The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 1979 Page: 8 of 16
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HAOfcKHiHT-THfc CHEROKEEAN OKKISK.TKWS. TIUIiM>\\ in toll! It ii i
Citizens Industrial Co. Sells
After 43 Years Service to Area
V. J. and Chsrlene I<on#
One of Kusk oldest and
most prominent business
institutions is no more \ J
and Char lene Long sold
Citizens Industrial Life In
surance Company lo South
em Medical Life I insurance
Company of Waco a num-
ber of weeks ago
All of our clients have
been re-insured l>\ South
em Medical Life, explained
Long
Both my w ife and I have
been in ill health for a
number of > ears We decid
ed it would be to everyone*,
best interests for us to get
nut of the insurance bus-
mess at thi> time.' he ex
plained
Gymnasts Take Top
Four Places In Meet
Gymnasts from Rusk
Gymnastics Club competed
and took the top four places
against Nacogdoches Re-
creation Center Saturday
at a meet in Rusk
In Class III. Suzanna
Modisette took first all-
around in the 12-14 age
group and Maurine Kim-
brell took first all-around in
the 9-11 age group Chami
Gault look first all-around
in the 9-11 age group and
Kristi Johnson took first
all-around in the 6-8 age
group in Class IV.
Modisette also placed
first in all four events,
uneven parallel bars, bal-
ance beam, vaulting and
floor exercise. Lisa Jacobs
placed second in bars, third
in vaulting, beam, floor
and all-around in the 12-14
age group. Class III
Kimbrell placed first in
bars, beam and vaulting
and placed fourth in floor in
the 9-11 age group, Class
III Marilyn Newton placed
third in vaulting, fifth on
floor, sixth on bars and
all-around.
In Class IV, 9-11 age
group, Gault placed first on
beam and vaulting, third
on bars and sixth on floor
Sandy Taylor placed sec-
ond all-around with a first
on bars and a second on
beam. Cari Brown placed
third all-around with a sec-
ond on bars, third on beam
and fourth in vaulting
Connie Roach placed four-
th all-around with a first on
floor, second in vaulting
and fourth on beam Tawn-
ya Lusk also competed in
this age group.
Johnson took first on
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bars, beam, floor and sec-
ond in vaulting in Class IV
6-8 age group Julie Norton
took second all around with
first in vaulting, second on
bars and floor, fourth on
beam
Third all-around in the 6
8 age group went to Amy
McMullen with second on
beam and third on bars,
floor and vaulting Ma-
shelle Brooks took fourth
all-around with third on
beam, fourth on bars and
vaulting and fifth on floor
Fifth all-around place
went to Stephanie Brooks
with a fifth on bars Leigh
Anne Kendrick took sixth
place all-arund with fifth
on beam and sixth on floor
Michelle Kemper took
sixth on beam in the 6-8 age
group
Maria Murray took two
places, fourth on floor and
fifth on vaulting. Amanda
Powers placed fifth on
beam and vaulting, sixth
on bars. Sarah Watson also
competed in the 6-8 age
group in the Class IV div-
ision
Thirty-eight gymnasts
from Rusk and Nacog-
doches competed in the
six-hour meet held at Rusk
The meet was the first
held in Rusk and plans are
projecting more compet-
ition for gymnastics
Citizens Industrial Insur-
ance was founded in this
city 41 years ago by E W
1 .oiig. Sr and his son. V J
Since that time, the com
pany enjoyed a large grow
th. and became one of the
largest companies of its
type in Texas during the
6l¿
Long recalled that he and
his father started the bus
mess on the East Side of the
Square in the building now
occupied by Western Auto
Store After his fathers
retirement, the company
moved to offices on the
north side of the square
"We re-insured over 50
smaller companies during
the time we were in bus-
mess At one time, over
60,out) persons were insured
by the Rusk based com
pany.'Long stated
The Longs decided to
change the charter of Citi-
zens Industrial, and moved
to their present location on
North Main in the late 60S
Their new building was
constructed, and the move
accomplished in 1970
Hundreds of people were
helped by Citizens Indust
rial Life Insurance Corn-
pans during the company
long years of service l>>
mortage loans Long stated
he didnl know exactly how
much money he had loaned
the people of thi> area l"i
homes business and real
estate property during hi*
company < existance
My guess i> that wele
loaned several null.an dol
lars to the people of thi>
immediate area in the past
•W years We also paid out
in claims millions m dol
lars to our clients he ex
plained
Both V J and Char lene
are quick to say they hav e
no intention of completely
retiring from the business
world They will stay act
ive managing their exten
sive investments and ser
vicing a number of loans
they kept at the time of the
sale to the Waco based
insurance company
Prenatal classes are t>e
ginning Monday evening
Oct 8th at 7 p m at Rusk
Memorial Hospital They
will be held in the hospital
cafeteria
We have really enjoyed
liv ing and working in Husk
operating an insurance
company was a challenge
ilia' we both liked,' Long
Slid
\ J and i harlene have
twen married (or 32 years
the Long children are all
residents of Rusk Jimmy
works for the Texas High
way Department Bobby .it
the Busk State Hospital
Lila Jean Murray at
Citizens State Bank Judy
Faye at Rusk State llosp
Hal and Rosemary Gould
at KSH
These five children have
presented V J and ("har-
lene with nine grand child
ren
IH foot'ii a great life, and
Ixith ("harlene and I are
grateful that all our child-
ren are so close by.'smiled
l-ong
Crime Prevention
Named
James Dominy, son of
Mr and Mrs E H Dominy
of Rusk, Texas has recent
ly accepted an appoint
ment of Regional Crime
Prevention Coordinator for
the Deep East Texas Coun-
cil of Governments
James is an eleven year
law enforcement veteran,
with over 1.000 hours of
classroom training in var-
ious phases of law enforce-
mént He has just returned
from a finished course at
the Tetfas Crime Prevent
ion Institute in San Marcos
and is presently enrolled in
an instructors course at the
East Texas Police Aca
demy in Kilgore, Texas
James will be working
individually with law en-
forcement agencies in a 12
county district which in-
cludes Angelina. Houston.
Jasper. Nacogdoches,
Polk. Newton, San Jacinto,
Shelby. Trinity and Tyler
James is married to the
former Linda Grimes
daughter of Mr and Mrs
Fred Grimes of Alto. Tex
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The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 1979, newspaper, October 11, 1979; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151353/m1/8/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.