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Vol. 136, No. 17
Thursday, June 6,1985 — Rusk, Texas 75785
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Reservoir Application Approved
For 195,000 Acre-Feet Eastex Lake and Dam at Mud Creek
An application for the construc-
tion of Eastex Lake was approved
Tuesday morning by the Texas
Water Commission in Austin. Ap-
plication for the lake was filed Jan.
22 by the Angelina and Neches
River Authority. The dam and
reservoir will be constructed on
Mud Creek some 9.5 miles north of
Rusk. The construction when com-
pleted will impound some 195,000
acre feet of water.
Chuck Thomas of the River
Authority said Tuesday afternoon
that he had talked with William A.
Elmore, General Manager of the
Authority just before noon. Elmore
had reported to Thomas that the
permit application was moved up to
the opening of the commission's
meeting. State Senator Roy Blake
and State Representative Cliff
Johnson both spoke to the com-
mission in support of the permit.
Mayors and other city officials
For Special Election:
Balloting
To Begin
Monday
Absentee balloting for the U.S.
Representative District 1 seat of
Sam B. Hall, resigned, begins Mon-
day, at the Cherokee County Clerk's
office. Balloting will continue until
June 25. The special election has
been called for June 29.
Mrs. Fairy Upshaw, county clerk,
says persons wanting to vote absen-
tee can do so at her office between
the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Mon-
day through Friday.
Candidates for Hall's seat include
Ed Hargett, Republican; Fred
(Freddie) John Wieder Jr.,
Christian Contenders; Jim Mc-
Williams, Democrat; Jim Chap-
man, Democrat; Billy W.
Flanagan, Democrat; Sam W.
Russell, Democrat; Carl Brown,
Democrat and Warren G. Hardin,
Democrat.
were introduced and the permit was
approved within 15 minutes after
being presented.
The cities of Rusk, Jacksonville,
Reklaw, Troup, Arp, New London,
Lufkin, Overton and Henderson are
among the 16 cities and groups in-
volved in the permit application.
Thomas says the next step is to
execute contracts with the various
cities and groups and complete
financing for the project. Bonds will
then be issued and the land
acquisition begun.
Passage of the water bill, recen-
tly approved by the State
Legislature and signed by the
Governor is essential for this
project, says Thomas. He notes that
additional funds will be needed to
complete this project.
Some 85,507 acre feet of water per
annum will be diverted from the
reservoir to be used for domestic
and municipal purposes and 30,000
acre feet per annum for industrial
purposes. A total of 2,200 acre feet
will be transferred per annum from
the domestic and municipal ap-
propriation to the Sabine River
watershed for recreational pur-
poses. The River Authority will be
able to use up to 200 acre feet per
year for three years during con-
struction of the dam.
Although 16 cities and groups
have been in the project since its
beginning, Thomas says there will
be plenty of water for others.
News Briefs
The Water Is Fine!
Swimmers enjoyed a Sunday afternoon swim at the Rusk Lions Club Pool this past weekend. The pool was full Sunday, but it was packed
Saturday afternoon as youngsters and adult enjoyed the opening weekend of the swimming season. Regular hours for the pool are 1-8 p.m.
daily except Sunday and Wednesday, when the pool is closed at 5 p.m. Admission is $1.25 for school age children and 12 for adults. Season
family passes are $25 per couple; $15 for a single parent; plus $10 per child. Ten hours of swimming lessons are $35. -staff photo
Summer Reading
"Awesome Adventure," a sum-
mer reading program for par-
ticipants at the Singletary
Memorial Library will begin
registering on June 17 at the
library.
The first program is set for 10:3?)
a.m. Wednesday, June 26 and will
continue each Wednesday at the
same time until Aug. 14.
Heritage Association
Final meeting until fall of the
Cherokee County Heritage
Association has been set for Mon-
day evening at the Southern Gour-
met Restaurant.
Terry Guinn, outgoing president,
will give his remarks and Ruby Lee
Stevens of Jacksonville, new
president, and other officers will be
installed.
Board members meet at 6 p.m.;
dinner is at 6:30 p.m. and the
program begins at 7 p.m.
Reservations can be made with
Cora Bfuce.
Rusk City Council
The Rusk City Council will
discuss a timber contract and
receive bids for a city bank
depository at a meeting at 5 p.m.
Tuesday at city hall.
v i ^
'Round Town
With Mrs. Roundabout
Scholarships Awarded Graduates
Judging from your reaction to last
week's writing, a lot of you remem-
ber I960 with fond affection, too. R
was a good time. The war (WWII)
was over and folks could turn their
thoughts and energies toward a
more calm future. Of course, that
too, was a short-lived state of being.
Korea was soon to surface as a
worldwide threat.
In spite of this however, we began
a decade of goodness in 1M0. Some
of as talking about "the way it was"
in that year recalled the "tomato
deal" which generated a near-like
carnival atmosphere each summer.
Yon would have needed to he here
to appreciate the lines and linos «I
cars (and yes, wagons, even),
which brought green tomatoes and
ripe tomatoes Into Rusk for ship-
Several name* cam* to mind In
that conversation J.P. Ack«r, who
is still going strong in our town, also
the lato Ritey Man*** and JPerrin
WlUts It was hard, hot work that
a lot of evenings just to escape the
heat! And another was the next-
door Quinton's Restaurant. If yoa
veren't here, you couldn't know
that Lee-McCarroll Chevrolet was
located then where the $ General
Store is today. And Sears now
occupies the building that housed
Brookshire Bros.
RuskKis Photo is now in the
building which Perry Bro*. was in
that year. Moseley Drug Store was
the forerunner of Major's Prescrip-
tion Pharmacy. We couldn't think
of that place without recalling the
way Clarice Moseley pronounced
her husband's name, "Men-ton."
Moat of us said his name in a lazy
drawl, "Mint-un," but she made
two crisp syllable* of it.
Osle Dry Geoda
la what la
(■Mr* recently Cobble's
é% and Smith's Cafe
I hi what Is i
Scholarships valued at $35,801
were awarded Thursday night to 21
Rusk High School graduates.
Scholarships and awards include
these.
Libby 'Vomack, Miss Texas State
Railroad Scholarship to Lon Morris
College, $2,800; Miss Cherokee
County Scholarship to Lon Morris
College, $500 and Music Scholarship
to Tyler Junior College, $600.
Harmon Johnson Corley, mem-
ber of National Honor Society,
Lions Club Scholarship, $250.
Michelle Moseley, perfect atten-
dance for 12 years, Beta Sigma Phi
Scholarship, $600.
Stacey Dement, Merit Award,
$200.
Tiffani Kennedy, Texas
Association of Private Schools,
Scholarship for Tyler Commercial
College, $4,888.
Shana Bowling, Lions Club
Scholarship, $250.
Tony Watson, member of the
National Honor Society, winner of
the Don Crysup Award, $125.
Missie Shield, member of the
National Honor Society, honor
student.,
Mike Christopher, Texas State
Teachers Association Scholarship,
$100.
Summer Theatre Tickets On Sale
Performances Announced for SFA Repertory Theatre IX
Four family-fare plays, each with
a five-day run, will be pr***ntod by
th* SFA Summer Repertory
Theatre in Rusk this summer.
Coaponaored by the Cbarok**
Civic Theatre and the School of
Fin* Arts at Stephen F. Austin State
University, Summer Repertory
Theatre IX at Rusk will feature a
toRaak
end be a
Tusnday (opening night)
of th* four play* of
Repertory Theatre IX wtU
raaanlattwn to
Hub of the
J Rush Hotel Ail afear
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CM Tfcantr*. a canwr
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Booster tickets, which cover all
four productions, are avalla be at
$15 for adults, $8 for senior citizens
and students. Individual play
tickets are $S for adulta, $3 for
atudanta and senior citizen*.
Tim** for puchastng advance
tickets can ha arranged by calling
«3-1131
The opening production, "Dirty
Work at the Crossroads, will be
staged Juna tl-ti The play, wrttton
by BUI lidwiaisi is an ol<Mn«hi#n*d
hte$ti^^iiasas,
with amate,
villain . Nellie Lavotee*, and th*
insvttehla railroad track arena lor a
chinas
"Tito Oar tons lavage,"
html June t*m a
comedy for all agea, pitting the
selfish and self-seeking againat the
innocent and the imaginative;
"Picnic." by William Inge, June
li lt, a sensitive, penetrating
of summer love and
A town is turned upaide
down by a handsome, bat tormén
fc S A . - i
tfQ unliff,
"You Cant Take It With You," by
Moaa Hart and George I Kaufman.
July M, a classic Aasertaah
remedy where th* asad/hapny
Sycaiaeree meet the
sane miserable Ktrby* aad the
raaafttttg ihaaa to taraag tat*
brighter prsmiaai tor im>a—
tarwgh gw amaiptlMMae at an
frmfUr
Mary Hunter, Rusk PTA Scholar-
ship, $250.
John Carroll, perfect attendance
award for four years, Kiwanis Club,
Scholarship, $750.
Ronnie Shepard, athletic scholar-
ship to Tyler Junior College, $2,400.
Kim Landrum, Academic
Scholarship to Lon Morris College,
TIG Award, $2,900.
Beth Norman, honor student and
Rusk PTA Scholarship, $2S0. *
Pat Henslee, out-of-state fee
waiver, $700, and President's
Leadership Award, $300, to Mc-
Neese State University, Lake
Charles, La.
Dawain Dover, Rusk Rotary
Scholarship, $000.
Missy Holcomb, Texas
Associstion of Privsto Schools,
Tyler Commercial College Scholar-
ship, $4,MB
Jody Jordan, M. R. PhUbrick
Scholarship, $1,100.
Russell Sinclair,
National Honor Society,
studeat, third ranking student,
National Merit Scholarship ta
Tasas A é M aad th* Prmtdanttel
Scholarship, $10,000
Tammy wuner, mantear *f É
National Manor Society,
jtudato. ciaaa ialutatertea
Watery IrhBlarshi ,
Sbaaaaa SaBtvaa,
National Wan*r hornet ,
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The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 6, 1985, newspaper, June 6, 1985; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151699/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.