The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 131, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 1980 Page: 1 of 12
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TEXAS PRESS
The Cherokeean
Volume 131
15c per Issue
Number 18
12 Pages
Texas' oldest weekly newspaper, established as the Cherokee Sentinel February 27.1850
Rusk. Texas 75785, Thursday, June 19,1980
Home of
The Texas Stale Railroad
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Zoning
Change
Denied
A request by the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department to change zoning
on Cherokee Street property from
Single Family Residential to Multiple
Family Residential was denied
Tuesday evening.
The Rusk City Council and the Rusk
Planning and Zoning Commission met
in a joint session to try to resolve the
issue, which has been a subject of
controversy for several months. The
Planning and Zoning Commission's
consideration of the matter had
rpeviously resulted in a tie vote.
After much discussion, the
Planning and Zoning Commission
voted 4-1 to'deny the request. Mrs.
Maxine' Sessions was the only
dissenting voice. The Rusk City
Council then considered the matter at
length and concurred with the
recommendation of the Commission
in denying the request.
A primary concern expressed by
City Council members in denying the
request was the approximately 70
citizens of the area who signed a
petition asking that the change from
R-l to MF-2 be denied. Citizens
present for the meeting, led by
spokesman Harry Tosh, said they
objected to "low rent housing" in the
neighborhood and said the streets in
that area could not stand the traffic
generated by a multiple-family
dwelling.
Councilman Jimmy Thompson led
an early effort to deny the request, but
his motion died for lack of a second.
After some discussion, however,
Councilmen agreed to resolve the
matter, not to table it until a further
date, and seek other means of locating
suitable space in Rusk for multiple
family projects.
See «ZONING, p. 12
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ARCHEOLOGISTS CONFER--From left, Deborah Smith, Dr. DeAnn Story and Martin Salinas confer on work in
progress at the Indian Mounds State Historic Park Site near Alto. Dr. Story and students are working at the site to
screen dirt from an excavation and remove any cultural artifacts, mostly ceramic pot fragments and some flint
flakes. --staff photo
C
'Round
Town
with
Mrs. Roundabout
Horse Show
To Be Held
Who killed, or rather shot, J. R.?
Will the script writers let him die
(since Larry Hagman has been
reported as less than satisfied with his
pay for one of the starring roles in
TV's Dallas series)? Well...who
knows? I can't say as Will Rogers,
"All 1 know is what I read in the
newspapers." What I know is based
on what friends are saying.
It is difficult enough for me to check
the obituary section for reassurance
that I'm still alive! There's a school of
acting which supports the theory that
whatever role one wishes to act, that
is what he must pretend to be. Now
the main question going around our
town is this: "Can J. K. really be the
kind of person he portrays on film as
an actor only, or does he already have
a little of the J. R. character in his
make-up?" Most feel that J. R. on
screen and Larry Hagman off the
screen have a whole lot in common.
So I have decided to play-like. I've
been pretending that I'm a space ship.
Returning from travels out there,
maybe to the moon even. And it's time
to re-enter the earth's gravity. And
you know what? It's painful! Takes a
good shield to make some
adjustments. And the best you can
have is called "faith."
It was a beautiful witness of Faith
when our own <now The Reverend)
Ernie Turney delivered the sermon
Sunday morning for the congregation
of First United Methodist Church.
Seems only yesterday he was in high
school, doing all the scenes normal to
a youngster in Rusk, along with other
classmates like Mary Chapman, our
young neighbor of 16 years across the
street. That group had its 10-year
reunion last weekend, and it must
have been a fantastic time of
reminiscing! Aren't all reunions???
The graduating class of 1945 for
Huntaville High is meeting in July. It
had been my duty to do the "leg"
work in setting it up, but after the
work load became so heavy, several
of the group volunteered to take that
over for me. And that's one of the joys
for this summer that we're
anticipating with great enthusiasm.
Hie Hokemba plan their annual
(•l-legeUier the aeeeMl weekend in
inly at Alto and H weal be ene el the
oldest, continuous gatherings of
relatives in the state! Our own, dear
sweet, Maudis Long has not missed a
single one of them. She is now living in
Huntsville with her son, but she will
be at this one too, we'll just betcha!
She was carried to the first one as a
tiny baby and hasn't missed one since.
That's a record in itself!
Speaking of records, since the last
writing, we've managed to catch up
on a bunch of loose ends, plus freeze 18
pounds of cooked, shelled pinto beans!
For a stranger to a kitchen, that's
getting reoriented pretty quick! The
past three months of fast, gear
shifting with little time for talk found
us writing notes in quantities, just to
stay in touch. But now that the pace
has slacked a bit, we know that you'll
be glad as our family is, that Himself
has finally taken the big step to have a
long-delayed physical exam. He is
checking in at Tyler Medical Center,
as I am writing this.
See «ROUNDABOUT, p. 12
New Firm
Now Open
In Rusk
A new Rusk business, Swift Oil
Company Station No. 5, opened
Monday at the corner of 6th Street
(Highway 84 West) and Sycamore
Street.
Featuring self service, the station is
owned by Dub Isaacs and is under the
managership of Mrs. Nita Dover,
Rusk native who has been manager of
another station for four years.
Assisting Mrs. Dover as a fulltime
employee is Debbie Williams.
Part-time employees are Sandy
Rinehart and Candy Harris.
The station is open from 6 a.m. until
10 p.m. seven days per week.
Regular and unleaded gasoline and
diesel fuel are sold.
In addition, the station carries
groceries, including picnic supplies
and other eesy-lo-prepare food and
food already prepared
The Cherokee Riders Club will host
the East Texas Horse Show Associa-
tion Show this Saturday. Events will
begin at 9 a.m. with halter classes.
Riders will represent Frankston,
Gladewater, Chandler, Quitman,
Jacksonville, Kilgore, Rusk, Athens,
Tyler, Canton, Troup and Chapel Hill
clubs. Registration fees are $2 and an
additional $2 fee for halter and $1 for
performance classes. Ribbon roping
fee is $4 and breakaway roping, $3.
Admission for spectators is free.
The new conscession facility will be
open for sale of refreshments. The
arena is located on Hwy. 343 (Atoy
Hwy.)
Johnny Holmes will be the judge for
the all trophy open horse show. A High
Point Trophy will be given for each
age group.
Entries for the events close when
the preceding class begins.
Divisions for the Halter Classes,
which will be judged beginning at 9
a.m., include 1980 Foals, 1979 Mares
and 1978 Mares, Aged Mares, Stallions
3 and Under, Stallions 4 and Over,
Geldings 3 and Under and Geldings 4
and over. Awards will be given for the
Grand and Reserve champions of the
mares, stallions and geldings. A
Showmanship at Halter, ages 18 &
under will also be awarded.
Performance Classes will include
Western Pleasure: 52" and Under 12,
12 and Under, 13-17,18 and over, Men
and 18 and Over, Women; Reining: 12
and Under, 13-17 and 18 and Over;
Western Saddle Horse (Open); Speed
Race: 6 & Under; Straight-Away
Barrels: 10 It Under (52" Pony &
Under), 9 and Under, 10-12,13-17, and
18 and Over; Flag Race, 9& Under,
10-12,13-17, and 18 & Over; Egg Race
(Open) Rescue Race (Open); Key-
hole: 9 & Under, 10-12, 13-17 and 18 &
Over; Pole Bending, 9 & Under, 10-12,
13-17, and 18 and Over; Cloverleaf
Barrels: 9 & Under, 10-12,13-17 and 18
& Over; Breakaway Roping (Open);
and Ribbon Roping (Open).
Expenses for the show are provided
by merchants and individuals (Husk
except where otherwise noted) Elk-
hart Farmers Co-op Assoc., Cherokee
Saw k Mower Service, J.L, Hassell
Timber Co., Petticoat Junction Steak
k Seafood House. I.Q and Koaemary
Recreational
Plans Begin
The Rusk City Council has initiated
preliminary action to get the
community-wide recreation program
off the ground.
Action on several aspects of the
matter came Tuesday evening at the
Council meeting. The Council
accepted a bid from the Rusk
Industrial Foundation on
approximately 30 acres in the
Hundley and Timmons Surveys, south
of Rusk. The Foundation submitted
the only bid, for $1,000 per acre. A
portion of the more than 37 acres will
be retained by the City of Rusk to
preserve the historical Seven Sisters
Springs.
Following their acceptance of the
bid, Council members voted to
designate the proceeds from the sale
of the land for a recreation program
and to put the money into certificates
of deposit. The City Manager was also
authorized, by vote of the City
Council, to accept applications for the
position of Coordinator of
Recreational Activities for Rusk.
An ordinance creating a Parks and
Recreation Advisory Committee was
also passed by the Council. The
committee will consist of ten citizen
members, five for the oversight of
parks and five for counseling in the
recreation program. The members of
the Committee are to be appointed by
the mayor at a later date and ratified
by the Council. The Parks and
Recreation Advisory Committee will
be an enlargement of the already-
existing City Park Board and will take
its place.
Council members also discussed the
sale of timber for 297 acres of land
which was acquired by the City from
the State. The Council expects the
proceeds from this sale of timber to
also be used in the continuing
recreational program.
In other action, the Council
authorized Mavor James Fisher to
sign the contract with Danny Powell
Construction Co., Inc. of
Nacogdoches, to construct the five
bay fire station. The Council passed
over adoption of an ordinance to issut
$80,000 in Certificates of Obligation to
construct the fire station on the advice
of Mayor Fisher. He said there is no
pressing need to consider funding at
this point, since the City has a
"gentlemen's agreement" with the
lending institutions. He said there is a
possibility that interest rates may be
lowered more and the City may get a
break there.
All City Councilmen were present.
Presbyterian Pastor
To Be Ordained
Thompson, Hicks Feed Mill of Alto,
Connie Bailes Plumbing.
Also Peggy's T-Shirts, Stewart's
Boot & Saddle Shop, Clark Fehr,
Palestine Livestock Exchange,
Bar-B-Q Hut of Alto, Penta Pine
Stockade Fence Co., of Alto, Rusk
Federal Savings & Loan, Parker
Plumbing Co., Patrick Exon, Tread-
well Oil Co. Distributors of Exxon,
Jacksonville; Holcomb Construction
& Supply, Continental State Bank of
Alto, Hicks Post Co. of Alto, V-C Cattle
Co. Inc. of Palestine, Cowan Dairy
Farm.
Also Rusk Meat & Locker, Buck-
horn Grocery, Sonic Drive-In, Pal's
One Stop, of Palestine, Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Sessions, Fowler Rhodes
Cattle Co. of Palestine, Pearl and Ed
Bedre of Palestine, Maness Tire
Service, Mack's Bait & Tackle, Rich
ards Food Mart, Wallace-Thompson
Hardware, Engledow Farm & Ranch
Supply of Palestine, Blankinship TV &
Stereo, Johnnie's Hair Fashion, D & J
Quarter Horses.
Also Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Whitesides
of Jacksonville, Lindsey Post Co. of
Alto, Lewis Little Bear Grocery of
Alto, D & G Western Wear of Alto, Roy
Kennedy, Brotherton Cattle Co. of
Palestine, First State Bank, Adcock
Tire Service & Body Shop, Tosh
Insurance Agency, Statcy's Bar-B-Q
Hut of Jacksonville, Homer Lusk
Texaco, Nelson's Farm Store of Rek-
law, Flower-N-Things, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Ball, Lowell's Jewelry of Jack-
sonville, J.A. Staton Building Mater-
ials of Jacksonville, B & B Farm
Supply of Rusk, Sparkman Dairy
Cattle, Ike's Feed Mill, Mathews-
Miller Dept. Store, Scroggins Cattle
Co. of Palestine, Isaacs Motor Co.,
Cherokee Cafe, Citizens State Bank,
Adolph Dotson Cattle Co. of New
Summerfield, Diamond B. Rodeo Co.
of Montalba, Lone Star Feed & Fertili-
zer of Jacksonville, Dr. Grady Ellis,
Drs. Grady Ellis, Goodman & Martin
DVM, of Rusk and Jacksonville,
Radio Shack of Jacksonville, Beck-
ham Grocery of Reklaw, Cobble's
Jewelry, Prescription Pharmacy,
Rusk Gift Shop Western Wear, Gary
Domlny Dairy Farm of Alto, J.B.
White's Dept Store and E K Gunter.
The new pastor of Rusk's First
Presbyterian Church will be ordained
and installed at 5 p.m. Sunday.
The ordination and installation
service for the Rev. Stephen Plunkett
will be held at the church on Main St.
Dr. Thomas W. Currie Jr., pastor of
Oak Cliff Presbyterian Church in
Dallas, will be special speaker for the
service. Numerous out-of-town guests
are expected to be present.
Rev. Plunkett and his wife,
Margaret, have moved to Rusk
recently from Austin. He is a recent
graduate of Austin Presbyterian
Theological Seminary with a Doctor
of Divinity Degree. He is also a
graduate of Austin College at
Sherman (Bachelor of Arts) and The
University of Texas at El Paso
(Master of Arts). He is a native of Ft.
Smith, Ark.
Mrs. Plunkett is a native of Dallas,
who resided in Houston for a number
of years. She is a graduate of The
University of Texas and The
University of Texas Law School. She
was employed as an attorney with the
State Board of Insurance in Austin
prior to their move to Rusk.
Ordination of the Rev. Plunkett
will be under auspices of the Grace
Union Presbytery. The public is
invited to attend this special Sunday
evening service.
m
He v. ami Mrs. Plunkett
Chamber Votes
To Buy Building
The Rusk Chamber of
Commerce will evidently be moving
back downtown into a renovated office
building across from City Hall.
Members voted to purchase and
restore the old Davis building for use
as a Chamber office. The building has
1,400 square feet.
The vote was 22 to 7 to purchase the
building. Balloting was Friday at the
Petticoat Junction Restaurant during
a CC general membership meeting
attended by 25 person.
Cost of the building itself is $8,200.
Repairs will cost another $2,000-$3,000
minimum.
The present location of the Chamber
of Commerce is in the complex built
by Travis McCain on Hwy. 84 west.
The City is paying for the lease, which
does not terminate for another three
and a half years. McCain has said he
will release the Chamber from the
lease only If another suitable tenant is
found.
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