The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 134, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 1983 Page: 6 of 30
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PAGE SIX-THE CHEROKEEAN OF RUSK, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22. IWU
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Brothers Find Timber Profitable Business
By Ml LEYSUTHERLAND
Ml Cmmnttw Service
The Bradley Brothers,
Jerome, Jim and John, own
the Triple J Farm near
Bullard. This farm is a tree
farm. Half of the place was
set out in pines in the 1990s.
In 1979, the Bradley
Brothers had the
remaining half cleared,
and planted Improved
Loblolly Pine seedlings.
The Bradley brothers
think pine timber is a good
investment. It keeps the
land in a productive use
and is much better than
leaving the land idle.
Several years ago, the
Texas Forest Service
detected a pocket of pines
that were dying from a
root rot called Fomes An-
nosus. The infected trees
were cut and removed. To
control the root rot infec-
tion the stand needed to be
prescribe burned to
eliminate the dead pine
needles on the ground.
The prescribe burn had
to remove the pine straw
without damaging the
remaining trees, or the new
pine plantation nearby. A
fireline was dug around the
area to be burned. Then it
was just a matter of
waiting for the right
weather conditions.
Live pine needles can
withstand air tem-
peratures of up to 140
degrees. So prescribe bur-
ns are done in the winter
when the temperatures are
60 degrees or less. The heat
from the fire can raise the
temperature around the
pine tops 80 degrees
without damaging the
needles. With a slight
breeze, most of the heat
will move through the air
below the pine tops, and not
affect the green needles.
On the ground, pine bark is
so thick that the tree can
tolerate a great deal of
heat.
On a day with the right
weather conditions, the bur
weather conditions, the
burn was made, the fire
was started along the
fireline on the downwind
Child
Writes
Dear Santa.
1 like your beard and
wish you have nice dreams.
I wished you would come
visit me on Christmas Eve
and some other time too so
we can visit.
Would you please bring
me race car. train. G.I.
Joe. motorcycle helment.
football, clubhouse, play
TV. chairs and dishes for
my clubhouse, tractor—a
real tractor that can put up
hay and stuff.
I want to tell you I Love
Jesus.
I .ove.
Chad Jarratt. 4
side of the area to be bur-
ned. The fire could not be
pushed forward by the
wind because of the
fireline. Fire will slowly
advance into the wind. This
is called a backburn and it
is a low flame, low heat
type of fire
The burn eliminated the
pine straw which will help
control the root rot disease.
This also reduces the
potential for a wildfire The
burn killed the tops of
brush and vine plants.
These will resprout from
their roots and be more
succulent browse for deer.
Fire, used the right way,
can be very beneficial in
the woods.
For more information on
the proper use of fire in thé
woods, contact the Soil
Conservation Service,
Courthouse Annex, Rusk,
or call 683-4669.
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Wl?afcFjüSk Folks pre Doirjg!
Weekend guests in the
Raymond W. Vermillion
home were Mr. and Mrs
Norman B. Hall and their
granddaughter Lucinda
Pringle, all of the Bay St
Louis/Diamond Head
Missouri area.
Mrs. Paul Ullrich was
accompanied to Tyler by
Christie Chandler. Rex
Chandler and Ian Chandler
as they braved the Christ-
mas Shopping crowds.
A Christmas celebration
was held this weekend in
the home of Grady and
Katherine Wilcox. Atten-
ding were Beverly and
Glenn Wilcox and their
children Nick, and Ashley
of Houston; Donnie and
Patricia Wilcox of Rusk
and their children Trena,
Gayle and Brian, and Don-
nie Wilcox Jr. and his wife
Pamof Rusk.
Weekend guests in the
home of Charley and
Dorothy Wyatt were their
children Chester and Jane
Mayo and their daughter
Chrissy. Papa Charlie
states he is feeling fairly
well.
Holiday guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ab-
ner Webb this weekend
were Karen Jordan of
Houston, her parents Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry Jordan of
Houston and Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Owens of Houston.
A Christmas celebration
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Vertice Wallace was held
this weekend Attending
were Yvonne and Ronnie
Evans of Houston with
their friend. Mary Anne;
Ronnie and Cathy Cum-
mins of Longview, Pat and
Howard Chastain and their
sons Steven and Jason of
Jacksonville; Teresa
Ferrell and her children
Dana and Mathew of
Jacksonville, Mike and
Rosie Wallace and son
Michael of Jacksonville,
and Betty Wallace of
Dallas.
sHappy
17th Birthday
Karmon
Dec. 24,1983
Love,
Daddy, Mama and Kristi
Obituaries
Betty Rountree
Mrs. Betty Janie Roun-
tree, 86, of Jacksonville,
died at 7 p.m. Sunday at
her home after an extended
illness.
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The funeral was at 10
a.m. Tuesday in Renfro
Memorial Chapel with the
Rev. Jack Albright and the
Rev. Bob Shield officiating.
Burial was in City
Cemetery under direction
of Boren-Conner Funeral
Home.
Mrs. Rountree had lived
in the Jacksonville area all
of her life. She was a mem-
ber of First Methodist
Church, the United
Methodist Women
organization, and was a
member and past president
of the Wesleyan Sunday
School Class. She was the
widow of Carl Rountree.
She is survived by two
sons, Ernest V. Rountree of
Rusk, and James Gibson
Rountree of Dallas; one
daughter, Janie Belle Gib-
son of Jacksonville; two
grandchildren; five great-
grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Melvin
Townsend, John Stockton,
Charles Anderson, John
Allen Templeton, Howard
Pearman, Clifford Wiggins
and Kelton Purifoy.
James Crockett
Funeral for James
Crockett, 60, of Rusk, was
at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the
Wallace-Thompson Funer-
al Home chapel at Rusk
with the Rev. Don
Copeland and the Rev.
Mike O'Bannion of-
ficiating.
Burial was in Pleasant
Grove Cemetery.
Crockett died Sunday
following a brief illness.
A native of San Saba
County. Crockett had lived
at Rusk for the past 12
years. He was custodian
superintendent at Rusk
State Hospital. He was a
member of the Holliman
Chapel Baptist Church and
a member of Woodmen of
the World.
He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Audrey Crockett
of Rusk; one son. Edward
Lee Crockett of Rusk; his
mother, Mrs. Lucy Pryor
of Karnes City, Texas; a
brother, Audane Crockett
of Clarkville,; three
sisters, Mary Daugherty
and Ruby Karnes o? Kar-
nes City and Maxlne Wat-
son of Husk: and several
nieces and nephews.
M
Hail the Birth of Jesus, Prince of Peace!
Robert Underwood
County Commissioner
Precinct 1
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The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 134, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 1983, newspaper, December 22, 1983; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151623/m1/6/?q=cherokeean: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.