
Alto Mayor Jack Mertz
complained of rabid skunks
recently and the need to vaccinate
all dogs and hire a county animal
control officer. Sheriff Brunt took
it one step further in 1937...he
announced he would shoot all
stray dogs!
"Band Boosters Club, formed a
few weeks ago for the welfare of the
band, is sponsoring a box supper to
be given for the benefit of the band
at the high school auditorium. "Jan.
15,1927.
It must have been the year of
the 'Band Uniforms' as the band
boosters were out to purchase new
uniforms. Oh, the band was very
successful in competition while
wearing their new uniforms the
next few years.
So it seems life does to an extent
go in circles. The only difference
between the Ruskites of the '30's
and '40's...and those in the '70's is
that they got a bigger percentage
of their projects completed.
Oh, but for a return of the good
old days.. .today! mdk
Kissin' Kuzzins
Carolyn Ericaon
1614 Redbud Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 79981
Researching Sowell,
Jackson, Brashear, For-
rest, Williams.
Evan S. Sowell, b. ca 1830
in Alabama, died in Civil
War, married Martha Ann
Jackson, b. ca 1838-38 in
Fla. Alabama. Two chil-
dren b. Alabama-l) Wil-
liam S., ca 1851 and Sylphia
or Zilpka ca 18S2. Three
children born in San Augus-
tine Co., Texas, near Etolle
a son, 1855; James Alfred.
11 April 1857 and Mary
Josephine ca 1859, who
married William B. Crow
in 1887. Martha Ann (Jack-
son?) Sowell then married
R.T. William 3 January
1887 in San Augustine
County and had children
Martha, b. 30 September
1869 and Richard, b. ca
1872.
James Alfred Sowell first
married Elizabeth Bra-
shear who had children
James Blackburn, 1882,
George Monroe, 1884 (who
married Maudie Lee
Nolen), and Walter Evans
1886 (killed in W.W. I) His
second wife Mary Virginia
Forrest, b. 4 November
1867 in Angelina Co., Texas
was either half-sister or
first cousin of Elizabeth
Brashear. Her children,
born in Nacogdoches were
Mary Pearl, 1901 (who
married Joseph Lonnie
Stone), William Jackson,
1903, d. 1904; and Martha
Jewell, 1904 (who married
James Marshall Stone.)
Especially want infor-
mation on relationship of
Elizabeth Brashear and
Mary Mollie V. Forrest
Would like information on
Evan S. and all other
Sowells in San Augustine
County in 1880.
Walter E. Sowell, 1400
Ocean Avenue no. C, Seal
Beach, California 90740.
Amanda Jane Sbeppard,
b. ca 1838, Missippi,
married Martin Van Buren
Nelson 1884 in Cherokee
Co., Texas. He was born ca
1838 Louisiana. Listed on
the I860 Census there were
children: J.V., age 3, male,
M.J., age 1, female, both
born in Texas.' Amanda
Jane Sheppard Nelson was
granddaughter of David,
and Mary Eakin of Jasper
Co., Mississippi and Chero-
kee Co., Texas. What rela-
tion was T.T. Yarberry of
Cherokee Co., Texas, age
35, born in Mississippi, on
1850 census to the Eakin or
Sheppard families? Where
did the Nelson family go by
1870?
Anita V. Eakin, 501 Sun-
haven Drive, San Antonio,
Texas 78239
Would like to locate or
contact any living relatives
of Albert Jo.<es, probably
born in Angelina Co., Texas
around 1888. His father's
name is not known, but his
mother was Octavia Scott
Anderson Jones. Albert
shows up on the census of
Angelina Co., Texas in 1880
in household of Octavia
Anderson, age 54, b. Missis-
sippi; Albert Jones, age 14,
son, b. Alabama; Melissa
Allen, age 18, dau., b. Ala-
bama. Think both children
were born in Angelina Co.,
Texas. This Octavia Ander-
son was my great grand-
mother.
Albert Jones married
Jesse Deal's daughter and
they had one son who died
real young. He and his 1st
wife separated and divorc-
ed and he remarried. 2nd
wife not known-but they
had 2 children. A boy-
name not known, a girl
named Leola Jones. They
lived at Keltys, Texas for
awhile and later moved to
Woodville, Texas or in that
area where Albert Jones
was a woods foreman. He
rode a horse «ml checked
timber for a lumber com-
pany. It was there thay he
was shot in the back and
killed. If anyone knows of
this man's family that may
still be living, please get in
touch with me.
Mn.W.G. Mangham, Rt.
4, Boa 718, Lufkin, Tasas
75901-Phone 713-875-3311.
The Cherokeean
Tem OUut Weekly
Pnlhhiil*
EtUblbhtd As the Cherokee Sentinel, februtry 27.1650
ittoratths psst office la Rash, Texas 18788
618 N.
from tht
Lion's Den
By E. I. Mustek, Jr.
The only time a man is as
important as he feels is
when he's a pallbearer.
Lion Winford Black started
last Thursday off just right
by asking every body to
sing "Happy Birthday" to
Lion Willis Roy Long. Lion
Willis Roy said he was
39-seems that this is the
same age J.C. Williams,
Sr. has been using for a few
years. They must be runn-
ing around together these
days.
Lion President Doyle
Rasberry presided as usual
and was doing an excellent
Job when Lion Paul B. Cox
ruined it all. It seems our
Lion President, after eat-
ing, stated something
about if anybody had
guests to introduce this
moring and this brough
Lion Cox to the floor with a
long speech about the fact
that after eating it was
afternoon-and well you
never heard such in your
life. Lion President Doyle
finally got order back into
the meeting and proceeded
"to do so". Lion Winford
said that not only was Lion
Paul a paper expert but he
was also a time expert.
Don't know what kind of an
expert he will be this
Thursday. Lion Dr. A.J.
Dalgleish-we have been
missing you.
Lion Ike Daniel, program
chairman for the month of
July, had made no prepara-
tion at all concerning a
program and at the last
minute he had to call on
Lion Billy Watson for a
film. As always Lion Billy
produced and we had a
most interesting film entit-
led "The Best Of The
Best". This was all about
the Olympic Games in
Montreal in 1976 and it was
something else. The Queen
of England got things star-
ted, with Greece leading
the parade because . they
were the country that star-
ted the games many years
ago.
The good old U.S.A. had
the third largest marching
group with some 470
strong. The Russsians were
first with over 500. Eighty
doves were turned loose
representing the 80th year
of the Olympic Games.
Then for the first time a
young man and a young
woman brought in the eter-
nal flame together. The
sportmanship would pre-
vail.
There were some 200
events in 21 different
sports, everything that you
can imagine in the sports
world. The worlds fastest
human was found in just a
few seconds. All kind o(
track events, the high hurd-
les, high jump, walking
contest, shot put, discuss
throw, long jump, relay,
the marathon race in the
rain, archery, trap shoot-
ing, pistol shooting, sailing,
boxing, cross country and
you name it-they had it
there. The last 15 days of
the event ened up with the
best against the best. Then
how will they fair in 1980?
The answer would have to
be higher, faster and
stronger-of course.
When the sheriff asked
the jury foreman if he
should send in 12 dinners as
usual, the foreman replied:
"No. Make It 11 dinners
and a bale of hay." Wonder
which Lion this was. A
golfer at the New Southern
Motor Hotel the other day
was positioning his ball at
the first tee when suddenly,
a gorgeously gowned bride-
to-be came running up to
him. The golfer waved her
away "I told you specifi-
cally, Cynthia." he,
admonished. "ONLY if it
rains "
See You Thursday Noon
Tassie Belle Restaurant.
To The Editor....
July 31,1978 Dear Editor,
Dear Editor,
Announcing a New
Genealogical Query
Column-"Digging in your
own past" is a column
which is written by Carolyn
Pearson which appears
weekly in the Pasadena
Citizen. This newspaper
serves southeast Harris
County and reaches many
readers. If you need help in
locating someone who is
interested in your family,
you might try a query in
this column.
I am in the process of
compiling the genealogy of
John Dickey's descen-
dants. He was bom in 1703
in Ireland, immigrated to
America in 1737 and died
1789 in S.C. His descen-
dants are now living in
most states of our Union,
but there is an interesting
note on the descendants
who have propigated the
name in Texas. It was
John's great-grandsons
George W. Dickey 1806-1867
children who came to
Texas. I am most interes-
ted in corresponding with
these descendants. One son
of Geroge, Ephraim A.
Dickey (1828-1900) came to
Lamar Co., Texas in 1868
with his wife, his mother
Mary, and his sister Mary
Jane (1836-1901) by wagon
after the Civil War.
Ephraim's wife was named
Amanda and their children
Hadley P., b. 1858 Mo.;
Maggie, b. 1861 Mo.; Jef-
ferson D„ b. 1868 in Texas.
Ephraim's brother,
Thomas Jefferson Dickey
(1839-1884) came from
Missouri to Texas some
years later in 1882 with his
wife and 11 children along
with the sister Emily F.
Dickey (1832-?) and settled
in Williamson Co., Texas.
The eldest son of Thomas
was William Bascom Dic-
key (1888-1944) who had 25
children along with the
children by three wives-
most of whom are scatter-
ed in east Texas. All of the
females in this genealogy
make locating them very
difficult because they do
not bear the Dickey name.
Your editorial, "Building
a Fire Under the Commis-
sioners", was certainly
timely and we agree with
your thinking. However,
with the possibility of
Cherokee County Towns,
large and small, furnishing
ambulance service, the
inequities of which you
write will be even greater.
Smaller Cities, such as
Alto, must bear an even
greater burden than Rusk
and Jacksonville the rea-
son, very simply being,
small revenues which do
not permit the puchase of
expensive emergency
vehicles. In addition, main-
tenance and costly finance
charges which tend to
really overburden a small
town of only some 700
taxpayers.
We are aware that it is
possible that the County
will furnish an ambulance,
but we are concernod about
the upkeep of this vehicle,
its future replacement and
the possiblility that we will
have to charge citizens for
its use.
We are also concerned by
the fact that we will require
a new Fire Truck in the
very near future, which
will cost an estimated $50,-
000.00. To a small Town,
with limited revenues, this
as a frightening figure, but
it is something we must
face if our Volunteer Fire
Department is to continue
to function.
We agree with your rea-
soning, but would go one
step further. As Public Pro-
tection and Health is tradi-
tionally a County function,
we would suggest that con-
sideration be given to 100
percent subsidization of all
small Town emergency
activities, by Cherokee
County (where in Alto over
90 percent of Fire calls
were out of City Limits)
Larger Towns, Rusk and
Jacksonville should be
recompensed by the
County on the basis of
equipment costs and actual
emergency call costs.
Jack L. Mertz
Alto, Texas
Rt. 1 Box 315
I Correction |
Opps! In last week's
issue of The Cherokeean, a
front page story headed,
"Suit Threatened Over
Power Lines" had Fred
Buchanan, REA manager,
saying he "would allow
SESCO to purchase his
underground lines" at the
city park. Wrong. It should
have read "Fred Bucha-
nan, REA manager, said
Monday he would not allow
SESCO to purchase his
underground lines..."
REA has made it abun-
dantly clear in the past
they would not sell their
underground lines to
SESCO as they will be
utilizing them to carry
electricity to the Texas
Parks ft Wildlife Depart-
ment Depot operation.
There is nothing we can
think of that is as satisfying
as an old-fashioned home-
coming. On this day, the
usual grind is put aside and
given over to nostalgia and
reminiscing.
For some it is the first
time in a year to hear a
sermon and take part in the
singing of old hymns. To
those who have long since
flew the home coop, it is a
renewal of old friendships
and a resurrection of old
memories
To those who have
remained, it is the culmina-
tion of hours of toil in
preparation for the event
You see an old face as
through a mist, you might
know the name but you
can't recall it.
Some guy about as broad
as he is long, extends a
hand and says: "You don't
remember me do you?"
You wonder if this is the
scrawney kid 1 had a fight
with every dat at school?
Then a pretty plump lady
(not too plump) with bluish
hair says she just knows
you remember her. You
scratch your bald spot and
squirm. Could this be the
girl 1 was secretly in love
with when we were in the
third grade at the old two-
room schoolhouse that once
stood here?
You think of Whittler's
little poem: 'Still sits the
Schoolhouse by the road, a
ragged beggar sunning,
around it still the schu-
machs grow, and black-
berry vines are running.'
Gradually the cobwebs of
t ime fade away and, like an
old movie, events of the
past pass in review. There
was that time a gang of
teenagers walked a footlog
across 'One Eye' on a
frosty autumn night and
raided a ribbon cane patch.
While we were breaking
the stalks, each with a
report like a rifle shot,
there came a louder report
and shot bounced off the
cane blades all around us
The owner had prepared
a welcome for us and he
didn't mean maybe. I have
always thought that world
sprinting records were
shattered that night, but no
one was there to make it
official. A mad scramble
was made for the footlog
and safety, but alas, there
were six of us and only one
log, that is. there had been
only one. but now there
were two, a full moon was
casting its shadow a few
feet to one side A kind of
providence had come to our
rescue
Those who did make it on
the log just walked the
shadow, there was no time
to argue Anyway, we all
made it but some were
damp
All these things are
topics of conversation at a
homecomng, and seem
funnier than at the time of
their happening.
"Do you remember the
minister who used to raise
the big Watermelons?"
someone asked Sure, who
could forget it He had
them by the acre and was
also a cross between Sher-
lock Holmes and a Blood-
hound Any In the know was
daresome to enter his field
for he always got his man
There was one exception
however, his Father, an old
genUeman. who was also a
minister, lived a short dis-
tance away, had a younger
son who was by no means a
preacher, but had a yen for
jokes for the big laugh
One night while the field
lay full of big rope meltons,
he waited til he heard
snoring from his Dad's bed,
then sneaked his shoes out
and wore them to his bro-
ther's mellón patch, where
he lifted a big one and
made a roundabout way
back to the back of the
house
In a few day, I was told,
his brother was seen walk
ing slowly along studying
the tracks when it dawned
on him whose they were
and where they were going
He stopped for a moment
and looking around circled
the house and returned
home and never once men-
tioned it to anyone
Such is the nostalgic to
one who was reared in the
country. We laughed then
and we still laugh What
would we do without
memories? But there are
vacant places at the home
coming Some faces are
Singletary Memorial Library
Today some food for
thought.
Adelle Davis has written
a practical guide to nutri-
tion designed to help you
achieve good health
through proper diet, lite
book ia Let's Eat Right to
Keep Fit. Another book
which you may enjoy is
How I Feed My Family Oa
$18 a Week, by Jo Ann
York.
A very interesting book
written by Dr. Jacqueline
Verrett is Eating may be
hazardous la year Health.
This book tails about the
silent violence In your food
and how It got there
For you calorie counters:
The Diet Cookbook by Bar-
missing that were there
last year, but there are the
young to take their places,
so we hope the home-
comings go on forever and
long Uve the cooks of Lone
Oak.
Leon Burks
416 Virginia
Tyler, Texas
Texas
Twister
By Dan Kellum
bara Gibbons; The Dieter's
Companion, by Kikki Gold-
beck, Hie No-Aging Diet,
by Dr. Ben Frank; and The
Arthrttic's Cookbook, by
Dr. Collins Dong.
Look at these other cook-
books: Cane River Calslne;
Hie Natural Food Book;
The New French Cooking;
Hie Texas Cookbook; The
Best of the Best; Jeane
Dixon's Astrological Cook-
hook; the Peasant Kitchen;
and Cooking For One Is
Fun.
Two books of special
helps are the Drying. Car-
lag and Smoking of Foods
Beak and The Caaalag and
Freezing Book.
Good eating!
llow to get what vow want...
just quit wanting!
Anonym qui Kusklte
There's more wisdom in
that little thought than
meets the eye
OkbiImiIK. It's good
for a journalist to try to
remove himself from the
rush of news events and
re-evaluate that well-worn
term-objectivity
Lately, much of the news
has been, well, quite frank-
ly. not so good Mr Y is
mad at Mr X this agency
is threatening to sue the
municipality an elected
official makes a comment
that is certain to upset
many townfolk and so on
and so forth In other
words, there's been more
than just a drouth in the
weather this summer
Where does the news
paper fit into this melee of
events? First off, a news
paperman's job is to report
the news good or bad
and do it objectively
Many, many people dis-
agree with the reporting of
BAD news and feel the
newspaper should report
only that which is GOOD
and reflects the commu-
nity, county and stale in a
good light
How many GOOD traffic
accidents have you seen
lately'' That about sums up
how. at least, this reporter
goes about reporting the
news News is news People
make news not news-
papers i Whoops! Already
I'm eating my words to
some extent as The Chero-
keean purchased The Alto
Herald this past week, but
that's a big exception).
Reporters, on the whole,
lake a keen interest in local
governments for the simple
reason that they're within
easy reach and local tax
payers support them and
want to know what the
elected officials and city
employees are doing with
their tax money.
When City Hall or County
officials and employes
make a monetary mistake,
to the tune of say $3,000 or
$6,000, do you as taxpayer
want it overlooked by your
local newspaper? If a city-
owned Woodland Trail is
put out of commission for
an undetermined amount
of time due to an oversight
with a contract made up by
the city, would you like to
read about it or would you
rather like to be surprised
when you proudly take
some friends out there to
show off some of the area's
beauty?
If the county commis-
sioners court fails to give
enough money to municipal
fire departments lor rural
fire calls, would It be better
to Ignore such a situation
on the editorial pago? Or,
what if a county official
waits until a group has loft
the county courtroom after
MklnI the county for aid in
make his true feelings
known1 Would it be best to
write only what was said tn
front of the complaining
party or that what Is said
after the party has left*
Should a reporter parrot
back what Is given htm at
local government meetings
or should be dig for the
truth or another perspec-
tive'
Of course, newsmen
make mistakes ( like just
last week we ran a real
blooper but mistakes do
happen, ahem, even to the
best or worst of us The
main thrust of my point is
that we try We try like bell
to reflect what's going on In
the City of Rusk and else-
where And try to be objec-
tive all at the same time
The Editorial page Is a
bird of another color
though Opinions are reser-
ved for the Editorial Page
of The Cherokeean and,
hopefully, all other news-
papers As far as I'm con-
cerned, the Editorial Page
is the guts of the news
paper
Editorials take stands,
call for action and offer
solutions People may diss -
gree with an editorial and
write a hot letter In retort
and could even write a
"Guest Editorial' In rebut-
tal as long as it Is initialed,
not libelous or too lengthy
But the main point Is that
opinions are left to the
Editorial Page and not
other 'news' pages
I as a reporter feel I'm
objective In my writing I
probably use more quotes
and try to dig a little deeper
than most others due to the
fact The Cherokeean Is s
weekly newspsper snd
must compete with s dally
publication which In some
cases, gets s story Into
print anywhere from s day
to almost a week before us.
If a big story occurs on
Wednesday night, we must
wait an entire week before
we run it as our newspsper
goes to press on Wednes-
day afternoon.
We attempt to wfile
more in depth stories, use
more local photos snd s
good many feature stories
in The Cherokeean from
week to week. We have to
try harder due to our publi-
cation deadline.
Remember ail this when
you pore over The Chero-
keean and find as much
BAD news on occasions as
GOOD news. Remember,
also, that the news stories
on which you dwell shapes
your attitude towards the
newspaper If you dwell on
all the BAD stories rather
than balancing your read-
ing between GOOD and
BAD, you will obviously
think all that The Choro-
keoan prints is BAD news.
We'll try to continue to be
objective In the futuro In
our stories but, you too,
must roaliss you will have
to bo objective in your
reading emphasis
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