The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1979 Page: 2 of 16
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PAGE TWO-THE CHEROKEEAN OF RI SK. TEXAS. THURSDAY FEBRUARY I. 187#
—Point of View
Yes, Virginia,
There Is a Rusk
Lions Den By E.B. Musick Jr.
By Ed VanZandt
Chamber Manager
More and more persons
throughout the United States are
becoming aware that there is a
Rusk, Texas.
Mail to the Rusk Chamber of
Commerce and Tourism
Committee is on the increase
from persons seeking information
about Rusk and the immediate
area. Some of the inquiries relate
to tourist attractions and
recreational facilities. Others are
from persons who are
contemplating a move and are
considering Rusk as their new
home.
Typical is a letter received by
the Chamber a few days ago from
a resident of Michigan. She said
she and her husband plan to retire
and found Rusk "very pleasant"
on a recent visit. She asked
information about hospital care,
churches and housing.
Other letters, which came from
various parts of the country,
request information about the
climate, schools, job
opportunities, etc.
Many of the letters center
around the Texas State Railroad
operations, such as schedules,
prices and reservations, and
accommodations available in
Rusk. Nearly 36,000 persons
boarded the train last year and
that figure is expected to be
increased considerably this year
because of continuing high
interest, more equipment and
additional runs.
With this kind of interest
manifested in "Tourist appeal"
here, we are pleased to announce
that Rusk is alive and well, and
will be kept on the map. It is with
great pleasure that we are able to
reply to inquiries: "Yes, Virginia,
there is a Rusk!"
Lion JoEd Anderson: "What do
you think of Jimmy Carter'!
decision about Red China?" Lion
Frank Howell "I think he ought to
let Rosalyn decide on the color of
the dishes."
Lion President Doyle Rasberry
asked Lion Ike Daniel to return
thanks last Thursday and as
always he did a fine job Lion
Morris Elliott said that he thought
that Lion Ike had said enough for
the entire meeting and asked Lion
President Doyle not to give him the
floor again We were pleased to
have many from the Kiwanis Club
visiting with us Also Mr. Bill
Robinson was guest of Lion Lewie
Byers. Lion Mike Sullivan made a
report on Lion Grady Ellis He said
that he found out from Lioness
Ellis that Lion Gradys jokes were
just as bad at home as they are at
the Lions Club.
Lion Glen Stanley introduced
Ms. Sarah Martin as our program
for the day. Ms Martin is
Chairman of the March of Dimes
and also President of the Business
and Professional Womens Club.
It seems that this will be the first
march in four years and that was
to happen this past Tuesday night
If you missed please contact Ms
Martin at the Entex office and give
to a very worthy cause Ms
Martin introduced Ms Gretta
Cozart, Chapter Executive of the
March of Dimes from
Nacogdoches, Texas, as our
speaker She said that her father
was President of a Lions Club
when she was just eight years old
and the thing she remembered
most while attending a meeting
with him was that the men threw
rolls The Rusk Lions did that at
one time and were asked to move if
they didn't quit Hope we have
outgrown that.
A film was presented "Keep On
Walking" about a courageous
young man born without arms.
This young man had mechanical
arms and demonstrated to his
class just how he could make them
work He could play baseball,
swim, dive, play pool and even do
some painting Then he was shown
writing with foutain pen-and we
just don't ever realize how
fortunate we really are. Your gifts
to the March of Dimes will h«lp
many other children just like this
one There is a baby now in
Nacogdoches that cannot swallow
or breath alone This is a very
unusual case-happening just once
every two years in our great
Country The cost is unbelievable.
They already have a *35,000 00 bill
in Shreveport and it is costing
$80 00 per day just to keep the child
in the hospital The March of
Dimes program are now extending
their research into cancer and
heart disease One out of fourteen
children have birth defects and the
rate seems to be increasing Many
think the reason being drugs and
liquor 60 percent of the funds will
go to the National Foundation for
research and education 40 percent
stays In the local chapter with help
coming from the National
Foundation when needed
Remember any child with birth
defects can be helped and the way
to help them is through the March
of Dimes. Come on Rusk let us all
give all that we possibly can
Always good to have beautiful
ladies with us and hope that they
will visit us again real scon
A WsU Street broker who never
paid much attention to his wife
canse home oae day and found her
la the arms of a stranger. "I hope
yon can explain this." he
demanded. She said, "It wasn't In
the Wall Street Journal, but I've
gone Public."
See You Thursday Noon
Petticoat Junction Restaurant
Kissin' Kuzzins
Relief, Please! Need Gibson, Sanders Info
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The White House wants to help
small business. At least this is the
publicized aim of the Conference
on Small Business which is
holding confabs with small
businessmen in key locations
through the country. We try to
keep an open mind, but the chasm
between "talking" and "doing"
gets wider the higher up the
bureaucratic ladder one climbs.
At this stage, we're hardly
impressed.
In the first place, .vhat "small
businessman" can afford the time
and expense to make an overnight
conference? An indication of just
how widespread the input into this
"conference" is can be derived
from the fact that, of the 49
persons elected to represent this
region at the January 1980
national conference, 26 were from
the Dallas area. (This region
includes New Mexico, Louisiana
and Oklahoma, but only 5 out-of-
state businessmen will represent
these states at the national
conference.) Certainly this
participation is of no discredit to
Dallas. We're just pointing out
that it is easier to attend a
conference in one's own city and
the necessity to travel left out a lot
of small business people who
desperately need to be heard.
On the other hand, one might
hazard an educated guess as to
what kind of relief the small
businessman would ask of
government: relaxation of taxes,
deregulation and relief from
paperwork. If the government
really in interested in helping
small business, it might begin by
taking the burden of support of the
federal bureacracy off its
shoulders. How about revamping
Unemployment laws to force able
workers to go to work, thus
reducing unemployment
compensation payoffs...or give
income tax relief through a
substantial tax credit or more
lenience with deductions? How
about a relief from the 69 million
hours businesses spent last year
in filling out 2,125 different kinds
of forms at a cost of over $1
billion a year (figures supplied by
the General Accounting Office)?
The IRS itself estimates that
individuals and businesses spent
some 613 million hours a year just
to fill out tax forms. What a waste
of human energy and potential
earning power!
Texas Senator John Tower has
zeroed in on a specifically
burdensome problem of
government regulation: rules
imposed by the powerful Federal
Trade Commission. "Many small
businessmen are being forced to
close down because they are
unable to meet the financial
burden of compliance with federal
regulatory requirements,
especially the myriad of reports,"
Tower noted.
The federal government talks
relief for the small businessman
and, in the same breath, talks of
more "controls" on business to
combat inflation. We cannot
recall any government control on
business this far which has
stemmed the growth of inflation
in this country. Maybe the
government should step aside,
give the business community a
little time to recuperate, and see
if the instinct of self preservation
can restore the health of the U.S.
economy. If individual initiative,
motivation and human desire to
succeed cannot help, then the
American way of life is doomed
anyway.
Carolyn Ericson
1614 Redbud Street
Nacogdoches. Texas 75941
Need to contact the family of one
Otto Lee Gibson who was born 21
September 1900 in Nacogdoches,
Texas. He was the son of Charles
Raymond and Dora Bell Smith
Gibson. Known brothers and
sisters are: Dezie, b. 1886, Gloria,
b. 1887, Allie, b. 1890, Millie b. 1891
and Willie, b. 1897. He had cousins
Sim and Ed Strand living in the
household in 1900 Census.
If anyone knows this family or
where they are living at this time,
please contact me immediately.
Carolyn Ericson, 1614 Redbud
Street, Nacogdoches, Texas 75961.
I am trying to find the marriage
record of Hattie Bell Burch and
Mack Sanders about 1899 or 1900. I
can't find any such record in
Nacogdoches County. Does anyone
know where they were married? I
would appreciate any help on this
couple.
Louise Sanders, 3490 Brentwood
Drive, Beaumont, Texas 77706.
1979 Houston-Area Genealogical
Seminar--March 3, 1979.
Registration begins at 8:30 a m
Deadline for Registration-
February 17.
Where: Marriott Hotel--1750
West Loop South-Houston. Texas.
Who: Laurence K. Wells of
Kingstree, S C. and W. Lenard
Measures of Kingston Sferirigs,
Tenn.
Both gentlemen are highly
skilled genealogists and will help
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Singletary Memorial Library
Some new books on our New Book
Shelf this week:
Joni, a Step Further, by Joni
Eareckson is a second inspirational
book by Joni telling of further
experiences, struggles and lessons
she has learned since she broke her
neck and became a quadriplegic. It is
an intensely personal story, telling
honestly how God has used
circumstances, individuals, and
events to reveal more of himself to
her.
Parents' Survival Kit, by Helen
Bottel, i> a very helpful book for
today's parents. Mrs. Bottel discusses
way to discipline teen-agers without
stifling them, how to cope with their
needs for independence, how to teach
them the virtues of pride and self-
esteem, and calmly and sensibly
explain the Big Three-drugs, alcohol
and sex.
A new very good western is Bendigo
Shafter, by Louis L'Amour. Bendigo
Shafter-eighteen, tough yet idealistic,
and filled with hope-begins his story
with the arrival of his raggedy band of
pioneers in a small Western
settlement. Bendigo grows with the
tiny settlement as he tells its story. It
is a thrilling heartwarming,
absorbing, pioneer tale of the Old
West.
Memorials were received in the
Library this month In Memory of
Barry Gray Ogletree, Jr. by Mr. and
Mrs. J.C. Scholochlor; In Memory of
E.R. Gregg Sr., by Dr. and Mrs.
Everett Martin; In Memory of Bob
Leake, Beulah Allen, and Dr. and
Mrs. Everett Martin; In Memery of
Patrick Choate, by Mr. and Mrs.
John Ketcheside; In Memory of
Gordon Sparkman, by Mr. and Mrs.
R,W, Vermillion; In Memory of R.H.
Wortham, by Mr, *nd Mrs. R.W,
Vermillion; and In Honor of Robert
Banks by Or, nnJ Mrs. Everett
Martin.
Pinetown, Texas
1847-1874
Arthur H. Morgan was appointed
postmaster, Feb. 28,1851, by Presi-
dent Fillmore, The Methodist
Church was three miles north and
east of Pinetown. Wm. A. Gates
was Postmaster, Mt. Comfort from
June 12, 1855 until November 21,
1859...at which time the postoffice
was discontinued.
Saturday Sept. 16th, 1854 A.D.
the Pleasant Grove Missionary
Baptist Church, one mile north of
Pinetown was organized. G.W.
Slover was the first Pastor, Wm.
Herndon was clerk. Thos. J. Roach
and WAV. Lewis were ordained
Deacons. Delegates were sent to
the Judson Association. The Asso-
ciation met at Larissa, Texas
during 1857. A letter postmarked
Larissa Texas addressed to Thos.
J. Roach Pinetown Texas and
bearing a one cent stamp, remind-
ing Bro. Roach to attend.
December 9th, 1852, Green Wal-
lace was appointed postmaster of
Pinetown, by President Fillmore
and November 3rd 1856 Thos. J.
Rach was appointed and he served
until April 25th 1860, he was ap-
pointed by President Franklin.
A Page from the Annals of
Pinetown:
"Samuel Nelson Oversear of the
Posey Bridge road leading to Jack-
sonville from Tailes Creek to the
meeting house at More Dotherty's
returns Robert P. Brown one of his
hands as defalter for two days.
(signed) Samuel Nelson"
"April 27th 1852 Robert P. Brown
appeared before me personally
and made oath by affirmation that
he was not able to do a days work
at the time he was to work the road
for which he is here returned as a
defalter sworn to before me and
deemed a good reason for not
attending.
(signed) John Dunnica JP"
Robert Bailey
RFD no. 4
Rusk, Texas
Mr. Editor: I think one more
edition will conclude the annals of
Pinetown Texas. Please excuse the
typing I finally took time out to
clean up this old typewriter. There
are those that don't agree with my
writings so far but I can assure
them that everything I write here
is documented. I am indexing the
names found and can help out
anyone doing research of their
families.
thanks
RPB
you refine your research
techniques as they present specific
research helps on their respective
states They will tell you what
records are a vialable, Where those
records are located, and How to
obtain the Use the records.
Fee: $12.50 includes lunch and a
Resourse Packet. Free parking in
the hotel garage if you get your
ticket validated at the seminar.
No tape recorders will be
allowed at this meeting. If you
wish to make your reservation for
this meeting, send your check to
Haga Treasurer, 1804 Zapp,
Pasadena, Texas 77502 Please
indicated if you are a member of a
Genealogical Society, and where it
is located.
Henry Brewer was born 24
October 1776 in North Carolina,
according to the Nacogdoches
County Census records. Does
artyohe know where in North
Carolina? Who were his parents?
Susannah Mitchell Brewer was
born 17 April 1777. Where9 Who
were her parents? When were they
married? I would like to
correspond with anyone who
knows more about this family.
Arthur H. Davis, 221 3rd Street,
Lead, S.D. 57754.
Seeking information on Farris
Montgomery who moved to
Nacogdoches County by 1839 from
Phillips County, Arkansas. Whet
was the name of his wife? Known
children are: John, b. 1832, Tenn.,
Lucinda, b. 1834 Tenn., Harriet, b.
ca 1825 Tenn., Sarah, b ca 1836
Tenn., Angelina, b ca 1839 Texas.
Hamilton, b ca 1840 Texas.
Alexander, b ca 1842 Texas.
Robert, b. ca 1844 Texas. Sophia, b
ca 184 Texas
Farris Montgomery received a
2nd Class Land Grant in
Nacogdoches Co for 1280 acres of
land. He stated that he emigrated
on 4 July 1837 to this Co
Three of the four sons died in the
Civil War. Farris is shown on the
Tax Lists for Nacogdoches County
through 1866. At this time he
disappeared Where did he move
to? Any help on this family will be
appreciated.
I would like to contact a living
descendant of Farris Montgomery
If you are a descendant or you
know who is, please write to me
Jane K. Wall, PO Box 148,
Vienna, Va 22180
A weekly genealogy column,
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In Jackson County, Ga The first
283 of these columns have been
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of churches, cemeteries, towns and
school. Prepublication cost $10 00
p.p. After January 30, 1979, price
will be $12.50 Order your copy
today from Family Trees, 1775
Alvarado Terrace S.W., Atlanta,
Ga., 30310. She also welcomes your
queries. They are free.
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the Cheshire cherokeean
The sure thing...
Oh, the shame and disgrace of it
all! Nevertheless, it is with great
ignominy in such a public
humiliation that I, the Chesire
Cherokeean, hereby admit that
Sam Florian slam-dunked one
down my gullet last Saturday.
The argument arose over an
easily verifiable fact. I entered
into the imbroglio with supreme
confidence because I was
absolutely sure that I was right. So
was Sam. He argued adamantly
and vociferously for his point of
view and I countered with a
vigorous diatribe of my own.
Finally we entered into a
gentlemanly wager in hopes of
settling the matter. The stakes
were public humiliation. It was a
sure thing and I couldn't possibly
lose. Unfortunately, in this case, I
was dead wrong and that is why I
am here before you today wearing
an embarassed grin rather than
my customary Chesire smile.
All this started me to thinking
after I cooled down enough to
remove the 12 pounds of gelignite
from the underside of Sam's office
chair. It seems to me that there are
a lot of "sure things" around that
never seem to turn out that way
for some reason. I bet all you
Democrats like me can still
remember how it felt after
boasting that John Hill was a shoe-
in for the governorship. Not to
mention all the Cowboy fans who
had already started their Super
Bowl victory parties when the
game results came in.
In fact I once had an eccentric
physics professor who prefaced his
entire course with the statement,
"There is only one universal truth
we have to work with and that is
that there are no universal truths."
Well, I said he was eccentric.
Personally I would rather place
my trust in the words of someone
who came to teach a few thousand
years ago. He believed that there
was one "sure thing" and he told
people about it everywhere he
went. The teacher's name was
Jesus and his "sure thing" can be
summed up in the three words,
"God loves us."
And that Is something that I
would even use to go up against a
smart guy like Sam Florian.
Carrots, parsley, celery,
parsnips, dill, anite and
caraway are all part of
the tame plant family,
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The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1979, newspaper, February 1, 1979; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151317/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.