The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 134, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1983 Page: 2 of 20
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PAGE TWO-THE CHEROKEEAN OF RUSK, TEXAS, THURSDAY. APRIL 21, IM3
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The Need Is There!
, The Science Education Center at the
.University of Texas reports that only 18
students are enrolled who plan to teach
secondary science. The center has no
students planning to teach physics or
chemistry, according to U.S. Senator Lloyd
Bentsen of Texas.
Last spring the 21 teachers' colleges in
Maryland graduated only eight math
teachers.
In Florida, the Department of Education
estimates that its colleges will graduate
only 20 math teachers annually over the
next several years, while school systems in
that state are going to need 325 math
teachers a year.
Hard as it may be to believe, with unem-
ployment in this country still higher than 10*
percent, we face a potentially serious shor-
tage of skilled workers.
Department of Labor projections of labor
demand, supply and training capacity in-
dicate that there will be shortfall of at least
2.5 million skilled workers in the U.S. this
decade. Each year between now and 1990
we can expect a shortage of 57,500 industrial
• machinery repairmen, 28,000 computer
operators, 21,300 machinists and 19,000
licensed practical nurses, to list but a few
examples.
How can we overcome a shortage of
skilled workers, though, when we have a
critical and continuing shortage of
adequately trained teachers in such impor-
tant and basic fields as math and science?
The answer, of course, is that we cannot,
Bentsen says.
The typical U.S. high school student
spends only a fraction of the time spent by
students in the Soviet Union and Japan on
math and science. Their curriculum in
these areas lasts from four to six years and
yields classroom time which is three times
greater than that received by the most
science-oriented U.S. student.
There is no question but what a shortage
of qualified math and science teachers is
the root of the problem the senator relates.
The National Academy of Sciences has
found, for example, that the number of
states reporting math teacher shortages
jumped from 28 in 1980 to 43 in 1981. In 1982
there were 40 states reporting shortages of
physics teachers and 39 with shortages of
chemistry teachers.
From 1971-80, according to the National
Science Teachers Association, the number
of new teachers for secondary level math
fell 77 percent. The number of new science
teachers being trained during this same
period fell 65 percent. Almost five times
more science and math teachers left
teaching for higher paying jobs in private
enterprise than left for retirement.
As a member of the Senate Finance
Committee, Bentsen has introduced
legislation to help eliminate this shortage.
The bill would provide a one-time $1,000
tax credit as a bonus to teachers who gain
certification in either of these areas of
study. This bonus could be claimed anytime
during calendar years 1984-87.
Millions of high-paying, skilled jobs
will be opening up in this country in the
years ahead. We must provide teachers for
Americans who wish to compete for those
jobs.
From
The...
Lions Den
"Our Church membership commit-
tee is struggling with a very difficult
problem—how to convince people it's
their dentist they ought to see twice a
year, not their minister." Bob Orben.
Lion Bob Pate said Lion Ike Daniel
told Lion Allen Gilchrest that the Bap-
tist should attend Church like the
Methodists. Lion Pate was so pleased
that he paid the fine for Lion Ike.
Lion C.H. King was informed that
some of the youth might be willing to
help paint and get the Rusk Lions Club
Swimming Pool in order to open about
the time school will be out. So that will
be checked into.
Lion President Fred Gaines presen-
ted Lion Robert Colley as our
program. Lion Colley presented a
second in the series of How We Got
The Bible. This second one was "The
Manuscripts," and that they were
written by forty men over 1,500 years
in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic.
The Old Testament was written in
Hebrew and when Israel became a
nation they adopted this language.
Aramaic was used during the time
of Christ. Then it was Greek and it
was used in the writing of the New
Testament. Over 5,000 copies of the
Bible written in Greek are scattered
all over the world and being preser-
ved to show the different types of
writing used.
Time has lost many original copies
of the Bible, some were buried, some
were put away to keep others from
finding them, and some just lost one
way or the other, the British Museum
in London has two of the oldest copies
of the Bible in their room of documen-
ts. Lion Colley has had the pleasure of
actually seeing these.
A picture of the sheets of things that
they wrote on during those days was
shown with many pieces missing. And
these were pieced together to make
what they have.
Then some of the Bibles were shown
written in gold and how beautiful they
were. Ways were shown on how the
scribes translated from one language
to the other.
by E.B. Musick, Jr.
When you hear somebody say the
Bible is full of mistakes—ask them
what they are? The King James ver-
sion of the Bible is used in many
Universities as the highest form of
good literature. And we were told that
when a Christian holds the bible he
can be sure he has the true word of
God. Again, such a wonderful
program. We wish everybody could
have heard the last two. You, as a
Lion, will not want to miss the next
one.
As we started to leave it was an-
nounced that Lion Manuel Aquilar is
the father of a new child born April 14.
Our congratulations to Lion Manuel
and his wife.
After six months of watching
baseball on television, four months of
watching football on television and
two months of watching basketball on
television—it finally happened. They
had to remove something from his
bottom. An ingrown sofa.
See You Thursday Noon New
Southern Motor Hotel.
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New Publications Will Benefit Genealogists
CAROLYN ER1CKSON
1614 Redbud Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
Weldon Hudson has just published a
new book which will be of interest to
anyone who had family who moved to
West Texas. FIRST SETTLERS OF
TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS 1841-
1859, VOL. I, contains a wealth of in-
formation. It lists the name of the
grantee, location, certificate number,
date surveyed, date recorded, ad-
joining surveys, names of chainmen
and remarks. In the remarks column
is given such information as that the
settler came with Peter's Colony, or
grant was issued in San Augustine,
Nacogdoches, Shelby or some other
county. Even San Augustine Univer-
sity had a grant in Tarrant County.
The following is an alphabetical list of
counties where certificates were
issued and later used in Tarrant Coun-
ty:
ANDERSON, BASTROP, BEXAR,
BOWIE, BRAZORIA, BRAZOS,
COLLIN, COLORADO, COOK,
DALLAS, DENTON, ELLIS FAN-
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HOUSTON, JASPER, JOHNSON,
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NAVARRO, NUECES, PANOLA
PARKER, RED RIVER, ROBER-
TSON, SABINE, SAN AUGUSTINE,
SHELBY, TRINITY, VAN ZANDT,
VICTORIA, WALKER,
WASHINGTON, and WISE.
This volume contains 286 pages, off-
set printing, soft cover, with full name
index. This book should be in every
genealogical library. We are eager to
see Vol. II. Cost is $19.95 plus 5 per-
cent sales tax for Texas residents.
Order your copy today from Weldon
Hudson, 2807 Cedar Park Blvd., Fort
Worth, Texas 76118.
This book is especially valuable
because a courthouse fire destroyed
all of the early records. This book will
help you prove YOUR family was
there.
If you need help with your research,
you will be interested in a reprint by
The Genealogical Publishing Com-
pany. They have reprinted "How To
Climb Your Family Tree - Genealogy
The Cherokeean
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the Cherokee Sentinel, Feb. 27, 1850
Second Class Postage Paid at Rusk,
Texas 7878S. Published Weekly on
Thursday by E.H. Whitehead
Enterprises, 6 N. Main St., Rusk,
Texas, Ph. AC 214-683-2257.
Subscription Ratal Payable In Advance
Cherokee County $8 Per Annum
(Mside Cherokee County. I Per Annum
Oitslde State 910 Per Annum
For Beginners" by Harriet Stryker-
Rodda.
This book contains Part One: Doing
Your Own Research; Part Two: How
To Use Public Records; Part Three:
Loose Ends. There is a bibliography
of books to help the beginner in the
back of the book which will be a big
help. The author tells the researcher
to begin with himself and explains the
use of various forms, how to use
libraries as well as how to utilize
geography and history in your resear-
ch. Various types of records are
discussed, and how to acquire them.
Even if you have been doing resear-
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from reading this book.
Order your copy from Genealogical
Publishing Co., Inc., Cost is only $6.95
and is well worth it. The book contains
144 pages, soft bound with a very at-
tractive color picture on the cover.
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The past three years descendants of
the old families of Natchitoches have
met in reunion, to celebrate the
memory of the early ancestors and to
learn more about them and how they
lived.
Founders of Natchitoches, a non-
profit organization, has been char-
tered by the State of Louisiana. You
are invited to become a charter mem-
ber.
Membership dues have been set at
$10.00 per individual, $15.00 per
household or $100.00 for a life mem-
bership. Prior to each reunion, mem-
bers will receive an annual newslet-
ter, with an update on the coming
event, news of various family groups,
exciting sources of research, and
other items of interest. Membership is
open to anyone whose ancestors lived
in the greater Natchitoches area — an
area that once encompassed the
whole of Northwest Louisiana — or to
anyone interested in the preservation
and perpetuation of Natchitoches
history and genealogy.
The 1983 Reunion is scheduled for
July 29-30, so make your plans to at-
tend. Invite your friends to attend.
Send in your membership to Founders
of Natchitoches and become a charter
member. The address is Founders of
Natchitoches, P.O. Box 411, Nat-
chitoches, La. 71457.
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Cabell Carrington KINNEY born 3
April 1866 Va.? W. Va.? married 1892
Annette TOWBRIDGE of Detroit,
Michigan and lived (ca 1906) in
Dallas, Texas and had a daughter,
Kathleen. Would like to hear from
descendants.
—Lloyd F. Oliver, 2500 Jack Keller
Road, Apt. 1806, San Antonio, Texas
78230.
Seeking information on Jack
WADE, born March 23, 1918. He was
adopted April 3, 1919 in Taylor Coun-
ty, Texas. He was adopted by J.W.
Christian and his wife Maude and was
known thereafter as John William
Christian Jr. Who were his parents?
The Texas Children's Home and Aid
Society and a Rev, Nicholas had
something to do with the adoption.
Jack is my father and is dying. He
would like to know who his parents
were. Can anyone help me with in-
formation? I would REALLY ap-
preciate help.
Alan Wade Christian, 11744 Rives
Avenue No. B, Downey, Ca. 90241. You
can phone collect if you have any in-
formation at 1-213-861-8645.
Family lore tells me that my great-
great grandparents John Graham
GRAHAM and Jeanette (SMITH)
GRAHAM are buried in the old
cemetery in back of the Courthouse in
Henderson. There were many
descendants of this couple in Hender-
son and Rusk County and I am very
anxious to contact those who would be
interested in extending the family
genealogy to those of us in Palestine,
Anderson County. Write to Lorretta C.
Torma, 404 East Jolly, Palestine,
Texas 75801 or call collect at 1-214-723-
0893 most evenings.
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Letter to the Editor
'We Can Make A Difference!'
STATE CAPITAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By Lyndell William
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
TÁ
MINIM
IMS
TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
AUSTIN—Faced with the
problem of whether to cut
state spending or raise taxes,
legislators last week began to
trim — disheartening advo-
cates for the prison system,
teacher pay raises and in-
creases in state employees
salaries.
The preliminary trims
brought bellows from the
gored oxen, but more bad
news surfaced, even as com-
mittees tried to grapple with
dwindling state revenues.
Because of a post-World
War II record in unemploy-
ment, Texas employers must
pay at least $1 billion in new
payroll taxes over the next
few years to repay federal
loans and refill the state un-
employment benefits fund,
consultants told the leader-
ship late last week. The re-
port is headed to Gov. Mark
White's office for his re-
action.
Meanwhile, last Thursday
Comptroller Bob Bullock
predicted that state sales tax
revenues for 1983 will de-
cline almost two percent,
largely because of the oil in-
dustry slump and the peso
devaluation. Other tax collec-
tions may also drop by one
percent, a revelation shock-
ing to lawmakers who are
used to Texas tax revenues
growing by 14 percent yearly.
Budgetary Games?
Some lawmakers reacted
by calling for more taxes,
while others began belt-
tightening for a "no-growth"
budget — but many are
grumbling suspiciously that
they may be pawns in bud-
getary political games being
waged by the governor and
Bullock.
Bill Sims of San Angelo,
an anti-tax senator, told re-
porters "something funny is
going on between the gover-
nor and the comptroller.
Nothing could be more em-
barrassing than if the gover-
nor had to raise taxes, and
then the comptroller man-
ages to find a couple of mil-
lion dollars."
Prisons, Teachers
Angered teacher groups
opted for new taxes last week
after House and Senate bud-
get panels voted to hold the
line on teacher salaries for
the next two years. The Sen-
ate approved a plan to funnel
as much as $600 million to
local school districts for
property tax relief, but set
aside no money for the fund.
Governor White stuck to
his campaign guns insisting
on a 24 percent pay raise for
teachers, a viewpoint termed
by Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby as
"absolutely" unrealistic.
The Senate budget panel
also cut more than $70 mil-
lion from the prison system
budget, and prison officials
argued it would create a loss
of prison employees.
Speaker Lawsuit
Problem-plagued House
Speaker Gib Lewis caught
another one last week when
he was named in a lawsuit
accusing him and an asso-
ciate of forming a bogus
corporation to reduce his tax
liabilities. The suit seeks re-
covery of $450.000 in debts
from the firm owned by
I.ewis which filed for bank-
ruptcy last year.
The House
Last week the House heard
Lewis and former Speaker
Bill Clayton testify to a com-
mittee for the creation of an
ethics commission to oversee
Texas politics.
The House also approved,
after hard debate, a bill par-
tially deregulating trucking
for some agricultural prod-
ucts, like citrus.
Also passed was a measure
enabling the Legislature to
function in case of nuclear
attack.
Universal City Representa-
tive Alan Schoolcraft said a
quiet straw poll of House
members reveals a majority
favor reform of mandatory
legislative continuances, or
the postponing of trials for
legislator-lawyers while they
are in session.
The Senate
The Senate approved a
measure tightening bingo
regulations, including pro-
hibiting minors and barring
anyone from playing for free
at games where revenues arc
subject to the comptroller.
Senators also passed a bill
setting up a state board to
license dieticians, a bill
sought by dietician groups to
upgrade their profession.
Also approved was a bill
allowing counties and cities
to buy insurance covering
juvenile offenders on a work
program.
Republican Party
Following the forced resig-
nation of Republican Party
chairman Chct L'pham and
vice chairman Dorothy
Doehnc, the state GOP at-
tempted to rally around its
new chairman. George
Strake. former Texas Secre-
tary of State.
Face Slapping
Upham resigned and
Strake stepped in at a party
executive commi:tee gather-
ing in Midland. Amul hitter
party in-fighting, which saw
two Republican women slap
each other's faces during an
informal session, the GOP
forged a base of agreement
which leaders hope will not
be shorl-livcd. Immediately
after the leadership switch,
the delegation voted unani-
mously to pass the 19X3
budget and eight resolutions.
To The Editor:
Have Christian people, like Rip Van
Winkle, been sleeping for twenty
years? If not, how could we have
allowed the drastic changes and
restrictions to have come about?
One woman has led a crusade which
has deprived the children in our
schools of the privilege of beginning
each school day with a brief prayer
(usually just repeating the "Lord's
Prayer").
One has to just look back at the
beginning of our great nation to note
that no decision was made before the
framers of our government sought
God's leadership and blessings.
Why did these brave people come to
this strange land in the first place?
The same thing was happening to
them as is threatening us today.
Madalyn O'Hare is in the process of
appearing before the courts to
prohibit all religious programs, hym-
ns, and church services from our air-
ways. She is also trying to make it
illegal for schools to have Christmas
programs, sing carols or read
Christmas stories.
How much longer are we going to
complacently sit back "at ease in
Zion" and let the evil forces in our
country dictate our ways and rob us of
our "great heritage?"
There is something we can do. We
can, like our forefathers, stand up and
be counted, say we have had enough.
We can "seek God's face, turn our
wicked ways, and pray." Then He will
heal our land.
If you want to be heard, you can
write to Federal Communication
Commission; 1919 M. Street N.W.;
Washington, D.C. 20554, and ask to be
included on the Petition No. 2493,
which is to be presented to the courts
at the time the O'Hare petition is
presented.
We can make a difference. All we
need to do is to stand tall like a real
Texan and American.
Eloise Willlngham
Box 223
Rusk
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Singletary
Memorial Library
By PEGGY McARTHUR
Richard LeGallienne, an
essayist and critic in the late 1800's
has given us some suggestions for
our reading program in his article
"How to Get the Best Out of
Books." He says, "If no one should
write a book for a thousand years,
there are quite enough books to
keep us going. Real books there
are in plenty. Perhaps there are
more real books than there are
real readers."
In unvisited corners of our
bookshelves are neglected foun-
tains of enlightments, pastures in
which we never walk, and moun-
tains we never climb. Often we
allow ourselves to be tricked by
publishers into reading what they
say are the "best sellers" and miss
out on readings by authors who
have stories to tell and know how to
tell them. Take time to browse in
our library and discover "hidden"
books that can lead you down paths
of pleasure. They are waiting to be
discovered by you I
If you want to read new books,
they are available. "Golden Hill,"
by Shirley Lord, relates the
destinies of three families inter-
twining to shape the history of the
exotic and violent island of
Trinidad and the fortunes of the
great plantation estate, Golden
HUI.
"Mr. Bliss," by J.R.R. Tolkien is
an interesting account of the first
ride of Mr. Bliss in his new motor-
car. The eccentric Englishman en-
dures a series of misadventures
with a farmer and his donkey, a
vegetable woman, friends, neigh-
bors, a bear family, and Ma pet
girabbit.
In "The Youngest Science,"
Lewis Thomas, Chancellor of
Memorial Skwn-Kettoring Cancer
Center, tracei the development of
the world of medicine - the accom-
plishments and failures, the hopes
and fears, and the constant search
for more and better knowledge.
This book is both a memoir of his
own life and the hiatory of the
medical profoision.
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