The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1985 Page: 2 of 18
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PACUB TWO - THE CHEROKEEAN OF RUM, TEXAS - THURSDAY. MARCH 7. IMS
POINT OF VIEW:
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It Is 'Our' Problem!
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Tourists will be flocking into this area
soon. They will come via all the major
highways and by-ways to view the
beautiful East Texas area and to ride our
historical Texas State Railroad. Many,
many thousands of visitors will be here
during the next few months. The railroad
begins its spring runs this month, and the
excursion train will continue runs bet-
| ween Rusk and Palestine until late
I November.
| Now it's time to put on our pretty faces!
f We have so much to offer. But, many of
% these visitors will have a terrible first
| impression. The roadways leading into
$ our town are a disgrace...because they
| are littered and in many places, folks are
| creating their own roadside dumps!
| The county commissioners and the
% highway department spend time cleaning
| up the messes that have been created by
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our carelessness. However, there is still
much cleaning that must be done.
Former First Lady, Lady Bird John-
son has done a wonderful job in
supporting beautification of our high-
ways. The highway department has plan-
ted blooming flowers and grasses along
our roadway, but, all of this soon loses its
beauty when paper and trash are seen up
and down the highways.
It's time to clean up, even if we have to
organize work teams to go and clean the
area ourselves. We have to do something
about this litter before our guests get
here. Maybe, the county commissioners
will designate certain days for their
crews to go out and clean up the mess
humans are making, and maybe the state
highway department can do more. We
must work together to clean up and then
keep it clean! gloria jennings
Welcoming Visitors
This sight is one of many along Cherokee County Roadways that will welcome visitors into the area this spring.
It's certainly a shame and disgrace that the county's citizens would dump along the roads. What can be done
about the problem remains to be answered, but something should be done immediately. -staff photo
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From...
LIONS
BYí.B. Musick, Ir.
PERSPECTIVE:
Some of us Rusk Lions have
young blood - only trouble is that we
keep it in old containers.
Lion President Charles Horton
looked over the Lions present last
Thursday and decided that the best
he could do, in the way of a song
leader, was to appoint Lion George
Dodd. And, as always, he did a fine
job.
We had several reports concer-
ning our baseball program in-
cluding Lions Oran Bowling,
Richard Johnson and Glenn
Stanley. Lion Richard brought a
sign advertising the Rusk Federal
Savings and Loan to show the Lions
about a project to put these around
our baseball field. Looks really
good, and we hope that this can be
worked out.
Lion George Dodd announced
that we are down to one case of light
bulbs to sí'-. These are 130 volt
bulbs, usually a little better than
you get in the stores, and if you
want your bulbs to last longer call a
Lion and they will fix that little
problem for you.
We were so sorry to hear that
Lion Secretary-Treasure Manuel
Aguilar's mother passed away. Our
prayers will be with Lion Manuel
and his family.
Our guest last Thursday was Mr.
Jim Simpson from Tyler, the guest
of Lion Morris Elliott.
Lion President Horton presented
Lion Jack White as our Program
Chairman. Lion White presented
Mr. Nick Bruno, with the Cherokee
County Livestock Show, as our
speaker
' Lion White said that he had a big
introduction planned for Mr. Bruno,
but found out that more Lions knew
him than he had anticipated,
therefore nobody would believe
anything he said about him. Mr.
Bruno said that he knew more folks
than Lion White and from the ap-
plause they liked him better. Oh
Well-
The big livestock show will be
March 14th and 15th. It was
organized in Rusk in 1949 and their
first show was one block off the
square. They had 65 youths entered
that first year and raised some
1500.00. Last year they took in over
$113,000.00.. In 1951 the Rusk
Kiwanis Club moved their livestock
show to the Lions Rodeo Arena.
Then the project grew to the point
they wanted some help, and asked
the Jacksonville Kiwanis Club to
join in with their help. Then it con-
tinued to grow until it was felt that
the two clubs could no longer do the
job, so the complex was built in the
city of Jacksonville.
They now have over a quarter of a
million dollars invested in the com-
plex. The building was used 173
times this past year for many dif-
ferent things. As most know, the
money raised for the sale of the
livestock goes to help make
payments and keep things rolling.
The Queen's contest has raised
some $89,000.00 over the years past.
Mr. Bruno complimented Lion
Allen Gilchrest for the fine work he
has done over the years, along with
many others in Rusk. There will be
382 exhibits this year with more
animals than they have space. The
program was set up on a 10 year
growth deal, and that ran out the
first three years. So it looks that
more space will have to be added to
the buildings very soon.
This is not a money making
project. Mr. Bruno said the adults
have to care to have a successful
program for our youth. So good to
have this fine man with us and we
appreciate the work he is doing for
our youth of Cherokee County.
Lion Richard Johnson will be
program chairman for the month of
March, so all Lions try to present
for each meeting. You might miss
something.
Lion Billy Watson said that if it
was not for going from the TV set to
the refrigerator, he wouldn't get
any exercise at all.
When the minister ended the long,
dry sermon, he asked for the board
of deacons to remain for a few
minutes after the service. Among
those who stayed was a man the
preacher didn't recognize.
"Sir," he said politely, "1 asked
that only the board remain."
"Then that includes me," the
man said, "I never was more bored
in my life."
See You Thursday Noon Southern
Motor Inn.
By STEVE PLUNKETT, PASTOR
First kPresbyterian Church
Rusk, Texas
Both as an individual and in the
collective sense, as a part of the
church, one of the engaging
struggles that I constantly contend
with is the matter of living in what
the life, death, and resurrection of
Christ has made an upside-down
world. The prophet Isaiah shared
his vision of a world turned upside-
down by the power of God's love in
words that perhaps still ring in our
ears from the Christmas season:
"The world shall dwell with the
lamb, and the leopard shall lie down
with the kid, and the calf and the
lion and the fatling together, and a
little child shall lead them..." That
was a vision of the world out of the
ordinary; the world with all
animosity between God's creatures
dissolved by a new order; the world
turned upside-down.
But as people in our community
and world go about their day-to-day
business, where is the upside-down
world of the Messiah? How come
these powerful words of Isaiah the
prophet seem to lose their potency
in the face of our world's reality?
Martin Marty quotes John
Alexander, who recently commen-
ted on the "blesseds" and
"woes" in Luke 6-that tough sec-
tion of verses that really gets down
to brass tacks and makes you won-
der if you have the foggiest notion of
what Christian living is all about.
.According to Marty, Alexander
says, "To show what good work
they do, some churches line up im-
pressive people they've helped.
They trot out converted
millionaires, beauty queens,
Supreme Court justices, athletes,
movie stars, the mayor. They think
that authenticates their message.
Those churches still have it back-
wards." ("Context," A Commen-
tary on the Interaction of Religion
and Culture, Vol. 17, No. 2, January
15,1985, p. 2)
What Alexandar favors is a
return to what could be called "the
Jesus way." "But once in a while,"
he writes, "you find churches which
realize the world has been turned
upside down. They serve
prostitutes, criminals, drug addic-
ts, the unemployed, and the like-
outcasts, not people of rank. That's
encouraging; those churches are
going in the right direction. The
trouble is, we want to have it both
ways. We want to live in the upside-
down kingdom while staying right-
side up...We want to recognize the
triviality of material possessions,
while keeping them...With Jesus,
it's all or nothing. He calls us to be
born again, to move decisively from
the way of death to the way of life.
We who sat in darkness have seen a
great light. It's the light of
forgiveness and hope. Why do we
think we can live in the dusk?
(Same article in "Context,"
January 15,1985)
Of course the gospel Jesus offers
is the good news that we can move
out of the dusk into the clear light of
day by setting the eyes of our hearts
single-mindedly on the Christ of the
gospel. Maybe if more of us
Christians would rely on God's
strength to move out of the dusk,
the church would be a more faithful
instrument of God's light shining in
the world's darkness. But that will
never happen until we turn our
backs on the dusk.
Genealogy Inquiries
By CAROLYN ERICSON
1614 Redbud Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
The Montgomery County
{ Genealogical and Historical Society
of Conroe announces a workshop on
April 27, 1985. Dr. James. Johnson
will speak on immigration,
migration and land records. John-
son is head of the history and travel
department at the Memphis and
Hall Opposes SCS Fund Cut
Congressman Sam B. Hall, Jr.
said this week that he would not
support Administration plans to
significantly reduce budget outlays
for the Soil Conservation Service.
"Everyone generally agrees that
many government programs should
be cut back to an extent in order to
lower the deficit, but the plan by the
Office of Management and Budget
to cut the Soil Conservation Service
by as much as two-thirds is a meat-
ax approach which is shortsighted,
and I cannot support it,"
Congressman Hall said.
According to Congressman Hall,
the total appropriation for the Soil
Conservation Service in the current
fiscal year (FY 1985) is $609.5
million. However, the Fiscal Year
1986 recommendation by OMB
would be approximately $200
million.
If Congress approved this reduc-
tion about 9,000 SCS staff would be
affected. Specific programs that
would be eliminated under the
proposal include emergency water-
shed protection, river basin studies,
all water-shed planning and
operations, and conservation cost-
share programs handled through
ASCS.
"Apparently some people at OMB
aren't familiar with the Dust Bowl
days when so much of America's
valuable farm land was destroyed
due to poor soil conservation prac-
tices and the lack of knowledge
about protecting fragile lands,"
Congressman Hall said.
Congressman Hall pointed out
that as farming equipment and
methods change, there must be a
parallel change in soil conservation
practices.
"Conservation is not something
that can be pulled out of the
magician's hat at random. It is an
ongoing process that demands con-
stant planning and inputs of time
and money on the basis of a nation-
wide policy if we are to protect
America's agriculture base,"
Congressman Hall concluded.
Letters To The Editor
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Faye Price, once America's
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behind the cameras when her
husband's fortune diminishes.
This is the setting for the latest
Danielle Steel novel "Family
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this one is slraady long, come
down and put your name on it If
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"Mexico Set" by Len
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Editor's Note: Hie following letter
wss sent to Johnny R. McGregor,
Maydelle ISD Superintendent and
David Clegg, New Summerfield
ISD Superintendent.
Dear Superintendent:
Having once been a lobbyist
myself, I'm not surprised when I
see a lobbyist attempting to stir up
interest in some piece of legislation
which just might also stir up some
interest in what the lobbyist himself
is doing.
That may be what has happened
recently as regarding an article on
school district consolidation printed
in "Inside Education" which is
published privately by Mr. Mike
Morrow who also is a lobbyist for
the Texas Associstion of
Professional Educators.
The article dealt with a report my
office issued on possible cost-
cutting ideas for the state, including
consolidation of small school
districts. In our report we made It
very clear that the Comptroller's
office was not pushing any of the
Ideas.
Then 1 began to see several
newspaper articles which said that
the uncalled working papers and
of the districts Involved
lock and key" In our
" be further
dents with the suggestion that it be
given to local newspapers. I don't
know whether or not you received
one.
Our records show that neither
Mr. Morrow nor anyone else has
asked for the so-called working
papers. Had such been requested,
thqy would have been released, right
then and there.
The truth is that these so-called
working papers consist of nothing
more than a consolidation proposal
sent in here a year ago by Mr.
Frank Carpenter, a former
legislator, who was quoted exten-
sively in Mr. Morrow's article.
Mr. Morrow surely has the right
to make his own rules about drum-
ming up interest in his publication
and his association. But he ought to
play by the rules-accuracy and
honesty-when he refers to my of-
fice.
Personally, I think Mr. Morrow is
crying wolf by trying to create in-
terest among potential subscribers
and members in a bill that doesn't
have a cut dog's chance in the
Legislature
Sincerely,
Bob Bullock
Comptroller of Public Accounts
\4nMwer i§ no...'
death and inquests on dead bodies
have prompted me to seek legal
opinions on the subject. (Please see
the attached legal opinion).
County Attorney Leland Sutton
writes: "By letter to this office
dated February 20, 1985, you have
requested a written legal opinion as
to the following:
"1. Does a justice of the peace (a)
have a legal duty to pronounce
anyone dead, (b) have the legal
authority to pronounce anyone dead
and (c) have a legal duty to hold an
inquest at the scene of a death?
"The answer to (a), (b), and (c)
above is, 'no.'
"3. Is an officer, or another,
required to get someone who is
legally qualified to pronounce
someone dead to do so prior to
moving the body from a death
scene."
"The answer to this question is
'no.'"
I am taking the position that the
legal opinion's of the county attor-
ney are correct and will respond
accordingly. I feel that to do other-
wise would be a disservice to my
precinct as well aa others.
The legal opinion was sought to
add creoiouity to my position,
which 1 am aware may not be
shared by some Justices of the
I feel that it wouM be a public
Shelby County Public Library of
Memphis, Tennessee. He received
his Ph.D. from the Texas Tech
University and taught in public
schools in Texas and Arkansas
before assuming his present
position. If you are interested in this
workshop, you may call for ad-
ditional information to Barbara
Franz at (713)292-5636 or write
Montgomery County Genealogical
and Historical Society, Inc., P.O.
Box 751, Conroe, Texas 77305-0751.
Seeking information on Daniel D.
Smith, born Tennessee (brothers
James, John, Finis, and three
sisters) who came to San
Augustine, Texas about 1838 from
Mississippi. Also need information
on his parents. He married Anne
Bullock, whose parents, David and
Susannah, came from North
Carolina, South Carolina, and
Mississippi. Any help on these
families will be appreciated. -
Corinne S. Robertson, 112 North-
wood Place, Mabank, Texas 75147.
Jennings Bryan Kay, born 20
August 1896 and in 1954 lived in
Dallas. Robert Kay Marlin, born 6
September 1926, married 8 Septem-
ber 1951 Norma Jean Brezeal at
Paris, Texas. Charlsie Sue Marlin,
born 10 August 1926, married 1947 at
Dodd City, Texas Kenneth Wayne
Renfro and had Larry Wayne, born
5 September 1950 and Deborah Joy
(1956-1958). Would like to hear from
above or descendants. -Floyd F.
Oliver, 2500 Jackson Keller Road,
Apt. 1806, San Antonio, Texas 7823S.
•••••••«•••••
Looking for any information on a
family listed on the 1870 Anderson
County, Texas census. They were
George and Nancy Thomas with
children: Mary, John, Sarah,
Caroline, William, Isabella, Ben-
jamin, Lizzie, and Francis E. I
believe William was my great-
grandfather. Can anyone help me? -
Mrs. Barbara Gottardy, Rt. I, Box
2322, Bulverde, Texas 78163.
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