The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1985 Page: 1 of 32
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5 o. BOX «436
SALLAS, TX. 752«
Lots of Gas! Economy
Boosted $60.8 Million
See story page 12
Chamber Highlights
Caught by Camera
See photos, page 12
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Winter Can Be Tough
Says Jack White
See column, page 12
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Per Issue
The Cherokeean
Home of the
Texas State
. Railroad
Texas^Oldest Weekly Newspaper—Established /\s The Cherokee Sentinel, February 27, 1850
Vol. 135, No. 49
Thursday, January 1985—Rusk, Texas 75785 14 Pages
12 Pages
Open House Is Scheduled
For RISD's Facilities March 10
Open House at Rusk Schools has
tentatively been set for Sunday,
March 10. Members of the Rusk
School Board made plans Monday
evening for the event to be held in
conjunction with Texas Public
School Week.
The new Rusk Junior High
School, the new combination music
and band hall, Rusk High School
and Rusk Primary School will be
open for touring. The Elementary
School will be toured after the new
buildings have been completed on
that campus. The Rusk School
District has been involved in a
building program for some time.
Voters in the district passed a
$2.975 million bond issue in January
of 1983 to construct a new junior
high school and the new music-band
hall. Existing funds were to be used
for construction of classrooms at
the primary campus and for
renovation at the other schools.
However, on June 16 of that year,
fire destroyed one of the buildings
on the elementary school campus
Additional buildings were con-
structed on the primary campus
and plans made for new classrooms
at the elementary school.
The open house festivities will in-
clude a short program that
probably will begin around 2 p.m in
the junior high cafeteria. Refresh-
ments will be served and tours will
be conducted at the various cam-
puses until around 4 or 5 p.m.
In another matter, board mem-
bers approved contracts for Beulah
Jean Maris, aide at Rusk State
Hospital and for Donna Hill, aide at
Rusk Elementary School
The board discussed the rate for
paying substitute teachers and up-
ped that amount from $30 per day to
$35 per day. The board set the price
of driver's education at $100 for
students' who attend Rusk Schools
and tacked an extra $40 on the price
for those students who are not
enrolled in the Rusk Public Schools
A school calendar for the school
year of 1985-86 was approved at the
meeting. Classes are set to begin on
Sept. 3, with teachers reporting for
in-service and clerical work days
Aug. 26-30. Thanksgiving holidays
are set for Nov. 28 and 29 with
classes dismissing at 2:20 p.m on
Nov. 27. Christmas holidays are
Dec 23, 1985 through Jan. 1, 1986,
with classes being dismissed at 2:20
p.m on Dec. 20; a clerical day is set
for Jan. 17, 1986; inservice day on
March 20, 1986; Easter holidays,
March 21-28, 1986; and clerical day
on May 30,1986
There will be 175 days of school;
17 holidays; four in-service days
and four clerical days
Membership Campaign Plans Begin
Making membership campaign plans for the Rusk Chamber of
Commerce are team captains Ken Smith, Joe Terrell and Tom Ball.
Looking over the plan sheet is Chamber President Larry Long.
Teams met Tuesday morning to begin work on the drive, -staff photo
Court Approves
New Grievance Committee
Cherokee County Commissioners
approved the appointment of a
county grievance committee Mon-
day morning to consider requests
from officials for increases.
Appointed to that committee,
pending their acceptance were Toni
Bland Guinn, Route 1, Rusk;
George Dodd, Route 3, Rusk; Jim-
my Pearman, Alto; Vickie Powell
of Route 5, Jacksonville; Robert
Johnson of New Summerfield;
Mary Moore of Route 2, Rusk;
Terry Barrow of Route 2, Alto;
Buford Adams of Route 6, Jackson-
ville and James P. Richards of
Rusk. Their names were drawn
from a list of grand jurors, who ser-
ved during 1984.
Commissioners approved a list of
county holidays to include
Washington's Birthday on Feb. 18;
Texas Independence Day on March
1; Good Friday; Memorial Day on
May 27; Independence Day on July
4; Labor Day on Sept. 2; Veteran's
Day on Nov. 11; Thanksgiving on
Nov. 28 and 29; Christmas Dec. 24-
26 and New Year's Day on Jan. 1,
1986.
Bob Derring of the Texas Jail
Commission met with the com-
missioners to present a certificate
to Sheriff Allen Horton in
recognition of the county jail being
in compliance with state
requirements for the past six con-
secutive years. He said the county
jail is very clean and professionally
operated.
The commissioners authorized
the county Historical Commission
to take over the care of the old coun-
ty school records. Judge Robert
McNatt explained at the meeting,
that the county probably would
have some expense from this ven-
ture.
The commissioners authorized
McNatt to look into the possible sale
of the building that burned last year
and was donated to the county.
*See COURT, page 12
'Round Town
With Mrs. Roundabout
Instead of talking about the
weather (which has been cold!)
let'is talk about words this week!
Others who have studied more than
one language say that English is
difficult to learn. Our spelling of
words in contrast to the way we
pronounce them gives good cause
for the difficulty.
The following is borrowed from
T.S. Watt, published in the Mm-
rhealer GuarHUn. He entitled It,
"Thee onederful werld ov wirds."
Better re-read the title now! Then
please continue,
"I take It you already know of
TOUGH and BOUGH and COUGH
kind DOUGH. Others may stumble,
but not you, on HICCOUGH,
THOROUGH AND THROUGH Well
done! And now you wish, perhaps,
to learn of lew familiar traps
Beware of HEARD, a dreadful
word, that looks Ilka BEARD and
i like BIRD
And UKAD-tt* saM Uke *KI>.
I tit; At) r«r
tau tt
not a MOTH in MOTHER, nor
BOTH in BOTHER, nor BROTH in
BROTHER. And HERE is not a
match for THERE, nor DEAR and
FEAR for PEAR and BEAR.
"And then there's DOSE and
ROSE and LOSE-just look them
up~and GOOSE and CHOOSE. And
CORK and WORK and CARD and
WARD, and FONT and FRONT and
WORD and SWORD, and DO and
GO, then THWART and CART.
Come, come, I've hardly made a
start! A dreadful language? Man
Alive, I'd mastered it when I was
five!"
So how did our complicated
speech come about? Who knows! II
would take a lifetime of research
and then one might not have all the
answers. Such s study. If one pur*
sued it, would be called
epistemoloay And that's a gee*
word to try te unravel t
Aren't a glad that a already
km- our nativa •—«rata? And this ta
Just an example of the thing that
««•curs when s letter on
toa
Chamber Banquet Honors Citizen
Flossie Nixson was somewhat
misty eyed when she announced
that her good friend Virginia Pen-
ney was the Rusk Chamber of
Commerce Citizen of the Year.
The presentation was made
Thursday evening by Mrs. Nixson
and her husband, Charlie, who
shared the honor last year.
Mrs. Penney, affectionately
known as Ginny to her many friends
was praised for her unselfish and
unending volunteer services to her
community.
She has been a member of the
Rusk Civic Theatre, the Rusk
chamber of commerce board of
directors, the chamber tourism
division, Pink Ladies for Rusk
Memorial Hospital and the list goes
on.
Mrs. Penney and her late
husband Louis came to Rusk in
1963. She said her husband retired
from the Marines and went to
Baylor to study law. After he
graduated, they moved to Rusk and
Rusk became her home. The for-
mer New Yorker, Mrs. Penney said
she had no intention of ever leaving
Rusk. "This is home and I love it
and the people here," she said. She
promised as she expressed her ap-
preciation for the honor, that she
will continue to do all she can for
the betterment of the community.
Another highlight of the event
was the naming of Doug Jordan,
Rusk High School teacher and
coach as the Youth Chamber Out-
standing Adult Award honoree.
Shannon Sullivan said Jordan has
been a faithful worker with the
youth in the community and has
been active in all phases of school
activities.
In accepting the award, Jordan
said he had been in the community
as a teacher for 20 years. He could
have gone other places, but had
chosen to stay here with those he
loved. During his recent illness he
said the people had rallied and
helped. He praised the Lord Jesus,
his family, the community and
school in helping him get through
his recent difficult days.
Ken Wood, alias Buford
Hickenlooper, manager of the
Nacogdoches Southwestern Elec-
tric Service Company delighted
banquet attenders with his jest.
Gene Kelley was master of
ceremonies and added to the
evening's entertainment.
Herbert Bell, in making his
outgoing president's remarks said
some of his dreams for the chamber
year did not materialize, but the
chamber has worked hard with the
TV rkyM* i
vT* tK.HT sad
tourist trade and Rusk State
Hospital to keep the local economy
on an even keel. Some 75,000 per-
sons rode the Texas State Railroad
in 1984, he reported. Another 18,000
camped in the Rusk State Park. The
chamber tourism committee enter-
tained members of the media, and
various other groups including
travel writers and tour planners.
Texas State Railroad Day, in spite
of rain that day, kicked off the first
of the season's mid-night train
rides. Merchants and employees
were all dressed in railroad
costumes for the event.
The planters around the square
were planted and the yard of the
month contest drew interest, Bell
reported. Some 17 floats were en-
tered in the annual Christmas
parade, among activities held in
conjunction with Rusk State
Hospital Appreciation Day. The
chamber sponsored a teacher's cof-
fee and local merchants donated
door prizes. More than 200 took part
in the annual Easter Egg hunt and
the chamber sponsored one of the
largest East Texas Regional Arts
and Crafts Fairs. A long range
planning committee has worked out
a five year plan. Plans have been
formulated for a Miss Texas
preliminary pageant to be held in
the spring, he told. A new air con-
ditioning unit has been bought for
the chamber office and office space
has been rented to the Federal Land
Bank
Bell in closing expressed ap-
preciation to outgoing directors-
Tony Murray, Larry Sinclair, Ike
Daniel, Will Cumbee, Lewie Byers,
Winford Black, Fred Buchanan,
and Johnnie McKay.
The speaker, Phil Davis, director
of Texas Tourist Agency introduced
by Marie Whitehead, said he was
thrilled when Mrs. Whitehead
called to invite him to come and
speak Growing up in Houston,
made him love East Texas. He said
he has come to Rusk many times
and has loved every minute of each
trip. He noted that it had been a lit-
tle more than a year since his last
trip. He has visited Rusk many
times, working with early planners
at the East Texas Arts and Crafts
Fair and was on hand for the
opening of the Texas State
Railroad, Mrs. Whitehead said.
Davis told that he remembered
when the agency decided to create a
State Arts and Crafts Fair. One of
the first places he visited was the
Rusk fair and with its fine artists.
That first fair at Kerrville was
filled with people who had shown at
the Rusk show, he noted.
The Texas Tourist Agency was
created in 1963 Most of the annual
budget is spent on telling people to
come to Texas. Of the last budget of
$1.7 million, some $1.3 was spent on
advertising, he said. The agency
does research, participates in
travel shows and sends information
on the state everywhere. Names of
persons requesting information on
the state is available to any group in
Texas for 1 cent per name, he noted
The East Texas Chamber of Com-
merce is the only group that has
requested this list of names.
Tourism is the state's number 2
industry. In Cherokee County,
alone, some $13.9 million was spent
by visitors; $102 million annual
payroll was derived from tourism;
330 jobs were created and tourism
*See CHAMBER, page 12
Rusk Youth Dies
In Two-Vehicle Accident Friday
A Rusk youth was killed and four
other youths injured around 12:40
p.m. Friday afternoon when two
pickup trucks collided .7 miles west
of the Rusk City Limits on U.S.
Highway 84.
Pronounced dead at the scene, by
Peace Justice Jack Phillips of Alto,
was Lyndal Ray Dominy. 18, of
Route 2, Rusk
Injured were Michael Keith
Shane McKnight. 16, Robert Wade
Odom, 1?, John Wayne Monk, 16,
and Paul Leslie Dodd, tl.
State Trooper Tom Ball in*
vestigated the strident On hand to
assist were members at the Rusk
Volunteer Fire Department, the
Husk Ctty ~
driven by McKnight, was traveling
east toward Rusk on U.S. Highway
84, when it apparently crossed the
center line and collided with the
pickup truck, driven by Dodd. Dodd
was traveling west toward
Oakland.
The McKnight vehicle is said to
have hit Dodd's truck and than
traveled 96 feet as II overturned
several times Two of the three
pasaengers were thrown out
Domtny's head was crushed and
both legs possibly broken «ecortüi*
to Ball
All four of the injured youths
wore taken to Ruak Ma
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