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The Cherokeean
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper
Established as the Cherokee Sentinel, February 27,1850
Home of the
Texas State
Railroad
Vol. 133, No. 43
Rusk, Texas 75785 — Thursday, December 9,1982
16 Pages
RISD Board Votes To Call Bond Election
$2.975 Million Needed To Build New School
Trustees for the Rusk ISD will meet
at 5:15 p.m. Monday to call a $2.975
million school bond election for the
construction of a new middle school,
the addition of four high school
classrooms and the addition of a band
hall and music room at the high
school. The election is planned for
Saturday, Jan. 22,1983.
The school board, meeting Monday
night, voted unanimously to make
plans for calling the school bond elec-
tion. The vote came after a motion by
Bruce Stovall and second by Bobby
Tosh, both of whom opposed a $3.4
million issue on Oct. 31 for the middle
school construction.
The proposed new junior high
school would include 20 classrooms, a
library, restrooms, administrative
area, gym and dressing area,
and a dining - stage area. The
lunch room would seat 240 students at
tables and 400 in chairs.
Total square footage will be 47,605
for the junior high school complex and
9,126 for the high school additions for
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RUSK HIGH SCHOOL choir will be featured in a Christmas Choral Concert at 10:40 a.m. Dec. 14 at the Rusk High
School gym. Soloists and special groups will include Donald Hubbard, Michelle Moseley, Phylena Helm, Monty
Berryhill, Shelly Hood, Mary Hunter and the (¿iris Melody Group. Gloria Dotson is director and Margie Adams
and Betty Parsons are accompanists. The concert is open to the public.
Health Awareness Noted
With Open House at Hospital
More than 200 persons toured Rusk
Memorial Hospital Saturday during
Open House festivities in observance
of Health Awareness Day.
Visitors were treated to an assor-
tment of refreshments. They were in-
vited to glacoma testing by Dr. Ray
Boone of Jacksonville and anemia
Game Action Told
Both the Rusk High School varsity
and girls teams played in tournamen-
ts last weekend.
The boys' varsity won the con-
solidation trophy at the Sabine Tour-
nament by defeating Leveretts
Chapel, 103-59.
Garrón Session was leading scorer
with 20 points.
The boys varsity record is 4-2. They
will play at Jacksonville Friday night.
The girls were defeated for the con-
solidation trophy by Hallsville at the
Henderson Tournament last weekend.
Score was Rusk, 45; Hallsville, 60.
High Rusk scorer was Michelle
Christopher with 16 points. Season
record is 4 and 3. The girls will play
T.K. Gorman at Tyler Thursday
night.
'Round Town
with Mrs. Roundabout
If only ONE word could be used to
describe the meaning of Christmas,
what do vou think the WORD would
be? After a bit of discussion and a few
committee meetings, it is believed
that the word chosen might be
"LOVE."
What is more loving than a newborn
baby? An infant anything? It
represents the newness of Life. A New
Beginning. Life and Love. That's kind
of like Bread and Butter. Better when
together!
Some of us might contend that
Christmas means presents. Or
decorations. Or food. Or music. Or
time spent with family. Well... it's all
of these and more. Every act of caring
and sharing that is done in the name
of Yuletide observance may also be
regarded as acts of Love.
Many are the traditions that are
ours to keep. They have evolved over
a span of time that totals 1,982 years.
In that kind of perspective, one
human life is not very long to live in
keeping customs.
Beyond the personal and family ob-
servances, we share in the larger
community traditions. Example ...
last Friday's Christmas parade.
Many of the present citizenship can-
not remember our town when it didn't
have a Yule parade! But that is really
one of the newer holiday customs.
Within smaller units of the com-
munity there are the annual
progruins, dinners and special club
functions. These are the newer
traditions —■ becoming a part of the
total celebration.
One of these is the annual program
at the December meeting of the
Cherokee County Heritage
tatuclalion It ha* been traditional In
recent years for Zula Pearson to "do
the program." And for those of us who
have become dedicated, devoted
Pearsonian fans, Christmas would not
be complete if we missed her con-
tribution.
Monday night she presented a story
to that group entitled "Stubby
Pringle's Christmas." In her own
unique style, she related the miracle
of Love found by Stubby, a cowhand
on the Triple X, when he left home on
Christmas Eve in pursuit of fun and
pleasure at the school house dance.
At the bottom line, Stubby never
made it to the school house. He found
a distress situation — a family with a
very sick man, a tired and work-worn
woman and two young children. Put-
ting his limited resources to work,
Stubby brought warmth to their home
with firewood, a Christmas tree
(which he ingeniously decorated with
beans and things!) and left his dowry
of chocolate candy, yard goods, a
seven-bladed knife and a beautifully
carved horse as Christmas gifts for
the family.
He even saw Santa Claus and the
reindeer as he departed. The white-
whiskered one called out, "Well done,
Podner!" Stubby had left the
bunkhouse in search of one thing, but
found something better.
Such acts of helping the less for-
tunate have been recorded a very long
time. It is perhaps a tradition as old as
the human race. For surely human
beings were created in the name of
Love and if we fail to show it, we will
have lost the meaning of Christmas
May this hulidm teasnn he filled
with Love ... of the people. b> the
people anil for the people! All of us!
Until next week" mw
screens and blood sugar tests by
hospital staff.
There were C.P.R. demonstrations
and an opportunity to make donations
to the Stewart Blood Bank. The
Women's Auxiliary at the hospital
sponsored a bake sale with proceeds
going toward the group's various
projects.
The Tyler Pilot Club, in cooperation
with Mother Frances Hospital,
demonstrated the Lifeline Emergen-
cy Communication system, which
enables homebound patients contact
with the local hospital services.
The American Lung Association
and the American Cancer Society had
displays and offered free literature to
those attending.
Greeting visitors were various
members of the staff. Ed Summers is
hospital administrator and Dr. Carl
O. Ramzy is chief of staff. Other
physicians at the hospital are Zita
Luna, Robert R. Cassella and Roger
A. Meharry.
Other medical doctors have hospital
courtesies. Hospital staff totals 80 full
and part time employees.
The hospital offers the most modern
in medical record keeping facilities.
Staff members are constantly up-
dating the clinic laboratory equip-
ment and procedure, which offers
various types of computer and
automation. There are sonograph.
Echo Cardiograms, Ultra Sound, as
well as physical therapy equipment
available to patients at the hospital.
The radiology department also
features a nuclear scan.
The hospital also sponsors free
blood pressure clinics in Rusk and
Alto throughout the year.
a project total of 56,731 square feet.
Superintendent Tony Murray said
he had talked with Bob Day, school
financial advisor. Day had said he
thought the district could sell the bond
for not more than 11 percent with a 15
year pay back. Murray said the
district could look at a possible 83 cent
total tax rate, compared to the
present 58 cents.
The board considered the proposed
junior high school plan with additions
at the high school and then plans for
the construction of a new high school
and renovation of the present high
school for junior high students.
Stovall said there was no doubt that
a high school could be built for $3.4
million to $3.6 million. "But the board
needs to get what is best for Rusk
ISD."
Tosh said the district's best plan
was to get a bond issue passed "We
need to get the most classrooms for
the dollar."
The junior and senior high schools
will be divided and will meet school
needs, various members of the board
noted at the meeting.
"The town is aware that the school
has needs." Dr. Jim Hunter said.
"We have studied our lesson and the
board has voted to do it. I think the
first Saturday after meeting legal
time requirement and without absen-
tee balloting running into the holidays
is the best time for the election (Jan.
22, 1983)," Murray said Absentee
balloting should start around Jan 3.
In other matters coming before the
board Monday evening, members
gave Murray the go ahead in proceed-
MELISSA LEIGH ROGERS mails a letter to Santa. Santa's Mailbox is
displayed at Whitehead Enterprises and is available for youngsters to
mail their letters to Saint Nick.
P/Z on City Agenda
Also Appointments, Bank Depository
The Rusk City Council will meet at 5
p.m. Tuesday to consider recommen-
dations from the Planning and Zoning
Commission; approve specifications
for advertising for a City depository;
appoint alternate members for the
city board of adjustments and appoint
a replacement for David Long,
resigning member of the Planning
and Zoning Commission.
The Planning and Zoning Com-
mission met Tuesday to consider
making recommendations to the
council. They are expected to make a
recommendation concerning
locations of mobile homes on Lot 6,
J.R. Blanton Survey on C'astner
Drive, requested by Mary Irby; Lot 5,
Block 21, Timmons Addition, 101
South Main, requested by Nelda Hud-
son; and Lot 6 William Anderson Sur-
vey, for 6*2 acres on Pate Road
requested by Louie Pate
They are also expected to make a
recommendation to the council con-
cerning a zone change from residen-
tial one family to General Business
District for Lot 1, Block 22, Sherman
Addition on Egbert Street at the cor-
ner of Center Street, requested by
Jessie Simmons.
'R eadingtime' Set
"Merry Readingtime" is planned
for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at
Brookshires Bros in Rusk The
Christmas story reading and program
Highway Bids Told
Jacksonville Firm Low for Loop Work
A bid of $746,003 75 for the construc-
tion of the west loop around Rusk was
received Tuesday by the Texas
Department of Highways and Public
Transportation, according to Paul
Lockhart, district administrative
engineer.
The bid from Richard Heidelberg
and L. Jackson of Jacksonville was
one of eight opened Tuesday in
Austin, Lockhart said. Work is
hopefully expected to begin by late
January after the contract is awar-
ded, signed by the Highway Com-
mission and the contractor has posted
bonds
The projects calls for 200 working
days, which would mean completion
in 16 to 18 months with normal
working conditions
The road will be an extension of KM
343 at KM 752 «South Main) across KM
23 (Crockett Street) and connected
with U.S. Hwy. 84 west of Rusk The
loop will connect with the portion
already completed from U.S. High-
way 69 North.
When completed the road will in-
clude several 12 foot wide climbing
lanes. One lane will be located west
bound on the west side of FM 752 The
other passing lanes will be on the east
and west lanes of FM 23
The project was stalled for about
a year after the St Louis-
Southwestern Railroad announced its
intentions of discontinuing rail ser
vice from Rusk to Tyler, since an
overpass is included in the project
Lockhart said the department was
well pleased with the Heidelberg
Jackson bid "we think it is a real
good bid ."
is sponsored by the Stone Fort Council
of the International Reading Council
and coordinated by the Rusk High
School Future Teachers of America
chapter DeAnne Thedford and Betty
Parsons are in charge of arrangemen-
ts.
Persons interested in helping can
contact Marcelette Broussard at 683-
5592.
First Baptist Church youths will
present á puppet show at 10 a m. and
the East Side Baptist Church puppets
will be presented at 1 p.m.
Among the adults slated to read arc-
Mrs Melba Campbell, Mrs Sandra
Sanders, Mrs. Mary Buchanan, Mrs
Zula Pearson and Mrs Mauriete
Hassell.
Young people planning to read
stories are Missi Shields,v Tammy
Wimer, Laura Grimes, Christi Wat-
son, Betty Norman, Penny Bowden,
Cheri Pickett, Denise Stanley, Sheri
Trotter, Donald Hubbard, Shelly
Hood, Les Hassell and Joe Ryle Miss
Thedford and Mrs Broussard will
read as needed
Also planned for the children's ac-
tivity is the singing of Christmas
carols
The entertainment is free to all
youngsters from the very young to the
very old
Paper sack cushions for seating
youngsters have been made by
students of Mrs U>ik Johnson
ing with a school handbook for the
elementary school Sample han-
dbooks were distributed to board
members
Mary Buchanan asked that teacher
conference period times be added to
information in the handbook
The books will be given to parents of
all elementary school students and
then sent home on the first day of
school in future years.
Murray was also authorized to
make plans to either allow students to
rent or purchase graduation gowns.
The district now furnishes gowns
owned by the school. "They are old
and faded," Murray said He reported
several parents had asked about
students paying for the gowns.
Whether students purchase them or
buy graduation gowns will be decided
by the superintendent.
News
Briefs
Cantata Slated
The combined chancel choir and
children's choir of the Rusk First
United Methodist Church will present
the Christmas Cant ^'or God So
Loved,'' by Larr> . id
Derric Johnson at 11 a m. Sunday.
Mrs Gloria Dotson is directing the
adult choir members in preparation or
the event. Mrs. Gradylene Pate is
director of the children.
Special parts will be presented by
Mrs Mary Buchanan, Mrs Pate and
Wilson Lilly, a men's group and a
women's group.
The Rev Bob Pate, pastor, will ser-
ve as narrator. Mrs Dotson is direc-
tor; Mary Jane Mann, organist; and
Susan Buchanan, pianist.
Club To Meet
Mrs. Marcelette Broussard will
present the Christmas Story for the 1
p.m. Tuesday meeting of the Wed-
nesday Study Club at the home of Mrs.
Essie Madden
Show, Sell Set
The Rusk Band Booster Club will
meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14 at
Rusk Federal Savings and Loan's
Community Room.
Coordinators of the meeting invite
all interested citizens to attend the
meeting The organization's purpose
is to offer support to thp junior and
senior high school bands
PTA Will Meet
A Show and Sell Day in downtown
Rusk has been scheduled for Saturday
by members of the Retail Merchants
Division of the Rusk Chamber.
Jim Barr, chairman of the group
says permits can be purchased for $1
at the chamber office.
Boosters Set Meet
Fifth grade students, accompanied
by an ensemble of instruments will
sing Christmas songs at the 7 p.m.
Dec. 16 meeting of the Rusk PTA in
the elementary school gym.
The Rusk Cadets, composed of four-
th and fifth grade choir members will
present their Christmas program.
Mrs Sue Gilchrest is pianist. The
group is directed by Becky Rosser.
School will be dismissed at 2:10
p.m. Dec. 17 for the Christmas
holidays They will return on Jan. 3,
1983
Membership cards for the Rusk P-
TA have been received, according to
Karen Vnught, president. Member-
ship is open to all teachers, parents
and friends of the school
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